RUE DE LA PAIX HAS
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Royalties Jave Rubbed D
bows in Eagerness To
Shop At Style Source
BY HAZEL RKAYIS
t AMoeiat4 Preu Fhio - Editor)
PARIS, (AP) With the world
as Its-market the Rue de la? Palx
never lacks for Interesting chop
pers. . But the past six weeks hare
marked a high tide, even for the
street of superlatives. . .
Royalties hare rubbed elbows-
or brushed limouslnes-j-ln their
eagerness to shop In the street
that makes the styles. While the
king and queen of "Egypt were set
ting -dressmakers and ; Jewelery
agog in the thoroughfares the Du
chess of Guise and Princess Ann
:of France were completing! their
orders for the bridal clothes and
trousseau of the marriage of Anne
to the Duke of Apaulia which re
cently occurred at Naples.;-
A few days after that thrill had
died down along came Ruth , El
der, princess of the air, with her
seven . days whirlwind of clothes
buying. No sooner had Ruth's
. wardrobe been made and .delivered
than the Queen of Spain was an
nounced and the ancient and hon
. orable dress shop that boasts her
patronage set Its salons In order
for her visit.
Right on top of the Queen of
Spain came Dorothy Gish with the
announced intention of renewing
her. wardrobe. Next to a bride the
Rue de la! Palx lores a movie star
best. j'.V '0 "
Things are seldom quiet in the
ctreet of fashion. The smooth
working plate glass doors are al
ways being opened for someone of
distinction. And not all of tht
distinguished persons are womer
by any means. ! r
Prince Leopold of Belgulm Is
supposed to be one of Paris' most
skilful male shopper. He visited
a Rue de la Palx shop on his last
visit to Paris. Another masculine
buyer of experience and diserhnin
ttion is Prince Carol of Rumania.
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FHILLS FOR HOME
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0 POPULAR
Christmas Being Winter Fes
tival There Should Be
- Warmth and Lightl
Flowers On Hips Give
Flappers Amusements
PARIS (AP) Parisian flap
pers, having no other Jieed for
hips, occasionally carry their flow
- Bra there. Some of the" most re
rent evening, dresses from author
itative houses have bouqueta or
roses caught at the hip, or In the
folds of silk which form a bustle,
br'bow at the back. This back ar
rangement usually heralds a rudi
mentary train. The side arrange
ment of flowers is most common
ly seen, in rich velvet or stiff taf
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Much Delicate Lace
Useji With Chiffon
PARIS ;(AP) Crisp laces, of
txtreme fineness and delicacy of
design are much used by style cre
ators for evening frocks, i Com-
binded with chiffon for the new
designs with long floating panels,
and long, loose backs, the fragile
laees are seen In all colors. Black
is the most frequent and popular.
FORT COLLINS, Col. (AP)
'ust why cakes, cookies, bread and
;ther flour . mixtures require dif
!erenti proportions of ingredients
Then baked in high altitudes than
vhen baked nearer sea level has
uzzled housewives and bakers for
many years.
Cakes that failed because they
were mixed by low altitude reci
pes have brought many frowns
ind perhaps an occasional tear to
mountain housewives.
To solve this puzzle a series of
experiments are being completed
by cookery experts at Colorado
Agricultural college experiment
station here. - An altitude baking
room in the form of a large mital
tank installed in one of the labor
atories is being used in the ex
periments. It is equipped with a
rotary blower driven by a variable
speed : motor by means of which
pressures may. be produced in the
tank corresponding to the atraos.
pheric pressures at elevations
ranging from 1,000 feet below to
IS. 000 feet above sea level. -'
The tank, which is seven feet it
diameter and nine feet high, con
tains an electric range, ice box
and cupboards - with sufficient
paee to allow the worker to carry
on baklna tests while an attend
ant outside controls the-pressure
in the altitude room.
Preliminary baking tests -have
been carried on at elevations of
11.797. 7,700 and 5,000 feet above
sea level, allowing for only one
variable -the altitude. The same
tests .were repeated at sea level by
the workers, t - "
At the present time, Mrs. Mar-
Jorle Peterson, one of the invest!
gators, says it is impossible to-
forecast the exact results but she
hopes to have definite recipes and
conclusions to announce by next
spring.
- Miss Inga M. K. Allison, pro
fessor of home- economics at Col
orado Agricultural college, is in
charge of the experiments and
Mrs. Peterson is the specialist who
is carrying on the work, with the
aid of Miss Alice Gardner, a re
cent graduate of the college, as
assistant.
Touc'iy Man ; ;
"Don't give a man anything too
expensive for Christmas, warns
a writer in the American Maga
zine. "He may feel that, some
thing has been put over on him
and he will be embarrassed and
resentful." "
By. Lucien LeLong
(Excloie Cb to Central Preta and
Th S Ui teaipa n. --j.
PARIS, Dec 3. 1927-r-There
Is no race in the world which, ap
preciates the home at a higher
valuation than the French and
every Frenchman, -understands
and sympathizes with the custom
of making the Christmas holidays
a time In which scattered members
of the same family "tree may meet
together to celebrate. t
: That the celebration should take
the form of an especially good din
ner, is also extremely sympathet
ic to the French mind. We also,
love to offer our guests an exam
ple to the best cuisine, when we
meet' together. We French, to
judge by the opinion of us held by
other races, are a nation of gour
mets who become gourmands on
provocation. The hostess on the!
dayof such a family gathering has!
an anxious time of It. She wants
her part of the family to appear j
at its very best before the rest of
its members. She has not only the
dinner itself on her mind, but the
appearance of the whole house as
well.
New Adornments
Christmas being a winter festi
val the general impression Bhould.
be one of warmth, light, and good
Cheer. Open fires should burn in
every possible chimney; flowers
should be rich, warm colored blos
soms, rather than fragile hothouse
roses; the menu itself should have
a suggestion of solid tradition
about it and not consist of compli
cated dishes. V .
If the special preparation of the
home for this festival extends to
the buying of new adornments in
time for the occasion, there is
nothing more suitable than the
modern invention of fur cushions
and couch covers.. They give ex
actly the impression desired. And
they are really quite economical
affairs, in spite of the impression
of luxury which they create. They
offer a wonderful way of employ
ing that stock of partly used fur
which is an embarassment to many
women. It -is too good to throw or
give away and too shabby to serve
any longer on clothes. Then why
not make cushions of it? You can
always find a little furl worker
who will - know how to interpret
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TO 0 PIS
Great Deal of Attention Be
ing Paid To; Trimmings
This Winter
Instead of dying out after the
summer and fall favor, flares were
still more the rage as the Paris so
cial .season, previous to the grand
departure for the; south, opened
this weeku; . ...
Latest advices to the Woman's
Home Companion showed the flare
to be the most important single
fashion feature In the showings of
coats and gowns for the Riviera
season, as well, so it appears to
have gained instead of lost in pop
ularity. The circularly cut skirt,
the short coated suit with a front
flared skirt, the I evening dress
with two uneven side flares and
the afternoon dress with its off
center flare are among the types
most prominent i at Drecoll's,
Worth's, LeLong.s and Doucet's.
One sheer, black velvet frock,
printed with a small white flower
design, possessed not only the side
flared skirt but there were flares
as well in the cuffs and the long,
tight , sleeves. An evening gown
in the winter mode was made of
chiffon and chartreuse panne vel
vet in the skirt, the skirt . being
gathered slightly over the hips,
accentuating the Moused bodice
and leaving fishtails from the
waist In the back i as a sort of
flare which gave; a gracefully
swaying, unequal hemline, a detail
necessary to this winter's chic.
A great deal of attention to
trimmings is also being paid this
winters. Long sprays of flat, chif
fon flowers are placed over the
shoulder of an evening gown by
Molyneaux. Jenny cuts the bacfe
yoke of contrasting material and
lets a one-end scarf hang loose.
Bechoff slips a jabot -through a.
slash on the left side of a blouse
and Drecoll encourages elaborate
pendants, bright in color such as
crystals and emeralds. Much at
tention Is being given to coat
sleeves, too, Lanvin having evolv
ed a beaver cuff almost to the el
bow, which is tight at the wrist
but curves out widely, following
the curved outline of the lower
portion of the arm. .Contrasting
c,olors of material from which
gowns are made are also in great
favor in Paris.
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New Shoes Show a TTrehd Toward Boots
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New : Siihouette of Youth
Yardstick By Which
Clothes Are Measured
IE ODORS '
MAY GRAGE TREES
Christmas Trees Loaded
Down With Odors of Blos
som Now Popular
By Lucy Claire
(Tachion Expert for Central Presa and
The Statesman.)'
- Speaking of the weather. Dame
Fashion is certainly preparing for
some cold days this winter. " As I
mentioned in a previous article,
she Is robbing animals, wild and
i cultivated, to swathe her cloth
coats in fur, and is adding discreet
ftares to her fur coats, lapping
them well over to the side for
greater warmth as well as style.
Now she climaxes her prepara
tions with boots. Not the Well
ington boots of the past few seas-, terials satin, ine -French elastic.
The youthful silhouette is the
silver yardstick by which every
modern woman must measure her
clothes.' Consequently she has
begun to plan bet wardrobe from
the inside out. -
The boyish figure which has
reigned supreme for a good many
fashion years is not what is meant
by the new silhouette of youth
Clothes are fitting closer to the
figure, stressing the curves ol
youth, not the straight lines. Par
isian authorities say that the dom
inance of the tailored mode for
afternoon does not offset this ultra-feminine
tendency, because
the gewns are being made up in
materials that, without fail, are
soft and clinging. Designers are
emphasizing the figure still more
by introducing undulating lines in
decorations to take the place of
the present geometric trend in
trimming.
Fashion Itself or the patron
saint of women Is always seeing
to it that there Is a very effective
way out "of every dress difficulty.
Thus, putting the first atenion on
foundation dressing takes away
all the - sting of this news about
displaying curves for those whose
natural contours are not the kind
to be emphasized. After all the
"youthful silhouette" which chic
demands,- depend entirely upon a
woman's I ability to mold her
curves... The secret lies in wear
ing a foundation garment which
is correctly designed for the type
of dress milady is wearing and
which fits properly.
"Foundation garments are made
for every type of woman and for
every purpose,", explained Miss
Kathryn Cunningham. designre
for the H. W. Gossard company,
replying tb Inquiries about this
new wardrobe necessity. "And
they are designed in dozens of ma-
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"Girl routs masher with wallop
behind the ear," writes the N. Y
Evening World. That's hitting
the male on the head, all right.
Farm & Fireside. :
Your Lights With As
Much Care As Your Furniture
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: i by MQS. VtgGIMIA LEE , Vf
w J r ;r Unforgiving
i When a person 'shows an unfor
giving spirit, should that person's
friendship be cultivated Ti Would
tuch a person make a good life
companion T Why do people wor
ry, so much about unworthy
friends?
"Dear Mrs. Lee: I am much
In - need of advice and hope you
will give it to me.". I am H 6 and
tove a; boy who is two years my
ienior. I went with him last year
and he ; seemed to care "fori me
Quite a lot. - Then one day I in
sulted him, unconscious of what I
was doing. He acted very coldly
towards me for .about a month.
We became friendly again but he
has never asked me to go ont since
then, ' He is- constantly bringing
it up about the time I Insulted
him. I try very hard to make
he simply will not believe me. He
; has begun to go out with other
girls. - lie tells me he does not
like them, Dut goes out with them
for fun. Why does he do, this
when he knows it hurts me? He
ciatms ne loves me ana : finds a
great difference between me and
other ; girls. r Do you think he
means it? :
"Actions - speak louder than
words.' my dear. If he does love
you. as he says, he certainly
shows it in a queer way. I don't
tee how you can really love a per
son who seems so unforgiving and
inconsiderate.
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What do dreams mean? Well,
Mr. Freud had some very definite
" opinions on the subject and so
have a good many other people.
I had a friend once who declared
that whenever she dreamed of a
, fire she had trouble next day, and
' she went around looking for, it.
Needless to say she found it, .
"Dear Mrs, Lee: I am going to
ask you & simple but foolish ques
tion.. If a fellow dreams of a girl,
does he care for her, or was he
thinking of her before he. fell
eileep? I .met a fellow Labor
Pay. I t3vea't eeea cr ttc-iLt
of him since, but the other night I
dreamed of him. And I am sure
I do not care , for him. My ques
tion does not j refer to. my dream.
I met a fellow at a friend's house.
He narajy noticed me, out my
friend wrote me that he told her
he dreamed of me. I am very
anxious to get a little Information,
as I like this fellow very much.
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I am afraid as an interpreter of
dreams I ami a total , loss, Billy.
The boy might have been thinking
of you and he might. not. Some
people dream of things of which
they think a great deal in waking
hours, others do not. Whether
he thought of you before or not,
maybe-the dream will make this
young man think of you more.
-, "An Old-Faahloned-Lass" sends
a message ot cheer to "Doubtful,"
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him KaKaTa T AA vtra masn If tin 1 11
v- A v.,. Owho BOme time ao wrote a letter
expressing his doubt as to whether
there were any decent girls left
nowadays. ' - :
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la getting many worth-while let
ters written by such serious mind
ed young people. I would like to
tell "Doubtful?; that -I have had
about the same experience, even
though I am of the opposite sex.
Recently a young man asked me
for a date. During the evening
he asked me to kiss him. ?u I re
fused : him" primarily because I
had never made a practice. of kiss
ing every boy that took me out
and also because I didn't want him
to think me cheap;" 1 1 gave him
no chance to think I wanted pet
ting. He has . never asked me
for another , date. : A lot of girls
I know positively hate petting but
they do- it; and allow it because
they know that the -boys with
whom they associate expect it of
them. , I for one will stand by my
theory and will make exception
for no boy. 1 don't thing there is
a . boy In our community- who
doesn't go In for petting. - So all
I can do is wait, I sincerely hope
that ''Doubtful" will - get a real
decent girl of whom he dreams. -.
: AN OLD rASIII0NED,LAS3.M
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By Hildav Hunt - I
Now that, winter is well on its'
way, it is the house's turn to get
a new dress for the long winter
months when . outdoors . pleasures
give .way-to the home festivals of
Christmas and New Years. : New
furniture or the rearrangement of!
old takes precedence over every
thing else until the change ie com
pleted. -
The sixe of your room governs!
the placement of furniture, in
some" measure, but the ; lmple
rules of good lighting in respect to
each piece of furniture, should be
followed In every part of the
house. Of course we assume that
you bought your furniture with an
eye for harmony. 1 For the most
perfect s furniture in the . world
would look all wrong if Improperly
grouped and poorly lighted.
The ; above bed too m eketch is
done in the early American period
that is so popular now. Its sim
plicity and beauty ot line makes it
adaptable to apartments and small
bouses, and, best of all, it adds an
air, of antiquity to the new home,
even though - the furniture la a
modern reproduction. - -:i
riacing the bed near a window
insures light for these who like to
read in ted, while the bedside
lanp proYliza tie necessary liht
for persons addicted , to : reading!
themselves to sleep at night. Light
and plenty of it is as essential to
good health and happiness as food
With "this in mind optometrists
throughout the country are cam-)
palgning for .better lighting facili
ties to avoid and correct eye' de
fects,' But most persons think
that a lamp here and there,' with
no particular thought spent Jon! its!
efficiency, is sufficient. You can't
follow out the color scheme of
your room with lamps unless you
consider the relative value ot the
various colors wnen used as a
shade. ; The best poseible color.
according o Illuminating engi
neers, is gold or yellow which re
flects the light rather than ab
sorbs it, .' v
Parchment Shade Back
Now that, parchment is oaca In
favor again," nothing could be mere
appropriate for the little glass bed-
side lamp . than : a shade made of
thie interesting . material with a
Oodey print, depicting days of for
mer feminine fashions. -But if you
are anxious to use silk, be sure
that the inside or lining of the
lamp Is gold, while the outside can
match any' color scheme which you
may decide upon tor your room.
The one pictured - Is of silk r to
natch the rose tones in the flow-
ons, which are still good for those
whose clothes budget is not pro
Christmas trees loaded down hibltive, but a regular high kid
with the odors of peach blossoms shoe fashioned on the lines of our
and other pleasant holiday novel-galfe , v
Akin cuuto( w uitu 4 uaie uau iuc
artist sketch for you, have Just
made their ' appearance in New
York, but shoemen claim they are
a good number and the forerunner
of the mode for boots In another
year. . They can be worn in three
ways -turned down in a cuff, as
shown on the figure in the sketch,
with the front flap turned down
as shown In the sketch at the left,
and high as shown at the right
lower corner. They - come in
brown, "beige, black, and the new
royal blue kidskin. '
Come "Over Knees
. , Another indication of fair and
colder weather, is the new Well
ington boot introduced by Irene
Castle, shown at the upper left
of the sketch. These, you will)
note, come up slightly over the'
knees. They are also made . of
kfdskin, as it is Impossible to
make a neatly fitting high boot
like this of any but a very soft,
plable leather.
, Simultaneously appearing with
the new boots, are new high: gal-
ties this year, dus to the creation
ot new perfumes and their grow
ing popularity, says Farm & Fire
side in its December number.
; "Peaoh - blossoms , have.,, been
converted into- perfumes, toilet'
water, talc and face powder this
year,'' says the article. "The odor
of pure springtime, young and Im
aginative, are delightful odors to
add to the old-fashioned ones of
Christmas. In addition to .peach
blossoms a manufacturer has
brought out this season a sweet
pea perfume, which will be fol-'
lowed by odors of other flowers
which have not- heretofore been
popular with the fashionable but
promise to become the greatest
rage.
"In addition to the attractive
ness of these scent themselves
there is - a growing tendency for
everybody to adraft a liking for
perfumes although it was once
rather not the thing to do. This
makes perfume buying, if one
finds what one's friends prefer
ences-are, a smart and compara
tively easy thing to do for Christ
mas. : -
"So beautiful are the packings
of perfumes and other toilet ac
cessories, that powders, lip-sticks,
compacts and soaps are among the
most sensible gifts of the year.
"For men there is a new talcum
which comes in a stick to rub on
after shaving and scented to suit
the most fastidious tastes."'
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brocaded materials, silk tricot and
less important others."
Properly fitted foundations for
the new gowns are not less tb be
regarded than properly ; designed
ones. Buying foundation gar
ments, over the' counter without
fitting1 is- Just as senseless as. buy
ing shoes without trying them on.
Comfort as well as appearance de
mands a' properly fitted founda-v
tion.-.; :'l.,iJ:'';. ; -
Tor comfort is quite, essential
in view of Dame Fashion's latest
decree a different posture to dis
play preperly each style of gown
a woman wears. It Is impossible
to give' the' body the convex out
line demanded . by the fall skirt
that is longer in back, or the con
cave pose which a clinging model
with shirred uneven drapes hang
ing In. front requires, unless the
body, is absolutely at ease under
the foundation garment,
Evening dresses with snug fit
ting hiplines, " or near-fitting
waistsr ;.the tailored afternoon
gowns of such soft, new' woolens,
the sport dresses with their sweat-.,
ers long enough to emphasize the
hipline are all examples of the at
tention to feminine curves which
modistes have made the rage this
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MowAcMve Beauty
Songs of a
Housewife
BY MARJORIE K. RAW LINGS
ers of the hooked rugs.
The dressing table i not shown,
hut it should be ; lighted from
either side by waU brackets with
the same attention to lighting de
tails as given the table lamp. Two
glass lamps, matching the one on
the table, may be placed on either
side of the dressing: table if a sub
stitute ia 'needed j for the - wall
brackets. But here again the size
of the lamp, must be governed by
the colors used for the shades.
Parchment require a lamp ot
smaller size, than a shade of silk,
since its transmitting power is so
much greater. . . v
Optometrists tell us that our
eyes for centuries have been ac
customing themselves to daylight,
therefore, gold shading to orange
Is the wisest choice for illumina
tion if we would avoid eye strain.
In the opinion of Prof, Samson K.
Barrett at -New York 'university,
the several tones of yellow and
orange are conducive to harmony,
while the reds and purples are
likely to irritate.. As an authority
on lighting, he points : out 7 that
when diffused lamp are used, we
must not lose sight of the tact that
more lights, or those of greater in
tensity, must be installed to get
the proper - amount ot light- tor
sure vision. -
AT BREAKFAST
"Pass me, the sugar, and I'll pass
cream. . '
How is the coffee this morning?
Good? i ' ;
How did you sleep,' and did you
' . dream? ' ":";:
f How thougs mingle, - over the
food! . . . '
"What does the morning paper
' say? . .
Politics? Tales of men and
-. wives? .
What do you plan to do today?
Breakfast the morning meet
ing of lives I ; . -
You and I and our neighbor folk,-
I Meeting in print , and in talk
and then, " .
On the school-bell's ring and the
town-clock's' stroke.
Starting the world - at work
again! f
DIPLOMACY
I found my neighbor's children.
' .. With long nails driven dense,
Building a chicken-coup against
; Our intersecting fence. m '
i said, "Why, how convenient!
Now when I want a chick
I'll only need to lift a board
; And X can take my pick I .
I : hope your; . jow ; grow
V plumply
I should not care for runts.'
Winter Roughness and Redness
; -Hands that preside at the cof
fee urn, that play the piano or vio
lin, or even that help a charming
woman to express her thoughts
and personality, should be. ilk-
white and as soft as silk.
- .'The. winter months : demand
more-of hands than any other time
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They held a hurried conference foundation of this attractive
And novad thd cdp at1 once! JotU raodsLJ : 'Z.
Protecting Tour Hands Against of year, for these are the height
of the social season. Tennis courts '
and golf links are not so demand-ins"-'
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Yet it Is -one of r the external
paradoxes' that no other season
will make hands look worse than
winter oes if they are not prop
lery cared-ior.v Winds and cold
chap,J rougTiei. and redden them.
Artificial heat dries them out.
They;need frequent washing, and
it a hit of dampness remains when
you go out Into the cold, they are
rough, and sore in no time. Many
women, -r suffer from chilblains
which, to . say nothing of their
painfnlnesa, 4nake the hands stiff
and blotched, with red or purple.
To prevent them, put your hands
in cold water as soon as you come
in but of' the cold. Cocoa butter
or a good cream are excellent for
overcoming them J
To restore whiteness and soft
ness to weatherTharshened hands,
massage them two or three times
day with , a j softening hand
cream, Before going to bed at
night, rub anti-wrinkle cream Into
them and then put on gloves, from
which the fingers have been cut,
to prevent soiling "the bed clothes.
" Always after you. wash your
hands, rub a little hand lotion on
them. A few drops of glycerine i
excellent 'for many women, al
though it Is irritating to the skin
of some. I always get the best re
sults .by' rubbing - in a small
amount of face cream that la
made by a pasteurized process. Put
this on while your hands are still
wet, . then dry -,- them. You will
find that it leaves them very soft
and-white and serves as an excel
lent protection against chapping.
" Hands need sd " little care t
keep them attractive that there l
really no excuse for any wom "
leave them unlovely. -Vt talk
on winter beauty will taxe up me
subject, "Counteract the Complex
ion Ravages Of Artificial Heat."