MEDFORD MATT TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 2S,' in:W.
Fashions
Household Hints
Gardening, Etc.
Edited by
Eva Nealon
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Alabama Girl, London Stage
Star, Will Return to America
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Tnlliilali Ilonkhcml, Dixie) girl
singe, In mining back to America
I, ON DON, Deo. 27. (fl1) Tallu
Inh Bunkhead of Huntsvllle, A In,
inid May fair Ih packing up to go
home for keeps and she jolly
well liken the Idea.
Home, however, means Now
Yrirk and the talkie studios.
khe was Just another actress of
Ilroadway eight yenrs ago when
sho set out for London plenty of
nmhltiou hut hardly known away
from Times square.
London liked her blond, south
ern beauty from the start and
mudo her u big name, perhaps tho
most popular actress In tho Kng
lish cuplt.il. ,
After mnnths people still stand'
In line, fop hours before her thea
ter, and girls wait at the stage
floor for a glimpse of hei
"I'm selling my little house nnd
my automobile If 1 can find a
hUycr almost everything I've
got," she said. "I don't think I'll
ever be hook In London again ex
cept for visits.
"Oh, I love London, of course.
Next; Slippers Shy
i Expose More
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LHhorlaKtl Press I ash ion ICdllor)
i PAHIH. 'Dec. 27. (ff1) Kvenlng
Kllppers aro shying nwny from
- metals.
j Tho (fold and silver kids and
tissues - wli ich have been po pu In r
so long because they were so prac
tical are gradually being dlHcurbd
for. failles, crepes and brocaded
lames AVhlch can ho dyed to match
any gown.
As ft rosult fashionable I'm inl
ennett are buying more evening
slippers than tbey did before, for
n colored slipper can be worn with
fowr gowns than a silver imp,
Tho metal slippers which are
worn nhow lens and less of the
silver and gold and more and more
of tho foot.
Heveral of the mortfls hnvo no
French Touch
Nomo of Hip miiiiir milliner)- kIhiiin Trench llcwiliitUmiur In
fluence. Tin- Irirurn lint hero U mini oxer olio crehmw by iimlc
JoinlMinl. It In triiniiil Hllh Imililit rlhl , of nil, nlillo nml blue.
who hccium: n Hliir mi the London
to live and make talkies.
Who wouldn't if they had been
successful here? And It's hard to
break away from friends, but now
i that 1 know I'm going I nun hardly
. wait for tho boat,
j "I've only been hack once for a
j short visit since I came over hero.
"Resides the adventure of going
'home I'm going to make talkies,
'which I have never dono before.
; It's something new, and that's ex-
citing."
She hasn't made any plans for
! appearing on tho legitimate stage
! In America, Miss llnnkhend said,
land the chances are that she' will
stay with the films for some time.
Hhe Is to sail for ' America Jan
uary 7.
Klendcr, blue eyed, still' in her
twenties, she has kept her Dixie
accent. And the things she prizes
; most an Knglish maid and n por
trait by Augustus John she's tnk-
lug along.
Miss Itankhcnd's father Is a
United Ktates representative from
Alabama, and her uncle recently
defeated J. Thomas Hefltn for the
senate from that state.
at Metals,
of Heel and Toe
toes at all Jut two molded straps
across tho top of tho foot, expos
ing sllk-stocklnged toes to the
gaxu of all.
Others nro cut out at tho back,
leaving tho heel exposed.
Silver and gold, however, aro
often seen In combination with the
dyed fabrics. Opera pumps of fig
ured silk In bright colors are often
ornamented with a narrow stitch
ing of gold or silver.
Jty day It seems the fashionable
shoe grows plainer and plainer.
l'laln suede opera pumps with
buckles, straP'Suedrs finished at
the toe ami hei-1 with calf of the
same shade, and brown kids with
n soft suede cruwh about the In
step aro among the smartest
models.
in Neiv Hat
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Real Living Room
Should BeLivable
ForWhole Family
Says Expert
j Ktrnngo aa it may seem, there
; are mill many living rooms In this
; country's homes In which the
family Isn't able to live. And yet
I it ihft't (liflicuU to arrange a room
; In which seven people of differ
ent ages can he entirely bappy-r
declares Mary Davis Gillies, in
terior decoration export, In Mc
( 'all's for December:
"1 once asked u famous New
York decorator a man to make
me a living room plan for a typical
American family of moderate
means. He produced a scheme for
a formal Queen Anne drawing
room. When I tried to explain my
objections by saying that I couldn't
Imagine a mother keeping her sew
ing basket there, ho raised horri
fied eyebrows. 'My dear lady,' he
exclaimed, 'surely you don't mean
I that you think a living room Is
the place for a work basket. ' '
"I dbl, ami I do.
"After nil, a living room should
encourage each innmhcr of the
family to use it, and in accom
plishing this tho beauty, for which
we all long, need not be sacrificed.
Hero's how tho comfort of seven
persons of varying uges and tastes
can be provided for in u. living
room.
"It is not a period room. The
rough printed linen and sturdy
fuhrlin give it a faint Knglish flav
or l;ut this would not outlaw It
from a place In any modern Amer
ican house,
"A love seat nnd a chair with nn
ottoman (which supplies the com
fort of n chaise longue) inuko up
a fireplace group, and 4ire bal
anced In scale by a table, lamp
and two armchairs arranged
against the wall opposite. Balance
can ulso be uchleved by placing
the secretary opposite the fire
place,. However, tho reading und
conversational group Is much more
churmlng in the other position and
tho desk offers more seclusion
than It would in the central po
sition. "Tho chairs solected for such a
mom must have particular merit.
Kach one has u personality of its
own. Thero is no mistaking fath
er's generous wing chair; mother's
Is smaller und on the otlier side
of the table. The chaise longuo
cozily placed by tho fireplace goes
to grandmother, or Aunt Jane.
Mister likes tho curves of a chair
In the corner and the hoys ean.rti
vido a comfortable sofa between
them, ...
"The youngest member of the
family Is protected from an infer
iority complex by a whole corner;
expressly planned Tor youthful ac
tlvlty. There Is desk room foi
st udy; books handily placed if
someone Is Inclined to read aloud;
and, moHt Important of all, an easy
chair which Is scaled to meet the
needs of tender years.
"in the corner by the entrance
door Is a card tsblo which can be
tiuickly requisitioned for a game.
The four side chairs, n necessary
part of every living room, aro con
veniently disposed of ono at the
denk, two flunking tho drop leaf
table on the side wall und ono by
the card table.
"The lower portion of tho book
cases may be converted into cup
boards and files In which maga
zines, letter portfolios and all sorts
of odds and ends can bo kept con
veniently closo at hand, and out of
sight. One section uccommodstes
a radio with Its loud speaker con
cealed behind a grill in the low
est shelf. The same space on tho
oppotdtn sido of tho fireplace Is
occupied by tho child's desk.''
TROUSERED SKIRTS
FOR STREET WEAR
l'AKIM, Pro. 27 () Trousered
wulklnn klrla lire u ft-nture uf
mitno iif tlio amnrtrxt l'm-lninn
n)iiik. '
Tho bifurcated mortcln which
hnvo Iipoii fnvoiitos on Iho bench
unci In tho homluir hnvo boon
iMtnptcri to Htroet wear by sevornl
eouturlern,
lino of tho models of nmnll
black nml whlto chocks Ik rteslcned
with Miph fullnOBH thnt only when
Iho wearer wnlkn la tho illvlxlon
niipnreiit.
NEW SLIT SKIRTS
SHOW KNEES AGAIN
TAHIS, Deo. 87. W) Mlliuly
aoonm determined (o how her
kno In ono wny or nnothcr.
Hill klrtn rcnilnlKCcnt of the
HtyloM of IS yenrtt no nro oen
on Ki vernl or tbo winter evening
mndeli.. -
Ono gown of brown ntln. mndo
ii In ii k Homl-tlttod linen, In llt to
tho knee a Kilt thnt wldena
nut Icon l)ly nn the' wearer w.illn.
EVENING SLIPPERS
MADE OF GAY TAFFETA
I'AI.M III;acMI Dec. 27. ()
Kvenlnn lliierii In gully flowered
tiiffela nro the luteal whim of
fnahton for dnnclllK dntlKlltara,
downKcra nml dlvorccea of I'alm
llencll.
Theao nro Rccompnnled by
mnteblnif evening bnffa. Th allp
peii, nro In anndnl atyle with hlch
alender heel nnd medium vamp.
Wmniir Ht I'crhHla I'TOd
WAHMINtlTtlN (V-Ueat per.
hula Improve Iho iiunlily uf work
of women ennnKed tn certain In
duairlnl occupatlona, tho women'
bureau of the department of labor
hn found. Heat priloda In tho
middle of the forenoon and after
iiixin aro urged.
Florida Preens for Influx :
Of Totirists,RecordYeaYlAim
war. inn ''
Heavy simtaiiR are taboo In thfc nlnU'f's lH'ni-li styles, nml the
prolcot i-crtorters from Florida su lis. Hero are. four Florida girls w
suits and over-all pajamas. '
MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 27 This
shrlno of sun and pleasure seek
ers expects a winter season this
year that will rival the record
breaking winter of 1D28-29.
- Miami and her environs, Miami
Beach, Coral Gables and other
nearby resorts, expect cosh regis
ters to Jingle at a fontor pace than
last year.
Housing facilities have beon ex
panded nnd It Is estimated that
Miami -has i 26 per' cent mure
houses, rooms and apartments
available than ih nny previous
year. .
A . municipally operated board
to assist newcomers In finding aa-
Girls Step Into Hostess Roles Once
Held Only by Older Women
By Sl: Mi'NAM UtA
WASHINGTON, Doc. 27. (P)
Olrl hoBteasea, HteppliiR Into aoelnl
poaltlona unco clnlmed only by ma
ture women, now range in ;nso
from 19 to -J4 yenra.
With onae tbey thrend their wny, command when hoc mother is un
through tbo red tnpe of offtclnl- : ablo to do ao.
dom nnd prealde gracefully nt tho
moat Important funetiona.
Tho In teat to aaauuio tho rolo la
Cynth'a llavla, 19-year-old daugh- j
tor of Dwight 1 Davis, governor
general of the Philippines. A
Wnshin.rtcn dohutnnto last year,'
Miss Jlavls will bo bead of her I
father's executive
Manila thia winter.
.Miss Alice Davla,
mansion in
, ,
22, who bus
been noting In that capacity for a;
yenr pnat, will apend the winter
with her mother in Krnnce, where i
Mra. Dnvls bus been for aomo time
for her health.
lloraehaek riding, swimming niid '
tennis tnko lip much of the time
of the governor general's daugh
ters when they are not presiding
Household Recipe
Service
THKY do things In a big way
In Hawaii. A forest was
plauted there by airplane,
last your, according to a report
Just reodved by the Forest Ser
vice of the Vnitml Slatos Depart
ment of Agriculture. A Vnlird
States Army plane broadcast I.KM.)
pounds of sis'ds over a large,
eroded area from nu elevMtfuu uf
V.tWfl feet.
Hawaii has also done big things
In cultivating (ho world's largest
pinenpplo plantations. And re
cently ono canning company has
devised A new method of marking
pineapple cans for tho convenience,
nnd economy of the housewife
by stamping the grades I or 2 or
3 on the tops of the cans so that
tho proper rndc of fruit may be
used for tho proper puw.
Pineapple slumped Crude 2
makes an excellent Npicrtf Pine
iipplr, lasty with duck, gams or
other meats. To one cup vinegar,
add one nip suvsr, one-half tea
spoon cinnamon, thrw. fourths tra
spoon cIovm, f on r ru os crmhod
llswsllan pineapple. Cook slowly
on halt hour.
1
oommodatfons will function In
Miami again this year. Apartment
house owners have continued their
organization of a year ago to co
operate with the city in locating
visitors.
Entertainment facilities will be
on a similar scale to those of last
year and the year before.
I ' Horse racing during a 45-day
, meet has been assured by offlclnls
j of the- Miami Jockey club; - Two
greyhound racing plants will re-
now 'operations, and a third is In
irocess of construction.
Golf courses are being dressed
up for a winter influx of profes
sional und uniateur shot makers,
' nnd new ones are being laid out.
at Ilia atato dinners or .inl'ornuil
lena.
Miss Sue Tollord, daughter of
the governor of Virginia, is an
other example of tho modern girl
who efficiently nahumes aoelnl
.Mm. Pollard hna been nn invalid
for aomo time, but tbo vlvncioua j
dark hnlrcd Sue haa aucceaHfully I
dlapensed tho Virginia brand of!
hoapilalily at the governor's man-;
sion In Richmond. I
Cmtrti ore i
Contrive
nn WnSntlirto
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iv NEW. YORK will women hnvo
"-axons l" deportment In
ordei to wear the new Paris,
clothes?
This question is raised by Mar
Jorle Howard. Paris fashion editor J
for Harper's Dazaar, who repot'ts
In the October issue of tho maga- !
i vine that the new models dtsplay
( ed at the recent Paris openings
j are delightful from the artistic ;
j standpoint, but they will probably'
j prove difficult to wear,
i For several seasons now the big
! French fashion houses, weary of ;
I the rigorous simplicity of fashions
ushered In by the war. have been !
t turning oacK to romantic periods
; of the past for Insph at ion. M Iss
Howard point? out. Little by lit
tle, elegance and elaboration have
crept Into feminine fashions until I
this season many models look Just
like illustrations from Jane Aus
ten. Hut romantic clothes are not j
cany to wear, and already the
couturiers have met defeat on a i
couple of Ismics.
"Last winter's trained dresses ;
proved conclusively that women '
had forgotten how to munage a '
trailing length of material," writes1
M'iss Howard. "Ilem-e. Un trained j
evening gown Is far less strongly'
reprewented In this winter's tNillec j
tions. ii nt I the ankle-length eve- j
nlng frock U coming into Its own,
though the skirt that Just escapes j
tnc tioor ail around Is a leudcr.
BLACK RIDING HABITS
COME BACK INTO FAVOR
LONDON. Dec. (.-Pt Riding
habits, which last season were
dark blue or "dusted'' blue, have
reverted to the classic black with
white or canary yellow waistcoat
us far as fashionable Kngland is I
concerned. i
, Princess Mary's sister-in-law, ;
i the Hon. Mrs. P.dward l-asoelles.
j has had two black habits made
j for her.
Shh'llhil Shoulders
' Few frot ks in Palm Ht a h are
ereft of sleeves. Most shoulders
! are shielded by a fluttering cape
i or a short sleeve Aii.iA, .iiv
nina fnn-ks reniu. n r. .it .i.
shoulders.
new hcarh pajamu coshimes are to
it I l heir new snug: fitting bathiii:
Miniature courses have sprung up
overnight through the area and
on some of Miami's highest-priced
lots. j
Bathing beaches and clubs an
ticipate a record crowd.
Fight and wrestling match pro
moters have scheduled a busy sea- i
son, to ho climaxed by the third
annual "battle of the palms."
Night clubs and theaters are re
guilded nnd redecorated for seek
ers for night timo pleasure.
The winter tourist business was
attended by a wave of economy
lust year, following the stock mar
ket collapse, despite the fact that
the number of visitors was esti
mated to be as great as in other
years.
An American -In
Paris
By Haze! Ilea vis
PARIS Six weeks of loafing in
Kurupc was all that Maurice Che
valier could stand.
He's back on the legitimate stage )
Hinging ami ttancing for a hriei
period. Daytimes, when he has no !
matinee performance he works at
tho moving picture studio nt
.lolnvilte. .
Hollywood Is a real place to live
and full of friends whom he will
be glad to see again. Chevalier tells
his French friends. He's due to re
turn there before so very long.
New ltulcs
The Bois dc Iloulagne, glorified
playground and city sunparlor. in
spires a whole new set of rules
which police hope will moke it a
neater, sweeter and safer place for
Parisians.
It Is now abKolutely defend u
French equivalent for forbidden
to commit suicide In the Hois; to
park cars after dark except in
front of occupied and lighted
lull hi infJH : tn nick flnwoi-u ih:iA
birds, nhiv musical Instrument.! or
curve your initials or anyone's else
on trees or benches. ,
The police also have put a stop i
the practice of bringing the i
family wash to the Hols lake fori
free washing nnd fresh air drying.
No fishing is permitted, either,
In the pretty artificial waterways.
It Is now forbidden to chase, snare
or otherwise annoy the ducks and
swans who live on the lakes.
Swimming In the lakes has long
been against the law and still Is.
On top of the new rules the city
of Paris announces Its Intention to
light up the main highways which J
criss-cross the wooded area that
to discourage over bold bandits. I
No Fmdiug
Pessimists please note: j
The percentage of wormy chest-I
nuts Is particularly high In France. I
say vendors of the roasted delicacy.;
l neii u tiuv i i-iiruineu oy rnsio- t
mors touu voiceu dissatisfaction
with the fall crop of nuts.
Persistrnt heavy rains drove
worms Inside the chestnuts. That's
tho vendors' explanation.
Anyway Paris is operating Its
corner chestnut roasters on a strict
'no chestnuts exchanged" basis.
Ami that means no chestnuts e
mnnged. Forest fire damn tie
-"Mn.i in I ;i?!i ro n SI"
In North
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1 to L' n mini toMAzaz'
Chinese Actress Runs
Gauntlet of Languages
Ily L(Heiia llfckok I
NKW YOltK (!! Two Jobs wilt'
be waiting for Anna May Wong
across tiio Atlantic when she fin- i
(nlies the role of ihc half-caste ,
Chinese girl In Kdgur Wnlluee's j
"On The Spot" here in New York. ;
One Ik to lour (ierrnnny playing j
"Tuiandot" and "ICasi Is West" in j
Oerman a language of whirh loss ;
than three years ago she knew i
not one word.
The other Is to make two talk
ing pictures in 1'nland. '
Miss Wong, whose real name is!
Wong Liu Tsong, hopes they won't j
expect her to .do them In Polish.
For Polish looks to her llko a j
"language in which they pick up
all the letters in the alphabet and '
throw them at each other." 1
Hut if they (1 want her to speak !
Polish In the talkies Miss Wong
will make a stab at it. For. her t
linguistic record so far is as cour-
ageous as it Is unique. : j
Two- yenrs ago last spring she I
left her native Hollywood, .where J
she had been In pictures, and
went to (iermany to do silent films. 1
Then the talkie eame. t
lu about two months Anna May ;
Wong learned her part In "The !
Fla me of Love" in the (iernian j
language, though they ehungeil the j
script on her three times.) j
Last summer she was directed j
to do "The Klaino of l,nve" in
French, so Anna May Wmig be- ;.
took herself to Paris, got a tutor, j
refused to let anyone speak :i word j
of Knglish to her, and in three
weeks was ready lu play the part.
Then she went to Vienna, and
sang in lerinau the leading role J
in an operetta. j
In addition to Knglish, Aiuerl- i
Chicken Raising Outdoor Sport
To Secretary of Laborfs Wife
"wlk (S
I William Doak. wife of the
' h "r ;tu0 t'hiekens nt the
I Polly )uppcr right) objects
Ry SVK lcAMHA
WASHINGTON. Dec. 27. ()
Raising chickens Is the hobby of
Mrs. William Doak, wife of tbo
new secretary of labor.
High on a sunny, wind-swept
hill where "Notre Nid." the Doak
home lurches. Mrs. Doak dons an
old sweater, romps with the white
collies and feeds 3ao chickens.
Almost nn invalid 10 years ago
Mrs. Doak now ascribes her health
to tending chickens, carrying rocks
for steps nnd walls and enjoying
her hreeav hilltop.
.... , i it, linn
country
'n he
home even though he Is
cabinet. They like "Our !
Nest, r.nghsh version of "Notre
Nhl," ho named by Mrs. Doak.
nm uuum- ' un us ier-
Iilt tM t,n garoens is set in the
! midst of .encircling hills. Sur-
rounding cliffs are n mass of grey
! winter woodland,
j "Wo will probably take a suite
nt " hotel where we can entertafn
!'Mn' friends this winter," says Mrs.
j Doak, "but every night
'come back out here,
home."
we will
This is
And It Is indeed a home.
One feels it In the welcoming
t all-Wfiir nf Pete, the white pmdle.
ANNjA- MAV Wl)No
can. Kronen, German and a few
words of Polish, Miss Wong speaks
Chinese, which she Says is the
hardest of the lot.-
"My people speak Cantonese,
fourth dialect. The difficult thing
about Chinese is that a mere in
flection will entirely change tho
meaning of a word. Take my own
name Wong Liu Tsong.
"Wong, of course, 4s my family
name. 'Tsong and 'Liu, merely
by a change of inflection. can
mean two entirely different things.
"Say It ono way. and It menus
'second of a pair. That's how I
gtt the name. Hut it can also
mean 'frosted yellow willow."
which is much prettier, I think."
new secretary of labor, likes her
Ioak country home, lint tho
to her new pluoe in the Ilmcllglit.
picked up on the streets by Mrs.
j Doak; In the smile of the negro
who scives tea.
Richmond and Fannie, two
other servants who have been with
the family for years, have a little
home of their own higher on the
hill. A dog house Is being built
for the three large dogs, but Pete,
the waif from the streets, settles
down with satisfaction on his silk
en cushion in the home of a cabi
net officer.
Polly the parrot Is tho only one
tn Btlf fee frnm 1 .. lr .. 4n.
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f KUiih-i.ta n,i
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j may be In. our tiuperb facilities anil
lons experience will restore It, at
1 moderate expense, to a condition
; like new.
Auto glasses Installed, while you
wait.
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