HOOSE for your
afternoon costume
a suit tailored of lace
and you will have ar-
rived at the dizziest
heights of fashion. We
gnow of no more all-
important, all-significant gesture
that has to do with current costume
design than this of tuning lace to
general daytime wear.
The grand part of the existing en-
thusiasm for lace in the daytime
is that it is revealing as it never
revealed before the practical wear-
ability for all hours and the as-
sured adaptability of this feminine-
beloved medium. Then, toc, such
wide use of lace as is now mani-
fest, brings much anew of romance
and loveliness into the afternoon
hours of fashion.
was staged in the
one of the noted superb hotels in
Miami which presented a most en-
trancing scene. At this gorgeous
ing beauty with a promise of style
futures that assured an
edented vogue for lace. Notwith-
new
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lace or of the very
houettes, or of lace in the very
new ‘‘pretty’’ colors (cyclamen
pink, thistle, azure blue and such),
not forgetting smart black or white,
importance of daytime
ions, such as, for example, the suit
of dark lace centered in the ac-
companying illustration.
This model by Victor
(London designers are
coming to the front this season) is
of navy wool lace lined with tile
red crepe. The shirt
Stiebel
at the front from yoke to waist. The
"TEEN AGE FROCK
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
Special emphasis is being put on
dresses for the 'teen-age girl. Tail
ored girl fashions such as this are
designed to avoid the “awkward
age.’ They are youthful but not
childish, simple but not plain. Here
is a charming tailored girl dress.
It is made of gaily patterned crin-
kled cloquassay cotton and is one of
the many cunning models of this
material that is being shown in the
shops and ’teen-age dress sections
this spring.
hat is designed especially to com-
tical wool lace worked with felt in
lored of lace declares its practi-
cality as well as its flattering, pre-
possessing looks. The two-piece
model to the left in the picture,
being smartly tailored, bespeaks all
that one could wish for to wear to
any afternoon occasion from spec-
tator sports to the cocktail hour.
ust now it is proving highly ac-
ceptable for cruise or resort wear.
It is wearable, also, under the fur
coat or a new spring topcoat, if you
are faring north. It has puff sleeves
features are pet
with young girls this season.
The suit illustrated to the right
topics
being made of val lace edgings this
The shops are showing
daintiest of blouses thusly fashioned
of val and the neckwear depart-
ments are making a big showing of
vestees and the like of this type
lace worked row-on-row on net
foundations. In this model we see
a winter resort fashion such as is
as a forerun-
ner of a style-to-be when summer
comes north. This stunning suit of
val lace on a net back-
ground tells better than words of
de-
signers lace this
season
are emphasizing
And have you seen the new lace
frocks with all-around pleated
skirts! If not you have a revela-
tion of super chic and charm await-
you There is a fabric type
of lace suggesting eyelet embroid-
ery that yields most graciously to
this treatment. Printed laces are
important
€ Western Newspaper Union.
AS SKIRTS SHORTEN
Skirts are climbing higher and
higher and now rest between 14 and
18 in from the ground. In or-
der not to present an awkward sil-
houette, the big couturiers are ele-
vating waistlines and thus preserve
eymmetry. Daytime dresses have
high waistlines and evening gowns
go even higher with Empire or 1910
waistlines /
nes
Hat crowns are tumbling as skirt
lengths climb. The flowerpot crowns
of last season have come back to
normal in order not to look ridicu-
lous with the shorter shirts. Many
crowns are normally rounded while
some are squared and others irreg-
ular in shape.
It is difficult to say what width
and proportions spring skirts will
take. Some houses show tight, nar-
row and short skirts, similar to that
which was so popular earlier in the
season. Still other houses show
skirts that are slim and straight in
front but leave much back fullness,
inspired by the Directoire silhou-
ette.
Hand Knit Goods Suited
for Day or Night Wear
Expert workmanship has now
made it possible for women to wear
hand-knit clothes for every hour of
the day or night. Knitted clothes
being shown in Paris come in a va-
riety of weaves and threads. Hand.
knitted coats made of warm, heavy
woolen threads are used for winter
sports while lacy weaves of silk
threads make cobwebby evening
gowns. Some of the cloth.s are knit-
ted directly on the needles to fol-
low a certain pattern, but the
greater part of the materials are
knitted in great lengths so that the
material can be cut, tailored and
fitted more exactly to the styles of
the day.
Black Still Leads
Black remains the popular choice
for street wear, although colors are
shown for sports or afternoon wear,
UNCOMMON
AMERICANS
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By Elmo
Scott Watson
© Western
Newspaper
Union
Schoolmaster of a Nation
E WAS ‘the most popular
American of the
century, the man who had the larg-
est influence in determining the
thoughts and ideals of the American
people during that period and the
man to whose work many great
Americans of the present day
pay tribute as being the fountain
of their inspiration to aspire and to
achieve.” He was William Holmes
McGuffey, the ‘‘Schoolmaster of a
Nation."
Born in Pennsylvania in 1800, Mc-
Guffey became a pioneer teacher in
Kentucky after his graduation from
a little college in his native state
and later was offered a position on
the faculty of Miami university in
Ohio. Recognizing the lack of good
reading material in the common
schools of those days, McGuffey re-
solved to do something about it.
The result was the publication in
1836 of the first and in 1837 the
second of a graded set of readers.
The next year he published a third
and a fourth reader. Then, with
the help of his brother, Alexander
McGuffey, who aided in the revision
of the earlier works and collected
much of the material for the next
two, he issued his fifth and sixth Ec-
lectic Readers.
McGuffey not only had a keen lit-
erary sense but he was also able to
select from the world's best lit-
rature selections that appealed
to children. That fact, combined
with the high moral tone of the
selections, which recommended
them to parents trying to bring
their children up in the way they
should go, gave his readers great
popularity. They sold by the mil
lions in this country and were trans-
lated into many foreign languages so
hat the McGuffey influence was ex-
tended into other lands
How great that influence was—
especially in this country—it is im-
possible to estimate there is
no doubt that the seri urpose of
the McGuffey Eclectic Readers,
their kindly spirit and their teach-
ings of the essential virtues made
cuildren of an earlier generation
better men and women today. At
least, that is the unanimous testi-
mony of many American notables—
authors, educators, industrialists,
statesmen — not to meution thou-
sands of ‘‘just plain folks" who be-
cieties’’ scattered all the
United States.
they gather together to read again
their favorite selections from the
Eclectic Readers and to the end of
their
days they cherish in
over
from this
tion.”
“*Schoolmaster of a
He Saved an Empress
F IT had not been for
American dentist, the last empress
revolutdonists and another
chapter might have been written in
that country. The empress was Eu-
man who saved her was a Dr.
Thomas W. Evans
Not long after Louis Napoleon be-
came emperor, Dr. Evans was
made court dentist of the second
empire. At that time dentistry was
not the respected profession that it
is today. But such was the genius
of this former Philadelphian that he
was held in equal esteem with all
of Napoleon's ministers.
So on September 2, 1870, when
news of the disaster at Sedan
reached Paris and a bloodthirsty
populace began clamoring at the
gates of the Tuilleries and threat.
ening the life of the empress, she
said to the officers of the palace
guard “I will go to Dr. Evans. He
is an American. I am sure he
will render us every assistance we
require.” With only a veil as a dis-
guise and accompanied by one of
her servants, the empress fled by a
secret passage to where a carriage
Then she was
in safety to Dr. Evans’
home, only to find him absent.
that it would be dangerous for the
there. Meanwhile Dr. Evans had
engaged a private carriage and
the next morning he started out
with the royal fugitive on a peril
ous journey
Everywhere soldiers were on the
look-out for the empress but the
quick-witted action and ingenious
ruses of the American, more
than once prevented their capture,
By spending his own money freely
he brought Eugenie in safety
the coast and there he
the owner of an English yacht to
take her to England.
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ITTLE did Jack Benny
-< know what he was letting
himself in for when he decided
to go to New. York for a few
weeks and do his broadcasting
from there. So many requests
for tickets came in, and from
very important people too, that
the largest studio at Radio
City wasn’t anywhere near big
enough to hold them.
So, National Broadcasting com-
pany had to rent the biggest ball-
room of the Waldorf-Astoria and
send the Benny broadcast out from
there. Jack is one of those big,
affable, patient fellows who can re-
member practically everybody he
ever met, and he has met thousands
in his years of vaudeville, musi-
cal comedy, pictures, and radio.
en
First results of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts awards are be-
ginning to be
ticed at the studios
no-
Luise Rainer, whose
performance in
“The Great Zieg-
feild" was voted
best of the year, has
been gi five-
year contract by
Metro - Goldwyn-
Mayer. Paul Muni,
who got the year's
award for best
actor for his work in
“The Story of Louis
Pasteur." evidently figures that he
won't for a long
time, so he § ontractors
about building extensive dog ken-
nels at his house. Someone has
given i a valuable schnauzer,
hopping around for some
ven a
the
Paul Muni
be out of a job
5
talking to «
other de
ner dog
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For the fifth successive year Walt
Disney won the award for best car-
toon, Mickey Mouse in “Country
Cousin’' being the one singled out
as the best of the year. You will
have a chance soon to see all of
the Disney winners in one evening,
as United Artists is going to com-
bine the prize-winning comedies of
the past five years, calling them
the Walt Disney Revue.
er
Edgar Bergen, the ventriloquist
who has become such a favorite on
the Rudy Vallee radio hour, has
joined the wonderful array of com-
ics, opera singers, and dancers that
Sam Goldwyn has lined up for his
Goldwyn Follies. Bergen's skill as
a ventriloquist was developed when
he was just a youngster. He liked
to play jokes on his mother, mak-
ing strange voices call to her from
various parts of the room. Later he
worked his way through Northwest-
ern university giving shows at col-
lege parties.
a
Apparently Sam Goldwyn won't
be happy until he signs up simply
everyone of note in the entertain-
ment world for his Follies company.
Over in London he has put Vera
Zorina, sensationally successful
young ballerina, under contract.
You may have seen her in person,
for last year and the year before
she toured the United States, play-
ing in one hundred and ten cities
with the Monte Carlo ballet com-
pany. She won't just dance in
Goldwyn pictures, but will be
groomed as a dramatic player.
woe Wenn
Jane Withers just dares any kid-
naper to come around her house
threatening her
now. In addition to
her usual body-
guard, a Texas
Ranger who looks
as if he could rout
an army single-
handed, her father
is usually around,
and he has been
sworn in as a depu-
ty sheriff, complete
ys with guns. Further-
Jane Withers more, there is an
electric signal be-
side her bed which rings a bell in
all the police stations near Beverly
Hills. Everybody is betting that the
mischievous Jane will never be able
to resist pushing the button just
once, just to see the police come
dashing to her rescue.
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ODDS AND ENDS:
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HIS week's crop of fashions
scem fully as sweet and gay
and long-awaited as lovely Spring
i they're meant to
harmonize. Mary, Sue and Emily,
three ch ng standees, know
how to day in day out chic
without rf g that pretty
silver eir new Spring
purses
Hints From Mary's Boudoir.
“I'm especially fussy about the
slip I wear, perhaps that's why 1
always own! I never miss
the few hours it takes, and IL can
r a finer,
fabric. A
ll-behaved is a joy to
thers as well—and just
y have. So take a tip
o knows: choose this
model and a good fabric and you'll
have no further slip troubles.”
A Lift for M'Lady.
“A new means more to
me than a new fabric and a
change of color—it means a lift,
a new lease life!” So says
Mi Sue, a snappy sophomore
who sews. “Il decided 1252 had the
kind of newness I want: the clever
ut of the waistcoat bodice first
caught my fancy and
—with whicl
sew-my
spend the difference for
better-we:
slip
£
ir
frock
on
dotted line. I go for
lines, and 1 like lots of
too. You should see my version in
royal blue silk crepe—really, it's
something to be proud of.”
Designers Win Praise.
“Smart Matron your granny,”
retorts Emily to an intended bit
of flattery regarding her new wel-
come-to-spring “If 1 look
as young as I feel I'll be mistaken
fro k
new dress gives me a more
smart to give us ‘40's’ some of
that swing the youngsters rave
about. Do you suppose they sym-
pathize with the poor young men
who are urged nowadays to
‘Swing, Swing, dear Mother-in-
law?"
20 (32 to 46 bust). Size 16 requires
2% yards of 39 inch material.
Pattern 1252 is for sizes 12 to 20
(32 to 38 bust). Size 14 requires 3%
yards of 39 inch material plus %
yard contrasting.
Pattern 1233 is for sizes 34 to 52.
Size 36 requires 53% yards of 30
trasting.
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