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Fancy Turns to Exotic Cottons
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By CHERIE NICHOLAS
OH, OH, OH! Did you ever see
anything in the way of fabric
so dazzling to the eye, so daringly
designful, so altogether fascinating
as the new cotton weaves that are
dancing so madly, so merrily, so
fashionably into the current style
picture?
How perfectly they tune Into the
costume needs of carefree summer
time activities! It is no wild state
ment to say that an entire wardrobe
can be successfully fashioned of cot
ton materials that will carry smart
ly through active sports and morn
ing dress hours, that will answer
to the call for voguish afternoon
costumes, climaxing the around-the
clock program with evening formals
that are just too lovely for words.
Cottons for formal wear? Yes, in
deed! The next time you go to a
dance or night time society event,
count for your own satisfaction, the
dresses fashioned of 0Q£ type of
cotton or another. You will seeglam
orous printed piques, the flattering
and (limy cotton voiles so in de
rnamTal the preSent moment, dotted
swisses, shadow printed organdies,
superfine seersucker sheers and oth
er entrancing cotton weaves too nu
merous to mention.
Perhaps after all has been said
and done it is the amazing cotton
prints that are of outstanding style
significance. For excitement at high
pitch, watch the procession of ex
otics in cotton that are that authen
tically oriental and superbly color
ful you feel that they must have
hailed direct from ports in far Per
sia, or East India, perhaps Java or
China, or from Hungary or some
other central-Europe country, or
just as likely the print that holds
you spellbound may be of South
American origin, for the latter rank
high in style prestige this season.
Do these foreign-looking Ameri
can-made prints make up effectively
in dance frocks? Find the answer in
the charming dress pictured to the
right in the illustration. This sleeve
less evening gown with graceful
skirt and with halter-type bodice
is made of one of the new Hun
garian cotton prints which repro
duce old-world textiles. The colors j
are rich and glowing and there is
a gypsy flavor about them and the j
beads and the bracelets worn are
in definite keeping with the trend
in the summer mode. Needless to
say that the colors of the print are
fast to both sun and washing.
Take the thought of the perfectly
gorgeous new cotton prints and the
thought of the stunning new house
coats, such as are proving the big
sensation in fashion realms, put the
two together and the duo-theme is
enough to tempt any home-sewmg
woman into action. Which is exactly
what is happening. •
She who loves to go nautical will
enjoy making up the beach cout
to the left in the picture, which may
be smartly used laTer on as an
evening coat or as a house coat.
The material, patterned with an
chors and other seafaring themes,
being properly pre-shrunk will not
lose its perfect lines or fit from
laundering, neither will the colors
lose out in tubbing.
A cool competent play outfit of
colorful early American print
centers the trio. Being dependably
pre-shrunk it is able to take its
tubbings cheerfully without tendency
to lose shape. The shirt and shorts
are in one. The skirt whisks on and
off at will.
C Western Newspaper Union.
WITH LACE JACKET
Hr CHKR1K NICHOLAS
This lovely lace gown has a
matching jacket, which it should
have according to all the laws of
fashion. The idea of topping each
dress with a related cape or jacket
runs throughout the entire style pro
gram until now it has become a
widespread accepted fact. Norman
Hartnell, especially prominent for
his coronation gowns, designed this
very lovely evening ensemble. Both
in London and Paris the flair for
lace is at a high point of enthusi
asm.
Romantic Jewelry
Massive bracelets and clips set
witn ‘ sentimental stones” such as
turquoises, corals, garnets, topazes
and seed pearls are going to be
worn this season.
SEPARATE BOLERO
IN LACE IS SMART
By CIIERIE NICHOLAS
One of the many reasons for the
great popularity of the becoming
bolero is its ability to dress up a !
costume, or to vary it for you. You |
have only to slip one on over a sim
ple crepe dress to achieve the ef
fect that is especially attractive
this year. Boleros are particularly
prominent in starched cotton lace,
in pastel shades and white. Several
of these, in different colors, will en
able you to get different effects with
a single frock.
The simple, brief bolero would
probably be most practical, for the
lace pattern gives a dressy efTect
in itself, and the tailored pattern
of the bolero makes it adaptable
to all types of costumes. One very
attractive design has short puff
sleeves, and wide revers, with the
short jacket slightly flared. If you
can sew at all, it is the easiest thing
to make, of little more than a yard
of lace. Such a bolero shows off
to best advantage over a dress that
is fairly simple, whether it be an
afternoon frock, or a gown for eve
ning.
Renaissance of Interest
in the Polka Dot” Theme
There is a renaissance of interest
in the polka dot theme. There are
enormous plate-sized dots with
smaller dots scattered around them,
all sprinkled with tiny confetti dots
in contrasting colors. There are zig
zag polka dot arrangements, irregu
lar spacings. The classic polka dot
takes on a new look in strange and
“dizzy" color combinations for
sportswear, such as queer reds com
bined with strong blues. Silk crepes,
silk sheers and silk taffetas are
favorite grounds for dot patterns,
the companion idea often being car
ried out in a silk crepe with a silk
sheer.
Tassels for Accent
Lanvin is successful with a white
suit with a swing jacket featuring
square box pockets. The armholes
are outlined in gay woolen tassels.
SEEN
and
HEARD
ardund the
NATIONAL
CAPITAL
py Carter Field
Washington,—J. P. Morgan and
j company and other great banking
! firms, which in the past have mar
j keted huge amounts of foreign bonds
to American investors, may never
j see the return of the “good old
i days.” The business hasn’t been so
j good for some years, now—not since
the depression began, and default
ing by so many foreign govern
j ments developed. Also it has been
handicapped sharply by the Hiram
' Johnson law. which prevents mar
keting in this country of bonds of
any government that has defaulted
on its debts to the United States
government.
But—many bankers have thought
I all this would pass. It was just
temporary. Some day something
would be done about the war debts.
There would be “settlements’’ or
forgiveness, or both. Whereupon the
business would go back to normal.
But for some time the securities
and exchange commission has had a
fishy eye on these prospects for an
other day of foreign bond selling,
and an even fishier eye is being
cast by many members of the house
and senate. •
The most recent gesture in this di
j rection was made fcy Senator Allen
J. Ellender of Louisiana, who in*
I troduced a bill which is receiving
so much quiet support that it seems
j a practical certainty something like
it will be passed, sooner or later.
There is no hurry. Americans have
not quite recovered from the burn
ing they took on the defaulted for
eign bonds. As a matter of fact, the
| average investor thinks that partic
j ular debacle was worse than i t
I was, which attitude is most dis
! couraging to would-be bond sales
men for foreign issues.
The Ellender bill would add a new
section to the securities act making
it unlawful to sell in the United
States securities issued by a foreign
government unless the net proceeds
derived from such securities by the
issuing government are equal t o
the par value of the securities, ex
cept that the securities commission
may allow a service charge of not
to exceed two per cent of the par
value to be deducted from the pro
ceeds to be received by the govern
ment selling the bonds.
Enormous Profits
"The purpose of the bill,” Mr.
Ellender explains, “is to reduce the
spread between the price paid to
foreign governments for their
bonds and the price at which such
bonds are offered to the public. A
foreign bond for which the issuing
government receives eighty-eight
per cent of its face value may now
be sold on the American market
for ninety-nine. The investing public
is led to believe that it is getting
a bargain since the sale price is
still below par. The underwriters
receive enormous profits. It is be
lieved that such a situation leads
to an unwarranted amount of for
eign financing in this country and
encourages unhealthy practices in
the conduct of such financing.
"Under the proposed bill the gov
ernment would receive face value
for its bonds, less the service charge
allowed by the commission, which
could not for this purpose exceed
two per cent. Thus the profits of
the underwriters could be excessive
only if tlie bonds were offered to
the public at a price above par. It is
felt that this fact would tend to
reduce the large price spread now
possible and lead to more careful
consideration of the value of such
bonds by the investing public.”
No allowance is permitted in the
bill “for the assumption of risks
or for the value of the trade name
or good will of the persons render
ing such service” — which seems
rather unnecessary in view of the
fact that the total "service charge”
permitted is to be two per cent.
The bond salesman seems to qual
ify as the Vanishing American!
Irks Air Officials
The race between bigger and
heavier airplanes and the larger,
better, surfaced airports that the
new planes require is bringing gray
hairs to aviation officials. It seems
a natural enough development, but
it has plenty of complications. It
is somewhat like the older story of
the production of armor which will
resist a shell from any existing gur,
then a bigger gun that will pierce
it, and then thicker and tougher
armor—and then repeat!
Perhaps an apter comparison is
whether to build bigger locks at
the Panama canal, or build the big
new ship$ according to freak speci
fications so they may still go
through.
The difficulty in this race be
tween airplanes and airports lies
in the answer to the question: Who
will finance the bigger airports?
American cities have already in
vested more than $400,000,000 ig air
ports. They have about got to the
end of their willingness to spend, it
appears, and many are threatening
to stop paying the bills.
Both airplanes and airports must
be approved for interstate com
merce by the bureau of air com
mcrce. This body now approve!
some planes which could not, with
its approval, land at many airports.
So there is serious discussion ol
an idea to regulate for two or three
years the size and design of cer
tain classes of airplanes while the
airports catch up to requirements.
Naturally this results in loud
wails from the airplane manufac
turers. Also from many operating
companies. The proposed action,
both say, would place them in a
strait-jacket, arrest their develop
ment, hold America back while the
rest of the world marches on to
new efficiency in aviation.
So Fred Fagg. new director of
the re-organized bureau of air com
merce, discovers that his prede
cessor, Gene Vida, did not have
such a bed of roses.
Airport Needs
Most airports need longer run
ways for heavy ships that fly faster
and at flatter angles in the approach
and takeoff. They need hard sur
faces for increasing loads, especial
ly as all weather schedules increase
with better aids to flight. And equal
ly costly is the purchase of addi
tional lasid to clear obstacles around
the edges of the fields, and to pro
vide radio beam approach lanes.
The American Municipal associa
tion has taken up the cudgels in
defense of the 200 odd cities which
maintain established air route ter
minals, claiming the expense for
the needed improvements is not
justified, for the traffic is mostly
interstate commerce.
The operators not only resent the
proposed limitation on airplane de
sign, but state emphatically that
they will not pay for airport im
provements. Their mail income has
been cut, they point out, and their
passenger rates have been forced
down.
So Uncle Sam is to be called on
to foot the bill, Secretary of the
Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., to
the contrary notwithstanding. Al
ready two bills are in the hopper
providing for just that.
Already about $75,000,000 has
come out of the federal treasury
as a contribution to the country’s
2,700 airports, through C. W. A.,
F. E. R. A., W. P A. and a little
through P. W. A. But that is only
a fraction of the investment by the
individual cities, which the air bu
reau calculates at nearly half a
billion dollars. Half a dozen cities
have spent more than $5,000,000
each for their airports. Whereas
much of the federal contribution,
due to the fact that the chief goal
was job making, was very ineffi
ciently expended.
President Wins
If President Roosevelt wins on his
idea of having congress grant the
Chief Executive the right to cut fif
teen per cent from any appropria
tion—instead of the ten per cent
horizontal cut favored by many sen
ators—his hold on congress through
the remainder of this session and
for the next year will not only be
continued, but strengthened.
The point is that the President
will then have the discretion
ary power to cut or pare appropri
ations which vitally affect every
state and every congressional dis
trict in the United States—in short,
to help or hurt every individual
senator and representative in the
one argument each likes most to
make—that he "brings home the
bacon” for his constituents.
This is vital in view of the proba
bility that the President will suffer
severe reverses in fwo of his im
portant fights—for Supreme court
enlargement and for government re
organization.
The tide of battle ebbs and flows
on the court proposition, but it is
almost a certainty as this is written
that the President will not get the
six additional justices he has asked
for, and which he has repeatedly
indicated he will insist upon. As
it looks now he will be lucky to get
two additional justices. It is just
possible he will not get any.
This does not mean that his main
objective will not be achieved, for
there is practically no doubt that
•the majority of the high court will
be "liberal" within a year. But it
will be “liberalized” in part by re
tirements. It will not be liberalized
by enlargement to as many as fif
teen justices.
Would Mean Loss of Face
But the question of presidential
prestige is something else again. If
the President does not get six addi
tional justices, it will mean a cer
tain loss of face. It will be the first
severe defeat he has taken since
he was elected governor of New
York in 1928. Critics may point to
his defeat by the senate on the
World court and on the St. Law
rence seaway, but neither of these
was considered an important re
versal for the President on Capitol
Hill. Congressmen are perfectly
aware of the special conditions ap
plying to those fights. And they did
not regard overriding his veto of the
bonus bill as a sign of weakness
at the White House. In fact, most of
them think he could have changed
that result if he had applied suffi
cient pressure.
On the theory that insurgency is
like a snowball—tends to grow with
advancement—it is rather impor
tant, therefore, for the President to
have some increase in his ability
to put pressure on congress should
he suffer reverses in the Supreme
court and the government re-orgsn
i/.ation battles. That is why it is so
important to the White House to
gain this discretionary power.
C Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
Landing a Giant Tuna in Nova Scotia.
Prepared hv National Geographic Society,
Washington, D. C.—WNU Service.
AS ONE stands on the sea
shore at the full of the tide
and looks out over the swell
ing floods surging in from the
distant horizon, his feet are on the
threshold of an enormous empire,
so vast in extent and population
that the achievemnts of the haught
iest rulers of mankind are dwarfed
by comparison.
Though fleets sail over its depth,
they make no significant impres
sion upon this immense realm.
The subjects of this empire
swarm through the waters in my
riads totaling far greater numbers
than all the life of the continental
world. In fact, scientific investiga
tions indicate that the oceans were
the original abode of life on the
globe, and that the continents were
peopled from that inexhaustible res
ervoir.
Geologists believe that the depres
sions now occupied by the oceans
have been located in approximately
their present positions during the
entire history of the earth, and that
the foundations of the land masses
likewise have been situated nearly
as they are at the present time.
But during the great geological
periods, the ocean has repeatedly
invaded their edges and even their
interior basins, sometimes to an
enormous extent, forming shallow
epicontinental seas.
Thus, all the continents of the
world are bordered by a strip of
shallow sea, the continental shelf,
which slopes gradually from the
coast to depths varying from 100 to
1,000 fathoms at its outer edge. Be
yond this limit there is usually a
more rapid gradient to the main
floor of the ocean—the continent
al slope.
This world wide shallow strip is
of major importance to the life of
the seas.
North Atlantic Shelf.
This article deals especially with
the mollusks and other small crea
tures inhabiting the continental
shelf which borders the Atlantic
coast of North America from Nova
Scotia to New York, and includes
the extensive New England fisher
ies.
A most remarkable stretch of
shore this is. Its southern half is
of comparatively even contour, but,
beginning with the region of Cape
Hatteras, the coast to the north
ward has subsided and is indented
with deep bays and irregularities,
finally terminating in the long curv
ing and iapering indentation of the
Gulf of Maine.
The latter is the most noteworthy
feature of the coast, its wide mouth
being guarded on either hand by
Cape Cod and Cape Sable, and its
inner reaches narrowing to a double
apex in the Bay of Fundy.
All this northern half of the At
lantic seaboard is a succession of
drowned valleys, and its topography
and geological history indicate that
it has subsided beneath the waves
of the sea during relatively recent
times. On the other hand, the even
outline of the coast from Hatteras
south to Florida shows no evidence
of such sinking.
The oceanic shelf to the 100-fath
om line widens rapidly to the north
ward, reaching its greatest extent
off the Gulf of Maine, where it is
| approximately 400 miles wide.
The central floor of the Gulf of
Maine is an ancient river valley to
which the river systems, represent
ed by those now existent, contribut
ed their drainage, to be emptied in
i to the prehistoric sea by a single
channel and mouth still traceable
! on the sea floor at the edge of the
! continental shelf.
Throughout this extensive and
! comparatively shallow oceanic
; margin, well illuminated by the
sun’s rays, conditions are favorable
for an enormous development of the
| marine plants on which sea ani
mals feed: namely, the microscopic
diatoms, one-celled algae, and the
i larger seaweeds.
Nursery for Food Fishes.
Here numerous streams empty
j their loads of silt, rich in nitrates,
phosphates, and other chemicals
needed for plant food. The strong
tides rushing into the narrowing
channel from the open sea keep
the water stirred with upwelling
currents plentifully supplied with
oxygen.
Hordes of small crustaceans, the
copepods, feed upon this plant life.
At certain seasons they swarm in
these waters in numbers so vast
that they give the sea a reddish
color for miles.
These tiny creatures are rich in
oils and are greedily devoured by
large schools of mackerel, herring,
alewives, and shad. Bluefish, cod,
hake, and haddock pursue and de
vour the smaller fishes, and even
the huge finback and humpback
whales do not disdain to feed upon
the herring.
f
Thus the shallow banks off New
England, especially Georges and
Browns Banks, at the entrance to
the Gulf of Maine, as well as the
Grand Banks of Newfoundland, far
ther away, form a veritable nurs
ery for the important food fishes of
our coasts, and thus connect man
kind by an Interlacing food chain
with the microscopic plant life of
these shallow waters.
The evolution of the animal world,
as we know it, would have been
impossible had these primitive
plants not come into existence.
From such forms, also, all the high
er land plants of the world origi
nate.
The Intertidal Zone.
As the open seas were peopled
from the oceanic shelf, so the fresh
water streams and swamps received
parts of the overflow. Countless spe
cies found food and a measure of
safety from enemies by creeping
into the area between the tides,
where they acquired resistance to
exposure to the open air at the in
tervals of low water. Here a rapid
evolution took place, so that the
intertidal zone became densely pop
ulated with life.
Finally, from fresh-water swamps
on the one hand and from the upper
parts of the marine tidal zone on
the other, first plants and then ani
mals invaded the land itself and
produced the highly specialized
types that now reign over it.
North of Cape Cod, the coast of
New England is predominantly high
and rocky. Beginning with the head
lands of Nahant, Marblehead, and
Cape Ann, north of Boston, the cliffs
are at first isolated to local regions,
with intervening stretches of sandy
beaches and flats. But from Port
land, in Casco Bay, northward, the
coast is an almost unbroken suc
cession of granite cliffs, sloping
rock-ribbed promontories, and re
entrant bays and harbors, with oc
casional beaches.
The tidal waters flowing from the
open sea are gradually confined by
the narrowing outline of the Gulf of
Maine, which forces them to a pro
gressively increasing height, and
reach a climax in the Bay of Fundy.
From Massachusetts Bay north to
Portland, the tide rises nine feet.
It continues to increase northward,
until it becomes 18 feet at Eastport
and 37 to 48 feet at the ends of the
two tapering horns which terminate
the Bay of Fundy.
Here, too, there are interpolated
stretches of beaches, flat points, and
swampy meadows, and these are
entirely covered at high tide. Na
turally the width of the tidal zone
on the side of a vertical cliff is
measured exactly by the vertical
rise and fall of the water. For ex
ample, the cliffs that surround Bliss
island, at the entrance of Passa
maquoddy bay, are exposed for 22
feet from the top of the barnacle
frieze that marks the high-tide limit
to the water level at low tide.
Crowded With Life.
This region between the tides is
teeming with life, both plant and
animal, in crowded array. On the
vertical granite walls of Bliss island,
the various species are arranged in
overlapping zones, with the conspic
uous white band of rock barnacles.
Below this, the rockweeds hang in
thick, gracefully festooned clusters
down to the low water-mark.
Concealed beneath the rockweed,
and succeeding the base of the
barnacle zone, the rocks are
covered with a dense layer of young
black mussels.
Among them are closely crowded
groups of the common dog whelk,
feeding upon the mussels, and lay
ing their graceful vase-shaped egg
cases, tinted rose and yellow, ih
mosaiclike patches in the crevices.
The latter mollusks secrete a pur
ple dye, formerly used by the In
dians for coloring their deerskin
garments. They are related to the
murex of the Phoenicians, from
which that people derived the fa
mous royal purple, later arrogated
by the Roman emperors for their
personal use.
The dog whelk has a thick shell
with a characteristic spindle-shaped
opening. It is extremely variable in
color, size, and sculpture along the
New England shore.
The common periwinkle creeps
everywhere over the rockweed from
the low-water mark to the highest
part of the barnacle zone and even
upon the bare rocks far above it.
This remarkable sea snail can stand
exposure to the open air longer than
any other marine creature of the
northern coast.
It is in a transitional state of
evolution toward terrestrial life,
for its gill seems to be on the point
of being replaced by a lung. It has
a very wide range, being found on
both sides of the Atlantic. In Eng
land it is the common "winkle”
sold in markets.
Frocks Made Gay
With Stitch Flowers
Fashion decrees that flowers f
bloom on our dresses in embroid
ery this Spring and Summer.
Give this smart touch to that new
frock—surprise yourself and all
your friends too by what it will
do to renew that plain dress from
last ye^r. So easily done in single
and running stitch, you’ll find it
fun to embroider these large and
small nosegays. Choose all the
gay colors you wish, in wool, silk
floss or chenille and know you’re
in style. In pattern 5801 you will
find a transfer pattern of one and
one reverse motif 7% by 8 Vi
inches; one and one reverse motif
5'/a by 6 inches and six motifs 3 Vi
by 314 inches; color suggestions;
illustrations of all stitches used.
To obtain this pattern send 15
cents in stamps or coins (coins
preferred) to The Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept., 259 W.
Fourteenth Street, New York,
N. Y.
tlncLe Phil t
£cujA:
Beyond Their Power—
Our ancestors wrote wise rules
for posterity, but could not pro
vide a posterity wise enough to
heed them.
A beautiful theory in govern
ment goes down before the onset
of human nature. Study men first,
then make the laws for them.
A witty woman is always good . /
company; for if your jokes are f
good she laughs at them, and if
they’re not, she smiles and says
something smart herself.
Any friend of yours “who is
worth his weight in gold,” as you
express it, is worth more than
that.
INSECTS I
ON FLOWERS • FRUITS I
VEGETABLES & SHRUBS I
Demand original Mealed I
bottleM, from gour dealer 1
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Fear Is for Tyrants
None but tyrants have any busi
ness to be afraid.—Perefixe. |
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Give your bowels a real cleansing
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WNU—U 22—37
Were you ever alone
in a strange city?
e
• If you were you know (he
(rue value of (his newspaper
Alone in a strange city. It is pretty dull.
Even the newspapers don’t seem to
j print many of the things that interest
you. Headline stories are all right,
but there is something lacking. That . /
something is local news. ^
For—all good newspapers are edited
especially for their local readers. News
of your friends and neighbors is needed
along with that of far off places. That
is why a newspaper in a strange city
is so uninteresting. And that is why
this newspaper is so important to you.
NOW is a good time to get to ...
KNOW YOUR NEWSPAPER
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