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MOXDAT. DECEMBER M. IMS. Per SDOrt Knitted tolf froct for resort wear art very PAGE 2D ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH i two-tonea coior comomauom some art cj toveiy tints.

while other display sharp contrast, pairing white with such colonZ navy and royal blue, reds and browns. Cotton string mu and mixture cotton and wool art seen among the new moaeis oemg shown. i i THE MARCH OF FASHION By Sylvia Stijes Miscellaneous Children Need Cook-Coos By TED COOK An Actor With a Theatrical Linease The Stase History of Harry Davenport's Family Started in 1680 To Be Tausht To Finish Task Problems of Social Usage LTHOL'GH recent days have Ways to Speed the Depa- Ek been crowded with Chrlatma When "Allowed to Put Off CURRENT EVENTS (News Item.) SAN FRANCISCO For having ing Guest New Klaii and Old Friends. bis Wo' 1695 eallons of un-taxed liquor in and women have been hurrying from one place to another, those who pride themselves upon being well-drenned lost their Intereit in fashions. Several frock that displayed late styles feature! have been noted, especially ire Doing Things, They Never Do Them.

By Angelo Patri m. her possession, Mrs. Loentina Ro-colle, wife of a Monterey rancher, was fined one dollar. By Emily Post won soff diss Dear Mrs. Post: those with lingerie touches.

At Anyway, it ought be a lesson to FTEN mother and I offer the Sheriff. drive friends home from chum sv frnm ih mnvta, i FOR more good reasons tnan one, children should be taught to finish the work they have begun. Putting off a task, neglect tractive enaemblea and colorful tailored Attire also have been seen. The fur coat has come Into prominence with the advent of real win jai I i And a lot of dames who marry rich men get poor 12 clot ing a duty until another time, is ly, when we stop in front of tht houses, we never know what to fe to get them to ter weather, the swagger mode be characteristic of childhood. That say good nightj more quickly.

Asj ing the most popular. Fur hats or those trimmed with fur have been worn extensively not only with fur coats but with trimmed suits. is no reason for allowing It to become a positive element in a -imp Q. and A. DEPARTMENT An Interesting child's character.

Tlenr Ktimnntheiif. Aunt Tt flirt We must help black silk frock was the choice of Mrs. B. T. O'C 1 1 for What 1 always say is there's one thing you can say for Gen.

Johnson. He's certainly there uith the the child to overcome his. weariness, his lack of wear In the Hotel snappy come-oacK. Admirer. am a young gin (and the driver), there doesn't seem to be much 1 can do, but mother says whatever you suggest will be enforced.

Answer: The fact that you are a young girl makes it not only "possible," but Interest, his un Jefferson dining Ans. That's what he has In willingness, and room. It was designed In the two-piece manner, the overblouse be mind, as I understand it. A. Bella.

push hirn into finishing his work. This being so, Lm. Christmas Card for Marietta ing long and Dietrich teachers and parents have to be fitted. A flat round collar was good manners really require that you go I careful in allot Greetings, kiddo, do not worry What the Spanish chumps and eld ma' cist bad I I on rei sui i as ev yt of er fo around and open the door for thus finished with a white embroidered organdie Jabot. This Jabot was and help them to alight.

If then is a man in the party and yea formed of tiers of couldn get out to open the doer, you might keep the motor mnnl ruffles cascading to the waistline, have banned Is, in suite of an odd flurry Now and then, what we de mand. CRYING FOR THE MOON (Classified Ad. Personals.) Iong, tight sleeves had ruffles from the wrists to the elbows extending rapidly and your hand on the rev lever as if ready to start the car-and hope for the best. There By Virsinia Irwin PERHAPS somewhere among the customers who see "Three Men on a Horse" this week, there will be someone who will say of Harry Davenport, the crochety old Carver of the piece, "Ah, I remember when he played here 65 yean ago at Pope's Theater." It is a lot to hope for, but Harry Davenport would like it, for this grand old man of the theater is never happier than when he is talking of those nostalgic days when he was Just starting to build his present record of almost 65 years on the boards. A slender, blue-eyed fellow, with crisp hair thinning at the back and almost a baby complexion, Harry Davenport is pushing 70, but he has tne same enthusiasm for the theater he had when, under parental management, he was al-tewed to play Damon's Boy in "Damon and Pythias' back in 1871.

"Jeff DeAngelis remember him? had me beat by two weeks," he laughed, "but now that poor Jeff is dead, I hold the record for service in the theater." Davenport does not claim to be the oldest living actor, but if there are other members of the profession who have a longer or varied record he would like to see it "And in all that time," he proudly declared, "I have never taken and never intend to take a part in a play that has salacious lines. I didn't see "Tobacco Road," because I know that the magnificent performance that Henry Hull is giving would only make the thing more terrifically repulsive to me. I have been offered parts in plays like that, and I have even made enemies over refusing to do them. The playwrights can go on writing them, but I consider it my prerogative to refuse to act in them." Davenport explains that he is not a prude simply a man with the courage of his own convictions. He has his own ideas about what is, and isn't, "good theater." A BROTHER of the famous Fanny Davenport, whose memory is cherished by many of the older theatergoers, Harry Davenport is a member of one of the truly "royal families" of the theater.

The Davenports trace their his-tronic ancestry back to 1680 and can count at least 200 years in which 'some member of the family was a star of the stage. E. L. Davenport, fatherxf Harry and Fanny, is remembered as the great Shakespearean tragedian of the middle decades of the Nineteenth Century. The mother, who was Fanny Elizabeth Vin-ing, was the great-granddaughter of Jack Jonstone, famous Irish Comedian of the Eighteenth Century.

As the irascible old Carver in "Three Men on a Horse," Harry Davenport does not come on until, the last act It doesn't exactly suit him. He likes the piece, but would much rather have more to do. He talks of a 30 weeks' engagement of one-night stands when he was 19 years old with an enthusiasm that suggests he would like to repeat the performance. "I guess I have done everything in the theater," he remarked with pardonable along the outer seam. The skir).

really little else you can 4 except perhaps to develop the was slightly flared. A large square buckle of rhinestones and crystals fastened the fabric belt. Mrs. Connell's hat was of black ante rasnionea quality Known as tience. ELDERLY lady, with home, would like to meet better class, companionable Britishers.

Box E-482. lope with side drapery which was caught with two square rhinestone Dear Mrs. Post: I have a nn buckles. A tiny nose veil added piquancy. Black suede strap san- maid who as yet knows none my friends, and she leaves everr one standing on the front portt until she asks me whether I wX aais completed mis costume.

HARRY DAVENPORT in St. Louis You speak in paradoxes, lady. Omigoah! Headline says: HOOVER QUOTED AS SAYING HE MIGHT HAVE TO RUN." Probably waiting (or the G. O. P.

to promise it'll give chase. see them. It might be dangeroui to admit all the people who come to our door, but is there no way I could manage to have her show Oinu or tne most Decoming suits seen recently was that of Mrs. more courtesy to those who are mj friends? Can't you think of some Brothers big with tempers vicious thing? Answer: Either you will have te ting tasks, even Angelo Patri in encouraging children to begin elected projects. It requires a nice judgment to fit a talk to a child's powers, keeping it within his ability and yet making him exert himself a little to achieve it But that is what we must try to do.

If the work is too easy the child will be slack about its performance, having a slight feeling of contempt for its babyishness. If it is too hard he is genuinely fatigued and distressed. In neither case will he benefit But when the work is fitted to his needs and abilities he can be led or driven into finishing it, and, in consequence, he grows. After allotting or accepting the task try to help the child parcel it out so as to keep it moving, never doing too much or too little at a time. It must be finished without loss of interest, without weariness, and to a standard of excellence satisfactory to the child.

Don't demand perfection, but hold the worked to his best effort, as well as you can. Remember he is a child and works as a child. Above all else do not allow a child to leave today's work for tomorrow. That only lays the stage for delay next day. Soon the piled-up work becomes a threat, a dread, and all hope of a good result, must die.

Set the time, fix the length of the working period, hold the child to his schedule. When you see he is flagging give him a lift not by doing his work, but by letting him take a few minutes rest while you talk encouragingly of his achievements and picture the successful end. Then he will go on refreshed and in better heart Let the first steps of any new work be short and easy. That gives the child the feeling that he can succeed in this new undertaking. Gradually lengthen the time of instruct her to say "Mrs.

Smith ti not at home" to every one, or tlsi risk letting strangers into your at a luncheon. It was of black wool crepe. The fitted jacket had large, mannish lapels which were edged with Persian lamb. The skirt was straight of line. An emerald green velvet blouse contributed color and elegance to the costume.

A small black hat with upturned, close-fitting brim endorsed the peaked oiown which was accentuated with ball of Persian lamb. Oxfords were of black suede. Another flattering suit was that cf Mrs. Matthias C. Campbell.

She was seen lunching at a downtown tea room in this costume of olive house. And the former plan wont give her much opportunity to know which ones are your friends. How cramp the style of gals ambitious. Simile Independent as a truck driver on a narrow road. "Anyway," says Gmnavieva, tha kitchen cynic, "thm farmer ought to be having a lot of fun plowing under crops and raising cane." According to novelist Cornelia Stratton Parker: "Many of our politicians would be wearing the satin breeches of a bygone age if ever, you should be able to explain to those who are finally asked Is why they had to be left on the door step.

As a suggestion, you might give visiting cards to your friends, on which you have written "Marj please admit Mrs. Jones." Thii, needless to say, is NOT a rule of etiquette but merely an attempt my part to "think of something." Dear Mrs. Post: Our new younj clergyman came out in the country to see me last week and I was sot at home. I have been a member ol their dress was no further ad vanced than their thoughts." On the other hand, many of our politicians wouldn't have any pride. "My round of experiences includes musical comedy, straight drama, melodrama, farce, romantic plays, and, in fact, everything." Very dapper In a brown suit, with matching spats, Davenport looks today like an aged version of a matinee idol, but be disclaims ever having been one.

His only fling at such a part was rather disappointing, when, the end of a short run, the manager of the company remarked that he thought Davenport had better give up the idea. "All I could see was two white teeth and that black mus-, tache," he told the then-young hopeful, bo Davenport turned to other roles. In addition to his acting, Davenport has squeezed other activities into his eventful years. In 1910 he leased the Girard Avenue Theater in Philadelphia and was about to start out on his first and final adventure as an independent producer when the "angel" who had been persuaded to back the venture wired him, "For Heaven's sakes don't send for any money. Stocks are going to blazes and I am a bull.

Another departure from the performer's role, was his fling at the movies as a director. In the days of the old silents he directed Marie Dressier in that early comedy classic, "Tillie's Night Out," and Lionel Barrymore, in "Millionaire's Double." He also directed the "Jarr Family" comedies, a series of 14 one-reelers for Vitagraph, and acted in several of them. His last appearance on the screen was the part of the man who commits suicide in Noel Coward's "The Scoundrel." Davenport's oldest son has appeared in numerous photoplays under the name of Arthur Rankin. ONE of the 150 roles that Harry Davenport has played in his long career there may have been more, he thinks was in "The Belle of New York." Phyllis Rankin, a musical comedy star, and his childhood friend, was also in the piece. "We had known each other since childhood," Davenport smiled, "but it was when we sang together "When We Are Married" that the idea of falling in love came to us.

We sang the song for a season and then decided to make it With his marriage to Phyllis Rankin, Harry Davenport acquired Sidney Drew and Lionel Barrymore as brothers-in-law. After their marriage, the couple played joint engagements and Mrs. Davenport was last seen here in vaudeville in 1907 in a playlet called "The Naked Truth." With a remarkable memory, Harry Davenport recalls every St. Louis engagement, beginning with the first back in 1880 with Frank Mayo's famous "4C Company." In 1882, he played here in "Hazel Kirke" with his mother, and in 1884 in "In Spite of All" with Minnie Maddern. There were several more before 1902, but he is sure that there will be St.

Louisans in this week's audience who will remember him in "The Country Mouse" with Ethel Barrymore, in that year. In 1920, he played Dr. Gaunt in the "Three Wise Fools," with Helen Menken, star of last week's "The Old Maid," and he remembers particularly the "phenomenal week of "The Cradle Song" back in 1926, in which he appeared with Eva Le Gallienne. Tamise in "Topaze" with Frank Morgan, marked his last visit Harry Davenport considers his comedy role of the eccentric greeting-card boss who hires Erwin for Mother's Day verses, a lucky break. The part was first offered him for the original New York cast, but he accepted, instead, a role in "Battleship Gertie" because he thought that comedy was set for a long New York run.

"But the joke was on me," laughed Davenport "In 'Battleship Gertie' I had the shortest run of my career we opened on a Friday night and closed after Saturday matinee." Davenport was kicking himself up and down Broadway when George Abbotf called him and offered him a second chance in the part, with the Chicago company. And during the 37 weeks' run of th play in Chicago, Harry Davenport had one of the most pleasant experiences of his life. Chicago drama critics presented him with a calfskin scroll as a tribute to one "who has given 64 years of distinguished service to the American stage." green woolen trimmed with mole. The dress was topped with matching green satin which also formed the long sleeves. A twisted and knotted neckline was arranged quite high so that it showed under the collar of the jacket.

The jacket was patterned after the regulaticm lumber-jacket, being this same church for years but tt breeches at ail if their thoughts were very advanced. Still, the guys who "play politics don't get us into nearly so much trouble as those who insist on playing statesmen. Simile Frequently retarded as an advanced thinker. working, introduce difficulties one by one. Let the child rest after a hard place has been hurdled.

Keep feeding out the work and encouraging him. And always leave each that I should recognize his call since he is the first minister to our church who has spared the time to come so far. Is there somethinj I might do for him personally since he has no family here? Answer: Next time you see bim in church tell him how sorry yoi were" not to have been at heme and how much you appreciated his coming. If you are not likely to see him for some time, then yo might write him a note instead ani perhaps invite him to dinner. If lesson, each step neatly rounded out That lets -he child go to play with a feeling of accomplishment behind him, a desire to continue next day.

FAMOUS LAST WORDS But Madame should have known that merchandise bought qf, sales is not returnable. When the lesson is a failure, when Watch your step. (Copyright, the work is spoiled, don't make a fuss about it Let the child go to wash his hands and get a drink and take a long look toward the horizon. While he is away put his work in order, remove the traces of failure, put in a few strokes for Seen HjRn waist length and lightly bloused. Collar and revers of the mole framed the face.

Sieeves of the coat were tight and pointed down over the hands. Mrs. Campbell's hat was a stunning fez shaped turban having a cluster of coq feathers sweeping down on all tides. Her green suede footwear matched her suit Bag and gloves were black. Mrs.

Daniel R. Schuster appeared at a recent hockey game in a dark green velveteen frock that was made in the shirtwaist mode. It buttoned the entire length of the front with covered velveteen buttons. A high standing collar used stitching as a trimming and the long sleeves were finished with stitched cuffs. A wide brown sueds belt matched In tone Mrs.

Schuster's brown antelope beret. Her ties combined alligator and suede as did her handbag. Mrs. Albert S. Rapp was another well-dressed spectator in a brown sheer wool frock that had clever details.

The neckline displayed a him, leave his job in such good shape that he will be surprised and delighted. Then excuse him for the day. But if you value the child's HARRY DAVENPORT in the early days of his career. growth through work, never allow Life At Its Lowest Ebb By BECK Hishlights Are 'RUDnoe f-GRCf-ms-e TT'S a matter of split seconds now! But you can still make it! You can still get all the gifts him to skip a lesson, shirk a task, pile up trouble against tomorrow. Finish each day's work and start each day with a forward step.

So the child grows. Angelo Patri has prepared a leaflet entitled, "Touching Things, In which he tells parents how to each children to amuse themselves. Send for It, addressing your request to Mr. Angelo Patri, Child Psychology Department of this paper. Enclose a self-addressed, stamped (3-oent) tie opener); a clever set consisting of ash tray, cigarette box and ash tray; corkscrews, cravat chains (with his initial, too) and collar pins.

-t a for all the peo' ft a New Fashions In New York By Dorothy Roe NEW YORK, Dec 23. modified boat line which was fin pie on your list, even if your purse i suffering from pernicious anaemia, lust open a ished with a fold THE "lampshade silhouette" is predicted as the coming head-I in or In Avaniner laoklAn. TF you have reason to suspect that he hasn't done his shopping yet (men usually wait for Christmas then the thing for vou to do is figure A pst." been MlL rTV tr STANDING lgg fOl) NEXT HERE TEN g-Jl'Mi smmSeWmm i A this charge account at Greenfield's tomorrow morning (time: 4 minutes, 37 Yl seconds!) and you can get all the gifts you want (for both men and women) without having to pay a cent down. You pay one-third on January 10, one-third on February 10 and one-third on March 10. of material arranged in Ascot styling.

Shoulders were of the raglan type and the sleeves long and tight at the wrists. A long gold metal clip trimmed the Ascot scarf while a similarly designed metal buckle adorned the front of the belt. The skirt had Clean as You Go. There are always a few minutes during the spreparation of a meal when one could quickly wash up the dishes or pans used in its preparation. Then one is not ashamed to have one's guest peep int the kitchen, nor is the clearing away process half so irksome later on.

out some artfully art- 1 i -i tf y' less way am aLiC his attention to this li Eta, designer of after-dark fashions, is showing gowns reminiscent of Irene Castle's heyday, in which the figure is encased in a slim satin sheath under a cloud of pleated tulle. One of her most spectacular models is of black satin with a pre-war decolletage and a real hobble skirt with a concealed slit permitting dancing. Four large dahlias in deep rose are appliqued on the skirt and of Greenfield gifts tor women right now McCalluffl hosiery, 85c to bags, and real crystal perfume bottles, $7.50 and $10; and be of all, lounge pajamas, $16.75 up. show through the overskirt of ac a cluster of six pleats at the center front. These were stitched down to the knees then released to form hemline cordion pleated net that slants from ting it off with accents of crimson or gold in twinkling sandals, belts and evening bags.

And diaphanous frocks of pleated chiffon in white or jewel tones are at home abroad and here. me sum natural waistline to a "COR a young man who looks likes Robert Montgomery, for his portly father, his homely brother and his uncle, the college professor in fact, for any man and every man you'll find an appropriate tie at Greenfield's for only $1. They say it's the widest assortment that they have ever had reps, stripes, allover designs, Macclesfields just simply every type of silk! fabulous width of the floor. For resort wear, the gown is shown in white, with nosegays of field flowers as decoration, and is "RUGS Sa so With this frock Mrs, Rapp had on a three-quarter length coat of beaver which displayed swagger lines. Sleeves were quite full and gathered into tight cuffs.

Collar was high and standing. A brown felt Breton sailor had a beaver brim. Brown suede one-trap sandals fastened with wide gold buckles. 2 Chemically Cleaned FRANKLIN AKHt TN case you're going to need your time tomorrow for getting a wave and a manicure, writing Aunt Sally a nice sentimental letter and a dozen other things, besides shopping, we have a wrinkle-saving idea. Get flock of Greenfield Gift Certificates for both men and women, and keep everybody, including yourself, in a sweet, smiling mood! EMPIRE CPT.

CLO. GO. pOR your last-minute $l-limit-list" (you wouldn't put it so crudely, perhaps, but we ref pertectly positive that you youtZ named in memory of the immortal French actress, Gaby Deslys. More frills and furbelows are in evidence about the town, with frilly net and tulle dance frocks taking honors among the younger set as well as their frivolous mammas. Necklines for spring, so the prediction goes, will be cut as low as the law allows, both back and front, and exotic black "La Tosca" gowns will be much in evidence, with skirts slit to the knee.

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