Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1921, Page 31

l}edhead the Woodpecker Escapes. WY THORNTON W. BURGESS, When all seems peaceful, ther watch out Lest danger lurk somewhere about. —Redhead. Redhead the Woodpecker and Mrs Redhead had made their home in the ©ld Orchard this year and were find- ing it very much to their liking. “I don't kno sald Mrs. Redhead to - Redhead, as they were finishing their iome in the dead branch of an apple tree, “why we haven't built here be- fore. There is plenty to eat without tiring ourselves out hunting for it, and it seems to me about the safest place we have yet found. About the only enemy we will have to watch out for here is Black Pussy the Cat. My, how 1 hate Cats!" Redhead nodded. “I do, t0o,” said le. “But after all they are rather tupid things, and if we watch out sharp enough, we should have no trouble in keeping out of Black Pus- 8y's claws. Hawks are the ones I fear most. I don’t believe we will have much trouble from them here. It. i too near Farmer Brown's house.” “ABOUT THE ONLY ENEMY WBE their own affairs. The house was fin- ished and soon Mrs. Redhead spent most of her time sitting on the pre- clous eggs it contained. Redhead spent his time hunting for worms in the apple trees, helping himself to strawberries in Farmer Brown’'s garden or catching flies. He was very fond of catching files and was_almost as clever at it as Cresty the Flycatcher. In this respect he was very different from his relatives, Downy and Hairy, both members of the Woodpecker family. As time went on Redhead became 80 used to the peaceful life of the Old Orchard that he became careless. He almost forgot that danger was possible. One morning very early, bee fore anybody was stirring in Farmer Brown's house, Redhead flew around to the other side of the house, the o farthes: from the Old Orchard. There he sat upon a post trying to make up his mind what he wanted for breakfast. He was so busy trying to make up his mind whether he wanted straw- { berries or bugs that morning that he | aian’t pay much attention to anything se. Now it I i ithe Hawk, one of the members of the Hawk family most feared by small i feathered folk, had started out early { ghat morning and took it into his head %0 have a look around the home of { Farmer Brown, for he is bold, is | Sharpshin. Like all other members of }the Hawk family, he has wonderful eves, and while yet a long way off he <aw Redhe ng on that post. At first all he saw was a spot of bright color, but he guessed at once what that spot was and headed that way. Now, it is doubtful if Redhead would have seen Sharpshin at all had it not been that Scrapper the King- bird over in the Old Orchard was watching and saw him coming. At | once he sereamed a warning to ali his feathered neighbors. Redhead héard that warning and wondered what could be going on over in the Old Orchard. He looked over In that di- rection anq then—well, for just the teeniest, weeniest fraction of a second his heart almost stopped beating with fright. Heading straight for him at onderful gpeed was Shargshin the e ¥ wh. | Redhead did the only thing for him WILL HAVE TO WATCH OUT |into the nearest tree where the FOR HERE IS BLACK PUSSY THE CAT. branches grew most thickly. He didn't have time to pick his way among them. He just flew blindly, trusting /For a while the handsome red heads! !0 luck that he would get In where and black and white coats of Mr. an Mrs. Redhead provoked a lot of gos- Sharpshin could not follow him. As it was, he was just in the very nick 8ip on the part of their neighbors .ngof time, for Sharpshin swept past, | the Old Orchard. A few were jealous. That is what they were—jealous. And some of them were not at all nice. |J But Mr. and Mrs. Redhead paid no attention to them and attended to brushing the leaves of the tree, and s0 close that his outstretched claws st touched Redhead's tail. Redhead had escaped. Burgess.) l———'—_-—-———-—-! | Personal Health Service By WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. Noted Physician and Aathor (Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis or greatment. will be answered by Dr. Brady if u stamped, scif-addressed envelope is inclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. Owing to the large number of letters received, onlv & few can be answered here. No reply can be s ply muade to queries ot conforming to Instructious. Dr. William Brady, in care of The Star., Beating the Law of Gravitation. The maintenance- of a normal erect posture is a constant struggle to beat the law' of gravitation. If Professor nsteln or any one else caW devise me means for repealing$this law, a Iot of unfortunates with the afhedonia of sagging abdominal orgahs will have Teason to be grateful There are several ways to skin a cat. The depraved state of visceroptosis, | be it prolapsed stomach, sagging colon, | or what- | movable or floating kidney, mot loose inside, !s caused and main- tained by the’for¢e of gravitation. All right. Then the cue is to fool gravi- ion by a simple twist of the wrist, reversing the application af the force of gravitation so that it will undo some or all the damage it has . Gravita- tlon indeed a great acle and stumbling block in the pathway of evo- lution. Maybe it would have been be ter had we remained on all fours, in- stead of making highly trained monkeys | of ourselves. H In order to beat the law bf gravita-! tion and make gravitation work for the benefit of the victim of ptosis or Bagging of abdominal orgags, it is not only necessary to put the patient abed in the horizontal posture, which mere- 1¥ throws gravitation into meutral, but the patient must be more or less in- verted for a reasonable part of the time in order to gain the advantage of re- verse action by gravitation. . There are numerous expedients for thus utilizing gravitation. The foot of the bed may be elevated on blocks eight to sixteen Inches above the head mer I usually go to a girls' camp. Iam quite an athlete. Often I come home very tired at night. and retire as early o'clock and sleep well all uight. mother thinks it -might be better for me to go to the theater or have some_ other quiet pastime. What do you think? (K. K. R.) Answer—I ' think mother is wrong about that. LISTEN, WORLD! | BY ELSIE ROBINSO! I wonder why we insist so strongly on “being understood”? It's such a lot to ask of anyone for, as a matter of fact, we can’t understand ourselves. We are built upen layers and layers of in- stincts and. desires, which have come down to us since life began, and the ex- istence of which would amaze and horrify us were they once revealed. Our most casual acts Spring from motives we our- selves cannot analyze. The best we can of the bed. Three or four times a day | the patient may lie foahalf an hour at a time, preferably following meals on an inclined plane, with the hips ele- vated a foot or more above the level of the shoulders. The irening board, | or any other contrivance which will! Jjace the body at an angle of about 45} fegrees with the level, will serve for this purpose. While lying in this position, if it is not uncomfortable, the patient may gently rub and stroke the abdom- inal wall from the fower right corner upward and over toward the upper leu] corner, but not downward For splanchnic_anhedoniacs ‘'who are tims of visceroptosis who have “any active symptoms from their displace- wents are below normal welght—from underweight—and _practically _all vlc-‘ do we so insist on being understood ? do is to treat ourselves and others with all the conscious fairness and kindness of which we are capable and forgive the one to two weeks of absolute bed rest, (Other fellow’s blunders because we are with these postural procedures to vary ;80 ignorant ourselves. the morotony, will be found the best| To demand constant “‘understanding” kind of relief in cases not complicated by other diseases. It is a peculiar characteristic of the so-called “dys- pepsia” or “indigestion” complained of v splanchnic anhedoniacs that, where- 28 any and every article of diet if taken in sufficient quantity to furnish ade- quate nourishment “disagrees,” almost anything may be taken freely and with perfect comfort if the patient remains in bed and takes advantage of these Jittle tricks on gravitation. That means regaining the weight that has been los! s=accumulation of the wasted fat de- posits in the abdomen and_ restoration of something like the natural supporting pads of the wandering organs. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Exerecises for Round Shoulders. Please tell me the best exercise to help correct round shoulders. I am a sgirl sixteen years old, doing office work, and my heaith is all right. Mother and father have great faith in your advice. (Miss H. T. Answer—Swimming, some of the set- ting-up exercises and chinning yourself or doing the exercise which imitates those movements, thus: Stand erect, raise arms straight above head, as though grasping a bar, clench fists hard, draw in the chin, draw in the abdomen, draw up the chest, and slowly rise on Your toes as high as you can, always toeing in, as you slowly pull down your | beas arms as if lifting your weight, and all the while breathing in, umtil your clenched fists are down beside your hips, then breathe out and repeat.” Do this_three or four times, thrice daily, at first, and_increass gradually until zo:l] do it about fifteen times thrice aily. ¢ Which Sex Is Hard to Please? I am seventeen years old, and on rumnx on my last year's dress I notice t does not have to be lengtitemed. I am five feet and six inches tall. Please tell me how I can grow taller. (M. K.) Answer—The average height of women ve feet and five inches—that is con- red the perfect stature. But be tifat as it may, I do not know how any . One can increase height. . ;. oval wooden beads pain! | o vy i an il " is exactly on a par with demanding constant flattery—they are both gross forms of conceit. There are serious oc- casions when we should give and de- mand the most intelligent understandin, we're not that important in the scheme of things. In the ordinary, jostling contacts of life we must arm ourselves with philosophy, humor and humility and realize that it doesn't mat- ter very mvch what others think of what we do, 1s long as we do the best we know how. Fads and Fashions. \ Contrasting appliques of georgette are used on blouses of the material. Braid embrolderies, beadings with chenille and braid trimmings in rows are good. Stripes of bright color print are used in_applique trimming on a frock of pongee. Afternoon gowns are cut into deep points, whigh are fringed with one-inch ribbon. A broad-brimmed white orgndle hat is trimmed with white vel{§et miorn- ing glories. A model of blue serge has a -collar of pleated serge and a fancy silver chain for a bel * A single-stick ostrich fan of American uty is carried with a white ball of-doors wears an all-white hat and | to do—flew with all his might straight | gown. - 1 The bride who is to be married out- the usual veil. Smart little gray hats of crepe de chine or canton crepe are trimmed with very thin gray laces. : Scarfs of heavy lustrous satin with deep knotted fringe ends are worn with simple tailleurs. < An’ evening gown of geranium velvet is lined with black satin and has shoul- der straps of jet. A royal blue duvetyn checked over in red embroidery . is used as trimming for serge dresses. A green taffeta dress is checked with silver and has a pouf of red ostrich feathers at the wal: ‘A brown waist has a border design of ted green Short-i f - georgette have ch‘h-tm a Roman stripe. sl 3, The Picture Hat. —l BY ANNE RITTENHOUSE. It is rather well for the appearance of women that the large ®at should gain in power with the summer sun. It is the type of headgear that should rule when days are full of glare and eyes need shading. The face looks its best, be it glittering Persian bauble from the middle of the upturned brim of an everyday George Arle: thought out the idea of placing that East Indlan forehead jewel on the hat spring time. Like most American fashions, it was used out of place. It was trotted about to the office, the market place, the coaches of a subway train. Just as there are women who will ‘will not give up the small hat in any FROCK _OF_TAUPE-COLORED OR- GANDY WITH SATIN ROSE AT THE WAIST. THE HAT IS OF BROWN SATIN WITH YELLOW CHIFFON STREAMERS. young or old, when_ not gxposed to the brilliant light of a midsummer noon, 1t is difficult to wean some women away from the small turban,. tho box- like hat, the Russian toque, the Breton ADVERTISEMENT. shape, although it lets the sun beat mercilessly on their make-up to reveal lessness has made on thelr faces. ‘Wise women wear the big hat in summer. Fashion sponsors it for the simple reason that {t balances the ‘broad - skirts of the hour. Fashion does not take into consideration the American sun, s eagle: into decount the united moyement of &Il its component parts. ith wide skirts will. come broad hats, has been the cry of the prophets since the nar- row skirt saw the first signs of its doomy: The prophecy is being fulfilled. No woman -wants to run upward to B polfit ag though she were imitating a clown with his peaked wig and oluminous trousers. She realizes / Really fine effects age secured with the materials we supply. ADVERTISEMENT. A Free Oatmeal Prescription Does Its Work Overnight. You Can Prepare It at Home New York—Exposure to sun, dust and wind has a very effect upon the skin and complexion. There is a way to overcome this. “It is my own discovery and takes just oné night to get such marvelous re- sults,” says Mae Edna Wilder when her friends ask her about her won- derful compléxion and the improved appearance of her hands and arms. “You can do the same thing if you follow my advice,” she says. *“I feel it my duty to tell every girl ani woman what this wonderful pre- scription did for me. Just think of it. _All this change in a single night. I never tire of.telling others just what .brought about such re- markable results. Here is the identical formula that removed every defect from my face, neck, hands and arms. Until you try it you form no idea of the marvelous ogange_it will . make in just one application. The prescription, which you can prepare at your own home, is as follow: “Go tv any grocery store and get ten cents worth of ordinary oat- meal, and from any department or drug store & bottle of Derwillo. Prepare the oatmeal as directed in every package of Derwillo. Before applying Derwillo cleanse the skin thoroughly with a good 'cleansing found to be the best.) The first ap- plication 1l “astonish you. It akes the skin appear transparent, smooth and velv: 1 especially recommend this method for darl sallow skin, shiny nose, freckl tan, sun spots, coarse pores, rough skin, ruddiness, wrinkles, and, in fact, every blemish the face, hands and hl;l:l: l.drll ll:ll‘ to. If your neck or ol s discolored from exposure, ngp!y this combination there and the ol as jectiongble def it by !l:‘l:.l}l‘lw,lw less and not produce or stimu- l1ate a growth of hair. Since short sleeves are in vogue it is necessary Hot Summer Sun Trying 'On the Complexion How to Protect Your Skin and Bring i Roses to Your Cheeks to have beautiful hands and arms and no matter how rough and un- ainly the hands and arms or what buses they have had through hard work and exposure to sun and wind, this combination will work a won- derful transformation. Thousands who are using it report the same re- sults I have had Miss O. C. says; “My complexion was poor and my skin rough. My neck, chest, hands and arms were dark from exposure. The very first application of this wonderful Der- willo-oatmeal combination con- vipced me that my poor complexion and skin blemishes would soon be -thing of the past. In. a few weeks all these unsightly defects had en- tirely disappeared and I shall always use it to keep my complexion at its best all the time. I have recom- mended it to my girl friends and they are just as enthusiastic cver it as I am. We all use it before go- ing to the theater, dances or par- ties and it's wonderful what a dif- fereénce it makes in our appear- ance. Mrs: G. V. writes: “Oatmeal and Derwillp have worked miracles with my complexion. I had many fe- cream. (Liska cold cream I have | s, wrinkles and a sallow, Tough skin. My hands and arms were cov- ered with freckles. After: eight weeks' 'use of Mae Edna Wilder's menul complexion prescription t! objectiohable defects have tirgly vanished. I look ten years ger, and advise every girli and in to try it and feel confident one or two Agrne-uau they usge. it continually and be just ibly ‘impressed with it as I immense rose of dull pink satin. each line and crevice that time or care«| g, v" an ornament appears to be in the mind of every designer who makes Copyrigh, 1921, by Herbert Jobnson. sailor. There are women still abroad|that if she wears broad skirts she in the land who have not unhitched that | must broaden out her head to avold carfcature. Here is the reason why hat, a fashion which brings to mind| the milliners are reaping a harvest from what was once called garden Somebody m y 2 hats, ‘The sketch shows a fascinting cos- tume for a slim woman of the social of a modern woman, in America. injiime ‘The hat is of cocoa brown satin with its wide crown wrapped with an Arablan scarf of orange chif- Instead of being kept for a sumptu- ous hat, worn for a splendid occasion, [ fon; the ends falling to hem of skirt The frock worn with it is of taupe- colored organdy—taupe and brown are not strange companions this sum- not give up this forehead jewel on|Mer—and the skirt is made wide by thelr morning hats, this ~splendid | 10N !'l‘r_l;;m odis hat het thead symbol of an Indlan prince, 8o the |pertng which is constantly repeated in the new clothes. At one side of the waist line is an thin summer frock. NOTE: To every laundress in this city. tor. is hard or extradirty use more Rineo. : , Tjhen;;lét and rinse wi eeflng'{l‘hlngs in Place. er famillas has hit upon the schemd of having such the paper scissors, the letter opener. and a sharp blade for sharpening penclls fastened by chains to the living:.room desk. Of course, every one knows that no one ever takes these things when they do not ; but it has been dis. hen they are chained ‘apt to wander off by One ingenious belong to h covered thasiwl themselves.: « This {dea 8 not a bad one. butcher shops You will see the knife sharpener fastened by a chain to the chopping_block, and you may hawe been in hotels where ash trays and other accessories were chained to ta- bles or bureaus. cause it is inconvenient, and If it is in- and save hours of back-br f“‘D,on’t' rub your youth away” whatever time is convenient. These mild suds loosen every particle ‘Rinse, to remove the loosened - - wonderful; -FEATURE with a pair of scissors—that is, as soon as they are able to use scissors at all. A child is much more Inclined to take good care of an article that is his own private property than another ‘that is merely lent to him for the time being. A sense of ownership seems to be early developed in the child's mind. One, of the first questions that he asks is whether this or that article is his. Children's nurses know that it is much easier to teach children |to brush their own hair if each child is provided with his own brush and comb that cannot be touched by any other child in the nursery. By way of keeping things in place it is important to find a place for everything—a sensible, logical place, and ‘ot some place hatd to get to and inconvenient. In a certain household the housewife may tell you: “You will find an _umbrella’ in the back of the hall. They belong in the closet on ihe w things n place in the family of chil- | landing, but no one ever puts them dren is to provide each child with cer- tain necessary articles for his sole use. For instance, few parents are 50 poor that they cannot provide each child there.” Now, if no one ever puts umbrellas in the landing closet it must be be- dressing and serve. “convenient then it s 8 poor 4 put them. Seemingly, the hall {s more convenient. Then the sen: gible thing to do'would be to put the umbrella stand there and makeé-up your mind that that was the right place to put umbrellas. A Tomato Ioce. s Take the pulp and juice of one quart of tomatoes, rubbed through leve to remove the skins and seed: nd add the juice of three lemons and sugar to sweeten. Boil n & quart of water and add ome cup of chopped candied ginger and one-half cup ot maraschino. Freeze and serve in punch glasses. Veal Salad. Cut into small pieces equal parts of gold. cooked veal and raw cabbagey Marinate the veal for two hours, then: drain and mix with the cabbage. Bea- son with salt and pepper ant little. chopped pickle. Cover with mayonnaise; “TO ALL'WHO ENJOY , ' THE CUP OF CHEER WHOLESOME HEALTHFUL STIMULATING BLL\; 3 From: your Grocer _ Ask the woman of the house for a package of the wonderful new product for home washing. Remember the name—Rinso. - - x 5 i . is wa put ur clothes soak . - thout any hard rubbing 1Soak one hour—two hours—overnight— _ POUR INTO TUB of warm water—miz w adding the solution ;.m::_ ‘ou ot a jood.- , zioh, asting, sude, after: the ciothes have PRTT I . TT T