Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1921, Page 13

w OMAN’S PAGE IMPORTANT ROLE OF RIBBONS. BY ANNE RITTENHOUSE.' The ribbon manufacturer or rib- %on dealer who is not smiling most THIS TAN GABARDINE FROCK IS DRAPED AT THE SIDE INTO A LARGE BLUE BUCKLE, WHILE THE_ HIGH COLLAR IS FAST. D AT THE SIDE WITH BOW AND _ STR! OF BLUE RIBBO:! of the time now born pessimist. be fitted with a RS must be a natural- His mental eye must oked monocle NAVY | that it cannot see things rose color ] even when there is every reason to do so. For ribbons are to the fore. However you may diagnose the trend of fashion, as simple or ornate, mid-Victorian or Eugenlesque, char- acterized by oriental splendor or classical simplicity there is not a doubt of the fact that ribbonsare playing a leading role. Your ribbon dealer ‘will no longer have to advise the buy- ing public of ways for making knit- ting bags, tea cosles, bedroom slippers and hot water bag holders out of rib- bon_just to keep ribbons moving. Rib- bons' are actually in fashion. That is enough. It was the milliner who gave the first real impetus to an increased in- terest in ribbons. Possibly she did this first because of the very charm- ing colors and designs that the rib- bon makers managed to weave into their ribbons. She used ribbons in rows and ruffies to make entire hats. Now she does this, but she uses them in bows, cocardes, rosettes and stream- ers. Sometimes she makes artificial flowers of them, for nowadays they make artificial flowers of everything —wax, leather, wood, it matters not what. Ribbon sleeves have appeared. Now don’t be misled. There is nothing complicated about making the ribbon sleeve. You merely need about two yards of ribbon. You fasten this to the shoulder seam or slightly toward the back of this seam, then you let it loop down—fastening the other end in a little wristband made of an ad- ditional five or six inches of the rib- bon. That prevents a frock from being sleeveless. 1t is a device that appears on street frocks as well as in evening clothes in Paris where women have been seen wearing heavy gauntlet gloves in con- nection with this meager sleeve. But it is ome of the extremes of fashion that will not probably appeal to Amer- fcans. When they want to see women wearing such amusing clothes they g0 to Paris. They rather resent it when they see their own country- women taking up such novelties. And the sleeve that consists of a loop of ribbon caught at wrist and shoulder will probably be confined to the even- ing frock. Long streamer ribbons appear at unexpected places in the new frocks. At first glance you might judge that the long dark ribbons hanging at the | left side of the figure shown In the | sketch were streamers. but they are Inot. This ornament is fastened to the high choker collar. The frock itself is of tan gabardine, the ribbon navy blue, finished with picot edge. That one-sided drapery persists you may see from the way the fullness of the frock is drawn into the con- of a heavy buckle at the left “What Kind of a Rug Shall I Buy?”’ Several of my readers have asked | me to write an article on rugs. Rugs are classified according to weave, as ingrain, pile and tufted. Ingrain rugs are woven like cloth. with a warp and woof, and they may be used with either side up. These are inexpensive and give splendid servi¢e in bedrooms, but most house- wives prefer a pile or a tufted rug for living room and dining room. The pile weave includes both brus- sels and wilton rugs. A brussels has only one usable side. 1t is woven with a lock stiteh in which one thread is Woagn over the mext, the woolen thread which constitutes the pile b_e- ing looped in the warp and held in these loops by steel wires; when the rug is almost completed. these wires are drawn out and the loops thus left make the pile surface. There are twl grades of brussels—'body brussels” and “tapestry Brussels”: the former is the better choice, as the latter has a good deal of sizing in it and must, therefore, be dry cleaned rather than steam cleaned. A wilton rug is simply a cut brus- sels. That the pile (the looped surface) is cut, thus giving a velvet- like surface. Brussels and wilton -hoice for either din- ng room. rugs are a fine ing room or 1 The tufted weave includes axmin- ster, chenille and oriental rugs. An axminster is more reasonable than a wilton rug, but less serviceable be- cause the tufts loosen easily. They are more trouble to clean, as they shed much lint. But they do fill a very real need in the homes of peo- ple” who cannot afford a brussels or By WILLIAM (Signed letters pertaining to per treatment. will be answered by Dr. Brady if Tetters should be brief and written in ink. Ow & few can be answered here. No reply can b Address Dr. Willlam Brady. in care of The Star.} The Hygiene of Swimming. It is as safe, but no safer, to go in swimming immediately after a hearty meal as it is to go for a walk at that time. But let's begin further back. It is unsafe to eat a hearty meal the day you are going in swim- ming or for a walk. I am assuming that a hearty meal is the kind that gives you a sensation of fuliness, even to the point of wishing to loosen your belt or clothing, or one which causes drowsiness. It is mever safe to eat yourself sick like that. Some hundreds of thousands of per- sons are in the water swimming at al- most any hour of the day this time of year, and inevitably among so many one here and there is going to die unexpectedly. It is customary in every such case to assume that the victim had “cramps,” whether in fact he suf- fered a stroke of paralysis by reason of his diseased arteries or because dizzy and helpless by reasan of cold Water entering through tac perfora- tion of his eardrum (which he should have prevented by wearing a bit of Jamb's wool in the ear canal), or acute dilation of a diseased heart from over- exertion in the water. “Cramps” do really occur in rare instances when a swimmer attempts a long swim in cold water or against buffeting waves, just as one's muscles wit _ramp and be- come powerless after prolonged exer- tion of any kind. It is sometimes suspected that there may be danger of contracting typhoid fever By swimming in water known or believed to be polluted by drainage into it of diluted human sewage. Pro- vided the swimmer does not deliber- ately drink of the water, it is ques- tionable whether there is such danger. However. if that is all that stands be- tween a joyful vacation and a fearful kid, why. it is easy to dispel the risk by having the youngster immunized against typhoid infection by the pro- phylactic bacterin which every phy- sician is prepared to administer on reque: Girls and women need not hesitate to go in swimming as regularly as usual at the time of the menstrual function. Experience hasamply dem- onstrated that there is no harm in this indulgence, though I am of the opinion that much harm is done by coddling of the old-fashioned kind. Man, woman or child may safely re- main in the water as long as he or she enjoys it, and come out when the Personal Health Service Noted Physician and Author health and hygiene, mot to 2 they are equally as wilton rug; | effective on the floor and enable many |a financially limited young couple to |obtain decorative harmony at low cost. Chenille rugs are a little beyond the financial reach of most of us. They are the most expensive of our domestic, or of European rugs. They are like wilton in weave and like axminster in appearance. Many per- sons use them in place of oriental rugs, although, of course, they are not a good substitute from a stand- point of art or durability. The cost of a chenille rug depends upon its depth of pile and tire richness of its coloring. Cotton chenilles are fre- quently seen on bathroom floors; these are inexpensive and are rever- sible and washable. Oriental rugs are perhaps the one thing that we'd all like to own! They are the most expensive rugs in the world. They are hand-tufted and are made by stretching the warp thread in a frame and then looping in short or long threads of wool filling; be- fore finishing the rug, this filling is sheared down so as to make an even surface to the rug. A genuine Per- sian rug is never even in shape. For no Persian will make a perfectly symmetrical rug, because he says that “nothing is perfect but Allah.” Before finishing this article I must mention the splendid new linoleum rugs, the hemp and grass rugs and the rag rugs. These inexpensive and easily cleaned rugs are a blessing to the housekeeper, and no little bride should overlook them When planning the floor coverings of her rooms and porch. 2 Next Monday I_shall publish an article on the -choice of portieres. I | believe there are many housekeepers who might find such a chat helpful. BRADY, M. D e diagnosis or a stamped, self-addressed envelope is inclosed. ving to the large number of letters received, only made to querles not conforming to Instructions. pleasure is spoiled by a feeling or sense of chilliness or weariness. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. A Poor Excuse. I must confess to being one of those old-fashioned mothers you 8o strongly condemn. I have my daughter's full confidence in everything, yet I cannot discuss some matters with her. She knows how I feel, and acting on her earnest suggestion I am writing you. MRS. M. G. O. Answer—Repeat your request and inclose a self-addressed, stamped en- velope, or one addressed to your daughter, and I will send such in- formation as I deem correct for girls to have. It seems to me that you take a wrong view of a sacred matter | when you feel you cannot discuss it with your own daughter. Tender After Shaving. My face is raw and tender after shaving. Can_you suggest anyt to relieve this? M. K. Answer—Boric acid, 3% ounce | glycerin, % ounce; tragacanth shav- ings (not powder), 70 grains, and water, 12 ounces. Boil together, constantly stirring, till all dissolved. Add water to make up for evaporation. When cool, add two ounces of any toilet water. Apply :fllutlem:o f:ce after shaving, and ore the skin is quite dry aft washing. 2 ¥ A | Green Corn Pudding. , | Take two dozen full ears of sweet | green corn, score the kernels and cut them from the ‘cob. Scrape off what remains on the cob with a knife. Pound the corn cut ‘off in a mortar. Add about a pint of milk, according to the youngness and juiciness of the corn. Add two eggs well beaten, a quarter of a cup of flour, half cup of butter, a teaspoon of sugar and a little salt. Bake in a well greased earthen dish in a hot oven for two {Lours. Place it on the table browned and smoking hot and eat with plent | of fresh butter. L —_— To Can Summer. Squash. Summer squash may be cut into cubes, peeled and packed in jars with the usual amount of salt and water ITTLE STORIES BY THORNTON W. BURGESS, Peter Finds a Peep-Hole. Don't let impatience lead you to Take chances as the foolish do. —Peter Rabbit. There was this difference between Reddy Fox hiding in a clump of ferns behind the old hollow log just within the edge of the swamp and Peter Rab- bit hiding inside that same old hol- low log. Feddy was sure that Peter was inside that log, and Peter wasn't sure Reddy was watching for him to come out. He suspected it, but he didn’t absolutely know it. “I feel it in my bones that he is somewhere around.” thought Peter. “He knows I am a long way from the dear Old Briar Patch and he will do his best to see that I don't get back there. But why worry? There is no use in worrying. Worrying is the worst habit T know of. I'm safe now, and as long as I stay in this old log 1 will be $afe. That is enough. It will be time enough to worry when I leave, and that won't be soon. Of course, it may be that Reddy did go straight home to the Old Pasture, but 1 don't believe it. 1 know that oid sinner too 1. nyway, if he is waiting and watching for me he is kept away from the Laughing Brook, where that poor young Heron is caught in that uel trap. This is a funny old world. It certainly is. I thought I couldn’t do anything to help that poor young Heron and I guess that already I have saved his life. Reddy Fox surely would have found him had I not got him to chase me and so led him away. And that young Heron doesn’t know it and never will know it. I wonder if others have done things for me and I haven't known it? It certainly is a funny old world. Nobody, no matter how hard he tries, can live all to him- self. It simply can’t be done. “Whoever set that cruel trap and then forgot it probably set it for Billy Mink. Yet because of it that poor young Heron is suffering pain and tright and may die, his mother is worrying, I have had to run for my life and now I don't dare go outside this hollow log, Mrs. Peter is worry- ing because I don't come home to the dear Old Briar Patch, and Reddy Fox is disappolinted in a dinner I guess he was sure of. Yes, sir, it is a funny old world.” Peter stopped thinking about the funny old world to wriggle that wabbly little nose of his. A Merry Little Breeze had just wandered past and had brought just'the faintest of smells, Peter grin- ned. “Reddy fs somewhere near, just as I thought.” said he to himself. “I can smell him. It is a good thing for some of us that Reddy gives off such a strong smell. That Merry Little Breeze did me a great'favor and doesn’t know it. There you are again, somebody doing something for some- body else without knowing it. It is just as I said before, a funny old world. T wish I knew just Where Reddy is.” Peter began to examine the Inside of that old log. It was open at only one end. so, of course, that was the only direction in which Peter could see out. But presently, way back near the fur- ther end, Peter discovered a tiny ray of light. That meant that there was a_tiny hole there. He scratch- ed at the soft, rotted wood where that tiny ray of light came in and it crumbled away. The tiny ray grew larger. Peter kept scratching. Presently he had uncovered a little knothole. 1t was little, but he could peep out of it. Peter couldn't see much out of that little hole. In fact. about all he could see was a clump of ferns a little way off. For a while he sat idly peeping out while his thoughts were busy about the funny old world and the way people's lives are all mixed to- gether. Suddenly those ferns moved ever so little and a sharp nose was thrust out. Peter almost laughed right out. He knew now Just where Reddy Fox was. LISTEN, WORLD! By Elsie Robinson. Jimmy has been smoking out behind the barn and his mother has found out. There are two things which mother may do to Jimmy. She may weep and scold and send Jimmy into the woodshed with his pa. In which case Jimmy will probably develop great astuteness in finding other places to smoke and be- D come still more confirmed in his bellef that women don’t know anything any- how. Or she may sit down and try to un- derstand. She may study over the rea- son Jimmy gives for smoking—that he Copyright, 1921, by the International Syndicate. TREE GEN. PERSHING PLANTED ACROSS FROM WHITE HOUSE NOT DOING WELL. Dear J. T. C. Members: More and more I see by the letters I receive from members of the Junior Travel Club that you all like to know about out- door things, such .as birds and trees. I had a dandy letter from the Rev. Father Antbony Oehlerer, pastor of St. Francis Xavier's Church in_ Brimley, Mich., the other day asking me about tree planting in- struction, and he closed his letter by saying: “I hope you give us yet many of your inspiring articles.” I said to my- self that is nice when you can interest a man who knows so much more than you do, and I sent him tbe tree folder right away. Seeing 50 many let- ters about trees and outdoor things I made a visit to the redwood tree Gen. Pershing planted in Lafayette Park across Pennsylvania avenue from the White House shortly after he re- turned from the war with the boys. I thought that since redwoods grow to such a long, long age tkere would certainly be an interest- ing thing in Lafayette Park when that tree got to be 500 or a thousand years old. People would look at it and say: “Gen. Pershing planted that in the days when they used to have wars” And then maybe the people in the airskips, after stopping to look at the tree, would sail away and forget all| about it. But the tree is not doing very well, and I could only find a tiny little sprig of green on it in one place. Very often T see somothing about old and famous trees in the paper and so I thought I womid find out for the members of the Junior Travel | Club what tree is the oldest, and at | the American Forestry Assdciation headquarters tney told me the “Genaral Sherman.” in the Sequoia National Park, is the oldest living thing in the world. The association says the General Sherman {s more than 3,500 years old, and that “it was 1,500 years old when Christ was born.” This T _guess puts away the claims for the Mexican cypress, which som claim to be 2,000 years old. There ig one at Maria Del Tule, on the road | from Oaxaca to Guatemala, that from all T can find out is the champion cy- press tree of the world, and this is the one they say is 2.000 vears old. {in it | the old swimming hole. TRAVELOG BOY HAS HARD TIME FINDING GREEN LEAVES TREE L oN LAFAYETTE REDWOOD PARK. This tree is 150 feet high and at five feet from the ground it has a diameter of 35 feet. Now we all know that to get the distance around a circle when the diameter is known you mul- tiply by three. If you want to be a littie more exact there is a certain firure you multiply by with a decimal 1\ it. Who knows what that figure is? Write and tell me. So we will mul- tiply by three and you see the dis- tance around the cypress is something more than 105 feet. That is a bigger tree than I ever saw I will say that. I am glad the Old Genera! Snerman tops them all be a famous tree or an old one. wish you would write and tell about it, even if it 1 me only the one over Around your home town there mus!l If you have one with a history write and let me know that tco. Who knows what the last word in the dictionary is, and what it means? RUSSELL BURKE., The Travelog Boy. A Pretty Nose. It is always a misfortune when the nose is badly shaped, because com- paratively little can be done to im- prove it. That little, of ‘course, is important. In the case of the mouth or the eyes the expression is much more important than the shape. In the case of the nose the shape, which is almost always unalterable, is all important. But the little that can be done is fortunately not difficult. Of course, I am not speaking of the operations which are performed to correct actual deformities, but only of the things which every woman herself can do. First of all, the nose can be kept White, fine rained and clear. If you have a red nose vour diges- tion~ probably needs looking after, and you will have to treat the afflic- tion ‘locally by rubbing and tapping the nose to scatter the congested blood. If you have blackheads you should steam the nose by holding hot wet cloths over it, and then use cleansing cream, or, better yet, the blackhead cleansing powder. A cer- tain amount can be done in the way of keeping the skin fine and clear and white by massaging the nose from its top between the eyes to its tip. During babyhood and childhood an enormous amount can be done by proper massage fo change the shape of the nose. But when one is mature this is very much more difficult. But even an ugly nose can be made to seem attractive if the hair is prop- erly dressed. Experiment with dif- ferent styles until you have found the one which most becomes your profile. E. E. H—Space here is too Im- ited to publish the formula. If you send a_stamped addressed envelope. it will be mailed to you. Olive oil is nourishing as a massage. Red Head.—You should weigh 120 % pounds. Drink plenty of milk and take three tablespoonfuls of olive oil cach day. It is best to include it in the meal and take it with the same quantity of grape juice. Doris.—Consult an occulist about Your cyes. Jennie, N. E. Emily R—Hair that break off or siinks fo the head and looks dull, points to the fact that there is a deflciency in the nourish- ment. Massaging the scalp will help it, #s it increases the circulation. Hot crude oil massaged into such a scalp, especially if there is a tendency to dandruff, will be very beneficial. This should be done the night before the usual shampoo. A formula for a good tonic will be mailed on receipt of a stamped addressed envelope. | HOME NURSING AND HEALTH HINTS BY M. JESSIE LEITCH. i f | “wanted to find out what it was like.” She may sce that this is a mighty fine reason for doing a lot of things and has animated the doing of some of the greatest deeds in history. If she tries hard enough, she may glimpse the spirit within that freckled little son of hers— the Red Adventurer, the Eager Experi- menter, the Tireless Hunter. She may see the greatness of that spirit and help it take permanent form if she'll put out a comradely hand. She may realize that smoking is but a symbol of all the experiments which will make Jimmy a man, and try to teach him. the beauty, and possible danger, of experiments. She may, indeed, convince Jimmy quite casily that smoking isn’t a profitable pastime now by showing him that it will stand in the way of huskier ex- periments later on. She may do all this—but, of course, it will be quite a bother to get Jimmy's slant and the woodshed will be the easies, lazier course. 1 wonder which course she'll take. ‘Take Home With You, Try and take home from your sum- mer outing some helpful suggestions or_points of view on housekeeping. 1f you have kept house in a coun- try or mountain or seaside colony you have probably not Fad the va- Tiety of edibles to select from that you do at home in the city. It may be that you have been able to get meat only certain days a week. Ac- tual delicacies of the table may not have been available at all. Yet everything has tasted good. You have perhaps eaten more than you do at home. It is because you have been outdoors so much any one will tell you. Rigkt there is a good idea. Don't get out of the habit of keeping out- doors, and of keeping your family outdoors. You could simplify your table quite a little if every one who ate thereat brought to it an appetite whetted by being much-outdoors. At the summer place you have per- haps had fewer dishes than you do at home. your table less elaborately. We Fave Jearned how to cook with a very few things. This is a trick well worth Xnowing. And if using fewer dishes at table does not actually amount to bad land cooked the same way as string beans are cooked or the squash may be peeled, cooked in a kettle the same as when being prepared for the ta- ble, then packed in jars and steril- ized. If cooked in this way. extend the time of cooking an hour and a| half each day for three days. 8 manners, try keeping on this basis of few dishes after you get back to town. You have perhaps dressed more simply, retired earlier, slept with win- dows wide open, lived with less dust- collecting bric-a<brac, and yet you have not felt yourself reverting to uncouth manners. * Therefore you have set |- ‘Wrapped in Paper. “I have no very small pan to cook that solitary ehop in, Mother Lucia,” said the woman who had come to de- pend very much upon the gentle-faced nun who had helped her through a trying siege with her very sick hus- band. The worst was over, and there re- mained but the business of tempting the sick man back into the worldiy way of at least three meals a day. value and vitamine. The young wife, knew little, and cared less, about foods that were inartistic, had been I!rying very earnestly to fit herself for the task of replacing the gentle-faced |nun, who was already due at her school. She seemed to know almost everything about the sick, from the turning of a pillow to the turning of a chop. Wrap the Chop in Paper. “We will just wrap the chop in a piece of paper to cook it,” said Mother Lucia. “It's such a delicious-looking, tender little chop. 1 do hope your invalid will consent to eat it.” She always called the sick man his wife's invalid. And the little remark never failed to bring the little flush of anxiety and pride of possession to the face of the woman who had wor- ried through the past month with the fear of losing her invalid forever clutching always at her heart. Now he was getting better. And the things she worried about were frying pans and chops from the prop- er part of mysterious animals that had only been part of a menu to her before. “What kind of paper do you mean? Wrapping paper?’ The young wife rummaged in a cup- board. “No. Just plain white fool's cap or that heavy white paper with which you cover the pantry shelves,” said Mother Lucia, who was bending over the coals, being very anxlous that they should be exactly right. “Now—" she breathed, and turned to the table. ‘The chop was wiped. trimmed of su- perfluous fat and placed on the piece of white paper that was fully twice as big as the chop. The edges of the paper were doubled together, on the three sides, then refolded and re- creased. “To keep the juices from running out.” explained the woman who knew. #Why did you spread butter so thickly on the paper first?” “The chop is fairly free from fat, who avowedly and there must be some to keep i from burning,” the nun explained. = The paber-wrapped chop was then placed on the broiler over the coals and turned frequently that the heat of the fire should not ignite the paper. This mode of cooking causes the meat to be basted In its own juices and the melted butter. It took just eight minutes to cook, as the chop was small and abbut an inch thick. And such cooking was, the invalid de- clared. part of the reason he made such a good recovery. Things You'll Like to | Make. | Bead TasselNecklace «s w sl Py Tasseled necklaces are one of Paris’ latest fads. Here is a bead tassel necklace that you can very easily make. Paint a circular wooden but- ton mold your favorite color. (The mold should be one and e half inches in diameter.) Make a two-inch tassel of silk_that matches the mold in color. Run a silk- cord through the hole in the mold. Tie a large knot just above the mold. Join the tassel to the cord under the mold. This bead tassel necklace is so easily made and 8o charming that it pays to have one to match each_frock. FLORA. (Copyright, 1921.) Artichoke Appetizer. Take six slices of artichoke heart. one can of caviar, three hard-boiled eggs, twelve stuffed olives and one teaspoonful of chopped onion. Cover each plece of artichoke with caviar, chopped onfon and stuffed olives, also some chopped white of egg and the yolks put. through u’l ricer. Cover with a thin mayonnaise and serve. . ! The Old Gardener Say: If you are growing beans on poles, and _especially lima beans, you will find it an ex- cellent plan to keep a small stepladder close at hand for use when gathering the beans. The largest yield is often at the top of the poles, and if you pull the beans roughly you are likely to damage the plants. The kind of stepladder which has legs which fold under- neath when you lift it is/ es- pecially convenient. FEATURE PAGE. (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) McCarty demanded. The Engagement Ring. Does good form require that an his flancee with a diamond engagement ring? is often engaged man present This is a question that agked by the young man after has proposed marriage to the girl his cholc Question is: “Certainly not.”” To be sure, most men country ‘do present in a diamond ring, diamonds are associated in girls’ minds with engagements. given to having original ideas on many subjects—profess a dislike for engagement ring, Of late years the diamond circlet has been in high favor and sometimes a vouns woman prefers her favorite stone— the conventional simply because it is so usual. an emerald, or ruby, or sapphire. even a pear] or opal—either alone set with diamonds, diamond setting in the world. It the young woman that has to wear the ring, and the considerate young man suits her taste rather than his own in selecting it. Lest there might be embarrassment in purchasing the ring together. young man often goes to his jeweler beforehand and selects two or three rings of the price that he wishes pay and then asks his flancee select the one she prefers. Any con- And the answer to the this their flancees with some sort of betrothal ring and when they can afford it it is usually simply because most But the young woman ought to be con- sulted as to her choice in the matter. Many girls nowadays—when girls are to any plain “Her sable scarf was gone, although she still held her muff, and her velvet Buit was torn and bedraggled.” Frost _spoke with morbid reli her dark eyes snapped balefully. ‘She 1imped, too, and hugged one arm to her side as though it hurt her. 1 should have gone to her assistance at once had not something In her ex- pression warned me that she was not in any mood to brook intrusion. Pain and rage and a look of vindictive de- termination were all written in her face and I withdrew and shut my door. 1 could hear her pacing the floor of her room until the day broke, | when I fell asleep at last. I arose 1at my usual hour, however. and came downstairs just in time to see her receive a note from the hands of a messenger. 1 was astonished to see her up and dressed, for she usually breakfasted in bed. especially when she had been out ‘Wait a minute, interrupted her. Miss and l “What was the matter with her he of 80 please,” McCarty “You saw the mes- senger, you say. Was he in uni- form or{ “No. 1 did not observe him par- or | ticularly, but he appeared to be a shabby-looking lad. Mrs. Kip bade me good morning in an absent- minded sort of way and instead of following me into the breakfast room, went into the library with the un- opened note in her hand and closed the door. I saw that her arm w: clumsily bandaged, and while I was at breakfast ihe doctor was an- nounced; she must have summoned him before I rose. 1 slipped out into the hall as he was leaving and asked him how Mrs. Kip's arm was, and he is a to to siderate jeweler will carry on this|Sald that g had suffered a bad little transaction without letting the |$Prain and made some reference to a question of price enter into the(fall which I did not understand until atc negotiations with the need be about enzagement rings that thoir value should tionate with the financial position those who buy them. A with enough money to do so would regarded as selfish if he did not give ring. young had ponsibilities and little money, his flancee But. on woman. many res would be extremecly inconsiderate she permitted him to make much an expenditure in this way. any engagement the other hand. a knowing her flancee young woman. The only hard and fast rule ther be propor- oung man “Was it about her slipping on a rug or something yesterday?" asked Me- Carty.” “Yes, as 1 remember!” Miss Frost glanced at him in surprise and then went on: “Mrs. Kip came down again in a few minutes and at my natural inquiry about her injury she told me that she slipped and had failen in her room on her return the night before. She must have seen in my face that I knew the truth, for suddenly she flared out at me with all the violence of an unrestrained, ill-bred nature and a most disgraceful scene ensued! 5 of be if of BY MR! = . ELIZABETH KE! ] HOME ECONOMICS. f rate puffs, bobbed agitatedly and an 1indigna “I had never nt flush mottled her face. lized before how jthin was the veneer: how utterly com- mon she w 1 can assure you. Mr. McCarty, that 1 have ncver been o in- sulted. “'Among other remarks which I shall not repeat, she said that she I Miss Frost's head, with its elabo- I I | | A Trapeze. The dictionary says a trapeze is a bar suspended on two ropes from the roof at a great height from the floor: while the index of an up-to-date treatise on play for children does not even mention a trapeze. But when we went to the circus, in the old days, we had a trapeze at home as an evitable result; in fact, we had two. for there were a good many of us. We hung one from the straight branch of the apple tree and over the sand pile and another from the beam in the barn over the hay. neither of them so high that a tumble meant any |no suspicion of a love affair. real hurt. On them we learned to “1 did not know what to think of chin, to skin the cat, to hang by (those nocturnal excursions of hers, but our elbows and knees, and a dozen other tricks that made our young bodies sure and supple. The nearest approach to a trapeze in modern play grounds is the horizontal bar, but a rigid bar is much harder to use than swinging one. However, whether horizontal bar or trapeze, whether the® supporting ropes are parallel or form a triangle with the bar as the name trapeze implies, the children should have something of the sort to play on. It should never be in- stalled, however, in any playground, house or barn without provision to break the force of a fall. The earth may be dug out under it and the hole filled in with sand; gymnasium mats may be used, or, for lucky children, the fragrant, clean hay. In any small back yard a small rong trapeze or bar will afford would be much less mischief of a permanently harmful sort going on, if, there wherever there are children, were also some simple play ap- paratus and an encouraging young athlete or a good circus to start them. (Copyright, 1921.) e T Bean Balls and Macaroni. Mash to a pulp some baked beans, add one beaten egg. one-half tea- spoonful of minced onion and season- ing to taste. Form into balls, dip in beaten egg and roll in cracker or| bread crumbs. Serve on boiled macaroni that has been covered with grated cheese and pour tomato sauce over all. 5 PSS . — Potato Cheesecakes. was not a child and was tired of my eternal =pving; that I was an inter. fering old busybody! She actually dared to insinuate that I was a—a | | sort of society grafter, an object of harity, after all that I have dome for I was simply stunned. but | when 1 pulled myself together to an- i criminal! W, spend her mo Rare j could po: and objects o mere fancy di sheer ple “That neck last night « ti reputed to k after the and the very “How would Dpiece, ma’ “A five-s Russian sa promptiy. czarina was 2014 clasp w under one of There was sked: wore really tioninz n suicide fo of ion the promin ship 1 enjoy. wi rose quaveri But 1h Ir. Mrs. | many divore Kip. with k and you wou ble 1 took bat girl! doeuares, Maeterli rt what da point. ignorant to ap, ure of sp when she came b: revolu and she paid V, able 10 meet her flori a able 1o obtain is just eonfi tween you and me.” Mo “I know all about the W O'Rourkes and Crevelings, as T can make out Cutter bachelor in their Cutter } but d to s HOW MANY CARDS? BY ISABEL OSTRANDER. Author of “The Island of Intrigue,” “Suspense,” “Ashes to Ashes,” etc. Copyright, 1921, by Robert 3. McBride & Co. 1ey on ? ted, seemir piece nd didn't - instance Aiiss Frost has another < s all kinds of fur garments possible occasio - aus been ve czarina and smuggled ou s b you describe replied ate s the sk pause th imm. nd b dr with she t of rf of imperi M hat is it, Mr. McCa I have told you allT know and I am at your mercy! 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