Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1923, Page 40

40 WOMAN’S PAGE., . WHEN THE FLOORS NEED NEW COVERINGS OR TREATMENT Proper USCS Of Vamish, Shellac, _Wax. Oil or Paint—Freshening Up the Household ‘Furniture. ARNISH. shellac, wax, oil and paint in finishi and vary mot only in but tn the way amount of labor ana xeep them in and varnish are more in living room, dining bedroom. while ofl and paint, being less likely to be dam- aged by water. are better for kitchen, pantries and othe here water is likely to be Before bhegin n any it 1 all the woodwork in bom with you intend to enamel to mateh the som. A complete nt must be applied s outer a surface are used floors 3 appes they and needed to apply order. Wax suitable to us: room and wear the plac villed ing floo to to treat good plan a way 2o varnish use white paint or furniture in the undeccoating of pa before putting on enamel coat of enamel i finish Tt vour and have &mooth, sanitary su the en apnly ng. Dy Hinin the side work vourself out of u will find yourself over the wet floor to uniess more or less old give them a by filling up vors are t. when in their very dirty they be wiped a cloth or mop wrung out of warm, soapy water, wiped dry at once, @hen polished with an oiled cloth. A slightly worn varnished floor can nsnally be renovated by rubbing the atches with a soff cloth dampened with Jinseed ofl_ or, if necessary, they may be sandpapered out and a 'fresh coat of varnish applied. 1f a var- nished floor is badly worn the best way to renew it is to first remove all the old finish possible and start anew. Tt is most satisfactory to have he scraping done by an expert. who has the vight tools and knows just how to treat different woods. A fresh coat of paint m plicd floor, that has previous been painted but hias become shabby, or if vou prefer, the paint may be entirely removed and the floor finish- her way if liked better. d waxed {1 easily be renovated 1f the floor is not in a bad condition, rubbing with a cloth satuated with turpentine or gasoline will brighten it, then a fresh coat of wax can be applied. Freshening Up When looking over that is to go back into a fin room, scarcely a piece will be that could not be improved by either stain, ¢ varnish. The same is also true in regard to the woodwork in a room, including doors and mold- ing They wvill probably need freshening up to mateh the floors. To many people the smell of p and varnish is very objectionable vet it is not always possible to be away from home when renovating is being carried on. When painting is being done in_a house, tention should be paid 1o v Fresh air from the outside will more aquickly deodorize paint than anything clse. Pails of water placed in rooms which have been newly painted will clear the air quickly of the offensive smell, To get the best effect, fresh water should be put into the pails every half hour. If hay can be ob- tained, this is a splendid thing for removing paint odor. A handful put into h of water will clear away the s=mell with astonishing rapidity. Never use soda to clean painted woodwork, and enly a very little 80ap. Do not put anything moist on paint until it has first been thorough- Iy dusted. 1f you do. some ugly smears will be 1 ¢ to remain. In- stead of trying to wash pencil marks away, first rub them very gently with a dry erust of bread before ap- plying water. An easy way to clean_dark-colored paint on doors’is to take a pail of clean warm water and pour a little paraffin into it and then wash the paint all over, working downwards, with a piece of old Turk- ish toweling. Then dry with a piece of clean cloth and polish with a sub- stantial duster. To attempt to clean such paint by hard rubbing is a mis- take. 1t does not need it, and will only be rubbed away Floor Coverings and Thelr Care. Smoothly finished floors and re- movable rugs are the pride of the housewife. The appearance of a floor is used o be ap- urniture. the furniture found BEDTIME STORIES Bobby Coon Is Sadder, But Wiser. Though things happen T dou't like, Things that hurt and meke me sore, Tas by da every way I am lc and_more, —Bobby Coon. As a rule Bobby Coon is not a fast runner, but had you been in the Green Forest and seen him after he was knocked out of a certain tree by Mrs. Hooty I am sure you would have thought hiy running a credit to any one. Bobby Coon was both hurt and &cared. The great sharp claws of Hooty the Owl and of Mrs. Hooty had torn his coat, to say nothing of ONE OF THEM STRUCK HIM ONCE MORE BEFORE HE COULD DODGE UNDER COVER OF A * PILE OF BRUSH. the bumps he had received. It seemi- filled with great broad-winged birds, terrible claws, glaring eyves and snap- ping bills. For once he was glad he was thin. He could run faster, and {f there was anything in the world he wanted just then it was to run fast. He wanted to get away from that part of the Green Forest in the very quickest time possible. Of course, Hooty and Mrs. Hooty swooped after him. One of them struck him once more before he cou'd dodge under cover of a pile of brush. Once under this he was shfe, and he was wise enough to stay there. 'Those owls couldn’t get at him there, and he knew it. He would stay there untll they went away. So Bobby licked his wounds and whimpered softly to himself. “I aidn't know,” he kept saying over and over, “I diap’t know that that nest belonged to y and Mrs. Hooty. If I had I Bouldn’s bave digamsd of §QINE nRear varnish | s {1t requ shed | ed to Bobby that .the air was llmpl), has much to do with the general at- tractiveness of the whole room. in color and in finish a floor should harmonize with the other features of a room. At the time a housewife is deciding on the color and design of a floor covering. she must also be gathering information in regard to its wearing qualities and its cost, which should not be sacrificed to anything else. She will o want to choose some- thing that can be kept in order with the least work. . As a rule, it is most satistactory to s rugs or other floor coverings th are in neutral eolors and incon- spicuous designs which give a floof a flut effect, and which is darker than the surrounding walls A floor cov- ering should harmonize in color with the parts of the bare floor that show, and both these in turn should har- monize with the walls, the furniture, and the curtains in the room. This does not mean that all these features of a room wmmnst be in the shades of one color, for such an arrangement would soon bhecome monotonous, but |th should be colors that look well ltozetlier and so used that the ! oor app the wall }ighter |ana the ceiling the lightest of all he parts of a floor that receive the hardest wear, near doors, for instance., or in halle, should be protected by small rugs. Matting'is a dainty cov cring for bedroom. It can be bought plain or in very attractive flower or conventional designs in pretty colors to harmonize with dainty bedroom furnishings It will lie on 1l floor much flatter and will wear better if laid with the edges of the adjoining widths placed close to- gether and tacked near the edge with single tacks. The cut edges of mat- ting should be either bound or turned under at once to prevent fraying. To clean matting or fiber or grass rugs, sweep with & soft brush and oc sionally wipe with a slightly damp cloth, or they may be cleaned with a vacuum cleaner. Carpets and rug spots and ordinary way without being removed from the floor, by using a cleaning preparation I thatis sold in quart cans, with an ap- pliance for using. This amount is | sufficient for cleaning a 9 by 12 rug. es little time and energy and is very effective. Mending holes, rebinding can be freed from so0il in an easy | reinforcing rugs or o will often add greatly to their ap- { pearance and serviceability. The car- {pet to be mended should be carefu examined, to see whether the warp or {the filling threads, or both, need re- |rewing or strengthening. 'and 1 terials for mending should then chosen that match the old ones color and texture as nearly as po: | sible. Ingrains may be darned, wit ythe ordinary over-and-under stitch used on stockings, and the pattern worked afterward. Pile carpet- ings, such as brussels, axminsters or wiltons, require a differ method. The linen, jute or cotton back should first be darned in, and then the pile | made with loops of colored worsted rn, left uncut in brussels and clip- ped in those with a velvety surface Curved ors a ecially con- venient far this work Where to Use Linoleum. A kitchen floor needs a durable fin- ish or covering that g and wa ter do not affect, and t is easy to clean, comfortabie to walk and stand on, and not slippery. Painting, oil- ing or covering the floor with some washable material, such as linoleum, is very satisfactorv. Linoleum is one of the best and most serviceable of all coverings for floors in kitchens, pantries and bathrooms. It wears well and is easily cleaned. Before selecting linoleum a house- wife should look at the edges of the pieces for sale, and ehoose a piece of proper thickness for her purpose. The thicker the material the wear it will give. Smoothne also important, as it is easily cleaned. Dirt does not grind into the smooth- | finished lineoleums, so that they are easier to clean than those with a rougher surface. When once laid linoleum is usually left undisturbed until it is worn out, so that special care should be taken when laying it down. The floor under it should be level, smooth, tight &nd dry. On rough floors it will wear unevenly. Waxing or varnishing will improve the appearance of linoleum and make it last longer. Wax should be used on the inlaid and plain kinds, and var- nish on the printed ones. ¥ either of these finishes is applied the linoleum should then be cleaned and cared for like 2 wood floor that is finished in | the same way. worn v be in By Thornton 'W. Burgess. it. T1l never, never go anywhere again without first being sure it is safe to do so. How was I to know that Hooty had taken Blacky the Crow’s old mest?” Meanwhile Hooty and Mrs. Hooty sat In trees close to that pile of brush and hissed and clacked their stout, hooked bills and threatened things to Bobby Coon. Just to hear them made Bobby shiver and shake. But Mrs. Hooty didn't stay long. Those two babies back in the nest needed attention. So, with a last dreadful threat, she flew away. But Hooty remained. He ached all over for another chance at Bobby Coon. But at last even his patience gave out, or else he felt that he was need- ed at home. Bobby Coon didn't know, when Hooty left. You see, big as they are, those wings of Hooty's make no sound. When he flew away it was in perfect silence. But Bobby Coon was in no hurry to leave. He had made one mistake that morning, and that was enough. He had no inten- tion of making another mistake. He would stay right there until he was sure that the way was clear. Then he would get away from that part of the Green Forest as fast as possible, and keep away. Young Owls might be very good eating. He didn’t know, for he never had tried them. But he was sure that they were not worth wg:tuhe hm} already suffered. Wwas long, long after the Blac! Shadows Lad crept all {hronse ton Green Forest and brought darkness there that Bobby Coon crept out from under that pile of brush and as nofse- lessly, but as fast as he could, hurried away. He was a sadder, a very much sadder Coon than he had been early that morning. but also he was much ciser: sdom, vou know: o attained at the cost of fright ang vain. But often it is wortl it, (Copyright. 1923, by T. W. Burgess.) _— Coffee Sponge Baskets. Select ‘your favorite sponge-cake recipe and bake in gem pans. Then make the following coffes crea: m fill- Ing: Add three tablespoonfuls " of ground coffee to one and one-half cupfuls of milk, placo in the top of & double boiler and scald for ten min- utes. Strain through fine cheese- cloth. Thoroughly mix one-half a cupful of sugar, four tablespoonfuls of flour, the yoiks of two'eggs and one-fourth teaspoonful of salt. Pour the scalded milk over this gradu- ally, stirring constantly. Return to the double boiler and cook for fifteen minutes. Then remove and allow the filling to cool. Next add the whites of two eggs beaten stiff, half a cup- ful of chopped walnut meats and half a teaspoonful of vanilla. Place the sponge gems right side up on serving dishes. Hollow out the cen- ter of .each gem to form a basket Make narrow handles from either an- gelica, or orange peel, and_insert in each basket. ‘Fill the baskets with coffee fllling and top with stiffly beaten Whibped Qresme , . rpets | THE Your Home and You BY HELEN KENDALL. The Village Mender. #n a certain suburban village out of New York city there Is a co-operative scheme worked out which ought to be followed by many groups of busy, helpful women. The organization back of this particular case is the local Red Cross, which has continued its war work by lending a.hand to the poor and needy of the neighbor- hood, as well as-to the sick and suf- fering. It all began at a meeting of the executlve committee, one of whose members was complaining, in mock despair, that she needed help more than the poor of the village, as every- i thing in her house needed mending! In the samo breath, a woman across the room was saying: “Ladies, what can we do for old Mrs. Ackerman? She used to be a good dressmaker, you know. but she cannot run the sewing machine now, with her rheumatism, and she can't get out at all. Yet she wants so much 1o earn her own living and not be a burden to the community “Why shouldn’t she do my mend- Ing? uddenly ejaculated the woman who had first spoken could drive by and take it to her and call for it again. I'd be glad to pay her well to do it."” “Can I take her my to clean out for me other busy housewife. “She could hem my new napkins,” d another. The upshot of that ence was that old Mrs. kindly, smiling old lady, became the village mender. In her big chair by the window she sat hour after hour darning, patchin buttonholing, he ming. ~ Her manual skill remain darning basket ng out an- = merry confer- Ackerman, a d jed her, and, as one of the homemak- ers remarked, “Our mending baskets haven't been emptied before in years!” The children ran in to her little house to have buttons sewed on or three-cornered tears patched up and had it “charged to mother. “I've found she can crochet beau- tifully, too,” announced a young ma- tron, “and I'm h&ving her make edges on a set of luncheon doilies. I wouldn’t have been able to finish them |in a month of Sundays, but she have them ready in a week or so. The village mender is a very grate- {ful old woman these dayvs | “Just Hats” By Vyvyan Spring Brings Brown Lilies of the A * close-fitting cloche of brown milan, trimmed in lighter brown lilies of the valley, that tumble down from its conical top, PAM'S PARIS POSTALS March 3.—Dear Ursula: ittle hair ornament is made PARIS, This ch! of real butterfly wings set between unbreakable crystals, with a jeweled body. 2 tive joy and exquisite [ e e Prunes Belgian Style. Soak a sufficient number of prunes in cold water for several hours, then steam, chill and remove the stones from the pointed ends of the prunes if possible. Stuff them with thé fol- lowing mixture: Mash a two-ounce package of cream cheese with a little cream or milk, and add a dash of cayenne pepper, one teaspoonful each of pecans and ‘walnuts chopped fine, one teaspoonful of lemon juice and one teaspoonful of melted batter. Fill the prunes through the top and place upright on tiny rounds of toasted bread. Let the filling extend from the top of each prune and sprinkle it with a little paprika. —_— Althoush Norway has enjoyed equal suffrage for a number of years, thers is at Jrennt only one woman mems the Xorwssisd pAIlsmsnl \ EVENING STAR even if her rheumatic_knees had fail- | wil o WASHINGTON, D. (s} FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1923. isten,World! WRITTEN AND ILLUSTIPATED BY There's nothing new in the follow- ing article. We all know it, but We're s0 apt to forget. And so I'm making this as a reminder for you, and for myself, my friend. First Neighbor—How Milly has changed! I passed her just now on the gtreet and you wouldn't’know it wds the same woman. Second Neighbor—Yes, isn't it terri- ble! "She's grown so reserved—hardly ever speaks to any one. She never goes anywhere except to chirch, First Neighbor—But yol can hard- 1y blame her. All that trouble hap- pening. Second Neighbor—And she always Was so sensitive. Of course, a_com- mon person mighta stood it, but a woman like Milly. B Well how about™“a woman like Mil- 1y.” 1s it & sign of rarity of soul that she should thus walk alone with her grief. or does it imply something quita different? What is such sensitiveness anyway? A kind of consecration or a species of conceit? We have been taught to revere sensitiveness as a noble attitude. But how often does it make for mobility? Milly has suffered deeply. But who hasn't? There ia nothing new about suffering. *1ts every manifestation is as old “as humanity. We are all touched by it in one way or another. Loneliness and shame, fear and dis- couragement, hunger and remorse, eir trails scar every heart. To feci that one has been selected by fate as a specfal victim is the height of ego- tism. Whatever your grief, s has feltat before, some o it now. 1If you have me one is fee! n excuse for Three Minutes With a Headliner BY FREDERICK I (Editor McClure’s Cardinal Mercier. “Shall I put on my tail coat? T asked my friend who was taking me out to Mallnes to call on the car- dinal. I had carted that abominable garment and a silk hat all through the French devastated regions and the occupled German area into Bel- gium without getting a chance wear either of them. T loathe things, anyhow, but I wished to ¢ nothing that of a cardinal. “Oh, no,” replied 1 “the cardir shall wear he stole a lo orful neck o quiet tie The his man. Car dinal Mercier, as thousands of Amer e know, is both democratic and quiet He lacks entirely the pomp and ceremon of the typical ecclesi- astic. He is a simple, kindly, thought ful, niling old gentleman —who had the destiny to stand in the path history and the coura, to sta agalnst all come The spot on the road between Antwerp and Brussel where this gallant old Roman barr the road to th advancing Huns w talways bhe rered ground in RBel 1 the simple little stu mode th s inter her. to the nit was due to the dignity v Belgi demc ck suit somew \ friend, ratic, an—— of heroism. but few app wisdom with which he has wield his great_influence over the Belgi people. To understand it fully we must realize that Belgium is one of the two or three most prosperous n | tions in Lurope. After the bare, tree- s, townless expanses of northern rance, which, even in thelr new grecnness, bear testimony to the re- | cent devastation. the luxuriant farms H untouched towns of thrifty Hel- | gium give the American tourist distinet shock. He forgets that Hel- fum. of all the warring European { nations, was probably the least dis- turbed and undoubtedly the least BEAUTY CHATS Beauty Chat for Men. Most of the letters received from men fall into two classes. Young men want to know how to clgar the [skln of pimples and the attendant af- {fMiction, blackheads; older men how ] to prevent baldness. One youth, to be !surr-. wanted to make his straight locks curly, but then he was go.ng into the movies, so might be forgiven since the popularity of a movie hero increases in proportion to the lux- uriance and waviness of his hair. As far as the complexion goes a man will acquire a good skin by the same means as a woman, by eating simple foods, by not overeating or in- dulging too often hetween meals, and Keeping the body healthy by fresh air and exerclse. Yeast, which fis marvelous for that common afflic- tion, boils, is gfod also for cleariag the skin of pimples. Baldness is different, for it is al- most entirely a masculine trouble, in spite of the fact that a man cuts his hair regularly and a woman rarely. Baldness is due, in my opinion, to two causes with which a woman does not come in contact—stiff straw or felt hats which hold the scalp in a vice-like grip and prevent proper cir- culation of blood to the hair, and which overheat the scalp as weil. It you want proof of this look where the bald spot invarlably ends, just where the hat crown ends. The other cause {s the class of barber shops which scorns antiseptic or ordinarily clean methods. k Fortunately antiseptic cleanliness becoming a fad. is L. E—It is much better to depend upon special exercises and deep breathing to develop the chest than to resort to a massage. All the arm exercises of throwing or describing circle will help to build up the mus- cles of chest and those of the bust. Cocoa butter massaged info the chest, or any hollows at the base of the throat, will flll out this part of the body so well that any lack of devel- opment will not be noticeable. Elizabeth A.—There is not space to publish hair tonio at this time, but I will be glad to mail the formula on receipt of a stamped addressed en- velope. 7 Elsre Tobinsan ing morose and irritable, then nearly every one you meet has a similar ex- cuse. Suppose we all indulged our- Ives according to our inclinations? After all, it is not only selfish, but - HOW SACRED IS GRIEF 2 ~ @ stupld as well, to lock your sorrow within Yourself and brood over it. A sealed-up sorrow within your spirit 18 as bad a8 a sealed-up foulness with- in_your flesh. Slowly but surely it will poison_your whole being. Open up that old grief or grudge to the cleansing touch of humor, work and human contact, pal. You can't es- cape pain in this life, but you can put g |bond with every other suff at col- | |level of (h. n I work | in |t it to service by making 1t a common ver. (€ap, ight, 19 COLLINS, Magazine, 1913-20)" harmed fn those things which affect a nation's prosperity. After the first few days of the war all of Belgium, except a emall corner west of Ghen, was at peace, While the rival armies wers raging back and forth on French soil and destroying French property the Ger- mans were operating Belglan re- gources more effectively than the Belgians themselves had ever done; and in the hour of defeat retired for the most part in good order under allicd supervision and with a minimum damage to Belgian prop- erty. Belgium, therefore, had a four Year's start in the ra for prosperity. She had one of the greatest oppor- in_ the history of nations. only man in Belgium who was the religious recluse, Malines 1st had several biggest men in nd financiers, and withe erviews Tgium, found trexception, gtill wounds’ ®nd Materiall. the stron Morally, sinking 1o the street who long he can But Cardinal Mer- interview, whieh ingz papers in | themselves worthy, with the st they in the 1 not wo essfully in a e bled to all the 1 America, told and pr iy, your they his >un d. “thit have given enough. The time las come for the true friends of Belgium to stop and to begin Toan m must begin to 1 hav a good deal of time Belgium since the armistice, and I know how keenly its people needed ntle old man handed to them on that sunny thorn- ing in his iy at Malines. How well the cz 's countrymen have vice is shown today in every mile of their busy, | Jrosperous. Mercier is seventy- Born_in Belgium, 1851 1907 Health, good best | 1923.) rdinal | Prospects, sinee the (Copyright, By Edna Kent Forbes. The Egg Shampoo. Even when the scalp is in perfectly health condition and the hair thick and abundant I advise using an egs whenever the hair is shampooed at home. It makes the shampoo so much easfer that it is quite worth | the trifling expense, while its benefits | to even a healthy scalp are very great. he trouble with most home sham- poos, and for that matter with many given in beauty shops, is that the hair is not soaped enough, in the first place, nor given sufficiént rinsing afterward. The oil that coats scalp and hair and that binds in with itself ®n enormous amount of dirt needs a lot of soap and fresh hot water for its removal. The beaten egs as it dries upon the scalp takes up all this and all the loose dandruff over the scalp, holding it firm as it dries. The egg, of course, should be well beaten, though it need not be frothy before it is used, and it should be allowed to_dry for at least half an hour. Tho very first application of soap and fairly hot water will take out practically all the egg along with the oil, dirt and dandruff, which it has absorbed. A second. soaping, preferably with fresh hot water, is really all that is necessary. The hair and scalp are now cléan and only the soap is still to be removed. Fewer rinsings are necessary, due to the use of the egg. The first should be with quite hot water, a little hotter than that used with the soap. The next rinsing should be with water almost equally hot. the third cooler, the fourth still cooler and at tha end a quick rinse with quite cold water to close the pores and prevent cold in the head. | 1f you are fortunate enough to have a_hose attachment to the bath- room faweets, the sort that fixes over both hot and cold water and mixes them into one tube, the rins- ing can be accomplished very quick- 1y, since tha force of continual hot er driven through the hair will remove the soap in no time. Y. C.—Consult another dentist, one who glves the skillful treatments used now to prevent pyorrhea. The fact that your gums are soft, bleed easily, and are not holding the teeth firm show they are in an unhealthy condi- tion. You can do much yourself by giving your gums plenty of exercise itiful country. I Sunday aftirnoon me and Yop was taking a wawk Jest takifg a wawk, and some man put his hand out for Pop to shake it, wich pop did, saying, How are you, Finnigin, how does this weather soot you? It was jest made for me, is this your boy? the man sed. Being a middle size man with a brown derby, and pop sed, Yes, thls is Benny, he's a fine little fellow wen he's good. Speeking of boys you awt to see my voungster, if 1 was to tell you of some of the wise cracks that kid gets off you'd dubble rite up heer in the street and laff your hed off, the man sed, and pop sed, Well, Benny heer is nio slouch himself wen it comes to getting off remarks, wate till I tell you one he sprang the other day if You wunt to heer a reel one. 1 was jest going to tell you wat my kid had to say the first time he set eves on a cruller, the man sed, and pop sed, Sure, glad to heer it, well enyway the other day a relative of my wifes happened to be visiting us, as her relatives genrelly do happen 10 be, and we were eating dinnir and we happened to have noodle soop, and Benny heer starts to eat his with his_fork, and You dont say, well jest lissen to this about the cruller, the man sed, and pop sed, But 1 havent come to the point yet, well as I s in goes his fork rite in the soop, as serious as a judge. z 1 that so, well well, now about this cruller, it was the very ferst cruller the: kid had ever set his eyes on, as T told you, and you know wat a cruller looks like, dont you? the man sed, and pop sed, Surc, eny num- ber of them, but wate till I finish about the noodle soop, I havent come to_the big laft yet. Neither have T regarding this crul- ler, well my kid takes one slant at the cruller. the man sed, and pop sed, I ece, well T gess we'll haff to be ambling on, glad to of seen you, and the man sed, Well, if you don’t wunt to heer it I cant force you, its your misfortune, theres a good laff in it. He and pop keeping rite on wawk- ing, pop saving, I allways did think that berd was a egotistical ass and now Im sure of it. Things You’ll Like to Make Useful Telephone Call Slate. This useful gift can be made from a child's slate. (Enamel or paint the original frame if you care to.) Paint a small telephone in the upper left- hand corner of the frame. Print the words “Telephone Calls” at the top. ti the words Name” on the be done with or enamel, o that should paint te white These oil ! they will not rub off when the slate is washed cord to whic cil and a st If you keep ail on to the frame a is attached a slate pen- 11 piece of &ponge or felt. your telephone slate on the phone desk or near your phone, {vou will find it very handy for keep- ing a record of cally or for taking down a message. FLORA. (Copyright, 1923.) PBistory of Bour Name By PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAN. GERSTENBERGER. VARIATIONS — Gerstenberg, stenfeld, Gersten, Gerstine. RACIAL ORIGIN—German. SOURCE—Locallty or occupation. The chlef formative element in these German family names corre- sponds with the English word “bar- ley,” and they are therefore nearly always of agricultural origin. Like most German surnames, hav- ing been formed several centurles later than those of England, they have suffcred less change from their original forms. Then, too, the Ger- man language itself, less subject to change than either English or French, has had less time in which to develop away from the form in which it ex- isted at the time the' descriptive phrases lost their descsiptive signifi- cance and acquired truly personal meanings. For this reason the mean- ings of the variations listed above are fairly obvious. Literally the name Gerstenberger would be in English “Barley-hill-er,” that is, a dweller on or owner of & Rillside’ fleld on which barley was grown. & Gerstenberg might be a shortening of the form Gerstenberger, or of “von Gerstenberg.” the equivalent of *of theg or “at the barley hill.” Gerstenfeld is, of course, developed in_the same manner from “barley- field.” 3 Gersten, and in some cases Gerstine, are forms further shortened. * Irrelevant, but of passing interest is the fact that the name “Barley- corn,” used now to personate “the Demon Rum,” once actually existed as a family name in England, though now obsolete. The name originated from the occupation either of grind- ing or dealing in these two grains. Ger- Cocoanut Oil Makes through eating coarser foods, such as whole wheat or bran bread instead of that from white flour. !ust Try anl Exgerimen - Buy a pacKket of 'SALADA” —XE A H30 and see if it is not the most delicious Tea you ever tasted. “Most TeasDrinKers Think It Js.”’ A Splendid Shampoo If you want to keep your hair in good condition, be careful what you wash it with. Many soaps and prepared shampoos too much free alkali. This dries the scalp, makes the hair brit- tle and is very harmful. Mulsified cocoanut oil shampoo (which is pure and entirely greaseless) is much bet- ter than anything else you can use for shampooing, as this cannot possi= bly injure the hair. Simply_put two or three teaspoon- fuls ot Mulsified in a ocup of Elass with a_little warm water, then mofsten your hair with water and rub the Mulsified in. Tt will make an abundance of rich, creamy lather, and cleanse the hair and scalp thor- oughly. The lather rinses out easily, and removes every particle of dust, dirt, dandruff and excess oil. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves it fine and siiky, bright, fluffy and easy to manage. You can get Mulsified cocoanut oil shampoo at any drug store. It is very cheap, and a few ounces will last every one in the family for months Be rsure your druggist gives you extisemante Menu for a Day. Breakfast. Baked Apples With Prune Juice Cereal Mutton and Rice Hash I Pancaken Coflee “ Luncheon. Fish Chowder Celery and Ripe Olive Salad Vienna Bread Rice Pudding With Raisins Tea Dinner. Celery Soup Eggs With Ham on Spinach 1 Bralsed Carrots Mashed Potatoes Grapefruit Rondinella (salad) Hot Rolls Barley Frult Pudding Coftes MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN “Waddling Like a Duck.” For the child who stands with pro truding abdomien, the best exe strengthen the abdominal muscles is to “waddle like a duck.” Have the child place the hands on the hips as an aid in balancing, take a squatting position, at the same time keeping the trunk as erect as possible, then walk about the room with short steps. This s an amusing, as well as bene- fictal, exercise, (Copyright, 1623.) Chicken in Asparagus. Cook a fowl until very tender and divide it in eight pleces of a size suitable for serving, rejecting bones and skin. Roll in seasoned flour and brown lightly and quickly in a frying pan in hot drippings. Make good sized rounds of toast, butter them place in a =hallow serving dish & piece of chicken on each round 3 surround with hot cooked asparagus which has been cut in inch lengths Pour over all a liberal amount of very hot white sauce, to which x beaten egg volk has béen added just after taking from the fire. Stir rapidly while doing this to prevent curdling. Garnish with points of toast, on each of which is laid a tiny cube of bright jelly Braised Carrots. Wash and scrape six carrots of medium size, cut them in quarters lengthwise, «nd lef them stand in boiling water until the water cools. Remove and place them in a frying pan with two tablespoonfuls of melt- ed butter. Cook them gently until well browned, turning them often Then add a cupful of stock or hoiling | water and place them in the oyen for | half an hour. When tendem segve| on a hot platter with the gravy prop- erly seasoned and strained, over them “The World’s Most Important Food Fruit is the Cocoanut” So the experts say. So the food scientists declare. So the natives of the Tropics have proved—for the cocoanut has been the “bread and meat” of the healthful South Sea Islanders for centuries. It was after Uncle Sam took cer< tain of these island under his protection that scientists dis- covered that the most delicate of Spreads for Bread could be made from the rich fat of the snowy cocoanut, coa The Healthful Spread for Bread is the result of that discovery, and is proving to millions that our brown brothers of the Tropics were wise in going to Nature's cupboard for a delicious, health- fuffood. Many people are set-in-their- wa gviany are like the old timers who thought oil lamps were “wicked”, electric lights “wizardry”, and the horseless carriage and telephone jokes. 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