Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1924, Page 41

WOMA N’S PAGE Making Waste Places Bloom HERE s always something ap- pealing in the character of the woman gardemer. Good gardeners, or women who love flowers and plants, are very apt te be good wives and mothers. If there is only a small space around your house, seed the front to 7Tass and use flowers as a back- £round. If your vard is lafge you (640 lay out winding walks outlined With old-fashioned garden plants. There is little or no expense at- tached to the sowing of seed of old- fashioned pretty flowers. For a gar- (AQI; border, sweet alyssum is pretty and practical, and is exc 384 prac s excellent for 11 JF space for a flower garden is lim- g and you wish to have flowers Toughout the season, much can be done with a bed only two feet wide Hllld with as great a length as con- ditions permit. Six inches from the back set out cosmos plants, allowing IWo feet between the plants. In the mMiddle of the bed dig a trench for Sweet peas. Plant these as early as Jou can. Six inches from the front, plant dwarf nasturtiums in a row, and about every two feet in this row ‘H‘l out a scarlet sage plant. The weet peas will bloom first, then the asturtiums. When the sweet peas are through blooming, the supports may be taken away and the cosmos and sage will come on. This plan is [Jparticularly well suited for hiding E v fence or for using ce front of ar::elli.:. rigsnaienice iy Bloasoms in Backyard. Tack :\‘:df What does this name ually suggest? s it not usually a lurking place for unsightly discarded rlall‘nil and general rubbish. and if ]! 18 neat and free from junk is it “Ml(. Usually a bare and barren place ih.5ay the least? On the other hand, " © are great possibilities in the gverage backyard for making an at- iractive private garden. Frequently fhore is 4 private Inclosure shut in - “";'(he Baze of the public on the ewalk by a lattice wall and _{.burated from neighbors by high Joard fences. 1t is possible to have Siegtitul gardens instead of back- When all the flowers that have b T(L-'!!ed are in bloom what sn‘r‘l "u:':: ;m will they have against an old Tiard fence? Iy there anything that e done to that old board fence b beautify it? Yes, don't paint it but, instead, cover it with creepers. Cover it thickly and leave no bare Epaces and keep in one cormer of your Jard a little nursery of your creepers to replace any that might not do 1 " et thvr* best gro = things that are © be had for the old fence. Honey- suckle grows easily and wistaria is a roble climber. Swee peas will cover a fenco charmingly if you give them the TIght support by means of branches With many twigs Scarlet runners on &inngs will give you biossoms and beans. Climbing nasturtiums, support- ed by wire netting, will give you flames . ©f beauty and screens of wide green leaves for your bower, as well as a Piquant flavor for your salad For covering a “trellised arbor, use Rardy rambler roses with their great nosegass of crimson and pink. Vines may be made to climb over a brick wail by slipping over each branch, as it grows and needs tn be made fast, a common wire hairpin, the ends of which should be inserted in the nearest crack. Another was to coax a young vine to grow in the desired direction on a stone or brick wall is to fasten it down with narrow strips of adhesive plaster. The plaster will not stick as well t0 a wooden fence. If one really desires flowers, they may be cultivated even in the small- est’ quarters. Even the upper ladge of & wooden fence can be tullized for £rowing nasturtiums and pansies. you have a tree in the vard, en- circle it with a mound of nasturtiums and see what a beatuy spot yvou will have produced. To make an attrac- tive pansy bed, build a mound around & big vard tree by piling rich garden €oil one foot high against the trunk and grading it to the ground. In this bed plant several varieties of pansies, and a border of dwarf alys- sum at the extreme edge. Cut the white alyssum blooms once every two weeks and pick the pansy blossoms frequently. Pansy Planting. For summer blooming in other parts of the garden pansies showld be sown as early as the ground can be worked nicely. The seeds will ger- minate in about twelve davs and should not be allowed to dry out. Covering the bed with newspapers will_help to prevent this. As soon as they are up, transplant them nine fnches apart in rows. Keep free from weeds. An open exposure, where the Fun and wind have ac is better X in a place that too much aded. 0. Dpeas are beautiful and fragrant with their shades of pink, yurple, rose, white and variegated ess is tints. They are easy to grow if given the right care, being flowers that yield a wondertul display in re- turn for careful treatment To pro- duce early sweet peas. sow the seeds in six-inch pots, putting elght to twelve seeds to a pot. Any good garden loam wiil do. Keep the plants in a warm place in the house until the seeds come up, then transfer the pots to a window. After that turn the pots every day. Before setting the plants outdoors “harden them off.” as the gardeners say, by grad- uaily getting them accustomed to the cooler atmosphere. Sweet peas start- ed in this way will bloom at least two weeks before those grown from seed placed in the ground. At set- ting out time these pot-grown plants should be from three to five inches high. If they are much larger, they are more likely to be affected by a change in temperature. If you do plant the seeds directly in the ground, first leave them in warm water for several hour: This will loosen the outside skin, and if the weather is warm, they will come up much sooner. Watering is important. Manure water or commercial fer- tilizer in weakened doses should be applied throughout the flowering season, but not at all until the flowers have appeared. alternating clear water with manure ter. Follow this rule throughout the sum- mer and you will have a plentiful supply of beautiful flowers. They will retain their freshness longer if gathered systématically in the early morning. If seed pods are allowed to develop, the plants will begin to deteriorate and will cease to bloom. The more blooms vou cut, the longer the vines will continue to flower, but don’t expect them to thri in _poor =0il or in a sunless 1 n. Place them in water as quickly as possible | after gathering. ‘ern Gardens. ural woodland. if it is will make it easy to get the materials for an attractive fern bed for the home garden. The soil for a fern bed should be light, well enriched with leaf mold or compost, and the plants must be well watered. There is one point that often escapes the notice of even a good gardener. Knowing that ferns grow in the shade, the gardener plants them in some nook near a building where they get no sun at all. The ferns then come up late. and growing slowly through the cold ~season, seem mever to get as large as they should. In the woods the trees are bare when the ferns are uncurled, and the new fronds get all the warmth and brightness of the spring sun all day. Later on, through the heat of summer, the trees are leafed out and give them the shade they need. If you will reproduce this con- dition and plant ferns in the shade of trees instead of in the shade of buildings, the ferns will grow earlier and will become much more luxuriant than before. House Plants. If house plants are put outdoors during the summer, where they can get fresh air and have the rain, they will be in a much better con- dition in the fall to withstand the trying _conditions of house culture than if thev are kept indoors all summer. This rule applies to palms, ferns and rubber plants, as well as to geraniums and other flowering plants. House plants must not be put out in the blazing sun, however, for that would burn the leaves and make un- sightly brown spots. The leaves of house-grown plants are too tender for such treatment. The best place is in the back vard where the sun shines. but under a screen. The most useful screen is one made from laths, nailed to a frame In such a way that the spaces between them are of the same width as the laths. If such a place is not available, put the plants where they will be shaded from the midday sun, but where they can get the early morning and late afternoon sun, when it is not strong and is not likely to cause injury. Bury the pots to_the rims in the soil or in coal ashes. This will prevent the evaporation of water through the sides of the pots, and enable you to keep an even moisture in the Soil without frequent watering. Unless you bury the pots you will need on very hot days to water twice, but if you bury them, you will never need to water them more than once a day, and sometimes, if the weather is right, you need not water for two or three days together. Turn the pots round once a week to prevent the plants from rooting into the soil. If there is not space outdoors to sink the pots, and the porch is more or less shaded, plunge the pots of the palms and other decorative plants in porch boxes, filling the spaces be- tween the pots with good soll. To make the porch boxes more attractive, sow seeds of nasturtiums or morning glories, or If the poreh is heavily shaded use pansies or trailing peri- winkle (vinca major). When the plants are outdoors, syringe the leaves frequently with water to remove any dust that may collect. so that the breathing pores will not become ob- structed. A bit of within reacl Answers to Food Questions Angwers to readers’ questions regarding @et will be given by Winifred Stoart Gibis. Sood gpecialist. writer und lecturer on nutri ‘Questions should be accompanied by addreesed, stamped enveofe. as_only Shome of general interest will be answered in his eolumn; others will be answered through Tha mall. Frers effort will be made to Gnswer questions promptly. bat we bespeak e indalgence of onr readors for sny. un- The number of lefters re. ke its turn 108, 37 West tdable delay. crived i3 large and each must ZA8dress: Winitred Stoart G oth street. New York City. T would like some advice regarding my diet. My trouble is constipation and intestinal indigestion. 1 have inside work; my age is fifty-one wears; T weigh 148 pounds. T would #ise like to know If T can eat or @rink any of the items, such as cake, pastry, pancakes, jelly, coleslaw, eabbage (boiled), beans, sweet po- tatoes, buttermilk, cheese, ice cream, fruit ices, coffee, lemonade, grape Juice, cider, malted milk, malted bev- erages.—A. G. H. Replying to Your questions about @ict, T should advise something like this: All fruits, especially figs, prunes and dates; oatmeal, cracked wheat, eooked bran. bran mufiins and shredded, puffed or flaked cereal; earrots, _turnips, parsnips, beets, &pinach, string beans, celery, lettuce, @il salads, malted milk, buttermilk ana, if necessary, mineral oil until $he bowels are active again. O the foods you mention, you may eat coleslaw. boiled cabbage without any fat, buttermilk, ice cream, fruit $cce, grape juice, malted milk and other malted beverages, cocoa and ranges. .l .‘hould omit cake, pastry, pan- &akes, sweet potatoes and cheese. Kindly advise me as to what diet Y should follow for a nervous nau- reated Stomach. [ have frequent headaches, pain starting in back of ihe head, right side, or sometimes sroand the right eye.' Tt is then fol- Jowed by vomiting.—M. L. H. Reply to your questions about diet, .fit seems to me that a qulet, restful eammer out of doors may be just Wwhat you need to restore your health. You ask about having the contents o7 the stomach examined. T do not Yike to advise about thix from a dis- tance. | do suggest, however, that wau consult a good specialist and abide by his decision. The fact that Sou have intense pain in your head and other symptoms mawes me feel that | should not try to advise from » distance, as I have no medical kpowledse. In response to your offer to answer &t questions in Washington Eve- ning Star I am making several in- auiries, but will first submit my daily Smenu that you may judge how to re Tly to my questiona My breakfast is of whole wheat or rye bread, cereal with milk, figs, dates, nuts, chee: raisins, eE¥s occasionally and fruit Ay lunch consists of a cup of coco&. ~Postum or malted milk, toast and fi‘“ s vegetable or something else fi;:er of meat ocomsionally, .,,.: puddings or frilts Tor dessert| My used te be entirely free #.from pimples, but now I have what is almost a boil on my cheek. T also am underweight. being five feet three inches and weigh scarcely 100 pounds. What article of diet would ‘ou recommend to help me>—M. R. B. Replying to your letter of March 3, it seems to me that vou are plan- ning your diet very wisely. The boil on your face certainly could not come from whole wheat. What you do need is a greater variety of green vegetables. ilat spinach, celery, to- matoes and other green vegetables at least twice a day for a time. You might also ask your physician if he thinks you had better take yeast or a_ yeast extract for a little while. What you need is the vitamin which we call vitamin-B. 1 should not try to increase your weight untll you have the blood con- dition straightened out This condi- tion is very easy to remedy and nothing to worry about. The point is to eat as many green vegetables as you possibly can for a short time. Please do not try the yeast without asking your physician. Would like to ask you what I could do with my face. T will be sixty-three years old and have so many pimplées on my face. 1 don’t wash my face with water, only use cold cream: but no_cure. Can you tell me what to do? Hope to hear from you—J. C. B. Without knowing more about your general condition, 1 can only say that T advise a diet of well-cooked vegetables and fruits, either served in the form of a simple 1ad. 1 note that you says your age is sixty-three years, and it occurs to me that you may be ellln’ ‘more than your system requires. It is safe to say that between sixty and seventy you need 10 per cent less food than before that age, simply because you do not exercise as much as & younger person. pastries, fried foods, rich puddings and sauces. Use cream, ollve oll, crisp bacon Instead. 1t you find that fruits and groen vegetables can be easily digested you should eat them freely. The fruit should be stewed and the pulp strained or the julce served. The vegetables should be cooked very soft and put through a strainer. For your hearty food I should take either plain broiled lamb chop, or steak, or a slice of chicken. You will realize that this is only general advice, but it is all that 1 can do without knowing more of your condition. I would be pleased if you will out- line a nutritious diet for my littie girl six years old. She had a serious spell of typhold fever last August and hasn't fully regained her ngth, She’s very nervous and easily excited. Although T have tried she still 1s not normal. s0 much about her. appreciate your advice and be glad it you will write me at the earliest pos- sible date.—C. M. K. For breakfast an egg three times a week with swo slices of cri - oon, a slice of bread and butter and a small dizh of fresh frult, or seven or eight soft prunes. On the days when you do not serve egg give her a dish of cereal, rolled oats or wheat; B 1 should be careful to leave out | G_STAR. WASHINGTO COLOR CUT-OUT A Fine Idea “Where are you going, ali dressed up? It's a wonder you aren’t out in that garden of yours. I never see you anywhere else,” called Betty Cut- out over the fenee to Virginia. “I'm going down town.” answered Virginia, importantly, “and you can't Suess what I'm going to do. either.” T don’t want (o guess. Please tell me. ‘Well, I'm going to join the garden club. There's a club for all boys and girls who have gardens and there's a place down town where you can join. They give prizes for things you And as Virginia went down the street Betty watched her enviously. Coler Virginia's dress and hat very palc biune, with pink reses and rib- bons, and ‘s pink parasol. (Copyright, 1924.) Menu for a Day. BREAKFAST Grapefruit Oatmeal with Cream Ham and Potato Omelet Toast, Marmalade, Coff. LUNCHEON Clam Fritters Creamed Potatoe Cream of Tartar Biscuits Almond Cookies. Tea DINNER. Beef Soup Broiled Honeycomb Tripe Lyommaise Potatoes, Pickled Beets, Tomato Salad Cottage Pudding, Creamy Sauce Coffee HAM OMELET. Mash and beat freshly boiled potatoes very light, then add a beaten egg. Put about an inch layer in a hot frying pan, liberally greased with ham or bacon fat, or, better still, salt pork fat. Cover half the potato with 1 cup or less of minced ham, lightly seasoned with mustard. Cook slowly until the bottom of the potato is a crisp brown. Fold over as an omelet and serve at once. The egg may be omitted, but if you leave it out, have the potato less moist and brown well be- fore folding. CLAM FRITTERS, Beat 2 eggs until light. add 13 cup of flour, 1-3 teaspoonful of salt, a dash of white pepper and 1 teaspoon of chopped parsley. Beat until perfectly smooth, add gradually 1 dozen finely chopped clams, stir in a little more flour if the batter seems too thin, drop from a spoon into deep hot fat, fry until brown and drain on brown Ppaper before serving. COTTAGE PUDDING Rub to a cream 1 tablespoon of butter and 3 cup of sugar; add 1 beaten egg, cup of milk and finaily 1 cup of flour mixed with 2 teaspoons of bak- ing powder and 14 saltspoon of salt. Beat thoroughly, turn into a tube pan and bake in a moderate oven for about half an hour. Serve with creamy sauce. Cream % cup of butter and add by degrees % cup of brown sugar and 4 tablespoons of sweet cream. Beat very light, add the juice and grated rind of 1 lemon, place over boiling water and stir until melted and a thick cream froth. Cooking for Two. Young housekeepers should be re- minded that the recipes given in this department may be used as a basis for larger quantities. By doubling or trebling each ingredient satisfac- tory recipes may be obtained for serving four or even six. If multiplying the quantities by three does not give dishes sufficient for any increase in the size of the family, it is best to use a special recipe, as materials do not combine in precisely the same manner when the quantities are large. In other words, three times an average recipe will give satisfactory results, where- as if the quantities are multiplied by four the smooth blending may be interfered with. Scalloped Asparagus.—Place left- over creamed asparagus (the coarser portions of the siaiks are suitable for this) in a small baking dish:; cover with a layer of buttered crumbs, add more asparagus and add a top fayer of crumbs. Three-quarters of a cup of bread crumbs will take about onc- quarter cup of butter. The butter should be melted and the crumbs stirred through, being careful not to brown the crumbs at this stage. After thoroughly heating the scalloped as- paragus the top layer of crumbs should be delicately browned. served with top milk, and a glass of milk to drink every morning. For dinner there should be a small oup of vegetable moup or beef broth, a werving of chicken or small slice of roast beef, plain broiled lamb chop with a baked potato, and one other vegetable, such as asparagus tips, or mashed carrots or strained spinach, each one of these served in small portions, about three tablespoonfuls. There should be a slice of bread and butter and a very simple dessert. preferably of fruit, alternating with a plain oustard or fruit or rice or cornstarch pudding. For supper there should be two heaping tablespoonfuls of rice served with hot milk, a glass of milk to drink and a small serving of fruit. You will realize that these are only general suggestions and that effects of the diet must be watched. The fact that the little girl is not entirely recovered from her illness and {8 nervous makes this watohing especially necessary. At the elight- est sign of indigestion change the food that seems to cause the trouble. Be very careful about the bowels, keeping them absolutely open. The little girl should sleep long hours, with open windows, and rest before and after meals, and should not be crowded with any kindergar- ten or other school work until she is stronger, The Man You Didw't Marry Marry the Man You're in the “Best Catch,” |DorothyDix TAY 16, 1924 Says He Is the Only Perfect Husband Love With Rather Than for if You Don’t You'll Suffer After Marriage. A YOUNG woman bas two suitors, one of whom comes up to her ideal, while the other fires her fancy. One man is moral, sober, upright, thrifty and industrious, the type of man who makes a good, kind husband and a generous provider. while the other man is a good Aooking, idle, shiftless ne'er-do-well. And the girl wants to know if I think she will be happy if she marries the one who she prefers. is the good catch, instead of the one Frankly, T think not. Aside from the fact that nothing but love turns its water into wine and takes the sting out of the sacrifices it inevitably entails, it is dangerous for a woman to marry one man when she cares for another, because it gives too much scope to her imagination. ‘The “other man" furnishes her a lay figure about which she can drape an being who: the dreams and romances and unsatisfied yearnings of her nature. She endows him with impossible perfections. likeness never was on land or sea She turns them into a glorified And, needless to say, any mere mortal husband cuts a very poor figure beside this godling, with whom he is continually being secretly compared. Blessings brighten as they fade, especially matrimonial ones, and the man a woman didn't marry has an allure for her that the man she did marry does not possess. e She does not have to live with him. come in contact with his faults and shortcomings. She does not She does not have to overlook little offensive personal peculiarities and habits, and so she can idealize him and picture marriage with him as a . grand sweet song of domestic bl he she deals with an every and women have tempers tempe And the wo. these : elements of disc marr his virtues. man, n rd, multiplied a_ hundred a4 man who probably had il of her husband's faults and lacked nothing to jar her out of her dope dream, as she has when 3 in an evervday world, where both men nd nerves and selfishness and clashing forgets that there would have heen all of ills and times, if she had But the woman brushes these facts aside as she reflect . S o s despairingly upon what life might have been if she had married the man she d:’dgnl"\l marry. GHE perpetual lover. 2 is sure. for one thing, that he would alway have remained the He would never have just taken it for granted, as her husband does, that a man sufficiently proves his love for 4 woman when he works his fingers to the bone to su; he can possibly afford. No. infinite understanding and intuition, pport her and give her every luxury that The man she didn't marry would have had and he would have known that no matter how fat and middle-aged a woman gets, she still wants her husband to tell her that he is madly, frantically in love with her, and that she still holds the wand of enchantment for him. She really persuades herself that the man shi ’ spent his time holding her hand and making sisslias love iy hen ol have with him matrimony would never have turned from bread and butter. angel's food into mere And she is sure that the man she didn't marry would never have bee: grum and grumpy and grouchy and unreasonable. He would never have w he wheedled and cajoled and worked into doing the things he should do and leaving undone those he should not do. paper of an evening and merely grunt when spoken to. He would never bury himself in the He would never have to be bullied into taking her to places. On the contrary, he would always be a ray of sunshine in the house. He would save his and after a most entertaining conversation for home consumption hard day's work at the office he would just love to put on Ris evening clothes and take his wife out to dine and dance at some smart cabaret. . . THE man she didn't marry, she is money-making. . certain. would have a great gift of Hie would shower pearls and limousines and Paris frocks upon her, and they would live In 2 grand house, with retinues of servants, and vibrate between Euro estates. She wouldn't have to without things as she does now. Oh, life would be so different if marry, and she mulls the thought of it she forgets that it is all a dream, instead do not exist outside of fairyland. pe and Palm Beach and palatial country skimp and cconomize and work and dy she had married the man she didn't over and over in her mind. until of a reality and that fairy princes Perhaps most women have this sort of castle in Spain. to which they flee wh life bear too hea a the cantankerousness of husband and the strenuosity of domestic Iy upon them, and it is a harmless enough diversion, when the men they didn’t marry are nothing but a vague ideal of their desir But when there is some particular man that a woman cared for more than she did for the man she married, it is another story. Then she is apt to fall more deeply in love with him after marriage than sh before marriage, and to regret him with never-dying regret, Just becayos she is never disillusioned about him. charm that ravishes her fancy. and she can endow him with every IFor the only perrect husband is the man you did not marry. (Copyright, 1924.) BEDTIME STORIE Danny and Nanny Choose Be- tween Two Evils. When evils differ in degree The lesser is the one for me. —Danny Meadow Mouse. Thinner and thinner grew Danny and Nanny Meadow Mouse. They would have starved to death but for one thing. That one thing was the old nest of Winsome Bluebird. It was made of grass, and this dried grass they ate. All the time one or the other sat In the doorway looking out over the flooded Green Meadows. It was Danny who discovered that the water was going down. For a time hope filled them. Then the er stopped going down. They had eaten THE_BIT _OF BOARD DRIFTED AWAY FROM THE POST WITH TWO AS SCARED LITTLE PAS- GERS AS EVER LIVED, all the grass of Winsome Bluebird's old nest. More than once y was tempted to plunge into the water and swim and swim until he could swim no_longer. “it would be no worse to drown than to starve to death.” said he. But somehow he never could make up his mind to try it. He was thinking about this as he sat in the doorway. He was trying to get up his courage to plunge into the water and swim. He happened to look off to his left. and he saw a large picce of board floating. Tt was moving very, very slowly. but it was moving toward that fence post. It was a small plece of board, but it was big enough for a couple of Meadow Mico to sit on. Danny said nothing until he was sure that if that little piece of board kept on it would pass close to the post. Then he scrambled out and called to Nanny. Nanny poked her head out at once. “T believe we are going to have a chance to get away from here, Nan- cried Danny. “If that piece of board over there keeps on drifting the way it Is going now it will get to shore some time. If we can get on it it will take ux there.” “But it will take a long time,” pro- tested Nanny. “It will take a long time, and all that time we will be right in plain sight of Redtail the Hawk if he comes along. Besides, with twe of us on it that board might upset, and then we would be drowned.” “Then that would end iL." declared Danny. “If we stay here we'll starve to death. If we go drifting on that plece of board we may be caught by Redtail the Hawk or we may be up- set and drowned, but we may reach land. It offers us a chance, and I for one am going to take that chance.” Nanny said nothing. They watched that bit of board drifting nearer and nearer. Finally it actually touched that post, Without a word Danny ran down ionto it. Naany hesitated. She hesitated until that bit of board with Danny on it was starting to drift away. Then she, too, ran down and onto It. The bit of board drifted away from the post with two as scared little passengers as ever lived. They squatted down as flat as they could. The Merry Little Breeses made tiny - waves on the water, and these rocked the little piece of board. Some- times they washed right over it. Dan- ny and Nanny clung there, divided between fear and hope. One minute DOROTHY DIX. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS they would be sure the end was at hand as a little wave would rock their craft and the water would wash over it. The next minute hope would spring up again as they would see that they were actually nearer land. Now the Merry Little Breezes saw the trouble that Danny and Nanny were in, and they were trying to help them. 'They were trying to blow them ashore. They couldn't help making little waves when they blew. so they kept right on blowing. And so at last, just as round, red, jolly Mr. Sun was going to bed behind the Purple Hills, Danny and Nanny reached land. (Copyright, 1924, by T. W. Burgess). My Neighbor Says: When it is necessary to re- paint a bathtub first rub it with sandpaper or pumice stone. After this apply two or three coats of bath enamel which will adhere much better when the surface is roughened. In order to preserve the paint when the bath is in use be careful to turn on the cold water before letting hot water run into it To whiten cotton cloth, wash it with soap but do not rinse before spreading en the grass to bleach. Rinse after a few days and repeat, if necessary. iron pillowslips lengthwise instead of crosswise if you wish to iron the wrinkles out instead of in. Rugs and carpets should be turned around every six months where there is much wear. Constant turning in this way causes them to wear evenly. To cool a hot dish in a hurry, place it in a vessel full of cold salt water. If postage stamps have be- come glued together, lay a thin paper over them and run a hot iron over them. The mucilage will not be hurt. The refrigerator should be thoroughl scrubbed frequently with a strong solution of hot Borax water and left open to Our cook Nora was off Thersday, and wo was cating suppir, being eggs fried on one side and ham fricd on both, and pop sed, This is wat T call reel food, as soon as I finish this 111 have another helping, and wen I fin- ish that 1l have some more. 1 usually injoy ham and eggs my- self, but I cant help thinking | haff to wash the dishes toni ma sed. And I'm going to help you. pop You wash and 111 dry, jest as we use to do in our honeymoon days, and it will make us feel 20 yeers vounger and maybe it will even start the bair Erowing agen on the devastated area on_top of my hed, he sed. Well, dont expect too much, ma sed Maybe I better do the job by myself and 111 get through quicker. she sed. No, sir, Im going to help. Im not going to be cheeted out of 20 yeers of my life, pop sed. And after suppir ma started to wash the dishes and pop started to carry them out for her, ma saying, For goodniss sakes, Will: yun dont try to carry so meny at ;nn(‘ youre no trained waiter, you know. Thats jest what makes the feet so much more remarkable, pop sed, Wich jest then a plate fell off of the top of 4 cups he was carrying out inside of ch other, and broke in 2 big peeces and 1 little ones, ma saying, There, | now. there Meening wat did she tell him, and | pop =ed, How that carries me back to the old days. The very ferst day we went housekeeping ! brokc a plate like that and all you sed was, Never mind, thercs millions more ware that came’ from. Do you remember that, mother? pop sed. Yes, I remember. Youve broken a good meny sints then, goodniss knows, ma sed. Look out, look out, you'll drop a cup next, she sed. Not me, pop Ony he did, nuth- ing happening to it except the handle beraking off, pop saying, Well, well, how history repeets itself. 1 remem- ber breaking the ferst cup of our ferst set of dishes, and you Jest sed, Im glad you did it, because it makes a cunning little bowl now without a handle. Do you remember that, mother? he sed 1 bleeve so, ma sed. Now go and reed your paper and smoke your cigar, vouve helped me enuff, she sed, and pop sed, Well, eny little thing I can do jest call me. i And he went up in the setting room and ma stayed down and finished by herself, looking glad of the chance. Today is entirely dominated by un- fovorable aspects, indicating disoord, trouble, irritation, delay and loss Very inauspicious for any and all im- portant matters. Only commonplace and routine duties should receive at- tention. A child born today will be healthy and have promise of a long life. It is liable to be rather violent, although very repentant after any outburst of either bad temper or foolish impulse. These inherent characteristics can be very much modified if a consistent ef- fort is made in youth to inculcate rif-control and restraint If today is your birthday, you pos- s a_genial disposition and a reli- able character. You are very frank and are an avowed enemy of every- thing that has the earmarks of deceit or underhandedness. You feel at all times frea to_express your opinions without fear. This, sometimes, causes you trouble, but, on nearly all occa- sions, the geniality of your disposi- tion pours “oil on the troubled wa- ters.” Very few people like to hear the| real truth about themselves, as all of us have failings and weakness, which we endeavor, very often UnsuCcess- fully, to hide from others. You could, possibly, secure better results in life if you were not so candid | When courting or being courted. a | man’s ardor is quick'¥ cooled if the | girl lets him know that he not all | that he tried to make himself ap- pear. A girl's affections are disposed to waver if the man does not keep her on the pedestal on which she dreams she ought to stand in his eyes. Your home and social life leaves lit- tle to be desired, as here you are with those who know you. and who are more amused with, than angered at, your well known proclivities. 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