Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1925, Page 34

WOM AN’'S PAGE. Steam and Dry Pressing at Home BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. There are two methods of ironing. One is steam pressing and the other 1s dry ironing. Each has its place and must be employed or the results will be unsatisfactory. It is possible to ruin some things, colored silks, for instance, if steam pressed when they would come out in fine condition if dry” pressed. To steam press some pleces would mean waste of time. To dry press other creases would remain, the labor would be strenuous and the laundry work be poor. The difference between steam and dry pressing is easily discovered. The term “steam pressing” when ap- plied to the family wash signifies that the articles being ironed are so damp that the moisture evaporates rapidly under the intense heat. 1f the clothes are froned until practically dry they have a fine finish and perfection of smoothness. Lines (as in pleats) will Jast a long time and fabric have a “body” that is surprisingly good. In- deed, it almost seems to have dressing in it Steam pressed articles hold their shape best. You know when you buy garments having knife, box or ac- cordion pleating the sales woman says with satisfaction when she wishes to & ntee that the pleats will sta “They are steam pressed.” So doing our own laundry work let us remember to steam press certain gar- ments and pieces of flat work. Steam Press Napery. linen is the chief thing in the flat wash that should be given real steam pressing The high gloss that results is like the original finish. The design of the weave is brought out re rkably. The body seems to be renewed, as indeed it is to a degree. Double damask that is extra heavy requires slow pressing with a really hot iron. Iron the damask first on the right side and then on the wrong o that the “doubl weave that is stressed gets its due share of atten- tion. Fold the linen and press so that the right side gets the final ironing. Articles that are pressed should be ironed until dry, as indicat- ed. This means that they should not be left as done until the steam ceases to rise. Clothe will not feel abso- lutely dry when just off the ironing board. They do after 15 or 20 minutes. The experienced laundress knows the feel of clothes that are ironed dry, and the amateur can soon acquife the akill All starched clothes must be steam pressed. Heat of Iren. Another point to bear in mind is the heat of the irons. Clothes must have one of two things when ironed in or- der to look well and to have the creases eliminated. Either the iron must be very hot, and be used rather quickly, or if not so hot more pres- sure should be given and the ironing be done slowly. Never attempt to iron with a flatiron that is tempered with heat, nor that is scorching hot. “Dry Pressing. are certain advantages In th the modgrately hot iron. Table There pressing w BEAUTY CHATS Astringent Lotions. There are hundreds of thousands of astringent lotions on the market, at Jeast 700 of which any woman can make up for herself. As almost every skin needs an astringent perhaps a 1st of a few would be useful First of all, there is ice out of the jcebox. After the face has been wash- ed and rubbed well with cream, and the surplus cream wiped off, roll a little ice in an old bit of muslin_and rub this over and over the face. Used without cream it might dry and chep the skin; used this way it shrinks large pores, tightens lax and sagging muscles, and is the ideal astringent. It brings blood up to the skin, too, and livens a dead complexion. The casiest astringent is a_milky emulsion made by adding tincture of benzoin, drop by drop, to either plain boiled water or to rose water until a quite cloudy, milky fluid is obtained. 1t is a very pretty astringent with its | sifghtly opalescent effect, and looks well in fancy clear glass bottles on | the pathroom shelf. This can be pat- | ted ‘over the face after it has been ke sl dried and used once every 2. would be futile. The The clothes will last longer. Extreme heat tenders fabrics. Some house- wives, therefore, have sheets, pillow- cases and towels in particular dry pressed. In getting results, the “tricks of the trade” are to lean heav- ily on the iron, and have the clothes dampened, but very little, most silks {not at all. A high gloss finish is not STARCHED CLOTHES STEAM-PRESSED. SHOULD BE expected. Iron slowly. Little or no steam should arise, for the articles are not sufficiently damp for that. The ironing is mot to dry them, but to press them smooth, Silks Require Care. Many colored silks run when steam pressed. Striped silks may be ruined, while if dry pressed they would look as perfect as new. Pongee must be absolutely dry when ironed or else evenly damp all over. It will spot, otherwise. If creases in silk do not come out well, rub them lightly with a damp cloth and iron. From the foregoing it will be seen that it is important to know what pleces in the laundry work should be given the steam and which the dry pressing. BY EDNA KENT FORBES. toilet vinegar. These can be made av home. Witch hazel is a cooling, re- freshing ringent, very mild in ac- tion and pleasant after a hot day’s work. A soothing, healing astringent ca be made by adding a tablespoonful of powdered camphor to a half-pint bot- Xll'v of rose water, but some people object to the camphor odor. Salt water is a really wonderful astrin- gent, and a saturated solution of sea salt or table salt and cold water, kept in a bottle, and rubbed on the face. will tone up the skin splendidly. “This’ "costs almost nothing. X M. H—One ve® good way to get rid of bad blackheads is to hold cloths wrung from hot water over the skin for a few minutes until the pores are open, then to rub in quite & bit of powdered oatmeal. Wet the finger- tips and dip in the meal and rub this (l.'n\'\){ meal into the skin. You ean rub in a lot of it. Rinse out with hot water. The meal takes up the olly grease of the blackheads and brings it out. Rinse in cooler water and then apply an astringent. Tce is splendid. Do this®every day and if the skin gets dry rub cold cream on Toilet water is astringent and so is BEDTIME STORIE Pays the Price. 1t life and freedom be the cos What matters if a_toe is lost? —LITTLE JOE OTTER. Have you ever tried to make up your mind to have an aching tooth pulled? If you have you remember what hard work it was and how you kept putting it off and putting it off and putting it off. It was the same way with the young Otter caught in a steel trap by one toe. His father, Little Joe Otter, had told him that there was only one way in which he #GOOD-BYE,” SAID LITTLE OTTER, AND BEGAN TO SWIFTLY AWAY. JOE SWIM could gain freedom, and that was by Josing that toe. He had told him that he would have to lose that toe or lose his life, But the young otter didn't want to lose his toe. He said so. He said 8o over and vver. He just couldn’t make up his mind to it. It seemed to him a dreadful thing to lose a toe. “What is losing your toe compared with losing your life,” his father asked. “But jerhaps 1 won't lose my life,” protested the young Otter. “Yes, you will,”” replied Little Joe Otter. t is just as certain as it is that you are now caught in this trap. I can’t help you; your mother can’t help you; no one can help you. That two-legged creature, who set this dreadful trap, will come to see if any one has been caught in it. Then he'll kill you. If you want this| to happen rather than lose that toe, why I may as well go back to your mother and sister. It is useless for me to stay here. There is no know- ing when that trapper may come, and he may have a terrible gun with him. A good hard pull with all your might will set you free. Tm going now. Come on.” The young Otter shook his head. His eyes were filled with tears. He couldn't bear the thought of being left alone, yet he couldn’t make up his mind to lose that toe. That toe was numb mow. That trap didn't at night. BY THOKRNTON W. BURGESS himself free, it would hurt drethd- It was because of this that he couldn’t make up his mind to try. “Good-bye,” said Little Joe Otter and began to swim swiftly away. He didn’'t even look back. At first the young Otter couldn't believe that he was really being left alone. But his father kept straight on. Every second he was getting farther and farther away. At last the young Otter realized that his father had meant just what he sald. #The young otter stood long as he could. Then the thought of being left alone in that eruel trap became more than he could bear. He plunged after his father. The trap brought him up short, But with all his might he struggled. He didn’t even notice the pain. The thought of being left alone there was worse than any pain Suddenly the trap let go. least he thought it had let go. He was free! 1 wish you could have seen him shoot through the ‘water. How he did swim! Little Joe Otter heard him coming and waited for him. “So vou decided that freedom is worth the price of a toe,” said he. Such a funny look as the face of that young Otter wore. It was not until ‘then that he realized that he had left his toe behind. it just as At Bistory of Pour Pame. BY PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAN. PROUSE VARIATIONS—Pruce, Prussen. RACIAL ORIGIN—English, French and German. SOURCE—A nationality. Some people pronounce this sur- name to rhyme with “mouse,” and since family names quite generally appear to be exempt from the usual laws of pronunciation and people call them what they will, you can't go so far as to say this pronunciation is in~ correct. Tt is not, however, the original pro- nunciation, which would rhyme with “loose.” Again, it is virtually impossible to tell, from the name itsell, whether it is English, French or German in the individual case. The spelling Pruce, for instance, certainly has a French flavor. Yet in some cases this spelling traces straight back to a form “Pruz.” It means, of course, “Prussian,” and in its first use was generally prefixed in England and France by the word * meaning “the.” Prussen appears to be a German form, and undoubtedly it is in many instances, but though documentary evidence does not happen to be avail- able, the study of language develop- ments and changes proves that even this form could have developed in hurt so very much. But he was #wre, that 1@ Be should Uy to pull England. (Copyright.) I was wawking up stairs after suppir and my sister Gladdis started to go down, and her nose was all covered with powder, making it even witer looking than usual, me saying, Hay Gladdis, holey smokes, you an't going out like that, are you? Like wat, wats ailing you? Gladdis sed. Your nose looks like a avvertize- ment for witewash, do you wunt to diskrace me? I sed. It would take a lot to diskrace you, bleeve me, Gladdis sed. One side, shrimp, and let me pass, she sed. Wich jest then pop came out of the setting room saying, Wats the meening of the grate mob scene? Look the way Gladdis is going out, pop, 100k at her nose, I sed. Well, I can see it without looking very hard, thats the truth, pop sed. Meening on account of the powder, and Gladdis sed, O, that will blow rite off as soon as 1 go out. Then wy not,blow it off yourself wile youre still in, jest for the novelty? pop sed. Now father dont Gladdis sed. Redickuliss, yee gods, pop sed. Wich jest them ma, came out of the dining room saying, Wats the ideer of the family gathering on e the frunt stairs? 10l leeve it to your sed, and NGladdis sed, So will L Mother, have I got too mutch powder on my nose? she sed. I dont notice eny, ma sed. There, see, Gladdis sed. And she kepp on going out, pop saying, Wats a use, Benny, its a wimmins werld, so_wat can 2 meer men do? Meening me and him. MOTHERS - AND THEIR CHILDREN. be redickuliss, mother, pop Using By-Products. One mother says: I make my children pretty little aprons, slips and skirts from sugar sacks. These wash and bleach to a whiteness, take a light starch and iron beautifully. A wee design in colored cotton or black thread trims them daintily. (Copyright, 1925.) What Today Means to You BY MARY BLAKE. Capricorn. \ The planetary aspects are fairly good during the early part of the day, and auspicious for completing the task that you began the day before. Later on the aspects go from doubt- ful to adverse, until an influence ex- ists which tend to create suspicion, cause misunderstanding and engen- der doubt. Under ‘these conditions care and caution are necessary and great saif-control must be exercised in ordcr to avoid disagreement and futile arguments. Such an attitude is especially essential in the home or family circle, as, in the liberty of the home, the temptation to say or do those things that are better avolded will be stronger than elsewhere. A child born today will escape nearly all infantile ailments, but will probably be subject to illnesses dur- ing later childhood. These can be successfully overcome by attention and unfailing vigilance. On attain- ing maturity it will prove to have good executive ability, vigor and per- spicacity. It will be whole-souled, spontaneous and optimistic. Culture and refinement will mean much to it, and it will be very fond of congenial society. Things that are light and frivolous will not interest it. Love of home will be one of its dominating characteristics. If today Is your birthday, you are self-reliant, careful and shrewd. Your ability* to interpret the actions of others makes it comparatively easy for you to detect deception. Any task intrusted to you will be dis- charged satisfactorily. You love mu- sio and art and are fond of outdoor sports and pastimes. Your health should be rugged and you should live to a ripe old age. There is always present with you the temptation to be a trifle too shrewd and you sometimes nearly cross the borderland of the unethical. You are very keen on a bargain and sometimes, in spite of your knowl- edge and experience, overreach your- self. No one can accuse you of a lack of perseverance or ambition and those to whom you render service are in- variably satisfled. You have very little patience with those of your intimates or associates who show the “white feather'— either physically or morally. Your friends rarely, if ever, consult you in their troubles, and, although you are recognized as a falr-weather friend, you are not looked upon as the friend in need that {s a friend indeed. This condition is attributable to absence of sympathetic under- standing. Well known persons born on this date are: David H. Mason, editor; Gouverner K. Warten, engineer; Wil- liam_W. Gilchrist, composer; Frank N. Doubleday, publisher; Augustus Thomas, playwright; Willlam Rand, jr., lawyer. (Copyright, 1025.) Trouvble brings vs close to life . Were stronger for the woes we bear— I really think I pity hose. t Who never have 2 single care, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1925. Does It Pay a Girl to Be Good and to Be Lone- some?—The Wife Who Is Losing Her Husband to Her Younger Sister. EAR MISS DIX: Does it pay a girl to be good? I am a good girl, a quiet, modest girl. in life. I do not go on wild parties. T let men kiss me. other girls, no better-looking and no m And 1 sit at home by myself mostly of evenings, 1 enjoy good books, music, and appreciate the better things will not stand for petting parties, or while ore attractive than I am, but who go the pace, have hordes of men running after them, and more dates than they can keep. It is the cold, sober truth. And it isn’ “Be good and you'll be lonesome" isn't just a humorous phrase. t always the good girl who gets the good fellow, so I am wondering if it really pays to be good, after all. B. B. B. Answer: Yes, it pays to be good. self-respect. There is just one person able to look In the eve, and that is you It pays a girl to be good in her own in the world that you have got to be rself, and you can't do that, B. B. B., unless you have kept faith with vourself and lived up to your ideals. It pays to be good because you have the reward of a clean conscience. Yours is the peace that passes understanding because your days are never darkened by remorse for some Wrong you have done, and your eyes are never scorched by bitter tears of repentance over some folly you have committed. It pays a girl to be good becaus fear that something she has done will what people say of her. put their gossiping heads together. married lest her husband discover the her heart. It pays in health for a girl to be go parties, who drink and smoke. See Watch thelr quivering nerves. e her life is never poisoned by the become known. She is not afraid of She does not shudder when she sces old women She does not go In terror after she is dark secret that she has hidden in od. Look at the wild girls who go on how thin and haggard they are. They are old women by the time they are in their early twenties, and they are wrecks at thirty. The wild girls, the gay girls, may seem to have the best of things for a little while, but they pay for their fun in scandal, in broken bodles and wrecked souls, and it isn’t worth the pr! for women. you have all been good girls. . . EAR MISS DIX: My sister is a girl it my duty to have her come and I of my husband, who is only 25 years old. ice. Goodness always pays. Epecially The serene, prosperous, respected old women that you see about DOROTHY DIX. of 18. As she had no home, I thought ive with us. She thinks a great deal She likes to tease him, and romp with him, and he and she go out together to places of amusement while I stay at home and take care of the baby. Don’t you think this is apt to cause gossip? Do you think it the right thing for my sister to be always kissing my husband, and don’'t you think she is old enough to go out and earn her own living, especially do to take care of our own little family? me out of my trouble. Answer: of cure. I have alw home and threw into intimate daily who was younger than herself was punishment she generally got believe that her husband is a Joseph prudence to take no chances. This holds good cven with a woman's own sister. out with ever such fraternal feelings. his gambols with little sister-in-law. mence by being as innocuous as those one bestows upon a, child. is danger in the situation. as it is all we can Please suggest some way to help ANXIOUS, In matrimony an ounce of prevention is worth a million pounds s contended that any woman who brought into her contact with her husband a woman such a fool that she deserved the For whlie it is nice for every woman to above temptation, it is the part of Husband may start He may be innocent as a lamb in His kisses and caresses may com- But there 1t has always the potentialities of tragedy in it. Many a man, without intending it, falls in love with the little sister- in-law just because she reminds him so much of how his wife looked and acted before they were married. Moreover, there is very often a secret antagonism between sisters that causés the younger one to take a vixenish pleasure sister jealous by taking her husband away from her. in making the older Frequently propinquity does its deadly work, and often an inexperienced young girl falls hope- lessly in love with her brother-in-law just because she is brought into such close intimacy with him. A girl of 18 is old enough to earn of places—the Y. W. C. A, will be safer than she will for instance—where she can live; e in her sister’s house, her own living, and there are plenty where she DOROTHY DIX. . . JDEAR DOROTHY DIX: Won't you give the mothers some advice concern- ing the daughters they send out as wives, who are as helpless as kit- tens, not knowing anything but how to eat and sleep? the in-laws to cater to all their wants. teach them, and make something of a hundred will take advice from a mother-in-law. Answer: 1 quite agree with you, wrong comm| tted by the moghers who Then they expect The in-laws would be willing to them if they could, but not one in A SUFFERER. Sufferer, in what you say about the foist daughters who are first aid to chronic indigestion on innocent and unsuspecting young men, and I do not wonder that the mothers of the men shudder as they think of committing their sons' precious stomachs into such ignorant and incompetent hands, 1t is appalling to think that every to be good, helpful, thrifty daughter how to cook and sew, manager, and that thereby she could young man, but save her own child, perity. woman who is at the head of it. Yet this—which is the greatest crime on As for the mother-in-law substit: sibility. she will from her husband's mother. (Copyright, For, *in the end, the wellbeing of a family mother could raise up her daughters wives; that every mother could teach her how to spend money wisely and be a good not only be a misslonary to some and secure her happiness and pros- depends upon the not one mother in a thousand does earth. uting for mother, that's an impos- A bride will learn from any other human being more readily than 3 DOROTHY DIX. . 1825.) The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle ((Copyright.) 7/ ACROSS. European mountain range. Lobby of a theater. To recover. Atmosphere. Affirmative. Born. Possessive pronoun. To be erect. However. A number. Sooner than. Unit of energy. To regret. A color. Old English duty on cloth. A beverage. Close to. Lariat An equal. Obtained. A jot, a particle. To observe. Term of address. To imitate. Spawn of fish. A course cloth. Coal product. A nut. ‘ Organ of locomotion of a fish. Total. Be in possession of. Fruit of a tree. Gives money to. Angry. Snakes. DOWN. Swiss ‘river. Chinese weight. Extraordinarily; A mollusk. Worked for. Explanations. A direction. Precipitation. Preposition. Senior (abbr.) . Debtor (abbr.). French proncun. A fruit (plural). To urge. Liquid measure (abbr.). To ask. To elude. A constellation. 8kill. An eagle, inexplicably. N\ B Household pet. Suitable. Wriggly fish. Period of time. Anger. Part of a circle ‘Wandering. Pronoun. A parent. Preposition. Indefinite article. To knock. Possessive pronoun. A state (abbr.). Member of an tribe. Above. Upper Burmese Cranberry Sauce. To many people the skins of cran- berries are distasteful, so the cook strains the cranberries. Try cook- ing the cranberries this way: Pick over very carefully two quarts of the berries, put on with enough water to cook slowly so that the skins won't burst, and simmer for 45 minutes. Then add four cupfuls of sugar and let it gently boil for another 45 min- utes. This will leave the skins whole and yet so soft you will never taste them. For variety you can add one or two hard apples sliced, or some raisins, first stewing them for an hour; several thin slices of lemon, three cloves, and a small stick of cinnamon. Salmon Croquettes. From a one-pound can of salmon, opened neatly, take the fish and chop it flne. Add one-half a teaspoonful of salt, red pepper to taste, one table- spoonful of butter, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, and one-fourth cupful of carcker crumbs. Moisten with the egg and mix well and turn out upon w dish. Roll into cones, dip these in beaten egg seasoned with salt and pepper, and roll in bread orumbs. Fry in smoking hot fat until a delicate brown, drain a min- ute, arrangge neatly on a hot dish and serve Wall light shields can be covered at home at slight expense and will fit into the roon 's decorative scheme very charmingly if one uses the colors of one of the lamp shades in- verted. That {s, if one of the lamp shades is sand-colored, with an old rose lining, the wall light shields might be old rose color lined with sand. Thus both lamp shade and shields are the same color when lighted—in this case an amber-rose. A particularly striking effect may be achieved by covering the center panel with a length of ribbon dis- playing some flower design, as shown in the sketch, the flower colors, of course, being chosen to blend with the bther colors in the shield. right.) Ab;M;rfi[;Says (Cop Th’ darin’ daylight robbery o’ th’ little Northfield (Minnesoty) bank some years ago wuz dis- cussed all over th’ country fer months an” months, an’ folks as fer away as ‘Vermont barred their windows, an’ some o’ th’ bandits afterward lectured. One of our worst mistakes is helpin’ folks in th” Winter who lay off in th’ Summer. “Money hain’t ever'thing,” said Ike Soles, t'day, but we had no idea he wuz *way past 30. Mrs. Tipton Bud took down sick tryin’ t’ find a Christmus present fer an ole-fashioned girl. Cheer up! Some o’ th’ great- est men in history didn’ even own a velocipede. (Copysight, John F. Dille Co.) My Neighbor Says: ‘When the kitchen chimney catches fire throw salt on the fire and close the window and door to prevent any draft. When repairing wall paper do not put on a square patch, but cut the edges as nearly as possible after the pattern. If a plain paper, it is a good plan to tear It, as this makes a thinner edge, which will stick better. To whiten wooden floors add two tablespoonfuls of kerosene to the hot soapy water used for the purpose. It will cleanse the boards, and will also de- stroy any insects that may be lurking in the cracks of the wood. Use soapbark for cleaning woolen goods. Soak 10 cents’ worth over night in a pail of warm (not hot) water. In the morning strain and d two- thirds of it to the water in which the goods are to be washed, and, if very much #olled, a teaspoonful of am- monia. Pour the rest of the water in which the soapbark has soaked into the rinsing water, wring the goods well and hang out of doors where they will dry rapidly. When nearly dry, iron on the wrong side. The soapbark not only cleanses but gives a little body to the materials as well All traces of mud may be easily removed from black clothes by rubbing the spots with a raw potato cut in halves. Iron pillowslips lengthwise instead of crosswise if you wish to iron the wrinkles out instead of in. Answers to Yesterday's Puzzles, (S[o[r[aTe]c ZCTH[ETATT] [afo[u[*c olalL] [rlelal 77 [eole || Y] 0 ] ZAt|v|elals Gwlale []c[v] FEATURES. Natural Colors in Frocks and Hats BY MARY MARSHALL, ‘We speak of “natural colors” as if they were something entirely new un- der the sun, or at least as if the fad for wearing them were a real novelty. The fact seems to be that fashion has frequently turned with approval to fabrics and materials left in their own_natural tone. Some years ago we wore “crash” linen, which was natural linen color, and there hasn't been a time for 20 years or more when natural colored pongee has not had it admirers. We use the color term “beige” glibl without perhaps realizing that it is derived from the French “beige"—the word_for linen before it is either bleached or dyed. Interestingly enough, white, which seems like the absence of color, is not at all natural to any fabrics. Though we think of natural cotton as snowy white, un- bleached cotton and muslin, as you know, are of a yellowish, brownish tone. The dressmakers seem to have brought forward these so-called nat- ural colors first. They are making suits, frecks, wraps and ensemble costumes of various wgolen materials in the natural tones, and these are frequently trimmed with bright blue, green or red When the milliners followed suit they had the satistaction of knowing that this fad would apply very well to their fleld, since felt, various straws and fabrice used in millinery possess such an interesting variety of natural tones. Natural colored felt hats, usually trimmed with a sharp bit of bright color, are already very smart, and when Spring comes there will be leghorns, peanuts, bang- koks and the new Italian and Swiss body straws—all left in their own characteristic natural color. A highly surfaced satin in the natural color is being used by many smart milliners for turbans and other small shapes. There has been a fad among many smartly dressed women for Midwin- ter hats of natural colored felt trim- med with brilliant artificial fuchsias or fuchsia colored ribbon. Semetimes the touch of golor is achieved with Parma violets or a bit of bright red plumage, like the hat shown ia the sketch. One of the natural tints, s0- called, is tea color, and not long ago 1 heard of a French frock colored “wet sand,” which was considered NATURAL COLORED FELT TRIMMED WITH RED BIRD. HAT very smart, indeed. be prepared for all left the color nature made them— natural leather, and ostrich feathers as they are seen on the bird, furs of all sorts left “au naturelL” It may be that with all this we shall see a revival of faces and lips in the often neutral tints that nature has left Meantime, let's sorts of things | them. (Copsright PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. Noted Physician and Author Early Flat Foot. “Weak ankles,” “weak feet,” pro- nated feet, static valgus and early flat foot are various names for the be- ginning of the commonest of acquired deformities. The condition is very prevalent among children, particu- larly girls 10 to 16 years old, and if neglected or unintelligently treated it tends to develop into permanent rigid flat foot. Three factors contribute toward the occurrence of “weak feet,” namely, (1) faulty nutrition, (2) neglect of physical education, and (3) improper footwear. The nutritional defect is not clearly defined as vet, but we are justified in assuming that the average dietary of children in the cities is deflcient in calclum phosphate, which is an important constituent of ligament, muscle and bone, and that the dietary is often deficlent also in vitamins which are essential for the growth and development of normal muscles and ligaments. Both the calcium phosphate and the vitamins are available in adequate amounts in cer- tain foods which for one reason or another children do not get in many urban homes. Those foods are pure fresh milk (unpasteurized, unsteril- ized), the fresh greens and fresh vegetables (preferably raw). and such fruit as oranges, prunes, grapes, bananas, strawberries. The child un- der 16 who does not take at least a quart of pure fresh milk daily is likely to suffer from calcium short- age. Of course the nuts, particularly peanuts, pecans, walnuts and almonds, are relatively the richest of all foods in calcium and are also excellent sources of vitamins, but very few people can learn to use nuts as a staple article of diet because they do not know the nutfitive value and the economy of nuts in the diet. Favorite Recipes of Prominent Women BY EDNA M, COLMAN. Canned Raspberries. MRS. HELEN B. MONTGOMERY, Educator, Minister and Author ‘Without doubt, Helen Barrett Montgomery inherited her love for religious work from her parents, her father having been a minister of the Baptist Church. Upon completing her course at Wellesley she taught for a brief time in Rochester and Philadelphia, until this work was terminated by her marriage to Wil- liam A. Montgomery of Rochester, N. Y. She was licensed to preach as a Baptist minister in 1892. She has made a world tour of investigation of ‘the conditions in non-Christian countries, and has lectured on mis- sions and citizenship extensively. In her zeal for missions she has either headed or taken a leading part in every organized movement for their Q:;Vnnccmen!. being president of the oman’s American Baptist Foreign Missions Society since 1913, with terms of shorter length on most of the other boards diresting this work. Mrs. Montgomery has also given | valuable service to various patriotic and civic movements with which she has been affiliated, as in the D. A. R. and Federation of Women's Clubs. Next to forelgn missions she de- clares her hobby is housekeeping, and she places good cooking as next to Bible reading as a character bullder. She has a recipe for can- ned raspberries thatl she says “is simply delicious, looks good, tastes good and smells good, and never spoils if made according to the fol- lowing directions": Sort carefully, removing soft or decayed berries. Place them in four pint glass jars which have been thor- oughly sterilized. Have ready a kettle of boiling water and a kettle containing enough heavy sirup to fill the four jars. /Fill jars with boil- ing water; after the fourth is filled empty the first one by inverting it, holding the glass top a little aside so water can’drip through it. Fill instantly with boiling sirup and seal. Do the same to each jar of berries in turn. Do not attempt to do more than four jars at a time, as this leaves just the amount of time need- ed for the sterilization by the boil- ing water. These will keep perfect- ly and have the taste of fresh rasp- berries. (Copyrixht.) Golden Pudding. Take three-fourths pound of flour, one-fourth pound of chopped suet, one-fourth pound of bread crumbs, a pinch of salt, one teaspoonful of baking powder, one cupful of golden sirup, one dessert spoonful of pow- dered ginger and one dessert spoonful of grated rind of a lemon. Mix all the ‘dry ingredients thoroughly, add one egg well beaten, then the golden sirup, which should be slightly warmed before using, and if more moisture is needed add a little warm milk. Stir all thoroughly. mix up and place in a well-greased pudding @old. Boil for three hours. A query that comes to me every day concerns the question of eating such things as potatoe rrots, oat- meal, cucumbers, turnips, onlons, wheat bran, unground wheat, rice, cabbage, and the like. Not only is it harmless to indulge an appetite or craving for such things, but it is a healthful habit for children and adults to eat some such raw food every day. 1In many cases the hankering seems to be for laundry starch—quite harmless, but not par- ticularly advisable as a health habit; it would be well for one with that craving to switch to some one of the items I have just mentioned. Laundry starch is just starch, car- bohydrate, perfectly good food, but the very kind of food which most of us take to excess. It seems somewhat beside the ques- tion to discuss diet when we are considering flat foot. I give these detalls not as facts (for I don’t know definitely whether they are facts), but as my opinion merely. It would be foolish to imagine that flat foot can be cured by correction of diet. I have suggested nothing like that. But from all I can learn about it, the dietary deficiency I have pointed out is in all likelihood a factor in the causation of “weak feet” in young persons. What is the cause of uremic poison- My doctors here either do not know or will not tell me. It séems to me that if 1 knew the cause [ might prevent another attack.—MRS. S. K. O. Answer—If there is a specifio poison or cause responsible, we do not know what it Is, except that the condition called uremia is brought about by serious impairment of the funotion of the kidney. Live according to tho rules your physicians lay down for you. €(Copyright.) AUNT HET “I knowed 1 dropped that hand- kerchief on the street vesterday, but I wasn’t goin’ to stoop over and grunt in public.” (Copyright.) HOW IT STARTED BY JEAN NEWTO! Tag, Rag and Bobtail. “Tag, rag_and bobtail,” commonly used in modern sydech for rabble or riftraff, for the lower stratum of a community, is an old expression. In the European armies in former years, for instance, it was applied to camp followers. In tracing the phrase back to its origin, efforts have been made to connect the terms with similar mean- ings and words now obsolete. There is no foundation for this, however, and it is in the words themselves that we find the obvious and true ex- planation of the saying. “Tag,” used in the sense of “tag« ging on,” refers to one who is an un- welcome burden or hanger-on. A rag Is waste cloth, a shred or a tat- ter. And “bobtail” is a term applied to a horse or dog Wwith a peculiar tail. Such a tail Is not only a deficiency, but a brand of plebejanism; Hence, ag, rag and bobtail” for undesir- ables of all classes. (Copyright.), . Sweet Potato Waffle Cream together one tablespoonful of butter and one teaspoonful of sugar, add one well beaten egg, one pint of milk, one cupful of flour, one teaspoonful of baking powder, a little salt, red pepper and grated nutmeg and enough cooked mashed sweet po- tatoes to make a smooth batter. Bake on hot greased wafle irons to a golden brown, dust lightly with pow- dered cinnamon and serve hot. These waffles ares delicious to serve with roast duck. A Novel Trimming. A most interesting coat of black satin is lined with red kasha and for trimming there are bands of hackle feathers in iridescent colors in shr 1es of green, red, black and yellow.