Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1925, Page 10

WOMAN’S PAGE. Marble-Topped Furniture Returns BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. GAY TOPPED Marble is again coming into vogul in furniture. It has been many long year since it was popular. present it is only, and is not in any general way. However, this is the fate of all styles that return. They appear in | expensive and occasional pieces, and then gradually become popular, until the renaissance is established. After the return of anything so pronounced as marble-topped furniture there is| apt to be a lull before the storm of a prevailing vogue actually breaks. We have become so accustomed to think ing it outre that we blink our ey when we thhe marble, and gasp a bit, and then prepare to settle down to the appreciation of it a it n in Marble and Iron. The marble-topped furniture that is the fashion today follows the vogue of wrought iron furniture. This kind of house furnishing was hinted at in a previous article. and will be dwelt upon more at length later. Wrought tron is the sort that fits in with defi- nite period decoratior nnot be used appropriately in every home. To a degree this is true of the marble ped furniture seen today. It con choice designs, with prices in accord Many articles to grace homes of the wealthy are what come under the title of ‘“occasional” furniture, odd and distinctive pieces Luxurious Furniture. It must be remembered that in pre vious periods when marble-topped fur- niture was in style it was even then | expensive. That was one reason why families who possessed such furniture felt a distinct pride in ownership. It never was cheap. Marble isn't now, nor was it ever. The only time when it could be bought low was when it was so out of fashion that people rid houses of it. Today some can be had | oheap for this same reason. ware of buying these old pie you know the style is good. So much | marble-topped furniture came out in the mid-Victorian era, when elaborate and ugly designs had their day. that a stigma was cast upon all the marble | tops. In a curious way it seemed that BEDTIME STORIES Danny Finds a Bridge. A bridge somewhere youw're bound to Unless you quit o behind dy Meado ) find | Dan. Mouse. | Danny Meadow wrong side of the it lay, the di tween Danny such a little Pool was be to v Mouse was on the | Pool. There miling Pool, be- | home. Danny is| fellow that the Smiling s big to him as a lake would u But Danny didn't we You see, he had just had one n: escape after another, and he was thankful to be alive, and not in some one's stomach, that he didn't waste any time worrying over his present difficulties Danny had filled his stomach, and e 2 HE STARTED RIGHT DOWN THE BANK LAUGHING BROOK ALONG OF THE in very good spirits Merry Little Breezes he could find some | back. He knew he ad to, but it would be a long swim, z=d a very danger- ous one. So Danny decided it would be much better to try the Laughing Brook, and see if he couldn't find a way across that. Danny started along down. toward the lower end of the Smiling Pool. By and by he came to where the Smiling Pool ended, and the Laughing Brook once more start- ed on its way toward the Big River. There were grassy banks, and Danny always likes He likes it to eaf, and he likes it because he can travel about in it quite hidden from sharp eves logking for him Danny lgoked across the Laughing Brook. It was quite wide here. Danny knew he could swim, but he hadn’t forgotten that pickerel he had seen in the Smiling Pool. And so the ver. thought of swim made him shiv ery. ‘“Perhaps I can find a place where it isn't so wide,” thought Danny. 3 The Black Shadows were creeping | across the Green Meadows, and jolly round, red Mr. Sun was disappearing | under his rosy cloud blankets as hel went to bed behind the Purple Hills, Danny liked it. Danny is one of those people who really do not care whether it is day or night. He sieeps when he is sleepy, eats when he is hungry, and just runs around when he feels lfke it. Being very small, as you know he is, he feels a little safer at night, when the black shadows have come creeping across the Green Meadows, than he does in daylight. There are so many sharp eyes looking for him, and then it is not as easy for those sharp eyes 1o see him. So when Danny has any 80 was feelin He had told th tha he gu way of getting could swim if he A FIGURINGS ARE ATTRACTIVE ON At |ture and the glued-on embellishments xclusive articles | | to let it come into its own again in the | conceal the marble under table covers, | nor dresser scarfs. | may But be- | es, unless | | beyond the dear old Briar Patch, and BLACK MARBLE- TABLES. the marble was somehow to blame. Ingtead it was the lines of the furni- at fault Good Old Pieces. Those families who have marble- topped furniture are fortunate, provid- ed the style is good. Now is the time that w home. If the marble is black, take pride in it. If it is beautifully veined, appreciate its beauty. Do not try to Realize its value and that marble has returned to fash- ion. Unfortunately the vogue has rcely touched the once prevalent white marble. The rage is for black and dark marble. It points the way toward a return of marble in lighter | shades, however. The novel and gay | figurines that are in high favor dress | up dark marble attractively. I shall tell you more about these figurines later Substantial Furnit One reason why marble-topped fur- niture is expensive is that the other portions must be strong and finely uilt, It must be substantial to hold | up the weight of the marble. Much | lighter effects are possible when wrought iron, and not wood. is com- bined with marble. The metal can be in slender proportions and be very strong. Care of Marble. Marble-topped furniture requires special care to keep its beauty of pol- ish. Few persons appreciate that acid mars marble. A glass of lemonade, for instance, may be set on a highly polished marble surface. Drops of the heverage may leave pin points of dull finish, and if the bottom of the glass had any lemonade on it, a rim will be seen later. A very mild lemonade not be disastrous. To keep marble-topped furniture looking its best 1t must be washed oc- or should cleanser, like pumice. then be washed with soapy water and dried until it shines. Do | not place anything on the marble until it is thoroughly dry. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS traveling after dark Over in the distance, toward the green forest, Danny heard the dread- ful voice of Hooty the Owl. Over in the old orchard he heard the voice of Hoo little cousin, Spooky the Screech Owl. Danny listened a min- ute. “That's all right, to himself in that funny little squeaky voice of his. “There is nothing to fear from those two fellows. I know where are, and here's hoping they’ll Now, if Reddy Fox and te keep away I guess T'll get home all right.” Just then he heard Reddy Fox bark way over on the Green Meadows to do he prefers to do it id he, talking he heard Mrs. Reddy answer. A few he " heard Old Man Coyote's voice up in_the Old Pasture. If Danny hadn’t heard It o often he might have thought that he was list- ening to mang voices instead of one. Those voices were a great relief to Danny. He wasted no time now. He started right along down the bank of the Laughing Brook, keeping as much under the overhanging” grass as he could. He was looking for a narrower place that he could swim across. He had just about made up his mind ! that there wasn't a narrower place when those banks seemed to draw to- gether, and then Danny came to a ssy old log that made a bridge right across. (Copsright. HOME NOTES BY JENNY WREN 1925.) If you should happen to be touring through parts of Canada this Sum- mer or next, be sure to keep your eyes open for good antiques. Col- lectors have left scarcely a stone unturned in the eastern part of the United States, but in Canada thers is still much virgin soil. This interesting lamp is made from an old green pickle jar. It \.as found near Montreal in one of those quaint old bhouses which nestle close to the roadside and remind one of the peas- ant homes of France. And it was purchased for, such a small amount that we dare not risk your envy by quoting it. Because it was over 100 | their home. years old it could be brought into the United States without duty. (Copyrignt. 1925.) THE EVENING STAR,. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 1925. SUB ROSA Self-Sacrifice in Vain. NICE—I should love to answer your letter personally, but you neglected to inclose a stamped, addressed en- velope, and I have no means of know- ing your address. = Will you please forward it to me at once, so 1 may give you your answer. “Selfishness” writes a rather un- usual letter, considering that it comes from one of these modern young women who are supposed to be en- tirely concerned with getting what they can from life and letting the other fellow shift for himself. “Dear Mimi,” she writes, “will you advise me how to act in the rather difficult situation in which I find my- self? One of my very best friends has been going with a boy for some years, and has always been simply devoted to him. Recently they quarreled about something or other, and she feels so badly about it, it is quite piti- ful. Now, however, for the past six months, he has been coming to see me, and we are madly in love with each other, and wish to marry as soon as possible. Only I feel that it must not be, because I should be simply breaking my girl friend's heart if 1 were to do this cruel thing to her. Is it best for me to give him up, and not be selfish enough to take my happi- ness at my friend's expense?"” Selfishness, whose letter, by the way, belies her name, is suffering from the age-old delusion that by suf- fering yourself, you can lessen the pain of somebody else. Your girl fried will not your giving up this He is lost to her obvious. For it he has been going with her for such a long time, and has at last found it necessary to break off, he must know what he's about better than vou do. What makes you think that, if you turn him down, he will return to her? The chances are all against it. He is much more likely to find somebody new to comfort him—and then vou'll be_out of luck both ways. Your friend will have nothing to thank you for, and you will have lost a sweetheart. Besides that, you're so busy think- ing about the terrible pain you must inflict on his former sweetheart, that you aren't giving much thought to the disappointment and humiliation you will cause this man you love so much. ‘Why are you ready to hurt him, and so unwilling to hurt her? Aren’t you rather oversensitive on this question of duty? I believe you feel that giving him up is your duty, simply because that action will cause you so much pain. You can't make up his mind for him, you know. And if he has chosen you of his own free will, you're not responsible for the other girl's unhap- benefit by man you love. already—that's better let Fate work it out, and not try to arrange things your- self. As long as you didn't do this thing deliberately, your conscience is clear. Don't be too unselfish, Selfishness. (Copsright. 1825.) Safely Home. At once the mirror became a hill of glass, so steep ®ud smooth that no one could possibly climb it. With the aid of her cloak of swiftness the water-sprite tued to climb it, but no sooner had she gone up a step or ‘two than she slipped back three. At last with a shriek of rage she gave up the attempt and turned and fled back to her castle. That was the last any one ever heard of her. From that time on she lived alone with her water-cat and bothered no one. But the children went on their way, and the road led them straight to the upper world and the door of You can imagine their mother's joy at having them safe at home again. After that they were always careful to keep away from the edge of the well, *(Covyright. 1025.) “Puzslicks” Puzzle-Limericks, There was a young man from the = o Who went to a funeral and — 2 When asked who was —— § —— He stammered and — 4 N “I don’t know—I just came for the [ River in southwest Scotland. Wept. Devoid of life. Announced. - Excursion by means of a con- veyance. (NOTE: Insertion of the proper words, indicated by the numbers, will form a complete limerick. The an- swer and another “Puzzlick” will appear tomorrow.) Yesterday’s “Puzzlick.” once. were some M. D.'s Who captured some germs of disease And infected a train, Which, without ca #ing pain, Allowed one to catch it with ease. There learned Apple Charlotte. + Butter a mold and line the bottom and sides with strips of bread that have been dipped into melted butter. Pare and cut up six apples, add one cupful of sugar, some water, and one tablespoonful of lemon juice. Cook until the apples are soft. Add one- fourth cupful of chopped almonds, one tablespoonful of butter, and pour into the lined mold. Cover with slices of buttered bread and bake for half an hour. Serve with any kind of pudding sauce. DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX A Very Special Appeal to All Husbands—Can He Marry and Continue to Support His Mother and Sister on EAR MISS DIX: I am 2 baby. Have five living children. all the time, but 1 am not strong any more. has been two years since I have even been to the movies. my husband see that I am getting old before my time, working and worry- ing with the children, and trying to keep the body and soul of us all to- If 1 ask him to keep the children of an evening so that I can go out for a while he will ask me where I am going, and insinuate that I am going to meet some man, or will want to know Now, my children range from to 10 years, so what chance have I to leave them and go anywhere in the gether. But he does not care. why I don't go in the daytime. daytime? My husband does not care to go himself, and does not I am so tired of home and babies I would just like to lie go out. and aie. Answer of human mistakes, and blunders, and weaknesses. pitiful mistake of a foolish, ignorant, girl-child, not 16 years old, getting married before she has any playtime, before she was ready for the burdens and responsibilities of married life. coming too closely together, so at 28 she discouraged woman, who is tired of It does not fate, for it is mothers, whose days There is only one person on earth who can really help the poor, tired, overworked mother, and lighten her hard lot, and that is her husband. And I appeal to every husband who reads these lines to do something to Ift his wife’s burden Try, Mr. Man, to see that, as hard as your work is, it is not as hard 2 union day. You meet other people She stays at home and has no interesting human contact. as your wite’ You have hours. You have chang teresting things. So, at least one evening in the week, stay at home, and gend her out ® her friends, or to the movies. Take the children out for a walk. and give her a little quiet. above all, give her some pe:ting and some praise her and appreciate all that she does to vis home. married you a curse to her. EAR MISS DIX: sister whom I have to support the Fall. mother and Sister live with us? Answer: You will certainly have to reduce living down to a bare sub- sistence if you attempt to_ support four grown people on $40 a week. Marriage under such conditions would bring you no happiness, and I think you would be very foolhardy to try it. It is not necessary for 2 young couple to have riches to marry upon, indulge themselves enough money to guarantee them a decent living the marriage is bound to You can be happy on bread and cheese, and kisses, but long if vou don't have the bread and cheese. are not sufficlent nourishment for love. or to be able to end in disaster, you won't Kis The old proverb, “Love flies out at the window when poverty walks in at the door,” is true to this extent, that people who cannot afford enough to eat are thinking more of their stomachs than they are of their hearts. Nobody can make a peaceful and happy home in a house where the rent is overdue, and there is no way to pay it. and nobody c sentimental when the nerves are racked with anxiety about the butcher. No man who loves a woman should with him. No woman who loves a support to the load on his shoulders, unless he can readily bear it. no man and woman ha that they cannot take care of. So my advice to vou is to wait until you are able to marry, and that should not be long if all four of you are willing to work and save. Unless your sister is a hopele should support her. on it, in all the discomforts Kilkenny cats. )EAR MISS DIN: I am going to be married to a highly educated man, We will live in the dormitory of the school in which he teaches and will naturally be aseociated with the other professors their wives, and T am afraid that my hesband will be ashamed of me. but I don't who is a teacher. am a good cook and housekeeper, Do you? Answer: Your fiance must be satisfied with your manners and conver- sation or else he would not have picked you out for a wife, so don’t worry about_that. Most men prefer their wives not to know you really want to improve your education, get your husband to map you You have the best chance in the world to get an out a course of reading. education if you want it. Indeed, it does count for a woman to be a good housekeeper. is not one man in a thousand who wouldn’t rather have a wife who could make perfect pies than one wha spoke perfect English. (Copyright, 1925.) Velvet for the Late Summer Hats BY MARY MARSHALL. There seems to be some apparently absurd connection between velvet hats and the warm humid days of August. Even though for a season or 50 we see fewer velvet hats in mid- summer, there seems to be an irre- sistible yearning on the part of wom- en to wear hats of this material in these dog days. What happens, of course, is that the milliners begin de- signing hats of heavier fabrics in view {of the coming of Autumn, and im- patient women start right in to wear them. The important thing is that hats LARGE PURPLE VELVET HAT WITH GILDED FEATHER AT SIDE. made of velvet are pretty sure to play an important part in the fash- jons of the Autumn and Summer. And if anything rivals the little felt Yat that has been such a favorite with well-dressed women it will be the little hat of velvet, which is as easily worn and as pliant as the soft felt hat. But there will be larger, more formal velvet hats. The French modistes seemingly began by using velvet in combina- tion with something else. First the large straw shapes were faced with velvet or trimmed with velvet bows or choux. Molyneux has been show- ing charming hats faced or trimmed with velvet with all his little frocks recently. Georgette shows velvet- trimmed hats and Marthe Regnier has a charming collection of velvet hats in various pastel shades. A type of hat that has already gained favor with a number of well-dressed women consists of a crushable, pull-on little shape of black velvet trimmed with pink gardenias. Velvet scarfs have been spoken of as a fashlon that will gain smart gp- proval with the coming of Autumn, and Jean Blanchot of Paris has an: ticipated - this demand by making charming velvet hats with scarfs to match. The sketch-shows a capeline shape in pansy purple—a decidedly married woman, married almost 13 years and have already given birth to my sixth Lost one in infancy. This letter is u tragedy as deep and dark as can be woven take any imagination that of thousands of are a round of cooking, and washing, and scrubbing. and cleaning, and mending, and baby tending, a nerve-racking accompaniment of childish and the incessant cry for “mo-o-o-ther.” Such women never know an hour of quiet or rest. night’s unbroken sleep. Their children keep them confined as closely to their homes as if they were prisoners locked in a jail. a treadmill, where they do over the same monotonous work, day after day. 1 am a voung man, 26 ye: 1 am thinking of getting married in Do you think that the four of us can live on $40 a week if my ve a right to bring little children into the world Get her a job, and force her to stand on her own feet. And very likely your mother might, with the proper encouragement and advice, find something that she could do to make a living. Without these to support, and with your wife w could manage on the $40 a week, but with the four of it would entail, you would understudy the $40 a Week? 28 years old. Have been 1 work like a dog 1 never go out anywhere. It I try to make 14 weeks want me to lown ORDINARY WOMAN. It begins with the there were too is a worn-out, Then, many bubies, broken-down, lite. 5 to visualize this woman's dreary other poor, overworked wives and and who do their work to ails, and fights, and quarrels, They never have a Life for them s just She has not, She works scab You hear and see in- Anywhere, to get her away from An Show her that you love Don’t make the fact that she has DOROTHY DIX. 's old, with a mother and ANXIOUS. in luxuries, but unless they have Kisses alone n be romantic and her to share grinding poverty ould add the burden of her And man invalid, there is no reason why you ng to work, you ou trying to live DOROTHY DIX. and 1 that helps much. JACKIE. think much as they do, but if There DOROTHY DIX summery shape, though it can hardly be a cool hat to wear. Large velvet shapes of this sort were seen at the Paris races earlier in the season— worn with the sheerest, flimiest of frocks—and the fashion has had some following on this side of the Atlantic. Quite simple the trimming, merely a gilded feather at one side, laid on like an inverted question mark. SUMMERTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. Dodder. Have you noticed, these Midsummer days, a curious plant with sickly col- ored orange or yellow stems, twining around other plants beside the roads in Maryland or Virginia, or even in some vacant lot in the District of Co- lumbia? Tt is the dodder, and a stranger, more evil or more fascinat- ing plant does not exist. The dodder resembles some people we have all met—a parasite, beautiful in its way, related to a respectable, highly evolved family, admiittedly very | clever, but getting its living from others: too lazy to come by its daily bread honestly. The dodder s, in fact, close kin to the morning glory, but it has given up the hard-working lot of the morning glory and has neither leaves, green coloring matter, roots nor any power of independent maintenance. Its seed does send out a feeble root that helps the plant to get established. Then the slim, colling, wormy threads creep forward till they meet the stem of some other plant and then climb up around it. As they go they send tiny, colorless, sucking organs into the tissue of the victim plant, and suck its life juices. As a result of this parasitic life, the green coloring has become pbsolete, the leaves are reduced to scales and the verv flowers, while recognizably like the others of the morning glory fam. ily, have degenerated to small, flabby biossoms that have no merit except a deceptively sweet odor. ‘When dodders attack a garden or field they are really no joke. People who keep their property free of weeds seldom have dodder trouble, however. It is a curious fact that many dodders Jjust like one kind of victim. Thus there is a flax dodder which, in Eu- rope, preys on the plant which gives us linen and linseed ofl. It has spread to this country with the introduction of the flax plant. ‘Whipped Lemon Jelly. Soak two tablespoonfuls of gelatin in one cupful of cold water for five minutes. Pour on one and_one-half cupfuls of bolling water, add three- fourths cupful of sugar, and stir un- til dissolved. Add one cupful of lemon juice. Place the mixture in a bowl on ice. When it is cool but before it begins to harden, beat with a beater until white and frothy. Turn into a mold and set in a cool place to harden. Serve with bolled custard or preserved fruit. Me and Leroy Shooster Hunt was sitting on my frunt steps this afternoon and Shorty Judge came vy with a packidge sticking out of nis coat pockit, saying, Well, so long fellows, T may not see you agen ll your life. Wy, wats a matter, ware you go- tng? 1 sed. Im going to run away, Shorty Judge sed. Do you see this packidge in my pockit, theres 2 sanwitches and a tomato in that, he sed. Well G wizz, holey smokes, wats you going to do that for, ware you Koing to run to? us fellows sed. I don’t know, the werld is full of places, maybe Il join a circus for a few yeers till I get time to lgak er- round, Shorty sed. Wy dont you be a jockey, your a kood small size for a jockey, I sed. Ive thawt of that, ony I dont ad- mire horses mutch, Shorty sed. Well G wizz theres enuff horses in a circus, aint there? Leroy Shooster sed, and Shorty sed, Not ware Im BOINg to be, away up on the traveez. Wats you going away for, Sid Hunt sed. O, Ive ran enuff errands, Shorty sed, and Sid sed, Wy dont you wait about a week and maybe Il go with you Wat do you wunt to wait for, all you need is a cupple of sanwitches and a tomato, Shorty sed. Wich jest then 3 fellows ran past with packidges sticking out of their pockits, yelling, Hay Shorty hurry up, the waggon is waiting down at the corner. Shorty quick jumping up and run- ning after them. Proving he was a darn storyteller and the ony place he was going being the Sundey skool picknick. MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. The Cooling Off Game. and Sid) FEATURES. (Copyrigh The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle t. 1825.) . Prepared for eating Not the whole. Friendly associate King of Bashan Sailor. . Man’s nickname . Affirmative. . Ultimately (abbr) . Depart. To act. Constellation Island of the Ladrone sroun. Nothing. . Grew old . Cutting. . To ornament with raised work . Cutting implement . Nothing. To carry on the person One mother says in hot weather when I see the children playing too hard, perhaps losing their tempers because of the heat, or becoming overexcited, 1 call them in for lemonade or something cool, and suggest that they play the “cooling oft” game. One child begins a story, the only requirement of which is that it be about something cold. As they take turns, they vie with one another in mentioning the coldest things that they can think of, and from the very suggestions they become cool. (Cosrixht. 192 What Tomorrow Means to You BY MARY BLAKE. Leo. The aspects of tomorrow are be- nign, rather than stimulating, and, therefore, eminently propitious for all Sunday observances and recreations. In the evening they assume a rather adverse character, and, though not presaging any conditions of an ex tremely disappointing nature, they do indicate the necessity of self-control and equanimity of disposition. Tri- fles, which under other auspices would not cause a ripple on the surface, may, unless you will it otherwise, take on an importance that they are very far from deserving, thereby causing difference and disagreement.. A child born tomorrow will be sub- Jject to the usual ailments of infancy, but, with right environment and proper nutrition, will attain physical normaley with very little difficulty. In disposition a girl will be impatient of restraint, self-willed and never anx- ious to put herself out to please any one—except herself. Unless her tem- perament is re-created during girl- hood, she, although bright, witty, and intelligent, will never give or receive much happiness as a woman. On the other hand, a boy will prove amen- able to all good influences, be unsel- fish, generous to a fault, and although not endowed with any special talents or gifts, will prove a success, just be- cause of his underlying virtues and sterling character. If tomorrow is your birthday, you have a very dominating character, are masterful and insistent, and have been known to be very disagreeable in the face of opposition, or when things do mot go your way. You are mood- ish, and at times subject to fits of depression. You, however, recover from these quickly, and they seem to persuade you to redouble your work- ing efforts. Your sense of justice is very strong- 1y developed, and you chafe, not only under the wrongs inflicted on yourself but even more so under those of oth- ers. You are an extremist, very strong in your likes and dislikes, but wholehearted and vigorous in your love. Although not gifted as an artist, all that relates to art, music or litera- ture interests you greatly. ‘Well known persons born on this date are: James Clinton, soldier; Francis Scott Key, author of “The Star Spangled Banner'; Laurent S. Juneau, founder of Milwaukee; Henry . Bowditch, physician; Willlam T. G. Morton, physician; William M. Stew- are, former United States Senator. (Coyright. 1925.) MODE MINIATURES Are you vacation bound? To you, then, I commend the new revelation expanding suitcase. Open the case a notch or two and your week end bag assumes vacation capacity. A little more and you will find room for that new frock collected in New York. In fact, it can be ex- panded or contracted to 14 various sizes. Its practicability is estab- lished, but of equal significance is ‘the fact that they are seen in con- vincing numbers at smart continental resorts, MARGETTR. . Number. . Back part . To make a mistake . Greek letter. . Supposing that . Period of time . To act. . Number. . Large body of water . Note of diatonic scale Hollow-horned ruminant . Unit of cloth measure (plural). 7. Discharges. Horses. Down. Notwithstanding the fact that . Above. Floor covering Boast Powerful 6. Light Artificial butter Aged. 9. A State (abbr.). 10. Wood-nymphs WHEN BY MRS. Grandmother’s Cameo. The present and widespread revival of old-fashioned jewelry has again brought grandmother’s cameo into the limelight. If you have such an heir- loom in your family treasure box, you cannot do better than bring it out have it cleaned and give it the place of honor. There are many different cameos. It is not gener: that they may be cut from | precious and semi-precious stones, such |as emerald, amethyst, turquots, agates. onyx, carbuncles and many others, I sides amber, mother-of-pearl, co fvory and precious metals as well. One definition of a cameo is a “carving in relief on some hard substance of in { trinsic beauty and value.” The things which give value to a cameo, next to the material out of which it is cut, is the height of the relief, the elaborateness of the detail the delicacy and perfection of carving and the shades, tints and col- ors which serve to bring out the beauty of the design. There are cameos cut from materials which do Inot have variations of color, but the most beautiful ones are those on a material having layers of different colors which show through the figure {in certain places, For instance, onyx and agate, from which the mujority of cameos are cut, have their colors, not in layers but in little bends and curves which are thick in_some places and thin in others. Then, when an artist cuts cameo from these he considers this variation in design and makes it con tribute “to the beauty of his handi work. All the work must be done by hand, the stones being cut with a d mond drill and faceted with a grinding wheel, after which they are polished with diamond dust or emery. kinds of BY WILLIAM ‘Where’s Our Sense of Humor? In the list of diseases which the fall guy fatuously fancies he can “treat with violet ray"—a list which appar- ently covers about every ailmefit im- aginable—1 note ‘catarrh,” -“falling hair,” “rheumatism,” “colds,” “eye dis- eases,” “skin diseases.” The magazine in which the shady ad appears is one of the popular ones seiling for two bits the copy. The magazine sells big. Along With the violet ray hokum, its important pages are completely filled with all manner of appeals to the gul- libility of the great American Wisen- heimer family. And ‘when I think of the innumerable magazines of this same category and the grand total of Simple Stmons they reach, I wonder what has become of our boasted sense of humor. Evidently there is born every minute a prospect of some such snide as a nose shaper, secret cure for drug habit, solid brass ear drum or short cut to success. As I have tried to intimate heretofore, there's a reason why our popular education system does not limit this particular birth rate. A blatant illegitimate or unlicensed healer, appealing to the Wisenheimer family through the columns of an ob- scure weekly ‘newspaper,” in the same breath denies the ‘‘germ theory,” and offers as one objection to vacci- nation as a prophylncucuyes«uu the “danger of infection,” forgetting in his eagerness that he has just asserted that belief in infection is absurd. However, the share of the popula- tion that takes such quacks seriously will never notice any little discrepan- cles like that. The mental tests of drafted men at the time of the World ‘War showed that a considerable pro- portion of the population belongs In the moron class, and the very signifi- cance of the term moron is just nat- urally misunderstood by a large share of the population. Morons writing for the magazines and morons writing popular novels have contributed toward the popular misunderstanding of the significance of the term. The very serious way in .| market are what + | oring, 14. Sticking material 17. Greek god of war A choice marble. In the past. ote of diatonic Auditory organ Metric unit of are n to the right . Hurt Teaches 45. Trim sensed. 52. Malt drink 54. Depart 56. Point of the compass Answer to Yesterday WE GO SHOPPING HARL. AND H. ALLI Imitation cither of inexpen: polished or the molded pott white figu blue or & am ome o cameoware, with pale simpl lik nuine cam particular variety vers of different colof one out of which the figure is cut and the other which serves as a back | grouna M of the cameos now known d are cut fro e of the shell of the pe one or other sea shells with lov linings. The work on these is | done by hand, but ti re | much less expensive than those done {on stone. You can tell them by the fact that they are much softer in co and some them ar | pressibly beautiful with the {flesh tints showing through the |film of shell. Brown and white or and white are the |they are most usually | “cameo conch” is a large variety of |marine shell especially adaptable fo | this purpose. | The figure of a cameo does not have a human head, though that is ubject_with which we are mos familiar. But it may be an anima |landscape, bit of architecture—in anything. The earliest known form meos is that of the sacred beetle ¢ Egypt. Most of our cameos come from Ital today, but they are turne: |out for commerce, and none of then |approach the beauty and value of th pecimens devised by the great artists |of olden times, and which are to be | viewed among the most priceless ar | treasures of our museums today. on the as “shell cameos, surf b of PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BRADY, M. D. which a considerable share of the por ulation takes the “best seller” in fiction line is further proof of the utter lack of any real sense of humor in the Wisenheimer family. A Wisenheimer, perhaps I | repeat, is a person who k | many things which a e | from Billings complaint. Often he fs | high hat. Always he is complacent. He s the fall guy for the legitimate crook. He patronizes the plausible charlatan, plain and gilded, in health |and sickness. He supports the agencies through which the charlatans reach his pocketbook. He hasn’t enough brains to know when he is being done good, grammatically or ungrammati cally. In short, he is a perfect boob and T repeat that the psychological |tests of drafted men at the time of the World War proved we have many millions of such boobs in the United | States of America, physically grown up men and women with minds of 12 vear-old children. So rtdly am | sun- burned Like roast beef under-done The beet is pale beside me