Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1925, Page 20

A WOMAN’S PAGE Features for New Year Parties BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. WHEN CODES TABULATED. i resolutfon par r a New Year entertain- be for a large or small should have a ions written out but no one would t they are, for they are in should be written 2n s with pencils attached and A space should Le th solution to prize be rded ¢ the phrases cor- If you resolu inks, us cards. Th The ciphers in code as here given may not prove baffling to reade It they do, please write this paper, in. closing a self-addressed and stamped envelope, with a request for the solu- tions. Direc Lydia Le Baron Walker. New Y »de Puzzle, and be promptly forwarded. Do in sendirg if you would > solutions before New Year do not omit to write “New Year Code Puzzle” on the envelope. Resolutions in Code. 1 am resolved during the New Year 1 —bid ken —B Modesty 3—lest Lionel PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D The Tone of the Arteries. Blood pressure, like bobbed hair, ms to be getting more fashionable he time, in spite of all I can say. one who is anybod o jok iny of ‘er although there blood left in our o old pictures where the blood in veins varfes from navy to sky blue Only a short while ago a rcader scolded me severely for betraying my fgnorance in the assertion that blood red, even in the ve! the He t just a myth. All ever seen, and T ha positively and Iy and in some case perhaps a mite br from an a in one's e y, T must be monotonously ter red when admittedly from a veir portance sever the path I shall not argue about such a deli- cate distinction in shades. When blood turns blue a docte le interest is in he ¢ of a preferred creditor. RBlue bloc may be all right for the medlcal stu to study and T T only red-blooded worth whi requires about rart beats for complete circuit, morta (great arter through the smaller an obsta ent actice ) seconds or lood to make & wrt in the id passir arteries, capil Almost every nowadays clates the wisdom of buying fu of real merit and distinction pleces of authenti inspiration yather than s tehed” ef on, appre niture 100sit and W iated. mame can be fhid of “quality furni- ture.” THero we have a simple early Amer- fcan armchair. rush seat, and an ex- quisite lacquered cabinet from China on an elegant little Queen Anne nd 1l dwelling tozether with utmost so bility inese lacquered are very ve fitted on d nets_or u the llving-dining room, and depended upon to hide their true purpose always behind & blandly smiling Oriental ex- serion, cabinets. by the They can e de into radio cabi less red, ruby or scarlet, except in | {15 dilating | The | [faced by the words, | different portions of the circulation. the great artery. WRITE THEM DOWN AS 4—dinky pleaks be not me —Mules fore Betty hy asking kids e no love rye —Ilett wire rest ¢ is wet »de resolution should be pre- “I am resolved during the New Year to’; and then the codes, as numbered, should be written. ch Turning New Leaves. Another amusing comntest is to see who can turn over the most pages a well folded newspaper in the chortest time and leave it in good con- to be handed to the next to try the same stunt. The s should have several folded swspapers 8o when one becomes too badly mussed to use again another may be substituted. This is as much fun to watch as to do, and affords| amusement for a whole roomful of people. Apt Prizes. For the first contest the prize might be a calendar having some timely phrase or quotation on it, or perhaps on cvery sheet for each day in the year. For the second con- test nothing could be more appropri- ate than a diary. It would have plentv of new leaves to turn during the year. laries, smaller veins, great vein (vena cava), right auricle, right ventricle, pulmonary artery, lungs, pulmonary vein, left auricle and left ventricle to the aorta again. The course seems speedy enough. It varies greatly in | In the larger arterfes the blood travels fastest, about a foot a sec ond; in the fine capillaries the veloc ity slowest, about nine-tenths of an inch in a whole minute. The cur- rent is naturally swiftest in the nar- innel and slowest in tha wider stretches of river. The total cross area of the capillaries is about 800 times as great as the cross area of These are just some curious facts I am drawing, not from my own stu inteliect, but from a_text- book of physiology- n extremely un popular subject. But p! se do not be impatient—I'm coming to the interest. | ing stuff presently. May even slip in a few symptoms—can't tell yet; de. pends on how I happen to feel at the ient. But In order to make this s of talks about the circulation, | art, arterfes. blood pressure, arterio sclerosis, cardiovascular degeneration worth while, it is necessary to lay down, first, a foundation of physiol- | ogy. 1 said that every body has more or le it one who is an lood pressure. ou have no blood pressure vou're ite dead he blood pressuve is ail in the world blood in circulation. < have tone. That is, walls which, dur. tate of constant con- it and artery walls, elastic, so that they By reason of this ar coat and the traction. in health can give and take. (involuntary) muscu elasticity of their walls, the arteries and the heart maintain a certain amount of pressure upon the blood constantly. This pressure is greatest during the contraction of the ventricle t), which phase is called sys- pressure (systole being the rm for contraction of the he pressure is lowest be- tween heart beats, when the ventricle an he valve ding into the aorta is closed, for then only the elasticity g cular tone of the ar- tevies maintains the y ire upon the blovd. This phase is called diastolic pressure, diastolic being the medical term for relaxation or dilation of the ventricle after each beat. The elasticity and muscular tone of the arteries carries the pressure wave along after each heart beat and pro- duces the pulse. The difference be- tween the systolic and diastolic pres- sures is called pulse pressure. There, now, children, that's all for today. " Con this physiology lesson over and if you have any friends who are worrled about blood pressure, hardening of the arteries, heart fail- ure or general breakdown, invite them to join our and learn what idlots they blood al te e Chestnut Compote. Peel and skin some roasted chest- nuts and put them in a saucepan with some sugar and enough water to pre- vent burning. Bimmer very gently for 20 minutes, or until tender, adding a dash of lemon juice. Before serv- ing, a little powdered sugar should be sifted over the dish Mixed Marmalade. h and slice very thin one grape- fruit, one orange, and one lemon. Remove the se Cover with three and one-fourth quarts ¢ 1d water. Let stand over night or 24 hours, if possible. Then cook until the rinds are tender. Let stand another 24 hours. Add ten cupfuls of sugar and cook until a small amount of the mix- ture when placed on a saucer jellies as soon as it cools. Pour intg ster- THE SUB ROSA BY MIMI Don’t Take It Out on Him. If you're feeling out of sorts—if the weather’s been rotten, and every- thing's gone wrong all day—why take it out on the poor boy friend when he calls around elght o'clock look- g for a little cheerfu! companion- ship? Why is it that you girls who struggle so hard to “make” a nice man are so careless about the way you treat him when he becomes a permanent fixture in your lives? Three months ago, Lonely Girl wrote to this column sobbing for her Prince Charming—how, where and vhy could she get him? Yesterday word came that. she'd finally landed him—that he was all hers—that they loved each other dearly, but that he was always com plaining becuuse she acted rather snappy and disagreeable on certain evenings. “You know, Mimi," Lonely Girl writes, “I have to work very hard all day. Naturally, when things don't go right at the office, I'm mnot in a very pleasant mood at night, and 1 can’t help showing my feelings. He's Just unreasonable.” Unreasonable, indeed! 1f a bo come to look upon some girl greatest pal and help, he doesn't relish an evening during which she spends her entire time venting on him all the accumulated wrath over a day’s injus While she was yearning and sigh ing for her mate, do you think she would have queered her chances by being unpleasant when Mr. Man showed up? Not at all. She was all sunshine and sympathy and sweet smiles and honey while she was still in doubt as to his feelings for her. But ouce le confessed that he was hers for as| long as she could stand it, she wiped | oft the smile and donned an irritated frown. She got over being understanding | and helpful—began to cry_ for help herself, and at him when he wasn't right there with the heavy sympathy. You see, she figures to herself “Now that I've hooked him, he's mine. That's that.” But she's all wrong. The big game has just begun. She's got to keep him "interested and contented and happy during a long perfod of en- gagement and then about 50 years of marriage. 1f she fails in doing this, she'll have an indifferent, sometimes rude, ¢ often faithless husband on her has his 1f she begins taking it out on him too soon, she'll have a broken en gagement to thank herself for—and no signs of a husband at all. Don't think that by the simple act of becoming engaged or married to a man you've solved the love ques tion for good and all. You want to have a good time—to your life—even after you're married, don’t you? Then don't start spoiling all your chances for real companionship and fun by using the poor old boy friend as a safety-valve for all your pent-up wrath and misery Make sure of a happy future by making certain of a happy b triend. Mimi will be glad to answer any fn- quiries directed to this paper pro- vided a stamped, addressed envelope is enclosed. (Copyright. 1925.) COLOR CUT-OUT A MILLER'S DAUGHTER. S —_— A Bad Blessing. Once upon a time there was a prince who had to spend his child-| hood, to his twelfth year, upon a golden couch. And this is how it hap pened At his christening the noblemen of the kingdom had loaded him w precious gifts and the fairies with | blessings. But one old fairy was in a bad humor and this is what she said to the king: “Your son shall grow to manhood on one condition only, and that is that he shall not touch foot to the ground until he is 12 years old.” So it was that the little prince Jay walting upon his golden couch until his twelfth birthday. The young prince has dark hair and is wearing a bright blue suit. The ts and cushions on his wheel © brown (Coprright. 1 & Company hangton, Decombe es realized on Swift rales of carcass beef in Wa for ending Satirdas. 1025, on shipments sold out, 11.06 cents to 4.00 cents per averaged 14.56 cents per pound.—Adver- tisement. HOW IT STARTED BY JEAN NEWTON. “Henchman.” In the use of this word in modern speech to describe a follower who in- discriminately does as he is ordered by his “boss,” we h ption of a term that had most inoffensive si ance, Though we have heard of the “henchmen” of a criminal or a gang leader, it is with reference to those who do the “dirty work” for a politi- cal organization, the ‘“hangers-on,” who are counted as the “faithful” at the club or district organization, that the word is most commoniy used to- day. Yet in its origin it meant sim- ply a “faithful follower.” In Anglo-Saxon derivation “hench- man” meant originally “squire,” “at- tendant,” “page.” It is in this sense that the word ‘‘henchboy,” too, is fa- miliar in old English literature. A good example of the use of “hench- man” in its original sense is found in Shakespeare’s “Midsummer ~Night's Dream,” as follows: | “I do but beg a little changeling boy To be my henchman.” (Copyright. 1925.) —_— A boy whose mania was stealing perambulators was arrested in London scentll . igin a — EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1925 LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PATE Pop was sn to himselt and ma sed, Willyu: ant understand this letter, jest before dinnir and chance Ive had to reed it, say i*s a mistery to me Maybe its from the black hand, pop sed. and ma It duzze em to make sents, whoever starts frend, Well v ou b nyway? n to w and things came 1 nuthing more i t to our friends, t 1 aliwa and 1% fternoon 1 jest litter the bu the write this letter showing Nixon the Who showi: c Yes, issent that 1 I dont know enybody and I dont kni Nixon, =0 they c: eny ed its the ferst ind T must put iting S 82y 1 started to sites show each other sites as Im concerned whose the letter from a sed, and it sined anot pop sed, Who for Peets sake. Certer frend Bobbera up envthing Bobbe I reed you th vour zzent cleer dont know ma sed. But wait till re it. the she sed, a have a 1 but bec that 150 Waro is know 1 did 1 thrown It in and see, ma sc ing back with Its a lucky thi to think 1 ppened » me he name not Potts : Im behind pop sed. all, the is Mrs. Willyum K If enybody axk the sporting p; have undergone changes in regard to matror Not £0 long ago only the severe trim shape was recommended. Ho ever, because the majority of women insisted on wearing these high the forehead the result was dis: trous. And so the newer type of ma- i welcome—the small brimme *h tends to break a too trying line and cast the face becomingly in shadow. You will find them worn by those who wisely mold the mode to their personality, rather than their personality to the mode. Typical of the style I refer to is the hat sketched. MARGETTA. “Puzzlicks” Puzde-Limericks A certain young lady of —1— Once tried to play Mendelssohn's Her knowl She pla ad of —35 Familiar apital of Brazil. me of one of s compositions. 3. Limited. 4. Musical term for “moving moder- ately fast.” Musical term for “quick, spar- kling time (three words). Note—* ‘Puzzlick’ fans who are f: miliar with musical terms will hav little difficulty in solving this one, writes B. C. H., who submitted the “Puzzlick” above, “but others will not find it so easy.” he answer and an- other *“Puzzl will appear row. o form of the name Mendelssohn's Saturday’s alick.” A tiger, by taste anthropophagous Felt a vearning within his esophagu: He spied a fat Brahmin And growled, “What's the harm in A peripatetic sarcophagus?” (Copyright. 1925.) Artificial limbs have been supplied to nearly 40,000 war pensioners in Eng- lands . illyum, | of | tomor- Gives Four Reasons for Human Satisfaction The Secret of Happiness Dorothy Dix| You Want Happiness, Keep Busy; Don't Put Off the Day of Enjoyment, but Live Hard in the Present; Learn to Appreciate Simple Things. this once asked Mary Anderson WWHAT is the secret of happiness? 1 “To find out what you want of life, and then question and she replied to have the courage to take it. ted quiet, e of womer “lusion, home and husband and children, the or she went on. “I had the courage 1o leave the And T have had the courage to refuse every ling it was. I have also had the courage n my sleepy litue , and refuse to let myself be drawn into the t whirl of London society. I have been happy because I knew what nd I have been brave enough to take it in spite of all temptations the things that I did not want to do.” inary £0 back, no Undoubtedly always asking, because the: of the thing never nis is one of the answers to the great riddle that we are that so few solve. A great many people are unhappy do not really know what they want. They have no clear vis hey are secking. They are torn betwéen conflicting desires settle down to any one thing, and find contentment and peace in th: You see this exemplified in the 1tion to another, & men wh r, and who work with their minds on their 1s on their work. You see it in the women wh nd mothers, complaining of the burdens of dome: they have missed happiness in not following some care ) have followed careers, and who are alw | and peevish wives 2 lament their und take the road that they & We behold =0 many idle tears that we are inclined vast numbers of human beings who get a kind of morbid of misery rage to face about, piness! to believe the pleasure ou is the secret of happines: to keep so by ive four guesses at the conundrum. | at we do not have leisure to think » are happy or not. ere is no other pleasure comparable to the | of being swallowed up in seme useful, constructive work that calls v power of mind and body. own job, that you do competently, has for you a never-fai | int t, a perpetual thrill that nothing else in the world can give. Only | i idiots are content to loaf. Intelligent, thinking men and women | keep busy in order to be happ. is work, My second guess is that happiness is the bird in the hand and not the Vird in the bush. If we are ever to be happy, we must be happy now at the present moment. We cannot put it off until tomorrow. You are alwavs hearing people say that they are going to do this and that when they get rich: that they are going to travel when they are old: they are going to play; they are going to take up old acquaintances. They are going to enjoy themseives 5, 10, 20 vears hence. But when the time comes that they have set to be happy in, they find that they have lost their capacity for enjoyment Those who have pinched and pinched and sweated every penny, trying to nulate a fortune, have formed such a habit of parsimony that it is to them to spend money. Those who have denied themselves too much e lost all desire. Those who have stayed at home too long have hecome | such a fixture on Main street that they are lonesome and homesick every- where clse. SO the happy men and women are those who take the goods the provide each hour. They make a reasonable provision against the rainy . and then they indulge themselves in the good clothes, the pretty home, comfortable car, the palatable food, the little trips that are within their ch. They do not put off every pleasure until some mythical, problen: day when they will be able to live in a palace, and have a fine car, and Pa clothes, and when they will be too old and rheumatic and set in their wavs to want to do anything sit by the fire in their own familiar chair. ever was there sounder philosophy conveyed than in the old music-hall ditty which said: “I want what I want when I want it,” and if we don't take it then, it is dust and ashes in our teeth. Happiness consists in simple things. We are always envving the rich at, and think how happy they must be, but we might well pity them, for they have far more sources of sorrow than we have. Beyond a modesf competence, riches are a burden, and money can become a curse that blights every mnatural joy. The miliforaire is cut off from the greatest of all happinesses, that of knowiny himssif loved for himself alone. fle suspects the motive of every friend, ht does not even trust the woman he marries, and he knows his wealth to be a blight upon his children. The real source of happiness is in enjoving simple things: A gzorgeous sunset, a beautiful landscape, a clever book, a good dinner, the talk of a friend, the unfaltering love of husband or wife, a baby's arms around your neck, a fine son and daughter filling you with pride and joy. These have no price tag on them. They may belong just as much to the poor man as the rich mai Indeed, they oftener do. Finally, remember the song: “I Want to Be Happy, But I Can't Be Happy Till I Make You Happy, Too.” In unselfishness, in doing good to others, that is the real answer to the secret of how to be happy. DOROTHY X, (Copyright, 1925.) DI Foams. These are made from preserved fruit, ‘such as raspberry, quince, or peach. For each white of egg take one tablespoonful of pulp fruit, a few drops of lemon juice, and a little sifted powdered sugar, if necessary, to add sweetness. Whip the white to a soft froth, add a portion of the pulp, and beat steadily. As the mass swells and foams, gradually add the remainder of the pulp. When very light and almost as stiff as a me- ringue, pile In small cups or stemmed glasses. This should not stand more than an hour and should be served very cold. Cheese Pie. Mix four tablespoonfuls of flour and two cupfuls of sugar together, then Neat and orderly am [ — I clean my desk out = now and then And gaze on piles of) notes and bills < 2gain. fveme add four eggs well beaten, one cupful of sweet milk, three-fourths cupful of butter and flavoring to suit the taste. Pour into an unbaked crust and bake in a moderate oven. This will make tWo plem EATURES. BEDTIME STORIES The Hidden Dinner. Watch _and wait. Wateh and hap, 0 fate Thus, mayhap, W L - Jumper the Hare and M and Mr. Grouse have been 1 50 long that should anythirg happen to one the others would feel the 1 very much indeed. So Jumper worried, because everywhere he he nothing of Mr. irouse, and he knew t s in the Green Forest w Goshawk, who ) tho North. He kne 19 nothing Terror § Grouse, fond of to e was filled cither Terror a d come 80 You see, 1 didn’t knov sw that el or Mouse shoul they would give didn’t his mind kept loc amm “Hello, bhh,” said Ju way and that w iously. Samm gan to 1 scary top of on ng t y stared at him ake fun of him. *J again. Jeered at t BY THORNTON W. BURGESS a tree into the & And almost on at bird urved cl form stretehe to seize flew I Terror the ho the grea: held his breat 4 to him to stop to ses Terro own The snow hidi It seemed | 1t was hard those great v rose Tel He had missed t ngs be op with claws Id Long-ears!” cried Samm Then he be d I have an engagement over | the Old Brown’s ho: &peaking v another the Ol seen chard vou under a hen a roar of wings § he saw two browr || BEAUTY CHATS Tea Gowns. han shopping to exhaust them. The Daily (e Cro BY EDNA KENT FORBES. ss-Word Puzzle at e Te | | Across. Division of Goddess of t Crawl slowly. ustains. A sac. Puppets. Dow Tsland near La CI Mistake. Company (abbr.) etical for A continent (abbr). Two hundred (Roman). French unit of square measure Point of the compass. Elegantly concise, Afternoon (abbr.). f Guido’s scal (abbr.). ORDO’ used: Don't_s: ter having finished the work I de d.” Omit “after.” the i as [F[>[Z]0[=[5[>] BEE HS misspelled: Surpr nyms: Habit, rule, sysiem, fs . pr Not ze. custom in ing word Acros: lake we word icid—calm, the placid driftea.” e wate by Today mild. the iy it e s of Unemployment 1s {ncreasing in Nor-