Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1926, Page 39

WOMAN'S PAGE. Fringe is with 8 not tho fringe of other years. 18 heavler, richer, sometimes bushier, us again—but it It always more luxurfant. It is a very simple scrt of finish for the home- only difficulty made frock—the is PRINGE OF THE NEW SORT 18 USED TO TRIM THIS FROCK OF CREPE DE CHINE. FRINGE AND SILK ARE BOTH IN VY BLUE. that fringe of the right sort amazingly expensive. And now days fringe is used lavishly. Some- times there are three rows of it around the skirt—sometimes the whole lower sleeve is covered with rows of it. It 1s used at the hem of frocks, negligees, coats and slips. Even chemises sometimes end their brief caresers with a row of fringe. Richly colored velvet cloaks that have been 50 well liked this Winter for evening wear sometimes have a hem of heavy silk fringe to match. is There are all sorts of fringes to| select from. First, of course. there is the usual silk fringe—made from heavy corded silk. Then there are friuges made of narrow ribbons, or ribboazine, and chenille fring» is also in evidence. Fringe is made by a WHEN Merits of the New Fringed Frocks BY MARY ) WE G MARSHALL narrow strip of long-haired, fur and willowed ostrich makes one of the most graceful of fringes. A .fringe may be effected by the frayed edges of silk, and a clever sort of fringe consists of rows of long, nar- tow tabs cut from the silk of which the frock is made. These tabs are, of course, left with raw edges and are arranged quite close together, each tab being sewed in place with a colored bead or So. For evening you might make a fringe of narrow tab of rose taffeta silk used on a froc of pink chiffon, the tabs being attach- ed with a bit of diamante. Chanel among French dressmalk has done most to revive fringe, and Chanel's fringed frock has been much spoken of—it has been made in black, red, pink, bright green or white. Interestingly enough, fringe is used by the milliners as well as by the dressmakers. Chenille, ribbon or rib- honzine fringe is used to twine about ®ome of the close turban and toque &hapes now being offered in Paris. Som: of the wider-brimmed hats show clever bows of fringe that are quite delectable. Meantime accessories bor- row fringe from the frocks with which they are worn. Scarfs for Spring are fringe edged. Chanel, I belive, has been making fringed scarfs to go with her fringed frocks, and there are clever little handbags that show long ends of fringe as thick and long as horsetalls, (Covyright, 1026.) Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. A Sensible Baby. When an otherwiso healthy baby. gaining normally, suddenly begins to waken four and five times at night and cry to be nursed, the mother should be aware that this is an indica tion that said baby is now ready for a fuller diet. This happens usually when the baby is about seven months of age and al- most always to nursing bables. At this time the mother’s milk shows a real deficiency and the baby mirrors this essential lack in his diet by grow- ing Irritable at night and demanding to be nursed many times, when here. tofore he has been sleeping without a whimper. ‘The sane and wise thing is for the mother to make up her mind that the beginning of weaning has arrived. She may add to the child’s diet by giving a small amount of well cooked cereal at the 10 o'clock and 6 o'clock nurs- ing periods, in addition to the breast; or she may substitute one bottle feed- ing for one breast feeding, once a day. The last nursing at night is usually the unsatisfying ona and the mother had best give a hottle feeding at 2 or 8 o'clock (according to whether the child Is being fed every three or every four hours), and this will increase the amount of milk in the breast for the |last nursing. If necessary to satisfy the child she can give a compliment- ary ferding after each nursing period. In addition the child can have vege- table julce at 2 o'clock and a plece of ;iry toast or zwleback after his nurs- ng. If these changes and additions are made to the diet the child will go back to sleeping again in time-hon- ored fashion. ‘The above answers the questions of Mrs. D. L. E. and W. W. W. Mrs. B. K.—WIill you please send a self-addressed envelope and ask me fur the leaflet on prenatal care? Mrs. D. L. E—Your condition quite natural and no cause for alarm. O SHOPPING BY MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN. Thread. It would surprise you to know how very many women are satisfled to let their knowledge of thread buying be limited to ability to guess about what “number” they want in the cottons ' nated, but can be known by the vari.| lous trade names of the largest scale | and linens, and a great many do not know that there are different sizes of eilk thread, indicated by different let. ters. The salespeople aiso tell us that reiatively few women make any effort 1o find out how much thread they are ®etting on a spool. The decadence of the art of home sewing is, of course, the explanation of much of the above. Some women disdain these things so much that they just buy “a spool of thread” when they find they must do & little patching or basting. But the good housewife, however modern. wants fo know how to get sppropriate thread of the size she needs, and surely wishes to b2 able | to ask for the guality of thread that will glve her good service. Besides “sewing cotton” and *darn- ing cotton,” which are known to prac- tically everybody, there are two other kinds of cotton thread on the market —"basting” and “millinery.” Then there are at least four different types of sewing cotton; soft finished, glaoce, mercerized and waxed. Quality in cotton thread depends upon two things, the quality of length of cotton fiber used (a thing which Fou ean't always recognize for your- self), and the number of strands or “cords” which have been twisted to- gether. The standard quality thread is a six-cord, and if such, the fact is usually stamped on the spool. Other | points ot grade, such as elasticity and | strength, are not so clearly desig- | manufacturers, just as different grades | of flour by the same producer usually | have different names. In case you 'always buy the thread of a certain maker it will pay you to write to the manufacturers and ask the meaning of their different trade names, unless | the salesgirl at the noticns counter | can give you the information. Basting thread is in all ways a cheaper thread than the standard | sewing cottons, for it is not designed | for wear, but only for one brief usage. | Where there is any amount of sewing {done in a home it certainly is an less expensive thread. Millinery thread is a_highly glazed thread which isn't easily cut by the edge of strawd when using it on such material. Occaslonally every house- wife needs a thread with that char- acteristic, so she should know that it is available And, finally, get the habit of know- ing now mucn thread you are getting for your money, just the same as any- thing else. Don't be guilty of shriek- Ing over an imaginary bargain in thread at a third less than the usual price, when it is stamped right on the spool that you are getting one-half less than the usual quantity. Our Children—By Angelo Patri The Girl's Career. This is the time of the year when the girls and boys wrinkle their brows in anxious thought for the morrow. What will they be? Which road of Yite will they follow? I want to offer 2 suggestion to some girl who likes work, who lkes to study, wants to make her life count, count a whole lot, In the lives of other women. The country townus need woman doctors. 1 mean the towns far back in the hills where the houses are scat- tered miles and miles apart and where there s no hospital within a half a day’s journey, or more, towns that are spread over a great distance, spanned by bad roads, and part line lephones. e course there aro few girls look- nig for that sort or service. But there might be u few. I see groups of little children isolated, in the hills, faces marred by sores, their volces choked by adencid growths and swol- len tonsils, their eyes red rimmed and sore. Surely here is a fleld for a ‘woman doctor. 8he would teach hvgiene and sani- tation and baby culture and be up on the best way to exterminate pests or propogate better kinds of crops. She would know all about roads and fences and draining and schools and life in the country In general. Not just In the beginning, of course, but as the years went by. Steadily she would grow with the fown or the village until she was a very part of its bricks and beams and flreplaces, antil all the children in the neighbor- hood knew and smiled when she passed by, and all the women blessed her name. 1 know a couple of man doctors like that, but I haven't found a woman doctor of that kind vet. The hille are waiting for her. The career does not offer much money to start with, nor perhaps to end with. Country deostoss mever die rich, But they do who 1s | strong physically and spiritually, who | their | have their homes, cheerful places with wide windows looking over lovely val- leys, big rooms that offer hospitality to all comerS, gardens filled with flowers and fruit and vegetables. Think of raising your own honey and I your own green peas and baby rad- | ishes. And there are great riches in friend- ship. Everybody loves the good doc- | tor who goes oat at all hours in all | weathers carrying comfort and heal- ing as he-she-splashes over the bumpy rouds. Everybody has a feeling of warmth and gratitude at the thought of the service the doctor gives and the knowledge that money cannot pay for it drives them to put love in its place. All around me I hear girls talking } about this job and that. They will b: jbusiness women, lawyers, teachers, | farmers, what not, but few of | know of the lonely high plncl-{n;hl.:(: woman doctor in the far-off hills. I thought there might be one some- where who might just want that. (Coyright. 1925.) Mr. Patri will give personal attention to Inquiics frox (e Sare‘and Gevelopment of chilatan Wekls him in care of this paper, 3 adareesed stamped envelope for rontys "o Turnip Croquettes. Pare and boil as many medium- sized white turnips as will be needed. Drain and mash, pressing out every drop of water. Season well with salt and pepper, add one-fourth in bulk of | mashed potato and when partly cool- ed one well beaten egg for each pint. Let stand until celd, then mold Into small croquettes, dip into slightly beaten egg, roll in bread crumbs and fry a golden brown in deep smoking hot fat. S0 numerous have woman auto drivers become in Paris that they are planning ta form theiy own club, is| economy to have a few spools of this | i THE EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1926. FLAGSTAFFS OF WASHINGTON BY JENNY GIRTON WALKER. SUB ROSA BY MIMI Buying Useless Pretties. Are you one of those girls who, with a closet full of clothes and hats and shoes, never have anything to wear Do you sometimes sit down and won- der why on earth you get so littlo £ood out of your things—when you're all so pretty and 8o smart? Do you sometimes ask yourself why, when you're all dolled up to the nies with every one of your smartest ac- cessortes, you atlll don't achieve that look of trim perfection so graphically deplcted {n the fashion magazines? At other times I've discussed several ways by which you might fall short of mark. To Te going to talk about that fascinating but fatal habit of buying You need a new hat. Off you go to examine the possibilities. Dozens of hats you try on, finding none to sult you. Then you espy something blue—a perfect duck of a hat. “Such a cute shape,” you tell your friend. “And the color is so becoming. Makes my eyes look blue, Just what 1 need. And so cheap, too. I've got $6 left to use as T want to." The Lright blue hat is purchased. It's a lovely, rich color-—a rather quaint poke effect in the front—alto- gether a charming hat. On the way home the $8 burns in your pocket. You need new shoes like the very dickens. Why not get them while you're about it. Such’ gorgevus brown suede slippers in the store window—with a fascl- nating double-crossed strap and the new spike heel They will certainly make your feet look slender and aristocratic, If any- thing will. You try them on. You are enraptured as you survey your trimly shod feet. The shoes are a real bar- gain. That's that, Then you go home to moth Mother be old-fashioned, but she’s not so dumb. Alwuys remember that when you go home to show her the new things you've bought. Mother says “Applesauce” when you tell her you've picked up two wonderful bar- Fains. “Why did you ge blue hat?” she demands crisply. ou don't want anything blue. 'What are you going ‘o wear with it? And brown shoes! You got & pair of brown shoes last -ear and they're still new looking. You've never hud more than 10 min- utes’ wear out of them. You won't use these new ones, either.” You think mother's a tiresome wet blanket. If you thought for & moment vou'd realize that she was just exer- cising her cray matter. What about your nicest dress—the black one with a touch of red? If you wear the new hat with that you'll ‘ook much too colorful. Red and blue may look pretty on a Christmas tree, but the merry Yuletide season is over. And as for brown shoes with a black Arexss? How are vou ever going to enter the Kingdom of Perfect Dress- ng if you try to work a combination ‘ike that? . Your blue hat is really a total loss ‘0 you, unless vou've got a grav or blue dress to go with It. The shoes will do nicely with any sort of cos- tume in which tan, fawn or brown nredominates. But what vou really needed was a smart black hat with a large red pin and either black suede or patent leather shoes, Don't buy things just because *hey’re pretty. Buv them because *hav'll go with sometbing you have. Useless prettics are just as bad as no pretties at a'l (Copyright, 1926.) s will be glad (0 answer any inaniries direcied 1o naner Drovided & etambed. addreaed envelone 1a (nelosed. stiped HOME NOTES BY JENNY WREN. In rented flats and apartments one often finds a dull and lifeless wall per used and would like to introduce some interest and color beauty to the living room. Often this can be suc- cessfully accomplished by the use of a gay wall paper screen. ‘The screen shown here is covered with an unusual wallpaper with a dull, mellow gold background. Through the delicately trailing design of leafy vine and exotic flowers in brilliant green, crimeon, tan and black, one glimpses an occasional flaunting purple lan- tern. This screen determines the color scheme of the whole room. The walls are neutrally tinted; the rug tete-de- negre, almost purple, and the furni- ture dark walnut. A note of red ap- pears in the morocco chalr uphol- stery. The drapes are buff silk bound in brilllant green and are especlally stunning. (Copyright. 1926.) Parking With Peggy “Really, there's something objec- tionable about every book you read nowadays. It's the price.” Hollandaise Sauce. Beat the yolks of four eggs and beat in gradually one-half cup butter. Add one-quarter teaspoon salt, a dash of paprika and one-half cup boiling water. Dannebrog.” the navy ensign Danes. 15 &ald 1o be the oldest nal flag in use today. Ul atandurd 1" The f. RO coat ~ e Jater Hate. st the erdectlon” o™ He wripn ot o " cron: he Whape of tho flag 1a called swadlow: tailed. The design of the “‘Dannebrog” dates from the ancient custom of carrying sllver cross in religious ceremonies. Thirty or more well known flags bear somo kind of i cross as the principal feature of their design, and it is some- times sald that all flags are ecclesius- tical In their origin. The cross which was carred at the head of religlous { processions was accompanied by ners displaying oss, and it was natural in the e hristian era that the banner of oss should be transterred to the army as a protec- tive Influence. It was the slgn which the early Christiuns and the saders believed would lead them to victory. All through the history of the middle ages we find legends of the power of this symbol. When King Valdemar IT of Den- mark, in 1218, embarked on a_crusade | against the tribes that lived along the northern shores of the Baltic he car. ried with him not only the eagle of his personal standard, but a silver cross or consecrated banner. Afte was treacherously attacked in his own BY Wi Are You Getting Your Iodin? Among the nutrients indispensable { for normal growth and health of the human body, particularly for young ones, must reckoned fodin—we leave off the final e nowndays to save time and space Now, as everybody with Billings comp! time to time, fodin son. phosphorus, yet we have to have a certain amount of these elements for normal nutrition. How much jodin & growing boy or girl needs is still an unsettled question, but probably one grain a_month is an ample idoin ra. tion and many individuals get along very well on a much smaller ration of fodin. Say 10 grains a year. Not an enormous quantity. A teaspoo of fodin would serve the requirements of an honest to goodness or oo veltian family for a year. So one may ay we don't need very much jodin but we need that little very much Ana without rehearsing all the morbid conditions which an iodin shortage in one's rations may account for, save o mention simple goiter in children and a condition of “staleness” in grown-ups, I beg to inquire whether you are getting your lodin? 1t you have fresh meafood two or ! three times a week you are geting | your iodin. If you live far from the sea (where all the fodin in the world come from) it is not unlikely that you are getting too little jodin in your food and water. Through the initiative of some health authorities in reglons where goiter prevails extensively, and nota- bly the Michigan State Board of { Health, numerous salt manutacturers in various parts of the country now knows int warn me fi minute quantity of fodin which the health authorities recommend, gener- ally in the 1orm of potassium or so- ‘What Your Hand Tells. Do you believe in palmistry? Can you tell how many children you are going to have by the lines in your hand? Are you going to lead a long and happy life? Are these things written in your hand? Much energy has been devoted throughout the centuries in an effort to determine whether or not the lines ‘of the hand mean anything. Recent- ly a scientist, Dr. B. King, who ex- perimented with many children, came to certain conclusions concerning not the palm, but the hand {tseif. The savant explained that there s some connection between the shape and length of the fingers and the tlive senses. The thumb, he explained, is the index to hearing. Suppose somebody asks you, “Which way is north?" If you don’t wish him to look, but mere- 1y listen, you are apt to point your thumb in the direction he has asked. | Again, have you ever seen any one { trying to hear some faint noise? He is most apt to cup his hand and place it against the ear. It is to catch the =ound, you explain. Notwithstanding, the sclentist says, he always places the thumb against the ear, and it is by this contact that the hearing is made more acute. This means, then, that the longer the thumb is, in pro- portion to the rest of the hand, the keener {8 your hearing. Persons who HOW IT STARTED BY JEAN NEWTO) Calling It & “Ward.” “Why should the rooms where pa- tients are placed together in a hos- pital be called a ‘ward'?” one of our readers wants to know. And in the answer we find an interesting exam- ple of the strange ways of words! “Ward” is derived from the Anglo- Saxon “weard,” meaning a warder or guard. In modern speech we use the word for one who is to be guarded or protected, your “ward,” meaning “the one for whom you are guardian.” That, of course, is a complete reversal of its original significance of one who guards, which survives, however, in the reference in question to a place of division, as that of a hospital, where people are guarded or protected. {7 It was In that sense, too, of a di- | vision set aside for specific guardian- | ship that the word came into modern use for election districts, as “the twenty-seventh ward.!” So there you have a word, inquir- ing reader, that made a complete Cook over hot water, stirring fshange in meaning from a “guarder” constantly until thick, adding gradual- | to sne who is guarded, and then took ly the juice of half a lemon. Chill be- fore using. Serve with fish, or a fish | place where people are guarded. salady - another right about face to signify a S s lwm Cru- | ban. | olden time | of jodin onc . iz THE DANNEBROG OF DENMARK. camp and almost overcome. One story has it that at this perilous time King Valdemar saw a cross in the heavens and the sight 8o revived his courage that he was able to lead his army to victory. Another version I8 that a sac- red banner fell from heaven among his troops and gave them new strength. In still a third version it is related that when King Valdemar's own stand- ard had been beaten down by the enemy, he rallied his troops under the consecrated banner of tho silver cross. In connection with these dif. ferent stories it might be well to re. call the historical statement that in troops were incited to re- newed effort by tossing thelr flag ahead of them. King Vuldemar, having guined his victory, made the white cross on a red background the national emblem. Since that day the “Dannebrog’ has been known as the strength or pro- tection of the Danes. Denmark’s great strength was in her navy, and the flag adopted in 1219 1s now the man-of-war ensign An order of knighthood named after the Dannebrog is said to have been instituted by King Valdemar. At any rate, the Dannebrog cross, which is sometimes given even to foreigners as n order of merit, bears 1219 as fts several successful engagements, he |earliest date. (Copyright, 1026.) PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE TAM BRADY. M. D. dium fodin, of which about 0.02 per cent is incorporated in the salt. Thie iodized salt ix now sold by grocers everywhere, and familles can use it instead of ordinary salt, to {nsure an adequate jodin ration for everybody. The salt, of course, tastes like ordl- ni nd it costs, or should cost, . more than ordinary salt T cent means only about 1 grains of the fodid in each pound of &alt, which quantity means an addi- iional cost of from 5 to 10 cents a year for each person. Another way in which an adequate iodin ration may be insured, either for the purpose of preventing goiter in a child or for preventing “stale- ness” in an adult, is by taking one drop of the ordinary brown tincture a week, In not less than ful of water. another wiy to get your lodin Wing a tablet of sodium jodid assium lodid or calcium fodid, {une or two graink, once a week, best solved in a glass of water, There is still a concerted effort on the part of some manufacturers of ethical nostrums and their friends in the medical profession to discourage the use of these homely forms of lodin and persuade the simple public to pay an enormous price for ‘‘or- ganic” jodin table.s or “candy" or other elegant preparations. But I re- ¥ . and 1 chalienge any one to cor- jrect me if this is not the whole truth, there is no eovidence that any “or- ganic” form of iodin has any advan- tage over tne simple homely forms of iodin I have here mentioned, for the purposes indgicated. I do not mean to suggest that physicians who dispar- age the homely torms of iodin and boost the tancy goods are financially interested in the sale of these, but I market table salt which contains the | qo think they are a littie too much intrigued by the mystery of the nos- trums. (Copyright. 1926.) ODD FACTS ABOUT YOURSELF BY YALE S. NATHANSON, B. Sc.,, M. Department of Prycho.ogy, University of Pennsyivania, are born deaf, it kv claimed, have rather short thumbs. The second, or index finger, is the finger ot mght. If you wish some one to 100k in 4 kiven direction you point with the index finger and the indl- vidual iooks 1n the direction indicated, rather than listens, as in the case of the thumb. Further, it is pointed out that if you wish to see something at a great distance you place the hand against the torehead, so that the sec- ond or ingex finger is ciosest to the eye. Eskimos in the far north often place the hand below the eye, as a probable shieild from the glaring light, but in all cases the index finger :_s placed so that it is closest to the face. The middle finger is the sense of touch. When you wish to feel some fine fabric you touch it with the middle finger. Show somebody & plece of wood and ask him to tell you whether it {s smooth or rough. You will observe that he rube his middle finger across it. It s quite plain, the sclentist explains, that this should be the finger to come in contact with any object. Among the silk sorters n India this finger {8 highly de- veloped. These people have the abil. ity to differentiate between the finest grades of asilk, and an examination of their fingors shows that the little ridges in which the nerves are lo- cated are more highly developed in this finger than in any other. (Coprright. 1926.) You're Going By Bus Some Day Why Not Tomorrow? REDL*> ax*BUS Trip to PHILADELPHIA WITH STOPS AT Baltimore and Wilmington l-'-.l-.—l-ll‘n’-h:' Ak o 8 P s Aeu B0, 8a.m. Every Day Sp.m. FPARK ‘Washiagton te Ph ladalphia Washington te Bal imers Wasningten to Wilmington FAGEOL W!IE ‘t.lr‘filfl cum“w}wmr stors 88.00 1.80 | ! i FOOD AND HEALTH BY WIN IFRED STUART GIBBS, Food 5 t. ‘The ploneers who were among the first to begin to realize the possibili- ties of standardization in the home did¢ splendid work. The results of thelr work are still going on and the present generation is profiting thereby. This question of standardi- zation of dlets, for example, was necessary before further constructive work could be done. ‘Where do we stand on standardiza- tion of diet today? ‘There s little doubt but that we are learning how to get the best re. sults from standardization and how to avold its pitfals. Changing conditions in the home make it increasingly ne sary for us to steer a steady course when it comes to standardizing food. Take the matter of our standard diets for children, or example. We know today beyond any question that chil- dren must, If they are to develop properly, have certaln important items represented in their diets. There must be a quart of milk a day for each child. Frults and vegetables, breads and other food elements must be represented in varying qua..tities, according to the age and sex of the child. When the mother becoges dis- t at thought of changing con- ditions, lack of help, etc., she must never let go of theee esta’lished standards in regard to diets for the voungsters. Mary Jane may have left the kitchen forever, but the mother must prepare John's and Susie’s milk and cereal and other foods properly and in correct pro- portiona. So standardization of diet has given mother a star to which she must hitch the dietary wagons of the chil- dren. It seems all to the good here. What has it accomplished or what fatled to accomplish? Certainly 1t it is vital to know the general quantity and quality of food for children it is helpful to know these facts, so far as nutrition of adults is concerned. Because of food entering into the grown-up diet, how- ever, being more complicated, other factors must be taken into consid- eration. Take the matter of prepa- ratfon, for example. Children's needs while fixed are yet simple and easy to fill. Adults' requirements are equally fixed, but there is a tempti- tion to overamplify and overstress the need for variety. This {8 a plea for a return to sim- plicity and fundamentals in aduit dietary standards as well as in those of the chiidren. Let no one say that this is impos- sible. The mere fact that “help is scarce” will make it easier for the homemaker to follow along the sim- pler lines {n preparing food for her- self and other adult members of the family. Again, if one or more of the breadwinners eat meals downtown & rigid keeping to the simpler diet plans will make for increasing health. The fundamental necessities in any situation make such a satisfactory starting point when one begins to plan for elaboration. The home- maker who can assure herself that hoth the youngsters and the grown- ups Are getting everything required by the diet standards as fixed for | their different ages {8 doing well; the | woman who can do this can take| the one step beyond by doing better; thus one step will carry her over info the realm where she is keeping the rules laid down by the diet spacialist, ziving her family their standard re quirements in food and at the same time making the food so attractive | that elaboration is unnecessary. | MODE MINIATURES | | The soft crushable crown rises to new heights in hats which are mak ing a strong bid for prominence this Spring. Severe you term them, remember ing the high crown of a few previous seasons, so unrelenting in its rigid contour. But these newer versions depart from the strictly masculine Their crowns are often pinched in in front, while clever drapes and creases contribute added evidence of chic and individual becomingness. Although felt and velour are firs in rank, 8o alluringly smart are soms of the new straw bodles fashioned in exclusive shops of Paris that many a woman is already deciding in favor of the latter. MARGETTE. Lessons in English L. GORDON. BY W. Words often misused: Don't say he s a valuable assistant to him. Bay “valued. Often mispronounced: Altitude. Pro- nounce the u as {n “unit,” not as oo in “food.” Often misspelled: February. Note the ru. Synonyms: Departure, start, exit, decampment, removal. Word study: “Use a word three times and it {s yours” Iet us in. crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's wor: Aboriginal; native to the soll, primi- tive; existing from the beginning. “They followed the aboriginal cus- | toms created by their ancestors.” FEATURES. THIN ICE : Rowulind Nusk oives up her job as #tenographer 1o tuke a position in @ rabaret. Madeline Browning. 10viA tchom ake shares an _aparcment. does not ap- Prove, mor does duck Apmstrong. who icants to marry Kose. " Rosalind s de termined 1o marcy money. and through Dorothy Richards, whs was once in Rose's office, and who has married wealth, &he meets some men. She tries (0 make herself believe that she ean marry Biake Jor his money. but she actually disliies Aim, iwhile she itkes “Alvin Rives. 1ho is in'love with anothér girl. Khe does not rea'ize how aimiess her' Ufe fas ‘berome and Apw dixcontented she ix unti! one day Madeline comes 10 sce Rer and tel's Der Aar Jack has inAerited money and has asked Aer (o be his wife CHAPTER XXXIV Nicky Returns. HAT night, after act, Rosalind joined Dorothy, Tony and two other couples in the restaurant. To her amazement. Nickv was present She had not expected him home from Washington for a counle of davs and it did not lighten her mood to see him tonight. Besides he had been drink- ing. His face alv grew sullen and sank Into heavy lines when he drank “Mello, Nick.” she said lightly, “I'm “Hello, Nlck," ghe said lightly, I'm glad to see you.’ He looked at her narrowly. “Didn’t expect me back tonight, lid vou? Thought I'd surprise you." With hands that were not quite steady. he | was pouring liauor from 2 flask into a glass of seltzer. He raised it to his lips eagerly. Rosalind shivered slightly. Dorothy was flirting Ilghtly with one of the men in the party. Her face was flushed, her voice slightly shrill as it alwavs was when she took anything to drink. There was a slight “uilness under her eves ss though she had been erving, and Roealind won- dered if she and Tony had been hav- ing one of their quarrel Tony was leaning toward one of the women in the party. They were car- rving on a conversation in whispers, ‘he girl gigeling a great deal. Rosa- 'ind knew what that meant. Tony al- ways grew audacious when he felt he could get away with it. The girl was not objecting. so he was evidently hav- ing a good time. Somehow Rosalind telt_revolted. “It's because 1 haven't had any- thing to drink,” she told herself des. perately. And because she felt so wooden, she leaned toward Nicky and asked him to pour one for her. He luughed. “That's the girl, Rosalind. Join in the fun. We have only one life you know, so loosen up a bit; you'll never be sorry She sipped the drink, while he watched her narrowly. Rosalind felt the hot color creep into her cheeks and in avoiding his glance she looked across the room directly into the dark eyes of Allen Norrls. He was watch- ing her closely, a strange smile hov- ering about his lips, and as Rosalind bowed, coldly, almost hostilely, he ac- knowledged her greeting and turned away. Bhe felt as if he had snubbed Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN v ear was clean an’ I don't know why the teacher didn't want me to stick my gum fin it.” (Copyright, 1826.) RELIABLE ROOF PAINTS VARNISHES and WOOD STAINS work and CELLAR FLOOR and | your interi ALL PAINTS| you'll have HUGH Cheerful Interiors! { Such little outlay will provide new | tints for walls, fresh finishes for wood- IL floors that there’s practically no excuse for enduring dreary home interiors. i Let us tell you how to “do over” accompanies colorful surroundings. All the necessary paint supplies are here available at— . Specially Low Prices PAINTS & GLASS 1334 N. Y. 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Her old mood of gay recklessness was returning to her, and with sparkling eyes she turned to Nicky. Instantly he leaned toward her. “You and T are going to have a little showdown tonight, Rosalind,” he said thickly. “I'm getting tired of being led around by the nose. I want things settled, one way or anoth “Don’t be silly, Nicky she sald {1ightly. " “Besides you're in no cond: tion to talk about anything tonight. You've had a lot to drink.” “I alk better for he went on quickly. “I know what I want then. You'd be better if you'd take a little more yourself, Rosalind. Come on, let me fix you another little drink, T want you in a good mood for our littls talk.” He leaned toward her and put his { kot hand on her arm. Rosalind suf- fered his touch becuuse she felt that his mood wus ugly, but she could not re an inward shudder. &he shook her head, however, when he would have poured her another drink. 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