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WOMAN’S PAGE Quick Transitions for Housework BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. Quick transition from one' form of work, and from one occupation to an- pther, is the means of saving more Valuable time than can be reckoned. When considering how to make quick transition we find one thing is essential, and that is definiteness of purpose. Know what you must ac- complish and what you wish to do, it there is time. One reason why per- sons when pressed for time succeed in accomplishing wonders is that they go from one thing to another imme- diately. They cut out the waste time period by making quick transitions. Their minds work always a little in advance of the task being performed, so that when one is done the next can be begun without pause. Avoid Dawdling. One returning home from an outing, whether on errands or pleasure, it is so easy to lofter overlong when put- ting away outer garments and chang- ing to work-u-day clothes. There is & difference between quick transitions and rushing. The latter is something to avold, the former is something to learn how to do. By acquiring the habit of making quick transitions time for rest and recreation can often be found which would otherwise be absolutely lost, with nothing to show for it. Bvery woman needs leisure perods in a day. Instead of spending the moments—whic count up into hours as they fly by—in futile loiter- ing between tasks, sec that such time is gained by quick changes and spend it in enjoyment. My Neighbor Slys:_ A very good and simple way Often at the close of a day a woman feels assured that she has not accon plished all that she should. She knov she has been busy, for she has taken no time off in which to rest or rec- reate. Where has the time gone? And how has it slipped away so quickly. leaving behind so many untinished bits of work? The answer is probably to be found in the two words transitions. This indicates that when one task was tinished the beginning of the next one was accomplished slowly. The mind was not turned with brickness to the next thing, and there was a period of waste timeé in between. How it was filled # usually puzzling, since it was not apparent that it was being lost. A few moments probably went in the consideration of what was best to do next. Perhaps a good deal of time vas so used up. But It would be im. possible to enumerate the thousand und one ways in which time is fritter- «d away in slow transitions. J to clean a gas stove is to rinse a clean cloth in warm water in which a lump of soda has been dissolved, then dip it in emery powder. Wipe the Inside of the stove thorcughly. Brooms that have been stood up the wrong way get crushed. Put a halffilled kettle on the fire, and when the steam comes strongly from the spout apply the crushed part to it. In a minute or so the bristles will rise to their original position. While steaming the hand should be passed briskly over the sur- face of the broom to hasten its recovery. This method is effec- tive for all brooms and brushes, whether bristles or fiber. Steamed puddings will be heavy uniess thé water in which they are cooked is constantly at the boiling point, ILet them boil gently. Rice and macaroni should boil rapidly, not be- cause they should cook more rapidly, but in order that the macareni sticks and grains of rice may in boiling be kept mov- ing. Sprinkle a little sugar on a coal fire that is slow in coming up. Keep a clothes wringer well olled, as the labor of operating it is then much less. Occasion- ally kerosene should be applied to cleanse the bearings, but in a general way machine oil should be used, as kerosene is of no use a8 a lubricant. In order to work the wringer with the least effort, stand in front of the ma- chine and facing it. ODD FACTS ABOUT YOURSELF BY YALE S. Department of Psychelogy, Telltale Automatograph. What is a circle? What is an accordion® what Is a spiral staircase? It you ask some one these ques tions, nine times out of ten he will use his hands to make the explanation The reason for it is that a thought in your mind vour hands unconsciously move in an effort to help express i There is an apparatus called the automatograph which proves this for | us. The apparatus is a very simple one. It consists of a small piece of plate glass mounted on four ball bear- ings. There is a small piece of pen- il fastened under the glass plate and resting on a plece of white paper. The subject is then told to put his right hand on the glass. The experimenter then says, “I want you to think of a elrcle. A round figure like this,” and he draws one on the blackboard. Then he does the same thing with.a square or any other figure. When the experiment is concluded the plate of glass is removed and on Describe it. better vet, the sheet of paper can be seen the scrawled lines drawn when the circle was talked about and the more angu- Jar lines drawn when the square was mentioned. NATHANSON, B. Sc, M. A. Cniversiiy of Pemsylvanio. A simpler way to perform the same experiment and one which is very in- teresting is the following: Tell your subject to stand erec hecls' in position, evenly balance blindfold him with a handkerchief and L then have him hold his right _arm straight out from the shoulder. Move the subject’s arm to tHePIght v ‘Over here is the window. You un- derstand the window is on this side, to the right.” Then move his arm to the left and say, “Over there is the door. You understand over here to the left is the door.” Repeat this several times, moving the arm to the ht and left, each time repeating, or “This is the se rigl “This is the door” window. ‘Then say., window to the right.” hand cloerely and you will notice it move slowly just a very small dis tance in one direction or the othe: If it moves to the right he is think- ing of the window, to the left the door. It is interesting to write down which one you have determined he is think- ing about and then ask him, showing the slip you have written. This i8 a simple experiment made possible because a thought in mind Is eager to express itself. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. More Soap, Less Hope. Squeamish folk will kindly keep their canine teeth covered. This is not just another diatribe against the institution of body washing. I am for soap, good Soap, honest soap; unpre- tentlous soap, and plenty of it. If I were king I'd promulgate a law to make the use of soap compulsory for a lot of people who don’'t use half enough of it now. That's what I think of soap. Under my sovereignty T fancy about threefourths of the more pretentious hash depots, hot-dog stands, cabarets and lobster palaces would have to close thelr doors or else lay in large stocks of soap. Soap for the use of patrons, and running water to match. It would be & serious offense, indeed, in my regime for anybody to run in from theater, shop, office or convey- fed or nourished the skin or the com- plexion would be kept, as long as he would keep, on a diet of his own soap. He'd be mad, I suppose. As mad as a big pill manufacturer was when his doctor, losing patience with the old faker's eternal whining, advised him to try a box of his own pills. An Ogdensburg woman—here's a town where good complexions are rea. good complexions—complains that she has tried various soaps, but none of them helps her complexion one bit. Had she consulted me before tak- ing. T could have imparted as much wisdom in about half the number of words she uses. When any soap pur- ports to benefit anybody’'s complexion there is good ground for suspicion that there is something wrong with the soap. I am against any and ali soap which purports to be good for anything else than cleansing. The 1 “Now I want you to think | of either the door to the left or the | Watch his | THE EVE VWillie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN { A “My sister Betty thought her cuil- ing fron was lost an’ it was right in my room where I'd been usin’ it on my dog.” (Copyright, 1026.) What Tomorrow Means to You BY MARY BLAKE. Pisces. ‘Tomorrow’s planetary aspects are quite the reverse of those that prevail today. They are adverse, and counsel strict attention to the daily routine, without any effort being made to initiate anyvthing ne r to effect any radjcal change. Xven in the discharge of customary duties, care must be constantly exercised to down the desire to become in- different, lax and laz: The absence of all stimulating vibrations create a spirit of lassitude, and there will he no incentive to effort or endeavor. In the evening, just after sunset, there are glimpses of a betterment of in- fluences, but they will not he suffi- ciently strong to warrant any action of special moment. Children born tomorrow, according to the signs, are not destined to en, very good health during infanc They will be more than usually liable to the ailments that are wenerally as sociated with early childhood. Much of this trouble can be avoided by proper, well regulated wrishient and an abundance of fresh a In disposition they will prove to be easily amenable to affectionate per- suasion, “although Habte “to develop a tinge of stubbornness if res at any time, is made to forceful methods. They. will always show a dlsposition to do what is required of them, will be acquisitive of information, ambitious and persevering, as well as possessing tenacity of purpose, which will never allow them to relinquish a task until it is successfully accomplished. If tomortow is your birthd you are demonstatively affectionaté, have a Kkindly nature and are unselfish. You lack originality and aggressive- ness, and are more content to dr along In the rut of least than try to create or se portunities inyolving difficulty or work, You are more fitted to fill & secondar: position than one that demands leader- ship and Initiative. This comfortable mental attitude is a detriment to any large measure of success, and not only proceeds from an easy-going tempera ment, but is also attributable to a cer- tain measure of lack of confldence in yourself and your abilities. You are honest and, up to 4 certain point, Industrious and conscientious. You read a great deal, although i do this more for momentary plea than for the sake of acquiring infor mation. Your disposition is generous and non-critical. Your convictions are flexible and. you are never disposed to ght against conditions when they ‘are adverse. e Well Knowif pérs, horn on tha : < AV awion .~ed|x~.fl! Thomas Le Henry J. it James Speed, law’ Clear, portrait painter Bigelow, surgeon and educator; James H. Spotts, rear admiral; Thomas Hast. ings, architect. Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. Child Who Is Too Fat. The fat person is always an object for merriment, be he old or young, and the child who is burdened with too much fat is a pitiful object only because he lacks the philosophy of the adult, who can bear with taunts and gibes at his figure and appear- ance. One naturally feels that a thin child is thin because he gets too little to eat, and this condition the mother feels is her fault and she is a bit ashamed of it. On the con trary, she i=n't ashamed of a child being too fat because even if the con- dition is not an esthetic one she thinks it is quite apparent that the child is getting plenty of good food. Instead she should feel as ashamed is of his emaclated condition. He may be fat and still be badly fed, because he is getting far too much of the fat-making foods for his body to use up and so the excess is stored away as fat. The mother should realize that fat is an indication of her ig- norance of food values and the child’s indulgence in fats and starches rather than those foods which bufld muscles and bones. The very fact that a child is fat makes it harder for him to take the amount of exercise necessary to use up the excess fatty foods, so that the condition grows worse instead of bet- ter. If mothers could read the let- ters which come to me from girls of 12 or 14 who long to know how to re- nce and order or purchase food or |kind of soap I am for is good soap, Arink to be consumed on the prem. |honest soap, unpretentious soap—and ises without having first washed his |there is plenty of that to be had in hands with soap and water. I'd have such offenders placarded thus: “Here's a dirty customer—beware of him."” Oh, T'd be strong for soap if I were king—but I'd hang any soap maker or soap merchant who should venture 1o impute special antiseptic, medici- nal or remedial value to his soap. In my reign the chap who dared to sug- gest to the boob public that his soap Parking With Peggy “If we must have tips for restau- rant waiters, why not hand them to the folks whe wait an hour for serv- we. every grocery, if you know as well as the grocery man knows what you want. I refer to no particular make or brand of soap; many makes o1 brands fill the requirements. The finest soap is at best but a necessary evil so far as the skin or complexion is concerned. Soap en- ables us to dislodge and remove the grime and filth which the skin ac- cumulates from the environment o! civilization, the artifices of this un- natural life. Yet the best soap i rather hard on the skin, for besides removing the dirt it removes the nat ural skin oil (sebum), which is the secret of the ideal complexion, the + softness, warmth and' clear or clean . appearance of the normal skin. Many women who understand this secret wisely employ oils of one kind or an other in place of soap, at least for cleaning the face. One of the mos satisfactory oily preparations for th purpose is ointment of rose water (Unguentum aquae rosae) freshly made up to order in perhaps 4-ounce quantities by the druggist after the formula in his official formulary, the duce themselves so that they won't be objects for derislon, one would not consider the subject a trivial one, even if no matter of health were con- cerned, which, of course, it is. Children suffer & sense of inferiority when they differ markedly from cther children of their age, which affects their whole lives. In addition, fat children, because of their very clumsiness, are liable to falls and injuries which the more agile, thin child escapes. It has been suggested.that a safe way to help the fat child is to keep him at a stationary weight, by a cor- rective diet, until his height and weight are in accord. His consump- tion of fatty and starchy foods should be reduced and he should be given more fruits and vegetables, and one day a week the child may take only soups, vegetables, fruit juices and milk without bread or other starchy foods. As he loses excess fat his ability to exercise more strenuously will help still further in his reduc- tion. Keep in mind that the child needs milk and eggs, he needs vege- tables and fruits and some bread- stuffs, but he does not need so many sweets; nor does he need to eat any Pharmacopoela. The common name for this preparation is cold cream. (Copyright. 1926.) Chocolate Icing. Let one pound of granulated sugar and one cupful of water boil until it spins a thread when a little is poured from a spoon. Beat the whites of three eggs. Pour over the froth the hot sirup, shave one-fourth pound of chocolate into this mixture and add one teaspoonful of vanilla extract. 1 the want columns of s of situations are b them. It 11Ys to ve: ‘The Stas. saur wbtakned thev of these foods in such quantities as he has been in the habit of taking. It is taken for granted in suggest- ing a reduction diet that his fat comes from overeating and not from rome physical disturbance which only medical treatment can cure. e ~— Southern Pancakes. Beat smooth four eggs and one-half a pound of flour. Melt four ounces of butter. In this mix one teaspoonful of baking powder, add two tablespoon- fuls of sugar, and one-half a pint of milk. Heat alfrying pan very hot, grease, put in a spoonful of the batter at a time, spread evenly over the sure face, turn until-brown on both sides.* " of her child being overly .fat as she ! Deplores Indoor Sport of Family Quarrels The Daily Hout— Husband vs. Wife DorothyDix You Husbands and Wives' Who Make Your Homes a Battlefield, Did You Ever Stop to Think That the Children Are the Real Victims? 0 disinterested outsider ever observes the spats in which so many husbnds and wives continually engage without realizing that they quarrel because they enjoy doing so. It is an indoor sport out of which they get a morbid thrill, . Domestle life has become il and monotonous to them.. They have > each other, and o one or the other nothing new and interesting to < L e by ekine. that he of she knows is the iighting starts something by making a re H word that will inevitably precipitat® a scrimmage. And then they go to it, hammer and tongs. It is their way of putting pep into a pepless day. for they know the danger they are running, and the very fact that they are risking their whole life's happiness crisps thelr nerves, a8 going over the top did the soldiers in | the war. Besides which they get a strange and gavage joy out of stabbing with cruel words and in wounding and being wounded by the ones they love and who love them. 5 B It is because married couples love a fight for the fight's sake that s many homes are nothing but a battlefield on which a perpetual warfar goes on. Otherwise the dove of peace would roost on the roof of many al household to which the black flag {s now nailed. For it is folly to say that the average husband and wife who are forever enguged in an acrimonious debate over every trifle that comes up could not, get along with each other if they desired to do so. They get along with other persons. They make allowance for the prejudices and the faults of othe They permit other persons to differ from them. on matters of opinion and taste. They sidestep other persons’ pecullarities. and their tongues when they are deallug with others. diplomatic in handling other perso! They are tuctful and| No doctor would ever have another patient, 1o merchant customer, no man could hold his job if he was as Irritable, as grouchy. as high tempered abroad as many a man s at home and if he said the insulting things to other persons that he says to his wife. No woman would ever be invited to another hridge party or elected president of the sewing soclety if she was as much of a spitfire in public as many a woman is in private and if she sald the nasty things to others that she says to her husband. .s INOW. the rules for keeping the peace are the same everyw here zand ‘hoth men and women are familiar with them. Every man knows that there ! isn't a woman living that he can’t make eat out of his hand by showing he @ few attentions, a little tenderness and consideration and paying her w few compliments. Yvery woman knows thut there {sn't a man that she Jolly along the way wants him to go and who does nut respond to Judicious pplied salv he e i ., who know perfectly well how (o | Alice aforethought rub each other the wrong | enjoy their daily dozen fracases and find S0 when husbands and wi ave friction, deliberately and with n way, it is obviously because they fun in seeing the fur fly. If that were the end of it, we might well shrug our shoulders and. while at their taste, leave them to take their pleasure as they saw fit in the cruel pastime of baiting each other. But, unfortunately, the family spat is not the innocent diversion that husbands and wives appear to th it is, nor does it end when the husband puts on his hat and ban, behind him and goes downtown and ihe wife wipes away a tear or two and goes about her daily taske, ‘The children are the real victims in these family fights. Tt is they w h.J stumble from the domestic bagtleground with shattered nerves, with torn and} biceding spirits and souls, with maimed and deformed characters. All of us have known children who have taken to the streets almost as soon as they could walk to escape homes that were full of bickering and| discord. We have seen how little contro! the fathers and mothers who could | not control their own tempers had over their children, and we have not wondered when truant officers tell us that nine-tenths of the wayward girls and hoodlum boys are the children of divorced parents or else of parents who did not get along together, % JOW comes a great psychiatrist who asserts that he has never known an instance of nervous breakdown in the children of happily married parents who were brought up in a peaceful home. Read that over again. Memorize it, you fathers and mothers who begin the day by having a row at the breakfast table because the coffee isn't just as vou like it or the toast is burnt or you neglected to send up the coal vesterday and forgot to leave the money for the milkman. You think it is of n consequence because your wife knows you don't mean half of what vou say and she is fighting back more from force of habit than anything else. But nelther one of you gives a thought to the children who are listening | to it all, to the children who are learning to regard you with contempt, who are having all of thefr illusions shattered; whom you are teaching to be bitter | and misanthropic, with no faith in anything beautiful or fine. You do not| realize that you may not only be giving them a warp in character that will | bar them from success in life, but that you may be actually dooming them | to a breakdown that will make them wrecks in body and mind. _ i Isn't that a pretty high price to pay for the pleasure of quarreling?~ And ' isn't it a cruelly unfair thing to force your childreén to settle your §eore? | Jar the sake of the chiliren you brought into the world und for whom you: ére responsible, isn't it worth while to den: urself the pleasire. of finding fault with your husband or wife and saying all the mean, acrimonious | things you can think of? use in saying that you can't get along together. You can. if vou| You et along with other persons. DOROTHY DI | (Copyright, 1925.) BEDTIME STORIE Green Forest since my grandfather's time,” said Yowler. | | " *“That may be.” replied Hooty, “but | | there is oné of the family here now. }l saw him here this very night.” | “Hu want o, BY THORNTON W. BURGESS News Travels. great-great. | Bad news travels fast, sou'll find: Good news often falls o I3l Mother Nature. The little people of the Green For- est knew long before Farmer Brown's Boy did of the coming of Puma the Panther, the Mountain Lion. Every one throughout the whole of the ireen Forest, with the exception of Paddy the Beaver and Buster Bear and Bobby Coon and Unc' Billy Pos- am, knew of Puma’s coming almost s soon as he got there. Paddy the { Beaver, living under the ice, of course, knew nothing of what was going on snarled Yowler. “Those | eyes of yours are so big that they | see things that aren't. If vou think you can scare me with any such story as that you had better think " replied Hooty. ere vou 1 would keep my | With this Hooty flew to | look for Old Man Coyot As for | Yowler, he quite clearly was un- | He didn’t want to believe, but | ad to. There was something | about the-way that Hooty had spoken that made Yowler feel that he had been telling the truth. It was ver: disturbing. Yowler never had seen his big cousin, but he knew that that | big cousin was a great deal bigger than he. He was afraid, was Yowler. Before that night was over Old Man Coyote and Reddy Fox and Billy Mink and Little Joe Otter and Shadow the Weasel had heard the news. Before Jjolly, round, red Mr. Sun went to bed behind the Purple Hills the next night Chatterer the Red Squirrel, Happy Jack the Gray Squirrel, Rusty the Fox Squirrel, Jumper the Hare, Peter Rabbit, Mrs. Grouse and all the other little people in feather and fur who were awake had heard the news. And each, when he or she heard it, shivered. No news that had ever reached the Green Forest had caused so many shivers as d!d the news of the arrival of Puma the Panther. But_the ones who shivered most | “But if I eyes ope “HUH!” SNARLED YOWLER. “THOSE EYES OF YOURS ARE S0 BIG THEY SEE THINGS !the h ilm how difficult. th They control their tempers ' | another | | THAT AREN'T.” in the Green Forest. Neither did the others T have mentioned, because they were asleep. It was Hooty the Great Horned Owl who first saw Puma, for it was in the night that Puma came down from the great mountains into the Green Forest. Hooty wasn't really afraid, but he wds very much dis- turbed. This meant one more hunter in the Green Forest, and already there were hunters enough, to Hooty's way of thinking. Hooty flew at once o where he felt sure he would find Yowler the Bob Cat. He found him without any difficulty. “I've news for you. Yowler,” said he. “Huh!” growled Yowler. “You can't have any news that will interest me!" “Oh, can’t I?" retorted Hooty. “I suppose it will not interést you to know that your biggest cousin is hiére in the Green Forest?” s Yowler glared up at Hooty without winking. "“My biggest cousin‘in the North is Puma the Panther,-and there hasn't been one of his family in_ the were Lightfoot the Deer and his fam- ily. Hitherto Lightfoot and Mrs.Light- foot had feared no one but the hunt- | came only for a short time once a year. They respected big Buster Bear but they did not fear him, because ! they knew that they could keep out | of his reach. But now, when they heard the news, they shivered with fear. You see, they knew that Puma the Panther was particularly fond of deer meat. - Egg Fondue. Allow tivo fresh eggs for each per- son to he served, grated Swiss cheese a third as much in quantity as the eggs and butter half the weight of the cheese. Put the butter and grated cheese into a saucepan and set over the fire. As they begin to melt, break the eggs over them and stir briskly until well scrambled and fncorporated with the cheese. A wooden spatula is best for this, but a fork or spoon will answer. Season with salt and pepper ers with the terrible guns, and they Fa SUB ROSA \BY You Cannot Do Both. Strange as it may seem, there are still some girls in- the world—and a Rreat many older women—who are interested not only in attracting men but in forming real friendships with members of their own sex In most cases the former desire out- veighs the latter, but still there is a demand for information as to how to attract woman friends. We have discussed this before, and we have decided that what attracts men has nothing to do with what makes women like yor Now today there is another point to be considered. All of you who tell me th while you're most anxious to have some real girl pals, vou're still more concerned with fascinating men—all of you must realize that you cannot do both things at thesametime If you're at a tea, for instance, one | y keen on | making a good impression with the | afternoon, and you're ves women present, just forget all about good-looking men who may be e If you set yourself out to please ither women—you can do it, no mat- may be. v a little: judiclous flattery—by cfully putting them' in the lime- light—by being thoughtful and at- tentive and sympathétic—you can im- Nt the idea firmly in their minds You're i darn good sport. If you pay no attention to thé men | in the party—just showiug the proper friendly interest in them, and no re—the members of vour own sex who are judging you will decide that you're not a dangerous “‘vamp” type, and so may be allowed . into the Charmed circle of thelr acquaintance- <hip. If, -on other hand, you deter- minedly to please the men pres- ent ¥ou wonm't please many of the women—that's a cinch. It you show off to their hest ad- ntage what wits and charm you ave the men will be interested—but the women will meow. One very clever, girl T know came in to sec me thé®other day. She's t newcomer in town, and she hasn't made 1 great many friends yet. “I'm going over to diuner s tonight.” she told me. “Hope some of the girls will like me. At least, I'm going to try to nake them me “What will you wear?” T asked her. ur stunning jade green? That' ous.” gods! Nol" she exclalmed. “I'm going to try to make a hit with girls—not with the boys. I'm going to wear my nice, little, harmiess, light- blue frock. After I've made the girls like me there will be plenty of time Lo spring jade green on the boys and give them a treat. She had the right doj s like rath v Mrs. Although ning! And they apprectate vour good qual- ities more when the men are not too uppreciative, X popular with hath annot gain that popu- Here is the bag now most often scen and admired—Lanvin's gate- top purse whose roomy recesses so quickly le have won for it unanimous acceptance. And because !of its ample size madame carries it in the crook of her arm like the old underarm bag. By color, leather, but most often by monograms, are individual styles dis- inguished. The tab at the top of the ame makes the ter method one of practical indulgence. For your Spring tailleur one of these bags will afford the note of fashionable perfection MARGETTE. HOW IT STARTED BY JEAN NEWTON. Calling It a “Fine.” “He was fined $10 for speeding— and that isn't the end. He's on pro- bation, to have his license revoked at the next offense!” The word “fine,” which we use so commonly in modern speech for a pecuniary penalty, has changed a shade or two from {ts original sig- nificance. For in its early days a fine would have been the end, while in the instance we have quoted it was only the beginning of the of- fender's troubles! Derived from the Latin “finis,” meaning end, the word “fine” has the specific significance, in low Latin, of a final agreement involving. a sum of money which would make an end of a transaction or dispute or suit or prosecution. According to old feudal law the payment of a fine put an end to property or rent dis- putes between a lord and his vassal, the fine constituting a final concord or judgment. mologically speaking. be synonymous with “finish” or * but that does not help the modern pffendeér against the law, who though he pays his fine needs’ only to repeat his offense to find his diffi- culties beginning all over again! Also in the instance where the judge says, “Fined $100—and 30 days!” It would be necessary to recall the shades of old powers to make that $100 fine the end. I iél the cerReAL " CHILDREN LOVE up. They love . Con- tains bran. For pep “fine” THE PEPTY BRAN FOOD W - - - - FI ATURES Making the Most of Your Looks BY DOROTHY STOTE. Dear Ann: Ifere is an excellently planned dre: for the stout woman. If you look at it, you will notice ti it the entire front of the dress suggests length and straight lines, and when a woman can achieve those two effects she reduces her avoirdupois. Iow much wiser chofce is this frock than a jersey Jjumper suit that one still occasionally sees! Yours for straight dressing. LETITIA (Gopyright. 1926.) DAUGHTERS Martha Dennison at ;! faces the fact that her husband has drifted away from her, as well as her two children, Arthur and Natalie. She meets an attractive bachelor, Perry Macdonald, and accepts his atten- tions without realizing the danger in such an attachment. Perry wmeets Natalie and later sees her dining th ILucien Bartlett, ¢ married man. CHAPTER XV Arthur. { As a matter of fact, Perry was right. | Natalie did know that Lucien Bartlett was married. But she also knew that he attracted her far more than the single men in her set. There was something so gravely deferential in his manner toward her, something de- lightfully stimulating. It was ae thoug Lucien thought of her &s being fashioned from some very precious, fragile material, as though he were grateful for seeing her and being with | ¥ he: The fact that he was married bother- ed Natalie not at all. She had none of Martha's views on the subject. She wasn't in the least sorry for Lucfen’s wife, a woman she had never met, but about whom she hau certain, very definite ideas. Natalie blamed Mrs. Bartlett because she hadn't been able to hold her hus: band. She did not pity her, she was much too young and intolerant for that. Instead, she felt a vast and overwhalming impatience with her. If Lucien had been a villain, if he had run after women because he was bored at home, if he had been unse- lective and undiscriminating, Nataite might have felt differently. As it was, she knew that he was fine, and that he was genuinely devoted to her. That | she was fond of him, that she liked | him at times far more than she ought, | was vaguely troublesome, but only | vaguely ®o. At such times Nataiie succeeded in throttling her consclence. | Her motto was, “Take what the gods | provide.” And so she went on seeing TLuclen Bartlett, meeting him at down. town hotels, and in that way thinking | that her friendship with him would | be unnoticed. As it happened, however, on this | particular evening she had been seen not only by Perry Macdonald, but by some one else whom she encountered in the lobby. That some one else was MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. OF TODAY By HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR no other than her brother Arthur, because they met face forced to throw him a pert “H: and a gay little smile. Arthur responded with a curt n and Immediately Natalie's glan - wept to the girl who was with him That look concealed volumes. It sa st as 3 he had spol off, Arthur, old dear. keep my affairs quiet and Il do the same for you." Natalie had the satisfaction o ing Arthur flush to the roots of hi crisp blond halr. Unlike Natalie, he was very fair, and he had none of he ruddy warmth of personality. But hLe was quick enough to realize tha had recognized Mimi, and he only too well that her look b spoken a challenge. If he atten to interfere with her friendship wi Luclen Bartlett, a married man, would retaliate by spreading news that he was running after a chorus E Not e a chorus gir! all that. Mimi solo dane current show at the I se. didn't care f } infatuation f , and that was b father. Arthur had a tremendous spect for his father and a of him. It woul the old man learn anythin would make things falrly able at the office. That of being in business with s fa 1 one had so little chance to live one's own life. Wasn't was lisplog girl. T'd like to meet her son Instantly Arthur forgot al worries and was gazing rapt blue eves into Mim but em! think of it in love, amounts to the same thing Mimi knew enoug . knew that Arth vas in love with her, and she was quite willing to play with him until some one with mor money came 8. (Copyricht. 1026.) (Continued in Tomorrow's P | News bulletins are displaye. walls inside factorfes of Russ keep workers posted on current ever without leaving thelr tasks. down bea Stay Individual Handkerchief Bags. One mother say | It was annoying to constantly find | solled handkerchiefs lying around in | conspicuous places in the house, so I made laundry bags lined with scraps of rubber sheeting for each little girl I bought fast-color names for a few cents per dozen at the notion counter | of a department store and sewed them on the corner of each child’s handker- chief. A handkerchief found outside its bag detracts from the high stand- ard we strive to maintain. 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