Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1926, Page 43

WOMAN’S PAGE. . iy Making the Most of Your Looks BY DOROTAN STOTE. Dear Ann: Let the stout woman beware of taf- feta. Tt is much too stiff and unyield ing for her frocks. The softer crepes and crepe de chine will never add the bulk that a taffeta would. Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. Diet Only Help for Teething. Mrs, 11, A. R—The addition of lime | water to a child's diet would have no | effect whatever on its ability to hurry and get teeth. The lime it needs is {found in miik, green vegetables and fruits. If the baby is getting all of these, and plenty of air, there is really nothing else you can do but waif until | the teeth come in. His diet seems all right. You failed to send an address. so that I shall have to wait until you send a stamped and self-addressed en- velope before sending you the feeding leaflet. Some Weights. Mrs. E. W, R T'wenty-one pounds I the average weight for one yea 2l 1 e average for a boy 14 pounds for a hoy From these you can see children are all of better than standaid weight. Perhaps they are unusually tall. The first set con- tains 20 teeth. Mrs. T. 8. and Mra. C. W. B.—Please send a self-addressed and stamped en- velope and ask for leatlet No. 7, which answers your question. Nirs, M. I1--You have no cause to be concerned ahout your 16.month- old_baby. She Is a splendid weight and being well fed. 1 should suggest that she have vegetables every day, instead of ever 3 Mra. W. C. premature baby the welght !s very good. It is doubtful if the baby nad colic for four months, and perhaps the wakefulness s ur His Back to a Rock. "Tis whi behind and not before That makes the difference in the score —Old Mother Nature. | That which 18 in front of you, you an see; but that which is behind you, you cannot see and still keep yvour eyes in front. So It ix most imporiagt to make sure of what is behind--even more lmportant than to make sure of what is in front. Kven in times of trouble and danger there is everything in your backing. There fs nothing like having & rock at your back. That is, unlexs it happens that you want to run away. Johnny Chuck was exploring in the 0ld Pasture. Never had he been along BEDTIME STORIE f BY THORNTON W. BURGESS BY JENNY WRE dancing about and running ahead of Johnny, so at last they all lay down for a nap. But Johnny was so excited with his explorations that he didn't stop to nap, t0o; he kept right on. Yes sir, he kept right on without anyhody to warn him, of what might be ahead of him. And'so it was that as he came | around the big rock he came face to face with Old Man Coyote, who was on his way hom 0ld Man Coyote had crossed over from the other branch of that cowpath—the one Johnny Chuck had not gone down. “}uh!” exclalmed Old Man Coyote, and grinned. “Huh! If this {sn't John ny Chuck! And what are you doing way over here, Neighbor Chuck?" Johnny Chuck is no coward. isn’t_one teeny, weeny cowardly hair on Johnny Chuck's body. The proof of this ix that now every ene of them stood right up on end. “Johny did his best to grin back at Old Man Coyote, but his grin wasn’t much of a success, excepting in that it showed all of his sharp teeth. Johnny backed up after A hasty look over his sheulder. He hacked up Against the great rock. Then he looked straight at Old Man Coyote, and this time he did a little better in grinning. He did almost really grin. 0ld Man Cayote sat down, and as he sat there looking at Johmny Chuck something very like respect came to Old Man Coyote. His first thought had been to kill Johnny Chuck at once, but now, on second thought, he realized that killing Johny Chuck nothing to do with its persc The tiny garden can be coldly or the very large one friend cheerful. does not tell one whether the HOME NOTES Te size of a garden has absolutely A glimpse of this garden approach FEATURES. WHEN WE GO SHOPPING BY MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN. Second-Hand Furniture. |as to condition is another | In your receipt have the co cou'll be tempted | the article stated clearly. Try to learn, If vou can furniture is heing sold. Tt 1 proved to be unsatisfactory one else. here may have he in the hov If the house ment has been sublet, yon m: ing furniture which doesn’t 10| the seller at all. Beware . danger, that of buying furnit: Iy belongs to a credit con installments hay« onality. formal | and | to buy ggcond-hand furniture becanuse | you welcome a chance to save money But don't buy a piece of furniture second-hand until you have priced it new. Few women know enough abhont furniture prices to be safe. and natu rally they are in poor position Judge values. Furniture deteriorates with age, es pecially so-called modern furniture that two identical pieces. one new one 10 yeurs old, may differ wid | value. There I8 no way of teiling exactly how old furniture is unless | qifcult to find second-hand | vou recognize aw old-fashioned patterr « which will just meet your ne or design. Old furniture that has heen | ma " pac piore than vou ha handled may 100k newer | (o"in ‘order 1o get a piece th tivaly new furniture YHAE ha | movs to SoRI8 One eliw: My essly treated old furniture is too large ane R e e o B s T sl sl i with reputable people, or people wha | 8 will hear investigation and who can furnish references. In few cases is furniture worth more than 25 to 33 per cent of it original cost price. If you have doubts about the cost price f an article ask for the bill of sale It isn'f unusual for purchasers secorid-hand furniture to find that | they have bought damaged stuff. A | people, garden These are some of the 1} which vou should watch. | | Anaconda skins from Rraz skins and shark skins are iw in the manufacture of fancy women Let | e ————— at night and the colic all arose from the same cause, dissatisfaction with | the food. It might be v well" to ve a bottle feeding In addition to the i.dn’'t be such an easy matter. With his back to that rock, Johnny would be able to put up a dreadful Yours for soft lines, LETITIA. (Cobyright. 1926.) “HUE EXCLAIMED OLD MAN ding blossoms which border it seem ne_from readers are an; Parkes (adma: Gouncil_of Churches o . Dr. Cadman seoks 1o answer 'ihat appear to be representative of | Fe A o in many letters | outh Bend, Ind. Wil yon kindly name the most pleturesque and striking passage from | the pen of the late Thomas Carlyie? Answer: There are many passages of Carlyle’s that are notable. Among them all T prefer his de seription of the capiure of the Bastille in “The French Revolution mbridge, Mass. I realize that ne subiect. least of a8l suoh a difficult one as rellgion. can be condensed Into a few inches of newspaper spact I am a skeptl all progress ha of accepted theories, tianity, Protestantisn covery of our conntry. To tell the truth. | what te helieve ahont why I shovld helieve any called “religions.” Will you kindly vor answers to t tions: 1. What does tianity predict as an agnostic? 2. Christianity has Will it not haie its 3. In view of the of our leadinz brains of the I jected Christianity does it not seem 1o of what will ta common intellect 4. In what W superior to oiher fnatance Confucianisin? 5. In school our children are sup posed 1o be taught think. Why ask them to helieve thines in religion which cannot be proved. which are | denied by opposing religions and which conld well be different? These are some of the questions | which it will he necessary f Christian relizion to explain or lose strength eontinuously. 1 have no | quarrel with the matives of most good | Christians, but [ feal that many high minded non-conform have equally high metives. I donht stronel that my challenge 10 cast 1 any of the ahove guestions wi epted Answer: A sanitating icism ahout dubious matieis of helief well | Becomes every intelligent on. But | doubt of all accepted 1heories has been more often than not ‘he result of an | overmastering faith In a far hetter theory. Columbus was suspicious of | the current ideas ahout the western | ocean because he had better, though | not correct, ideas of hix own on that ssue. 1. Christianits arding to Ch fdentifies faith in Him with a reason conviction that Tlix claims Lord are valid. Tle ht belief was the delibernie and willtul | rejection of that whi-h those who re fected it knew to he true. | From this standpoint the future state of an agnostic (me who claims he simply does not know) should he Jeft to the determination of a just and Joving God be sure that honesty of o more gecept ahle to God is to man. 2. Chris - is not described i the New I having “risen.” but as a revelation of the Divine Will te man which is superior t eontingencies of deca: . Your statement is somewhat mophisticated. What sre the best brains? Wha are the leading thinkers? St. Paul waa either nnknown to or ignored by the wisest minds gof his | day. Where are they and where is he in the present experimental esti-| mate of humanity Probably Chr manded quite its lectual power in ever religlon has done more raise the common level of men:ality. “The must intelligent nations are Christian na- tlons. 4. Christianity’s superfority to | other religions can be practically tested by a careful comparison of the | peoples and lands which profess any one of these religions. l.et China rep- | helieve that me through doubt including Chri: and the dis and 1 not knew religion or of the so. do ist me by giving following ques- Chris ate for present day future s many | best that have or in part, the trend when our evel is raised” Christianity religions, for ny e a skey has com- | re of intel And no tfanity s to JacuaaacaTaacaacaaaa None better | taught | to eook | pound QUESTIONS PARKES CADMAN resent Confucianism, the religion you name. Let Sweden or ilolland be se- lected to represent Christianity. The comparison speaks for itself. If yoy say the test begs the | question, my answer is that the in-| most spirit of Christianity, according to Christ, s one which cannot be catalogued in a creed. nor completely | compared with the tenets of a rival belief. 1t is pre-eminently the re- ligion of Inwardness and love. I am heartily in aympathy with that children should be nothing Injurfous to though. But their own souls cannot be “proved,” nor much else which they nevertheless deeply experience. If children or adults though nothing ex cept what they could “prove,” they would face intellectual bankruptey. Inscfar as you protest against re- citing needless physical prodigies or miracle mongerings 1 agree. All re ligions have their stupendous belts such secondary matter, since su- stitions are hound to stallize vour desire of per auestions. they ex- who are, “high- They press the attitude of many in vour own good phrase, minded non-conformists.” (Copyright, 1926.) Custard Pie. Line a deep pie dish with pastry. Boil of milk with the thinly-pared rind of one lemon, then allow it to simmer for 40 minutes. Mix ne tablespoonful of flour to a smooth paste with a little cold milk, then stir it for time, of three well one quart five minutes, stirri | then add a quarte « ar. rain vd heaten eggs. Pour mixture into the prepared ple and bake in a moderate oven three-quarters of an hour. Prune Dumplings. Stone and chop one pound of prunes and mix with them one cupful of fine- Iy chopped suet, one cupful of bread erumbs, one cupful of flour, one cup ful of sugar und three-fourths tea- spoonful of k soda. with buttermilk =soft batter. Pour into a well greased dish or mold, cover with buttered paper and steam for three hou Turn out and serve with sweet sauce. the A | the | dish | for | s Safe, indeed, for the most precious gold or silver for Solarine is absolutely free from ammonia or acids. Will not redden or roughen hands. 1t's the only polish you can trust. Sold by good grocers, hardware, drug stores and auto shops gaxaATATIAAOAIASTaaA at any price DWINELL-WRIGHT €O - Boston Chicage e e inte the saucepan, allow ! mixing it COYOTE, AND GRINNED. this 0ld cowpath before, and so but for what the Merry Little Breezes told Mim as they danced ahead of him he didn't knew what to expect as he rounded each turn. It was quite ex- . citing and it was a lot of fun, and ter. You did not state if your baby is | Johnny was beginning to feel quite weaned or still breast fed. If the Iat- | himself again. He didn't give the Old ter, the cure will likelv come when | Orchard and his home over there a you have weaned the baby and put | thought. He didn’t even miss Polly her on a fuller and more satisfactory |("huck. Always he had wanted to visit diet. You told so little about her hab- | the Old Pasture, and never had he its and how she is being fed that It 8+ haen there before. Now was his chance tmpossible to make any definite state- and he had to make the most of it ment about why she should fight sleep, | j» had even forgotten that there or what to do about it | might be danger. He had forgotten | that it was in the Old Pasture that Old | Man Coyote lived. So is was quite a dreadful surprise to almost walk into Old Man Coyote, and that is what Johny Chuck did. Yes, sir, he did. You see, all the Mer- ry Little Breezes had grown tired of renst feeding at the 6 o'clock meal, and this may entirely do away with the fretfulness at night. Wl fed bables are notoriously good sleepers, und underfed ones are wakeful, More Wakefulness, { Mrs. B, Please read above let- Parking With Peg; JUICE OF . LEMON WHITENS SKIN Th way to bleach the skin white is to mix the juice of lemons with three ounces of Orchard White, which any druggist will supply for a few cents. 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Then Johnny once more went on his way. Good Rice Pudding. |auart of milk, onehalf a cuj sugar, and a few hits of butte; very slowly for nearly two hou not move the dish around too in the oven. This pudding creamy and can be served eit or cold. (Copyright. 1926.) seirei Spitzbergen is the one place in the world where it is possible to live in comfort without illness, for, owing to the Arctic air, it has heen found that no disease germs can exist there, lative bodies in Indla in large or small, but one feels that it | good cabinetmaker can make too skill- | LT btk e aly &t claseul ful A repafr for vou to nodce, but not The prim white picket fence, the |100 skiliful for an upholsterer or eab. gate with Its iron arch.and quaint old | inetmaker, whom you may get ta ac- | {lantern fo light the way in summer [OMpany you. to notice and call o [ dunke are most alluring. The Hittle | vour attention. A written guarantee | white flagstone path, with its tufis of | | | green xrass, meandering pleasantly off = | | behind the trees, and the gayly nod. Lessons in Eng] h | YOl ow happy and hospitd To one-half a cupful of rice add one in a baking dish and bake in the ov Hindu women now are eligible to|“His knowledze of the hidden facts hecome members of the various legis- | that motivated their deeds gave him, is calls GORDON. and let BY W. L. - g say Words often misused: Don't Say | “there is no use of me going." of my going.” Often mispron: cent the adj v verh on Iast syllable. Often misspelled Bynonyms: Anger, animosity, enmity, tipathy, hostility, malice. Word study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in crease our vocabulary by mastering | one word each day. Today's a Motivate; to act as the motive for.| Absent firnt S myils energy. Coerce, not se. hate, hatred, aversion, an grudge, dislike, | pful_of r. Put | n { re. 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