Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1926, Page 22

Shaking Out the Wrinkles or Dust BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. Some of the articles about a home freshened or cleaned by the e of shakil It is importa: shaking. nt, mr. to realize what the things rugs are seriously hurt and some kinds ‘of rugs are actually ruined. So never Beat and sweep it, or cleaner, but do not put endous, wracking strain Laundry Hints. ¥ On the other hand, we find that shaking the articles4m a wash before ‘hanging them on the line saves much work and does not hurt the garments. Of - course, the articles shoul be shaken lightly. You will notice that of shaking. +| expert laundresses always shake the TO AFTER LAUNDERING, BE SURE TO HOLD NAPKIN IN CENTER. ' are, for it is ruinous to shake some articles while it iS~beneficial to shake others. When wrinkles are to be taken out, shaking is a good thing in most instances. When dust is to be eliminated, caution must be exercised. For example, dusters should be shaken, and dry mops, but rugs may be ruined in the process, It has been a common mistake to shake rugs. The smaller ones can be shaken. so easily, and there is a cer- tain satisfaction in watching the dust float away on the breeze as it comes in waves from the fabric. But it is one of the most harmful of cleansing processes. The strain on the weave cannot readily be estimated. Threads snap and edges get frayed. The finest BEDTIME STORIE Giant Who Wasn't a Giant. égwlnnca- 80 oft deceive. *Tis hard to know what to believe. —Danny Meadow Mouse. ‘When Peep, the smallest of the clothes after wringing them, and again when hanging them on the clothesline. The creases made in the fabric by the |- wringer will smooth out nicely in this way and will not have to be ironed out. A decided saving of labor is thus simply made. e Tassels and Fringe. Fringe and tassels require shaking. In fact, it is not so hard on them to be shaken as to be combed out, and they ‘must have one or the other things done to them. Now thatfringe is again appearing on nape and towels, they will have to be or combed) to look right. So itsis mportant to know how to do the shaking. Fringed doilies should be taken by the center, so that all edges would get the benefit of the process. Grasp the napkin thus and shake with a light touch, having the ends each time strike the edge of the padded ironing board. Never shake the things with a heavy downward stroke, so that the strands pound against the board. Learn to ralse the hand quickly Just before it reaches the level of the board. This gives a motion that may be likéned to flipping, and it straight- ens out the fringe marvelously. ' Towels, Ete. Fringed towels should be a little way above the fringed portion and shaken in the same way, having the fringe hit the board lightly but definitely with each downward motion of the hand. It is not a good idea to shake table- cloths. The - crumbs are scattered about and the cloth gets mussed and never looks quite as spick and span or fresh afterward. Use a crumb set grasped SHAKE FRINGE STRAIGHT |or an old napkin and a plate. Mops. No discussion. on . the process of shaking would be ecomplete without a word about shaking mops and dusters. If you live in a house, especially one in the country or the suburbs, the housewife is free to do it without fear of bothering any other housewife. ‘Those who live in apartments have to be careful about.shaking dry mops out of windows, for the family below may have the windows open and then dust blows in. Cut a hole in the center of an old hat box cover large enough to admit the mop handle. From it cut a straight piece to the edge, through which the handle may pass. Run the mop handle through it to the center. Put the cover om the box and shake, and the dust will not scatter. BY THORNTON, W. BURGESS presently once more he sailed. or three times he gircled around mudpatch before ing up his mind to come down. n, with his wings set he sailed down until he could drop his long legs and touch the mud. He Bandpipers, together with his' friends ran a few steps, then stopped, stretch- and relatives flew away from the mudpatch, on the edge of which Dan- ny Meadow Mouse w g y was greatly d 0l 5 e the ' feathered "folk of the Green Meadows. Down here on the ‘salt marsh near the seashore he saw none ©of the feathered folk of his acquaint- *PM TATTLER THE YELLOW: LEGS,” REPLIED THE STRANGER. ance. So he was eager to make new ecquaintances. 'Peep and his com- panions had appeared -such sociable little folk as they ran this way and that over the mudpatch that Danny had felt that they would be neighbors worth while. t away they had gone before he really had had a chance to make their acquaintance. “I wish I had somebody to talk to, said Danny. “There's a lot I want to know, and however am I going to find out things if I can’t ask que: ns? 1 shall come over here every day and perhaps I may get really acquainted with Peep and his friends. Now I wonder who that is whistling? It {sn't Farmer Brown’s Boy, because Farmer Brown's Boy isn’t over here nt the seashore. It is just as loud a whistle as Farmer Brown's Boy, though. I declare, I believe it is up in ‘the air!" Danny looked up. Then he squat- fed down so that the grass would hide him. A bird was coming his way. t was a big bird. At least, it looked to Danny, and Danny is always suspicious of big birds. This on: ling. There was no doubt about 1t, that whistle was coming from this “Whyee!” exclaimed Danny to him- 1f. “It must be a Giant Sandpiper! ‘es, sir, that fellow must be a Giant Bandpiper! ~Anyway, he looks a lot like Peep and Teeter, the two Sand- w, only-he is ever so ipers I kno 3 &l:h bigger, his bill is longer and his are longer and his neck is long- ‘wish he would come down where ‘might have a good look at him.” t was as if the stranger had heard . He swung around just above ny, his long legs stretched out " behind and his long neck and long bill stretched.straight out in front. AB he passed over-Danny his pointed wings were set and he sailed. Then began to beat his wings again and ; the art of thr deamaris poor ; {Tn: & minor centributing Factor — i | ing hid wings straight up above his ;fllclk. i foldifig them care- ully, with head up, looking a plcture of watchfulness. ~ Then, satisfied that there was no danger, he began to run‘about. in the shallow water in the middle of that patch of mud. ' Danny suspected that he was catching tiny fish in there, and this is exactly what he was doing. At last the stranger came out of the svater and began to pickeup things on the mud. ‘So at last it happened that he was very close to Danny. His legs were vellosy. © His neck and breast ‘were white or grayish.heavily spotted with dark, and his back was dark spotted with white. His long bill was black. As he stood in front of Danny he teetered on those long legs of his, somewhat after the manner of Teeter the Spotted Sandpiper, whom Danny had known at the P?l. Danny moved ever so little. Instant- Jy the stranger’'s bright eyes were fixed on him and the stranger’s H‘n‘l were lifted just a little as if for ht. “Don’t go!" squeaked Dantty. “Please don’t go.” ‘“Who are you?” st please, who are you?” “I'm_Tattles the Yellow-legs,” re- plied the sti =3 Your Bnby and Mine Timely Teeth. Every step of the baby's progress is watched by the mother Jeal- ous eyes. She wants her baby to measure up or s every other ‘baby:-of ‘her ;and she feels a real sense of shame when her Laby ecan’t display some shining at_the proper time. » Only “a’nover hour ‘or so;, an' nen T'll see the p'rade—I got a good ‘Tomorrow’s planstary aspects are very favorable until shortly after noon, when they suddenly change and become overcast and adverse and re- main so for the balance of the day. Only in the morning will there sensed those feelings of encourage- ment and - elation which justify the launching of a new enterprise or‘the carrying out of any radical change. Thereafter prudence suggests dally routine, and concord demands a care- ful exercise of self-control that will be needed in order to dominate the tendency to become captious, critical and fault-finding—a nuisance, not only to yourself, but to all those ‘with to benefit these children or exhortation. It tomorrow is vour birthday you have a very c nature and are generous, intense and confiding. = You are continually building castles in the air, and although such an occupation is not véry profitable, you derive a great, deal of pleasure from allowing your powerful imagination to run riot. Your liberality in thought and action is at times quixotic, and you surely are convinced that “it is more blessed to give than receive,” although it would be more to your advantage if you could place a limit on the giving of confidences and realize in this con- '.Dlnd | nection that ‘‘what a person know doesn't hurt.” ) Your love, and you are bubbling over with if, is souled 'and pure, and you, others, need the ¢onstant and steady devotion of your mate, It would take you a long time to recover from the Ih% of a shattered ideal, 3 Capper, former Governor ot publisher;. Paul D. Cravath, and ‘William H. Burr, engineer, demanded the | ranger. . “I'm Danny Meadow Mouse. If you Now: just what is the proper time? | Usually “at five of six months the baby cuts two wee lower front teeth. By thé time he is a year old he has four n-prr center ‘teeth with which to bite“his nice, hard toast. a year some: . ch “will cut the other two lower , called the lateral incisors, so that these children will have eight teeth at'a year in- |° stead of the average six. & At 18 months six np? teeth will have been cut,’making 12 in all, four, double teeth, and either the eye and stomach teeth or both. At two years most children will possess 16 teeth, and at two and one- | permanent set and they are the key. teeth of v‘r‘il.l Jaw. If they are lost the jaw shrink, and the other teeth ‘may come in out of line. They are valuable teeth, because .the , and mother often mistakes them for baby teeth they Should Children Urge Their Parents to Stop Work While. They' Are- Still Energetic? —Modern ", Daughter No Longer the Family Sacrifice.” DEAR MsE DIX: 3 : the last :“Our mother keeps a boarding house, 'we are tired of it and wan m{?;'o’;nv. it up and 1u:t:hfln Mt.hou:nmq.: for bt But ndent and refu . Besides e gets a great deal" leasure of her 'mr:Q ‘What do you '-'Evu-r RUBY AND mum “Answer: T think your mother is business.and make her own I al Far too many parents flv':uup down on their children to be slump when we feel old and force ourselves on a bit, d wind.” Then we are not r; but often do the best work But if we have the courage. t we get what William James used only: good for many more years of our whole lives. To_children their parents always seem much older and.more. feeble than are,” They are actuated by the noblest of motives when they beg ers to give up their business or their jobs, and urge their mothers to break up their homes and come and live with them and be supported, but it 18 nearly always a mistake, The old people misg their occupation; they miss having something.to do in which they are interested and which will absorb their time and energies. They miss their independence and so they become peevish, fretful, interfering old people who ruin 8o many homes. ’ ¥ 3 ‘That is the gist of the whole in-daw trouble, It's the old people who have nothing to do but find fault and nag who run their sons and daughters and daughters-in-law crazy. A It is a dutiful gesture for a son or daughter to say, “Mother and father, come and live with me. Fold your hands in idleness and let me take care of you.” But the wise thing, and the thing that would make the old people happiest, would be for their children to urge mother and father to stay in their own homes and keep busy. ‘Work is Just as necessary for the old as it is for the young, and it is bett.rlor'.'hluldm'orkmohu'dtm not to work at all. S0 don’t urge mother to give up her boarding house. Encou: her togo on with it. It will make for her h.nm:lne‘- ‘lnd for you DO 'HY DIX. DEABI(ISSD!X: My sister and I never agree. I am very modern in all my ways. She is not. My sister has been away from home for a year in a big city, where she works and salary. ik (o makes a fine ‘We have a good home & My sister is a good girl and is devoted to my father, place to be at home. What do you think? e Answer: I don't think you are as modern as mnt of view about a woman's place be!n(ln’vu there or not, and it being a daughter" even if they require no cherishing, is the o ned one that sounds iike something out of a hair.trunk'in the attic. I can see no reason for your sister, or any other girl, remaining at home if she can better her condition and make more money l‘: a city, or ntf‘nn':nda city life more entertaining and interesting to her. Of course, I am presuming :Ihpl:nfl:: 18 llvln(: doletent, l‘lom::'l.hlei life, but that does not depend ivironment. 'S a matter of character, and a goes crook in a city would not run straight in a village, il b 2 ' It'is evéry daughter's duty to do her par in ing to her s-nnu Wwhen they are old and sick, hm is ::"pgn“ e ice her life just to be companion to them. And unless vice | mother are monstrously selfish, they do not ask this of her. In olden times when we held to the theory that ev wpman was pre- ed sacrifice to her family we thought it proper f ‘;’buytoxo(on; Into the world and seek his fortune, but that a girl shotild sit at home and hold mother’s and father's hands, even though she had to sacrifice her chances :‘t‘ 'm:lns v:;.rmd or her opportunities to make a career for herself in the hings more fairly and more reason why daughter should be the famil; 2;“;'::0 So the ‘lrl‘nmloflhh.lnd mortgage the old rtabl Ehe could not have done 1t she had stayed at E s it The net result is that the old people are better off in the long run, and she has a happy, full life instead baiked old maid. e Moeme vy i DORGTHY Bi N we see t y there is why whhhmhhher-:: DOROTHY DIX: I have one child, a of ¥ hig stru; “difficult.” When we are o o ST ;:gl nut. how n::wh h-h m« me, but o ‘erent, resents my s! any tinge of auth that he has no affection tornfuo.” This - u& any suggestion which might help me? Answer: Good gracious, woman, 5 know anyt| ;‘."”Y pgcho 2 ’h , don't you ; ything in the World very boy, who is a real boy and not a little sissy, and acts exactly as your son does. There isn't a_real boy in the worg.‘:rho doesn’t resent being babied and kissed m:.ficvad before people, and if you want to mum"your son actually hate you, him “‘dearie’”’ or “sweetheart” or “little lover"” as 1 have heard silly mothers do, and hold his hand in public. ‘There is no other creature so and sensiti: ‘There other human being that has to be h:‘:n’dled with nd'l.t:c.tmylnmlqh !l;: is hungry for love. He yearns for caresses. He is utterly responsive to Aks “l::é“; you must choose warily the time and place for your Tt shames a boy for his mother to kiss him publicly and call him baby and order him around before his fellows, but the kiss she gives him E thep:‘rk at m the :dmt:x‘l.mn she Man'd' when they talk things over privately togt , shapes character and are memories that 3 treasfires in his heart as long as he lives. DOROTHY Dntc 2 * 7 ' (Cobsright. 1026.) Lo EAT AND BE HEALTHY' Dinak-Day's Daily Talks on Diet The Right Food Is the Best Medicine “Graclous! But I'm hot!" is the wail of thousands .on a sizzling Summer boe e day. Work to be done and the mind fuming over the weather. Everybody can’t - vacation the whole Summer §82383%-E08 ; ;Egfigag Eag/ ture. P umwmhmmtohmflnh- ing. Fresh fruit juices are wholesome effect. But eg 2] i . | the - Giving Elaine the Spotlight. Once upon a time six girls reigned as social queens in tmlrg:.m suburb. They were smart, pretty girls, all of them; they went with nice boys, wore nice clothes, attended nice dances— Ei.gr-m:i.rl had n_ particular er own c man. Each girl had her hope chest and her plans for the future, and altogether they seemed as peaceful a group as ever played mah-jong to- Then Elaine appeared on the scene. She swept into town one day in a racer and nothing was ever 1 again. She flashed on the startled vision of the members of the country club and there was a general gasp. Elaine shunned simple little frocks lg:mprhu for a girl of her years. BShe went In for vivid wisps of flame- colored ~ chiffon, displaying both shouler-blades to the fullest advan- r hair did not lie smoothly close to her forehead in graceful waves. It was entirely and utterly off her . It was cut short like a man’s, and her long, dangling ear-rings gave her a foreign look. She talked French a great deal, danced almost wickedly, and, it must be confessed, got more attention from the boys than our six heroines had ever ‘dreamed of receiving. ‘Well, they grouped together and declared a ban against Elaine. They told each other loudly and firmly that she was wicked, fast, loud and daring. They didn't like her. She couldn't be in_their crowd. Then they each privately took the especial boy friend aside and put it to him frankly:- “I'd rather you didn't dance with that awful Elaine Parks. ‘What will people think of me if they see the boy I'm practically engaged to having anything to do with that girl?” ete., etc. : ‘With the result that the boys, who had merely thought Elaine great fun and the most unusyal looking person 'd seen if some years, turned attention to her more seriously. If all the girls were banded against her there must be something interest: about her! |.“‘!'I've ':kl after our little band of six had issued their separate uiti- matums ~to - their respective suitors orian | at least three of the boys were wildly infatuated with-the newecomer. And their three sweethearts were broken- B earted. All those girls had done. the wrong thing—used the wrong tactics. If they'd taken Elaine in, made a friend of her, accepted her naturally as one of them, she'd have fitted in all right in _time. But they made her an outsider and 80 they threw the spotlight on her. Did you ever see a man who wasn' attracted by a spotlight? If you feel that a girl is golng to be dangerous to your happiness, try to make friends with her—try to make her one of your group. Don’t make her doubly alluring and attractive by warning your man against her. (Covyrisht. 1926.) SR B e Dear Ann: The shoe on the right, with its bow and its broad strap running up the instep, will make the short, broad foot appear shorter and broader, and so should not be attempted by any but the long, slender foot. But the sim- plicity of the other shoe will impart a satisfying suggestion of length and slenderness. Yours for putting the right shos on both feet, LETITIA. \ (Copyright. 1926.) PALE HANDS BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR. Leila Marsh. who Ras alivaye been aecustomed 1o 'idieness. s left. without money. She finds her rich Iriends are of the Joir-ceather variety. and. hecause She' Aas mever Tauaht io" do any- ihing. "% o, take o position ar s oin Mona Fnasiew. I3 e Tamily” aremick ‘ingeiey and larry, the som. Mona realizes that, ve her monew. Leila is as good as shé to ‘amuse herself Rumiliates the notanily” before giher “peopic. A oy "Leila's Deauty “perse: ‘her in another way. CHAPTER XIV. Reviewing the Past. Richard Kingsley had married Mona Porter when she was 18 and he 22. He had loved her with all of a boy's first adoration, loved her for her golden hair and her cerulean blue eyes, and the pink and white miracle of her skin. He had thought of her as a goddess and because he was 8o young he had not looked deeper than her physical -perfection. But the honeymoon was scarcely over before he began to realize that she was not as he had pictured her. She was selfish and shallow, incapable of any real love. She demanded admiration as her due and was happiest when men flocked around her while other women raged. It wasn't long before he realized that she cared no more for him than she did for any other man. She had married hi use of his money and his prospects, conscious that wealth would enable her to keep her beauty flawless so that she would never lack the admiration that she craved. Even during their honeymoon she had flirted lightly with other men, encouraging their attentions, smiling into their eves, Richard had been “{very yourg then and had-loved her *1 wish 1 before the world back when Papa was a boy 't wicked for him to steal ons.” - (Copyright. 1926.) . HOW IT STARTED BY JEAN NEWTON. “An Ax to Grind.” This is a much-used expression for having a miotive or seeking a benefit tabls | with which Benjamin Franklin has-of- ten been credited. But old Ben really does not enter into the true story of its origin. les Miner, a writer, who died Charle it in ll“h:old its story in 1811 in an es- very much. On one occasion he had flown into a jealous rage, storming at her futilely as she stood before him, calmly unmoved. > She had made no attempt to justify herself, knowing her power over him, and sure that she could draw him back into her toils. And she had, again and again, done this very thing, until at the ¢nd of two years, Richard’s disillusicqment was com- plete. Not only was\he disillusioned with Mona, but with The best of them wdje covetous and incapable of emotion f’They gave what love they had to tlf highest bidder. He had seen it hapi§1 over and over again once his eyes “were opened. They had been marrjed a little more than a year when ‘was born. Richard, still blinded by Mona's beauty, had beén thrilled and de- lighted, marveling as most strong men do at the sacrifices women are forced to make. t Barry from the very first had beeli Mona’s own child. He looked like his mother and as he grew older showed plainly that he had inherited her traits. He had a certain brilliance of mind, but would not apply himself. He had been tu- tored into college, but had flunked out after his freshman then he had done nothing but loaf about and spend money. Richard had threatened time and again to throw him out on his own, but Mona had always interfered. “He's still so young. Let him have a good time for a year or 8o, and then we can find him something to do.” 1 other women. | And while Barry loafed and had a good time in the -way youth enjoys itself in these modern days, he was gradually being converted into a worthless, young bounder. During the years that love had been denied him, Richard had given most of his time and thought to being a success. At 40 he was rich, able to give Mona the luxuries she desired, but he was far from being happy. ‘There were times when he thought that money. was almost a curse. He wondered how It was with people who had to deny themselves. He won- dered if their problems were simpler. At first when his disillusionment with Mona had caused an ache in his heart that was almost physical pain, he had wondered what it would be like to be married to a woman who loved him for himself. Then gradu- ally he had grown to believe women incapable of unselfish emotion, until when Lefla entered the household, he was a confirmed cynic. In Leila, he saw merely a woman possessed of enough beauty to enable her, in spite of the lowliness of her position, to trade on the weaknesses of men. But Mona’s torture of the girl who was apparently inexperienc- ed followed by Barry's attempt to take advantage of the fact that she was a menial, had aroused his sense of fair play. Perhaps he did not con- sciously admit this, but it was true just the same. (Copyright. 1926.) (Continued in Tomorrow’s Star.) ————— 'W. Peters, a postman of Isleworth, England, has just retired after having walked 234,000 miles delivering let- ters. TRY LEMON JUICE TO WHITEN SKIN ‘The only harm- less way to bleach the skin white is to mix the juice of two lemons w.th three ounces of Orchard White, which any druggist will supply for a few cents. Shake well in a bot- tle, and you have a whole -pint of the most won- derful skin whitener, softener and beautifier. Massage this sweetly fragrant lemon bleach into the face, neck, arms and hands. ¥t cannot irritate. Famous stage beauties use it to bring that clear, year. Since | Pl bought ready to use because it acts best immediately after it is prepared. Orchard White A SAFE deduction _—that Chase & Sanborn’s Seal - BrandCoff with its distinc- ~ tive quality and - flavor will win