Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1926, Page 46

WOMAN’S PAGE. THE SPIDER WOMAN BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR. Bhe and Harry were conversing on a general subject when he entered the room. John Henderson and Helena Ford were engaged to be married and John is tired of her. At first he decides to tell her and then chenges his mind and they are married. When they return from their honeymoon Helena finds her younger sister, Natalie, engaged. Bhe also_discovers that the love detween Natalie and Fred Parsons {s different from the love John gives her. Mrs. Price, who was on the boat with them going to Ho- vana, comes to town and Helena dnvites her for dinner. Harry Bar- ron, an old friend. is also present, end when John takes Mrs. Price home Helena confides in Harry. CHAPTER X. Confidences. Harry's ways were lefsurely and breath of his cigar before he spoke, breath of his cigar before he spoke, and then he id evenly: “What do you mean, indifferent?” Helena was suddenly petulant. “Oh, 1 don’'t know. I suppose I oughtn’t to be talking to you like this anyway, it isn't fair. But I'm so puz- zled. It embarrasses me, too. It's Just that he seems so bored when he is alone with me. I try to tell myself that I'm silly, but somehow I can’'t. Do you understand at Harry? Perhaps all marriage is like this. I don’t know." “Well, of cou married,” Iarr: “But, Helena, I've never been aid after a moment. you've only been mar- ried three months! Besides, how could any one be bored with you? You have every quality to attract a man who loves you.” “A man who loves you loves vou!” The phrase kept repeat- ing itself in Helena's bra ‘hat if John didn’t love her! What if he had tired of her before their marriage! They had been engaged a year. And then those things Natalic had said kept repeating themselves, too. Fred couldn’t stand it to be engaged for that time. He wanted her to marry him at once. And the way Fred looked at Natalie. As If he were the most precious thing in life to him, as if he could almost eat her. She kept remembering and remember- ing. “Suppose John doesn't love me," she said at last. “Nonsense,” Harry retorted. “That’s mbsurd. No man marries a woman unless he loves her.” a man who “John might,” Helena said quickly. “You see, he’s terribly honorable about everything. Suppose he had tired of me before we were married and just went through with it because he felt he couldn’t tell me. Oh, Harry, just sappose that were true!” Harry was against the possibility of such an idea. “It's absurd, ridiculous! You're working yourself up into a state of mind that is dangerous, Helena. Of course, it was foolish of him to want to take Mrs. Price home, but, after all, we're not living in the Middle Ages, you know.” ou did think that was funny.” Yes, but not serious.” “But, as you say, we've only been married three months.” “Well, why not believe he was sin- cere in 8ffering us a chance to have a talk? time. It's quite plausible if you stop to_think it over.” Helena shrugged. “It isn’t Mrs. Price, Harry. I'm not jealous. You know me well enough t0 know I'm not narrow, too. It's just that any woman interests him more than I do. When we go out to mother’s, he's more interested in Natalie and Doris than he is in me. But what's the use of talking about it. T wish I hadn't said anything.” She rose from her chair and began to walk up and down the room. Her nerves were jumping. Of course, she as silly to let herself get into such a frame of mind, but ever since her honeymoon she had been subconsci- ously aware of John's attitude and it ad preyed on her. She could argue elf out of it for a time, but it was E v with her. She could stand active dislike better than she could indifference. The click of his key in the lock warned her and she dropped limply i chair. She and Harry wers ing on a general subject when ho entered the room. How dear he was! Keen ang! of his face, his firm iouth, his blue, blue eyes. She even oved the way his hair grew on his liead and swept back from his temples a smooth wave. Oh, yes, she loved aim, but did he love her? Fancy be ing married to a man who didn't love ou! The humiliation of not knowing But she mustn’t be a fool about it. She couldn't let herself get morbid. She loved the (Continued in Tomorrow’s Star.) MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS Coiffure for a Full Face. Dear Lois Leeds: Please tell me how to wear my hair. I have a full face, light complexion, high forehead and § wear glasses. My halr is blond, but is turning darker. How may keep it light?>—A Constant Reader. Answer—Center parts are usually more becoming to girls who wear glasses than sido parts are. FPart your hair in the middle, therefore, end let it wave over forehead and temples, but keep it fairly close to the ides of your head. If your hair Is obbed, let the ends curl up on your cheeks. Avoid the very short colffure that allows the ears to show. If your neck s short and thick, wear a shingle bob or arrange a coil rather high at the back. If your neck is long and thin, wear your hair low on the nape in coil or twist and avold the bob. leaflet on “Care of the Hair™” con- tains some useful suggestions on how 10 keep blond hair from darkening; please send me a stamped, self- mddressed envelope for it. LOIS LEEDS. Reducing at Short Notice. Dear Lois Leeds: I have a daughter 10 years old who has become very stout during vacation. She has taken on a great lot of flesh across the choulders and upper arm: have been giving her exercises every morn- ing and cutting down her diet. Wil you kindly tell me how I can take off a few pounds in the next two \veeks, as she acts as a model for vashion shows’—MRS. K. E. O'C “Answer—If the child is abnormally obese, which 1 doubt. take her to a physictan, but if she is just a normal, Plump little girl, I think it would be a Yrime to put her on a reducing diet, with hard exercise to wear down her figure to the fashion-plate ideal of stylish slimness. Let her develop Yaturally, with plenty of outdoor play, sufficlent rest and plenty of nourish- ing food. 1f you have any love for the child, do not put a small financial ain above considerations of her th. Consult a weight chart to fiwhn her weight should be for her | height, then if she is not an 10 pounds heavier lh’m: re, do not worry her wit] w‘&emses, LOIS LEEDS. Removing Blackheads. Dear Miss Leeds: (1) I have black- honds ob my Bamn Bvery we I uy age and more th | to open the pores with hot towels the blackheads disappear for an hour or so and then they return. Is there any way I can rid myself of the blackheads without steaming and pressing them out? (2) When I powder my nose it looks chapped. ‘What can I do for this? (3) How can [ remove & corn from my little finger? (4) I have dark brown hair and black eyes; what colors are be- coming? () 1 am 141 years old, 4 feet 11 inches tall, weight 101% pounds and measure as follows: N 11; bust,” 30; hips, 31%: calf, 13; ankle, 9. Are these c How can I reduce my abdomen? KIT Answer—1) Every night cl your face with cold cream and then scrub it 1 4 soft complexion brush, pure soap and warm water. Rinse well in warm, then in cold water for several minutes. Dry thoroughly. In the morning bathe your face in cold iry and rub in a ng on face powder. treatments will gradually cleanse and refine your skin. (2) The cold cream powder base will remedy this. (3) Perhaps the blemish is wart and not a corn mer, have a ician remove it If the latte pressure or friction that has caused it to form, soak the corn in hot water for about 10 minutes and then lift it out. (4) You forgot to tell me your complexion {tints, so that I cannot judge the proper colors. (5) Your weight and measurements are good, although your ankle might be a trifle sm send a stamped, self-add velope for my ercises that gives the abdomi ercises you desire. S (Copyright. 1 ———e | Though she is only 26 vears of age, | Miss Madle Emanuel, a Southern girl, advertising manager for a large ew York magazine. I haven't seen you in some ery little cold | 1t it is the for- | MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Baked Apples. Cooked Cereal with Broiled Bacon. Creamed Eggs. Corn Muffins. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Shrimp Wiggle. Toasted Crackers. Coconut Meringue Ple. Tea. DINNER. Cream of Pea Soup. Baked Ham. Boiled Rice. Creamed Cauliflower. Fruit Salad. Baked Rice Pudding. Coffee. CORN MUFFINS. One tablespoon lard, one table- spoon butter, one tablespoon molasses, one egg well beaten, one-quarter cup sugar, one cup _milk, three-quarters cup corn- ‘meal, one and one-half cups pastry flour, two rounding tea- spoons baking powder. Bake 20 minutes in hot oven. Make one dozen. COCONUT MERINGUE PIE. One and one-half cups milk, one-half cup moist shredded cocoanut, one-eighth teaspoon salt, one-half cup sugar and small piece butter. Put in double boiler, bring to boiling point, add well beaten yolks two eggs and two tablespoons corn- starch moistened with little water to make it smooth. Cook until thick, stirring all the time. Then flavor with scant tea- spoon vanilla. Cool a little and fill baking shell. Beat two egg whites until very stiff, add six tablespoons granulated sugar slowly, one tablespoon at a time. Pile up on pie and brown in oven. FRUIT SALAD. 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Keep your children’s clothes stylish, bright and new-—your own} things—drapes and curtains, too! Dyeing is no more trouble than shing—rich, perfect colors on any material, right over the old color. Or gorgeous tints for dainty things. Just be sure to use real dye. If you buy the original Diamond dyes, you can't go wrong. FREE =2t any drugstore: the Diamond Dye Cyclopedia of sugges- tions, and simple directions. With actual piece-goods color samples. Or, write for big illustrated book Color Craft—address DIAMOND DYES, Dept. N6, Burlington, Vermont. Diamond Dyes Make it NEW for 15 ctsl { Tyit tonight IETLEY TEA | “A yare India blend l 150 YEARS AGO TODAY Story of the U. S. A. BY JONATHAN A. RAWSON, JR Generals Plan Far Ahead. PEEKSKILL, N. Y., November 11, 1776.—The commander-in-chief and five of his generals made an inspec- tion tour of the Highlands today, ex- amining Forts Constitution, Mont- gomery and Independence. From Con- stitution Island they viewed West Point, which has not yet been taken possession of, but, as Gen. Heath re- marked, “The glance of the aye at it, without golng on shore, evinced that this post was not to be neglected.” None of the Highland defenses will be neglected for that matter, although the good news reached the generals today that the British Army has turned back toward Canada from Crown, Point and will not be seery in Jots From Geography Morro Castlo, situated at the en- trance of the harbor of Havana, Cuba, is celebrated in the history of the island. During the Spanish-American ‘War American battleships had to run the gauntlet of Morro's guns before they could gain the harbor. The castle is now falling into decay, but in former times its dungeons were the horror of political prisoners. this vicinity this year. Today’s atten- tion to the Highiands is in prepara- tion for next Summer’s campaign, for it is certain that the enemy army un- der Carleton and Burgoyne will again advance into the Hudson Valley as soon as the season permits. But for the time being every en- ergy must be directed against Howe, whose next move, Washington be- lieves, will be into the Jerseys, with Philadelphia as his main objective. To guard against further British at- tempts along the Hudson, Gen. Heath will remain at Peekskill ‘'with a divi- sion of Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York troops, and Gen. Lee willt be on the New York side with 7,600 men, but with orders to cross over to Jersey if the enemy should remove the greater part of thir force to that scction. The Maryland and Virginia Continentals and part of those from the Jerseys have already crossed over, and Gen. Greene has been at Fort Lee for some days. Gen. Washington was much vexed today to learn that the Massachusetts and Connecticut Assemblies, in order to induce men to enter thc Army ser- vice more readily, have -lecided to offer recruits 20 shillings a month, in addition to the pay allowed by Con- gress. “A more fatal and mistaken policy could not have entered into their councils,” says the general. If one or two States do this, he says, the rest will have to do the same, lest Jealousies, impatience and mutinies arise when men from the various States meet in camp and discovér that some are receiving more pay than others. He has given his views emphatically to Congress and per- suaded Massachusetts and Connecti- cut to withhold their announcement until they have heard from Congress. He has the complete concurrence of all his highest officers in his opposi- tion to this State bonus plan. (Copyright 1926.) Beet Salad. Mix together one pint of diced cook- ed beets, two tablespoonfuls of vine- gar or lemon juice, one tablespoonful of sugar, and salt and paprika to taste. Heat thoroughly and just be- fore serving add one-half a cupful of sour cream. Serve at once. : THY. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ©., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1926. DIARY OF A NEW FATHER BY R. E. DICKSON. Wednesday Night. Our insurance agent is a fast work- er. As soon as I reached the office this morning he telephoned and asked if we had decided to get the policy i Cde Y = for the baby. I said yes, and he said to bring the baby downtown in the afternoon for his physical examina- tion. So I called Joan and she bundled him up and took him to the doctor’s office in a taxi. 1 wish I had been there—I ex- plained it to the boss, but he wouldn't let me off. Joan sald the baby didn't cry once and was awfully cute. Anyway, he passed the examina- tion 100 per cent. Now, according to the advertisements, he is all set to be a husband and father himself. He can say “La” now, as well as “00-0-0-0." - This evening the Stewarts, across the hall, asked us over to play bridge, so we turned down the fire under some stuff Joan was cooking and left the doors of both apartments open so we could hear the baby if he woke up and cried. After a while Mr. Stewart showed us how to play memory bridge. There are only two players, but you deal four hands as usual and piay part- ners with the hand opposite you. You get to look over the hand op- posite just once, and must memorize it and then play from it face down, calling each card before you play it. If you miss, it costs you 5 poinf We got very interested in the game, and Joan beat me and said it was because she had a better memory, and it was 11 before we remembered the baby's 10 o'clock feeding and rushed back, and whatever Joan was cooking, was all burned up, because she had forgotten that, too, and she was sore at me because I laughed. FEATURES. Our Children Report Cards. .« When a child brings home a bad report card the parents are angry at the child, annoyed at the teacher, opposed to the school. Somebody is to_blame. Somebody surely is to blame, but that somebody is seldom either the teacher or the teaching staff that makes the school. The best teacher in the world can only offer a child a lesson. If the child either cannot or will not accept that lesson the teacher cannot help it. Sometimes it is because the child is not ready for the lesson. He has fail- ed to catch the point of one given a few days before, and so loses the next step. If that happens once or twice it means a bad job. The child falls and the record says so. It may be that the failing child is not doing his best. He may be think- ing of something else rather than his lessons. If his mind is on the team, if it is on the fight he is having with the boy next door, if it is on the new dress the girl saw in the window last Saturday, no lesson will register. Somewhere there is a reason for the failure. If you had the reason you would have your finger on the cure. The bad mark is nothing more than a record of what has happened for some time back. If you had known it was happening you might have help- ed the child over the hard place and so prevented his failing and getting the poor rating. Don’t walt until the end of the month before knowing what is going on. Look over the child’s home les- sons every evening, and if you see signs of slowing up in any one of them, write in to the teacher and ask about it. She will not like to send you a note because your child failed to Zlo his home work for a couple of nights or neglected his spelling list or forgot to learn his grammar rules. But if you see a falling off in his work and ask about it, she will be happy to let you hear from her. Train the child *o give you accurate reports of what he does in class. If you encourage him when he fails, if you take it as a matter of course, an occasfon for teaching instead of preaching, he will be glad to tell you the truth. If you scold him for every failure as if it were a crime, he will not tell you, and the report card will come as a shock to you. By Angelo Patri Make it your business and your pleasure to know the teacher. She is making a great fight to bring out the best qualities that are in your child. I have known only a very, very few teachers who shirked their jobs, and they didn’t last long in the schools. Get in touch with the teacher befors the report card stage is reached and help her to help the child so that his work will be good. Nothing 8o cheers a cgua and a teacher as & good report card. But, remember, the card is the rec ord of work that is past. Get ahead of fit. (Copyright. 1926.) Mr. Patrl wil] give personal attentt fnauittes e or songs) s the velopment of chi] care and him in care of this paper. addressed pe for reply. stamped enve) [ “Puzzlicks” ‘There was a young lady of —1—, ‘Whose language came gushing in —2—, Till told by her —8—: “Your manner, dear —4— Is more than your scholarship —5—." 1. Where the University of Kansas is located. 2. Swiftly running stream. 8. Instructor. 4. A created being. 6. Calls for. ote—C. W. P., who lives in Kans., sent in this “Puzzlick,” there's a possibility that he has some one particularly in mind. If so, the young lady must be voluble, to say the least. The answer and another “Puzzlick” will be here tomorrow.) 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