Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1927, Page 50

Daily Problems to Be Solved BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. Every family, every household, and every person, whether living alone or not, has daily problems to solve. more extended the interests, fhe more IN THE RELAXATION AND P OF SILENCE PROBLEMS F SOLVE THEMSELVES. wealthy the person, the more these | problems increase. Take problems | away from the life of people and in- in it becomes dulled. Life lacks | and development is cramped. 1 0 one wants a dull and uninterest- | your thoughts be neutral, at least, for |t is | ing life, vet many persons shrink from Solving' problems. Then they merely | add another problem to their own lives which is, how to cope with situations And so, nce there is no escape from problems in life, puzzling, vet inter- | esting, the first matter to solve is how | to deal with them as a whole. \\'hvn; we get a key that will unlock the first door that bars the way to this we are | started on the road to solving each | BEDTIME STORIES Red and White Mix-Up. Who first doth weigh and count the cost Will ne'er ailow his temper Jost. —Old Mother Nature. Two of Peter Rabbit's most feared enemies were after him over in_the Green Forest. One was Reddy Fox; the other was Whitey the Snowy Owl, who had come down from the Far North. Reddy alone was bad enough, but now that Whitey had joined in the chase, poor Peter was in 2 bad way. It didn’t seem as if he had much of a chance. If only there bad been a good bramble-tangle close IN AN INSTANT THERE WAS A TERRIBLE MIX-UP OF RED AND WHITE. by, he would have been all right. But the nearest bramble-tangle w some distance away. It was that Peter was trying to get If only there had been low-growing hemlock trees, with their boughs weighted down with snow, growing all the way over to that bramble- tangle, it would have made it much casler for Peter. He wouldn’t have had to worry so much about Whitey When he was under those hemlock; Whitey couldn’t get at him. It was when he had to cross open places that Whitey had his chance. And Peter knew that there was one long open place before he could reach the safety of the old bramble-tangle. How he did dread that! He knew he would have to do some very lively dodging to avoid those great curved claws with which Whitey would reach for him “Oh, dear!” said Peter to himself, he peeped out from under the lit- hemlock tree and looked across the distant bramble-tangle; ‘“oh, to WHEN WE GO The | Jone as it arises. The master key is silence. |71t is when we are quiet and not | tively bustling about, but when we are | silent that our minds work best. Then wre receptive and our thoughts and force, ability and ac- New new methods of dealing matter mew grasp of subjects; new viewpoints reveal dif- !ferent facts. We things in their | proper proportions, and it only when we do this that we can come to any correct solutions els. to disputes, sile solution 1t | two to make a quarrel, and if or { mains silent there an be no cation. Do not confuse silence sulking. A sulky person is apt to be solent, it is true, but it is the silence | of bitterness, and not of receptivity or thought. The sulky person is merely silent in speech, and not in action, for he (or she) is actively expressing him- self, and actions speak louder than word: And so true silence is not be- ing kept | perplexities with adversc is is the imm Aids Judgment. The silence that is the master key to solving problems combines inactiv- ity with taciturnity. It might be Hled constructive silence, for it build ds to success in solutions of ve problems. No two persons have ly the same difficulties, course, and each demands its special and Individual solution. iBut, without thinking things over quietly, few find right courses of action, and |a wrong course plunges us | further annoyances. Solution Possible. | It is when the homemaker is beset with anxieties and has engro: work to do that time for silence s { hard to find. It is then, however, that {she absolutely mu: few moments of mental relaxation. With- out it sickness results. Then long | hours of cessation from work own | portion. Is it not better to deliber- ately take a little while, perhaps mer {1y a half-hour daily, and sit down, re- | laxed and quietly, in silence? Realiz that there is a solution for your troubles, for there is a right solution to every problem; mathematics teach us this. Banish all querulous and re- bell thoughts about them, for these never lead to the right road. Let then that ideas have an oppor- tunity to penerate. Do not revolve annoyances in your mind; this is worrying. It will get you nowhere, and you waste your time, and time is precious. It is when time is spent in relaxed silence that solutions come. If vou haven't tried this method, let me recommend it, for it is like a master key unlocking many doors leading into pledsant prospec BY THORNTO; W. BURGESS dear! How ever can I get across there! Whitey can fly faster than I can run: But if I stay here, Reddy Fox will catch me. What an awful situation! It look: if to stay is to be caught, and as if to run is to be caught. 1 don't see why some folks are so anxious for a rabbit dinner anyhow. It isn't fair for two to hunt one. No, sir, it ish’'t fair. What chance has one got against two? Here comes Reddy and I've got to run. I don’'t see Whitey anywhere, but I suppose he is sitting up in a tree watching. Of course, he may have given up and flown away, but such good luck as that is too much to ex- pect.” Just then Peter made a dreadful discovery. Reddy Fox, instead of fol- lowing him under the hemlock boughs, had been clever enough to run around on the outside and now was almost within a jump of where Peter wat. There was nothing for him to do but run, and run with all his might. With a big jump he started, and Reddy Fox after him, and so close that Peter was sure he felt Reddy breath. Of course, he didn’t, but it seemed so. And then, all in a flash, it seemed, a great white bird was hov- ering over Peter and reaching down with great curved claws. From the tail of his eye, Peter saw the great bird just in time and he dodged in that sudden v _of his which ha become famous. Whitey the Snowy Owl missed Peter by hardly more than an inch. His great wings brush- ed the snow right in front of Reddy Fox. This was more than Reddy could stand. He felt that Whitey was in- terfering with his hunt. ~With an angry snarl. Reedy sprang forward and seized one of those great white wings. In an instant, there was a terrible mix-up of red and white. Over on his back went Whitey. The other great wing pounded Reddy and pounded him hard. The great claw tore Reddy’s coat, and Whitey snap- ped that great hooked bill of his in that was quite dreadful to hear. As for Reddy, he was doing his best to sink those big teeth of his into the wing of Whitey, but all he could get was a mouthful of feathers. He couldn't get his teeth into the flesh anywhere. So for a moment of two there was a terrible mix-up of red and white, Peter Rabbit fairly chuckled to himself. He would have liked to watch that mix-up, but this was his chance and he made the most of it. By the time Reddy and Whitey had had enough of fighting Peter was safe in the old bramble-tangle. SHOPPING BY MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN. Among Second-Hands. Buying econd-hand books necessity for some but a ple: all. There is a distinct delight in buy- ng & book at half price or less. D light consists in finding the book, not- price and acquiring it. Good not all new books and if bing to buy an old book, why it as advantageously as pos- is ire for a & i hooks vou are ot buy sible? When buying second-hand books for sehool or study purposes he sure that it is the edition desired or required Often a book becomes obsolete and it is brought up to date in a new edition. Many of the classics of literature have been edited by different authors, and any one won't do. setting out to browse and buy the ‘full title, edition pul the book wanted. Many books seem cheap, but nation will show that there are wmissing, or pages have been torn or mutilated. Very often in the case of 0olbooks and text books mk has n spilled on the leavgs, or whole have been scribbled over. t is difficult to d or that ess is never Be ik i Second-hand dealers are used to bargaining when they buy books for their collections, and they may be bargained with when you buy from them. Most of them will accept a rea sonable offer. If they perceive that you are after first editions or sup- posedly rare volumes they are quite apt to capitalize on the information. If you impress them with the fact that vou are chiefly interested in the book for itself alone, you will prob- il Al |ably deal more advantageously with | them. In many { there are fi of a set c The way such broi second-hand book shops 1ements of sets; often part n be picked up cheaply. to measure the value of en sets is to determine the value of the individual books. You shouldn't pay more than each book in its found condition would cost singly. Many fine bindings appear on sec- ond-hand bookstore shelves {accumulates on thef o | ers, but it you have a seeing eye, you may pick up real bargains. At home a little cleansing and polishing will { reveal the treasure. Don't buy the | binding alone. If you do not care to own the book, It is a waste of money { and library space to buy the book for the binding. Volumes that have been torn from their binding may be had frequently song. In c where the papel printing are high order, buy } the book and have it bound in cloth t a small cost. Many women have never been courageous enough to rave the dust of a second-hand book and are unacquainted with the ains awaiting them. Books that | vou have wanted or looked for for } months may be just inside the door. But do mind the cautions#they'll save dollars and dollars. i Stuffed Figs and Dates. Simmer some figs in grape julce until soft but not soggy, then cut them open on one side and stuff with half a marshmallow and a bit of nut meat, then roll in powdered sugar. Clean and stone some large dates and fill the cavitles with peanut butte light comes to us on | of | into | plus | | pain and increased anxieties are her | SUB ROSA BY MIMIL Too Funny to Be Lovable. 1 v from the time she was (vhl} enough to talk convulsed people with | ingly funny remarks. | ready sense of humor and a ren kably quick wit. Also she had one of those faces just meant for comedy ¥ | I don’t mean that she looked like a | that she was in the her She exeruc 1 caricature—or v On_the good-lookir conty she was rather & girl—fine skin, pretty feves, good even teeth, cute smile, etc But she had a lot of tricks—such as drawing her face out of shape and droopi one evelid disdainfully-— | which made her look screamingly | ridiculous | People loved having Luey around. | She succeeded in making everything | joke—including herself. Of course she w the life of every party. Of course she got invited con stantly to parties and dances. But she remained good old Luey | until way past the hopeful twenties, | right into the dangerous thirties—no lone ever tried to persuade her to do anything about changin her nan No one immered words of into her ear—no one pleaded little bit of affection All the bitvs patted her on the back sajd_fondly, “Lucy, old gal, you riot,” and continued to ask her | parties. But this didn't rae her very much | It made her youth hgppy and b |but it didnT provide for the | sheltered. romantic future she {1y tonged fc 1 And the truth was that her chief | {attraction was also the chief reason | | for her unsentimental cs Lucy was so blamed funny, could be romantic about her. He | might be very fond of her—might sus- | pect that behind the laughing clown lurked a let of worth-while things | { which would make a zoud wife, but | | he never had a chance to find out | about her real self. | She was persistently droll—so ager to make herself the laughing stock. love to sec no boy remarked one evening + ever tried to make love she would be sure to burst nd then, by putting on | s derby hat, ake ali the romance ion_entirely.” why nobody to Lucy out of the Which is hte sit actly made | to Lucy She attracted loads of boys, but she convinced them world to 1l that she was in laugh, and that any E 1 words were out of | | plac } sation with her | this I don't mean to eriticize her. I don't mean to imply that she should have abandoned that bright, ulck wit, that hapny chuckle—that knack of making herself a good joke. But she should have given others a little glimpse of the sweet, wistful, nice kid she was, down underneath the foolishness. | She should have let the boys realize that she had a serious, appealing side, too. i No girl should destroy her chances of romance by appearing too much the perfect clown, (Copyright. | attempt to talk serfously | { | | | | a stamped | LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Suttiday afternoon me and Sid Hunt started to take a wawk and we herd Sids little brother Bert running up in back of us, Sid saying, Aw heck heer comes that darn kid, cant 1 go enywares without that darn kid following me, darn that darn kid. Lets jest pertend we dont even know he’'s around, I sed. Wich we started to, Bert catching up with us and saying, Hay Sid, ware you going? and Sid saying to me, I wonder ware Bert is, 1 havent saw him lately and wats rore 1 dont give a darn. Im glad he aint heer, enyways, war- | ever he is, T sed. Hay Sid, ware you going, how long you going to be? Bert sed. T think T heer o berd singing, Sid sed. 1 think I heer it too, its got a bew- @fill voice like a parrit, T sed. Hay Sid, you better anser me sed. I certeny injoy taking o wawk without having that darn kid Bert trying to follow me, Sid sed, and 1 sed, its certeny a releef, all rite, Aw_beloney, Bert sed. And he terned round and went back and me and & iq laffed for about 3 blocks, Sid saying, That was a good me all rite, and me saying, Sure, that | was my ideer. And we wawked around a wile with- out enything mutch happening ex- sept us getting tired, and wen we came back Bert was standing on Sids frunt steps, saving, Hah, hah, you mite as well go and take another wawk because all the ice creem is gone, I tried to tell you mama was saving you some but you thawt you was smart, ha, hah, G wizz, darn the luck, that was your ideer, Benny, darn your dum ideers, Sid sed. . Proving you cant judge without knowing all the facks. - HOME NOTES BY JE Dert The Spanish type of house is becom ! ing more and more generally appre- ciated, and panish furnishings and decorations are making a very popu- lar appeal. The Spanish note is ex- pressed by plain, almost bleak back- ground, darkly rich furniture and viv. idly colored draperies and upholsteri of heavy fabrics. In one little house of Spanish favor this fireplace occupies the entire end of the high-ceiled and vaftered living room. The room is partly paneled with wide oaken boards. The floor is completely covered with linoleum printed in_imitation of red tiles and waxed. The walls have been left rough plastered and tinted a light coffee color. At the windows are draperies of orange silk pattérned with ivy vines in black The wrought-iron lighting fixture is distinctively Spanish, as are the ro- sette andirons and the brass-handled fire tools. , 'Copyright, 1027.) | SHINGTON, D. . Fashionable Folk by dJulia Boyd : . qfl%cflm LP%&G ! ‘Aerning, Musicaler, held of the, Gllayflower . moleskirn , Amall back |l hat | back auede bog lycwnu.r%fl; T oo v = MeNaught Syndieate, Inc., N. . LEEDS It does me good to receive letters like one I had from a wommn of 5 who says she is often taken for 35 e of ag A generation ago | women past 40 were considered e tremely vain if they tried to keep their complexions smooth and their figures youthful; but today no woman expected to submit passively to wrinkles and rheumatism. The know edge of the cor are of the body | is prolonging youth for cverybody The particu u d to which Facial packs are very helpful, espe- |clally when made on a basis of al- mond, oatmeal or cornmeal. Since meul or starch packs have a tendency to flake off when dry, a little fuller’s carth may be mixed in to give them a firmer texiure. Of course, the flak- ing off does not detract from the ue of the treatment, but some women are annoyed by the untidiness of it. Two tablespoonfuls of the meal may be mixed with one tablespoonful of the earth, three drops of tincture of benzoin and enough witch-hazel to make a paste, Before applying the pack the skin should be cleansed with cold cream and steamed lightly with one or two hot towels. The paste is then spread thickly over the face and remains on until dry. During the drying process one should lie down, close the eyes and relax the body. Tepid water may be used to remove the pack after the face has been steamed once more to soften the paste. Thoroughly rinse and dry the skin and pat on a skin tonic. This may be a simple mixture of equal parts of rose water and glycerin, or if a mild astringent is desired the following recipe may be used: 15 graing of sulphocarbolate of zine; 2 drams 90 per cent alcohol; 1 glycerin; 11¢ ounces orange water, and rose water (triple) to make three ounces. Facial packs of the kind just de- scribed may be taken every day. Once a week a bleaching pack of buttermilk and cornmeal may be had. (Copyright. 1927.) Hot Cheese Sandwiches, Cut some stale bread in one-fourth inch slices, remove the crusts and cut in rectangular pie Cut some mild cheese in slices the same size as the pieces of bread and sprinkle with salt amd cayenne pepper. ¥ slice of cheese between each two ices of bread. Saute in butter in a hot iron frying pan or omelet pan until deli ately browned on one side, then turn and brown the other side, Serve very hot. my correspondent gives most of the credit for ber escape from the middle- aged appeirance that most women | dread is i very simple facial pack | and I am sure that she will be glad | to pass on the secret to other: It is made by mixing starch to a paste with equai parts of olive oil and witch-hazel and a pinch of borax. She found from experience that packs made principally of fuller’s earth w too drying for her type of skin It is usually the case that, as one grows older the natural ofl in the skin diminishes and this is partly re- sponsible for the formation of facial wrinkles, hence oily lotions and creams are valuable for cleansing and nourishing the skin. Satisfies—Gratifies IISAI'AB All TEA Owing to Quality and Selection GOLD MEDAL BUCKWHEAT FLOUR | “You know how themen folks and kiddies \ love Buckwheat Gahes Inand you want them tobe as deliciousas can be //// Next timeuse Gold Medal Buckwheat Four One luscious bite~ and no otherbrand Makes ’em in a jiffy e e Buckwheat district by 3 PRANCE MILLING CO. COBLESKILL, N. Y. RIDAY, JANUARY | the best out of his help 14, 1927 Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLI R ELDRED. | Mrs. W. O. F. writes: “Please help me to learn to control my little 3-year old boy, who is healthy, sleeps and ts well, but is the most horn child T have ever seen. We try to gain his obedience, and 1 have read books on management of children, but it hasn't helped with him. He is not mean—just stubborn. He not | want to be dressed or bathed or a dezen other things during the and I have to do these things force. We do not like to whip him. | It what will become of him if we do not gain control of him now?” Answer.—There are far fow slons than most parents think ther are when a child has to be forced to | do things he prefers not to do. Some | way parents have a feeling that they are belng weak if they approach situation with fact Instead of meeting it bluntly. No employer ould think | of issuing such an orde the fol- | lowing to a person for whom he had any respect: “I want this done and | done immediately, and no talk about | it, either.” But parents think this is being “‘parentl ¢ know no re spect for a child or his likes or dis- likes, and then they wonder what to do when he resents such treatment and refuses to comply. And when he | finds how often they are helpless be- | fore his refusals, he simply continues to use his power. Why not try and realize that most | children are compelled all day lons | to do things which they dislike do- | ing? They are made to go shopping, | they are taken to the home of friends: | they are pushed, protesting, into tubs of water and made shivery 3 comfortable while a hard-handed | mother treats them like so much china to be washed. While it is im- possible to make life always a bed of | roses, even for children, there is no reason why the ordinary duties of life need not be made as pleasant as is possible. We all know we have to t, but who doesn't know that it is or to eat with pleasant compan- ions than alone? And yet often chil- dren are put into high chairs alone and their food put before them, and they supposed to eat it and velish ry bite. Being bright and enter- taining to the child will help the meal to be eaten without any sensi- tion that it is being eaten. Bathing need not be an unpleasant duty which seems of no pleasure to the small boy. Let him play with & small boat while the scrubbing is go- ing on. Hell enjoy the bath, and he'll be just ast clean, and his mother will be spared an annoying scene. Why command him? You can’t make him understand the joys of cleanli- ness at this age, but you can make him have such a good time in his bath that hell go to it without trouble. If he doesn't dress, let him discover | soon enough that he is denied the fun | of being outdoors or playing with his companions. This is a duty which has to be done quickly, otherwise one is not ready for the day. Don't make an issue of anything | which can be accomplished with tact. | We have long outgrown the idea that | children are our slaves to obey with- | out quibble our royal commands. Just | this morning there were bundles of letters to be mailed, and T hadn't the heart to burden the mailman b; ting them in the mailbox. My son preferred playing to them to the post office. But when they were tied in a big box With a strong cord that went over his shoul der, he took them. and went off, imas- ining himself a real postman all the | way to the post office. After all, 1 got the letters mailed cheerfully. and he had a good time doing it. This modern discipline and hasn't the crack of a whip anywhere in it. Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “Skinny got out of takin’ a bath one time just by usin’ some mud to color the water, an' his mother thought he had took it.” (Copyright. 1 bees fooled Bee flies are so that their enemies a into letting them alone. e stinging often | who | work FEATURES. EAT AND BE HEALTHY Dinah Day’s Daily Talks on Diet ould be well chewed. should be taken un then perhaps bry y soft cooked, poached or fellowshiy 2 ed « For a day or two water should be tal simple and easi should make up the As an aftermat many suffer digest Hospitality, good ating—then, las wh There's the story « vent up to a ba her sixth ice cream cone charge remonstrated. going to be k 1 know cream lie, “I'm always sick It’s the old story of lack sonse and moderation, )\ all right in themselves ing and excessive eating the digestive system A cup of hot water » b | at 1 1 t fast is very beneficial avoid suffering is awry. Sipped slowl In fact, a cup of hot wa luncheon nd before prove helpful if there is digestion o v be In ¢ bad digestive L cup of is best for 24 hours. tles. § hour « a cup of hot could s will ave a cleansing next da two | bresen tablespoons bran, softened witn [and boiling water and sweetened with | State honey, may be taken at be best The hot water reatment should be | The b continued until noon the second | lative day Then a cup of broth and twe piece toast may be The n st ra is not a Ti tomach and stimulute normal digestion v unless a careful and v stricted diet is taken for several d N s0 tones up of a teasp: half glass of in the morni flect e mea from plied dier s b co tha pation It should, « the differs course, he - of very m much benefite ot water b do the spme indigestion 15 mode of living If the reason f this e determined, it woul L reputable docto a emer to fast day Eve it \ter | that everyb )y else must chroni The examine vour cannot brea to e s of given and one-half cu p whipped eream one sug | sugar. Peel su quarter cup ind slice the figs and Let stand il the sugar ssolved. Have ready the erear quarter cup of pe ce_n layer of w bottom of yr of alternate la Cover and let d salt for three hours I:I{har- one 2mong 2 ung readecs Who ::I-ry:asg heara 2 faint rumor Of a person who claimed 2 low instep, Or said he had no sense of humor? R~ (e the al in Add Cheese Soup. One cup grated cheese, o1 four cups milk, one-half teaspoon s: few grains pepper. Heat the milk and stir i sonings, then the beaten eg three minutes in a double boller ready the cheese and stir this slow into the first mixtu constantl | 80 as to avoid lumpin d cook unt | ecreamy nd smooth. Serve with | eroutons. the Cook Have Don’t be prehistoric! BACK in the Stone Age, Ung—the prehistoric husband—took his breakfast with a gulp, snatched up his club, put on the troglodytic equivalent of a hat and dashed for town, busi- ness and the task of earning a living. Don’t hurry through your breakfast! Don’t be prehistoric! That day is past. The mod- ern husband takes time to eat a leisurely break- fast. He accompanies his eggs and bacon with plenty of good coffee. Plenty of Chase & Sanborn’s Seal Brand Coffee. Start being civi- lized! Start tomorrow! Chase&Sanborn's SEAL BRAND % Sanborn’s Seal Bran. ea% of the same high quality Soda Crackers once lived in a barrel Open house to wandering dirt and pirating fin- gers! Crackers with dirty faces and hard flinty hearts. Palates became calloused in eating them. How the picture has changed! Today soda crackers dwell in cheery red pack- ages, nestling side by side on Sunshine grocers’ shelves. Within the four protecting wrappers of each package is a row of proud crackers tenderly crisp, dimpled with health. Each cracker is a tiny storehouse of healthy calories and delicious taste —brought out by the Full Grain Process—a trick in Sunshine baking. ,