Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1927, Page 34

WOMAN'’S PAGE. THE DUMBUNNIES— THIS 1S CERTAINLY A SNUG APARTMENT “You HAVE HERE, DoC WHITEY ! DANGEROUS BY HAZEL DEY( Fair Division. GOSH! | WISH | CouLp ] AFFORD A NICE PLACE LIKE THIS : —m INNOCENCE t ) BATCHELOR. JB ROSA BY MIM! Myra Warrcn and Sa sisters of i d ments, decide to take trip. | CHAPTER 111 | Leave Taking. The day of sailing was ghastly Bally. For three days she had been pack ing, and it seemed as if Tom werc always in the offing somewhere. Natu- | rally at such a time he couldn’t very | well be useful. He couldn't give her | any advice or tell her what to do be. | use she knew quite well what to d yra had told her. Myra knew eve SALLY FELT ALL WRONG ABOUT thing. Myra had crossed before. To be sure, she hadn't crossed the Equa. tor or anything like that, but she had been to Europe. and Sally accepted everything she said. . Myra had said that it would be a good thing to come in and stay all night at the apartment, and Sally had acquiesced. Why, she didn’t know, except for the fact that Myra always dominated her. But she iiked heing dominated by Myra. She felt as if she had so much to learn and as if Myra knew everyth, But it did mean that she couldn‘t spentl the last night with Tom, and although he said nothing about it and accepted it in very good spirit, she did feel guilty She had fallen asleep in Myra's small, perfect guest room, feeling guilty. Myra had invited- Tom to come, too, but he had felt that Sally would be happier having Marjorie till the last minute, and inasmuch as an important business appointment was calling him out of town on the day after Sally left, he had to take Marjorie out to his mother’s. There- fore they had spent the last day apar Sally felt all wrong about it vet she felt happy. Tom was callir for her in the morning, and they were ell going to the steamer together. As she fell asleep. she felt that.some thing would happen to keep her from eailing. but of course when she woke up, there was so much to do that it was really impossible to think at all. When Tom arrived she was doing last-minute adjustments, Myra was flying around ordering people here and “there. They- were only aking hand Willie Willis BY ROREKF OUILLEN. lug- “I wouldni want to go away an'l get famous if I couldn't come hack en’ have everbody see me ridin’ in the decorated automobile right be- | hind the band.” (Copyright. 19271 A Glowing Complexion, Radiantly Youthful A lovely delicate. satiny skin. -shaded like & June rose. 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Bvelyn has the old problem which so many had to face at une time or 4 She has been Johnnie's best g six months and now she's not his hest | zal any more. er chum, Muriel ptured the young man's flekle faney ind Bvelyn sits drearily on the ledgd of the picture It isn't that she Myra feit it would be best. and of ‘course, acquiesced. msat on the bed in Myra's room and said very little. But things he thought: How was b along without Sally 1ded embarr has Myra's influence. Sally fresh, so youn Would she l‘ll‘lr‘ K the same? ie was fond of Mira, but she seemed too restless and un: A she had felt she = | him. IUs the having to | with Muriel—the constant for polite conversation with him ever-present difficulty of trying to show she remembers—which on her nerves so “How?" she asks, “may I best meet this qifficult situation? Shall 1 keep out of their way and refuse to go on purties with Muriel and X Shall I just be dignified and Or should 1 be angry ted me so badly—ior he really en awfully mean.” question 1 am receiving < all over the country if he couldn't would be better to put her to a test of some kind than to delude himself into an idea that he was the one man. And he was sure of Sally's love. Of course, he was. She couldn't hold Sally, it meet him necessity the not | gets hem flippant elyn looks the picture of a for- en tragedy queen, Johnnie will ex- perience a ¢ mount of satisfac tion—or he'll feel ambarrassed, if he's | a nice kid. Her plan to be dignified and civil | isn't so good either—for it will be a | change from her normal manner and | t will remind the young Romeo that he has blighted her life. The one thing she must not dd is to change her manner in the slightest degree. She must concentrate on being just light and flippant and friendly ible. en in this she has to be careful— for if she overdoes the light flippancy stuff, her pose will be seen through Evelyn has a hard job ahead of her, but she can accomplish it successfully if_she will really put her mind to it. No thoughts of self-pity must enter | her young head-—she must sternly fuse to let her mind entertain thoughts of what used to be. Nor must she, for one instant, refer to the old times with Johnnie, except in a_casual, amused sort of w. Johnnie may, when they’re aione to- gether, begin one of those faltering, stammering speeches with which boys try to apologize for the unhappiness they've caused a_girl. Bvelyn mbstn't for moved by that kind of has thrown her over. Very well, then, let her accept the fact, and let her bend all her energies to concealing both from him and from her best friend the hurt she is feeling The only possible way to meet a sit- uation of this sort is with a bright smile and an easy, friendly manner. (Covyright. 1 Mimi will be 10 answer any inquiries directed (o thie baper provided a stamped. IT, AND YET SHE WAS HAPPY. forget the things they had shared. And then there was Marjorie. Tom thought of all these things as he watched her bustle around. She wore a wine-colored dress and a coat trimmed with Siberian squirrel. He had insisted on buying appropriate things for her to take away with her. Somehow, he coundn‘t stand the idea x's overshadowing her, but al- though he hadn’t told her so, he had gome in debt to buy her going-away clothes Of course, after she was gone he intended to work much harder and pay off all his debts. In the mean- time, she would be having a g£ood ting He wanted that more—than anything else. Myra came to the door. just behind her. Her voice as she spdke was sweet, amd yet there was a vague irritation in it. The expression was typlcal of My minute be | alk. Johnnie addressed envelope 1s inclosed. Jots From., Geography Bill was ve you ready, dear?” Sally stralghtened up. Her face was radiant. “AN ready.” “Bill two taxis. We'd better be going.. There's going to he a huge crowd to see us off, and they'll be ex- pecting us to make an early appear- ance. Are you all set?” Two men appeared as if by magic and seized Sally's luggage. Tom had a sickening sensation in his heart as he watched it_go.- Thén he was fol- lowing her down to the taxi. As he got in beside her he had an absurd feeling that she had already changed He stretched out his hand and caught hers. (Copyrighs, 1927.) (Continued in tomorrow’s Star.) 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HAVE BETTER HALVES - Family Mittens | By SHIRLEY RODMAN WILLIAMS, ] HUMB sucking is classified as a “vicious habit” in the category of “What's What" for well trained infants. There is not a good thing to be said for it. On the other hand it is taboo because it malforms the mouth and thumb; it inter- Teres with proper breathing and stimulates a constant saliva flow. Thumb suck- a weakness, and certainly it is not a pretty habit as the child grows older. t is ance established it is an extremely difficult habit to break. The simplest thing is not to let the child get started. Put mitts on him, preferably woolly ones a3 most babies don't like the furz; tic his hands lovsely so he can move them but 1ot reach his mouth ; as a last resort une can buy the aluminum ball mitts which are light and a sure preventive. The easiest way to handle what would be an undesirable habit, you know, is not to let it get established. ¢ MY Grandfacher Taggart (7 T | Has great leather mittens, Lined furry with sheepskin, and big as a hat;; And Dearest, my mother, Wears gloves of gray doeskin, | | | | | My Daddy Man’s gloves 2 Are like mitts with one finger. My mittens So warm for snowballing, . Of yarn that is curly and lovely bright red. And wee baby Judith | \(Has woolly white mittens We(yin on each hand when her sleepytime c 7 They're fuzzy and soft, 7 MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOI LEE Blonde vs. Brunette. blonde with an oily scalp usually | {finds that her hair looks pretty and | One of my readers complains that | gue (it B AR OGS PER T Ser | fate has cheated her by decreeing| .hamyuo, and then' the natural’ gl | brunette instead of blonde beauty for | [ERHPC BUE HPER, LT, AUIEET B | her and she wants to know whether | " 4.\ “shampoo must be taken to| there s ‘any 'truth in the popular| . CI¥ SASRCE WMUEE Be e | assumption that fair types are more | Lomdiicn Lobe G R T t r—skin whether on blonde or Questions of this sort should not e | jypette must be protected, from sun |and wind very, carefully {o ent freckles, coarsening and drying of the skin. A light coating of founda- tion cream and powder should be applied before venturing out of doors. One big advantage in being brunette is that one may wear r colors which make blonde ty faded. Strong colors that express youth and vivacity set off the beauty of dark hair and eyes. - So, on the whole, 1 do not ' think that any girl should regret that she was not born to be a blonde. It is not | %o much the color of her hair that i v hér charm. but it is the ss of her personality, her | in selecting harmonious cos- tumes and her ability to get along with others. My advice to the young | girl whose fair tresses are turning | brown, is to let Nature have her way, | ce bleached blonde hair never har- [monizes with one's skin tints, and | besides it s troublesome to keep it an | even colo . answered with a dogmatic “no,” because there is s0 much to b said on both sides A true golden blond head of hair on an adult is unusual enough to give it a unique value apart from ts real beauty, just b as ermine or chinchilla are prized for % their rarity. Dark beauty is ,more Fig Crequettes. common and therefore less appre- Tuke one-half a pound of e, ciated as a gen 1 rule. quart of mi a pinch of salt, On the other hand, when she con-| cupful -of suga the yolks of siders the special beauty problems of spoonful of but- the juice of one lemon and some. the blonde, the brunette may well congratulate herself on her own type. Soak the rice in cold water for Every mail brings me pleas from |three hours, drain, then put into a | blondes whose ha is becoming | double boiler with the milk #nhd salt. | streaked and whose d te skins are [ and cook until the rice ix soft. Stir becoming wrink or freckled. | in the su and butter, and This type of beauty fades sooner than [ mix all together thoroughly. Flaver the brunette in aimost evéry case. | with lemon juice. Have ready the Fair ~ hair needs more frequent | figs plumped over hot water. = Dust shampooing than dark ha , and | each fig with a littie sugar and cinna more care must be -exercised .in’' the | mori. When the rice is cold enough | choicé of soaps. Curling with hot| to handle, form it into croquettes, irons. soon ruins the clear color and | putting a fig in each. Dip the c texture ‘of golden hair. Oily "tonics [ quettes in beaten egg. then in bread pomades have a crumbs, and fry in boiling fat. Cook darken light hair, and until brown, drain on paper, and allowed to become too serve hot with powdered sugat or a lose its sheen and liquid sauc one one two Part 10—Continuing The flJvenfu}'es 95 the TAARBLE PRINGE. ‘With Billy & Silly NSILI,\",‘ Why what do you mean, my son?" . “You see, Silly and T wanted to be together all of the time, so at last we were told that on earth while 1 was the marble statue in bodily form. Silly could be a goldfish swimming in the waters at my feet. Tomorrow, father, as You cast the magic pebble in the fountain, make it skip. The = first time the pebble touches the water I shall come to life, the second time it touckies, the goldfish will turn fnto Silly. Then for one-half hour we can play together here on earth. Billy, the pony, can come with us, and, oh, what adventures we will have! The young Prince was jumping up and down in glee as he spoke. “I am very happy because you are happy, little Otto. What sort of adventures are you and Billy and Silly going to have toge'ther?” “Father, at the end of the lake there is a tall tree.” In back of the tree there is a cliff. High up in the cliff. opposite the top branches of the tree, there is a queer-looking opening. Tomorrow Billy can wait for us helow. Silly and I are going to climb into that cave. Who knows, it may be where the black giant with the great bear's head lives?” To Be Continued Friday Written for “Junior Town” Home of Smart Shoes for Children Hahn’s, 1207 F Copyright, Wm. Hahn & €o,, 1927. i Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON Waords e persons group. Often misp Pronounce pr preferred svllable, not the nyms: Afftuence, ri i :, fortune, abundant sippl Word study Use ord and it is vours” L »onr vocabulary word e s i often n few people wers when 1 ounced set and accent thiv hes, weal times or masteri riment wild gayety, and filled the room Easy Nut to Get At. hree | Clues to Character BY J. 0. ABERNETHY. and we judge a haughty, sel You know the fel ow we mean. He is the type that you commonly call “stuck up.” You generally find him out after close con tact, but we will inform veu how to read him as you read a hook Observe the mouth and the eye brows of those von meet. for these features will reveal much of character and dispositlon. Large, well med {mouths are Indexes to more. character [than small ones. Mouths habitually losed tight firmness and often harshness as well as Gather around tell you how to “ntered person iris, business relatic generally 1t evehrows to practical tered person wil outh BANQUET %exoer TEA Contaning Fxrralancy ORANGE PEKOE TEA M CORMICK & €L MO0 a of Jaugh Pinon nuts are so small that the | only practical nut crackers are one's | teeth the ure’ Magazine enough to open an would mash_them E Salt-Rising BREAD Gluten Whole Wheat If It Swims Buy It At Center Market —e——— | A scap that removes the “nap” or dead skin. 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Be sure you use India Tea, or a blend _containing India Tea. ’ Use an earthen- ware teapot, and put into it one good teaspoonful of India Tea for each cup of tea required. ‘ Be sure you pour the water into the teapot the moment it boils, Only fresh boiling water can bring out the true flavour of the tea. Hot wateris nouse. Water that has been boiling for some time does not givethebestresults Thisisimportantif - you want a really good cup of tea. Allow the"tea to stand 5 minutes to infuse. Putalittle / cream or milk into each cup before pouring out thetea. It greatly iniproves the flavour. Then add sugar to taste, Any retailer or store can supply you with India Tea or blends contain- ing India Tea. He ' has no difficulty in getting it, as prac- ticallyevery whole- sal@ distributor of tea in this district supplies India Tea. He will gladly get , it for you—but— Be sure you use NDIA. TEA ora blend India Tea C.P.N. 54