Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1927, Page 30

wu. WOMA N’'S PAGE Uses for Scissors in Kitchen BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER There are some tasks better per- Bormed in the kitchen by using scissors than a knife.© Seldom are scissors considered the important part of culi- nary equipment that they really are. Of course, the pair given to this part of household duty should be kept ex- BCISSORS ARE AN IMPORTANT KITCHEN IMPLEMENT. clusively for the kitchen. or should be well scoured before being brought into that service. An inexpensive pair of shears—that 1s, good-sized scissors—is most satis- factory to use in this connection. Al- though it may be kept in the knife- box, convenience is gained if it is placed on a hook or nail within easy reach of the sink, or on the shelf above, Use on Lettuce. In preparing lettuce for the table BEDTIME STORIES A Bath. Inquisitiveness takes no heed: It cares not where it chance to lead. —0ld Mother Nature. It was a good thing that Cubby was @& very small Bear at the time he up- #et the hive and helped himself to Far- mer Brown's honey. Had he been a big Bear, he probably would have up- set several hives. As it was, there was more in one hive than he could eat, greedy as he was. So after a while he began to be annoyed by the stings of the bees. Presently he retreated, growling and snarling and snapping at the bees. But his little stomach was by this time swelled out like a HE little round balloon. It was surprising how much of sweetness such a small #tomach could hold and not make its owner ill. Of course the bees followed him. Of course he headed straight for his little house, which was also the house of Bowser the Hound. Bowser ‘was in there at the time taking a nap. One minute after Cubby ran in, Bow- ser came out yelping. With his tail between his legs he tore off around the barn. He was running away from | those bees, After that Boy took c: KEPT PULLING AND PULLING. rape Farmer Brown's at Cubby never had a the beehives again. hief he couldn’t afford 10 let Cubby get into. But there were plenty of other kinds of mischief for a lively little Bear to get into, and it sometimes seemed as if Cubby made it his business to try every kind. He got into every sort of mischief tha you might think a little Bear would get into and a whole lot that you would never think of at all. ! One of the duties of Farmer Brown’s | Boy is to milk the cows. Every night 2nd every morning he has to milk the cows. Cubby, chained up to his little house, often had watched Farmer Brown’s Boy going into the barn with milk pails, and some time later coming out again with pails full of milk. Cubby wondered what it all meant. He longed to follow and see what ¥armer_Brown’s Boy did In that big barn. Bu tfor a long time he never got the chance. Then one evening after Farmer Brown's Boy had disap- At times the hardest in washing. claring: doubt that the damage to the flags, even though caused in the washing, the materials of an unusual kind, and spection.” couldn’t see what might have made it. the usefulness of a pair of scissors is proved. It is an aid to economy in making leaves of lettuce presenta- ble for the table which might be thought unfit. Only the center of the outside leaves of lettuce may be fit for the salad dish. With a knife it is difficult to make a smooth enough edged cutting out this portion to give it a good appearance. With a few snips of the scissors the good parts of the leaves can be quickly and neatly cut from the poorer. Addi- tional speed is acquired by laying several of the outer leaves together and cutting all at one time. Shredded lettuce, prepared by cut- ting many leaves into tiny strands, forms a delicious green nest for a s mixture. The less palatable leaves can also be made, by this means, to serve as a garnish for fish, meat, etec. Fruit. Scissors are very useful in making grapefruit ready for the table. Cut the segments and pulp from the skin and portions will come out neater than when cut with a knife. The use of scissors in severing clusters of grapes from a bunch is well known, but this process usually be- longs to the dining table rather than to the kitchen, and a special pair of scissors is often employed, although such a one is not neces; The care of kitchen serve, a word. They can sharp by cutting sandpaper. T\ sure, most of the uses to Which they are put do not demand a very keen cutting edge, but, should an improve- ment be needed, it is well to know of this simple and way of achieving it. Everyday Law Cases Is laundry liable if articles tear and shrink hen washed? BY THE COUNSELLOR. Tom Howell sent 426 United States flags, printed on cotton, to the Mod- ern Laundry Co. to be washed. When they were returned many of the flags were shrunk and others torn in the blue section. Howell thereupon re- fused to pay the charges. When the laundry company filed suit for the amount, Howell filed a counter-claim r damages. O A heSitial Howell proved that he had sent the flags to the laundry in good condition. The laundry, on the other hand, produced testimony show- ing that the machinery used in its plant was of good quality and in good condition and that only neutral soap had been used in the wash. An expert witness, testifying for the company, also declared that in dyeing the blue feld an acid is usually applied to the section containing the stars, which acid, it not washed out sufficiently, would make the fabric liable to break Decision in the case was in favor of the laundry company, the court de- “In order to hold the laundry liable, it would have to be shown that it was negligent in its duties. From the evi- dence presented, there can be no was due to some inherent quality in which could not be detected by in- (Covyright, 1927.) SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Her wants to go one way an’ T wants to go the other—I ain’t bettin’ very heaby on myself, either! (Copyright. 1027.) THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Thursday, September 8. Another lucky day is foretold by astrologers, who find that benefic aspects dominate in the government of the stars. There is an especially good sign for all sorts of property ansactions. i and builders are subject that makes certain the undertaking of the most ambitious enterprises. There will be much bridge build- ing as well as many engineering proj- ects that are connected with water- ways. A Astrologers foretell a tremendous expansion of aviation, owing to a sud- den demand for airplanes. Tomorrow is a day for the orderly arrangement of one’s affairs, and for the initial steps in enterprises of many_sorts. Reclamation projects again are to receive the attention of Congress, it is forecast, and Western States are to benefit greatly. Astrologers prognosticate an un- precedented development of business and commerce on the Pacific Coast. Seattle and Portland now come under planetary conditions that will be marvelously beneficial. Persons whose birth date it is have the augury of a year of great, good fortune. Children born on that day probably will be possessors of happy disposi- tions and fine minds. Many persons of philosophical trend of thought are born under this sign. (Copyright. 1927.) NANCY PAGE Laundry Bags Attractive as Well as Serviceable. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Peter's brother bewailed the fact that he had forgotten to get a laun- dry bag before he started to college. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS peared in the barn Cuby felt that chain give a little. He kept pulling and pulling. By and by the staple pulled out. Cubby was free. He still had the chain attached to him, but he could go where he pleased. He pleased to go straight in at the barn door. He could hear the cows and horses munching their hay and he could also hear the sound of the little streams of milk as they struck in the pail. But he couldn’t see where this came from. Farmer Brown’s Boy had his second pail nearly filled. In a few moments he would be through. This was the last cow to be milked that night. Sud- denly he heard a jingling sound in the barn. From where he was he He stopped milking for a moment. “That's funny,” muttered Farmer Brown’s Boy. “That sounds like a chain being dragged. I wonder what it can be.” Right then and there Farmer Brown’s Boy stopped wondering. The cow, the gentle old cow he was milk- ing, suddenly gave a snort of freight and at the same time kicked. The kick was unfortunate. It hit that pali of milk in such a way that the milk was thrown all over Farmer Brown's Boy. In fact he had a milk bath. Meanwhile some of the other cows had begun to kick and snort and ap- pear very mervous. Farmer Brown's Boy, who had been upset with the pail of milk, scrambled to his feet and ran around in front. There was that little Bear clinging to the manger and peeping over at that cow. No wonder she had been frightened, and kicked! (Copyright. 1927.) MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Let Youth Experiment! Most of his laundry was sent home in the regulation mailing packet. But he wanted something for his clothes closet and for local laundry service. For local service Nancy bought two sturdy bags of heavy white denim. His name was printed on with indelible ink. A bag of dark blue chambray was divided into compartments for use in his clothes closet. It was made of an oblong piece doubled back on itself. The front had three pockets bound in white tape and appliqued on. One was marked socks, another collars and a third handkerchiefs. A slit with edges bound in white tape extended from casing down the middle of the front to half the length of the bag. ‘This allowed easy access to the bag’s interior. Nancy had made one of the same kind for herself, putting a flat stick in the casing in place of a draw- string. Brads fastened at ends of the stick held a heavy cord by which it was suspended. The stick held the bag out flat against the wall. (Copyright. 1927.) Do you envy the slender girlish Nancy’ Page? Write ‘and. theloss Sareeat addressed envelope to Nancy Page, care of The Star. and ask for a copy of her leaflet on “Reducing. Special Mayonnaise. Red mayonnaise is both zestful and One Mother Says: Young people should be encouraged to try out their own ideas when they are helping with the work and should never be laughed at, no matter how absurd their ideas may appear to grown-ups. Two lads I know wanted to place glass bottles on tall poles problem ~My way of liv;ng brings Is flndmg noble reasons in the chicken yard to “scare off hawks.” One boy's father forbade any such experiment in his chicken yard. He told callers, in the boy’s presence, about the plan, and they all laughed at the idea, causing the boy great embarrassment. The other boy’s father pretended deep interest and let his boy experiment. Whether the scheme had any practical value I do not know, but I do recall the delight of those two boys whenever a chicken hawk seemed to shy off from the glis- tening bottle, (Copyright, 1027.) — A third attempt to introduce the Ayu, one of the best Japanese food fishes, into Califo] has been < P ornamental. Make it by rubbing through a sieve two canned pimentos and adding the puree to one and one- half cupfuls of mayonnaise with a little lemon juice. This is a very decorative dressing to use on a cot- tage cheese and lettuce salad or a cress salad. Curry mayonnaise is a tasty dress. ing for a fish salad. It is made by adding one teaspoonful of curry powder dissolved in one tablespoonful of vinegar to one cupful of uncooked mayonnaise, For serving on cold meats just as a relish, add one chop- ped green pepper, one small chopped onion, one hard-cooked chopped egg and two tablespoonfuls of catsup to one and one-half cupfuls of uncooked mayonnaise. Pineapple, banana or any fruit salad is made particularly good if two tablespoonfuls of cottage cheese are added to one cupful of bolled mayon- naise, with some additional lemon or pineapple juice, just enough to flavor it nicely. Solutions of Today’s Word Golf Problems. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1 WORD GOLF—Everybody’s Playing It BY JOHN KNOX. from FISH to SWIM. You would naturally suppose that this would t it isn’t. that aren't so. Chanj whether o Human knowledge is made up of a lot of accepted facts SAP to WIT. The rating of a man’'s brilllance depends on not he agrees with your pet theorles. People often get in wrong by laughing at the wrong things just because they happen to be amusing. Print your “steps” here. Solutions on this page in today's Star. (Copyright, 1927.) Making 0ld Age Beautiful |DorothyDix Contends “It’s Never Too [Late to Learn”| If Grandma and Grandpa Want to Be Loved In- stead of Tolerated, Must Keep Themselves Well Groomed, Interesting, Lovable. “IF I am ever tempted to start an uplift movement in a world that is over- full of reforms as it is,” said a woman to me the other day, “it will be for the regeneration of the aged, and its slogan will be ‘It’s never too late to learn.’ “Too long has age been an alibi for selfishness and irritability and frowsi- ness and general cantankerousness, and it’s time that somebody made old people realize that they have no more right to be disagreeable at 70 than they had at 17. Of coure, senility is its own excuse, but short of being dotty there is no reason why grandma and grandpa should disregard all the amenities of life and make themselves a curse upon their families, instead of being a blessing to them. “We are always urging upon the young the importance of improving themselves. ners and their morals. ‘We exhort them to cultivate their minds, and mind their man- ‘We impress upon them the necessity of acquiring the arts and graces of civilized society to the end that they may make them- selves agreeable to their fellow creatures and be enjoyable companions with whom to live and do business. “Believe me, the old need these admonitous far more than the young, for youth has in itself the most potent of all fascinations in its beauty, its litheness, its grace, its bubbling high spirits, its laughter and gayety. X jon that we possibly can. age lacks, and so it is all the more im mon to our aid every synthetic attract “Now take the chief faults of old age. Most old people are hard on the eyes. ‘very imperfect ablutioners.’ the barber and the beauty shop. These ortant as we grow older that we sum- One is physical unattractiveness. They are untidy. Many of them are They stand in crying needs of the services of Their clothes are sloppy and ill-chosen. “Now, except in the case of the very poor, all of this is absolutely unneces- sary. Of course, as we grow old we inevitably lose the beauty of youth, but When nature takes one thing away from us she gives us something else for a substitute, and old age can have an elegance and a dignity that is far more impressive than the good looks of. outh. «]\/[OREOVER, nobody gets such a run for his money as do old people who pay attention to their personal appearance. Virtually all young people in these days are well groomed and well dressed, so they pass without notice in the crowd. But the old gentleman who is always meticulously shaved and shorn and immaculately garbed, and the old lady whose gray hair has the latest thing in permanent waves, and whose soft silks and laces make of her a picture, stand out as conspicuous examples of what old people should look like, and generally don't. “Age does not give us any right to make human scarecrows of ourselves. Nor does it carry with it the privilege of slopping around in carpet slippers and dirty wrappers and smoking jackets adorned with egg stains and tobacco ashes, and if grandpa and grandma would realize that and take the trouble to dress themselves up properly, they wouldn’t be hustled out of the room when company comes. They would be brought forward and exhibited as the family pride, and proof that their ancestors were somebodies. “Another fault that old people should correct in themselves is the ten- dency to be bores. To be forewarned is to be forearmed. ‘We all know that most old people are tiresome because they tell over and over again the same stories, and because they recall their own personal experiences that are of no earthly interest to any human being but themselves. “Having ourselves been the victims of many an ancient mariner who held us with his glittering eye while he told us interminable stories of his youth, and how he bested a man in a horse trade 70 years ago, why should we not keep tab on our own favorite ancedotes and refrain from encoring them and make a heroic determination never to tell anything that happened to us in the past, no matter how t.hr.llll-ng.il was? “THE formula for being an interesting companion does not vary with age. It is the same for young and old. As long as we give the floor to the other fellow, as long as we listen more than we talk, as long as we are inter- ested in other people's affairs and don’t expect them to take more thah a casual interest in our own, as long as we keep abreast of the times, we are good and entertaining company. “But when we begin to monologue about ourselves we become bores. This goes from the cradle to the grave, and so there is no excuse for our per- mitting ourselves to become bores until we get into our dotage and have a trained nurse who is paid to listen to us. “But the chief fault that old age should guard against is egotism. Good- ness knows why, but nearly all of us think that the mere fact of having lived 75 or 80 years endows us with supernatural wisdom. We may never have done a single intelligent thing in all that length of time, but that doesn't shake our faith that just because we are old we are oracles. “This is why old people are tryannical and dictatorial and meddlesome. Their self-conceit makes them feel that they know everything, and that their point of view and their way of doing things is the only way. “As I grow older,” continued the woman, “I think of these things a great deal and 1 make a much greater effort to improve myself than I did when 1 was young. thought and ~ money on my clothes. I mind my p's and my q’'s more closely. I spend more I try harder to make myself agreeable, I watch to see if I am tiring people when I talk to them, and I bite my tongue off before I criticize any one, or offer unsolicited advice. “‘And above all, I try harder to win the love and affection of those about me, for when we are old we do not attract people of ourselves. throw in a chromo with our pound of ‘We have to DOROTHY DIX. e (Copyright, 1927.) PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE DY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. Hokum. A school superintendent in a large city, addressing a meeting of his teachers, sald recently: “Of what use is it to spend eight years in getting an education, at the expense of the taxpayers, if at the end of that period the child has not the vigor to make use of the educa- tion?” Each year, it is estimated, 47,856 educators tell each other and the world that a sound body is more or less essential to carry a sound mind, but this grand old maxim is just like the weather—everybody talks about it, but nobody does anything about it. The educators recite this venerable maxim rather for the embellishment of their essays, but try to provide a moderate program of physical educa- tion or health training for the school child and see how quickly you will collide with the plans and prejudices of the school men who happen to be in charge. Take the situation in New York State, Soon after the World War the New York Legislature, impressed by the sad showing of our manhood when summoned for military service, enacted a law calculated to teach the young how to jump, so that if ever again the occasion should come, the necessary million men may “spring to arms.” This hasty legislation forced the school men, much to their Keep Your Skin Young Remove all blemishes and dis- colorations by regularly using pure mercolized wax. Get an ounce and use as directed. Fine, almost invisible particles of aged skin peel off, until all defects, such as pimples, liver spots, tan, freckles and large pores have disappeared. Skin is beautifully clear, soft and velvety, and face looks Years younger. Mercolized Wax brings out the hidden beauty. To quickly remove wrinkles and other age FISH FIST FIAT FLAT SLAT) ISLIT SLIM SWIM—Seven steps. SAP SIP SIT WIT ~—Three steps. lines, use this face lotion: I ounce powdered saxolite and 1 half pint disgust, to give every pupil a smat- tering of physical education—an hour or two & week—on paper. Thus wi physical education jimmied into the public school system of the Empire State. Well, they've stalled along for several years with it, the school au- thorities loudly proclaiming their sin- cere belief in physical education and all that sort of thing, but today the ‘whole thing is still a shameless farce. Everywhere in New York State school children are encouraged to dodge the “gym class” or the rest of the training which the law compels the reluctant educators to offer. No- where is any public school pupil re- quired to demonstrate any degree of efficiency in physical training in order to pass his grade. The farce is cost- ing the taxpayers just as much as real physical education would cost. The reprehensible part of it is that the educators are so deflantly refusing to carry out the will of the people, and cansequently children are still being turned out of school without the necessary vigor to make use of the m:lnull training they have received in school. Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “I had a good time five days this week, but the rest of the time I kept my clothes clean.” (Copyright. 1927.) BY LEE PAPE. Yestidday we got off the boat and on a train and off the train and in a taxi to go to our hotel in Paris, ma saying, Well, so this is Paris, how mutch are you going to tip the taxi driver? I hope your not going to tip him like an ignorent drunken sailer, Willyum, on your ferst day in Paris, she sed. Dont alarm yourself, Ive had some very good advice on that subjeck, so if this berd thinks he’s deeling with a. green forriner he’ll soon fimd out his mistake, pop sed. The correct Paris way to tip a taxi driver is 20 per cent or one frank for every 5, and that ixactly wat he’s going to get, he sed. G, he's there alreddy, I sed. Wich he was, and we all got out and took the suitcases and things out and ma looked at the meter on the taxi, saying Three 50, it says 3 fifty, do you know wat that meens, Willyum? 11l say I do, it meens 3 and a half franks or 3 franks and 50 centeems, pop sed, and ma sed, Why Willyum I think your perfeckly marvelliss. Meening on account of him knowing so mutch about Frentch money with- out ever even having eny before, and pop sed, And ferthermore my funda- mental nollege of arifmetic tells me that one fifth of 3 and a half franks would come to less than one frank, but wen I consider everything, espe- shilly wen I consider that a frank is ony werth 4 cents at the present rate of werldly injustice, Ill let him give me change for this 10 frank note and then 11 grandly tip him a frank, hay, come back heer, you robber. Meening the driver on account of him saying Mersy meseer, and quick sticking the 10 frank note in his pockit and driving away blowing his horn so he couldent heer in case eny- body called after him. Mersy meening Thank vyou in Frentch and proving the Frentch are allways polite. Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. Mrs. H. H. writes: “My baby is 8 months old and weighs 15 pounds. I still nurse her and give her a little water every day and every other morning orange or prune juice. Her one bad habit is sucking her first two fingers constantly. I read vour article about thumb sucking. Is there anything you can suggest for this baby?" Answer—The article on thumb suck- ing, instead of allaying anxiety as I had hoped it would, seems to have stirred up a lot of apprehension. If babies are well and have no rickets, one need not worry so much about this habit, which can do no special damage, except as any habit is damag- ing. But in the case of undernour- ished babies it can. Your baby is a poor weight for 8 months and gets far too little to eat. She should be having cereal twice a day and cod liver oil in addition to orange and the prune juice. Next month you should begin weaning. You can see that in this case the baby sucks her fingers because she actually does need more to eat. This isn't always the case. Won't you write for the leaflet on thumb sucking? Send a fully self-ad- dressed and stamped envelope with your request. Mrs. R. P. C. writes: “I read your article about the perfect baby and wonder what you would call mine. He is seven months old and weighs 18 pounds. He is up at 8 o’'clock in the morning, has two ounces of orange juice, then his bath and feed- ing and sleeps for four hours. On awakening he is given a six-ounce bottle of milk and maltose and naps and plays until 5 o'clock. At & undress him and he plays without clothes until his feeding at He sleeps then until 6 in the morning without waking, and plays quietly until 8. He can hang on your hands for quite a while in midair, and also Jumps up and down on his feet when taken up. He sits up well alone. But he hasn't any teeth.” Answer—The eternal fly in the ointment. The teeth are slow for such a perfect specimen of babyhood. He can have cereals now, otherwise the diet is right until 9 months. Such a baby is just the minimum of care ;"'3 the maximum of comfort, isn’t e? Peach Float. This is an airy bit of sweetness that makes a tempting dessert for a luncheon. Prepare one cupful of peaches by paring and cutting them into the finest of morsels, or you may grate them if you prefer, as the pulp must be very fine. Add one-half a cupful of sugar to the peaches and fold in the stiffly beaten white of one egg. Then whip the mixture until it is stiff and solid and very fluffy. If possible, pack in ice and salt for an hour, or set it as close to the ice as possible. Serve with whipped or plain cream. Tomato Marmalade. Tomatoes in a ripe condition will be needed for this. Scald them by pouring on hot water, then the peel will come right off. An equal propor- tion of sugar and tomatoes is used, two ounces of powdered ginger being measured out for each six pounds of tomatoes, together with the juice and rinds of four or five lemons. These ingredients should be stirred thor- o%hly in a preserving kettle and simmered very gently for two or three hours, being skimmed well and stirred at intervals. The marmalade is ready when it looks thick. Post LE Ask for Delicious crispness—good for both ends of a perfect day. © 1987, P. Ca., Ine. sties WEDLOCKED BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR. Nan_Hartley. an artists’ model. marries Tom Elliott. a’ poor artist. having had a chance to miarry Martin Lee, a rich law- ver. Tom and Nan are very happy. But they “haven't been married very long when Tom develops pneumonia and dies. He leaves Nan about to have a baby. Martin Lee comes back into her life and she marries him without love but for the sake of ler child, A tense situation develops between them. Un the one occasion that Martin shows his feeling for her he senses her utter lack of re- sponse and his pride'is up in arms. Nan is. of course, afraid of him. Shé feels wedlocked. Into this situdtion comes Alicia Rumsey. a friend of Martin's past. Alicia “feels that there may still be a chance ‘for her and starts manipulating wires. In the meantime Nan makes an attempt to get away. but finds it im- possible because of Muriel. " Martin be- gins to see a great deal of Alicia and on @ drive one afternoon she tells him. very cleverly, that Nan is unhappy in her pres- ent atmosphere, CHAPTER LI An All-Night Drive. Martin kept up his furious speed until they had reached the environs of the city. Then he slowed down. His grip on the steering wheel had been so tight that his fingers ached. He had only one thought now—to get rid of Alicia and then drive and drive. He didn’t care where he went, but he must have the exhilaration of speed and motion. New York began to loom up around them. Cheap apartment houses stood silhouetted against a dying sky. But the ugliness of everything was mer- cifully veiled because of the dusk. Martin wasn't thinking of Alicia save that he must retain enough sanity to leave her at the Giltmore. He was dimly aware of the fact that he hadn’t treated her very well. He had asked her to have tea with him at an old Westchester inn and he had an idea that she expected him to take her to dinner. Well, he couldn’t—not tonight. He had to be alone with his thoughts. He had to drive until this redness that swam before his eyes disappeared, leaving him cold and calm and sane again. At the side door of the Giltmore he brought his car to a stop. formed doorman came to Alici sistance, so that she was standing on the sidewalk waiting for him when he walked around to her. For a mo- ment they looked full into each other’s eyes and then with just the barest murmur of “I'm sorry, Martin,” Alicia was gone. Martin was conscious of getting back into the car and starting it. He was conscious of turning uptown and making for the Queensborough Bridge. Then at last it was dark and he was on Long Island. An open road stretched before him. There was no one in the seat beside him and he could give free rein to his thoughts. Nan! Nan! Was ever a man S0 madly in love with a woman as he had been with her? She flashed before his eyes in a series of pictures. At Helen Sheri- dan’s the first night he had seen her. That flawless young profile and sweep of dark hair! He had been talking with his dinner partner when sud- denly he had glanced across the table. Her beauty had startled him and he had stared at her across the bowl filled with yellow tea roses until she had looked back at him and then flushed and turned away. He had sent her roses and had fol- lowed the gift by a call at her apart- ment. She had returned tired from a long day’s posing. He remembered his feeling of tenderness toward her that night as he had looked down into the weary lines of her small face. He had wanted passionately to be able Like a Serpent. ‘When the child was little we thought him troublesome. Now that he is big we think him terrible, for we are filled with fears of which he knows nothing. He is so ignorant of his danger that no words of ours seem to reach his ears, though we shout aloud. How can we make these ado- lescent children heed our signals? Each child is a law to himself. Each home is a different home from any other. What works with one will not work with another. What then? One thing is certain about all of these youngsters. They fly from direct con- trol, but they will accept covered guidance, You must hide your real offensive and give the child a chance to save his face. An adolescent boy or girl is a half- ling. There is much of a child in him and much of an adult. The amount of each differs from minute to minute and is not to be depended upon for practical purposes. One proceeds cau- tiously until one learns who is upper- most at the moment, child or grown- up. And one never learns. It is a mistake to say: “Now, Laura, don't count on going to that party. You know I don't like to have you out too late. Your father doesn’t approve of your going out so much, anyway. Now, don’t plan on it. You are not going.” That is sufficient to make Laura feel she is being oppressed. She is going to fret about it and keep begging and planning and wheedling until you give in and let her go or set your foot down and say “No” and face the storm of tears and rebellion and head- aches and sulks. Be like the serpent and gently wind your way to where you wish to go, and take Laura with you. Begin on a line that seemingly has nothing to do with the party. “I met Belle today. She had Helen with her. 1 thought the hat Helen had on was rather pretty. She’s very stylish, isn't she? Not quite your sty esting, don’t you think Later on: “It's time we did a little something to entertain. What do you say to an afternoon of some kind? Just a few of your friends. We could have a little spread here, a game of tennis, go to the shore for the evening meal and a dance. ‘'We might ask Helen and that nice Burch boy.” By the time the party night comes you have filled the schedule so full there is no time, no place and no in- terest left in it. That evening finds Beware untried soaps, or those not made SOLELY for complexibn use THERE are y soaps—some good for laundering, others for countless household uses. But their makers exaggerate if they urge them for your face as well. For to be a complexion soap, they would be too mild to be efficient for these other uses. Hence those who are beauty-wise shun them and touch their faces only witha TRUE COM- PLEXION soap, of cosmetig oil content. A soap made for skin use— made to protect and beautify. Hence, largely on expert advice, thousands use Palmolive Soap, made solely to safeguard the complexion. to take care of her, to guard her against the world. And that night he had carried her off to the Port of Missing Men. Unable to keep away, he had called again shortly after that to find her 1l in bed. He had sent his chauffeur out for dinner and had watched over her while she ate every bit. That night—that night— He remembered now his impassioned words. “You aren't strong. I want to take care of you!” And then. “Any kind of life that you want to live will suit me!” He jammed down the accelerator viciously as he reached this point in his thoughts. Yes, he had said those very words to her. But had he kept his’ promise? No—no! A thousand times no! He had forced her to live his life and to know only his friends. Therefore he hadn't kept his word. Was it because he hadn't been able to win her love? Was it because she had married him in her extremity and had seemed to withdraw herself from him ever since? He wondered. Then had come her marriage. Helen had told him firsf “Yes, to a poor artist, a nice enough but they won’t have a cent be- t them.” ~He remembered the feeling of a shutter closing down in his brain. He remembered murmuring polite platitudes to Helen, things that meant nothing. After that he had kept himself pretty well in check until the night Tom had died, save-for thot slamorous days at Vineyard Ha- ven when Nan had sat on the sands in a slim jersey swimming suit or played a very bad game of bridge in an eve- ning frock trimmed with ostrich, He had even remembered that! But the night Tom had died he had lost control of himself. He had merely. led to bring her flowers and exs tended his sympathy, and then—he had forgotten everything in the world but her little white face with its sweep of black hair off her forehead. He re- membered blindly kissing her again and again, and then plunged rather drunkenly down the stairs. He had been shocked later to hear that Tom had died that night. Then he had bided his time. When he had found her ill and in need of h help, he had called in the best physi- cians. He hadn’t even flinched when he had discovered that she was to have a baby But something in her had definitely withdrawn from him. Married to him she did not treat him as she had when they had first met. And so a barrier had been erected between them, a bar- rier that had grown and grown until now it was insurmountable. There was nothing to do but give her up. He realized that. There was only one thing that could save their marriage—if Nan in some miraculous way could love him, things might still be_ adjusted. But of course he knew that was im- possible. Her heart was buried with that artist husband of hers, and what she had left she gave to Tom’s child. Alicia was right, he must give her up, If there had ever been any possibility of winning her love he had gone about it the wrong way. He came to himself with the knowl- edge that dawn was breaking. A soft blue haze lay along the horizon and overhead the stars were paling. He had driven all night, and he had no idea where he was. His practical mind told him that he must turn the car, get his bearings and drive for the city, but he didn't care. Nothing mattered save the fact that he must give Nan her freedom. (Covyright. 1927.) (Continued in tomorow’s Star.) OUR CHILDREN By Angelo Patri you far off, having a good time that lhi’r child thinks she arranged for her. self. The same thing goes for the boy. Stalk him. Gradualy close in on him. Feed him the idea you wish him to take so gently, so well under cover, that he can accept it without loss of dignity. He and she will sense that you are heading them off the tract, but because you do mnot say so out loud, because you leave them an open door through which they can make their exit gracefully, they will follow you cheerfully. Nobody likes to be ordered about. No persons like to be made to feel they do not matter, but are shoved about like chessmen. Adolescents are very sensitive. Be wiser than the ser- pent and remember the dove. Mr. Patri will give personal attention to inquities from parents or school teachers on the care and development of children. Write him in_care of this paper, inclosing seli- addressed, stamped envelope for reply. Rolled Sandwiches. Shred one-third pound of American cheese with a fork or put it through a food chopper. Stir in three table- spoonfuls of softened butter, two tablespoonfuls of heavy cream, one- fourth teaspoonful of salt, two-thirds teaspoonful of table sauce and three tablespoonfuls of tomato catsup. Mix into a smooth paste. The bread should be fresh and of a fine grain. Cut very thin slices with a sharp knife. Remove the crusts and have the slices uniform in size, either oblong or square. Spread each piece lightly with the above mixture. Roll up as you would a jelly roll and place the lapped side next to the dish to hold it in shape. Garnish with sprays of crisp parsley or water cress. Salmon Mold. Soak one tablespoonful of granu- lated gelatin in two tablespoonfuls of cold water. Beat the yolks of two eggs or one whole egg slightly, then add one and one-half teaspoonfuls of mustard, one teaspoonful of salt and a few graing of cayenne. Add one and one-half tablespoonfuls of melted Eut- ter, three-fourths cupful of milk and two tablespoonfuls of vinegar. Cook in a double boiler until the mixturs thickens. Adad the soaked gelatin and one can of salmon separated into flakes. Turn into a mold, which has first been wet with cold water. Chill and serve on a bed of lettuce leaves. Keeping a Schoolgirl Complexion lather into the skin. Rinse with warm water; then i+, cold. If skin is inclined to be naturally dry, apply a little good cold cream.” That is all—it’s nature’s rule for keeping that schoolgirl complexion, Do that regularly, and particu- larly before bed. Never let powder, rouye or make-up remain on your skir over night. Note how much better your skin is in even one week. Get Palmolive today. Costs but 10c a cake. Use no other on your face. But be sure you get GEN- UINE Palmolive. Crude imitations, represented to be of olive and palm oils, are not the same as Palmolive. Wash the face gently with Mgagsage its balmy olive Remember that and take care. The Palmolive-Peet Co., Chicago, U.S. A..