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Selecting the Becoming BY MARY MARS Most of us, I think, still half belicve | that some time before Easter the lead- ing milliners get together and settle on the new miilinery styles for Spring and then hurry back to their workrooms to | direct the making of the model thats, that they ever have a hand in launch- ing any new fashions as such. As one of the most_distinguished these milli- ners of the Rue le Ia Paix in Paris has said “It happens, of course, that certain re more frequently noticed s repetition” of the i e et bl ik | conneetion through to New Orleans lity. there is a new mode. In re; - the name | that deser a hat for her atever become: ad - trimming : within the general lines that > adopted by women at the moment.” More and more Amevican milliner: | of “creator’ make ! according to her pers in Arrauging w | style | form, shade | profession--more and more they realize that the important thing is not to posscss_the sort of glib salesmanship | that_will induce a customer to be isfied with any one of the hats th she happens to have on display, but to be able to find just the hat best | suited to that particular customer, or not having it to make it for her. While sceking first the hat that becoming to the individual one my not forget “the general lines that adopted by women at the moment 1q at this ular moment hats arc as closely shaped to the head as ible—they extend farther than ever o t the nape of the neck and {re- quently there is an extension of mate- I rial well beyond the cars at the sides. is ell_dressed women are. much mote icular about the fit of their under- rments than they were a few sea- 2 ago, and though the simple one- BACK WITH | picce slip continues in fashion it is no D _AT THE FRONT.|jonger the sort of pillowslip garment it TH DEL IS OF BALLIBUNTL | ysed to be. It must be made to con- AND BLACK | form rather closely to the figure. This | week's home-dressmaker’s help consists of a diagram-pattern with sketch and | working directions for a slip of this sort. | 1f_you would like one please send me renc | YOUT stamped, sclf-addressed envelope themselves | ang 1 will send it to at once. one believe | ) SPRING HATS WILL !1 BRIM THAT IS TURN- to this country. the hats from | select the hats sors 1 WORLD FAMOUS STORIES THE LOV ~as born inlthat he held her sprig of sweet mar- “He ied irom | joram in his hands. She almost shriek. jed with joy. To conceal her blushes | | she looked into the fire and stirred up there was a dark | the embers with a long iron rod. of a The burning wood crackled and burst tow- | into flames, and there in a cloud of \ bur- | sparks appeared the Love Fairy. She Gened with chains Men in steel | was smiling and ardent and stepped out armor guarded it day and night. and|into the room near the boy and girl. nly warriors were welcomed there by | The uncle, absorbed in telling a story vy ey |about fights and battles, did not see The Count of the castle had a niece | her. As a matter of fact, she was in- d Odette, who trembled with | visible to him. nt whenever she saw her terrible “Love one another, my children This voung girl was bloom- |said the Love Fairy to Odette and Le into womanhood among rough ! “Leave storics to old age, which has . as a ds opens it eves|only memories. When one is in love s and {at 16 there is no need for the voice—a e ingle look says more than a long ime in embroidering and say- | speech. Love one another, my children, or contemplating_the | and let old ege talk.” = green meadows from | Then the Love Fairy enveloped Odette Often at night she!and Lois in her wings. so that the longed for she |Ccunt did not see Lois imprinting his But a harsh look or | first kiss on Odette’s lovely forchead. ld make her se beautiful wings of the Love ies and weep with | transparent and as thin as tremblingly, Te- | of a gnat, but when they are enlarged to shelter lovers they become like a veil and conceal the pretty actions of love from unsympathetic eyes. ‘When the Count came to the end of his story the Love Fairy disappeared in the flames, and Lois went off, thank- ing his host and sending Odette a final kiss. The girl slept happily that night. dreaming of mountains and flowers and stars more brilliant than the sun. e and Lois met often after. that and always the Love Fairy was near at | helter them with her wings if the terrible old uncle should happen along ary to say that the 1wo young people fell more and more in love with each other, and each | arting becafie more painful than the s all very beautiful to them °y felt an immense gratitude for the gifts that the Love Fairy had given them in bringing them together with such tender regard for each other "I am she who protects love-making " the Love Fairy would say. “I watch ing her t ing her praye azure sky or ing sadder than of her window o doves. Then, saw @ handsome hospitality at the At the sight nge tears flowed ned a sprig reld in her gate was not opened for this i a guard called out warriors are adm! looking dow youth asking for marjoram man raised Odette, picked parted. : E That night Odett# had a beautiful éream. She thought she the sprig | of sweet marjoram and 1rom the leaves, rose a She was g fairy, with g wings. slo! 1 | beauties of true and faithful love 1 | bring | ogether true lovers and see that e never separated. It ¥5 1 who e handsome | bring Joy o those who deserve ‘ove, and | use you were | know how to keep its beauties pure and | e world find- | untrampled wi*h the sins of world.” 0se Who SIBN | 5, the Love Pairy kept watch over | Ming | Odette and Lots untll there came a by 1o me when they simply eould not be {v' ‘Piweparated any more. They told the YOUT | Love Fairy and begged her to it %o that t could always next morning (gether. It seemed that Odette's terribl r youm, and | uncle was a difficulty that could not be | s and passed | surmounted. but the Love Fairy knew But in the | how w0 do ft, i 3 She told then a beautiful story and | their s lighted up with the wonder and joy of it. Bhe explained that real| { blies possible only 1o those who | & ch other truly and always. And nis morning. 1 wander about he §aw her Tim sat 8 handsor of & knight, It w SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. fyen the Love Falry waved her magic »and and transformed Odette and Loty Ino-two sprigs of sw marjoram {but such lovely marjoram that only a falry could make anything like it. They { fourid themselves placed ¢ide by side on a tree, 5o close together that their % ined with one another, MarvBous wers grew there, of unexampled f grance, and they were ever after tha ay# I bloom tn scent the air for Other true Jovers that might come by, A s Count of the castie, he consoled himself vith night the story of how a | artier conquered w teryiblo 1 dendly combat, ony. ermon for Today BY KLy AOHN K« A Picture Without Color, For Gon Jub, 2231116 maketh my heart s 8 famous | It wan the world intel sroind w merhl the muster minds of | leets, seutptons, | Statesmen scientints 1 e great e e bt the b Howaids and | onies i Florence Night- | with are ot there | He it ter minds represented i | s patnting mre worthy of Uie corded \hem vone vl ques - The only eriticim 1 mak i Aht the artist dgnores the heart und puts Intellect on the thione. 1 do Bt ehittie brains. 1 take off my hat U great intellect. But thise who hays A the greatisl service W e ot s grewt otellectuads * heart ket my hewrt st o | o 1% ot v b silly - headed | b the brainiest men 1 kiow are A% Vender hear . Bpeaking | witulis, & man Wil @ brubi, one of s wd vecently, “He 1 one er-harted men | ever 1y exteem for that man vis 1y enchancen | Siw jungment of the head ts 1ot 1o e Kt o ok, wiptess” i | cunoion of 1he beart - Binotion b ot Emotion 15 power, Jenng ivated the mulitides beesse o et i her o €l Tawd. BuL do ot neglect o caltivate the heart A without French tng b Grouped 1 st ot are focrate i ung Willis | CINTRN A yitns it i s w | tivere are adopting this French idea of their | ¢ | were excited by It | indications | the | completing touch | over the hearts of those who know the | s Washington History BRY DONALD A CRAIG. | Sl e e ontinuons Maine to Louisiana,” fs now In_existence the completion, an- av. of the gap in the The ik February 6. 186 ail from shington, a result of nounced here to Mississippi Railroad Saturday. and the w made, the report states, now made. T R time between: New Orleans | ndelphia by this route will be only 80 hours. By the finishing of this link o innous rail line is now provided from Bangor, Me. to New Orleans except for short ferrfes at the Hud- son River, the Susouehanna River, th Potomace River and the James I st chain of railways has cost, reqate 2.339.4 miles of road T or nearly one-tenth of the Jle ratlrond system in $61.— For some wWhisperin s for treasonable pu blished in this ecity. been rs of som: enth ward o statement ded in the old ¢ near Four- An o to ex- February there | depository poses has been est Althongh not much ¢ ) o the T OpErtY owners arms were cone & 15 and-a-Halt was given to Capt amine the prem the gas con Brown, wrote keeper of the apt. Allen throu: building and It wa ned today that has been completed ns were discovered. No to receive arms, Home in Good Taste BY SARA IILAND, A dining tend itself ' without the of being crowdes is apprecia those who find difficult to give up their friendly gar- dens during the Winter months. The long, na bay as shown in the illust care of several pots and pl ng results. To give the feeling of perpetual sun- shine the g curtains have been made of crisp yellow organdy (you just can't be anvthing but happy when the windows 10 & the overds room {idea of the etonne with a bouquet desig a narrow width has been used ing the entire pattern to be H valance across the top adds nd the The woodwork In this room is ivory: the walls buttercup yellow, lke the glass curtains, and the g and ground of the draperies a rich sky blue. (Conyrieht teht 1928 . Chocolate Raisin Muffins, e of bitter chocalate In tler and mix it with one cupful 6f molasse To one cupful of bran and one c I of sifted wh flour, one-halt poonful ot d ‘one teaspoonful of baking powd one-half a cupful of sour milk, three-fourths teaspoorful of baking da dissolved in one-fourth cupful of boiling water. one tablespoonful of melted short-ning, one well beaten egg and the mol hocolate mixture Combine thoroughly and add one-half a cupful of floured raisins. Drop the mixturk into greased muffm tins. Bake for sbout 25 minutes in a moderate alt oven, Increasing uses of rayon tion with other textites is c; Belgium to opera in connec- ing ray 10 capactty found of preparations | , | Fashionable Folk by cJulia Boyd . | | | He That Hath Ears. tent look, almost she | never looked bright. even work in school. She would get one question perfectly and the next one, anxious, yet | would be wrong, weirdly wrong |~ “There is certainly something wrong | with this child,” said the teacher. can’t make out what it is. She ought to be tested.” The intelligence tests showed same ragged quality. “She ought to have done better. The L Q. is high but | the achievements are poor. When you go Into them they are queer. Belter have the doctor look over her.” | “Good morning Kate,” said the doc- tor, cheerily. | “Good morning,” sald Kate, in the | far away tone of the child in fear. “Now. you tell me your name and how old you are” sald the doctor, bending down to get a card from the bottom drawer of the desk. He found one, placed it on the desk blotter shook his fountain pen, made a b ning dot on the line' where Kate's ringly. In all this time Kate had spoken. She was standing with her back to the doctor now, looking |Into the cabinet that held’ all the shiny things the doctor used. “What 1s your full name, Kate,” sald the doctor, not quite so cheertly. Kate never stirred. The doctor touched her arm. Kate turned calmly and looked at him. She was patiently waiting. “50-0-0," thought the doctor, but making 110 sign of the idea that had spoken to him. Kate looked intently at the doctor’s face He looked just as intently at te's face. By and by the man spoke irst, a “Did you hear what 1 sald, Kate?" Kate watched the doctor's face, not Kate rarely smiled. She wore an in- | although identical in kind and quulll_\‘.“ | he was o go and then looked up | OUR CHILDREN 1| times the ' | ean | | say | children, Angelo Patri deeper intentnessgin her gray eges showing an_effort of some kind ‘or other behind them “Just now? I heard you speak to She did very un- | me just now.” “Did vou hear me ask you to tell me your name? “No. When did you ask me? ard you just now.” You see, Kate I only hard of hearing at There were times when the heard perfectly well. but there other times when she blankly deaf She was a highly ligent child stantly being turned on and off you imagine the condition her mind would be in after a sesslon at school You who have ears to hear remember that there are those who have not Watch for them. Speak gently, slowly, clearly to them. Train all such children to read the lips of those who talk to them. * Train thém to let people know they cannot hear. Test the hearing of all children every few months. A child may hear much less tomorrow child was pronounced fect when he ente he is 50 @ month child intel- d school does not year {rom then, or a from then. Watch, All stow all failing children, should have thefr hearing tested. And when it 15 discovered child's hearing is impaired, things for him (Conyrient that adjust 1028 (M Patrt Estimating Australia’s loss insect pests at $100,000,000 a year, the { government's chief entomologist 18 pre- to start a noxtous w paring against nsects itional campatgn cds and damaging TTHE TIMID SOUL. THIG LL U ALL IKIGHT. 1D bl J Jukrt i codd. unieeponsiVl paasionless, i »‘A:l.l’t‘tn‘rll’l". y‘LEuu vithout colos, HOW MANSY ¢ OMHE ? THIS WAy, PLEASE —BY WE through | SUB ROSA Lack of Chivalry. ‘Two months ago Enid was a most un- happy young thing. She and her Don- ald had fallen out considerably. They'd had a little difference of opin- fon v+ the number of times Enid | danced with George on one particular evening and the slight difference ended in many angry words—a great pity! ‘The ‘ridiculous feud, begun lightly enough, threatened to end in a most | terriblebreach. For days they didn't speak to each tother. Don never called. Enid de- j clared she wouldn't answered, anyway. ‘Then the other evening Jack dropped {In for a chat with Enid. His call was ! friendly enough, but he had to get his | little gossip In. “Say, what's the matter with you and the heavy boy friend?” he inquired genfally. “What's all the trouble?" “Who said there was any?” demand- | ed Enid. She'd purposels about the feud, for she felt sure that | sooner or later things would ~right | themselves. | “Well, I hate to spread scandal or { anything—but, honestly, you know I'm fond of you, my girl, and I don't like to hear you spoken of in the wrong | way-—- prompted Entd uneasily ell” Jack hesitated, “to tell you the honest truth, Enid, Donald’s heen | saying some pretty rough things about you {man ought to say about the lady of | his_heart—-r" Enid didn’t much believe him at first, | but later. when other people hinted at | ant storfes her swain wa: . she had to give credence to Hurt and furious she rushed to the | | phont then and called Don’s number. {In the conversatfon that ensued there | were many tears, many apologies and | Don's assurance that he'd been a per- [ fect cad and wanted her forgiveness. ‘Well, they're all on again now. Every- thing is rosy. They're gaing right on from where they left off. and Enid | laughingly refers to Don's “naughtiness™ | in talking about her the way he did. I Don wasn’t naughty. He was unchiv- alrous. He did a small time, low down ! thing when he started scandal about his girl friend just to appease his hurt | pride. No gentleman puts up that kind of defense in any kind of war. It seems to me that a man capable of ! stooping 8o low to conquer isn't going to be a particularly fine specimen of husband. 1f a woman can't count od her hus- band's chivalry—his protection of her , name—on whom will she rely? Figure it out. Lack of chivalry before marriage fsn't | | going to turn to tender protection after. Not if T know my apples. (Cobyrizht. 19781 WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD, stered U S Patent Oifice. was deaf, + but withs her hearing con- | today and hear Because your physically per- | | a | _When Dan Ripe's circus showed at | Sixth and B streets northwest, just | tured the only man in the world to let an ¢lephant pick him up by its | trunk. | Everyday Law Cases Overinsures May He Reco Fire Loss® BY THE COUSNSELLOK. Owner mobile, mobile for $2,650 and insured it against loss by fire fn the sum of $4.350. The poliey contained the following clause: “Warranties: The following statements of facts known to and war- ranted by the assured to be true, and relving upon the truth thereof “The facts with respect to the puichase of the automobile described are as fol- lows: Purchased by the assured tunl cost to assured, including equip- ment, $4.350." and he filed his clnim for the insur- ance The company. learning of the discrepaney n the price pald and that mentioned In the policy, refused to pay Thereupon Benton instituted sutt. At the trinl Benton claimed that he wis misled to making an - erroneous statement regarding the cost of the car by an agent of the msurance company who negotfated the insurance and wi filled In’ the application for the polk But the court refused to allow Hen- ton to recover the insurance moin holding that 1t was his duty to be ¢ ful what he signed, stating “We cannot lend our sanction to WAREFINR ontracts of msurance on au- tomobiles any more than we can on roperty. Contracts of itracts of indemnity, Insurance on - auto- could be move (Conviieht 1928 Eggs Benedict. Toast some slices of bread, or split and tonst some muffing. Place on each Plece of towst or mufin s thin shice [ of cooked ham or oriap, cooked bacon JOn top of this place & poached egg L eover with hot Hollandatse sauce and aorve at once. ‘The ham or bacon may be omitted and a drop or two of table sunice sprinkled an each pleco of toaat to give flavor “The Hatee- - Divide one-halt w cupful of butter Into thiee povtions and put ce WIth (wo egi yoIks and one il of lemon fulee 1 the per part of & double boller. BUv con- atantly until the mixture beging to thicken Remove from the stove, add the second plece of butter and stiv vapldly ay the egg continues (o thicken ‘Then add the lust plece of butter and continue o stiv untl the mixture s completely blended. Add one-fourth teaspoonful of salt and & little cayenne pepper. Herve at once. I ddse & thin ner sauce 1s destred, add a little hot water. 1f the sauce separatos, add one or two tablespoonfuls of water, milk or cream, place the sauce over hot “ater for w fow seconds and boat well. It will then bovome smooth again - . y kept quiet | I mean not the sort of things a Charles Benton purchased an auto- are | this policy is issued by the company | Ac- | Coiffure Contrasts. This year's mode in coiffures shows some striking contradictions so that it is impossible to characterize it in one word. One cannot truthfully say, for example, that the sleck hob is the leading style this season nor that the fluffy long-hair coiffure is the smari- est. The fact seems to be that more |and more women are see! viduality in hairdressing. They are no longer content to follow one style leader, but each chooses the coiffur that 15 becoming to her. One of the coiffures that seribing for you today i< a clos ting hob (A) with one deep v ezch side. The rest of the hai fectly smooth and straight I am de- fit on is pe To dre the middle and brush it flat against | the skull. Sece that the back hair is PERSONAL HE BY WILLIAM Artiritism Without Germs. Half of all cases of arthritism (joint | disease) are clearly of infectious char- acter, that is, caused by germs. No adays everybody who isn't quite deaf and dumb knows that acute so called rheumatic fever. matism, is a matter of germs invading the circulation and lodging in now | this and now that joint to set of the heart to produce endocarditis !'and perhaps permanent valvular trou- | ble. The germs responsible for all this {usually find their way into the system ! through the throat or its vicinity. So {most ~ persons nowadays understand | why good doctors order patients, par- ticularly young patients, to bed when an apparently simple sore throat or | some simple ailment develops. The doc- ! tors are trying to prevent “complica- tlons.” This acute infectious arthritis or | rheumatic fever” is an illness of a few | weeks. Most infectious arthritis is ! chronic. that is, rather insidious in on- | set and once one or several joints be- come affected the trouble persists in- | definitely unless the source of the infec- tion is promptly discovered and the septic focus cleared up. Gonorrheal | arthritism occupies a place midway be- matic fever and chronic arthritis; the | gonorrheal type, however, is the best MILADY BE the coiffure, part the hair exactly in | inflammatory rheu- up | trouble, or mayke lodging in the lining | tween acute multiple arthritis or rheu- | AUTIFU BY LOIS LE jeut to a neat point at the nape of the neck. ‘The hair should be smogth over the temp) the wave out just below the cheek bone. ends of hair are tucked neatly behind the ears, the lobes of which are al- lowed to peep out. This type of coiffure is especlally becoming to_brunettes witn low, broad eads. If the hair grows in a nate dow's pe: at the center of brow, % I the better. The eyeby should be well marked and gracefully arched and the lashes long nd dark. When such a plain coiffure wern it is important that every dee il of make-up be perfect. Another coiffure (B) that illustrates | just the opposite style of haird 1 lis full of waves and curls. A short | part is made in the center and then another part is run from ear to ear through the end of the first part in a T-shape. 5 makes a narrow front section of hair and a large back sed tiof The f{ront section is drawn smonthly as far nd rom that point on d to the ends. The h | long %0 that it ma arotind to the bac ing a ba i ural the of the head. mai ndeau of hair. The back hair upward and d 1 5 all over the top of the contrast tween the mooth front i and the mop of 15 vory pre this type is It is suft- i irly tall women with biond, auburn or light brown hair_with golden or reddish lights n it The hair should be of fine texture | and have a healthy sheen. | 1975 ALTH SERVICE BRADY D. ure of know, are not of infectious origin, that s. we have no reason to cupposs that germs have anvthing to do with these | types of arthri explained that gout, ascribed to retention or accue mulation of uric acid i} ¢ ystem, is surely not so caused, although in some cases deposits of mono-sodium furate may be removed from tophi or concretions in the ears or elsewhere. But in some cases diagnosed as gout chemical tests show no increase over he normal tontent of uric acid in the blood; and experimentally no particue lar harm is caused bv the injection into the blood of enormous quantities of urle acid. Whatever the nature and cause of gout may be (I have never seen & case and I doubt that gout is anything else than ordinary arthritis of un- known origin) w include this entity or nonen infectious types of arthritism. Thére seems no clear advantage to be gained scussing the noninfece | tious types of arthritism here. Frankly, we don't know anything about them, and this is not the place to specuiate. Therp are medical tomes and endless cotemporary medical essa that do this, all to no definite purpose, so far as I can discussion nf the types ritism seems in particular. | example of focal infection—that is. the | germs gain entrance to the blood from | the primary gonorrhea, and in order to cure the arthritis it is essential to eradi- | cate the gonorrheal infection. { Atrophic arthritis and hyperthrophic | arthritis are the other two main type: of arthritism. These, so far as we Fi burgh's er pr all that the ins Are you one of the millions ' who make this mistake? Make the personal health test and see what one simple change in to | opposite the Sixth street depot, and fea- | . | T'S natural to think that the caffein you take with your meals drives away fatigue— “picks you up." Something does —and isn’t caffein a stimulant? Yes, but caffein doesn't work so fast. It's the warmth of the drink that gives you an immedi- ate sense of comfort. The full effect of the caffein comes later —hours later. Then this drug stimulant whips up your nerves { —repels sleep—drives the brain ! on when every natural impulse may be crying for rest. | Don’t be fooled any longer! | Change from caffein to Postum! | Benton's car was destroyed by fire of the Laxative Habit What do YOU do when the bowe need a httle assistance ? 1 von clear- | up the condition with some laxative ade With CASUARA, there s noth- | my better for the system-—4or the Blood Rut it vou don't KNOW the laxa tive you have fearned to depend on 1ot havmbess cascara, tonly valuable advice Fhe bark o a tree valled cascara s the ot marvelons conditiones wankind has vet tonnd It stunalates the howel s muscular action, but does NOU weaken A\ violent laative tonms the lavative HARIE You af wavs need more on the morrow With cascara, vou don't. ts gentle | mtluence carties 0n - sometines davs With less and less need ot aov | aid, as tine goes on | So, the very next time you feel| | i | CASCARETS communioation ?\-vtwvnu Rerlinand Mukden, WA, Ve Just beenn nmue WURE e e o Radiotele) \‘h.umv and vadiotelmgnaphte ‘! 1 They Work While You Sleep! Lgaion diet can do for you! You'll get the mealtime “pick up” you want from Postum'’s genial warmth and zestful flavor. But afterward, when you want to rest, you can! For Postum is madeof roasted whole wheat and bran—no trace of any artificial stimulant in it. Postum never robs you of sleep, never affects the nerves or causes indigestion. Prove it—this way! Make Postum your mealtime drink for thirty days! Then see how much better you feel! Your grocer has Postunmr—either Instant Postum, made instantly in the cup, or Postum Cereal, prepared by boil- ing. Order today! What Doctors :l‘hl\nk take ontv a4 candy cascaret htinl 10 the taste, sweet and acveptable to any stamach, and just as efficient a3 the powertul purges that faly paralvae the perustaltic walls af woe's L e The only hatit vou'lt get tram cascarets is the ane at going weeks and months with. wnt ARY Voot the Kind when vou do invoke their aid the same swall dase suifices doctar can tell vou ahont cascara; and qiy diuggiot has the candy cass #