Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1928, Page 20

"REAL ESTATE. THE EVENING Painting Your Own Furniture BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. PAINTED FURNITURE IS SMART AND ATTRACTIVE. that will be required. When these have been calculated they must be added to hized economy. Buying unfinished fur- | the cost of the unfinished furniture. and niture and painting it is another mat- | this inclusive sum be deducted from the ter altogether. This may be economy | price of the ready finished pieces. Then or it maynot be. It all depends on the | the actual saving in dollars and cents cost of the furniture in its unfinished | will be found out. - state compared with the cost of the| The time that will be consumed in same furniture in its ready painted and | painting the furniture is seldom ready to use condition. can be purchased at a law figure, a sav- | the home decorator. If a saving re- ing undoubtedly results by doing the | sults, the time is put to good use. work yourself. If the difference be-| Such a use of time as this is doubly tween the price of the finished and un- | rewarded when old furniture is given a finished articles is not much, it will | new lease of life by extra coats of paint prove an economy to have the painting | It is cheering to notice the transforma- done for you at the shop where the, tions that paint deftly used will make. articles are bought. There is practi- | Many home decorators wonder why 3 s the choiee offered of buy- | their painted furniture does not have ing the furniture in its unfinished state | the fine smooth finish that is scen on or finished to your order in the way de- | painted furniture in shops. They can sired. at an extra charge. It is when | get an equally good result by sand making up her mind which is the wisest | papering each coat of paint after it is way to get it and which will actually dry and by using for the final surface be the most economical way that the | enamel paint or a good soft-finish bhomemaker has to consider carefully. | varnish. Use the sand paper lightly but The point to take into consideration | sufficiently on the final finish and then 18 the cost of (he paint. and the varnish | rub the paint with liquid wax or some and oil to rub the furniture down with | fine oil. Many times paint is spraved efter it hes had its final coat of paint.| on surfaces when the work is done in To this must be added the price of brushes sand paper and any incidentals | to Renovating shabby furniture by ap-| Plving a coat or two of paint is a recog: be rubbed down and obliterated. The Sidewalks of Washinglon BY THORNTON FISHER. Every one reveres age unless it hap-| one of 'em. Take 'em out of here. Pens to concern the antiquity of an ege. | thought tney were storage eggs. 1 A ‘young or fresh egg is more earnestly | won't eat an egg in this house again Tespected than an oid egg. Bad eggs are | ynless they are absolutely fresh.” decidedly not in The lady was completely bewildered w think,” continued her ex- T should think,’ cited husband, “that you yourself could tell that these eggs are no good the human family | "Setzing his hat. he rushed gx‘nm lh"‘ p‘,,_' 5 I{ | house, nnnnu):\.c‘lnz u::finge ;,’.‘é‘l}’ l:e downtown | mo! 3 fi}l’l‘-‘gmfi _o:"l‘r‘\ could get a brace of fresh eggs. breakfast and | After his departure the distressec $ peodisions’ On but devoted woman began to consider Pacity for good or 4 where she might buy fresh eggs for her evil. It may send anery spouse. Then she checked her- 2 man to business self. Came the next morning. With ¢ in the morning disarming smile she placed a plate of with joy bells ring- eges before the assistant head of the ing in his heart or house and murmered, “There now. it may render him know you'll like these eggs. They .arc and those with right out of the nest.” whom he comes In Onee mare panner tnrned them over eontact miserable. on his fork. “Huh. Fresh ones, eh?’ Just the other morning an irate per- | sad he. son in a downtown restaurant picked | “Fresh as the morning milk.” war up his hat and thundered out because | th> innoruous little prevarication. an unfortunate waitress delivered to| Without further discussion popper him a 30 seconds underdone egg. It | ate “hem and smacked his lips, seems that he had requested a two-and- | “You see” he sald sagely. “what » ®-half-minute egg and he had been ac- | difference there s between sinrage ege+ cidentally shortchanged on the time. |and frech ones. All the difference ir At 10 paces all eggs Jook alike. The the world. T could tell it the minnt- palate, however, is the stern appraiscr | T nut one of these in mv mouth, Now ©f the guality of the commodity. 8ome- | cot ont the worgen eugs forsver." times the mental attitude has consider- | Reaming with virtory, he kissed hi sbie 1o do with taste. % wife and whictled his wav throush th At the risk of subjecting scores of | dncr. Shoh-h! They were stors Washington wives to suspicion we shall | eggs torag relate the story of one man who fancles | Sininie himself a connolsseur of eggs. One wife | 8o 10ld annther, who told another, who in | S0me one has aptly said, “The world turn passed the incident along until it | SN funny. Its the people in it finally reached this column {Oyster eaters are regarded as peculiar The first lady has for many years persons by those been purchasing storage eggs. They who do not n- were perfectly good warchouse eggs and duige In _oysters friend husband never emited a com- Some pecullar peo- piaint until sume one told him that ple eat rabbits and there 15 as much difference between 2 | frogs’ legs and varehouse egg and a 24-hour egg ax even eels. Bome there s between elephant steak and | pecullar men wear caviar. That immediately had the ef-| red neckties, Some fcet of precipitating a household riot pecullar Women “The next morning his ususl cggs were avold the applica- set before him. Instead of unquestion- ton of cos ingly devouring them, he inserted his 1 this i try fork under them, sniffed suspiciously. we are all peculia on4 asked what kind of eggs they were. | A man who p “The wife, astoniched at the unexpect- €Ol 20 years ngo ed inquiry, wid him that they were was regarded as pUorage eggs—in fact, very good sLOrage peculiar by hin eggs indeed. What about it? friends, even if “What about exclaimed the erst- they did 'not #0 & while gentle soul, everything ston furttier and i say he was plum | bloto. ahout it. Look at thome eggs. Taste | We have a very dear friend in Wash- ington—that is the reason, perhaps, | that we can write about him. He ncui: ally belleves that any one who ix fond of opera in & forelgn tongue 1 peculiar Al he will seamper Jike s March hare it an ebony-furred cat interferes with his progress. He would rather walk funder a falling fron vault than to walk beneath a ladder. ! Ever mince he miraculously escaped injury during the Florida hurricane he Dias put on his left shoe first, It seems that the day of the big wind he made & mistake and put on his right shoe first. He I very careful mbout little things like that During the cold spell & week ago he went down o his little shack on the shiore of the Potomac, put on his bath- ing wuiL and Jumped 0, Beveral pecu- 5 removed from B liar friends stood on the shore and of Uhese compsrisons Com- | yatehed bom o disport himsell in o the ot Jetvers ate lsed, You mUstlfrigid water, Apparently this 18 Jusi Siret Gipeover some Telnbiomskip b ween |y yond full of pecubiar people. e first wnd second W orer 4 piok the Sourths 1t goex with the Uiird () Ae 15 10 B us AR 18 U AAA, AR, | R AAWE. 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Work with the han | 8 bourd well dredged with confection ougar ROl out. ushig confectione’ sugar on the bhosrd and rolling pin, {one-fourth neh - Whickness sl shupes, 1ol I powdered sugar wnd pack away in a U box Hned with wixed paper Keeping Uie bame pro- portions, raising, prunes, pecans, hisel M us AB I8 o WY o Answers o Letter Relationships, 03) A w0 Bowe AA I 10 BB 21 AY 15 0 MN bs AB I 15 B1 AL ik s DA sk AAR I 1 ARA (1 riier transporition ) “ Ve § ix o P (Beven (51 B W RY ws OF 5y HE O CTwo Jetre furtier on b four eters | o1 1our letere on Vo elght leters on ) (50 RB 6 0 AABE 88 G 15 W CC | wi Goubling ) [ . That there wre mt lount crent ways of making & ving n ehawn by British g porta, L. pone If the pieces | counted, for this is the_ contribution of | shops, and then no brush strokes have | Cut it | ! nuty and wimonds may be used o Uils 16,847 aif- has rnment re- LITTLE BENNY BY LEE P Me and pop was taking & wawk and we saw some man wawking in frunt of us with kind of long hair: and no hat on, and peeple was terning around to 2. G pop. i3 he crazy or wat wat, pop sed. Ive herd of that chap, he's got an ideer that hats and barbers make you bald, and being an independent as well as a logical man, he refuses to wear a hat or to have his hair cut, and I wish there were more people in the world like him, if I felt the same way as he does I hope | 1 would act the same way. There are | too meny human sheep on this erth, wat we need is more men with an opin- | 1n of their own and the courage to| act_on it. pop sed. Wich jest then some man going pass In a waggon yelled, Hay there, you better tie a ribbon around your hair, youll lose it. Ony the man with no hat on pertended he dident even heer him, and pop sed to him, Thats the ideer, frend, let the wind blow and the dogs bark. and the man without a | | hat sed. Thats the principal ixactly, | | Tl be glad to wawk along with you a | wile, sir. | Pop starting to look serprized and | then saying. And Iil be proud to wawk | with you. sir. | Wich he started to, me thinking, Heck, sippose 1 meet eny of the fel- | lows. And I started to wawk a_little | ways in back of them in case I did. | jand peepie kepp on terning around to | |look and IaMng, and pop started to | { Jook kind of nerviss as if he thawt he | dident_h, eny hat on himself, and | | Puds Simkinses father started to go | pass, waving his hand at pop and say- | |ing. Ah there, Potts. And wen he got | pass he terned around and winked at ]‘xvm and pointed at the man with no hat on an made sines with his mouth saying, Whose your frend? Being as muich as pop could stand and a little exter, and wen we got to | the next corner ho sed, Well sir, I tern off heer. glad to of met you sir. And he quick started to go away, ony the {man with no hat held out his hand to | shake pops hand: keeping on shaking {1t and tawking and shaking it some | more till pop finely pulled it away | | from him and kepp on going with me | after him me saying, Gosh. pop. I| { hope we never mect him agen. and pop | saving, I still respect his opinions but | | I echo your wish. Meening he hoped we dident elther. Home in Good Taste BY SARA IILAND, Did you ever hear of getting more light from candlesticks when there were no flaming candles in them? Well. here is how it is done. The candlesticks | are made into those fascinating curtain hold-backs which we are all so desirous | of havthg now. Back go the curtain: {and in comes the sunlight | | To help you fashion these simple arti- cles, there is a small drawing fa the | [ i lower right-hand corner which shows | a side view of the hold-back. With brushing lacquer paint the baci of the candlestick (which should b low, clear glass one), including the cun which holds the candle; paint a gold | band or contrasting line around th. front edge and paint, paste or transfer | a design in the center. | Next dip a long, flat-headed screw | in glue, twist it through the cork until| the head is flush with the bottom of the cork and finally dip the cork in hlue | and fasten it firmly in the candle =up | In combination with organdie, mustin, | marquisette, taffeta or cretonne, vou will find these unusually effective, in- expensive to make and really quite ex- pensive if you were to buy them. Cheese Puffs. | Give three egg whites a few beats, then add one-half u teaspoonful of | baking powd and beat until suff. | Fold in one cupful of American cream cheese and place on slightly toasted rounds of bread Place under a slow | fire for about 6 minutes. Berve while | hot. | My Neighbor Says: Never use anything but safety pins to fasten the ends of band- 1f you have no safety ping a few inches of the material, st the two ends around each other to keep them from loosen= ing and pass one end around the injured arm or leg in one direc- tion and the other in the other direction, then tie over the twist. Old pillowcases make excellent covers to protect gowns. Cut hole in the center of the stitched end of the plllowease large enough to slip through the hanger on which the gown will hang Cold water I& much better than warm for scrubbing boards, as it does not sink Into the wood, and dries very quickly Keep loose matehes In o cov- ered tin hox or covered gluss Jar. Around the outside of the jar paste o strip of sandpaper on T | right—heh? which to sevateh the matehes, Jame.;on-Built Fugitive Love _ (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) _ INSTALLMENT X. HE trouble began the next day. She saw Torsten arguing with her father. He had for- gotten his promise to put on kid gloves and was declaring to her father, with clenched fists, that he would be damned before he would rein- satate Rudin and Spiro—put them on the new trucks! She saw this from her bedroom win- dow, her heart hammering, and gave a choke of relief when she saw Torsten suddenly capitulate., father lean over and whisper—and ‘Torsten nod his head, San Francisco! She was glad now that it did have had won, She had seen her | not help herself. 1\ father at the telephone asking for Chi- such an effect and that her father | cago, and literally flew out the front Spiro and Rudin, jubilant ' door. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1928 Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER KLDRED, A First=Run Novel By Negley Farson We were so impressed by the good “I'm going to trust you,” she told the | scnse of a letter we recelved that we startled negro. “Mr. Aberg s in| want.to pass it on to other mothers trouble. T want you to find him right | Here 8 a mother who not only knows away and tell him to meet me in the | what should be done, but does it. same place he did last night. Under- An everyday mother writes: “I was stand? Tell him to hurry.” very Interested in your article on child “Yessum. Where does you say he's fear, because I have thought about it a to meet wou?" | great deal. As a child I was afraid of “He'll know. You say the same place | everything, dark, lightning, the dentist. he talked wtih me last night.” | ete. ‘Can do,” chuckled Alexander. | “As my boy grew older 1 vowed he “Trus’ me. I'll jes’ wait a secon’ and | would not be a coward, and I have then mosey out foah some watah, Sorta | tried to teach him to get all the fun accidently on purpose.” | there is out of life without being reck- She was furfous with him for his 1ess. When he was old enough to undet- humor at such a moment, but could | Stand I would talk to him after he was Alesander, of course, | in bed, showing him how peaceful and h 1d . restful the darkness was for sleep. | m:l?m"gn n?lHI n?fm'n':;. }:I‘r‘"-'_‘“ \EABevere) s vom rainy days I would utterly ignore | | the thunder and lightning and in e oo e Nkt feard Ner | answer to his questions would say it was because it was an unusually hard shower, and after it had stopped 1 would let him put on his rubber boots and go outside. One evening during a storm the lights went out and I let him have his supper by candlclight. It made | a great hit. Strange to say. my own | fear of the elements is cured. “On_Winter afternoons as it grew {dark I would deliberately think up things he could get for me upstairs, bur, | instead of saying ‘The light is on, so | | you dbn't need to be afraid.’ T would | say: ‘The light is on. 50 you can see well | } l'enough.’ I have eliminated the word | afraid from my vocabulary. | “The same is true of meals. asked his father not to criticize an: | thing and so he eats everything. b cause it always scems all right. Chil- | | dren are fo imitative. i | “Some time ago I noticed a decaying | tooth, I did not warm him or sympa- thize because he must go to the dentist, but told him about the cement he would ! { have in his tooth. | “I know what I suffered versympathetic mother and a_father | { who was a finicky eater, and I think | this phase of child training so impor- tant. I still read your articles, though my boy is 4 vears old. Have you a leaflet of recipes for older children?” | There was not a second to lose trom an | Answer —Every word of your letter 15 | today if I hadn't just happened to have | tablespoonfuls of minced parsley Your boy is lucky. { a rock in my hand when that cat went hrown in the oven. This is a hearty and good, sound sense, T have no recipes but any recipe book | will carry those. I have a leaflet on | proper diet for the child from 4 to & | years. You aré welcome to this for the usual self-addressed and stamped en- | velope. g Good Plain Cake. Rub three ounces of butter into one pound of sifted flour and one heaping teaspoonful of baking powder. Add three ounces of sugar. the grated rind | “‘Ah couldn't find 'im,’ he said, a over their return to prominence, drove past gleefully in the two new trucks. The other truck filed out of the yard and her father came into the house. She went down to breakfast. Her father, fortunately, seemed amused by his altercation with Torsten It tickled him to sce the Way he could make a big man like Aberg knuckle | down. There had evidently been some plan worked out between himself and Spiro on the drive they took on Sunday to Foxville, for when Spiro brought his truck home from work that night it was steaming like a kettle. She rd Torsten ask him angrily if he didn’t know enough to know when a truck needed water. “Plenty water,” said Spiro. “Look He unscrewed the radiator cap and showed the water boiling over. “All Plenty water," : ‘The men laughed and Jenny saw Torsten start, as if he meant to give Epiro a punch in the juw. Spiro backed away, looking over his shoulder. “What have you been doing to that truck?” Torsten demanded. “Me? Nuttin’, Meescwer Cain, looka here. You tella this guy lay off me, please.” Her father, hearing the fuss, had come out on the kitchen steps. He called Torsten to. him. “What's the matter now?" Spiro, behind Torsten, was grinning. Torsten stared at Hickey Cain, his a | eves narrowing to slits, and then he ! suddenly laughed. “Everything's fine.” “Well, then,” said Hickey Cain, and went in. The argument seemed to be over, but as Torsten walked back past Spiro, Jenny saw him stop and tap that man on the chest. “Look here, bozo,” she heard Tor- sten ‘tell him. “You watch your step. He made Spiro, who could not ap peal to her father now, get under the truck and drain the crankcase. “Nothing,” he sald. away into. a bucket. He took the bucket from Spiro, thrust in his hand, ' and Jenny saw him start. “You will, will you?" he said slowly to Spiro, drawing out a black hand. “Eat that!"” He threw a handful into Bpiro’s greasy 13 a shout. Spiro The men gnve eled, - spluttering. Jenny’s father rushed out, and Torsten | held up his hand. “Band!" he sald. “Look at that!” He held his hand out for Hicke) Cain to feel, but her father walked past and went to Spiro.* “Go on!” he sadd furiously. “Go back there in the I]mrn 1 want to talk to you, you bone- \ead ! On the surface it looked as if her | father was in the act of chastising Bpiro. But Jenny knew, instinctively, that it was nothing of the sort—it was # byplay. Bplro, acting un instrictions, had overdone things. Hs had spoiled that plan, at least, and Jenny was not surprised when her father came back an charged. “Cive him his time,” he told Tor- sten, “and lock those two trucks up in that shed." He indicated a big shelter by the side of the barn Bhe knew by his look that her father had another scheme in his mind. And if she had had any doubts they were ) Instantly dispelled by the just-dis- charged Spiro, He came swaggering back, his hands in his pockets—grin- ning Bhe hunted up Alexander and told him that there was not a minute to spare. Model Homes 31 Sold 913 to 937' Quincy Street NW Selling Fast ; Inspect at Once | 6, 7 and & large vooms, tiled bith, hewh, eleetric lights, hardwood floars and trim, one piece sink, built-in ice hox, in stantaneons water heater and other extras, \ Double vear porches, cement Harage, front poreh ithoor withont bttt -in “Ask the man who owns one” Far Sale hy Thomas A. Jameson Co. Owners and Builders 906 N. Y. Ave. NW, Phane Main !I L] Tor- | sten waited until all the ofl had dripped | of something | said that Spiro had been dis- | frightened look In his great eyes.” | {of half & lemon and about a cupful of | milk. or enough to make a stiff paste. Let stand for an hour in a cool place, | roll out half an inch thick and spread | it over a buttered baking tin. Melt in} a saucepan a cupful of butter and stir | into it the same quantity of sugar. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. then add a heaping tablespoonful of blanched and grated almonds. Spread this mix- ture while warm smoothly over the paste and bake for about 30 minutes in quick oven. When the cake has cooled cut it into pleces about four inches long and two wide. Vegetable Salad Dressing. | Take two tablespoonfuls of butter. {one-hall a cupful of hot vinegar, one | teaspoonful of dry mustard, one table- cpoonful of sugar, one teaspoonful of ialt, & small pinch of pepper, one-half an onlon cut fine and one-half a cup- | ful of cream, either sweet or sour. Dis- !solve the sugar in the cream and mix | with the rest of the ingredients. having | the vinegar very hot. While the dress~ Mng 18 hot, mix it with any choppe 'vegetables and serve the salad slightly | warm, 1 She ran through the dusk, reached | | the subgrade and raced down toward the swamp. The night had come on, | and she knew after she had gone some | | distance that she could no longer be | | seen from the house, so she halted and | | regained her breath. She was panting. | She waited, to sce If she was being | followed, and then went forward again. | The swamp rustied with unseen move- | ments. Rustling leaves, splashes little cries. She heard them all around !as she waited. She saw the gypsies’ fire suddenly flare brghtly and won- | dered if Torsten would come from there, as he had yesterday, or along the grade. He had told her yesterday that there was & way through the swamp. But he did not come at all. She walted, in a perfect torture of suspense, until she judged it must be near 10 o'clock. Something must have happened—already. And, agitated al- | most out of her mind with what she | might find. she ran back along the subgrade toward the camp. As she reached the fleld by the farmhouse she slowed down and walked quietly up i toward the house. Everything seemed | u to her room and lay down. as usual. She could see some of the She was afrald she might fall asleep. men gathered around their nightly ' but tonight she did not nced anything bonfire under the trees and hear them ! to keep her awake. She was in an | laughing. She took heart. In the | agony of apprehension lest she might house she found her father, his feet miss Torsten—and let him fall into | cocked up on a chair, sound asleep. He | this trap. awoke when she entered and asked if | The moon came up and went down she had been out. and she was on the point of sliding | gust & walk." she sald, noddng. out on the roof to drop off the shed | He grunted. closed his eyes, and re- | When she heard footsteps below her in | clasped his hands over his stomach |the yard. It was too dark now to see | “All right,” he said. “Go to bed.” ho it was, but they were directed to- | He looked strangely Incongruous rd the barn. She neard a metallic | with his eyes closed and his fat hands |*click there, as if some one had opened clasped before him—as if he were pray- | & lock. ing! There was a smug smile on his | Then she heard another sound. It lips. was some one coming through the She waited outside the dining room | trees. These footsteps went swiftly in | door for a few seconds and then softly | the same direction as the others. There | opened the one leading into the kiteh- | Was silence for an instant and then en. Alexander was sitting there—wait- | the night was ripped open by a shriek. ing for her. ‘There was & crash, a succession of “Ah couldn’t find ‘em,” he sald, a|yellr “d loud grunts—and the yard frightened look In his great eyes. “He's | beca~- -~>ndemonium. Men seemed | gone over to Foxville." to be ..ashing into each other every- “Foxville!” where In the darkness. There were “Yessum., | shouts, cries and the repeated demand, dub men. Sald he wouldn't come | “What's happening?” And then some buck befo' daybreak In duh mornin',” | one thought of a light. Foxville! What was Torsten doing | She raced down the stairs and across oven there? the yard, There’ was a group around “Sumpin’s up,” said Alexander. the barn shed door, all straining to “What do you mean?" peer inside. For some reason they | “Jes after you went out Ah heard | fell away when they saw her and let Mr, Caln on” duh telephone. Talkin’| her pass through. She saw why at to Mr. O'Malley —-sald supin' ‘bout once. It was her father—leaning | duh poll ARAInst the nose of a motor truck. His Jenny clutched the table, face was bloody! “What did he say ‘ Bhe stood there, staring in a dazed | “Dunno. Ah fust caught dat word. | fashion at that gruesome visage. Blood Ah didn’'t wait for no moah!" was trickling from his nose and there Alexander confessea that he had | Was & large cut over one eye. His lips tiptoe out after that-—to look for | Were already beginning to bloat. A man Torsten—and find him gone, was holding a Iamp. W “He tried to kill me!" gasped IHCRr\‘I There was only one thing to do now S AR and that was to go over to Foxville her- ke 3 self. But it would be useless to do it| There was a :‘:‘.vrr:m)x:v.fln:(;:-:m::\yv‘l at the moment. She couldn't rummage | circle of men. None of them seemed | the whole town of Foxville with the | anxious to ak. vain hope that she might bump into| “That mury lerer——Aberg!" said Hick- Torsten. The obvious plan was to | ey Cain, sneak out before dawn and wait for 1008 him somewhere along the road. He ¥ ! would ha there was only one road. She went Dat's what he done tole (Copyright, (To be continued tomorrow.) UILD your home on 16th St., fronting the Natipnal Rock Creek Park. There are just a few lots .throughout the entire length of this great boulevard where it is possible, and fortunate- ly most of them are located in SI TEENTH STREET HEIGH’ right on the highest clevation north REAL ESTATE. BEAUTY CHATS For Men. In another 10 years it will be most unusual to see a young man with *a bald head, and in another 20 the bald headed man will be looked at in the same way that a woman or man with A blotched and pimply skin is looked at today. 'hen we se some one on the streets with a very bad skin we reajize that disease of some kind exists n that person, and instinctively we shun him No one wants disease, no one wan's a horrible looking compiexion. Yet we don’t shun the bald headed man, we haven't any feeling of aver- sion for him, we even lik» his baldneds because we make fun of fi. It i3 a joke, still. But gradually we are real- izing that while it may be a jokn it also happens to be a disease. and one that can be caught from him. If a mar Is bald it is because disease has attacked the roots of his hair and killed off cer- tain portions of it. The use of combs and brushes that have been on his hair should be forbidden. It means that germs of that disease lurk in these im- Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “I would of been a good boy all day (Copyrizht. 10281 BY EDNA KENT FORBES plements and are transferred to you, if you use them, or whoever has them in contact with his scalp. The barber shop, once the haj hunting ground of these germs, is fast reforming itself. Customers have their [own brushes and combs, or else each | customer has a fresh one, cleaned and sterilized, %0 no disease can exist in it. Plenty of useless things are sold cus- tomers as preventives of baldness. s» many in fact that the barber shop remedy has a bad name. But in a few years barbers will really understand sealp diseases and how to treat it— many of them do row. In tiNe, they will have to study their professim .. | seriously as chiropodists, osteopaths and doctors, Meantime, men are learning proper hair cleanliness and howx ta chonse really effactive tonies, to keep their hair thick all their lives. Mrs. E. D.—Rub a little erude of! any of the petroleum jellies, or even piain kerosene into the bald spots on the children’s heads left from having | boils. Do this every day for a month jor more, and if new hair does not ap- | pear eonsuit a scalp specialist ahout | the trouble, | Troubled—Miss M. | a little haking soda so it will adhere tn | the skin and apply it tn the disenlored | V. W-—Damprn spot 1eft from the pimple. M. R. A--If you send a self-addres=- ed. stamped envelope with request for | the formulas for the cream, I shall b~ glad to mail them to you. | Ham With Rice. | Baute one tablespoonful of minced {onfon in two tablespoonfuls of butter {until slightly brown. Add one table- | spoonful of flour and paprika tn taste, | then half a cupful of boiling water and one cupful of strained tomatoes. Cook until the mixture begins to thicken. Place two cupfuls of boiled rice In a buttered baking dish with one cupful of chopped ham on top. Pour the sauce jover all. Sprinkle the top with two and | delicious main dish to serve for lunch- eon or supper. Only 4 miles from town Here's a real buy—in that Aurora delightful community of— Heights 107 Arlington Avenue, Pretty Brick and Frame Bungalow of § large rooms and bath on first floor, and 3 rooms on second floor. gas, electricity, sewer, condition.. Lot is 85x120—and Open fireplace, hardwood floors. All in perfect garage. inclosed with ornamental fence. Profusely planted with shrub- bery and rosebushes—blooms from which won the prize at the flower show. Price makes it a bargain —terms make ownership easy Phone our Mr. Doyle— Clarendon 280—for inspection at any time — including Sunday Maximu VER+dGO. ervice REALTORS Deal With & Realtor 1415 K Street Main 4752 Fort Stevens Homes $350 Cash—$55 Monthly PRICE, $6,985 With two large bedrooms entire width of bath between). the house (and With covered rear porch, screened in and lighted; front porch as shown and an Eng- lish side porch—these new semi-detached homes of five rooms, with modern featurea and built-in garage, are now for sale. The Government has author- of the city. THERE ARE FIVE OF THESE LOTS FOR SALE Prompt action may enable you to have one of the choicest home sites in the National Capital, ROBERT E. HEATER REALTOR Colorado Building Main 1064 ized the great Recreational Park nearby. Stores, churches, schools and two car lines are within walking distance, also. Visit Our Office, 611 Rittenhouse St. N. W, Open Bvery Day Until # P. M. Telve aut 14tk i Ave car to Wi ol “Takema' ‘e Nouse. through Calarade Ave. ta Rittenhonse: or hen et LATR Streed cave ttenhanse the Telophane Columbia 5984 WARDMAN 147 K Su NowW, Main 330 We Hoavae Over One-Tenth of Waskingiox s Bopniagon