Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1928, Page 22

FEATURES. WONMA D. C, MONDAY, PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Ideas for Christmas Needlework Now B;il,\'nlA LE BARON W \;fi. one teaspoonful sugar and three table- 0Odorless Carbon Monoxide. jovide, and this deadly ashas the prop- work who B ows d E or 8 should be from Pleat each end ! h of t two edges t he wristband edges All te the seraf with as pale rose or any an invalid or an suscep i bed jacket-sca for any is a good materia! on scarf 45 or 60 inches um-sized onc needles. istband separately. purl- s between every in a now finished. The -jnch plain knitt and center with two stitched purled alternat n one who doss plainest of plain kaitting. ping comes the wristbands. titchery while the r done loosely on rathe: nty blue or pink. | match the linen. or the crocheting can done in pale green. or sea blue tn ggest the water motifs, and also to duce color which is so popular in he two colors mentioned and vellow are those most used in table ns. though any color that will match the scheme of a dining room or some | dominant note of color in the china with which it was to be used can e successfully employed To a corner in scaweed pattern for filet or cross stitch begin the head of the fish before end- | ing the straight band of work by cro- het the first two rows of blocks in the fish heas One block will come two rows of spaces above the highest t f the seaweed motif. bringing the second row of the fish motif along the edge of insertion. Crochet four rows of spaces after the end of the seaweed motif, instead of but two and finish. Start the crocheting along the lengthwise end of the insertion. mak- ing the third row of the fish motif the first in this row, which will be the row having five bk. in it. Continue ac- cording to directions on the pattern until the next corner is to be turned. and then make it as directed here. For napkins, use but one of “he motifs complete (two fishes and one sprig- of seaweed), and form a corner as directed. Finish the napkins and the luncheon cloth with short loops of crochet with picots in the center. Or pkins may be fringed. A smart fringe is made by adding frequent strands of the color in which- the filet or cross stitch is done, letting these strands fall above the other fringe lke a double fringe. Any readers who would like the fish the fish and | X il 7 . 1 Whoo-hoo, Baby! Hel ce shady | place to hab our picnic UB ROSA | | | The Nervous Woman's Diet. The thin girl or woman who wants to gain welght is usually one of those | nervous ind { & minute. She wastes untold amounts | of energy making fidgety little move- | | ments with her hands, biting her nai | tapping the floor with a restless toe or fluttering about the room in a purpose- less fashion. She may eat like al trooper, but she does not gain graceful | curves to cover her bony little body | When _such a girl decides to gain | weight, her fifst problem is to learn | how to relax mentally and physically. It is especially fmportant for her to lie down and relax just before and just LEARN TO RELAX | 1 oy Q¢ % BY MIMI. In Too Deep. “I can't help what you say about | the folly of loving a married man” | writes Florence. “I'm in too deep to back out now without ruining my particular man’s life. He loves me | devotedly. His wife makes him un- happy. And he wants me 1o go away | h him. If it weren't for his child, | hould have done so long ago. | { probably, but I feel that he ought to | have his duaghter—and that he won't| ver if his wife gets the chance { to divorce him | The letter goes on at great length on | the subject of Florence’s love for Jack— | {and her aforesaid inability to back out | of a situation which she herself has | created. | Why can't it would ruin | | Then why shouldnt she go away | with him? Because. unfortunately. | that also would ruin Jack's life. Jack |is in a pretty bad way just at present and needs our sympathy as much as | she back out? Because | Jack's life | | does Florence, but nothing she can do will help him as much as to go away from him fore: Look here, Florence. You're sitting | up there on a cloud. and you're not { looking any farther than the rosy mist | permits you to. | In your mind is a picture of Jack |and you happy and free to love each other. In your heart is a hope that {he will be allowed to take his little daughter with him But now, do a little clear thinking. You know as well as I do that he will have to give up the child. You know that the scandal of a divorce in a small town will drive you both away to seek | a home in some far-off place Is your Jack the kind of a man who | will gladly throw over the habits, the ’fmuln_\'mr the Interests of a life- | time in order to be with you? Or is he just the nice average man | who wants his comfortable home. his | friends about him. his place at the [ office waiting for him every day? | T should think he was that, you | know. I should thinl that, after the | glamour of romance had begun to dim a bit, Jack would miss accustomed | places, friendly greetings. the sense | | that he was in the right place doing | the right thing. |and relax. | couneil | the functions of a business after a meal. Whenever she catches herself in & tense position or in a tense, nervous frame of mind, she should stop When she has mastered the rt of relaxation the basis for gaining weight has been laid A nourishing diet is of course a big factor in building up the body 0 underweight's menus should be rich carbohydrates—that is, sugars and starches—and also in fats des in- cluding sufficient protein, vitamins and roughage. I am giving below some sug- gestions for Summer menus for thin folks Breakfast 1—One small banana with Straight Talks to Women About Money BY MARY ELIZ | wheat one-half | consisting of five stalks with lettuce | loupe filled with ice cream, 300 calo- spoonfuls thin cream, 210 calories; | two slices French toast with three tablespoonfuls maple syrup, 450 calories; ividuals who are never stillf one poached egg and two strips crisp | bacon, 120 calories; one cup clear tea or weak coffee. Total, 780 calorles. | Breakfast 2—Two sliced peaches with | one teaspoonful sugar and three table- | poonfuls thin cream, 198 calories; | two small tuna fish balls with cream | sauce, 235 calorles; one cup puffed | wheat with one-haif cup whole milk | and one teaspoonfuls sugar, 160 calo- ries; two slices buttered toast, 300 alories; one glass whole milk, 160 calories. Total, 1,053 calories. Lunch 1 or supper—One large glass fced cocoa, 280 calories; three heaping tablespoonfuls spaghetti with —cheese | dressing, 300 calories; one slice whole | bread and butter, 150 calories. | head lettuce with one table- | spoonful French dressing, 110 calories; | one-sixth apple pie, 350 calories, Total, 1,190 calories. i Lunch 2--One cup cream of spin- ach soup and 12 toasted croutons, 300 calories: one serving asparagus salad | and one tablespoonful mayonnaise, 135 calorfes; two tablespoonfuls potato cheese puffs, 250 calories; one fried egg sandwich, 300 calories: one-half canta- ries. Total, 1,285 calories. Dinner—Two_slices roast lamb, 235 calories; two tablespoonfuls mashed po- tatoes with two tablespoontuls gravy, 160 calories: three tablespoonfuls lima ! beans with milk and butter sauce, calories; one serving pear and pecan salad with one tablespoonful mayon- naise. 200 calories; one slice bread and butter. 150 calories; one glass whole | milk, 160 calories: one helping rasp- berry roly poly with cream and sugar. orics. Total, 1375 calories leulate the approximate number of calories you need each day. multiply your ideal weight by 15 if you are en- gaged in sedentary work. or by 20 if do manual labor or If you wish to | 0 weight | Copsrisht. 1028 ABETH ALLEN. Husbands Going Into Business. Your husband may be considering em- | barking into business for himself. Natu- rally he will “talk things over with vou." | You are his partner in success or fail- | ure, you are entitled to a place in the What will you have to offer in the way of counsel? Have you ever | thought of his problem in a pr way? Can you guide him? First of ail, running one’s bt quires certain qualities. One mu iness re- t know | | how to make what one intends to offer | for sale, and one must also know how to manage the business, fi ce it, and ! sell the article one makes. here are four separate functions there. Ignor- ance of one may quickly cause failure. Some men are born executives or “bosses " They can ma buy and finance—in fact your husband's abilities? What demonstrated? Capital will not double itself. Simply | putting money into a business will not | do everything. Many men with capital are unequipped. unable, or otherwise unfit to start a business with it A successful salesman alone cannot | & new business. There are a few sallent | with him. rt a successful business unless he has | the proper partners or associates who ill balance his ability with their own the other departments of a business. | Many can manufacture successfully but cannot sell what they make. Most men specialize or have all of their experience in one branch of a business. ! When your husband talks of investing | his savings in his own business, talk | ov with him all of the problems ot faults in many new businesses—uneco- nomic manufacture, lack of outlets for one's products, loss of time and money in starting. insufficient capital to tide one over the first obstacles in ability to | meet competition, incapable manage- ment, lack of proper credit facilities, and false cstimates of business, earn- ings the like. | 1f your husband has not considered these points carefully, go over them If the idea seems to be a practicable one. consult an_officer of | the bank he intends to use. Get his ex- | of financial provisions to make. See a lawyer about limiting liability in order to protect your family. In other words, | your husband's business is your success | or failure. Which would you have it? |ous portions of the Washington Aque- | duct s going forward with as much ex- | | ington and Georgetown. | “I was goin’ to wash my hair this mornin’, but I just had one kettle o hot water an' no time to heat more after that peddler s (Copyri Today in igton H BY DONALD A. CRAIG. Wasl August 13, 1860.—Work on the vari- pedition as circumstances and the sup- ply of workmen will permit. At the Cabin John Bridge artisans and laborers | have been busy for some time, and at | Rock Creck Bridge, connecting Wash- | ington with Georgetown, the same is true. | Today the pipe iines were commenced | in two places—and this side of the dis- tributing reservoir and at a point within the city itself. The largest sized pipes will now be put down in line, and it is expected that all of this sort of work will be completed before the heavy frosts come in the late Fall or early Winter Although the water at the receiving reservoir on Powder Mill Branch is low at this time and, owing to drought. de- creasing every day, it is not doubted that in a reasonabiy short time the sup- ply of water there will begin to increase and that enough will be furnished dur- | |ing the coming Winter and Spring for all the wants of the two cities of Wash- The grand supply from the Great Falls of the Po- tomac cannot be cnjoyed until some time in the course of the next year The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal after another mishap—the bursting of a cul- vert above Shepherdstown—is again in a navigable condition, although there is some danger of interference from low water on some of the levels. A fleet of coal boats from western Maryland is on the way and expected to arrive at Georgetown tomoITOW. The canal tolls collected at George- town last month amounted to $18.275 | and other tolls brought the total to| about $23,000 Attention has been called recently to| Whe fact that Washington is without a | woman physician. In a New York medi- cal journal there has just appeared a |letter from a Washingtonian, whi signs | himself or herself “W. H. D.”" on this| subject. As reprinted here today this| article says in part “It has often surprised me that this city (Washington) containing a popu- | | pert opinion of the chances of success, | lation of over 60.000 inhabitants, should not have one female physician. . . .| If two or more doctresses would make | their homes here they could make for- | tunes. Let it be known throughout the | land that the Capital of the Nation is without a female doctor. Let two or| three come, so that they may be able to consult together in female cases and also be independent of other physicians, | Contamination of the alr by carbon monoxide gas is the most dreadful haz- | ard you and I are likely to encounter, becaus> it happens without warning. carbon monoxide being odorless. Often th~ production of this fatal gas is ;wl“.r)-‘ other | clated with the production of gases or combustion products which have more or less characteristic odor but death has been the reward of m: an ignorant person who relied on th sense of smell to warn him of this danger. Carbon monoxide may form when ans kind of fuel burns, if the supply of air is limited. It may form in sufficient quantity to be fatal to the occupant of a small bedroom or a bathroom where a small oil or gas heater is burning without proper connection of the pipe with the flue or the open air; especially when the heater burns for an hour or two with the room window and door closed. In cities where human life is more precious than profits {rom the sa of small or portable heaters ordinances prohibit the uss of such stoves without proper stovepipes or connection to chimney or the outdoor air. In other cities, where the loss of a dozen or two lives ‘each yoar is considered a trifle you can buy and use these deadly little pipeless stoves if you wish ‘Any stove may produce carbon mon- MOTHFR AND THEIR CHILDREN. Hanging the Pictures. I choose medium sized or small pic- tures for my children’s rooms for large pictures must be hung higher on walls and the smaller ones look hung just about on a level with the child’s eves. My children become more intimate with pictures that are where they can easily be seen. I have found that by occasionally changing the pic- tures and adding a few by old masters, | I am developing their taste for the bet- ter things without close study on their part (Copyright. 1928.) “we arrived in Buffalo.” | nounce ma-ni-a-kal erty of passing through ree-hot tron, which explains occasional _fatalities from carbon monoxide poisoning even when the stove or the water heater a stovepipe. Incandescent soot ly produces. carbon monoxide There is a considerable proportion of \onoxide present in illuminatin 1 it is the most poisonou though not the only poisonous, constitu- ent of coal gas or water gas It is 2 shameful thing that our laws permit th ds of stove : no harmful > require no con- Iy electric stove You n't burn wcing carbon dioxide x is produced there a reasorable ligelihood that some car- monoxide may be produced st from a gasoline engine carbon_ monoxide who rocks the boat or gun he thinks un- Imost sensible compared with n antures to remain in rage or other unventilated gacoline engine {5 run- bon ightest concentration of carbor 1 the air causes headaches. noises the ears, throbbing e t'mples, a sleepy, fatigued feel- g. If the victim remains in the con- aminated air, isea or vomiting and the chest, palpitation tering of the heart and faintness . If the concentra- higher, the victim mav or give way at the knees and u le to escape of his own will e face is red and the heart action is often violent, even when the victim has lost consciousness. 1f he can reach the open air or if he is discovered and gged out. a slow return to consciout- ness may follow, but weakness. head- and nausea persist for a long ime afterward. Death occurs in car- bon monoxide gassing from paralysis of the breathing apparatus. (Coprricht. 1928, —eee in English BY W. L. GORDON. dizzin Lesson: Words often misused—Do not #av Say “we ar- ved at Buffalo.” Often mispronounced—Maniacal, Pro- first two a's a8 ir “ask,” 1 as in “lie.” last a as in “at.’ accent second syllable, not the first. Often misspelled—Accessibility; note the cc and the ssi. Synonyms—Idea, opinion, faney, no- tion, concept, conception . Word study—-Use a word three time. and it is yours.” TLet us increase ou vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Saturnine; gloom:" grave, morose. “There was somethin: saturnine in his eyes as he spoke.” There are more than 5.000 rivers anc streams in the State of Maine large enough to be on the map. For crisp and creamy sandwiches AT LUNCHEON, at bridge party —secve crisp )¢ creamy sandwiches spread with Burt- *-Naise instead of butter. It makes them 10re refreshing. Butt-R-Naise is a spicy, ~hipped salad cream of pure creamery \utter, fresh egg-yolks (specially pre- .ared), lemon juice, vegetable oils and pices. On a salad, it is a welcame change ‘om mayonnaise. Fresh in 30c glass jars .t your dealer’s. Order enough Butt-R- erade of the person to have the gift 3 G e The Beh and seaweed desian makes BY EDNA KENT FORBES rming border for a luncheontintih be done in filet crochet and < an insertion. It can be cro- in white, cream or ecru to and seaweed pattern can get it by 1 If he seizes his happiness with you closing 5 cents in stamps together With | at his wife's expense, he will never a self-addressed and stamped envelope | be sure again that he i in the right | directed to Lydia Le Baron Walker. | place doing the right thing. He will | care of this paper. Other ideas for its | regret his child so long as he lives use will be given later on. | Don't you see that the happiness you can give him is a temporary sort of thing—an incomplete sort of thing. | should they oppose them. Washington. | Georgetown and the country around | would be their field of practice Vaise for the children to have plenty—on uraham crackers, or toast. Its vitamines keep them well. The Gelfand Mfg. Co., altimore—who make aiso a piquant ireach Dressing you should try. Distributor + e 1 U “ e BEAUTY CHATS Well Developed Chest. measure n' by Du":\l an _ordinary ~ . measuring st A Tlibre are) R variatioe o broREBIE | L e the | Currant-Tapioca Cream. | exercises, one of which develop the | breath forced out of your lungs. Then | Cook two tablespoonfuls of fine tapi- oca in a pint and a half of milk and chest, while the other will develop the | Dreathe in again as fully as possible, The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle ANSWER Down tCopyright 1928.) Compass point. Flat surface. Maize. A Great Lake. Hung down Principal star of a constellation. Prefix; into. Nodule of earth Fairy of Persian mythology. Atmosphere. Strike Height Goddess of discord Female relation: Ocean Fragrance (plural) Printed notic ad covering Is in debt Repose of the face 1 or address Whirlwind off the Faroe Islands. Right (ab BRAIN TEST Broken Words me of a number of ire the ability to combine | ted into a complete whole 4 are g a list of 10 words, eack vhich has been broken into Your task is to indicate 20 par words by in (2 bas ket (1 three minutes ted et quet ue got ine bel uch ¢ ble der Answers trouble: 3 rebel, 4 6, border; 7 (10, spigot \ tests two how | should be combined mto | writing in the parentheses | fig Use last part of the word the | corresponding to the first part rented; & For 12 years now he's been married, | building up his life with the woman he | loved, establishing himself and his place lin_the world | You propose to destroy everything | he's builded, to snatch him violently | from all the thousands of little things | which bind him to the life he leads. And you actually see happiness for both of you in the future. My dear, | take off the rose-colored spectacles and | | listen to old Mother Gloom. | Your only right course is to go out | of Jack’s life with a loud crash. That will make him unhappy, yes— but not forever. It's a bitter thing but a true one that a man of Jack's age will find himself apain and find himself quite contented, once the vision of your youth and love are away from him. You're never too deep in any situa- | tion to be unable to do what's right. | the | part, incidentally, which rarely gets as Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. | Necessary for Every Baby's Birth to Be Recorded. Mrs. F. J. writes: “Our baby was born | |in one State and six weeks later we| | moved to another city. I don't know if | | the birth of the baby was recorded and | ‘ nothing was said to me about it. Who | should do this and if the birth hasn't | been_recorded, shall I have it done in | the State in which I am now living, or in the other State where baby born? To whom should I write?" | Answer.—In a good many States it is a matter of law that the attending | physician or any other attendant shall | make a report of the child’s birth to | the local registrar, who will make this | birth a matter of record. Some times | this seems of very small importance to | the parents at the time and they fail | to make certain that the formality has | been gone through with, or else they | do not understand that the questions the doctor asked them the day child was born, were designed for the | racord blank he filled out In your case you may write to your attending physician in the first State and ask him if the baby's birth has been recorded, and if not write to thr | State Board of Health at the capital | city of the State in which the child | was born. and fill out and return the blanks they send you Only recently a friend of mine who was going abroad for the Summer found that in order to get her pass- | port she had to have a copy of her birth certificate. Such scurrying around | before she located it There are so many circumstances | which arise in a child's life which may | cause him serious inconvenience if he | can't prove legally his age and his | right to the name he bears | JABBY was 1 vl | “Mabbe some of these bathin' suits | are a joke, but it would hega bit em- barrasi to Uy o laugh ‘1 oft. . | breathe open them out so | deep breath of air | amount of good. It little hollows around the collar bone For the first variety go outdoors or | stand by an open window, raise the | | hands and arms about shoulder height. | extend them in front of you and as vou | they are | stretched on either side of you and| force them back as far as you can. You can get them quite far to the back, and | you can feel the expansion of the chest and consequently its greater capacity for air. The other exercise for the hollows in the chest is as follows: Take a quick filling the lungs as much as possible, then press downwards as hard as you can and quite ckly take another little gasp of a You may not sem to be getting much, but it is quite surprising how much extra air is actually forced into the lungs this way. This extra air compresses the air already in the lungs and itself fills out uppermost part of the lungs—a much air as it should | All this will do you an amazng will purlfy the blood by supplying it with oxygen. it will exercise the muscles in the ches it will increase your capacity breathing, which means that you'll be much healthier. If you are grown up your chest expansion should be 2 inches at ileast, if not 3. You can Annite Will Clothe: ['HE gentlest but mc t thorough recefved will come when they rubbing 5 required and the washi Annite is so gentle that will not harm the 1 cobwebby chiffon strong it will remove most stains—from clothes ot sink or woodwork. Use it for ALL houschold clean ing purposes, Even silver will sparkle without rubbing ware ane Use Annite Sparingly a little cleans a lot At All Grace Departmme | through dieting for a general reduc- | age. | Peel and slice into a glass bowl. Sprinkle | hold vour breath and once more meas- | ure your chest. As I said, the differ- ence should be 2 to 3 inches, and never less than 2, Mrs. E. M.—Whatever the condition that causes prominent blood vessels would call for a doctor’s skill in curing | it—diet would probably be considered in it. Camphor is drying and slightly bleaching when used on the skin. Miss K. C.—If you have all the split ends of your hair singed or clipped off, vou may stop the hair from further splitting. This tendency should not keep vou from having & permanent wave, and the operator will advise you anyway about this. E. 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