Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1928, Page 38

WOMAN'S PAGE.' Hand Shaking a nd Introductions BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. In the formalities of introduction it is the woman to whom deference is paid. It is her prerogative to extend the gra- clous courtesies and for the man to follow her lead. This is, of course, in the ordinary run of friends and ac- quaintances, and has nothing to do with MARY = A R 1T IS THE WOMAN'S PREROGA- TIVE GRACIOUSLY TO EXTEND HER HAND WHEN ONE OF THE OP- POSITE SEX IS BEING PRESENTED. celebrities and persons of rank. Whether such a one is man or woman, he or she always then is the one to whom defer- ence is paid. In America, with its plan of equal freedom for all, there is not the same social regime as in foreign countries with their definite scales of ranks and prescribed customs. But this does not mean that all order is czst to the winds. Etiquette dictates here as well as abroad. 2 woman to be introduced to a man, un- less there is a decided difference in age or rank. Officials of high rank are re- spected here and age is not entirely dis- regarded. For this reason a young girl would always be introduced to an aged man, and every one, man, woman and child, would be presented to a high offi- cial. These matters are so definite in their custom here that an error is a glaring matter. It is in the minor matters that per- plexities arise. For example, a woman extends her hand if she wishes to shake hands when a man is introduced to her. The man does not. Men who are for- eigners from countries where introduc- tions are always accompanied by hand- shaking often extend their hand, how- evar, and a woman would be extremely rude who did not then immediately ex- tend hers. She should be so prompt in doing it, even if she han not expected to do so, that the man would not notice any failure on his part to follow the customs of the country in which he is. Common courtesy demanls that the ‘woman respect the situation. There is, in America, a growing tend- ency to discard the custom of hand- shaking at the time of introductions, and at other times also, for that mat- ter. It is no longer considered a slight if a woman does not extend her hand to other Americans. She should repeat the name of the person, fian or woman, and incline her head in 4 most gracious way. By so doing she indicates that she gets the name correctly, and that it is a pleasure to meet the person, man or woman. The person who does the in- troducing should be very careful to pro- nounce names distinctly, so that each of those meeting for the first time’ really know the name of the other. It is em- barrassing to flounder for a name, and scarcely less so to find you have been addressing the person by a wrong one. (Copyright. 1928 DAILY DIET RECIPE SPINACH BROTH. Spinach, one pound. Sugar, two- teaspoons. Onion juice, one teaspoon. Butter, two teaspoons. Boiling water, two cups. Salt, one-half “teaspoon. Pepper, one-fourth teaspoon. Cream, one-fourth cup. SERVES TWO PORTIONS. ‘Thoroughly wash spinach until free from sand. Put through food chopper. Save the juice which flows. Brown sugar slight- ly in a saucepan. Add butter and juice from a grated onion. Add spinach and boiling water. Sim- mer 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. At time of serving stir in cream and beat. Do not boil it. Canned cream cgn be used. If desired broth be strained before cream is added, though the spinach fiber is good for the health. Serve with oatmeal crackers or peanut butter fingers. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes a little fat and much lime, iron and vitamins A and B. Can be given to chil- ' dren over 3 if pepper were omit- ted. Can be taken by adults of average or under weight, and by those wishing to reduce if amount -of butter were restricted at the meal and if milk were used in- stead of cream. It is, for example, very bad form for PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. Twine Situation. Recently I got off my chest some ob- servations about false economy, in the course of which I paid my respects to the post office authorities and called their attention to the evident dustiness of post offices since the cheap grade of twine was adopted as an “‘economy” measure. I believe this shoddy stuff, or the dust from it, may account for the undue prevalence of respiratory diszases among’ post office_employes. think the head of the budget, or who- ever the Washington man may be that puts on the annual radio talk about the wonderful economics effected by such innovations, ought to figure in the high cost of preventable sickness, and then his savings for the Government will not seem so important. At best, all post office employes who serve or deal directly with the public are necessarily exposed when on duty to whatever respiratory infections the public has. The microscopic injuries of the delicate lining of the respiratory tract by particles of dust or fiber from this miserable twine must greatly in- crease the susceptibility of the employe to respiratory infections, for these mi- croscopic wounds of the mucous mem- brane permit invasion by germs that would otherwise be entangled in the mucous and destroyed by the germicidal secretions. When I had published that item I felt pretty good about it. I am not a Boy Scout, I regret to say, but I thought I had done a good turn that day to the post office workers. But no, it was nothing like that. Four post office workers passed judgment on it, and maybe there is room to tell what they said, to wit: Cheyenne postal clerk writes: “Did you ever stop to think it might be a twine that was found most practical, not the most economical? All the clerks I know prefer this twine. It is easy to handle and one knot is sufficient in tying a package. Other twine requires two knots. This fuzzy soft twine stays put. The one disadvantage you men- tioned—the fuzz that comes off it—is BEAUTY CHATS Some Pleasant Powders. Powders are all, more or less, the same ingredients—rice worked to a powder of surprising fineness, potato starch, cornstarch, French chalk and such things. Potato starch, being cheaper than rice, is often called by this name and sold as rice, with no harm to any one. Pure powder cannot hurt any skin; in fact, pure powder will be good for the skin, since it soothes irritation, and since, on the face, it fills the pores with what is often soothing and always clean rather than soot and dust blown up from the streets. Never attempt to make face powder. ‘You cannot buy the talc and the starch fine enough to mix for a satisfactory face powder. Buy one already mixed. ‘There are so many large manufacturers and the competition is so keen that good face powder, sifted and sifted until it is delicate enough for the finest skin, can be obtained for 50 cents a box. But bath powders are ridiculously expensive and 5o easily made that I would never advise you to buy one. Buy loose talcum, unscented, 50 cents’ worth. Add to it what looks, roughly, like one-tenth the amount of boric acid powder. A pinch of sachet will make it sweet to smell. This is an ideal soothing and cooling bath powder, which will neutralize the odor of perspi- ration. If you perspire a good deal, buy two ounces of boric acid powder and an eight-ounce package of cooking corn- starch. Mix these. You can tint this with powdered rouge if you wa.ut to— any sort. You can get more than enough to tint this 10 ounces at any 30-cent store. This is certainly a simple and’easy | way to make a bath powder which will have soothing and antiseptic qualities. H. R. N—A very dry skin like yours aill require a little cream rubbed into §t every day. Some people have this famdency and the only thing tq do 1 negligible as compared with all these 'ld‘v;nmu it has over hard smooth wine. A few days later the same clerk wrote from Ogden, Utah, saying that in his haste perhaps he had too strongly de- fended the present twine. He merely did not want to see the wartime kind provided again. Up to a few years ago, he goes on, the Government provided a jute twine similar to the present shoddy stuff but of better quality, with all the advantages he had mentioned, yet it did not throw off fuzz and create the dusty condition that the present twine does. The dust is probably just as bad as I had painted it, for in ‘most post offices | and mail terminals they still practice dry sweeping, and thus the fuzz from the twine floats in the air. ‘That's two of 'em. ‘The third is a note from a nurse who declares I spoke the truth about the dirty post office and counterfeit my. last is from a postmaster, whose %fity I had better keep secret. He “The post office force here wishes to express thanks and appreciation for your article on ‘Counterfeit Economy.’ Ever since this so-called economy has been in force our office has been dusty; sweeping has raised clouds of dust that make us all cough and sneeze. The force all suffered excessively from colds and throat trouble last Winter, and we look forward with dread to the coming Winter. " The worst “feature of this shoddy string is that the string that comes around bundles of letters must be tied into balls and used again to tie outgoing bundles. This handling seems to raise most of the dust. We are con- sidering the idea of buying our own ;mng this Winter to save on doctor bR And so for a stroll with Tony the P. P. If you do a good turn or say a good word for Tony he doesn’t be- grudge wagging his tail. I would like to know, though, whether the postal clerk uses the ordinary granny knot or the surgeon's knot. (Copyright, 1928.) BY EDNA KENT FORBES about it is to keep the skin flexible. Also keep up the circulation and the pores active all over the body. A. L.—Patsy.—There is no reason to be anxious about your weight, your legs or the shape of your nose. You are only 16 and will be making many changes before you have fully grown up. Jane—Mrs. A.—Consult the doctor about your daughters’ skins. Your de- scription sounds as if they have some form of eczema. You may need a blood tonic yourself and that, too, should be suggested by the doctor. If you send a self-addressed, stamped envelope, re- peating®your request for the cream and oily astringent formulas, I shall be glad to send them to you. E. E—Mrs. J. I. E—To strengthen the abdominal walls and also reduce fullness, lie flat on back with toes un- der a heavy piece of furniture. Rise to a sitting position without using any i effort except that from the abdominal muscles. After a few days stop using the support from the toes under the furniture. Stuffed Shoulder of Lamb. Have the shoulder blade removed and fill the cavity with a stuffing made as follows: Melt four or six tablespoon- fuls of butter, add two cupfuls of dry bread crumbs, half a teaspoonful of salt, a little pepper, half a teaspoonful of onion juice, one teaspoonful of parsley or celery tops chopped fine, and a small quantity of thyme. Mix well together. After stuffing the lamb shoulder with this mixture place it in a baking pan. Sprinkle salt, pepper and flour over the outside of the meat and sear in a hot oven. Reduce the temperature and cook for one and one- half hours. e hot. The annual milk consumption in Sweden is now 265 quarts, in Germany 235, in England, 90 and in Italy only 15. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1928.° SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. I got fibe cents an’ I is goin’ ter spend it on a treat fer me an’ Tommy (if I can keep from lookin’ at baby). (Copyright, 1928.) NANCY PAGE Early American Chairs Are Good Today BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. “Windsor,” said Mrs. Alden when her name was called. “Carver,” answered Mrs. Douglas. Mrs. Hitchcock, appro- priately enough, said, “Hitchcock” when her name was reached in roll call. The Nancy Page Club was meeting, and were answering the roll call with the name of an early American chair. Later each member was asked to give t-l;]e 1disungul.shlnz marks of her type of chair. ‘They mentioned banister back, fiddle back, slot back, splat, shield and Phyfe back. On and on went the roll call. And the amazing part was that most of these old-time chairs were still being copled and used. New lines in chairs have appeared only recently with the coming of the modern art. ‘The harp, lyre and medallion back chairs are distinctly of Phyfe inspira- tion, but, as Nancy pointed, out, other furniture makers copied his' ideas. It was rather amusing to hear the flood of reminiscenses which the Boston rocker called forth. Nearly every mem- ber had been rocked to sleep in one at grandmother’s home. Prom this point on the meeting was mostly a series of “Do you remember 2" While the stories were at their height the hostess brought in refresh- ments. “I'suppose you will think I am using & low form of wit when I tell you your refreshments are based on a pun. is is chair day, so we have cherry refresh- ments—cherry gelatin, cherry pound cake and a form of cherry bounce.” “We forgive you just so you bring on the food.” MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDRI Gold Star Weeks. One mother says: “My girl and boy, 4 and 5 years of age, both have calendars. I keep on hand an assortment of little stars— | silver, blue, red and gold. Silver stands for ‘peace’—a lack of quarrels between sister and brother; blue means ‘obedi- ence’ to mother's wishes and red indi- cates a ‘red-letter day,’ when both peace and obedience have ruled supreme. Each day the proper star is placed on the calendar. At the end of the week, if red predominates, an extra star of gold is given. The children take great pride in this and gold-star weeks are certainly increasing.” (Copyright, 1928.) BRAIN TESTS In everyday speech a great many words are used to describe various types of mind. These words are used in a figurative sense, some refer to special dimensions, some to numbers, etc. Some of the distinctions between the |dmerent meanings are rather fine and the successful selection of th= adjec- tive applying to each type of mind in- dicates well developed powers of dis- crimination. Allow - yourself three minutes to match the descriptions in the two col- umns below by writing in the paren- theses the number of the correspond- ing description in the first column, ‘TEST. Broad minded. . Open minded. . Weak minded. . Single minded. 1. . Pliable. ( ) 2 3. 4 5. Low minded. 6. if 8. 9 1 2. Subnormal. () 8. Vulgar. () 4. Bigoted. 5. 6. K . High minded. . Small minded. Feeble minded. Prank. () . Narrow minded. 9. Vacillating. ( 10. Double minded. 10. Petty () Pliable (3). Subnormat (2). Vul- gar (5), Bigoted (89). Proud (6). Guileless (4). Liberal (1). Frank (2). Vacillating (100, Petty (7). 3 i speakers, as well as having bored a few What Is Woman’s Greatest Charm? A I reply emphatically: Good nature, charm. Poets sing it. For it avails a woman nothing to cream complexion, violet eyes, naturally she doesn't also look pleasant. % the woman with a keen and alert our stories. repartee keeps a dinner table in a roar. as cruel as they are witty. But we turn away in repulsion from the fices they make for others. does for him. their husbands and children wish that lacking in all of the amenities of life. s° : only a few years. Sometimes we feel looks good-natured always looks good ‘We may tire of the brilliant women, soothed and comforted, feeling somehow right with the world just because He put call our attention to our weaknesses. husband tied fast to her apron string. of itself alone. and who make things pleasant for us. The Sidewalks It is said that the art of after-dinner speaking is deteriorating. After having listened to the efforts of scores of diners ourselves. we concur heartily in_the observation. Really excellent speakers are paid, in some instances, fabulous fees for entertaining ban- queteers. Most or- ganizations, how- ever, are unable or unwilling to com- pensate speakers in a monetary way. On the other hand there are not a few men who are flat- tered to be asked to address tneir fellows, and glad enough 1o do it. ‘Washington has many able speakers— men who do not pose as such. These men are not engaged in public work. They are the hard-working sort, who sit in obscure offices in the daytime and scintillate only when called upon to put a crowd in good humor. The diners no longer like to hear a man rise and say, “Mr. Toastmaster, Jadies and gentlemen, I did not expect to be called upon this evening,” because they knew ding-dong well he did ex- pect to be called upon, and probably would have been peeved if he hadn't. Unless it is a meeting of business specialists, very few persons care to hear that “in 1906 the number of calories consumed by the section lying southwest of the Mississippi was 1,955,001, which was 22 per cent more than the net consumption in 1903. In 1927 the net as compared with the gross consumption was 400 to 1.” If the guests are not particularly interested, they will wake up when the lights go out. ‘An interesting and amusing speaker is in demand. About all he receives at local functions is his name on the pro- gram and “prolonged applause.” Some- times his name is omitted from the program. Not long ago a man well known at socfal functions was tipped off that he would be called on for a speech, The information was not official~-merely hearsay. The result was that he precned himself for the occasion by going to the library and dusting off some good stories and anecdotes apropos of the affair. In fact, he devoted a week to polishing up a 15-minute speech. + The night of the dinner arrived, and he found himself seated at the speakers' table. Each time the toastmaster arose to make an introduction. our friend expected his name to be called. And each time it wasn't, Speaker after speaker said his piece. Finally the toastmaster - said, “and now, last but | not least, my friends, we ere going to hear from a man we all know and have | learned to love. I am sure he needs no | introduction. I refer, of course, to our ! genial friend, John Blank.” It happened that the man who had prepared his, speech for a week was not | named Blank. Was our friend angry? Not exactly, but he was peeved. He is not a vain person, but he was disap- pointed. All because some one suggested that he would be asked to speak. AR So far we have escaped being tagged 101D NOT EXPECT TO BB CALLED Cuticura . The Sanative, Antiseptic Healing Service Unexcelled for Aty year: DorothyDix All the Other Charms and Virtues Depend Upon It, but a Sweet Temper Will Suffice of Itself Alone. CORRESPONDENT asks: “What is woman’s greatest c¢harm?” INTELLIGENCE is another great charm in a woman. traveled and who can talk entertainingly on any subject. who has understanding and who catches everything we say to her at the half word, to whom we do not have to diagram our jokes and explain the point of We are amused and entertained by the witty woman whose brilliant to the good-natured woman who says pleasant things to us, who lis thetically to our tales of woe and who is interested in all the little things that concern us. Her discourse may not be high-browed or illuminating. She may not have any profound philosophy to give us, but nevertheless we go away from her Soap Ointment - Talcum » Shaving Stick 2%¢, each at all Druggists Gives Due Disposition To which amiability. A weman may have other attractions more spectacular and alluring at first sight. In fact, so far as I can recall, none of the sirens of history and tradition | have been noted for their sweet dispositions or being easy to get along with, but | for a good, reliable conjure that never fails to work in all sorts of times and places and weather, and is equally effective when applied to man or beast, and whose potency never wears out, there is nothing that equals good nature. Of course, we are in the way of thinking that beauty is woman's greatest Artists paint it. heroines with it, and we are all instinctively drawn toward these darlings of | the gods on whom has been bestowed an unusual amount of good looks. But | even beauty is dependent upon good nature. Novelists and dramatists endow their have a willowy figure, a peaches-and- wavy hair and a classical profile, if her expression is cross and sulky or high-tempered and irritable, or if her eyes are cold as ice and her mouth distorted by a sneer. No woman looke pretty to us if .. We are attracted to mind who has studied and read and We like the woman But intelligence is also dependent upon good nature for its attractiveness. For just as there are no women so courted and so admired and so beloved as are the women who are sweet as well as wise, so there are no women who are so feared and so hated as those whose cleverness is steeped in gall and who are We adore the humor of the woman who laughs with us, but not at us. We are enthralled by the conversation of the woman who knows more than we do and has had experiences that we will never have, if, through her talk, there runs the strain of kindliness, of sympathy, of gentleness, of hope and cheer. woman cynic, no matter how scientilla- ting she is, and we flee in terror from the one whose tongue stabs like a dagger and whose very cleverness enables her to cartoon our weaknesses and faults’and make us a figure of fun and a laughing-stock. ‘We admire women for their devotion, for their unselfishness, for the sacri- Many a man is at first attracted to a girl because she is so much in love with him. Many of us appreciate abstractly the virtues of a self-abnegating mother or sister, daughter or friend. Many a husband knows that he ought to be on his knees before his wife in humble gratitude for all she But even goodness has to be coupled with good nature before it “sells” itself to us, and, alas, there are so many peevish and fretful saints! many women who would die for their families who nag at them until they make ‘There are so they were dead. themselves. And it is so hard to be properly grateful and appreciative to thbse who are tactless or fault-finding or bossy and interfering, who may possess all the virtues but are in the end we come back to good nature as woman's greatest charm and the one that endures to the end. Beauty at its best is fleeting and lasts like turning our eyes away when we behold the ravages that time has made in a living picture, but the woman who to us no matter how old she grows or how her complexion fades or her eyes dull. but none of us ever wearies of listening tens sympa- that God is in His Heaven and/all is such women in it. ‘There have been husbands who deserted model wives because they were gobs of gloom with a mission to reform the universe. There have been old parents who loved their easy-going prodigal children better than they did tyrannical good sons and daughters who supported them. And all of us prefer our weak and erring friends who don't feel called upon to tell us of-our faults to our noble ones, who You seldom hear of a husband forsaking'a wife who is good-natured and jolly and easy to get along with, who laughs at his shortcomings instead of jecturing him about them and in whom he isn’t afraid to confide when he does a fool thing. She may be neither brilliant nor beautiful, nor yet a good cook or manager, but she has a charm that outweighs them all and that keeps her And so0 T say that good nature is a woman’s greatest attraction. Without it all the other parts and graces are but tinkling glass and sounding cymbals. They depend on good nature for their chief lure, but good nature will suffice Whatever other qualities they lack, we are still atracted to those who are always pleasant and agreeable, who never nag or criticize us DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1928 of Washington BY. THORNTON FISHER. with a police notice. Which has prob- ably been the result of good luck rather than superb judgment. (Pardon us while we run over and smack our knuckles on a piece of lumber) We have accompanied friends who have, however. Until the other night, we be- | Peal lieved that a soft, gentle reply turned away. the wrath of a minion of the law. Louder, the engineer didn’t hear you. Now you tell one! At any rate, a certain motor cycle officer, W] name and number we have, charged a friend with having failed to stop at a boule~ vard stop sign. “Pull over to the curb,” he said. Our friend obeyed, and upon hearing the cop's complaint, replied that he had observed the regulation. Another com- panion, believing in efficacy of a soft answer, accompanied a dose of banana oil, said: “You're right, officer. John, the officer is perfectly right. He wins. See, the officer wins. If he says so, it must be all right, and I'm sure he'll overlook the transgression this time. Absoluiely, we will not argue with you and say you are wrong. We're not that kind of guys.” ‘The officer’s silence was disconcerting. He didn't want to discuss anything. “Of course, the gentleman is right,” went on another occupant of the car. “I know we stopped, but if you say we didn't, we didn’t, that's all. You're only performing your duty. Ha-ha (weaker) ha-ha (much weaker) ha-ha.” ‘The officer at this point was giving an imitation of the Sphinx, only more sttm 'F'lnalvy. he said, curtly, “You didn't stop!” 5 “But you're perfectly right. You win.” replied the man with the soft answers. The officer did win. It cost our friend five smackers. A soft answer may turn away wrath, but we are not so sure of it as we once were. o An Australian recently sent 25 cents in stamps to the station agent at Neath, England, to pay for a railroad trip from that station, which, the man wrote, h took several without p 550,000 People! According to the latest report the population of the District of Columbia is given as 550,000. We couldn’t possibly serve them all—but we would like to serve you. May we? Phone Main 2321 West End Layndry Lgwnderers and Dpy Clesmers 1723-25 Pennsytvanis Ave-N-W* WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. S. Patent Office. ‘When the Washington police and fire- men _paraded together each year and the Commissioners awarded trophies to precincts and companies? A Sermon for Today BY REV. JOHN R. GUNN, If We Had No Temptations. Text—“Blessed is the man that en- dureth temptation, for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life."— James 1.12. In the old legend called “The Quest of the Holy Grall” two characters at- tract attention—Galahad and Parsifal. ‘The. most significant difference between the two is that Galahad wins with ease, but Parsifal with difficulty. In his quest for the Grail, Galahad goes as one on a holiday journey. He encounters no ene- mies, meets no temptations, experiences no conflicts. Not so of Parsifal. From the start he has a struggle. Enemies challenge every foot of his way. Temp- tations beset him on all sides. When he reaches the Grail, he is weary, hurt and bleeding. And we recognize as the hero of the legend, not Galahad, but Parsi- fal. The reason lies in the nature of the case. Valor untested is no valor. Untempted virtue is at best what Milton calls “a fugitive and cloistered virtue unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees For the training of moral temptation is. necesssary. It is throug| temptation that we gain moral strepgth "G alahad 1 born §508 atd stays good good and stays 3 and for that we admire him. But we are not certain of what the result will be should he come once to a wrestling match with the tempter. But of Parsi- fal we entertain no such doubt. From many a-such wrestling match he has come off more than a victor. We recog- nize in him the virtue of proved man- hood, not merely of untried innocence. And to him goes the hero’s crown. If we had no foes to vanquish, we would never be victors. There would be no triumphs to our credit if we had no temptations. § (Copyright, 1928.) b = = © | The Candidates | e ‘The country’s full of candidates who make the welkin ring, and some are mental heavy-weights and some - are tother thing. up and down the land they go, intent upon our weal; for office high and office low they run with tirel al. Upon 10,000 plat- forms tall they argue by the day: if they're elected in the , "Il shoo our woes away. They have forsaken useful chores, ing corn and , to tell the whole wide out of doors what their election means. The candidates, a brilliant band, who rustle now for votes, might till a mighty stretch of land and raise crops of oats; they might ship wheat across the seas if they would follow plows, or furnish tons of wholesome cheese if they would milk some cows. The wel- kin is a futile thing that cuts no ice or grass: what boots it, then, to make it Ilike unto sounding brass? Who is the better for a speech discussing chestnuts hoar? But he who grows a r or peach is blest forevermore. It's better far to raise a plum, a nutmeg or a prune, than 'tis to make the welkin hum with some old tawdry tune. The country’s full of candidates, they're chasing up and down; and none of them are shipping crates of squashes flh town. And ndo‘x;e of them are saw- g wood or spading up the ground, or doing anything that's good to make the wheels go round. I long have watched them as they chased and lis- tened as they chinned, and sadly mur- mured, “ t a waste of energy and wind!” ‘WALT MASON. (Copyrisht. 1928, = Residents of Queenstown district, Ire- DISCOVER CHIEF CAUSE OF TIRE “BLOWOUTS” Find Oil on Garage Floors Attacks Tires and Eats Them Simple New Method Now Recommended for Prevent- ing Tires From Rotting Away While Cars Stand Idle 0il is the enemy of rubber. It rots the best tires. Blowouts are dts offsprings. If you have ever changed a tire on a boiling hot sum- mer day, you know what blowouts mean. Also the price of a new tire, 3000 to 5000 miles too soon, is more than annoying. The only sure, simple way to keep your garage floor free from oily drippings is to take 5 minutes (whenever necessary) to swab out these spots with an old broom and a solution of Red Seal Lye and ‘water—one can of lye to a gallon of water. Use Red Seal Lye because it is 97% pure lye—by far the pu; est, quickest, most economical lye made. It melts away grease like snow from a hot stove. Stop at your grocer’s and pick up a can of Red Seal Lye today. Save this article as a reminder. FEATURES. Outgrowing It. A child has a bad habit, or an ail- ment of some sort, perhaps a slow mentality or a conduct difficulty, and his parents take to the doctor or dentist or child specialist. After ex- amining the child the doctor gives some directions, the child goes home and the family ask what happened. “Oh, he said to give him this diet, and keep him outdoors two hours each day, and weigh him each fortnight, and have his teeth filled and have his | tonsils out and make him mind, and | keep him in school, only have his pro- jgram changed, and see that he sleeps a good long time every night with his windows open, and not to let people bother him and—" “Such a business. How in time is any one else to get anything done if | he'is to have all this attention? Don't mind him. He'll outgrow it. Look at Uncle Sim. Didn't he have just the same thing? Wasn’t he a nuisance to the who!,e place? And didn't he out- ), Not if he had any- thing important the matter with him. A nose that is stopped so that a child breathes like a horse with the heaves, a set of teeth that are pouring impuri- ties into the blood stream of the child, eyes that put a strain on the whole nervous system, or a lack of hearing that strains the whole being of the child, a tendency to contradict every- thing he hears said, especially when it is directed toward him; a habit of telling what is not and never could be true, of helping himself to what- ever he likes, when everybody knows BY MOLLIE HOLLYWOOD, Calif,, October 17.— Gossip and query about talkies have to a considerable extent halted produc- tion. That can be seen in Hollywood this week. Two of the largest studios in Movie- land are almost at a standstill. One stage is overating in the first studio and only two stages are busy in the second. Although the first talkie experiments have made money galore for their back- ers, Movieland trembles at those to come. Millions are going into sound- proof stages. And now comes the tragic story that for one studio at least better work has been done on one of the old- time variety stages without fet pad- ding, a foot and a half of gravel layers for silencing, and the rest of the ex- pensive appurtenances that go to make the new type of motion picture. Part-time players have sprung up the | pos last few months. The gelatin god and ldess are developing a longing to reg- ter in some more lasting medium. Whether this can be laid at the door of talkies, who can_tell? ‘With Ramon Novarro's new_ contract calling for three months’ absolute free- dom and no clause against public ap- pearances during that time, it looks as it the young Mexican actor, whose chief interest lies in singing, would at least venture into his chosen field. A deep religious streak in Novarro has repeatedly given rise to the story because for several years he has made the annual retreat with the monks of Santa Barbara. He is one of the rap- idly growing group that is weary of for- i mula and routine in motion pictures. A popular young hero, he compasses ex- actly the same emotional arc in each icture—a precise identity of charac- rization. ‘These players are making money, and those who can.appreciate only money But the ones like Novarro, temperamental affinity for ‘beauty sound, tone and color, are dangerous. The talkie arrived in time to rivet their waning interest.in Cam- eraland. Florence Vidor has traveled farther during her Hollywood career than any woman in cinemas. A Texan by birth a simple soul by reason of background and opportunity, a beauty thre§gh the gifts of nature, a hit before the era with her first acting bit. She is one of the women who have not. waited to be criticized the second time. People discuss the foreign quality of a British accent where once she spoke the unmusical Texas drawl. But a critic in New York once wrote of the shock of hearing this lovely girl speak. And Florence Vidor promptly took up voice culture. She was the first Hollywoodite to ac- quire the part-time contract. Her pres- ent arrangement calls for six months’ Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. ‘Words oftgn misused: Do not say “This is between the four of us.” Say “among the four” when more than two. Often mispronounced: Humidity. Pro- nounce the h, not u-mid-it-i. . & M;en misspelled: Caffein, or caffeine; wo f's. Synonyms: Implore, pray, supplicate; that he will become a monk. This is} OIIR CHILDREN By Angelo Patri he is long past the age when such conduct is normal and to be ex&ected is not going to outgrow himself into a fine, strong, healthy, happy child. He will have to have help. Children do not grow in sections, each complete and totally different from the one just passed. Growth is continuous and, to a large extent, self- feeding. The child of this hour sends its power into the child of the next hour and continues to do so through- out a lifetime. It is not possible for a boy to be physically or mentally or spiritually unfit today and waken to- morrow morning a healthy, well bal- anced young man. It is not possible for a girl to go to sleep a lazy, careless, untruthful child and waken in the morning & young woman of well digci- plined body and mind. Growth has to be fed from day to day. Most of its food comes from within the child and all incentive for growth must start there to truly function. So we teach. We guide. We con- trol and we discipline children. We teach health, we preach it, we live it, and so inspire the children to de- sire it mightily. We teach morality, we inspire it and we practice it so that children may know and value it and long to possess it for their own growth. Children outgrow bad habits of health and conduct when they ars Lelped to outgrow. Not otherwise. (Copyright, 1928.) 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