Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1928, Page 60

WOMAN'S . PAGE. -THE - EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. T. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1928 MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS Use of Sage Tea. | Dear Miss Leeds: Please tell me how | to prepare and use sage tea. Will it injure my hair?—A. E. S. | Answer—The sage tea is mixed with | ordinary black tea. Place two ounces | each of dried sage leaves and black tea leaves in an iron pot with three quarts of boiling water. Cover loosely and allow the teas to simmer until the liquid is reduced to one quart. Now remove the pot from the fire and allow the teas to stand for 24 hours. Strain | off the leaves and saturate the hair | avenly with the liquid. Let the hair hang loosely and fan it gently to dry it. This mixture is not a dye and is quite harmless. Of course it will not keep for any length of time, but must be used when made. It may be applied to the hair with a toothbrush or a| small sponge. Results are gradual. | LOIS LEEDS. Premature Graying. Dear Miss Leeds: I am 14 years old and am getting quite gray. The hair underneath and near the scalp is not gray, however. I have decided to use sage tea to restore the color. Please tell me how to prepare it.—X. Y. Z. Answer--The recipe for the sage tea rinse is given above. I am wondering | whether you have not mistaken sun- burn on the top layer of hair for pre- mature graying. If you are in the PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. Forever After Your Operation. I was fairly fit when I had my opera- tion. Not athletically trained, but, on the other hand, not a flabby bag of mush, either. You see, for several years I had been playing the—as it was later named—First Brady Symphony pretty regularly, and to this almost ex- clusively I owed my modest physical fitness. So when the emergency came I didn't mind it at ail. And before the stitches were removed I was playing some of the horizontal movements of the symphony again, of course on the sly. My surgeon was a good one, but, like most good surgeons, a very con- servative man, and I know he doubted the wisdom of such exercise so soon after an abdominal incision. ‘There are surgeons, whose tribe, I be- lieve, is increasing, who not only. insist on the. patient sitting up a few days after a clean abdominal operation, but require the patient to do a regular sys- tem of exercise calculated to restore some degree of tone or normal vigor to the abdominal muscles and so to pro- mote the healing process and prevent prolonged disability. This modern de- parture is not radical; it is only pro- gressive. It is a step forward in the art of surgery. comparable with the modern practice of taking fractured members out of the splint or cast daily | from the first few days for inspection, gentle massage and manipulation. This modern way of dealing with broken bones gives infinitely batter results than the old-time practice did, if restoration of use of the injured member is the criterion. Not only that, but it assures a better cosmetic result, too, if appear- ances are of any importance. The surgeons who are urging patients to get up a few days after clean ab- dominal operations and requiring them to take regular exercises in the weeks of convalescence render their patients a greater service than the patients may now realize. This practice has already LEEDS. habit of going about outdoors without a hat it would be natural for the top hair to fade. If this is not the case, however, I would advise you to consult a physician to see whether the graying may not be due to some internal dis- order that is robbing your hair of its pigment. LOIS LEEDS. Darkening Red Hair. Dear Miss Leeds: I am a very young | My | girl and am considered attractive. only drawback is my hair, which is a rather bright red. How can I darken it? Would it become streaky?—MAY. Answer—I think it would be a great mistake for you to make your hair darker. Red hair is distinctive and there are many girls who would give anything to have hair like yours. One's complexion harmonizes with the natural shade of one's hair, so that when the hair color is changed it looks artificial. The sage tea rinse given above is a harmless darkener and you may use it after your shampoo to give your hair a softer luster. It will not become streaky. LOIS LEEDS. Stimulating Growth of Hair. Dear Miss Leeds: My hair is very | thin and will not grow fast. What should I put on it to make it grow thicker and faster>—RUBY. Answer—First, you must build up your general health and make sure that your weight is correct for age and height. Second, massage your scalp | thoroughly twice a day. Do not merely rub the surface of your head, but move the scalp over the skull as you mas- sage. This will stimulate the circula- tion of the blood. It is the blood that feeds the hair roots and of course good health insures good blood. The chief value of hair tonics lies in the fact that they must be massaged in. A hot oil treatment before your shampoo may help you. There are many possible causes of thin hair, including the use of hot irons or kids, and in order to cure the condition you must find and remove the cause. There is no single remedy for all cases of thin hair and slow growth of the hair. LOIS LEEDS. (Copyright. 1928.) proved its value in the prevention of adhesions. That is enough to say about a sad subject. Aside from the evil consequences of the cld-time practice of keeping opera- tive patients confined to bed for sev- cral weeks and forbidding any attempt at cxercise for several months and even encasing the luckless ones in harness of one kind or another, the coddling tended to weaken the patient’s morale and inspire a most unwholesome attitude toward life. For this the conservative, unprogressive surgeons are to be cen- sured; they have contributed unneces- sariiy to a habit of invalidism. Some- times surgeons become so centered upon the technic of their work that they grow careless of the other factors involved in their relations with the patient. The best surgeons are made, not born. Sur- gery as a specialty of medicine should | be prohibited except to the man who has had at least 10 years ol experisnce in actual family practice. As things are now, any qualified and licensed doctor of medicine may limit his prac- WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD, Registered U. S. Patent Office. When Harry Clay Blaney as Willie Live in “Across the Pacific” was a big vearly attraction at the Old Academy | of_Music? MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. The Beauty Game. One mother says: “I don't want to clean up! Why do I have to wash my face?” When a small girl doesn’t want to go to the wash- bowl, the beauty game is a good one to play. It makes a tiresome routine something new and delightful. The beauty shop operator, who is really mother, say: “Now I'm going to give you one of those new facials, Miss Bet- ty! First I use this lovely imported s0an. Most people charge a dollar for a good lathering. But I do that free or let you do it yourself. I see you are very particular about your ears! Now the rinse. That is an important part of a beauty treatment—to get off all the soap. Now this lovely clean towel. It’s only a dime for regular customers!” And before Betty or mother knows it | a smiling little girl is clean and de- lighted. (Copyright, 1928.) | Luncheon Complete. : Melt two tablespoonfuls of fat and| add to it three tablespoonfuls of flour, half a teaspoonful of dry mustard, one- fourth teaspoonful of salt and a pinch of pepper. Mix well and add one and one-fourth cupfuls of milk. Stir con- stantly until the hoiling point is reached and then add one can of string beans, which have been thoroughly drained, and three-fourths cupful of finely diced boiled potatoes. Place thin slices of cold bofled ham on serving plates and keep the cream>d mixture on top. Sprinkle with finely chopped parsley. Wil W2 Nl Nl ¢ XHRIBIHIB: tice to surgery if he so desires, or to any other specialty. | ‘These observations are prompted by | th: frequent inquiries I receive from | ‘They ask whether it will b2 | all right to go swimming six months | after an operation; whether one may | safely leave off the corset or supporter | so many weeks after the operation, and | many similar questions, indicating lh)\l‘ while the old-fashioned method is still in vogue the surgeons fail to give d°fi- | nite instructions to the patients con- | cerned. In the absence of such defi- | nite instructions I should say yes, by all means, “can” the corset and go in | swimming if you're able to be about at all. (Copyrizht. 1928.) If you marry a clever man and you think yourself fairly clever in your own right, have the common &ense and the grace to share your popularity and at- tention with him. | 5g, ;I%jiHecht Co. (1% 2 . 5 P | Houbigant‘s 'Face Powders ig’% i) and Perfumes !P Another Nationally Known Product “Women applicants so often must be told” Says an employment agency manager Too Warm. Most of our houses are too warm | The children do not need so much | warmth. They are running in and | out of the house and are warmer than the grown-ups are. They forget when | they enter the house to remove the | sweater or the leggings and rubbers. and sit in the corner perspiring. Then ing and sneezing. | First, remember that our own tem- | peratures are not a good basis for regulating the temperature of a room for children. It is better to use the thermometer for that. Then make sure that fresh air is entering the room | where the children are. If they are sit- ting still they are to have a warmer room than if they are moving about briskly. A gym is not to be as warm as a drawing classroom. And the play- room is not to be as warm as the room in_which the children sit to read. Fresh_air is a fine preventive of colds. But be careful how the fresh air enters the room. In many class- rooms the windows are alongside the children so that when a window is opened the wind blows directly on the side face of the child. .This often gives children head colds and earaches and toothaches. If it is necessary to open a window alongside children, then have a screen to deflect the current of air. A rainy day demands a warmer temperature than a clear, sunny day in Fall weather. The children come in with damp clothing, they are shivering a bit with the cold dampness. If the room is warm, & bit warmer than you keep it during the usual day, they will relax their bodies, grow warm quickly and get to work. Then the tempera- ture can be lowered. But if the chil- dren are chilled and stay chilled they will hold their bodies tensely, use their energy to keep warm, and fail to enter into the spirit of work. But it is seldom that schoolrooms or houses are too cold for healthy chil- dren. Usually they are kept too warm. What the right temperature should be is dependent upon several factors—the climate, the location of the room, the health of the children, the occupation of the children, their dress, ete. The right temperature is to be determined by conditions and experience. ~But you can know when a room is too warm by the attitude of the children who occupy it. If they are heavy- eyed, slow moving, with red spots on their faces, lower the temperature of the room. If your class is disorderly, look at the temperature register and adjust the conditions accordingly. A very cold room excites children. A very warm room sends them to sleep. Study your out they go again and come in sniff- | OUR CHILDREN By Angelo Patri temperature chart and watch your thermometer. Home and school ~ are usually too warm for the children, having been adjusted to the adult. Ad- just for the children and take care of yourself apart from them. Mr. Patri will give personal attention to inquiries from parents and school teachers on the care and development of children. Writa him in care of this paper. inclosing stamped, addressed envelope for reply. (Copyrignt. 1928.) A Sermon for Today BY REV. JOHN R. GUNN, Miracles. Text—“With God all things are pos- sible.”—Mark, x.27. No, miracles are not unscientific, ac- cording to the best scientific minds. Some who assume the scientific atti- court. But real scientists, men who are entitled to be recognized as scien tists by right of ability and achieve: ment, never treat the question of mir- acles quite so flippantly. To the con- trary, they freely admit the a priori possibility of the miraculous. Tyndall may be regarded as a repre- sentative man of science. Here is what he has to say concerning miracles: “If you ask me who is to limit the out- goings of Almighty power, my answer is, not I” Again he avers: “You never hear the really philosophical de- fenders of the doctrine of uniformity speaking of impossibilities in nature. They never say what they are con- stantly charged with saying—that it is im-ossible for the Builder of the uni- verse to alter His work.” This is in exact harmony with just what the text says, that “with God all things are possible.” We cannot im- prison God in His own creation. Who are we that we should put any limit upon the mighty God who created and controls the universe? Instead of regarding miracles as un- scientific, many men of high repute in the scientific world look upon them as the expression of divine laws not under- stood—laws which we speak of as su- pernatural. but which are natural to God. Expressing this view, Edwin B. Frost, astronomer and one of the edi- tors of the Astrophysical Journal, writes: “When mysteries are solved after patient research, it will, of course, be found that they are operations of natural laws in God’s world. For Om- niscience and Omnipotence there are no miracles.” FEATURES. | JABBY |,_ “Bein’ broke may keep a fella from | eatin’ but they ain't found no way yet | tude attempt to laugh them out of |to keep you from gettin’ hungry. (Copyright, 1928.) Cuticura Heals Annoying Rashes Bathe theaffected parts freely with Cuticura Soap and hot water, dry without rubbing, and anoint with Cuticura Ointment. This treatmgnt not only soothes and heals rashes and irritations but tends to prevent such conditions. Soap 28e. Ointment 25 and §0¢. Talcum 2e. Sold everywhere. Sample esch free. ~Address: “Gutleur Laborstorios, Dept 40, Maldan. Mase uticura Shaving Stick 25c. Fish Curries. Fresh or.canned fish is particularly appetizing in a curry. If fresh halibut or other white fish is used, it should first be parboiled in water to cover, with a bay leaf, two or three cloves and a dash of vinezar. Fiak> it lightly with a fork and reheat in tomato curry sauce or in a white curr: with the water in which the fish was boiled. Serve on a platter with rice molded in cups. alternated with quar- tered hard-cooked eggs. Opyster curry—Strain the liquor frofh auce made | a pint of oysters, add enough top milk to make two cupfuls and use this in making the curry sauce, in which sime mer the oy until the edges curl. For a rich golden siuce, add the beaten | yolks of two egas and immediately |on a bad of rice and garnish with | celery tips. | — . 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