Evening Star Newspaper, November 21, 1928, Page 38

WOMAN'’S PAGE. Doing Up the Hair That Is Growing BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. Many a young woman—and older one, too—ie distressed at her inability to keep her hair well dressed when it is growing, long after it has been thinned when it was bobbed. The knot in back 1z permitted scanty anchorage even with WHEN THE HAIR IS ARRANGED IN THIS WAY IT IS FIRM AND AN ATTRACTIVE COIFFURE RE- SULTS. the aid of many hairpins, because so much hair has been cut away near the nape of the neck and what remains is so short it cannot be relied upon to support a coil. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS .LB!D!. Round Shoulders. Dear Miss Leeds: (1) How can I keep from getting round-shouldered, and is there any method for filling out my chest more? (2) Please give me a diet for gain weight.? (3) How can I get rid of dark-brown freckles? (4) I have been troubled lately with boils and pimples. 1Is this due to eating too much ice cream? (5) I am 5 feet 3 inches tall and weigh 106 pounds. I have a fair skin, blue eyes and medium- brown hair. What colors are becoming to me? Thank you. - Answer—(1) Your first problem is to gain weight and to learn to carry your- self correctly. Stand as tall as you can. Keep your chin level, chest out and ab- domen in. Do not bend over when Terding or doing close work, but raise the book (sewing, etc.) up. A very simple exercise for develaping your chest, and straightening your shoulders may be done by combining deep breath- fng with arm flinging. Stand erect, | with arms straight out in front of you. Elowly swing your arms back as far as | they will go. Return to starting posi- | tion. Now swing arms up, then out to| the side and back, breathing in. Ex- | hale slowly as the arms return to first | position. Repeat the exercise slowly | five times. For another exercise lie on ' your face on th: floor with hands clasped behind your back. Slowly raise | head and shoulders upward and back. Relax and repeat four times. A good exercise for filling out hollow chests is | { Baking-Pow There are few forms of bread thnt; are more appealing than properly made | hot biscuits, and perhaps no other arti- cle of diet has caused more heartaches of inspired more funny paper jokes than those far-famed “biscuits that mother | used to make.” A | Many housewives have an idea that the ari of making biscuits must be an | inaerited one, which, of course, is far | from the truth, for it is as easy to learn | to make biscuits to make any other food and requires only the accurate| following of a few simple rules, A great | pait of the difficulty in making biscuits, | and one of the reasons for most fail- ures, is that so many people go at the | tesk ton strenuously or make too much work out of it. Biscuits need quiok. Jight handling. I am speaking now of haking powder biscuits or what we cail Quick biscuits, The first step is the assembling of | materials necessary. These are simple | end consist.only of flour, salt, baking “T usta think these immigration laws mas all th’ bunk, but I've changed my mind after seein’ what it takes to make | Perhaps after several months of pa- | tient waiting for the hair to grow | sufficiently long for the bother to pass, | exasperation gets the better of one’s | determination to allow the hair to grow | and off come the tresses again. So much time has had to be consumed | daily in arranging the coiffure, that persisted in looking disheveled notwith- standing, that a nervous irritability resuited. Little wonder that the hair was again bobbed. Ta any one who has had thie troublesome expérience a solu- tion is presented today. One young woman with beautiful wavy golden hair devised a method which afterward she found was known to some Parisienne hairdressers. Her troubles vanished like magic. She had | a wee braid about a quarter of an inch wide plaited from some of the longer hair. That was hidden beneath other hair on the outside. To this wee braid she pinned the tiny coil of extra hair that was made from the hair first cut when the hair was bobbed. If one has not had such a coil made and has not saved the hair | that was then cut off, hairdressers sell | such coils for this purpcse. The rm!.‘v securely fastened to the head, is then covered with the growing strands and | a neat, trim little coiffure arrangement | | results. . | | One thing that the girl with the wavy | golden hair did discover that was dis- | tinctly her idea was that it is better | to have two tiny braids than one, as it | relieves any strain from coming in one | | spot on the head. Also she found )li ractically impossible to make the braids | herself. It was not that plaiting of the | braid was hard in itself, but that it was | almost impossible not to catch in other | wisps of hair, which is ruinoue Also) | fastening of the ends was a bit difficult. |~ Whenever the hair is shampooed, the | braids are undone and new ones plaited. These times are sufficient if one has the | hair washed frequently. (Copyrisht. 1328.) | | | My Neighbor Says: | Scorch marks when ironing can be quickly removsd if the part is held under the co:d water faucet for a few minutes Dainty sandwiches are never made of bread that is cut in thick and uneven slices. Buy bread with which sandwiches 2:2 to be made the 8ay before it used. Bread a day old is much easier to cut than fresh bread. ‘When using sour milk or cream in making cookies or doughnuts, mix them up the night before and set them on ice. They will roll out with less flour, will be light and keep moist mucn longer than if the usual method is em- ployed Nothing but lettuce and parsley that have been carefully washed and placed in bags should be put in the ice chamber of the refrig- erator, rotation of the arms at the shoulders. (2) Drink a quart of whole milk each day. For breakfast have fruit, a whole- grain cereal, bread and butter, eggs and a hot drink made with the milk. For lunch have cheese or peanut butter sandwiches, a large vegetable salad, a bowl of mué), pudding and a glass of milk. For dinner have cream soup, & serving of meat, rolls and butter, spin- ach or other succulent vegetables, pota- toes or rice, peas and carrots mixed, large fruit salad, apple dumpling with hard sauce, glass of milk. Celery and olives may be added. (3) Try commercial freckle bleaches. It is not always possible to remove dark freckles entirely, but they may usually be faded to some extent. (4) The boils and pimples are doubt- less due to your diet. Ice cream is a healthful food, but, of course, if you eat too much of any kind of food it will make you {ll. Lemonade is a good thing ¢o drink every day when there is a tendency to have boils. Avold con-| stipation. You should have a doctor's | advice on the boils. I think the pimples | will respond to a change in diet. Omit rich candies and rich pastries. You may eat milk chocolate and pure hard | candy in place of dessert after meals if you feel a craving for sweets, but do not eat them between meals. (5) If you are 15 years old, you should weigh about 115 pounds. Becoming colors for you include ‘flesh. dull rose, peach, red, dull orchid, warm taupe, dark green, blue-green, dark and me- dium blues, dull yellow, brown, tan, deep cream,’ black. LOIS LEEDS. To Bob or Not to Bobh? Dear Miss Leeds: Would vou advise me to bob my hair now' or is it too late? I am 22 years old, 5 feet 2 inches tall. ‘What should I weigh? GAY SALLY. Answer—It is rather late to begin thinking about bobbing your hair, now that the fad is waning. There are still many bobbed heads, however, so that you will not be conspicuous if you. de- cide to bob. It all depends on which style of hairdressing is more becoming to you. Do not bob your hair unless you feel sure that you will look prettier with it short. You should weigh about 119 pounds. LOIS LEEDS. (Copyright, 1928.) der Biscuits | powder, shortening and cold water or | milk. The following proportions must | be kept to closely: ! Measure two teaspoons of baking powder and one tablespoon of shorten. ing for each cup of flour. These meas- urements are, of course, level ones. One cup of flour will make enough biscuits for two people. Mix and sift the flour and baking powder, adding one-fourth teaspoon of | salt to give flavor, especially if unsalted | shortening is used. Add the shorten- | ing and rub it in with the fingers, us- | ing enly the tips, or with a fork, until | | the lumps of fat have been thoroughly | | blended with the flour. This should be done quickly and as lightly as possible, Any kind of shortening may be used: a combination of butter and one of the vegetable shortenings will be found both economical and excellent in flave This dry mixture may be made up in | advance and kept in the ice box ar in | a cool place until ready to use. Some people like to mix up a quart of flour and keep the mixture in a jar so that they can have hot biscuits at a mo- ment's notice, Milk or water is used to moisten the flour mixture. Milk makes biscuits with more food value than water, but with a softer crust. Water makes a crisp, crusty biscuit. Add the liquid to the dry mixture, using just enough to hold it together, and adding a little at a time. Do the mixing with a fork and as lightly as possible. Turn this dough out on a floured bread board and pat it very lightly with the palm of the hand ‘until it is about one-half inch ! thick or a little less. Shape, place on aggreased pan and bake for 10 minutes in a hot oven—425 degrees. Carrot Custard. To every pint of carrot pulp made by bolling. draining and washing them, | add two beaten eggs, a teaspoonful of | salt, a tablespoonful of grated onion and one-fourth cupful of cream or rich milk. Beat all together well, then pour into a well oiled baking dish or custard cups, stand in a pan of hot water and bake in a moderate oven until the custard is firm in the center. Turn out | @ meal for Heine.” €Copsright, 18280 onto a dish and serve with white sauce or gravy, THE EVENING STAR,” WASHINGTON, D. €. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 21, 1928. WHO REMEMBERS? BY OICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. 8. Patent Office. When, as a boy, you smoked the “Indian cigars” which grew in the Capitol grounds? NANCY PAGE Black Lace and Tulle Make Effective Dres BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. sald that she would type of mother. She Naney had alw not be the mart; realized that she was Mrs. Peter Page ! as well as being Peter Page Junior's mother, She planned to go to parties with geason. If they did not stay too late, if a competent person stayed home to watch the baby, and if she rested on the day after a party, she saw no rea- son why she should deny herself and her husband the pleasure of going out together. But going out meant clothes. The baby's a.rival had made a big dent in their budget, and so she wondered whether she could not freshen some of the dresses she already had. The difference between styles of to- day and yesterday is well typified in the ripple flounced dress she is wearing and the sheath-like lace dress she is hoping to rejuvenate, Dresses of today have more flares, more movement, more femininity. By using black tulle as a filmy overskirt she achieves her end. The tulle is cut into six straight pleces, three for front and three for back of skirt. The lowest one is sewed on first. The material drops at termination of straight row of stitching. The second layer is stitched on 4 inches above first and the last one 4 inches above this, The top one is naturally the shortest, so that an effect of three overlapping tiers is achieved. The dress was a sucaess. Everyday Law Cases How Important Is Character Evidence In Criminal Cases? BY THE COUNSELLOR. John Carson, a reputable business man, was charged with the crime of malicious destruction of property. Two witnesses identified him as the man who entered a competitor's business place on the night expensive machinery was ruined. In his defense Carson stated that his competitors had organized to maintain prices, and that he had continuously refused to join them. He contended that the criminal proceedings were the result of a conspiracy to obtain his sur- render to their demands. . His attorney then sought to show Carson’s good reputation, but the State objected, contending that evidence of good character could not be introduced to_offset positive evidence. The court, however, permitted the evidence to be introduced, stating: “Good character is an important fact with every man, and never more s0 than when he is put on trial charged with an offense which is rendered im- probable by a uniform course of wholly inconsistent with such crime. A life of unblemished integrity may be- come a complete shield of protection against the most skillful web bf sus- picion and falsehood which conspira- tors have been able to weave.” Bebeailne. For many years an adult males long whiskers fluttered in the gales beardless men seemed freaks; the barbers’ trade became so slack they sighed “Alas,” and eke “Alack” and uttered piercing shrieks. Then for some _reason unexplained the flowing A beard was much disdained, and every | man was shaved: the barbers saw their luck had turned, and while they wrought and kopecks earned they joyously behaved. The safety razor then was sprung, and countless voters, old and young, hewed off their beards at home: only sought the barb: chair when they would have him cut their hair and smooth it with a comb. | Now superficial people said, “The berbers’ trade will soon be dead, it's doomed beyond repair; it can't exist when people fail to spend a modicum of kale for aught but cutting hair. Men have to shave three times a week— some every day. their whiskers leak so fast it is a crime—but nearly all are satisfied to let their glossy tresses slide six fortnights at a time.” And then the women everywhere, grown tired of their abundant hair, decided they would bob: and to the barber shops they flew, an eager, palpitating crew, a dense but cultured mob. And how the weary barbers wrought! When they had hcbbed one dome of thought a dozen were in line; the more they hobbed, the more the girls came up to sacrifice their curls, with heroism fine. Now beards are coming in again, and soon the maps of grown-up men will look like fields of ha; ut that won't hurt the barber's trat which always seems to make the grade, whatever prophets say, ‘WALT MASON, Peter during the Winter soclal’ e | wholesome food at low prices Banky | and | DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX Shall This Girl Marry for Love or to Please Her Mother?—Sage Advice to the School Teacher Who Wants a Husband. E | | DEAR MISS DIX—T have two suitors—one a rich, middle-aged widower, the | other a poor young man, but capable and ambitious. My mother urges me to marry the old one, although she knows I don't love him and do love the poor young man. She says she doesn't want me to have the hard life she has had. I hate to hurt her, but feel I must follow my heart. What do you advise? i Answer: Marry your poor young man and be happy. There is-something not a little pathetic in a mother’s desire to have her daughter make a brilliant match. For in reality it isn't as avaricious and grasping as it seems. It is only her yearning to save her little ewe lamb from the hardships that she has known. She wants to protect the soft girl hands from the hard labor that she tm; had to do, and to save the tender feet from the thorny path that she has TO Mother should reflect that the man who can give his wife a fine establish- ment when he marries is sometimes either old enough to be her father or a | gilded youth who is selfish and spoiled, and who regards marriage as lightly as he does a flirtation with a chorus girl. 5 We have all seen many young girls married to rich old men, but we've never seen such a marriage a happy one. | car and point lace and diamonds to satisfy a woman's soul, and the most miser- | able women in the world are those who have sold their youth for money. when they married young fellows who had inherited fortunes. We have also seen these same fortunes take wings and fly away and the brilliant match end | in poverty. Every day we read of some such match finishing in divorce, because | & youth which has been passed in, self-indulgence doesn't fit a man to stand the | disillusions and trials of matrimony. The mothers who are disappointed that their daughters are marryin, young lawyers and clerks instead of rich men will do well to mnsiderr{!ils gmm |"that these poor voung fellows are likely to be the big men of the future, while | the brilliant catch of today is almost certain to be the nobody of tomorraw. | It is hardly too much to say that, in marry | decide whether she would rather be poor and str I.ng‘ in lAmefl?fi.’ a girl has to uggle along w v he's voung and be prosperous when she is mlddle-agged. orgbe rlchaar%agpnlrrl';: when she is young and be poverty-stricken in old age. | To my mind it is a good match when a girl marries a man who 1 i and industry and pluck, and whom she loves well enough to be wmm;a:n;uglfi | to work with and help, and who makes every day a romance for her. 3 s DOROTHY DIX. EAR MISS DIX—I have taught schqol for eight long years. Now I feel that 4 I should like to marry and have a home of my own, but men are not at- | tracted to me. This is incomprehensible to me. as I am very good looking. Per- haps I am too intelligent. Tsn't it true that men prefer to tower mentaliv over the girls on whom they lavish their affection? Or perhaps I am too reserved. Petting parties make me shudder. SALELY. Answer: T get thousands of such letters from girls, and the 5 Z?l?ffm;hfmf?fi?i to be: No petting parties, no beaux. They are ;n?xflrfl‘tmlfi verage young man expects to be paid for whatev he shows a girl by being permitted to kiss her. b S ot . . S0 perhaps you are right in attributing your lack of ularity t - serve, but if such is the case. you should be proud of bemgoli’nnesuém tl’n;?::dr:yf r:;:]lng:{:,m:o});‘!!l;fl:n;;v;e‘ dzar'hsa]l?:, thgre are a lot of things for which you | e y ce. an e girl who sacrifice: of being taken to a movie makes nznrr_v bargain. i R iy Ae for vour suggestion | are too intellectual, that de, | conversation with every yor Einstein theory of relativi your jazz partners, that the reason you are not popular is because pends on how high-browed you are. If you bpgli‘;m; &ngmrn’lfnvynu|me:t l:ix;‘ukmg him his opinion of the . you try to discuss the I don't wonder that they flee you. e The fear of a blue stockiny | fear of snakes is with women. lectual men seldom care for lea natural history that highly brained women who never hy g is as much a hereditary fear with men as t ‘Why this is s0 nobody.knows, but even mt:‘f rned ladies. Furthermore, it is a curious fact in cultivated men very often pick out as wives hen- ave an idea above the baby's bottle. Not all knowledge comes put up in books, however, a little schooling have graduated from the University’ ofngla’:q‘iu;'(vnonf‘:z :rl:g more real wisdom than half a dozen colleges could teach them. : Some men like intelligent women, but ?fi;yeggcn’;._l::\ udpon! them, and show thl:mth;gwd‘;: ) y don't want her to what Avmi have been doing. el clever woman, Sally, is o V] find out how much she kn:gws. it have have 't want a woman to thrust uch more she knows thlsn small, and perhaps that is 0 is smart enough never to let a man D PORARELY DOROTHY DIX. EAR MISS DIX—I am a widow 43 years old and | for more than a year with an eligibl speaks often of love, but never of m‘??rl:gzl.“hm chances for marrying are diminishing. have been keeping company 9 .rm wg;)o;lsmveryl ddevoted and o ‘How can I find out hu‘lnu;{tm::?d L WIDOW. ighter of a seventh d leman has no intention whatever of :o‘::‘xg:mh:: Answer: answer that q matrimony. It doesn't take an; uestion, The gentlomman foriy Jnu He enjoys your company. He likes the affection upon him. He enjoys having somewhere to spend hi tailing his liberty by getting married and burdenin of a wife—never! and admiration you bestow g himself with the support ‘The man who is a glib lovemaker but who st tion is a philanderer, and any woman is foolish keep marrying men away. I am surprised that know this. (Copyright, 1828 MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE BY MOLLIE MERRICK. ops short of popping the ques- to let him waste hef' clmeq ne:u a widow isn't wise enough to DOROTHY DIX. HOLLYWOOD, Calif,, November 21.— The studios are full of young boys and girls from the United States of America, all determined to become stars or starve in_the attempt. Yet when Vilma Banky's new picture demanded a typically American youth her director went to New York after scouring the Hollywood film colony to find a 100 per cent American. And: he came back with Robert Montgomery, a New York stage star, signed up for the leading part. ¢ The typlcal American is excellently groomed, but not slicked as {s the Con- tinental type. There is a definite sug- gestion of meticulous care as to his person, but no inference of dandyism. And_the Hollywood boy, with his mar- celled hair, perfumed handkerchief and touched-up eyelashes, is overdone for the American idea. Jimmie Murray was an American type that made good in a big picture. In some way he is typical of the small- town boy transiated to the city—in- | g, rather than through choice. whic] ¥ 1 : Hollywood has been wondering what um“}.xd ré:;‘::;’,fl‘:m:‘:"m“"! of three |Vilma Bankv with her fragmentary| The first week the director looked | English, would do in an all-talkie pic- | sour because the story was foin i | ture. But Jimmie Gleason solved that | to the fact that Armst; Y:l up, due trouble by the simple method of mak-|a fight and knocked him t Boyd in ing her ‘a Hungarian immigrant girl|stage piana, whereupon o h:"d"nm' {cast into the maelstrom of New York. |man shell, which was one of [".V er- And through the medium of the cheap | tumbled off, giving Boyd a wery GroS restaurant which caters to those KINg | which took him off the act. tor thres days. IS g will be featured in a waitress role| witn | which gives her a much more extensive | down to '}'5‘";';‘:‘1“’3’;;‘:“"';, narrowed | human_emotional gamut than most of | help. So work went gy ‘witt: 1o any ! her characterizations warrant, energy until Boyd o':’:..md"}’{é‘,’,?"f | only to discover he "of Tib broken. had & couple of ribe He didn't say | the “next Hale in a more than sufficlent cash to face the beauty surgeon. Mae Murray, the film colony's perennial flapper, doesn't drink, smoke, eat meat or use sugar. All her food 1s prepared with honey. A coffee substitute furnishes her morn- ing beverage. Fruits, vegetables and nuts make up her daily menus. She dances cach day; exercises extensively; does her stunt at the beauty parlors, of course—every Hollywood actress must. Her figure is as elastic and lovely as that of most. 18-year-old' girls. Plastic surgery has kept her face from exhibit- ing the conventional ravages of age. But when a lady has had a couple of dozen lifts—more or less, extravagantly speaking—the face loses its motion. There is a set expression to the eye slant. But the Princess Mdivani is happy, cheats Pather Time consider- ably, and can dance like an angel. It's worth a life of salad, carrots and sur- gery to achieve all that. .nm Boyd, Bob Armstrong and Alan The price of youth often means far MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. much. but decided that gr&rml;e %ot Armstrong or -up some one else finish with the adhesive tape dewt‘g:'l;‘f tions. His moment came a couple of days later. when a fist fight with Arm- | strong drove the latter up against a rough plaster wall. Boyd's arm shot cut, and ~ Armstrong instinctively ducked—and now Bill Boyd is waiting for the skin to v Knuckles, grow back on his | breaking litter. tfl\;ll;l?vz:ogg all sorts of ways of “going (Coprisht, 1028, by, North, Amercan TSR Braised Liver. Lard one calf's liver with half a /pound of salt pork. Dredge with flour jand brown in the drippings in the bot- ytom of a saucepan. Add half a cupful jof water, a little chopped parsley, about 12 small carrots, one onion stuck with cloves, and cook all for two hours. Add six kisnma}l nnlo}rlu hxiowned in butter, % cooking for an hour longer. Arrange on g:re ;’:?:g:: i‘lyi'hud"“ of moderate | & Platter, serving with gravy made from means who feel that it will be impossi- [ the juices left in the pan. During the ble to send their children to college the | C00king add a cupful of cider if liked. idea of ‘“college insurance” will be a| - wonderful help, as it certainly was to| us. See a good insurance agent and: take out an endowment policy to com= due when they are ready for colleg». Explain all this to the children, and if they are really ambitious they will not grumble when having to io without a | cmall treat in order that the premium | may be pald. l g (Copyrisht, 1928.) ———— R — Insure against Skin Troubies by daily use of | Cuticura Soap Assisiea by Cuticura Ointment Sold Dverywhere 23e. sach It takes more than a six-cylindered | i Furthermore. we have all seen many girls make so-called brilliant matches | is evenings, but as for cur- | Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN, | 1 “I could of got the third problem about how many pints in a gallon of | molasses, but we only had a little over a half gallon.” (Copyright, 1328.) Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRZD. There is a general disposition to look upon milk as “something to drink’ perhaps analogous to tea or coffee, which emphatically it is not. With this idea in mind, children are fed their solid food at regylar meal times and then in between are given glasses of milk. Some small babies who are just being offered milk for the first time in addi- tion to the breast have this given them | between the regular breast | This is all wrong. If the mother nurses a baby at 7 o'clock and then gives him even a little milkk at 9 | o'clock, she is feeding him every two | hours, which every mother knows is not correct for the baby, with the pos- sible exception of the premature who weighs less than 6 pounds when born. Food given oftener than once in three hours is ruinous to the digestion and unnecessary besides, and milk must be looked upon as a complete food, which takes three hours for digestion. In many cases when a child is suf- fering from a.loss of appetite and a refusal to take all of his bottle at a meal, the mother writes me that she {is giving it to him “between” meals | so_that he won't lose weight. When there is loss of appetite the meal intervals should be lengthened in- | stead of shortened or there will be | have the opportunity to develop the | good and rousing appetite which is his 1 best spur to eating sufficient nourishing food. . If the child can't manage to drink a | glassful of milk along with the other solid foods given him, it is probable | that he is being forced to eat too large a quantity of solid foods. It may be | necessary to cut down on the amount of those and offer less milk to drink, | using the rest of the milk in the cook- | ing of the foods. It never rights mat- | ters to offer the milk in between meals | and is destructive not only to a good appetite, but to the regular, widely spaced meals which are essential to good digestion, This eating between meals holds good for other foods besidés milk, though milk is most often misused in this re- gard. The idea that to give a child one or two cookles, or crackers, or pleces of candy or cake is offering him nothing to eat and needn't be counted in his daily intake of foods, is erro- neous. It is the overlooking of the m tritive elements of these foods which leads to consternation at the children’s refusal to eat regular food at regular meal times. Sweets are a perfectly legitimate part of the child's diet, but they should be part of the meal and counteéd as des- sert, and not given in between times as treats. | | Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND, | There 1s nothing new about a three- tier hanging rack, but when it has a drawer in addition to the shelves there is something just a bit different about it, and much more practical. In the accompanying illustration is such a wall rack. And can't you just imagine how many places there are in your home in which it might be used? For the breakfast room in a small apartment it would be ideal, for on it could be placed odd pieces of china, glassware or silver, and in the drawer could be kept the knives, forks and | spoons. For the living room or library this rack would be very much “at home” over a table desk, where it would be in ! the best of taste if used for books. The drawer space could be used for cards, ore pads, pencils and various articles necessary for writing or card playing. ‘The finish may be walnut. maple, mahogany or enamel of any shade which will harmonize with the color scheme of the room in which it is used. Oatmeal Macaroons. Cream two level tablespoonfuls of butter with one-half a cupful of sugar. Cream the yolks of two eggs with one- half a cupful 6f sugar, and cream the two mixztures together, adding two and one-half cupfuls of oatmeal, two and one-half teaspoonfuls of baking pow- der, half a teaspoonful of salt and a little vanilla. Stir in the whites of two eggs beaten to a froth. Drop with a teaspoon on buttered baking sheets in a slow oven. ‘DELIVERED OVEN-ERgsw TwICE mllx"?‘“m;wl" feedings. b | little chance that the child will ever FEATURES. n his: | fars of | the | histe! e o . 1808-95. n 14 Cosare Cantu. 180395, was ap 1 ;‘mcuon is from Qhu nove‘ The beautiful sunshine usually al | nt seen paring wine spread its briliance about | dazzingly. The piazza was packed with | people. The balconies were filled m'h‘ strange groups. Even ladies fought for| the best places from which to view the horrible sight. One mother showed her little boy this preparation of violent death and said to him: “Do you see that man over there with the long black beard and the dark skm: He devours bad boys in two bites. If you cry. he will earry -ou oft.” Some cne said: “Who is the victim A neighbor replied: “The wife the man who was beheaded yesterd: “Oh, yes,” said some one else, “that also executed yesterday.” “How is that?” gaid the first inter- rogator, evidently a little ashamed of | being in such a morbid throng. ‘Do you mean to say they behcaded a child?” “It is but too true,” said a woman, “and he was such a cute little fellow.” The woman, having seen the whole affair, wes persuaded to give an account of all that occurred in its tragic detail On the balconies and in the grand-| stand seats, so to spezk. the conversa-| tion was of another kind. Here Iadies\ and gentlemen of high birth chatted other things, of trivialities of some kfnd or other, until one of the famous beauties of the hour asked as she care- lessly drew on her gloves: | “Who is to be executed now?” | “Margherita Visconti,” was the an-| swer. | “Visconti?” repeated the woman. | “She must be a relative of Signor| Vicario.” “Yes, response. . ‘The jester, to entertain the superior | throng, puts in: | “She might have been closer in her | relationship, but she dgclined; hence this has happened.” “She must be sorry for her refusal.” said another. “She is so beautiful, and still so young.” | “Besides, she is hardly used to dy-| ing,” the jester put in, causing peals of laughter. The arrival of Margherita seemed to be delayed. People became impatient. as though they were being impos: upon—as an audience in a theater comes impatient when the rise of curtain is a little late. But the officials now arrived, and| , through the narrow streets there arose | & murmur, growing more and more é: cited. The funeral' procession came winding, making a long circuit through | but a distant one” was the the | the city, so that the multitude might | profit by this lesson of the law's| severity. “Here she comes!" every one cried. All stood on tiptoe to catch a glimpse of the coterie of tragedy. A yellow standard led, embroidered with gold lace, with a skeleton painted on it, standing erect. In one hand the bony figure held a scythe, in the other an hourglass. At the right of the skeleton was painted a man with a cord around his neck; to the left was a man | carrying his head in his han t symbols of execution, of justize. hind this grim flag came, two by two, the Brothers of the Consolation. The Brothers of the Consolation. it may be explained here, were a pious | WORLD FAMOUS THE EXECUTION BY CESARE CANTU. in Lombardy only at the season of pre- | ;. is the mother of the little boy who was ¢ STORIES fraternity. founded in the Chapel of Santa Maria dei Disciplini. This chapel was later changed into a church, which was second to none in_Milan fer iis architectural beauty. Teoday it is a common gchool. This fraternity had for on® aim the succor éf hs con- and to prepare them for th, These Brethers of ths Consalation ed- vanced in the procsssion right b=hind the gonfalon which headed it wore white uniforms. fi ures tightly, and ¥ arcund their hea there was a cr At the arms armhole: Micere: and person ctill alive. the crowd and placed t ground near the scafold Then they took up their positions in two ranks around the block, so that they could receive the victim among them as zoon as she was dead. They thus seemed to form a guard between chanting T of a throush bier en ths or he | this world and she who was so soon to leave it. A cart at last appeared, moving slowly, pulled by two oxen caparisoned in black. In this cart sat Margherita, In compliance with the curious cus- tom or sentiment which demands that one dress up even for the saddest ocea- siors, Margherita had attired herself in a rich robe of somber hue. She had arranged her black hair with espacial care, which set off to peculiar advan- tage the pallor of her face, which chowed signs of so much suffering. She wore her rosary on her neck— that neck which had so often rivales its whitness with rare pearls. The rosary now seemed to outline the circle which would mark the cutting of the ax. Her hands held 2 crucifix. tightlv clasped. She never removed her e: from this symbol of atonement—th eyes which until now had alwars beamed with swestness znd kindnese, but which now shone only with sorrow ‘Ths priest sat by her side, paler, if pessible, than she. In his hand he. too, held an image of the God who was crucified to suffer for us all. At inter- vals he spoke what ware meant to b~ consoling words to this newest vietim of the law’s rapacity.” He suggested . | childhood prayer: “Savior, T yield my spirit to Thse Holy Mary, pray for me at the hour of death. Christian scvl. depart from this world, which is but a place of exile, and return to that heavenly land which 1. sanctified by thy suffering, so that the angels may bear thee to paradise.” When Margherita finally appearsd the people exclaimed: “How pretty she is! Isn't she beauti- ful? And she is so young!” Tears flowed. Many a silk handker- chief hid the eyes of fair ladies. Ma a hand, accustomed to the sword, tris to hold back glistening drops of water. 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