Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1928, Page 41

WOMAN'S PAGE. FEATURES. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Refreshments for Holiday Party BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX An Opinion of the Modern Girl—Another Case of Novelty in refreshments for a_party add decidedly to the festivity. trimmed with Christmas greens, and mistletoe and holly sprinkled with ber- ries to supply splashes of white and ‘WREATHS WITH RED BERRIES ARE DAINTY TO LOOK AT. red, the holiday notes are accented. Nothing is daintier for the center of the table than a wee table tree, aglow with festoons of tiny electric lights, ‘which come for this very purpose. But If the table is gay with lighted candles and little red cake candles are ornamental. Candlesticks made of round candies with holes in them are attractive. Use one kind of candy for the holder and another touched with boiled sugar and water sirup and pressed upright against it, for a handle. Have as many of these as there are guests, and just before summoning the people to the dining room, light the candles, ar- in their little white candlesticks ar- ranged around the tree, one for each guest, to accept the candle-light element of the party. The main dish for the supper is a Christmas salad. Make a chicken salad, using chicken or tunafish, which is now called sea chicken, if a hearty salad is wanted, or prepare a fruit salad if light refreshments are served. Put a helping of salad in the center of a plate, and with shredded green lettuce | or watercress form a Christmas wreath around it. If the salad is chicken, dot the green with a few whole cranberries, either raw or from cranberry sauce, in lieu of holly berries, or use candied or maraschino cherries if it is a fruit salad. Serve bread sticks with a hearty salad, and cheese straws or any un- sweetened crackers with the fruit salad. An attractive Christmas wreath ice is made with pistachio ice cream cut into slices, and then cut with a dough- nut cutter. Dip the cutter in cold water every time before cutting the ice cream with it. Fill the center with red water ice, raspberry or strawberry or with whipped cream colored red. ‘With this serve Christmas wonder cakes. Any cake batter can be used. Frost each individual cake with white icing and sprinkle shredded cocoanut |about the top edge to form a wreath. Dot with wee, round, red candies to represent holly berries, or maraschino cherries can be used in place of the candies. When baking the cakes put in each some favor such as comes for the pur- pose. There are all sorts of flat metal trinkets that can be bought. These will be sure to add to the pleasurable excitement of the party. (Copyright. 19 Peanut Candy. Boil two cupfuls of molasses and half a cupful of sugar with tiny bits of shaved off orange peel until it threads and crisps in a cupful of cold water. Then add two tablespoonfuls of but- ter, half a teaspoonful of salt, and half a teaspoonful of baking soda, which must be stirred in very rapidly, and lastly two quarts of chopped peanuts— measured before shelling. Turn into buttered pans, and mark into squares when nearly cool. Break apart when crisp and pack between layers of paraf- ) even if the candles are not lighted, the WORLD FAMOUS STORIES THE FRENCHMAN A ANONYMOUS. This selection ‘has been in years past a very popular “recitation” among groups of people seeking smateur entertainment. 1t peculiarly adapted for this purpose. A shrewd and wealthy old landlord 'm?mcm in Maine ui:s mgd !gx; gfl;; “sharp bargains,” by whic has massed a large amount of wealth. He is the owner of a large number of the dwelling houses, and it is said of him that he is not overscrupulous about the rent he charges whenever he can find a tenant whom he knows to be re- spensible. His object is to leass “his house for a term’of years to the best possible tenant and get the last penny out of him in rent. A diminutive Frenchman called on him on day in the Winter to hire a dwelling -he -owned in Portland and ‘which had been vacant for a long time. lore. sscettaining that n‘n';‘msmru“" v asce ve commen: miser with him, ‘The landlord discovered that the ten- ment’ appeared to suit the Frenchman, s0 he placed an exorbitant as the rent. The leases were drawn up and .the tenant ne 'w quarters. Upon lighting fires in the new house ‘the Frenc! found that the chim- neys would not draw properly and the building was constantly filled with smoke. Also the window sashes rattled in the wind at night, and the cold air rushed through scores of cracks and BRIDGE TALKS e BY MRS. JOHN MUNCE, IR Continuing the discussion of the fcore, when playing rubbers, a game continues until 30 points is made by one side or the other. It is not ma- terial how many hands it takes for either side to accumulate that total. No trick points are carried over from one game to the next—the winning of # game nullifies the acoumulated trick score of both sides, and each side starts # new game with a zero trick score. A rubber begins with the draw and s finished when one side has won two games. When one side wins the first two games the third game is not played. The winning side adds a bonus of 250 fi?m to its honor score for winning out of three games, or two con- Pecutive games. ‘The honor score, which represents ds which have been dealt and the nuses, is arrived at as follows: First, there is the honor count. This % not recorded until after the hand has been played, but it is very im- portant that you should immediately Pecognize and appreciate what honors are held in each suit, as it is around &\::ed pivotal cards that the bids are In no trump the honors are the four aces. In the suit bids the honors are ace, king, queen, jack and the 10-spot of the suit which was named trump. The bonus for holding these is scored 2o the credit of the pair holding them, ‘whether declarer or adversaries, ac- ‘cording to the following tables. In a no trump contract where the honors are the four aces these are iscored as follows: None 1 solione,in one hand and thres in partners, . One in one hand and two in partners, gount 30 points. One in one hand and three in partners, sount 40 points. i “Two in one hand and two in partners, ‘sount 40 points. A~ None in one 'hand ‘and four in partners, ‘sount 100 points. One or two held by a side are not founted. Some persons think they should score 20 for two aces in one hand, or divided between the two hands, commonly called ‘“easy aces,” fin paper. ND THE LANDLORD The STYLE POST is the marker on the road to being smart Beach Cape. Even before Christmas is over, smart women are planning their Palm Beach wardrobes. And in the midst of the cold rains and snows outside the resort reglons, any sort of a bathing wrap looks attractive for the abbreviated. suit. Especially in a season of scarfs is Jhis one attractive—a sort of shoulder cape made of jersey in three blues to match the jersey suit beneath it. It has al- ready proved popular at Biarritz and undoubtedly will appear at Palrf Beach. (Copyright, 1928.) NANCY PAGE Mushroom Soup Pleases All Guests Always. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. When Lois came out to the kitchen she found Nancy busily opening a can of something. “Why, I thought you were going to have mushroom soup to- day, Nancy.” “So I am. But I use the canned mushroom broth. It saves all the work of cooking the mushrooms, it is clear and strongly flavored with mushroom. All I have to do is to heat it, thicken it with roux and add hot milk or cream. Here is my recipe. Heat one can of broth. Make a roux of three tablespoonfuls butter and flour. ‘When bubbling, add to hot soup and cook until thoroughly blended. Set in crevices about the house, heretofore such apertures being unnoticed. = The snow melted on the roof and the attics and ceilings inside were soaked from the leaking water. The rain pelted FPrenchman found a ural swimming pool in his second A But the lease was signed, and the landlord chuckled. “I have been vat yous call ‘tuck in’ vis zis maison,” muttered the land- lord’s French victim, “but, nevair mind, ve_sal see vat ve sal see.” 4 Next morning the Frenchman arpse bright and early and passing down- landlord. '‘Ah! asked the “I sal live in. year.” “How 502" “I have find by vot you call ze lease zat you have give me ze house but for tree year, and I ver mooch sorrow for zat,” explained # “But you can have it longer if you “Ah, monsieur, sal be ver mooch glad if I can have zat house so long as I please—eh, monsieur?” “Why, certainly, certainly,” said the landlord eagerly. “Very good, monsieur! I sal valk right to your offece and you sal give me vot you call ze lease for that house for so long as I sal vant the house. Eh, monsieur?” “Certainly, sir,” said the landlord with alacrity. “You can stay there for the rest of your life if it suits you.” ‘monsieur, have ver mooch Frenchman with b getinge, n apparent gratitude. ‘The old lease was therefore destroyed “house but tree Tittle to the French tleman. This new lease took pains to specify that the Frenchman was to have n of the premises for “such lod as the lessee may desire the same, he paying the rent promptly,” and so on. ‘The next morning the crafty landlord was passing the house just as the Frenchman'’s last load of furniture was being started away from the door. An hour afterward a messenger called on the landlord with legal tender payment of the rent for eight days, accompanied by the following note: “Monsieur: I have been smoke, I have been drown, I have been frees to death in ze house vat I av hire for ze period as I may desire. I have stay in ze house jes so long as I please, and ze bearer of zis vill give you ze key Bon jour, monsieur!” Pie-Crust Hint, Before putting on the top pie crust after rolling it out as usual, spread some shortening over it with a knife and a new one was delivered in form |let on the upper part of double boiler. In the meantime heat one cup top milk and one cup cream, or all cream. Add to the thickened broth anhd stir well. Sea- son. Bl;!“needed." s g suppose you can’t get mushroom broth, Nancy, what then?” Then I'd buy a pound of fresh mushrooms, look them over, peel the tops if necessary. I'd take off stems and cook them in a ‘small amount of boiling salted water. . CREAM OF MUSHROOM JOUD broth will Wa flavor and the will not be wasted even though not used in the soup itself. tops are sauted in two table- This stems they are | spoonfuls butter until they are soft enough to put through a sieve. To this puree is added two tablespoonfuls flour. Two cupfuls top milk and one of -cream are added to the puree and the whole mixture is cooked until bub- bling and then kept warm in the up- per part of & double boiler. It is sea- soned to taste with salt and pepper. soups like mushroom make it - Rlfl'!o GDII:IM! reducing. Write to ?ltlcl’:c' aper, inclosing lallmfle 3 enyelope, ‘asking for her leaf- g (Copyright, 192 . Spice Layer Cake. Cream half a cupful of butter, gradually add one cupful of granulated sugar and the yolks of two eggs beaten light. Then add one cupful and a half of flour sifted with one teaspoonful and a half of baking power, half a tea- spoonful each of cinnamon and mace, and one-fourth teaspoonful of ground cloves alternately with half a cupful of mi , beat in the two egg whites, beaten stiff. Bake in an 8-inch square pan in a medium oven for about 25 minutes. Tumn onto a wire cooling rack. When cool cut in halves. Use htly sweetened whipped cream between and on top of the layers. S, Having enumerated 51 volcanoes, Japan now claims to have more than any other country. just as you would butter a slice of bread. Then sift a little flour over it and pat it neatly. Cover the pie with the crust as usual and when ready for the oven hold it under the faucet and let the water run lightly over it. The result will be a nice flaky crus but this is incorrect and not real Wridge. In a suit contract, where the honors wre ace, king, queen, jack and 10-spot, #ll suits have the same value and, re- gardless of what suit is the trump declaration, they are scored as follows: None In one hand and three in partners, unt 30 points. One in one hand and two in partners, ®ount 30 points. ‘gcOne In oge hand and three in sount 40 points, Two in one-hand and two in eount 40 points. Two_in one hand and three in eount 50 poirts one, in_one hand and four in ount, 80 points. . One in one band and four in eount 80 points. n oné hand and five in one, partners, sount 100 poiuts. Each honor counts 10, unless you partners, partners, partners, partners, partners, either hot or cold water and always dry thoroughly. If chapped, red or rough use hot water and Cuticura Soap, rubbing in Cuticura Ointment rying, especially at have four in one hand, or four in one hand and the fifth in your partner’s, or five in one hand. In no trump the aces count 10 each, ‘hand, Mnless you have four in one Reducing Calf and Ankle, Dm MISs DIX: Do you approve do not approve of her, why not? good poin! and large, her independence. I like the fact that she stands on he washed and slaved and father toiled extinct as the dodo. The modern girl she is a hustler and a go-getter. and butter spoke of herself as a * typewriter instead of a piano. could play instead of work and thinks not to bawl about it or bedew anybody to make a dollar, but she didn't know wasn't even domestic. married she would learn how to keep every dollar. all the modern girls that I know are man’s eyes. I am sure the modern girl makes her femininity into the discard, when s her femininity. e DEAR DOROTHY DIX: I have been brothers, and they are crazy about little together. Therefore, it hurts me noons and on Sundays, because that is this, so we have parted. I feel ‘What shall we do? He has taken upon himself However, happening, for my observation is that companions. T like the modern girl because she doesn't whine. soldier who accepts her fate with a smile and makes the best of it. I can well remember when every girl who went into an office or a store to earn her bread r working gir!” and was ashamed of her job and apologized for it, and felt that life had handed her because she had to sell chiffons instead of wearing them, or had to pound a T like the modern girl because she is competent and efficient. fashioned girl was as helpless as a baby. it, and either wasted it or let somebody cheat her out of it. Mother held to the old theory that when a girl got a man, and when she casts away all reserve. but he says I am seifish and care only for my own I want a home of my own and for him to stas Too-Early Marriage—Should Stand by Her Husband. of the modern girl? If so, why? If you LILY G. Answer: The modern gir], like every other girl since time began, has her Julrnd her bad points, her virtues and her faults and, by taking her by she is no better and no worse than her predecessors. There is much that I approve of in the modern girl. To begin with, I like 1 like the way she looks life square in the eye and goes to it. er own feet and makes her own living instead of being a parasite on some poor old father or hard-worked brother. The thing T like best about the modern girl is that she is self-respecting and self-supporting. She doesn’t graft and she doesn’t used to lie at home on the sofa and read trashy novels wi nge. 1 who e mother eooked and overtime to feed and clothe her is as expects to do her part in the world, and She is a brave little a rotten deal ' Nothing of that sort now. The modern girl is proud of having enough brains and ability to sell to the world, and if she sometimes wishes that she she would like to be two-stepping at an afternoon tea instead of standing behind a counter, she is a good enough sport with her tears of self-pity. The old- She not only did not know how what to do with a dollar when she got In most cases she house and sew and do all the womanly things, so she didn't teach her anything. It was the old-fashioned girls who made the brides who furnished points to all the funny stories about Mrs. Newlywed, who raade biscuits that would sink & ship and who would order & whole sheep for lunch. The modern girl is trained to some sort of profession by which she can earn her own living and, having earned her money by work that wore the powder off of her nose, she knows how to get & hundred and one cents out of There is no other such bargain fiend as Flapper Fanny. Moreover, wizards at making over their hats and running up a dress, and because their minds are trained to accuracy and they make the best sort of housekeepers when they are married. ¥ : s The thing I don't like about the modern girl is her kissing and her petti her drinking and her sacrifice of feminine modesty. I don't |1l:e her klssll:: :ll‘l.fl her petting because it is common and vulgar and because it cheapens a girl in & the mistake of her life when she ulga he tries to dress like a man and act like For a woman's best bet is always A DOROTHY DIX. married five months to a good Christian boy who is only 20 -flelm old. We went to his home to live. He has two outdoor , and he wants to be out with them playing every minute he is at home. I work from 8 am. to 4:30 p.m. and he goes to work at 3 p.m. and gets home after midnight, so we are very for him to leave me on Saturday after- the only chance we have to be together, with me in it, but he won't I am just in leaving because I don't agree to want to live, with his people and he doesn't care enough to live just with me. MRS, Answer: Yours is one of the com mon tragedies of the too-early marriage. Your husband is only 20, just a boy and wanting to play around like a boy. the responsibilities enough to appreciate what they are, and so he is evading them. ‘You seem to be older in mind, if not in years, than he is and with more appreciation of what marriage really means. Perhaps you are old enough and wise enough to have patience with him and to walt untll he grows up and is through with his playtime and ready to fulfill his obligations as a husband. I will frankly admit that I do not see much chance of this of marriage before he is old men who are wedded to outdoor sports never get domesticated and that their wives look in vain for them to be fireside If he s not willing to spend his time with you while you are still a bride, there is not much likelihood that he will do so when the novelty of matrimony has worn off and he is accustomed to you as a wife. In the case of wife versus base ball or golf, wife generally is a bad second. Certainly if you had a home of your own you would have a better chance with your husband. He might feel that he was under more obligation to give you his society if you had no other. Try it out. _If he refuses to do his part toward making a home you have small chance of any happiness with him, and you are by living in uncongenial surroundings support nor company. .. DIAR MISS DIX: Twelve years ago, older than myself. good and kind and generous to me for over five change from my proverty-stricken condf story, and two adorable children came to bless ‘wise not to wreck the whole of your life with a husband who gives neither DOW!‘R“DIX .. when I was 18, I married & man 20 years and he was very rich, and as he was years I was tion to ease our ma rriage. Now my husband has lost almost all of his money and is sick and broken in health. He is failing every dl‘fl.l He has about $10,000 that he has offered to give young me and let me go, as I am s other man. and not be burdened with a sick old man. attractive and he feels that I should Shall I take it or not? There is no UNCERTAIN WIFE. If you leave your husband under the circumstances you will be a miserable quitter and will deserve the worst misfortune that fate can bestow upon you. You tpok all that he could give you when he was well and prosperous. Now show what is in you by standing by him in his misfortune and by DOROTHY and nursing him. comforting DIX. (Copyright, 1928.) Questions and Answers Have cranberries any food value? Should they be used by a person who is suffering from rheumatsim? I like the flavor of cranberries and would like to use them, but I have frequent at- tacks of rheumatism and have been t:lg‘ to be careful of my diet.—Mrs. R. Cranberries, like most fruits, are made up of a large percentage of water and because of this have not a high caloric value. They are, however, usu- ally used with a considerable amount of sugar, which makes cranberry sauce, jelly, tarts, etc., rather high in food value, so far as the production of en- ergy is concerned. Cranberries in themselves contain about four per cent of sugar and about two per cent acid, a very small amount of the latter being benzoic and the re- mainder citric and malic. Citric and malic acid in fruits are in combination with soda or potash, and when taken into the body the acid parts are burned, leaving behind the alkaline substance. For this reason, such fruit acids are useful in increasing the alkalinity of the body fluids. Benzoic acid, which is found in cran- berries, plums and prunes, has an acid Just to smell the spicy steam from this plump plum pudding sets your appetite off on a rampage. And, oh, how lus. cious it is to taste! Raisins, citron, suet, and spices from the Orient are blended with a skill acquired through llade by all the years since 1855, Richardson P = &Robbins i Koo oot B reaction, however; therefore, these three fruits are best avoided by persons who are troubled with an over-acid condi- tion. tism is to be one :fi. {.h‘en Tesults of :;wn ndwnd.ltl:f, : your case it would probably mhmltmu!mmmmyvurdm o, bt l1'{'m<;lm as starch in adults?—] c. “Inthe digestive process of both chil- dren and adults starch or starch foods are broken down by the digestive juices into what we call simple sugars in or- der that they may be utilized by the body. Generally speaking, all of the starch in food is changed in this way and is assimilated or digested. TIs it true that starch turns into in the digestive process of childre: Every meal is more enjoyable when this delightfully rich coffee is I l | I had 10 cents 'iss mornin'—now I ain't got nuffin’ in my pocket but a hole! (Copyright, 1928.) Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. Embroidered designs again enter into our homes in the way of furniture and drapery decorations, and in the illustra- tion are shown two uses of this method of adornment. ‘This is a portion of a room decorated and furnished for a young girl, and soft colorings have been chosen. The woodwork is ivory and the walls are tinted shell pink. The floor cov- ering is hydrangea blue and the glass curtains of shell pink silk gauze, made to hang straight to the sill. For- the overdraperies, hydrangea blue taffeta has been selected, the side lengths being made to hang straight to the floor, and then caught back grace- fully in the usual style. The “crowning point,” however, is the valance, which is made of the same blue taffeta and decorated with an em- broldery motif executed in cheniile thread in rose, lavender, deeper blue, yellow, green and some gold thread. The covering for the chair is of dull satin with the design worked out along the same lines. (Copyright, 1928, MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. A Gentle Hint. One mother says: ‘When the children’s playmates have sometimes stayed overlong, I hesitate to be discourteous by telling them to leave, so I hit upon this plan, which always works. I have some small paper sacks. In one of these I put a cookie or other dainty and tie the top, telling them it is a secret which they must not enjoy until they get home. In this way I :D’:ore my own children embarrassment (Copyright, 1928.) PRI A Squash With Bacon. Press through a ricer enough boiled squash to make a quart. Season with two teaspoonfuls of salt, half a tea- spoonful of white pepper and four tablespoonfuls of butter. Mix with three beaten eggs and a cupful of milk. Divide the mixture into eight or ten Dear Miss Leeds: (1) How can I re- duce my ankles and calves? (2) I am 18 years old, 5 feet 5 inches tall and { weigh 126 pounds. Is this correct? (3) I am a blonde and used to be con- sidered good-looking, but now my skin | is getting darker and coarser. I use cold cream every night. How can I | improve my complexion? (4) What shade of powder and rouge should I use? (5) I part my hair on the right side. Is this correct? BLONDIE. Answer—(1) Shaking. stretching and duce fat calves and ankles. Stand crect, raise one knee, relax the foot and lower leg; now shake the limb be- | low the knee hard for several minutes. Do the same with the other leg. The exercise may also be done sitting or lying down. Lie on one side on your bed, stretch your legs well, pointing toes, and do the scissors kick vigor- ously—that is, kick forward with one leg and backward with the other si- multaneously. Swing from the knee and to a less degree from the hip. (2) Yes. (3) Perhaps you failed to use an astringent after the cream. This would account for the coarseness of the skin. After removing your make-up with cold cream at bediime, wash your face with warm water and soap, rinse in a clean, warm water, then in. cold water. Dry and pat on an astringent such as witch-hazel. Once a week give your face a bleaching pack with corn meal and buttermilk mixed to a paste. The pack is applied after the skin has been thoroughly cleansed. Keep the pack moist for an hour with more applications of but- termilk. Wear a gauze or clean cheese- cloth mask to keep he meal on. A sallow, coarse skin often results from consti- pation and lack of exercise. Walk out- doors several miles a day. Drink six or eight glassfuls of water daily be- tween meals. Be sure to eat a large serving of raw vegetable salad every day. (4) Your face powder should match | your skin tints. Perhaps a nude shade would be correct or a mixture of flesh and natural. A medium shade of rouge would be suitable; avold both very dark and very light reds. (5) Yes. LOIS LEEDS. Réducing in the Teens. Dear Miss Leeds: (1) I am 15 years old, 5 feet 6% inches tall and weigh Is America Breaking Down? There are so_many nervous breakdowns here of late, ¢specially of neurasthenia, that | in a certain hospital in which 1 have been | & patient the crowded wards are surprisiag. |/ave snappad my nerves under overstudy d pleving of music in a band. in which { the leader was very repulsive. I've been to severs! doctors. but not one could help me. Have been trying to help myself Ly eating simple cooked food and refusing what didn’y agree with my stomach. plenty 1 d Iy & engt | cerning reurasthenin, but I have vet to see anything for the relief of it. knees and feet are cold. Would a warmer climate or an entirely different climate help?—N. A. Reply. Are we a nervous people? There is much in the favored manner of Am- erican life to bring out what tendencies o nervousness we have. " The strenu- ous life in more than one sense invites the nervous life. Neurasthenia partic- ularly is on the increase. People can't keep up; they break down, and the !bwsplms are crowded and doctors kept usy. N This is one of a thousand cases; and it is told with the usual large dose of error and grain of truth. Its the last straw that in the neurasthenic’s mind is responsible. Of course, nerves don't |snap and few go to pieces from over- ‘smglv“ (under wise conditions), and playing in a band (even a jazz band, { which is enough to wreck the sturdiest constitution) doesn’t of itseif produce mental unfitness; the repulsive leader cames nearer to the truth, for it shows the yearning emotional strain that in one disposed led to the crash. It is rarely one thing, but a set of circumstances—though illness or trag- edy or exceptional stress like war or hardship will precipitate a neurasthenic attack—that exhausts the victim of “nerves” with a low balance of reserve | and bankrupts him for the time being. Do bankrupts recover and start afresh and take better care of what small capital they can command? They do, again and again. Do neurasthenics recover and go back to living as bgtter and wiser men? They do, again and ain. Neurasthenics won't believe it while the awful incapacity is on: they try one doctor and another, one system of cure and another, and get discour- aged and worse. It takes an expert to size up a nerv- ous-breakdown patient and know when to advise a six-week rest or a six- month, when to stir patients to over- come their handicaps, when to let them down. In the right hands the great majority of neurasthenics recover, per- haps not 100 per cent, but near enough t0_it to carry on. Everything helps; a mild climate that lets you down and doesn't tax your en- ergles; complete rest and absencc of | vigorous kicking exercises will help re- | 170 pounds. I would like to weigh 135 pounds. I eat all sorts of fats, sweets and oils. Please give me a good reduc- ing diet. (2) I have medium brown hair, brown eyes and a comparatively Whl.x; colors are be- . M. T. Answer--(1) No wonder you are fat it you eat “all sorts of fats, sweets and ofls”! You must adhere to a simple, well balanced dict including a moderate amount of these types of food and plenty of vegetables and fruits. You are (00 young to go on a strict reduc- ing diet such as adults use. but you are nct too young to learn how to cat wisely and moderately. Never eat between meals. If you feel a craving for candy take & few pieces at the end of dinner in place of dessert. Every day include in your diet a large salad and two kinds of succulent vegstables. Avoid rich pastries, pies, foods fried in deep fat, and rich cake. I do not plan reducing diets for growing girls, because such girls should luze only under a doc- tor's supervision. Your overweight is great and may or may not r medication, Have a thorough ph examination by a physician and foliow his advice with regard to your habits or cating. ete. (2) I do not know just what shade of plexion you mean by ‘compara- vely good.” Choice of becoming col- s depends iargely on one's skin_tints h-ther fair, medium or dark. If you 11 write aagin, giving this informa- tion, as well as the color of eyes and hair, I shall be glad to help you. LOIS LEEDS. (Copyrisht, 1928.) KEEPING MENTALLY FIT BY JOSEPH JASTROW. care if you can command it; simple food; graded exercise: baths, simple oc- cupatior outdoors; change of scene; congenial friends; not too much cod- dling; a determination to get well and fight the devil even when he is doing his worst to down you; a large faith in the healing powers of nature and some in the good sense of the doctors. For nature pulls you back to the normal if you give her nalf a chance. This means that many varieties of mental disorder that accompany shat- tered nerves, neurasthenia particularly, run their natural course; they are self- limited. When they touch bottom. they go up. It seems a long time before you begin to rise; but the turn comes, sooner if you haven't seriously over- strained, later if you have. Then first and last, again and again: Patience, which means being reconciled to slow gains, to a cloudy sky, but with streaks of blue that mean sunshine ahead. You can't take a pill and relieve neuras- thenia. You have to build up your lost reserves: in a way you must re-edu- cate yourself in:the art of living. (Copyright, 1928.) Butferscotch Pie. Mix one and one-half cupfuls of flour with one-fourth teaspoonful of baking powder and half a teaspoonful of sait. Cut in half a cupful of shortening. Add ice water slowly until the pastry forms a round ball and the dough does not cling to the side of the bowl. Roll out. Cut to fit the inverted side of muffin tins. Bake in a hot oven until the pastry shells u;e browns To make th'e fi:‘&' cream four tablespoonfuls of T with one cupful of medium brown sugar, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt and four tablespoonfuls of flour. Add one beaten egg and one cupful of milk. Cook ift a double boiler until thick. -When cool. fill the tart shells, Top with meringue or whipped cream. If meringue is use- add two egg yolks to the filling an< use the whites for the meringue. Almond Pudding. Soak one and one-half .cupfuls of ground dry toast in one quart of milk Add two egg yolks and one whole eg: beaten until light with half a cupful of sugar and half a teaspoonful of cin- namon. Stir in two tablespoonfuls of shredded coconut or six dry crumbled macaroons, and one teaspoonful of vanilla. Pour into a well buttered shallow dish and bake in a moderate oven until done, or for about 40 min- utes. - Spread lightly with atmond meringue and brown in a slow oven. T MRV OUND High-grade At Grocers’, is of the " same high quality. > [ olden AKE Your Holiday Hospitality —is bound to be appreciated if you serve SCHNEIDER’S GOLDEN POUND CAKE. ingredients careful baking endow it with superior delicacy and flavor. Famous for Quality for Over Half a Century. and Delicatessen Stores and Market Stands The Charles Schneider Baking Co. 413 Eye Street. Northwest Washington