Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1928, Page 17

WOMA N*'S PAGE. Combinations of Colored Beads: BY MARY Some men would rather be right than President. It was Henry 3 wasn't it, who announced that prefer- ence in Congress? There are some women who feel in XHREE - STRAND NECKLACE _OF SMALL GLASS BEADS STRUNG WITH SMALL PEARLS. STRING OF JADE BEADS COMBINED WITH CORAL. PEARL CHOKER STRUNG WITH LARGE GREEN CRYSTAL BEADS AND A STRING OF FLAT, DIAMOND-SHAPED, WHITE CRYS- TAL BEADS WITH SMALL GREEN ONES BETWEEN., STRING OF MAUVE BEADS COMBINED WITH PURPLE BEADS AND CHOKER BE- LOW IT OF FLAT AMBER BEADS STRUNG ON YELLOW CORD. CHAIN OF PEARLS WITH WHITE CRYSTAL BEADS AND CHOKER OF OBLONG RED BEADS AND ROUND SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL . BEADS WITH GOLD RONDELS. matters of dress the way Henry Clay felt in regard to politics. They'd rather be correctly dressed than else. ‘These Henrietta Clays ask first, “Is it entirely correct?” before they ask “Is it becoming?” or “Is it distinctive?” or *Is it the latest thing?” or “Is it beau- tiful?” Usually they choose the pearl choker or nécklace—rather small, nat- ::l-colored pearls—because they know t pearls are always correct. Often pearls are as beautiful and be- coming as they are correct. But there are times when some other sort of neck ornament is more distinctive and more up-to-date. Some frocks cry aloud for an ornament that is colorful and full of character. I have been impressed lately with the number of well dressed women who are wearing necklaces that gain distinction by the combination of two different sorts of beads. Some women I know are having their old chains restrung in this way and some women are restring- lns their own. t really is a pity that we couldn't present today’s sketch in color, so you could see the effect of the combinatian of the variously colored beads. The one at the top showing red and green glass beads strung with small imitation pearls from an old necklace is espe- cially striking. Do read the lines under the sketch with care—trying to see the colors of the beads indicated. If you @do, I am sure you will feel inclined to Join the brigade of the amateur bead Beringers. From a quarter of a yard of cotton corduroy you cut eight melon sections, like this, all precisely alike. Then you MARSHALL. there you are—one of the sectional berets that -are so popular with the younger set at present. They are so easy to make if you have the little pat- tern, and that I will glady send you on receipt of your stamped, self-addressed envelope. There will be a sketch to show just how the cap should look and full directions for making. (Copyright, 1928.) MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Grapefruit. Dry Cereal with Cream. Bacon Curis. ‘Waffies, Maple Syrup. Coffce. DINNER. Pea Soup. Baked Ham. Delmonico Potatoes. Boiled Cabbage. Beet Salad. Chocolate Tapioca. CofTee. SUPPER. Creamed lfihlcken, Rolls. Vanilla Ice Cream. Sponge Cakes. WAFFLES, MAPLE SYRUP. One and one-half cups sifted bread flour, one and one-half teaspoonfuls baking powder, one even teaspoonful salt, four even teaspoonfuls sugar. Sift in- to bowl and add one and one-half cups sweet milk, one egg, two tablespoonfuls melted lard. Beat well with egg-beater till full »f bubbles. Grease waffle iron well on both sides and fill. Let rise, then close down and turn il brown on both sides. Serve with maple syrup. CHOCOLATE TAPIOCA. Soak three tablespoonfuls pearl tapioca one-half hour in cold water. Scald one and one-half pints milk. Mix one-fourth cup sugar, one tablespoonful cocoa (even), one tablespoonful corn- starch with little water, and stir into hot milk. Add tapioca and cook. Flavor with vanilla and speck salt. Serve with thin cream or milk. GO OUT DOORS AND STAY OUT “TiLL T CALL YOU IN! | 1 n ! l/ /‘///// v VANILLA ICE CREAM. Beat yolks four eggs until light, add one cup sugar, stir in slowly one pint scalded milk and cook over boiling water until custard coats spoon. Remove from fire, strain, chill, add one-half pint cresm beaten until stiff, flavor withe one tablespoonful vanilla, add one-eighth teaspoonful salt and freeze. SONNYSAYI BY FANNY Y. CORY. W1 77777777 0 /;//I//I//A ez O i 2214 Baby don’t fink it's Santy, cause he got his face tied on. I telled her ’at’s dest why I knows it's him—I never seed him wear it any uvver way. (Copyright, 1928.) Visits to Chicago’s most famous set- tlements and industries form a part of a “World in Chicago” series of pilgrim sew them together this way, put in a round of silk for lining, fit the cap to your head, bind off with a narrow strip of canvas and a length of ribbon, and ages planned for the Winter by the young people of the Congregational Churches. The Daily Cross Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1928, . A force. . Outer edge. . Man's nickname. . Large body of salt water. . To encourage and support. . Statement. . To take without right. . A direction, . 'To leave . A round-up. . An inland sca of Asia. . Lacking fat. . Preposition. . Suffix used nouns. . Three-toed sloth. 29, £:Z. God . Estimation of value. . Instrument for opening. . Hindu mystic. . National Automobile Association (abbr.). An age. Dance step. ‘Written above. Down. . Act of taking a degree (pl). . A bone. So be it. . Exists. Small piece of pastry. . The sovereign of Afghanist>n . Tristram's beloved, Over (poetic)s to form plurals of . Devoted to national interests. . Coisican patriot. . Accordingly. . Argument in favor of. . To gather laboriously. . Organ for hearing. . To guide a course. Like. . To harvest. . God of Love. . Western Indian tribe. . Town of Southwest France. . An opening. . Eastern State (abbr.). ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE m [Z) DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX D!AR MISS DIX: There are some problems that have me completely mystified, but there aren't any so unsolvable as women. Now, here’s one: I never met a woman yet who didn't wish that she was a man, yet if I were to tell her that she was like a man she would be offended. I would like to know why women would like to be men and why women are as they are, anyway? A MAN. Answer: Well, brother, women are as they are because that is the way that Nature made them. That's the only answer that anybody can give. Doubtless the good Lord knew what He was doing when He fashioned the bundle of contradictions and peculiarities that he handed to Adam for a wife, but the first man never solved the riddle of the first woman or found out why she was made that way. Nor have any of his descendants ever been any wiser. ‘Women are still a mystery that keeps men guessing, and that is why men never lose interest in them. There is always something new and unexpected turning up in their dispositions and characters, and no matter how long lie lives with a woman her husband never really knows her. Don’t attribute this to women for a defect. It is their greatest charm and explains why men marry them. ‘The other mysteries that worry you are easy to explain. Virtually every woman wishes she was a man because this is a man’s world and life is so much easier and pleasanter for men than it is for women. There isn't anything that a woman has to do that isn’t harder for her to do just because she is a woman. ‘To begin with, Nature fashioned her of frailer clay than it did man. It made her weaker in body, it gave her a more highly organized nervous system, it made her subject to all the diseases from which man can suffer and threw in a lot of extras and then it chucked her out into the world and said: “Now I have done the worst I can by you, go and fight it out if you can.” If a woman marries, she gets a worse deal than the man does, because she has to bear children and undergo the slavery of motherhood. She has to toil as her home as her hushand does at his work, and as a general thing, she for her labor except her living. Nine times out of ten it is the husband, who makes the sacrifices required in keeping a home If a woman goes into business it is harder on her than it is on a man and she has far less chance of success than he has. She is physically less able to stand the strain than the man is. She cannot go to many places that a man can go. Many doors of oppertunity are shut in her face because of her sex. 3he is paid less for her work than a man is. A man does not have to fight for his honor with one hand while he works with the other, as many a pretty girl has to do. When a woman succeeds, it is at twice the price that a man has to pay for success. She has to be twice as competent and do twice as much work. If & woman is talented and has spent years perfecting 'herself in her particular liie of work, she has virtually to choose between it and love, but when a man marries he merely adds a home and wife and children to his career. They are a help to him instead of a hindrance, as they are to a woman. Finally, the world judges a man lightly and a woman cruelly. A man may sow his wild oats and be forgiven, but a woman who makes even a step off the straight and ‘narrow path is blacklisted by soclety.. 1t is because men get most of the perquisites in life that women wish they were men; but I thin® you are mistaken in saying that women dislike being accused of being mannish. Of course, this offends the discerning, because they know that an imitation thing 1s always a contemptible thing and that a mannish woman is as repulsive to a person of taste as is an effeminate man. ‘The at majority of women, however, try to copy-cat men, and they esteem no‘r:omplhnent ‘greater than to have it said that they have a boyish figure or a boyish haircut or that they write or paint in a virile manner or have a masculine intellect. SRy e DOROTHY DIX. DEAR DOROTHY DIX: I am the mother of four children. Naturally, I have had a bard time while they- were little, but now the two older girls are Jarge enough to be perfectly capable of looking after the two younger ones, and two or three afternoons a week I go to the Church Circle or the Parent-Teacher Association or the movies or sometimes just window shopping. And I come home feeling rested and refreshed. My neighbors say that there is something { wrong about a,mother going out and leaving her children two and . three afternoons a week. Yet these women who stay off the streets spend their spare time going from house to house gossiping. Do you think I do wrong in going out that often? [ MRS. L. R. W. Answer: Certainly not. There should be a law to force every mother to take an hour or two of recreation every afternoon out of her house and away from her children. If she did; she would be a better wife and mother and housekeeper and there would be fewer homes from which the husband and children flee as they ‘would places of torment. For the thing that makes a woman peevish and fretful and nagging is nerves, and they are oftener than not the result of her leading & narrow, restricted, dull life. 1ift her out of the slough of despond into which so many women descend. She wouldn't feel that she was a poor, down-trodden, persecuted slave who was entitled to shed barrels of tears over her hard fate because she had to cook good food for her family and look after their comfort, if she had just given a nickel to some poor, shivering, starving wretch of a woman who was begging on a street corner and who had no home to keep and no dinner to cook or eat, no children to care for and no man to stand between her and the world. t is the women who never go anywhere or see anything, get any fresh lnter:su or have any new contacts who nag, because they have nothing new to think of, and who brood over trifles until they make ‘mountains out of molehills. The woman who is thinking over the interesting picture she saw yesterday at a matinee isn't worrying over something that happened five years ago or that may happen ten years in the future. * The woman who goes out and gets fresh things to talk about doesn’t bore her husband so that he has to go to the poolroom for companionship. So, Mrs. L. R. W., don’t listen m«mr ne\gh‘bx;l:. un'm\yn? Ge‘{zlltl'letthheecbh;x&g: :'ag njoyment you can without neglec your - You wi :nfimthzry;‘m it. HHEEA e DOROTHY DIX. DEAE MISS DIX: Iam a woman of 30. Have been going for two years with 'a man with whom I am in love. He is in love with me, but, although he has brothers and sisters, he is the sole support of his mother, and he says we must wait until she is dead before we can marry. He won't even become engaged for fear of hurting her feelings. Yet he doesn’t want me to go out with any other young men or to go anywhere without him. Do you think he is giving me a square deal? PATIENCE. Answer: If you have any backbone whatever you won't be patient any Jonger or put up with any such one-sided proposition.” The mother may live for 30 years, and I can think of nothing more horrible or demoralizing than to base all of your hopes of happiness on another person's death. There wil! be murder E1ESED ERGIEE e B ks B SIERE A EEGI N EEEEEREEEE | —l< |- |o)=|m] w|e]® PEEER ERERRE w|o|r|m|PiMnlz|c|vo & MR RN E nl=|ojw>|o|r|o|>[= EEEEEE E HEE RRE B 1f the young man puts his mother before you, let him have her, hunt up & more ardent lover. DOROTHY D (Copyright, 1928 b in your heart every minute of the time. hi and_you l X, | CELLAR Yoy e nevace S + qaeTHOUT THE :n.:,’ A If she would ‘get out’on the street and see something different, it would i XEEP OUT OF MY CLOSET! THERE'S NOTHING IN BELONGS TO You? i g NANCY PAGE Glitter and Sparkle Make Page Home Jolly BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. For many years the Lee home had been a 'sparkling place at Christmas. Usually the sparkle was achieved by the liberal use of tinsel and artificial snow. Nancy had inherited this feeling for gayety at holiday time and in the Page home she carried out the old traditions. This year she achieved her sparkle by using the Christmas tree balls which come in silver, pale green, shimmering blue. She did not use th® deep red glittering balls; since red was not included 4n her Christmas color scheme. . The balls were purchased in varying' sizes. She bought them early before the selection was entirely gone and before they were so handled that many of them were shattered or minus the. little eye at the top.. Into this eye she threaded white thread. She gathered the balls together in clusters, having the balls hanging at varying lengths. At the top she placed a few silver leaves which were presum- ably the grape leaves growing with these iridescent globes. Bunches of the balls were hung below every wall light on the ground floor of the haquse. For her centerpiece she used a toy cardboard house, the kind which folds compactly when not set up. Around the ‘| house she had green stuff and Christ~ mas berries. The little lights were dressed to represént:the folks who lived in this home. - Santa Claus had visited the house and was caught in the act of climbing” out of the chimney. Inside were the favors. To each one of these as attached a silver cord which reached from house to guest’s place at ?:h'rt The favors were pulled oyt after sse! Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “Pug wasn't goin’ to do my »piano practice for me till I promised to say his prayers up for a week.” " (Copyright, 1928.) Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. December 22, 1860—More than 500 citizens of Washington called tonight at the residence of Senator Pugh of Ohio, on Louisiana avenue, and offered him the compliment of a serenade, ex- pressing their appreciation of his recent efforts on the floor of the Senate for the restoration of peace to our distract- ed country. The procession was accom- panied by the Marine Band. After the band had played several airs, Mr. Wyrd of this city came upon the balcony and said: “Fellow citizens, I have the honor of introducing the Senator from Ohio, Mr. Pugh, a Union {nh:n, What more can be said than 2" ‘As the crowd cheered Senator Pugh came forward on the balcony. . “My friends,” said Senator Pugh, “certainly no man ever had more cause to be thankful for a compliment so un- expected. I deserve only the credit of having discharged my plain duty as a Senator of the United States in striving to avert the catastrophe of civil war. I am truly, as my friend has said, a Union man.” FEATURES. hristmas Trees an Decoration BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. This remark was greeted by more cheal;lnz and loud cries of “Good, “But I do not believe,” continued Sen- ator Pugh, “that our Union can be maintained by the sword. It must re- pose in the affections of the people in every State, and the way to preserve the Union now and at all times is to endear it to the hearts of the people in every State by convincing them that it is better, infinitely better, than any other form of government.” Senator Pugh took the.position that if the .extremists on both sides shoulg plunge the Nation into civil war as the result of the election of Abraham Lin- coln as President, the border States should remain aloof and later endeavor to _restore the Union. This sentiment, however, did not gfi:‘s’e I:“ lol’ r;“:h hearers, as was indi- )y lous outs of “Bri s«ggn Carolina!” g hark nator Pugh endeavored to silence these cries by saying that South Caro- lina would come back into the Union of her own accord if treated in a {riendly manner, but it was evident that many persons in the crowd were not convinced by his statement. THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Sunday, December 23. Adverse aspects will be strong tomor- Tow, according to astrology, which finds the planetary government rather sin- 'omen may Pe especially sensitive to the influence of the stara,lywh!ch tends toward the sort of nervousness that en- courages irritability. The churches may suffer from apathy or indifference on the part of congre- gations at this time, when there will be x‘n Et.;ltu!ency toward extremes in amuse- While this configuration prevails, routine programs and regular ;l:ltha of action may be descrted and a sense of general disorganization may be strong. The seers counsel poise and patience during days when business matters nec- txzns::‘\;uy suffer from Christmas excite- It is well to attune one's self to t! spirit of the stars and to abandon -25 ;::un puruun.':, l? far as possible, for the s seem rown on serious o in the business world. oo This is a time to plan rather than to start any new project, for even with fine co-operation there may be much misjudgment while this sway continues. The wise will not try to settle their own financial problems under this direc- tion of the stars. It is well to ignore ‘money questions if they can be forgot- ten ‘until after the beginning of the m‘;"hz’:e“l'l astrologers l"l:nrnounee. a S| for sociability. Visiting and entertaining should be lly- tended with pleasure and profit. Both men and women are to be vitally interested in a new international problem that will demonstrate national g]?gess and supremacy, the seers de- World friendships and world enmities are to multiply in the new year, which is bringing to the United States a thrilling chapter in its history. Persons wi birth date it is may find it necessary to exercise economy in the coming year which may cause them anxiety, but they may assure their own success by wise policies. Children born on that day may be hndltro% and difficult to manage. The subjects of Capricorn often have primi- tive instincts that puzzle parents, but they usually are exceedingly clever and able to win success. (Copyright, 1928) Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. OWLS. Criminology. ‘There never was a time when some one didn’t spin a theory to account for the criminal. Away back in the early days of the race the medicine man and the priest got their heads together and col that the criminal was an agent of Sa- tan or of some one of the lesser devils. This theory scemed logical and lasted | ba for centuries. ‘Then came the “free-will” theory. Criminals were criminals by choice. ‘The. next step in the evolution of criminology was ushered in something like 100 years ago, when Gall explained all psychological processes in terms of physical traits, especially those relating to the head and face. This theory was, after a century’s run, discarded. ‘Then came an imaginative sociologist with a psychological bee in his bonnet. Imitation as an instinct accounted for everything. The principle of imitation was supposed to be as regular as the law of gravitation. According to the imitation theory, no one willingly com- mits a crime; he is driven to it by the shecr force of example. ite years two widely different theorles are supposed to tell the whys and wherefores of crime. One be- longs to nature, the other to nurture. ‘The nature theory holds that crimi- nals are weak because certain glands do not secrete a sufficient amount of the right kind of energy-giving chemi- cals. Or again, nature may have over- looked something in the way of a stable nervous system. ‘The nurture theory holds that crimi- nals are the product of unwholesome surroundings, especially those of their childhood days. Vicious environmental influences create vicious personalities. ‘This latest theory has more to com- mend it than all the others combined. Imitation does contribute something. So does will power, in so far as the term means anything. On the whole, a person is pretty much the result of having lived somewnere and battled somewhat with the social and economic forces about him. (Copyright, 1926.) T e Never-Fail Frosting. Boil together one cupful of sugar and four tablespoonfuls of water and one level teaspoonful of and one- fourth teaspoonful of cream of A Bollwflu.oftb-llflm'hnteflcd in cold water. Beat slowly into the stiffly beaten white of one egg. Flavor to taste. ry this may add while the ou':uwu is boll four tea- that has been cara- | Fubbing 8. will frosting. For v-rm:;-. add nuts or shredded cocoanut to the white frosting or make the frost- ing with brown instead of white sugar and to make chocolate frosting add three teaspoonfuls of cocoa to the boil- ing mixture, CHILDREN WILL DELIGHT IN FINDING CHAINS THAT THEY HAVE MADE USED AS FESTOONS FOR THE TREE. Trimming the Christmas tree is one of the last-minute jobs that cannot be done beforehand successfully, however busy the household may be, and the mother in particular. It is a form of interior decoration that is pleasurable just in the doing. It may be one of the jolliest of good times, in fact, if par- ents of little children do the work to- gether after the little tots are safely tucked away in bed, dreaming of the wonderful day to come, and yet hoping they will be awake to hear Santa Claus’ reindeer Trnnclnu on the roof. The children can have their share in helpihg, however, by making chains of gay paper links, or by stringing pop- corn, all kernels white as snow, or in many hues. Supplying variety in color is very casy. Dip the kernels in a solu- tion of dye or immerse in stain before letting the children begin toc work. The kernels will dry very quickly. There is plenty of time to do this and have the festoons made before they are needed for the tree. A warning not to eat the ‘colored kernels is scarcely neces- The Sidewalks Last week there was a reference in this column to “last-minute men.” A reader sends in a list of those h2 (or she) nominates for membership in the regiment. They follow: The procrastinator who waits until a few hours before New Year to get his 1929 license tags. The bird who waits until his last safety razor blade is worn 1to a saw-tooth edge before laying in a fresh supply. The bloke who has prom- ised his. wife three weeks in advance to take her to a popular show and buys tickets in the nineteenth row two hours before the opening. The ‘who forgets 14 friends when he sends out Christmas cards. The one who waits until the last minute before filing his income tax. The motorist who runs on a worn tire and finds himself stuck on a country road without a spare. And still we belleve that good for- tune may pursue the last-minute man. Two years ago a certain business man arranged to sail for Europe. His tickets had been purchased and passports and visas obtained. The night before he was to sail he attended a dinner party given in his honor. Next morning he was to be awakened in his hotel. Ar- riving at his room in the early hours and exhausted by the festivities of the night before, he fell into a deep slum- ber. The hotel telephone operator, faithful to her trust, called him at the hour requested. “Good morning” said she sweetly, “it is 8 o'clock.” The sleepy male vpice at the other end of the wire grunted “Awright,” and he turned over and went to sleep again. - The seccnd time S gasped as look - ed at his time- piece. He had 15 minutes to reach the pier. Consclous. that he could scarcely. make the steamer he never- may that the worst had happened. In the middle of the Hudson River small tugs were pushing the ocean greyhound out toward the Y. Cussing his luck he returned to the hotel. Oversleeping had delayed his voyage until he eould procure passage on a boat the following week. That afternoon he went. to his office, where the gang kidded him. A day after, he received a telegram from a great cor- poration offering him a contract at nearly twice his salary. The company desired an_immediate - reply and con- ference. The compensation was so tempting and the future ts s0 sary, as the taste will be spoiled by the : coloring matter. ¢ If children are restless the day before Christmas ask them to help mare the decorations. A mother will be prefdy sure of a ready response, at least so long as rest] feet can be keg: from prane- ing about. Some mothers let their children, trim the tree, beginning to work two or three days before Christ- mas. Some of the older ones can be trusted to stand on chairs or even on ° stepladders so that they can reach far * up in the branches. One child should hand another the trinkets to be fastened ™ to the branches or twigs, or the chains « and ornamental strings of popcorn, cranberries, etc. The youngsters revel * in this task, but it still remains a ques- ~ tion whether they enjoy this as much as the splendor of the surprise that awaits them when they see the tree that has:- been ‘decorated for, and not by, them..; Usually parents prefer to trim the trees . and watch the joyous expressions of - the little folk when they spy the tree Christmas mornnig. . (Copyright, 1928) of Washington BY THORNTON FISHER. Europe still waits. It would have been.. ill fortune had he sailed that day. A traveling man missed a train for » the West. He had calculated closely . on his itinerary and was peeved when he arrived at the gate in time to see:: the red lights receding down the track. .. He cussed his luck. - Next morning he purchased a newspaper and on the first . page read about the catastrophe that. had occurred to the train in up-State New York. A rear-end collision had ' destroyed several sleeping cars and left = a wake of death. Didn't Shakespeare say something about a divinity that shapes our ends? Sometimes the last- . minute man w:nx‘ o Listening in a hotel lobby yesterday . we heard the following between two men who were evidently strangers: ‘& i —Why, 2 . mh“ cig-.% Second Speaker—Yes, a beautiful day. What's your line? . F. S.—Hardware. Yours? cal instruments. 5 home for Christmas, I Leavin’ 'safternoon. —Where you live? 2 —Indianapolis. , —Indianapolis, eh. I make that . So you know old Manny Cross? Well, I'll be darned. Manny's y' up some real jack. You know he had a hard run of luck didn't get your name.. Smith, you say. How spell it? Qot a card? Thanks. mine. Brown’s my name. B-R-O-W-N. Just like Al Smith’s derby. Ha-ha-ha! S. s.——hzeu. ;llr ;’yml h:m' Manny ! gos| » whenever you're. o in Indianapolis look me up. By the way have you eaten yet? Then have lunch with me. I'm certainly glad we got together. F. S.—You have lunch with me. So you know Manny . Well, we must get together oftener. Let's eat. do you Here's Pprospec glowing that he accepted. His trip to Dear Miss Leeds: My hair 1s reddish and my skin is a yellowish, ivory color. I have dark circles around my eyes. I am 18 years old, 5 feet 3 inches tall and weigh 120 pounds. I eat right, am pretty strong and exercise outdoors. How can I make my skin white, like my sister’s and brother’s? My lips are very L. “BOBBIE. Answer—An ivory skin ofien goes with reddish hair. I am afraid that you will never have a white skin, as that is not your t; ‘Your weight is good and your le of living appears to be correct. You should have medical advice on the, dark - circles, however. Have a thorough physical examination by a doctor. He can tell whether the yellowish tinge of your skin is natural to your type or whether it indicates lack of health. Perhaps bleaching treat- ments might help bring the color to your cheeks and give your skin a lighter Dear Miss Leeds: My hips and back are large so that it is hard to be fitted properly with readv-made drosses. How Thus is begun a beautiful friendship. They both knew Manny Cross. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Answer—Here are some good exercises for you: (1) Stand erect with hands on hips. Kick backward as hard and as high as you can with your right leg, inclining your trunk forward as you do so. Repeat 10 to 20 times with each, leg. (2) Sit on a hard wooden chaik * and alternately contract. and relax the _ go“fm until you w:re a l.ml:d tl.r:d. (3) leg-raising sideways ai forward, keeping knee straight. (4) Do station- ary running. (5) Do the inverted bicycle exercise, lying on your back on the floor. Raise legs and hips off the floor, placing your hands at the of your back to suj them. Kick up- ward with each alernately. LQ s LA RNl o H g can I reduce them? I am 17 years old and weigh 118 pounds. Is this correct? HELEN,