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‘'WOMAN'S PAGE.Y Speed Invaluable in Culinary Art BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. There never was a time when food that could be prepared quickly was more in demand. Unless dishes can be whisked together in a very few mo- ments, many housewives have no use for them. Yet results are expected to be equal to old-fashioned cooking, when s housewife would not hesitate to spend plenty of time in getting food ready to Modern housewives have advantages that would amaze old-fashioned home- makers, but in those bygone days they did not have the modern pressure of life on them. Scientific cooks are constantly en- gaged in evolving new recipes that will compete with old ones and yet require far less time to prepare. The resuits are amazing. Some entire dinners of several courses can be made ready to serve in half an hour or in three- quarters of an hour. Of course, the woman preparing the dishes must work to schedule to accomplish much rapid results, but they can be accomplished and without rushing about. The housewife herself is learning to estimate time needed to prepare dishes and to see how fast and how compe- tently she can work. Time is an asset in home-making now, as it is in busi- ness. Speed is desirable, but not rush. The former can be gained by quiet, competent work, free from bustle, which consumes energy and accomplishes little or nothing. The woman who would spend the minimum amount of time in cooking foods will find herself selecting recipes with an eye to the time required in preparation, but -also she will be learning to work with system and quiet activity that make every mo- ment count in actual results. (Copyright, 1920.) MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Preserved Cherries. Bran With Cream. Baked Sausages. Raisin Corn Bread. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Cream of Tomato Soup. ‘Toasted Cheese Sandwiches. Banana Cr_;_lrlom Russe. ‘ea. DINNER. Beef en Casserole. Baked Potatoes. Spaghetti With Cheese. Raw Carrot Salad, Mayonnaise Dressing. Delmonico grunge Pudding. o fTee. SVHEN A PERSON IS CALCULATING TIME REQUIRED TO PREPARE A DISH, SHE HAS TO KEEP ONE EYE ON THE CLOCK WHILE SHE ASSEMBLES MATERIALS. k and allowed hours for slow baking prolonged simmering. ‘This is not because women today are Bny less interested in having things good to eat, but that life is full of all sorts of intérests of which cooking is but one. Formerly cooking was not an incident of home-making; it was a fun- damental part of a home-maker’s ac- tivities. house- RAISIN CORN BREAD. Mix together one cup flour, one cup cornmeal, one teaspoon baking powder, one tablespoon sugar and one and one-quarter teaspoons salt. Dissolve three-quarters tea- spoon soda in one cup sour milk and add to dry mixture with one ‘well beaten egg. Stir in one-half cup floured, seeded raisins, then add one tablespoon butter melted, and bake about one-half hour moderate oven. BANANA CHARLOTTE RUSSE. Press through sieve enough banana pulp to make one cup, add one-quarter-cup powdered sugar; two teaspoons lemon juice. Beat until very light, then fold in one-half pint whipped cream. Have réady sherbet c¢ups lined ‘with sponge -or delicate cake, fill THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. i, !Dorothyl)ix] SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. I could knock drandpa’s silk hat off wif 'iss, if I thought he'd take it in the wight spirit. (Copyright, 1920.) veryday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. People You Meet. Most people are balanced; a few are not. The proportion of the balanced to the unbalanced is something like eight to two in every ten. The eight are fairly easy to figure out, because there is a little streak of all sorts of human ingredients in their make-ups. Their reactions to usual situations are standardized. They are, as a rule, the hewers of wood and the drawers of water, going about the world doing the day’s work. The two others are fairly hard to read, because they specialize on a ‘ew of the ordinary human ingredients. They are more or less mnotorious for their unusual ideas and activities. One doesn’t know what to expect of them, because their attitudes are likely to be anything but the ones that the situa- tion usually evokes. ‘The two out of the ten are notorious either for being tough-minded or ‘en- der-minded. In other words, they either think their way through the world or they feel their way through it. The thinking type is dogmatic, usu- all quiet, practical, unfriendly, fatal- istic, stubborn, conservative, original, non-excitable, seeks facts rather than advice, reads heavy literature. ‘The feeling type is pliable, usually noisy, impractical under pressure, friendly, excitable, impatient, ener- getic, extravagant, easily moved to tears, fights for the cause of minori- tles if he has some backing, ignores facts when they get in the way of his wishes, undertakes few things alone, seeks advice rather than facts, acts on the opinions of those in commanding positions, reads only light literature, detests 3 (Copyright. 1928 DELMONICO ORANGE PUDDING. Cut up four oranges, discard- ing every bit of membrane and as little as . Put in glass baking and add sugar as the variety of oranges— sweet or sour—requires. Make one milk, cup with which is mixed two m The Daily Cross Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1929.) . One who misuses public funds. . Participators, . Salad green. . Fabled siren, Revised. . Greediest. . Masculine nickname. . Come forth, . Large tub, . Wire measure. . Consumer. . Dutch city. . Titled lady. . Profound. . Aromatic annual. . Huntsmen. . Water nymphs, 52. Spread loosely. 54. Preserve. 55. Goddess of discord. 56. Presented. 60. S8and mound. 61. California city. 63. Town on coast. 65. Slurring over. Plunge in a liquid. Gives zest 1o, 68. Tested for values, as ores. Down. 1. Proceeding by degrees. 2. Fanciful tale. 3. Agreeableness. 4. Cooling device. 5. High or low water, 6. Adversary. 13. Revendings. 14. Posers for portraits. 31. Magnificence. 33. Born. 37. Raise with a lever. 39. Bunches of grain in stalk. 40. Twisted. il dren will evolve from a another of small "“lgonl A handful of elbow macar is ;W er acceptable, too. Given s old chec] board on which to lflm these, they will pass many happy 8 decorating best game 2 homely kitchen ingredien (Copyright, 1 THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Thursday, January 3. Benefic planetary influences will be strong tomorrow, according to astrology, which nevertheless finds in the horo- scope certain sinister signs. Discontent with money matters may disturb the average mind while this rule prevalls. It is not a favorable day for looking into one'’s bank account. For the skilled worker, satisfied to pursue routine employment, the signs are fortunate and labor should greatly benefit. Industry is well directed and there should be great profit for all engaged in buildi rations. Be:?x‘tyn?lem make an impression on those who guide the destinies of certain American cities, it is forecast, but it will be long before advertising eyesores will be removed. There is a first-rate sign for con- structive efforts of every sort. Co-oper- ation on a world-wide will con- tinue, it is foretold. Physicians, surgeons and -hospitals will benefit under this direction of the stars, which presages tremendous strides in s:ll;nufle tion of the human machinery. France, the Balkans, Poland and Ger- many are all belleved to be subject to menacing planetary influences. For months astrologers have prog- nosticated terrific convulsions of nature, many of which have manifested. They foretell for this month storms, land- slides and seismic shocks in various parts of the world. A serious railway accident is pres- aged, owing to certain weather condi- uom'hu one of the incidents of this month. Great demands will be made on be- half of the poor and suffering as ‘Winter advances, astrologers predict, and they urge wise preventive meas- ures, wherever possible, in cities. Persons whose birth date it is have the augury of great success in the com- ing year, which will Problbly b fillelunt journeys as well as increase o icome. It is well to guard one's speech. Children born on that day probably will be successful in life, for they should have vision and enthusiasm. They should be taught to be wisely optimistic and not fool ly sanguine. (Copyright, 192 Hot Chocolate. This is delicious to urv:.wlth cake. Much of Wear and Tear Be Eliminated if W C.; WEDNESDAY, TANUARY' 2, 1929, Advocates Allowance for Wife of Family Discord Could /ife Had Household and Personal Allowance. THER.E is no other such potent sou question. nickel like dogs over a bone, a ‘quarter. and you will discover that their chief gr! sidering that human nature is what it is. money she earns as her just wage. Also parties to try to stretch a flivver income no wonder that the dollar mark is so oft imported hats and silk stockings would go a long way toward preserving wise, it would enable a wife Charming of her girlish dreams if she tightwad who apparently begmdgeg h:r OWEVER, life is as it is. Even love’ for her own personal use. “Gimme, gimme, gimme. and starts the day off wrong with him. as a working it would enable her to run her house and of guessing at what was a legitimate ex) impossible to give their wives allowances. ‘That was this man's experience. couldn’t have while mamma had mone; of the month rolled around papa had per usual. and it is the reason they uncontrollable mania for drink is unfortunate enough to one of according to her lulfy. oiid gance, and it is cowardice for him the money that he makes. After all, however, not many women are morons who have not intelligence to handle a little money. Witness the number of compeuntlbuflfi:;; women who are holding down good jobs. Take note of the fact that the average Tune in on any anvil chorus where men are knocking matrimony and you will find that the burden of their lamentation is that their wives cost them more than they expected them to. Listen at the keyhole when women are holding a lodge of sorrow because marriage isn't what they thought it was going to be, of their own and have to ask hubby even for carfare. 1t is not strange that husbands and wives should quarrel over money, con- that he works so hard for going to the butcher and baker and candlestick maker, instead of being spent on luxuries for himself. slaves for her family as no hireling would ever do, never to get one cent of the ‘Undoubtedly, if homes could be run on hot air, and if Paris frocks and R a grew on wives as feathers do on chickens, it to continue to visualize her husband as the Prince Such being the case, it has always seemed to me that the way to settle |ular in the Summer. the problem, and the way in which there would be the least friction, was for | club and toasted ones, had had their the husband to make the wife a definite allowance for the household and another | day. Meat loaf with creamed potatoes Tt has seemed to me that this would eliminate the daily wifely chorus of Have you got? millions of breakfast tables intc a battleground and that gets on a man’s nerves It would save the wife from the humiliation of having continually to rattle her tincup and beg for a dime like a mendicant. partner, entitled to her share of the money she helps make. Also, intelligently, because she would know what capital she was working on, instead Naturally, there are two sides to the domestic financial question, and a very intelligent man explains to me the reason why many husbands find it the household allowance as just extra spending money, and they blow it in on foolishness instead of paying the bills with it. He says that his wife went on a perfect orgy in beauty shops, among high-priced perfumes and toilet goods, and that she was like a blessing direct from Heaven to the specialty shops and tea rooms and places of amusement and that there was simply nothing the children m according to my correspondent, has been the experience of many of ng them a lump sum. I do not doubt that this is true. are women who have the buyin%h mania just as there are men who have an lere are women who are wasters and de by nature, and in whose hand every dollar will burn until it is spmt.‘pen ore are women who will always be lavish before they are honest, and when a man s T IS a weakness in any man to permit his Wife to enslave him to her extrava- rce of domestic discord as the money In many households the husband and wife fight over every and family scraps come as cheaply as three for | B !. i i fevance is that they never have a nickel . It is hard for a man to see the money “That’s a temptin’ morsel, but bustin’ New Year resolutions this soon would be too much like gettin’ married the same day you're divorced.” NANCY PAGE Nancy Serves Club Lunch of Two Courses It is hard for the woman who it is a nerve-racking experience for both over limousine tastes and habits, so it is en the sign of the family mix-up. a man’s illusions about his wife. Like- wasn't so often forced to see him as a her‘bo:rd and keep. O 's young dream has a price tag attached BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. to it. Rent and food and clothes and gasoline all have to be paid for, and this makes the money question one that husbands and wives have to consider at every turn. For no family can exist without money, and no family can be | #t & rule that their luncheons were to happy that is always quarreling over money. The Early Amerlcan Club had made consist of two dishes, a beverage and & simple relish. Salads were most pgzz Sandwiches, had been popular. one to introduce a noodle ring. Nancy was the first She Can you let me have?” that turns It would establish her status do her shopping more economically and penditure, and what rank extravagance. . He says it is because the wives regard | served that with celery as the relish and fruit cup with two simple cookies for dessert. Coffee was the beverage. The neodle ring was a great success. She used her ring mold. She cooked the noodles in boiling salted water. ‘When cooked they measured three cup- fuls. She drained them in colander, letting cold water run over them. Then she beat three eggs slightly and added them to noodles. She added three-quarters cupful milk or cream, a little melted butter, some salt and pepper. She buttered the ring mold well and packed in the noodles. She set the ring in a pan of water y in her pocket. Then when the first to pay all the living expense bills, as have to dole out money to their wives There There these fools, he can only deal with her erate oven (350 degrees F.) for 40 minutes. The eggs set, but the noodles did not brown. In the meantime she prepared a dish of tuna fish a la King. to let her ruin him by throwing away Wwoman can get at least 20 per cent more out of a dollar when it comes to buy- ing things than can the average I wonder how many of the: be trusted with an allowance hl:': :Ie; how to use money wisely and well? man, How many bridegrooms ever sit down and help their wives budget their incomes and impress it on Sweetum’s roof lipstick and an adorable bunch of low many husbands ever make their wi of Benedict & Co. depends just as much uj the wi the husband’s nbunymt: make l‘t’? s money as it does upon Men are often prodigally generoz to women about money, but they are seldom fair, and they are nowhere m wives and their daughters how to take care of money. (Copyright, 1928.) BEAUTY CHATS Mild Astringents. As soon as you get anywhere near the age where you expect wrinkles start using mild astringents. Some women begin to wrinkle before they are 25, which seems terrible, and some show practically no lines at all until they are nearly 40, which is better. But after 30 wrinkles can be logically expected. ‘There are a great many mild astrin- gents which you can use. I find that wetting some cotton in witch hazel is as as any, or else you can use toilet water or toilet vinegar. Both con- tain alcohol and other slightly astrin- gent ingredients. A quite cloudy mix- ture of benzoin and water is very good, too; I never give proportions, that is, in these simple things, for all you do is to keep dropping tincture of benzoin into water, and when it is quite milky looking, stop, and there’s your astrin- gent. If it draws the skin uncomfort- ably add more water. ‘White of egg is a marvelous astrin- gent. If it is simply be: up a little and spread over the skin, after the face has been previously cleansed with cold cream, it makes an astringent face mask which cannot be bettered. One very expensive beauty shop makes this up with vinegar, and a little alum, and WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO BY MEHRAN K. THOMSON. A foot ball team celebrates its vic- tory with a bonfire and a nightshirt parade. We all celebrate our personal triumphs as seers and prophets by crowing “I told you so.” Good prophets are scarce, and, like all scarce articles, they are extremely valuable. The man who can foretell the future and guarantee results is a potential multi-millionaire. If you could have foretold the results of the last presidential election and could have got people to believe you, there is no limit to the money you might have picked up. The same goes for any im- portant event. Just imagine what your services would be worth to Wall Street. Now and then all of us make a suc- cessful guess and hail ourselves as this rare specimen that the world has sought, lo these many centuries. We conveniently forget the times we guessed wrong. “I told you so” is a vindication of one’s insight, wisdom and rare discern- ment. It is & form of bragging and wing off. And precisely because “I you so0” is & paean of victory we hate to hear it from another. We hate the | to be the victims of “I told you so” as we shun the plague. It is decidedly hu- Dried Fruits Are Useful In Winter During the Winter months, when a variety of fresh fruits is hard to obtain, and expensive, remember that the dried g have made these flavorful and whol e products. Dates, raisins, prunes, peaches, apri- cots and figs are the best known of the dried fruits. Raisins, dates and prunes, very slowly until tender, need no ted, | added sugar and make delicious sauces for rice for blanc puddings, m?.r a3 a plain SR who complain that their wives cannot | taken the trouble to try to teach them | mind that if she spends $15 for Kiss- | chiffon flowers they don't eat that week. ives feel that the pmcperlt{flgr the firm | ore unfair than in not teaching their At serving time she unmolded the hot noodle ring on her large chop plate, put the ‘l‘:lo:hflsh i.nl the csenteru:lnd Balx;- nished parsley. Sometimes she BY EDNA KENT FORBES | | Sorved chicken creamed with mush- but creamed mushrooms. The fruit a little camphor, and uses it as part | cup was the canned fruit salad, chilled, of a $5 face treatment. I gave an iden- tical formula and directions, but I found that some of my readers either used too much alum, or could not stand the tiny amount that went in, or did not use cold cream with the mask, and complained to me that their skins were irritated. So I've dropped the formula, and suggest now merely white of eggs, always following a cleansing rub with cold cream, and followed by antoher cold cream rub, after the egg has been washed off. Ice, of course, is an ideal astringent always. Margaret—To have a clear skin you must keep your system in order. Most complexion troubles come from slug- gish action of the digestive organs or other organs affecting elimination. If your pimples continue after you have corrected the trouble internally it means they reinfect the skin, and a local anti- septic treatment will heal this state. A over them evers day: unti ey S every unt Blackheads require continu% yundryu‘.‘up; til the pores are relieved of the im- pacts and contract gradually to & nor- Saicessed. stamied emveiape T will s , stamped envelo) detailed directions for w i orange. BRAIN TESTS Four lists are given below. Each list is repeated, so that it appears three times. After each list is given a com- mon_property of some of the names in the list. Cross out all names that do not belong in that particular group. Example: (a) Rubles, carbuncles, garnets, emeralds, roses are RED. (b) Rubles, carbuncles, garnets, em- eralds, roses are GEMS. In (a) cross out “emeralds”; in (b) cross out “roses.” Allow_four minutes for those below. 1. (a) Grant, Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Pershing, Wellington ‘were generals. (b) Grant, Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Pershing, Wellington were Americans. Lincoln (c) Grant, Washington, Roosevelt, Pershing, Wellington were Presidents. 2. (a) Gold, silver, mercury, zinc, glass, on, tin are solids. (b) Gold, silver, mercury, zinc, glass, iron, tin are opaque. (c) Gold, silver, mercury, zinc, glass, iron, tin_are metals. 3. (a) New York, ris, Washington, Berlin, Poland, Athens are cap- itals. (b) New York, Paris, Washington, Berlin, Poland, Athens are in Europe. (¢) New York, Paris, Washington, Berlin, Poland, Athens are cities. 4. (a) Milton, Byron, Kipling, Dickens, Lowell, Tennyson are known as authors, (b) Milton, Byron, Kipling, Dickens, Lowell, Tennyson are known as Englishmen. (¢) Milton, Byron, Kipling, Dickens, Lowell, Tennyson are known as poets. Answers to the Test. Cross out: 1. (a) Lincoln, Roosevelt; (b) Wellington; (c) Pershing, Welling- 2. (a) mercury; (b) glass; (¢) miliating to occupy the “you” part !h; p;“"ls! Py you' in nd isn't it surprising how many of these “I-told-you-so” profits rise up at the psychological moment to claim the bacon when no one ever heard their predictions beforehand, not even they themselves? You let some poor unfortunate fel- low fail in business and every one claims that he knew right along that this man would fail. Tnhe opposite is true if some one happens to make . Every one who knew him is ready to take the credit with “I told you so,” “I knew he was a smart man” or some- thing of the sort. e, X3.ta) "Now York; Poland; (b) e is a tragic figure who never has | glass. 3. i o an opportunity to say “I fold vou so. | New York, Washington: (c) Poland. He is worse than dumb if he can’t men- | 4. (b) Lowell; (c) Dickens. ufacture an occasion for it. And = he who has earned the it to say it, but doesn’t, deserves to have it said for him. He is full grown and has put away childishly human trait of tooting one’s own horn. and poached or baked it in mod- rooms in the center, sometimes nothing drained. To this she added sections of Making Fires Pire worship seems to be instinctive in some children. All children delight in fire and at one time or another de- sire strongly to set fires and see the flames rise. Even you and I, grown wise with the years, can stand and watch a fire that is costing us nothing, as long as the firemen and police hold their patience. But it is no trifing matter for the mother of a child who has the fire- setting notlon strongly to the fore. It seems imposible to teach the young fire lover the danger of his quest. He weeps and promises to reform, waggles his head solemnly in token of under- standing and sways it from side to side with the gravity of a true mourner in token that never again will he so much as look at a match. And then he does it again. Usually he is somewhere between 3 and 5 years of age. He is a creature of instincts rather than of reason and talking to him, reasoning with him, does not help. Only experience can reach him. We have to learn to say little. Impress him with the feeling that his offense is so great it can be spoken of only in whispers, gestures or distress. And let the weight of the dif- ficulty fall upon his shoulders as far as possible. After you have put out his little fire, make him “put it out,” pouring on water or sand, in as great a quantity as time and place will permit. If pos- sible let this process inconvenience him. Then let him clean up the mess as far as his abilities permit. That too, is to be as arduous an undertaking as you can allow under the conditions. All the time you say as little as possible. The Butler. «“ NNA, I have a surprise for you, quite the best and most curious thing in the way of surprises that ever was de- vised. Wallace!” A stiff, mechanical figure loomed out of the gloomy portieres of the door leading to the servants’ quarters and stood at attention, waiting for Dr. Benet's orders. “This is your mistress, Wallace,” said Dr. Benet. “And these little pests are Julian and Rose, who will plague the life out of you if you let them.” “I am at your service, madam, and the children’s,” said Wallace, with a bow that charmed Julian and ravished Rose. But Mrs. Benet gathered her children closer to her and tried her best not to look at Wallace as though he were Death resurrected and clad in the stately garb of a butler. Because the hallway was somewhat dark and because he was too much elated with his wife’s return—she had been away for months—Dr. Benet failed to mark her agitation. Wallace was as impassive and unruffled as a figure of wood that has just been pressnted to the Sphinx and Pyramids. “Dinner at 8, sir?” he asked smooth- ly, and departed with his inimitable salaam when Dr. Benet nodded. ‘““Come, Anna,” said the doctor. “Has Wallace overawed you or so filled you with admiration that you just want to stand and marvel? He is a splendid domestic. I acquired him through Col. ‘Tupper. The colonel found him in the war, or in one of the hospitals after. { The man is entirely without memory . . . not shell-shock, the | usual thing, bones at the base of the skull, where his services.” “I—I understand,” said Anna Benet, and the doctor attributed her tired, long ang tedious journey by train. But ABna was not tired. Her vody, the slim, moldedly graceful body of a matron who has never forfeited her girlhaod, seemed no longer to exist. She was all spirit, and that spirit was suf- fering. She sent Julian and Rose away with Sims, tne maid, and went quickly to her own room. Hat and coat she threw thoughtlessly on the bed and lay down beside them. Her temples throb- bed in unison with every puise of her. She had lost track of events and livad in a topsy-turvy world that was a shift- ing chaos—but out of the hurly-burly one thing resolved itself into rigid lines —the tall, sedate I-shaped figure of Wallace, the butler; for Wallace was Anna Carvil's husband and Dr. Benet— was just & man, and Julian and Rose— with its dizziness. Here was she, 10 minutes before a happy wife eager to join her husband and bring the little family circle together; now a woman, her world ruined, her life made im- possible by the appearance of a man ‘whom she had believed to be dead. Anna Carvill and Wallace . . . he was Anton Riise then . . . had met and married in Paris a few weeks be- fore he was sent to the front. Shortly after, he was reported killed in action find consolation in the love of Dr. Gene Benet. A year after Anton's death they were married. Five years of pure, crowded happiness had followed . . . year: that had shown her the sterling worth of Gene Benet and caused her to forget the two weeks with Anton Riise. She had never loved Anton. It was a fever- ish impulse, horn of the fevered days of war that had thrust her into his arms. They had not been happy; it was mad- ness, compared to which the sweet, sane love she had for Dr. Benet was the wak- calm after a dream of passion. he realized that she must prepare for dinner. She would have to face Wallace again. Gene had assured her that Wallace had no memory of events, but at any time all might come back to him. And with her, who had been his wife, always near . . . What would it mean to Gene, to the children? Would it destroy everything? Would Anton claim her? Would Gene want her? But Reducing good looks Extreme dieting is also dangerous to health | a bullet nicked him. ‘I hired him so | **: I could study him, as well as benefit by | :law-puched voice to the fatigue of a | and Anna had returned to America to | Your marked silence will speak louder than your words. Do ot tell of his exploit before him, or, in fact, behind him if you can help it. The less said the better. The less drama, the less fear, the less excite- ment he gets out of the occasion the less likely he is to it it. The more inconvenience to personally the better. But do not burn his fingers; do not beat him; do not scream at Keep still and let him find his own 1;{ out of the trouble as far as pos- sible. Some children set one fire and never set another. Some will set two or three and the phase is over. Now and again there is a child who keeps on setting fires until he is 9 or 10 years old. That child needs the attention of the child specialist. All children love a bonfire. When boys take old pots and put fire in them and signal each other, as warriors of old, never mind. When they gather waste materials for an election fire, di- rect them as to the place and the time and supervise them. These fires are purposeful; they are in celebration of a rite. They have no relation to the de- sire of the child to set a fire just for the love of the flame and the smoky smell and the excitement. It is the setting of the tiny fire in the corner of a room, in the empty room under the bed, in the corner of the cel- lar, that the 3 and 4 years old enjoys. This is the instinct of old and miust be redirected. Don't be frightened. Watch and keep calm. Guard the matches without making parade about it. Direct the child’s attention to other things. Give him, if possible, a new and ab- sorbing interest. But don’t beat him, (Copyright, 1928.) THE EVENING STORY perhaps she yielded to unnecessary fears. He might never regain his mem- ory. She would ask Gene if cases such as_the butler's were often cured. It was Gene, at dinner, who gave her new fears and destroyed what little hope she had. “Tomorrow I am going to operate on Wallace . . . a little cutting at the base of the skull. It is a most fascinat~ ing piece of work.” Anna did not speak. She would have liked to cry out to Gene . . . to tell him he was destroying their m%p'meu with his own hand. But there behind his chair stood Wallace, straight and impassive. She did not speak. n the morning after breakfast she heard, as one hears the noises of a volcano that soon will drown peoples in destruction, the opening and shutting of doors in her husband’s lab- ratory. The operation, he had told her, would not take long. It was almost sure to be a success. An hour passed. Anna lived through several years. At any moment her hus- 9and and her other husband would come downstairs to her and—her emotion was trl» ed‘ l:l)rh tnfi's, bu:“‘ Xx’fcr hands clen and her lips so - her eyes so wild, showed how shem against fate and tried futilely to waster P pstates. thedoor opened, they pstairs the opened, were coming along the hall, down the stairs, talking. She heard the butler's voice. 1t sounded different, less subdued to her, more like Anton’s voice. ‘They came into the living room where she sat. She feared to look at them; yet fascination not to be resisted drew her eyes to Anton's face, then to her husband’s. The butler’s face was ghastly. Gene Benet looked troubled, baffied, disap- inted. “It did not work, Anna,” he said. "Al‘ldyt r}mcould lh.“l l'lom“itpmd ‘would. Ever g went as 3 You're sure you ‘whatever of your past, Wallace? Perhaps in a day orso . . .” “I remember nuth&fl. sir,” said Wal- l;c;'. “I guess it always be like that” A few weeks later Wallace gave no- tice. He was going back to Europe, he told Dr. Benet, and much ing. Anna, her hope restored, dent that he would never remember, him she wuwmwmmm&hmm her heart she was glad to presence. She drove Wallace Gene was called to a pal ing of the butler’s departure and asked her to see the man as “Good-by, Wallace,” said gave him her hand just Botban sould. mot do snything could no or you. Some day, perhaps, you will remethber, He looked at her in his impassive It seemed that her head would burst | rigid way. ‘THE END. (Copyright, 1929.) . Chocolate Walnut Pudding. Heat a 's that had brought Julian and Rose, | ¢, rinsi egg cups, if the tall nzfyh&!nu. Let stand in the refrig- erator until firm. It can stand all night without dai . When ready to serve, turn out on gl saucers or tea plates, and serve with plain or whipped cream. —_— Egg Sauce. SRPIPP ST ST RN Make a white sauce with a table- "' spoonful of butter creamed with one tablespoonful of flour, then cooked with a cupful ‘g{l :‘lltk 'cdn smooth m Season Wi an pper two hard-boiled eggs d‘:pw fine and teaspoonful of chopped parsley. may ruin A raMOUS doctor discusses the effects of ex- treme weight reducing on the skin, Frequently, he says, “the face takes on an anemic look. Healthy color is absent and a sallow tinge gives the distinct appearance of weariness I Q) and age.” He says that the loss of only a few pounds by a middle-aged person will often “make the skin of the face wrinkled and baggy.” After excessive reducing this is no- ticeable also on the hands. Besid kinniness is unbeautiful. “Essentially,” says an emi. nent doctor, “the curve is fundamental to beauty. . . . The really beautiful consists of that which is healthful and efficient on to warn us that “The craze for thinness is an attempt to [ modify the process of nature.” He ‘Women to be beautiful should be natural and healthy, and it is dangerous not only to good looks but to health for women, girls or men to try to standardize their weights. Eat plenty of varied nourishing foo Everyone needs a certain amount of fat in the tissues of the body, Don’t forget the value of sugar in making other foods tasteful and enjoyable. There is no substi- tute for sweetness as a food and flavor. In reducing, decrease the AL L L