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'WOMAN’'S PAGE" Clogely Drawn Belts on Coats BY MARY MARSHALL. Once' more the American “flappers” flnfer in the pie of Rather closely drawn belts have appeared on some of the smart have had their fashion! COAT OF REVERSIELE BEIGE CLOTH WITH BELT OF THE MA- TERIAL, WHICH IS PLACED AT A NEARLY NORMAL POSITION AND IS DRAWN RATHER SNUGLY. new imported coats for Southern and Spring wear. Paris designers may take the credit for the new fashion—but our own school and college girls have been The Sidewalks wearing belts closely drawn about their raincoats all Winter. This does not, of course, mean that the beited-in coat has been regarded as especially important among dressmak- ers and tailors. If you were to ask them their opinion many of them would think the question hardly deserved an answer. Coats—daytime coats especially—are much discussed at present because no one seems to know just what line or contours they will follow. When the longer skirt—usually longer at the back —gained acceptance the question of evening wraps seemed troublesome until it was settled to_every one's satisfac- tion apparently by making , the eve- ning wraps shorter. Women seemed to | take to those shortened evening wraps |and to know how to wear them just as if they had always been accustomed to_them. But no such satisfactory solution of the daytime-coat problem has been of- |fered. ~The straight hem length coat | certainly deserves to be retired. Its successor—many persons seem to think —should be flared and yet we recall that efforts within the past three or four years to launch flared coats have | been “made in vain. Daytime coats | might be shorter—following the lead | of evening coats. From a little narrow white or cream lace and a few inches of pastel-colored | ribbon you may make the most at- tractive decorations for a little glrl's frock. If you are planning any chil- dren’s sewing this late Winter or in | the Spring, I am sure you will find this | week's circular as it describes how to | make this lace and ribbon trimming. |On receipt of your stamped self-ad- | dressed envelope I will gladly send it to you, without charge. (Copyright, 1920.) Orange Cookies. Mix and sift together one and one- half cupfuls of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and half a teaspoon- | ful of salt. Add half a cupful of sliced candied orange peel, mixing it _through the flour with the finger tips. Beat half a cupful of melted shortening with one cupful of brown sugar, one tablespoon- ful of cold water and one egg until smooth. Add the flour and fruit mix- ture and stir thoroughly. Drop by tea- spoonfuls about 2 inches apart on a well oiled baking sheet. Bake in a mod- erate oven for about 10 minutes. This recipe will make two dozen cookies. SUB ROSA BY MIMI ‘Wages for Wives. Some wise guy has suggested that the cure for material unrest and the way to take Reno off the map is to pay the wife a wage. a1 As far as I can find out from the papers, this matrimonial expert has not received the Nobel peace prize. But this living wage for the wife might be tried out just to see how it differs from the present arrangement. Woman has always had some sort of gfly for her housework, but often she as had to collect it herself by means of argument and search in the hus- band’s pockets. By picking pockets in that way, the charge account, and some begging, the wife has been able to make both ends meet the bill at the department store and the barber’s. Maybe she wouldn't fare as well if she were put on a salary. Of course, the idea of the bride’s salary sounds all right, especially if she has given up a $50 job to marry a $30 man. At any rate, a man who really likes his wife’'s cooking might do as well by her as he does by the waitress in the plate-glass restaurant, and leave a nickel on the table now and then. For men are naturally gen- erous, and they might tip their wives, I don't know whether a real wife would rather have a little pay envelope at the end of the week or a box of Saturday candy, for women are so sen- timental. And would the wives have to join some union and have the right to strike and all that sort of thing? - It seems to me that if a girl can get a husband who will give her cigar cou- pons with which she can furnish the home and provide for her in a general way, she ought to be satisfled. But you know what women are. I'm pretty sure of one thing, and that is that the idea of wages for wives, as cooks, trained nurses and window- washers, is something that occurs to the wife after she’s once married. Before that! Well, it's so hard to get any kind of a husband and so easy to get a boss that a girl who has had a proposal doesn't imagine that the suitor is just answerlng an ad—*“Situa- tions Wanted—Female.” If he feels that way, he'd better go to an intelligence office and keep out of rlor. thein (Copyright, 1920.) Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. of Washington * BY THORNTON FISHER. Among the guests present at & social function recently was a very young fellow of dignified mein. He was agreeable enough, it is true, but he evinced a detachment strangely out of place for one of his years. It must be said in his favor that his dignity appeared to be the genuine article. He was most formal when re- questing a dance. One couldn't imag- ine him cutting in. Somehow he failed to excite curiosity or interest among the other young folks. No one save an intimate would have drgamed of call- ing him Jack or George. Some people are like that. Youth often assumes a mantle of dignity in self-defense. A youthful, looking phy- sician cultivates a mustache, quite fre- quently, to provide the illusion of more years than posscases. It is said that we live in a world of make-believe. ‘This characterization is only about 50 cent correct if one is of a discern- nature. ‘When we were very young we at- tended an affair at which several celeb- rities were present. One of them was & popular writer W] would not engage in light frivolities. Well, sir, you could have blown us over with a feather when we saw our celebrated author running around a room with a spoon in his mouth try- ing to balance an egg on it. Round and round he went, the egg _clinging perilously to its perch. Folks all agreed that the author was a “regular guy.” On the other hand, we knew a little fellow whose accomplishments were rather mediocre. He had a weakness for high hats. He accepted many in- vitations because it afforded him an opportunity to wear a tall Standing beside a man of average height, the high hat caused him to ap- pear as tall as the other fellow. The trouble was that the minute he put the high hat on he got in a scrappy mood. , He looked for insults and desired more than anything else to wallop some- body. His dignity was so acute that it infected him with a superiority complex. The rich ity of age and vast experience is delightful. The imitation— 1s like all imitations. * k kX ‘The zeal with which we seize ufin catch words and phrases is amusing. Not to be familiar with them is to display a brand of ignorance. The latest is, “I faw down-go boom.” It was evidently devised by a small child. A proud father probably told the boys You can be sure of requests for at the office and another expression was hurled at a world waiting for something new. The advantage of having these phrases at our tongue's end is that no matter what the conversation may be about, the phrase is always useful. For example, after a friend has related to you a serious narrative, what could be more appropriate than immediately to exclaim, “I faw down-go boom.” ‘Wherever we Americans travel we leave a trail of catch phrases. One day we met a charming English girl in Lon- don. During a conversation she said, “Oh, for crying out loud.” Some one asked her what section of the United States she was from. As a nmtter of truth, she had never visited our shores. She had acquired her “line” from Amer: ican travelers. “I faw down-go boom.” * ok ok ok ‘The other night something went wrong with a talking picture, The height of absurdity was reached when the words tumbled from the actor’s lips a few seconds before the mouths moved. Perfect synchronization was lost and the audience began to laugh. The scene was a serious one, and to see the actor's lips moving after the words had been spoken was amusing, even though em- barrassing to the man in the booth who operated the machine. The picture was immediately “cut” and the theater organist went in to “pinch hit” during the interval. ‘When the picture was again pro- jected everything was O. K., but it is doubtful if the customers took the per- fermance as seriously as it was intended to be. * k k% Sympathy and good judgment are frequently poor bedfellows. The heart often rules the head—which is thing sometimes. A small boy stood at the entrance of & movie theater. As the patrons en- tered he asked for a ticket. The kid didn’t resemble a “Ragged Dick.” His clothing indicated that he came from a_home in which the panhandling for a_ticket would i not be tolerated. A man escorting young woman ap- once accosted by the boy. A refusal was the result, and yet the thought of that picture- 4| hungry Jad both- ered the young couple during the :venlngi1 Perhaps the reader will agree that the encourage- ment of this practice might prove ruin to the lad in after life. Dependence on the beneficence of others is a poor way of starting a boy off. Individuality. If everybody were alike, there would be no psychological problems. There would be then no psychologists. Psy- chology and psychologists exist because people are different. Variation is the key to mind, to life, to a recognition of the existence of everything. Given these observed variations, the students of nature try to show why and how the variations are related. All this explanation leads to the assumption of an average for everything. They go a step farther and say that this average individual is the standard of measure- ment for all things of :ts class. In popular language, you say an in- dividual is some one who stands for something, does something; that the man or woman Wwho belongs to the “who’s who” in any fleld of endeavor is the one who shows an individuality sufficiently different from the average to attrhct attention. Everyday obser- vation and scientific observation have something in common on this score. In fact, science is nothing but refined com- mon sense. Variation implies time. This means that individuality is a statement of the life history or biography of the person possessing the individuality. Put all the arguments together and you have what most psychologists to- day assume to be the basic theory of the science of psychology. The life history of the individual is regarded as the center of all psychological inquiry. Individuality from the standpoint of psychology is called personality. Vari- ations in physical traits constitute in- dividuality. Variation in psychologcal traits constitutes. personality. Individ- uality and personality are, of course, related, just as the body and mind are.| inseparable. Make some improvement in physical appearance and your neigh- bors ascribe it to an improved person- ality. Looking at it from the other direction, superior mental traits often compensate for deficiencies in physical appearance. (Copyright, 1929.) Fashionable Folk dJuli by Straight Talks to W. Foreign Securities. What are the objections of an in- vestor to the purchase of foreign securi- ties? You are an investor. If foreign securities were recommended to you by your broker what would be your atti- tude toward them? - Would you unwit- tingly pass up opportunities? Would you forego easy profits? Or would you safeguard your money by a contrary de- cision? One of the first objections to a for- eign security is the fear that the rate of foreign exchange might affect one's iholdings in a decidedly adverse manner. ‘This is overcome by some securities of iforeign concerns sold in this country by giving them a dollar value. Another objection to foreign securi- ties is the fact one “cannot keep one’s jeye on them.” This is not true in many instances. The tements of foreign as well as domestic companies are made periodically, and one’s information con- «cerning them is usually equally accu- frate. i Internal conditions in foreign coun- tries are looked upon as being poten- ial means of wiping out one’s hold- ings. This is only true as a possibility. It is equally true that a financial crisis in our own country, or a tie-up in an industry, might have the same effect. Foreign securities are not alwa; found listed either in the exchanges be r the curbs, they are frequently dealt (with “over the counter.” This is some- to sell one’s holdings.. If one buys that 'what of a disadvantage should one care | has a Boyd. MeNaught Byndieate, Tne, N.Y. omen About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN. variety of foreign security it is well to trade with a brokerage house that has foreign connections. Women ask from time to time whether capital is not better situated abroad than in this country where it is more abundant. No general answer of any value may be given. Each stock or bond offering must be examined on the basis of its own' value and merit. This is true of both foreign and do- mestic issues. Which country is the best to invest in? Naturally one would not readily invest money in a concern located in a country that was financially or politi- cally wobbly. Generally, however, one invests in the company, not the nation. Foreign securities of real merit are oc- casionally overlooked by investors with their eyes on other, if inconsequential, matters relating to them. Egg Cutlets. Make a white sauce with one table- spoonful of butter, two tablespoonfuls of flour, and one cupful of milk. Chop three hard-boiled eggs coarsely and season with salt and pepper, one table- spoonful of chopped parsley and half a teaspoonful of onion juice. Mix with the sauce and let cool. When cold, form into flat cakes, dip in cracker crumbs, then into one beaten raw egg and again in crumbs. Fry in deep fat. Serve with the white sauce, into which been mixed half a cupful of fresh green peas cooked. BRIDGE TALKS BY MRS. JOHN MUNCE, JR. The progress of our discussion of in- itial suit bids now brings us to & ::n- sideration of hands, which, while they do not contain two tcll.lv.l.icl( tflcl:a kclfl'[‘- forming strictly to the “ace ol e queen". dennlczm, nevertheless have enough high card strength to warrant a bid. A dealer who holds ace-queen and three small cards in a sult without side strength should not bid that suit, but with one quick trick (an ace or king- queen) on the side he would have a queen more than his two quick tricks and should bid. One-bids are not lim- ited, however, to hands which contain two aces, two king-queens, or one ace and one king-queen, as there are many hands without the two quick tricks which should be bid initially because they have more than the equivalent. As illustration of such hands, examine the four which follow, none of which has two aces or king-queen quick tricks, but all of which are too strong to pass and justify an initial bid of one heart. No. 1 hand, dealer holds the follow- ing cards: Spades, king, jack and 10- spot; hearts, ace, queen, 8-spot, 6-spot and 4-spot; diamonds, 7-spot, 5-spot and 3-spot; clubs, 9-spot and 6-spot. You can readily see how the bid of one heart is worked out, as there is a quick trick in hearts with ace, and in the king, jack and 10-spot of spades, combined with the queen of hearts, there is more than the accepted equiva- ient for another. No. 2 hand, dealer holds the follow- ing cards: Spades, king, 9-spot and 7-spot; hearts, king, queen, 10-spot, 8-spot and 6-spot; diamonds, king, jack and 7-spot; clubs, jack and 8-spot. In this hand we have one quick trick in the king-queen combination in the heart suit, and in the other honors more than the equivalent for the sec- ond quick trick; therefore, the bid of one heart on this hand is quite proper. No. 3 hand, dealer holds the following cards: Spades, ace, 9-spot, 7-spot and 5-spot; hearts, queen, 10-spot, 9-spot, 6-spot and 5-spot; diamonds, 4-spot; clubs, ace, jack and 8-spot. * Here we have a hand without a quick trick in the suit to be bid, but you will note that in addition to the queen- 10-spot suit in hearts. there are two quick tricks on the side and an extra jack, and you would by your bid of one heart still be telling your partner that your hand was good for two tricks. No. 4 hand, dealer holds the follow- ing cards: Spades, ace, king and 9-spot; hearts, jack, 10-spot, 8-spot, 7-spot gnd 5-spot; diamonds, ace, queen and 6- spot; clubs, 8-spot and 6-spot. Here is another hand without a quick trick in the suit to be bid, but there are three quick tricks in the hand and an extra queen, in addition to the five- card jack-10-spot suit of hearts, and this makes the bid of one heart, initial- ly, on this hand the correct bid. If you will get out a deck of cards and arrange the hands given above on a table, or any convenient place, so that you can see them plainly, # will fix the pigture of these combinations in your mind and make them much casier to remember. — . Potatoes Suisse. Peel and slice rather thin as many potatoes as you will require. Put a large lump of butter in a frying pan. Put n a layer of potatoes with a sprin- kling of salt, and for seasoning a few small pieces of butter and about a des- sertspoonful of broken or sliced very small Swiss cheese. Then put more po- tatoes, butter, salt, and cheese, layer on layer until you have as much as you wish. Put a cover on the pan and slow- ly cook. When the potatoes begin to brown on the bottom of the pan begin to turn an continue to turn until they are all done. Potatoes are delicious fried in this way. ATWOOD GRAPEFRUIT TREE-RIPENED WHOLESOME DELICIOUS | 9 out of 10 screen stars use it to keep their skin soft and smooth FEATURES.” BY ALEXANDER R. GEORGE. Martin Van Buren. IN a beautiful phaeton built of the wood of the famous frigate Consti- tution, Martin Van Buren, gentleman- farmer, lawyer and political leader of the New York democracy, rode to the Capitol March 4, 1837, to become the eighth Bresident of the United States. Beside the new President and behind four big gray horses rode the retiring President, Andrew Jackson. It was the “farewell appearance” in Washington of the Old Eagle of Tennessee, one of its most dramatic figures. A day of brilliant sunshine was melting a soft Spring snow that had fallen two days before. Penn- sylvania avenue was thronged with citizens from every part of the Union, dressed in holiday attire and cheering each other with eager salutations. Preceded by troops of cav- alry and infantry and a band, the presidential party rode down the Ave- nue to the cheers of a multitude. The cheers were repeated with “affecting emphasis” when the whitened head of Gen. Jackson was seen—for the first time since his sickness—above the rest of the party as they ascended the east- ern portico of the Capitol. Bearing the marks of iliness and of a life of tremendous activity and flerce combat, but still retaining his “ever- lasting look,” Old Hickory relinquished the reins of office to his staunch friend and political follower. ‘The inaugural ball in the evening was described by one who attended it as follows: “The ball at Carusi’s saloon was the most magnificent thing of the kind that has ever taken place in Washing- ton. Many of the most beautiful and accomplished women who have re- sorted to the metropolis were present and gave grace and luster to the scene. About half past 9 President Van Buren entered the rooms, attended by the heads of departments. Gen. Jackson did not attend. The tables were spread with the utmost profusion and luxury, nm} champagne flowed most bounte- ously.” In a conspicuous place on the first page of a Washington newspaper of that day was the announcement of George Dyer, an auctioneer, that he would sell for cash at his store a Negro woman, 22 years old, and her two chil- By dren, 1 and 5 years old. On the same page there was an an- nouncement by a Pennsylvania ave- nue shop of the arrival of & consign- | ment of fine New Orleans snuff, and the Ngational Theater offered for in- augural visitors Sheridan's comedy, “The Rivals,” and a “laughable farce” E‘med “The Mummy, or the Liquor of | (4 Punctilious, quiet and seeking com- panionship of men of letters, Van Buren | did not attain the popularity of Jack- son. Some of his critics accused him | of “high-hatting” the people, declaring | he was “too elegant to be a& real Democrat.” | William Allen Butler, an intimate friend, thus describes him: “He was a gentleman, and he cul- tivated the society of gentlemen. He never had any associates who were vul- gar or vicious. Where he acquired that peculiar neatness and polish of manner which he wore so lightly I do not know. It was not put on, for it was never put off. As you saw him once you saw him always—polite, cheerful, seif-possessed.” During the Van Buren administratios the White House was renovated, there was more formality in the functions there and entertainment was lavish. Mrs. Fremont, daughter of Senator Benton of Missourl, Who was a guest at many of the receptions and dinners, wrote: “Mr. Van Buren brought over from London a fine chef, and his dinners were as good and delicate as ble, but his was a formal household, none of the large hospitality of Gen. Jack- son and still less of the ‘open-doors’ of the Tyler regime, when there were many young people wWho kept to their informal cheery Virginia ways.” Van Buren retained his dignified serenity in defeat as well as victory. He was imperturbable at the close of the day which decided the election of Har- rison when he heard the “urchins re- peating about the White House the Log Cabin refrain, ‘Van, Van, is a used- up man.’” . Cottage Cheese Sandwiches. Bread for these sandwiches should be sliced moderately thin and buttered. Cutting the sandwiches in fancy shapes adds to their attractiveness. Cotug cheese used for sandwiches should moistened with boiled dr or a little lemon juice. filling may be served in the following ways: A tart conserve on a layer of cheese. Lettuce leaves and cl seasoned with salad dressing. Cheese with chopped peppers, either red or green. Cheese with chopped nuts, raisins, figs or date: s. 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