Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1929, Page 23

WOMAN’S PAGE. Three Games for BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. THE QUEEN INVITES THE GUEST KING AND Entertaining at court is an amusing April fool's stunt sure to bring a hearty lau It requires three straight back chairs (dining room chairs are ex- cellent), a couh cover, large shawl or portiere and a thick sofa cusion. Two persons are chosen for king and queen, and if the company is large, it is impressive to have three foot- men, one each to stand behind the king and queen, and one for official announcer of guests, who may surprise all or part of the company. But ore person only is the guest of honor, and this must’ be the last one to enter. It preferred the guest of honor may be the only one received. the rest of the company merely remaining spectators to watch the fun. Arrange the chairs, three in a row. The center one faces backward with the b on a line with others so that all appear to face the same way. Be= tween the two chairs, facing forward place the sofa cushion. Throw the couch covered over the chair, completely concealing them so that the entire arrangement appears like one long throne. The king and queen, dressed the parts, if the hostess wishes, seat them- selves one on each chair, leaving the place between for the guest. The footmen take their places, and the an- nouncer stands by the entrance door which may be merely by the folding doors or some imaginary line marking off the throne room from the rest of the room. As each person enters the throne room the announcer calls out in a rather loud voice whatever name the person entering gives in a low voice to him. The person then walks up to the king first and then the queen, bows if a man or courtsigs if a woman, and back away, never turning, but always facing their majestics. When a PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE || BY WILLIAM A Charter Member or Two. California lady writes: As I count myself a charter member of the I. & T. Club I feel that I may rise and make a few remarks. I have just read the article referring to the Dumb Division. How can some be so dense and not have enough ini- tiative to try anything? I have used (a proprietary “restorer” with a harm- less looking name but containing lead and sulphur, which dyes the hair black) for 15 vears. It had not been satisfac- tory for some time and I was wanting something better; therefore I grasped with pleasure your formula of and 1t is fine. | I do not find it necessary to use it more than once a week, with perhaps | a little touch up if gray spots appear. | I want to thank vou heartily for the recipe. I find also that it helps to| make it “set” the color to put in a iit- tle soap. I am 0 an_addict of your iodine ration, ugh I am not a medicins taker on general principles. I Lave never had a sickness of more than 24 hours since I was 8 years old, which is a pretty good record, as I am now past | the three score and ten—but don't tell | any one. I never do. | I enjoy your articles, and when you| get on one of your sarcastic streaks it | is better than the “funnies.” ‘The lady incloses a generous lock of her hair, and from the appearance of the sample I should have felt no sur- prise had she told me she is 25 years old. ‘The hair is a, well, T should call it a light brown color and it looks like natural color. A New Jersey lady also rises to re- mark: Hemlines Affect BY MARY MARSHALL. Abstractly considering the matter, you might think that nude stockings displayed from the knee down would be more conspicuous than nude stockings displayed only for a short distance above the ankle line. You might think ABOVE—SHEER BLACK SILK STOCKINGS WITH LACE APPLI- QUES AT FRONT. BELOW—SILK STOCKINGS WITH DIAMOND- SHAPED MOTIFS IN TONES, AND LISLE STOCKINGS WITH LEAF DESIGN AT ANKLE. that longer skirts and unevenly dr: skirts would make light-stockinged | a pint of black tea. April Fool Party OF HONOR TO SIT BESIDE THE HERSELF. little distance away the guests remain | standing. The last guest to arrive is the guest of heneg, who is requested by their maj- esties to be seated between them. Just as the guest actually sits down, the king and queen simultaneously rise and down falls the person as the cover slacks. The fall is broken sufficiently by the pillow for the incident to be amusing merely, and not discomforting. A good game to follow this is an old-fashioned two-team spelling match. Leaders are chosen who pick their teams. Each leader is given a book | (a dictionary or old “spelling book is | suggested) and when the players are | lined up, the leaders give words alter- nately to their opnosing teams. Each player who fails s presented with a fool's cap. If these are made from | different colored gay papers, the fes- | tive appearance is increased. The | | player out spelling all others should be given a fool's cap filled with candy. | This is merely a cornucopia, rather wide at the base, and with a tassel | or fringed tissue paper at the peak.! Paste paper securely over the open end | and present it upright so that it ap- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1929. LITTLE BENNY e BY LEF PAPE. Pop was siarting to reed the lporun, page and ma was darning holes out of stockings, saying, ‘My, Willyum, that certeny is & cunning little parrit that Mrs. Hews has. So you told me a few duzzen times, yee gods Ill dreem about that perrit tonite, pop sed, and ma sed, I wouldent mind dreeming about him, he's the cutest thing I ever saw. Ill never for- get how I looked at him ‘n his little cage for the ferst time, just in casual curiosity, the way you look at mosi parrits, and he opened his little mouth and sed Good morning. He opened his little what? pop sed. Id just as soon have an ostritch with a short neck, he sed, and ma sed, Well, of corse everything is relative, he has rather a small mouth for a parrit, any- way he opened it and sed Good morn- ing. thats the remarkable part of it. ‘Why is it? pop sed. As a matter of fact it happened in the afternoon, did- ent it? he sed, and ma sed, Well what if it did, I meen theres such a thing as being too critical, and anyway how do we know how a berd feels about time, I meen how do you know parrits dont regard our evening as their morn- ing, the same as peeple do in Australia, for instants? By gollies T never thawt of that, pop sed. Well, as the little munkies say at Easter time, Merry Crissmas, he sed, and ma sed, But Willyum, I wunc you to realize that Mrs. Hews hasent had that berd 3 weeks, and when she furst got him he dident know a werd of Inglish, ‘When we ferst got Benny he couldent even stand on a pertch, and now he can carry on long and fairly intelligen: conversations, pop sed, and ma sed, Well I must say I wouldent go so far as lt:’! t(‘lumparl: my own child to anybody's erd. But everybodys berd is some berds child, as it were, after all, pop sed, and ma sed, Well, I think if your going to give the subjeck such a personal tone, T think we better drop it for the present. ‘Why not permanently? pop sed. Meening he was tired of heering about Mrs. Hewses parrit. Wich I am too, pritty neer. NANCY PAGE’ Can You Find the Egg in the Orange? BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Vhen Nancy was a little girl she | used to enjoy the Easter egg hunt which came as regularly as the day itself. She passed on the custom for Joan. Bright and early Easter Sunday morning Joan was hunting for the eggs which Aunt Nancy and Uncle Peter had hidden about the house durirg the night. One egg was down under the plllow in the deep easy chair. Another was pears to be a fool's cap. This may be followed by supper or | | refreshments, the menu for which was | given Thursday, after which the fol-| lowing game may be played: | An Oriental potentate sits on a stool | | covered with a rug preferably an Orien- | | tal rug. Before him is spread another Oriental rug. Each person presented | must salaam, kneeling before the ruler | with hands held up, pasms outward. | | Two of the king's servants kneel just | below the far ends of the rug, and a* | the visitor is in position they jerk the | | corners of the rug, which throws the | visitor unexpectedly into the salaam | { bow. Should any player be able to re- | | main without bowing, a prize should ! be awarded. | I BRADY, M. D. | l “I see quite a lot of talk about this} copperas and black tea for dyeing gray | hair. My hair is white in front. I| got some copperas and black tea and | used it on my hair as a wash (warm) | and behold not a gray hair in sight. I| use it twice a week. I use a larger plece of copperas than you suggested— | a piece about the. size of an olive, in- | | stead of a piece the size of a kernel of corn, in the pint of black tea, and ap- ply it hot. I am employed where thore | are lots of young people and as et no | one has ever noticed my hair. They do | say I dress it becomingly. I wish I{ | could meet these people who complai I & T.|about results and just let them see m; hair. I use rubber gloves, as the cop- | peras and tea stains the ha I so enjoy your health articles. Once more the recipe. An unknown | correspondent sent it in. Put a piece | of copperas (that is iron sulphate, not | copper) the size of a kernel of corn in Apply this to the | hair as often as you wish, It darkens | gray or light colored hair. In case ! it is absolutely harmless to use for dark- ening gray hair. Several correspondents say they use a larger quantity of copperas—a teu- | spoonful or more to the pint of ordinary | black tea. I believe ordinary green tea | would serve as well, but the correspon- dent who gave us the recipe specified black tea. The membership of the Iron and Tea Club is increasing steadily. The Dumb Division, too. Almost every day a can- didate for the latter asks where black tea may be obtained. Until some tea importer or grocery house subsidizes me to boom black tea I'm not a-going to tell where you can buy tea. (Copyright, 1929.) Stocking Colors do, and already has done, something | to change the color of stockings. To wear with black evening gowns| of longer, uneven hem line, many | women, especially in France, are choos- | ing sheer black stockings, and from Paris comes word that sheer black stockings with insets at the front of fine black lace are chosen by a number of the best dressed women to wear with black evening gowns. Another French fashion is to wear stockings dyed to match the frock, and for gowns that make use of the same color in shaded tones the stockings match the darkest, not the lightest, | tone. Thus a “jeunne fille frock” that shaded from the faintest pink to a deep rose was worn with stockings dyed to ;mrecise tone of the deep rose of -the And yet at most of the Southern re- sorts in this country stockings of a pronounced sun tan shade have been worn for both day and evening by the large majority of women. One or two sleeveless blouses are a real necessity in every woman's Spring wardrobe. ey are so convenient to ‘wear under your suit jacket or sweater on warmer Spring days. This week’s diagram pattern shows how you can make one with the new straight neck line, and it is extremely easy to make. On receipt of your stamped, self-ad- dressed envelope I will gladly send you a copy. i (Copyright, 1929.) i Apricot Jelly. Carefully wash one pound of dried apricots, cover them with cold water, and let it soak for several hours. Add one cupful of sugar and boil slowly for one hour in the water in which the lof times, but failed to dive in until tucked behind the folds of th» window curtains, An easy one to find Was a blue and gold one laid on the leuge under the top of the dining room table. The magazines on the rack concealed a bright scarlet one. In the sugar bowl, well covered and concealed, was a purple egg. But the two hardest ones (o find were in the kitchen and dining room. Deep down in the small container of flour | was buried a green egg. Joan had lift- ed the cover of the container a number | “egged” on by Uncle Peter. In the dining rcom ves a large dish of oranges. Nancy had taken an orange and partially siiced off the top of one. It was cut just far enough so that she could lift the cut part like a lid or flap. With a spocn she hollowed the shell, taking out the pulp and juice. Int> this cavity she put the egg. The top flap fell back into place and the orange egg was put with the other oranges. It took Joan almost all day to find that particular egg. Such a hunt makes one thirsty. If you are interested in beverages, write to Nanc re of this paper, inclosing a stamped, dressed envelope, asking for her bev- leaflet. (Copyright, 1929.) DAILY DIET RECIPE NUT MACAROONS. Shelled walnuts, 1 cup; egg, 1; brown sugar, 114 cups. MAKES ABOUT 24. Chop the nuts very fine. Add the brown sugar and the beaten egg. Place by teaspoonful on greased paper very far apart as they spread. Bake in a quick oven about 10 minutes. Be care- ful not to burn. Hickory nuts can be substituted. These must be mixed quickly and put in the oven so the sugar will not melt before cooking. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes much lime, iron and vitamins A and B. Pro- tein and sugar also supplied. Eaten with common sense and moderation, recipe is valuable source of energy or fuel value as well as giving extra protein. Can be eaten by normal adults of average or under weight and by children over 10. el tha apricots have soaked. Strain through 2 fine wire sieve. With the juice, they should be of the consistency of fruit less apparent, but as a matter of fact they do just the reverse. - And while the new longer skirt will m.inly do nothing to make women, interested in t) stockings, it will" s butter. While hot, stir in two table- spoonfuls of granulated gelatin which has been softened in half a cupful of cold water. ang serve with there’s at least one DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Does Equality Between Sexes Mean Sharing Financial Burden?—Value of a Trade for Every Girl—Black Sheep. EAR MISS DIX: In this dky of equal rights I believe in equal opportunity for all and special privileges for none, and this to apply to women as well as men. As a male, I strongly resent the infliction upon males of special punishments because they are males and I resent all special legislation placing women in a preferred position. If women are to stand on an exact equality with men and to have all the authority of men, then they should have exactly the same responsibility as men, and it is now time for man to be relieved of the sole legal responsibility for the support of wives and children, and the time has come to jail women who do not contribute to the support of their husbands and children. Equality of authority and liability is partnership, and you advocate partnership between man and wife. Authority over the wife's property and conduct has long since been taken from the husband, and there is no longer any reason why he should not be relieved of the collateral legal responsibility. Biological fitness has nothing to do with the matter, as witness the legal responsibility of a 90-pound husband for the support of a 200-pound wife. EQUALITY, Answer: T fully agree with you, Mr. Equality. What Lincoln said-about no nation being able to exist half free and half slave is just as true of matrimony, and I believe that we will have better and happier marriages when marriage becomes a real partnership between a man and woman, in which they share equally in authority and liability. N ‘The fact that men and women do stand on an equal footing before the law and in business does give woman a different matrimonial status from that she held in the days when she had no earning capacity and no way of making a living except to marry it. Then she had to take what she could get from her husband and say “thank you,” too. And the husband was more obligated to take care of her, no matter how worthless she proved to be as a wife or how tired he got of her, because she was utterly dependent upon him. starve or eat out of swill barrels, whereas most of the women of today and all of the women of the coming generation will be just as able to support themselves as a man. Many of our old laws as regards husbands and wives need rewriting. Certainly those concerning the property rights of husbands-and wives and the responsibilities of husbands for their wives' debts should be brought up to date, and particularly the alimony laws, which at present are most unjust to men. As T see it, marriage should be made a real partnership, in which the work, the responsibllities and the perquisites should be defined on the 50-50 basis. But, Mr. Equality, when you say that women who do not contribute toward the support of their husband and children should be sent to jail just what do you mean? Don’t you think that the wife and mother, who works at least 14 hours a day to keep her famlly comfortable, does anything toward its support? | nioashat sin't nteresied tn chicken th nte (Copyrisht, 19280 neckin.” ™ ] Do you think that cooking and cleaning and scrubbing and mending and baby- tending are work or do you consider them merely play? Don’t you think that the most important contribution that any woman ever makes to her family's welfare is giving it her own personal attention, her own interest, her own care? Don't you think & wife's and mother’s work is more valuable in the home than outside of it? Suppose & competent woman can go out and earn $25 or $30 or $50 & week in business. Would that amount of money be valuable to her family if it had a home run by hirelings, if the baby had to be leit every day with a nurse while mother went to work, if the larger children ran the streets and made hoodlum Acquaintances and picked up hoodlum manners and morals, if mother was giving her everv ounce of vitality and the best of her brains and enthusiasm to her business, as she would have to do if she held down & good fob, and if she came | home too tired at night to be anything but cross and irritable? There can never ve perfect equalit and wives until husbands take their turn in caring for the babies, y on & business basis between husbands | As long as | women have to monopolize that husbands will have to be responsible for providing | their food and lodging and that of the children, The only thing for the man to do, when he is not willing to do that, is to remain single, for it is o much to ask a woman to make the bread and then bake it. She can't be cxpected to have the work of a household and also make the equality between the sexes, but also justice. R EAR DOROTHY DIX: I am a girl 20 years old. children and rear them properly and do | money to support it. Let's have DOROTHY DIX. | I have never thought | about doing anything but just amusing myself, as my people are well-to-do | and I do not have to work, but lately should study some trade or profession They have said to me that some day were in my place? Answer: jam on the side. $0 many people have said to me that I | that it has made me begin to think. | something might happen so that I we have to earn my living and then what would I.do?— What' wo at I would What would you do if you SWEET AND TWENTY. I think every girl in the world should have some her finger's end by which she can earn her own bread i g and butter and a little Nobody knows what the future has in store for any one of us. All that we know for a certainty is that as long as we live we are three times a day and have to have clothes to cover us and and that if we do not know how to 80Ing to be hungry a 100f to shelter us get these for ourselves we are always standing on the brink of abject misery, for none are so wretched as those who are starved and ragged and homeless. It used to be thought that it was not mecessary to teach a girl any | profession because fathe; husband would assume the job. In these davs of the high cost of living, to death to buy high-heeled slippers and silk or father loses his job, and then if he dies a been taught to do anything that the world r would take care of her until she got married, then however, it works poor old father ‘! lingerie for a family of daughters, lot of helpless girls who have not is willing to pay for are thrown out to make their ilving and have to take any ill-paid work they can get. Also men shy more and more at the altar, and there is no certainty that a | girl nowadays will get married or, if she does, thal support her. And even the best of hi the wife is suddenly called upon not onl and the children. That is a catestropl merely a Besides, it gives a girl self-; t on her own fee(.‘l . fintes So my advice to you, Miss Sweet and Twent: and perfect yourself in it so that you can comma; .. DEAR MISS DIX: Why does a moti fifth, who is a black sheep? son from her home, who has made her son out of trouble, who has made her other two sons work loafer and drunkard. Yet this woman is considered an intelligent human being. A J. Why are mothers like that? Answer: Because they are mothe: prodigal scn? That goes double for mothe shame. Perhaps it is a mother’s recognition t! certain extent for the sins of the the fatted calf is killed and to w! the black sheep that is mother’s usbands often die or become invalids and rodigal son, but alw: lom the good sons are sacrificed. pet lamb. (Copyright, 1929.) t her husband will be able to y to support herself but him and herself | he if she has no trade, but it becomes | misfortune if she has some good way of making a living. and poise just to know that she stands | y. is to study some professi nd a fine s:lnyry. R & DOROTHY DIX. her sacrifice her four good sons to a, I know a mother who has driven her youngest oldest son go into debt to pay the bad | to support this lazy Did you ever read the parable of the 15, Perhaps it is pity. Perhaps ft is hat she is always to blame to a s he is the one for whom is always DIX. i It DOROTHY MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE BY MOLLIE MERRICK. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 30.—The vears 1928-29 will be known as the age of change in motion pictures. The old order passed and a new order entered in. That new order, launched on the public in & crude and awkward condition, is rapidly becoming a finished product, and a product that will remain. A most startling feature of this gen- eral change is the venture which Mary Pickford, for 18 years an artist of the old school, has carried through to a successful culmination. At a private showing I have just seen her latest picture—a powerful emo- tional story with a sad ending; a story done entirely in sound, and a story that could not have been'told in any other medium. ‘To conceive of the little girl with the curls of other days playing the part of a small-town coquette in exaggerated modern clothes is difficult. But conceive of such a character facing the lawyer pleading with her to testify against name of her dead lover that she may save the life of the father who has killed him, and who instead, grief-mad, screams, “Let him I hope they hang him! I hate He killed the only thing I ever If you can imagine this situation, poignantly played, with no concessions to anything but pure drama, you have some idea of the radical departure Mary Pickford has made in this period of change. Without calling in any outside au- thorities, Sam_Taylor, the director who has been working with Mary Pickford for some time now, has brought a sane and comprehensive treatment to the e. | And the scene where the star tells the story of the night of tragedy to her black mammy, cradled in those loving arms and with her head on that broad bosom, is a clever combination of age- old human vathos and modern theatri- calism. While the girl sobs her version of the night the mammy rocks to and fro and hums a cradle song. That low, musical murmur backgrounds the re- ligato which keeps 1 1 of the South is to mryimmm to put this plc- ture over, I am so tired of movies in sound where every one but the audience by the sounds no nonsensical ban of heels. sounds that come to the audience are | xlxt;e average noises one hears in actual e. While one is never allowed to forget | that this is a story of people who live below the Mason-Dixon line, there are no night club negro stunts with banjos, no pickaninny singers to keep the au- | dience in good humor. Music is not dragged in willy-nilly to interfere with the tale and send the audience home feeling they have had a combined movie and vaudeville evening. Nothing interferes with the progress | of the tale. The dramatic line should be the shortest line between two points —the inception of the tale and its con- clusion. And no rambling that is not vital should be permitted to enter in. If the original story from which this Ppicture was made has been changed to some extent, it has not been turned 1;&,3‘- sappy story that is just another ovie. Mary Pickford's new venture gives you an actress whose performance is magnificent. It sends you home with an intense emotional reaction and a sad taste in your mouth. But it is not a bad taste—and that is the only conces- sion to moviedom which has been made. Mary Pickford has great emotional scope within her range, and if the right characterizations continue to be chosen | for her the era of change shows us an imrm who has been 18 years in silent drama leaving that silence behind her Ilike an outworn shell. This fact alone ‘s a milestone in the progress of an industry. (Copsright, 1929, by North American News- paper Alliance.) Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Words often misused: Do mnot say “Leave me alone” to express annoy- ance. Say “Let me alone.” Often mispronounced: Pineal; pro- nounce pin-e-al, 1 as in “pin” or as in | “ple,” e as in “me,” a as in “at,” ac- cent first syllable. . Often misspelled: Sweden; not ‘hilarity, Synonyms: Laughter, fun, H ugl 3 3 erriment, mirth. and it is yours.” vocabulary by mastering one { you might be pleased with a rainbow grord each day. Today’s word: Apposite; very ap- plicable; relevant; fit, “Here is an apposite illustration.” GARDEN IN ROMANCE BY MARY POTTER DAVIS. Among the beautiful poems gathered into a garden anthology, we that the poet has taken us around the eycle of the year in the life of the garden: “The lilac bush is sweet again Down every wind that passes !’lol} flakes from hedge-row and from lane; ‘The beec are in the grasses. And grief goes out and joy comes in And care is but a feather; And every lad his love can win For this'is April weather.” “May is bullding her house. From the dust of things She {s making the birds and the flowers and the wings. From 1g)cml:er': tossed and trodden 801 She is making the young year out of the old.” “I knew that you were coming, June, I knew that you were nearing, I saw it in the bursting buds of roses in the clearing. The roses in the clearing, June, were blushing pink and red, For they had heard upon the hills the echo of your tread.” “It's July in my garden, and steel blue are the thisties And French gray the willows that bow to every breeze. And deep in every current bush & rob- ber blackbird whistles, ‘I'm picking, I'm picking, I'm picking | these.” But what do such things matter when | 1 have so fair a garden | And what is half so lovely as my garden | in July?” “The garden is an intimate and doth keep in touch with us Yet hath its own high moods and doth impose them On the mind of man, to shame his pettiness. So do T love its shimmering August mood, keyed to the sun, A harlequin of color, birds and bloom. A spell lies on the garden. Summer sits with finger on her lips As if she heard the steps of Autumn echo on the hills.” “The End of Summer” approaches: “When poppies in the garden bleed And coreopsis goes to seed, When pansies, blossoming past thelr prime Grow small, and smaller, all the time. When apple seeds, all white before Begin to darken in the core, I know that Summer, scarcely here, Is gone until another yea “Indian Summer” brings back for a brief season the charm and beauty of the garden: “Let me remember you, voices of little insects, Weeds in the moonlight, fields all tangled with asters, Let us remember you, Winter be on us, Snow-hushed and heartless.” The stillness of “November Night” comes to the garden: “Listen! With faint, dry sound, Like steps of passing ghosts, The leaves, frost-crisped, Break from the trees And fall.” At last the garden lies locked in silence and solitude, resting patiently | soon will the until the quickening touch of Spring | wakens it to life and beauty again. Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. Sketched, Worth’s powder blue gabard: over a gray satin dress. The Sidewalks BY Every now and then, just as we have begun to think that we have been everywhere and seen everything, we are jarred loose from our smug conceit. Many readers doubtless recall the thrill of hearing their first talking ma- chine record. It was cylindrical in shape. Although the title of the num- ber and the name of the singer or cr- chestra was distinctly printed on the container, the manufacturers believed in making sure that there would be no mistake. Therefore a voice would an- nounce *‘Bedella’ sung by Chauncey Olcott, Edison record-d-d-d” or “‘Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home," | sung by Arthur Collins.” ‘Who will forget hearing for the first time the sound of a human voice plucked from the ether? We won't, for one. Even then we were convinced that there was a catch to it. It is a simple matter to tote several When in search of a novel way of making a bedspread, why not try the | style shown in the accompanying il-| lustration? ‘The top is stretched plain to all edges of the bed, and four ruffies in graduated sizes, with the largest at the bottom, are the only decoration. | b P ;,'f,,’f"v';'{,',‘" o gy 7 Siik, silk broadcloth, organdie, plain gingham or any plain material may be used, and the manner in which the rufles are treated will vary the ap- pearance. If you like several colors in a scheme spread. The top of the spread is sky blue and the ruffies are in order, yel- low, green, rose and lavender. ‘The edges of the ruffles may be bound, hemmed or finished with a| picot, in & thread matching the ma- terial or of a contrasting color. In the rainbow scheme the lavender ruf- fle may be picoted in green, the rose in blue, the green in rose and the yel- low in lavender. My Neighbor Says: Be careful not to burn leaves too near your privet hedge. A good healthy hedge is often de- stroyed in this way. If the hedge should be acei- dentally burned, do not dig it up. Cut it back almost to the ground. New shoots will spring up and in another year you will have a fairly good hedge. A gas stove Tli;t_sputters needs attention. Clean out the holes in the burners with a hairpin. After the whites of eggs have been beaten do not beat them again when adding them to a | | cake mixture. If beaten a second | | time the air that has already been beaten into the eggs in | order to make the cake light will i be beaten out. Fold beaten egg | whites in. | SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. !chine on a camping trip today. | sengers dozen disc records and a portable ma- ‘The cylindrical records were so unwieldy that a dozen was a cumbersome reper- tolre. ionable in the desolate hills than a phonograph or radio. The golden voices of the world’s eminent singers are just as delightful in the pine-scented wild- erness by a blazing fire as in the draw- ing room. By the simple expedient of twisting a dial, the man of the moun- tains may be transported to great cities. We have seen the miracle. There was a’time when all things that flew were | known as airships, whether they were lighter or heavier-than-air craft. The whirr of a motor in the skies above would start necks bending. Airplanes have become so common that few take the trouble to gaze aloft. It is usually the new and unexpected things that intrigue our curiosity and interest. So small a contraption as a | trick top will snare a crowd. A Four- teenth street car was nearing Fair- mont street Thursday night. Suddenly the pas- heard: “Walker misses a left and Loughran lands a right to Mickey's head. ‘Walker shoots a left hook to Tom- my's stomach. Loughran ducks two left jabs and swings a left—an- other left —another and _another to Walkers face.” This was followed by the roar of a crowd. The passengers were bewildered Then they heard the sound of a gong It was uncanny. Again the voice of the unseen speaker: “Walker misses a hard left book. Loughran drives two lofts to Mickey's face and follows with a right to the stomach One of the male passengers decided BY LOK Dark Circles; Facial Hair. Dear Miss Leeds—(1) I have very heavy, dark circles under my °eyes, which I think have been caused by constant wearing of glasses. What will correct these rings? (2) I am 17 years pounds. My face seems to be rapidly getting covered with hair, espectally my upper lip. Could you prescribe a face bleach that might remedy this? (3) How can I lose & few pounds? DISTRACTED SEVENTEEN. Answer—(1) Wearing glasses does not cause rings under the eyes. an odd idea! Have a thorough physical examination by a doctor to see what is some internal disorder. If you have not had your glasses changed within the last 12 months it would be a good plan to see the occulist again now. After cleansing your face with soap and water at bedtime, dry and pat a little bleaching cream on the dark rings. Mix four drops of peroxide with one teaspoonful of cold cream to make a bleaching cream for this purpose. (2) You are only 9 pounds above the average weight for your age and height. Do not allow yourself to be- come self-conscious about the facial hairs: every one has a light growth on the face. If you try to remove them with depllatories or a razor the skin will become irritated and the growth increased. You may use the peroxide to bleach the hairs if they are dark, but sometimes this makes the hairs grow longer. If they develop into a really disfiguring beard they may be removed permanently by electrolysis, but it would be an expensive and tedious series of treatments. I heard of one woman recently who spent 500 hours taking treatments with the elec- tric needle. The growth of superfluous hair is controlled by the glands of in- ternal secretion and there is really nothing you can do to stop this action; you may outgrow this tendency. (3) Do not try to reduce at your age. LOIS LEEDS. Backaches. Dear Miss Leeds—I am troubled with backaches; but believe it is nothing more wei Could you give THORNTON ‘There is nothing more compan- | old, 5 feet 4 inches tall and weigh 130 | ‘What | the cause of the circles; there may be | PARIS.—Considering that this is not a blue season, there is a great deal of dark and light blue shown. particularly by Worth, Lelong and Vionnet. ine coat with gray fox collar. It goes RITA. of Washington FISHER. (that they were passing a radio store. | Then he looked around and saw a | man carrying a portable radio set. Dis- | covering that he was attracting atten- tion, the owner shut the receiver off. | “No. Don't stop.” said some of the passengers. “Let’s hear it.” | The result was that some of those “i’hu were unable to get home in time {to hear the broadcast of the bout heard at least & part of it en route. \ A friend of ours, a radio engineer, . has a completely equipped car contain- | ing the latest model of receiver. On each running board is a loud speaker. | The aerial is drawn across the top of | the car to the bumper in front. We have seen scores of people on a busy street turn searchingly to discover the source of the music. Fully amplified, he can provide a fairly good imitation of a street parade. i »amn | A few nights ago we mentioned Mr. I. B. Millner, who served a gun on the U. 8. S. Hartford during the Battle of Mobile. We have | just received an | interesting note | from Mr. Millner and believe it may | interest our read- ers. He says: | “Regarding the preservation of the | Hartford, let me | say: Secretary of | the Navy Adams ‘assured me while | talking with him | last_evening, “The Hartford will be /taken care of’ | Look up her his- ltory in detail, | building, equip- ment and her serv- i | ice, including her captain's distinetion. | ‘Blood_was thicker than water’ when | he (without Government authorization) open fire upon the Chinese as they were | overcoming the attacking English forces | at (I think the Peiho fort) in the { opium war. | "“When the Confederate conspiracy | was being hatched with Jefferson Davis, | Secretary of War: Floyd, Secretary of the Navy, dispatched every available warship ‘across the ocean. Buchanan | was the commandant at the Navy Yard | in Washington. Farragut was in:com- mand at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. He was of Southern parentage, mar- | ried in a Southern family, and natu- HE OPENED FIRE. 3 | rally supposed to be one of the clique. | When approached, he refused. Was told he could not live in the South if he would not join. He left. The ques- | tion: What would have happened if he | had joined and helped attack Washing- ton? The place for the Hartford is the city his action saved. | “I. B. MILLNER, 1 Late 139, Maintop, | “U. §. S. Hartford, 1864.” i o ox % | Is it because a boat is called “she” | that men who sail the riv lakes 2nd | seas love them? A motor ay like I'nis car, but boating enthusiasts have a keen affection for their craft. Why is it? MILADY BEAUTIFUL S LEEDS. | me some exercises that would strengthe en my back? B. H. SUBSCRIBER. |~ Answer—Do not try to prescribg | exercises or any other treatments fu | your backaches, but get medical ade | vice. The trouble is very likely due tg some internal disorder rather than t@ muscular weakness. LOIS LEEDS. Becoming Colors. | Dear Miss Leeds—I am not quite § feet tall, have hazel eyes, medium brown hair and an olive complexion. My face is round. What colors are be- coming? How should I wear my hair {and what style of clothes and make- up should I wear? Please expiain | a “dash of rose at the base of a face powder” means. Are pumpkins high in caloric value? INQUISITIVE MISS. Answer—You may wear bright reds, rust, brick, terra-cotta, dull pink, coral, apricot, bronze-green, dark blue, ecru, deep yellow, mahogany. dark browns, deep cream, black with bright trim- ming. A high side part is usually most becoming to a round face. Have a flat curl or two at the beginning of the rt. Cover your ears. If you wish to ook taller wear clothes with vertical lines or stripes. The expression you quote refers to the use of a little rouge on the cheeks before face powder is applied. A rachel or ochre face pow- der should suit you, with dark red ro'%le. ‘There are about 25 calories in twe heaping tablespoonfuls of pumpkin (codked)s LOIS LEEDS.