Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1929, Page 34

Needle and Thread Problems BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. e ns sl - that fall to her lot can help | become fond ake it agreeable by knowing how handle needle and thread skillfully. common reasons for a dislike for THE EMERY RUB WILL NOT ONLY KEEP THE NEEDLE FROM STICK- g;g_rgur WILL REMOVE RUSTY sewing are that needles stick and thread knots. Then, too, after the work is com- leted the stitches do not hold well. ey loosen and rip or run, generally from the end where the thread was fastened off. ‘To remedy those faults is so easy that the needlewoman can do it wil out any trouble. Then she of sewing, which considered from the earliest accomplishment, and embroid of the fine arts. When a needle sticks mn!:t ‘While 'Y:“km' of needles it is well to know that if one breaks the tip it can be reshaped by rubbing across an emery board, Keep the needle rotating between the thumb and forefinger while the end is brushing the emery board with & rapid motion. Machine needles can be so retipped. This is a trick that has proved invaluable to those who are where it is difficult to get needles. I learned it from a missionary who had lived in Asia Minor for years. She sald there were times when she could not have done machine stitchi for lack of needles if she had not restored broken ones in this way. Needlewomen often have favarite needles for hand sewing and restore them in like manner. ‘To prevent knotting, thread the nee- dle from the end of the thread being unwound. Make the knot in the end newly cut. When sewing the thread is worked “with the fntn as one might say. If in spite of this precaution the thread knots (and it sometimes will), wax the thread, and this will smooth the strand out like magic. Repeat the ‘waxing process as needed, ‘Waxing thread also strengthens it and makes it slip through the material being sewed, because it relieves fric- tion, and also it fills in the infinitesimal discrepancies where strands are twisted together. Shoemakers wax their thread carefully. It slips through the leather without pulling it and leaves the wee hole smooth where it was pierced by the needle. ; (Copyright, 1929.) DAILY DIET RECIPE MAPLE MARSHMALLOW SAUCE. l\gm}e ‘/-‘lr'u‘p. 12 cup. aspoon. Marshmallow creme, 3 table- spoons. SERVES 4 OR 5 PORTIONS. Heat maple sirup to boiling point. Remove from fire, add marshmallow creme and salt and beat until smooth. Serve cold over gingerbread, other cake or ice cream. DIET NOTE. A very sweet sauce, rich in sugar and energy value. Would add fuel value to any dish with which it was served. Lime and iron present in the maple sirup. Could be eaten occasionally and in moderation by normal adults of average or under weight and by children over 12. Should not be eaten by one wishing to re- duce because of high sugar con- tent. WORLD FAMOUS STORIES D’ARTAGNAN, DETECTIVE BY ALEXANDRE DUMAS. Alexandre Dumas, 1803-70, was s French jovelist and dramatist, author of ‘“The ires Musketeers,” “The Count of Monte sto,” etc. D'Artagnan was sent by King Louis | XIV to go over the scene of a duel, in which a courtier had been wounded, to see what he could see. D'Artagni managed to see a great deal, as devel- ‘oped in his report to his : “Sir,” D'Arta; , “your maj- esty told me that there was a horse lying dead in the crossread, and I be- gln, therefore, by studying the roads, say th: roads because the center of the crossroad is reached by four sepa- Tate roads. The one that I took was the only one that presented any fresh . Two horses had followed it side by side; their eight feet were marked very distinctly in the clay. One of the riders was more impatient than the other, for the footprints of the one were invariably in advance of the other about half a horse’s length.” “Are you quite sure they were travel- ing together?” asked the King. “Yes, sire. The horses were two rather large animals of equal pace— horses well used to maneuvers of all kinds, for they wheeled around the curve ‘together. The two cavaliers paused there for a minute, no doubt to arrange the conditions of their duel. ‘The horses grew restless and impatient. One of the two cavaliers then remained ‘where he was standing; the other crossed the open space and at first placed himself directly opposite to his adversary. The one who had re stationary traversed the curve at gallop, thinking that by this means he in upon his opponent, but’the followed the circumference of the wood. He who followed the eirs cumference of the wood was mounted on a black horse.” “How do you know that?” demanded the King. “I found a few hairs of his tail among the brambles which bordered the sides of the ditch. As for the other horse,, there can be no le in de- scribing him, since he was left dead on the fleld of battle. A ball had passed through his brain. It was a pistol bul- let. And the manner in which the horse was wounded explained to me the tactics of the man who killed it. He had followed the circumference of the wood in order to take his adversary in flank. Mgeover, I followed his foot~ prints on the grass.” “The tracks of the black horse, do you mean?” asked the King. “Yes, sir. As your majesty now pei ceives the position of the two adver- saries, I will for a moment leave the cavalier who had remained stationary for the one who started off at a gallep, | but h The horse of the cavaller who rode‘ft Besid full speed was killed on the spot. The cavalier had not time even to throw remained on the edge of 5 en, having reached a favorable distance, he stopped firmly, for the impressions of both his heels were left in the ground, quite close to cach other. He fired and missed. I know he missed, for I found a hat with a hole through it. Yet the hat is with- out letters indieating ownership and is without arms. It has a red feather, as all hats have. The lace even had noth- in, peculiar in it.” “Did the owner of that hat fire a second time?” “Oh, sire, he had already fired twice.” “How did ‘you ascertain that?” “I found the waddings of the pistol. The bullet which did not kill the horse had cut in two the feather of the hat'| belonging to him against whom it was aimed apd broke a small birch at the other end of the open glads “Then the man on the horse was dis- armed, while his adversary had still one more shot to fire?” put in the King. “Sire, while the dismounted rider was extricating himself from his horse the other was reloading his pistol. Only he was much gitated while he was loadin, it, and his d trembled greatly. ! know this, for half the charge fell to the ground, and he threw the ramred aside, not having time to replace it in the pistol.” “‘;uc “l‘ ;e:humx m the g’ummmf.ed cay- alier,” sai e g. “You were sa that he walked toward his ndver{n"g while the latter was reloading pistol. ‘'Yes. But at the very moment he was taking aim the other fired. The shot tolau terribly. ;me dum;un'ad cavglier upon ace after having staggered forward or four 4 He was hit in two places—first, in it d, and, second, by the same t in chest. I know this because the butt end of the pistol was covered with blood and the trace of the bullet could be observed, with fragments of a broken ring. The wounded man in all Ymbnbmty had the ring finger and the ittle finger carried off. As for the chest,. there w.re two small s of blood at a distance of about 215 feet from each other. At one of these pools the grass was torn up by a clenched hand; at the other the grass was simply nreug'd down by the weight of the “And do you think he is seriously wounded?” asked the King. “Very seriously, since he fell imme- diately and remained a long time in s 155 oh. suppotied 8] su wo friends; for I observed the foot- its of three - exoept the y and_easily, he walked. “Now, monsieur,” said the ] “sinee you saw the combat so dwfi‘c’t‘l‘y sary, who still the wood. himself off his horse, and so fell with it. I observed the impression of his leg, which, with a great effort, he was able to extricate from under the horse. ‘The spur, pressed down by the weight of the carcass, plowed up the ground.” “Very good,” sald the King. “What did he do when he rose to his feet?” “He walked straight up to his adver- Villie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. that not a single detail seems to have name of the wounded man.” mped. se his | per leaflet on ° SONNYSAYINGS ! BY FANNY Y. CORY. Muvver say bab! t ns of meagles today, but iyhe)’o Aln‘t% out on her yet. (Copyright, 1920.) NANCY PAGE Have You a Helmer Lowe- stoft China Pitcher? BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. The Early American Club was meet- ing for lunch and discussion. China and glass were the subjects of the day. The hostess had made arrangements to have one of the curators of the museum come to speak before the group. She brought some pictures of old china and a few old pieces of her own to fillus- trate her talk. 8he showed a queer shaped piteher of Lowestoft. First she had them guess what the name of the pitcher was. No- body guessed. When she told them it COPPER LUSTRE LOVING -CuP HELMET PITCHER was called a helmet pitcher they won- dered at their obtuseness—its shape was 5o plain when it was given a name, This pitcher was of poreelain in a pearly tint. On the surface were tiny sprigs of flowers in natural eolors. The border was in gold and colors. The luster loving cup is of the Wedge- wood type. It is made en dark pottery. This type of cup if often called a wed- ding cup. Copper and gold luster is not as rare as silver luster, “When it comes to glass,” said the lecturer, “you may be sure that you will hear many old pieces called Sand- wich glass which have no right to be so called. The glass factory was founded by Mr. Jarves in 1885. The town of Sere Tueh and. o shioping parbor Cle were fuel and & shipp! ari at hand.” She then showed three ‘ym’ cal pieces of glass. “This is & pressed glass which has been made in molds. The little heart cup plate has been e: ceedingly popular with collectors. diamond pattern on the covered sugar bowl is called Grant. The open flaring dish is an uncovered sugar bowl.” ‘Then she told why the cup plate came into being. When it was considered fped form to drink from saucer the cup rom which the beverage was &ured inta the saucer dripped on the clo To obviate this a small glass cup plate was made and on the cup was set. They had a delicious luncheon. Write to ey a; ‘nele age, of this paj t-addressed envelo idge Lyncheans. (Copyright, 1929.) Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON, ‘Werds often muuud:;nonfln’a;'! put in my best licks.” - Say “I put forth my estb efforts.” Often mispronounced: Phrenologist. Pronounce fre-nol-o-jist—“e” as in “free,” first “o” as In “of,” seopid “0” as in “no,” accent second syllabl Often misspelled: Chiropodi Synonyms: Law, code, decree, edict, ‘e‘mct.ment, mandate, ordinance, stat- te. Word study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our word u:h voegbulary by masi one day. ‘Today’s word, destructibility; quality of not being destroyed. ceunt of its indestructibility, mrdod by the earlier chemists as of metals,"—Eliot gnd Storer. i King | The monarchs of this modern day X arge knighthood give to Smith and QT “But 1 do not know him,” said D'Ar- | “Yet, you see everything so clearly.” “Trye, But poor has uu?afle !'d: ;l:l-ch'a:le to MH.Me "y gt he ot to m Such at least is my own opinion, but your majesty may have another. h!t is but natural, for you are master here. “But I ordered you——" expostulated the 3 “You ardered me, sire, to gather what mm.gmsxwu‘!:r-mfisuhfih meeting that had taken place. Those o ds s} But do. ot order ma, o expose him, for in that I cannob is guilty, since he fought a | 58Y; ded the King. ty in my eves, sire. Aocord- , & man Wi ts a |8 ‘obey | 78 i| the saxophone. £ |DorothyDix Pe'fifips‘ Woman’s Influence’ Was Not Force It Was Thought to Be in Former Times, .~ but It Served to Steady a Man. AS the modern woman cynically decided that it is a waste of time and effort to try to rouse the better side of man? It certainly looks that way. Formerly girls were taught accomplishments so that they might be attractive ¥ trying to 1 - into her to men, but no girl woul parler educaf attractive to men by entertaining them d ever dream nowadays phxl.nl the piano for him or singing to and intelligent she might be, N with her cont of to lure & man him, Nor, no matter how well would & girl expect to make herself . Bhe would keep her music and her knowledge and her wit for her own private delectation and for talk with other women. The very technique of courtship has chi , the enraptured youth looked up with reverence Even in our mothers’ time the girl with whom he was in love as something higher, more spiritual than he was. In moments of ecstasy he even went so far as to call her an an; no less than hold that exalted pose ai plane. One of the pretty little bypla! always reforming the young man an or use naughty words, and never, never, 1. And the girl felt that she could do to lift the man up to her higher of courtship was that the girl was making him promise never to swear again r:eve:r to touch intoxicating drinks. NOWADAYB a girl would feel herself highly insulted if & man called her an ]. She would think that he might as well call her & flat tire and be done wi Do you realize, when have heard anything come to have an absolutely mid-Victorian flavor. It is as passe it, and she would never expect She esteems being called & good sport the highest you stop to think of it, how long it has been since we about “women's sacred influence"? Why, the phrase has see him except at a distance. complimen t & man can pay her. a8 bustles or trains or ostrich feather plumes, and women have as completely cast aside one as they have the other. Yet there was a time, and not so long ago, when women believed implicitly that the{thld within themselves something divine that worked miracles. They believed ‘was something occult that appealed to the best in men and drew men to them, even men whose own lives were rotten. ‘They believed it was somet! back to his faithful wife at iast. The; hold & home together and be it children when they went forth ut the business of life. it would somehow regenerate the world. that would bring the wandering husband believed it was something that would the window to guide the feet of the They believed that Perhaps woman's sacred influence had never the power we ascribed to it. Perhaps women found out that it wasn't the thought it was. Perhaps woman's new way of deal! than the antiquated metheds. to conjure with that they g with men is more effective But T doubt it, and I often wonder if the reason for so much marital unhappiness, so many unfaithful husbands and so many divorces, so many marriages that started out so prosperously and with such good prospects but go on the'rocks, is not that women h-:e Eu.:'d‘w appeal to the best in men. Fon, after all is said and done, the spiritual force is the strongest thing in a ma: n's life. It is what he believes that holds him. It is his ideals that determine his conduct. Take away from him all reverence for womanhood and he has nothing left to cling to. It is true that woman’s saered influence was not as all-powerful as she once thought it to be, but for all that it did awaken man; conseience and it did set many a man’s stumbling feet on & man's slumbering e right road. Many & man was given the strength to do right because he knew the woman he loved was praying for him, Admittedly the man of the past did not live up to the high ideal that women set for him, but now we have no ideal. 80 I think won is highest and best in man. wives; women have made a great mistake in losing the appeal to what It does not make them more desirable to men as 1t does not make marriage more stable. Nor is it for the good of the child and the home. And it destroys man's reverence for ;g%-on. which is a very great loss indeed. The Sidewalks THY DIX. (Copyright, 1929.) of Washington BY THORNTON FISHER. Bcene—One of Washington's darce muxnnu at noon. of characters—Customers, wait- ers, headwaiters, check girls, orches- tra and chow meln, Enter a young couple, escorted to table near orches- tra platform. She — You were three minutes late and I had to wait | & for you, What de- }/ tained you? He—The boss— ta-dum ‘de rum dum dum di do dum (ffeaning or- chestra) dum di do —and that's the reason I was held It m deedle 1 do dum— lum deedle de di do— He—Who? I couldn’t hear you. She—May Br—tum baroom dum di do_bum bum—— , yeah? I don’t think that they will—deedle di de dum borum dum. e—Well, here comes the walter. Let's see what I—barom de dum deedle de dum dum— He—T'll have the same thing, I think, with a little—da da dum de dum bum m%my de dum dum. ‘aiter—What will you—dum di did- dle dum da rum tum—— She—And bring the coffee later with the—dum de di do deedle squeak—— He—You are beautiful teday. Your eyes are like a couple of—di do dum deedle ta bum rum deedle. 8l George, you are—dum de dum de deedle de dum bum. He—Daggone that orchestra! I can't hear—tar rum-m-m-m bum de di do dum deedle-barum. She—Look at those two girls dancing m!ethar. I don't see what pleasure they out of dancing with—de do dum um rum deedle di do runk bum. He—~I didn’t hear you an account of Yell louder so that I ufl—-b\m dum deedle dido he—I said—bum . tootls dum dido dum—you are. He—What did you say? I'm afraid you'll have to send me a telegram, be- cause I can’t—rum tum deedle de dum dum di do deedle. - 8he — There! Thank ess T think they have finished that dance. (Applause from the dancers.) Perhaps we can hear each other now. (Orches- tra plays an encore.) He—I had the car overhauled last m and it’s running like a—rum duma de di do dum. Waiter returns with food which he starts to serve. He-—We didn’t order those—dum de Mwmmume de di do de rum ‘Waiter—You say—ee—chow—dum dum bum da rum bum bum bum de bum. He—No, I ordered — (Another ‘dum deedle te tum tum whoo! She—I think they're going te umE in a minute, George. So don't try bum deedle bum dum trum trum dum de _di do dum. He—Well, I do like the piece they a:: playing now. It reminds me of night that we—rum tum di do dum do deedle. She—There! Now_they've stopped. Don't send this order back. The waiter couldn’t hear you when you ordered on account of the music. h, therc’s Joe and Gertie. Hi, Joe. Hi, Gertie, No, I only met Gertie once. I swear I never took her out. But I say I never did. I'm not fooling. Aw, don’t get mad about nothing. She’s been ‘ol with Joe for six years. Me. What %hevar kiss her? ' Aw, be yourself, m I piek ‘em, T pick ‘em right. Like you, for the example. Why compared with you, honey, all the rest of ’em are “selling-platers.” Listen, you've got 1o business accusing me of looking at other women. All right! All right! Make our day miserable. Look at the sun shining outside and the car and soon we'll be out on No, that isn't a re- Now, P says to g with my little sweetie.” girl yesterday? Well, if you must know I accidentally ran into her and she was going my direction and I couldn't say “Don’t walk with me” why you are so suspicious. By the way, who was that guy you nodded to just as we came in? Oh, ye friend of the fam- ily. Oh, yeah? Don't tell me. I'm not six months old. I don't like him. You say he's a perfect gentleman. How do you ? I never like s with slick, oily hair pushed back. How many es did you ever go out with him before you knew me? Well, I don't care, It means nothing tg me #ay_you used 80 A‘flnlesauce. Why I— do dum bum tum ‘Thank goodness the orches- ‘t;lh's lhfledwn’ .Pm?idccurn. I lo:z gnu. y. lum e de dum dum dum di do deedle. Waiter, give me the check so we can—dum bum di do dum dum deedle. Which proves that an orchestra is not without its advantages. . Stuffed Cabbage. With & very sharp knife hollow out one firm gabbage fram the stalk side. Cook it rapidly for 15 minutes in' two quarts of beiling water, to which has been added two teaspoonfuls of salt and -fourth teaspoonful of baking sods. g::in the cabbage and press gently to les) Tt & Ginful of chopbed nut meats and e Botee viin s i . & Souble Kot of chetsecloth and: boll for 16 minutes without covering the saucepan. Remove the cheesecloth and serve the cabbage on 8 tter with white sauce. For & to in stri s Ga e ‘ment strips on cabbage. “Scratchin’ for a livin’ has a double meanin’ for that fellow.” Certain words given in the sentences below are wrong words. They must be replaced by correct ones. There is one word or more in capitals in each sen- tence, and it is the word that may be incorrect. Write the replacing word at the end of the sentence. But remember that some of these words may be correct. Take four min- utes to complete the test. (1) The SPHINX is a monument in an alligator. _............ (3) SAMARIA is the name of an African desert, ....... (4) A BENATOR is & half man and half horse. (5) A CENSER is one wi hibit certain publications. (6) A CELERY is a peri ance for services. . (7) A CATACOM: terfall. (8) A large gun is called a CANON, (9) ‘The river that flows through Rome is called the TIBERIUS. (10) A LLAMA is a South American (11) A gigantic statue is called a COLOSSUS. (12) The Sea of MARMORA is be- tween the PHOSPHORUS and the -Answers. ‘Words are correct unless otherwise noted. (2) Crocodile. (3) Sahara, (4) Centaur. (5) Censor. (6) Salary. (7) Cataract. (8) Cannon. (9) Tiber. (12) Bosporus (Bosphorus). OUR CHILDREN BY ANGELO PATRL Peaceful Life. ‘There are three children in the fam- ily, a boy of 13, a girl of 9, and a baby of 4 years. Home is a lively place. If one is quiet for a moment the other is up and doing. “Dear me,” said mother, “Is there never a peaceful minute to be had in this life? It seem$ to me that I ought to have some peace and quiet.” ‘Well, so she ought, but she will have to take it by main force, for children are never quiet, never peaceful elements in a household. The essence of their lives is action and action means noise and frouble and worry. The only time 3 her, feels safe about a child is she ‘sees him asleep. 1t is not possible to live happily with children unless they have something to do. The best thing to “do” is always something useful. A child likes to feel responsible. Wise mothers start early in the child's life to let him feel him- self a part of the family and therefore responsible for part of its business and all of its success. It is hard to be patient while a child learns to do things about the house. It is far easier to do them one’s self than it is to direct the fumbling hands and groping mind of an eager child. It re- quires a lot of understanding of life’s purposes to accept with praiss a child's uneven, crude, unlovely product. But if one can discipline himself to do just that, the peaceful life has already dawned upon his horizon. ‘The happiest family is the busiest one. When each child has his task and attends to it, while they may argue @ bit and jostle each other in anxiety to get the first and best of the business, they will be steadily merging into a family unity and that, too, is peace. Of course, if a family has servants the troubles are more varied and nu- merous for there is little left for the children to do. But most of us have the privilege of doing our own work and the children can have a share of it. The home chores are what bind children to home and each other. They may complain about them, we all do— but the saving grace remains. Children are 'unhappy in the home that they do not share. Sharing means more than shelter and food and clothes. It means that from the very beginning mother and father made room for the children. Home became “our home.” The children were given to understand that they were a part of every plan, part of every decision, that they were considered before any action was taken. And as soon as they could understand & question of family inter- est it was put before them and their opinion asked and heard. Children brought up in that kind of a home are peaceful. Not that they are ever silent—that would mean death —but they are happy because they count. They are happy because they have been recognized as people. They respond with love to love and under- standing. They take to responsibility as & duck takes to water—if they get the chance. Try it and see. But begin early. (Copyright, 1929.) Lemon' Pie. Cook and wash one medium-sized potatg, add the juice and grated rind of lemon, one cupful of sugar, two beaten egg yolks and half a eurml of potato water boiling hot. Soak for five minutes, then place in a cooked pie cryst, cover with meringue made from the egg whites, and brown. Freshness One more reason why SALADA stands so far ahead in the tea industry. The metal package preserves the freshness. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Character in Coiffures. ‘The thing that often distinguishes the homemade gown from the professional creation is a certain lack of sophistica- tion in details and fit. oS e co! 3 home dressmaker can make clothes that are not a whit less chic than the most C ive importations, y the same attention to detafls mi- mymymmmmwmmlrn t her coiffure will be becoming and modish. Readers of this column some- times send me their photographs when they ask for coiffure suggestions. The trouble with most of these coiffures is that they lack character. “The waves in the hair are not definite enough. The hair has not been treated decoratively with reference to the shape of the face and the features. The part has not been put in at just the right point. ‘Too much or_too little of the forehead is shown. The eyebrows are too pale or oo lcn{g_ny. ‘The first essential in building a chic coiffure is to study face. Don't place the part in & hit-or-miss fashion, but experiment until you have found the best position for it. "Now decide how much of your forel needs to be cov- ered. If your forehead is broad and high, use & side part and bring your hair in a deep clP over the center of your brow (A.) Ii au use water-wav- ing combs, it will easy enough to bring this first wave over your forehead. If you use kids or hot irons, the same idea should be kept in mind. Never have a “washboard” marcel in which the ripples are as stiff and even as a corrugated sheet of iron (B). The skill- ful marceller gives a graceful swing to each wave. When the first wave in a side part coiffure is deep, the second wave comes forward on the upg:: part of the cheek bone. When the first wave is shallow, the second wave naturally comes for- taking pains sional appeal ward over the temple to the outer cor- ner of the eye; the third covers the ears and curis forward below the cheek bone (C). It is this sharp, well defined un- dulation of waves that gives a profes- rance to the coiffure. The part on the temples and in front of the ears’ also adds to the decorative effect and gives a sophisticated air. Short, unruly hairs should be trained into “spitties” or else concealed by waves. Girls and women who have been in the habit of curling their hair for a number of usually find that their front hair is uneven in length. There are many short hairs which must be trained to blend in with the longer hair s0 that the coiffure will look smooth and well groomed. Brilliantine may be combed through the hair and then the palms of the hands may be used to stroke the short, broken hairs and make them lie down. Hair nets are useful articles, but the colffure looks smarter without them un- less there are many fuzzy ends of hair that cannot be kept in place. The coif« fure without a net is more youthful., (Copyright. 1029.) WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO BY MEHREN K. THOMSON. We believe in magic because we be- Teve in luck. We believe in luck be- cause we feel so insignificant and help- }nu in tmdduuh“te‘l powers an forces beyond our control. ‘The world is not altogether to our liking. There is too much pain an not enough happiness. We are not any less credulous than the savage. He believed in good and evil spirits as the forces which worked in his favor or against him. We believe in natural forces which may work for us or against us. But the mystery is nonetheless pro- found. is the art of controlling the environment to our advantage. So long as there are forces beyond our control, and so long as we demand special leges, we shall wg:cmn;‘: believe in magic and to e le. Selence has its appeal and its dev- otees, but it can never replace wic entirely. Seience is too cold-| jed and methodical. Magic appeals to the romantic in us. Building an independ- ent income h the laborious methods of sound iness and har labor and thrift is well enough, but it can never have the same appeal as the wildeat scheme which promises to make us rich overnight. ‘We enjoy watching the magician per- form 'e:len by & wave of the magic BEAUTY CHATS ‘Wrinkles. There are several reasons why the skin wrinkles. One is because of the oils in the system being absorbed more and mare as people become elderly. The other is because of the relaxing and dropping of minute sets of muscles. In the former case the skin suffers for the MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Pass This Test. Ty y ing children gets a little chart with these five questions on it, and five spaces after each. Before he leaves for school he writes answers—"Yes" or “No"—o0p- m@; each question in the space for at day. For a perfect record, 25 “Yes” marks, each child gets 25 cents at the end of the week. Each “No” brings a fine of 1 eent. I find that this plane does away entirely with the unpl it necessity of asking each of them all those ques- tions myself each morning. (Copyright, 1929.) d | years to mature d | impatient. wand and his hocus-pocus. The ma- gician grows shrubs and trees in an instant, while it takes nature years and the tree and months to ripen the fruit. wl" practice magic because we are We want what we want when we want it. We don't want to wait; we don't want to labor and sweat for it. The promotors of wildcat schemes capitalize this human weak- ness. These business magicians collect a fee of more than three billion dol- lars annually. Ignorance and magic are closely re< lated. And yet the most enlightened is not wholly free of magic and super- stition. There is a normal desire for mystery and wonder. We like to_spin yarns and tell mystifying tales. What would life be worth without the element of mystery? The imagination would decay for want of exercise. . To the savage the art is the serious means of securing control over the forces of nature, to aid him in his struggle for food, shelter and conquest. d|To civilized man magic is a pas and a thrill producer. We worship science. Selence is our national reli- glon. But we backslide into magic oce casionally because it appeals to the primitive in us. (Copyright, 1929 BY EDNA KENT FORBES need of oil. So it is important to mas- into it as much oil or cream as it il require to keep it in good condition. In the latter case use an astringent, as it helps to keep the skin taut. A skin that needs oil will be very dry, and it will appear to have many fine lines. But if it is given a light massage with finger tips while the pores are taking up the cream most of these lines will he gone. A very dry skin is like a dry piece of leather, and you know from experience how this would crack unless you softened it with some oil. The very young skin needs no creams except for times when a cleansing cream must be used, or_for other extraordinary occa- sions. Elderly women need cream or oil for their skins every day, as by feeding the skin enough fo keep it soft there wili be fewer lines. ‘Women of any age, however, can keep these little disfiguring lines out of their skin indefinitely if they give the skin & good cream whenever it needs it, and use some form of astringent treatment moderately. Cold water or an ice rub every day is an easy and healthful method for keeping the skin taut. Few skins will need much else than this, and it is not drying as most astringents are. n g for lines work the cream thoroughly into the skin, and this extra care will also tend to stimu- late the blood. All movements should be upward and toward the temples of the face, and for the forehead rub the lines as if ironing them out with finger tips. Dieting—Doris B.—There are 100 cal« orfes in a nblesg:onlul of mayonnaise, 60 calories in a tablespoonful of 40 per cent cream, 30 calories in a lump of sugar, about 25 calories 1 a slice of pineapple, 30 in the usual tomato por- tion of a salad and 10 more in the let« tuce. A slice of whole-wheat bread about 4!, inches square and !z inch thick will contain about 70 calories, ‘Whale milk has the cream and skimmed has had the cream taken from it, and the former contains 60 calories to 3 ounces. Mrs. B. D. B—I shall be glad to reply to your request through the mail if you u;ld me a self-addressed, stamped en= velope. tt—Almond meal is somewhat oily, but since you cannot get it, increase the cornstarch in the blackhead formula to 3 ounces instead of the 2 ounces calleq for, and rub into the mixture about twa tablespoonfuls of olive oil. Sugar’s five uses in the diet . . . Authority explains this delicious food ‘WE RECENTLY asked the food scientist at one of the great mivnfidu to describe the rl!ilthl place of s ugar has five e di stinctive uses,” he said. “1. A consezver of foods. 2. A flavoring sub- stance. 3. A satiation factor. 4. A staple fuel. 5. An emergency fuel. 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