Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1929, Page 47

"WOMA N°'S PAGE. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Baldness in Spots. Dear Miss Leeds—I have had trouble with dandruff and ringworm on my scalp, but I am rid of them now. My hair is tn fine condition now and I brush it and massage my scalp daily, but I have two bald spots in front and my hair is rather thin. Will my hair grow in on these spots? My health is none too good. JAMES H. B. Answer—The usual treatment for baldness in spots, called alopecia are- ata, includes hot oil treatments and painting the spots with jodine. You may use castor oil or a commercial scalp oil mixture for this purpose. Warm ofl in a double boiler or set it in a jar in a pan of boiling water. Ap- | or promote ofliness. ing treatment with a facial pack made of cornmeal or barley flour mixed with milk or rose water. Leave the soothing pack on until dry. Or you may make & face pack out of any good food cream. Spread it thickly over your face, lie down and relax for about half an hour before wiping it off. LOIS LEEDS. Faclal Hair, | Dear Miss Leeds—I have considerable | “down” on my face and though it is | not. dark or very noticeable, I would like to know if the frequent use of | cleansing cream might have a tendency | to promote the growth of hair. Also, it | washed off thoroughly, does it tend to | make the skin ofly? VERA. Answer—If you wipe off the cream | well and wash your skin afterward there will be no tendency to grow hairs It is natural to have some “down” on the face. LOIS LEEDS. | ply it to the scalp quite warm, but not hot enough to burn, of course. After covering the scalp with the ofl wring out a towel in hot water and wrap it around your head. Before this cools replace it with a second hot towel. Re- peat .the hot applications about four times, leaving the last on until cool. Now wash your scalp and hair and dry thoroughly. ‘The jodine may be painted on the bald spots with a small paint brush once a day for three or four succes- sive days. Since you have been hav- ing scalp trouble it would be better for you to go to a specialist in hair troubles for these treatments. The iodine may be too irritating if your scalp is still sensitive, but your bair specialist could judge how best to adapt the treatments to your individual needs. Of course, you should also build up your general health, as hair health depends a great deal on general physic:lfol’l;ness. Correcting a Dry Skin. Dear Miss Leeds—Please send your advice on how to correct a dry skin and suggest a facial pack also. MRS. CHARLES O'B. Answer—You forgot to inclose @ stamped, self-addressed envelope with your request so that I could send my Teply through the mail. A very dry skin may be the result of a wrong diet or wrong local treatments. My first suggestion to you is to build up your general health. For a local treatment, cleanse your skin with a cleansing cream or ofl at bedtime, then wash it with warm water and pure castile soap. Rinse very thoroughly, dry and rub in a little food cream if your skin feels sensitive or dry. Once a week follow the daily cleans- Everyday Law Cases In Breach of Promise Case May Plaintiff Prove That Defend- ant Is Rich? BY THE COUNSELLOR. | ‘Taking the witness stand in her suit against Thomas Reed for having jilted her, Julia Gummer told of his many promises of a life of happiness and ease if she agreed to marry him, of her ac- ceptance, and finally of his having abruptly broken the engagement. “Is Mr. Reed a rich man? What is his financial worth?” asked her. at- torney after she had finished her story. “Objected to!" cried Reed's counsel. “Testimony of the wealth of the defen: ant is improper. What difference does it make as to the degree of the wrong committed whether the defendant is poor or rich? Both rich and poor are entitled to the same protection and should be punished equally. ‘Testimony of this nature tends to prejudice and discriminate against the rich.” ‘The court, however, overruled the ob- Jection and admitted the evidence, stating: “The amount of the suitor's means is a factor of some importance in the mat- ter of & promise to marry.. .It is & cir- cumstance which very frequently must have its particular influence upon the mind of & woman in determining the questions of consent or refusal. ~The ability of the man to support her in comfort is a matter which may be weighed in connection with an agree- ment to marry. The man's wealth might measure the plaintiff's expecta- tions, and consequently upon a breach of the promise the extent of her disap- pointment.” Ants as Mushroom Growers. In Brazl scientists have observed muititudes of ants which -climb trees, lace themselves on the surface of a next cutting with their claws a nearby semi-circular incision on the upper side, and later detaching the plece by taking the edge between the jaws and gi a sharp jerk. The leaves are taken into subterranean chambers, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, MAY 16. 1929. WORLD FAMOUS STORIES THE COURAGEOUS WOMAN. “The problem of bringing up kids looks to me more like one of keeping ‘em down.” N Soup. Accompaniments. Garnish a soup with tiny cubes of | toast. Split some small round crackers and spread them with butter, then brown delicately in a moderate oven and serve with soup, or you can spread the crackers with butter and grated cheese and then brown. Cut some pastry trimmings into tiny squares. Bake and serve in soup. Beat the whites of two eggs and mix them with half a cupful of thick to- mato sauce, a pinch of salt and pepper and a few drops of tabasco sauce. Spread on a shallow pan and bake. Cut into small squares and serve in soup. Abe Martin Says: X oy I wonder of the sugar trust ever stops to consider what it owes to rhu- where they ferment and decay, forming | ba; & leaf-mold, mushrooms. which the ants grow rb? My idea of & mess is when waffles an’ sirup an’ a paper napkin git together. For sandwiches - - - bread must stay fresh full of flavor SUNNY day, a country road and ahamper packed with sandwiches that stay as fresh as the minute they were made.$ No matter how late your lunch hour they won’t be limp and tired, or dried up and crumbly. “The firm, moist crumb of Rice’s Bread keeps its creamy consistency and appetizing flavor. ‘The loaf is such a convenient shape and the golden crust so tender, that sandwiches look well even with crusts left on. You can slice it paper thin while it is still oven-fresh, too. Fresh, rich milk and extra shortening, slow baking clear through in the famous split-top loaf give Rice’s Bread the deliciously different flavor that makes it so marvelous, not only for toast and plain bread-and-butter but for sand- wiches. All the familiar bread dishes, too, have a new richer flavor when you use Rice’s for them. Try it for brown betty, canapes, crumb griddle cakes, French toast, or bread pudding. Your grocer gets Rice’s rich, nourishing loaf fresh twice a day—morning and afternoon. Try a loaf today. Notice the seal of The City Baking Institute on the wrapper. That is your guarantee of tested ingredients and scientifi- cally perfect baking.” RICE'S BREAD BY HONORE Honore de Balzac, novelist and ~story great collection of Human Comedy." She did not like the look of the house at all, but the poor little hunch- back woman was so tired out with carrying her bundle of hemp to,market that she went in regardless. Besides, the night had come and she couid go no farther. She only asked to be al- lowed to sleep there, and ate nothing but a crust of bread that she took from her wallet. And inasmuch as the 0, was & French author of the known as “The DE BALZAC. |said the short ruffian when he saw that the hunchback did not stir. That is how the woman saved her |life. And she may be fairly called courageous, for it is a fact that there are not many women who could have | breathed like cherubs when they heard that talk going on about the pIgs. Well, the two brigands set to work | to 1ift up the dead man. They | him around in the sheets and chucked | him out into the little yard, and the |old woman heard the pigs scampering woman who kept house for the brigands | up to eat him and grunting “Hoh, hoh! knew nothing about what they had) So when morning came the woman planned to do that night, she let the|got up and went down, paying a couple old woman into the house and sent her | of sous for her bed. She took up her upstairs without a light. Our hunch- | wallet, went on just as if nothing had back threw herself down on a rickety | happened, asked for the news of the bed, said her prayers, thought about her | countryside, and got away in peace. hemp, and was dropping off to sleep. Before she was fairly asleep she heard a noise, and in walked two men, carry- ing a lantern, and each man had a knife in his hand. Then fear came upon her, for in those times, look you, they made cakes of human flesh for the lords, who were very fond of them. But the woman plucked up her heart again, for she was so thoroughly shriv- eled and wrinkled that she thought they would think her a poorish sort of diet. ! The two men went past the hunchback and walked up to a bed there in the great room, ih which was sleeping a gentleman with a big portmanteau, who had stopped there for the night. The taller man held up the lantern and took the gentleman by the feet, and the short one, who was pretending to be drunk, clutched hold of the head and cut his throat, clean, with one stroke—swish! Then they left the head and body lying in its own blood up there, stole the portmanteau, and went_downstairs with it. i | Here was the woman in a nice fix! First of all, she thought of slipping out before any ome could suspect it, not knowing that Providence had brought her there to glorify God and to bring down punishment on the mur- derers, She was in a great fright, and when one is frightened one thinks of nothing else. But the woman of the house had asked the two brigands about the hunchback woman, and that had alarmed them. So back they came, creeping softly up the wooden stairs. The poor hunchback curled up in ball with fright and heard them talk- ing about her in whispers, “Kill her, I tell you!” Then they came in. The woman, who was no fool, shut her eyes and pretended to be asleep. She set to work to sleep like a child, with her hand on her heart, and took to breathing like a cherub. The man opened the lantern and turned the light straight into the eyes of the sleeping woman. She did not move an eyelash. She was in ter- ror for her life. “She is sleeping like a log. You can see that quite well,” said the tall one. “Old women are so cunning,” an- swered the short man. “I will kill her. We shall feel easier in our minds. Be- 5\]48!, we will salt her down to feed the pigs.” The old woman heard all this talk, but she did not stir. “Oh, it i1s all right—she is aslee) " justice. The woman reached her house at | midday and waited there till her hus- |band came home. She thought and | thought over all that had happened on {her journey and during the night. The | hemp grower came home in the eve- ning. He was hungry. Something must | be got ready for him to eat. So while she greased her frying pan and got |ready to fry something for him she told him how she sold her hemp, and gabbled away, but not a word did she | say about the pigs, nor about the gen- tleman who was murdered and robbed |and eaten. She held her frying pan in | the flames so as to clean it, drew it out again to give it a wipe, and it seemed to be filled with blood. |« “What have you been putting in this pan?” she asked her man. | “Nothing,” sald he. | She thought it must have been her |fancy, and put her pan in the fire | again. Then—pouf! A head came | tumbling down the chimney! “Oh, look! It is nothing more nor less than the dead man’s head, {the old woman. “How he stare: me! What does he want?” “You must avenge me!” seemed to say. | “What an idiot you are!” said the | hemp grower to his agitated wife. “You |always see things that are not there. | Just you all over.” He took up the head, which snapped at his finger, and pitched it out into the yard. “Get on with my omelet,” he said, | “and don’t bother yourself about that. |1t was only a cat.” Tap, tap! There was a stranger rap- ping at the door. “Who is there?” “The man that died yesterday,” was the answer. “Come in,” said the hemp grower. So the traveler came in, sat himself down on a three-legged stool, and said: | “Are you mindful of God, who gives |eternal peace to those who confess His name? Woman, you saw me done to death, and you have said nothing. I have been eaten by the pigs. The pigs do not enter Paradise, and therefore I, a Christian man, shall go down to hell, all because & woman forsooth will not speak—a thing that has never been known before. You must deliver me.” ‘Then the traveler went away, ‘The woman was by now th&roughly a voice ing was greater than her fear of speak- ing. She cleaned her frying pan, put on her Sunday clothes, and went to the She told him about the crime, frightened, and her fear of not speak- | AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “I don't lose my temper much, but T don’t want no policeman holdin’ ‘me up when I've left a cake in the oven.” Curried Rice. ‘Wash ofie cupful of rice and boil for 20 minutes in two quarts of boiled salted water. Then drain and rinse with hoi water. Melt two tablespoonfuls of but- ter or any fat, add one teaspoonful of curry powder and two tablespoonfuls of flour. Stir until well blended, then add two cups of water or equal parts of milk and water and one boullon cube. Stir until slightly thickened. Season to taste with salt and add one teaspoonful of lemon juice. Stir in the rice, reheat and serve very hot with lamb chops, veal or chicken. Fruit Marshmallow. Soak one tablsepoonful of gelatin in one-fourth cupful of cold water for five minutes. Heat half a cupful of fruit juice to the boiling point, using any kind of fruit juice, and stir into it the gelatin. Add two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice and one-third cupful of sugar. When it begins to thicken add one beaten egg white, one cupful of diced-marshmallows and the fruit. Fold in one cupful of cream whipped and blend thoroughly. Pile in glasses and chill for an hour or longer and serve with whipped cream. This recipe serves six. which was then brought to the light. The robbers were broken on the wheel in proper style on the market place. This good work accomplished, the woman and her husband always had the finest hemp you ever set eyes on. Then, which pleased them better still, they had something that they had wished for a long time, to wit, a man child, who in course of time became a great lord of the king’ | the Bible that after creating the earth FEATURES. WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO BY MEHRAN K. THOMSON. ‘There is both a historical and & psychological reason why we have | Sundays. Historically, our modern Christian Sunday is the lineal descendant of the Jewish Sabbath. which fell on Satur- | day. The ancient Hebrews placed great emphasis upon the Sabbath, the symbel of their religious life. We are told in | and all living things in six days the Lord rested on the seventh or Sab- bath day. It is not difficult to see why so much of the religious life is bound up in the observance of the Sabbath and why so many acts are prohibited on this holy | day. One of the so-called blue. laws of New England forbids a man to kiss his wife on Sunday. Sunday is now observed less as a holy day and more as a holiday. It is the occasion for playing golf, motoring, plenicking and engaging in other ac- tivities that one has not time for dur- ing the week. Commercialized amuse- ments, such as the theater. athletic contests, dancing and the like, have ;Iéme much to break down the holy day ea. BRAIN TESTS Allow one minute for this te: pare the rows of figures below, and within that time pick out the row of figures that adds up to the highest total in each group. You have only 20 seconds for each; so do it by com- paring them rapidly. Group 1. E 2—0—1—4—4—2—-2—4—1—; Group 2. A 5—2—4—4—4—1—1—1—4—1 Group 3. A 7 C 6—4—6—6—5—6—5—5—4—3 D 5—2—4—5—6—T—6—5—T1—5 E 8—4—4—6—4—4—4—545 Pick the line which you think has the highest total. Do not worry about the second best in any particular group. Answers. Group 1, E had the righest total. In group l’) E led. The highest in group 6 — it must con= tain omnly the very best eggs and oil” “I have used Hellmann’s for seven or eight years. Like lots of other cooks, I didn’t think prepared mayonnaise could be really good. But Hellmann’s is as fine as any mayonnaise you can mix in your kitchen. Its flavor is delicious, and it is always absolutely uniform. It’s easy to see it must contain only the very best eggs and pure oil.” —Nellie McFadden This is why Nellie McFadden, cook for Mrs. Nicholas Biddle of Philadelphia, insists on Hellmann's, N the homes where the most tempting salads are served, where the choicest, most luscious fruits and vegetables are made into new and delightful combinations —those are the homes where Hellmann’s Mayonnaise is treasured. Hellmann’s has the full, rich taste of real mayonnaise, which comes from the very best of ingredients—choice eggs, delicate salad oil, pure vinegar, rare spices—and nothing besides these. Hellmann’s js blended with painstaking care from a treasured recipe of old France. And tireless, hour-long beating gives it that Thus, while Sunday and the Sab- bath have a religlous origin and pur- pose, their usefulness does not end there. . A day of rest is a physical and psychological necessity. The rhythmic nature of man requires one day in seven for relaxation and rest, rest in the sense of change and diversion. One needs to get away from the constant grind of the daily task every so often if he is to retain any interest and en- thusiasm for his work. Every foot ball coach knows what it means to have his team go stale; so does every manager of a base ball team or a prize fighter. In times past certain countries have tried to abolish Sunday as a needless waste of time and in every case they have had to come back to it. One day in ten has also been tried withcut success. ‘The seventh day as a day of rest is a psychological necessity. To some it means a holy day. to others it is merely a holiday. But to all it means change and relaxation which is demanded by our physical and mental make-up and without which life would become a burden. (Copyright, 1929.) Frightened at a mouse, Mrs. John Shillan stepped back into a threshing mill at Garlieston, Scotland, recently, and was killed. FAMOUS COOKS to your grocer. even, velvety texture which never varies. In six different parts of the country this mayonnaise is made in spotless, shining kitchens and rushed from the nearest one Each jar must be as fresh when it reaches you as the salad upon ness and flavor everywhere, “—x which you use it, and its luscious smooth- must never vary. That’s why Hellmann’s satisfies the finest cooks Buy a jar of Hellmann’s today and keep it always on hand. At all grocers. The popular family size is 15 pint—25¢. Other sizes, 8)2 ounce, pint; and quart jars. find that Hellmann’s makes the best salad” “You can tell by the way Hell- mann’s tastes that it contains fine eggs and pure oil. It has the true mayonnaise flavor. I use a lot of mayonnaise and I find Hellmann’s makes the best salad. I have used it for more than four years. It is equally satisfactory plain or as a base for Thousand Island, Hol- landaise, or Russian Dressing.” — Anna Connolly So says Anna Connolly, cook in the Allister McCormick home in Chicago, celebrated for its hospitality.