Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1929, Page 24

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. O. SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1929. FEATURES,’ Treatment of Window Cornices BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. THESE CORNICES LEND DISTINCTION TO WINDOWS. A most interesting scheme in con- and Mfs comect use mark he toue | Aar of e decorator. ever, for Soction with' earnioms, oarrled out Y | 4piyricy “use. o er that already | ens of the fine decorators in Aressing | Antshee ‘the walls. windows attractively in homes, Will be| Where a border is used on the e 2 tor & plal paper fabric effect shoul i “6;00 :‘ d:r used and the” wooden molding edge | who ‘wishes to save monev without de-, 1, “yalance board. 1f the walls are tracting from artistry. The ingenuity covered with gaily patterned paper. of the idea invests it with interest. |then. too, the covering for the valance board should be plain.. Or if an ex- The simplicity of executing it enhances tremely tailored type of wall finish is its value for the home decorator, while desired the I"l hne:mw"fllllm 'medn be the beauty of the effect wins approba- | plain as well as walls an LY color contrasting harmoniously. It tion of all whe see it, the majority of {4 ‘aecent some hue in the deco- whom will have no idea how the effect | rative scheme of the room. A plain ia | textile may be used equally well, and | very narrow cornice, or valance often is, but this slightly increases the as it is sometimes called, is used, | cost. exact width varying with the deco- | These valance boards are smart as ecessities of & room. The board | need be, however, when wallpaper bor- | as narrow as 3 inches. It has dering covers them. Owing to their short side pieces, making even height from the floor the texture of | ornaments] where the board | the covering is not discernible. It is, the window, allowing ' the beauty of the design that carries | the curtain Tods underneath. | and its harmony with the decorative inch molding | scheme. . ‘This molding | It lreque;tly h;:penu“thfl cr:ow::n ‘wood or be pine, painted | are made mal wallpaper borders. e the valance board, | A delightful ensemble effect is produced e in silver or | when the border is used for the valance etal finish. In some boards (omitting it, of course, on the ‘molding is omitted and & | walls) and the matching cretonne is or silver paper is substi- | used reservedly in the furnishings of marring the effect. I'.h: room.- When the cornice is covered 3 ‘consists of a | with a patterned material or paper, the .paper border over.the board. | hangings for the windows should be Could anything be simpler? But the | plain. Tie-backs of the textile may be | tion in selecting the border | used to advantage. "WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO BY MEHRAN K. THOMSON. LS I £ ] Of course, it is not the pleasantest thing in the world to live with a per- son who has & superiority complex. The better-than-thou attitude of such a is decidedly ~unpleasant. It grates on our own self-importance, We hate the egotist, the swaggerer, the .| vain and boastful fellow. Nevertheless, when it comes to getting results, such d | & person has a better chance than the | timid fellow who dares not say his| soul is his own. | The superiority complex is better | than the inferiority complex because of the law of autosuggestion. By sug- gesting success to yourself you have a better ehance to succeed than if you suggest the opposite. The idea in the mind is bound to make a difference. It gets control of the muscles and the brain centers and directs, modifies and suj complex. | otherwise affects your actions so as to complex simply builds | bring about the expected results. upon the innate ness we feel in| This is the whole secret of Coueism. of & mew and difficult| It aims to take advantage of the laws superiority complex eap- | Of suggestion and the superiority com- elated feeling we have in gl:’x :.m" hn:lyv {e:: Ang. “:Dgl;; ccess vercom- 3 Ty Way, o and in overcom- | [\% etter~ It is good psychology. i wise n has made a fortune or nth:'m!}:npm, | won his fair lady’s hand by constantly more pleasant and profitable | thinking in terms of success. han an inferiority complex. (Copyright, 1929.) { | tic, mu type of person the superiority Materials for Evening Wraps BY MARY MARSHALL. TPashion demands much greater at-|have special wraps, made of matching tention to the matter of evening wraps|or harmonizing material. There are now than ever before. In the days| crisp light-weight taffeta dresses with ‘we still believed that all sorts of | taffeta capes that come just to the gers lurked in night air the idea | eloows. There are chiffon wraps for chiffon dresses suitable for very warm weather. And so simple are many of these new evening wraps that they do not add a prohibitive price to the dress they accompany. Many women feel, however, that to have many evening wraps s an ex- travagance. If you feel that way about it then the one evening wrap | you choose should be suitable to wear | with any of your evening dresses. | There is something to be said in favor | of black for this generally useful eve- | ning wrap, but for Summer time lighter tones are more appropriate. ‘Transparent velvet is still used— but satin crepe lends itself better to the new silhouette. ‘The sketch shows & simple model of this material, made without a lining. Wrap, circular ruf- fles and attached scarf are all made with the shiny side of the material ex- posed. Egg-shell tint or any of the | light beige tones go well with almost any color and are usually becoming to sunburned complexions. Hence they wrap. Summer frocks are trimmed with simple sorts of fancy work stitching. which give the dressmaker touch that 1s 50 desirable at present. If you would like this week’s illustrated circular showing how to make these stitches and suggesting ways to use them, please send me a stamped. self-addressed en- velope and I wil ladly forward it to you. (Copyright, 1939.) My Neighbor Says: Shake a little salt into the fat in which fish is to be fried. 1t improves the flavor of the fish. Old white window shades that have been washed and ironed make excellent covers for the ironing board. Before going away for the Sum- mer, all woolen clothing, blankets | was his possessions. are excellent shades for the evening —_— | Some of the smartest of the new A Sermon for Toda BY REV. JORN R. GUNN. | Cheap Kind of Greatness Text: “The man was very great.”"—1. Sam., xxv.2. | The name of the man referred to was Nabal, His character is drawn, after the manner of Seripture, in three or | four bold strokes. “And th:v: was & | man in Maon, whose posse:s<: were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats . . . but the man was churlish and evil in his doings.” The | word churl means “a rough, surly, ill- bred fellow.” A little later on when this man saw reverses coming, it is said of | him “that his heart died within him.” In every society men of the Nabal type are to be found; men who are over- bearing to their inferiors, intolerable in prosperity, abject in misfortune; men who fly out with flout and insult when they think themselves secure, but whose | hearts cringe before reverscs. This man Nabal “was very gre historian says. But what a m of greatness it was. consisting, not in | what he was in character or in anything | that he had achieved, but merely in the | number of sheep and goats that hore his brand over the pasture lands of Carmel. His only claim to greatness Nothing but wealth, No character. No culture. No sense of obligation to others. Nothing but money, and the cheap things that money will buy— cheap pleasures, cheap vanities, cheap social position. That describes many who possessess riches. They have noth- | ing of life's finer things. They make | themselves very great in worldly pomp | and display, but they can lay no claim to greatness in terms of character and | worthwhile Achievement. This is & cheap kind of greatness. NANCY PAGE Every Evening Wrap Has a Cape or Scarf BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. When Doris came into the dressing room of the country club on the evening of Caroline’s y she was wearing & cape which she showed with great glee. She said it was an invention of her own. To make it she had cut a large oval of soft silk and had it scalloped round the edge. This scallop was picoted. She cut two armholes and| picoted the raw edges of these. They were placed as indicated by the dotted lines in the drawing. Then when she was ready to wear the cape she slipped her arms through these holes, thus leav- ing a lower part which she gathered about her hips. The shorter, upper part was lifted and folded so that it covered her arms and made a soft line about the neck. The cape was a success. judging by the comments made by al ‘her admiring friends. ‘Two other wraps worn that evening were worthy of comment. The first one had & cowl-like back with a short cape extending over the right shoulder and held in place by a bunch of glistening flowera. showed to good advan- | tage on the turquoise blue transparent | 2777 L] — velvet of which the coat was made. ‘This wrap, like its companion wrap, had sleeves, ‘The second wrap was of soft rich brown velvet. There was a bow on the shoulder which terminated in a long scarf-like end. The loops fell over the front of the right shoulder. while the long trailing end reached almost to the hem of the wrap in back. Both these | wraps were of knee length. And both were Pod looking. And their wearers knew it, too. (Copyright, 1929.) Lessons in Engl ! BY W. L. GORDON, Words often misused: Do not sa. “Give we them papers.” Say “those papers.” Often mispronounced: Plerce, pro- nounce the ie as e in “me."” Often misspelled: Team (a set of workers or players); teem (to abound). Synonyms: Dictate, command, order, ordain, direct, decree, prescribe. ‘Word study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Appalling: such as to depress or discourage wit) fear or horror. “Appalling difficulties confronted us.” MOTHERS AND THEIR CRILDREN. 1 Buttonholes. i | | DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Comiorting Advice to the Socially Inexperienced Wife—Is Swearing at the Car a Dangerous Vice in Husbands? EAR MISS DIX—I was & poor girl who had few advantages of education and none of society. Five years ago I married a clever and ambitious man who is making a great success, ai although he loves me and is good to me, I ean see at times that he is ashamed of me because I do not know how to dress, nor what to say to people, nor even how to eat properly. I am often invited with him to places, but I always deeline because I know that I would eat with the wrong fork, or do something terrible before the evening was over. My husband would like to have me go with him, and also to entertain, but I simply can't do it because I don't know how. I want my little daughter to be proud of her mother and to be & help to my usband instead of & draw- back. What can I do? MRS, X, Answer—You are right in thinking that you must keep up with your husband, or else you will soon lose him. For if you just fade inio the back- ground of his life and take no active part in it he will soon forget you are there. A wife has to keep herself in evidence these days. And you are wise to realize that the most devastating emotion & husba1d can iee) for his wife 1s o be ashamed of her. 1t will kil his love more quic-'y than anything else on earth. For it touches his vanity on the raw. She rej:. - sents his taste, his judgment. She bears his name and is part of himself, and he cannot endure having other women smile covertly at her gaucheries or lift their eyebrows at her appearance. His own awkwardness he might ignore, or be ignorant of, or condone, but not his wife's. In the soclely to which your husband's success is taking him he will find many beautiful, eiegant, smartly dressed, accomplished women who will seem all the more alluring to him because they are more sophisticated than the women with whom he has been associated in the past. And many of these women are ruthless creatures who think it great sport to take a brilllant and talented, self-made man away from the wife he has outgrown. So, my dear lady, it is time for you to get busy. Your letter shows that you have a keen, incisive, forward-looking mind of your own, and there is no | reason why a woman with that sort of equipment shouldn't be able to catch up with her husband and march beside him. You have analyzed your situation very clearly and the answer to your | problem consists in getting private tutors. TFirst, get some teacher of literature, or some highly educated woman to read with you for a couple of hours every day. Don't undertake s college course at your age. You would get discouraged quit. Just read new bool and get your tutor to talk to you about books d about current events and explain things to you so simply that you will get a grasp on world problems. ‘Then get her to go with you to the theater and talk to you about the new plays. ‘Then read the newspapers and magazines, and in six months you should be able to carry on an intelligent conversation with any one, instead of being embarrassed and tongue-tied. Perhaps this won't give you culture in its brosdest sense, but it will give you a nice veneer of culture, and there is a lot of skimmed milk that mas- querades as cream even in intelligentsia circles. In every community there are women, who have been noted as hostesses and who have moved in the smart clothes of society, who have lost their money and would be glad to coach any social aspirant. Get such a woman to teach you how to enter & room and how to leave it, what to say to people when you are introduced to them, what forks and knives to use, what to order at a restaurant and at a tea and how to entertain at home. ‘There is nothing occult about these matters it any woman with ordinary powers of observation cannot acquire in a short time. And get somebody who speaks beautiful English to teach you how to talk. Get her to ocorrect your grammar, your pronunciation, your intonations, your phraseology, and to teach you the patter of the day, for it is just as bad to be too precise and stilted as it is to be too unconventional in your speech. As for clothes, go to a good dressmaker and put yourself in her hands and don't dare to follow your own untutored taste. Perhaps the reason you are ill- d‘r'emdh . is because you are overdressed and don’t wear the right things at the right time, ‘The American woman is the most versatile creature in the world and she can make herself over if she wants .tn.. 5 DOROTHY DI . DIAR MISS DIX—I am not in good health and my only recreation consists in my husband's taking me out in my father’s car in the evening once or twice a week, As long as there are no mishaps to the car, hushand is a peach and seems to enjoy the ride as much as I do, but lately almost every time we go out—the tires are rotten—we have a blowout, and then husband growls, “Just my luck.” And while he doesn't swear out loud, I know what he is thinking and that spolls my ride. And it makes him so grouchy that it takes a night's slesp to restore him to normal. The only time my husband ever loses his temper and acts mean is when something happens to the car. Now shall I eliminate the rides, as fixing the tires vexes him so? If I do-s0, shall I be spoiling him, or just being & good sport? SALLY ANN. Answer: Lord, child, don't you know anything more about men than to take seriously your husband's getting peeved because he has to put on & new tire? In riding along, haven't you observed that when a man is changing a tire, or peering into the innards of an automobile that is parked along the roadside, the women of the family are always gathering daisies, or gasing in shop windows at a safe distance 0 they won't hear what he is saying? Haven't you ever heard & ma remarks to his wife when she -suggested that he turn io the Tight, or turn to the left, or warned him to slow down? My dear, what men say at such a time is not fit for women and children to hear. And they are all alike. There is something in an automobile that cha & man’s entire nature d that makes the meekest, henpecked one sass Maria right to her face and say things that he wouldn't dare to say if he were sitting in & rocking chair instead of an sutomobile, and that converts the sweetest-tempered man into a grouch and a.grump. It is a good thing they didn’t have automobiles in Job's day. They would have counted him out in the first round with one. All wives know how men react to an automobile and all sensible wives overlook it and don’t think anything about it. So follow their xample and don't ‘worry over your husband’s kicking at the rotten tire. It won't do him any harm, or you, either, unless you get morbid about it. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1920.) MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE BY MOLLIE MERRICK HOLLYWOOD, Calif,, lfay 25.—If|incident closed. But when Dorothy enthusiasm is running as high in Holly- | ::M)::H came on th‘e“j ue:am fl\xyllcaée frock, noncl antly worn v wood as it once did, there is a different | y).0 white, it was i | S just too much. M method of showing it. | Mackaill removed hjer coat with !hbl:f It's a long time since I stood in the foyer of a theater at a inovie premiere 8¢ 8ide in, the lining side out. A i vi and watched the crowds file in. The | permir hor sealites’ dreced ot st side door is such easy mccess for us| | Wee things as the pre-emption of a intelligentsia, and, besides, the flood of | former husband just can't tolerate hav- arc lights in front is dismaying. But ing her sartorial effects duplicated. last night I attempted to show an East-| One man's meat is another man's ern visitor something of the village in | POI3OR. If three modistes have a faint gala mood. knowledge of the tempers of cinema Now, heretofore a Hollywood premiere beauties today, it’s safe to wager that three ebony maids will just about sweep has been & very al fresco affair—nice, | comfy rows of orange boxes and camp | their boy friends off their feet when they appear for the Saturday night tools; nice, comfy mothers and grand- mothers and youngsters, munching po- t‘:,'hooflee glittering goldenly from top to tato chips and joyously eating bananas while they flung the peels out into the path of the oncoming parade with a fine, free gesture, contented enthusi- asts, with the wide, cool sky and the warm air of early evening at their (Copyright, 1919, by North American ewspaper Alllance.) , honest cheers of enthusiasm went up from their munching mouths | when such favorites as Gloria Swanson, Charlie Chaplin and Colleen Moore passed by. There was something frank and honest and young even in the cheer of the octogenarian grandmas. When a favorite who had been half and | look into this matter of being alone. half on the fence of stardom received | That's the way a girl may find herself one of those salvos of greeting you|in this big, old wofid—all alone. knew that a producer’s recognition lay| Once in a while & girl discovers to not very far off. Strange—the orange | her dismay that she is not one slick box gang always knew it first. craft among others in a merry flotilla = folk. g of happy No, she drifts_alon, Last night there was an opening of | alone, like a dereliot -4 consequence. Al Jolson was billed 5| mud.” The other sivls, with: hels boc master of ceremonies. (He didn't shoW | friends, throng the dances and d up, but the crowd didn't know that was | the movies. She stay rem te oL going to happen.) The names of the | solitaire or listen to the radio. R stellar hierarchy had been blazoned in |~ The others sing in a grand ch the daily papers as seat holders. It had . i of flappers and cake eaters. She—this | of i ::1::4 blll.ke' ::;wm in Hollywood in & | I'm Alone girl—sing a solo unaccom- 'But the curbs were lined with anemic. | Panied. There fsn't much fur in that, I'm Alone. That was the name of the vessel Wwhich was sunk by our dry Navy. Let's ks | York troops. es | rate care and resumed it with the span- | Today in Washington History [ sl BY DONALD A. CRAIG. | May 25, | rumors were in circulation here today | in consequence of the first advance of Union troops across the river into Virginia, which began yesterday morn- ing. About 1 o'clock this afternoon a telegram from the Virginia end of the Long Bridge announced that the New Jersey troops on the Virginia side had been attacked. Immediately afterward three guns were fired—the signal for all troops here to get under arms. In a quarter of an hour many de-| tachments were assembling their | quarters in this city and some had started for the Long Bridge. Gen. Mansfield hastened at full gallop across the bridge on receiving the informa- tion, and instantly aides and orderlies were in motion toward the encampment and barracks of the various troops. The truth began to be known when a_messenger reached The Star office about 2 o'clock this aftermoon direct from the encampment and entrench- menis of the 12th New York Regiment on the Virginia side. He reported all quiet here at that time. Nearer the Long Bridge this messen- ger passed the camps of the New Jersey regiments upon which the attack was sald to have taken place. He saw them forming into line to go to the relief| of the New York 12th, in consequence | of & rumor that it had been attacked, | which had been brought by a country man who seems to have heard some fir- | ing in that quarter. Farther along toward Washington | The Star's messenger passed other Union troops who had heard of an “attack” on the New Jersey troops, | which were apparently based upon nothing more substantial than the com- motion caused in the New Jersey camp by the preparations to advance to the aid of the supposedly hard-pressed New 1361.—All sorts of wild On the Long Bridge the messenger passed flying detachments of artillery and other Union troops hastening over to the scene of the alleged battle. The | Massachusetts 5th Regiment was run- | ning toward the Virginia end of the ' bridge trailing arms and eager to get | into the fray. i In this city the streets, housetops | and_other points of vantage were | quickly occupied by curious and en- thuslastic crowds cheering on battalion. | regiment and company as they ad-! vanced to “Fight No PFight.” | | WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. 8. Patent Office. When the clothing dummy groomed the outside of nearly every clothing store and the show windows were in- cased in large shutters at closing time? || Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Sometimes the imagination serves | valuable ends. All the great inventions, | such as the steam engine, the cotton | and the airplane, are products of | their inventors’ imaginations. The in- | ventor in every case was for a long time working out in the abstract the details for a more pleasant situation. After the plans were all formulated he reduced the formula to concrete terms, | and the machine or whatever it was became a reality. ‘The principle involved this: The | inventor was trying to escape some un- satisfactory condition or situation. To put it another way, he was in quest of pleasure. i Every one, from a psychological point i | of view, is an inventor. The most hu- man of all human traits is to seek pleas- ure. Sometimes the quest for pleasure | is pursued for its own sake. This is called day-dreaming—a function of the imagination which has no end or pur- pose beyond the mental satisfaction of the moment. Children use their imaginations for this selfish, momentary pleasure a great deal. They get the habit of living in a world of day-dreams, when they are continually confronted with difficuit situations. Day-dreaming is an escape. ‘These childish habits, like all habits, tend to stick. So it comes that adults, who ought to know better, will some- times lapse into childhood ways cf seek- ing pleasure, especially when .on.pen- sating for disappointments or reverses. | Home in Good Taste BY SARA NILAND. One of the most conservative types of table for use in the living room, hall, dining room or bedroom is the William and Mary lowboy shown in the fl- lustration. Its charm lies in its versatility, for there is scarcely a home which can af- ford to be without this piece, which may be used as buffet, occasional table or writing desk. Can you think of an- o ilooking men and women who left the i gum unexercised in their flaccid jaws {and didn’t bother to extract the hands | from their pockets to brighten the ad- (vent of a single blondined lady of ! Cellulotdia. In silent magnificence they passed in —brilliantined, ~curled, coiffed, cos- itumed, gardeniad. ‘The street curb {aang gave them the silenct tood and stared like so many vague fish in an overheated aquarium, then broke ranks I'and dribbled away from the side streets. | !mposing exits were made, with nobody 1but confreres and yawning chauffeurs {and taximen to behol g“:h:re?m Nov:fl wbl;:'tl can this Sober | o to avol the fun? ik First of all, she can realise that noble minds are often solitary and that great airflights are made when a Charley Lindbergh hops off alone to Parls, as he did two years ago. It's different now that he has swapped the igl‘l";.: of St. Louls for the Spirit of St. Then there are certain groups of joy riders and whoopee makers that it’ is Just as well not to be in. With them, a girl may get some excitement but more | headache and heartache. She may ac- | quire popularity, but she can more eas- ily lose reputation. 1If's better to be | | PHE THREE- QUARTER - LENGTH CAPE WITH SCARF COLLAR IS SUMMER EGG-SHELL SATIN 18 MADE LINING. ‘WITHOUT | was to get just as quickly as possible | from home to the place where we in- tended to pass the evening hours. Now and’ portieres should be cleaned and put away in cedar chests or moth-proof bags, or wrapped in newspapers with camphor. Moths thrive in warm, undisturbed places, and can work havoc in & iew weeks. All curtains, scarfs, doilles and sofa cushions should be washed and put away. Small rugs should be beaten or wrapped in newspapers. Large rugs should be cleaned and sprinkled with moth preventives. If rugs are One Mother Says: we loiter on our way and in warm veather the more time we spend in “v= open the better we like it. Many of the new evening dresses |+ P valuable and one is to be gone all Summer, it would be wise to put them in Hy atorage. | As I consider the working of button. holes one of the hardest jobs in mak- | ing my children's clothing I decided to eral garments. This 1 have accom- plished by working the buttonholes on & good strong piece of white material, : ment. After the bloomers have worn out, I rip off the band and sew it on i the new pair of hloomers I have heeqd ing a larger band oh the newer | ment by making tucks in th when T first make it and 'u» the same set of buttonholes on sev- which can be used on any color making. I have provided for their ne out as needed & the secol tting them it The real old Hollywood touch came when_the lights went on for the inter- misston, and the crowds pushed through the foyer. Then 'twas discovered that three. gelatin ladies had fallen upon the same modiste—or at least the same model—and the air became electric with the sort of tension that happens only when ladies discover they share the same man or the same model gown. llfe O'Day in gold spangles, glit-) tering like the tip-top ornament of a holiday tree, came face to face with Dorothy Mackalll, glittering goldenly in d'an ensemble that was the same to & spangle. A few glances, vulgarly known a8 dirty looks, were exchanged, and the alone than to be a member of some iher table which could be put to so \any practical uses? An Walnut or mahogany may be the inside her shell and play she's a turtle . 'inish of this piece. and over it could be of fly around in the :wn{.m like a her- 'sed a mirror with a jigsaw frame, a | mit thrush. She wants to be in the | Picture, sampler or tiered bookshelf. swim with the rest of the mermaids: In & small dining room this lowboy and mermen, and not be a silent clam | could be the only piece, aside from the on the beach, table and chairs, as it is sufficiently Maybe you think you're plain. If so, | large to hold silver and linen, and so gangs, however popular these may b:. d_yet no real girl wants to draw PARIS.—Scarves are getting almost monotonously interesting. which means we can expect them to be dropped like shows & brown and mustard searf. BEAUTY CHAT ‘How many physical gymnastic stunts can you do? The more you can do the easier you will find the task of keeping your figure slim and young. Can you do any of the following? Sit on the floor with your legs straight MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Grapefruit Oatmeal With Cream Baked Eggs Broiled Bacon Bran Muffins Coffee DINNER. Fruit Cup Brolled Beefsteak With Mushrooms Delmonico Potatoes Green Peas Tomato Salad French Dressing Btrawberry Shortcake Coffee SUBPER. Shrimp Wiggle ‘Toasted Crackers Lemon Cream Pie Tea BRAN MUFFINS. One cupful flour, one teaspoon- ful salt, one teaspoonful soda, two cupfuls clean bran, one-quarter to one-half cupful sweetening, one tablespoonful melted butter, one and a half to two cupfuls sour milk, three-quarters cupful seeded raisins or chopped nuts. Sift flour, salt, soda and mix with bran; sdd sweetening, melted butter and part of milk; then mix with dry ingredients; add raisins, dusted with flour and enough sour milk to form soft dough that will drop but not pour from spoon, but be as wet as otherwise. Bake in greased muffin tin about one- half hour. Makes 12 muffins. STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE. Two cupfuls best bread flour, two teaspoonfuls cream of tartar, one teaspoonful sods, one-half teaspoonful salt, one tablespoon- ful sugar, three-quarters cupful milk, one-half cupful butter, one tablespoonful thick sweet cream. Mix dry ingredients and sift twice. Work in butter with tips of fingers and add milk and cream gradually. Handle lightly on fioured board and divide into two parts. Pat, roll, cut lightly and bake 10 to 12 minutes in hot oven. When taken from oven spread with butter. Sweeten strawberries to taste, place on back of range until warm, crush slightly and put between and on top of cake. Garnish with whip- ped cream. If you like peaches they are nice instead of berries. SHRIMP WIGGLE. ‘Two cupfuls shrimp, one-half cupful tomatoes, one pint cream, one tablespoonful chopped onion, one cupful cooked rice, butter half size of egg. Cook onion in butter, add tomatoes and cooked rice; when hot add shrimps cut in thirds; add cream, season with salt and pepper and serve hot on crackers. Reducing the Hips. Dear Miss Leeds—(1) How can I re- duce my hips? I eat plenty of food, especially sweet stuff. Is there any way can keep myself from eating so much? (2) What is the cure for en- larged pores and blackheads? MRS. CHARLES M. Answer—(1) A good hip-reducing ex-. ercise consists of standing erect, hands on hips, and kicking vigorously back- ward. the kick with knee raised high in front; kick up as as you can bel . Repeat with each leg until slightly tired. In addition to taking special reducing exercises you should make it a habit to walk outdoors four or five miles each day. You cannot hope to lose weight or have a good figure 50 long as you overeat. Instead of eating ach, cabbage and fresh fruits t sat- |isty the lppell;cwwllhout adding to ex- cess weight. breakfast you might eat an orange and a pint of milk. For lunch eat a large fruit salad and sev- eral ed non-starchy vegetables. For dinner eat some meat or protein food the meat dinner twice a week and on the othet days have a dinner consist- ing of a starchy vegetable (bread or cereal) and several non-starchy vege- tables and a dish of stewed figs. (2) Enlarged pores and blackheads require regular daily care. Wash your night at bedtime. twice. Then press out the blackheads without bruising the skin. Pat on an In the morning wash your don't try to make up for this by an |does away with the necessity of a buf- overdose of ocosmetics, but usc your |fet. The table could be the gateleg powers of conversation. The pietty |and the chairs either Windsor or girl is often beautiful but dumb, the |derback style. other girl plainer but brighter. You! Accessorles in pewter and pressed can work your in while the other glass would be delightful with a table girl is just mak oyes. of this period. S or o] y & hard rubdwwnm".lm & dry towel. Your skin will improve when you have adopt- 50 much’ sweet food, which is so fatten- | ing, eat bulky foods, like lettuce, spi- and some non-starchy vegetables. Have | face with soap and warm water each | Lather and rinse |cises and then wipe off the cream and declining stocks in the Autumn. Worth RITA. S out in front of you, lean over slowly and touch your toes with your finger tips. See if you can do this without bending your knees. If you can’t at first, keep on trying and soon you will have loosened the tight muscles and be able to do it. This is a variation of the familiar old exercise of standing up and bending over to touch the floor with the finger tips. You should be able to do both these, and if you can't keep on practicing until you've succecdad. Can you turn s somersault? It's very good for you. Can you play leapfrog? Both these stunts are included in the gymnastic courses for women and girls. Can you do -the trick that every ballet BY EDNA KENT FORBES n;nuwlrnl\:tm;a.ln: of an uprig no for the foot, for this body to get your system in better condition. | The improvement to the skin will fol- low. For & sallow skin, choose & powder that has some carmine in it, and of & light tan shade. BRAIN TESTS After each statement below underline the word that is most logical to use as a finish to the sentence. Time limit three minutes. (1) A wise man is apt to be sleepy, | extravagant, cau L (2) People generally go to the theater for instruction. entertainment, business. (3) In beginning their education children usually learn the alphabet, astronomy, calcuius. | (4) The most characteristic feature | of a river is its breadth, length, flow. | (5) Airplanes are being used for dis- | | | | tance travel because they are danger- ous_swift, expensive. (6) The value of a dictionary lies in the number of its pages, definitions, lustrations. (7) In the central section of a large city new buildings are likely to be tall, | e. small. ‘The largest transoceanic liners vel between Europe and Japan, Ice- land, America. Answers. (1) eautious, (2) entertainment, (3) the alphabet, (4) flow; (5) swift, (6) | definitions, (7) tall (8) America. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Lines on the Neck. Dear Miss Leeds—I am 17 years old |and have two lines that encircle my | neck and almost meet behind. How can I remove them? My legs have a slight | tendency to be bowed. Is there an ex- | ercise to correct this? CONSTANCE. Answer—These lines are called Venus' necklaces and used to be much admired in the days when plump necks were in | vogue. I think that massage with tissue | cream every day will help. After cleans- ing the skin pat on the cream and give a gentle pinching massage for several minutes. Now give an upward rotary massage, with the fingers held close to- gether. Do a few neck-stretching exer- pat on an astringent lotion. In the morning wash your with cold water and rub it dry with a coarse towel. ly powder base and powder. In to the bowed legs, another reader of this column wrote me that she had improved hers greatly by riding ed a correct diet and take regular out- door exercise, Avold fv;:g;lapullon. a bicycle. The exercise devel the | muscles of the calves 3o that the legs \looked straight. 1S LEEDS.