Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1929, Page 35

WOMA N°’S PAGE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 30, 1929. THURSDAY, FEATURES. Modern Form of Princess Dress BY MARY ‘There is a world of difference between the new type of princess dress and the prgncess dress that was worn by Gibson gifls 20 years ago—the sort of dress that looked as if the wearer had been WHE NEW TYPE OF PRINCESS | SILHOUETTE IS SHOWN HERE IN A DRESS OF PRINTED SILK WITH A LACE-TRIMMED JABOT. poured in in a molten state, and that as a matter of fact required the most complicated _arrangement of boning and lining, of hook, eyes and snappers. In considering the differences be- tween the clothes we wear today and those that women wore 15 or 20 years MARSHALL. | are scantler, briefer and, from the old | point of view, less modest. The most important difference, T think, is that clothes today are so in- finitely more comfortable and that scantness and brevity are in many cases merely part of the general rule for greater comfort. The great difference between the young women of today in her attitude toward dress and that of her mother a generation ago is that the girl today insists on being entirely comfortable and any fashion that hampers her freedom or her general sense of ease is bound to be rejected So there may be revivals—so called ‘There are fuller, longer skirts but they are made to rise high in front so as to provide freedom of motion. The new princess silhouette appeals to the vounger woman because it gives & new | charm to her slenderness, but she would never consent to the sort of princess dress that required bones and tight lin- ings and closely drawn stays. This week's diagram pattern shows how to cut out & new step-in which is so simple that you really hardly need 2 pattern at all. I am sure you will want to have a copy if you are plan- ning to make any Summer lingerle yourself. If you will send me a stamped envelope, T will gladly send you & copy with a sketch of the model from which | the pattern was taken. DAILY DIET RECIPE SUMMER SQUASH AU GRATIN, Yellow squash, two pounds. Butter, one-quarter cupful. Salt, one-half teaspoonful, Pepper, one-eighth teaspoonful. Grated onion, one-quarter cup- ful. Bread crumbs, finely grated, three-quarters cupful. SERVES 4 OR 5 PORTIONS. Cut squash into small pleces. Remove seeds and fiber and wash in cold water. Place in a steam- er, cover tightly and steam until tender. Scrape squash from shell, mash and season with butter, salt, and pepper. Arrange layers of squash, grated onion and bread crumbs in a buttered cas- serole. Finish with layer of bread crumbs on top. Bake in & moderate oven about 25 or 30 minutes. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes fiber, lime, iron, vitamins A and B. Can be eaten by normal adults of aver- age or under weight and by those wishing to reduce if no bread were eaten at meals in which age we are all too apt to lay particular stress on the fact that clothes today this recipe appeared. WORLD FAMOUS STORIES A HERO By Eli Perkins (The real name of Eli Perkins, American ‘humorist, was Melville D. Landon. His work still deserves to be widely read.) “Capt. Mason used to be a drinker and a fighter himself like the other Hickory Bayou boys,” saild Col. Baker, the chairman of the Cairo Lecture As- sociation. “He's joined the church now, but he always takes care of every drunken man he sees. See, he’s putting ‘Whisky Bill into his wagon now.” “But why does he interest himself so for Whisky Bill?” I asked. “well, as I was saying, the captain used to be a drinker and a fighter him- self. He was sentenced to be shot once in the army for fighting. He struck an officer—got on a drunken frolic, and— “How did the captain escape?” I asked. “Well,” said the colonel, “Mason, with & dozen fellows from the Hickory Bayou, enlisted in my regiment. He was a lendid soldier—always ready for bat- le—one of the best men in the regi- ent, but he would have his sprees. ~@dne day, about three weeks before the J@attle of Mission Ridge, Mason brought 1a canteen of whisky into camp, and always generous, went to giving it to the boys. This was against orders; so 1 ordered my major to arrest him and put him in the guardhouse. Mason found out that the major was after him | you. with a squad of men, and, full of devil- try, he commenced dodging around behind the tents to keep from being ar- rested. But pretty quick in trying to keeg:wny from the men, he ran square against the major. “‘Here, you rascall’ said the Major, seizing him by the coat collar, without giving him a chance to explain, ‘Now you walk to the guardhouse! Tl fix you, you scoundrell!” “But in the excitement of the mo- ment Mason knocked the major flat, OUR CHILDREN BY ANGELO PATRL About Toys. Buster is 4 years old and “very stirring.” He plays hard from dawn %o dark at whatever game the boys, | usually led by himself, can make up. His activities range ali the way from tossing & ball to staging a hold-up in | the candy store. Of course, the whole neighborhood was upset by the hold-up idea, espe- cially the mothers whose children were not in it. “Very dangerous. Some- thing very wrong in the children of today. Their mothers are certainly to be_blamed.” ‘Well, let’s see. Buster, being an alert boy, goes up and down his world seeing what he can see_and the very first thing he sees as he turns the ‘corner of the street that leads to his select suburban neighborhood is & billboard that depicts strong men in action— high boots, knives, guns—great to-do’s. As_he plays on the field he hears vear-old elders telling of the “Some battle T'll tell the cock- | eyed world.” He plays the tales of | the hold-up men, he watches his supe- | riors on the field play “pirates.” Being | an intelligent lad he nates the gay! boots these pirates wear, the knife in | the right one, its handle invitingly | ready. He sees them flashing these | knives and yelling “hands-up.” He longs to be & pirate and with the pirates yell—but his _mother “You're too little for such rough games and anyway I would not allow you to own a knife. Knives are nothing to play with. It's a bad play that calls for knives even if they are dull knives says, ; and then he went and gave himself up.” “What was done about it?” I asked. “Well, Mason was tried before a court- martial for striking » superior officer, sentenced to be shot and the sentence was sent to Gen. Jefferson C. Davis to be approved. Poor Mason was im- prisoned on bread and water, with a ball and chain to each foot.” “Did Gen. Davis approve the sen- tence?” “Yes, he approved it.” h"gut. how did Mason escape being shot?” “Well, the next day, before the ap- proved sentence arrived, came the bat- tle of Mission Ridge, and our regiment was ordered forward. Mason, of course, was in the rear, under guard, with a ball chained to his ankles. We heard the Confederate cannon in front all the forenoon; we knew there was a big bat- tle on, and we needed all our men. So I rode over to the guardhouse and told Mason that we would have to leave him behind alone with his ball and chain on till the battle was over. X “'Let me go with the boys, colonel!” pleaded Mason; ‘I don't want to see the boys in a fight without me.” “‘But you might escape, Mason. - You. know there is a sentence hanging over ‘’By heavens, colonel! You ain't going to let the boys go into this fight without me!” and the tears came to his eyes. “Then," continued the narrator, “the order came from Gen. Davis for our regiment to move up and charge a redoubt, and the boys dashed forward. It was an awful sight! Twice they en- filaded us, and the bullets mowed down our men by dozens, while the Confed- erate flag still waved on the redoubt. ““‘Colonel, you must capture that re- doubt!” was the order that came from Gen. Davis. “Our men were now badly tired out, and the dead and wounded were all around us; but I got our men together, and made the final charge. What a charge! My horse was killed under me. Then we went forward in a shower of bullets. I thought they were going straight for that flag; then all at once they wavered. The bullets flew like rain and the advance men were all shot_down. “There was no one to lead and I thought all was lost. Just then I saw a man come rushing up from the rear. He grabbed a dead soldier's repeating- rifle, pushed right through the dead and dying, reached the head, and pushed up the redoubt. The boys saw him, took courage, and followed. In a moment I saw the brave fellow swing his rifle around him on the top of the redoubt, grasp the flag-staff and break it off, while the boys struggled up the side and emptied their guns into the retreating Confederates. “The day was ours! shouted: “‘Who took the flag boys?* “‘It was Mason!’ said the boys; and, looking down, I saw a broken. chain and a shackle still on his ankle.” ‘Then the narrator’s voice choked him, and the tears came into his eyes. * ‘I couldn't help it, colonel’ said Mason, ‘I couldn't see the boys fighting alone; so I got an ax and pounded off the ball and chain, and now colonel, T'll g0 back and put 'em on again.’ “‘Go back and put them on again!’ I almost cried. ‘No, sir! Mason, I'll put them on myself first. “Then,” said the colonel, “I reflected that this wasn't military, and T told the \gra\'e fellow to stay with two of the oys. “That night,” continued the colonel, “I wrote over to Gen. Davis about As I came up, I ever points a knife at anybody. and s play field, the shop win- escribes his experiences and Te- nds for the pirate boots goes with them. No,” says mother. “The whole thing is wrong. Where are your ball an your skates and your shovel and bar- fow? You haven't finished making the dog house yet. Patsy will be cold it gou don't get it finished soon.” But building a dog house is tame beside a gang of pirates so the 4-year- old villain manages be ways that are, dark to cajole a pair of the magic boots and the fascinating knife from a friend, for a consideration, drawn from the bank on the top shelf, and he and his chum, already equipped with boots and blade. swoop down _on the candy man and order him to stand and de- liver, “hands up.” He delivered both lads to their mothers, ‘The story lost nothing by being spread abroad in the land. The two young pirates are “marked men,” and their mothers are distressed out of_all proportion. 1 am the last one to advocate the “make-a-law” idea. It is not neces- sary. All that is necessary is for the mothers’ clubs to write to the toy manufacturers and say that they will guNicly denounce such toys for chil- v o and refuse. to.buy.them. for. thels * LD Mason’s bravery; how he captured the {flag and led the regiment to victory; in | fact, saved the battle; and begged him 1if he had not approved Mason's sen- | tence of death to send it back to the { court unapproved. In an hour the mes- | senger came back with the papers. The a {‘sflnwnco had been approved before the { battie, but Gen. Davis took his pen and | wrote across the bottom: | “‘The findings of the court disap- | proved, Pvt. Thomas Mason, for dis- tinguished bravery in capturing a Con- federate flag, promoted to a second ! lieutenancy.” him about his promotion?” I asked. “Well,” said the colonel, “I read him the death sentence, and its approval first. Mason sank down, his face fell on his. arm and I heard a deep groan. | Then he said, as his eyes filled with_tears: ‘Well, cononel, it is hard, | but I can stand it if any one can.’ ‘But here is another clause, Mason,” I said. ‘On account of your splendid bravery vesterday, you have been pro- moted to a second lieutenancy.’ | “Wnat, me? Colonel, me?' { *‘Yes, Lieut. Mason, you!’ | ““Thank God!’ he burst out, and the “What did Mason say when you told | posed SPRINGTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. You will not enjoy again in all the green half of the year the colors of the forest half so much as now. Mid- summer greenery has a sultry heavi- ness about it, like Midsummer air. A tree can be oppressive; there are streets in Washington that seem fairly crushed beneath elms and lindens in the hot months. But all things have their time, their perfect weeks and days, and now, it always seems to me, is the time of year when greenery is in itself a thing to love, a pattern to be_studied. Now, of course, the yellow greens predominate in every landscape; you will see few of the heavy blue greens, the almost black-greens, except in the jpines and magnolias. To me there is always a strange, suppressed power, an unperceived glory, like the beauty of young boys and girls, in these raw, yellow greens. Many people are touched with more promise, more wonder and magic, at 17 than at 47, and so it is with the leafage on a hillside, where tulip tree and maple, chestnut, oak and beech come into their first young strength. There will come a time, in the dog days, just before the Autumn colors, when their shapes are grown too long familiar. Today the leaf of each species hangs half-shaped, and the green sap of life runs fresh and ! fearsome in their veins. And what is this green sap, in reality, in essence? It bears the name of chlorophyll—that pigmentation in | leaves which, in the presence of sun- light, can turn the lifeless elements of earth, air and water into such life- sustaining products as starch and sugar, and such indispensables as wood and flax, cotton and rubber, tannin and turpentine. Almost every animal on the earth, and, above all, the animal man, is absolutely dependent upon this thin green blood of the world. Everything we wear, everything we eat, everything we burn for heat or for locomotion, is dependent upon the green leaf—na- ture’s grandest miracle, For even the animal products we use are derived from creatures that live by eating green foods, or prey upon creatures that do so. The actual, dynamic efficiency of the green leaf as a factory is low. I have forgotten what proportion of the energy in sunlight it is able to utilize, but it is extremely small. Yet it is our one slim reed on which every liv- ing thing, except & few bacteria, leans, and man has never invented a ma. chine to capture more of the sun energy and at the same time turn out, without further effort, valuable products. Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. Chantal stresses bright colors. The Sidewalks The father of a small Washington 1ad has equipped a small shack in the back yard with tools of all kinds and there the youngster is experimenting. Science of the future may be advanced through the interest and activities of American youths who, early in life, de- termine to take things apart to see what makes them work. It wasn't S0 many years ago when a typical American boy of our acquaint- ance begged his mother to let him use her chicken house for the purpose of developing a me- Summertime is slip cover time, gnd what a joy it is to realize that the liv- ing rooms do not appear to be, in] d by ghosts as in the days when TS were made of nothing but cream,Sfite or ecru linen. Those were the days when & g was used only during the £ Y or when the family left the housé for several months at a time. Now, however, it is very different, ‘There is no real season for slip covers, because they are so pretty that we cannot resist using them throughout the year. They are made .in.shades o match the general color stheme of the room, and whether it is a- bedroom:or the living room, the covers seem to be so much & permanent part of the scheme that they have become very important. k4738 The lllg cover in the ure is just a bit different, being of plain light green material (heavy enough to be pulled tightly to make it fit prop- erly), decorated with bouquets cut from cretonne and appliqued. The seams are piped with sateen in a color to match the brightest shade in the design. (Copyright, 1920.) SUB ROSA BY MIML Rain. It's annoying to ge caught in the rain just- when you've shed your Winter coat for a light wrap and are all het up about the return of the robins and the coming of Spring. But there’s a thought in every raindrop, if only you can see the sparkle of what is pelting your tricky togs. A rteal rainstorm is a democratic downpour which treats all alike, since all are free to get soaxed and equal in the amount of rain which each one gets. Rich and poor, Smart Aleck and Dumb Dora, bright limousine and bat- tered taxi—if they aren’t in the same boat, they are in the water which floats t. it. Of course, the same is true of the merry sunshine which bathes all and freckles some, but we don’t notice the common sun rays the way we do the same storm. Rain reduces us all to the same level and there we are. But if it is the same Jupiter Pluvius who gives us the community bath, it's the same Venus Pluvius who would shower us with the same love. Every girl has her chance in these heart storms which come in the Spring, and since there are no two raindrops ex- actly alike, every girl has her own spe- clal lovedrop in the storm. We are accustomed to think that love | is meant for privileged persons like poets and screen stars, but there are ! some Romeos who are not matinee idols, some Juliets who are not from Holly- wood. When it comes to the big show, love, all the world’s a stage. | Art is a matter of talent, love an af- | fair of the common heart. Here and there may be a flash of genius, but the | throbs of the heart are like the in- numerable raindrops with more than enough thrills to go round. ‘There are many people in the world, according to the telephone directory and census taken, and hence there are bound to be people of all shapes and sizes, all sorts and types. Cupid is sup- to shoot an occasional arrow at the tender heart, but the little curly haired bandit ca a machine gun. If one love bullet misses you, there are plenty more in the heart weapon. ‘The main thing is to get into the rain, to feel the affection you'd like to have bestowed upon you. It doesn’t rain in the desert where rain is needed, but on fertile ground. ‘When love's sun shower looms up in the west, don't don the slicker of se- clusion, the overshoes of aloofness or raise the umbrella of eccentricity, but let the soft raindrops have their merry way. bravest man in the Northern Army step- ped into his tent to send a streak of | sunlight to cheer up his broken-hearted mother. “And that's Whisky. (Copyright, 1929.) — Long carrying nothing but eggs are being run from farming. o5 Hetey Suchlon. mATEsta. 3 tbe it o Y e eaiga R - chanical _contrap- tion he had been mulling over. She consented, and for @ few days the dust flew. Neatly ar- ranged shelves and work tables re- placed roosts and box nests. A light flickered late at nights in the im- provised Tesearch laboratory, and the neighbors began to inquire what it meant. Even the mother was at & loss to understand why her son was spending so much time in the old chicken house. Being of & shy and uncommunicative nature, he said nothing and kept on working. In & crude way he was try- ing to fashion an instrument that would pluck ‘music and words from the air. 1t was & long, arduous, tedious task, but youth has plenty of time and an abun- dance of patience when devoted to a constructive purpose. Out of the melange of wire and screws and thingamajiggs a radio re- celving set emerged. It was a homely Jooking thing, but it worked, and that, after all, was the boy's desire. From the chicken house the lad ob- tained slightly larger quarters and be- to interest the neighborhood in his e-made sets. Friends placed orders with him. Tuning in, they actually got stations. Busy as he was manufacturing in- struments, the boy’s mind was not idle, and he designed a more ornamental cabinet in which to house the ma- chine. More orders followed. Today he is president and majority owner of one of the largest radio manufacturing companies in the country, and his building occupies a city block. While he is wealthy today, his in- terest is in the laboratory of his plant. Others occupy the mahogany swivel chairs, but he is in overalls most of the time, and too busy to be bothered. Success may be born even in a chicken house. * K K X Public men and others who desire to know what is written about them sub- scribe to services which send them clip- pings in which they are mentioned. This is not entirely a matter of vanity or conceit. It is essential for many thus to feel the pulse of the Nation. In a way, newspaper clippings fur- nish a barometer of public feeling. According to & man closely allied with the business of providing these clip- pings, there are few men and women in the spotlight who do not subscribe for the service. Large corporations and institutions also seek to learn what is written about them. The organizations, according to our informant, which re- ceive probably more publicity than any others are the Y. M. C. A, Knights of Columbus, Salvation Army and Ameri- can Legion. Col. Lindbergh has received more col- umns in recent years than any other personage. His name has been printed throughout the world and stories writ- ten about him in every known language. “The President of the United States,” sald omr informant, “naturally gets in the public prints more frequently than any one. This is to be expected. It would not be possible for him to read the reams that are written concerning him. Certain moving picture stars are often mentioned. I am talking now ab?ut news stories and not paid adver- tising. PARIS.—There ought to be more Lidos and equivalent chic beaches if all the exciting pajama eostumes of this Summer are to be displayed advant: rageously. RITA. of Washington BY THORNTON FISHER. “Then, too, there are the social lead- ers. Many of them wish to know what is written about them. Henry Ford, Charles M. Schwab, John D. Rocke: feller and Thomas Edison occupy col- umns. What they have to say interests the public, with the result that they furnish good reading. The late J. P. Morgan was another who occupied space in the papers. “Pew Presidents received more pub- licity than Theodore Roosevelt. His life” and interests were so manysided that there was scarcely a day when he did not provide a good story. An- drew Carnegie, steel king and philan- thropist, was con- stantly in the news columns. Due to the World War, Gen. Pershing and President Wilson and the allied com- manders appeared daily in print. Sometimes others than the ones writ- ten about subscribe for clippings con- cerning these ac- tivities. A certain man used to save all the notices he could obtain of a certain actress whose work he admired. When he had a bookful he had them bound in a handsome volume and pre- sented them to the star. “Statistical bureaus subscribe for cer- tain information. Authors want to know how their latest books are being received and even pugilists are anxious to read the opinion of sports writers. “Clipping has become a real and essential business.” S i i Strawberry Charlotte, Soak two tablespoonsfuls of granu- lated gelatin in one-third cupful of cold water, then dissolve in one-third cupful of boiling water. Add one cupful of sugar, cool, then add three table- spoonfuls of lemon juice and one cupful of strawberry juice and pulp. When cold whip until frothy, then add the whites of three eggs beaten stiff and fold in half a pint of whipped cream. Line & mold with fresh, ripe straw- berries, turn in the mixture and chill. e Delicious Waffles. Mix and sift together two cupfuls of sifted flour, four teaspoonfuls of baking powder, half a cupful of sugar, and one teaspoonful of salt. Beat two egg yolks with one and one-half cupfuls of milk and add to the dry ingredients. Melt half a cupful of shortening with two squares of chocolate or three table- spoonfuls of cocon. Let the mixture cool, then add half a cupful of chopped nut meats and one teaspoonful of vanilla. Fold in two egg whites beaten stiff and bake the mixture on a waffle iron. Serve with butter and confec- tioner's sugar, maple sirup, or sweet- ened whipped cream. If the mixture seems too thick, add a little milk and beat well, HE CANT SIT ONA —_——e Rhubarb With Figs. Cut one-fourth pound of dried figs in small pieces and stew until ly soft. Add to their bulk in rhubarb cut into small pleces. Put 'these into a baking dish lined with thin slices of stale cake or bread, add sugar to taste and bake slowly while covered. A meringue made of the whites of two eggs and sugar may be added, then slightly browned. Willie Willis “Mama was wrong, though. I was goin’ to start washin’ my ears ever’ day anyway if that new girl hadn't moved here.” Rid your home of Flies SPRAY Dethol — flies won’t bother you any more. They breathe the Dethol mist—and die. Try it on a roomful of them. Then sweep out the flies—dead, every one. Dethol wipes out flies, mosquitoes, roaches, ants, moths, bedbugs and fleas quicker than any- thing you ever used before. Nothing else is like it. Noth- ing so sure. Destroys pests wholesale. Try it. Like it— or get all your money back. At your store. Dethol Mig, Co., Inc,, Richmond, Va. D spray e LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. After suppir last nite pop was smok- ing with a unsattisfied expression, say- ing, This cigar taists like straw and theres nuthing in the newspaper that 1 don't know alreddy and if I started to reed a book just now Id drop off to sleep like a brute in the jungles and my legs dont seem either willing or able to take a wawk and thawt of bowling or playing billiards fills me with violent panes and life seems stale, flat and unprofitable. Meening he felt bum, and I sed, Well do you wunt me to give you an ideer, > p? Ideers make the world go round, pop sed. Meening what was it, and I sed, Put on your shoes and hat and coat and take me to the circus. Hah, the siren call of adventure, pop sed. But its impossible, you haff to get up in the morning, he sed. Til sleep_coming home in the_trolley car, pop, I sed. I get too much sleep anyways, you always say so when you wake me up in the mornings and I go back to sleep egen, I sed, and pop sed, | Objection sustained, but everybody will be going to the circus tonite, the cars will be so jammed Ill be a fizzical reck and a nerviss grease spot by the time I get there. No you wont, pop, Il tell you min- strel jokes out of my new book all the ways there, and you wont even notice it, I sed, and pop sed, Objection sus- tained, but the mob coming out will be gassly, Il have my toes stepped on and my pockits dipped into and Ill swallow millions of other peeples germs and get 2nd hand sawdust in my eyes, and be- sides, it will keep you up too late, the nite air hasent enough sunshine in it according to the latest scientific reports. Aw G. pop, you dont haff to worry about me, the later Im up the tighter Il sleep, if Im tired enough Ill sleep 2 hours werth in one, I sed, Objection overruled. Well, maybe Sattiday after- noon if you dont remind me more than 43 times, he sed. Me keeping count of the times Ive reminded him so far, being 14. MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Daughter Learns to Sew. One Mother says— When I was a little girl learning to sew over-and-over my mother had me do stints. In order to have it some- thing besides just work, she pinned the seam with pins about 4 inches apart, and I began my stint on the top step of our front stairs. When I had sewed to the first pin I took out the pin and was allowed to drop down a step. I remember there were seventeen pins and seventeen steps and the stint was done before I was tired; the bottom step was reached—the stint was done! Hurray! = My mother never made me do patch- work. Of all endless, tiresome jobs patch-work is the worst. When I sewed I made something. And I learned to run a straight seam, to over-cast the edges, to hem, and to sew on lace in making doil dresses. I never give my child any task that is & lawful part of house-keeping as a punishment. Let them early learn that such work is the most beautiful service there is; and teach that the reward comes with the tasks well done. For there is a won- derful satisfaction in contemplating a task done well. (Copyright, 1929.) | Y i oLD. Y | | | Isaac Newton, farmer of Woolsthrope, | in Lincolnshire, put off marrying until| he was 36. | He died a few months after bringing | Miss Harriet Ayscough from Market | Overton in Rutlandshire, as his bride. | The following Christmas—the year was 1642—the young widow probably felt particularly despondent while every- one else was making merry. She took to her bed and the child who was to become famous as Sir Isaac Newton ‘was prematurely born. He was so tiny that Mrs. Newton often was heard in later years to say proudly: “He was so little he could have been put in a quart mug.” Mrs. Newton's sueceeding conduct does not seem to indicate a lasting love for her departed husband, nor tremen- dous yearning for the company of her child. Three years later we find her embarking on a second marriage which can only be explained by a distinct bent in her toward practicality. The Rev. Barnabas Smith, rector of | North Witham, not far from Wools- thorpe, and a man of respectable estate, had remained a bachelor until past| middle age. “You're getting old,” & parishioner told him. “You need a companion—you ought to get married.” “But I don't know where to find a wife,” objected the Rev. Barnabas. To Stubborn Skin. Some complexions look muddy and blotchy in spite of every care. Some break out, or show blackheads, and no amount of diet nor bathing nor steam- ing, does any good. If you unfortunate- ly possess such a skin, then go to your doctor for the address of some good person who gives colonic irrigations, or, as they are sometimes called, syphon most descrip- washouts. ‘The first phrase is gle tive. By means of tWo rubber tubes, several gallons of water are washed in and out of the colon. Different nurses use different methods, in most cases castile soap and water is used first, then water with a saline solution or a soda solution in it, often at the finish, a soothing antiseptic lotion is used with the water, This is about body heat, and there is neither pain nor any sensa- tion at all during the treatment. One of the great things is that enough water must be used to soften the hard- ened matter that collects in the colon, and wash it out. At the very end of the colon, (which goes up the body on the left, across the abdomen and down again on the right side) is a place where the smaller bowels empty into it. Here is where the trouble lies, Matter collects in spite of laxatives, in spite of diet, in spite of exercise. Free passage s impossible, more matter col- lects, the poisons are taken up by the blood, and the least evil that can follow is a bad complexion. This gradual autointoxication, self- poisoning, can go on for years. Bad eyesight, nerves, unreasonable d!pre{- sion, eternal tiredness, general deli- cacy, and a hundred other troubles may be only this. It cannot hurt you to try this cure, whether you think you need it or not. ‘The syphon method uses only one tube, which branches into two at the ends, causing the water to flow in and be syphoned out. M. E. G—I. M. D. J—Barbara H.: You can bleach your freckles slightly, but they will always return. There is a limit to bleaching the skin because BEAUTY CHATS Unusual Parents of Celebrated Men Newton's Mother Took Him From School to Be a Farmer, But had to Send Him Back to His Studies and to Greatness. 3. I. GLASS. YOU'RE GETTING OU NEED A | cOMPAmon-../ which the other replied: “The Widow Newton is an extraordinarily good woman.” The rector pondered. “How do 1 know she will have me?" he finally asked. “I don't care to ask and be de- nied.” He thought some more. “If you'll go and ask her,” he sug- gested, “I'll pay you for your day's work.” Harriet Newton accepted on one con- dition. The Rev. Barnabas must deed her son Isaac a parcel of land. He agreeing, she married the rector and turned Isaac over to her mother to be raised. When her second husband died, 12 years later, she returned to Woolsthorpe with three more children. Isaac had by now shown unmistakable signs of gen- ius, nevertheless she took him out of school to work her farm. But the boy, who already had de- signed a windmill, a clock that ran by water, and a mechanical carriage which could be put in motion by a person seated in it, prooved inept at the busi- ness of farming. He went back to school again, ultimately to become his country’s most illustrious citizen as its foremost philosopher and mathema- tician and discoverer of the law of grav- ilt”latéon. Queen Anne knighted him (Copyright, 1929.) BY EDNA KENT FORBES even the simplest bleach will neutral- ize the olls and make the skin feel harsh. Much bleaching will have a very drying effect. You can counter- act some of this by giving the skin a treatment with cream after using the bleach. The juice from cucumbers is bleaching and not so irritating as some hoé the others, lemon juice being one of ese. I am sorry I cannot help you with your freckles as I did with your hair troul:lesf, ::;;t ou krlnayunvnm mnt‘: of the worst of the es if you ot your skin from the strong ghreptrr‘t) the sun over the hot Sumer months, Irene D.—Mrs. R. F.: I shall be glad to send you the information abowt treat- ‘"f your hair, if you will forward a self-addressed, stam envelope for the mailing. You be risking your eyesight you put drops into your s}u produce the effect of brlfillnelt our eyes will not be dull your health is all right. Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Words often misused: Do not say, “Half of the books is on the table. Say “are” when “half” refers to a plural noun. Often mispronounced: Indiscernible. s as z, accent after Pronounce the r. k?rdwn misspelled: ~ Attacked, mot ckted. Synonyms: Taint, pollute, vitiate, tain. hopeless. spairing appeal in her voice.” ‘The executive committee of the ¥ Tesolution ‘objecting 4o the proposed a ution ol Sunday opening of London umpm “I wish all girls knew how important this is” Says a 1929 debutante A delicate subject, yet women should recog- nize theimportance of this new processwhich deodorizes Kotex . . . already perfected in cut and improved in every comfort detail. 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