Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1929, Page 30

WOMAN’S PAGE. Increasing Use of the Cucumber BY LYDIA LE B. Cucumbers, like tomatoes, have passed ! through a period when they were con- sidered unwholesome. Early in the nineteenth century, to- matoes were called love apples, and were appreciated for their decorative beauty rather than their food value. For the BELECT THE CUCUMBERS CARE- FULLY - WITH AN EYE TO THE SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OF RECIPES. past generation, however, the place of the tomato on menus has been steadily increasing until today tomatoes are a ARON WALKER. ing a similar advance as a staple edible. Instead of being used only when fresh | sliced, it now is cooked in numerous ways and is also combined with vege- tables and fruits to supply substantial entrees and even main dishes for lunch- , eons and suppers. Some cucumber | recipes are given today. ‘ Wash and peel as many small cucum- | bers as there are persons to be served, | or cut long, slender cucumbers in half, | shaping the cut ends to resemble those | merely peeled. Do not use cucumbers | that are very large around, for this! thickness may prevent the heart from being cooked sufficiently when the out- side is deep brown. Dip each cucum- ber in fine bread crumbs, then in the white of egg and again in the bread crumbs. Fry in deep fat-like croquettes. | Serve piping hot with a quuln'. sauce, | such as tartar sauce, Chili sauce, etc. Dice the heart of a watermelon and add one-third as much diced cucum- ber. Sugar slightly and add a few drops of lemon juice. Set on ice to chill, and serve as a fruit cup for the | first course of the dinner. Or serve it as a dessert, or for refreshments with thin sugar cookies. Select cucumbers that are thick through, peel and scoop out the cen- ters, leaving edible shells, or leave the skins on the cucumbers, wash well, and scoop out centers, leaving decorative shells. Dice the cucumber hearts. Add an equal quantity of diced chicken and celery. Mix with a boiled dressing, into which whipped cream has been stirred. Fill the shells and garnish the top of the salad with thin slices of ripe to- mota and wisps of parsley, and put a gay red radish in the center of the top. Instead of the chicken salad, & fruit or a vegetable salad mixed with the diced cucumber may be used to fill the shells. It may be necessary to cut off a thin slice of a cucumber shell to make it set plumb on the plate. If served on a platter, garnish the dish with parsley or water cress and radishes or tomatoes. (Copyright, 1929.) DAILY DIET RECIPE ANCHOVIED EGGS. Hard boiled eggs, four. Anchovy paste, one ounce. Olive oll, three teaspoons. SERVES 4 PORTIONS. Remove shells from cold hard- botled eggs. Cut each Jn_half lengthwise. Remove yolks. Mash them with the olive oil and work in the anchovy paste. = When mixture is thoroughly blended refill the whites with it. Serve as an appetizer, or a salad gar- nish or as an accompaniment to suitable vegetable or fish dish. DIET NOTE. Reclpe furnishes protein. Lime, iron and vitamins A and B pres- ent. Can be eaten by adults of normal digestion who are of av- erage or under weight and by those wishing to reduce if butter is substituted for the oll and no other butter is taken at the meal at which this recipe is food staple. ‘The history of the cucumber is show- A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT There's a studio on the upper floor of the Chilean embassy in Washington. It overlooks & wall of green treesloier’the phone: banked against an elevation at the back of the house. i An African musical instrument made from the entire shell of a tortoise rests on a table. Quaint pieces of Chilean pottery, decorated with intricate de- signs, are scattered about. Pottery from Europe and textiles from India are to be seen. Beauziful paintings hang from the walls. | It is the retreat of Mme. Herminia i1 A. De Davila, wife |' of the Chilean Am- bassador to the United States. And | when time permits she goes there and paints. A woman with a most _vital and original personality is Mme. Davila. There is a portrait of her hanging from one of the walls of the embassy. It was painted by the Rumanian artist, Negulesco. The re- semblance is striking. The decided characteristics that one notes in the woman were not overlooked by the ar- tist. Mme. Davila has been painting only six years. Yet in that short time her work has been exhibited on two conti- nents. In her native city of Santiago she has bad “one-man shows.” The last exhibition of the season at the Yorke Gallery in Washington included some of her work. And in both places her canvases aroused much favorable comment. She is particularly interested in still life subjects. The peculiar-looking musical instrument made from a tor- toise shell, which she brought from Af- rica, is the subject of one of her paint- ings. She delights to put the houses of her native land and their interiors on canvas. Mme. Davila does most of her work during the Winter and Spring months. At present she is getting ready to spend the summer in Europe. But she will re- turn to Washington next Fall. “Then, perhaps, I will attempt some real serious work,” she says. Her enthpstasm is limitless when she talks about painting. Since she was a child art has been a constant source of delight to her." She never studied art in schools, but has done serious work with artists of her own country. Her master was Pablo Buchard of great reputation in Chile, ‘The President and Mrs. Hoover were entertaining the disabled soldiers of the ‘World War with the annual garden fete on the lawn at the White House. No one was getting a bigger kick out of the occasion than the pet raccoon | perched atop a stump in the wire cage in the midst of the crowd. Nothing es- caped his eyes. Mr. Hoover, surrounded by his group of aides, was making the rounds, shak- ing hands with the men in the wheel eaten. C. PLUMMER. formation on particular items. After several such calls to one com- mittee clerk recently, he heard a voice “This is the Chief Justice. Can you tell me . . .” “The clerk exploded, yelled something about wishing people would quit bother- ing him, and banged down the receiver. The telephone rang again, and the same voice sald: “You must have misunderstood me. This is the Chief Justice.” ‘Weakly the clerk asked, “Do you| mean you are really Mr. Taft? ‘Then he rushed across the marble halls to the Su-; preme Court chambers. There he found the Chief | Justice laughing in hearty jon as e told members of | his office force how he had been taken | to task by a committee clerk. On a ledge to the right of Vice Presi- dent Curtis’ dais in the Senate Chamber is & small lacquered box. For years it has been kept filled with snuff for the use of Senators. 4 Kansas' editor-Senator, Henry J. Al-] len, during his first month in the Senate kept his eye on the little black box. He failed to see any of his colleagues make use of He was ple d. He congratulated his fellow Senators that not even the unmistakable marks of pinching fingers could be seen in the snuff. Only modern furniture will adorn France’s magnificent new embassy in ‘Washington that soon is to rise on Eu- clid street. M. Claudel, the Ambassador, feels that the embassy should express twentieth century France. It is his desire to fur- nish it with modern pieces rather than | in the period of Marie Antoinette, the Empire or any one of the others who have given their name to decorative styles. Construction of the emba: will_be started as the foreign service office building which the United States Gov- ernment is erecting in the Place de la Concorde in Paris is coming into being. Representaive Stephen G. Porter, who heads the commision in charge of bulld- ing our diplomatic and consular edifices abroad, has expressed the hope that it might be possible to have the corner stones of the Washington and Paris buildings lald on the same day and the lm:] buildings dedicated at the .same time. Incidentally, the Japanese govern- ment also is planning the erection of a | monumental new embassy in Washing- ton. Business has surrounded its old quarters on K street, and negotiations l“l’: under way for the purchase of a sl The Perfect chairs, He paused in front of the wire cage. %‘uml.n to his party, the President remarked that he had been told the raccoon was something of a mongrel in the way of his line. “But, we lent him to & boys’' base ball team recently as‘a mascot,” he said. “The team won the series champion- ship. Perhaps he is pretty good after all.” Chiet Justice Taft was “bawled out” by a committee clerk recently and the experience afforded him one of the heartiest laughs he has had in a long ‘while. ‘When -p?‘mpmuon bills, are being drafted clerks are pestered with tele- phone calls from) those interested in finding out Information that is confi- dential. Clerks of other committees and secretaries of members of Congress have a way of telephoning, “This is the ‘White House,” or “This is the office of the Chief Justice” to ask advance In- For Salads POMPEIAN PURE VIRGIN IMPORTED Sun-Tan 1 Skin effect. Swimming, For bathing or stockingless limbs, “Oriental Sun-Tan” gives an excep- tionally realist! mno effect; as it withstands water and does not rub off or streak. Also in White, Flesh and Rachel Dancing or Vigorous Sports have Send 10c. for Trial Sise Ferd. T. Hopkins & Son, New York SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. It's gettin’ so hot, trade ought ter plck up pitty soon. We ain't had no- body yet.” v (Copyright, 1929.) BRIDGE TALKS BY MRS. JOHN MUNCE. JR. ‘Today's talk is on later third-hand bids, and we refer to dealer's partner as third hand. Third hand’s bid is al- ways made under one of the following situations: Pirst—After dealer and second hand both pass. Second—After dealer passes and sec- ond hand bids. Third—After dealer bids and second hand passes. Fourth—After dealer bids and second hand bids. Now taking these up in order, first, after dealer and second hand both pass. This would be an original bid, and, as stated in a previous talk, third hand must realize that, hwile his partner's pass usually means that he cannot be counted on for two tricks, it does not necessarily mean that he has a bust. Third hand also realizes that the same conditions apply to second hand. While third hand may hold a strong hand, he realizes that the adverse strength is on his left, in the fourth hand. If third hand has but little strength, the final bid will be made by fourth hand, and i fourth hand after three passes does not open the bidding, the hand is pass- ed out and you get a new deal. This is the best outcome for third hand of only moderate strength. ‘Third hand, to bid after a pass by dealer, and a pass by second hand, should contain three tricks: or, in other words, one more trick than required for an initial bid by dealer or second hand. For example, dealer passes, sec- ond hand passes and third hand holds the following: Spades—Queen, 8-spot, 6-spot, 4-spot and “IPentts—Ace. kine. jack. 8-wot and 7-spot. Diamonds—Ace and 7-spot. Clubs—S5-5pot. You can readily see that you would bid one heart on this hand, even after two passes. As to the third hand bidding no trump after two passes, the following hand is a splendid example. Dealer passes, second hand passes and third hand holds: Bpades—King, Sack and 7- Hearts—King, aueen and 1 Diamonds-— Ace, queen. 9. Clubs—10-3p0t, " 8-spot, 6-spot. S-spot and -spot. ‘This hand contains an ace better than average, so there should be no hesitancy about bidding one no trump. The second situation, under which third hand’s bid may be made, is after a pass by dealer and & bid by second hand. His partner in this case has shown him he has not two tricks in his hand, by not bidding, although hie may not have a bust, and to bid in this po- sition requires three tricks, or one trick more, as stated before, than is required Dot 0-spot. for a bid by second hand after a bid- by dealer. For example, dealer crlsae!. second hand bids no trump, and thir hands holds the following: Spades—Ace and 7-spot. Hearts—None. Dismonds—King, queen, 8-spot, 8-spot and Sibs—Ace, king, queen, fack, T-spot and 3-spot. With this holding there is no doubt as to what third hand should bid. The proper bid is three clubs. WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. 8. Patent Ofice. | When the I. O. Redmen’s annual pow- wows were & big attraction in Wash- ington. Soue liquid insect-killers cost S0c a half-pint. Black Flag Liquid, the deadliest made, costs only35¢c. Why paymore, when Black Flag will com- pletely mosquitoes, ants, roaches, bedbugs, etc. Money back if not absolutely satisfied. %, BLACK FLAG LIQUID" | your home of flies, DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX New Point of View for Discouraged Spinster. What Kind of Girl Should Boy Seek? Jealous Wife. DEAR DOROTHY DIX: I have been working for a company for 16 years o with an unbroken record. During this time death has robbed me of mother, sister and many who were very dear to me, which leaves me very lonely. At my sister's death I had to assume the responsibility of her children and support them., They have grown up and married and, while they are kind to me, I feel it is from | a sense of duty and that hurts me. I gave them everything, the first place in my heart, my work, my money. Another thing that hurts me is that I have never | had a boy friend. I1'never even had a date. People seem to care nothing for me | except for the favors I do for them. If I did not do little acts of kindness I do not suppose they would know that I was alive. | I am so discouraged and life seems 50 dull that I feel it unbearable. Is there | any hope for me? WRETCHED, Answer: There is every hope for you, Wretched, if you will only brace up and quit pitying yourself. That is your trouble. You have doped up yourself on tears monxmu;;t you only see the world as a vale of woe and you the most miserable re ‘You have entirel: and true outlook on your situation. lost your perspective and what you need is to get a new le world and your position in it, Let's begin by analyzing You have lost your mother and sister and other members of your family and it leaves you lonely. That is & very real sorrow, but it is one that comes to every hu being. *“There is no flock howsoe’er well tended, but one lost lamb is there, There is no hearthstone howsoe'er defended, but has its vacant chair.” There is ,n‘go 1vnm‘lly circle that remains unbroken, There is not one of us who has not wept e & grave. If all whom death has robbed of loved ones went about lamenting as you do and nursing their grief, the world would be such a dark and dreary place that no one could live in it. - But the brave do not do this, They put their sorrows from them. They take their courage in both hands and go on about the business of life, saddened, of eourse, but realizing that there is still much joy and happiness for them. So emulate their example d, te Ty Tl e At ple and, instead of coddling your grief put it out You stepped in and took & mother’s and a father's place to your orphaned nieces and nephews. That was a fine and noble thing to do and you should be proud of yourself when you think that you helped make fine men and women out of them. You say they are kind to you but they do not make a fuss over you, and they have married and gone about their own affairs and are more interested in their husbands and wives and children than they are in you. Well, that's life. You can’'t change that. They are treating you just as they would have treated their own mother if she had Mved. Just as your own children would have treated you if you had had any. You have no cause for complaint there. ‘You wall that you had never attracted men and you have never had a chance to marry, Are all married women you know so invariably happy that you feel | that you have missed the only thing worth having in not getting a husband? Just | reflect that you might have drawn a husband who was a drunkard or a roue or a brute out of the matrimonial grab bag, and that if you have possibly missed great happiness you have certainly escaped probable misery. . As for saying that you have to win the friendship and liking of people by doing nice little things for them, so do we all. Not one of us has a friend that we | have not had to win and do not hold by showering little attentions and courtesics by continually doing things for them that show that we love and appreciate them, ‘There is nothing to be pessimistic about there. On the other hand you have a good job and let me tell you that there are few more potent sources of happiness than work, and that the woman who is able to stand on her own feet and earn her own living and who is free and independent is a mighty lucky lady and she should be down on her knees returning thanks to Heaven for her good fortune instead of bemoaning her fate. Furthermore, you have these nieces and nephews who are bound to you by ties of gratitude and you have plenty of friends, so why not enjoy the zozd mi gods have sent you? Why not be so cheerful and chirpy that people will like to have you around because you are such good company? Why not spend your money in buying your- self pretty clothes and the little luxuries a woman enjoys? Why not get a leave gf absence and take a little trip and Al your mind with fresh, gay things to think pHE | Why not think of yourself as a fortunate woman instead of a miserable one? If you will only do that and quit pitying yourself, you won't be lopely atde | couraged. You will be chipper as a sandboy. I know hundreds of jaily, interesting | bachelor women who haven't half the biessings that you have ‘and’ they never think of talking about being lonely or discouraged. DOROTHY DIX. Dt DIAR MISS DIX: What do you think of a girl who won't kiss a fellow when he has been taking her out for two weeks? Does that mean that she is bored | with him and does not want to see him again? Should a girl be easy to make friends with and should she make any advances? Does the refined, ladylike, con- ventional girl really get anywhere? 1Is the lady of leisure a better hit than the working girl? Is the good-natured girl who is jolly and easy to get along with, and with the smile that won't come off, the kind that a boy should look for? Should a girl talk to a fellow about her other boy friends? ARGUING JACK AND JILL. Answer: Well, Jack and Jill, T should think you might go up the hill and | come down again many times before you settled all of these problems, but here is | what I think about them. I don't think it means that a girl is bored With & boy and doesn’t want to see him any more if she refuses to kiss him, even if he has spent two weeks' time | dangling around her. To my mind it merely indicates that she is a modest, re- | fined, discriminating young woman who doesn't indulge in_promiscuous, vulgar | petting. And I think if the boy is a gentleman he respects her for it. Cettainly a girl should be easy to make friends with. There is no place for | the stand-offish, high-and-mighty maidens in these days. but that doesn't mean that one should pllckd up boys on the street or begin fliriations with strangers. | efined, ladylike, conventional may not get to an; rtd | as the Sheba, but she gets to the altar. © el ‘The working girls as a rule have far more beaux and dates than the soclet; girls %flu“ s"ll;ly re 'ahm'm néor; lilmmedmply in contact with men. % e amiable, good-natured, jolly girl is undoubtedly the t; should look for if he wants a good pal Og a pleasant wife. ¥ FreR e tboy! A girl should never talk to another man about her other boy friends. It is r)?;g.:pfirkum;’n:&lpkb:;:gfin “Ll?ebte“tyml confidences. Besides, it is bad policy es n| the wi elling some other man about al v nothings he said to her and laughing with h{m over them. 5 e ehvne T DOROTHY DIX. Du: ms“‘s DIX——];; .mhmleed to a, woman who is so flendishly jealous that | : she makes my life & hell to me. If I go to the corner drug store I am put | through a third degree when I get back and then ske calls it ug to find out i‘; I have told the truth. Every letter I get is opened and censored before I am per- | mitted to see it. When I bring a book home to study she throws it into the fur- | nace. T have tried every way from kindness evs | TEaaie en to cruelty to change matters, ‘What can I do? CRHP. Answer: How many trains a day leave your town? (Copyright, 1920.) DOFOEEDIE BEAUTY CHATS Well Tended Elbows. ‘The elbows need three things to make them good looking. One, frequent scrubbing with hot water, soap and a brush. Two, rubbing with a really nourishing cream. Three, occasional massage with vanishing cream. This does not sound difficult, does it? You should have a moderately stiff bath brush, and use it when you bathe BY EDNA KENT FORBES this in, and wipe off what happens to be left on the surface. Powder thickly. This is an ideal bedtime treatment. But even during the day, after such a scrubbing, a little cream should be | used, and if the sleeves of the dress you are wearing are tight, vou can| wipe off the cream thoroughly and powder. The skin will have taken up a I!{:le and will be soft looking as a result. AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “I reckon the town will have to help the poor woman. Since her husband died, it's all the boys can do to buy gasoline.” (Copyright; 1921 BRAIN TE Allow three minutes for this test. Two men, A and B, each have two one-cent pieces, a five-cent piece; a ten-cent piece; & quarter dollar: a half dollar; a dollar bill; a two dollar bill; a five-dollar bill; and a ten-dollar bill. Explain methods whereby: 1. A can pay B sixty-three cents. . A can pay B one dollar and thirty- nine cents. 3. A can pay B ninety-three cents. 4. B can pay A four dollars and two cents. 5. B can pay A seventeen dollars and sixty-three cents. 6. A can pay B nine dollars and forty-one cents. Allow the three minutes from the time you start with the methods; and use, the following table for reference. Each has: Ic; 1c; 5¢; 10c; 25¢; 50c; $1; $2; $5; $10. More than one answer may be pos- sible in an individual instance, One correct answer is sufficient. Answers. (1) A gives 50c, 10c, 5¢c; B returns 1c; lc. (2) A gives $1; 23c; 10c: 5c; B returns lc. (3) A gives $1; B re- turns 5c; lc; lc. (4) B gives $5; $1; Ic; lc. B returns $2. (5) B gives $10; $5; $2; 50c; 10c: 5c. A returns Ic; lc. (6) A gives $10; 25c; 10c; 5¢; lc. B returns $1. NANCY PAGE Takes More Than Clothes To Dress Child Well BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Little and big sister dresses may use the same material and be cut on the same general lines, and yet individual differences may be taken care of so that the dresses are becoming to both children, Take the Lacey youngsters. Mrs. Lacey made up some dresses of figured English print. She used white for little turnover coliars and for band- ings on puft sleeves. But because Pam was short and be- cause her dresses could be even short- | er, Mrs. Lacey put the white band down the entire front length of the dress. She broke the monotony of the band by sewing on decorative buttons at in- tervals. ‘The older girl was getting rather tall and lanky. To put the full- length white band on that dress would have accented the stringiness. So Mrs. Lacey put a tab which extended far enough below the yoke to make an in- teresting line, but not far enough to increase the slenderness of the child. ‘The oldest daughter, Claire, had a most definite idea of what she wanted to wear. Her mother deplored some of | SN (110 the child’s choices, but she realized that it was only through the experience of unfortunate selections that her daugh-| iter would learn that mother had knowl- edge and clothing sense. If Mrs. Lacey kept the child under her dominance all the time, she never would learn in- dependence. So, much as it hurt, Mrs. Lacey let Claire do most of her shop- every day. The friction of the brush stimulates the skin and makes the bath twice as cleansing and several times more enjoyable. Use this to give your elbows a thorough going over during the bath. Or, use & hand brush. Bul be sure the elbows are scrubbed as clean as hot water and a lather of soap can make them. Then, when they are dry, rub them with thick, oily, nourishing massage cream. They'll be in an ideal state to take it up and make use of all its goodness. The skin absorbs very little cream, but when the pores are open as they will be after this, the skin over the elbows will absorb enough of the cream to do ot of good. Rub KILLS BUGS QUICKLY ©199,8.7.Ca. ‘When dressing for the evening, wash the elbows, rinse, and use the vanish- ing cream. Powder thickly. This leaves the skin smooth and fine looking, free of wrinkles and crepy criss cross lines. You must be careful about resting your | elbows on dirty surfaces though, for the moist cream fed skin takes up dirt very easily. ‘The white ant of the tropical coun- tries is declared to lay more eggs than any other insect, its record being 85,400 each day during the season. ping by herself or with some bosom re interested in budgets. write to . care of this paper, inclosing & if-addressed_envelope, asking for “Budgets Are Fun (Cpyright, 1920. Feiis Simple Cures for the “Blues.” Deep breathing is recommended as a cure for those who get depressed. When the lungs are properly filled the brain gets its full supply of oxygenized blood and functions properly. That dispels the depressed feeling. stamped. p her leaflet. f .WIIY oree) Strength for the Sultry Days . . ED WHEA With all the bran of the whole wheat Mental buoyancy and physical alernn;n come from eating the crisp flavory shreds of whole wheat with milk. Delicious for luncheon with berries. FEATURES. "MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS Dear Miss Leeds: (1) I have dark, almost black hair with a little natural curl in it. How can I comb it? I am 19 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall and weigh 150 pounds. My measure- ments are: Bust, 36; waist, 28; hips, 40; calf, 1412; ankles, 10; shoe 55-D. I have blue eyes and a fairly small face. (2) What colors are becoming to me? Is it in good taste to wear hat, dress, coat and stockings of the same color? (3) My finger nails are flat. How can I trim them to make a nice appear- ance? AURARA V. M. Answer—(1) You might try a finger- | ‘waved colffure with a center part. Avoid | bangs and waves that come too far forward around your face, as they will make your face seem too small in pro- portion to your body.- You are 20 pounds above the average weight for your age and height. Your overweight seems to be from your hips down. Your shoe size is smail for a girl of your height and weight. (2) You forgot to describe your skin tints, which are important in choosing becoming colors. 1f your complexion is medium you may wear flesh, dull rose, taupe, blue-greens, dark, medium and bright shades of blue, dull yellow, the sun-tan shades, black with light trim- ming, red with & bluish tinge as trim- ming. -A costume planned in a single color is effective, but it is smarter to use two or more colors, usually a neutral shade (like sand. blege or fig), wiih the accessorles in bright color. Several tones of the same color are good also. (3) Use a long steel file and shape the corners of the nails in a graceful oval. Gently massage the tips of your ! fingers to make them more pointed. LOIS LEEDS. Troublesome Pimples. Dear Miss Leeds: (1) T am 14 years old and have been using face powder for three or four years. Since my blackheads and pimples became so bad I have stopped using powder regularly. How can I clear my skin? (2) I weigh 125 pounds and my measurements are: Bust, 32; hips, 33; waist, 26; thigh, 20; calf, 13%;; ankle, 9%5. Are these good? (3) For a few days after I wash my hair it 1s dry and brittle. and then it be- comes quite oily. What can I do for it? (4) What is the henna rinse, and what is it used for? Answer—(1) No wonder you have skin troubles, my dear, since you started | using make-up so early! Give it up BY JOSEPH Human Farming: | “Were it not for this rapid growth of | the cerebral function (that is the brain ! with all its thinking and feeling) the | rearing of children would be a matter almost as simple and uneventful as the | rearing of live stock.” These are the | wise words of a distinguished physician, Sir Hector Cameron of London, who died recently at an advanced age. He lived to see his pioneering efforts to make clear the child's nature and the child’s nervous difficulties the common property of intelligent parents. He wit- nessed a complete revolution in the ideas concerning children and their care; he took a leading part in this reform, this discovery. Our generation is really the first to realize intimately | what manner of beings children are. 1t children hadn't the human kind of a brain we could turn them out on a human farm and let them graze and grow up to man’s estate. That nerv- ous system of theirs is all that stands in the way of this simple solution of bringing up children. The meaning of this momentous fact that Dr. Cam- eron so pointedly states, hasn't pene- trated under the skin of all other- wise intelligent parents and teachers and some psychologists as well. There | is still a yearning and a determina- | tion to simplify the problems of child- hood, still an impatience with all this bother and pother about children and their ways. “Treat ‘em rough” and not like hothouse plants and they'll turn out all right. As a wholesome offset to coddling and sentimental mishandling that's a sound policy. But | the reason why inconsiderate rough- | and not heard” discipline is a bad and worse than foolish spoiling and indulgence, is one and the same. Chil- dren are not live stock: they have highly “child” condition of that nervous system is in a peculiarly sensi- | tive stage of its development. Many | & tough adult was a tender child. But_the main point is to combat the idea that child-nature is simple. That's the fallacy, and the mence of the| extreme form of behaviorism that makes its claims boldly and advertises them sensationally. Bringing up chil- dren! The simplest thing in the world! It's all & matter of stimulus and re- sponse. Condition them rightly, get them used to do the right things under the right stimulations and you'll have not trouble at all. Parents make most of the troubles that their children give them. Now there's just enought truth in this that truth. For very simple situations, that do not involve so much of what Dr. Cameron calls the “cerebral function” it’s almost wholly true; but just as soon —and that's early in infancy—as child behavior is profoundly affected by the rapid and complicating development of those higher thinking and feeling func- tions, what was at first a rather simple situation becomes in_sensitively organ- peacl, dull orchid, pink-violet, warm | shod, routine, repressive “to be seen |V organized, sensitive nervous systems | it is likely to be taken for the whole | LEEDS. entirely now and try to get your skin really clean. The blackheads are dirt mixed with the natural ofly secretions in the pores; when they are not thor- oughly cleansed they become infected and form the pus-filled pimples that you notice. Pimples also come Wwrong diet and constipation. You must keep your body clean both inside and out. Take a warm, cleansing bath every night and wash your face with plenty of warm water and soap. Rinse your face and bathe it in hot boric acid solution made of one heap- ing_teaspoonful of boric acid in & pint of boiling water. Let it cool a bit be- fore using. After the hot application. press out the blackheads, prick the ripe pimples with a sterilized needle and press out the pus. Bathe again in fresh boric acid solution. When it has dried pat on a lotion made of equal parts of milk of sulphur, water and witch hazel. If there is much irritation apply & benzoated oxide of zinc ointment. (2) You forgot to state your height. If you are from 5 feet 4 to 5 feet 7 your weight and measurements are good. (3) Possibly you are not using the right hampoo methods. Use a liquid | pure castile soap and lather and rinse | your hair three or four separate times before the final rinse. Massage the scalp_vigorously as you work up the soap lather. Massage your scalp for 10 mlflu!es a day and brush your hair well. (4) This rinse is used to give a red- dish tinge to auburn or chestnut hair. It is made of pure Egyptian henna, which can be bought at & drug store. LOIS LEEDS. (Copyright, 1929 KEEPING MENTALLY FIT JASTROW. and complicated one. In the case of rather stolid, tough specimens few of these complications arise. They can be made much worse by false and much relieved by wise handling. So the evi- dence isn’t all one way: and there's ;omelhmg to be said for the simpli- ers. But they ignore so much that the picture they draw of child behavior is cssentially wrong. It's a psychology without a fringe: the center is there, the focus is right; but the background is ignored. You can isolate an infant in a laboratory and learn important laws of behavior; but a child in & fam- ily nursery is exposed to such indefi- nitely complex stimulations and reacts to such fine differences among them that the fringe, the setting of the stim- ulation gets to be more important than the stimulation itself. It seems likely that on account of the inconvenient | complexities of the human brain we shall never be able to do human 1arming. (Copsright, 1929) Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Words often misused: “Cunning” means skillful, dexterous and should not be used to express that which is amusing. Ofter mispronounced: Erie (Lak Pronounce e-ri, e as in “me,” i as in “it. Often misspelled: Bichloride. Synonyms: Tense, intense, intent, rapt, rigid. ‘Word study: “Use a word three times and it is you Let us increase our y mastering one word each day. Today's word, condescend: to stoop. descend, vield. “I will not condescend to join them in their ribaldry.” Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUII P “Them scratches on my face s where T showed Pug I wasn't scared of his old cat that had kittens.” ized children a decidedly troublesome For complete satisfaction —Seal Brand Percolator Coffee. It is specially roasted ‘and ground for percolator use i OUND NET EANBD (Copyright. 1929.) 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