Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1929, Page 7

WOMA BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. N’SSPAGE. Return of Bric-a-Brac Indicated THE ODD AND WEIRDLY SHAPED SPACES IN MODERNISTIC WHATNOTS | DEMAND THE SORT OF ORNAMENTS ONCE TERMED “BRIC-A-BRAC.” | included one | Modernistic furniture recognized article consisting of shelves €0 put together that spaces are irregu- lar and shelves are at varying heights. The pieces are as reminiscent of “what- nots” as of book ecases. When seen in use, these pleces hold books on mmek sheives and ornaments on others, show- ing that a combination purpose was intended. This idea is mid-Victorian, although the pieces of the two eras in their construction are at variance. The mid-Victorian pieces are ornate, and the modernistic are severely plain, yet each provided places for bric-a- | brac. Some of the shelves at least can scarcely be used for anything except ornaments. They are too small {or books or so oddly shaped in the mod- ernistic pleces, at least, that books to g0 on them would have to be tiny, short and thick, or else extremely high without the usual width of pages that 1s customary in long books, apart from ledgers. To have places exactly right for ornaments and not use them for their express purpose Seems _incongruous. And so the question arises, are we re- turning to the era of ornaments in decoration and is bric-a-brac return- ing to favor? It is so long since bric-a-brac as such has been featured in decorative ! Standards fo For every vegetable there is an ideal of perfection which the seed grower and gardener keeps more or less clearly before him, and these ideals have been evolved gradually by the taste of the consumer. The point is not only to produce the sort of vegetable that tastes the best, but the one that looks the best, that lends itself best to the culi- nary uses to which it is to be put. Sometimes there are standards of per- fection that seem a bit arbitrary, but these the gardener must consider if he wants to sell his products at a good profit. ‘Tomatoes must be as smooth as pos- sible and of uniform size. For salad ‘use; many persons prefer small or me- dium-sized tomatoes to the very large sort. Tomatoes that ripe uniformly and ! schemes, that this question is inter- | esting. If the answer is in the af-| firmative, then homemakers will search eagerly among old things long put one | | side, to see if by any good fortune, some | | antiques cannot be brought forth. It | will be remembered that, for the past three years, at shortest, there have been shops devoted to mid-Victorian furni- | ture and furnishings, and antique de- | partments of large stores have been | showing vases, figurines, paper weights, | match boxes and all ornaments that | belong: to the category of bric-a-brac. Now, since modernistic furniture of some types invites the use of such . ornaments, providing just the right | size and shape of cubby holes for the articles, there seems every reason to | expect an influx of bric-a-brac. The homemakers who are ultra-modern- istic in their decorative schemes must | have some such oranments. The re- | vival of mid-Victorian furniture pro- | vides another reason for the appear- | ance again of little and large useless | ornaments. It remains for those who would stress good decoration to see that | the beautiful and the useful articles | alone are in evidence, and that tawdry | articles are usurped by artistic and worth while pieces. (Copyright. 1929.) r Vegetables |and nearly to the stem as possible are also at a premium. Of late years favor has been shown to thin-skinned varie- ties that may be easily peeled or may be used for salads or baking without peeling. Caulifiower must be as nearly pure white as possible, carrots of a rich orange yellow tone, celery white or golden yellow, ears large or of the ban- tam sort, and kernels either regular and even or decidedly irregular. The important thing is to have the kernels deep and the cobs relatively small, Lima beans to be cholce may be large or definitely small. In either case the thickness of the individual bean is counted a virtue. Cabbages may be round, flat or cone shaped, but they must be solid—with as few outside Jeaves as possible. Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. ted no | more just because I stepped on a piece | ©' glass an’ cut out a little place that didn't take but six stitches.” (Copyright, 1029.) Each Vk;min Has Its Task| A convenient way to remember the nature of the different vitamins is to fix these facts in your mind: Vitamin A prevents the.eye disease ealled ophthalmia—and is abundant in | green vegetables, seed germs, milk and cod liver oll. Vitamin B prevents the neuritic dis- ease known as beri-beri and is con- tained in all parts of fruits and vege- tables. Vitamin C prevents scurvy and ex- | cessive tooth dersy. It is especially | abundant in oranges and other citrus fruit, as well as tomatoes, and Is defi- cient in pasteurized milk. Vitamin D prevents rickets and is resent in egg yolks, whole milk, butter, flver and green vegetables. In some ‘ways it resembles sunlight in its effect on the human body. During the Win- | ter months we stand more in need of 4t than at other times. Like vitamin A it increases resistance to lung and throat diseases. “Stubby's so big hearted, that when finds a girl really wants a home, 2e's.always ready to give her the gate.” - &Sopyright, 19299 NANCY PAGE Buying Clothes for Voyage Is Not Arduos BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. John Dixon's firm was sending him abroad on a short business trip. He wanted his wife to go with him, and she was nothing loath. Straight way she called Nancy and asked her what clothes she would need for a short trip in the Summer. “Are you really going, Nona darling? I think that's marvelous. I don’t see why Peter has to be in business for himself so that there is no one to send him. Why, you will have a gorgeous time, ‘Think of seeing Paris for the first time, and London. You'll adore that. I'll have to give you some letters to Peter's family. And now let's talk clothes. “Choose hand luggage for your trip. ‘Trunks are a nuisance. I don't be- lleve you need a trunk even for the steamer. The days are warm and the same clothes will do for both boat and land. Since you are going on a boat that does mnot carry all the moneyed Americans I wouldn’t plan to dress elaborately on the boat. “You will need a steamer coat. I'd times THE EVENING MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Sugared Currants. Hominy with Cream. French Toast, Bacon. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Minced Beefsteak on Toast, Baking Powder Biscuits. Gingerbread, TV:‘hlyped Cream. DINNER. Cream of Pea Soup. Hamburg Steak. Corn and Tomatoes au Gratin. Glazed Sweet Potatoes. Pear and Cheese Salad. Coconut_Custard Ple. Coftee. FRENCH TOAST. Cut slices of bread moderately thick, dip first in milk, then in beaten egg, to which pinch salt is added; turn slices so all paris will b2 covered with milk and egg, and fry both sides golden brown in butter. Serve hot. BAKING POWDER BISCUITS. One quart flour, four teaspoons baking powder, one teaspoon salt, one-half cup melted butter, one egg and milk to make dough that can be handled. Mold it thor- oughly, place in pan and let rise five hours In cool place, and then make into biscuits with hands. Bake in very hot oven. CORN AND TOMATOES AU GRATIN. Put two cups corn pulp and two cups peeled and sliced toma- toes in stew pan, add one tea- spoon sugar, rounded tablespoon butter, dash cayenne, and pep- per and salt to taste and let sim- mer until done, Turn into but- tered dish, cover with grated cheese, then with crumbs mols- tened with melted butter and bake in hot oven until brown. Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. Heretofore the folding muffin stand has been nothing more than the regu- lation tripod style with the hinged shelves; but in the illustration is shown one which has as many shelves as the old type, but which is arranged 50 as to accommodate a larger variety of things, as the height of the articles need not be limited. So little space is required for the storage of this little piece when it is not in use that there is not a home or apartment that need be without one even when space is at a premium. At the left in the illustration is the table compactly folded, and at the right it is all spread open and ready for serving. ‘The construction is sufficiently sturdy to allow for the placing of fairly heavy pieces on the trays, so that te water pitcher, dishes and sandwiches may all be carried in at the same time, the handle at the top making the carry- ing of these a simple matter. ‘Walnut or mahogany are the favorite finishes for this type of table; but enamel may be used if preferred. (Copyright, 1929.) Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. Mrs. A. H. C. writes: “I feel I must write and tell you how thankful T am for all the help you have given me. My baby will be 11 months old soon and weights 24 pounds and is 312 inches tall. He has five teeth, can crawl and stand and is beginning to walk around furniture. His habits are regular, so he isn't much trouble. feel you are responsible for his growth and I only wish I knew how to thank you. “When I first started him on the cup he didn’t like it. One day when I left him with a friend she gave him hot coffee from a cup. That burned him and no doubt didn't taste any too good and after that every time he saw a cup he would cry hard. “I purchased an aluminum cup for him and let him play with it until he ‘was very fond of it, then I bern giving him little sips of milk in it, poured fl'flllln another cup. Now he takes it wel “Also with vegetables T began by giv- ing half milk and half vegetable juice. I broke a half zwieback into this and when baby became accustomed to it I used more soup and changed the zwieback to sleved vegetables. “When baby first started to crawl I would lead him along to his box of toys and have him put the toys he was tired of into the box before taking another one. Now he picks up after himself-and certainly saves me lots of s teps. “I read somewhere that if baby is given cod liver oil in his bath there won't be any stained clothes. “I want to thank you again for all your help. May you have strength and courage to continue your good work.” Answer—The strength and courage come from just such letters as yours. You have more than repaid any debt you owe me by the splendid and prac- tical suggestions in your letter. The only other cod liver oil stains that might harass the mother are those which mfihb result from baby’s spitting u}a while being dressed. It has been found that the best time to ive cod liver oil (that is, the best time for ing it down) is about one-half hour a: a meal. It is seldom spit up then. It very often is spit back when given on an empty stomach and that would be true just before the bath, wouldn't it? So sometimes these seem- ingly ideal don’t work out in actual practice. Cod liver oil isn't & moot question right now, however. We are getting our sunshine out of the sky and not the bottle. MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Lying Versus Imagination. 1] STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Is a Wife’s Job Worse Than a Good Stenog- rapher’s>—How Can the Domestic Servant Achieve Social Dignity? | DEAR MISS DIX: I was much interested in the letter from the bachelor who said that if a man's stenographer treated him the way his wife does she ‘wouldn’t last the week through. He would fire her right off the bat. But how about the other side of the pieture? How about a man treating his wife as he does a good stenographer? I have been both and I have found that the office girl's work begins at 8:30 and ends around 5, while (he housewife’s job runs from 6.30 to any old time in the night, and from the good old American dollar Illndww less, 80 DY'S WIFE. Answer: Right you are, sister. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, and if wives are not always as spick and span looking at home as the office girls are when they come to work, and if wives don't ys use the same tact and diplomacy in handling their husbands that office girls display in getting along with their bosses, no more do husbands show their wives the same courtesy and consideration and justice that they do their female employes. Believe me, if men would bring their business manners home with them in the evening instead of leaving them locked up in their desks at the office, it would do a lot toward solving the domestic problem and making home, sweet home, instead of & place where scrapping matches are a part of the regular daily program. Furthermore, many and many a wife would ask nothing better than for her husband to treat her as courteously as he does his stenographer. T am talking about the average business man who spends his days chasing dollars and not skirts, and who regards his stenographer as just part of the office equipment, but who is polite to her and regardful of her feelings because in the first place he is a gentleman, and in the second place, because she is useful to him and valuable to him and he doesn't want to lose her, and well he knows that she would give notice and quit if he didn’t. It takes time and trouble to train a stenographer into his way of doing things and he doesn't want to have to go through that any oftener than necessary. So when he has a woman drilled into the office routine, and she proves herself efficlent and capable and loyal, he handles her with gloves for fear of losing her. He wouldn't dream of such & thing as venting his temper and nerves on her as he does on his wife when things go wrong about some deal, or because he is tired and irritated. Nor would he dream of saying the insulfing things to her that he says 1o his wife, or blaming her for everything, from the President’s message to the state of the stock market, as he does his wife. On the contrary, he speaks Miss Pothooks fair, and gumshoes around her personal peculiarities, and when he has to call her attention to a mistake he does it in a way that does not give offense. And this difference in treatment is not becsuse he prefers Miss Pothooks to friend wife, but simply because a man regards his wife as a sort of lightning rod for his irritability and home as a place where he can blow up safely and get all the emotion and cussedness he has had to suppress in business out of his system. And he doesn't feel that he has to be polite to a mere wife, because she has to stand him, anyhow. ‘When a man's stenographer is one of the invaluable kind, who is always on the job early and late, who never forgets anything, and who can put her hands on every paper that is wanted, and who becomes a sort of subsidiary memory and conscience to him and keeps him reminded of everything he ought to do, why he is appreciative of it and doesn’t hesitate to express his gratitude to her. But when wife is on her job all the time, when she makes his home a place of comfort and gives him just the things he likes to eat, cooked the y he prefers them; when she saves his money and press-agents him in society and writes his letters and sends his presents and does everything that one human being can do for another, he just takes it for granted and feels that she is doing no more than she should do. And the man feels that his stenographer is worthy of her hire. He doesn't expect her to work for nothing, or just for barely enough to pay her board and clothes. And he doesn't expect her to come and wheedle her salary out of him, dollar by dollar, and throw flipfiops of gratitude because he has given her the money she earned by her labor. No. He would consider himself dishonorabie if he didn't pay her a fair wage and, if she had done extra good work, if he didn’t hand her out a bonus now and then. But it is different with wife. No matter how hard she works, no matter if she puts in a 14-hour day toiling for him and his children, he considers that he supports her and that she is not entitled to a single penny of the money she earns and that he is mighty generous to let her toil for him for her board and clothes. Funny that husbands and wives who love each other treat each other worse than they do strangers, isn't it? D DOROTHY DIX. .. DEAR MISS DIX: India is not the only land that has its castes; other countries also have their pariahs. Such are servants. No treatment is too mean, no term, too harsh to be applied to us, but the ladies are like queens. ‘What a paragon of all virtues, what an epitome of intelligence each one ot them is! Take, for instance, this servant problem. They have had it in their hands only for a short time—just for a few millenniums—and what stupendous results they have achieved! Servants are often referred to as ignorant and illiterate “hirelings.” Great Scott! Why, many a housemaid has more in her feet than her mistress has in her head. And hirelings? Well, perchance, even college professors may be called that. D.T. Answer: Tt is not fair, of course, to judge the individual by the class, and without doubt there are many men and women in domestic service who are far superior in intelligence and breeding to those for whom they work, but you must admit, D. T., that these are isolated instances, and that the great majority of servants are not highly cultured. It is greatly to be regretted that any stigma should be placed upon domestic service, because it keeps out of it many women who would find in it their most congenial and profitable occupation. There are many girls who have no aptitude for business; who all the surroundings of a business office distasteful and uncongenial; who never learn the technique of selling, or acquire s and facility in handling a typewriter, but who are born housewives. They adore going on an orgy of cleaning, they thrill to pots and pans, and they have a genius for cooking. ‘These girls would be far happier in somebody's kitchen than they are in a business house, and they would earn more money, for by the time the average clerk’s or stenographer’s board and lodging is paid and the clothes that she has to have to present a suitable appearance are bought she has less money left than the girl who works in a home. But these girls take the less well-paid job because they do not want to be called servants. ‘The remedy for the situation rests in the hands of you girls in domestic service, D. T. You can raise your profession to ong of honor and emolument, if you want to, by giving better service and by foreing the world to respect you and your work. Remember, there was a time when actors were outcasts, and when ;lrltens. and especlally newspaper reporters, sat below the salt and were looked own upon. But the actors and newspaper peo?le have raised their calling to the dis of fine arts and forced the world not only to receive them, but to look up to them. And domestic employes can do the some thing. As is proved from the fact that chefs and trained baby nurses have already achieved their place in DOROTHY DIX. the sun. (Copsright, 1929.) ity Necklines Govern Selections BY MARY MARSHALL. Chokers that fit very closely round the neck, longer chokers that end just in the region of the collar bone, long choker is preferred, because it does not interfere with even a fairly high neck- line and has no dangling ends to de- necklaces and shorter necklaces—they tract from the simple smartness of the are all in good fashion and one has ensemble. ‘The slightly longer choker is a better choice for the woman with a shor¢ neck or a very broad neck. The neck- lace long or short is better worn with afternoon or evening dress and this may be either moderately long—like the one shown below in the sketch—or it ‘may be quite long. ‘The chokers made of wooden beads or rondells in tones of brown or beige are in very good taste and look at- tractive against sunburned skin. They are appropriate for sports and street wear, but should never be worn in connection with jewelry containing pre- clous stones, and should not of course be worn with evening dress or formal afternoon things. ‘The new camisoles do up in the back and are very easy to make. They are most convenient to wear under & light-weight dress when no slip is worn. If you would like a diagram pattern and directions showing how to make one of these new camisoles, please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Mary Marshall, care of this paper and 1t will be forwarded to you. (Copyright, 1929.) Molded Cheese Salad. Soak four tablespoonfuls of gelatin in cream. 5 ito let stand in the refrigerator to harden. TIGHT CHOKER OF CUT CRYSTALS AND RHINESTONES. LONGER CHOKER FOR SPORTSWEAR, OF WOODEN BEADS IN YELLOW AND BROWN. LONG NECKLACE OF BLUE AND SILVER BEADS. -un{lyfn choose the sort of thing that is most becoming or most appro- = to the occasion. sports ensemble niaped Shors JULY’ 27, 1929. Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. July 27, 1864—A Confederate force of considerable size has appeared on the Maryland line northwest of Washing- ton in the vicinity of Harpers Ferry and along the Potomae River above that point, according to advices received here today. There are no indications yet whether this force intends to move to- ward Washington or merely hold the entrance to the Shenandoah Valley with a view to protecting the grain crop there. It has been variously estimated that there are from 5,000 to 50,000 Con- tederate troops in that vicinity. Some anxiety is felt here and sugges- tions are being made that the ecity should prepare to defered itself in case of an emergency. The Evening Star today urges that the able-bodied citizens of :Vuhlnnon be organized into a militia orce. “Let us not wait until the enemy is within 5 miles of the city before we undertake to organize the local militia,"” says The Star. “There is no probability that the enemy will undertake 50 des- perate an enterprise as that of &n &s- sault upon our fortifications even should he come in this direction, but it will not be wise to tempt him to it by any re- misses on our part.” A report was brought. to the city this | morning by a panicky horse contractor that there was heavy fighting yesterday at Prederick, Md., resulting adversely to the Union troops. He claimed to have | escaped with 400 horses. But this “battle” is believed to have been wholly an affair of the contractor's imagina- tion. Reports of a more rellable nature, however, indicate that there has been fighting on the south side of the Potomac -River near Martinsburg. It appears that Gen. Cook has fallen back with a Unlon force near Harpers Ferry before Confederate troops in superior numbers. ‘The Confederate authorities are ap- parently allowing aliens to pass through their lines again, as a number of these refugees have reached Washington dur- ing the last few days. Eighteen have presented themselves at the provost marshal’s office in the last 24 hours and | taken the oath of fidelity to the United States Government. One is A woman, & native of Canada, who walked here all the way from Richmond. When she arrived she was | suffering from sore feet and was com- | pletely worn out. She was taken to the | ;iome for Friendless Women and cared or. AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “We've always got along good bt-“ cause I've been careful not to let Pa; find out which one of us had the most sense.” LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. The Weakly News. ‘Weather: Whats fair for one is fair for all. | | SPORTING PAGE. ! Last Thersday the man at the garage | gave Shorty Judge a old automobeel horn for going a errand for him, and | sometimes it blew when Shorty skweezed it and sometimes it dident, and Shorty woke up about 2 o'clock in the morning and wondered weather it did or not, and he skweezed it to find out, and it did and he skweezed it about 6 times to bc absilutely sure, and everybody in th house jumped out of bed and ran ir Shorty’s room mad, and Shorty hasen got the horn back yet but he has hopes. INTRISTING FACTS ABOUT INTRISTING PEEPLE. Glasses Magee says his favorite dizzert is just plane ordnerry rice pudding with- out raisins but his friends think he just says that to sound diffrent from other peeple. | Lew Davis can guess what time it is, any time of the day without being more than about 15 minnits wrong, ony no- | body hardly ever asks him to gess any | more on account of the novelty having | wore off. LOST AND FOUND. Nuthing. H POMES BY SKINNY MARTIN. Suffering I can usually forget a injury, But one mad feeling that lingers Is when the barber throws the sheet round my neck And jams in the edges with his fingers. Happiness ‘When I feel good I leep and bound, Im a jumper and a springer and & hopper, In fact I often remind myself ©Of popcorn in a popper. —_— Baked Peaches. i Peel some fresh es (or canned ones may be used), cut them in halves and remove the stones. Place in a shallow pie plate and fill each cavity with some of a mixture made in the proportion of one teaspoonful of sugar, half a teaspoonful of butter, a ’e'Hha Bt drops of lemon juice and a dash of nutmeg gratings. Bake the filled peach halves in a hot oven until tender. WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSI 3 Registered U. 5. Patent Omce. de to the e m& cal- FEATURES. PARIS.—Lucien Lelong makes a display of brown for advance Fall styles. half-raised belt. | One of his crepe de chine day dresses is cocoa shade with a strass buckle on the RITA. MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE BY MOLLIE MERRICK. HOLLYWOOD, Calif,, July 27.—The Hollywood hand reached out to London and plucked from the little group of famous ones at the clubs and smart hotels none other than G. A. Sil-Vara, Viennese plavwright. Author of a play whose scintillance, in the capable hands of Lynn Fontaine and Alfred Lunt, has caught the fancy of New York, Sil-Vara is a unique and enviable literary figure. A Theater Guild success is the accolade of accom- plishment. Add youth, finesse, savoir faire, and the cup is brimmingly full. Crown all this success with a com- mand from Hollywood. King Hollywood sits back in his castle and claps his hands. To his throne room come the famous. Occasionally by the time they have arrived the king is weary. to talk to the -eople he has bidden to his literary levee. Sometimes the mighty monarch yawns at their at- tempts to amuse. Sometimes he has closed the castle and gone off to his hunting lodge, in the depths of some impenetrable forest. And, again, the artist who has been commanded arrives only to find that he doesn't speak the same language as his | T majesty. Let us hope none of these things will har~-en to Sil-Vara of Vienna and Lon- | don. and of New York for one dizzy week, where he saw America for the first time and learned what American play producers can do. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Well, we had to wait a long time an’ get through a lot ob p'liteness first, It doesn't please his majesty | ‘There he ab-| ! sorbed much of the American point of | view—the charming frocks of the | working girl; the American luncheon, with considerable time for the cigarette | after; the genuineness of the American group’s purpose to do something note- | worthy in the field of the the: , and its successful strides along ti line. 1., Sil-Vara had seen such things in the theater as had not been done since the | great days of Max Reinhardt. He had been entertained by his cross-American | tour, hastening forth from seven days |in Gotham to a six months' stay in Movieland. We lunched studio commissary. Sil-Vara drew off immaculate chamois gloves and screwed a monocle beneath | his pince-nez. | “I think.” said he, “I shall have an American luncheon.” He studied the menu, and a some- what puzzled look crept into his eyes. It was evident, even through the pince- nez and the monocle. “What,” asked he, “is salade Lee-la Hee-ahms?” “Salad Leila Hyams™ I translated. “Named for the movie beauty.” “I think.” said the playwright, “that shall have the filet of sole and some mineral water.” At the long table sat the usual direc- | tors’ group, shooting dice to see who would pay for the luncheon. Mean- while we talked of many things—of the plays Sil-Vara will have in New York this Winter; another for the Guild; two more plays, “The Fire in the Cas- tle” and “Sex in Calico.” We talked of movies made here and in Europe. Sil-Vara is an “observer” at present on the Hollywood lot. An | observer goes from set to set, merely | watching the methods of leading direc- tors. He reads the story in question— | or stories—and maps out dialogue and | means of approach. ‘The mineral water arrived—and the sole. Quite gravely from an inside pocket Sil-Vara drew what appeared to | be a very small fountain pen in silver. | A pressure of his thumb converted it into a champagne twirler. He pro- | ceeded to remove the carbonic gas from the water before him. “This gas is better out,” said he, twirling vigorously. | The dir» halted. The long table 1gazed in frank wondbrment. Sil-Vara ;}lalkfid on, delightfully unconscious of all. A charming worldling, here at the command of King Hollywood—a builder of drama; an artist in words and ideas: visiting sound stages; listening, a bit bewildered by the mystifying jargon of the studios; a bit of Continental Eu- rope dropped down in Gelatineland as the guest of his gracious majesty. (Copyright, 1929. by North American News- Daper Alifance.) | Much difficulty is encountered by | dwellers in bungalow Toof apartments {in securing wirt for their flower gar- dens. Very few city florists carry the soil in quantity and when it can be but at last we is habin’ the party! ! procured the price ranges from $3 to (Copyright, 1929.) $5 a bushel. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Bleaching Blonde Hair. is DEAR MISS -My _hair getting_dark and is a terrible shade now. What sort of bleach would give it a golden color? I read in your column about & peroxide shampoo for blonde hair. How is this made? MARY LOU. Answer—The peroxide shampoo may be given only once on a natural head of hair, as it lightens the color of all . As the hair grows out dark at _the roots it must be retouched skill- fully with peroxide and ammonia. If you do not want to have dull, straw- iike hair, never apply a bleach twice to the same part of the hair that was bleached before. ‘To make the peroxide shampoo, mix one part of perolxd!de with th{‘e.‘e p';:.n; of sham| uid (pure castile ‘melted ’goo“n;”' ‘Wet the hair all over and apply the soap solution. Work | the lather evenly all through the hairs to the ends. Leave it on for five or 10 minutes. Rinse. If the hair is not light enough, repeat the operation once or twice, Use a strong grade of per- to a good ::d have her do the retouching for you. If you want to risk doing it at home, however, mix three tablespoonfuls of one_tablespoonful of peroxide t ammonia. Wrap a not so bad in Winter, but in the Sprin and Summer they come out again. 5 have tried all sorts of remedies. I am 5 feet 11 inches tall and weigh only 125 pounds. How can I clear my come plexion. A DAILY READER. Answer—The average weight for youf age and height is 157 pounds, so you see that you are considerably under= weight. No doubt you are naturally of a slender build and may never weigh as much as the average, but I think you should try to gain at least 15 pounds. Your large degree of under- weight seems to show that there is some internal condition that is keeping you from getting sufficient nourishment from your food. It would be a good RETOUCHING THE ROOTS plan to_have your teeth X-rayed and have a thorough physical examination by _a doctor. Bad tonsils may be poisoning your system. Your problem is to find out, with the doctor's help, just what ie keeping you so thin. I feel sure that when you have found and removed this cause your skin will begin to clear up. Since your skin condition has spec and also a change in diet. to suggest any home treaf you because I believe that you really need medical advice. The pimples that appear during adolescence usually leave by the twenty-fifth year. N LOIS LEFDS. - (Copyright, 19300