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WOMAN'S PAGE. Dalflia Has Season’s Honor Place BY MARY MARSHALL. ‘There is something rather mystifying about some of the flower color names that have recently been favored. Amer- ican beauty on the one hand cannot easily mean but one thing to the per- son who has once seen the lovely rose | that bears its name. In any case it is an easy matter to settle. On the other hand, there is capucine, or nasturtium, which may mean a brownish orange, & greenish yellow or an infinity of shades in between. And now comes dahlia, which is just as indefinite to | ‘WORN WITH SILVER AND DAHILA LAME BLOUSE. the one who goes directly to nature to settle the question. There are even more possible dahila shades than there are nasturtium shades. There are pink dahilas, white dahilas and dahilas al- most black in the depth of their purple tones, Actually there is much variety in the color that fashion chooses to call dahila, but always it is a bluish purple, more becoming usually than the wine shades that were favored last season because it is softer and contains more blue. AL best, dahila should be reserved as The Sidewalks a rather ceremonious color. It is not a choice for the dress in which one intends to.appear day after day. To make it truly becoming one's com- plexion must .be at its best. Another thing that should be remembered about this tone is that despite its place of honor in the coler range of the season it is still not generally worn. It is al- ways more conspicuous than brown or green, black or dark blue, an@l for that reason, if for no other, is a color that should be avoided by ¢he woman who is too stout. A dainty nightgown is-a gift that pleases any woman at Christmas time. This week’s pattern diagram shows how to make one that is as dainty as it is ]s{zpln of eonf‘u-m:ummd If you would & copy, please send your stamped, sell-ldduue: envelope to Mary Mp:r- shall, care of this paper, and it will be forwarded to you. Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS, Family Fame. Famous fathers are more apt to have their fame ‘gfl'pflulud through their daughters an through their sons. Public opinion, rather than heriditary endowment, constitutes the reason. If & man is famous, society, naturally supposing that his son is a “chip off the old block,” takes it as a matter of course that the son will also achieve fame. Such expectations on the part of society place a heavy burden upon the son. He ws up with his ambitions ready-made. There is good reason to suppose that many a son would stand a better chance of becoming famous if this fictitious father-goal were not continually confronting him. At any rate the rule as expressed by one care- ful student of the question is this: “The danger that children of important par- ents will make a failure of- their lives is greater than in the case of ordinary children.” In the case of daughters nothing out of the ordinary is expected, regard- less of the fact that they may have famous fathers. Therefore, whatever the daughters may accomplish goes for more than its face value. This whole question of family fame and its perpetuation on the part of the rising male generation comes under what is called the law of “all or none.” The unfortunate sons of famous fathers try, of course, to live up to the family tradition. Anything short of a striking success is appraised as less than what it really is. Ordinary achievement is termed failure. After appraising such a failure, so- ciety comes in with another fiction: It says that the talent which achieved fame in the first generation has “played out”; that talent is good for one genera- tion only. After that it reverts to type. Reputation, like prosperity, is & burden to the average person. One may extend this rule to include immigrants who, having no particular reputation to support, go to work for themselves and make a success of things. of Washington BY THORNTON FISHER. Diary of a new member of Congress who arrived in the cityfwith serious and near-serious ideas of his job as a legis- lative functionary: ped tling “My Country, "Tis of Thee.” In to phone by mald, who said one of the. chief . vote~ getters from back home wished to speak to him, Chief vote-getter said he was stopping off between trains and wanted to remind member that his constituency ex- pects him to obtain an appropriation for & new bridge @cross the Pazooka River. 9 am-—Arrived at office. Secretary handed him .a flock of letters for per- sonal answers. Six war veterans, one of them a Civil War soldier, insisted that they be given positions in the Federal service. Twelve letters and four post cards from organizations back home | Tequesting contributions. 9:02 a.m—Phone rang and it was John Popper’s family. Wrote a letter for Popper so that he and the missus | could meet the President. 9:05 a.m.—Two guys came in and demanded that “I announce my posi- tion in regard to the exemption on finger bowls.” | 9:09 a.m.—Received 41 letters from constituents demanding that he oppose | the measure removing tariff on hay wire. Received 41 letters demanding that he support the measure. i 9:15 am.—Wife called up and said | not to forget that she is giving & party, | at night in honor of some folks from'| home. | 9:20 a.m.—Went out to pose with the | world’s “hike” champion, who was | carrying & missive from the old home | town to the mayor of Niagara Falls. 9:30 a.m.—Received five letters from important citizens back home request- ing that their choice be appointed to the vacancy at West Point. 9:35 a.m.—A friend dropped in to dis- cuss golf and expatiate upon the merits ©of a new driver he acquired. 10 am.—Received a letter from a foreign-born constituent stating that the man's cousin wanted to come to this country and asking that the quota be changed to make it possible. 10:10 am.—Took up the matter of having a veteran’s pension increased. 10:15 a.m.—Consulted with man from back home concerning a Federal judge- ship. Mailed a dozen copies of “How to Care for Live Stock” to farmers in the home district. 10:30 a.m.—Opened a bunch of let- board be organized in a congressiorfal district for the purpose of extermi- nating boll weevils. 10:45 a.m.—Opened four “nut” letters expressing indignation over failure to mention entangling alliances in his h printed in the Congressional Record. 11 a.m.—Received a delegation of button-hole makers who insisted that buttons be included in the schedule. 11:15 a.m.—Wrote an article for the home-town paper about the duty of all good Americans to support the bill pro- viding for bigger and better day nurseries. Mentioned the coming gen- erations of American manhood and womanhood. Pointed with pride to what had already been accomplished and viewed with alarm the dismal re- luctance of the public to improve con- ditions in the day nurserles. 11:30 a.m.—Received a letter from the home-town “dry” party asking him to announce his position in regard to local enforcement. Also received a blast from the “wets,” insisting that he come out flat-footedly in favor of the repeal of the amendment and sup- port a light-wine and beer. Frog‘rlrm 11:45 a.m.—Received a_delegation of hnmeb.folkl, who m-uu& th 5 rt ven an adequate airport an fi'fic a fresh-air home be constructed from Federal funds. 12 m—Lunch at the House restau- rant. Took three visitors with him to whom he pointed out well known members. 1 p.m.—Arrived at office to find a letter from & constituent with influence demanding that his widowed sister be given & job in the Federal service at once. 1:30 pm—Went into a huddle over the situation facing the political party back home, and indorsed Jimmy Glip for mayor, calling upon patriotic cit- izens to vote for him and save the city from the talons of the gang. 1:45 p.m.—Wrote a letter of recom- WENT TO GRERT | mendation for the son of a supporter. 2 pm.--Went to the station to greet N Col. Miffs, leader of the home party, «* 74 who wishes to meet, /4l the President. 3 p.m.--Received letter asking to look up records in Patent Office and discover, if possible, if a certain '};’“t can opener paten hl; le:lger been filed. p.m. — Was | 1 asked to call up|&h THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ©., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 19%: Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. December 7, 1859.—The national Democratic .committee, appointed at Cincinnati in June, 1856, met here at Willard's Hotel tonight, with Hon. Da- vid A. Smalley presiding. Monday, 4pril 23, 1860, was fixed as the date for the Democratic national convention to be held at Charleston, 8. C. The case of T. Heinnemann and his wife, charged with harboring certain slaves belonging to Mr. James Fowler of Maryland, was taken up for hear- ing before Justice Donn today. It ac once appeared that the case was strangely mixed up. Most of the witnesses were Germans, who spoke English very badly. From all that persons in the court room could gather, it appeared that the slaves were in Heinnemann's cellar and that he spoke to another German about run- ning them off. It seems that this second man pre- tended to enter into the scheme, but, instead of doing so, gave information to two friends of his, who went to the house and took the slaves away. ‘The question was, did the accused have the slaves concealed for the pur- pose of aiding their escape from their master? - Justice Donn decided that it was a question for the grand jury. He dis- missed Mrs. Heinnemann, but held her husband in bail of $500 for court. Robert Beall, one of the grand jurors, was present for the Jrurpoce of ques- tioning witnesses, and in the progress of the examination some developments occurred indicating that certain pei- sons in this city, upon whom suspicion has heretofore fallen, know something of this affair. The officers are on their trail. There was considerable grumbling throughout the city tonight, especially among the business men on Pennsyl- vania avenue, in consequence of the miserable quality .of the gas light. It is supposed that the poor lighting was caused by the general extension of the gas mains over the city without a cor- Tesponding increase in the supply ot gas at the works. It is expected that the Washington Gas Light Company will see that this matter is set right with all promptitude. NANCY PAGE Playthings Should Meet the Needs of a Child. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Joan was such a lovable, normal lit- tle thing that Aunt Naney did not real- ize how fortunate she was nor how wise | had been her upbringing. It was after a visit from some of Joan's second cousins that she gave voice to her pleasure in Joan. She was talking it over with Peter. “You know I learned a lot from that visit. Joan has a Jack in the box that she used to love. She has outgrown it now, but it was still in good condltwn.r I brought it down for Annette, who is 5. She jumped and cried every time the Jack popped out. I watched the child. She is nervous and sensitive to strange things. She needed something quieter, less exciting to play with. I gave her the soap bubble outfit, and she had a marvelous time all by herself. I believe that nervous children should | have quiet toys and playthings they can enjoy by themselves. “Her brother, Martin, was so shy. He | hung on his mother’s skirts and acted | like a little baby. One day he went out | to the sand boat we have in the base- ment. He was having a beautiful time. Soon some other children came in. E‘l)l.yed right along with them at the t, because he was not the new child coming. into a group. They came to him, you see. He n to have toys which' call for group action. When he is interested he forgets himself and be- haves as well as Joan, She is a dear, Peter, even if we do say it ourselves, 1 hoge Peter will be as creditable to you and me.” ; “There you go, Nancy, trying to make the boy reprosent you. Don't do that. He 15 not_our son to show off and do us credit, but an individual who has his own life to live.” “I know it, Peter. than just his mother.” need planning for even the ge. Writn to Nancy Page, of inclosing a stamped ressed envelope, asking for her leaflet on Department of Ag- riculture about the proper pruning of trees. Referred request to secretary. 3:30 p.m.—Contributed $25 to the building fund of the Loyal Order of Bears back home. Also sent $10 to the Municipal Charities Society at home. 4 p.m.—Beat it just as a delegation * “Swmyemmanding that a local Federal Mrs. C. asks the following questions: “1. When my baby was born 10 weeks 880, she had a perfectly shaped head, but I now notice that it is flat a little on the right side. I place her on her left side, but she turns rifl; over on her right. 1s there anything I can do to correct this?” Answer—Always sleeping with the head on the same side will cause flat- tening in babies’ heads, Mrs. C. There is also the possibility that the baby's| bones are too soft because of some de- gree of rickets. Are you taking her 10 & baby clinic, to have her checked up regularly? Is she getting some cod liver ofl or Viesterol, every day for vi- tamin D, and sun baths, to prevent rickets, and some orange juice (or to- mato or cabbage juice) to prevent scurvy? ‘You might try putting her up against & pillow as she lies on her left side, so it is more difficult for her to turn to the right. Soon she won't need to lie s0 long, for by the third or fourth month a baby should be able to hold its head up, so that it can sit up with its head pl;,?ptd up. By the age of 6 or 4% months, she should be able to sit up without her back propped up. If she is in good health, you will find that the shape of her head will gradually come to normal. “32. Her ears protrude s little. I was about to arrive. DIET AND HEALTH BY LULU HUNT PETERS, M. D. all right, or would it In any way harm the new hair growth?” Answer—I wouldn't keep the net cap on all of the time. No, it wouldn't harm the growth of the hair. “3. I am trying to dry up my breasts and have been rubbing camphorated oil on for the last five weeks, but that doesn't seem to do any good. Is there anything better than that? How long does it take to dry up the breasts?” Answer—Your baby is only 2% months old. Unless she isn't thriving on your milk and you have done every- thing possible to improve it—have at- tended to your diet and have practiced all the other hyglenic law: —or unless you are suffering from some serious dis- order which nursing would aggravate ngd l):llmothb';h é;lfi’:na‘ Lge baby, you should n ry up your breasts now, Mrs. C., for babies should not be weaned until the eighth or ninth month. If there really is need for weaning now, you should stop rubbing the breasts, for that only stimulates the flow of milk. After first emptying them (either by mechanical milking or by having the baby nurse), washing carefully with soap and water, put on a snug abdominal binder, limit the liquids in your diet to the minimum (and limit some of the solids) and take ‘teep & net cap on her head. Is that some cathartic salts every morning for two or three mornings. V and then | Layettes. (Copyright, 1929.) My Neighbor Says: Cut marshmallows with scis- sors, constantly dipped in hot water, and they will not stick. If a soft filling is baked in a Eele crust, to prevent the crust's coming soggy, beat an egg white a:\:flbrto"lmy, thr{x bl:r(ush it over ottom 'crus ore in the filling. Ll Triangular tears in garments may be neatly mended if the edges are first worked with a but- tonhole stitch, then caught to- gether through the stitches in- stead of the material. ‘Wash chamois gloves in luke- warm soapy water and wring them out of soapy water. They will then dry soft, not stiff. DAILY DIET RECIPE STRING BEANS LYONNAISE. Cooked string beans, one pound. Chopped parsley, one-half tea- spoon. Lemon Juice, one-half tablespoon. Small onion, one, He | T'll try to be more | Nutmeg, one-sixteenth teaspoon, Pepper, one-guarter teaspoon, Salt, one-hall teaspoon. Butter, three tablespoons, SERVES 4 OR 6 PORTIONS, Melt two tablespoons of the butter, Yadd finely sliced onion and brown delicately. Add the string beans and seasonings, Heat thoroughly, add rest of butter and serve at once. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes fiber, lime, iron, vitamins A, B and G. Can be eaten by normal adults of average, over or under weight, PARIS.—The new long dress tall to start with have an advantag quoise net model. make big girls of us all—but those who are Mirande puts strass embroidery on a tur- DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX DMR MISS DIX—T am a product of the modern age. I am a good dresser and like my good times. the average jazz queen. I have the looks of Fel- lows ask for my phone number, but after the first date, when they find I am Scotch with the kisses, they beat it for good. I stick up for my generation when my grandparents run it down, but down in my heart I would like to meet a chap like those in the Dark Aglcs who considered it was a privilege when one was allowed to kiss his lady's ting needles in the Old Maid's Home, for I surely don’t want and. Guess I had better reserve my chair and knit- to hook up with a guy who has been petting every girl he has ever met before he bestowed the great honor of asking me to share the future with him. What is the matter with me? BETTY. Answer—There is nothing the matter with you, Betty, except that you have some brains under your boyish bob and they are beginning to stir and make you see that while jazz music is good enough to dance mighty poor wedding march. to it makes a It looks to me as-if Flaming Youth is not nearly so flaming as it was two or three years ago a d that itstinder of false ideals is burning down to ashes that will soon blow away and leave things pretty much as they were before this little flare-up of rebellion against the conventions and moralities. For I find that many boys and girls are thinking and feeling just as you are. They have begun to realize that promiscuous petting and wild parties get them nowhere. At first it seemed very audacious {o snap your fingers in Mrs. Grundy's face and tell her to go to, and you got a whale of a kick out of shocking grandma and grandpa, and you felt terribly sophistocated. But the trouble is you haven't been able to keep keyed up to the bold-revolt motif. ‘The reaction has come. We Americans have behind us too many centuries of good, hard horse sense that makes us count the cost of what we are doing and look forward to its consequences. And that was bound in the end to swing the young generation back to sanity. Sooner or later the decencies, the old moralities, boys and girls were bound to the old restrictions, see that the old the old conventions by which their parents and their grandparents and their great-grandparents had lived are not just’ moss-grown superstitions that should be knocked down and scrapped, but the very foundation stones of civilization that have been built up step by step out of the experience and wisdom of thousands of years. -And that is why you don't want to have been playing around with. You don’ of a man who has no settled pu keepin, arry one of the boozey boys you want to give your life into the e or principles, who is concerned only with having a good time and who ha®n’t an. ambition higher than owning the fastest sport car. You want to marry a man like father and grandfather, who is reliable and substantial and ambitious and who is going to amount to something in the world. And it is why all this talk about sex freedom doesn't sound so good when you come to apply it to your own case. It makes the shivers run down your spine when you think of marrying a man who will stick to you only so long as you are young and attractive and who would think that he had a perfect ;-égm to leave you and go to some other woman if you got sick and lost your And boys feel the same way. They would like to get wi 1 mothers whom they can trust implicity, BoROTHY DIk Extension Tables in Many Styles BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. Extending the dining table so that it can seat more than the accustomed family group is no longer the simple matter it was a few years ago. Then tables were made with this precise ob- ject in view, and while it is true that the extension dining table still holds its place in the realm of good furni- l P ture, so many innovations and changes | table with but two legs. ary leaves were placed together. The drop leaves were raised, and a double seating capacity was insured. Such tables have found favor because of their adaptability and their extension ossibilities. The largest novelty in this extension table idea is an entirely separate small The leaf is in decoration have recently occurred | stationary and is supported by brackets that they are no longer universal. The refectory table was the first accessory to a table of the refec from the two legs. It is an extengon ry ‘THE MODERN TABLE IS ADJUSTABLE TO VARIED ANGLES. decided change. convertibility from a dining table into a llbrary or nvlnzlroom table made it especially acceptable for apartment purposes. The abllity to extend the size was solved by having end leaves that were hinged and could be ad- justed and slid out or under the table easily. This style is still a favorite. There has come a revival of the di- vided table used in olden times. This consisted of two separate tables, each with one stationary and one drop leaf. For ordinary occasions the one table was sufficiently large. Its mate stood against the wall as an individual plece of furniture. But when it was neces- sary to extend the size of the table in regular use this was rolled out on its smooth-running casters and the sides of the tables havigg the station- Its shape and casy | shape. It can be put at one end of seattng two extra persons, one each side. zn, can be put at right angles to the main tables, whi ther: transformed into & Wwriting table, one equall, ted to the requirements. e b used o serve & meal tn 2 bed to be convenient to or to a person who delights in break- reads in bed it is & marvelous con- enlt:llc: to hold & supply of books and the table and supply opportunity for ich is eby not with a draw leaf or shelf, but It can be u bed, for 1t will slide far fasting in bed. For the verson who agazines. It is well to see that the weight comes right for thé equilibrium | in, of this neat little table extensira, It will be seen that, although it really Is an extension accessory, it is also a Separate table. enuuf: over | ¢ - an invalid, LITTLE BENNY N — l ' BY LEE PAPE. I Us fellows was sitting on Puds Sim- kinses frunt steps tawking about dif- frent subjects such as weather we thawt Crissmas would seem just as valuble if it came every munth, most of us think- ing yes,"and some man stopped going pass and started to tawk to us. Being a little round man with rinkles and a white mustash saying, Well well, this makes me feel young agen, all you boys sitting here tawking about Criss- mas in your loud merry voices. Have you all written your letters to Santa Claws yet? he sed. Us fellows all looking at each other funny and Puds wispering, Aw, whose he think he’s tawking to, a buntch of babies? and the little man sed, He's a wonderful old fellow, Santa Claws s, he was werking hard making toys and delivering them down chiminneys when I was a boy like you boys, and he's still bizzlly at werk on the same good old job. I sippose he hardly has time to get his wiskers trimmed, ha ha ha, he sed. Us fellows looking at each other even funnier, and the little man sed, Now I wunt all you boys to tell me just what you sed to old Nick ineyour letters. Reddy Merfy starting to say, Aw good nite, and I poked him amung the ribs, wispering, G wizz, be a sport cant you? And I sed, Well I asked him for ice skates and gum boots and a puntching bag if he felt like it. Well wasent that nice and consider- ate, if he felt like it, ha ha ha, the lit- tle man sed, and Glasses Magee sed, I told him he could buy me whatever he wun:gd. I told him Id trust his judge- ment. Ha ha ha, good for you, Im sure your confidents wasent misplaced, the little man sald. And the other fellows started to tell him what they wrote to Santa Claws, even Reddy Merfy, and the lit- tle man sed, Well, I must go now, Im sure you boys will get everything you asked for, at least Im sure I hope so. And he kepp on going, me saying, O well, whats a use of spoiling peeples fun, and Puds Simkins saying, Sure, the poor old man mite as well injoy him- self while he can, and the other fel- lows saying they thawt so too. The Star’s Daily Pattern A smart dress for the junior is il- lustrated in a feather-weight woolen in flecked tweed effect in tones of green, "'%‘x’.’in‘fl" “pucm‘m ribbon binding rown n n accents flarin:‘rhem of circular skirt. The ribbon is also used to edge Peter cine le. It appears flared cuffs and in neck- WS, A narrow belt of self fabric marking normal waistline has three decorative buttons of the ribbon. Style No. 754 can be had in sizes 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. It’s an individual outfit that will de- light the most fastidious miss. It's very easily made and very inexpensive, Merely a two-piece skirt to be seamed and stitched to two-piece bodice that bhas pin tucks at front shoulders. Sleeves are set into armholes and col- lar stitched at neckline, Vivid red wool crepe is strikingly chic and weardble with pert bow tie of matching red silk crepe printed in navy blue polka dots. Horizontal stripes in wool jersey in French blue on dark blue ground is very attractive worn with blue suede belt and with the collar and cuffs in French blue plain jersey. Covert cloth in hunter's greem, beige and brown checked woolen, a wool challis print in brick-red tones and tweed-like cotton prints also suitable. For a pattern of this style sent 15 cents in stamps or coin directly to The Washington Star's New York Fashion Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street, New York. We suggest that when you send for ur new an T Fashion Magazine, WINTER BY D. C. PEATTIE, I am always just on the point of taking up astronomy as a hobby—or I might say one more hobby—and never more so than when in the first advent of Winter the skies grow frosty clear, and on the black velvet of night are scattered the infinite, unmatched dia- monds that are the suns of space. Some day I am going to get a book that will tell me which star is Betelgeuse, and how many million light-years away it is, Actually T never do it; in the first place I get sleepy, and that is such bad form that it shall never belonf to a night club or an astronomica®soclety. e second place, I am more than a little indifferent to precise details. I know Jupiter and Venus, and I can find the Pole star by that simple rule of thumb which says that if you draw a straight line through the two stars that form the front or drinking, edge of the big dipper, and continue it up toward the zenith, the first visible star is the Pole star. With these poor compasses I navigate my way through the midnight blue, fecked”with "5 diamona. foam. my ignorance, and thus it is, I suspect, that all but the initiate enjoy th star-gazing hours. There are nights when I am willing to remember that these are terrible, reeling suns, but the thought is crush- g, awesome, now, and like the child n the boat who will not look to see how deep under him is the water, I astronomize, (new word!) as must man on thg street, Long, Straight Hair, Long, Straight Hair. Dear Miss Leeds—(1) What is & be- coming coiffure for a girl with long, straight hair? I have a small nose and regular features. (2) I have dark, brown eyes, fair skin and dark brown hair. What colors are becoming to me? (3) What shade of face powder and rouge shall I use? (4) What is the average weight for a girl 18 years old who is 5 feet 5 inches tall? for helping me with my beauty prob- lems. BEATRICE H. Answer—(1) The center-part sleek coiffure will be becoming to your type. Brush your hair thoroughly to make it glossy. Part it in the center and bring a wisp of hair in front of edch ear and train it to curl upward on your cheek. Bring the rest of the side hair behind the ears and tie it. Now coll it into two colls and fasten them rather low at the nape of your neck or roll the hair into one long roll and pin it securely. For a change you might wear it in a French twist or a figure eight. (2) You may wear warm browns, rust, brownish reds, russet, brick, mustard, amber, canary yellow, light beige with touches of burnt orange, ivory, eggshell, dark red such as garnet, ruby, burgundy and the wine shades, dark green, bronze, reseda, Eng- lish green and olive green, dark and me- dium blue, warm gray, orchid, shell pink, tur‘:mlu, creamy flesh and black with touches of cream or some delicate color in a soft material as trimming for vest or collar. (3) You may use a na- tural shade of face powder and a touch of medium rose or geranium rouge. (4) ‘The ideal weight for a girl of your age and height is between 125 and 128 pounds. LoIs Very Much Underweight. Dear Miss Leeds—I am interested in the advice that you give to other peo- ple regarding their beauty problems, a I would like to ask you one or two ques. tions myself. (1) I am very much un- derweight and would like to gain more weight. I have been taking olive oil three times a day. Will this put flesh on me? I take about one tablespoon: ful at & time. Is this too much? I eal three meals a day: but I cannot get any stouter. (2) My eyebrows are very thick. Do you think it best to leave them as they are or to pluck them? Is there any harm in plucking them? ELAINE. Answer—(1) You forgot to give me your age, height and present weight, so I cannot judge just how much under- weight you are. If you have small, light bones you should not weigh as much as a person of the same age and height who has heavier bones and Why not be weighed and find out just how many pounds you need to gain to bring your weight to normal for yuor individual type? Consider whether you have any symptoms which may indicate disease. If so, consult your physician and have a thorough physical examination. There are sev- HOLLYWOOD, Calif., December 7 (N.AN.A) —Conrad Nagel is bandied about from one studio to another. But, ‘Dh, how an actor likes to be bandied this way! It means that prods fighting for him and that he is one of the best survivors of talk which the pantomime group can show. Conrad is also one of the best citi- zens of the village—on all civic com- mittees and pointed out with pride as the ideal father and family man. Once a soda jerker, then a bricklayer, he fought his way through college and on into the movies. He wanted to be an architect. But he'd make a.lot of blue- prints and not make as much as he does emoting before the camera. Off stage he is a slightly bald blond, quite tall and of quiet demeanor. His hair recedes sharply from hiss calm forehead. Before the camera these en- croachments of time are hidden by the famous lace pieces which have made the colony famous—hair tied into & hair foundation, which is glued to the skull with spirit gum, and which defies detec- tion in broad daylight. He drew the role of the tutor in Lilllan_Gish's first talkie vehicle, and today William Le Baron announced that he will be the leading man in Lila Lee's next picture, “Second Wife."” This indifference to age in private life is in direct antithesis of colony con- vention. Here are no middle-aged gno- ples; every one is young, tra la! ice old genties, whose hair is not only dyed but dead, smile broadly, revealing their bridgework as they tell you that “It's a fine role for a boy like me.” Fathers of grown families who are of grand- father age put up determined argu- ments with producers as to why they A springy step covers many & rheu- matic twinge. But, at that, its's better than moaning and groaning, and :.ll the silhouettes are good. ‘The studios have a slogan. It's “Out of the Trenches by Christmas.” Three different companies shooting war ma- terial are on schedules which should clear them of all but retakes by holi- day time. i | are not cast in romantic roles. Spanish as fast as we can. “Rio Rita” is being translated. The Latin American audiences have taken to our talkies with gusto. As there are 6500 theaters calling for Spanish films, you can understand the rush to supply. Thus one reads such silly-sounding shenanigans as this Oliver Hardy in ‘Los or the same duo in Estacion de Gasolina. Dropped in at Carmel Myers’ for a few moments to get out of a snow- uenos Papas,’ Tadrones' or ‘L us from the skies these nights via planes, just to make the village look Accurate Speech. A little girl, past 11 years, talks in very indefinite terms. She rarely names a thing but calls it a thing, refers to it in pronouns or by gestures. Instead of naming the person she is talking about she says he and she and him and her, the man, that woman, the boy— although she knows them by name. This child is not a mental defective. Neither is she a brilliant child. But she is perfectly normal. While learning to talk she was carried from one coun- try to another and so changed lan- guages in the period of speech growth. Usually this would not have made much difference. The usual child can master both tongues with little trouble at the age of three and thereabout, but this child had nobody about to notice that she did not know the names of things nd that she was substituting pronouns 1| accurate speech. ‘This nd gestures and indefinite terms for :m& she lacked ':ns; lo r thinking, an she entered the graded meant with which to defective in some way they could not understand, but certainly defective. All she needed was to be taught the ac- curate terms for things about her, held to accurate speech, in order to go on with her school work quite as well as the great majority of her mates. This is an extreme case, a bit un- usual, but it is not unusual to lucers are | tak Another and unwritten tag ?:l “Into | “Stan Laurel and | storm (they're d ing fake snow on | used A s the air- butter dish. rules is a well chosen menu, including fattening foods, three times a day. Olive oil is a splendid food, but I think that cod liver oil may help you to capture a few extra pounds more quickly. Asl your doctor. Remember t it is not only the quantity of food eaten that counts, but the character of the food and the thoroughness with which it is digested and assimilated. Include such fats as butter, ofl, cheese, bacon and cream in your menus every day. Milk, at least one quart extra, may be added to each meant or taken between meals. Eat plenty of nourishing soups, milk ?“dc?u gs, :.lc'zemem mlgro beans, lentils, pof s, peas, nuts, eggs, pre= serves and chocolate, which are suitable for a fattening diet. Be sure to eat fish, meat, fowl or meat substitute at least once a day, and includes plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits in the diet, as they stimulate the appetite as well as supply minerals, roug! lfied and vita- mins. (2) Have your hairdresser re- move the u:na’ly hairs from your eye- brows at regular intervals. Eyebrows are well groomed but not plucked too thinly as they have been in the past. Brush your eyebroys into shape every day with a small eyebrow brush moist- ened in olive ofl or vaseline. 1S LEEDS. Thin and Serawny Neck. Dear Miss Leeds—(1) How can I make my neck fatter? It is very thim and scrawny. (2) Iam 22 years old and 5 feet 4 inches tall and weigh 114 pounds. How much underweight am 1? . F. T. pluAmwurrb_ym ‘The ne::k can bommm massage, neck exerc! oil n,:: tlnu}‘n‘& ‘:I'I..t““t‘l:a mmfl e 0] for or Dichsca to- mal} Yoy Jeset om save mail you ummkwhmt%yumd?mum" massage and treatment in detail. (2) 1d weigh between 125 and 130 pounds. Ask for my leaflet on gaining welght and see reply to Elaine above regarding a physical examination. LOIS LEEDS. (Copyright, 1929.) MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE BY MOLLIE MERRICK. 1 Teady % “Fetusn o pictires aguin after vaudevilling it on 'gw East w e mew fad 1 lids has e or green eyel en the Myers by storm. It is par- fi:fi?(flefifia 'lllfli her '.l‘lfi‘ln hair, ace a cleanliness of model~ ing which goes with the exotic make-up, & matter of shaved ice, cointreau, champagne and shake. That the ladies are wearing their nails brilllantly en- ameled in green. “Ladies?"” “The wives of my friends and their sisters.” The green eyelid was used there a year ago. From the village 2 S TS ket les. renes - est Paris fashions.” s .w'ln'k;nn killing two birds with one (Copyright, 1929, by N Paper Alltanceyorican News- JOLLY POLLY A Lesson 11__ Etiquette. BY JOSEPH J. FRISCH. ALTHOUGH SHE KNOWS LI | | ABOUT OTHER HOUSEHOLS, DU | | THE MODERN BRIDE |_|(_'s A CANNY cooK ‘The individual knife should not to tak lece of butter from the That is the function of the butter knife. OUR CHILDREN By Angelo Patri or 50, and let it go at that. “Aw—this into that and—Then equals—My answer is this.” Every teacher gets one such pupil every term. It is like pulling his teeth to get him to use accurate terms for expressing his idea. Of course, the idea is not clear. In order to get it clear he has to master the details involved and that includes the right words for the processes, for. the results, for the smallest details of every activity. “The thing is going to be fixed. He's dependent. Give Walt patiently and calmly his mental house in order and tells his in clear terms. the matter. Children down to lswtcyugor"dflflafl' iod tt: bcwha;lfl' But the 9-year-olds and the 13-year- Do not Just learning to them until they can use lan to express their meaning clearly. o (Copyright. 1929.) —— P olds—go right after them and keep after find children using very inaccurate speech. ‘They are hr?. about hunt- ing for the right wo ‘my make In the first nine minths of 1929 the were 275 aircraft, valued :t “.“'l.lelrle. exported from the United States,