Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1929, Page 38

38 WOMAN’S PAGE Pleasure in Wrapping Packages BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER Wrapping up Christmas parcels can be a difficult and a tiresome task if it is not done right, or it can be a rather It all depends person prepares If _there is no Wrapping paper of the right size or strength, if the string is tangled or in short lengths, and if it is not stout pieasant and easy job. upon whether the properly for the work. THE SPR’G OF HOLLY DRESSES UP THE PACKAGE. enough, and if scissors are lost, and pen, ink and stamps have to be hunted up, then the task seems to be moun- tainous and disagreeable. It can seem to be the most difficult part of the entire work of Christmas preparattons. To simplify the work and make it seem a lark have every needed article handy. If there are large bundles to wrap be sure to have stout Manila paper and twine. These can be bought OUR CHILDREN BY ANGE! Impudence. ‘Such_impudence,” snorted the man- ager. “Such vicious impudence. A kid like that coming in here and asking me what we did to insure the cleanliness of our product. The colossal impu- dence.’ High school kid, isn't “So he said. The idea. Coming in here—'We would like to know what measures you take to insure the cleanh- ness of your product,’ says he, polite as the Prince of Wales. I threw him out on his ear.” “M-m. I don't know. These boys are going to head these business con- cerns one of these days. Theyll be taking over these plants one of these days. My boy was telling me last night that the physics teacher had suggested that they make a few surveys of the industries here. Might learn some- thing useful at that.” “Let them stay in school where they belong. ‘What measures have you taken to insure the cleanliness of your prod. uct.” The impudence. And I suppose if he finds my measures haven't been what he would like he will write them up in the newspapers. Such impu- dence.” ‘No, I guess they wouldn't do that. ‘The teacher looks after their report: But I imagine that if they found an; thing disturbing the teacher would speak to us about it.” “Such impudence I never saw. ‘What's it their business? A teacher ought to keep to his own business. ‘What does he know about our labora- tories? _Impudence. Colossal impu- dence. I told that kid what I thought I bet you he won't come back All of which is too bad. " Industry is everybody's business. It is especially the “business of the high school bcy and girl. The industry of the town ought to furnish a field of investig: tion for the pupils. They should be welcomed, instructed, offered lectur and conferences. They should receive scholarships in the field in which thcy showed ability. The plants and struc- tures of the town should be the laber: tories of the high schools and collcges The day is coming when we will no longer build the ‘great barracks we call high schools and colleges. We w have buildings where the life of the community centers. Old and yourg will come and go, all day long. There will be experts to interpret know'edg: Jeaders to inspire search. There will be laboratories and libraries and every facility for advancing the growth ond development of the community—youth and maturity meeting there. The industries, occupations, arts, the JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in English. BY JOS. 3. FRISCH. DORA'S NEW FRIEND 1S A VERY NICE YOUNG MAN. HE IS NICE TO HER AND SHOWS TIME. "IN FAC RINGS FOR RENT) The word nice is an overworked ad. jective. It scrupulously exact; delicate; as, distinction; a nice application; workmanship; nice proportions. In stead of nice, say, & pleasant time; kind ma eble chap; he is kind to her, etc, 4 S “HE IS SOMETHING TO RIDE HOME ABOUT ¢ e J 5 neemd | | R ; an affable fellow; an agree- or they can come from the store-closet. If the paper is rumpled it can be press- ed with a moderately hot flatiron to look like new. If the twine is off of reviously received bundles see that it g ;’ound !.'nn a blll;ll:h e';l‘(:s tleg to- gether or in separate lengths, each se- curely fastened off. This is rather a good way, for then a piece of twine or string in length suited to each parcel can selected. There should be plenty of white wrapping paper or of tissue, white, red, | green or any preferred tone. This may have been saved by thrifty homemakers from parcels received last Christmas. | It should now be ironed smooth and | such ribbon or tape as has been put away and which may be rumpled should also be pressed. There should be new Christmas ribbon lest you run | short and the Red Cross stamps or | Christmas seals should be handy. If you do not have a letter moistener | get a small sponge or have a wad of | absorbent cotton in a sauce dish. The | sponge or cotton should be wet. When it is time to put on the stamps touch them lightly to moistener and press onto the parcel. Letter scales are a | delight to have at such a time, for then the work can be speeded up. Long | waits tn line at the post office or sub- station can be avoided and every one | knows how tedious this is. | " Don't forget to have a sprig of holly | or a bit of evergreen to tuck under the ribbon, tape. or string after the parcel has been done up in its dainty wrap- ping. A small branch of holly or ever- | green will serve fqr a great many par: | cels as only a few Teaves or a tiny sprig | is needed on each. (Copyright, 1929.) || BRAIN TESTS | Underscore the proper word at the | end of each line. You have choice of several words in each case. Pick the | right one. Time limit, four minutes. (1) Aquarius is the name of a: Con- | stellation, fish tanks, steamship, precous stone, water conduit. (2) The word “dilettante” means: A society girl, a superficlal amateur, & careful person, a horse-drawn vehicle, a predicament. (3 The word “calendar” means: A systematic arrangement of dates, a Roman date, a Persian dervish, a boiler, a carriage. (4) Cathay signifies: A kind ot seed, a poetic name for China, a girl's name, a roadway, a hiding place. (5) The idis is: An Egyptian birq, a mountain goat, a Hawaiian bird, parc of the eye, a short poem. (6) The mantis is: A soothsayer, a Hindou invocation, a fraction of a logarythm, a coarse cotton cloth, kind of insect. (7) The mandrill is: A baboon, a spindle, a dance, “the jawbone, poisonous plant. (2) Moro is a name applied to: A Spanish hill, a roman deity, a member of a Philippines tribe, the day following this. one, a small fish. Answers. The correct definitions are: (1) A constellation, (2) a superficial amateur, (3) a Persian dervish, (4) a poetic name for China, (5) an Egyptian bird, (6) a kind of insect, (7) a baboon, (8) a member of a Philippine tribe. * (Copyrisht, 1929.) LO PATRI activities of the community will be the basis of the course of study. Radios and wireless telephones and sirplanes | and miracles to come will bring the world to neighbor with neighbor. The concern of one will be the concern of all. Each individual will develop the best in himself in order to bring out the best in his mates. The world must come into the school THE EVEN Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. The Only Child. In recent years there -has been a lot of talk about the “only child” in a fam- ily. Some psychologists go so far as to say that it is a question of “extreme importance.” These are the psychoan- alysts. They have constructed a com- plicated theory which undertakes to pro- vide an account of the “whys" of char- acter and temperament on the basis of one’s place in the family constellation. ‘There can be no doubt that part of what they say belongs in the domain of hu- man nonsense. Sense or nonsense, here is what they have to say about the only child. The only child receives too much at- tention. He does not usually have the opportunity to solve his life problems for himself. Consequently, he ap- proaches maturity with a lack of self- esteem, and is hampered all his life with a sense of inferiority. ‘The only child never really grows up. At the age of 40 he still ciings to his mother’s apron strings, still displays the characterstics of “an infant crying in the night.” e only child harbors the notion that he is a unique somebody in the world of somebodies. He demands a recogni- tion he does not deserve. Denied this reccognition his original feelings of in- feriority are enlarged. Then it is that he goes in for a program of bluffing his way through the world. His bluff is, of course, sooner or later “called,” and he gradually hits upon a new mechan- ism. He goes about the world with the air of a dejected monarch who has lost his throne through the ravenous designs of a society of rebels. The whole problem of the only child, if there is one, centers around the idea of life-goals. For the average child these life-goals are not very clearly de- fined even under the best of direction and training. In the case of the excep- tional only child, the life-goals are en- tirely lacking. So say the psychoan- alysts. Is there an only child problem? No, not exactly. The only child problem turns out in the last analysis to be a parent problem. (Copyright, 1920.) NANCY PAGE Lois Receives Presents for a Leisurely Lady. Lois Miller had a host of thought- ful friends. They knew that she was spending a quiet Winter at home. Later she would go to the hospital. Following that she would have a restful time at home with many callers. Accordingly, most of her gifts were chosen with those things in mind. One gift which she_enjoyed came from a friend living in New York. She visited the smart shops frequently and could always be depended upon to send somthing new. : b e S Her gift was an ordinary one—towels, Lut towels with a difference. These two she sent were made of polka-dotted handkerchief linen. One was in corn color with dots in pale yellow. The other was of white with pale lavender dots. The towels were finished simply with a line of hand-hemstitching. Another gift was a tray. It was of wood painted and shellacked to prevent water spots. The legs were short, but thick enough to give substantial sup- port. At one end of the tray was a and the school must go out into the world if they are to advance, end ad- vance they must. - (Copyright, 1929.) i | Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. | Personal Responsibility. There is a general and widespread | impression that there is something un- | desirable in being lefi-handed. No mat- | ter how dextercusly the left-handed in- dividua! manages to cut his meat, or | pilot food to his mouth, Hammer nails | or beat up a cake, the effect on the ob- | server is always awkward. “Oh, you're |left-handed,” is uttered as if it de- manded some kind of explanation. The majority of us seem to be right- | handed, for what reason no one has ever been able to explain (though lots of explanations has been offered). But babies, up to 3 or 4 months of age, do not seem to have a preferential hand. | They accept anything offered in either hand. At a later age, 6 to 9 months, perhaps, they begin to change | the toy to the right hand. There are a few babies who never reach this stage, or do just the opposite. When the toy is put into the right hand baby changes |to_his left. | It is well when babies are small to |offer objects to the right hand; but when the baby shows a marked prefer- ence for his left hand, it is a matter for serious consideration whether this tend- ency should be thwarted or upset. Tests made upon thousands of chil- dren force one to the conclusion that in most cases efforts to make a left-hand- ed ckrild use his right hand exclusivaly are wasted efforts. They upset the child, and they seldom result in his using his right hand, as right-handed people do. He may learn to wrtie, be- cause he is forced to do it, but writing will usually be a hard,. difficult task for him. In fact using the right hand for these fine movements is more nervously upsetting to the left-handed child than some of the other right-handed habits we_force on him. There seems to be (according to some scientific observations) a very real con- nection between stammering and forced right-handedness. The child who Is congenitally left-handed is 2s handi- capped by being made to use the right hand, as we would be if the case were reversed and we werc compelled to write or eat or sew with our left hands. We might learn to do it, but we would never |be as “handy” as we were with our depression into which the water glass fitted ‘To go with this tray was cloth and napkins of yellow organdy, edged with wide Binche lace. Another cloth was of Austrian linen with hemstitched finish. The tray dishes were jolly—a sunshine yellow with a pink rosebud for handle of hot-water pot, teapot and sugar bowl, Another gift consisted of a pair of mules. They had a pointed leather piece at the heel. This particular spot gets more wear than any other part of a mule and usually begins to fray and get threadbare long before the rest of the slipper is shabby. Lois is interested in lavettes. If you write to Nancy Page. care of this paper, inclosing a stamped. self-addressed envelope, asking for this leaflet (Copyright, 1929.) WINTERTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. are, The jolliest bird in the Winter avi- fauna is quite certainly the tufted tit- mouse. His very name has a sort of jaunty hardihood about it, as though he were cloaked against Winter and did not care a chickweed seed for Boreas and all his works. Actually, he is a permanent resident, but I lose sight of him after May: you will find it as hard to see him in August as to find the leaves of the hepatica or Spring_beauty. By October the titmcuse begins to make himself numerous in some way. All you have to do to make yourself in- timate with him is to put a piece of suet in a tree outside your window, or a few common bird seeds. He will come dozens of times a day and peck and preen and flirt and gyrate with all the energy of a paid performer. If you to go‘out to the feeding pen | preferential hands. Even if parents do not resort to whip- ping or burning the child's left hand as one cruel father exultantly reported doing, they are not above trying to per- suade the child to use his right hand. “Now just try to usc your right hand, | because every one else does, and you'll | look so queer if you don’t.” No wonder the impressionable child makes a real effort and if he doesn't succeed goes on believing that in some way he is queer. So long as the majority of us are right-handed, the left-handed individ- | ual is naturaily going to stand out, but | why not feel that this is a desirable dis- | tinction instead of & habit which marks | him as awkward and queer and differ- | ent? It remains for the parant to make | the child either unconscious of his habit | or miserable because of it. " Date Balls. Mix and sift together three-fourths cupful of flour, one teaspoonful of bak- ing powder, half a teaspoonful of salt, and one cupful of sugar. Add one cup- properly means _precise; | {ul of chopped dates and one cupful nice nice of chopped walnut meats. Beat two eggs lightly and stir into the first mix- ture. Bake in & moderate oven. When done cut into little squares while still hot. Fold into balls, then roll in pow- dered sugar, frequently the titmouse will know you and may even follow you through the woods or call out to you as you pass. He is second to no bird in intelligence, and when once he starts to talking he is as bad as your neighbor across the street, who runs in twice a day in or- der to wag her tongue. His usual call is peto-peto-peto. He can say this almost as loudly as a cardinal and he keeps it up with the persistence of the brilling sound of the towhee in search of a mate who is bashful. ~ Nuttall, that lovable old t, says that he sometimes says ‘Whip-Tom-Kelly,” that he learns this from a tropical bird, the long-spurred vireo, and that he mimics the katydid, a fact which I can confirm. Snlmq;n in Casserole. Mix one can of salmon with three- fourths cupful of coarse cracker crumbs, one-fourth cupful of chnr):ed greeh pepper, one-fourth cypful of chopped celery, and one teaspoonful of salt. Arrange loosely in a buttered beking dish. Pour over this two cup. fuls of thin white sauce and sprinkl one-fourth _cupful cruml oven sauce if bs on top. for about 30 likeds minutes. 3 Serve with NG STAR, . WASHINGTON, of grated cheese ( mission meant her own de and two tablespoonfuls of dried bread |to Paris and wrote Marat Bake in a moderate ! ing to bring him news of his enemies’ D, €. WEDNESDAY, PARIS.—This little bit of the Champs Elysees is from Chantal, and in her newest, vein. The material is lame, of red and blue on a beige background em- broidered with gold. The piping is red chiffon. RITA. DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Is Marriage Likely to Be Successful Between Those Who Are Not Convinced They Experience Un- dying Love?—Scholarship and Professions. DEAR DOROTHY DIX: A. olaims that, in order to marry, a couple should feel that there is no existence without one another. DECEMBER 18, 1929 LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. I was coming downstairs in a setting position and I smelt a swell smell com- ing out of our kitchin, smelling like the little round cakes our cook Nora makes when she makes them, me think- ing, G. I wonder if she'll give me one in advants before supper? Wich she generlly wont on account of her disposition,” and I went and looked 1 the kitchin door and she was pealing potatoes with a unsatisfied ix- pression, me saying, Hello Nora. Go where you came from, Nora sed. Being a pritty bum of a start, and I thwat, G, I better say something make her feel good. And I sed, O boy, if I smelt as good as those cakes Id hire myself out for a bottle of perfume. Youll get one when the time comes and not before, so dont be hinting around like a snake in the Garden of Eden, Nora sed. Proving I dident .make her feel good enough, and I sed, Hay Nora, you awt to hear the swell -complaint I heard some lady say about you, and she sed, ‘What was that, who sed it, what was it? Me starting to think hard on account of anything I ever heard about her not being complimentary and I sed, Well, some lady sed, she sed, O heck you wouldent bleeve me if I told you. Why wouldent I if its the truth, you pesky spalpeen, Nora sed. What was it now? she sed, and I sed, Well, I dont bleeve youll bleeve it. You got to give me a cake ferst before I tell you, I sed. I will if you promise hope to die its the truth your saying, Nora sed. Making it harder, and I sed, All rite I promise, give me the cake. Wich she did, and I sed, Some lady sed you had the funniest shape of ail the funny shapes she ever saw. Being the truth, and I quick started to run without even waiting to find out if it was necessary. ‘Wich it was, Nora being a slow run- ner but dangerous if she catches you. THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE. Smart Jacket Suit. The smartest little jacket suit imagi- nable for the young miss of 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 vyears. It combines printed kashmir wool Jersey with plain jersey. The cost is so small, it will surprise you. It's so simple, little daughter can eas- ily make it herself. Jacket has applied band stitched B. argues that this feeling exists only among the very young, and that when a man and woman of a sensible age decide to marry they need only to be mutually attracted to each other, have the same likes and dislikes, and enjoy the same form of living and amusement. undying love before marriage there is less disillusionment after marriage. have agreed to abide by your decision in this matter. PUZZ! Answer: B.'s idea ap ZZLED. Also B. contends that if there are none of these protestations vg! e ars to be that blessed are those who expect nothing in marriage, for they shall not be disappointed. Which is rather a pessimistic view to take of the subject. 1 don't think, however, that we can any more lay down an arbitrary rule .| about how much love it takes to get married than we can on how much money 1t all depends upon the needs of the individual. are warm-hearted, middle-aged men and women who would starve to deat! all that their wives and husbands could give them of love was just the cold bread of eongeniality, of liking the same kind of cooking. They would want it takes to get married. something richer, more nourishing. And, on the other hand, there are plenty of couples who would be perfectly satisfled with just a platonic friendship, with knowing that their Johns or Marys are fond of them, and enjoy going out to the picture shows with them, and chatting over the daily paper and the budget of neighborhood gossip. Of course, it is true that only the very young think they will perish of broken hearts if they don't marry each other. lived through so many sorrows and disappointments that we know that we do not die of grief; we have found out that tears endure but for the night and joy comes with the morning; we have discovered that time mercifully heals our hurts, and so we are not as desperate as youth is. And, perhaps, it is true that there is less dmillusionment in marriage for the old than ‘there is for the young, because youth expects too much. marriage to be an earthly Paradise and men and women to turn into angels, but age knows that there is nothing perfect in this world and so is prepared to take the defects of matrimony philosophically. On the whole, I side with B., for if none married except those who feel that there is no existence without one another there would be few marriages. .. DOROTHY DIX. IDEAR MISS DIX: Do you think the fact that & boy hardly passes in high school necessarily means that he will not make a successful ‘This question gives rise to bitter arguments and we would i} a man? what you think. rofessional to know Answer: If a boy is so little interested in his studies that he hardly passes in high school, if certainly indicates that he is not a student, and he will be far more likely to succeed in business than in a profession. Any man who makes a success in a profession these days must be a passionate seeker after knowledge and love study for its own sake. profession on this boy. I think you are making a mistake to urge a DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1929.) Brave Women and Girls of History Charlotte Corday Killed Marat for Co’umry'a Sake, Knowing She, Too, Must Die. BY J. P. GLASS. “WITHOUT HESITATION CHARLOTTE DREW A PLUNGED IT THROUGH HIS HEART.” Lamartine called Charlotte Corday, the beautiful golden-haired girl who slew Jean Paul Marat, “the Angel of Assassination.” & To most persons today the phrase seems fantastic. Marat may have been a monster. But we do not believe in murder, even of monsters. We sanction only the process of law. Marat, associate of Danton and Robespierre in the French Revolution, was @& virulent journalist and pam- phleteer, who clamored constantly for blood, blood, blood. It was the blood of any and all who felt the slightest sympathy for the fallen monarchy that he desired. Tortured by an agonizing skin dis- ease, his only relief was to lle in a “slipper-bath” with his whole body, ex- cepting his head and shoulders and arms, immersed in water. A plank lay across the bath. He used it for a desk upon which to indite his vitriolic pam- phlets. In a provincial section of France young Charlotte Corday, intensely pa- triotic, adjudged Marat the chief in- strument of the country’s sorrows. She, too, was a republican, but she did not approve the beheading of Louls XVI and Marie Antoinette. She determined to kill the monster. ‘This resolution had its inception in a nature wholly virtuot She was one of several children of a Norman knight and seigneur. Jacques Francols de Cor- day. Carefully brought up, she had been extremely well educated. Perhaps this was why, in a family devotedly royalist. she had sympathized with the Revolution. In young womanhood, having some fortune of her own, she went to live with an aged relative, Mme. De Brette- ville, in Caen. It happened to be the center where the moderate republical banished from Paris by the radicals, were plotting a fresh onslaught upon Marat and his {lk. Charlotte became one of them. In her naive innocence she thought that she could supplant political action by destroying Marat. In July, 1793. fully conscious that her ith, she went note offer- ctivities at Caen. At 7 o'clock on the evening of July 13 she appeared at Mafat's home, but the concierge refused her admission. Unfortunately for Marat, his mistress, imonne Evrard, who knew of her note, took a hand and let her in. Charlotte found her victim in his bath. He asked her the names of the leaders at Caen and when she told him sealed his own fate. “Before they are a week older they shall have the guillotine,” he said. Without hesitation Charlotte drew a long knife and plunged it through his heart. e gave but one cry—to Simonne: “Help!” It was too late. Charlotte went to her death serenely on the evening of July 19, believing she had saved France. But her act had done only harm. Marat would have died soon. His assassination was fatal to the moderate republicans and it killed off a promising feminist move- ment. (Copyright, 1929.) Cake Frosting. To half a pound of confectioners’ sugar add half a teaspoonful of va- nilla and enough cold coffee to spread well. Beat well. Add one tablespoon- ful of soft butter and one and one- half square of chocolate melted. The mixture will then stiffen and more coffee or milk must be added. Be sure that the frosting is not too stiff to spread and looks glossy. Frost small cakes in whirls and crease the top of a large cake with the tip of a knife, drawing the tip of the knife down in grooves and pressing it in every inch. Snppex. Relish. Cut in bits lhl'eeull)r 1fst‘ml' lan(t:’ooked sausages and fry until crisp and brown. R!mns?the pleces and add to the fat one onion and one sweet pepper minced fine, and cook, stirring for five minutes. Then add from a half to two cupfuls of tomato sauce, soup, or seasoned stewed tomato, a pint bowl or more of cooked macaroni or spaghetti, and a cupful of kidney beans if you have them. Left- over baked beans are nice for this dish. Add the sausages, let all get very hot, and serve with lettuce or celery sand- wiches. » ‘There h i When we get older we have It expects around edge. Scarf collar slipped through ring is newest idea of Paris. Style No. 537 will answer many re- quirements for school, street or travel. Feather-weight tweed, covert cloth, V.00l crepe, plain wool jersey, velveteen, tweed printed silk crepe, wool challis prints d tweed-like printed cottons are smart. Feather-weight Spanish red tweed used for kilted plaited skirt which is stitched to bodice with long sleeves of matching shade wool jersey, with jacket of the tweed, is decidedly fashionable. Make scarf tie ends of the tweed. Trim jacket with the plain jersey. Navy blue wool crepe with jacket of matching shade velveteen, trimmed with , is economical choice for class- room. Covert cloth in cocoa brown with bodice and scarf tie of beige silk crepe is_fetching. Bottle green wool jersey used for dress and jacket is newest idea of Paris, with scarf tle of matching shade faille silk crepe printed in yellowish-green dots. For a pattern of this style, send 15 cents in stamps or coin directly to The Evening Star’'s New York Fashion Bu- reau, Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street, New York. ‘We suggest that when you send for pattern,- you inclose 10 cents additional for a copy of our new Fall and Winter Fashion Magazine. iI PAINLESS TAXES | They've put a tax on gasoline, and wehn you go to fill the gas tank of your limousine, it's added to your bill. Three cents a gallon you will pay in some States, eclsewhere more; we dig this tribute every day, and people seldom roar. It doesn't seem to break our backs, it doesn't seem a crime, when we're required to pay a tax some pen- nies at a time. The service station delegate, he fills our lacquered tanks, and cheerily we pay the freight, and he expresses thanks. If we count up how much we spend for gas tax, in a year, we might get mad, perhaps, and rend our beards and shed a tear. But count- ing pennies doesn't pay, we have no time to spare, so smilingly we go our way, and show no signs of care. But when the county tax is due, the city tax as well, the situation finds us blue, and we arise and yell. And then there comes the income tax, and, full of wrath and dread, we'd like to take a battle-ax, and leave a trail of dead. These taxes spoil our hard-earned roll, they're lumped in one big sum, and when they're paid we're in the hole for many months to come. Our jaded spirits might relax, to heights of joy we'd climb, if we could pay up every tax some pennies at a time. We dig a nickel with a smile, a dime won't make us frown; but we can feel a flow of bile on putting dollars down. We don't be- grudge the good red cent, we dig with gesture grand, but we put up a sad lament when bucks are in demand. The tax collectors should get wise in this 'r,nx-rldden clime, and taxe lt;e iom rom weary guys some pennies at a time. ‘WALT MASON. (Copyright, 1929.) . Rich Fruit Cake. Cream one pound of butter with one pound of sugar, add the well beaten yolks of ten eggs, one quart of sifted flour, one teaspoonful of baking pow- der, one glassful of apple jelly, two of currants, one und of chopped dates, half a pound of shredded can- died citron peel, one ubluwnml of mixed :E;ce;,e -ur:,fl the whites of the aten. eggs sl Turn into & but- tered and papered cake tin and bake slowly for four hours. to | marks of health and beauty. FEATURES. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS Graceful Silhouette. The new vogue for the molded sil- houette and more feminine clothes and longer skirts will stimullate interest ln‘ bufldmr well rounded curves that are indicative of a graceful, supple figure. While there is a happy medium between excessive overweight and underweight and a vast difference between being slender and being skinny, there is a point which marks perfect development. | This ideal state is desirable; the others | are not, because every girl wants the | Some women have to work harder than others to achieve this graceful silhouette on account of underweight or overweight. Although one inherits gen- eral build and bony structure with the result that one is tall or short, massive or delicate, it is possible to have a trim, shapely figure and to develop a physical fitness that will keep the body youthful and the muscles firm and supple. Physical grace and symmetry cannot be expécted from the girl or woman who neglects physical activity, Suppleness and symmetry of the large muscles make for a i;nuthful figure, just as the same qualities in facial muscles will keep the face young. Flabby back and shoulder muscles will cause the face, neck, throat and chest muscles to sag and lose their elasticity. A woman is| as youthful as her figure. Excess ac- cumulations of fat about the upper arms, shoulders, hips and thighs give her a middle-aged look, but in many | cases it is not her age, but habits of | living that give them to her. Exercise | and massage are dependable for this | type. A 10 to 20 minute period should | be given to exercise and massage every night and morning. The following set of exercises is de- | siincd for the average girl or woman | who wants to keep physically fit and develop a graceful silhouette. Exercise (1). Lie on your back on the floor, raise both legs to a vertical position. Now rotate your legs forward alternately as though you were walking upstairs rapidly. Repeat 20 to 30 times. Exercise (2). Stand erect with feet apart and hands on hips. Slowly iwist the trunk as far to the right as possible, keeping the body stationary from the waist down. Twist to the left and right alternately 10 to 20 times. Vary this exercise by bending backward and for- ward as far as possible without bending the knees. Exercise (3). Lie face downward on the floor, arms folded at the waist be- hind. Slowly raise head and trunk up- LEEDS. ward and arch the back slightly. Re- peat 5 to 10 times. Exercise (4). Stand erect with toe pointed forward and outward, the heel of one foot against the instep of the other. Extend arms at shoulder level. Slowly flex the knees, keeping the back straight. Straighten the knees and re- peat 10 to 20 times. Exercise_(5). Stand erect with feet together. Bend trunk forward and raise left leg out behind so that the leg and trunk are parallel with the floor. In | this movement execute the arm move- ments of the breast stroke in swimming. Repeat 10 to 20 times. Exercise (6). Stand erect with feet slightly apart and parallel. Holding the knees' stiff, bend forward and touch your toes. Repeat 10 to 50 times during the day. Exercise, correct posture and deep breathing will keep the chest and bust muscles firm by bringing into play the muscles that are not often used. Exercise (7). Stand erect with head thrown back, feet together, elbows raised in a line with the chest, the arms bent and the hands in front of the chest, palms downward, thumbs touch- ing the chest. Inhale deeply while you open your arms wide describing a half circle with the hands until the arms are in a perfect line with the shoulders. At this time throw the weight of your body forward, rising on the toes, the lungs being fully inflated; the upper trunk muscles are used. In that position pause a second or two, then relax, falling back on the heels. Exhale naturally and bring the arms back to the chest again Repeat 20 to 30 times. Take this exer- cise regularly every night and morning. (Copyright, 1929.) DIET AND HEALTH BY LI Winter Itch. R. says scratching time has arrived for him. Every Winter he sufferes from intolerable itching, especially at night. Sometimes he feels as though he would have to dig the very skin off to get relief. It may be possible you have, in a severe form, what is known as Winter iteh, R., but you should have a physical check-up, including an analysis of the blood, to be sure you are not suffering from a pre-diabetic condition or other disability, which may be reflected in a condition of the skin. ‘The technical name for Winter itch is pruritis hiemalis. Pruritis means itching without apparent cause. How- ever, we know there is a cause for any disagreeable sensation in the body. Winter itch is usually noticed in cli- mates where there are wide changes in temperature, and in those whose skins are dry. Woolen underwear seems to be most irritating to some skins, and if you have to wear it, wear cotton or silk next to the skin and the woolen over this. (Silk also frritates some skins.) Have a balanced diet and lib- eral amounts of water. For some, the addition of baking soda, about 10 ounces to the ordinary tubful of water, is helpful, and to others, an acidulated bath—one ounce of hy- drochloric acid to the bathtubful of water, or a sponge bath with lemon juice or vinegar in it. If you have an exhilarating reaction, a daily cold bath with a good scrubbing with liberal amounts of soap on a scrub brush, or a tepid bath followed by a cold shower and brisk rub-down with a turkish towel, and then an air bath while you wash your teeth, shave, etc, should keep your skin in good order and so make it less liable to irritation. If your skin is rough, rub some softening | solution on it after the bath—glycerin solution (one-fourth glycerin to threc- fourths water) is the most universally soothing. Don't scratch with your nails; if you must scratch, use a flesh brush. Chilblain or Frost-Bite. Any one will get chilblain or frost- bite if exposed to severe cold long this trouble seem to get it in even moderately cool weather and damp- SUB ROSA A Girl in Gotham. It's m.tum\1 (o:h- ?gy el:- g\rltw‘h: n:l:li been playing in the side show ol town 't)o {vt:lm to perform in the blg. tent of the city. These youngsters don't al- ways realize that the larger the town the smaller the kind of life you have to live. the other hand, if you are living lnolnsmull burg and find the city limits too narrow, just consider how much youwll gain by going into the big town, how much you'll lose by leaving the little one. You may find that your life in the city is only a repetition of small-town existence, since you'll become & ‘member of a very small community in a city | made up of numerous towns. b The matter of money is an importan! jtem. At home you can walk to work or make a call on foot. In the city it's always car fare and taxi fare. Then, even when you dine at a drug store, you begin to realize that food prices are not | going down any too fast. s Gotham is the child of Mammon. of its operations are on a money basis. Philanthropic folks in the cities know this and talk about it. They know thlfi in New York, for example, there are we! over one hundred thousand working irls between the ages of 15 and 25 Whose combined wages would just about equal the incomes of half a dozen mil- lionaires. o ‘Somebody has figured out that average wage is $15 a week and '.h: average cost of room and board is Juks 31 cents less, which is likely to make the girl feel like the well known 30 cents. folks in Gotham want to do m;:‘fhl‘no:dlbout this, but about all they have done thus has been to assail the employers who pay girls such small wages for their work. They are trying to provide cheap housing in girls’ ciubs, but it will be a long time before the girls of Gotham are ushered into their new oirs. w:v;’hfle we are waiting for responsible people to clear up this mess, we can re- flect upon the advantages of not being in a big burg. We can realize that the home town’s supposedly ordinary people are of greater value than a lot of fancy strangers. We can see that a good home enough,’ but the chief sufferers from | HUNT PETERS, M. D. ness. Chilblain may appear on the hands or face—especially the ears— and the feet. The feet seem to be most frequently affected. ‘Treatment: Naturally, the best pre- ventive treatment is to protect against the cold, and that means to wear woolen covering on the hands and feet and ears. Absolute cleanliness and thorough drying after washing are very important. It is usually found that the suf- ferers from chilblain are not up to par physically, so the general hygiene must be corrected. Usually they have some degree of anemia and the skin does not get its proper nourishment. After chilblain has been produced the treatment varies with its degree. If it is mild, stimulating ointments con- taining camphor, ichthyol, iodin or car- bolic acid are helpful. The ultra- violet ray and the electric treatment with the galvanic current are recom- mended in the text books on skin diseases. Kellogg advises the alternate hot and cold foot bath, the hot as hot as can be borne, and cold with ice in it, if possible. Dip' the feet for 30 seconds in the hot, and for 15 seconds in the cold, keeping the water hot and cold by adding more hot water and ice, respectively. Repeat this procedure 10 to 12 times, 3 times a day. If ulceration has begun, it has t5 be treated on surgical principles, for which you should see your physician. SONNYSAYINGS e BY FANNY ¥. CORY. Me an’ Baby givin' our Christmes presents we made a ride, so as to mis- chiefly ever’body. Muvver say her hasn't NO IDEAR what her present is—— And Drandpa say he kin hardly WAIT- An’ Daddy say he hopes his is a pair ob shoes! (Copyright, 1929.) —_— pounds of seeded raisins, two pounds | pos! under a humble roof is nicer than a cheap lodging in a big town. If youre in Gotham and are having your fight with expenses I might tell you to save what you can, but it's likely you economize from necessity. Maybe it's better to think of improving your tion. While you're working at the cheap job, try to fit yourself for a bigger and better one. If *flu’re a '.ypt::. becomhe a stenograhper: ¥ you're a stenographer, become & private secretary. Gotham is a challenge to your will and wits. (Copyright, 1929.