Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1929, Page 34

WOMA N’S PAGE. Keeping the Spirit of Christmas BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. ‘The day after Christmas is apt to be rather difficult for little children, and 20 for mothers as well. In England it is & holiday, “boxing day” almost as Zfestive as Christmas itself. The young- sters have been wrought up to a pitch of straint in eating candles, in skipping usual naps, and in staying up some- what later than their accustomed bed- time. These are privileges parents rightfully grant their little folk on this one great festival in the year. It is for the parents to continue to be lenient for a few days, not in these particulars, but in getting the children back into the accustomed ways of food, rest and recreation. The mother who decides to devote herself, not to clearing up the houae but to entertaining her children will find the day well spent. It will eon- tinue the joy of Christmas for the lit- tle folk, and the mother can adapt her entertainment to suit the needs of her offspring. 1If she finds them fretful, she can divert their thoughts. If she finds them overexcited, she can sug- gest and Ehy with them, some games that will keep them busy without con- tinued excitement. Building towers and houses from blocks, stringing beads and buttons, put- ting puzzles together that Santa Claus brought, drawing, painting, cutting out pictures from Pnpers and magazines and dolls from folded paper—all these are entertaining. They sooth tired nerves and keep busy minds just active enough to gradually relax. weary but wills refuse to admit it, if mother will only read to the children, or tell them stories of when she was a little girl she will pave the way for good sleep and refreshed children tomorrow. Since mothers really are very tired themselves, usually, after the Christmas festivities are over, such a day will be a boon to them also. If they try to accomplish rearrangement of rooms, clearing up of the house, etc, with clamoring children about, every one will be miserable. So why not give the children a happy day and react to it yourself? We can follow the English custom to advantage and have a happy aftermath. THE DAY AFTER _CHRISTMAS SHOULD BE AS FESTIVE AS CHRISTMAS ITSELF. excitement and anticipation, which has culminated in a merry Christmas. Un- less the next day is also festive they feel decidedly let down nervously, and & bit upset physically. They have been allowed the precious freedom from re- The Sidewalks BY THORNTON FISHBR. It seems that his daughter had run away with a not undesirable boy and was married in a small town near the city. The girl had been receiving at- tentions from the young chap and it THEY ANNOUNCED tha was expected that ents, who, to put i mild é ¥y, were ed. ‘The father’s first impulse was to take the bride- groom by the neck ¢ The bridegrorm tp: garage roof. egrocm hap- pened to be a pretty husky young per- son and had once played halfback on his college eleven, so that the chances of mopping him up would have been rather slim. The mother of the girl wept, as might have been expected. She could not understand why daugh- ter had slipped over one.. She had al- ways made a confidante of her mother. In fact, she had brought to her those little secrets which only mothers com- Pprehend. It was too late now to protest. The bride and bridegroom were of legal age and there was nothing to do but accept the situation. The father met some friends next day and sa “It wasn't like that when I was a youngster. Of course, there were runaway matches in those days. Thers were times when parents were justified in protesting against the marriage of a daughter to perhaps _a ne'er-do-well. If the girl were sufficiently interested in the man, she would overcome the family objec- tions by sneaking off with the boy Iriend and finding a minister. “In most cases, our courtships were stilted compared with the modern method. Girls were more dependent upon the parents. One had not the freedom she enjoys today. Her father supported her and she lived at home. All she possessed was provided by her parents and she moved in a prescribed circle. There was no moonlight riding unless the young fellow owned a horse &nd buggy. “There were no night clubs and the fesult was that what courting was done was in the family parlor or on the m:ch. The girl was under the eyes of parents all the time. I am not saying this was a good thing. I am simply gomung out the difference be- tween the old and the new generations. “When I asked my wife's father, I was scared to death. The family| couldn’t have misunderstood my atten- tions, but it was the ccrrect thing to do—ask the father. He had always seemed to be a good fellow, but I'll never forget the ordeal. If he failed to anything about my life and per- sonal affairs, I don't know what it was. ‘Then he lectured me about life, includ- ing morals, economy, fatherhood, etc. He didn’t miss a thing. When he fin. ished I figured I deserved his daughter, JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in English BY JOS. J. FRISCH. " IT_HAS BEEN CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATED THAT 93%% OF THE TOY TRAINS BROKEN YESTERDAY WERE BROKEN BY FATHERS, SAID DAD, WHO ACTS AS IF HE WAS 9 INNOCENT, Were should be used after as if. *Who acts as if he were innocent,” is the correct form. Conservative (kon- EERV-a-tlv) means not extreme; mod- erate; as, United States Government bonds are a safe and conservative in- vestment; Plato became more conserva- tive as he grew older; if an advertising (Copyright, 1920.) Daily Diet Recipe. HAMBURGER WITH PINEAPPLE. Hamburger steak, one and one- fourth pounds. Salt, one teaspoon. one-sixteenth tea- spoon. Canned pineapple slices, four. SERVES FO! PORTIONS. Season ground top chuck with salt and cayenne. Form meat into flat cakes and place on well olled broiler. Cook until partl; done without turning. Turn eac] cake and cover with slice of pine- :hpx?oh and broll untll cooked ugh and serve hot. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes protein, fiber, lime, iron and vitamins A and B present. Can be eaten by normal adults of average, over or under ‘weight. Cayenne, of Washington “I don't know that our marriages Were any happler than those of today, but I believe we entered the marital fold a little more seriously. “In my day & gir] had & ‘Then when the day lengthens and | play ceases to interest, when bodies are | DUt its hard fer a feller friend. Now it's ik be'ota her boy . of he; him, he simply begins by furniture and an apartment. says she will continue mkm until he gets a start and then she it and de- vote her entire time Nothin, e “the Hhome. “The boy friend turns 4 ning with unt iy ty. 1 or Joe or haps the paren are to blame, for we do not conflde in the children as our parents confided in us. The average young fellow has his own automobile, while in my young days only the town's richest youths could afford a horse and rig. I never owned one and the onl; e I saw my intended was at her home or when I accompanied her to a church festi- val. When we attended dances her aunt joined us and chaperoned the party. We were alone mme’uendy and our love-making was naturally restrict- ed to those moments when somebody's back was turned. Yes, things have certainly changed.” [t Modern courtship: He—Kiddle, I think you are immense. I wonder what we would have to pay for a small apartment to start. Sh , haven't the slightest idea. It depends on the size and loca- tiol n. He—Well, I suppose a coupla- thou- sand dollars would furnish it, eh? She—Oh, yes; for a start. We could add to it as we go along. % He—Of course, you know we're going to get married. She—Uh-huh. I've always liked you, Benny. I'll mention it to mother. She'd probably like to know about it. She can tell father. He—All right, kiddie. I'll meet you next Saturday night and we'll beat it to Rockville. She—O K., and make it as soon after dinner as you can. Delicious Turkey Hash. Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter in a saucepan. When brown add to it a cupful of coarse rye bread crumbs and mix well. Then add one small onion (sliced), two cupfuls of finely chopped tgld turkey, half lh:;;pfulu of flnfll}; chopped raw potato, a teaspoon! of salt and a pinch of pepper. Cool for a short time on top of the stove, stirring frequently to prevent burning. Pour one pint of milk over all and place the pan in the oven at the back of the stove. Cook slowly until the milk is re- duced and the hash is dry enough to serve. Serve on buttered toast. Another way to make turkey hash is to grind any left over turkey coarsely and mix it with left over dressing and a few table- spoonfuls cf water. Heat in a covered frying pan when hot stir in enough left over gravy to moisten well. Bring to a boll and serve on toast. Gift for Housewife. For a useful as well as an attractive ciate, make an_apron of olic Efther solid or flowered colored ma- terial may be chosen, and if used on the bias there will be very little waste of material. When making . 1 ing was gift that every housewife will -p!pte- the lof several | guici THE EVENING SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY ¥. CORY. Banta Clause was terrible good to me an’ Baby, so Baby is knittin' him a wash rag, an’ I is writin’ him a letter. ‘at only knows “One 'ittle bird goes hop-hop-hop” ter think ob much he kin spell, (Copyright, 1929.) NANCY PAGE Holiday Left-Overs Take a New Aspect. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. It was mostly a skeleton turkey which went into the refrigerator after Christ- mas dinner. Some mashed potatoes, steamed squash, cranberry jelly, celery, gravy and turkey dressing went in as well. Left over rolls were put into the bread box. The remainder of the plum pudding was put into the steamer. Looking at the food which was put AANRE away, one would hardly have recognized 1’2 wi it appeared for dinner the next ay. hills. Many s young wife gets her first disillusion about her .. :‘:rumomer'n estimate of his character. the squash was still squash. been reheated in a heavy frying pan. The heating had been done so slowly that a crust had formed on the bottom. It was folded and served in these | the same manner as an omele elet. The cranberry jelly was taken out of the messy serving dish and put in indi- vidual sherbet glasses. The turkey was pisces Mashed potat was shaped o . was shaj cylinders which were brushed with melted butter. These were hollowed and put in oven to brown. The dress- reheated. A s laced in bottom of each hollowed po- wfe?iyml::d"- The bits of turkey re- hea gra’ ‘were it in each cylinder and th:’ pan huldfil[ them was set back in the oven. The celery was cut in small pleces, cooked in salted water, a small amount, and served with & dressing of top milk. Peter said the dinner was deliclous. He especially liked the split and toasted rolls served with the grapefruit salad (left over fruit from the fruit cocktall). (Copyri 920.) indlosing S samged. Fog nful was e, of this paper, self-addressed envelope, or her leaflet called “Budgets Are Scalloped Tunafish. Boil one and one-half cupfuls of cubed carrots with half a cupful of onions chopped fine in the water drained from a can of peas. After 15 minutes add one and one-half cupfuls of cubed potatoes and boil until the vegetables are tender. Make a white sauce by blending four tablespoonfuls of flour with two tablespoonfuls of but- ter which has been melted, add two cupfuls of milk, one teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of lemon juice, and cook in a double boiler for 15 minutes. 1t any juice is left on the vegetables when they are tender, use this for part of the milk that was called for. Add one can of peas to the other vegetables. Break one small can-of tuna fish into small pieces and mix with the white sauce. Butter a baking dish, then put in a laver of vegetables, a layer of white sauce, and continue until are used. Cover with buttered bread crumbs until browned on top. Always Dangerous ‘There is no form of locomotion to which no grievous perils cling, although some people have the notion dan- ger is a modern thing. They see the busy autos chooing upon their errands, fierce and fleet, and sigh, “They're here for our undoing—it's dangerous to cross the street. It is a stunt that makes us shiver, our souls are filled with dread and doubt; we always fear that some cheap flivver will climb our frames and knock us out. When we were young there were no motors, no deadly autos anywhere; and then, unterrified, the voters could tread in peace the thor- oughfare. Oh, for the days, long since departed, when one could walk a block or more, and not come back all broken- hearted, borne home upon a cellar door.” But in those times so much lamented, we still faced danger every day; before the auto was invented old Dobbin used to run away. Then father had his_handsome surrey in which to take a Sunday ride; and with no sign of fuss or hurry along the village streets we'd glide. Thus all the rigs tow: ‘were rolling, upon a Sabbath afternoon, lestrians between them strolling, in Sunday hats end Sunday shoon. But now there comes & piece of paper, blown onward & vagrant breeze, and all e nags to caper, and kick and bust their whiffietrees. Old Dobbin, in a frenzied manner, hits up a most tre- aprons, different colors may chosen |and out of the scraps very attractive | flowers or des! may be cut and Bind the edge with a blas braid. When h wash- licy is too conservative, it may not t: successful. ing hes, wipe the apron and you wil thenuhnve s M‘p-pm for {Iu next dish washing. y mendous _ stride, . t rattled, there is & riot everywhere, fi. kind old chargers are embattled, they rear and plunge and paw the air. There is a mangled linen draper, a plumber - e a plece o was idly wa; . 'I.%d. W, (Copyrieht, 1929.) ' DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Does the Business Girls’ Competition Keep Men From Making a Marrying Wage? Loyalty to Husband or Mother? l Dm MISS DIX—The real man who wants to marry and raise a family is andicapped because there are so many girls working today for a dress or two and cigarette money, which forces the man who has to support a family to work for a smaller salary than he is actually worth in order to meet the com- petition. As the result his wife and children are inadequately supported, which is the root of the evil causing those wild desires for more than one can afford. Besides thl:'. the girls of today think it is smart and cute to go to questionable laces with men. 3 P hat on earth can such a girl offer a decent man as a wife? Doesn't she realize that her married life will be full of regrets and disagreements and even- tually she will lose her husband and her happiness? It would be the grznesé move on earth if men would be men and shun them, and sooner or later lt.l coming to that. Give me a good, sensible woman, I don't care if she is as ugly as the devil himself, for if she has sense she will advance in thehwmdm- clally, mentally and domestically, and make a real wife and help harA us) 1 Answer.—Amen, brother, those are my sentiments, too. I agree with every word say except your first proposition, that flru should not be allowed to earn ir own living and that their competition is disastrous to men. As for the business girl keeping men from marrying, that is as broad as it is long, for every girl who earns her own living sets her brother free to marry. It used to be that marriage was out of the question for a poor man who had sisters, until he could land them on other men to support, and sometimes it took years for him to do this and often he never succeeded in doing it at all. If you would ask many an old bacheldr why he never married he would tell you that he was the victim of his family and that he had to put off all thoughts of love and marriage until all desire for it had atrophied in his heart. Today all that is chang 1. Bisters are no longer a millstone around their brothers’ necks. As soon as a sirl is out of school she hustles out and get her a job, and leaves brother free t. marry and set up his own home as soon as he finds his mate. And, of course, you have to recognize that girls are human beings and have the same right to life, libsrty and the pursuit of the illusive dollar that men have. Independence is not & ble.sing on which the masculine sex has & monopoly. Females hate being parasites just as men do, and they are entitled to earn their bread and butter by honest labor. But'I agree with you that the girls who go in for wild parties are making a terrible mistake and one that they will spend the balance of their lives re- gretting. No matter what & man has been himself, he wants a wife who comes t him with clean skirts. Also he wants a wife he can trust, and he never trusts the woman who has led a loose life, even if she has led it with him, But men has the remedy for the wild girl in their own hands. They have only to cease running after the giddy flappers and show their preference for good girls, and the wild girl will be abolished overnight. I get hundreds of letters from girls telling me that they loathe such a life, but unless they do these things that they are passed up by young men and have never a date. u are wise as Solomon, O brother, when you say that if men picked out t:::xi' !vnive- for their good qualities of head and heart instead of for their pretty faces they would get better wives. It is the women who have brains and character, the women who are intelligent and loyal and faithful who make the sort of wives that wear well, and if men would choose them for wives in- would not so often be a failure. stead of the doll babies, marriage Ty DIX. EAR MISS DIX—How much should a married girl tell her mother about her husband? NUMBER FIVE. ver.—' little, unless she is singing & hymn of praise in his honor and m:rhuvrenrgmer about how good and kind and wonderful he is, and how happy she is, and how much she loves him. She ‘can go as far along that line as her mother will stand for. - But the young wife is gullty of a great disloyalty to her hushand when she Sonal " pecullariics. that She-discovers i the MUmACY of Tapried lte. Thess liarities that she discovers in the o 3 mfii«’fif"m% her, and if she really loves her husband she will view these with a tender forgiveness just because they are his. But mother will look upon her son-in-law's sh with no such len- them and make mountains out of On the contrary she will magnify o L It is mother who makes her see what a poor, miserable weakling her Prince Charming is. ‘The young wife should give her husband & square deal and treat him as she would like to be treated. She knows very well how furious it would make her if her husband discussed her and their intimate life together with his mother. Nor should the young wife ever tell her mother her husband's business affairs. Many a:wife who complains that her husband never confides in her and that she never knows what he is doing has only herself to blame. She blabbed everything he told her to mother and mother broadcast it to her friends and so the poor husband had to take refuge in silence, the young wife tells mother everything she is sure to clinch every ‘r'ur:::! \{ntwe;\o h:flell and her husband with “Mother says thus and so,” Al B T S G i e le & man quicker . sl 3 DOROTHY DIX. D!AR. MISS DIX—I am 20 years of age. I havea !mnh‘ ‘“e'rlel‘ ‘Zem of age who vork. When he was employed he spen! of money on cars and :fluu l’r\ent ol;:rkx am s:v\nl up my money to help buy and furnish a home when I get married, which will be in a year or two. My mother wants me to give half of my pay each week to my brother. She says girls don’t need to save. She wants me to stay at home all the time and help with the housework, but my brother does nothing. Besides he has a terrible temper and when he insults me my mother says I am to blame because I aggravated mm!.scghvat;agnx do? “ s Answer—You can do one thing. You can hang on to your money and refuse to give your brother a cent, even if your partial mother is willing to en- slave you to him. As your mother is so unjust to you and seems to have so lit- tle affection for you, why don’t you just pay her a fair board and keep all of the balance of your money for yourself? DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright 1020.) Straight Talks to Women About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN. lar case arouses your sympathy, direct it to the fund or institution. Better yet, communicate with the agency of mercy and ask that the case be investi- gated. Many of us would be surprised to learn the actual facts about many of those “objects of charity.” Remember that every cent given to a street beggar, who for all you know may be a faker, is lost to deserving causes. ‘There is a limit to what Christ- ‘mas doles you can '.R:ayn out, and if you don’t want to see ‘WOJ of your help unassisted from their misery and the fakers enriched, give where you can be sure of results and deserts. —— Marshmallow Ginger Bread. Melt half a cupful of shortening, add one cupful of molasses and one egg well movés you, but give sensibly to those | beaten and two and one-third cupfuls who are really in need and who deserve | of flour mixed and sifted with one and your help. Street charity is almost | three-fourths teaspoonfuls of baking invariably misplaced. Those in need of | soda, one teaspoonful of salt and one help know of the proper agencies to | teaspoonful of ginger. Add one cupful which they an apply. Street beggars | of sour buttermilk, beat sly, then are for the most part men and women |turn into a buttered and floured pan who find begging a profitable business.|and bake in a moderate oven for 25 It is ni fim pity beggars in tatters | minutes. Remove from the pan, cut and threadbare garments, shivering | in halves crosswise and place marsh- theatrically in the cold. Of course, it | mallows between layers. Put inthe is that very pity which the be oven and let stand for three minutes. capitalizes. Many of them lead double | Remove to a serving dish, cool slightly, lives. In Paris the other day a beggar | cut in squares, and serve with whipped woman left a fortune of 2,000,000 | cream. francs, which even at the present rate of exchange is not much short of an American fortune. Many beggars become their own vic- tims. They live the part of mendicants £o0 long that avarice becomes an obses- sion. In Bohemia recently a woman named Mikuleiska, wrapped in rags and in the last stages of starvation, died before medical treatment could save her. It was later found that she possessed a fortune and had ‘ently starved herself through sheer avarice. When you are moved by pity, give to a regular fund, such as that organized by a church, charitable organization, newspaper or hospital. If any particu- AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. Christmas Doles. Nobody knows better than a beggar that Cm}"fllmlt i1s_harvest time for %:I.s kind. Every one has the glving spirit, and it is difficult to resist the impulse to slip some coins in the blind man's or cripple's cup. Some beggars are regularly employed during the daytime, and they take up their stands at night when shoppers and workers are hurry- ing home. Their receipts are often greafer than their daily earnings. ‘Yesterday in an Eastern city a beg- gar was ousted from town. It was learned that he had $15,000 in the bank, owned six houses and operated an au- tomobile, which was driven by his chauffeur. He was observed for an hour before his arrest, and his receipts in that single hour were almost $6. Give at Christmas time if the spirit STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1929. “That rumbling noise I hear in my stummick must be the truck I ate for my Christmas dinner.” MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Fractious Sisters. One mother says: If my Lmlll dnl{ h’fe‘d’ ;tll into ;lg- agreements, complica y_annoying grasping of each other’s belongings and lccomplnivllng howls, I make them both pack up their playthings and move into separate rooms. Soon they are missing one another's companionship and beg- ging me to “let sister play she is com! over to visit, with her doll trunk.” A little “aloneness” is very wholesome for us all at times, and works wonders in restoring harmony. Fish Sauces. Lemon Cream Sauce.—Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter in & saucepan, Stir in two tablespoonfuls of flour and continue stirri until both are well mixed. Add to this one cupful of thin cream and stir until the mixture is thick and bolls, Season with salt and pepper and the juice of one lemon or one table: uhnful of cupful of cream until stiff, then add one-fourth cupful of boiled salad dress- m, two tablespoonfuls of grated horse- ish, half a teaspoonful of salt, one- fourth teaspoonful of paprika and one- fourth teaspoonful of mustard. When well blended the sauce is ready to serve. MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Stewed Figs Dry Cereal with Cream Scrambled Eggs Toast Coffee LUNCHEON. ‘Tomato Bisque Toasted Bran Bread Fruit Salad Cheese Tea DINNER. Clear Soup Baked Stuffed Fish, White Sauce Escalloped Potatoes strl.n;"aems Beet Salad, nch Dressing Prune Ple Cheese Coffee Use 6 1 ablsspes bt [se eggs, lespoon - ter, 3 tablespoons milk, salt and Depper to taste. Heat butter and milk in omelet . Break eggs in and until mixture thickens. Serve hot. TOMATO BISQUE. Stew one-half can tomatoes until soft enough to strain easily. Boil 1 quart milk in double boiler. Cook I tablespoon butter and 1 tablespoon cornstarch to- rv.hzr in a small saucepan, add- ng enough hot milk to make it pour easily. Stir it carefully into the bofing milk and boil 10 min- utes. Add I tablespoon butter in small pieces and stir until well mixed. Add salt and pepper and the strained tomatoes. If the tomatoes are very acid add one- half saltspoon soda before strain- ing. Serve very hot. Do not let the tomato and milk boll to- gether. PRUNE PIE. Wash thoroughly one-half pound of prunes, cover with cold ‘water, let soak four ho then cook in same water until soft. Remove the stones, cut the runes in halves and add one- f cup of sugar, the juice of half a lemqn and a dash of salt. Line a ple plate with crust, cover with the prunes, dredge with 1 tablespoon of flour, add 1% tablespoons prune juice boiled down until thick, dot with bits of butter, cover with top piece of crust, having slits for the steam to escape, and bake in a mod- erate oven. Juicy and Sweet FOR PLEASURE AS WELL AS HEALTH FLORIDA ORANGES «etseev.... AND GRAPEFRUIT For Health Drink Orange and Grapefruit Juice Sl GLRUS Oy CLEARING $3 OUSE FEATURES, MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Mouth Wrinkles. Dear Miss Leeds: (1) Please tell me what to do for lines that extend from the corners of my mouth and slant down? I am 28 years old and I notice that people much older than I am do not have them. (2) My hands are red and rough; please suggest a treatment | for them in your daily column. I have | had so much help from your practical advice in this paper. MRS. B. E. R. Answer —Perhaps you h: & dry lkl.ll.nl:’r it is on lhlll type M":nkl;l g:; ‘wrini appear early, Somef are due to wearing uncomfortable shoes. ‘They will also make their appearance when the extraction of some of the teeth causes . sagging cheek muscles. Protruding teeth also cause lines to form around the mouth. Try cleansing your face with a cleansing cream or oil before washing it with soap and water. Then, after cleansing the face th hly, pat on & little tissue cream, almond oll or olive oil and leave the times & week give warm oil facial pack and massage the face thoroughly. Watch my column for a beauty chat on this subject. Or if you will send me a self-addressed, stamped envel I shall be pleased to mail you the direc- tions in detail. Repeat your request when you write me again. (2) Rough, red and chapped hands are usually with us in the wintertime. Do not go out of doors soon after wash- ing the hands, ‘and be sure to dry them thoroughly after having them in water. Apply a little of the following lotion every time you wash and dry your hands: Two ounces glycerin, four ounces rosewater, 20 drops tincture of in. Two or three times a week give them a thorough massage, using an olly cream or cocoa butter, and sleep with & pair of old gloves on with the palms cut out for veniilation. I am glad to know that you enjoy my beauty ats and find them so helpful. Lois A Reader’s Problem. Dear Miss Leeds: I have a problem which I would like you to answer in the column as soon as ible. I am oatmeal on my face and have had satisfactory results. But after I use it I find that my face is very dry and I rub cocoa butter on it, as T am very much against creams. What I would like to know is, will the cocoa butter grow hair on my face? A READER. Answer.—Cocoa butter will not grow hair on the face, but you need not be afraid of using creams if you select the well known brands and reliable creams ing | that are manufactured under hygienic posed of vegetahle | and conditions and com| olls and harmless ingredients. Oatmeal 18 an old-fashioned and reliable t to use on the skin in various ways. Pat & little ofl of sweet almonds on your BEAUTY CHATS Keeping SkinClear. ‘There has been quite a little discus- sion lately on the newest way of keeping the skin clear. That is, by using oily lotions on it, or else real cleansing flulds, without oll, which penetrate quickly into the pores and bring out the dirt to the surface. These things, b{r the way, seem to bring unsuspected dirt out of the skin. As a matter of fact, they are always wiped off the face with a towel or a cloth, therefore all the griminess appears. When the face is washed with soap and a large bowlful of water, the same amount of dirt may come from the skin, but it will not show nearly so much. Houses which make beauty prepara- tlons are turning out cleansing creams of much lighter consistency than the old sticky sort. The best cleansing cream is little more than jellified ofl, if I may invent that expression—otl, just enough wax or spermaceti in it to make it solid, yet so light in texture that it melts at a low temperature, and melts at once at the touch of the skin. ‘These things will not clog the pores so0 easily. I am in favor of discarding cleansing cream altogether and using pure almond ofl instead. 1 prefer it to any But in most cases, of parations from the face, we literally stick ourselves up these days; oll, foundation cream, powder to make rt of pack, ‘ggwder added from time to time as oil beneath works adding its own wax to what is already on the face—is it any wonder that some stuff remains in the pores and eventu- ally the skin rebels and breaks out? Soap and hot water have yet to be bet- tered as & beauty treatment! Miss Ann B.: The juice from cucum- bers or from I addressed, envelope be included. Mrs. E. B.:. A henna shampoo will not affect your permanent wave in any different way than any other kind of a shampoo. In either case you set the wave afterward and the result wilt be face after using the oatmeal it your skin is inclined to be dlz 18 LEEDS. Ttchy Scalp and Dandruff. Dear Miss Leeds: (1) I am 37 years old and my halr is getting gray. scalp is always itching and I lot of dandruff. What shall I do? (2) My hair has a slight natural wave in it. How would you encourage it? (3) What is the best method of waving, & marcel or finger wave? (4) I am 5 feet 2 inches tall and weigh 127 pounds. Is that correct? +5) I have an_olive complexion, brown eyes and dark brown hair, almost black. What colors are becoming to me? ANGELINA, Answer—Massage your scalp and apply & little of the following oily lotion to loosen up the dandruff: Fifteen grains of salicylic acid, three ounces olive oll. After this, sham the hair thoroughly, using a liq tar soap. This will remove the loosened dandruff and allow the following lotion, when Tubbed in the scalp, to reach the glands, whose faulty secretion is the cause of your drandruff, itching and. to & great extent, the graying hair: Two drams resorcin, two drams castor ofl, six ounces bay rum. Shake well. Di- vide the hair into strands and wmy the lotion evenly along the parts. With the finger tips massage the scalp for at least 10 minutes. Brush your hair every day and see that your hairbrushes are clean. Use the halr lotion two or three times a week. > (uZ.) umq {t mdery shampoo, before hthe ] uite 'y ¢ your. hair 1nto waves with the 814 of your comb and fingers. (3) fig‘ler waving is bet- ter for your hair. (4) Your weight is correct. (8) You may wear warm_browns, dee] dark blue, dark, (Copyright, 1929.) BY EDNA KENT FORBES the same. Indigo added to the henns lessens the reddish shade a trifle, but the shampoo does not change the natural shade of your hair, although it does make the gray hairs less notice- able. You should never pull hairs from & mole! BSuch moles should be cared for by a doctor, if disturbed at all. Virginia: The information above also intended for “You. You can t.ru: your hair so it will fall into the waves mhha.d natu; with | com! iches, you 125 pounds. R. G.: The white spots on your nails are limey deposits showing some inter- ference in the circulation around the roots of the nails. Keep the skin from gl:‘vwlng over the nalls and use the ffer & great deal to increace the cir- ! | culation. “Lemon juice rubbed into the spots will help to bleach them. - Chop Suey. Bait's Dound B T ean e s of fre lean thin, small glecu. Heat a table- lpool;.n;lefh;m“&rouveoné!nl = 3 meat until nearly done, add one cupful of shredded celery, one cupful of sliced onion, one cupful of water or meat stock, & pinch of salt. wme ful oorfu mg‘uuu or‘:mv’r; , and some ntal sauce to su the taste. Cook altogether over a hot fire for about 10 minutes, then slightly thicken with flour or cornstarch. Serve this with the hot rice.. 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