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AG Préparations for New Year Party BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. Refreshments for a New Year's party should be daintily set forth. A single, tall, white candle In the middle of the table, surrounded with 30 smaller can- dles, the twisted kind, about 3 inches high, accents the idea interestingly. Or the date, 1930, may be in small lighted candles. Or, again, little frosted cakes may have the numerals, with four can- dies at the corners of the table. Or there may be a New Year's birthday cake with 1930 in lighted candles on it. A sparkling, pristine nature is given A CAKE FOR THE BIRTHDAY OF ‘THE NEW YEAR, 1930. the table if a white tablecloth is lightly | & or flaked "l‘l, t{y' dered oW. SNOW, COarse sugar or , but it will not have t scintillation. cut into small rounds can tress the date. Make the 930 of these sandwiches on a Have flower sandwiches of the platter. These ‘wee the center of each. Use the following to fill the hole: Chicken salad (or any preferred kind), dotted in the middle with a bit of cranberry. Whole small cranberries are not too large. Sprinkle the patty shell or biscuit about the edge | with minced parsley. | Olives can form another dish featur- ing 1930 by arranging the stuffed olives in these numerals. 0 silver or glass dishes of these just above the sandwich platter, with a third of nuts also formed | into the figures, make a pyramid lead- | ing to the centerplece. The other end of the table should have a similar arrangement, if the comPany is large. If not, it can have small frosted cakes for the large plat- ter of numerals. Make these of choco- late-frosted cakes and surround with pink-frosted cakes, intercepted occa- sionally with ones, forming a clover leaf for foliage effects. The two glass or silver dishes above the platter can have chocolate, pink and green candies (rather large bon- bons) forming the numerals, with glace ";\Sl:ll in numeral formation in the top dish. The spaces on each side of the cen- taining favors, laid in straight rows or forming the date 1930, if there are guests enough to warrant the date be- ing made. This table arrangement is um‘fle and marvelously effective. It is particularly well suited to a refectory table, although it can be used on any table, oblong, square or round. (Copyright. 1920.) Everyday Psychology ! BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Soul of Psychology. terpiece are for snapper bonbons con- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 19%. BRIDGE TALKS BY MES. JOHN MUNCE, JR. The rule of 11 is the part of the lay which is to be explained today. is is a purely mathematical sition, but it always works, and it universally used at all times. It ap- guu only in the opening lead of the fourth best card. ‘The rule of 11 gets its name from the fact that when the numeral on the card of the lead (presumably the fourth best) is subtracted from 11 it will give you the number of the caras of that suit, higher than the one lea, which are not i the leader’s hana. As a general thing, it is only when the small card led is a 6 or higher that the rule of 11 gives the most luable information, but it may always be profitably used with the lead of a smaller card. If you will take a deck of cards, sort into suits and put down the following four hands on a table, it is a illustration of this rule: South, the declarer, holds: Spades—Ace, king. Hearts—Ace, 8, 5 4. Diamonds—Ace, 9. Clubs—Queen, jack, 10, 8 6. West, the leader, holds: Spades—10, 7, 6, 3. Hearts—King, 10, 9. glllmun:!—xqin% % ubs—Ace, 9, 7, 5. North, the gflrtner of declarer, holds: Spades—9, 8, 5. lr.rts—Queen. Jack, 7, 2. Diamonds—Queen, 7, 5, 4, 3. Clubs—4. East, leader's partner holds: Spades—Queen, jack, 4, 2. Hearts—8, 3. Diamonds—Jack, 10, 6, 2. Clubs—K, 3, 2. South wins the declaration at mno trump, and West, the leader, leads the 5 of clubs. Looking at the dummy hand, or North, you see there only the 4-spot of clubs. Leader's partner by deducting five, the number of the card When it comes to the question of say- ing just how old psychology is, one man’s answer is about as another’s, The reason in this: Psy- chology as a science has had a lot of beginnings. It would take a sizable volume or two to give even a running account of them. My own feeling is that psychology be- gan long before the race had learne to write, or had even considered the possibility of preserving the products of human speculation. Certain it is that this thought was preserved in the form | of 1Lrldl§1nn for cengni:es. mn&“u“\“xi written language an 1 problem, it seems, takes us back to the unwritten history of human speculation about human nature. What was that one thing which con- stituted the central point in the un- written history of psychology? It was the soul. And from that something psychok took its name. Bukog this distant past men were jealous of two worlds instead of one. They wanted to know what became of e Smotner oF povclology,._ Speafi: is the mq of psycliol 5 - cal ‘What is the questions, ever asked and never an- swered, have gone thundering down the paths of the centuries, creating one religion after another, one phil: Geablts repested ‘atsempis to 4o 50, Had lespite_repe: af 0 $0, never been able to throw these ques- tions aside. They are human ques- tions, profoundly “affecting in subtle ways the conduct of men. And psy- chology, whatever else it is, is the science of human conduct. If you read the history of grylchnln- will run across chapt with metempsychosis, Mesmerism, theism, mysticism, Imisf ology, soothsaying, Son fhings that be said something-nof may sal to have some relation to the original soul-idea. These are the supersti- tions that have marked the advanced of psychology out of the darkness of patty shells or by cut- small round homemade bis- speculation into dawning day of verifiable knowledge. But there are KEEPING MENTALLY FIT BY JOSEPH To Be Yourself. or wherever neurotica is, 1 ‘member. I am 23 , high-strung, 1 I am crossed h I do try to curb this temper, I must give ing explosion within 'wo days following, topsy-turvy. Am told castic, too cynical and | no tangible outlook on belief in fate. Am an- etty woman gives me ve the companionship cyni y discussions Am_subjected to harsh ridi- ich I reply with scathing write poetry, which for the %evd. Poverty depresses ¢ run over my whole something tangible to , something to occupy my mind. ional dictates. * * * love , and am always seeking Am supposed to be shallow , yet have loved very deeply. ke to evade the truth, althGugh le it around a bit jor the sake 3 i il § macy. I hate a four-flusher, yet | somewhat of a pretender myself. | Please, I want your advice as to what I am or who I am. HAMLET. Reply. substituting the signature of Ham- that of the writer of this letter want to give this young man impression that he resembles Ham- in any other respect than that of ABE MARTIN SAYS JASTROW. they themselves enough to be both spectator and statue. ‘The important point in to which this diagnosis more or less applies—and they are legion—is just how deep the whole thing goes. It may be skin deep or go to the bo Much of it is youthful and that pears abundantly in this self- t- ure by an artist who is rather well im- pressed with his sitter, even ac he down the slams of his friends. this type is much reflecting as self-reflecting. It is not the really troubled kind, too keenly aware of its , too appre- hensive of failure, damj the en- ergies with hampering reservations, which apply to Hamlet, who also had his Ophelia, attracted yet scornful. It is in essence a variety, common and, if not too deeply rooted, outgrowable, of a superiority complex. Such persons take themselves both too_ seriously and value themselves too highly. As a youthful episode in the venture of finding oneself, it has an intelligible place; if it persists and sends out new shoots, its later blossoms are not enviable. One always suspects in a superiority feeling the mask of a sense of inferiority. But let us not repeat the error of taking the matter too seriously. What's the remedy? It's just that which one musical friend gave to another, ad- vising him to set all his musical com- positions in the key B natural. There it is, in even less than a nutshell: Be natural. Give nature a chance. Poses are really & nuisance; most posers are aware of their pose, see through them- selves, but are convinced that what is transparent to them is opaque to oth- ers. We say wisely that youth is en- titled to its illusions and should not be too rudely disillusioned; cynicism is the growing pain of disillusion. Being natural is a compliment to yourself. It suggests that what you really are is presentable enough to show in public, despite the blemishes that prevent most of us from cutting & perfect figure. There is even a semse | of importance attached to being the | subject of attack. Combine all this | with a craving for excitement, and the | resort to alcohol (and intoxication just intensifies the natural irritability) is | true to that tendency: give it an ag- gressive temper and you have the mak- ingn of a problem in personality of this order. I have no great fear about the future of this young man whose name begins with H. He isn't a Hamlet made or in the making. He is just having a harder time than most young men in finding himself. My advice to seek | out the natural man he is and give b o chance. “Seek and ye shall find.” (Copyright, 1029.) Fish Stuffing. all the cases ‘Anybuddy that's ever swept up after @ bouquet o’ dried out golden ‘1l be mighty glad to know that hereafter the blamed weed is to be used fer makin' tires,” snapped Mrs. Em Moots, today. ‘Wayne Kite is a most considerate an’ w feller to meet socially, but comin’ rd you in his auto jest seems to literally transform nim. “I'll go if Senator Brookhart won't be theie,” said Lafe Bud, when asked to attend a dinner fer Jake Bentley, who slmost sold his farm yesterday. (Copyright, 1929.) Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter and | add one tablespoonful of finely chopped | onion, one tablespoonful of chopped | parsley, half a teaspoonful of salt, a | pinch of pepper, one tablespoonful of chopped sour pickles and half a cupful | of stewed tomatoes. Pour this mixture | over one cupful of stale bread crumbs, | mix all thoroughly, and use to stuff the fish. If the stuffing seems to re- quire more liquid than the stewed to- matoes, add a little water, played from 11, finds that it leaves six, and that means that there are six clubs out, not in the leaders’ hand, which are higher than the one led. As leader's partner only holds one of the cards higher than the one led, he knows that declarer holds five cards in the club sult higher than the 5-spot, and that his partner has left in his hand three of that suit higher than the 5-spot. By the applying of this rule, the leader's partner as well as the declarer, know that declarer is stronger in the suit led than the original leader. Another example—Dealer has made a pre-emptive heart bid, meaning that he did not hold three spades in his hand, and the leader leads the 4 of spades, and dummy puts down the following spades: King, 9, and 8, and the leader’s partner by subtracting four, the number of the card led, from 11, gets seven and by counting the three cards in dummy which are higher than the one led and the three in his own hand, he knows that declarer has only one card in his hand higher that the 4-spot. He realizes that this is the ace, as his partner would not have led from it had it been in his hand; therefore, he would safely play the 8-spot from his own hand, saving the king for another trick. Without These | applying the rule of 11 he would not have been able to place the ace so accurately, Many games are saved which would surely be lost, if it were not for the applying of this rule on each original lead of a small card. WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. 8. Patent Office. ‘When we used to take a tincan and pull a string with rosin on it through the can, making an awful noise? LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. After supper pop was smoking to himself and ma was darning holes out of stockings and I sed, Hay ma, do you ‘wunt me to tell your fortune by your hand? No, Im not superstitious, thanks, ma sed, and I sed, Aw come on, ma, leeve me do it, I bet I can tell you some- thing you don't know, all rite. All rite, go ahed for goodness sakes, ma sed. Wich I started to, looking at the inside of her hand and saying, A hah, whats this I see, your going to take a long jerney and your coming back safe and sound. Thats a relief, Im sure, ma sed, and I sed, G, whats this, your going to live to a old age and have rinkles and white hair and a lot of money. Thanks for the money anyway, hee hee, ma sed, and I sed, O boy whats this, your going to have at least 2 more husbands. Well, well, pop sed. I was wonder- ing where the money was coming from, he sed. But anybody can reed the future and get away with it. How about a little peek into the secret past? he sed. Sure, T sed. And I kepp on looking, saying, Well well whats this, one of your hats looks a little different from what you think it does. What? wich one? Why? ma sed, and I sed, The perple one with the white thing sticking up strate. I mean it was sticking up strate, but now its a lttle crooked, I sed. My new hat, ma sed all excited. Benny Potts have you gone and done anything to my new hat, tell me im- meeditly, she sed, and I sed, Well me and cuzzin Artle was playing theater this afternoon and I was the lady so I had to wear a ladys hat, and the white thing kind of got pulled out and I couldent get it back exactly the same way but G whizz maybe you'll like it even better. Well upon my werd of all things, ma sed. Willyum stop laffing, she sed, and pop sed, I cant, and she sed, Well perhaps youll be able to when I in- form you that that perple hat cost 23 dollars, and you havent even got the bill for it yet. 1ve stopped, pop sed. ‘Wich.he ha Brown Sugar Caramel. Mix two cupfuls of brown sugar with one cupful of granulated sugar, half a cupful of light corn sirup, one cupful of cream, two cupfuls of milk and half a cupful of butter. Cook over a low flame, stirring constantly, until the mixture reaches the firm ball stage. Remove from the fire, add four teas- poonfuls of vanilla and one cupful of chopped nut meats and turn at once into a slightly greased pan. When cold, turn the block of candy from the pan in order to cut it evenly. Cut in squares with a sharp knife and wrap each plece in waxed paper. R, ARIS.—There s much to be said for the collarless tweed jacket for sport. | Jane Regny features a belted suit with yoke jacket. The material is brown tweed, warm but lght in weight. - RITA. Shall Young Wife Take Family’s Advice and Leave Her Husband?—Husband Makes Wife the Butt of Jokes Dm MISS DIX: I have been married more than two years, have a comfort- able home, a husband who is a good provider and a darling baby, but our home life is miserable because my husband does not like my people, vet he wants me to be friends with his family. We both have quick tempers. 8hould I take my family's advice and divorce my husband and come back and live with them? Do you think I will be bettering myseilf to go to my mother’s, or shall I stay with my husband and let my baly know it has a father who loves it? A TROUBLED WIFE. Answer: If you will take my and baggage and take your baby away as le from your advice you and your husband will pack up bag under your arm and go live somewhere as far families. If it is impossible for you to possibl meddling move to another city, then tell your families to go hang, and to keep their hands | off your affairs. Of course, it is lflrlky that your husband doesn't like your people, because t around it he did, but, after all, it isn’t a vital matter. iage ceremony hasn't a word in it about loving and obeying your mother-in-law, but it has a very emphatic clause in it about loving and cher- ishing and sticking “until death do us part” to your husband. ‘The fact that your husband doesn’t like your family doesn't free you from your marriage vows and give you a right to divorce him and take away from hi the baby that he loves. Nor does it give you the right to do your child the deadly wrong of depriving it of the love and care and protection of a father whose only fault seems to be that he doesn's admire your people. have reason for his dislike of them. Of course. in your family you have rushed madly to their defense and there is a IEflenblemhh on your escutcheon, but try to hy d's mnt of view and see if they have tried to be nds with him? Have they done they said things to him that hurt his pride? and tried to run your home? And what about him and break up his home? Surely that is as could be given any man. family squabbles it is nearly always the in-laws who make the trouble, only the fewest numbers of fathers and mothers—especially mothers— who are and just enough and wise enough to realize that when their chil- dren marry they to thelr husbands and wives and not to them, and that the younx ‘people’s only chance of happiness consists in making the best of each other and adjusting themselves to each other without any advice or interference from their parents. In for it is And let me tell you, my dear child, that if you take your mother’s advice and leave no better reason than because he and she do not bitterly regret it. While mother is infuriated with to you and says: “Come home, my poor, Joves you,” but if you accept her invitation and your child, and she will complain )y makes and how noisy it is, and it won't be long before you will find yourself & most unwelcome guest. I have seen it happen a hundred times. Families egged a young wife on to get a divorce from her husband, and then, when she had got it, begrudged her even the food she ate and showed her that they felt her a burden. Nor can any woman who has been married and had her own home ever back into her old place in her family circle. She has had the independence an and she resents being treated like a child and having to be ‘e an account of her every movement. She has been at the of her own house and she finds it hard to sink into second place. More- et the other brothers and sisters resent her return and look upon her as a temper and your husband's temper are as much to blame for marriage a8 are your in-laws. Make up your mind to control your back the m{ry retort you feel like making when your husband your family, and tell your mother to keep her hands off your affairs, and you can yet salvage your marriage and save your home and be happy. Srearte DOROTHY DIX. D!AE DOROTHY DIX: My husband is very kind and gentle when we are alone, but whenever any one is present he always does something that hurts me very much, one of the prlnesi&d things being that of ridiculing my thrifti- ness. I have worked every day since I have been married and my husband has never given me a cent for spending money or for anything except the household :flx:;‘}d:m‘n’d“r:fim I,l:lke fl’l? of me h‘:)thel;’pflmle because I am saving. My otice it very much, an that I feel that I would like to call a quit. il lonAuRci’(‘;rN‘.ng Answer: The next time your husband holds you up to ridicule as a dime- nurser you can silence him by & snappy come-back about it being your own money that you save, as he never contributed anything to your support since you were married. That will hold him for a while, because while he 1s willing to make you a figure of fun for people to gibe at, he will not enjoy having them snicker over seeing him in the role of a parsimonious husband. However, wise-cracking on the part of wiv Jjokers never enjoy a joke on themselves, and . M{G& 4 in: as your husband is good rivate, it would probabl, 5 e pumf*& P y be as well to overlook his offense: Just reflect that you have had the 11l luck to get one of 5 gl(de'rh etll:ew.}'vu humorous and who like to, show 'un their :]fl'.’?e&: ‘;:pfi%’;e gllylns ‘with dynamite, for cf There are lots of them. Every one of us has sat at dinn vher we longed to punish our hosts who made their wives t‘he but:ro;“t,}\?lr‘m stories. They would out some little peculiarities of their wives and exag- g:r:hteeyu::\‘xn ;.hcy m:ld; .umm::k ‘women seem grotesque monstrosities, e ‘dr-l mmm-plha S es or blunders their wives made until And we were supposed to find these recitals side-splittingl but as we looked at the Poo‘r. cringing, shamed women wh:p wer‘en gtl?us- 'fififl:'}uzh- lessly crucified, we didn’t feel like laughing. We felt more like weeping. Certainly nothing that a man can do shows I less good taste than to ridicule his wife Just to m"- l?\fgr‘:"'rslgficgw\'{"gl:?."d opyright 1929.) AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN, Lessons' in English BY W. L. GORDON. ‘Words often misused —Do not say “We are golng some place tonight” Say “somewhere.” Often mispronounced—Cassimer. Pro- nounce kas-im-er (not kaz), & as in “at,” 1 18 in “him,” e as in “he,” accent first syllable. Often misspelled—Lain (Past partici- ple of “lie”), lane (s narrow path), Synonyms —. Caricature, burlesque, parody, travesty. ‘Word study—“Use & word three times and it is yours” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. ‘Today's word: Inconceivable— unimaginable, unthinkable, unbeliev- able. “A million dollars seemed to him an inconceivable sum of money.” “I didn't know Jim had gone into bankruptcy until I seen his wife an' girls struttin’ out in swell new clothes.” Today in’ Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. December 31, 1868.—The old year is departing in storm and rain tonight. » During the year 1868 satisfactory signs of progress have been given throughout the world. China has un- locked her gates, broken down the prej- udices of centuries and offered to take her place in the family of natlons. Spain has broken the yoke of a “pesti- lent” monarchy and has shown a desire to become republican in her form of government. Many persons in England are now looking forward confidently to the sep- aration of church and state in Ireland and to such a change in British policy as will “disarm Irish hostility and re- press disquiet.” In the United States the chief event of the year was the terrible struggle be- tween President Johnson and Congress over measures for the reconstruction of the Southern States, with the impeach- ment trial of the President and his ac- quittal. This was the only impeach- ment trial of a President of the United States in our history. ‘The long contest between Congress and the Executive is now drawing to a close. In a few weeks the White House and the Capitol are expected to be in accord, for Gen. Grant has been elected President and will succeed President Johnson March 4. ‘The problem of reconstruction is ap- parently settled, so far as Congress is concerned, and most persons are ear- n:suy praying for a return to peace and order. The abundant crops are bringing prosperity to the country. There is plenty of both food and cotton for the markets. While the Nation has passed through a long period of tragedy—civil war and a political struggle of great bitterness— and most persons regret the sorrows and follies of the past, there now seems to be dawning a new era of happiness and prosperity for the American MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN, Wax Paper. One mother says: ~ Most mothers know the drudgery of ironing tablecloths. She also knows { that even with the best of training little fingers will leave their imprint on snowy linen, and greasy, sticky silver will oc- casionally be laid alongside the plate in spite of constant watching. And the In | little ones must eat with the big folks much of the time if they are ever to learn. For a while I used the little oil- cloth mats or_doilies that are sold for the purpose. But these are usually col- ored and become messy looking even with the best of care. Then one day I discovered that sheets of heavy wax paper such as comes on rolls serve the purpose admirably and are so incon- spicuous that I can use them even when my table is set at its best. Potato Rusk. - At night take one cupful of cold mashed potatoes, one cupful of sugar and one cupful of warm water with an yeast cake dissolved in it. Mix and let stand over night. In the morning mix the above with three eggs well beaten, three-fourths cuptul of butter or lard, one teaspoonful of salt and six even cupfuls of flour, or enough to make a nice dough. Roll out and cut like bis- cuits. Let stand all day in well-greased pans. Bake for about 15 minutes. This can also be set in the morning for the evening meal. all day. This makes a large quantity. Half or quarter of this amount is plenty. Tty Chocolate Sauce. Melt one square of unsweetened chocolate in a double boiler and add two tablespoonfuls of butter. When mixed well pour half a cupful of boiling water in slowly, stirring constantly, then add half a cupful of sugar. Bring to the boiling point and boil for five minutes without stirring. Add half a n- ful of vanilla extract and a few grains of salt. Serve hot or warm. MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Orange Juice. Hominy With Cream. Creamed Beef on Toast. Doughnuts. Coffee, LUNCHEON. Pea Soup. Croutons. Prune Salad. ‘Wafers. Tea. DINNER. Clear Soup. Broiled Liver and Bacon. Boiled Rice. Escalloped Tomatoes. Baked Apple Pudding Lemon Sauce, Coffee. DOUGHNUTS. Two eggs beaten light, one cup of sugary one cup of milk, one- half teaspoonful of soda, one tea- spoonful of cream of tartar, flavor with nutmeg; flour to roll soft enough to handle well. Fry in deep fat. PRUNE SALAD. One-half pound large prunes, walnut meats, mayonnaise, let- tuce. Soak the prunes in ‘water to cover overnight. until tender, cool and carefully remove the stones without mar- ring the shape of the prunes, Fill the cavities with quarters of walnut meats. Lay either three or four stuffed prunes on each bed of shredded lettuce or white lettuce leaves. Top with mayon- naise and serve very cold with brown crackers and cream cheese, “This salad may be varied by fill- ing the prunes with balls of cream or Neufchatel cheese in- stead of nuts. BAKED APPLE PUDDING. Beat the yolks of three eggs with three tablespoonfuls of sugar and add two cups sour % three cups grated tart apples and two cups sifted white flour mixed with one tablespoonful of fine FoL of salt, " AGd one tenspaonul of A one teas] of soda dissolved in one table- spoonful boiling water. Beat thoroughly, fold in stiffly beaten whites, turn into buttered shallow pan, place over boiling water. Bake about 45 minutes. Serve with hard sauce. Lemon Sauce. Boil one sugar and one cup of water to- gether 15 minutes, then remove. ‘When cooled a little add one-half teaspoonful extract lemon and one tablespoonful lemon juice. 1t does not have to rise | wi FEATURES. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. | Oily Hair, Dear Miss Leeds: (1) I have high cheekbones and a long nose. How should I part my hair? (2) When I wash my hair, it is all right for two or three days and then it gets very oily. | How can T remedy this? (3) I am 39 years old, 5 feet 3 inches tall and weigh 149 pounds. How_ much over- weight am I and how can I reduce? RS. E. 8. Y. Answer—Avoid a center-part coif- fure. Divide your hair into a large central section and two side sections. Comb the middle section back and have it finger waved or marcel waved in wide, deep waves. If your forchead is rather high wear flat, waved bangs. Curl the side hair forward on your cheek, showing the lobe of your ear. Have your back hair coiled in a double twist at the nape of the neck, not too low and not high enough to be on a line with your nose. (2) Use an astringent hair tonic two or three es & week. The following may be used for this purpose: Two drams bicarbonate of soda, two drams boric acid, one ounce cologne water, two ounces witch-hazel, four ounces bay rum. Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in the witch-hazel and the boric the bay rum. Shake well. The best way to apply the astringent tonic is with a small piece of absorbent cot- ton or a medicine dropper. Divide the hair into strands and apply the tonic to the scalp. Massage your scalp with the fingertips until dry. Avold vigor- ous brushing until the hair is in better condition. Give your hair and scalp an air bath every day. (3) The average weight for your age and height is between 130 and 140 unds. You are not very much over- weight, but you need active exercise regularly to keep your figure trim and your muscles firm and supple. Eat well balanced meals, but cut down a little on the daily amount, especially on rich, heavy, greasy foods. 1 shall be pleased to send you a set of exercises and a few menu suggestions if you will write me again, inclosing a self-ad- dressed, stamped envelope for mailing. LOIS LEEDS. How to Keep Warm. Dear Miss Leeds: I am 19 years old, 5 feet tall and weigh 110 pounds. My bust measures 30%:, walst 27 and hips 36 inches. Do you think I should reduce my weight? 2) Please tell me an_inexpensive way to remove freckles. I am using a men- tholated vanishing cream that is rec- ommended for freckles. Do you think I should continue to use it? (3) When I am out in the cold my face turns red and blue and doesn't look nice. What is the cause of this and how can I help it? (4) My little girl is 3 years of age. Her hair is very dry and stringy. Please_tell me what kind of a treat- ment I should give her hair. ADVICE HEEDER. Answer—No, I do not think that you should reduce. Your weight is ideal for your age and height. Try to take some active exercise besides your house- work every day. Take a few minutes every morning for trunk-bending, arm- acid, then add the cologne water and | flinging and leg-raising exercises. A brisk walk out of doors every day is very beneficial for you also. You should dress appropriately and warmly. Hold your head up, chest eclevated, and breathe through your nose, keeping the mouth closed. Cultivate a free, easy, swinging stride. (2) Use a lemon cleansing cream be- fore washing the face. Once a week give the mild bleaching pack, which is made from corn meal, almond meal or oatmeal and mixed to a smooth paste with buttermilk. This is a mild and inex- pensive bleaching treatment for freckles. 1 shall be pleased to mail the treatment in detail if you will write me again and inclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for mailing. (3) Many complexions seem to bloom when the cold winds blow. A good way to stimulate circulation and keep warm when out of doors in the cold weather is to walk briskly and inhale and exhale forcefully in rhythm. On the first step take a short, quick sniff of air, partly filling the lowest part of the lungs. On the second step take another sniff, this time filling the middle part of the lungs. On the third step expand the chest. Hold the breath for two steps, then reverse the process by exhaling in three puffs on the next three step: After you have walked a block or tws in this way you will feel your blood coursing briskly and warmly through your body and extremities. In addi- tion to this walking exercise practice deep breathing through your nose regu- larly. Of course, see that you dress warmly and eat wisely during the cold weather. (4) Glve the warm-oil treatment be- fore washing your daughter’s hair. ‘Warm about two tablespoonfuls of olive oil. Brush and comb out the hair and apply the oil to the scalp. Wring out a small Turkish towel in hot water and bind it around the head. Leave the oil on the hair for hour or fo. Then wash with an olive-oil shampoo or pure castile coap shaved and melted into a liquid. Rinse the hair free from every particle of soap and dry between warm towels. Massage the scalp with the fingertips every day and brush the hair two or three times a day with a clean brush with not too stiff bristles. Apply a little oil with the fingertips to the scalp two or three times a week and massage in thoroughly but gently. LOIS LEEDS. (Copyright. 1929.) Wise-Crackers of Courts and Royalty 12 That hardy old Athenian general, Phocion, was never crowned king, but, during the Macedonian domination he was virtually monarch of Athens. Aside from his fine services to his country as a military man and states- man, we must honor sturdy Phocion for m-e invulnerable common sence for his He was one of those men of gentle disposition who happen to have counte- nances stern and forbidding. This contrast gave the greater force to his pithy remarks. Once Charles jested about his frown- ing face before a group of Athenians who had not served their country well. They laughed heartily. “My sullenness,” said Phoclon, “never yet made any of you sad, but these men’s jollitles have given you sorrow enough.” Chabrias, the general, had been the friend and mentor of Phocion. The lat- ter, after the death of Chabrias, did his best to guide his intractable son, Ctesip- pus, who was disobedient and imperti- nent. Ctesippus once carried his disrespect so far that Procion, casting his eyes to the heavens, exclaimed: “O Chabrias, Chabrias, how grateful I show myself to your friendship by submitting to endure thy son!" Procion’s opinions were generally in opposition to most people’s. Consequent- 1y when he made a speech that received general applause he asked his friends: “Have I inadvertently said something foolish?” During a dispute with the Boeotians in regard to boundaries, he advised them to proceed by negotiation and not go to war. “Why?” he was asked. “Because you will do better to employ the weapons with which you excel—your tongues,” he replied. Demosthenes once told him, “The Athentans some day will kill you when they are in & rage.” once are in their senses.” During a debate in council everybody attacked Phocion. He appealed to dous beard, to support him, but instead he sided with the popular party. Phocion laid a hand on his beard. “After he won my last nickel on that | dog fight, Laddle sald I should grin and bear it, but it's awful hard to laugh up your sleeve when you've lost your shirt.” (Copyright. 1929.) MATTRESSES COLUMBIA BEDDIN CO.,’Ee., l 219 G St N.W. National B5: “A MAN CANNOT EVEN DIE IN ATHENS WITH! OBSERVED. “And you,” rejoined Phocion, “if they | Archibiades, a man who wore a tremen- | Phocion Rebuffed Alexander the Great and Made Him Like It. BY J. P. GLASS. g | b OUT PAYING FOR IT,” HE , “O Archibiades,” he said, “it is time you should shave, Alexander the Great much admired Phocion. He sent him a present of 100 talents (about $12,000). “Wiy was this sent to me out of all the Athenians?” asked Phocion of the er. ecause of your honor and worth.” “Let Alexander permit me to continue to be so reputed,” sald the philosopher, He sent the money back. Phocion, with a number of his friends, was executed as the result of & con. spiracy. When it came his turn to drink the poison it was found that the supply had run short. The executioner refused to prepare more unless the cost, 12 drachmas, was paid him. Phocion hadn't the money, but finally called a friend and prevailed upon him t pply it. man cannot even die in Athens without paying for it,” he observed. The Athenians, who had let him die, soon perceived how disgracefully they had acted and erected & statue to his memory. They also put to death his principal accuser. (Copsright, 1929.) Mint Paste. Soak three tablespoonfuls of granu- lated gelatin in half a cupful of cold water for 30 minutes. To two cupfuls of white sugar add half a cupful of cold water, bring to the boiling point, then add the gelatin and let boil for 20 minutes. Remove from the fire and add two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, four tablespoonfuls of creme de menthe and a few grains of salt. Pour into & pan and let stand until stiff, then remove from the pan, cut in cubes and roll in confectioners’ sugar. Perfect flavor, safeguarded by a Triple-Sealed carton. WILKINS