Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1930, Page 28

WOMAN’S PAGE, Charting Course for New Year BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. It is always interesting to start a new , a new and purposeful work—any= 3 that has a new outlook to hol the attention. It is true that there is nothing exceptional in New Year day itself —that is, in its physical aspect. But it is equally true that in connec- tion with historical records, an entirely new cycle is begun. Dates can never be the same. In setting down household accounts, there is an element of new- neas, of freshness and of difference. Today, therefore, we start on & new calendar pathway, and that in itself is enough to make us think party about what is behind us and lives in mem- ories only, and partly about what is before us of surprise and novelty that s to be unfolded. Probably many of you have read about the famous electric sclentist of dme of value in our lives. what we want in 1930. The next is to see if we can do the sort of thing that will make us receiving station for our wishes. There is the old saying, “Like attracts like.” Perhaps this truer than we now believe. It is worth trying to attract what we want. want to tune in and receive it, is to think healthful thoughts and to refrain from thinking or doing things that will shut off the connection and hinder health from being ours. If we want riches, think of them, not of the lack of them. No one ever got rich by thinking how poor he was. This is certain. So experiment. Let us try thinking of the things we have that are estimated valuable, of possible avenues within ourselves and our range that would set in motion the right air waves of riches. Send out rich thoughts and be ready to receive rich ideas. The person who is poor and who gets riches will be found to have had a mind rich in ideas. He sent out rich thought and action- messages and he received richer ideas and their value in money. If success is wanted think of ways and means of succeeding, not obstacles and obstructions to success. To receive the wireless messages that are around us we must not shut off the connection, but think what we desire, not occasion- ally but frequently, and suit our actions to our thoughts. Perhaps, no, let us put in stronger—probably our thoughts and experiments will make this truly for us and ours a happy new year indeed. Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Words often : Do mot say, “Had I have gone.” Say, “If I had gone.” Often mispronounced: Canary; first a as in “ask.” second & as in “day” (not as in “air.”). Often. misspelled: Contractor; or, not er. Synonyms: Join, combine, unite, con- solidate, vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: pertaining to climate. “The climatic France, Paul Moineau, who asserts that gnglflom are favorable to her recov- KEEPING MENTALLY FIT, BY JOSEPH Resolutions. Whereas, in taking stock of my men- tal, moral and physical makeup at the beginning of the year, I find various and sundry items of loss and mot profit to my mental fitness; therefore, Be it resolved, That form mow on, and especially in the year of grace 1930, I shall carefully watch these tendencies, refrain from indulging in them and cut them out. ‘This formula filled out to suit the situation more or less applies to some millions of citizens, as they observe Resolution day. Has psychology any- thing to offer on the subject? Not enough wholly to approve or condemn, but to give a hint to resolvers to deter- mine for themselves “‘hether they want THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE. ) Smart Curved Hipline. The curved hip line and side flared treatment will date the newness of your woolen frock all smart women are wear- ing for street and sports, as in style No. 121 It is in fashionable myrtle green tones in flecked jersey. The belt nips the higher waistline and fastens at end of surplice, closing bodice at side. The notched rever collar gives it a tailored aspect. Hips are kept flat by yoke that merges into circular side flare of skirt, which makes it so individually smart, and simple for home seamstress to make. 1t is designed in sizes 16, 18, 20 years, 35, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. It’s’ a dress that you can wear all Winter long beneath your fur wrap that will place you in the “know” of fashion. Black suede broadcloth, with vestee of eggshell silk crepe, is decidedly chic for street and general daytime occa- sions. FPeatherweight tweed is well liked in Spanish red tones. Black canton crepe, dahlia-purple faille silk crepe, plum shade in canton ~repe, rust brown jacquard. silk crepe aud midnight blue wool crepe are ef- zective combinations. For a pattern of this style send 15 cents In stamps or coin directly to The Washington Star's New York Fashion Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty- ninth street, New York. ‘We suggest that when you send for pattern you inclose 10 cents additional £5r a-copy of our new lon JASTROW. to make resolutions, and on what de- pends the keeping of them. peg;lrh.m '{iewwhux;dred thousand e v eep & _diary. Examine these at the end of 1930, and January shows a brilliant record, espe- cially the first half; PFebruary is a shorter month and doesn't come out such a bad second; March slumps, and by May or June, at the latest, the sur- viving diaries reduced to a trickle of the original stream. ‘Why?" Because the emotional warmth to keep the fire going in respect to a diary isn't very authentic; you have to use the bellows and that becomes tire- some. That curve of diminishing entries in diaries is typical of the emo- tional course, beginning with high in- flammatory zest and alas! so quickly cooling to a lukewarm interest. Keep- ing a diary doesn’t mean enough to you. Resolution day deals as much with breaking habits as with ‘making them, and there isn't quite so much difference between them. Whether I resolve to break off the.habit of getting my desk and papers into a mess or resolve to keep them in better order is only a matter of expression, in which not even my secretary would be interested. Yet even these fairly objective habits, im- gorhnt as they are, don't go to the eart or focus of the matter, which is always that of securing an emotional warmth, a caring enough about it, giv- ing it & high enough place in its gen- eral plan of behavior, to induce the effort; and that means effort after effort, to do the right thing. avoid the wrong, and feed the fires by constant stoking. So, the really deadly “habit,” if you want to call it such, is this of letting our emot cool. How will you pre- vent 1t? By immediately or promptly converting them, expressing them, drawing them into action. If every time you have a helpful emotion, a worth while zest, a bit of a thrill, you let it change your attitude and be- havior, you needn’t make any resolu- tions; your nervous tem and your mental and moral system will do it for you. ‘Willlam James makes the point in regard to emotions aroused by music, - remedy would be never to suf- fer oneself to have an emotion at a concert without expressing it after- ward in some active way. Let the ex- pression be the least thing in the world —speaking genially to one’s aunt, or giving up one’s seat in a horse car, if nothing more heroic offers—but let it not _fail to take place.” Thus resolutions really have some value; for we form general habits as well as special ones; and the habit of pflmle V|IIIIETL: that of making an effort, regularly. Try at something; keep u the effort, habit; and you have ngmep- thing to fall back on, not at the be- ginning of the year only but through- | out the year. People who keep resolutions are those who have maintained the habit of making an effort. They can apply that general habit to support any specific habit; but they may be the very ones who have least need of mak- ing resolutions. We are so inevitably absorbed in the dally routine that it is worth while to take stock and get a general perspective of the directions in which we are wasting effort, failing to making the right efforts, consider what is worth making an effort for. In that case one might record: “Be it re- solved that I need not make New Year resolutions.” (Copyright, 1930 AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN, perfect, but I never had to e: any of ‘em took after Pa's folks,” (Copyright, 1930.) . the Chihushua district of Mexico. hing 1 pertoment t that we ourselves can experiment with and see how we can make the t thing is to find out just thing Climatic; of or |sul “T reckon none o' my children was in that Partial shut down of mining com- panies has thrown many cut of work in THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. the body is a walking wireless instru- ment capable of sending out and re- celving messages. It occurs to me that beginning of the New Year, it might be well to consider what mes- we. January 1, 1868.—President Johnson's New Year day reception at the White House today was one of the most bril- liant and largely attended in the his- tory of the Government. The bitter controversy raging between the Presi- dent and the radical Republicans in Congress, which threatens to culminate soon in impeachment pr against the President, did not detract a bit from the success of this annual levee. The rain of last night changed the snow of yesterday into a combination of slush and sleet, which was exceed- ingly disagreeable, but the jam at the Executive Mansion was as great, if not greater, than ever before. The levee opened at 11 am., When members of the cabinet, foreign Min- isters, justices of the United States Su- preme Court, Senators and Representa- tives in Congress, justices of the Dis- trict Supreme Court and the Court of Claims were received. These were fol- lowed by Army, Navy and Marine offi- cers, veterans of the War of 1812, and members of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia. At noon the doors were thrown open to the reception of citizens until 2 p.m. Mayor Wallach of this city and lady were among the many officials present in the throng. The Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia was headed by Joseph H. Bradley, sr., who briefly addressed the President. t the close of your ad- ,’ id Mr, Bradley, “see & united, happy and prosperous Nation, made up * "¢ * of independent sov- ereign States, governed by itself and by its own people.” President Johnson expressed pleasure in recelving the association and shook each member by the hand. There were many other official and private receptions today. Wwho is acting as Secretary of War ad interim, and the ladles of his family received at his residence on I street. ‘The War Department clerks called on him in & body. Home in Good Taste WY SARA HILAND. A tray with service for four persons would have to be so large that it would be awkward and difficult to carry, but arack which holds four plates, like that shown in the illustration, is one which would be a boon to any busy hostess. ‘The plates are large enough to hold & cup and sandwiches or cakes, and they are so placed on the rack as to do away with any difficulty in balanc- ing, for the handle in the center is a intial one and easy to grasp. set is all of metal, and it might be attractive to have a mall doily made for each plate. These could all be of the same color, or they could be of four separate shades, with napkins to_match. Handkerchief linen, grass linen or plain damask Would be good selections for this purpose and the edges could be fringed, picoted or buttonholed. For the Summer days when indoor bridge is at an end, this little outfit will be delightful for carrying iced tea or lemonade and cakes to the porch bridge table. Your Baby and Mine { 1 BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. ‘The years fly so rapidly that one needs wings to keep up with their changes. 1t is exciting and stimulat- ing to live in this swiftly moving age, to see new ideas flower overnight, new modes of travel and new customs and manners takin, ‘which the midy accustomed. ‘The older we get the more we hate change. It is uncomfortable and trou- blesome to step out of one's familiar groove of either thinking or acting and follow new and distracting paths. It is the parent who has the most difficult Tole, for she needs must keep in tune not only with this new consciousness of the child and his prominent role in the home, but with the child himself, who is growing up in a new world. Each year demands something of us, and 1930 is demanding imperatively that we keep an open mind and have a willingness to be taught. There are so many new things to learn, so many new trends in dealing with children and their dally problems that one has to be constantly on the alert. But there are some things which aren’t bounded by years or even actual knowledge—some things which we be- lieve should be intuitive in the sensitive mother. One of these is a realization that bables never are and never have been playthings to be exploited by par- ents for their own selfish pleasure. The real mother doesn’t need to be told this, she knows it by that much abused word, “instinct.” We can understand, then, that the letter we are printing might have been‘rrlntcd 10 years ago and still be timely. “Dear Mrs. Eldred,” Mrs. A, B. writes, “this gets me ‘hot.” I took care of & neighbor's baby while she went down town. She is one year old, tall, thin, | pale, fretful. When the mother came home she complained about the baby's hatred for bottles. I told her I cooked Sonny’s cereal with milk, served the cereal with it, used it in soups and vegetables, and got a quart a day into his diet without the use of any bottles. “She said, all disapproving, ‘Doesn’t he eat with you?' I told her that his meals never came at the same time as ours, that he was always asleep at night. She sald, ‘Poor little orphan, our daddy would never stand for that. When he comes home he wants his baby right there.’ “She also sald proudly that she gave the baby something of everything on the table on Thanksgiving day. She claims her baby will never be fat because she is so active. (If mine were any more so I'd need cages.) Doesn't it seem strange to hear a mother talk that way in 1930?' No doubt mothers will still be talking that way in 1940. It is hard to con- vince parents that babies are not de- signed for thelr amusement and that giving a child the foods from the table doesnt constitute generosity but just plain fgnorance of how to feed a young baby. And, of course, the excuse that activity keeps a baby thin, is an excuse as thin as the baby. All bables are ac- tive, just bundles of energy, and they keep ‘on growing fat just as long as their diet meets their needs. Yes, we agree that this mother isn't keeping up with even 1920! Caviar Relish. Place a thin slice of tomato on & thin xllu:a of toast cut r\mnd. lpnl‘k‘ o?vur on top of the tomato, some yol g8, hard bolled and put through a ricer, on top of the caviar, some lemon juice squeezed on top and & piece of parsiey in the centes. the place of those to le generation has become D. C, WEDNESDAY, A PARIS.—Dull black is smarter than shiny, and shining white is smarter than dull. Put that down in your notebook. This black morocain model with three-quarter coat comes from Redfern. \DorothyDix Keep Her Busy, Don’t Stint Her in Praise and Give Herjthe Money That She Earns. Warns of Dangers of 1dleness for Wives To the Bridegroom IF T could give one plece of advice more earnestly than any other to the young man about to be married it would be this: Keep r wife busy. See to it that she has plenty of real, honest-to-goodness, worthwhile work to do, and put wz:h:un interest in her work by paying for it with both money and apprec 5 ‘There is no other one thing in the world that is more pathetic than the way in which men’s most chivalrous impulse is & boomerang that turns back on them and slays them. For when a husband loves his wife his greatest desire is to erlr her up in cotton wool, and keep her in a padded, satin-lined box, where she will have nothing on the face of the earth to do but just breathe, and this is their undoing. ‘Thousands of men work themselves to death in order that their wives may not have to do a single lick of work. Millions of husbands, looking bewildered at their peevish, fretful, discontented wives, tear their hair over woman's unreason and exclaim: “But what more does Maria want to make her happy? Haven't I given her everything! Hasn't she servants to wait on her hand and foot? Hasn't she & nurse to take care of the baby and a governess to look after the children? Hasn't she dressmakers and seamstresses to sew for her? Why, she hasn’t a thing on earth to do.” And the poor, dear man, who has done his very best to be a good husband and make his wife happy, doesn’t realize that in depriving her of all useful occupation he has taken away from her the one indispensable source of con- tentment and happiness. feines I'l' is strange that men should make this blunder, because they know that they themselves would be bored to death if they had nothing to do but kill time. But they think that women are somehow different, and that to secure a woman's | felicity all that you have to do is to just sit her down on a plush chair, with empty hands, and just let her sit, and sit, and sit, with nothing to do. Never was there ter mistake. The old adages, “An idle brain is the Devil's workshop,” and “Satan still finds work for idle hands to do,” are even more true of women than they are of men. It was because she had no useful, constructive work to do that our first mother went out and hunted up trouble, um“um makes her granddaughters with nothing to do but follow in her footsteps. Look about you. Who are the women who keep young, and slim, and alert, and vital? The busy women. The women who work in stores and offices, the women who follow professions, and who have to keep on their tiptoes all of the time, look about 10 or 15 years younger than their sisters who have married prosperous husbands who have taken away from them any necessity to work. Work keeps the one woman in fighting trim. It polishes up her wits and puts & purpose into her life, while the woman with nothing to do but to go to luncheon and play bridge slumps and gets fat in mind and body. ‘Who are the women who fill doctors’ offices and sanatoriums and enable specialists to drive expensive cars? Nine-tenths of them are the idle women who have nothing to do but to explore their system for symptoms and make a cult of invalidism. Did you ever notice how, almost invariably, as soon as & woman gets money she develops poor nerves, or a bad heart, or a weak digestion, or what have | you? So long as she had to get up at 6 o'clock and prepare her husband’s breakfast, and hustle around getting the children off to school, and trot off to a new market where the meat was 5 cents a pound cheaper, and when it didn’t seem but a minute from breakfast to dinner, she was so busy cooking and scrubbing and sewing and looking after the baby, she didn't know that she had a nerve or & stomach concealed about her person. Tt was only after husband made money and earried out his cherished dream of keeping her in idleness that she found out that she was the vietim of allments that she had never even sp:c'.ed herself of having. ND who are the morbid, neurotic women, the women whose husbands do not understand them, the women who say, “Oh, yes, John is and kind and a wonderful provider, but he isn't my soulmate and I am perishing of heart-hunger?” Always these lachrymose sisters are women with nothing to do but sit up and vivisect their own emotions, and keep their fingers on their pulses to see whether their temperatures go up or down at the fall of their husband's | footsetps. So long as a woman is working shoulder to shoulder with her husband, trying to build up their fortune, o long as she is pinching pennies and nursing dimes to save the money to go in the business or pay on their first home, she isn't thinking about her feelings. She is absorbed in doing, and getting some- ‘where. And she is happy and satisfied because she has a real, vital interest and knows she is of some use in the world and of value to her husband. nto scandals and bring disgrace on themselves and on their familles? Who are the women who write mash notes to movie heroes? Who are the women who pick up men on the street, or at dance halls and who get into the silly flirtations that often end in tragedy? ‘They are the idle women, the women with nothing to do but to try to amuse themselves and infuse some pep into a life that has gone stale and flat. You never hear of the woman who is busy holding down her job or the mother who is making a real home and looking after her children properly keeping stolen dates with a pasty-faced masher at the movies, And who are the women who gel So I would say to any young man about to be married: keep your wife sane and healthy and hlpry Give her plenty of work to do and don't stint the money that she earns. If you want to and contented, keep her busy. her in praise, or in .Mnixh" DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1920.) Straight Talks to Women About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN. How Much Money? One of the popular causes of thrift- lessness is the low salary. Women who make from $12 to $100 & week ask me how can they save when they make only so much, and it costs so0 much to live and be happy. When one gets right down to facts, it becomes clear that saving depends more on inclina- tion than salary. Let's say that you yourself make $20 a week in actual pay. You've prob- ably lived up to every penny of it, and we will admit that it isn't much. Now pretend you make' only $18 a week, and that it must do, whether you like it or mot. Can you save $2 then? Before you answer “no” too readily, consider what will happen. First you'll forget those $2, and come face to face with a few sacrifices. You'll discover that some of the things you thought were essential and indispensable aren't 50 at all. You'll learn all over again how to spend money. When you con- sider every purchase before you make it, and consider every purchase as you make it, more for less money will even things up. It's perfectly true that the girl slav- ing along on & pitifully small salary can't gave much. She can save some- 3 she should. Pifty cents a week will mean $25 at the end of the year. Yet how many people, do you suppose, have no $25 in the bank though they've been working for many years? More than we like to count. If you are afficted with the low salary excuse, let it rule you for a short while, but anyway save & small weekly sum. Whltjoll'd spend on fattening sweets, or eheap perfume, or gaudy fake jewelry, slip into an envelope every week, or a dime savings bank, or a stocking. Then forget about its ex- istence until your next regular deposit is due. When you've saved a dollar or more take it post-haste to the bank, and forget it again. Salary won't interfere much with your saving. Suppose you have reached the limit of your earning capacity, what will you'do in later vears when your earn- ing capacity has diminished? You'll regret bitterly these happy days when you spent what should have been saved. If your limit has been reached you must save regardless of what seems ible and what seems un- reasonable. When next you consider saving, and don’t postpone doing so, don’t be weak enough to fall back on the low-salary alibl. You will only fool yourself and rob yourself of future in- dependence. ‘The net result of the recent munici- pal elections in Scotland was four So- clalist losses. L ANUARY 1,. 1880. l LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Pop was smoking and thinking in his private ‘chair and I sed, Hay pop, will I haff to study latin when I go to high skool? good will that It will broaden your mind, '31 sed. Well G wiszickers, pop, bow will it? { sed, and he sed, How? Northeast by ":m.u'mxbl why? I sed. Hol W Pop, y’ ey smokes, G winnickers, my mind dont need any more broadening, why do I haft to, pop, aw G, pop, I sed. It will be severel years in the normal corse of events tlil ;ou are reddy for high skool, wont it sed, and I sed, Yes, sir, but G Pop, and he sed, All rite, broach the subjeck to me agen in severel years. Ony gosh, G, pop, I dont wunt to haft to keep woryying about it all that time, I sed. You never had to study latin, did you pop. I , and he sed, I tly did, and I sed, Well did it broaden your mind? Severel inches, pop sed, and I sed, Well then say something in latin. Heehee, Willyum, this is a chance to show your education, ma sed, and pop sed, All rite, here goes. Pluribus verbos wallopus _ slappibus owtchibus sockit tuum, he sed. If thats not latin Id like to know what it is, and the meening of it is, One more little werd from you on the subjeck and youll get a paddling. And if you doubt it just let me hear the little and youll see if my Iatin was correct or not, he sed. Me not trying to find out, and any- how I proberly wont worry about it much anyways on account of having so many other things to worry about. NANCY PAGE Snowy White and Blue Shadows »Y nonm_u GANKR. One of the prettiest tables Nancy had seen in & long time was the New Year table at the Jack Pettingills' home. The cloth was white damask. In the center was a large snow man in white. His features were black but his hat was deep blue. He held a bouquet of freesia and laurel in the crook of his arm. Leading from his snow overcoat were ribbons of blue. They extended to the place cards and favors combined, snowballs of white crumpled crepe paper. The goblets were of deep blue glass. The condiment dishes were of pewter, The whole effect was of white snow with its blue shadows and its wintry gleam under the frosty moonlight. Near the snow man's abiding place were flecks of artificlal snow. lakes |of it were on his coat and hat, The wall sconces of pewter gleamed in the candlelight. Pure white candles were in deep blue candle holders. ‘The snow man was made by taking a cardbcard cone standing 15 inches high. He was padded with cotton. Over this was put well crushed and crinkled white crepe paper. Bulges were made {or arms, tucked apparently into overcoa™pockets for warmth. ‘The buttons of the coat were of black Small wads of this same over his necktie of broad blue ribbon. The head had to be stuffed like a ball and extended beyond the apex of the foundation cone. The bow tie was placed about two inches below the peak, thus giving the effect of a slender neck. Table Etiquette has a leaflet all to ftself. write to Nancy Page, care of this paper. inclosing & _stamped self-add en: velope, asking for a copy of it. (Copyrisht, 1929.) WHO REMEMBERS? Y DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. 8. Patent Ofice. When the old apple orchard, with its high board fence, occupled the site where the fourth precinct station is now located, on E street between Four- and-a-Half and Sixth streets southwest? My Neighbor Says: ‘The best way to treat scratches on furniture is to apply & mixture of beeswax and turpentine, the former melted in the turpentine until it is as thick as sirup. Pour a little onto a plece of woolen cloth and rub it well into the scratched part. Then polish quickly with dry flannel and the marks will almost disappear. Do not remove wood ashes that accumulate in your fireplace. Pile them up and burn wood on top of them. Ashes retain heat, which is sent out into the room. Plain cake gingerbread may be :;;::cwmlly baked in a waffle- n. Test, custard by putting a silver knife into the Z.gur?n‘u knife comes out clean the custard is + baked. FEATURES. New Decade of BY MARY 'My vo—-‘n‘d millions of other arly interesting. The dresses, hats and accessories already in the show clearly that there is much novelty in within the next 12 Now no one can honestly et whether skirts will remain long with & tendency to grow longer, or whether there will be a reaction in favor of the sl , more wearable skirts to which many women are still committed. Will the normal walstline become really normal, and if it does will women con- sent to the snugly fitted bodices and possibly & revival of corsets? Po over these questions, and realizing that fashions are decidedly on the move at present, many women hesi- tate to b_gl the new clothes that are offered. ey register their feeling of uncertainty by wearing clothes that are manifestly out of date. Several things are certain. One is predic that the new clothes offered at the\ present time will remain in fashion through the Spring and until late Sum- mer, and another thing worth realizing good | is that even if shorter skirts do return they will be entirely different from the short skirts to which we are accus- tomed. Nothing is more foolish than to niss the joy of trying the new fashions simply because you are not sure of their permanence. If you do a little sewing now and then DAILY DIET RECIPE MARMALADE PUDDING. Butter, one and one-half ta- blespoonfuls; sugar, three table- spoonfuls; eggs, two; flour, one- half cupf baking soda, one- half teaspoonful; salt, one-half teaspoonful; orange murmalade, about three-quarters cupful. BERVES 3 OR 4 PORTIONS, Oream butter well, add sugar graduslly. Then add eggs. Beat well. Stir in flour, soda and salt sifted together and mix to a fair- ly stift batter with the marma- lade. (Exact quantity depends on consistency of mnnnlr:de.) Pour into & mold for steaming. Tie paper and floured cloth over :13’“;‘6 lmml:o; one ;;ld one- ours. Makes about one pound. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes teln, starch, sugar and a very little fat. Lime iron, present, but the vitamins have been damaged by the action of the soda. Can be eaten by normal adults of aver- age or under weight. Fashion History you will find the neck scarf taken for this week's Help for the Home Dress- maker very easy to make. It is made of velvet or furlike cloth and is just the STRANDS OF CUT STEEL BEADS FALL FROM LARGE VELVET SHOULDER FLOWER. BLACK AND WHITE FLOWER AND FEATHER TURBAN. SHOULDER STRAP OF FLAT SILK AND VEL- VET FLOWERS AND BOUQUETS OF VIOLETS, thing to wear with your suit if you can- not afford & good-looking fur scarf. Just send your stamped, self-addressed envelope to Mary Marshall, care of this ::mé.mdnmy'mhuthm PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM Ventilation of Schools. The notion that variations of tem- perature, humidity, air motion or weather have something to do with the prevalence of respiratory diseases is still firmly fixed in the mind of the old timer in medicine and sanitation. In pursult of this idea the New York Com- mission on Ventilation has been making another of those “surveys” or “studies’ of which such bodies are so fond, this instance a “fleld study” of the ventilation of a rural schoolhouse in Cattaraugus County, in upstate New York, in co-operation with a local health survey or demonstration that is being ;:‘:n‘led on by a private endowment ind. The New York Ventilation Commis- sion seems to be anxious to show, if possible, that faults of ventilation are concerned in the causation of respira- tory diseases among school children. To this end, the official report of the Investigation says, a record was kept of the attendance and health condition of the pupils, on & blank Iom'provlded by the commission. On this form the teacher was requested to record the occurrence of respiratory ilinesses (and then the secretary of the commission adds in parenthesis the explanation that respiratory illnesses meant “colds or sore throats”) among the pupils. The teacher, moreover, was instructed to use her own judgment in recording “colds and sore throats” among the puplls present. I do not mean to be captious or dis- respectful, but it is surely fair to say that éven a very good teacher is gen- erally a very poor diagnostician, whether she is -armed with special blanks or backed by the authority of the health board or not. ‘This is the fatal weakness in the in- Vefligtlon. as it is in health “surve; urveys.” urses, other unqualified individuals are al- lowed or even required to “use their own judgment” in diagnosing disease, which, of course, such persons do mot possess. Another grave fault of this part! lar Investigation under the distinguished auspices of the New York Ventilation Commission is that no health or medi- cal authority on the commission or out- side of 1t ventures to define “colds” for the purpose of the inquiry. Since “colds remain vague and indefinite, how can the teacher guess whether a pupil has one or early measles or nasal diphtheria or what? It does not seem quite sporting of the New York Com- mission on Ventilation for 1929 to pass the buck in this way to the poor teach- ers who dare not retort by asking In|level of the desk tops in the BRADY, M. D. whadayamean “colds?” Such & survey may satisfy the requirements of the charitable folk who pay for it but it doesn’t mean anything to a doctor who ‘wants to know what it's all about. By the use of accurate thermometers the commission observed that the tem- perature of the air in the average school room was around 60 degrees F. while the temperature at the ceiling was around 90 degrees F., and even at the average school room there was a variation of 10 to 20 degrees in temperature in dif- ferent parts of the room. Among the conclusions reached by the investigators was that absenteeism due to respiratory iliness was twice as high as it is in the city of Syracuse, N. Y, and four times as high as it is in New York City. The inference I should draw from that is merely that Catta- raugus County teachers are twice as liberal as Syracuse teachers and four times as liberal as New York teachers in dubbing pupils’ complaints “colds.” (Copyright, 1930.) SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Welll It's Happy New Year. I was sittin’ up to see it come in—but here it is—an’ here is I! (Copyright, 1930.) MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS, Whitening Red Nose. Every season seems to have its spe- cial beauty problems. In the Summer & marcel is apt to depart almost as quickly as one has it put in; and now that marcels are lovely, milady com- plains of her nose, which, as one reader puts it, “began to bloom with the first frost, and has been gaining steadily in ruddiness ever since.” Such a beauty blemish is most an- noying, so let's see what can be done to tone down red nose. In the first place, let's work from causes rather than try to lprly something from the outside, and only paint the nose, rather than cure it. One of the most frequent causes is r circulation; and, if one has cold hands and feet, and also a blooming nose, she can be almost sure that the cause is poor circulation. A to stimulate a sluggish culation is to inhale and exhale f . fully in rhythm with one’s walking ouf of doors, and make it a polnt to take a walk out of doors every day. As indigestion is another frequent cause, the girl or woman with a red nose must also pay strict attention to her diet. Avoid rich, spicy foods, stimulating beverages and large help- ings of meat. Eat simple, plainly pre- mred foods, with a great amount of fy vegetables, and fresh raw fruits. In their efforts to acquire the new silhouette many have been guilty of wearing . clothing which is too tight; and very often milady has to pay the price for this by acquiring a red nose, for tight clothing always interferes with cl lation. After making sure that any of the above causes have been remedied, the next step is care of the skin itself. The following ointment applied to the nose will be helpful: Mix together one and one-half ounces of zinc ointment, two and one-half drams powdered cold water to which a few drops of camphor gvater has been added. Dry thoroughly, apply a suitable powder base and then powder. As powder base the following lotion is particularly good for a nose inclined to be red: Three ounces rose water, one ounce witch-hazel, one ounce orsages flower water, one-half dram -gnlrm of camphor, twenty grains sulphate of zine. Shake well and apply with a clean piece of absorbent cotton. Betty—No; the powder you mention has nothing to do with the redness of your nose. Follow the above - tions, and I feel certain you will find the redness gradually fading. If you hw‘rl'leo further mln bii‘le.l won't please me again, inclosing & stamped self-addressed envelope, so that I may write you a personal letter? (Copyright, 1930.) To Clean Aluminum. Save all lemon peels and dry them, po starch, one dram powdered sulphur, five di ol of rose. Mix to & smooth salve. at bedtime after cleansing the face. next morning wash the face with warm water; then rince in . then when wish to shine up alumij-,