Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1930, Page 23

WOMA New BY MARY For 10 years and more we have all taiked a lot about the importance of being slender. We have counted calories and dieted and played tennis and done our daily dozens all because we knew that fashion demanded a fairly slender figure, and we deluded ourselves into Dresses and Slenderness N’S PAGE. MA! 1 and the trimming that we are now per- | mitted to wear often has a tendency | | to accentuate the natural slenderness of | the waistl! i | “The dress shown in today's sketch | has side-pleated ruffles over the shoul- ders that meet at the back just above }vh» waistline and sthat taper toward the center at the front. The ruffles were |Jaid on the plain bodice with finished | edzges facing the center, stitched down and turned over to cover the shoulders. ! Tt is a simple trick and yet one that| gives added breadth to the shoulders! and slenderness to the waistline, It is a trick worth remembering in remodel- ing a last season's straightline dress.| CHEAP FAME cheaply_| The sort of fame that's earned is hardly worth its bargain price; the foolish fellow's head Is turned when thinking he will cut much !ice. He hopes to be the central theme | of conversation everywhere, and so _he | pools of stagnant water and other nui- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATUKDAY, SEFTEMBER 20 Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. September 20, 1803.—Washington is gradually emerging from the village con- dition of its earlier years. One evidence of this fact is the city ordinance en- acted today providing for the office of superintendent of police. There is little for a local police force to do, however, in the way of suppress- ing crime. The principal cuties of the police su- perintendent and his assistants are to inspect the sanitary condition of the city. They are supposed to see that sances are abated. In the autumnal months “bilious af- fections” have appeared among the citi- zens of various parts of the District—in Washington City, Georgetown and Alex- andria. It is believed that the pools of stagnant water are at least partially re- sponsible for this unhealthy condition The duties of the new police superin- tendent are in part those of a city MODES OF THE MOMENT PAPR.IS [ishop. steeves monk's collar fealire wool crepe dress. Black LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Pop and ma are still undecided what to decide about wich kind of a automo- 1 to buy, a Sparrow or a Wimple, and last nite ma sed, I had 2 driving lessons today, Willyum, the Sparrow man gave me one and then the Wim- ple man gave me one, so now I can reely compare how the 2 cars drive from my own original experiments. And I must. say I dont think theres much to choose between them because they both drive perfeckly, she said. For Peet sake do you meen to say you axually drove 2 cars today and are alive to tell the tale? pop sed, and ma sed, Certeny, theres nuthing difficult about, it, all you do is simply tern the wheel the way you wunt the car to go, and it goes that way without the slight- est question, even if its around a cor- ner. But how about the gas, the axsellera- tor and all that? pop sed. and ma sed, O, I sippose you meen that little thing you push with your foot. It was funny about that. I kepp confusing it With the brake, although as a matter of fact its_genrel effect is the very opposite, and when the Sparrow man called out Brake, in a commanding tone of voice, TEATURES. BY THORNTON. W. BURGESS % BEDTIME STORIE mended this time,” declared little Mrs. Impy. “You see, 'he didn'; even know | there was this other storeroom. With the dor shut, he couldn’t even find the door, leave alone the room. So bl . | there I siayed until I was sure he had Impy the black Chipmunk Wwas the |} £ i,y let's get out of here and most puzzled Chipmunk that ever lived. | go¢”pysy.” Not only had Mrs. Impy dL:appenrrd,g “Get busy!" cried Impy. “Get busy but a room in the house had disap-|doing what peared. The disappearance of the room| “My goodness, Impy Chipmunk! I was much more of a mystery than the |sometimes lose all patience with you,” disappearance of Mrs. Impy. Mrs. replied little Mrs. Impy. “We've got to Impy might simply be outside some-|close that outer doorway of ours and where, but a room couldn't run away. Open_another. Do you want Shadow | the Weasel popping 'in on us while we are asleep? Now that he has found that doorway, he isn't likely to for- | get it.” The Door Opens. Who quickest 1s in use of wit To live doth prove himself most fit. —Old Mother Nature (Copyright. 1930.) Salad Plate. Two cupfuls diced cooked chicken, ane cupful diced celery, two tablespoonfuls chopped pimientos, half teaspoonful salt, ome-quarter teaspoon paprika and half cupful mayonnaise. Mix half the may- onnaise with rest of ingredients. Chill. Mold in small cups. Serve on lettuce on large salad plates. Top with the re- I felt I had to do something without waisting too much time thinking, and what I did was press down on the little round thing. We dident axually bump into anything, but the 2nd time I did it tries to frame a scheme, that_he may ( health officer. i . | have some fame to spare. Soon we| The population of the city is growing | may view him in a tree, where he will | slowly but steadily, and as it increases |sit six months or five, and men will | 50 also the number of slaves owned in maining mayonnaise. Add other salads. Rice Mold. | marvel much to see, that after this|the District increases. Occasionally it | he is alive. Or he may strive to eat | more pies than any man has chewed | before, and he wiil eat them tli he [m.« in throes and spasms on the floor. All sorts of crazy schemes and plans, | resembling no sane, normal game, are !being tried by also-rans in their de- | |sire to garner fame. And some of them may know, perchance, a triumph for a little day: but soon their pomp and circumstance like morning dew de away. It is a frightful pun- NTED will faq ; B AT ap t to see your hard-earned fame MMED JFFLES | ishmenf xgxpzprEAw-réTnfisflf‘(F\:}fi: MAL | deciine, and know it wasn't worth a CHINE-HEMSTITCHED EDGES, |Cent. e'en-when ‘twas most inclined to shine. It is disgusting to the freak thinking that the clothes we wore were | Who's struggled hard to gain renown, designed to make us look as slender as | that he's forgotten in a week, or haply | ible. | ere the sun goes down. It's better far But now that a new page of fashions ! to be obscure, to b2 unknown outside has been turned it really seems as if | the block, than have a fame that won't all this effort to reduce was due to the|endure for 15 minutes by the clock. fact that the long-waisted, short-skirt- | For when your little fame is spent and ed, severely straight dresses really made | you get back whers you belong, you us ' look just about as tublike as possible. | nurse a lasting discontent, you think | At any rate the new dresses with their | the universe is wrong. defined waistlines and their longer skirts WALT MASON. do make us look ever so much slimmer (Copyright, 1930 OUR CHILDREN BY ANGELO PATRL An Afternoon Nap. irritable, A gentle sponging, some - s ? il < “The baby specialists say that all little | Poxroe Wisely distriouted will be sooth ehildren, those under 5 years especially, | Kemove the play clothes, of course, ought to have an afternoon nap. We |and dress the child in loose light cloth- all'agres that the nap is most desirable. | hn. Criave the reom shaged. The bed- It rests the child and it relieves the |clgths must be light, or none at all, if household. But what are we to do with | the weather is very warm. Leave the the ehild who stoutly refuses to take the | sniq o his rest, It he will not rest we nap? Try to find why. Then work to remove the cause. Sometimes it can- not be removed and we cannot persuade the child to take this nap, but usually we can help a lot. All healthy children hate to leave off | play. It is very unwise to call a child from play to take his nap. That is the very best way to arouse resistance. We must try to have the child in a mood, and in the condition, to enjoy the nap. Break off the play by announcing mealtime. Try to have no battles at the table. The more peaceful that occasion must study how to get him to do so without arousing hit resistance. You cannot expect a batiling child to sink into gentle slumber. If the child is restless and excitable some soft music will help quiet him. The radio does good service here—and the phonograph. The music ought to be in a distant room so the child has to listen. If he can be left alone to listen so much the better. If you have train- ed the child to listen to a story at nap time maks sure the story js of the sleepy variety—much repetition in a | the better chance for the nap. If every mealtime is a struggle the child is too excited to sleep. After the meal—try to have it as leisurely and as easy an hour as you can—prepare the child for his nap in the most matter-of-fact way possible. Don't make a drama of the droning tone. “And he dragged it in! the water, and_he dragged it in the| water, and he dragged it in the water | until ‘it was all wet through.” “And that pussy came creeping, creeping, creeping, and that pussy came creep- | ing. creeping, ‘creeping until she was simple matter of routine | very, very cloce to the nest.” And the | Wash the child. Play brings out | story must be reserved for this occasion | perspiration. More or less dirt has been | _the same story. Find one that works | gathered on the skin and dirt irritates | well and stick to it. But it is better to | 8 child because his skin is very sensi- | do without any crooning, music or becomes the duty of the local po aid in the recovery of runaway s! and return them to their owners either in the District of Columbia_or in near- by parts of Maryland and Virginia That portion of the District which lies on the Virginia side of the Potomac River is very sparsely settled, except for the City of Alexandria, which is in the extreme southern covner of the District Alexandria manages to attend to its own affairs in a manner so satisfactory that it is the cause of little or no trouble to the District authorities. The percentage of free colored persons to the white population of Washington City has been increasing. Three years ago it was 4 per cent. While there has been no accurate count since then, it is estimated to be between 6 and 7 per cent now. These free colored persons are coming here principally from Maryland, where many owners in recent years have been granting amancipation to their slaves. The prospect of earning a living attracts many of these colored persons to the new Federal metropolis. It has been feared by some persons that the presence of free colored persons in the District would make a larger po- lice force necessary here, but thus far they have caused no trouble. If the number of free colored persons continues to increase, however, it has been sug- gested that they be required to keep off | the streets after 10 o'clock at night. NANCY PAGE Good Taste Forbids Conspicuous Actions. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. ‘The Good Taste Club members were anxiously awaiting Mrs. Nancy Page's return. They wanted to talk over the correct etiquette for automobile outings. They had discussed the whole thing among themselves. The question had arisen over one mother’s refusal to let her daughter go to a neighboring town | to see a picture show. This mother said that she would not let her daughter ride through the streets in the rumbie seat of a roadster. ‘When discussing it with the girls she said she had seen too many couples tive. He does not know that his skin | other, if possible. 1s pestering him, but he is restless and| There is a child who cannot sleep in | e -t e ,DAILY PATTERN | the quiet room and let him have some- thing to play with as he rests. A stuffed animal, a picture book, a nest | of boxes—nothing to stimulate him SERVICE much, but enough to keep his mind from his troubles. And ask the child | specialist to look such a child over and | outline treatment for him. Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. An Intelligence Test. | It is sometimes said that one's intel- | ligence is measured by one's ability to | figure out how things are related. Be- low you will find five rows of numbers. Study each row carefully and in the blank spaces of each row insert the | numbers that will logically complete the series. Complete each problem before going to the next. All intelligence tests in- | volve time as well as accuracy. How quickly can you determine the correct answer for all five? (8) 15-12-9-6-( (b) 2-2-4-2-6-( (¢) 1-2-4-7-11-16-( (d) 18-17-15-12-8~( (e) 2-4-12-48-240-( ). A person with average intelligence should complete the series in three | minutes. A brilliant person will do it in two minutes. My Neighbor Says: ‘To cool hot liquid or food, try covering it with a cloth, and putting a rubber band around it to keep it in place. It ean be set outside a window or door without, fear of dust. A bowl is very convenient for the purpose, and sugar bags, ripped open and washed, for covers. When preserving spread a large sheet of newspaper over the table. ‘When you are through peeling fruits ~ and _preserving paper may be removed and table will be quite clean. In making coffee the water must be boiling at the top boiling point before it is poured on the coffee. Water at the highest pos- sible temperature is necessary for the most efficient extraction of flavor, aroma and color. Wearable and Charming. SONNYSAYINGS The gracefully falling peplum flounce | sed around it just below the flat hip- e is extremely modish Another slenderizing detail is_the front panel effect from neck to hem The skirt shows a slight flare toward the hem Tiny bows at neck and sleeves add a touch of femininity It's a tweed printed crepy woolen that 1s 5o entirely fashionable for street for early Autumn Style No. 876 will be found excsption- ally easy to make! 1t may be had in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48 inches bust } Plain or tweed printed flat crepe silk, eanton crepe, sheer tweed that effects & monotone mixture and patterned wool Jjersey are all lovely smart materials for this model Size 36 requires 4ls yards 39-inch with !, yard 39-inch conirasting. For a pattern of this style, send 15 cents in stamps or coin direct to The Washington Star's New York Fashion Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street, New York. The new Fashion Magazine is just off the press. It shows all the atiractive models for Fall and early Winter. The BY FANNY Y. CORY. wrapped in each others’ arms, looking | silly, acting silly and making them- selves conspicuous. The girls did have to admit that such practices were common and undignified. A public conveyance calls for impec- cable manners and a behavior that is inconspicuous. While they were talking about that this same mother called to their atten- tion the common spectacle of a couple | riding in a car at night and being brought out in relief by the search- light of the car in the rear. “I don't like to see it.” said she. “I am not saying that sich actions are wrong nor | criminal, but I do say that they are undignified and lead t gossip. Man- ners and customs are easier and freer than they were before the war, but that does not mean that well bred boys or girls will lay themselves open to gossip and suspicion.” One of the girls muttered that it was only the “nasty minds” of the grown-ups that saw harm in perfectly innocent acts, but the other girls agreed that there was something in the older wom- en’s point of view. A well bred girl, like a well dressed woman, fs never con- spicuous. Vegetable Slices. Eight slices tomatoes, 32 slices cu- cumbers, one cupful diced celery, three tablespoonfuls chopped green pepper and half cupful thick French dressing. Mix and chill ingredients. Serve on lettuce leaves which have been placed on the salad plates. Garnish plates with lemon quarters, parsley and slices of hard-cooked rggs DAILY DIET RECIPE BROILED SCALLOPS. Scallops, 1 pound. Fine bread crumbs, % cupful. Butter, 15 tablespoonful Raw egg, 1 Grated horseradish, 1 spoonful. Cold water, table- 1 tablespoonful. Serves Four Portions, Choose small scallops. Dip in the beaten egg mixed with the water and horseradish, then in the bread crumbs. Place them in four individual small baking dishes so that scallops are spread out evenly. Dot with butter, Place under broiler flame and cook rather slowly—about 8 to 10 minutes—until they are delicately browned. Be very careful or they will burn. Diet Note. Recipe furnishes protein, A very, very little fat and starch present. Lime, iron phosphorous, edition is limited, so we =ugges’ that 1 Sou order your copy today. Write your | I alers hangs on 'iss fence a goud hame and address clearly, inclose 10 |deal watchin’ folks go by, ‘cause one cents in stamps or coin and mail your | time a feller gave me a nickel. «uder to fashion department, (Copyright, 1930.) idoine, as well as vitamins A and B present. Can be eaten by normal adults of average, over or under weight. (D | and the reason of it is because I am divorced | court, there is no way for any other man to be warned by their fate. | family, DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Divorcee’s Matrimonial Chances Slim in Compe- tition With Widow. EAR MISS DIX: T am a young, good-looking divorcee with one child. T would like to marry again, but while men show me a lot of attention, it is the kind of attention that is without intention. They don't want to marry me Why is it that everybody touts a real widow as the best marriage bet while they warn a man against marrying a grass widow? I know I would make any man who would treat me half way decently a good wife. DIVORCEE. Answer: There is an old saying that “nothing succeeds like success,” and this applies to marriage as well as every other line of human endeavor. We all like to be associated with the people who succeed and we instinctively feel that | they have some peculiar fitness, ability or talent that will ‘cause them to make a g0 of anything they undertake. Conversely, we are afraid of failures and shun them. We feel that somehow | the reason the failure didn’t succeed was because of lack of intelligence or energy. | or because of some fault of temperament, and also because we have a sort of superstitious fear that the failure will bring down his hoodoo on us. You can see this illustrated in the fact that when a man hes a good job he is always being offered other good jobs, but let him lose his job and the very people wWho wanted him when he was prosperous don’t want him when he needs the work they could give him. This point of view explains why the grass widow is not so much in demand as the sod widow as a wife. The divorced woman is a matrimonial bankrupt She has made a failure and men shy off her, thinking that if she couldn't get along with her first husband she probably couldn't get along with them. and that if she had the nerve to drag one man into the divorce court she might do 1t again, and they also might find themselves paying alimony. A man regards the mere fact that a woman is divorced as proof positive that she was not, patient and long-suffering and forgiving and meek and humble, all of which he regards as star virtues in a wife and qualities which he earnestly desires the lady he marries to possess. Indeed, her divorce itself proves her to be & woman of spirit and determination, who will expect her husband to toe the mark or, if he doesn't, to take the consequences. All of which is more or less of a stop signal to a man and makes him think that he had better either marry a young girl who hasn't shown that she was & matrimonial washout who couldn't get along with her husband, or else marry a widow. Of course, this reasoning isn’t always sound. It isn't always the wife’s fault when a marriage turns out a failure. Indeed, oftener than not the husband is to blame. There are men so wild that no woman on earth is a gifted enough animal trainer to domesticate them. There are men so tyrannical and over- bearing that patient Griselda herself could not stand them. There are men who are drunkards and brutes and libertines that no woman with any self- respect could live with, and there is nothing in a woman divorcing a man of any of these types that would disqualify her from making a splendid wife to any decent man. And, on the other hand, there are many widows who are widows bec: they actually killed their husbands by their tempers and their nagging and their extravagance and their exactions as truly as if they had murdered them wi h guns and poison. There are widows who were mean, cold, cruel, selfish to their first husbands and who will be mean, cold, cruel selfish to a second husband, or a third husband, or a seventh husband, if so many fall into their clutches. But their husbands locked the secret of their v in their bosoms and died to get out of it instead of going to the divorce But the fact that a woman is divorced is no indication that she will not make a good wife. Generally she does, because having been married to & bad husband & good husband looks like a gift from God to her and she is in the state of mind to appreciate Kindness and consideration at their true worth Also she has had her lesson and found out that temper and pride and stiff- neckedness do not pay in marriage and that g wife has to make many conces- sions, and so she, too, is easier to get along with in her second estate than she was in her first. Many men consider these things in the divorcee's favor, but denied that a divorce is a handicap to the woman who wm;io:‘in AR e worse still is a child, for very few men in these days of the high cost of bringing up children are either willing or able to undertake the support of a readymade (Copyright, 1930.) DOROTHY DIX. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. (Copyright. MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN the Sparrow man took charge of every- thing himself except the wheel, and thats how I happen to know so much about the wheel, ma sed And after that you still had the cour- age to try the Wimple? pop sed, and ma sed, Certeny, one dident take any more courage than the other And the Wimple man did the same thing, T sippose, just, let you have the wheel? pop sed, and ma sed, He went even ferther, he took personel control of everything except the horn, so all I did for quite a while was blow that, until the sound of it seemed to get on his nerves and he finished the driving lesson and drove me home 2 driving lessons, yee gods, pop sed. And he took out his new cigar lighter to see if it was working, wich it wasent. JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in Etiquette. BY JOSEPH J. FRISCH. MR. WINKEL HAS D \ - TAKEN A TRAVELIN JOB = COLLECTIN TICKETS ON A MERRY-GO-ROUND. P, “OH, FRISKY, MY DEAR, IS THAT you?” No, sir; a room couldn’t That wasn't possible. Impy was just about to go outside and look for Mrs. Impy when his keen ears caught a sound. Yes, some one was digging. There was no doubt about it. Suddenly he realized that the sound of that digging was coming from just about where that lost Toom used to be. What did it mean? What could it mean? Impy backed away and waited He was all ready to run. Yes, siree; he was all ready to run. You see, he didn't know what it was all about Some sand came trickling down. A moment later a door had opened. Of course, that door was a door of sand and the sand had simply been dug away. A small head was thrust out of the doorway. “Oh!” cried Impy. “Oh, Frisky, my dear, is that you?” “Don’t be Of courss it's me! Who else would it be?” replied Mrs. “Have you seen Shadow the run away. “Yes,” replied Impy. “He left long Two cupfuls hot boled rice, one-half teaspoonful salt, one-fourth teaspoonful paprika, three tablespoonfuls butter, Mix ingredients. Press into bowl. Heat five minutes in moderate oven. Care- fully turn out onto serving platter. Garnish with parsiey. Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. “You're sure about that?" asked Mrs. | Im he hadn't gone, I wouldn't be replied Impy. “Of course I'm sure. I watched him out of sight. But tell me, my dear, how is it he didn't catch you>” “Because I shut the door in his face, stupid!” replied little Mrs, Imp; “What door?” asked Impy, really was very much perplexed. who | _Little Mrs. Impy almost lost patience. | “For goodness sake, Impy, what is the matter with you? You open the door, didn't you?” “Yes,” replied Impy. “Well, of course, that is the door T shut in Shadow's face,” she replied. “You see, I was lucky enough to see Shadow first. I was outside and saw | Shadow following a trail with his nose, P. K—When his wife is with bim,!and I knew that he was going to find a man writes in the hotel register “Mr.|the entrance to our home. and Mrs. John B. Smith,” not “John B.|that I wouldn't have a chance in the I knew | Smith and wife.” If he does not like world outside and that I had but one| | If you have early American furniture | or reproductions of it you probably have a little spool table. If you do not have one of these and are in search of some- | thing in the way of a small plece to | make the living room more attractive, you will find that this simple little af- fair will do the trick. 2 It is small enough to be used at the side of a wing chair and yet it will support a lamp and some books or | magazines. The fact that it has & | good-sized drawer to take care of such accessories as cards, tallies and pencils | makes it especially valuable, for it may be brought into use for solitaire, or |even a foursome of bridge, and all with- ouf hunting about for equipment. the “Mr.” before his name, he may | sign “John B. Smith” on one line and | “Mrs. Smith” on the one below. A Sermon for Today BY REV. JOHN R. GUNN. “Be strong and of good courage.’— Joshua, 1.6. “It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons,” said Cer- vantes. The same is true in the battle of life. Victory depends not so much on how much ability a man has but rather on how much coyrage he has. In all life's endeavors courage mini- mizes the chances of failure and multi- plies the chances of success. ‘The great peril to noble life and suc- cessful achievement is discouragement. Men lose out and fail because they lose heart and become discouraged. The discouraged man is already a defeated man. But a man is never beaten and never a failure as long as he keeps his courage. In the battle of life courage is equivalent to a rampart—as long as our courage holds out we can hold out, no matter how heavily assaulted. To a discouraged man things always look worse than they are. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers and difficulties that con- front them. But courage sees a bright side to every situation, no matter how dark things seem. Courage keeps the senses quiet and the understanding clear, and thus enables us to make com- putations upon danger and pronounce lightly upon that which threatens us. Courage refuses to consider that all is lost by a single adverse cast of fortune; rather it sees every misfortune as but a stepping stone to a larger fortune. Keep up your courage, brother! Never mind your adversities. “Courage is adversity’s lamp.” Keep the lamp burning. Never mind your dangers. “Courage in danger is half the battle.” Be courageous and stay by the battle. No matter how depressing your circum- stances or how overwhelming the odds against you, keep up your courage and hold fast—you’ll win out yet! MENU FOR A DAY. chance inside. So I hurried down into this storeroom and packed the entrance full of earth. Sure enough, Shadow came down here just as I thought he would. He came down, but he didn't get_me.” “I'm so glad!” broke in Impy. “It would have broken my heart if he had caught you." “Well, your heart won't have to be It might even be used for a serving | table in a small dining room which has a variety of furniture, and for the bed {room which has been furnished with four-poster or spool bed this little table would be delightful at the side of the bed, where it might hold a pewter or glass lamp and perhaps a sandwich glass vase or bowl. (Copyright, 1930.) Artistry and Convenience Joined BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. BREAKFAST. Grapefruit Molded Cereal with Cream Ham Omelet Buckwheat Cakes, Maple Sirup Coffee DINNER. Bouillon Roast ‘Beef, Brown Gravy Pan-Browned Potatoes Winter Squash _ Boiled Onions Pear and Pimento Salad Crackers _ Cheese Coffee SUPPER. Shrimp Wiggle, Toasted Crackers Cream Sponge Cake Peach Sauce Tea HAM OMELET. Beat four eggs very light, whites to stiff froth, yolks to Stiff batter; add to yolks four table- spoonfuls milk, pepper and salt and one-half cupful cooked chop- ped ham. Add whites last. Put plece butter half size of egg in frying pan: be careful not to scorch, and when it is sizzling turn in egg and cook on back of stove until done. Fold over and serve. SALAD. Wash, pare and cut the fruit into bed of crisp lettuce leaves, decorate with match-like strips of canned pimentos and dress with French dressing. SHRIMP WIGGLE. Melt four tablespoonfuls but- ter, one-half teaspoontul salt, two even tablespoonfuls flour, a dash of cayenne, then gradually pour in one and one-half cupfuls milk. When it thickens add one cupful shrimps and one cupful French Dear Miss Leeds: Pleate give me | rose water, 60 grains sulphate of zinc, your good advice. (1) For the last |1 ounce oil of sweet almonds. Shake few months I have been getting some- | well. Pinish the treatment with a mild thing on my face similar to a pimple, | astringent to close the pores. My leaflet but it does’ not come to a head and |on treatment of complexion ills gives doesn't get red as a pimple. It stays further suggestions for the treatment white and hurts dreadfully. When I |of all kinds of complexion blemishes squeeze it pus comes out. ' Please ad- |and I should be very glad to mail & vise if this is what is called a white- | copy of it to you or any other reader head and how to get rid of them. who may wish to have it. The leaflet (2) 1 have lots of blackheads on |is free, but with the request, kindly my nose and chin and they are now | remember to inclose stamped, self-ad- | dressed envelope to cover mailing costs. ‘ (2) These questions are answered more completely in the above leaflet than space here will allow (3) Your weight is very good, but | two or three pounds more would not | be too much. LOIS LEEDS. | Another “Troubled"—Please send for | the leaflet which I have suggested | above, as T feel sure it will help you | clear up those pimples and blackheads. | Your weight is average, so please don’t, think of trying to reduce. ‘ LOIS LEEDS \ 1930.) | | | spreading to my forchead and cheek: What shall I do? & | "3 Tam 18 and weigh 120 pounds Confetti. I am 5 feet 4 inches tall Is this| My children like to snip and cut oy oorrect welght? TROUBLED. | paper, 5o 1 make use of this desire on hAnsgfj'L‘ From B:O\lr[df;»w‘;lnu‘m their part to amuse them on rainy those blemishes may be infected wens | 7 or whiteheads, though I do not un- |98ys. I have them sit around a table derstand why they should be so pain- [in the center of which is plenty of | ful unless -l ttr:nt g}:m m'.owhar?;ly paper of all kinds for snipping into | ien removing e white matter. 'he e eonce of whiteheads indicates that | Dits. Circulars, handbills, catalogues, the system is sluggish and very often |Colored newspaper supplements, wrap- a change in diet, cold baths and more |PIng paper and old envelopes are all vigorous exercises are needed. fine for the manufacture of confetti The larger and more noticeable |Each child has a pair of scissors and whiteheads should be opened with a [ box for his cuttings. They vie with | sterilized needle and the white matter |each other in seeing who can cut the pressed out very gently, If allowed |most confetti in a given time: also to | ¥o remain they dry up into horny |see who shall get the least on the floor. | specks on the skin. Cleanse the skin |We store the confetti in pasteboard | very thoroughly every night. Several |boxes or in paper bags, marking each | times a week the face should be mas- |child’s container with his initials, and saged with a suitable cream or lotion | put it away until Halloween or some to stimulate the circulation. After the |other mirthful occasion which seems to massage apply the following lotion and |be appropriate for confetti. let it dry on the skin: Two ounces (Copyright, 1930.) peas. Remove as soon as all are heated through. Salmon can be used instead of shrimps and is very rtice. Py iy oy ey THE WELL APPOINTED DES] K IS A DECORATIVE ASSET AND INVITES CORRESPONDENCE. There is a psychological effect of con- venient _arrangement in decoration that every homemaker should appreciate. More work can be accomplished if tools and equipments are handy. It is for the home decorator to place articles so that they will be convenient and at the same time make them contribute to a decorative plan, or at least not detract from the pleasing appearance of a room. It is quite possible for an arrangement to actually prove to be an invitation to | do tasks that burdensome would otherwise seem ‘The homemaker who finds letter writ- | ing a bore should try to lassen its bur- densome thought by having a well- appointed desk fully equipped with every material necessary ence. If there is stationery, in note and letter size, with envelopes to match, a filled fountain pen, with a bottie of ink for refilling, a blotting pad and small blotters, a desk dictionary, etc., and unanswered letters in a pigeon-hole, it becomes a matter of a few moments only to write a note or letter. Nothing has to be looked up, and one’s patience taxed to such exasperation that the mood for writing has passed before one 15 ready even to start writing. Considering such a desk in the light | of decoration, it becomes a genuine as- set. It contributes to the attractiveness of a room while accenting convenience. In placing the desk see that the light is right for daytime, and that a lighting fixture or lamp sends its illumination well on the paper when darkness comes on. If sewing, mending or darning is a task that the homemaker is inclined to y to correspond- | defer until necessity presses, see that | some inviting arrangement, tends to lure |one to the task. There is no extrava- | gance in buying some one of the many types of sewing tables or cabinets that conceal the sewing appointments, if one | finds the most convenient time to sew |15 in the afternoon or evening and in the living room. The article of furni- | ture while hiding the fussy equipment | ang, perhaps the actual sewing work it- self can be so attractive in shape and | design that it contributes decoration. | Sometimes a handsome, well furnished wooden or basketry sewing box is all that is necessary to rob mending of its irksomeness, just because of the handi- * ness of the suitably placed box. A darning bag with each darning necessity in it, together with the stockings that require mending, may be hune near a favorite chair where it tnvites work while the bag itself lends color and beauty to the furnishings. The thrice-daily job of dish-washing becomes less of a bother if there is a table near the sink on which the dishes can be put when dried after leaving the drain-board or dish drainer. A stool sliped under the sink or put under a table invites the worker to sit down at each task that can be accomplished as readily while sitting as standing. These articles can lend their equipment style of decoration to a Kitchen, and foster housework by their very convenience. ‘The homemaker who will look over | her rooms with an eye to fostering con- venience in and through decoration will | be sure to find (}ppcrtunmu to lighten her tasks and further the decorative elements in her rooms.