Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1931, Page 12

WOMAN’S PAGE. Cross-Stitch on Dress or Blouse BY MARY To most continental European: French, Italians, Spaniards, certainly— the sort of amateur needlework and embroidery that American women usually do_seems decidedly crude and childish. Popular women's magazines in Prance give pages and pages of directions for embroidery, lace making THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE Spring’s gift is the printed silks, so smart, so fascinating and wearable for all-day occasions. ‘Today's dress delights in a plain crepe cowl yoked neckline. And it's amazing lovely crepe | MARSHALL. and other needlework that would be quite out of the province of most of us. ‘The design for cross-stitch work shown today is, however, one of French origin and it is not at all difficult to reproduce either on a child’s dress or on a blouse for yourself. It is done by means of rather fine cross-stitch work in two colors. You might work this design on cotton voile in peasant coloring, bright red, blue, yellow and green. The cross stitches are, as you see, placed quite close together, and, if you worked on voile or heavy linen, you could estimate the spacing for the stitches by means of the cross threads of the material. A two-color scheme in the em- broidery might consist of black and cream color on a foundation of Nile gresn linen. On white linen a smart effect may be obtained by using blue and black embroidery. My Neighbor Says: Fresh strawberries, with diced, fresh pineapple, sweetened to taste, make a very nice fllling for sponge cake or angel food cake boxes, White flannel skirts may be kept looking fresh and new if they are washed in lukewarm water and white soap shaved fine. Do not rub them. Rinse well, but do not wring them, and hang in the shade. Iron on the wrong side when almost dry. Things are apt to mildew quickly if your cellar is inclined to be damp, so place & bowl of lime on one of the shelves where the preserves are stored. This will keep the air dry and thus prevent mold. (Copyright, 1931.) PRES!.'NTENG Lynn Joseph Frazier of North Dakota, United States ?;::wr. long a sturdy battler for the He came to the Senate after a stormy political ca- reer in a State fa- mous for its stormy politics. He served as Governor of North Dakota for two terms, was elected for a third, but was recalled at a special election. Two years later he ran for the Sen- ate, took the post from the veteran McCumber and has ever since. During the Cool- idge administration he was one of the four Senators “read out” of the Republican party because of their disagreement with national | leaders. Changing political currents A WASHINGTON BY HERBERT PLUMMER. been in the Sennle’ how charming and flattering this addi- | restored him to good standing, how- tion can be. The little flounced sleeve | ever, although he continued as one of the members of the farm bloc of West- | THE EVENING Household Methods BY BETSY CALLISTER. Fitting Out the Kitchen. When the young bride comes to fit out the kitchen of her new home, how | does she go about it? If she is wise, she makes out a list, and then submiis the list to the best housekeeper she knows, and to the best cook she knows, and asks them to strike out from it evervthing she won’t need, jand add to it anything she will need | that she hasn't listed. | After she has bought, in at least { fair quality, all the essentials that her | friends have decided she needs, then the bride, if she has any money left, may indulge her taste for some of the non-essentials. These are many. For one, there is a tiny chopping bowl. Nobody can say that you need one of these tiny chop- | ping bowls. If you have a big one, and |a good vegetable grinder or chopper, that will do. But if you have the price of a tiny one left when you have fin- | ished with your shopping, by all means buy it. ‘There are plenty of other convenient little bits of kitchen equipment in the | same class. For instance, there is a | special bottle for mixing French dres- sing—a bottle that may be put on the table. It is made of tinted or white glass, with a little engraved band or pattern on it, and it is pretty as well | as_convenient. | Lots of things that began as tricky | little toys are now real necessities for | the well equipped kitchen. Apple cor- ers, for instance. And grapefruit knives. |She must have a colander to drain | vegetables in. She must have g hair sieve to strain things through. She should have a coarse wire basket to hold croquettes and French fried pota- toes if she is going to do any deep-fat frying. And she should have a tiny fine wire sicve to pour coffee or tea through, if need be. DAYBOOK Mae—so named by Mrs. Frazier for University of North Dakota, where the Senator made such a name for himself | as an athlete. He wanted to study law, but at the request of his mother returned to the farm when a brother who operated the property died. Here he drifted into local politics, first becoming a member =of the township board and chairman | of the board of directors of the local | school district. When the Non-partisan movement | | was launched in 1915 he identified him- self with it. The next year he became | its candidate for governor. | He won the nomination and was | elected by a large vote, receiving a still | | greater majority when he was re-elected | | two years later. In 1920, opposition to the Non-parti- | san program had grown, but in spite | | cf it he was elected for a third time. | The bitterness stirred up in the cam- | paign and strife within the Non-parti- | san ranks, however, helped lead to the | | taunching of a recall election and he | | was forced out. | His position as leader of the Non-| partisans was unimpaired, and when?} STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MODES OF THE MOMENT PARIS Evenin own. o/ over Blue eta trimmed Wik \sfl//‘ :fa”{/cijt ruf/'/&s. b+ /5 [/, P DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Common Sense—the Rarest and Best Cure for Human Ills. EAR MISS DIX—Don't you believe that just plain, every-day common sense is all that is needed to solve the problems of life? ACORN. Angwer: Surely. But common sense is not only the rarest thing in the world, but it is the one thing that people most object to using. If you will preach to them some strenge, occult, mysterious philosophy, they will embrace it gladly, but if you tell them to use a little horse sense in dealing with & sit- uation they scorn to use it. Look at the way we do about our health. All of us know that the way to keep well is to eat moderately, take exercise, have plenty of sleep and keep out in the fresh air and sunshine as much as possible. But do we use this common-sense way of preserving our health? Not at all. We put our faith in drugs and doctors and sanatoriums and following all sorts of health fads. ‘Think of most of the troubles in the world. Think of the unhappy homes in which tihere are quarreling husbands and wives and discord and strife. Isn't the only solution of that common sense? It takes two to make a quarrel and there never was a family row that couldn’'t have been stopped in the beginning | by either one keeping his or her temper and giving the soft answer that turneth away wrath. ‘What, except the lack of common sense, makes husbands and wives a frills repeat the plain crepe in their lining. ‘This model is decidedly slimming, and therefore suitable for many figures. The curved outline of the skirt seaming that tapers to the center-front waistline Size 36 requires 31 material, with 3 yard of 35-inch con- trasting. Plain flat crepe with white crepe is splendid combination for smartness and wearability. 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 Our Jarge fashion book shows the lat- | 1 est Paris has to offer in clothes for the matron, the stout, the miss and the children. Also a series of dressmaking mrticles. It is a book that will save you money. Price of book, 10 cents. DAILY DIET RECIPE CREAM OF CELERY. Diced celery, 2 cups, Water, 2 cups. Butter, 1 tablespoon. r.'1 tablespoon. Salt. 1 teaspoon Evaporated milk, 2 cups. Hot water, 2 cups. Pepper, 14 teaspoon. Egg. 1 Minced parsley, 1 tablespoon. SERVES SIX PORTIONS. Cook celery in two cups water until tender. Water should be practically absorbed. Make & white sauce by melting butter in saucepan, gradually add flour mixed with salt. When smooth and well blended gradually add the evaporated milk diluted with the hot water. Stir sauce well celery. Beat egg and add it to the soup. Add pepper and cook two minutes longer. Stir and " watch carefully—do not overcook or soup will curdle. Serve hot garnished with sprinkling of ern Senators. | two years later he won a Senate seat | over topics on which they know they disagree? Why do they say the fighting He has been a farmer, a school teach- | his followers claimed the victory was er, business man and politician. Stocky and heavy-set, he was about the baldest head in the Senate. He played foot ball at college and was considered in his day at the Univers! of North Dakota a real hero of the gridiron. Among his children are twin girls. ‘Their names are Unie Mae and Versie Close Up. When you wish to teach a child something that seems difficult for him to get, bring him close to you. That is a little secret that parents and teachers ought to learn. There is something about distance that weakens the trans- ference of thought. The closer, the | quicker. | This is lmionlnt where you have | sezmingly backward children to teach.| If they are separted from you by the | length of the room, it is hard to catch | their eye, hard to reach their ear, } harder still to reach their conscious- ness. They must be brought close up. The lesson, too, must come close up. | It must be carefully pointed; eaoh | point clear and definite; one following the other in close relationship; few words; apt illustration; action to follow | ths lesson. While the lesson is pre- sented the backward child, the slow- | thinking child must be close to the teacher, eye to eye, mind to mind. This means that the teacher—parents, too, are teachers—must be the sort of person that such & child can get close t0. There are some that are not, and | such must fail utterly in the attempt | to teach. A hard eye, a set mouth, | gritted teeth and clenched hands drive | | children away. Though they may be tied to the spot, they are far distant. Prepare the lesson for such children. | Get as good a background for it as pos- sible. Have the story read, the objects handy, the ideas fresh and bright. | Summon up all your affection for the | child. Renew your desire to be of real | service to him. Keep thinking about | him until you can feel as he does, or as | near it as is humanly possible. Only in | | this state of mind can you get close | enough to touch the hem of his con- sciousness. Then choose the time and the place. | Many a good lesson has gone over the horizon without touching the field of | | the child’s mind because it was untime- | 1y, or because it was out of place. When a child is weary, withhold your word. | Give him a chance to rest. Prepars his 0od. Only when he is with you in | spirit will it bz possible for you to reach | im. Get his attention before you start to work. It 1s idle to teach one idea when | a child’s mind is full of another. His mind must be warmed to the idea you |wish to present before it can enter. | His mind must be friendly and close to | your own. | SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. | Well, Tommy, we been pacin’ qululwhlu’ " maiden, distress, ly your he dest needed a change. | “a rebuke to the recall and reaffirmed OUR CHILDREN BY ANGELO PATEL |and scheme to catch this one child, or | While it goes on in the present, it looks an’ aren’t seed no ad- ventures yet; not a dragon, not a yet a damsel; an’ nuffin’ in baby brother, an’ the faith of North Dakota’s people in his integrity.” In the Senate he speaks seldom, but when he does it is usually with force and power. He dresses plainly and cares little for soclal life. He works hard at his, job, shunning things that interfere with his duties. No thought of impatience should en- ter while you teach this troubled child His mind is wide open now, it is merg- ing with your own. It catches the slightest vibration, and if there is so | much as a hint of impatience or anger it flees to its refuge and you are once more outside and your work is to be | done all over again. And next time it | will be harder. | Class-room teachers will find this a | difficult matter because, while they plan | the few like him, the big group of chil- | dren call for attention. Special classes. | well trained teachers, must be provided | for the epecial child. Surely he is worth it. (Copyright. 1981.) MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Grapefruit. Rolled Oats With Cream. Fried Kidneys With Bacon. Griddle Cakes, Maple Strup. Coffee. DINNER. Cream of Mushroom Soup. Roast Pork, Brown Gravy. ‘Watermelon Pickles. Baked Stuffed Onions. Candied Sweet Potatoes. Peach Pritters, Lemon Sauce. Apple and Pineapple Salad, May- onnaise Dressing. Chocolate Souffie, Whipped Cream. Coffee. SUPPER. Jellied Chicken. Baking Powder Biscuits. Strawberry Preserves. Sand Tarts. Tea. GRIDDLE CAKES. Take one pint lukewarm water or a little more to half a yeast cake. Let dissolve. Mix with graham flour to form a smooth batter, not so very thick. Let this rise overnight. In the morn- ing add salt and about a level teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little boiling water. Fry on a hot l;felltd griddle. Serve with maple sirup. Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Imagination. Imagination is the ability to predict. to the future. That part is easy to con- ceive. But the hard part to under- stand is that it also looks to the past. For what we call the future in any philosophical sense is merely a com- pound of the past and the present. Now psychology poses as a natural science, and 50 must assign causes for | happenings. Here are the accepted | facts in respect to imagination: | 1. Imagination is based upon sensa- | tlon (that which we have experienced). 2. Sensations are recorded in the nervous system and may be revived. 2. The imagination is the sum total of such revivals. 1 4. The imaginal endowment is co- | extensive with the sensory capacities. Imagination then is based on some- thing natural—the nervous system. Every experience is an experience be- cause we have nerve tissues delicate | enough to record and retain it. These | recorded experiences exist as modifica- tions in the nerve tissue. That is, they |leave traces something like those on a phonograph record, and so are readily recalled when the same or assoclated ices are presented. Bo imagine only in terms of what | good grain. word? If a woman knows that her husband objects to her doing a certain thing. what makes her keep on doing it? If a husband knows that a little flattery and jollying will make his wife happy, why doesn't he give it to her? Practically every home could be made peaceful and every marriage a success by the use of a little common sense applied to its problems. ‘Then why den’t parents use a little common sense in bringing up their chil- dren? Why do they pamper them and spoil them and make them selfish and self-indulgent and lazy and no-account and then expect them to be anything else except the rotters they have made them? There is no mystery about how to rear children. Bring them up in the way they should go and they will not depart from it. Teach them obedience and self-control, and that they have duties to perform in the world. Teach them to be honest and truthful and clean and upright and industrious, and they will turn into fine men and women just as surely as good seed produces It is common sense that does it. There are all the fathers and mothers and sisters and brothers and cousins and aunts that weep upon our breasts because they are so miserable living | together and because they get on each other’s nerves. Why haven't they com- mon sense enough 10 get up and leave? Half the family difficulties in the world could be solved by a railroad ticket to some point a thousand miles distant. ‘There are the poor, morbid simps who never get over things, who nurse their sorrows and misfortunes and who wreck their whole lives because some little thing has gone wrong with them. How easily they could heal their broken hearts by the use of a little common sense. By the brave acceptance of a great sorrow and by realizing in lesser ones that there is no use in over spilt milk and that the wise thing to do is to forget it and make the best of such blessings as we have. You are right, brother, in saying that common sense is the panacea for for most human {lls, but just because it hasn't some occult label on it DOROTHY very few people will use it. DIX. (Copyrisht, 1931 Separate House or Apartment BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. A R e T APR 1~ I, A HOUSE HAS WINDOWS ON ALL SIDES. With all the modern conveniences) In looking for apartments, this mat- that are featured in the latest apart- ment houses, the old-fashioned dwelling has one great advantage over them, and that is space. Nothing can take its place. The woman who has lived in both a house and an apartment will agree with this statement. Those who have never lived in an apartment may feel that less room would mean less care. Those who have lived in both know that it is easier to keep rooms tidy and clean when they are not overcrowded, and when living quarters are not used*for duplex purposes. Combination rooms are the most difficult rooms to care for. Necessity alone is their reason. ‘Those who live in houses should see that they are equipped as completely | gett! with modern labor-saving contrivances as their purses will allow. It is com- forting, however, to realize that one advantage is theirs over living in apart- |is ments, namely space. To this another you have seen, what you have heard, what you have tasted, what you have touched, and 8o forth. AllLgo-called in- | ventions are really combinations of re- vived experiences. splendid feature should be added. A house has exposures on all sides. Even a semi-detached house has exposures on three sides. Occasionally apartments have this boon. ter of exposure should be well con- sidered. Beware of an apartment with rooms on one side only. There can be no draughts of air to clear rooms of stale air, and of the smells that come from cooking. If you must take an apartment with windows on one side only (and there are many such apart- ments), avold those with & north ex- ure only. Rooms in which sun- ight cannot send its cleansing and healing rays are robbed of one health- glving element in nature. ‘Those to whom apartments are not & matter of choice, but of necessity be- cause of city life, can be careful about ing exposures and rooms on more than one side. Given sunny, alry rooms with all modern conveni- ences, apartments can be delightful. It almost impossible to get apartments, however, that can supply wanted space. These are rare and command enormous rentals. Those who live in houses with only a m number of new astyle equipments should reelize that space is their great asset. APRIL 11, 1931 LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. ‘We was eating supper and all of & sudden mlM.Olnw,Om{ |- ness, I just remembered that I forgot to make an entry in my diary d- day and now another whole day has gone by and Im sure I wont be able to remember a single intristing thing to write down, O shaw, now I know Im just going to spofl my supper think- ing about it. Let me change the subjeck for you, pop sed. I was reeding in the paper that the Duckwar of Squish is expect- ing a half an hours visit from the Prince of Wales. Or is it the Squish- war of Duck? Or can it be the Duck- squish of War? he sed. Anyway I imagine he'll have his shoes shined and nllihh wives fingernales repainted, he sed. 1 wouldent feel so provoked about it if I hadent distinckly started to make my daily entry after luntch yestidday, and then Benny couldent find his cap as usual and I had to find it for him to keep him from being late for skool, and then I forgot about my diary as complestly as the tropic snows, ma sed. It seems to me that yestidday was a very intris day, too, but just in what way I dont seem to remember, she sed. 1 was reeding in the paper that 60 men have been arrested in 70 days by 80 motorcycle pleecemen for going 90 miles an hour, pop sed. Its the ferst time it ever happened, Ive never lot a day go by without en- tering something in my diary, ma sed, and I sed, Well G, ma, if its 50 unusual why dont you write that down for something to write down, why dont you write down all about how you forgot to write anything down? ‘Well now thats not a bad ideer, thats Just what Ill do, ma sed. And she kepp on eating her supper with & more injoyable expression. NANCY PAGE Children With Colds Iso- lated and Put to Bed BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Pamela Lacey was in bed with a light attack of influenza. She found that the days dragged interminavly. While she was really ill and miserable she was falrly easy to take care of, but now she was firritable, fussy and whining. At first Mrs. Lacey thought tbat Pamela had nothing but a bad cold and was quite content to let her stay around and mingle with the other children. But she soon saw the errcr of her ways. The child was put to bed, pro- | testing. Her dishes were washed sepa- rately from the rest of the family's. { And, marvelous to relate, the two sis- ters did not catch the “flu.” Mrs. Lacey bought that specially prepared tissue and let Pam use pieces of it in place of handkerchiefs. This did away with a | large amount of disagreeable laundry. The worst was over, but doctor's jorders still said, “Stay in bed.” Mrs. Lacey was at her wit's end to know what to give the child to do. At dusk tbe child liked to turn on her flash- light and make shadow pictures with her hands and fingers. Mrs. Lacey bought some blunt- pointed scissors, some colored papers, sets of paper dolls with clothes ready to be cut out. She brought out the bed tray with its broad working surface, its sturdy legs, which raised it from the body and allowed the child to move and wigle as she worked or ate her supper. im strung various shaped and size beads, she tried simple jig-saw puzzles, but when she tired of all else she would lie and listen to stories, which her mother read to her by the hour. Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. Baby's weekly gain in weight and his contentment are the surest indications of his health and normal development. If perchance he does not eat every spoonful or drink every swallow of the food allotted to him, his mother need not worry so long as he sleeps well, seems happy and continues to gain. ‘With the usual tendency of young mothers to borrow trouble, a young mother is worried about her baby's in- ability to drink all the milk she gives him. Here is her tale: “I am trying to ‘wean ‘my baby and now nurse him only at night and morning. At 10 I give him two tablespsonfuls of cereal and his bottle of which he takes only two and one-half ounces. At 2 I feed him strained vegetables, and again he re- fuses all but two and one-half ounces of his bottle. How much milk should :n ;Ight-months-nld baby have in one Y I give him cod liver ol twice daily, but he will take neither orange nor to- mato juice. How can I make him take it? “He seems satisfied and is gaining rapidly. Should I force him to take his six ounces five times daily? He sleeps rather well, but sometimes cries out in his sleep. If I turn him over, he goes right back to sleep. Is that an unhealthy sign?” Get him entirely weaned within the next three weeks. The chances are that when he is entirely on bottle feed- ings, he will consume more milk than he does now. Of course, six ounces five times daily is impossible as you are nursing him twice a day; but when he is weaned, he needs 30 ounces of milk, 2 to 10 ounces of water, depending on whether he has four or five feedings, and some sugar. That is, he may have either 30 ounces of milk, two of water and two level tablespoonfuls of sugar in four feedings; or 30 ounces of milk, 10 of water and four and one-half level tablespoonfuls of sugar in five feedings. After 10 months both water ard sugar should be reduced so that by one year or earlier baby is getting eight ounces of ‘whole milk four times a day. Orange juice may be put with one of the bottle feedings. It is an essen- tial f You may try offering the bottle first and then the cereal in the hope that baby will take it that way. Possibly your method of feeding orange Juice mal it distasteful to baby. Be- fore trying the method suj ted above, dilute the orange juice a little, so that it loses any sharp taste. Offer it by cup or_spoon. Probably baby finds it hard to change his position, so he wakes and cries and you change it for him. His gain and contentment are far more stable indi- eations of his health than this trivial disturbance at night. | | | FEATUR ES. The Woman Who Makes Good Conoeit Helps Her Out. She was called Anna by her mother, but she changed that name to Car- men. She was just exactly that kind of girl. She spent a lot of time talk- ing about her mother’s fine old family. She told me that as a small girl she had had on:y Ppotatoes to eal Her father de- serted her and her mother when she was a child, but she says: “My L father, no matter Helen Woodward, What he did, always an aristo- crat.” She got the idea as a child that she was a heroine. of fine old family, often struck the child; and she would say to herself, “A heroine wouldn't cry.” This was fine, but in the course of her imaginings as she grew up she got | the notion that she was a very great person. She was not exceptional in any way, but she thought she was and so she had a dreadful time holding a job. Nothing sulted her. She tried nursing for a while, but she was too emotional and excitable. At 15 she ran away and | went on the stage. She made a failure | of that, because she herl no talent and | could not believe it. Most of the time | she was out of work, but she still con- | sidered herself a heroine. Finally she married Jim, who was a ticket seller in a Coney Island sort Yellow Wing Shows Off. . Show those you love your very best: | Ignore and quite forget the rest. 1 —Yellow Wing the Filcker. | Yellow Wing take his own advice. He ! was just as much in love with Mrs. Yel- | low Wing as the first time he ever saw her. Every morni he drummed to her. Then he called to her. When at last he had found her he did his best to show her what a fine fellow he was. And all the time Mrs. Yellow Wing acted as if she was bored to death. She pretended to avold him. When he flew to the tree she was in she would fly to another. She would pretend not to notice him. All the time she was watching him, and down inside she was admiring him. But not for the world would she let him know. You see, she dearly Joved to see him show off. ‘When she flew down to hunt for ants on the ground he would fly down in front of her. He had no interest in ants then. He would spread his tail as if it were a thing of beauty, which it isn't. He would stretch out his wings 80 that she might see what a beautiful yellow they were on the under sides. He would hop about as if trying to dance, which he cannot do at all. He would nod and bow and try to strut. All the time Mrs. Yellow Wing would go about getting her breakfast, quite as if no one was about. And he talked to her. My, my, how he did talk to her! He talked in low, coaxing tones, which really were very sweet. “My dear, T am 50 glad you are back,” he would say. “There is no eme like you. I love you, my dear.” Mrs. Yellow Wing would catch ants quite as if she were alone. Yellow Wing refused to be discouraged. “My dear,” he would say, “just see | my beautiful new Spring coat. Have you ever seen a handsomer one? I got it especially for you; that is, Old Mother Nature gave it to me, and I have been taking the greatest care of it just for you. Don't you think I look well in it? I think it is even handsomer than the on’e I had last Spring. Don't you think pere ‘Then he would strut and bow and spread his wings and tail and cut funny little capers and talk to her more softly than ever. Mrs. Yellow Wing would only glance at him when she was sure that he wasn't looking. Poor Yellow Wing! If he could have seen some of those stolen glances and the admiration in her eyes he would have felt a lot better. Yes, indeed, he would have felt a lot better + But she took care that he shouldn't see. Having finished her breakfast, she would fly up in a tree and Yellow Wing would follow her. Then he would peep around at her from behind the trunk or a branch and bow in the grandest man- MILADY B BY LOIS Dear Miss Leeds—(1) I have a very round face and have short, brown, straight hair. How can I arrange my hair to make my face seem thinner? (2) Is there any way of removing moles? (3) What will make eyelashes grow? (4) I am 5 feet 21 inches tall and weigh 121 pounds. Am I over- weight? MISS I R. L. Answer—(1) Your face will seem more slender if you do not wear your hair cut too short. Let it grow long or wear it in a long bob that comes | | | below your ears. (2) Don't try to re- move the moles yourself, as it is very dangerous to do so. If they are dis- figuring, have a doctor remove them. (3) Apply petroleum jelly or olive oil to the lashes every night at bedtime. (4) You forgot to state your age. If you are about 20 years old, your present | weight is average for that age and your height. If you are from 15 to 20 years of age, you are a little above the average weight, but this is probably due to your having a naturally heavy | bulld. It is better for one's health and development to be somewhat above the average weight during the growing period than to be nnfl&; ‘;euht, Falling Hair. Dear Miss Leeds—I am a young man troubled with falling hair, though I am only 20 years old. My hair is excessively dry and brittle and when I massage my scalp the hair falls out and does not come in again. I have used olive oil, but my hair does not seem to become more oily. Do you think that shaving off all over would | help? I have always gone bareheaded, Summer and Winter. I have dandruff. GEORGE. Answer—I think the first thing you should do is to cure the dandruff, and before doing s0 you must make up your mind to take the treatments every day for at least a month. ional treat- ments will not help you. This evening 3“"“" inces of castor oil with one of bay rufi; e strong smell. 1 over your scalp an towel around your head on overnight. Tomorrow K:e your hair with 8 pul uid shampoo. Lather was | Her mother, in spite | BEDTIME STORIES | pos More than 18,000,000 dozen shipped BY HELEN WOODWARD, Who started her career as a frightened typist and who became one the highest paid business women in America. 74 of place. He thought that he had s voice, and he had spent most of his energy training it. She also believed he would be a great singer. That's she married him. She took him out of his job and sent him on a tour which was a complete fallure. Ele is now making $25 a week doing clerical work, and is entirely contented at it, but she is furlous and has left him, She s a lonely girl because she de- spises her hushand'ad)eopl!. She says they eat with a knife. And she de- spises and looks down on all the people with whom she vorks. Carmen is a ratber homely , but she said to me: “I was the only good- looking girl at the hospital, and all the nurses were jealous of me. All the young doctors stared at me. One of them came up one day and asked me for a magazine.” I expected her to go on with more details, but that was all there was of that. She tried being a saleswoman, and should have done well because she ha® | assurance and talks well. But she hated her customers and was jealous of them. And she was ashamed of her job. 8o she made a failure of that. The poor girl really has vast conceit and very little sense. But she's not as unhappy as you might think. She thinks she’s perfect and everybody else all wrong, and that's a great comfort. A girl who has a low opinion of her- self often works hard in order to suc- ceed and to make people think well of her. But & girl who is conceited thinks she’s good enough as she is. Girls having problems in connection with their work may write to Miss Wi r ward, in of this paper. for her personal advice. (Copyright, 1931.) BY THORNTON W. BURGESS ner and reach out and try to touch her with his bill, all to no purpose. “If 1 were in his place,” declared Peter Rabbit, “I would leave her and g0 find a mate that appreciated me. Yes, sir, that is what I would do. I'd forget he So it went on day after day. Yellow SPRING Wing hardly took time enough to eat. He used all his time in love-making. He refused to be discouraged. He tried to think of new ways in which to at- tract Mrs. Yellow Wing's attention and admiration. She gave him no encour- agement. Now, all the time Mrs. Yellow Wing was.thinking: “What a handsome fel- low he is. I am so glad there was no other Flicker over here, for now I know drumming and calling, thinks as much of me as ever he did. But it will do him good sure of me. him court me. 1 love him dearly, and the foolish fellow doesn’t know it. haj g1) take notice of him.” But when the morrow came Mrs. Yel- low Wing did just as she had been do- taking notice of him. An other Flicker arrived in the Old Orchasd —a blg, handsome fellow, quite 88 handsome as Yellow Wing. And the instant he saw Mrs. Yellow Wing he fell in love with her and began to make love to her. For a while it quite turned her head. (Copyright, 1831.) EAUTIFUL LEEDS. eral times. Now, after drying the hair, apply a dandruff lotion to the sealp. Here is a good recipe: One dram eure- sol, one-half dram beta-naphthol, one dram tincture of cantharides, one dram spirits of formic acid, four ounces sweet oll and enough water to make d{gt ounces. Massage the scalp for 10 min- utes. Do not merely rub the hair, but move the scalp over the skull. Use the lotion for five nights in succession and on the sixth night use a scalp salve. ‘This may be made of one ounce rose ointment and one-half dram precipi- tated sulphur. Next day have another shampoo with the castile soap liquid shampoo. On the following day begin using the dandruff lotion, and use it for five days. Then use the salve and have your shampoo. I would not advise shaving off all your hair. Be very care- ful to wash and sterilize your comb and brushes twice a week. Some types of hair can stand constant exposure to the elements, but yours has evidently suffered from the drying effects of sun and wind. There are very powerful rays in the sunlight which can cause damage to hair and skin upon immoderate ex- ure, Since one's general health affects one'’s halr.ty‘\;u] should r:tk’cu nuurl that you are not below par physf v LOIS 3 (Copyright, 1931.) A night’s repose beneath the moon that shines for Javanese Makes Puff and Bunny fitter than twe fiddles, if you . They wrap sarongs about them, just as Java’s natives do, And order breakfast thus: “A cup of Java—make it twol” / from the United States -