Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1931, Page 23

WOMAN’S PAGE BEDTIME STORIES Lesson in Signals. t you for knowle: ere’s somethin; Farmer Brown's Boy is that kind.| He considers that a day wherein he learns nothirig is a day lo: 1t is, too, for any one who keeps eyes and ears open may learn something wherever he | may be. It was so now. From a snug | hiding place on the rock slide far up | on the mountain he w watching | ‘Whistler the Marmot and learning | things about Whistler that would have | surprised that little fellow had he Boy was anywhere about. But he didn't know, which was just as well, for Whistler is very shy and dictrustful, and had he| suspected that he was being watched was pla |'Now and | intent on | simply on guerd. | there saw HE RAN OVER TO A LITTLE PATCH OF GRASSES AND OTHER PLANTS OF WHICH HE WAS VERY FOND. the sum total of Farmer Brown's Boy's knowledge of him would have been almost nothing. He lived alone, for he had no mate, and his nearest Marmot neighbor lived a mile away on another rock slide. But ‘Whistler wasn't lonesome, not the least bit. He preferred to be alone. In this he was just the opposite of his Cousin Yap Yap the Prairie Dog, who is a social body and not happy unless he has a lot of near neighbors to visit and gossip with, So now, fully satisfied that he was quite alone, Whistler went about his | affairs in a perfectly natural way. To begin with, he was hungry. He had | been planning to get a bite to eat when | Farmer Brown's Boy had appeared and frightened him down into his home. ‘There he had waited so long that his stomach was quite empty by the time he came out. So as soon as he was sure that no one was about he ran over | sat there. By Thornton W. Burgess. ‘There he began to eat greedily, much as Johnny Chuck does, but despite his hunger he didn’t forget to sit up be- tween bites for a careful look in every direction. Then Farmer Brown's Boy chuckled. ~ “You're a watchman, all right,” said he. “Most folks would think that in a lorely place like this there would be no need of keeping watch, but it is clear that you have learned the lesson that he lives longer who watches best., You certainly do remind me of Johnny Chuck. Just then a faint but clear whistle sounded. It came from all of a mile ! awgy. Instantly Whistler scrambled up | on the neare€t rock from which he could get & clear view and gazed across at tke rock side where his nearest neighbor lived, for it was he who had whistlzd. Very straight and alert, he Farmer Brown's Boy looked, but could see nothing. Again he heard that distant whistle. So did Whistler. He whistled in reply. But he didn't run. He was all ready to run, but con- tinued to sit up on that rock gazing ! acrors a valley to towering cliffs on the Sther side. By bhis expression and alertness it that Whistler saw something. then ke would jerk his tail L But though he was so mething way off there in the distance, hs didn't forget to take hasty looks in all other directions. Presently. h‘. jumped down from the rock and ren to a higher one, his favorite watch tower. All the time he was in no apparent,alarm. He was i | “That fellow who whistled way over something and sounded a warning that Whistler over here under- stcod,” thought Farmer Brown's Boy. “He knows there is no immediate dan- ger, so he is simply on guard. Ha! There is a speck way off there in_the sky. It must be Talons the Eagle. Yes, | it is and Whistler saw him long before I did. That other Marmot saw him first and signaled that he is out hunt- ing. Whistler here got the signal and understood it.” Talons was headed that way, and as he drew nearer Whisler became more excited. He kept his eyes on the big bird and appeared angry rather than afraid. He was. He knew that he had only to dive down among the rocks to be safe, so he wasn't afraid. But he was angry, because his meal had been interrupted. At last Talons was almost overhead. Whistler waited until the last minute, when Talons started to swoop down. Then with a piercing whistle, the danger signal, he disap- peared among the rocks. From the dis- tance came a whistled reply, but in it was no alarm. The other Marmot was simply signaling that he understood that Talons was over there. “It is a great signal system. If I stay long enough I may learn it,” chuckled Farmer Brown's Boy. to a little patch of grasses and other plants of which he was very fond. (Copyright, 1931.) MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Perspiring Hands. ‘gginfidngt in fihfi eveanlgrz,.ed}'hhe hzn?a | should be washed an oroughly Dear Miss Leeds—(1) Is it proper t0 | before applying, Hope that you have wear the hair in a wind-blown bob to|a good t'me at the dance and that a dance? I am going to a formal | neither the wind-blown nor the perspir- dance and am worried about how to | N6 hands will cause you any worry, wear my hair. (2) My hands perspire | 4 when dancing. What could I do to| Cucumber Lotion, TAR. WASHINGTON, Handwriting What It May Reveal. BY mLDRmOCKABEl. . D T seems as though this writer is & very calm, easy-going person. She would appear to take her time about what she does, being very careful to lcave no loose ends. Notice that her letters such as “a” and ‘0" have ‘s double loop, indicating trait. The very rounded form of her letters suggests ‘one who is good natured and pleasant. She might be a more inter- esting companion if she did not tend to be a little reserved. Those who know her, however, probably find her to be a very true friend. She uses a semi-print style in mak- ing_her capital letters, suggesting orig- inal thinking and a keen mind. She should use her abllity in some type of business endeavor. She should be val- uable in a line of work where using her own discretion about things was important. hard for her and she might uncon- sciously neglect them and not do her best. She should be on the watch for opportunities for a more interesting type of vork. It may be that she hesitates to assert herself, and for that reacon allows fa- | vors which should come bher way to ! pass her unnoticed. She chould occa- sionally show any particularly good work she may have done to a superior in order to demonstrate her ability. Advertising or decorating should ap- peal to her, as they both demand the type of cultured originality which she seems to possess. Note—Analysis of handwriting is not an exact science, according to world in- vestigators, but all_agree it is interesting and lots of fun. The Star presents the above feature in that spirit 11 you wish to have vour iorit analyzed send a sample to Miss Mo Lee. care of The Star, alomo with a 2-cent stamp. It will be either inter- preted in this column or you will receive @ handwriting analysis chart which you will find an interesting study. NANCY PAGE Rooms Need Rearrangement Only. o BY FEORENCE LA GANKE. In the course in interior decorating which Nancy hoped to have her club take up she knew the lecturer would this | Routine dutles would be | D C., SATURDAY, SEP 'MODES OF TH Paris new) fllhed cont of black broadeloth, Ras the ?fiaf} Plered $5e pentin, A EAR MISS DIX—Why do parents D three sisters are married. own money, vet I not only know far never earned a dollar in their lives, and to decide every question for me. their unmarried daughters? detachalble cape collar, Trimmed inbleck astrakon. DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Why Do Parents,Think Their Married Daugters Know More Than Their Single Ones? ter until she gets married. Why are they unwilling to accord her the slightest personal liberty until she annexes a husband? sisters each of whom inherited a neat little fortune from an aunt. E MOMENT 4 never have any respect for a daugh- I am one of four My TEMBER 26 NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. Tlustrations by Mary Foley. CXXI PHYSICIANS, | | ASPS are the most successful | and expert users of the hypo- | dermic needle. The ants use | formic acid to prevent a| mold disease from develop- | ing. Both families are kind and most thoughtful of their young. The ants will work over a wounded member of their family for days trying to restore her to health. All physicians are ladies. They un- balming and interring and how to regu- late the amount of food and the kind | for their young. | In the wasp family they must seek | the food for their children among the | live and healthy insects about them.| They are honey users themselves, but | their baby demands meat. They car- ry a powerful drug in their body | satchel. With unerring aim they locate | the nerve centers of the crawling cater- | pillar or the lusty singer in the tree. Have you ever heard a locust on a| very hot July or August day, voleing | his’ contentment, when suddenly the song dies away on a high note? Most likely he was given a prick with Dr.| Wasp's needle. His solo is just what | she deYends upon to locate him. The | caterpiller is a squirmy sort and she has to give him many injections of the | drug. She seems to know with a cer- tainty just where to insert the needle | to obtain the desired results—his utter oblivion to what, is going on about him. Members of the ant and bee family must be nurses as well as physicians. They understand health laws and the | need for cleanliness. They do not per- | mit their homes to become polluted. | In the city of the bees, should an in- truder of great size get in, they first put him to sleep and later, after many“ injections of their drug have been ad-| ministered, he is carefully embalmed | in wax. No error is made in their work, | for not only is there no odor in the hive, but the victim dries up and does not | decay. | dead. The cemetery is well away from | the living quarters and the earth is | heaped up over the deceased. Mold s | a dreaded disease. To prevent it they | work hard all Sum- In the city of ants they inter their | i FEATURES Simple Requirements for Beret BY MARY Here is the new beret! It may be worn down at the right side and off at the left. Or it may be worn drawn far back on the head or rched rakishly at the top of the ead just a little to one side. You may make it of light-weight tweed, or jersey or any thin, firm woolen mate- rial and it may be worn for sports or simple every day wear. It is for the young girl, the girl from 15 to 18 or 20—the schoolgirl, who just | at this time of year is so interested in getting the proper additions to her | wardrobe together. | It is one of the simplest things to Just cut four sections, each a | make. quarter of a circle, and seam them to- gether, like four melon-shaped pieces. Press the seams flat and open, and then iderstand the laws of ventilation, em- | gather the edge into a band of the ma- terial. Line it with a similar piece, of silk or sateen, if you like, or else pink the edges neatly and leave it unlined. The band is a strip cut lengthwise of the material, about an inch and a half wide and an inch longer than the head- size of the youngster for whom you are making the beret. edge of the beret, after the feur sec- tions are seamed and pressed, and seam up the head band so that it just fits the head of the child it is for. Baste the gathered edge of the circle into the Gather the curved | MARSHALL. | head band, seaming along one edge. Fold it over and stitch along the other edge over the gathers. If you wish, you can make the little beret from two colors, making diagon- | ally opposite quarters from each color. (Copsright, 1831.) The Woman Who Makes Good BY HELEN WOODWARD, Who started her career as a frighteried iypist and who became one of the highest paid business women in America. Lucky Girl. Caroline thinks she is having & hard time; in reality, she is one of the luck- iest girls T know. Caroline ' was graduated from high school last year. She is 18 years old, and poor. She has few nice clothes, and those were given to her by some one who had worn them_before. She has no boy riends and she never goss to any formal dances or parties. She knows almost no one out- side Bf her family. She has had to Helen Woodward. mer at housework and typing. Neither |is the kind of work she really wants to do. ‘What she wants to work at is dress designing. And that’s what she ought to be doing. Her drawings and designs are remarkable for a person who has I am in business, hold a respectable position for which 1 am well paid, and I am 30 years old. When my sisters were married their money was turned over to thenf as a matter of course, but because I have never married my father has never thought of such a thing as turning over my property to me and letting me have the pleasure of managing it and getting the thrill of making my own investments. Because I am not married he doesn’t consider me competent to handle my either of my brothers-in-law and earn a better salary. Mother considers her married daughters oracles and listens humbly to their advice, but because I am not married she feels that she has a right to control me as completely as she did when I was in the nursery, Why do parents make this distinction between their married and imassage and lick with unceasing care | the bodies of all the members and the eggs as well. The formic acid prevents | the mold from developing. ‘When we see our own physicians on the street or about their work we al- ways feel that they are on an errand to relieve pain. True, this physician, |so to speak, of the insect world is merciful to her victims, She, however, has not this thought in mind when she quiets the healthy and vigorous victim. more about it than my sisters, who I am a better business man than BACHELOR GIRL. for her to manage him. The needle His struggles would make it impossible | NSWER: Heaven alone knows. I don't. Whether parents think that prevent this? “PAL." | Answer—(1) Arrange you hair in| waves and I am sure it will be at-| tractive even for the formal dance.| Of course, the wind-blown is by no means a formal style of hair dress- ing, but when well arranged it is ex- tremely smart and much more appro- prizte for a young girl (which I judge you are) than donning a transforma- ticn, which would be the only possible way to change a wind-blown. . | (2) For perspiring hands the fol- | lowing ingredients make an excellent | lotion: two drams boric acid, one dram | tannic acid, cne ounce cologne water, ¢ two ounces glycerin, two ounces witch hazel, three ounces rosewater. Dissolve the boric acld in the rosewater, add the cologne water and tannic acid, then the glycerin and witch hazel. Shake | well. Apply this lotion to the hands, palms and between the fingers before THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE Ready for school! Well, T guess! It's so thoroughly smart and typically Prench. The front panel extends into| the circular skirt at the front and| makes it very easy to fashion | Isn't the neckline smart with turn-| over collar and bow tie? | & fine striped woolen tweed effect in | rich brown made the original. The | pockets, belt and sleeve cuffs were vivid | red woolen. The tie in crepe de chine | matched the plain red woolen. The | collar of white pique was made detach- | sbie 50 as to be readily laundered. | Style No. 3311 may be had in sizes 6, | 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. | Size No. 8 requires 1% yards 54-inch, | with 3; yard 27-inch for collar and % yard 35-inch for contrasting. ‘Wool jersey, rayon flecked wool votle, | Dear Miss Leeds—When should a person use a cucumber lotion? Is it an astringent? What action has it? JEAN. Answer—The main purpose of a cucumber lotion is for soothing and bleaching. The following lotion is splendid for bleaching tan and freckles: Peel and cut three large cucumbers. Stew them with a little water. Strain the juice and add to it three table- spoonfuls of toilet alcohol. Let the mixture stand for four or five hours or overnight. Add ten drops tincture of benzoin, one tablespoonful each of olive oil, milk of almonds and rosewater. Yes, most cucumber lotions are also at least slightly astringent. discuss correct placement of furniture. In talking it over with the lecturer, he said he followed two practices. He took a large piece of cardboard and on it made the outline of a room, indicating fireplaces, doors, windows, He cut fur- niture and rugs to scale and then had the audience play a game with him of shifting the furniture until the room was liveable. ‘The other device he used when he lectured in homes. He bad his audience rearrange the furniture in a room—it might be the living room, dining room or bed room in the home of the hostess of the day. It was amazing, he said, to incongruous piece. With no advice from him they found it superfluous or out of lace. Following his idea of rearranging furniture in a cardboard room, he used these illustrations today. The room at the top shows the furni- ture well placed, and at the bottom shows it disarranged and disorganized. ‘There being no fireplace, the sofa was made the center of attention. It was flanked by end tables, exactly alike, and then two chairs were placed close to the LOIS LEEDS. (Copyright, 1931.) MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Melons. Oatmeal With Cream. Plain Omelet. _ Broiled Ba Squash Muffins. Coff DINNER. . Brown Gravy. Mint Jelly. _Celery. Glazed Sweet Potatoes. Creamed Cauliflower. Shredded Cabbage Salad. ™ Lemon Meringue Ple. Coffee SUPPER. Escalloped Oysters. Parker House Rolls. Preserved Plums. Devil's Food Cake. SQUASH MUFFINS. ‘Two-thirds cupful sifted squash, add one-fourth cupful brown sugar, one cupful sour milk, one egg well beaten, one tablespoonful shortening melted, ana two cupfuls bread flour sifted with one teaspoonful salt, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, one- half teaspoonful soda and one- fourth teaspoonful cinnamon or other spice. Bake in greased muffin tins in_a hot oven about 25 minutes. Sweet milk may be used instead of sour milk, in which case omit the soda and double the amount of baking powder, con. ee. Tea. Everyday ngchology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. What Criminals Read. | Long-time servers read books and | stories which deal with travel and ad- venture, This is first choice. Their | second " choice is books on religion. wool challis, linen, cotion broadcloth prints and tweed-like cotton are smart. For a pattern of this style, send 15 cents in stamps or coin directly to the Star's New York Fashion Wi Bureau, Fifth avenue and ‘nventy-nlmh{form of thinking they will one day be | street, New York. Don't envy the woman who dresses well and keeps her children well dressed. Just send for your copy of our Fall and Winter Pashion Magazine. It shows the best styles of the coming season. And you may obtain our pat- tern at cost price of any style shown. The pattern is most economical in ma- terial requirements It enables you fo wear the new frocks at little expense- two frocks for the price of one. You will save $10 by spending 10 cents for this book. So it would pay you to_send for your copy now. d- dress Fashion Department. Price o book, 10 cents. ‘| These two classes of literature spell the | psychology of the man confined. Stories of travel are popular with criminals _because they suggest flight from reality. In fancy they leave their cells and travel with the adventurous heroes around the world. Physically meptally they are ally takes the | they are confined, free. This delusion |free. If the mind is something apart | from the body, it is more clearly dem- | onstrated among _confined criminals than among any other class of human beings. They can come nearer to dc- taching their minds from thelr sur- ‘roundlnu than can any other sort of | individual. There is orobably not even ;a life-termer who does not cherish the hope that & pardon will one day be turunled him by & kindly Governor, Religious literature is” basic for SUll | enother reason. It helps the confined to deceive themselves in their plight, Selr-dte‘:ep;l:ln caused their crime. Self- leception helps them begr the Ir Sech 4c uits of sofa. A desk had a desk chair and an- other chair close beside it. This gave a grouping which was haphazard. In the bottom picture everything looks lonesome and orphaned. Nothing seems to have a reason for its placement. Virginia Hash. eMelt three tablespoonfuls of butter, add three tablespoonfuls of flour, cook together until bubbling, add two cup- fuls of milk gradually and cook until :smooth. Stir in iwo cupfuls of cooked diced ham, one cupful of cooked cut up string beans, one cupful of cooked diced carrots, one cupful of large size cooked peas, and one chopped gre:n pepper. Season to taste. Serve with a mint gelatin salad on lettuce with pears, grated cheese and mayonnaise. Veal Hearts. Wash and cut three veal hearts. Make a dressing with one cupful of chopped celery, half a cupful of bread crumbs, three tablespoonfuls of butter, pepper. Stuff the veal hearts and fasten back together with skewers. Bake in a low oven until tender. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. | The best part ob dress-up . company is when they go away. (Copuaisht, 1931) see what the group would do with &n | one teaspoonful of salt and a pinch of a daughter who doesn't want to minded freak who should be in an loose or whether they think that a is lacking in energy and enterprise, in their own way. They keep them in 1 old women. W plain, but they do. A mother, for wear. single one, nobody knows. Sclentists estimate that approximately three-fourths of our motive power is derived from sweets. Therefore these foods have a very important place in | the diet, especially of children, because they are 50 much more active than adults. | A very delightful form in which to| give this element to the youngsters is | through the use of maple sirup. When | Indian Summer days appear, our| thoughts seem to turn rather naturally to sirup . . . and so it is that the de- | lightful flavor of maple comes to mind. Most children like bread and butter with sirup over it. This has long been one of the favorite treats of childhood. In mid-afternoon a glass of milk and a slice of whole wheat bread and butter with maple sirup over it furnishes a splendid between-meal lunch, that will enable the active, runabout child to re- | turn to his thrilling games with enthu- | siasm and energy. | But maple girup—one of nature’s most wholesorne and most delicious | sweets—was known to the Indians long | TO those who have not been privi- Jeged to vist the Hawks Nest—that exotic penthouse perched high up on| the roof of one of New York's newest skyscraper apartments—this chat with the Hawks hostess must open up un- dreamed of vistas of freedom and fun and life lived joyously. Edith Hawks never stays on the nd when she can help it. She has to her credit more passenger miles in the air than almost any one in the world —100,000 miles, she says—and she has | traveled with Capt. Frank Hawks in every plane he has flown except the present plane, which is a single-seated speed plane, with no room for her. It 4s nothing in this merry little wife’s| life to get up in Paris in the moming.' hop into her husband’s plane and fiy | with him to London for breakfast; dash | on to Berlin for lunch, be back in Paris | at tea time and that night take in the| Follies! From which you may gather that she loves sport and speed and en- tertaining . . . especially for the many friends that she and the captain have made in all parts of the world. “But I always entertain in the most informal way,” Mrs. Hawke says. “You see, we lived for a long time in Mexico, and people who live in the tropics just can't be bothered with formalities. “I like best to plan gay little supper parties, especially during Summer when we can perch out here on the terrace and look out over the changing skyline, :",;5 the next best thing to being in the % y of the Mexican dishes I learned to love while in that country I now consider my favorite recipes. One little dish that I am very f of mains that fathers and mothers always feel that their unmarried daugh- ters have no individual right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness daughters about her hats and her frocks, but she will tell her unmarried daughter what she should wear, although the bachelor girl may be a high-priced buyer whose employer risks hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on her taste and judgment and knowledge of style. And why parents think that a married girl has more right to per- sonal liberty than a single one and why they consider that just getting married gives a girl intelligence and makes her more truthworthy than a They just do. (Copyright, 1931.) At the Children’s Table BY MARY HOPE NORRIS, Founder, Mothers' Radio Round Table Club. Favorite Recipes of Famous Women EDITH HAWKS (Mrs. Frank Hawks). get_married is some sort of feeble- asylum instead of running around | girl who doesn't catch a husband | nobody can tell. But the fact re- ling strings even after they are gray-headed | I once heard an old maid of 70 say that she never started to sweep a room or bake a cake or hem a handkerchief that her mother didn’t stop her and tell her just exactly how to do it and that never in her life had she been permitted to pick out a single garment for herself. HY parents think that the act of getting married should automatically supply & girl with sense, judgment and discretion, nobody can ex- instance, will consult her married | | | | 200ked fish, one cupful of cold cooked rice, salt, pepper and one teaspoonful | Parents don’t think of dictating to thelr married daughters, but they feel that they are entitled to supervise the personal friends and corres- pondence of their single daughters and tell them what to eat and what to DOROTHY DIX. before the first settlers arrived, and has many other uses. It can be added to give a particularly toothsome flavor to vegetables . . . to candied yams, for in- stance; ham also takes on a new and delicate flavor when baked or boiled with maple sirup. Then there are maple sirup sauces, puddings, ice cream, charlotte russes, Jelly, even pie. The list is fascinating indeed for the housewife who has an | original turn of mind. Let me give you one delicious desert for the small child . . . Maple Junket. 2 cups lukewarm milk. 2-3 cup maple sirup. 1 junket tablet. 1 tablespoon cold water. Pinch of salt. Add the sirup and salt to the luke- warm milk, and then the junket tablet, dissolved in cold water. Pour at once into sherbet glasses on a tray, and then place the tray in a warm place until the junket sets. Chill and serve. and fig frequently for supper parties is much lke a Welsh rarbit—only more piquant. It is called, appropriately, ‘Red Devil, and you make it this way: 1 large onion, grated; 1 tablespoon butter, 2 large peppers, 1} teaspoons salt, 12 cup grated cheese, 1,quart can tomatoes, 2 eggs, cayenne to 'taste, box of scoga crackers. “Chop the peppers until fine; put the butter in the pan and add the peppers, onlons, tomato, salt and pepper. Cook until tender. (This part can be made and kept in the icebox until ready to use, then reheated, thereby saving tithe when you want it most in the evening) ~Add the eggs, well beaten, and the cheese just before ready to_use, then serve on toasted crackers.” Mrs. Hawks is always ready to fly away with her husband on a moment's notice . . . always ready to entertain the friends he pilots home with no notice at all . . . and keeps a beautiful little home in ‘the bargain. If you would see how well she performs these seemingly impossible duties, you should take one peep into the Hawks' nest. We arrived just a few hours after a real party . . . and there wasn't even a pin out of place. Berry Baskets. Make some sponge cakes. Bake In small buttered cups or tins. When cold cut & piece from the center of each cake. Fill the cavity thus made with any kind of ripe berries. Put strips of angelica across to form handles. Serve whipped and sweetened | place in a greased pan, and bake until | is used to quiet him, and after it takes | its effect she can haul him to her home | with little difficulty. (Copyright, 1931.) Quince Sandwiches. | Mix half a cupful of quince jelly with half & cupful of chopped pecan nuts and spread on thin slices of but- tered whole wheat bread. Top with slices of bread spread with softened cream cheese. . 11s, Baked. add one cupful of Fish Ba! Beat one egg, of lemon juice. Form into small balls, a delicate brown. Serve hot on slices of buttered toast. | had as yet no training. She does fine | sewing. ~ She ought to be in an estab- | | lishment where fine clothes are made. | | where she'd have the chance to learn | | more about designing. She can't get a | | job at the first and she hasn’t the | money, for the second. She thinks | working in somebody else’s house is be- | neath her dignity. Most girls think | that. Because of the housework, she | doesn’t get a chanmee to meet other young people. Now I'll tell you why I think she is a particularly lucky girl. In the first place, she has a pronounced talent. People with definite talent of any kind | usually make a good living out of it | | after a while. _The girls who are un- | lucky are the ones who can't do any | My Neighbor Says: Shredded coconut left uncov- ered soon becomes . To freshen it soak it in milk for a few minutes. When the leather top of your card table begins to look shabby cover it with black oilcloth and paint edges and legs red. It will look like a new table. If the cord of your vacuum cleaner begins to fray wind it with bicycle tape to protect the ‘wires. Should you prefer dark ginger- bread and the molasses you have is light colored, add a tablespoon- ful of melted chocolate to each cup of molasses used. (Copyright, 031 Summer Glow May Be Preserved BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. THE GAY FOLIAGE BRINGS A BREATH OF THE OUT-OF-DOORS INTO ‘THE HOUSE. Decorating rooms’ to, lengthen the pe- riod of Autumn and push Winter back is something many homemakers would like to do, who enjoy warm weather and dislike the cold days barren of foliage. It is possible to do this very thing by | bringing the beauty of the Fall into the house. There are brilliant leaves that add cheer to any spot decorated with their gay colors. There is warmth in the very look of them. The flery red of maple leaves, the yellow sunshine of beech, the radiant ember-glow of oak, and the varying hues of all the trees which the nip of frost brightens or mellows, these are what Autumn sup- plies the homemaker for her purpose. She should be sure to gather foliage from trees and bushes she knows, as there are occasional varieties, such as polson i which turns a vivid red. The ivy Is beautiful, but as its name implies, it Is poisonous. Autumn flowers are, for the most part, gorgeous in color, or have a rich- ness of tone that is decidedly decora-! In this they differ from. the soft and dainty colors of Spring blossoms. The delicacy of awakening nature charms when Spring is young. The vividness of Fall flowers gives the nec- essary zest to the later and cooler days, and supplies a glow to interiors. Autunm leaves ~can .be used during the entire Winter for table decorations if the foliage is treated correctly. Press | the leaves between layers of newspaper under heavy and even weights. Or use old sheets of blotting paper instead of the newspaper. The moisture should be absorl while the legves are smoothly pressed. When they are dry, iron with a well waxed and not too hot iron. This coats them with a shiny preservative which holds them straight and even. Or the leaves can be var- nished. ‘The brilliant colored leaves are dec- oratively scattered over a dining table, or are fhade into a circlet about & fruit or flower centerpiece. Also they are used flat in shallow glass bowl for decorations in living rooms. If the bowl is green the foliage has the ap- arance of having fallen on grassy pe sward, (Copyright, 19913 particular thing well. They wander around hazily all their lives, doing the first job that comes along and never | making much money. They can't help | themselves. Often, indeed, they have a hidden talent_and circumstances never bring it out. But Caroline's talent is not hidden. It is perfectly clear, and if she waits until she is a little older she will do well with it. Also about fun, she is luckier than she realizes. Many girls whom she sees going around to dances and playing about with boy friends are having very little fun. They tell me they're bored; they look bored and act bored. Now Caroline is never bored, not for one moment of the day. For one thing she is too busy, for another she is always learning something new and exciting, either through her dress design, her typing or her reading. In other words, it scems to me that Caroline is having a particularly rich and vivid life. I suppose you can't ex- pect a girl of 18 to realize that life can be rich and vivid without dancing and boy friends. But Caroline, is laying up | the ammunition that will bring her | luxuries and adrhiration later om “BONERS” Humorous -Tid-Bits From School Papers. SIRENS WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN. NOBODY COULD COMB | NEAR BHEM, THEY MADE SO MUCH NOISE. ‘The earth makes a resolution every 24 hours, Polyps swim about the sea when they are young, and when they get old they fasten themselves on their relations and live like that the rest of their lives. Magna Charta said that the King was not_to order taxis without the consent of Parliament. Gender shows whether a man is mas- culine, feminine or neuter. ‘The jockey lost two of his teeth when his horse fell, and had to be destroyed. The thecry of exchange, as T under- | stand it, is not very well understood. | The Prince of Wales uses & different | title when he travels in the Congo. (Copyright, 1831.) LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. The Weakly News. Weather: Blankits getting more im- portant. SISSIETY PAGE. ‘The Johnsons had 5 guests for com- pany at dinner last Priday, the table having 3 exter leeves in it. Miss Maud Johnson was aloud to eat at the big table by special request instead of with her kid sister Milderd, ony she partly spoiled her plezzure by choaking on a medium size fish bone for a while, INTRISTING FACKS ABOUT INTRISTING PEEPLE. It is said that Mary Watkins can pick things up with her toes but she wont admit it on account of being too modest to even discuss the subjeck. Skinny Martin can imitate a munkey by jumping around with his hands and feet on the ground at the same time, his naturel face also helping a good eel. SPORTING PAGE. Glasses Magee wishes he wasent such a good marbles shooter on account nobody wunting to play him for any more, so he practices by 3 pertending to miss cinchy shots when- ever any of the other fellows are looking. J 2 POME BY SKINNY MARTIN, Consolation. How nice to be back in school again After all that long vacation, And my mizzery has plenty of company Because its the same all over the nation. ., This world would be so simyle and So pleasant—even sunny— If life weren’t complicated by