Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1931, Page 12

WOMAN’S PAGE. Furnishings in Small Apartment BY LYDIA LE BA ‘THE EASY CHAIR AND LAMP ARE REGARDED AS ESSENTIALS. THE LITTLE BENNY RON WALKER. BY LEE PAPE. The Weakly News. Weather: Swell. SISSIETY PAGE Mr. 8id Hunts cook unexpectedly got imarried to the ashman last week and they are looking for a new cook but the ashman still comes around. LABOR NEWS Benny Potts and Puds Simkins spant i@ intristing morning last Sattiday per- tending they was coal miners down amung the coal in Puds Simkinses cel- ler, also spending Sattiday afternoon at ‘home by request on account of the difference in their clothes before and | after. ART NOTES Glasses Magee painted his bed slats | red last Wensday on account of not knowing what elts to do with a little | sample can of paint he got from Shorty Judge on account of Shortys father be- ing in the hardware bizzness, the effect being swell from underneath the bed but otherwise invisible. INTRISTING FACKS ABOUT INTRISTING PEEPLE Puds Sinkinses favorite way of wak- }ing up in the morning 1s by smelling the smell of hot buckw=ak cakes Shorty Judge takes the same size shoes as lots of fellows twice as big as 'l:én' the generel effect being unixpect- | Mary Watkins can tell the diffrent| | kinds of trees by the diffrent kinds of | | leaves, especially in summer. NATURE’S ¢ DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Foolishly Fond Mothers Who Ruin Their Chil- dren’s Lives by Their Indulgence. D! EAR Miss Dix—What's the matter with mothers? brought up a family of six boys and one girl, all naturally normal, healthy, intelligent, decent kids, but she has ruined them all. They no education because they took no interest in school and were never My sister has have able to pass an examination. but she blames that on the teacher. a fine ranch, but they are too lazy to work it and are going in debt and ‘Their mother blames the times for that. 60 years old, but her big strapping sons will sit around and let her the woods and carry wood to make the fires and empty the tubs they bathed in, but if you suggest that they are selfish to her she flies at you will eventually lose it. like a tigress. psychologists are of the opinion that some children would be d by strangers or in institutions. But fortunately not all Many better off if reare mothers are as blind in their mother increasingly large number of intelligent and clear-eyed women who recognize that mcther influence may be as powerful a weapon for evil as it is for good. There is nothing else in mother’s love so often makes her do the malice could invent. You see this every day in mothers who make door- mats of themselves for their children; who teach their children to be selfish and self-indulgent. to indulge their passions, to be weak and lazy and no-account, and who utterly unfit them for life in every way. These make the men and women who are failures because they have never been taught to work; who are quitters because they have been encouraged to give up whenever the sledding got hard; who are weaklings because they have never had strength enough bred in them to stand alone. ‘When all of the teaching of these unwise mothers bears its logical fruit and their children “turn out badly,” as the phrase goes, and show them neither duty nor affection, it reaping what they have sown. It is better for a child to have no mother care at all than that of a foolishly fond mother who cannot (Copyright. 1 world so tragic as the fact that s She 18 Fave ve G. R H love as your sister is and there is an her children an injury greater than breaks their hearts. But they are see its faults. i DOROTHY DIX. CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. Illustrations by Mary Foley. CXXXIIL | One of the fascinating tI that a | dining table, four to six dining room | bride and groom have to do when they | chalrs, a sideboard or buffet. These | g0 to housekeeping is to furnish the are a minimum in the way of furniture. rew home. It may be a spacious A dinner set of dishes or its equivalent dwelling or a small apartment, but the | can be made to fill the needs of service zest remains the same. Unless the |tableware. Half a dozen goblets and purse is unlimited, as few are, the matter as many tumblers or a dozen of the of knowing what to get must be solved | latter are necessary, together with one, if the result is to be satisfactory. The two or three glass dishes. Today when fact that no two persons demand ex- glassware is so much in evidence a actly the same furnishings is true, but whole dessert or breakfast set is likely there are certain essentials that all re- to be of glass. There are all sorts of quire. attractive glass dishes, but we are con- | | sidering the least one can get along SANITARY OFFICERS. HEN next you see a beetle | struggling with a dead insect or decaying matter, instead of saying “Ugh” change it to “Thank you!” These in- sects are helping keep the air free | from objectionable odors. Without these assistants ther would be much more sickness to combat. Insects as a rule are very cleanly about their| habits. Take the ants. They are for- | ever brushing up and their cities are models of order and cleanliness. Ths | br:s will die rather than pollute their | city. MODE 3 HE MOMENT | mind with so many EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, .SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 193i. Handwriting - What It May Reveal. BY MILDRED MOCKABEE. wZe A2 ,z HE decidedly flowing styls of this writing is an indication of an at- tractive personality. The vriter is probably quite impulsive, also, acting frequently on the spur of the moment. She is seemingly anxious to accomplish many things wnd works quickly and hurriedly to this end. Unfortunately, she may clutter her ideas that she gives none of them due thought. In order to accomplish things more easily and thoroughly, she should try to learn to concentrate. Apparently she has the ability to achieve really outstanding deeds if she will devote her efforts to the proper channels. She seems quite vigorous, possibly of an athletic type. She should en- courage this tendency, but should guard against any masculine manner- isms which may detract from her at- tractiveness. Could she learn to or?ntl her thoughts properly, she might develop . This field, though ability in writing. crowded, is open to new aspirants with originality and determination. She should not allow her pride to stand in her way. So many outstand- ing authors have started in a very small way that it should encourage the In order to suc- ceed, she must realize that hard, con- sistent work is a prime requisite. In- stead of trying many different types of composition, she should carefully choose one, devoting all of her efforts it. She might enjoy cultival her nat- ural grace by some type of dancing. Here she would obtain exercise in a pleasant way. Because she seems original, she should take pleasure in suiting her actions to music. She could probably successfully express her FEATURES. White Pique for Woolen Dress There is something crisp and sum- mery about the touch of white pique, but it is also an attractive addition to the woolen dress designed for Autumn and Winter. And one of the great advantages about choosing pique e ect re!\ll'lm s one of the new l!fhb-“e!‘ht ‘wools that gives the effect of tweed, but is firmer and lighter than the sort of material that we think of as tweedy. It is in tones green and brown and is worn with a light brown belt. A re- movable band of white pique is in. serted in the sleeves and forms piping for the V neckline, while and with such e sketc! piping inches wide, folded over and stif aafi‘" 8 band about an inch in To make the three squares you will need six pleces of pique about 33% inches square. They should be put together squares, right side in, and stitched three-sixteenths of an inch from the edge on three sides, turned right side out, the raw edge turned in and overhanded together. (@opyright, 1931) Civil Service Jobs. Francine, who i an for your touch of white is that it can | be washed and ironed with such ease | | madé from strips of the pique 235 | itched BY MARY MARSHALL. The Woman Who Makes Good BY HELEN WOODWARD, Whose uniquely successful career, both in business and private life, enables her to speak with authority on problems of the modern woman. the different kinds of jobs. But don't expect to get a job quickly. I know experienced | a girl who applied in April, took the moods and ideas in this way. Note—Analysis of Randwriting s mot typist, wants to know what the tests | examination in June, and she will not aje for a Government position. She | know whether or not she gets the job says: | untll next January. There are hun- OF T Jbuu UNLe ervine Lails o thls ankle- Various Rooms. There must be sufficient furnishings in the kitchen to insure the proper preparation of three meals. There must be a table to serve the meals on, and a place to sleep. There must be also some one of the rooms in which the living room idea is stressed, a room in which comfortable chairs form part of the furnishings, good reading lights and one or two tables. No place worthy of the name of home is minus these essentials, although one, two or three rooms are all that can be afforded. Since th: four-room apartment com- prises the minimum number of separate rooms for housekeeping, let us consider one having a living room, bed room, dining room, kitchen and bath. Three rooms can supply the needs, provided the kitchen is 2 kichenetts which is not calculated as a room. In most instances it is so small it could not compare with an old-fashioned closet off the kitchen | known as a sink room. It must be sup- | plied with cooking utensils and cutlery in small or large numbers and variety to siut the requirements of the new A dining room suite fills all essentials for the dining room. Since many prefer to buy separate well-suited pieces, these | are an extension, drop leaf or refectory THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE f | A black transparent velvet cuts its bodice on slightly fitted basque lines and puffs its sleeves to broaden the shoulders. | The soft. all-around fullness of the skirt hints of the romantic influence. | Soft shirring confines the fullness through the waistline. | It is adorable for Sunday night af- fairs, for dinner wear or formal after- noons. Style No. 3408 is design 12, 14, 16, 15, 20 year inches ' bust. Size 16 requires 315 yards 39-inch, with % yard 35-inch contrastin Bright red crepe marocain and plum | thade sheer veclvet are equally as nt-‘ for sizes 35 and 38 - tractive this youthful Eugenie | model. For a pattern of this style send 15| cents, in stampc or coin, directly to The Washington Star's New York Fashion Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street, New York Don't envy the woman who dresses well and keep her children well dressed. Just send for your copy of our Fall and Winter Fashion Magazine. It shows the best styles of the com- ing season. And you may obtain our pattern at cost price of any style| shown. The pattern is most econom- | ical in material requirements. It en- ables you to wear the new frocks at little expense—two frocks for the price | of one. | You will save $10 by spending a few | cents for this book. So it would pay | to send for your copy now. Address - "mn Department. Price of book, 10 nts. for with. The bed room requires a double bed | or twin beds, a bureau or dresser for the wife and a chiffonier or its equiva- lent for the husband. There should be | two chairs at least, a stand or sewing table and a bed-side table. The living room should have two com- fortable easy chairs, one distinctly a man's chair, a sofa or davenport (that | can be used as an extra bed when there | is a guest), one or two chairs beside a | desk, one rather large table and one or | two occasional or end tables, one of | which can be used to hold a tea tray or | cne for refreshments. At least one !0 U reading or table lamp should be in-| cluded and one for tne bedside table in the chamber. There must be rugs or some floor coverings. Hangings for the windows dress up a roori. There probably will be many dainty furnishing accessories from the bride’s hope chest, besides her household linens and silver for the din- ing room, from wedding gifts. It would be impossible to name each needed arti- cle. but the essentials’ have been enumerated. (Copyrisht. 1931) Everyday Psychology The Breadline. Psychblogists have often said that, if you would study human nature as it really is, you should go to the slums, where human nature has discarded the mask of civilization. Recently I was permitted to play the role of an observer. My observation stand was advantageous. Five hundred “down-and-cuters’ passed in review, each for his bowl of soup and six slices of bread. . What was the psychology of the situ- ation? Nothing but questions came to my mind at the time. And nothing but questions since. 1. Were these men psychological subjects? My answer is that they were merely physiological _units. Hunger pangs had put pride and ambition to flight. Men who live from hand to mouth do not seem to ponder much over the situation. 2. Does mass deprivation and suffer- ing lessen individual deprivation and suffering” I am convinced that it does. 3. Does the breadline eradicate race conscicusness? Not entirely. Now and then I noticad a shifting of position at the long table about which they stood to eat. 4. Is there an increased tendency for some men to rely on charity? It seems so. W. SPROWLS. i | (Copyright, 1931) MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Grapefruit, wheat cereal with cream, baked sausages, pper relish, potato cakes, oatmeal muf- fins, coffee. DINNER. PFruit cocktail, roast duck, apple sauce, mashed potatoes, baked squash, tomato salad, French dressing; baked Indian pudding, hard sauce. SUPPER. Duck sandwiches, olives, lemon jelly, whip; cookies, tea. OATMEAL MUFFINS Pour 1 cup scalding milk over 324 cup raw rolled oats, let stand five minutes, zu;id sng-, 2 ;l::e]e- spoons . 34 cup flour, 2 tea- Shoons baking powder, 1 table- spoon melted shortening (butter or lard)’and 1 tablespoon milk. Makes 12 muffins. Bake from 12 to 15 minutes. ROAST DUCK. ‘Wash and dry duck carefully. Make a dressing of bread crumbs, onion, salt, pepper, poultry dress- ing and butter, with just enough hot water to moisten. ~ Insert and sew up completely that the seasoning may not escape. If tender, ducks do not require more than hour to roast. Keep them well basted and a few minutes before serving dredge lightly with flour to make them look plump and frothy. Send to table hot with a brown gravy poured not around, but over, them. Serve with apple sauce. LEMON JELLY. To a package of gelatin add a pint of cold water, the juice of 4 lemons and the rind of 1. Let it stand an hour, then add 1 pint boiling water, a pinch of cinna- mon, 3 cups sugar. Let it all come to a boil. Strain through a napkin into molds, set away to get cold. Nice poured over sliced bananas and oranges. Custard Sauce — Into double boiler put 1 cup milk. Beat egg yolk until very thick, add 2 table- spoons sugar and pinch of salt. Stir into milk when it boils, con- tinue stirring until it thickens, about five to eight minutes. Take ickles, cream Scavenger beetles are a great family 5f earth cleaners. Have you ever stopped hink of how free the air is from The insects have a They are to “carry hem to the spot whence the odor came Furthermore, by burying this decaying matter the soil is cnncgedv Have you ever realized that the lowly angle worm lifts tons of earth yearly and into his burrows creep many, many insects, which could not make the burrow for themselves? The little ant lion, who lles at the bottom of his den, waiting patiently for the inquisitive insect to roll down | his sloping walls, frees his home at |once from all d:bris left from his last meal. He piles the fragments on his head and with a quick jerk sends them over the top and some distance from his | | trap. There are many, many insects which | bury their victims in the earth and| place their young upon the food. They l hatch quickly after being placed there | by their mother and the food is soon sustaining them. Even the fly that we try to swat places her children where they will soon clean up the place. The blue-bottle fly places her children in the bodies of dead animals, which are quickly reduced to harmless matter and the spread of disease is lessened. An ant is most helpful about the place, 00, and as her family has an appetite that is never satisfied, we again are indebted to the insect family. Birds and ds are ever on the lookout for tid-bits and help to keep down the insects which are not our friends. Tumble-bugs are famous the world over and they roll their market- ing home, where they feast for two weeks day and night. The mother bee- tle goes to the market place again if any matter is left and construtts an- other ball. . This she trundles home and makes into predigested food for her family. She shapes the most perfect little pears of the material and places a tiny egg in the tip of the pear-shaped cradle. The youngster eats the food and grows very fat. He goes through many changes and finally steps out into the sun a wn beetle. Should a strolling insect or mouse go into the open door of the beehive, the inhabitants make short work of the in- truder. If too large to push out of the door he is pulled over to one side, away from the main street and embalmed in wax! offensive odors? very keen sense of smell provided with strong wis tl | Helter-Skelter Methods. “Should my baby's naps and bedtime {be regular>” is a surprising question. But it is even more surprising when, in | the next breath, the young mother dis- closes a series of woes, all directly re- lated to that very matter of regularity. Such is the case with Mrs. E. A. M. who writes: “My baby is almost a year old and weighs 17 pounds. She still nurses, and doesn't cat a thing. She doesn't seem to lil ‘ood. She nurses about four or five times at night. She sleeps with me. How shall I wean her, and how can I do it without making her cry a lot day and night? “Sometimes she sleeps three or three and one-half hours during the day, but does not go to bed until 9 or 9:30. She waits for me. Her naps aren’t regular, either. She eats when she pleases and sleeps when she pleases. How can I | get her to eat at the table? She cries and fusses when I will not nurse her. I would like some information, please.” Here is a fairly good example of the poor results obtained when a baby is reared without rhyme or reason. If you make no effort to regularize the baby’s day and feed her the foods that will make her healthy, you cannot blame the baby for being irritable. The cause of your problem is pro- longed nursing, for after the ninth month the breast milk is of poor quality and insufficient in amount to nourish the baby properly. In addition, she lacks every other food which is in the diet of the modern baby. She is about 5 glound.s underweighi, indicating how badly she needs these other foods and some regularity in her life. | today. ! She is cross and nurses so much because of her malnutrition, so there is ' no reason for prolonging this poor feed- ing one more day. When she is hungry she'll accept food willingly, especially if (Copyright, 1931) “BONERS” Humorous Tid-Bits From School Papers. Wean her DAILY DIET RECIPE ANGEL FOOD SUPREME. Egg whites, 16; cream of tartar, 2 teaspoons; granulated sugar, 1% cups; salt, 3 teaspoon; bak- m; powder, 2 teaspoons; flour, 13 cups; almond extract, about 2 ‘teaspoons; whipping cream, 1 pint; sliced fresh peaches, 4 cups. SERVES 10 OR 12 PORTIONS. Whip egg whites to firm stiff froth; add cream of tartar; fold in sugar lightly. Fold in flour which has been sifted four times with baking powder and salt. Add almond or other flavoring. This is double the ?\untity of the usual basic angel food recipe. Cook cake in very large, round, ungreased pan. Bake in mod- erate oven (about 325 degrees Fahrenheit) about one hour. In- vert pan and let cool. Then re- move cake and hollow out center and fill with sliced peaches or oth- er seasonable fruit. Cover with a pint of cream whipped stiff, fla- vored with almond and colored delicately with a few drops of any preferred vegetable coloring to suit your decorative scheme. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes protein, starch, sugar, fat. Very much lime present in egg whites and cream. Cream and fruit has vit- amins A and B. Can be eaten THE GOVERNMENT OF ATHENS WAS DEMOCRATIC BECAUSE PEO- SIIAEMMADE LAWS WITH THEIR OWN Pooling, a practice indulged in by young men about town. A toreador is a really bad storm. Napoleon's men were cannibals, be- cause they existed on raw recruits. Colimbus was a great navigator, who eursed about the Atlantic. In Pittsburgh they manufacture iron, ard steal. In Japan most of the people are called confusions, and the religion is called confusionism. The smallest re- ligion in the world is confusionism. Three ways of preventing forest fires: (1) Locomotives passing through a forest must not burn fuel. (2) Trees must be cut 80 as to leave no stumps. {3) Never use a camp fire unless you from fire and add 1% te vanilla. A iz (Copyright, 1931.) are sure it is out. The midnight sun is usually called moon. (Copwright, 1931.) in moderation by adults of nor- mal digestion of average or under ‘weight. YOUR BABY A | | ND MINE BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. | | some one besides you offers it to her. | | "“she should have been sleeping alone from the day of her birth. Make that change immediately. Provide her with a crib of her own, so that she will have | no incentive to nurse four or five times at_night. | Here is an outline for her day, includ- | ing naps, baths and diet. All of the foods she should have are represented here, but in small amounts. Because she has had none of them, they must | be offered in small amounts so they will | not upset her. When she is used to| them, increase the amounts slowly until they are sufficient for her nourishment. Our leaflets on “Schedule for the Baby of One Year” and “Diet From 12 to 18 Months” may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope with your request to Myrtle Meyer Eldred, “Your Baby and Mine” department of this newspaper. 6 am—Six ounees of milk, two ounces of water, one teaspoon of sugar, by cup; one-half teaspoon cod liver ofl. | 9 am.—One ounce of orange juice; with one ounce of cool, boiled water, by cup. 9:30 a.m.—Bath. | 10 am—One tablespoon of cooked cereal, wheat or oatmeal. Pour part of above formula over cereal, and give the rest to drink. One-half teaspoon cod liver ofl 10:30 a.m.—Long morning nap. 2 p.m—One teaspoon cooked egg yolk. One tablespoonful of sieved vegetables, | carrots, spmach, beets, beans or peas. Formula as at 6 am. one-half teaspoon cod liver ofl. Take baby out for an airing. 6 p.m.—Same as at 10 am. Put baby to bed for the night. Dur- ing the first week if she wakes at night give the breast until such time as it is dried up and baby well established on cow’s milk. FOOD PROBLEMS BY SALLY MONROE. Sandwiches for Supper. Suitable for serving at supper after the theater or as a Sunday night bite | are sandwiches in which tongue and | mushrooms enact a lead role. The contents of a tin or small glass of cooked tongue are combined with one- half cupful chopped® prepared mush- | Tooms (cooked or canned). Season | with two tablespoonfuls of chopped pickles, dill' or tart, and as much piquant salad dressing as liked. Spread between slices of white bread and cut in fancy shapes. Fruit-Filled Pastries. Quite as good as a fruit-filled cookie or a pretentious pie are tries filled with seasoned fruit. Individual pastry shells already baked make the rest a simple rite. Blend two cupfuls of | chopped, pitted dates with one cupful evapora milk or thin cream and a cup of water. Cook over a low flame until thickened, then flavor with the grated rind of one lemon, one table- spoonful of lemon juice and a dash of cinnamon. When cool put in the pas- try shells and add a frosting of whipped cream, sweetened or not, as preferred. — Michael Coughlan, who recently died, aged 110, in the Tyllamore district, Ire- could remember the land, days O'Connell and when men worked for cents a day. . > of 8 an esact science, according to world in- Destigators, but all_agree it i interesting and lots of fun. The Star presents the obove feature in that spirit. 1 you wish to Rave your toriting anglyzed send a sample to Miss Mocka- L £008,,00 The Star, . along with o eit) preted is column or you will receive a hondwriting analysts’ chart will Aind an ini which you teresting study. n stam in_th Children Need to Feel Security in Home. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. “It is difficult for a grown-up to realize how children suffer when they feel lack of security. ster has suffered tortures in silence be- cause somehow he gained the idea that he did not really belong in his family. Belonging to something that is fixed and real means a great deal. Just to know that the house is there, that mother will be at home when school is over, that father will come Wwhen night falls is worth so much to & child that one wonders why grown-ups fail to realize this truth.™ It was a child psychologist talking at a parent-teachers’ meeting. She cau- tioned against too much talk of finan- cial uncertainties, lack of jobs, shortage of money with the consequent corollary of bre: up a home, She cff the story of the man with- out 4 country and pointed the moral that he felt the need of belonging somewhere, to something, to somebody. She told of the security a child feels when mother's hand is warm and close on walks out of doors. She said that the feeling of security and reliance extended even into disci- pline. If a mother is firm, punishes when she says she will, rewards when she has promised to do so, does not ary the mood the child begets a feeling of safety and surety. In this world of ever- changing aspects it helps a child to realize that mother stands sure and steadfast and that home is a place of safety where loving care surrounds a perplexed child like a comfortable blanket. After the lecture the mothers | agreed that she knew what she was talking about. My Neighbor Says: Instead of beating the egg yolks and whites together when making a pumpkin pie, beat the whites stiff and fold them into the mixture just before baking. White flies, which so frequent- ly infest house plants, may be exterminated by immersing the top of a plant in a solution of water and whale ofl soap for about 10 minutes. If one-half a teaspoonful of baking powder is added to to- matoes just before adding milk, when making bisque, it will not curdle. Dot the top of squash with small pieces of butter before putting it into the oven to bake. 1t gives it a delicious flavor. (Copyright, 1931.) LY - The things I've learned from my mis- takes M evaybody cine T ind Prefers to make his own. Many a young- punishment with her own| ys: “I am a little hard of hearing. Would me? age limit? must I show my birth certificate? Also, do they pro- vide a typewriter for those taking the test? w"l ha\'el ‘-m:ln several mail- Helem Woodwara. 10 SNeTd | der to obtain @ steady position, but I have been unable to connect.” There are all kinds of Government positions and different examinations for i Coiffure for Large Nose. Dear Miss Leeds—(1) I have a very large nose. How can I dress my halr so s that it will look smaller? § (2) What shall T e2t in order to gain | weight? I am 17 years old and need to gain abcut 13 pounds. MAURINE. Answer—(1) In the first place you must wear your hair long and not bob- bed so that you can have a knot of hair or curl clustered behind to balance your nose. When arranging this knot study your profile in a handglass. Do not pin the coil of hair on a level with your nose, but wear it rather low at the back. Avoid center-part coiffures. A side part is good with the hair waved rather high in the center, and a fluffy curl at the beginning of the part. Keep the hair off the sides of your face so as not to detract from its width | Fluffy curls about the face are more becoming than a sleek, smooth effect when the features are too bold. (2) What one eats is, of course, of OUR CHILDREN BY ANGELO PATEL School Supplies. Children like to carry things to | school. They take pride in having the biggest school bag, the grandest pencil box, the most books. Unless they are watched they will burden themselves | with supplies that they do not need | The weight they carry wearies them. It gets in the way of the school routine. It is difficult for a child marching in other to care for books. Little children !often fall on the stairs trying to care | for their supplies. Tre less of them the children carry, the better. Strip their school bags to the bare limits of necessity. They are to carry only what they need for the day. The younger children need carry little or nothing. Usually they have no home lessons and so need carry no books, and the pencils should be left in school. It is better that small children carry no | pointed Instruments, not even a pencil. The children of the elementary grades are likely to load themselves down with | books. This they do to feel important, to serve notice to the world that they are busy people and cary a weight of knowledge. ~The loads of books they carry are likely to cause poor posture, too big a price to pay for a gesture of superiority. [Examine the books trey are carrying and reduce them to what is needed. scheol students. They are past the stage of acquisition, past the stage where they want to impress the world with the weight of their books. They are likely to err on the other side. And. also, they are likely to be careless with their material. They mark text books needlessly; they mar pages of books; they tear leaves from books. They lay them around and lose them. They, too, must be checked up on school sup- plies because, first, the bad habit they are forming; next the cost of the ma- terials they are wastirg. time. When the children are on their way to and from school they lay their dirty places. At home the books get into the hands of the younger chil- dren and are damaged. "Or they are left on the table where food is eaten and sofled past redemption. All these ened if home co-operates with school and checks up the children in the mat- ter of school supplies. All books ought to be covered with clean paper. This cover should be changed frequently enough to keep it in presentable condition. A place for books and supplies should be kept at the disposal of the children, and each child held responsible for keeping Lis things in place. Each term the books should be ex- amined so that parents know the con- dition of them when received, the treat- ment given them by the child owner and the condition of them at the end of the term. This attention to supplies is not only important to the character growth of the children; it is important to_the tax rate of the community. School supplies cost money. _Schools need bountiful supplies. If care is ex- ercised money go farther, service broadened. Waste hurts all concerned— children, parents and teachers. (Copyright, 1931.) -— 2 and Ecuador have just been re- newed. dreds of people taking examinations that count against | for each one who gets a job. Is there any | ‘There are special courses which I am | cost about $25 to prepare you to pass 35 years of age. | civil service examinations, but I doubt Could I state that|if you need one for the straight typist's I am younger or!job, since you have plenty experience. Being hard of hearing will not inters fere with copying work. I am told there are many gils cver 35 working in the departments % Washington. Better tell the trwda | about your age, as the examiners have a right to ask you to show your birta certificate and may do s0. A typw writer will be provided for you. As to your other question, it is use- less to write to mail order houses to ask for jobs. They don’t take on peo- ple that w Go to see them instead, MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. | great importance in any weight-building | tion. line from one part of a building to an- | ‘There is little difficulty with the hi h ! Books are rarely marred in school | books on the ground, they toss them | about, they kide them in damp and | causes of waste and loss can be less- | [ will be improved and school activities on the Diplomatic reltions between Colom- | a \ the program, but one must also be sure to pay sufficient attention to other hygienic habits. Sleep at least nine hours out of the 24, Take a walk outdoors—get as much fresh air and sunshine as pos- sible. Avoid “indigesticn and constipa- Avoid worry. Have three sub- stantial meals a day. Here are a few menu suggestions. Breakfast——Stewed or other fruit, whole-grain cereal with cream and sugar, cocoa, graham gem with Loney and butter. Lunch—Malted milk, baked maca- Ton! and cheese, or baked beans, toma- to salad, applesauce, ginger bread. Dinner—Vegetable soup, meat or meat substitutes, baked potatoes, buttered on&ir.s, carrots, pumpkin pie, glass of milk. In trying to gain weight it is im- portant not to overload the stomach. Mastication must be thorough to in- sure proper assimilation. LOIS LEEDS. Sunken Cheeks. Dear Miss Leeds—My cheeks appear sunken. How can I make them fatter? I am 18 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tail and weigh 120 pounds. VIOLET. Answer —You are 8 pounds below the aves in weight, so perhaps if gained weight your face would be fuller. Please read my answer to ‘“‘Maurine” above, who also needs to gain. If you are not in perfect health I would advise a visit to your doctor. as sunken cheeks are not normal for a young girl What you most need may be a general building up of your health. h cheekbones sometimes make the cheeks appear hollow. LOIS LEEDS. Knock-Knees. Dear Miss Leeds—I am 15 years old and am slightly knock-kneed. My ankles and calves are much too thin. How can I improve them.? CHARLOTTE. Answer.—It looks to me as though you need to gain weight. You kmow all skeletons are knock-kneed, it is the flesh over the bones trat gives the legs the straight, shapely outlines that we admire. If your ankles are weak and you wear high-heeled shoes. the kpock- kneed tendency would be mcreasws. I have two free leaflets that I should like you to have. One is on how to gain weight and the other gives special ex- ercises for_improving the contours of the legs. Please send me a request for. these leaflets and remember to inclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope, so that I can mail them to you at once. LOIS (Copyright, 1831) JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in Etiquette. BY JOSFFH J. FRISCH. WHEN MOTHER SAID THAT A NEIGHBOR HAD BORROWED HALF | THE KITCHEN WARE, DAD WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER IT WAS THE CAN OPENER OR THE CORKSCREW, [ =4 H. N. mead "sl?‘ebiiahoi;" are n‘?‘t‘ used lern vegetal are served in side dishes (many familles still prefer this form of service), they are eaten from those dishes and not placed on the dinner plate. These vege- tables, including stewed corn and toma- toes, are nv:-ken with the fork, not with Dmn