New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 24, 1928, Page 10

Kothevine Advises Firwness as & Cure for Mother Graham's Tantrem. I went out of my mother-in-law's reom as unobtrusively as possible, and softly shut the door belind me. As 1 went down the hall, I heard the decided click of the lock and at the sound my heart dropped precipitate. ly-to the region of my heels. T knew what that sound heralded —a long-drawn out spell of sulkiness in which Dicky's mother would play the role of a suffering martyr, would have to be coaxed to eat, even to come outside her room. It had been a long time since she had indulged herself in a tantrum of this sort, and 1 would have marveled at her losing her temper so com- pletely over so trivial a cause, had T not remembered that it never had been the big issues which had aroused her rancor, but some pretty le incident hardly worth a con- troversy but for the principle in- volved. There had been a time when I would have met her tirade with frigidity and waited for her to make the first overture of friendliness. But that time had passed with her rapidly advancing years. She was an old woman, and though for the peace of the household, I could not permit her to develop the petty tyranny with which so many old people terrorize their households, yet I could temper my firmness with deference and kindly consideration. ‘There was no use doing or saying anything, I knew, until the first gust of her anger had passed. I did not worry over her threats to stop eat- ing, to write to her daughter, Har- riet, asking for asylum or. to sum- mon Dick home. I had heard them all many times, and learned that she never would carry out the last two threats, and could be cajoled from the first one when she became really hungry. But I dreaded the narrow path of caution which I must tread for the next week or two lest I again rouse her anger. 1 was glad indeed that the Brixton visit was so many days away, that Harry and Dickey were gone and Lillian and Marion on the eve of de- Peter Follows His Nose By Thornton W. Burgess Who to his task himaelf doth lend ‘Will be tyiumphant in the end. —Ol4 Mother Nature Peter Rabbit reached the Green Forest in safety. Then he began'to: look for his cousin, Jumper the Hare. The first ene- he met was Prickly Porky the Porcupine. Peter dearly loves to be a carrier -of news. “Have you heard that Jimmy Skunk is lame becausc some one attacked him?" Peter inguired. 5 Prickly Porky merely grunted znd started up a tree. It was very clear that Prickly Porky wasn't the least bit interested in Jimmy 8kunk. A little farther on Peter met Bobby Coon. “Have you heard the news, Bobby?" cried Peter. “Do you suppote there i3 any one who hasn't heard 'it?" retorted Bobby. “You are a little late, Peter, & little late. Sammy Jay has already been here.” Peter looked little dlsappointed, but wasn't altégether surprised. “Who do you suppose did 1it, Bobby?" he asked. “Some one who was willing to take a ehance, and who there s who would want to take such a chance, I can’t ' think,” fteplled Bobby. Peter went along. Pretty soon he met Jumper the Hare, Before he could open his mouth to ask Jump- er if he had heard the news, Jump- er said Fes, Poter, I've heard the news. Now who do vou suppose could have been-so foelish?" “I haven't the least idea,” re- plied Peter, “I wish 1 had. But I'm going to find out. Yes, sir, I'm going to find out.” . “How are you going to find out asked Jumper. “I don’t know,”" re- plied Peter, “I just am, that's all. So Peter continued on his way through thé Green Forest, asking all the people whom he met if .they knew who had heen bold enough to attack Jimmy Skunk. Always he got the same answer—'No.” He discov- ered that it was the talk of the Green Forest, You see, every one knows Jimmy so well, and has so much respect for that little scent: gun he carries, that no one could imagine ary onc heing rash enough 1o attack Jimmy, 8o the puzzle was #s much a puzzle as ever. Peter had even gone as far in as the pond of Paddy the Beaver without getting even a hint as to who it could have been, It was after he left the pond of | Paddy the Beaver and was taking a | ahort cut mmugh a rather lonely! part of the Green Forest that he &nddenly stopped and stretched his nose ont—that wabhly little nose of and how it dil wahble! Peter smelling. Yes, sir, Peter was smeliing! ‘I declare,” said Poter. “7t seems | to me 1 smell the scent of Jimmy | Skunk. Now how can that be away over here? Jimmy fsn't over —here | and hasn't been over hers. He wasa| hurt last night away over the other side of Farmer Brown's. Perhaps one of his children has been over | liere, or perhaps Mrs. Skunk has heen over here, but I doubt it. This | is curions, very curious indeed. [| think I'll follow this up. Perhaps | ')l find out something.” So, very carefully, Peter began to | advance. All the fime he was using his eves and his ears and his nose. His eyes and his ear told him noth- ing, but his nose told him that some one with the scent of Jimmy Skunk certainly had been over in that part of the Green Forest very recently. The smell grew stronger. And Peter wondered and wondered. But he was nervous. Yes, Peter was nerv-| 'lhl-%l-y mw—- parture for thelr trip to-the moun- tains. My father was keeping very much to his room and the book of reminiacences he was compiling for the secret service. There would be left in the household, besides my mather-in-law and idolized grandchildren, Junlnr and Mary. Her self-imposed martyrdom would not be fed by the opportunity to exhibit it to a large audience. At luncheon I told my father, Lil- lian, Marion and Mary of the change, then went on to the little balcony where Katherine sat watching Jun- ior in his first playtime outdoers since his fall from the apple tree. Bhe looked at me at first casually, then more intently as I came over to her. 8he drew up a chair for me. “Jt isn’t true,” she laughed, “or it it is, it isn’t as bad as it seems. Nothing ever is. 8it down and tell me about it." “It's Mother Graham.” I said de- spondently, and when I had finished telling her of my encounter with my truculent mother-in-law, she gave 8 soft prolonged whistle, “l thought she'd got religion,” she commented. “‘She hasn't had one of those outbursts in years.” “Do you suppose it will hurt her?” 1 asked, anxiously voicing the uppermost thought in my mind. “She’s so old and frall, you know. And she says she won't eat.” “Don’t' worry about that part ef it,” the little nurse retorted with a slight smile. “To my certain knowl- edge she has tea, coffee, condensed milk, and a choice vzriety of canned soups, jams, crackers and biscuits in that corner cupboard of hers, and that tiny electric grill to heat - any- thing on. Bhe can get on very nicely for a much longer time than it will take for her to.consent graciously to come down to her meals again. And, as for the rest ofiit, let me tell you frankly that if you encourage this sort of thing at her age you'll make of her-a tyrant who cannot bLe crossed because the thwarting might kill her.’ Yoy must make a stand now or never." Copyright, 1928, Newspaper Feature Service, Inc. a1 havew't the leist flm." replied Peter ous. 8o he would only take a hop or two and then stop, sit up, look and iisten. But all the looking and all the listening told him nothing. (Copyright, 1928, by T. W. Burgess) Baby Princess Belgium's baby. princess. Josephine ' Charlotté, danghter of Princess As- trid and Crown Prince Leopold, had her picture taken when she cel brated her first, birthday recently. nLa U s PaT OFY. ©1928. BY MEA SERVICE. WC Men never will tell a rich girl | whether she's the first one whose money they've ever loved, il Bild L SWEET AND LOW SWEET AND LOW WIND OF THE WESTERN SEA, Tms BED TIME SToRY 1S C-we«vmwsu , THE COURTESY OF THE FLAKO ComAWY MAKERS OF FLAKO, THE BREAK FAST FOOD THE KIDDIES CRY FOR.. I NN ¢ (O So this {s progress.’ 'ONE. LONG WORD EAENES/ SRSl N/ ENaNE) SEE Get that lone 10-letter word, No. 13 vertical, and you'll have a good start towards completion of this puzsle. Horlzontal 1. Negligent. 6. Pertaining to attractive scenery. 11. Type of poem. 12. Pertaining to a node. 14, English coin. 15, Era. 16. Existent. . Vigor. 18. Carmine. Dimmer. . Venomous snake. Insoluble part of cherry gum. Charasteristic fruits of the ap- ple family. . Felt troubled. . Bour substance. . To tear, . A rod. 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MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygela, the Health Magazine Through a half dozen different advertisements of food products in | recent years the public has been in- formed that acidosis is & menace to | health, The type of acidosis which affects | mouth | ctated with the the multitude results from eating foods which leave an excessive amount of acid in the body. Such foods develop hydrochloric, phos- phoric and sulphuric acids when they are digested. leading to acidity of the body's secretions and ex- cretions. Among the symptoms associated with acidosis have been tiredness. nausea, headache, weakness and lack of appetite. The acidity of the Infures the enamel of the teeth, and the acidity of the stom. ach secretions results in burning and uncomfortable sensations. The Foods Certain foods are definiely asso- formation of ‘acid. These include lean beef, white bread, chicken, egg yolk, oysters, veal | wheat, pork, fish. and similar sub- | stancea. Obviously these types of material which form ‘the | mot important and commonly used constituents of the American diet. There are other foods which tend | to vield alkaline reactions in the bhody and which therefore may be used as contrast substances to the acid foods. The alkaline-forming products include tomatoes, prunes, carrote, lima beans, oranges, lemons, cantaloupe, lettuce peaches potatoes and dried peas. Radical Policy One of the sad factors about the average American’s relation to diet is his tendency to adopt an all or nothing policy. If he is told that acid is harmful, the alkaline products, not realizing that alkaline conditions are just as eerious in their way as are acid con- {ditions. Sodium bicarbonate or baking soda |is frequently taken to overcome the acid condition. If taken in too large amounts the results may be most unsatisfactory. The best rule to follow is moder- ation in eating both alkaline and acid foods, and a well mixed and well balanced diet for all normal persons. | READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR BEST RESULTS are the | he i3 likely to overdo' Menus of the Family BY LOUISE BENNETT WEAVER Refreshments for Hallowe'en Popcorn balls, apples, doughnuts, cider, Ham sandwichés, kin cream. coffee, pump- ple topped with whipped Doughnuts, cider, fudge. black walnut Nut bread sandwiches, pear,salad, sugared pdpcorn and nuts, Pumpkin ple, coffes. Jellied trult salad, colored yéllow, brown bread sandwiches,. . orange sherbet, gold cakes, coffee. Balls (Ten) Two quarts freshly .popped, corn, 1 _cup sugar, 1-2 cup molasses or sorghum, 2 tablespoons vinegar, 1-2 cup water, 1 tablespoon huuer. 1-4 teaspoon soda. Caretully inspect the povcom l.nd discard all unpopped kernels. Mix the sugar, molasses, vinegar, water and’ butter. Cook, without stirring, over a moderate fire until & small portion slowly poured {into cold water becomes brittle. Add the soda and mix well and pour over the pop. corn. Mix thoroughly. with a long handled spoon until the _syrup has become well blended with the corn, Let stand urtil cool enough to handle and then take up by handfuls and press into balls in the lemn of the hands. Popcorn balls quickly lose their freshness and should'not stand more than two or three hours. The ‘corn may be popped previously, if- desired and when ready to be made in bails may be reheated in-a slow oven. Do not salt the popcorn to be used ln balls. Doughnuts (Light, spicy ones) melted, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon nut- ' meg, 1 cup milk, 4.cups flour, ¢ | teaspoons baking powder. Mix the fat and sugar. Adq. the eggs and beat for 2 minutes. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix: just enough to blend. Too much mixing | handling or rolling out will cause the doughnuts to become tough. Wheén the ingredients are mixed. place upon a well floured board and roll out until the dough is 1.3 of an yinch thick. Fry in deep hot fat until well browned on ' the urder side, jtdrn with a’fork’ and ‘brown the other side. Remoye on'a fork and: let drip. Place on edge side by side on |a soft paper which will absorb any sdrplus fat. When cool the dough- nuts may be covered with powder- ed sugar and stored in an earthen- ware jar or the cooky box. Some per- isons prefer to sugar the doughnuts when ready for serving. Suggestions for Hallowe'en Make “small butter balls inte pumpkin shapes and insert stalks of parsley for the stems. Dip a stick Into melted chocolate and mark face: on popcorn balls, apples, cookies, cakes and round wafers. Make jack o lantern faces on red apples by cutting 'hrnu‘h the thin red skin. NEVER SAW HI Norristown, Pa.. Oct. 24.—Emily Waterhouse never saw her Uncle Albert, but she learnéd that he died intestate in 1926. She filed claim 10t a share of the estate. This was granted and redistribution” of the estate ordered among the kpown heirs, Miss Waterhouse was, bors four " months * after her father’s death, which checked with raport of her uncle’s estate to the effect-that George Waterhouse, a brother, had no children when he died in 1393, , BUT— One cup sugar, 2. tablespoons m ! “at Wadmgtonmmw Society Women Not Given coupled with feminine appeal and winsomeness, troduced before the star of the day was allowed to ' appear. Lady Aster had another engagement after the luncheon and her time was therefore limited. When at last she did get the floor the applause prevented her from speaking for a moment. At once she began 'to argue against war and again the applause stopped With an impatient gesture ‘of hand, Lady Astor Vell, you won't stop wars by clapping about them.” After that she had her way and was allowed to make her speech. “The man who says woman's place Is in the home is descended from the Turk,” she said swiftly. “It took a war to show men women could do the same things they could and some that they couldn't.” Her voice dropped quickly into & softer tone as she turned to Secre- tary of the Navy Wilbur at her side. ut don't think I am against men. I'm not. I have quite a weakness for them and I think they have done very well considering the fact that they have had to man. age the world's affairs alone for Then she spoke of moral courage being women's great contribution to the world. Mrs. Borden Harriman and Alice Roosevelt Longworth. are holding rivi lons for the republican ani democratic leaders .these days. Little Paulina is supposed to en- gross most of Mrs. Longworth's time and interest but it is only nat- ural that the daughter of “TR" takes g little intcrest in such an exciting election and those ‘in the know” say that the informal 8un- day night teas presided over by “Princess Alice” are helping to make. political ' histery. Bimilar events at the home of Mrs. Harri- man provide szést and stimulation in the democratic campaign. ¥ —— Handbags of Tweed Match New Ensembles Paris, Oct. 3¢ M—Tweed an homespun handbags to match en- semble. suits are ahown extensively here. Some of them have frames cov- ered with the material of the bag. Others have: tortoise-shell frames and a few are flat envelope ' bags with anap clasps. Tweed envelopo bags bordered ' with leather are a novel form.' Handwoven leather 'bags of t toncs, usually in grays and tans to mwe‘ch wool mixtures, are also wide- ly ahown for carrying with day. time ensembles. BRIDEGROOM MISSING Mt. Clemens, Mich., Oct. 24— Disappointed in love, arrested by local police gnd turnéd over to De- troit authorities because she had been living there for several weeks, Marie Burly, 18, is ready to' go bi to Wer home in Chicago and forget her romance. S8he was near collapse when taken in custody. This, she said,” was because the man who had lured her from Chi. had failed to show up forethe wedding which was to have taken place here. Paris.—Swoops. my dear, are com- ing in. or rather they're actually here. Nicole Groult has a beige duvetyn coat with circular sides out. lined with bands of fox cut-in form 80 that they stand out as If they were wired. The same line i» carried out in some other things at Grouit's, where they are showing a new sil- houette. Pagoda, I call it. 8aw some evening dresses that reach clear down to the ankles with just mere alits in front through which one gets an_ occasional glimpse of the stock- ings. M ‘Writing of' Paris, Oct. 24—While the new collections of winter fashions offer women a wider range of feminine touches, such as longer skirts. and form-fitting bodices, the latest ideas do not promise her an easier life. She still must be mindful of her sil- houette. Whatever might be said of new fashions, the woman herself, who must wear them, is always impor- tant. 8he will have to keep a close watch on her figure, for these beau- titully feminine frocks call for elim, suave -lines. The slightest hint of “roundness” will neccessitats even more discrimination than before, when deciding upon winter clothes. Take the princess dress, a theme all couturiers have worked on. In many instances it clings to the 1} ure down to where the old wi line used to be—somewhere’ above the 'knees—and , then flares ' out either to the right, lett, or all the way around. Many, women' will want ta have such a dress, but-it must be just the'right kind of “princess’ or the result will be disastrous. An Adaptable Style The robe de style or‘period dress, 1s another Lorelel ‘to ensnare many women. Contrary to ~what many may belleve, this is a style becom- ing to’ almost any type of woman, provided, of course, that it is adjust- ed to tha right proportions of her figure. There are some .robes de style in Jeanne Lanvin's collection suitable to the debutante and the young matron, to the very slim and to the fuller figure, to the tall wo- man and her shorter sister. It seems this season that Lanvin has achieved a triumph 5o far as her evening gowns are.concerned, and her collection is both sumptuous and varied. An_ outstanding .model was made of thick red moire with a huge pouf effect on one side and a form fitting bodice cut in a deep V at the back. A huge bow in strass above the pouf ga a glittering touch to the frock. Lanvin uses the most diverse fabrics. for her evening.dresses, and while she ‘confines taffetas, tulles, moires to her period gowns, many others - figure quite exten- sively. Velvet, mostly in solid shades, mousseline de sole combined with fine lace or alone, makes up most of the other models, a good part of which are built on the princess- dress theme. She "has one or two scintillating, strass - embroidered sheath evening gowns that are given necessary - width by the in- sertion of tulle godets and panels. Lanvin favors the Empire decol- lete, too, although the rounded neck in front and deep decollete at the back is also featured. Follows Skirt Linds Another problem that Lanvin has solved is that of the evening coat to , wear with these dipping skirts. While a great many cou- turiers frankly ignore this ques- tion and are showing coats for the evening rather shorter than last season, Jeanne Lanvin gives the same lines to the evening coat. Perhaps it 1s a question of_habit, but there I8 nothing particularly graceful in seeing long wisps of mousscline or a. panel floating round a 'woman's ankies when she slips her wrap on. Philippe and' Gaston is another house where wraps . are to be found to harmonize with the new dip- ping skirts, and. Monsieur Gaston seems to favor the cape effect in this respect. Beautiful shades of 1ed and blue with elaborate fur collars and cuffs vie with colorful lames and black velvet fin the models they show. This house has u reputation for beautiful fur i trimmings and this ~ is apparent throughout the whole collection. There is an - afternoon coat which Philippe and Gaston have created suitable - for very formal afternoon wear as.well as for the evening. Black velvet {s natural- ly the material used, but the er- mine trimming fits any occasion. Every detall ‘has been studied with great care and the idea seems an excellent one. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS LINE! klut-luwhnta!m.sayl "Women to Vote Many Odd Devices Being Worked Up For This. Washington, Oct. 24. (B—Many different devices will be used to get out the women's vote on election day, announces Miss Belle Bherwin, president- of the League of Women Voters. The league concerns itself’ not with any particular candidate but concentrates on getting as many womeén as pomsible to the reminders, stickers on milk bottles, paper 'dodgers dia- tributed to houses andiinserted in ‘Rackages of merchandise will be: among the, devices used to remind women on elect morning that “today is the d ‘The, National League of Women Voters has representation in all the states and the members are urging women not only in the cities but in the most remote country hamlets to go to-the polls. Btates are vy- ing with each other in gétting up the mobt effective reminders In some states factory whistles will blow 'on the morning of election and hand bills will’ call attention to the whistles as a summons to voting duty. Having the telephone girls answer every call with the query “Have you veted yet?" will be a favored method in other local- ities. ‘) In some cities boy scouts will pin tags: - “I've voted, 'have you?" on every man and woman who leaves the polls. ;House to house visita, playlets, .round table discussionse and citizenship. schools are other methods being tried. New Pie Crimper Is Exhibited in London London, Oct. 24 (M—Innovations to help harassed housewives solve some of the innumerable problems connected with the home were dis- played here at the exhibition ore ganized by the Institute of Pate eateen. Among the newest machines de. signed to aid the cook is one which’ not only cuts and ‘crimps ples, but weals the edges of the pastry so that the' julce or gravy cannot es- cape into the oven. It aiso can be used for decorating iced cakes and similar - dainties. Another device is designed to prevent the contents of a saucepan from: burning. MOTHER SEES TRAGEDY Covington, Ky., Oct. 24.—Mrs, Rollie Yeiton, witnessed the death, by drowning. of ‘her husband and three children here 'recently. She stood on the bank of the Licking river and saw her husband and 12- year-old. twins die in an attempt te save a younger child. Fashion Plaque A band of beige broadtail encie. cles 'the brown felt hat.