The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 11, 1925, Page 14

' i PAC 14 ait 5 FRIDAY, dkribMben Li, 19Zo oc CYNTHIA GREY — Why Bother to Live; | Queries One Writer | * - | Page All the Pollyanas to Inform Him | | are working hard on a little gift for the president and Mra. Coottd as to Why Life Is Worth While | BY CYNTHIA GREY Today's letter is printed at the suggestion of Homer) Brew. After you read it, folks, you will not wonder that I immediately felt like conversing with a first class humor- ist. If it doesn’t affect you likewise, I shall be interested to know. Homer had more bright ideas as to how to dispose of the letter in three minutes than I could think of in a day, Chief among them beiug: To send it to Doctor Loope’s| Sunshine and Smiles column; print it in my column and head it Today’s Pollyanna Letter; or just print it and start} a discussion as to whether life is worth living. I am in-| clined to believe his last suggestion is the best, so here) Dear Miss Grey: Everything that is born—dles. | The tragedy of death, decay and collapse makes life an uninterrupted | chain of miseries and sorrows, Is it fair to produce children under these conditions and r suffer all these indescribable tortures of our earthly existence? Why not let them be unborn and remain nonexistent, better than to suffer all the agonies of app ing and inevitable death? The feeling of love is alluring, but even love dies and nothing © them remains but ashes and dust Respectfully, AB ota e : ; | More Cynthia Grey will receive | | Fleas callers at her offices in The | | Dear Miss G e t Star building, 1309 Seventh some way to rid my dog of ave., from I to 3 p. m. every I have tried different things, but day except Saturday and holl nothing seems satisfactory + days. THANKFUL. x x It is often difficult to keep 7 aa? dogs and cats entirely free How do you do the new dance, from fleas, especially if they the Charles FRANCES. are allowed to go out of doors Get a package of dye (for wool) from your druggist and follow closely the directions on the package. If you want the & great deal. Get a good flea powder and dust it on the ani mal according to directions and then comb and brush thoroly, coat a dark shade, no doubt When doing this, it is well to you will have to use several doe so in the yard, on straw. packages of dye. When finished, saturate the Directions for dance steps cannot be printed in these col- umns, Some of the dancing academies, I believe, are teach. ing this dance, ‘ straw with kerosene and burn to destroy the pests. In se vere cases, it may be necessary to wash the dog with carbolic | fj Sie Fee | Married Women Names for Russian | Teachers Wolf-hound Dear Mins Grey King Dear Misa Grey We have a/ County Tt this young Russian wolf hound pup and! year, the taliindant have been-unable to find a suitat are too many name. Will you please give me‘a! cra obtaining diplomas from th list of Russian names? 1 Univer and Normal ho H. J. J tate; that twice 7 Alexis, Dmitri, Ivan, Sergius, | teachers are bx graduate: Nicholas, Boris. }year as are fo his is only a 9. 59 too true, as many teachers can Religious | ruefully testify Query Bat aa the aw now stands ad-| Dear Miss Grey: Will you please | Utes of < en tel! me where a person may write alt ete “a pe bre | 4q find out in what town or city a| BTAte School ach artain Methodist minister is preach. | Washington State 1 Unie} tng? Mo. B. versity of Was & os | This information might be |” Why ‘the dt nat against Washington colle grad-| gained by writing to the Head- | quarters of the Methodist E opal Church (North) 740 Rush uates? : If some of the married women | D ~ hos usbands are perfectly ' st., Chi . IIL, or the South. | ¥808° husban: ie heaton: Nashville j able to support them, would give} ‘Tenn, or to the Methodist | UP teaching. there would be more | | Protestant Headquarters, 613. | Positions. Why are many school y. ft, N. S, Pitts | Principals and superinte srr foo th weld depend, of ]lowed to place their ‘wiyea in the | | Cotnie, on which divisles of the | 8chools of whjch they are the head?| i | If these t church he is . of teachers | would | pastor of. Dyeing a Coat; Charleston Dance | would stop there }be some | teacher who must more Dear Miss Grey: J trust th you will be kind enough to ans “these questions: | Gra How do you dye a polo cloth! cieaned by , hot, soapy | coat? water, - Won’t Mr. President Be Surprised ILYMOUTH, Vt., Sept. 11 wo old women, who knew Calvin idge long before the or anyone else even dreamed that he ever going to live in the White House as first citizen of the & was id, They are Miss Ellen Dunbar, 75, who taught the school that ¢ fdge attended here when he was 8 years old, and Mrs. Sarah Pollard #4, his aunt, with whom, he spent many days during that period of his lite. The gift that is in preparation ix a huge Afghan blanket, to composed of. 48 separate squares of crocheted and knitted mate Aunt Sarah and Miss Ellen are not the only ones who are busying themselves on it, either. Among the others are Mrs. John Garibaldi Sargent, wife of the attorney general of the United States, arid a dozen more. When all the separate squares are finished an old-fashioned knitting bee will be held and they will be Joined together to make the blanket be teaspoonful equals many other brands: Thats why CALUMET THE WORLD'S GREATEST ‘BAKING POWDER Is most economical—goes farther and lasts longer. * Neveruse beaping arial fuls when you bake with Calu- met—Use level spoonfuls because it contains more than the ordinary leavening strength. No other baking ’ powder will produce bakings at such a low cost. Bent by Test EVERY INGREDIENT USED OFFICIALLY APPROVED BY U. 8. FOOD AUTHORITIES SALES 24 TIMES THOSE OF ANY OTHER BRAND %, # ————_—_————— HOME Ship Ahoy.—A Nautical Design HANDIWORK ———_— 4 BY RUBY SHORT McKIM OT many embroidery patterns are suit- able for boys in long trousers; in fact, the chevrons here given are equally in order for big sisters’ middy togs. But sister, or brother, may well be proud of snowy linen embroidered in these especially designed emblems. The anchor is left sleeve, Colors are navy and red on blue used instead of direction of stite shield and one ) collar corners and the ea | for tie or dicky; stars for) * patch for the>’ y and red on white or white ; with sometimes gold color} red. The fine lines indicate thes; the lower part of the ide of the star points. are done only in outline stitch What Size, .Please! | L ct The My U.P) almost. universal prace and ahingling has in the grading of by sizes Sept Mirror Ring ni ume plan of grading 2 men's hate t but a ne are emailer th on How ef, they are king @ size 8 is for women who No. & but th tained th r POC <= 8 SO ma OO a ee es 5 BY CYNTHIA Ghiy Pretty Volly Vickie had nothing on Seattle housewives if 1 judge by the dozens of ff pouring In dally for pickle recipes of vark sorts, They evidently Intend pickling them by the inst of the peck Here are some tested recipes Please clip them now and paste them in your recipe book if you want them They cannot be re printed or copied. Gherkin | qui ater, 3 salt, 1] Ir 1 white mustard seed, | \4 whole ®, 1 table | |nize of a nutmeg, 1 cup brown Wash cucumbers and wipe dry | Drain f ' ata Put v sce he boiling p Add ¢ Olive Oil Pickles r 1 ry m™! ard ed, one-fourt 3 | p black mustard seed 1 ca) on celery seed; mix well, put in seal Do not cork Crisp Pickles cup rock salt, 1 cup mustard, ug 1 gallon vinegar, horae-| umbers wipe dry 10 Ja radish autif ul x. 2 * —— | Want Be Hands?) Wear Gloves While You Sleep | BY BONNA O’DEAR n “Artists and Models” 5 he observing women of the stage and society in general, I notice that many youthful faces are betrayed by hands thatare wrinkled and obviously old. For that reason, I believe in giving the same care to the hands you do to the face. After cleasing, I rub in a skin food, being careful to rub it well the knuckles and about the nails. I always press the ends of my fingers to keep them pointed and tapering, and at night I rub in cold tream and then 2 en into a pair of loose cotton gloves and wear them all night. this little extra care on my part, I keep them in excell condition and am never troubled with chapped or red look- ing hands. ¢ . . r n sterilized jars and pour of Yc he R ; he Sweet Pickles lover vinegar to fill cans full to over- i dU oom : i fruit! 1 pound flowing ¢ ¥ \s } wiiana tablespoons b | This ru wld be used for any | BY HEDDA HOYT plate easpoon whoiet sweet pickle. N , rt Mer 1 y . e c { ontr - = | stad vi ; bh pickles will and spices come) CONSERVE YOUR STRENGTH Haagen pbaarage een pine se nix weeks Pour over pre-| If you will cut out the nonessen- leaeueawatgetene br en ae tt vinegar {s-very. “sharp,” stand over night Is from your housework you will : personalition these Gays. ‘The tall and sur coats shows the flare that] ait with water, Too strong ecult 3m the | tind that you will go thru life much The newest type of Anger ring aaa san Hot vg MAG 1 ts 9 necessary on new frocks, With s ofton the datise of willy ruit_is clear. ! healthier and more comfortably. ie @ large portion of mirror st) one never known tha personality |@” [tH ine, coats themselves no matter how they are = in @ gold or platinum frame end) oe ine tittle pton cape tat op are shorter and slightly nipped in worn on the first finger. It comes, © lo stenographer until one jae the roaiatline Hi One in very handy when the lipa need) | CCE se redecorating or if it seems advis ives a girl is MIXED PICKLES 4 to dim the radiance of the} of 40 summers, 22 whith she} Crus | © quart small white onions, 1{ an werved faithfully in the credit ‘ . - } au ed green tomatoes, 1 large! SES ORS ais oa Of & Inge: department || C er the AITILAL YY \ v0 cauiitioner, 4 green peppers. 1 t lothes drab nd 4 quart ma beans, quart tender! ‘| ¢ might suspect that her beans. head celery, 1 BY SISTER MARY t ; M was quite Ar Beneath he B us wed prune a itimed spectacles are eyes thin crea: led b on, butt night we passed her Luncheon—Lamb scalloped Mase door. The air was stifling as tt of-|rico and tomatoes, graham. t Even He Breaks Into the |/ ten is in August. W 1 Into slo meringue pudding, milk, te World of Fashion the room expectir ¢ usual} Dinner—Cream of celery c F of the working & k pork chops, candied sweet potatoes, | f « towel-covered droaser ned with [scalloped corn, fruit salad, angel food ; eap nicknacks, a bed rn | cake, whole wheat bread, r coffer hoes and hat box ‘ ° Wi the coming of cc days, |" Instead wo anw the room home | por served donally, It x - of the I girl of today, a neat | be well cooked, and used rather spar | 0." benw colorful place quite as attractive aa | ingly Add the boudoir of a girl of the upper} Tho luncheon dish ts made with| Qioy nile “remnants” of lamb from the roast | aw one notic blend with t | plum colored rug. Her Way draped im changeat green and | t prepared vege und cel beans gh to x¢ liquo tumoric J “slicing” amb t ps salt, 1 cup mustard, 1 table 1 cup su , 2 quarts re and m tind sfor > remove ne of except the nd ald, Mix ff with mustard ugh vinegar to| make a thin paste Add s and} N MILK BOTTLE remaining: vinegar, Boll until thet wipe off the outside of! mixture. thickens Add veg abtes | milk bottle before you set it 1 Id thor Put Into sterilized 6 refrigerator | aR Pe Sos ON orchid sunfast Aitk, the jor be. | ing piped in plain green. And on| single four-poster bed was cov of this samo green and orchid changeable material with a basket | |of silver cloth appliqued in the} center, Out of‘ thin basket lovely | | velvet orchids seemed to grow on| | Rreep silk stems, They were, per: | j haps, but orchids of the 10-cent| | store variety but they were a qued with a silver thread) butt | bole stitch and flattened to the} coverlet so they looked very | istic. } A makeshift bookcase of stained | Dino began at the top of the low] radiator and ran to the ceiling. A} | turquoise velour footstool afforded a} |rest for tired feet. The simple | jdressing table had a Chinese em. | | broidery panel under « and on} |top of the glass a tort hell | | dressing set was neatly placed. Two | | comfortable wicker chairs with | cushions and backs of orchid po gee act in the small spaces beside | the window, Here home | which expressed everything which | | the working girl wished tobe. A} j butterfly! | wash CORN SALAD Twelve oars of corm 1 solid head \cabkage, 1 hot red pepper, 2 sweet green 2 Bermuda peppe: onions, salt, 1 cup sugar, ground mustard, 1% |quarts vinegar, And here is what the well-dresacd| Grate corn, mince cabbage, pep man will be wearing this fall, if\pers and onions. Mix sugur, sult he isn't careful. These four hats|and mustard. Put all ingredients are models which are expected to be|into preserving kettle and cook 20 highly popular, It is whispered that| minutes, Stir to prevent sticking. the one with the turned dowy brim| Pour into sterilized Jars and seal will have an capecial voguc. The) The onions may be omitted if pre. black-eyed gentleman who ia wear-| ferred or less vinegar may ing them happens to be Harrison| be needed according to the milkiness Ford, actor. of the corn. SKIRTS Skirts aro straight with groups of WATCH REFRIGERATOR The contents of the refrigerator pleats Or are widenied by Inserted} should bo examined dally and ,no godets, Tho blouses are stralght, | stale food should be allowed to stay usually beltless and have small round | there neck-lines or V-shaped ones and no| collars. | SHINY NICKEL, Tailor-mades are in yelours de! Nickel can be Kept bright. and laine or some other woolen fabric, | shining by rubbing it occasionally always straight, with semi-long Jack-| with o paste of whiting or a fine ets and trimmings of fur, acourer, For A Perfect Shampoo — A Perfect Soap Every Ingredient of JAP ROSE Beautifies the Hair « How many times you've wished you could avoid that “unnatu- ral”, “wild”look thatcomes to hair after the ordinary shampoo. And now you can. Simply use Jap Rose. Try it. You will find that it leaves even the heaviest hair beautifully clean, free from gummy deposits ~and looking perfectly natural. Niihies S$. Kirk & Co,, Chicago "The Clear Soap for Clear Complexion” we were to write a thousand words or use columns of space, we couldn’t say enough to do adequate justice to the pretty interpretations of the mode as presented by . Miss Manhattan The flare is the vogue this Fall for smart street wear, and in this dress of Lorchene, pictured on the left, a charm- ing version has been eyolved with characteristic chic. 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