The evening world. Newspaper, July 7, 1920, Page 21

{ } ' = JULY 7, 1920 Listen, Children, to the Food Fairies; i neta WEDNESDAY, | They Will Tell Y ou What to Eat to Make You Good, Healthy Citizens Miss Eleanor Wells, Dietitian of the New York Post Graduate Medical Hospital, the Originator. and Phosphate. Copyright, 1920. by The Prées Publish oatmeal and milk at breakfast ‘Then you will be interested in ui*Captain Protein, the Leader of the Fairies, Has His Headquarters in Eggs, Milk, Peas, Beans and Cheese—Don’t Forget the Twins, Starch and Sugar, and the Triplets, Calcium, Iron By Marguerite Dean. ing Co. (The New York Rvening World.) AVE you a little girl in your family who doesn’t want to finish her 7? Have you a pale, undersized smail boy who prefers munching a bag of chocolates to eating his dinner? a novel method of inducing under- *? nourished children to eat the “sensible” food, which is the last thing that Appeals to their sick taste.° Some an: xious parents use bribery and corrup- pera “TELe ME WHAT YOU EAT AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU ARE. rw tion, some prefer intimidation, but in neither case are the results entirely reg ‘Batisfactory. BO a subject of really passionate int nerlower east side, e “Children don't like to hear about food, but they love to hear about fairies, so when they first come to me I tell them about Capt. Protein, ~~-the leader of all the food fairies,” she *! pays. Immediately they want to e” know where to look for him. Eggs, jon Milk, peas, beans and cheese are his ». :headquarters, and his work is buiid- . e ° ® Fe eo ing muscle. So the children seek out “ Capt. Protein, feel their muscles from --@ay to day, and “stories about him. ee! “Next in importance come the fairy twins—Starch and Sugar. When the youngsters learn that the Starch fairy turns to Sugar when she is eaten, they are perfectly fascinated. ‘This process corresponds in their minds to freeing the fairy princess or waking the sleeping beauty. Cereals and vegetables achieve an unheard of popularity in the homes where those children go, Even the most stud- born of them—and there is nothing in the world more stubborn than somo sickly children in their taste for food *'_want to eat the food the fairies are weave wonderful “The Fat fairy is the jolliest of them 1, and the favorite of most of the children, The boys and girls want to iugrow up to be Scouts, so building up their bodies is of prime importance to “* them. ° ‘Skinny’ is a nickname they shun. “The last of the chief officers of °7''the fairies are the triplets, Calcium, ip Yron, and Phosphate.’ Any discussion ‘of these among the children 1s apt to ‘Pring about an impromptu show. Cal- ve" gium, jrmeefhey love to buil they know, builds bones, and 4 imitations of the Maxims ofa It has remained for Eleanor Wells, dietitian of the New York Post Graduate Medical School and Hospital, to make food a fairy story and erest among the sickly children of the unfortunate children who are not on good terms with the Calcium fairy. ‘They walk bow-legged, or attempt to slouch over as though their bones were all soft, and the tragic part of their performance is that they know their part so well. “By the time that they have learned about these fairies, they are insisting at home on having plenty of vegeta- bles and coarse cereals and milk. And soon the chart at the hospital that shows their condition, is marked ‘steady improvement,’ But now that the children who are being looked after have come to know the chief officers of the food fairies 80 well, they are beginning to learn about their pages, and ladies in wait- ing, These attendants are all named Calory, but each kind of food has, a different number of them. You can't really get on good terms with Capt, Protein and the rest unless you know something about Calories. There's a lot of them in a glass of milk or a bowl of oatmeal, and if you are at all interested ‘in fairies you will find out how many. “Do you think that Dempsey and Babe Ruth could a’ done what they done without oatmeal?” one young- ster of the street was asking another one afternoon when Miss Wells came to her office. But even with the help of the children, Miss Wells and her coworkers cannot reach all the undernourished chil- dren of the neighborhood. A larger force ef workers is necessary, and that canaot be had until the enlarged endowment which the Post-Graduate Hospital is seeking has been secured. Modern Mata By Martusrite Mooen Marhall Copyright, 1990, by The Prose Publishing Co, (‘The New York Evening World.) ATHING SOCKS, as worn by most women, simply prove that the better part of indiscretion is valor. ,_.. The American husband prides him- self on being a good provider, but if his marriage is to succeed it's ever so much more important that he be a good prevaricator, ‘When a woman {s nominated to the Presidency, will she give out pictures of her husband with his arm flung fondly over her shoulders—and of her twins? ‘A conservative man may be very much in love with a radical young “woman, but he is never the least {ttle bit in love with her radical friends. tis, Speaking of short tenure jobs, I ‘wonder if that popular {dol, “Doug” Fairbanks, ever wonders what hap- .) pened to Tod Sloan—or Ho»son? ard of economy: To spend The re c“half the afternoon patching your dress, and then to see your husband ‘pringing home a costly and super- fluous bit of finery which your young *' ‘daughter has. Few feminists realize how skin-deep is their radicalism until they are ‘ Pan ‘asked to countenance'a woman friend’ ey i wn Ne WINE 's love affair without benefit of clergy. One of the ways of spotting the man who really saw service during the late unpleasantness is that now he | °° professional veteran trick salute in p : In the business of being a widow, “qt the essential factors. Nagging: What a man calls a be for is out of uniform he doesn’t flourish a ublic places. as in any other, luck is but the least of woman's reminder of a fact he yearns QUEEN MARY DOESN’T BLUSH AT WOMEN’S HEN the evening courts of pre-war days were revived at Buckingham Palace a fortnight ago there wasn't a blush on the sedate countenance of judging by the above photographs of the new court styles. About three times as much cloth will be used as is required for Note the sleeves, in some instances extending nearly to the elbow, and the line of the decolletege, American evening gowns. GOWNS WORN AT COURT NOW-.-- SOME CHANGE S. Fe ANDY Tyeneona. which seems to follow the recently announced rules of Hood College, Maryland: ‘Cut not more than four inches below the neck.”’ The Victorian and Edwardian splendor of feather headdresses and sweeping trains has disappeared, and the present court fashions are nothing if not dowdy. They look as if they had been designed by the Rev. John Roach Straton, and they would never, never do at a Hotel des Artistes ball, Queen Mary, GEORGE!" cried Mr. Jarr. “I forgot to-night was lodge night “B of the Sheltering Order of Wok-Wok, a beneficial organization for social betterment. We are still against drink on the hip, home-made or in any form"— “Drink comes only in one form,” snapped Mrs, Jarr. “And a most un- pleasant form it is!” “And there is my lodge of Knights of the Shining Shield,” Mr. Jarr went on calmly. “In the Knights of the Shining Shield I am a ‘Dear Sir and Brother’ and have been for years”: “I know that well enough. Don't I have to pay all the dues and assess- ments? What good does it do me?" asked Mrs, Jarr, “In case of my demise you will re- ceive my insurance money and the Knights will conduct the obsequies ac- cording to the ritual” “You'll outlive me,” Mrs, Jarr in- terrupted. “1 am only paying out my good money for something that will possibly benefit your second wife. “Only one club for women éver had any splendid purpose, and that was the club the aboriginal man used to keep peace in the household,” mur- mured Mr, Jarr. “This club will kee Dp peace in the household of the men and women of to-day,” interrupted Mrs, Jarr, “It is to be the ‘Wages-for-Wives Club.’ " “Wages for wives?” asked Mr, Jarr. “Yes, Clara Mudridge-Smith is very enthusiastic. She says—and rightly- that the most thumillating position a wife can be placed in Is where sho has to ask her husband for money. So all wives should get a salary. The club is organized to secure legisia- tion to this end. Clara Mudridge- Smith's eyes flashed fire as she told me of how she had come at last to realize the ignominy of a wife's posi- tion. Mrs, Stryver is just as enthu- éiastic and 60 is Mrs, Van Swell You know all the Van Swell money is Mrs, Van Swell's. Mr. Van Swell haan't a cent, so she gives bim an allowance." “Every husband should have an allowance,” remarked Mr. Jarr. Le § wish I had one.” “You have one. I make allowances for you all the time. Too many al- lowances.” “Never mind that," said Mr. Jarr, hastily. “Go on and tell me about new club—to be held over mar- rk men's heads." 7 Jarr Timily — Roy iL. M*Cardell. Copyright, 1990, by The Prees Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) OFFI IROJP “ine ESS CIl@sz Copyright, 19%, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) “Well, of 4 Clara ¢¢7 SEE by the papers,” said Pop- “Pay no attention to him, folks,” Mudridge-S tryver nor ple, the Shipping Clerk, “that #4 Mrs, Van Swell need wages as wives. P Tilden of Philadelphia won the world’s championship at tennis in London. I guess this is the first time America has had the honor.” “Nobody had ever won it Tilden,” chirped Bobbie, the Office Boy, grin- ning. “He's off again,” said Miss Tillie, the Blond Stenographer. They have plen like to see Clara's husband or Mrs. Stryver's refuse them anything.” “But you get a salary, my dear,” said Mr. Jarr, meekly. “{ do not,” said Mrs. Jarr, “and I think a law should be passed that a wife's wages shall be in the mar- sald Miss Tillie came from Hobbie. Where d'ye get that stuff?" demanded Popple. “If he likes home runs why ts he always knocking them?" “Another joke, I would infer,” ; if ‘ , Miss Primm. riage agreement, Instead of mum- Again?” snapped Miss Primm, ®"apped ani antics bling, ‘With all my worldly goods I Secretary to the Hoan, “He's 4.110% !0n® are you in fer?” chirped thee endow’ he'll then have to say. ‘off, in the head, I Hf “Really, He, “that's the worst heard, “It's a shame we have to sit here and listen to such punk humor,” said Popple, “I'm going to have a vacation soon, thank goodness!" said Miss Primm, “I'm going to spend two weeks on Mr. Snooks's farm down on Long Island. For two whole week I won't have to see Bobble or hear his cheap kid," came from Miss Til- I ‘And [ will pay you $5 whatever it is the man can afford." “As a union wife in good standing, I wish to remind you that you have a salary, always got a salary,” re- marked Mr, Jarre with sad finality, “It is my salary.” pun ever ut, tut,” said Spooner, the mild little Bookkeeper, “Let's change the subject. This baseball player, Ruth, is a wonder, isn't he? I wonder what his first name really ts." “I's probably Homer,” said Bobbie. witticisms, Isn't that fine?” “So you're going to the Boss's farm, eh?" said Popple. “It's @ great place. You'll enjoy your visit." “I'm to go down for two weeks when you come back “I've never been the sald Miss Primm “But I know I'll enjoy my vacation, since I won't have to listen to this fool boy's jokes." Mr. Snooks, the Boss, entered the room at that point. He oddressed Miss Primm. “Are you ready to go to the farm next week?" he asked, “Yeu, indeed,” sh replied, “Well, you deserve the rest I'm going to see that you don't have to turn a hand down there. I have de- elded to | Bobbie off for two weeks so that he can go down and see that your stay is pleasant.” Here he turned to the boy. “You'll look after her, won't you, Hobbie?” “Bure!” ‘replied the boy. When the Boss had gone back to his room, Hobbie turned to Miss Primm. "Meet me in the barnyard, Lizzie,” he sang. “You go to the devil!” she almost shouted. And, frowning deeply, she slammed out of the room. — Scientific Notes. ‘The Peruvian Government will link scattered communities on the eastern slopes of the Andes by an aeroplane service carrying passengers, mail and freight. said Spooner. wi Pele A HAT FOR SUMMER WEAR For summer wear, what could be more charming than a great of white organdie, embroidered and braided in navy blue, with a Partly intended as an advertising novelty, a mechanical calculator has been invented for figuring the cost of any ordinary quantity of gasoline at any price, der of straw in the same color? ELODEMENTS | When You Embezzle With a Bride You Eliminate 500 Wedding An- nouncements—Many a Dame That Has No Chance in the So ciety Columns Can Get Into the Page for Latest News bya , Sudden and Crafty Elopement. % By Neal R. O'Hara. Copyriaht, 1980, by The Pres Publishing Co. (The New Tork Brening World.) N AN AGE when speed and suckers are playing leapfrog to outdo gacl other elopements are bound to be popular. pulled off without a speed that goes at the rate of eighty miles an hour and a sucker that comes at the rate of one a minute, ingredients, mix well with a spoonful of chicken, and you've got another A modern elopement is like a Quick lunch. It only requires one arm, which {s all an eloping motorist requires customer for instalment furniture. to steer his car to the parson’s. A church wedding’s O. K. for a profiteer’s child, but it’s tough on the _ poor working girl. bride with C. 0, D. confetti, the Mendel book. It's hard for a dame to figure her life when the bills begin to come in, crease every day. When you embezzle with a bride, you eliminate 600 wedding an- nouncements. A telegram to the girl’s old man is your only an- nouncement, and be sure that you send it collect! Many a dame that no chance in the society column can get into the page for latest news by a sudden and crafty elopement. With the H. C. of L. so lofty to- day it is foolish for love to be blind to economy, A marriage is till legal even if it’s pulled off without 2,000 blossoms in the bower of roses and eighteen musicians behind the potted palms. In an age when the bride's father pays ta¢ bills for a wedding de luxe, you can’t tell us you make the old man sore by eloping with his daugh- ter. He may froth at the chin fn Sis statement to the press, but when the total expenses amount to practically $0.00, the old boy’s inclined to for- give. When marriages are made in heaven it is folly to have ‘em made expensive. “O, Promise Me,” is & sweet piece of music when Nellie is “being spliced, but it's a different tune when the caterer’s collector sings it on the first of the monta, A lot of prominent folks in ages past have been married via the HEALTH - BEAUTY QUERIES By Pauline Furlong Comrright, 1920, ‘The Pres Publishing Co. jew York kremiog W DARK, OILY NECK—Mary 8— Sponge the neck with lemon julce or peroxide of hydrogen to bleach It from sunburn, stains and lines caused by high, tight coMars, Another good bleach {s made with equal parte of witch hazel and peroxide. A mixture of glycerine, one ounce; rose water, one ounce; carbolic acid, five drops, and tincture of benzoin, five drops, 1s recommended as @ valuable neck whitener, GRANULATED EYELIDS—Eliza- beth G—Avold eyestrain and bathe the eves in warm, salt water, three or four times a day. A solution of bor- acie acid {s also beneficial. Very often the eyes need glasses to correct this condition, also, and if too persistent a condition of this kind exists a good ocullst should be consulted FLACCID 8KIN AND MUSCLES— Nancy G.—Use ‘little heat on the face when the skin is soft and flabby, Cleanse it with cold cream and use only cold water when washing or bathing the akin Rub ice wrapped in gauze on the skin to stimulate the tissues and further harden the flesh. ‘The following astringent {» a good skin tightener: one pound mutton tal- low; five ounces of glycerine; one teaspoonful Russian isinglass; rose water two ounces; one-half teaspoon- ful powdered alum; one teaspoonful spirits camphor; tincture benzoin one teaspoonful, Use this morning and evening. It is an economical and effective astringent cream. PALE LIPS—Tessie C.—This is us- ually caused by an anaemic condition of the blood and you should butld up the health and enrich the blood with good nourishing food, deep breathiny and other outdoor exercises. The following salve may be applied to chapped anaemic lips with good re- sults: #spermaceti, one-half ounce; oil sweet almonds, one ounce; white wax, one-quarter ounce; oll rose five drops (or any other favorite odor), cochineal one drop. Or you may make a salve hy melting cocoa butter and olive oil tonether over lukewarm water and, after they are blended, beat them un- rly cold and then color with MARRY AND THE WORLD LAUGHS AT YOU; ELOPE AND YOU DO IT ALONE. With caterers, orchestras and florists showering the Re, » by No elopement was ever Just take those two john strain is chiefly on the pocket- her wedding day the happiest one of And that's why elopements im elopement. Romeo captured bis - Juliet without a three-ring wedding, - and Mark Antony and Cleopatra were on their way to a Ju the Peace in Egypt when stubbed his chest on a dogble- edge sword. It only goes to grove i: that it's still more honorable a F guy to marry sub rosa than to } ad lib. A Elopements are likewise pogular with those who would have té buy gifts. It is no fun buying yout!way to a wedding with a carving sot or a cut glass bowl—especially gince weddings went dry. la All in all, an elopement's as*good 4 as any other way of getting maffied. y For a marriage is for better or worse, regardless of where orshow % it’s performed. So long as M re * | quires no more nerve for ‘a girl to climb down the ladder than walk up the aisle, these fly-by-night wed- dings will still continue. 2 i Tae big advantage of the jaute y elopement is that it’s done ‘in @ cloud of dust instead of a shower of confetti, and that the getaway’s ac- complished with new tires instead of old shoes, But the best thing you can say of elopements is this: Marry and the world laughs at ‘you: elope and you do it alone, Which is recommendation enough. ¥ The World’s Last Totem Carver CC ORDING A on the west coast « of the North American —conti- nent the first } woman was cre- : ated by the ald of the moon, fish, bird and toad. Ac- cording to the folk the father of man was bear. From woman and bear came the [n- dian tribes, who believe they are descended from ug ee ; 4 bird, fish, toad, ear and’ other ; beasts, Few totem poles are erected = ti day. Few are the | men who can carve them. One ® remains — William Shelton, head of the Indian Reser- % vation Sohool at Tulalip, Washing- ton. He ts now completing hig lif work—a great tc tem pole —upo! which is inseribod the family history of the Snohomish °! tribe of Western Washington, Ho has already spent | 3,000 hours on th's pole. It is carved from a giant cedar log which wilt stand eighty-four feet high and which will meas. ameter. pletion monster history be will da- vote ‘the rest off his life to co recting erroneous impressions about totem poles, In- 9 diang do not wor- ec ae ae