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t-.w. .-r m-wzL.-?'Jflm-fitt?m rrtrii rifc n - -i m rn ira iniTii nin fl inrmmn'i r "nitii "iimrt 3PWF " "F"r W' Tlly-Yri3 T ""TVflT" 1!?? TJff? .--; r ';fV5(-J could one want? Mrs. Pera can think of nothing. The high cost of living does not bother her. "Cheapa da milk," she explains. "Da childer lika da bread and milk. Getta da fat," she smiled. "Tony, he worka hard all the time. Da childer go to da school, learna to spik Englis. They sella macaron' in da store when they grow up. So nice, heh?" What if all the married people in the United States or in Europe fol lowed the example of Tony and his wife? What difference would it make in the economic problem of nations? Or have they the rigtit idea, after all? Maybq the world would be a bet ter place with fewer babies. So many homes are so much more complicated than Tony's. Mrs. Pera has never thought of these questions. She wouldn't un derstand if you mentioned them. Maybe you have an answer for them. PETTICOATS ARE TROUSERS NOW! Now if it should be an open win ter! But banish the thought! With milady swathed from the top of her ears to the top of her boots in fur would the weather gods be so cruel as to send us a balmy, snowless winter. Petticoats are no longer petticoats they are trousers. Neat affairs in soft silk or sateen, white, black and' in gray colors, are the new bifurcat ed undergarments and they may be adjusted at the knee or at the ankle. The rubberized silk hat has been devised for. the maid who must go forth in "wind and rainy weather." It is small and trimmed with rubber ized Jk flowers in gay colors. The silk is of course rain proof. o o Six small children can make furni--ture look antique quicker than a dealer. ITS RATHER UNUSUAL mmr 'toinsE. clark to be the mother of 32 children, isn't it? It squnds scandalous, but it isn't. Louise Clark of Michigan has, adopt ed them all. When she made a trip around the world Miss Clark saw all sorts of children who she wished to educate. So she adopted them, one by one, leaving each one in his own native country to be educated in the Christian schools and sends each year- the money for their support She is general secretary of the Jack son Young Women's Christian ass'nf. o o , BEETS IN BUTTER Chose six -beets nearly of one size and wash and boil until tender. Put the coked beets while hot into cold water and slip off the skin. Cut the beets into- thin slices and pour over them melted butter and salt and cayenne to taste. Set them in warm oven for a few minutes and when ready to serve turn over the' beets a tablespoon of lemon juice and serve hot. ',hy. bf