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Interest in High-Collared Frocks
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_ 3Y MART MARSHALL. I
A season or so ago many Americans
viewed with alarm the new high-col
cared frocks that were among the
new creations sent over from Paris.
ffl
I
A REALLY HIGH COLLAR GIVES
A NEW AND DISTINGUISHED
ASPECT TO THIS JUMPER
FROCK OF PLAID AND SOLID
BEIGE CREPE DE CHINE.
The pessimists among them predicted
that the comfortable era of low necks
and collarless frocks was over. There
was a general feeling that once high
collars had been launched French
women generally would wear them.
If we persisted in clinging to the
— !
THE EVENING STORY
Back to Middlefield.
THK tired woman in the mud
inerusted old ear received
notice as she drove through
Middlefield. Mud - intrusted
ears were numerous; a clean,
shining one might have produced com
ment, for it was raining. As for the
tired woman she was neither young
nor pretty, and Middlefield had many
young and pretty women, which, after
all, are the only kind of women that
get looked at.
Rhoda 'Winslow had been driving
over all kinds of roads since early
morning. It was now 5 o'clock in the
afternoon and she was near to ex
haustion She needed rest and food,
and seeing a restaurant sign she
parked her car and entered.
It was an attractive place and well
filled with a party of women who
were having afternoon tea at the
small tables. Rhoda slipped into a I
corner and, leaning her head on her!
hand, studied these other women.
"That is Uallie Parsons,” site I
thought, "and that fat one must be
Alva Ryder. And the one with the
transformation looks like Louanna
Bowers. 1 shouldn’t wonder, too. if
that tall one is Grace Bonner. They
have changed a lot, but they are
still recognizable. I atn not."
She sighed. In the panel mirror
beside her she sow herself in weath
ered black, thin, peaked looking, j
She had been plump and rosy and
had worn a white hat when she left
Middlefield 17 years before. It was
a June day, too, and she was a bride.
Some of these women had been at
her wedding. They had Hung rice
and slippers after her as she fared
forth to her great adventure.
For a while she had written and
received letters, then the tide of life
had cut her off front all connection
with Middlefield. A year before her
husband had died and left her child
less and alone. She had come back
to see about a bit of property he had
possessed in Middlefield —a piece of
land which she did not suppose was
worth much, but site meant to sell if
sho could. She needed money, for Al
l>ert hail been sick a long time, and
there was a mortgage on her house.
"When sh>* had sold (his lane, she
meant to go back to l>a noaster and
free her home of the mortgage.
With a roof assured to herself, she
could manage to grub a living some
how -with h»*r hands if need be.
The waiters, much engrossed with
the bridge party--Rhoda supposed
it was a bridge party from the gowns
left her sitting in the corner until
she was nearly discouraged. At last
one approached and she asked for
ham and eggs, tea and bread. The
food was hot. wilieh it needed to be.
for she was a little cold from her
drive. But hungry though she was,
she could not forget that those other
women whom she had known so well
were oblivious of her. In fact, her j
heart-hunger was greater than her
physical need. It was a situation
which she had no sense of humor
to combat.
Unaware of her, two men had
seated themselves at the next table
and were talking earnestly. Present
lv the sound of her own name drew
her attention to them.
"Who did you say owns that piece j
of land?" the younger man was ask j
ing.
"Bert Winslow." the older man re
plied. "I don't know how to reach
him. but I’ll find out. He’ll take any
offer we make for the land —if he’s
In the shape financially that he used
Get a can for Jjt Lunch
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WOMAN’S PAGE.
more comfortable fashion we would'
have to act independently.
Even this Summer many Americans,
in Paris expected to find the high col- ;
lar quite generally worn there. As a j
matter of fact, it was not. Some :
women there wore high-collared j
| blouses under their suit jackets, but j
! certainly no more of them than here. |
! There is pretty good evidence now i
that women in France are just as j
willing and eager to keep fashions j
comfortable and wearable as we are j
here.
Jenny, it. seems, has shown more :
high-necked frocks than the other j
dressmakers recently, and Jenny, of j
course, is considered ever and always J
truly Parisian. But often what we
call a high neckline now would not!
have been considered high at all in j
the days when really high collars!
were worn. Quite frequently it is a j
soft, turn-down collar that rests high- 1
er at the back than in front. (Some-j
times it docs not quite meet in front,
being fastened by means of a sort
of link constructed of two buttons
joined by a silk thread loop between.
However, there are still some high,
buttoned collars among the new
Autumn clothes —these for the women
who really like them, and not at all
for the women who prefer the bare
neck.
The sketch shows a high-necked
frock that really is high-necked. But
it was certainly not designed with
any idea of setting the general fash
ion away from the low necklines, hut i
only as a contrast to the»general j
trend of present-day clothes.
(Copyright. 19‘1f1.l
My Neighbor Says:
Here are hints that are
worth framing and hanging in
tiie kitchen:
“Don’t pour water on burn
ing fat.
‘‘Don't throw sugar on fire.
“Don’t fill lamps after dark
or when lighted.
"Don’t start a fire with kero
sene.
"Don't keep matches within
reach of children.
“If fat takes tire, throw flour,
salt, baking powder or sand on
the flame.
“If a lamp takes fire toss it
out of doors, cover with a rug
or throw on salt, baking pow
der or flour.
“If the chimney gets on fire,
burn salt in the fireplace: pour
sand down the chimney.
“If a fire starts in a closet,
beat it out with a broom and
water.
"If the bed gets on fire, push
the mattress on the floor and
beat it with wet brooms.”
to be SI,BOO will look large to him.”
The younger man started incredu
lously.
“Eighteen hundred! Harrison, you
are a wonder. Well, make your of
fer and see what you can do. Then
we’ll rustle round and close the deal.
We ought to make $1(5,000 out of it
anyway ”
They left off the discussion of busi
ness for the discussion of their food.
Rhoda sat staring at her plate.
Sixteen thousand dollars and SI,BOO
$17,800. Was it possible that the old
flat could bring it? As for Harri
son, she knew him: he was a lawyer
of little principle. The other man
was a stranger.
The figures seemed to turn her
stare from her plate. Why, it was a
fortune: If she had it she could
have a home right here in Middle
field; she would not have to go back
Ito Lancaster and work in the mill
till she was tired and old or perhaps
sick. After all, she w f as only 35.
Oh, cpuld she be smart enough and
quick enough to make that bargain
for herself?
She pulled her old black veil a
little farther over her eyes and mo
tioned the waiter. She desired no
more food. When he brought her
check she paid quickly and went out.
The people mentioned, who were
they? Where could she find them?
She got into her car and drove the
l length of the street hunting for some
office sign which should lead her to
them. There was none. She stop
ped. got out and went into the post
office.
Within five minutes she had all the
information she needed. The people
mentioned were thinking of putting
up a big plant if they could find
an appropriate site. A representative
of the company was staying at the
Central Hotel. She could find him
there.
Presently a small woman with
flushed checks and brilliant eyes was
introducing herself to a pleasant
faced, middle aged man who had just
been put In a receptive state of
mind by an excellent dinner. Mr.
Perkins was at all times a man
kindly disposed, for be had been a
poor boy who had fought his way
up to wealth and influence. This)
little widow, with her restraint, her*
earnestness, her firm intention of ,
being businesslike, interested him. •
Her proposition interested him still j
more, for he bad just about decide ! .
to give up trying to find a suitable
location in Middlefieid. After a brief)
conversation he got into the car and )
they rumbled out to the old flat. It j
happened to be just what Mr. Per
kins wanted and he didn’t seem ap-!
nailed when Rhoda named her price— j
SIB,OOO. From those figures she,
never swerved, and Mr. Perkins gave
in to her and asked her to meet him
the following morning at the office
of Harrison & o'Hare.
When next morning Rhoda and j
Mr. Perkins appeared Harrison and)
his law partner nearly suffered col- ;
lapse. In the end they congratulated j
her warmly. Within an hour the I
papers were signed and Rhoda was>
presenting the big check at the bank. ;
A swift journey hack to Lancas- j
ter. a quick sale of the little mort- j
gaged house and its contents, a few j
i business matters attended to and j
I Rhoda returned to Middlefieid, this|
j time by train and becomingly clad.
She rented a small, pretty house, |
furnished it and settled down to a )
long and much-needed rest.
of course, all her old friends I
sought her out. They knew her now j
THE EVENING STAB. WASHINGTON, I). C„ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 1926.
SUB ROSA
*
BY MIMI.
Jnst Waiting for a Scrap.
Some of you girls, without in the
1 least realizing it, are literally just
j waiting for a quarrel with tfye boy
! friend all the time.
You will probably indignantly deny
j this, telling me that you hate scraps
! —that you yearn for peace—that if
| the man in the case would be rea
i sonable you'd lie only too glad never
: to tight again.
Yet it is usually your state of mind,
j and your incessant watchfulness
which brings on most of the bickering
| and trouble.
I am talking now to the girls whose
! letters denote an attitude of constant
! watchful.anxiety.
Polly, for instance, seems to he one
| of the unfortunate maidens who de
-1 liberately induce trouble by watch
ing for it.
One gets the idea from her letter
| than she keeps a close eye on her
Roger, waiting for a fatse move on
his part.
“I just hate quarreling .with him
but I’ve been told that the best time
to correct a man's faults is before
marriage—and so when I see him
lacking in some small courtesies, or
deliberately ignoring me for no rea
son at all, or acting much nicer to
ether people than he is to me, I just
have to speak to him about it. Os
course he doesn’t like it. and we
argue violently. Still I think it’s all
fur the best. Only I do hope that
I some day we can stop bickering.”
| There isn't a chance in the world
|of your ever ending these petty
j scraps, Pollv, unless you yourself get
out of the' habit of watching your
man too closely.
Os course, if you're examining his
every action with a microscope, you 11
find some flaw.
If you’re analyzing his every re
mark to find out whether it shows the
proper amount of affection for you,
you’ll very soon work yourself into
a state of worry and misery oyer
non-existent slights and discourtesies.
And once you’ve persuaded yourself
that you actually have a grievance,
no amount of reason or logic w.ll
alter your determination to have it
out with the offender and find out
exactly how guilty he is.
Once you get into the habit of
carefully considering everything ha
does and says, you’re bound to scent
trouble everywhere.
His most innocent remark will
take on a sinister meaning. His
slightest smile for some one else will
set you to comparing the rather take
lt-for-granted manner he has for you
with his gayer, more charming way
he reserves for others.
You’ve got to snap out of this
dreary exercise of waiting for a scrap,
Polly. You’ve got to overlook small j
flaws which are to be found in the
words and actions of every one of us.
You mustn’t hover over him ready
to pouneh on his slightest slip. You
must gain a mental ease and a genu
ine understanding of the man you
love, if you would stop that eternal
bickering of yours.
The end of petty quarreling comes
with the beginning of trust and un
derstanding.
MiniL will lie iflad to answer any in
quiries directed’ to this paper provided a
stamped, addressed envelope is ineloseu.
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN.
Only the most stately rooms and j
those furnished with pieces of great }
elegance and beauty are entitled to j
satin draperies. But when satin dra- j
per ' are suitable they are beautiful i
beyc . compare lustrous, rich in j
'
color, and of a softness which allows
the utmost grace of arrangement.
Among the new Fall drapery fab
rics are many handsome satins of
Oriental design. The pattern shown
here is Chinese Chippendale, and so,
of course, is never more at home thfcm
when hung in a room where Chippen
dale’s graceful and richly carved ma
hogany furniture holds court.
This pattern may be had in a va
riety of background colors—lacquer
red. antique white, celestial blue, jade
, green and sun yellow. The colors are
vivid, but so exquisitely harmonized
j that tki possible accusation of gaudi
j ness may be laid against them.
and were willing to restore the old
■ associations. And Rhoda received |
J them, though she remembered rather i
sadly that one lonely experience of j
I hers tipon her first arrival in Middle- 1
\ field.
However, she was back in Middle- j
1 field to stay tend she might as well
make the best of everything. And
it was pleasant to be surrounded by |
the old, well known faces: it was j
pleasant to be asked to Alva Ryder's !
to dinner, to Callie Parsons’ to lunch, 1
j to be called a member of the bridge
S club itself.
But life taught Rhoda Winslow
! much. She brought to Middlefieid
more than if could give her —had ever j
| given her a rare womanly influence j
' w hich was to l>e felt farther and !
farther with each ensuing year.
I (TheHnd.t j
W Serve this new ffl
Ml makes the whole JM
SI Pin Money \1
1 picalilii I
j Gmeerf™ \
BhßsQhSrr
THE MILLION DOLLAR WIFE
By HAZEL DETO BATCHELOR.
“JIMMY, OLD DEAR,” SHE SAID SWEETLY. “TO THINK YOU’VE
BEEN SO SICKI”
Hetty Ames, a nurse, is given a
pneumonia case at tit. Martin's
Hospital. The patient's name is
James Cornell, and by the time
Petty has pulled him through the
erisit she has fallen in love with
him.
CHAPTER V.
Alice Griffith.
After he had passed the crisis James
Cornell began to improve with a
rapidity that was startling. On the i
second day he was grumbling because j
he was limited to liquid foods.
“Like an old woman with one foot )
in the grave,” he said, complainingly
to Miss Anderson, who only smiled and
continued to feed him his broth. It
was this eternal placidity of Miss An- j
j derson’s that made him complain to j
! Dr. Roberts, and after some talk on |
the subject. Betty was transferred to
daytime duty, while Miss Anderson
was to come at night for the short
time that the patient would need her.
Up to the time of the crisis, although i
box after box of flowers had arrived, j
most of them had been banned from
the sickroom. But now the place j
bloomed like a hothouse, and Betty ;
was always going in search of vases, j
Visitors began to appear, too, and by j
the time James Cornell was sitting j
up he was seeing several people each
day.
Since she had discovered her true
feelings toward her patient, Betty's at
titude had been guarded and demure.
She carefully avoided any personal
conversation with him, and it was
easy to do this, because visitors kept
interrupting. Then, too, it was always
possible to invent excuses to leave the
room, itnd it wasn't until the fourth
| day after the crisis that anything of)
I a personal nature happened between
1 them.
| Betty had carried the lunch tray to ;
! the diet kitchen and was on her way i
i back when a girl came along the cor- j
i riilor. She was muffled in a gray '
squirrel coat and from under her small !
gray hat curls of bright gold escaped |
distractingly.
“I'm looking for 207.” she said in I
a high, sweet, voice and in a manner
that was decidedly patronizing. Betty
had learned not to writhe under pat
ronage. In fact, it always amused her
because no many people seemed to feel
I 130 YEARS AGO TODAY
Story of the U. S. A.
15V JONATHAN A. RAW SOX, JR,
Howe Puzzles Congress.
PHILADELPHIA, September 3, J
I 1778.—Just as though Congress did j
| not have things enough to think about j
already with the critical military sit-;
uation to deal with, as well as the I
framing of Articles of Confederation
for the Nation, along comes Gen. John
Sullivan of the American Army with
a puzzle in statecraft as a gift from
Lord Richard Howe, who claims to
Ive sojourning in America as a peace
commissioner from the King of Great
Britain.
Gen. Sullivan was taken prisoner
in the battle of Long Island. Lord
Howe now sends him to Congress to
negotiate for his own exchange and i
that of Gen. William Alexander (Lord j
Stirling), who was also captured at
Long Island. So far, so good. That
can easily be arranged. But, besides
that, CJen. Sullivan brings along a )
proposition from Lord Howe to the j
effect that he, Howe, has full powers i
! with his. brother, Gen. William Howe, i
i to compromise the dispute between j
j Great Britain and America on ternfs I
! advantageous to both; but that he'
j cannot recognize < ongress as ale- <
j gaily constituted body, since that
I would be the same thing as recogniz- j
| ing the independence of the United j
i States, and that, therefore, he wishes |
j to confer with some of its members |
jas private individuals. The proposi- 1
1 tlon comes by word of mouth only.
Sullivan says that Hows says that)
the King says that the King is willing ;
to make many important concessions j
to America, such as setting aside acts •
!of Parliament for taxing America; j
| also that if a conference should reach j
i an agreement, the authority of Con
gress could lie recognized later. Also
seqdrtýurd
that nurses were little better than
servants. But this time she resented
the girl’s attitude, perhaps because
she was so very pretty, and instead of
directing her to the room she con
tinued on her way with a rather
sharp, “Follow me.”
Betty entered the room first, but
the visitor swept past her. “Jimmy,
old dear,” she said sweetly, “to think
you’ve been so sick! You can’t
imagine how worried I’ve been.”
As she spoke she stooped over and
i kissed hint lightly, and when she
! straightened up, her cheeks were very
j pink.
“There’s something you wouldn't
| have received if you’d been well,” she
said lightly, and then to cover her em
barrassment, she turned to Betty and
held out the box of flowers she had
! been carrying.
“Put these in water, will you?” she
said, with a return to her manner of
a few minutes ago.
Betty took the box and had turned
to leave the room, when James spoke,
j “Just a moment, Miss Ames. Alice,
| this is my nurse. The doctor tells me
; she did more than any one else to
I pull me through. Miss Ames. Miss
j Griffith."
The two girls bowed, and James
• continued to speak to Betty.
“Don’t be gone long. 1 always want
something the minute you leave the
room. You'd be surprised. Alice.
While you have a fever, they pet and
cosset you and don’t leave you for a
minute. But the minute you begin to
convalesce everything is different.
Miss Antes spends most of her time
out of the room and it makes me
nervous. There are too many good
looking internes around this place."
Miss Griffith laughed, perhaps be
| cause it was expected of her. for it
! sounded rather forced. But Betty's
i laugh rang out genuinely, and as she
! went in search of a vase to hold the
\ flowers she felt that the victory had
i been hers, lie had felt the patronage
; in -Miss Griffith s manner and had re
, sented it. Not that it meant anything,
■ and yet since she had been avoiding
I him he had seemed eager to talk to
| her. Not only that, but when visitors
were present his eyes kept wandering
toward her if she happened to be in
the room. Suppose he did care!
tCoD.VI iifht. 1 !»•>>). i
(Continued in Tomorrow’s Star).
! much more of the same sort. After
j listening to all this yesterday, Con
i gress asked Sullivan to write a
) letter about it. He did so and pre
■ seated ids letter today, and Congress
I must now decide whether it shall give
1 Howe's scheme any consideration at
! all.
.Tosiah Bartlett, Congressman from
Sullivan’s State of New Hampshire,
says that if Congress accepts the con
ference as private gentlemen would
accept a verbal message, it would
(‘ lessen the Congress in the eye of the
publick” and frighten people “to see
them catching hold of so slender a
! thread to bring about a settlement.”
On the other hand, he says if Con
: gress refuses to receive the message,
j the Tories will call it obstinate and de
; sirous of war and bloodshed, and that
; such an idea spread among the peo
j I'le. especially the soldiers, might be
j of most fatal consequences.
(Copyriirht. 1906.1
--~* “ ~ *
Corn Oysters.
! To one quart of grated corn add
! three eggs and three or four crackers
'in crumbs. Beat well and season with
I salt and pepper. Have ready in a
j skillet some butter and lard or drip
i pings, hot but not scorching. Drop
in little cakes the size of an oyster,
I using a teaspoon for this purpose.
I When brown, turn and fry on the
l other side, watching constantly for
j fear of burning. If the fat is just
; the right heat the oysters will be
i light and delicious, but if not they
j will be heavy and soggy. Serve hot
i and keep the dish well covered. It is
i better to beat the white of the eggs
to a stiff froth and add just before
frying.
HOW IT STARTED
n WAN NEWTON.
“Hair’s Breadth.”
A hair’s breadth is the minimum of
narrowness. We have never measured
a hair, of course. Though we use the
expression ‘‘hair’s breath” con
stantly, we are not interested in the
hair’s literal measurement. The
phrase senes our purpose, because
everybody is familiar with its figura
tive significance of “just the least
bit.” "the very slightest amount.”
whether it be of space or of distance
or of time!
Short and snappy as it le, the phrase
is not a child of modern times. On
the contrary, it is of quite ancient
origin, its recorded usage being traced
back as far as the writings of Marcus
Aurelius. In his famous "Medita
tions,” 111:10, we find: "Remember
that man’s life lies all within this
present, as 'twere but a hair's
breadth of time.” Again, in 1111:4S.
he ‘says: "So, for the hair's breadth
of time assigned to thee, live ration
ally. and part with life cheerfully, as
drops the ripe olive, extolling the sea
son thnt bore it and the tree that ma
tured it.”
The expression came down through
the centuries in literature and in
speech. Shakespeare put the stamp
of approval on it in the broad figura
tive sense in which it has come down
to us by his well known use of it in
act I, scene 3. of Othello, when the
Moor, testifying before the Duke how
he had recounted his adventures to
Desdemona and her father, says:
“I spake of most disastrous chances,
Os moving accidents by flood and field.
Os hair-breadth ’scapes i’ the immi
nent deadly breach.”
(Copyright. tt>"6.)
Lessons in English
BV W. 1.. OORDON.
t Words often misused—Don't say, "I
[ don’t doubt in my mind that it is
> true.” "Omit "in my mipd.”
' Often mispronounced » Poignant.
Prronounce point-ant, the oi as oy in
"t>ov,” accent on first syllable.
Often misspelled—Anecdote: one n.
Synonyms—Desolate, dreary, dismal,
bleak, gloomy, chill, chilly, cheerless,
bare.
Word Study—“ Use a word three
times and it is yours.” Let us in
crease our vocabulary by mastering
one word each day. Today's word,
debility: abnormal weakness, langor,
feebleness. "His illness was followed
by general debility.”
SONNYSAYINGS
BY FANNY I. CORY
"Well, I been feedin’ 'ees tunnin’
’ittle chicks every few r minutes for a
long time, an’ now they’s beginnln’ to
look real satisfied!”
(Copyright. 1926.'
Frozen Asparagus Salad.
Two cups canned asparagus cut in
cubes, one and one-half cups cream,
one cup mayonnaise, one teaspoonful
gelatin. Stir the gelatin in a little
cold water, then dissolve over
double boiler. Alix with the mayon
naise. Add the stiffly whipped cream
and then the asparagus cubes. Have
ready a mold which has been dipped i
in cold water and arrange a salad on
this Cover tightly and stand in equal
parts of rock salt with cracked ice for
two hours. Remove from mold and
set tle with a garnish of already pre
pared asparagrus tips. It is suggest
ed tliut individual molds are easier
to handle than one large one.
' Potato Pancakes.
Two and one half cups grated raw
potato, two eggs, one-eighth tea
spoonful pepper, eight spoonfuls
flour, one teaspoonful salt. Mix
the potatoes with the eggs which have
been well beaten. Add the combined
flour, baking pow'der, salt and pep
per. Drop by large spoonful Into an
omelette pan in which there is very
little fat. Cook until nicely brown on
both sides.
Salt- Rising
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Making the Most of Your Looks
v BY DOROTHY STOTK.
t Unless sh<* be unusually obese the
stout woman need not always avoid
checks. This coat, with its broken
checks and stripes, however. Is an
unwise choice, for the confusion of
its many lines adds bulk and takes
away from that much-to-be-desired
height. A small all-over check, with
the perpendicular lines emphasized,
would be much better. Yours for
checking bad lines. LETITIA.
(Copyright. IMS.)
BEAUTY CHATS HY EDNA KENT FORBES.
Blackhead Paste. »
The blackhead paste can be used
for more things than blackheads. It
Is good for open pores, which It will
help shrink Into their proper invisi
bility; it Is good for an oily skin,
which it will dry up; it is the most
cleansing form of soap there Is. and
fine for stained and very dirty
hands —I mean hands that have been
cleaning the engine of a car. and
come out of it full of black grease,
soot and yellow stains.
Being so effective, so very strong,
it must be used carefully. And it
must be followed by a thorough
rinsing with water a little hotter
than the water used with it for
washing. And this must be finished
by a cold cream orub or the use
of something to feed back to the
skin the large amount of oil that
has been taken out.
The easiest way to make it is tq
buy from the drug store or a gro
cery store a tin can of mechanic's
hand soap, the gray, gritty soap used
in every garage and machine shop In
the country. Buy the best quality
you can, but don't use it as it
comes. Take, roughly, an equal
amount of cold cream, and work the
two together. You'll get a gummy
"The Daily Desire"
mm"
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Refreshing And Satisfying
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sort of paste, but one that will not
irritate the skin as the original soap
would do. though it will be almost as
cleansing.
Hold hot wet cloths over the face
for a few minutes, then rub In a
little of this and wash it off Imme
diately. It penetrates the pores, re
laxed from the heat, and at once
absorbs the grease and dirt in them,
which is washed out with It. The
rinse clears the skin, a cold rinse
will close the pores, then a little
cream should be used, so there will
he no irritation.
Mrs. R. C. W.—The indigo that
you mix with henna for coloring the
hair is just the same as that used
for laundry purposes, so it can be
bought at the grocery stores. You
can mix the henna powder with the
bluing before making the lather, or
Just use a very strong blue rinse ns
the final one after the shampoo
Neither the blueing nor the henna
will harm the hair.
Berry AV.—You may get rid of
some of the trouble if you get spe
cial exercises for it, and the easiest
way to do this is to join a gym
nasium. as the instructor will direct
you according to your needs.
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