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== :=Sy DANCING BEAUTY - __tj ^- - - Evelyn Sheppard, is not only a talented performer at the famous Cotton Club in New ^.ork, but is an enthusiastic sportswoman of daring and courage. Above she is pictured at the wheel of her handsome Chrysler Roadster which she handles with the skill of an experienced chauffeur. Miss Sheppard is well-known in theatrical and social circles. Dr.Bunkers Handwriting Analysis Dr. M. N. BUNKER Distinguished Grapho-Analyst LONELY. 4 Lonely! Thousands upon thousands of letters ihat co:ne o me from every point of ;he civilized world tell this same story over and over again, “I'm so lonesome.” You may feel exactly the same sen Sloan’s Liniment Youth of America! You Need No Longer Suffer the Embarassment of Telltale PIMPLES SO many pretty girls and handsome boys have to be ashamed of their blemished complexions. And why? Simply because they don’t know or haven’t tried Palmer’s “Skin Success” Ointment. For over 80 years Palmer’s “Skin Success” Ointment has given real honest-to-goodness lasting relief from •kin distress when others failed to make even a temporary impression. Bet you’d like to have a clear bright skin just like the other fellows and girls have. You can too. For Palmer’s “Skin Suc cess” Ointment can do for you what it has done for thousands. Remove those pimples—promote a real light wonder ful skin. For piles, ecrema, rashes, pimply skin, •ore feet, chafing or sunburn. So many have tried to imitate Palmer’s “Skin Success” Ointment but none have ever been able to discover the secret formula. Look for Palmer’s "Skin Success” Oint ment in the orange box—see that you get it. Every good druggist sclb or can easily obtain it for you. Ration. You may feel at times ter ribly and sickeningly discouraged, and that there is nothing ahead for you. Then something will occur that will make you feel hopeful and happy and you will go ahead with a most optimistic and cheerful mood. You may not understand it, but if your hand./riting slants forward like the specimen we have here this week, you may be satisfied hat the reason is because you have a very highly emotional nature. It may make it easier for you if you could know that these periods of bitter depression and discouragement and of utter loneliness are something that are not caused by a real condi tion but by a feeling that is deep within yourself. When you know this, you can learn to laugh it off and say to yourself when such a spell occurs, "it won’t last long,’’ and j you’ll soon find that you are regain ing your happy mood rather than the depressed and discouraged one. * —— - ■ z1 ^ r ^ -ir I II " Here is something it may be worth while for you to keep in mind. The man or woman whose handwriting is reasonably heavy and who slants it very far forward L the one who suf fers bitterly from emotional reaction. Such people are -’ways sensitive. They are easily hurt, and when they are hurt, the i ma^ is a deep one, like the knife wound that runs lar into the flesh. There is an ache in their hearts which comes only through the depths of the emotions. If you remember these tacts it will help you to understand your friends when they go into those fits of dis couragement or glow so enthusiastic that you feel hat they are wasting a lot cf good energy. Tou may have a personal report made of your handwriting if you will write a page, using pen and ink. Sign your name, send letter to Dr. M. N. Bunker, in care if this newspaper, with a stamped and self-addrcsod envelope, for reply. Be sure to enclose the stamped envelope, for letters without this will be discarded. f Late Summer Suggestions j During the winter months the salad is usually a tasty bite, served between courses or with the narin, cou'rse. With hot weather, however, the salad comes into its own. Whole-meat salads and company salads appear in thousands o> clubs and restaurants as well as in modern homes where meals are prepared with both health and appetite in mind. The little ten-minute salad may be furnishecTonce a day, but as the heat increases, its bigger brother, the Whole-meal salads and company table regularly, also. Serve all the salads you wish, for they are almost invariably easy to di gest, alkaline in their reaction and ! filled with minerals, salts and vita mins. But study your salad ingredi ents carefully and see to it that you I are getting full value from the pres ent popularity of this dish. Use sugar, whenever possible, either in the salad itself or in the salad dressing. It is quick-energy food that (will bolster up a lagging system quickly on a hot day, and in addition : will bring out the full flavor of the ►fruit or vegetables used in the salad. Use as many greens as you can. Vary your salads by preparing a fruit salad one day, a vegetable salad the next, and combination fruit and vege table salad for the third. Get into the habit also of surpris ing the family or your guests with an unusual salad—perhaps a frozen i or molded delicacy. You will find that ■ the results will more than justify | the added effort on your part. Here are a few salads that may be new to you. Try them and see how pleasing they will be: FROZEN TOMATO SALAD Peel and cut into fairly small pieces tVo cups of ripe tomatoes. Add two cloves, two. peppercorns, two table spoons sugar, one teaspoon salt, one quarter teaspoon celery salt, one sliced onion, a few grains of parsley, and two tablespoons vinegar. Boil for ten minutes, then press through a sieve. Freeze to a mush. Beat a half cup of cream until stiff and add to the mush. Then complete freez ing. Serve on crisp, thoroughly dried lettuce leaves with mayonnaise I dressing. ___ A Sloppy Wife Means a Slipping Husband Do you want to get rid of your man? It’s the easiest thing imagin able unless he is one of those shift less, lazy, good-for-nothings that merely uses you for a meal ticket. Greet the average husband with a frown and a soiled wrapper when he comes home on Monday. Throw something on the table and liout | “Soup’s on.” Do this again on Tuc. • day, Wednesday, Thursday, and the other days, and keep it up religiously. Be sure that the wrapper is soiled and that your n~ck looks as though a visit to the bathtub will be in order. Then move into a neighborhood where the other women keep their hair, feet, faces and bodies in order. Let your husband sit on the front porch a few evenings and see the difference between these women and yourself. Invite one or two of the nearest neighbor women in for a glass of lemonade or a sandwich. This recipe is guaranteed to make ! any man slip—and the sloppier you are, the quicker he slips. Millions of women have used this recipe—but very few of them realized ; that they were using it until they had lost their husbands. I __ _ ROAST LAMB WITH MINT JtbLi Mint enhances the deliciousness of ' lamb. After roasting the lamb in the usual way surround it with small in dividual servings of mint jelly. Gar nish the dish and top of roast with water-cress or parsley. _ Mint Jelly M cup apple vinegar J cup water green coloring 3>'i cups (1 lb. 7 or.) sugar cup bottled pectin (4 to 114 teaspoons spearmint extract Combine vinegar and water, and add enough coloring to give tint de sired. Add sugar, stir, and bring to a boil. At once add pectin, stirring constantly, and bring again to a full rolling boil and boil one-half minute. Remove from fire and add spearmint extract, according to flavor desired. Let stand 1 minute, skim, and pour quickly. Cover hot jelly with film of hot parafin; when jelly is cold, cover with V* inch of hot paraffin. Roll glass to spread paraffin on sides. If lemon juice is used instead of vine gar, use lVa cups water ana strained juice of 2 lemons. Makes 4 to 5 eight-ounce glasses. OLD ENGLISH DESSERTS 2 cups jam 1 cup rice 3 to 314 cups boiling milk 1 teaspoon salt Vi cup powdered sugar * V4 cup cream Add salt to milk and place in top of boiler. When the boiling point is reached, add rice and cook until, tender (30 to 45 minutes). Drain, sweeten with powdered sugar, and pour into ring mould to set. When ready to serve, turn out carefully on | large plate. Fill center with jam,, and garnish with whipped cream. Ripe plum jam, cherry jam, or I cranberry marmalade make excellent I fillings. |f fS»b! COLIC A cry in the night may be the first warning that Baby has colic. No cause for alarm if Castoria is handy! This pure vegetable prep aration brings quick comfort, and can never do the slightest harm. | Always keep a bottle in the house. It is the safe and sensible thing when children are ailing. Whether j it’s the stomach, or the little i bowels; colic or constipation; or ! diarrhea. When tiny tongues are i coated, or the breath is bad. j Whenever there’s need of gentle ! regulation. Children love the taste of Castoria, and its mildness makes it suitable for the tiniest infant, and for frequent use. And a more liberal dose oi Castoria is always better for growing children than some need lessly strong medicine meant only for adult use. Genuine Castoria always has Chas. H. Fletcher’s signature on the wrapper. Pre scribed by doctors! Ilf/ ^ A new disrootr^ y V .- works wondor* for L. fjHujnk both mon and urorueri -Easy It B» SMooTH TEx Jiirts you soft, jiisttmnf), ^ M j™ straight hair in a short hnir and with notiuallr^ -. 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Send No Money Introductory Just send your name and Special Offer for regular $2 size * bottle for only $1 prepaid, or C.O.D. $1 plus postage. Use according to simple directions. If your hair Isn't per fectly straight in three days, your money will be refunded. Money must accompany orders from outside the US. National Distributing Co. 1110 E. 33rd St„ Dept. 504, Kansas City, Ma, “Before I took Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound I was all run down, nervous, could not 6lecp good and had to spend two days in bed every month, A friend of mine told me about the Vegetable Compound and 1 also saw it advertised in the Afro-American. I don’t know where I would have been today if I hadn’t taken it. I do all my housework, wash ing, ironing, and cleaning and 1 feel fine. I am now giving the Vegetable Compound to my fourtcen-year-old daughter. 1 am glad to answer letters from women at any time.”—Mrs. Lena Nixon, 131c W. Harlen Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland._