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_ Scrub the Face For a Good Complexion —Don't Fear to Use Soap and W ater ' 1_ ^ Most Common Skin Eruptions Like Acne and Black heads, trill lmr*u i with Frequent, Thorough and /?o-~r ;» of the Skin* Says Authority. .tOYAL S. COPELAND, M. D., united State* Senator Irom New York. . urmer Commiftioner of Health, hew York City. NUT long ago I talked with the owner of a “beauty parlor." She is an unusually intelli gent person and I was much im pressed by her common sense views regarding the skin. I want my readers to have the benefit of what thi« good woman told me. If all or some of these suggestions are followed, they cannot be other wise than help ful to the suf ferer from a bad •k:n 1 had spoken of the reinark able output of one American soapmaker. This firm produced _j « i • “ »rVooo DC COPELAND tons of soap. That is an amazing thing — 192 million pounds of so*P» perhaps a billion bars! • j . * am 80 K'*d to hear that,” •aid the lady. “Too little soap and water are used by the people. Gaanlineae, the cleanliness that comes from scrubbing the skin with soap, water and a rough wash rag. are essental to a good complexion.” Then we talked about the skin eruptions, particularly the acne and blackheads ao many boys and girls have, -if only these children would scrub their faces and then leave on the surface to dry In a lot of the lather of common, yellow laundry soap," she said, "they are on the way to a speedy recovery of normal skin. "After the soap haa dried, yellow vaseline should be applied, right on top of the dried soap. This is left on all night and scrubbed off by vigorous washing In the morning."' That, the ladv said, will soon end the acne. Then we taikea about "alopecia." that peculiar form of localized bald ness from which some persons suf fer There is just a patch of scalp disease that causes a loss of hair from a spot the size of a silver dol lar. or larger. The doctors call It "alopecia areata." "If this area is soaked night and morning with a two per cent formal dehyde solution, dried, painted with iodine and then smeared with yellow vaseline twice a day. the trouble will disappear In two weeks" Thus said the lady. Certainly, these remedies are sim ple enough and absolutely harmless. They are worth trying. The thor ough cleansing. If nothing else helps, will go far toward a cure. If you try these sensible meas ures and are greatly benefited. I wish you would write me about It. If we can help even a few of the people who have been embarrassed by marred skin, it will add to the sum total of human happiness. Needless to say, your good friend, the family doctor, must not be over looked. He will advise you about the diet and any internal medica tion you may need. I am sure, he will not disapprove local measures so plainly sensible as are here out lined. Answers to Health Queries j FATHER. Q.—What can be done for hot, perspiring feet; also blisters on the toes? My shoes seem com fortable, although I am on my feet a good part of the day. A.—These are more or less com mon ailments. Changing the shoes and socks as frequently as possible will bring about increased comfort. Foot baths should prove soothing under the clrcumstnacea. • • • DORIS. Q.—What are among the first symptoms of chicken pox. and la there any way in which small chil dren may be made Immune? A.—The presence of small red blisters on the akin is the outstand ing symptom at the onset of the at tack. No. In most Instances the disease is apt to l>e slight and of short duration. • 0 • ANXIOUS. Q.—Can you tell me •omethlng about oxophthalmlc gpitre? 2— What la th* cause of my hair falling out in email patches all over mv head? 3— What Is & carbuncle? 4— Can you advise treatment for hoils and carbuncles? A —Yes. For particulars send a •elf-addressed, stamped envelope. • nd repeat your question. 2—It is possible that you may be ! troubled with alopecia areata. Special treatment is advised. 3— A carbuncl# Is like a group of boils. Instead of discharging its contents through one opening, as a boil does, it has several, perhaps many openings. 4— The bowels should be kept open, good food should be provided, and pastry shunned. For further Information send a self-addressed stamped envelope, and repeat your question. • • • H. H. T. Q.—Why do 1 seem to hava so many colds? 2—What is osteomyelitis? A.—Lowered physic*! vitality, fatigue, poor ventilation, loss of sleep and any other cause which , lowers the resistance will prepare the way to colds. Try to build up your general health. 2—Osteomyelitis is an inflamma tion of the marrow of the bone. • • • A. A. P. Q—What win reduce the hips? A.—It is difficult to rcdure weight in any part of the body without re ducing in general. Eat very spar ingly of starches, sugars and fats. Get regular systematic exercise. A gradual reduction in the amount of food consumed, with the regular exer cise will work wonders, i Corniest. 1921. b* Ntwipuxr l titurs Berries, tne. Three-Minute Journeys By TEMPLE MANNING Sarajevo—“The Marriage Market** MOST Americans never heard of Sarajevo, Serbia, until fif teen years ago. when Arch duke Francis Frederick of Austria was assassinated there, plunging the world into war. But today. Sarajevo is one of the quaintest spots in the Old World. Her Balkan people live In the past, with their age-old customs and traditions. Ignoring for the most part, the swift onslaught of progress. One of the most interesting of these old customs is the marriage rrJki ket which is held each year, on Easter Monday, la the city's main aquars. The ceremony la part of the rites Of tba Greek Orthodox Church. On the appointed day ai! the un married young men and women Journey from their farms and home villages. The youths come In twos. threes or larger groups, but each of th * young ladies is accompanied by her parents lieNllees to suv they are all attired In their finest clothes. The more wealthy girls are dressed In the Jo ety old costumes that have been In their families* possession for gen eraMona. These are beautifully em broidered and each girl who can af ford it wears a chain of geld coins In her hair or on her belt. The clothes of the hopeful bride gr ms are also heavily embroidered an-> they wear colorful*girdies. Ar riving early In the morning the youths and girls stroll up and down the »qutre, very seldom mingling with members of the other sex. After the first few hours their A Prospective Bride and Groom. natural shyness wears off. however, and meeting in the center of the I square groups of eight or ten couples begin to dance. Music is provided by shepherds' fifes or pipes. After awhile acqiM.lrita.nces are struck up between the participants, although most of have already made up their minds as to their fu ture life-partners. In the afternoons the groups break up and couples are seen strolling to gether arm in arm. This is equiv alent to an engagement announce ment. The marriage market is over. The Stars Say— By GENEVIEVE KEMBLE For Friday, February 13. astral testimonies for pro-' (I gresslve and prosperous condi-1 -*■ <tona ara uppermost in this i toy'* planetary chart. There is ! «v« r ij-oroiaa of growth, expansion an' ratifying financial returns in b Ha. especially In new under tr s und plans, and the auguries ft, ,~<onal happiness, preferment an : asperity ape definite. It is a I tir.» -or pushing vigorously toward j hig j goals tn position and prestige, ! although these . tn»y entail some abrupt upheavals or unforeseen read Justments. The purely personal relations may also be unusually gratifying and happy. Those whose birthday it is may look for a year of splendid progress and prosperity, with business as well as personal affiliations bringing much satisfaction. Finances should increase, business expand and per sonal preferment and prestige spell honors and fulfilled ambitions. It is a time for pushing to such goals. A child born on ths^jay may have excellent abilities and attributes for attaining success and high position In life, with distinction, prestige and high personal standing in social as well as business associations. Winter Thrills Dorothy Flack t> 1*11 r«|) .f* IM € W'WTHO said that Summer was the most thrill lly ing season of all? It must be the opin v ion of the girl who looks best in a bath ing suit. But for the athletic girl who adores Winter sports such as tobogganing, skiing and skating, the Winter is the most joyous season of the year. Just watch and listen while a group of young people make merry on an outdoor skat ing rink, whether it be in town or country. Just listen to their joyous laughter, just watch their happy faces and fine forms as they glide over the glistening ice and you will know why Winter is to many the most glorious season of ail. Have you ever watched a group of young people on a toboggan as they coasted down the snowy incline with shouts of happy laughter? Even if there is going to be a huge spill after the joyous thrill, they are happy just the same. They are living, they are getting the finest life • has to offer. They have companionship that is congenial. And above all they are supremely healthy. And so it is.n’t to be wondered at, that Cupid is often forced to work overtime, at a Winter sports resort. rvf a W71-ft* The Brale l)u»h of Dickey and Harry A A v-111 L V-1 C l V V II V ♦ i'nderwood Nullifies the Bandits By Afiele Garrison Attempt to Bomb the Farmhouse. ALL THAT I had ever read of “pineapples" and gang war fare swirled around me sick ening!}* as I saw the man on the running board of the speeding ear hurl a sinister dark object with a glowing red end toward the farm house. Even through the terror which froze me, motionless, the whole scene seemed fantastic, un real. Surely it was not the peace ful farmhouse which was so men aced! And why should men whose sole object was the securing of Marlon's lock-box with its secret compartment, and mysterious con tents he so murderously vindictive as to try to bomb our home, when their plot to burglarize the bank was foiled? For there was no longer any doubt In our minds that the men ir. the speeding car were those whom. Mr. Corwin, the banker, had just tele phoned us. had been drowned in the Peconid Bay while trying to escape from ike posse in pursuit of them. Harry Underwood had deduced a fake escape, and a doubling back upon their tracks, but I think even he had had no Idea of what had just happened A Dash in the Dark Thoughts, of course, are quicker than any action*, hat it seemed to me that tha dark objeot flung by the man had not yet reached the ground before Dicky, nearest the veranda door, had torn it open and dashed toward it. The lights of the speed ing car had faded away, and in the darkness we could see only the glow ing end Harry Underwood dashed out di rectly after Dicky, but the lighter, younger man outdistanced him and, crushing back the scream which was tearing my throat, I saw my hus band stoop as he ran, pick up the black object, with its sputtering red tip, run with it to the road and hurl it in a tremendous arc into the open field beyond. Then he sprinted back to the house, calling, "Hun to the children. There’ll be broken glass, if nothing worse." We were half way up the stairs when the explosion came—a sput ter and then a bang such as results from a large Roman candle. As we reached the bedroom doors my father's voice spoke softly from the stairs. "I do not believe there will be any thing more." he said. "Come down, please.” Then was that In hia voice which | made us obey him as if wo were j children, and ,n a moment wo were ! again back or the veranda. 1 “That was either a dud. a threat, or a bit of quiipish humor," he said. "In any case, we have been spared. My sons!" he put a hand upon the shoulder of each of the two men. "that was as fine an exhibition of bravery upon the part of both of you as 1 have c-."-r seen." "Hang the laurels on the Dicky bird!" Harry said. "He deserves them. Ail I did was to fall over my own feet, while he skimmed the ground like a-” "Shut up!" Dicky growled affec tionately. "You weren’t a split sec ond hack of me all the way. But are we going to tiike this lying down? ! Are these the birds that are sup posed to be feeding the fishes at the ferry slip over in North Haven? If ! they are, they’re the liveliest corpses j I I've seen for many a day. Or are. they, perchance, our Chinese friends?" "Not the Chinese ” My father's tones were Krim. “If they had at tempted anything like this, we would not be here now. They are more efficient in their methods; but. hap pily. they are too wily to come out into the open like this except in their own privato wars. We must look for something more subtle from them. No. these men are the ones whose car 1s in the water at the foot of the ferry. I am sure. They simply have executed a clever feint, and doubled back upon their tracks." "Are you going to let them keep on doubling. Dad?" _ 1 An Astounding Implication | Dicky’s tone, despite the deference which he always pays my father, held distinct impatience, and I guessed that both he and Harry Un derwood were chafing at their en forced inaction. They would have bad both cars out and been well on their way in chase of the bandits if my father had given the word in stead of holding them in colloquy. "I think it would be wiser. Rich ard." my father said slowly "After all. it is our private quarrel. I do not believe anything in the bank save Marion's lock-box in the safety deposit vault would have been dis turbed, had they been successful in their attempt to get in. As far as we are concerned. I think we’d bet ter accept officially the belief of Sag Harbor that the bank robbers are in the bottom of Peconic Ray. At least.” he added astoundingly after a second s pause, "until we find out what is really in that missile over yonder in the field." (Continued Tomorrow.) Cowrtsilt. 1931. br recur* frrrlc*. Inc. Beauty’s Newest Fad-Dyeing the Eyebrows -By JOSEPHINE HUDDLESTON SIN’CE the practice of dyeing and shaping the eyebrows is becoming more popular each day I think w«‘U have a series of articles explaining Just how this work is done. New modes and methods have been developed since last we discussed the subject here and I know you are anxious to learn all about the artful practices which go to make up this branch of beauty culture. Several articles will be devoted to shaping and dyeing the eyebrows and I do Wish you would save them as they appaar, so that, at the com pletion of the series, you will have all the available Information you are apt to need for beautifying your own eyebrows and lashes Don’t fear that shaving or tweet ing the eyebrows will encourage a heavier and closer growth. It won’t. Therefore, your only problem in shaping the eyebrows is finding the lines roost becoming to you. Before going into actual shaping, however, I want to make a few sug gestions for the removal of unneces aary hairs from the brow line, for it is important that Infection and sore ness be avoided. Most beauty shops favor a special ly constructed razor for the shaping of the eyebrows. Those of you who prefer to do your own shaping, how ever. probably will find the tweezers easier to handle. It is necessary that the exact line of the eyebrows be determined be fore removal of hairs is begun and this is best done by brushing the brows. |Ise the Brush First" 1 Regardless of toe shape or condi tion of your brows at the time, brush them upward until each hair is point ing toward the top of the head. Then run the edge of your brush lightly along the top of the brows, beginning at the bridge of the nose and drawing the brush out to the ends. This is the very best method for brushing the brows and arrang ing the hairs in their natural posi tions. »Jany women find that an entirely new and lovely brow line is achieved by this simple treatment, making additional shaping unneces sary When using the tweezers it is im portant that each hair be plucked out in the direction it grows. This Is another reason why the correct brushing of the brows is important for it enables you to see at a glance Just how to pul! the hair out. The careless removal of hairs, where no attention is paid to the direction of their growth, frequently breaks the skin and makes a perfect setting for infection. Before plucking the brows hold two or three very hot towels to them. This helps to open the pores a little, making removal easier and more comfortable. The tweezers should j be dipped In alcohol before they are [ used and again after the removal of two or three hears. This insures cleanliness, which is important. Wild hairs which are found in the i line you wish to retain and not in 1 the area which is to be cleared. should not be plucked out. as this ! leaves a tiny white spot in the brows i resembling baldness. Such hair should be trimmed with the scissors until it blends Into the general mass 'of hair forming the brows. In our nest article we will begin the discussion of modes for the eye brows. * Modem Sons Choose Their Professions —Refuse to Follow in Father's Footsteps Pershing's Boy Doesn't Want to Be a Soldier—How Different, Say* Winifred Black, to the Olden Days When Trades Were Inherited for Generations. By Winifred black NO Army life for him. No West Point-T-no parade ground, no Benny Havens— in his young life! Not for Warren Pershing, son of the com mander of all £1 W/P;>v\^ the American j{ forces in France L during the# World War. £ Warren Per- E shing is a stu- H dent in Y a 1 e . A He’s 21 years P old and he is a s senior. H e(, doesn’t know jt what he wants j to do, after he f, * TlutTne thing WIMlFDLD BUCK he does know No Army life for him! And here we all think it’s so romantic and soul-stirring to wake to the bugles and march to the drums, and see the sun go down to the good old tune that makes the shivers run up and down your back to hear It. Well, I am not surprised—are you? The young men of today don't seem to be so crazy about war. as their fathers and grandfathers were at their age. And you'll have to admit that it is rather messy—this war business, what with submarines, airplanes, poison gases, and no chance for per sonal gallantry or real Individual distinction, in the whole stupid, cruel, brutal business. And, anyhow, how many doctors do you know whose sons want to study medicine? How many editors do you know whose sons are consumed with a terrific ambition to run to fires and haunt police stations as police re I porters? Once in a while there is a lawyer who takes his son into partnership and puts up a shingle. "Smith-Smith ft Smith. Attorneys-at-Law.” But as a usual thing it is the | plumber's son who wants to be a ■■■-. . lawyer, and the railroad man's son who is determined to be a news paper man, and the newspaper man's son who knows that no matter what else he does, he's not going to be a newspaper man and have the telephone ring just as he is sitting down to a decent dinner and find himself tearing from where to where, in a taxi, looking for the real mur derer when he wants to be at home like a sane man telling bedtime stories to his own son. Did you ever know a singer who would let her daughter even look at a piano, and did you ever meet a fiddler who would think of encour aging either a son or daughter to play the violin—for a living*' Over on the other side of the water it seems to be different. Plumbers axe plumbers for gen erations. Carpenters are carpenters because their great-great-grandfathers were carpenters and they intend to turn carpenters, too. , I Aierieana Choose Their Own I Even the chimney sweeps Inherit their father's trade, they tell me, and I'll never forget my petrified amazement when I wanted to go to the Old Bailey Police Court and write a few modest, humble sketches and they told me that no one was allowed to write news from that court but a man named Dickens, who had Inherited the Job from his Illustrious grandfather, who made the world laugh and cry with his tales of the sorrows of those brought to Justice in the old court. Imagine an American police re porter handing down his Job to his grandson. He couldn't do It if he would, and if he would do It—he couldn’t. And that’s why. perhaps, Ameri can business is livelier than busi ness in other countries. It’s always full of new blood and new ideas, and new people. Here's to you. Warren Pershing, son of Black Jack Pershing, anil here’s to your American idea of standing on your own feet and mak ing your own living in any trade or profession it may please you to choose. CoprrifW. 1931. or XmNpn rwiur* S«rtlc«. lae. The Home Kitchen By ALICE LYNN BARRY Secret of Good Soups. OUP-MAKING is another of the almost extinct arts of the ^ home, at least In this country. There's a reason. Good soup is a compound of a large number of in gredients—fresh vegetables, meat, spices. (Or as someone once said of the French who excel In this dish: "They put everything In the soup pot except old love-letters!") And when one considers the mere num ber of ingredients, it is plain that it pay* to make *oup at home only for a large table. It's hardly a practical dish for the average family of three or four. However, there are times when there is a large dinner party at which soup is to be served. And a choice home-made soup is a cheerful beginning. Perhaps the most de lectable Is— >1 or k~ Turtle Soup 1 Calf's head or 5 lbs. knuckle veal. 3 onions 1 small turnip. H cup diced carrots. H cup celery and leaves. S whole cloves. * whole allspice. 1 lemon, sliced thin. 2 large tomatoes. 1 tablespoon salt. 2 tablespoons butter. 3 tablespoons cooking sherry. 1| cup flour. teaspoon pepper. Helpful Advice to Girls ; By NANCY LEE Dear nancy lee: Will you kindly tell me the best way to ask a boy to my house. The girls I go with have all had boy* to their house. I hate to ask them what to say to the boy, but still I can't think of what to say to him. Would you kindly let me know as soon as possible, as I’m waiting very patiently. CHERIE. CHERIE.—Perhaps you could per suade your people to allow you to have a little party? It tvould then be quite a simple matter to ask him nicely to come to your home as you are having a little evening and feel that it would not be complete or suc cessful without him. It ts not how one couche* an invitation, but the sincerity that counts. Dear nancy lee: I am very much In love with a young fellow ona year my senior. He tells me he loves me also. But because he Is not of my birth my friends think I shouldn't go around with him. If I do I lose them, as my friends. My mother does not mind my going with him. Please tell me if I should continue going with him and lose my friends, or stop and keep my friends. BLOND Y, BLONDY: Do you Intend to shape your life on the advice of your friends and do you also expect to spend your existence with those same friends? If not. you should utterly disregard their temarka and do as you choose. The main thing Is that your mother approves of the young man. She Is the only one whose 1 opinion really matters. j Place the washed head or meat in a large saucepan, add salt, covet completely with water and cook slowly until meat (alls from bones This may take two or three hours Then strain, add the vegetables and seasonings and cook an hour longei over a low flame. Strain. Krowr the butter in the large saucepan, add flour and slowly add the strained liquid, stirring constantly. When 11 boils up, simmer 5 minutes longer then serve. Diced veal may be added to th< soup before the last five minutes ol simmering and served with it. fine* Hold a Wealth of Interest For the Fashionable THE bag holds a wealth of inter est for the smart woman who realizes how much this acces sory contributes to the effectiveness of each costume. Today we ore showing three bags of varied themes, all of which, however, express late fashion thought. The first Is a satin suede envelope with an exquisite mounting of gunmetal pearls—for the dressy afternoon ensemble. Pearl and Beauvais embroidery on a faille silk bag Is embellished by a gold mounting and chain. Designed for evening wear. The good-looking, practical, everyday bag is last shown in a monotone tweed fabric mounted on a novel bone frame. Good-Night Stories By MAX TRELL • • • I wish I bad a bouse To carry all about me. For when I'm far away from borne My bouse must do without me, —Shadow Sayings. { f/’'VH 1 haven’t seen Ting* V V a-Ling’s house.** It wag Sing-Song who said this. He was addressing Mij. Flor, Han id. Vani and Knarf. the shadows with the turned-a bout names. Ting-a<* Ling was there, too. He was sorely disappointed at not finding his house. Just Imagine how you would feel If you came home one night, and did not find sight or sign of your house. "But I'm sure 1 left it there thil morning," the poor Chinaman kept relating shaking his head in a pus* zlcd way “You couldn’t nave rmstajd it, I could you?'* Hanld asked. “Oh. I'm sure I didn't mislay it.** The shadows were all In a quandary. They didn’t know just how to con* sole their friend He looked terri* bly woebegone. He wanted to sit down in his favorite chair—and the chair, along with the rest of the house, was gone. "Maybe." Sing-Song said in a hope ful tone of voice, "maybe you sold It." "No. no—I didn't sell It Why should I sell it?" "You may have wanted to buy an other house.” Knsrf broke in. “Lota of people sell their houses to buy others." The Chinaman shook his head. **X • . « aril* -» “Here il ia!** the Shadow Boy Cried* didn’t sell it. Besides, even if I did It would still be here, wouldn't Uf A house wouldn’t get up and take it* self off just because it happened to be aold." Ting a-Ling seemed to be right, The house certainly ought to be there, where he left It. But It waa plain as day that It wasn’t. They started looking a round for It, bahlruft bushes, and along the margin of the pond. Mij even went so far as tie climb up a tree. Suddenly he uttered a loud cry. “I've found It. I’v* found it!" They all rushed to the side of the tree, gazing up into the branches. • HERE IT IS!" THE SHADOW* BOY CRIED, pointing to a tiny house set out on the end of a stout limb. ■ 'Silly,'* FI or shouted up to him, i "that’s not Tmg-a-Llngs house. lt d only a bird-house." Ting-a-Ling uttered a deep sigh. That wan too bad. really. He had thought for a moment—only a I moment—that the missing house had : somehow gotten up into the tree, But a bird-house—h’m. that wouldn’t do at all. He motioned Mij to com* down. “I think we’d better go to the police station and tell them all about it," he said. 'They'll know what to do.” So they all trooped off to the police station, and here they found Constable Gog. Sing-Song, who could speak much faster than Tlng-a-Ling. explained what had happened. Constable Gog C'TVhat & curious name.” remarked Yam) wrote it all down In a big book and then sounded a big gong that hung at his side. The next instant there wero sounds of heavy footsteps in the next room. “It's Detective Kloo-Kloo." said the constable. “He'll find your bouse!” (Tomorrow: Kloo-Kloo at Work.) C»r>tUht. 1*31. b* S*««ns>«r F»«Iu-« a*rr>c». In®. Word,* of the W ise Some men, imagining them selves possessed with a divine fury, often fall into toys and trifles which are only puerili ties —Dryden. There are few mortals so in sensible that their affections cannot be gaintd by mildness. •heir confidence by sincerity, their hatred by stom or neglect. —Zimmerman. The mind is not always in the same state: being at times cheerful, melancholy, severe, peevish. These different states may not improperly be denomi nated tones. —Lord Karnes. Study is the bane of boyhood, the ailment of youth, the in dulgence of manhood, and the restorative of old age. —-Landor. Nothing is anything more un just than an ignorant man who thinks nothing done properly unless he himself has done it. —Terrence. It is to live twice when you can enjoy the recollection of your former life. —Martial. Logic is to teach us the right use of our reason or intellec tual powers. —Watts. By superior rapacity and ex tensive knowledge a new nan often rises to favor. —Addison. CoCTTltht. 1991. by N«»tp*p«r Ftt’-rr* g#rtjc*. fqa.