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AUNT JULIA'S
LETTER BOX
Dear Children:
In the last issue I talked to you about your teeth, and as long
as I have started on this health talk, I want to tell you that plenty
of water for bathing and drinking is a mighty great help towards
health and attractiveness. Now boys, I know just what a time
mothers have about getting boys to bath at any time that the swim
ming pools are out of the running, but if you knew how much a
daily bath does towards making you healthy, attractive men, you
would fight for the tub. Everybody is entitled to a daily bath, for
its comfort and health-giving qualities.
As for drinking plenty of water, well if you don’t you are
laying up a painful old age for yourself. Ten glasses of good, fresh
water a day is the least you should take..
Well, this is enough of doctoring for a while; hope you will take
what I have said to heart.
/ i Lovingly,
AUNT JULIA.
Dear Aunt .Tulia and Cousins.—Max I join
you all a while this morning? I have never
written to The Journal, but have / b'een a
silent reader and a most ardent lover of
the Letter Box for quite a while. I live
in the country and I’m a great lover of
inlisic, flowers and novels. Spring has come
at last. Guess you cousins are planting
your flower gardens. Do you cousins [at
tend Sabbath school? Will describe my
self and go: Black hair, brown eyes and
medium complexion, age 18. All of you
cousins write to me.
Your niece and cousin.
OPAL FARBER.
Wadley, Ga.
P. S.—Enclosed find 10 cents for the
orphan.—O. F.
Dear Aunt Julia:—Will you admit another
South Carolina girl into your happy band
of hoys and girls. I have been a silent
reader for a long time. I am a school
girl, and I am in the tenth grade. I will
let the cousins guess my age. It is be
tween sixteen and 19. As it is the rule, I
will describe myself. I am 5 feet and 5
inches tall, weigh 120 pounds, am blue
eyed and have brown hair and fair com
plexion. Don’t get excited, that is it.
Please print this, Aunt Julia, it is my first
attempt. Cousins, let your letters fly to
ELLEN BOWIE,
Honea Path. S. C.
P. S.—Enclosed find 10 cents for the
French baby.
Dearest Auntie and Cousins: —Here I
come again for admittance as I did not
see my other letter in print. Wonder what
you all are doing this rainy weather?
Going to school and reading novels, I
guess. I live in the country and like it
fine. Well, as it is a rule, I will describe
myself if you promise not to run, so here
goes. Auburn hair, blue eyes, fair com
plexion, 5 feet 8 inches low, weigh about
1.38 pounds. Am 18 years young. Well,
I’m all over with now. All of you cousins
write to a lonely country boy and see if
you don’t get an answer, so let your let
ters fly. especially the fair sex, to
DONALD NELMS,
Bowman, Ga. Route 1.
P. S. I am enclosing ten cents for the
French lassie.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins:—Will you
please admit a girl from Crawford to your
happy band? I certainly enjoy reading the
letters from the cousins, and I think it just
grand in Aunt Julia’s adopting the French
baby. I’ll not describe myself, but my
age is between 16 and 20. so guess! Would
like to correspond with any of you cousins;
also would like to exchange photos.
Sincerely.
(MISS) BLANCHE HICKS,
Crawford, Ga.
P. S. Five cents for the baby.
Dearest,Aunt Julia and all:—As we are
all alone this afternoon we thought we
would write a few lines to your grand 1
circle, and try to gain admittance. We are
both living in the state of North Caro
lina. I, Marie (girl), am 5 feet 2 Inches
tall, weight 115 pounds. Am 17 years old.
I, Charles (boy), am 6 feet 2 Inches tall.
Weigh 125 pounds, am 17 years old,
I live in the country and like farm
life fine. I, Marie, live in the city and
like town life fine. But just at present
I’m in the country. What are you cousins
doing for a joyful Easter? We have had
some time hunting eggs. Well, as this
is otto, first attempt to get into your cozy
corner, we will give you our addresses and
“be off.” I, Marie, address is Gastonia, N.
C., 520 North Broad street. I, Charles, ad
dress is Matthews, N. C., R. F. D. 26.
Everybody be sure and write and you will
surely receive a reply.
MARIE M’CULLOUGH.
CHARLES BLANCHARD.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins:—Have you
room for a South Carolina girlie again?
I’ve just finished 'reading the Letter Box
and couldn’t keep silent any longer. I
come in favor of an American orphan's sup
port. Think either it or the scholarship
will be absolutely wonderful. Wonder what
you cousins are doing for pastime? I tatt
and crochet, see after the “milk team”
and cook sometimes. So you see I am kept
pretty busy. Aren’t we all glad that
spring is here again? Makes one think life
is more worth living. Will not make my
letter too lengthy. Would be delighted to
exchange letters, cards and photos with all
you cousins. So let them sail to your long
absent niece and cousin,
EVELYN VANCE VIN.CENT,
Lancaster, S. p. R. 6.
Black Mountain, April 5, 1920.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: —Please
admit a North Carolinian in your happy
circle. I’ve been a reader of The Journal
for quite a while and enjoy reading it very
much. I’ll describe myself, if none of you
will blush! La come back here, R. V.
Deela, I’m just now starting! Dark hair,
dark eyes, medium complexion, 5 feet 4
inches tall, weight 137; that’s all I guess.
Hope to see this in print. If so I’ll send
French baby SI.OO next time as this is
my first letter. I had better stop. All of
you North Carolinians cheer up. Hope R.
V. D. will sit on the W. B. till this is
in print. With love and best wishes to
Aunt Julia and cousins. Your new cousin,
OLINE COLE.
Black Mountain, N. C.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins:—Here I
come again this beautiful day, hoping tff
be admitted as I enjoyed my other visit
immensely. Wonder what you all are do
ing? I have been crocheting, reading, sew
ing and playing the phonograph. I think
Aunt Julia is a good Auntie, don’t you?
Why don’t more of you sailors and soldier
boys write, I like your letters fine. Come
again Luther Huff. Your letters are just
fine. What is the matter with you Hoyle
A. Martin? Why don’t you answer my let
ter? Well, I will not describe myself this
time, but I will tell you cousins how oM
I am. I will be 19 years ol<l November
29th, 1920. Who has my birthday? I
would be glad if some of you cousins
would visit me this summer. Would insure
you a nice time. Well, I had better make
my letter short. All you good-looking cou
sins write to me and see if you don’t get
»n answer. Enclosed you will find my
bit for the baby. Aunt Julia, please print
this. Well, I will bid you all good bye,
wishing you all a very bright and happy
Easter. So let the letters and cards fly
to
EDITH BAKER,
Elliott, S. C. Route 1, Box 43.
Powder Springs, Ga., Apr. 6, 1920.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: —What have
you cousins been doing this cool weath
er? We have not done anything in the
garden yet, it has rainea so much. School
is out. I go to school at Osborne chapel. I
am in the sixth grade.
I am eleven years of age. Who has my
birthday? May 23rd.
Our home is about 100 yards from the
school. Well, I won’t stay long. Aunt
Julia, please print this and I will visit
you again. I see Mr. Waste Basket com-'
ing so I guess I had better run. I will
close with a riddle. Sharp as a needle
and as high as a tree.
Loving,
BEATRICE CANTRELL.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes
a new cousin asking for a seat by Cousin
Bernice Beaty, so move over. I see she
likes flowers as well as myself. Mamma
orders all her flowers and garden seed from
H. G. Hasting & Co., of Atlanta. Ga.
How many of the cousins are members of
the Canning club? I am. I am 5 feet
10 inches high, weigh about 120 pounds,
have brown hair and eyes, and am light
complected. I go to siliool at Apalachee.
Ga. Who has my birthday, May 9th? Will
be 14 my next birthday. Would like to
receive letters and cards from some of the
cousins. Your new cousin,
ELIZABETH BISHOP.
Madison, Ga., R. F. D. No. 0.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins:—Will you
admit a little Georgia girl into your happy
band of boys and girls? Well, it is the
rule to describe onesself. I am eight years
old; have brown eyes, medium complexion,
light, brown hair, four feet and three
inches tall, and in the fourth grade in
school. My teacher is Mr. Albert Ader. I
sure do like him. I live on a farm and
like farm life fine. What do you all do
for pastime? I read and write and draw,
and work arithmetic. Well, as this is my
first time I will close.
ELIZABETH CANTRELL.
Dear Aunt and Cousins:—Please slip over
and give me a seat by Aunt Julia. I
wonder what you all are doing for pastime?
I am going to school and having some
kind of a time. I am a girl fourteen years
THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
The Country Home
BY MRS. VV. H. FELTON
LONGFELLOW'S WONDERFUL
POEM
The Chamber Over the Gate
Is it so far from thee,
Thou can’st no longer see.
In the chamber over the gate,
That old man desolate,
Weeping and wailing sore,
For his son, who is no more?
O Absalom, my son!
Is it so long ago,
That cry of human woe
From the walled city came,
Calling on his dear name,
That it has died way
In the distance of today?
O Absalom, my son!
There is no far nor near.
There is neither there nor here.
There is neither soon nor late
In that chamber over the gate,
Nor any long ago
To that cry of human woe,
O Absalom, my son!
From the ages that are past
The voice comes, like a blast,
Over seas that wreck and drown,
Over tumult of traffic and town;
And from ages yet to be
Come the echoes back to me,
O Absalom, my son!
Somewhere, at every hour,
The watchman on the tower
Looks forth, and sees the fleet
Approach of the hurrying feet
Os messengers, that bear
The tidings of despair—
O Absalom, my son!
He goes forth from the door
Who shall return no more.
With him our joy departs;
The light goes out in our hearts;
In the chamber over the gate
We sit disconsolate.
O Absalom, my son!
That *tis a common grief
Bringeth but slight relief;
Ours is the bitterest loss,
Ours is the heaviest cross,
And forever the cry will be,
Would God I had died for thee,
O Absalom, my son!
—Longfellow.
King David had his heart sorely
tried with that unruly son, Absalom.
The latter went so far as to seek
his father’s downfall and expulsion
from the throne in Israel. But the
king still loved the erring one. He
had affection left, after the handsome
and reckless son had done his utmost
to ruin and destroy his father. In
the olden days there were walls and
gates around king’s palaces. There
was a small room over the gate, or
entrance, where an anxious watcher
might sit alone and in safety, until
the enemy could destroy the palace.
The aged king sat in the chamber
over the gate and moaned in his
grief:
“Would to God I had died in your
place;
Oh! Absalom, my son, my son!”
HYDROPHOBIA
Quite frequently we notice in the
newspapers accounts of persons be
ing bitten by mad dogs. There are
gruesome stories also of the fearful
sufferings of those who have been
bitten from which death can only af
ford relief and release. Some years
ago a German forest keeper, eighty
two years old, felt impelled to give
a secret remedy to the public be
fore he died, and he published the
remedy in a German paper, called
the Leipsic Journal, a recipe he had
used for fifty years, and which he
claimed had saved the lives of sev
eral men and the lives of a great
number of animals from a horrible
death by hydrophobia. He said a
bite must be washed as soon as pos
sible with warm water, and soon as
it was dried off, which will take only
a few minutes, a few drops of mu
riatic acid must be poured upon the
wound to destroy the poison of the
saliva. The contact of this poisoned
saliva upon the raw flesh made the
trouble.
This simple remedy is certainly
worth a trial. It is important to act
with great promptness, because the
poison germ travels fast when it
gets an entrance into the blood ves
sels of the human body—also into the
blood vessels in animals. When hot
weather comes along in midsummer,
there is what has been termed by
the poets, “midsummer madness,”
which in plain prose means that the
heat engenders passion and disease
along with it—when it reaches into
excess.
Mad dogs were more talked about
fifty years ago than the present time.
Doubtless, there are fewer dogs
and more people to be intermingled.
Shoes and Foot Troubles
The commonest form of foot trou
ble is that which the laity speak of
as "flatfoot,” or "fallen arches,” a
condition which is, in fact, nearly
always by bad nosture. bv
muscles weakened through lack of
proper exercise, and especially by
the use of shoes of poor type, which
limit muscle action; especially ac
tion of the toes, and give a faulty
weight distribution on the foot.
When the barefoot savage walks,
his foot “toes in,” and the toes grasp’
the ground at each step. In conse
quence of this, the leg muscles
whose tendons run back of the in
ner ankle bone and are hitched to
the sole and the toes, are strong and
elastic from use and hold up the
arch of the foot.
. With stiff shoes, especially wit.o
tight or short ones,* the action of the
toes is limited or even slipped, and
the muscles consequently lose elas
tic ’ty and tone.
If one stands much and walks lit
tle, all the muscles of the leg and
foot lose strength.
If one toes-out in walking or
standing (as is easy in a stiff shoe)
the strain on weak muscles is in--
creased; moreover there is a slack
ing up of support on the inner side
of the angle and a rolling over in
ward (not really a falling) of the
arch, withm the result of lameness
in the arch and in many other places
from strain.
Every foot can be rolled over in
ward —if there were no roll in or out
we could not walk on rough ground
—but this should not be the usual
position. Certain races and certain
people, to be sure, have low arches
naturally, but without foot trouble.
I Nevertheless a foot which habitually
I rolls inward in standing is never
i natural.
It Always Helps
One of the best things about the
telephone, as a business man points
out, is that you can’t hear what the
fellow at the other end of the line
says as he hangs up the receiver.
old and I have blue eyes, light black hair,
and fair complexion, and my mother has
| red hair and fair complexion. I am a
i reader of the Letter Box. Mother takes The
■ Tri-Weekly Journal and I like it fine. I
had better ring off for this time. I am
a girl as the years roll on.
BESSIE MASSEY.
Calhoun, Ga., Route 1.
INSURING YOUR CLOTHES
AGAINST DAMAGE BY MOTHS
This is the time of the year when
the little moth gets busy. It is much
easier to bar him from your ward
robe than it is to put him out after
wards and repair the damage. Early
in the spring is the time to use the
“ounce of prevention.” The moth is
no discriminator of persons or things;
the school girl’s half worn woolen
gloves or your new bolivia.coat with
the squirrel collar are all one to him
when he starts on his perforating pil
grimage.
Woolen stuffs and fur are his fav
orite materials. Eternal vigilance
seems the only successful method of
protecting woolen garments from the
pests. Garments which are used
from time to time all summer can not
be wrapped, but must hang in the
closet and wardrobe ready for unex
pected changes in the weather, but
they will keep in good condition, the
United States Department of Agricul
ture suggests, if the following pre
cautions are carried out:
Keep the clqset or wardrobe clean.
If possible hang garments in a closet
that, has a window. Brush clothes
thoroughly at regular intervals. Turn
pockets wrong side out, cuffs down
an brush. Brush under lapels, plaits,
and the top of hems. Every one
knows how much dust collects in all
of these crevices of clothing. If this
dust is not allowed to remain the
moths will not have as good a lodging
place.
Precaution in Storing
The larger part of one’s winter
wardrobe is usually carefully "put
away!’ in the spring to remain stored
until cold weather appears again.
Some people are fortunate enough to
be able to send their clothing to a
storage company which makes a bus
iness of seeing that moths do not
damage garments left 'in its care.
The rank and file, however, still have
to follow grandmother’s methods and
pack their clothes in trunks or cedar
chests or wrap them up and store
them on the closet shelf.
In the fall, when they are un
packed, there is always the fear that
in spite of your care the moths may
Here Are Some New Dresses •
For Our Old Friend, the Egg
Now that eggs are a little more
plentiful and comparatively reason
able in price they can provide a wel
come variation in the family diet.
In many families eggs are seldom
served except at breakfast, but they
furnish just as many possibilities
for delectable dishes for luncheon or
supper as they do for breakfast.
They can well take the place of a
meat dish, for, like meat they fur
nish protein, fat and mineral matter
and the yolk is also a good source
of vitamin. A few recipes for at
tractive dishes suitable to serve win
place of meat for the midday or eve
ning meal follow. These recipes were
tested In the experimental kitchen
of the United States department of
agriculture.
Combinations of eggs with bread
crumbs, rice of some starchy cereal
to give body to the dish are always
good.
Shirred Eggs With Rice
Fill a baking dish half full of
hot boiled rice. Break six eggs and
carefully drop them in the rice, tak
ing care not to break the yolks.
Pour a cup of cheese sauce over the
eggs and rice and bake in a moderate
over until white of the eggs are set.
To make the cheese sauce: Melt 1
tablespoon of butter and stir into it
1 tablespoon of flour, 1 teaspoon of
salt and one-eighth teaspoon of white
pepper. Add 1 cup of cold milk, and
stir over the flame until thick and
creamy. Add 4 tablespoons of grated
cheese and stir until melted.
Creole Eggs
Hard cook 6 eggs.
Cook one-half cup of washed rice
in two quarts of boiling water con
taining one teaspoon of salt.
Make a sauce in the following way:
Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a
skillet, and add 4 tablespoons of
chopped onions. Cook until the onion
How to Produce Good Eggs
For the Summer Markets
Os the 1,957,000,000 dozens of eggs
produced annually in the United
Suites, it is estimated that nearly S
per cent of those marketed are a
total loss.
This Is due largely to improper
handling between the farm and the
ms i het. Many farmers look upon
eggs as a by-produc*', and the returns
as so much clear gain. The hens
forage for a living; eggs are gather
ed whenever convenient and kept al
most anywhere. With such careless
ness and a combination of mongrel
stock, dirty nests; stolen nests of
broody hens, unconfined males, late
maturing pullets and other undesira
ble conditions, is it any wonder that
the product includes a high percent
age of small, cracked, airty. stale,
heated and even rotten eggs?
Care Should Be Given Market Eggs
Occasionally the accumulations of
all these x kinds of egtjs are taken
to the country merchants and ex
changed for merchandise. The mer
chant usually buys these eggs, "case
count.” paying the same price for
all kinds and sizes, provided the
shells are unbroken. Smail produc
tion results in small or infrequent
shipments.
If possible, only non fertile eggs
should be produced for market; fer
tile eggs deteriorate rapidly ;nd are
the cause of much loss. A broody
hen on the nest, or exposure to a
temperature from other sources suf
ficient to start incubation, causes all
such eggs to be rejected when they
are candled.
Eggs should be cared for carefully.
Provide plenty of nests and Keep
Carrots as a Diet Supply Us
With Lime; Likened Unto Milk
One-fiftieth of the human body by
weight, is lime. This is largely In
the bones, but is also found in other
organs. Therefore, it is highly im
portant that the diet contain enougn
lime, especially in the case of chil
dren, whose bones are growing. The
only common food that contains a
large quantity of lime is milk,
though some vegetables, such as car
rots and spinach, are fairly rich in it.
Dr. H. C. Sherman, in his book
"Chemistry of Food and Nutrition,”
states that “the ordinary mixed diet
of Americans and Europeans, at least
among dwellers in cities and towns,
is probably more deficient in calcium
than in any other chemical element.”
With milk at such a high price
that a reduction in its use is forced
upon poor people, green vegetables
have been urged as a wholesome
addition to the dietary of babies. But
My Ideas of Beauty
Because of my profession it is but
natural, I suppose, that I should con
sider feminine beauty from a pho
tographic standpoint.
Usually when one sees an attrac
tive woman he is carried away by
visual appearance. There is not, at
first glance, an inclination to analyze
the qualities responsible for her at
tractiveness.
As a consequence careful analysis
frequently reveals the fact that the
woman who at a glance seems pos
sessed of characteristics which make
for beauty is, after all merely pleas
ing to the eye.
The average person is very apt to
be misled by color. From a photo
graphic standpoint, color means very
little, but to the. eye it probably reg
isters more forcefully than any oth
er quality. But because it is a vis
ual, and not a fundamental asset, it
is not one of the most consequential
attributes of beauty.
Briefly, I should say the qualities
of feminine beauty are, perfection of
facial contour, symmetric propor
tions, poise and most important of
all, intelligence. For instance, a
have found away in during the
summer. Much of this anxiety would
be unnecessary if the garment were
made absolutely clean when stored
away, and if it were packed in as
nearly an air-tight way as possible.
Thorough brushing should remove
all moths and eggs, but hanging for
a day in the sun and wind also
helps. When the garment is dean,
the next step is to wrap it up so
carefully that the moths cannot
reach it. This can be done in sev
eral ways: S|ew it up in strong,
brown wrapping paper; use paste
board boxes and seal with strips of
gum paper, or place the garment in
paper bags which are sold for stor
age purposes. A most effective meth
od is to pack the clothing in a
trunk, sprinkling in freely naphtha
lene flakes; when filled place a soup
plate on top of the clothing and place
three tablespoOnfuls of carbon disul
phid in the plate. Close tightly and
do not open again until fall. Care
must be taken in using disulphid to
keep all flames away from its fumes
as these are as explosive as gaso
line.
Naphthalene flakes or moth balls
alone, using two pounds in an ordi
nary trunk, are most effective for
protecting clothes from moth infesta
tion and for killing all stages of
the insect. Camphor is less effec
tive, and while red-cedar chests
leadily kill all adult moths they do
not prevent the hatching of moth
eggs. Tests show that the following
substanefes often used for the pur
pose possess no' value as moth "re
pellentse:’’ Tobacco extracts and pow
ders, lavender flowers, cayenne pep
per, allspice, cloves, angelica root,
black pepper, borax, colocynth pulp,
eucalyptus leaves, formaldehyde,
hellebore, lead carbonate, lead oxide,
lime, quassia chips, sodium bicar
bonate. and sodium carbonate.
Brushing, dusting with naphtha
lene flakes or pyrethrum powder and
careful wrapping are the best insur
ance against moths. Placing ’in a
cedar chest provides additional
safety.
is soft, but not brown. Add Ils cups
of canned tomatoes and 2 finely
chopped green peppers and % tea
spoon of Cook for 15 minutes.
Place a layer of boiled rice in a
baking dish, cover with slices of hard
cooked eggs and cover the sliced eggs
with creole sauce. Repeat until bak
ing dish is full. Grate cheese over
the top and bake for 20 minutes in
a moderate oven.
» Eggs in Tomato Cups
When fresh tomatoes are in sea
son no more attractive way of serv
ing eggs can be found than this.
Select the desired number of good
sized tomatoes, allowing one to each
person. Cut off the blossom end,
scoop out the seeds and stand the
tomatoes in a baking pan in the
oven until they are partly cooked.
Put a % teaspoon of butter and a
dusting of salt and pepper into the
bottom of each and break in 1 egg.
Place in the oven until the eggs are
"set” so the desired hardness. Have
ready a round of toasted bread well
buttered, and place each tomato in
the center of a round of toast. Serve
hot.
Eggs Coddled in Tomato Sauce
Make a tomato sauce by melting 2
tablespoons of butter and stirring
into it 3 tablespoons of flour, % tea
spoon of celery salt, 14 teaspoon of
pepper and 2 teaspoons of salt. Strain
2 cups of tomato pump and juice
through a sieve and add to the but
ter and flour. Cook until thickened.
Place one-half of the tomato sauce
in a baking dish, break 6 eggs, one
at a time, and carefully slide each
egg into the sauce, taking care not
to break the yolks. Cover with the
remaining sauce, sprinkle with
grated cheese, and bake in the over
until the egg is set. It is well to
serve each egg on a round of toastd
bread, or each may be baked in an
individual ramekin if preferred.
them filled with clean nesting ma
terial; gather the egs at least once
a day (twice would be better ', and
store them in a well-ventilated place,
which, must be kept as cool as pos
sible. It is preferable not to wash
eggs which are to be marketed, as
washing removes the natural mucila
ginous coating of the eggs and opens
the pores of the shell, so that wash
ed eggs do not look or keep as well
as eggs not washed. However, dirty
eggs should not be marketed and such
eggs should either be used at home
or cleaned before marketing.
In spite of the greatest care, it
sometimes happens, under ordinary
farm conditions, that an occasional
bad egg appears among those sent
to market. All eggs from stolen
nests or any not picked up daily from
the nests should be candied if they
are to be marketed. Candling is
the process of testing eggs by pass
ing light through them soas to re
veal the condition of the ‘ontents. A
simple candling outfit may be made
of an ordinary pasteboard or small
wooden box, sufficiently large, after
the ends have been removed, to be
placed over an electric light or a
small hand lamp. A hole should be
cut in the box on a level with the
flame of the lamp. Several holes,
to supply air to the lamp, should be
cut in the edges on which the box
rests. The box should be large
enough to prevent danger of catch
fire.
Candling is done in the dark. Each
egg is held to the hole in the side
of the box, so its condition may be
seen. An egg that shows any defect
should not be marketed.
foods differ not only in their content
of certain substances, but also in
the extent to which the body is able
to utilize them. Several articles tn
the Journal of Biological Chemistry
throw some light upon this phase of
the matter. Dr. Mary S. Rose shows
that carrots will supply enough cal
cium for ordinary adults, but one
might hesitate to feed babies on car
rots. It has been suggested that lime
be added to the salt with which We
season our food, but Drs. W. Denis
and A. S. Minot state as a result of
experiments at the Massachusetts
General hospital that even ninety
grains of lactate of lime administer
ed orally each day for five days fall
to show that any lime has passed
into the blood.
The fact remains that jf children
are to grow up with strong bones,
milk must be their principal diet.
Undressed History
In 1794 a Berlin actress was ac
cused of an offense against morality
and decency when she appeared on
the stage in bare arms. In 1800 the
daring wife of a rich banker of
Switzerland walked in the garden
of the Tuileries with nothing be
tween her body and the open at
mosphere but a guaze veil. In 1817
English ladies discarded all cloth
ing except silk tights and a trans
parent chemise, and wore rings on
their bare feet.
These incidents in the history of
scanty fashionable attire for wom
en are related to show that what
w. are now undergoing in the ->v
of doubtful dress is nothing new un
der the sun. The urge to uncover
and reveal becomes irresistible
about once every hundred years, it
seems. Let us be thankful that at
least two of every three generations
escape the craze for immodesty.
face perfectly formed that does not
radiate intelligence can scarcely be
called beautiful.
ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON
MARY MEREDITH’S ADVICE
TOJ.ONELY GIRLS AT HOM E
Dear Miss Mary: Here comes a
girl of 14 years to you for advice.
Have come once before, but failed to
get my letter printed. Don’t guess
it was Worth printing, though, ha!
I am in the seventh grade. How is
my penmanship? I have been cor
responding with a boy 16 years of
age, and I sure do think a lot of
him. He quit writing me once, but
it was on account of another boy
who was jealous. This boy told
him a lot of stories about me. When
I saw the one I had been writing
to I told him it wasn’t so, and he
began to write me again, and I told
him I would write to him then, but
if he ever quit again on that ac
count I positively could not write
him again. It was not to make the
boy mad but to keep him as a friend,
for I can’t help but love him. Did
I do right? And he has quit writing
to me again. lam not going to even
ask him why he quit, or anything,
but if he tries to get to writing or
writes to me I am not going to an
swer it. Am I doing- right? I used
to write notes at school to this boy
that is trying to break us up and
I found him out and quit writing
to him and now he is doing every
thing he can against me. Should I
make him apologize? I have prom
ised the other boy I would as soon
as I had the chance, but since he
has done me like this I don’t know
tvhat to do. Please advise me. The
boy that has quit writing to me
sure is a nice boy, and I want to
keep him as my best boy friend.
What can I do to do it? Answer as
soon as possible. PAULINE.
Pauline: Yours is rather a
complicated “love affair.” Jeal
ousy is a bad thing and it will
cause a lot of trouble to people.
Murders have been committed
and all sorts of other crimes,
so it is a thing that every boy
and girl must fight. If the boy
' you really like believes the
stories about .you, which have
been told to him by an old ad
mirer of yours, he cannot have
much confidence in you. Are you
sure you are quite on the “level”
with him? Are you sure that
you are honest with him, and are
giving him a square deal? While
you are young cultivate a char
acter so that what you say peo
ple will believe in you, and will
to depend on your word.
Do not let anyone lose faith in
you. Treat your friends as you
would have them treat you, and
you will come out all right. Suc
cess in life does not always
count on money, but th* ability
to make friends and hold them
by your upright, honest, square
dealings with them. This ap
plies to both men and women.
Have a clear understanding with
your boy friend, and if his nature
is so small as to believe all die
fibs said against you, you had
better drop him. There are more
fish in the sea. And you are too
young to lose time in the com
pany of a nagger.
I am going to visit a friend in
August and want your advice as to
my wardrobe. I wish to appear
stylishly and smartly dressed. What
should I wear on the train? I have
a lovely all-wool tricotine - dress
made on coat style; would that be
appropriate to wear on the tram?
Please advise ”me in regard to
dresses, gloves and shoes. Should I
get white pumps or patent leather
shoes? (for party).
Thanking you in advance for your
kindness. I always read your page
first.
COUNTRY GIRL.
It depends on where you are
going to visit. Your Trico
tine suit will be all right to
travel on train. With a daik
georgette or silk waist, or a
washable waist to go with it.
Two or three pretty ginghams
made up stylishly for morning
wear, or country club wear, a
sport skirt or baronette satin
made in a new style in'any color
to suit you, with waist to matsh
it of georgette, one taffeta dress
of dark blue or black and a cou
ple of pretty voile dresses or an
organdy dress, will be enough
for a two or three weeks’ stay,
or a month. Keep your things
always pressed and they will
liook well for a long time, it
matters not whether your ward
robe is large or small, the main
thing is having appropriate
things to fit the occasion. That
is the keynote to being well
dressed. If you feel that you
cannot afford two or three
pairs of shoes get the patent
leathers, but wear the- black
hose always with them, because
it looks better. White slippers
look mighty pretty with light or
white clothes.
lam coming to you for advice. I
am a lonely girl of seventeen and
have been going with a boy, twenty
one years old. He wants me to mar
ry him and go to the west. Mother
don’t like him very well, and she
don’t want me to marry and go so
far away. I don’t think she would
care for me to marry someone and
stay near home. Am I too young to
marry? This boy is my choice. I
Iqve him with all my heart and have
loved him since the first time we
met, and I don’t think I could ever be
happy without him. Would you ad
vise me to go with him or remain at
home? My father is dead and moth
er has married again. Please give
me your advice.
UNDECIDED.
I agree with your mother. I
think the young man should be
a little older and more experi
enced, before he takes you as a
wife. The right way to do is
to let him go west and make a
home for you and come back and
marry you. I do not mean he
will have to build a house or
take years to accomplish, any
thing. But let him get bn his
feet and get his bearings before
you marry him, so you will not
regret it, and you will be hap
pier. I think your mother is
perfectly right not wanting you
to go so far away from her. Bet
ter look into the situation a lit
tle before doing anything rash.
If he really loves you he will
do all he can toward making you
a home, but let him get a start.
Waiting a year will not hurt you.
I am a girl, eighteen years old.
Will you please tell me how would
be the most stylish way for a girl
my age to fix her hair? I have au
burn hair, gray eyes. Will you
please tell me where I can get a
book showing styles of fixing hair? I
will close. Hoping to see this in
print. Many thanks. E. W. I
If ydu want a book on how to i
dress your hair, you may write
to S. A. Clayton Co., 18 East
Hunter street. Atlanta, and they
will let you know how much the
book will cost, and will give you.
all the information you want to
know. Also to girls who want to
learn the trade, if they will write
to these people they will give
them full particulars as to how
it is done.
i am coming to you ror auvice. i
am fourteen years old and have j
black curly hair and brown eyes;
and weigh one hundred and twenty
seven pounds. Don’t you think I
am pretty? I am in love with a boy
sixteen years old and I love him
dearly, and he seems to care for me.
He asked me to marry him and I told
him I certainly would. He also asked
me to kihs him and so I did. Did I
do right by kissing him? Is it al
right fore a girl to sit in a boy’s:
lap or hold his hand? He comes |
to see me every night. Do you
think he loves me? Should I wear
my dresses below my knees? Am I
too old to wear socks? Do you think
I would act sensible by marrying
at the age of fifteen? Hoping to
see this in print.
BROWN EYES.
Sitting in a young man’s lap
and kissing and hugging him, ■
and ideas of marriage certainly
do not go well -with socks. I
never heard of it before. And
seen and heard a lot at that. If
you do all these things at your
age what do you expect when
you get older? The world is j
full of sadder and wiser women, i
who had ideas just like you.
They learned when too late, that
it is not good .to follow the hu
man impulse. Self control must
be maintained in order to live
right, and you had better start
practicing it right now. Mar-
1 rying at fifteen a hoy of six- j
TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1920.
teen is more in keeping with a
trashy novel than a person in
real life. Get that idea out of
your head, you have plenty of
time to marry.
Dear Madam: I have been reading
your splendid advice to other girls
so I decided to write you myself.
When a young man takes a girl off
anywhere, is it proper for the girl
to say, “it is time for us to go,” or
for the boy to say? And when she
gets home must she tell him she
enjoyed herself? I will sure appre
ciate your advice through the Jour
nal, as I am real anxious to know
these things.
BEAUTIFUL DOLL.
When a young man takes a girl
off anywhere it Is up to her to
say it is time to return. She
can make a suggestion, without
being too blunt about it. You
must always be polite to your es
cort, even if you dislike him.
Because you are .-a lady, and la
dies shrink from hurting any
one, when he leave you, be sure
and tell him it was nice of him
to invite you .even if you didn’t
have such a good time), do not
hurt him by telling him so. You
will always have friends if you
are considerate of their feelings.
And when you do go anywhere
with a young man always bear
in mind he brought you there,
and never leave him for some
one else, unless you see he Is
having as good a time as you.
Treat your boy friends fight
and they will always come back.
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Kale is a green that comparatively
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These greens require longer cooking
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Their food value is great. Let old
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will be nice and dry when done.
Raisin Biscuits
2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1
tablespoon sugar, 2 tablespoons lard,
2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 egg,
1-2 cup raisins, milk.
Mix and si fit dry ingredients. Rub
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Kale
2 pounds kale'. 2 hard-boiled eggs.
Wash carefully through many wa
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