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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08
Editorials For
Women Folks

Bachelor girls who live in one
oom can give to that one room the
touch Of a real homo at the cost Of
a little thought, a little effort and
the expenditure of a small sum Of
money.
First in importance in making the
place comfortable and attractive, is
the elimination of all useless orna-
ments and personal possessions.
Where there is little drawer room,
perhaps only a dressing table, SUBJ
stantial boxes of various sizes are a
wise addition to the furnishing of the
room. The blouse box may be large.
roomy and covered with mating SO
that it will serve the purpose of a
seat when pushed against the foot
of the bed or near the window.
Two more boxes are needed. They
can be smaller, so they a be put
on the shelves Of the clothes closet.
One of the boxes should have two
compartments. n for shoe black
ing materials and the other for
things used in cleaning silver. ivory
and dressing table appointments.
Cupboard
A wall cupboard in which to keep
things for medical and toilet pur-
pOSco- llOSc WIicil dlC ilOL SolSldiltN
ly in use-is a convenience. One
shelf of the little cupboard might be
reserved for dishes. For the girl
who lives in one room will find a
very limited supply of glasses, cups,
saucers plates a fine thing for hat
hour in the evening when Elsie or
Edith drop in to gossip. But to keep
such things from being exceedingly
unattractive, they should be kept en-
tirely separate from any other OF the
appointments of the room and in a
place of spinsterian neatness.
A strong box" one of metal which
locks securely, is valuable for the
keeping of trinkets and documents.
The habit If the bachelor girl Of
leaving her money and jewelry loose
is a dangerous one.
Magazines and papers should not
be allowed to accumulate. A certain
place should be selected for those
which are to be kept. A small. stiff
brush, with a can of securing pow
der are essentials. If wash bowl
or bath tub are not an individual
matter, a generous use of the pow
der and brush before bath is adviS-
able.
Then, don't forget the pretty
touch for the ugly electric light
for the expenditure of not more than
25 cents an attractive crepe paper
shade can be purchased. 1t softens
the light and gives the place a more
inviting air.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08

NEW YORK-No, Rollo. the lady
in the straight-lined gown does not
suffer.
Yes, son., those really are nail
heads. but the dress is not nailed
On the pretty lady. Oh, no, indeed!
See, the pretty lady is smiling ?
There is no nail attached to the nail
heads.
She is happy because she has on a
new dress with the most up-to-date
trimming.
Why do pretty ladies like to wear
nail heads on their clothes?
Ask me something easy, son.
It's the fashion.
Would pretty ladies wear the
dresses really nailed on II Fashion
said so?
Yes, dear, I think they would. But
these nail heads don't hurt a bit.
Nail heads by the way are very
much in evidence for the late sum-
mer. fall and coming winter styles.
They are shown in glass, brass. gun
metal. all the popular hardware
tints.
The gewn in the illustration is Of
white canton crepe with a. tiny in
sert or panel back and front upon
which are the two rows of nail heads.
The dress has panels of ribbon loops.
These loops also trim the sleeves.
It's simple straight lines are relieved
by the novel trimming.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08
Kitchen Hints
Tempting Menus

Sour cream is the basis for many
delicious baked things.
There is a cake frosting made with
sour cream. sour cream cookies re-
quire less shortening and have a taste
all their own. Sour cream mayon-
naise is a delicious dressing for fruit
or vegetables. There is a way of
preparing cabbage with sour cream
that is most tasty. Crullers and waf-
fles and drop cakes made with sour
cream have a lightness and moistness
that it's impossible to achieve with
sweet milk.
Sour Cream Frosting
One cup SOU cream, l cup sugar
1 cup nuts. lie teaspoon salt. "
teaspoon vanilla.
Cook cream, sugar, nuts and salt
in a double boiler till a soft ball is
formed when the strip is dropped in
water. 1t will take quite a long time
to cook. Beat till cool, add vanilla
and spread on cake. The frosting will
stay soft and creamy. Raisins may
be used in place of nuts.
Sour Cream Dressing
One and one-half cups sour cream,
1 egg yolk, l tablespoon sugar. "
teaspoon salt. Il teaspoon mustard
4 tablespoons vinegar. paprika.
Mix dry ingredients with yolk of
egg. Ado cream and mix thoroughly.
Add Vinegar slowly. Cook in double
boiler till the mixture coats the
spoon.
Cabbage With Sour Cream
Three cups shredded cabbage, u
cup sour cream, 1 tablespoon sugar,
u teaspoon salt, u teaspoon pepper.
2 tablespoons vinegar.
Whip cream stiff. Add vinegar,
sugar and salt and pour over cab
bage. Mix thoroughly and serve at
once.
Sour Cream Cake
Two and one-half cups -four, 2
teaspoons baking powder, u tea
spoon salt. l cup sugar, u cup nuts,
1 cup r~aisins. 1 cup sour cream, n
teaspoon soda, 4 tablespoons soft
butter. 2 eggs. 1 teaspoon each Gin
manor and nutmeg.
Mix and sift flour. baking powder,
salt and spices. Add sugar. nuts and
solve soda in cream and add softened
butter. Add this to dry ingredients
and mix thoroughly. Add eggs well
beaten the last thing before baking.
Bake in a loaf.
Sour Cream Cookies
Two cups sugar. 8 eggs. 1 cup of
butter. 1 cup sou cream, 1 teaspoon
soda, 2 teaspoons cream Of tartar,
u teaspoon salt, nutmeg. four to
roll.
Cream butter and sugar. Add
yolks Of eggs well beaten. Add " cup
flour sifted with soda and cream of
tartar. Add Add another
half cup of flour. Fold in whites of
eggs beaten stiff. Add flour to roll.
Add nutmeg. Roll and bake in a hot
oven.
Fried Cakes
One and one-half cups sugar, 1 cup
sour cream, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon salt,
/ teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon baking
powder. " teaspoon nutmeg, flour
Beat eggs and add sugar and salt.
Sift baking powder with flour and
add. Add sour Ia with soda dis
solved in it. Add nutmeg and f1our
to roll. The softer the dough is. the
better the fried cakes will be. Fry
in deep hot fat. Drain on brown
paper and dust with powdered sugar.
Sponge Gems
One cup corn meal. " cup flour,
II teaspoon salt. 3 tablespoons su-
gar, 1 egg, 1 cup sour cream, 1 tea
spoon soda.
Mix and sift dry ingredients. Stir
in cream. Add eggs well beaten.
Bake in gem pans in a moderate
oven.
copyright, 1921. N. E. Az
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08
CONFESSIONS Or A
HUSBAND!
The Mans Side of Married Life
"a Hundred and Three and Three
FifthS."

/ When I got upstairs DR.. Harris
was in Bobbie's room. The little
fellow was badly frightened, but the
physician vas examining him just
as calmly as though Boobies wild
shrieks were gentle coos.
The stethoscope seemed a special
point of dread to the child; DR..
Harris, however, fingered over that
part of the examination until sit
| seemed to me he must be enjoying
| Boobies panic.
Dot was pretending to be very
calm too, but I knew it was all for
my benefit and that she was weally
just as alarmed as I.
I could hardly wait for the doctor
to remove the ends Of the stetho-
scope from his ears.
us it anything serious?" I de-
manded.
Il hope not" he responded grave
ly. 1.-The child has a bad case OF
bronchitis; if we take good care Of
him 1 think we'll be able to keep it
from becoming anything worse"
~"Worse? 2" I mentally repeated.
That could mean only n thing.
The Bonselrs little girl had died of
pneumonia the previous winter. It
ndQ uT JUST ilh0 tiiio-WAeAA S"SS
Of bronchitis.
"How much fever has he, doc
tCr? ;" Dot asked.
"Oh, you mustn't get frightened
about that he replied. you know
children run high temperatures very
easily"
but how much has he?"
"a hundred and three and three
f1fths. Don't think about that. 1t
may go even higher before morning
but that's not the important thing.
Some children have as high tenn
perature as that and there's nothing
worse the matter with them than a
bad cold. You can be much. more
help to your son if you don't worry
too much but just take good care
of him."
L hurried to the drug store to get
a prescription filled. DR.. Harris re-
manned behind to give Dot some
more instructions.
1t was no use now for me to try
to find some way to put the blame
on Edith. I knew it was my W
fault and that, if I hadn't been so
interested in the company of a wo-
man who wasn't my wife, and who
should have meant nothing to me.
tQlS WOulu never lave hdPPCAACu'
It was almost as bad as though 1
had done it wi1fully-as though l
had purposely exposed Bobbie to
bronchitis and even to pneumonia
= and even to what was much
worse than pneumonia.
Neither the physician not Dot MOI
I had said anything about it. but 1
knew that third possibility was in
the back of our minds.
If there were only some way to,
undo what I had done! l would
have made any sacrifice to get back
that Sunday afternoon and the
chance to rectfy my mistake.
I saw everything SO clearly
Edith and I sitting on a bench and
Bobbie tired with his play, resting
in his go-cart, the sun sinking and
a chilly breeze springing up. Why
hadn't I thought of bundling him
up warmly?
Could 1 ever have anothr
chance?
Ito be continued.)
Downright, 1921, by the Newspaper
Enterprise.)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08
TIL LOVE
By MARION RUBINCAM

femotions," Colin said. But 1 don't
pretend to know. You understand
Winthrop better than I can. I'll ad-
NIT he does things that a man
love-that would not do If you
were married to me-if I were in
love with you"
But what is the end of it?" 1t
was the question 1 asked over and
over again in despair.
IT think the only thing you can
do is to let Time work out the
answer. And in the meanwhile
don't quarrel, don't ~aggravate con-
ditions. You are doing all you can
it seems to me. and for a woman
of your type, you are making mar
vellous efforts at independence. You
are naturally the clinging sort Win
the independent sort. Such types
mix as well as oil and water"
My neighbor came in then and
stopped the discussion. She was
plainly puzzled and made uncom-
Portable by the situation until Colin
explained again that Mr.. Taylor had
been unavoidably detained in town
that night.
Winthrop came home early the
next afternoon. He was not, as
Colin had predicted, in a good hui
NOR. He was feeling uncomfortable
about the day before, and this in
itself was enough to make him cross
As he had anticipated I would be
furious, he was already on the de-
fensive.
Colin had tactfully gon off for a
tramp, his paint box s,ung over n
shoulder.
why don't you ask me where /
was :as' night".' Win began.
WHY should l? I suppose you
went t. a theatre or a party"
4 spent the whole evening land
ing a new ACCOUNT. Honestly, Con-
IIe-ard I landed it. 1t means a
comm ssion, you know"
"1ha''s ,nice!' But my tones did
not carry any enthusiasm.
"1--yo Oh see, t vas such beastly
weather. And I hate rain. and it
poured all day and { couldn't bear
the idea of coming back to this
hole.
IS. you forget tho extremely
awkward situation you put both
Colin and me I'M
But Collins all right. Heavens, l
like him. I'm perfectly willing to
trust"
whats that to do with it," I
DuTSC OuI. WHAT Will peOplc duouI
here say and think, if you stay in
the city? 1t would be all right If
there were a lot Of guests here"
What will my friends say about
you adopting a washerwoman's
screaming baby?"
Il prefer not to discuss the pos
sible gossip of your friends. And l
don't wish to quarrel"
"You seem to like it."
II don't even care enough about
You now to quarrel with you" /
answered.
That was not trla, uut 1t hurt.
And I meant to hurt. Strange per-
yersity that makes Us sometimes
hurt thcs+ we love best!
s-rnmo: r3w-His Mothers Letter
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08
THE Quarrel"
Chapter 81

SllftDtcr u
If, as some writer cnce said, a
chapter can'be expressed in a single
sentence, surely a whole volume car
be compressed into a single look
When Colin turned toward me, ]
knew that there was neither need
nor use for any concealment be-
tween is. He knew Everything, al.
ready-why should 1 pretend things
we're all right when they were all
wrong, and when l wanted help and
ympathy?
The little smiled faded from his
sace-the queer, twisted smile that
bcmehow carried an impression OF
pain with it. 1t was an odd char
lcteristic of the little man-this
ymile that merely twisted his mouth
md deepened the lines of his face.
I often wondered about it-people
who have been through great sor-
CIV have this. Later l learned all
Of Collins story. and always fancied
this odd smile was due to all he had
been through.
What am l going to do about it,
Colin?" l asked suddenly.
And that broke down whatever
barrier of silence had existed.
That's a hard question to an
swer," he said. you are asking
me how to reconstruct your whole
life for you, Connie. I'm a bad per-
son to choose for such a job, having
made a mess Of my own."
"A mess?" 1 echoed. why? You
are young-I suppose! I don't
know your age?"
"Thirty-f1ve," he said. and
shrugged his shoulders.
That's young! You are already
gaining a reputation among artists,
you have been taken up by a smart
crowd, you paint expensive port
rats of them"
I'm which I must idealize the
commonplace, make the old young.
and the-ugly beautiful. They would
be interesting enough to paint, If /
dared do them as they really are"
But you ask $1,000 a portrait,
and yon need only do a few to be
independent. Then yon a paint
what you please"
"Then! Meantime, as I'm begin
ming to make a comfortable income,
thanks to your help and to Gwen
dolyn's, the devil Of physical COM
fort is getting at me. I have no de-
sire now to live in a cold garnet
and produce masterpieces Of art
no rich man will ever buy, because
the work is over his head-to work
for the love of working. to starve
in order to create a thing Of beauty
however, that's not solving your
problem"
IT don't believe Win is in love
with me anymore. We've been mar
Nried a little more than a year. If
he has fallen out of love with me
so soon.it shows he never-cared
much" I said this slowly and
quietly 1t was only putting into
words at last what I had thought
for a long time Strangely enough,
/ could say it calmly.
IT am afraid your imagination
plays too strong a part In your
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08
Thorough Work

How q Perth Amboy Citizen Found FREQ
dom From Kidney Trouble
II you suffer from pacKache-
From urinary disorders
Any durable disease CT the kidneys,
Use a tested kidney remedy.
Doan's K,6ney Pills have been tested
by Thousands.
Perth Amboy people testify. Ask your
~neighbor?
merit?
Mrs. ]. +. Taylor. ass Market St.. Perth
Amboy. says: 81 am glad to endorse
Doan's Kidney Pills. They are . house
hold remedy In our home. Whenever
have had duli backaches, become run
down and languid or my kidneys have
acted irregularly. Doan's Kidney Pills
have always relieved these attacks and
strengthened my back ard kidneys"
Price s0c. at all dealers. Don't simply
ask for a kidney remedy-get lDoan,s
Kidney Piiis-the same that Mrs. Taylor
had. Foster-Milburn Co.. Mfrs, Buffalo,
N. ADV.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08


Chick went on singing. but looked
into the hole where the maple strip
was to run. at the end of each verse
Nothing there!
"Huh!" said he. Its the weather.
Sprinkle Blows no good, helpers or
no helpers"
Now South Wind heard him and
whispered softly, why do you stay?
Why do you watch so closely? Don't
you know that the watched pot eve
boils? ?"
why Of counsel" nodded Chick.
How stupid of me! I'll go away at
once, and mebbe when I come back
it'll be full"
So off he trotted over to the hem
lock tree again. and began to nib
BILE at some pine cones he had missed
in the winter. He particularly liked
the nice tasty seeds away down near
the core.
Pretty soon Chick said, "I'll just
go and see IL my tap is working now.
Surely the sap has started to flow."
So he gave a jump from the hem
lock tree to the maple tree and
hustled along a branch to his own
room about half way up, just over
the woodpecker's house. Suddenly
he gave a cry of Joy. Jimmy
Christmas!" he shouted, tits com
ing. There are about 10 drops here
now" And he stuck in a finger to
taste it. "Um, yum!" he exclaimed.
smacking his lips. That's delicious!
I'll go away again and come back
later. By that time 1t will be full
perhaps and won't I have a feast!"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08
HOROSCOPE
The stars inclin bu. do not compel

Copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate)

Copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate)
Again friendly stars guide man
kind, according to astrology. Mars
Jupiter, Mercury and the Sun are
all in benefc aspect.
1t is q most suspicious sway I'M
der which to start upon journeys
long or short
There is an especially fortunate
rule for all who travel by rail, for
vorable conditions and meet with
new acquaintances who will be val
liable in the future.
Summer resorts are again sub
ject TO the best influences and they
should profit much.
Changes in management Of
famous hotels and the beginning OF
various innovations in summer pas
times are prognosticated.
Those who lead in thought should
find this rule a most fortunate one
for launching new policies or push
ing favorite theories.
Newspapers and editors should
lie exceedingly hosp1table to propa-
ganda hat is constructive and help
full in teaching Americanism. A
sensational incident will emphasize
this attitude.
The stars smile on all who seek
employment and seem to promise
better C than has attended
efforts recently.
That there will be less financial
stress as the autumn advances is
forecast. but the people are to be
taught severe lessons in thrift be-
fore they can expect exceedingly
prosperous times.
Labor will occupy much attention
and the unions are to undergo great
changes in organization.
New leaders among the workers
are ~foreseen, and one of these will
eventually attain q high place in
the government.
s. Persons whose birthdate it is will
have a successful year, in which
money and business will increase,
but they should not make any de-
cided changes.
Children born on this day will be
quick. clever, and lucky in all un-
dertakings. sTf a girl, she should
be wise in choosing a husband.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08
IMPORTANT POST
FOR THIS WOMAN

WASHINGTON.-Dr. Valeria H.
Parker of Hartford, Conn.,, executive
secretary of the International Social
Hygiene Board. is the first woman to
have ever been appointed to that po-
sition.
DR.. Parker's position carries with
it an appropriation of $225.000 a
year.
The money, according to the ap-
social measures near military and
naval centers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08

BoiE
Please tell me what I al do to
avoid getting boils. I get them ev.
cry five or six years. Also tell me
If 1t is injurious to the system to
take saltpetre, and how to take 1t ?
What size should the doses be?
Experience shows that the re-
peated occurrence Of boils is often
due to continued external irritation,
and perhaps, to working in infected
dusts and the like. In some cases.
there is apparently a special suscep-
.ibility on the part Of the patient.
When the latter is the case. physi-
clans sometimes give the patient a
course of vaccine treatment which
raises the patients resistance to the
Infection, and prevents the develop
ment Of the boils. Under the cir
cumstances you will realize that
you ought to consult a qualified
physician.
You ought not to take s%altpetre.
unless it is prescribed for you by a
physician. This drug is used as a
diuretic but like all other such
drugs may do considerable harm if
used injuriously.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08

Off he went again. humming haps
PLY.
BY and by he ran up to his house
again and peeped in. Half full" ne
exclaimed. Next time I'll make 9
meal of it," and off he went again.
In a few minutes he returned. Thia
time he closed the door after him.
Now for the best dinner a red squir.
rel ever tasted" said he, smacking
his lips all over again.
But behold! The strip was al
gone as last Thanksgiving's turkey!
ITO Be Continued)
Copyright. 1921, N. E. A..
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08

from q baby rash-and 1 used Sykes
Comfort Powder with great success
after everything else had failed to
heal it, Mrs. C. X. HUMPHREYS,
Nurse, Northampton, Mass.
The reason Sykes Comfort Powder
10 q successful in healing and pre-
venting chatting, scalding, rashes and
skin irritations is because it contains
six healing, antiseptic ingredients
not found in ordinary talcums. Ply
sicians, mothers and nurses call it
"a Healing Wonder"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08
No Boiling

One pound of good soap, y
pound of borax, 3 quarts Of soft
water. Shred soap into 2 quarts OF
water. melt over a slow fire. Dis
solve borax in 1 quart of boiling wa.
ter then stir into the melted soap.
The result is a clear mixture, form.
ing a soft jelly when cold. When to
be used, dissolve some of the o
jelly in a pail of soft water. pour IL
into the tub prepared for the
clothes. Soak clothing ~ hours.
Following the soaking the clothing
will require very little washing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08
Hair Brushes

Warm water and soap quickly
softens the bristles of the hair brush
so when cleaning one use cold wa
ter in which a quantity of soda has
been dissolved. This will clean the
brush with very little friction. DR..
the brush in the shade.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08
RE CkLE S
Don't Hide Them With q Veil; Remove
Them With Othine-DOuble
Strength

This preparation for the removal OF
freckles is usually so successful In re nov
ing freckI,s and giving a clear. beautiful
complexion that 1t is sold under guaran-
tee to refund the money II 1t fails.
Don't hid your freckles under a veil;
get an ounce of Othine and remove them.
Even the first few applications should
show a wonderful improvement. some of
the lighter freckles vanishing entirely.
Be sura to ask the druggist for the
double strength Othine: 1t Is this that IL
sold on the money-hack suarantes.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08

chatting or q sore
infamed skin so
quickly as Sykes
Comfort Powder.
lam sending you
a picture of a
baby who suf-
60 An-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08
For Milk

If you haven't ice put the milk
can in a pail partly filled with cold
water. Leave the cover partly off
the can. Put it in a cool place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08
Hot EAT

Hot Fat
If hot fat is spilled on the kitchen
dash some cold water on it i'm.
Thus it will harden on
the surface instead Of soaking into
the wood.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08
Obesity

If MRS. w. l.. w." who writes
for information regarding what to
do for obesity. will send her name
and address to Information Editor,
u. s. Public Health Service, Wash
.lngton, D. c., a helpful leafet on
this subject will be sent to her by
mail.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08
Infant Rash
and ChahnU
Quickly Healed by use of
Sykes Comfort Powder

Northampton, Mass. FIN my work
a. . Nurse Hind nothing heals rashes,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08

String Beans
II the string beans seem a little
tough soak them in cold water a
while before cooking.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08
How To Keep
Yourself Well

Send name and address for per-
s0nal reply to Information Edi.
tor, U. s. Public Health Service,
Washington, d. @.