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Evening star., 1922-11-17
Cold and Hot Baths.

There has always been u question
as to whether the cold or hot bath is
the most beneficial. There is some
thing undeniably exhilarating about
cold plunge; on the other hand,
there is both relaxation and refresh
mont in a hot bath. At one time the
cold morning bath was quite a lad;
all doctors recommended it Tor
healthy as we'll as sick friends. I
think tho fad continues today, though
It has not 50 many enthusiastic ad-
vocateS.
Personally think that it takes so
much physical energy to brave the
shock Of . cold plunge that more
strength Is given out than Is gained
by the later reaction. and I am as
suming that there will be q reaction.
When there isn't. of course. q cold
ting ones feet wet or sitting in a
draft. I think that. even an anemic
person will benefit by a cold shower
Following a hot bath. for il the bath
is very hot and the skin glowing
from that, the shock of the cold
water is pleasant one. and its ef-
feet can only be stimulating. But
the room and the bath water must be
hot enough to have made the skin
glowing and the bath must be fol-
lowed by a brisk rundown with q very
rough towel TO continue this stimula-
tion.
THAT Is why Turkish baths are so
splendid for the weak a. we'll as the
strong. They make the body so glow
inely hot that tho cold shower is q
deIight. Fortunately Turkish baths
are being built In moro and, moro
towns % that greater numbers can
know their beneht. For those who
cannot enjoy the real one would
suggest . vapor bath as an n1exceilent
Evening star., 1922-11-17
DLAO Nl1Al y KENT FORBES

substitute. Put a cane-seated chair
over a big bowl or tub of boiling hot
water. seat yourself over this un-
dressed and make tent around your
self out of bath towels with blankets
over them. This is to keep in the
warmth and the steam. Even a few
gallons Of boiling water will make
you perspire. Follow with a cold
rinse.
Miss M. R-Your pimptes must
come from internal disturbances. II
you keep your system cleared and
do not overeat or eat food that dis
agrees with you, your condition will
clear up.
Rummy.-Unless the lump on your
nose is disflguring I should forget
all about 1t and cultivate other pos
sibilities. There are operations for
correcting small defects in the shape
Of the nose, but most people prefer
to leave the nose alone.
Bobby-For the lines under the
eyes feed the tissues with a nourish-
ing cream; but IL you are trying to
avoid wearing the glasses while all
the time you are needing them you
will only be making matters worse.
All of the clays that 1 have SO far
tested are very drying. These re-
quire many applications and it takes
several days for the skin to recover.
They do, however. cleanse the pores
and may have their uses at times.
Evening star., 1922-11-17
Health and Thrift in the Home
Thanksgiving Pie.

Granmother's rich pumpkin pie: To
prepare this pumpkin pie. deep. rich,
yellow pumpkin. heavy In proportion to
its size, should be pared. cut into inch
cubes. and stewed until tender Allow
the water juice to evaporate at the last.
then sift the pulp through a colander
and spread on plates In moderate
oven to become a rich amber MARINA
lade. Add sugar or molasses and spice
during this process. To make good
sized pie. blend one cupful Of this pump
kin with milk, with one egg to each
pint Of milk. the whole to be sweetened
and spiced and baked slowly until a rich
golden brown in deep plate lined with
crust.
Vegetarian mince pie: Mix together q
pound Of seeded raisins, a pound OF cur
rants. fourth pound Of candied cher
ries, half a pound Of citron and orange
peel shredded. fourth of a pound Of
blanched almonds chopped fine. level
teaspoonful of cinnamon. four table,
spoonfuls Of sugar, the grated rind Of
one and juice of two oranges, one cup
ful Of dry cracker crumbs and level
teaspoonful of salt. Add enough grape
juice to moisten. II you are not going to
use at once. do not add the cracker
crumbs until baldng time.
Marlboro apple pie: To make the ILL
ing for this pie of our grandmothers. use
one pint Of grated apples or stewed and
sifted apples highly sweetened and fla
three well-beaten eggs and fourth of
cupful OF melted butter or half a cup
ful OF thick cream. This will fill large
crust. and strips Of pastry should be
arranged in lattice work across before
baking.
Other Special Dishes.
Ounces of cider and molasses: Pare
and halve some ounces. removing the
cores. Boil these in sweet cider until
tender. then strain. For flve pounds Of
ounces. take a quart Of molasses. one
pound Of brown sugar and the cider in
which the ounce parings have been
cooked. Add the whites Of two eggs.
bring to boil. remove from the fire and
skim. Continue to boil and skim until
perfectly clear. Then take from the fire,
COOL put In the ounces, and boil until
tender: II there is not sirup to cover
them full and plenty. add more cider.
Orange peel or a little green ginger
boiled in the sirup gives a good flavor.
Pumpkin custard: Steam enough
pumpkin to make one cupful Of mashed
pumpkin. Add to it. while hot, a tea
OF su1tes OF o sna Ma ss over it
yolks Of three eggs with four table
spoonfuls OF sugar. add a little salt and
one pint of milk. Stir the pumpkin into
this. Flavor with cinnamon. turn into
baking dish. and bake until set. Beat
the whites to stiff froth. Add three
tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar and
beat until fine. Heap over the custard,
dust with sugar and brown in the oven.
Serve warm or cold.
Sweet potatoes, southern style: Cut
some pared sweet potatoes into strips,
as for French fried. Put into a
casserole in layers. allowing for each
layer two tablespoonfuls of brown
sugar and two tablespoonfuls Of butter.
Sprinkle with salt and a little cinnamon.
Cover and bake slowly for two hours
basting frequently with butter in the
dish. Serve in the casserole.
Evening star., 1922-11-17
! r. L. DANA CAULKINS. di-
rector of the national ply
sical education aaruine hur

r. L. DANA CAULKINS. di-
rector of the national ply
sical education service, has
just received word that the
playground and recreation depart
ments Of practically all of the cities
in the United States and many of the
small towns have adopted the ath-
letic badge test for girls as well as
for boys.
The test for girls has undergone a
decided revision under the direction
Of Mr.. Lee F. Hammer, chairman of a
special committee of the Playground
and Recreation Association of Amer
ica. who was appointed to work out
the tests.
Washington has been a leader in
the giving of recognition to the girls
who have done excellent athletic
work on the local Fairgrounds. In
rather cumbersome oval-shaped but
ton of bronze. with stars on 1t. to in
dicate the degree OF prowess OF the
individual girl, the local Fairgrounds
award very good-looking pins IN
bronze. silver and gold. Miss Eliza
tivities on Washington Fairgrounds,
says that even a greater improve
ment Is anticipated in changing the
design 80 that it will be more at
tractive than ever.
The qualifications for standard ath-
letic ability which every normal girl
ought to be able to attain are the
same for the Washington Fairgrounds
as those used in other cities through
out the country. The first test in
cludes an all-up Indian club race or
potato race lasting thirty seconds;
Evening star., 1922-11-17

there is some gift that causes the
owner to make wry face every
time she sees 1t. A guest towel en-
broidered in pink and green. when
she hates pink and green with her
whole soul and hasn't a pink and
green thing anywhere else in her pos
session! Or pair of filet-insertioned
and embroidered pillowcases Of size
and shape which the pillows on her
bed shall never be If she can help it,!
Or a camisole entirely bestrewn with
Val lace and curved around the top
in the style of three years ago. when
everybody knows that the only lin
gerie girl wears nowadays is per-
fectly plain. of sheerest, softest crepe
de chine or satin and cut straight
across her smooth. white chest.
These horrors she tucks way down
under all the prettiest things and
tries to keep any one from seeing
them. except Aunt Mildred or Cousin
! Lucy. who made them for her. bless
little taste and no up-to- o-dateness at
all.
The moral is this: Don't make
things for brdes-to-be until you find
out what they want. They know so
exactly the style Of monograms they
are going to use. just the sort Of
napkins they need most and have
wearing in the way of lingerie and
colored handkerchiefs. The hope
girl would far rather be consulted
than surprised when 1t comes to the
things she is to use in her new home.
and the wise relative or friend will
go to her frankly and find out what
will best fit in with her pretty plans
for table linen, bed linen and the
dainty underthings she will wear
herself
Evening star., 1922-11-17
BEDTIME STORIES eg y. 5ns:e's" Bss:s...

"Hellov' he exclaimed. in surprise. II
wonder II Master Fox is sick. Some
thing must be wrong"
He bent over to. look inside the box
and right then missed the chain. A
hasty glance at the post to which 1t had
been fastened showed him that the
staple which had held 1t had been pulled
out. Hurriedly he loooed inside the box.
OF course, there was no young Fox
there. He hadn't really expected there
would be.
"The little scamp has escaped" ex-
claimed Farmer Browns Boy. He has
run away. Yes, sir. he has run away.
He must have gone before I came out
this morning. Gracious. how I shall
miss the little rascal! Yet am rather
glad that he is free again. have felt
for long time that I ought to set
him free. I just couldn't bear to think
of parting with him. I had grown
very fond of him and had begun to
think that he was rather fond of me.
| do hope he will be smart enough
to keep out of the way of hunters
this fall"
Farmer Browns Boy started to go
to the house to tell his mother that
his pet had escaped. Half way there
he stopped abruptly and a look Of
worry crept over his face. He had
Just thought Of that chain. OF course.
that chain was still fast to the collar
which the young Fox wore. And
Farmer Browns Boy knew at once
that this would mean nothing but
trouble, and perhaps serious harm. for
the pet he had grown to love.
This is bad, very bad!" exclaimed
Farmer Browns Boy. "The chain is
going to get the poor little fellow
into all kinds of difficulties. Sooner
or later it is bound to catch where
he cannot get it free, and then he will
either choke to death or starve to
death. I've got to find him. Yes. sir.
I've got to find him. I couldn't be
happy for minute with the knowl-
edge that that poor little fellow might
be suffering through carelessness Of
mine. I wish 7 had discovered his
escape early this morning. There is
no knowing where he may be by this
time. If anything happens to him be-
cause Of that chain I'll never forgive
myself I'll run into the house and
get a bite to eat and then Bowser
and will go look for the poor little
So Farmer Browns Boy ate q hasty
lunch, and then, whistling for Bowser,
started out to look for the runaway
young Fox.
Copyright. 1922, BY T. ". BurEsssJ
Evening star., 1922-11-17

~ UR grandmothers began pre-
paration for Thanksgiving
day long before it arrived.
Pickles of all sorts, apple
sauce and preserves were prepared
ahead Of time. Mince meat was mixed
that it might ripen and acquire a
more delicious flavor. All the vege-
tables were ready for the pot on We'd
nesday night, the chickens or turkey
were stuffed. the cranberry sauce was
made. the puddings and pies were
prepared and there was nothing to
do on Thanksgiving day but cook the
dinner.
Garnishes and Turkey stuhing.
Oysters belong to Thanksgiving.
according to tradition. because
friendly Indians who Joined the early
celebrations brought gifts of she'll
fish. A garnish of fried oysters Is
tasty and appropriate to surround the
turkey. or dish of scalloped oysters
may accompany the turkey, or an
be served before the turkey, or the
oysters. parboiled and drained, may
he nodded in a thin layer of jelly.
which should be cut out with fancy
cutter so that the oyster appears in
the center of a tomato or aspic jelly,
and is laid on tender lettuce leaves
with mayonnaise placed beside it.
A cupful of chopped peanuts
blended with two cupfuls of coarse
bread crumbs or cracker crumbs and
seasoning is a fine stuffing for the
turkey.
To prepare chestnuts for stuffing.
first cash the shell. brush the nuts
over with beef drippings and put in
the oven for few minutes When
heated, she'll and skin are easily re-
moved. Cut the nuts in small pieces.
then add them to an ordinary bread
mixture. or they may be put through
a potato ricer. seasoned and used
alone.
Sausage croquettes are good for a
turkey garniSh. Buy one pound OF
sausage meat add to it one cupfui
of soft bread crumbs, form into balls
the size of English walnuts, dip in
beaten egg, roll In bread crumbs and
fry in deep. hot fat.
Cranberries With Turkey.
Leftover turkey. especially the
white meat, may be cut in cubes and
blended with enough warm cram
berry jelly. not too sweet, to hold II
in shape when cold.
The combination of cranberries and
raisins, popularly known as mock
cherry, is good for a pie filling or as
a conserve. The proportion is half
as many raisins as cranberries and
both should be cut in halves.
Old-fashioned Cranberry Dumplings.-
Prepare a cranberry sauce from one
quart of cranberries. one and one
half cupfuls of water and two cup
Evening star., 1922-11-17

i, call upon the resources of your whole
palette.
The driest autumn field is drench-
ed with color. the commonest road
is beauty paved. Shadows of tur-
Quoise. amethyst and garnet veil the
sand dunes; the cabbage fields are
clothed in jade and silvery, frosted
blue. Under the stubble all the Soil
Is gold and copper-the palest sky
Of air a-shimmer like a jewel. Hum
bly, you start to learn your world
anew.
And 90 1t is with mon. You can
not learn the truth Of humans from
wise books. stern sermons. poetry.
charity. You must forsake your the
ories and your creeds and scale the
mental wall you've built about your
life: You must 80 out and work
with men, taking them as they are.
not e you would have them be or a.
artist hnds when first he tries to
build his picture, you will discover
with amusement the infinite beauty
Of humanity.
The dreams that underlie the dull
est faces-the scarlet Of brave hearts
of some weather-beaten digger of the
soil-the tenderness Of some Italian
Amazon who picks your chickens
while you wait-the Viking blood
that warns the hands which mend
your shoes-the janitors who think
in poetry. and often. too. the poets
who might better be janitors. All
this strange wonder and delight
you'll fnd when first you try to build
life with other people. And humbly
you will start to learn humanity
toopyrisht, 1927
Evening star., 1922-11-17
Girls and Their Interests
BY HELEN H. FETTER.

basket ball goal throwing. two goals.
six trials: balancing. twenty-four
feet, two trials.
The second test includes an In
dian club race of twenty-eight sec
onds, or q potato race of thirty-nfne
seconds; goal throwing of three goals
in six trials. and balancing beanbag
or book on head twentyfour feet.
two trials. The third test is running
! and catching in twenty seconds;
throwing for distance in basket ball.
forty-two feet, or volley ball, forty
four feet; volley ball serving, three
out of flve trials.
There are no height, weight or age
limits In any of the athletic tests for
badges for girls. However, it is nee
essary to qualify at one time in all
| three events stated, as required for
passing that particular test In order
| to win badge. The tests are stand
ard. and no substitution can be made
II badge Is desired.
Not few of the girls. even those
VINO take the tests. realize the actual
value OF the test to them individually.
aside from receiving the button. They
heip to give pofse and control over
ones motions and to eliminate awk-
Wardness. They also indicate that
the girl is perfectly fit physically. and
Is less uiable than a girl not 80 quail
ned TO resist disease and illness of
every sort
Miss Fisher is expecting to have
some changes made in the local play
ground requirements for receiving
tne awards In girls athletics, and she
IS going to institute the development
OF interest in even a greater variety
OF sports for the Washington school
girls.
Evening star., 1922-11-17
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, NJ. D..
Noted Physician and Author.

would like you to print a solution for
removing superfiuous hair. Please
give complete directions when you
print the solution.-A.. A. and L.
Answer...There is no such solution,
l assure you, ladies. OF course, there
solve of hair. but such chemicals are
far too irritating to the skin. A
safety razor will remove hair, when
hair must be removed, as effectively
and moro safety than any chemical
soiutiop ssau or other depilatory prepara-
ton. But my advice is that you
should not start using any solution
or shaving, for when you do YOU
stimulate the hair and 1. grows
coarser and all the more noticeable.
Remember that a woman's Skin is
normally covered with fine downy
hair which cannot be removed with
out stimulating the growth of coarse,
visible hair. Many misguided girls
make the mistake of attempting 70
remove the fine down from the skin,
only to regret their folishness later.
Hand Lotion.
Please publish the formula of a
hand lotion you gave some time ago
1t was wonderful to keep the skin
soft and white. used it two win
ters with great satisfaction, but ]
have forgotten the formula 1t con-
tained ragmenth or something like
that--E. B. A.
Acknowledgements in shavings
80 grains; borac acid. 3 drains
glycerin, 4 drains: distilled or rain
water. I pint Three drams of boric
| acid would be about all the powder
you can pile on teaspoon, or two
teaspoonfuls of the granular form
Four drains of glycerin would be
about a tablespoonful. Tragacanth
in shavings or small Jumps is likely
to be genuine-the powdered article
is commonly adulterated. Boil all
together. constantly stirring, until a
! clear. thin jelly is obtained. Water
must be added from time to time to
make up for evaporation. A few
drops of any scent may be added to
the finished lotion If desired. Rub q
few drops on the hands two or three
times daily, after you have washed
the hands and before they are quite
dry. The lotion may be made to dry
moro quickly by adding some alco-
hol, though alcohol is harsh In Its
effect on dry. rough or chapped skin.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1922-11-17
Perils Of Medicine Cupboard.

Some such epitaph as this might be
written for a good many harmless, un-
suspecting creatures who have risen in
the night and gone to the medicine
cupboard to get dose Of physic or
saleratus: ,--.
Here rest the remains Of poor Ellery Hubbard; ;
His wife kept the lye in the medicine cupboard
An adequate stock Of household
! remedies, both for minor ills and for
accidents, may be kept on hand with
though blunders be made. There is
really no good excuse for keeping
poisons Of any kind in the home, and
particularly when there are young chill
dren in the house. Whenever a child
gets hold OF strychnine in pretty sugar
to bring on fatal commissions. the guilty
person ought to be punished, for in such
cases somebody has certainly been
guilty of reprehensible carelessness
Likewise it is criminally careless to
Keep such poisons as carbolic acid or
cury) in the house. 1 would plead
especially to mothers who may read
this, that they destroy or properly dig
pose or any such polsons they may
have in the house now. and in arranging
the family medicine chest or cupboard
|
or dangerous nature is permitted to
| have q place on the shelvea
1t is we'll to have q separate cabi-
net or cupboard. or box, or chest,
which may be kept locked. or at least
high above the reach of q curious
child-not 80 much for tho child s
safety in this case. but to protect the
remedies. Other articles, such as
toilet accessories and the like, should
not be kept in the medicine cupboard.
Modern surgeons do a tall lot of
hand washing and scrubbing, but
they don't do it in the same room
| where they operate. The medicine
cupboard may be kept in the bath
| room. but that is as far as the in
| timacy should go. The medicine and
| emergency chest should be about one
foot by fifteen inches and some five
| inches deep. This should suffice for
regular old-fashioned family, or
for two or three modern families.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Ada, Anna and Lorna.
We are three schoolgirls and we
Evening star., 1922-11-17
PREPARING FOR THANKSGIVING
AS IN DAYS OF GRANDMOTHER
Materials Were Made Ready In Advance,
With Nothing to Do But Cook
on Day of Feast.

fuls of sugar. Make up a biscuit
dough with two cupfuls of -four. four
teaspoonfuls of baking powder. one
teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoon
fuls of butter. one tablespoonful of
sugar and three-fourths of n cupful
rounds and steam them for twelve
minutes. Serve with the cranberry
sauce. accompanied by a hard sauce
made of brown sugar and butter.
Cranberry Punch.-Cook one quart
of cranberries in three cupfuls of
water until soft. then press through
a sieve. Add two and one-half cup
fuls of sugar and the juice Of two
lemons. and stand on Ice for about
four hours to chill Serve in glasses
with maraschino cherries or candied
cranberries.
Menus to Choose.
Yellow is the Thanksgiving color, Just
as red belongs to Christmas. A pump
centerptece, and small pumpkins. or
gourds. may serve as candlesticks or be
shaped in basket form to be filled with
nuts and ralsins at each plate.
Oysters on the Half Shell.
Cream of Celery Soup.
Boiled Goldfish with Egg Sauce.
Roast Turkey with Cranberry Molds.
Mashed White Potatoes.
Baked Sweet Potatoes.
Lettuce and Tomato Jelly Salad.
Toasted Waters Spread with Cheese.
Pumpkin Pie.
Baked Indian Pudding with Cream or
Scraped Maple Sugar
Ice Cream. Nuts. Apples.
Grapes.
Coffee and Sweet Cider.
Oyster Soup with Crisped Crackers, or
Oysters in Ice.
Thin Slices Of Buttered Brown or
Graham Bread.
Roast Turkey with Stufflng.
Mashed White Potatoes.
Glazed Sweet Potatoes.
Mashed Turnips. Cranberry Jelly.
Celery. Lettuce Salad.
Crackers. Cheese.
Pumpkin. Mince or Cranberry Pie.
Apples. Grapes. Nuts.
Coffee or Sweet Cider.
picSlesa GFsam of Celery sGeI; Gs1.r
Roast Turkey with Peanut or Chestnut
Stuffing
Mashed Potatoes. Buttered Turnips.
Pumpkin Custard
Ounces in Cider and Molasses.
Tomato Salad.
Brown Bread Sandwiches.
Old Fashioned Cranberry Dumplings.
Grandmothers Rich Pumpkin Pie.
Nuts. Raisins. Fruit.
Coffee.
Evening star., 1922-11-17
VERSIFLACE.
Oh, Bosh!

I've lately read rampant tale of
Rosalie and married life; the moral
made me turn quite pale-O woe be-
tide the clever wife. This Rosalie did
quite adore her husband. handsome
jovial' Harry. and never once found
life bore, as often do the folks who
marry. Now. Rosalie had strenuous
brains and entered finance with a
zest. She firmly grasped the business
reins and won success. whate'er her
quest. Yet, now the author makes 1t
clear that Rosie fails in sphere OF
mother; it seems to business She
would steer. though two she had, and
then another! This tale ends on q
tragic note; each child the path OF
right does shirk. Now, all OF you
please take a vote-must kids go
wrong when mothers work? Oh. bosh
/ say, I've known a score of women
who were forced to be the sole sup
port of younks galore. and they grew
up quite splendidly!
WILHELMINA STITCH.
Evening star., 1922-11-17
Your Home and
You
BY HELEN KENDALL.
The Hope Chest.

II there is any more heart-warm-
ing sight in this loving
world than a young girl kneeling be-
fore her hope chest / don't know
what 1t is. Here have been slowly
collecting the piles of monogrammed
towels and napkins, the dainty bits
Of pale flesh-colored lingerie made
by girl friends, the table runners of
heavy fllet and embroidery. the bed
cover of French blue changeable silk
ornamented with circlets of rose
buds. Every few days she drops
down before the stout chest and
counts her treasures over or shows
them to admiring girl visitors.
And yet in many a hope chest