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The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-23

| For a more elaborate dinner +rv a.
English table Cover the table viz, j..
damask and lace cloth. and place ips+ba
centre large papfer- boars h..d
wrea thed with holly or red noua-. W.
nead contains souvenirs, and "a sure
rounded in a circle with eIaboraFa -,
tnery pieces, such as ham in s11;c -
cifully decorated. tongue in ieIlv rsI1,.1,
IN .rnayonnaise and other farno4,. df.ho-
reiishes and corner dishes of saIads -
entrees, as well as by red candles ,-Itt,
hony-decorated shades.
Small candy nosegays or candx h,rr,.....
Of grapes or vegetables NAV serva 90
pace cards. Silver for five courses
appear whole, are really carvsd -
after the soup and fish they are passed
N the old-fashioned way. II possible
red-bordered china should be used.
A piste Christmas dinner is rather
novel, and will allow more room To-
Christmas decorations. Suppose for this
able we use centerpiece and doylies
OF embroidered. unbleached linen done
In old blue, using old blue china and
candles For the decorations arranre a
nat basket or tray heaped with grapes
Of different colors and bordered with
ring OF red apples. and outside the
apples close band of holly. At one
Side. place compartment dish OF
relishes, opposite a compartment d.sh Of
jellies. On opposite sides arrange ob-
long dishes Of olives. celery ane radishes
and dishes Of pastry and relishes Soup
the plate. salad and dessert com
plete this dinner with its unusual dec
orations-
A paper table is novel, and may be
R1ade attractive Cover the table with
white crepe paper having a holly border.
arranging ii so that a strip of border
runs from each plate to the centre,
where big ball Of holly rests This
BAH is really a Jack Horner pie, and
narrow red ribbons attached to the gifts.
within the ball. run to each plate. Green
candies with holly-decorated shades
may be used. and green servlce-plates
II they can be managed.
Little red silk bags may be used for
the nuts, and viii make souvenir but
ton-bags sfterward- Papier-macha to-
matoes will make an attractive place.
card. candy-hled- Little punches of
mistleto tied with red ribbons may be
put beside each plate The carving and
serving for this dinner will probably be
done in the kitchen. and the courses
may be passed as needed, 50 they VIII
not interfere with the decorations
Another pretty table may be made by
placing a fiat holly wreath in the cen
tre- Now, lay red silk ribbons from
the wreath, tying little punches Of holly
every six inches. until they come to the
edge OF the plates. then run the ribbons
under and let them hang down In the
middle of the wreath place a big papier-
nache turkey stuffed with souvenirs
Red candies and candied mint leaves
may be used for sWeata
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Diary of Fa ashion Model
ink EUerir1g Go.OT1.

{ same line, but in light color Madame
explained She already has a red one. y
Shall we make UP a design for herr
asked the Frenchwoman, who loves de-
signing dresses better than anything.
Yes. answered Madame.
Have you particular color in mind -
the designer questioned
with Miss Lockett's delicate coloring
and light hair think pale pink would
be lovely" Madame an wered
''Of course it would" was the enthusi-
astic response.
Then. too, she has almost every other
color" I Joined in
wait till show you a material she'll
be too lovely for words in" said
Madame. disappearing into the room
where some imported material had just
been unpacked.
She came back with the loveiiest piece
of pale pink rnoire ever hope to see.
Il can't walt to begin draping it on
her" said the designer.
tWeu. you won't have to wait long"
said Madame with smile. Miss Lock-
EFT is here now. and she wants the frock
in hurry. II you can practically make
it on her III like it all the better"
There was much scurrying of seam
stresses the rest of the day. and not
long afterward I was standing in the
lovely pink frock for final touches I'm
just Miss Lockett's height. and the i'm
portant fitting had been done on her
IheSe deeper PINK NelNet MOVERS give
the needed dash to the frock, - the de-
signer purred in a contented voice
i've never seen a person get, more
Joy out Of ting lovely things than
you do 1 told her as I watched her
arrange the velvet flowers and pink
leaves in a swinging motif down the
side.
IT'S the utter simplicity of this frock
that makes II so attractive she told
me, giving her work last. one-sided
survey. She always puts her head to one
side when she's being very critical
Wait till you see the crystal ear
rings and pink satin slippers with rhine
stone buckles Miss Dockett bought down
the street to go with them told her
such a vision she will be at the holi-
day ball the designer bresthed. wei
satisfied with the result of her work
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-23
WORDS of WISE MEN

The seeds Of knowledge may be planted
in solitude. bat must be cultivated Ia
public
True happiness consists not in The
multitude OF friends, but In the worth
and choice.
joy descends gently upon ~ like the
evening dew and does not patter down
like a hAil-storm.
He that places himself neither higher
nor lower than he ought TO do exercises
the truest humility.
Ourselves are 10 ourselves the czuss
OF III.
We may be independent II We will,
Modesty in a man Is never 10 be al
lowed a good quality. but a weakness.
Il IL suppresses his virtue and hides il
from the world when he has at the saus
time mind to exert himself.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-23


When we consider suitable gifts, why
should we confne our thoughts to ma
teriaI things. breakable and destruct-
spiritual things. for lofty ideals and
noble aspirations?
OF what vafue are an the other gifts
II the body is frail and II life hangs by
a slender thread? There must be a
foundation of health and vigor. or every
thing else turns TO dust and ashes.
Let US bring gifts OF knowledge, of
proper habits, of tempered appetites of
joy in right living and right thinking.
what the man viii be In his body and
soul depends largely on the gifts be-
slowed upon him as a child by his
parents
What better day is there to begin
this sort of gift-gtving than Christmas
Children must be taught how to live
and the reasons for the simple rules of
hygiene which make for health and long
hfe- They should love the sunshine and
the fresh air.
II is just as easy to make q child
happy in his bath as to hate 1t. Play
can be made of the toothbrush drill.
Cleaning the fnger-nails can be turned
into a joyous game.
What finer gift can be given a child
than to teach him to breathe deepiy7
This practice gives pinkness to the
cheeks. redness to the lips, warmth to
the hands and feet, good digestion.
nourishment of the body and resistance
to disease
Neatness, orderfineSs, cleanliness
thoroughnexs-an these qualities can be
taught a child and can be bestowed
upon him with all the tenderness and
the loving spirit which accompany the
giving of a Christmas token
No one more than Jesus taught the
lFNxya rTf 81 arF11 IIa
said. 'T say unto you, inasmuch as you
have done IL unto one OF the least OF
these my brethren, you have done it
unto me-
On this Christmas Day, then, we may
initiate the Wise Men and with them
bring to the Christ Child gifts OF gold
and frankincense and myrrh. BY giving
good gifts to our children and to those
who would have nothing but for our
though6ulness we are giving to Him
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has kept me under her thumb 30 long
that I'm treated more like a baby than
a dog. I suppose you've Travelled All
over the world Whers's your homer
Jerry laughed. ''Home7 never knew
what 1t was to have a home. I hardly
know what it means to have a good
feed"
'-oh. my.-- cried woosey Poodle. edg-
ing closer. You don't mean 70 say
you're hungry. do your
Before Jerry could answer. Woolsy
Poodle chased on to the nearest tres
and began to dig at its root The dirt
flew in every direction. and when he
came racing back he looked like a rag
His pretty white coat was covered with
dirt, but in his mouth he earned stale
piece of bread. which he handed to
Jerry,
Dear. wish It was a piecs of meat
But, say! Sure I'm alive, its Christ
mas day, and that means turkey at our
house. I'll see that you have some"
My" And Jerry fairly laughed as he
swallowed the stale bread. That's the
first bite I've had for two days. Your
mistress will be angry when she sees
how dirty you are. I'm sorry I was
the cause. I know. I'm dirty. too, so
let's go down to the brook and take a
plunge"
Wooley Poodle didn't know what =
plunge meant, but he raced on after
Jerry. When the big dog jumped into
the brook. which was not yet frozen
over he went In after him. and when
they crawied up on the shore and dried
out, Jerry's fur was beautiful yellow.
and Wooiey Poodle was once more a
SNOWFALL.
They ran back to the little white
house, just in time to hear the mistress
calling. She came TO the back door
with plate piled high with food. and
when she saw poor old yellow Jerry she
laughed
Wen. 80 you have company for your
Christmas dinner. Wooley." she laughed
and she gathered up Wooley Poodle and
hugged him, then called Jerry and
patted his head
Ny goodnessl how Jerry dfd eati And
IL meant not only a Christ mas dinner
for him. but he was also given a home
as a Christmas present, for when the
good lady saw how the two dogs played
together. she decided to keep Jerry
Who was the ugly man that can7a
out just before saw your Jerry aaked.
'Oh, that was a tramp. Mistress never
turns them away" replied Wooiav
Poodle. and he was or for n ronp with
grateful Jerry. tired though he was.
close at his. heels
That was the happicFt Chrfs4 mas din
ner Jerry ever had. but 5c has en5oye4
many good meal since then
cOUyriEht. 1924. S as~sDsp< Fszssrs s--rses. la
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-23
HOME-MAKING HELPS
E0eTytAns AbOut The Houss Helps Make ths Honss"
By WANDA BARTON -


~HRISTMAS dinner parties are al
II ways important events Of the hoH-
day season. and the table decorA-
tfons are a matter of careful considera-
ton Flowers in all but the sunniest
eIin1es are apt to be very expensive. SO
It is WISE to manage with as few as
possible, and use othsr decorations in
stead. For family dinner parties the
decorations are usually selected In sim
pIer fashion than for more formal guests
A home table, laid with damask cloth,
may have a centrepieoe of a tiny tree,
braced around the bottom with gaify-
coIored fruit. and the tree may be
trimmed with favors to be distributed
afeerward wee red stocking, hned
with candles, may serve as place-card
at each plate.
Another pretty centrepiece is a gflded
straw horn of plenty filled with fruit A
red rose or ether red flower should be
placed beside each plate to serve as a
Red -halved papier-mAche apples hold
nuts or candies. and red candles in sill
yer sticks make a charming added table
decoration
StSIl another home table may have a
fat basket of mist,eto and holly with
Santa Claus rising out Of the centre.
bringing little stockings containing SOU
ve1irs for each guest Wee little mar
of marzepan vegetables may
have place-cards attached and stand be-
side each plate
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Answers to Health Questions

NJ. L. Q-I have red hair and would
like to bleach it. VIII you kindly 1ell
me how to accomplish this?
A-Meddling with your hair may cause
you to lose it Do not be foolish and try
to change its color.
D. NJ. ]. A. O-I am a girl 21 years
old and for seven years have been trou-
bled with a cough. I eat and sleep well
would you advise me to do?
A-Have your throat examined and
your chest x-rayed. II nothing is
found. the cough is probably nervous
in origin
MRS. B. c. ]. o-I have been troubled
with nervous heart. although 1 have
trouble present What shall do about 1t ?
AGO on about your work in your
usual way as long as you feel no dis
comfort II he thinks II necessary. your
doctor win prescribe treatment for you
A SUBSCRIBER OWN you please
tell me what hyperthyroidism is.
whether 1t Is tubercular and caused by
asthma and whether it can be cured?,
A-This condition is over-activfty Of
the thyroid gland and rs not tubercular.
Asthma would not cause this trouble.
With proper treatment, hyperthyroidism
can be cured.
Dr.. Copeland 1Oiu GnswcT for read
ers Of this paper questions on -nedi-
cal, hy0ie7sic and sanitation subjects
that are of 0e1aerdI interest Where
the subject of letter Is such that it
cannot be Published in this column,
Dr.. Copeland icilI, 1ohe7s the question
IS a proper one, 11rite you personally,
if self-dddressed, stamped en-
veIope is enclosed Address ALL
INQUIRIES to DR.. r. S. Copeland,
IN care of this office.
cpyrasht 1922. by Newspaper Feature ss-74ra. Inc
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MY MARRIAGE PROBLEMS
Adele Garrisons New Phase of
Revelations of a Wife

Adele Garrison's New Phase. of


ITO MY own great relief. when Claire
Poster and left her room together
for the dinfrg-room. found that /
no longer had to act the role Of friend
liness. that 1t had become reality.
Her oontr4tiou for the affair which
had caused me 30 much annoyance ana
humiliation. and her eager-rather. child
Ike-desfre to atone for her fault in any
way possible. had banished from my
heart the dislike and preJ1dAce with
which I had come to oak L1odgs-~ As
Mrs- BarkeTs house is aHSbiftouHaJ
called
Her outburzt- only a glOrtousiy reek-
less time. with no thought save the fun
of aytng." had convinced me that no
element Of affection for Dic<y had en-
tered into her escapade- In the ruth
less. reckless manner OF modern youth,
she had simply snatched at the oppor-
tunity for a good time. regardless OF
whose feelings she hurt in the process
Ny reaction in her favor. however.
did not prevent me from a furtive-
between her and DIcky.
I was not 50 sure that their Journeys
together had been devoid of sentimental
interiudes. harmless enough no doubt.
though not partic ularly enjoyable from
my standpoint But 1 was conceited
nor Claire Foster was a good enough
actor to hide from me the embarrassed
consciousness Of such possible tender
passages II he ever had kissed her.
know il when l saw their meeting.
which knew was their first since
DiclSy had brought the girl back from
that last wild air ride
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-23

THERE are many superstftions rela-
tive to Christmas which are very
. L interesting.
In England. II a rooster crows IN the
stiffness OF the night, IT is common to
say, The cock Is growing for Christ
mas He Is supposed to have un-
natural intelligence and powers of
divfning the coming of this particular
holiday
In the German Alps there is COM
mon belief that the cattle kneel on
Christmas eve OF course. this has not
been proved, because 1t would not be
fair to peep at these beasts when they
are in the act of religious devotion
An interesting story of this super
stition reaching the Canadian Indians q
told by Howison IN bis Sketches OF
Upper Canada"
Mr.. Howison tells in a most charming
way Of seeing an Indian creeping stealth
lily through the woods in the north coun-
try Howison inquired what his object
was The Indian reverently and solemn
ly replied:
Me watch to see deer kneeI- Christ
mas night all deer kneeI and look UP
to &hA Great SniriE~
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A HAPPY CHRISTMAS DINNER


7 ERRY wagged his shaggy tan a.
man came out Of the gate Of ths
y little white house. but a kick and n
cuff answered his friendly greeting.
Get out OF here. you ugly hound.
snarled the grun man and Jerry. vh0
between his legs and strOlled OF to the
side OF the road and sat down
he was terribly hungry and an tired
out from his long journey. He glanced
at the man and wagEed hiss tan again
but all he got was q stone hurled at hkz
aching head
wen. II seems funny to me- Jerry
unused to himself, that such an ugly.
mean man should live in such a pretty.
clean house. I always thought pretty
places housed nice people. oh. weIl.''
apd Jerry got up. shook his shaggy fur
and barked. ~An folks are not like thaa
man. Faint heart never won"
y He stopped zhort- as a tiny bundle cR
fur tumbled out of the door Of the little
white house and dashed out to the gate
''Oh. now see.'' erry unused They
have one of those silly. good -for-noShing
poodles. If were mayor Of this town
Who's mayor of this town." asked
the white poodle, waggins his tail In a
friendly manner. What would you do7
Pshaw. you're not mayor, neither am L
SO let's play" And the bundle OF white
wool tossed his head and rompSd
through the grass
Jerry just sat By the roadside and
stared at him. ''Oh. come on. haven't
time" the poodle called. then raced
back TO Jerry. why don't you play
with me?' he whiDed. Il won't hurt
you"
'Poohl" growied Jerry, who was 80
hungry and tired he was cross who An
the world would be afraid OF a poor.
little. silly thing like your
We'll. as far as sense goes. guess
you're right sighed the poodle dog.
The trouble with me Is. my mistress
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What's a sunset without love
What's the rise of the moon over
the most beautiful garden in the
world, if love is gone?
I'd pry open all the mean little
stingy shut doors in every human
heart on earth and give love an en-
trance-if l had my way.
Come oni Let's try it, you and
l. Let's not only be good to people
and just to them, but let's love them,
whether they love US or not.
There is the queer old janitor
downstairs, grumbling and growing
There's the woman who comes in by
the day. Careless, ineff Well,
if you'd been through what they
have been through, you might be
worse than they are.
Love is the tongue of the Christ
mas bell. Love is the voice. of the
Christmas chimes, friendliness, good
cheer, a comforting clasp of the
hand, smile that means 81 wish you
we'll" Why, these things are beacon
lights along the darkest wayl
Merry Christmasi 1 hope you
find some of them in your Christ
mas stocking
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-23
AdUice TO Girls
By ANNE LAURT

DEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
am girl OF IS. considered
good looking, and of good character.
1 nave eeen keeping company with a
young man who IS five years my
senior. and whom 1 love with an my
heart and 7 know he cares more
Tor me than any other girl He pro-
posed to me. and I told him to wait
a month or so until I talked to my
mother
But now he has stopped calling.
We had a few words, and he has
never called since. He asked me II
wanted him to come back. and
told him he could II he wanted TO.
But he never came back
didn't know I cared 50 much for
him ] have been going about with
Two young men since I cult him, but
don't want to go with anybody else
Please tell me how I can win his
love back / am too proud to ask
aim to call Please give me you ad-
vice BROK HEARTED.
. ROKEN- HEARTED: II you wan
to have things on the old footing
my dear. the only thing to do In &c
rocket your false pride and ask ths
oung man 10 call again Then you car
ave a friendly talk with him anc
traighten things out
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-23
YOUR H EALTH
What Are You Giving
To Help Your Children ,
By ROYAL s. COPELAND, M. d.
Commissioner of Health, New York City
u. S. Sendtor-ELect from New York State

XVTHEN you think of Christmas you think of the
w children 1t is day for the little But
it also is day for the rest of the world be-
cause Christmas Day we're all children.
Christmas is day of gift giving, because it
the Day of all days, the Day God gave His
only begotten Son:
Our thoughts Christmas Day are lofty thoughts
generous thoughts thoughts worthy of the Day dedi
Gated to the love of Almighty God and His wonderful
gift to mankind.
Christmas, then, is a day when dedicate our
selves to the children in homes. We will make
every necessary sacrifice for their good We will Shove
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-23
Some Wonderful Gifts

1 q friend I'd little
goundand wouldn't
dahing n world
wouldn't after
really isn't
happy at all
To another know I would confidence
Confidence confidence
confidence her friends and would bring faith into
a dirustful still
Oh, go
parcel a little separate package of its owni
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Writes about

the red
thought
and lift voice in praise of her gift
suppose haved doneso It
belong to quite family,
are
would possible for
friendship
ribbon and give them to those love
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Tom OrrOw's
HOROSCOPE
By Gsnevieve KensbL0
SUNDAY AND MONDAY,
DEC. 24-z5.


Sundays planetary figure shows tha
customary Yuletide activities under the
fine stimulus OF benefic sidereal forces
Very prosperous and gainful conditions
may be expected. but avoid rash and inn
pulsive actions and words.
Those whose birthday IL is have a fore
cast OF active and prosperous year
II they shun impulsive conduct and
avoid change and accident A child born
on this day. although clever and in
dustrious. may be rash unless 1t is
ca refuliy trained. but IL will rise rapidly
In life and be generous and popular.
Mondays horoscope is under the most
gracious rule Of Venus. the love star.
shedding her bounteous rays upon all
the festivities OF the nativity. blessing
with lavish grace and fostering the gem
srous and happy spirit OF the occasion
She heightens spiritual joys and en-
mobiles and refines worldly pleasures.
Those whose birthday il is may look
for domestic and affectional happiness.
but should be discreet in business and
avoid change a child born oa this day
u-il Be accomplished. kind and affection
ate. but may be headstrong unless care
gully trained early in self-controi-
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-23

Dicky was already in the dining room
when we entered. and saw that he was
keeping a distinctly wary eye upon the
kitchen door through which Mrs Bar
ker might be expected to appear. That
the doughty landlady of the mountain
resort had, in his own favorite phrase,
put the fear into him" 1 realized with
an amused smile which I was careful
to suppress Then ne saw Us. and he
crossed the room with the nonchalant-
graceful stride which is not the least OF
his attractions. put one hand as IL by
accident upon my shoulder. and held
out>the other cordially to Claire Foster.
~Come on, Let's E%"
You've been playing or" he as
serted. looking her over with a whinlsi-
cal smile Here I've been wrapping
myself in sackcIoth and piling ashes on
my head until I've been afraid some
furnace man would dump me out with
the clinkers, all because I thought you
eternaIly minus your nerves or diges-
tion. and would be to blame And here
you look like a two-year-old just about
to have the blue ribbon pinned on
That's getting sympathy under false
pretenses. isn't it. Madge?"
IF you ask me- returned fiippant-
ly, II think she's entitled to all the
sympathy you have in stock, and then
some. And sackcloth and ashes won't
hurt you a bit She might have been
killed
well. so might I,"eDicky retorted
with we'll assumed suIl<fness. But I
don't hear you doing any wailing over
the possibility. That's this new era
for you. Women stick together like mo-
lasses and devil take the poor men"
I've understood the gentleman men
toned always takes care of his own
Claire Foster murmured demurely,- and
saw with relief that she. too. was
playing up There would be no awk-
wardness at the impromptu supper.
''Et tu Brutei" Dicky said reproach-
fully. I'm. used to having MAdge smear
me all over the landscape. but I did
think you'd treat me better. Come on,
let's eat. There's only one solace left
me now. and that's food Let's hope
he lowered his voice discreetly-''that
our worthy hostess hasn't slipped any
arsenic into the food"
Mrs. Barker HeIPs
''Hush!'' I cautioned. none too soon.
as we crossed to the dining table. and
Dicky drew out first my chair and then
Claire's with the touch of gallant cere-
nony which always invests any atten-
ton of his to women. For Mrs Bar
Ser had appeared in the door leading
from the kitchen bearing a tray Of
dishes. and I was afraid that
even her word to me would not be
proof against anything which she might
ieem impudence on Dfcky's part.
But she evidently had heard nothing I
md though her manner toward both /
Dicky and Claire Foster was as stin
md forbidding as it was cordial toward /
ne. she gave 10 verbal evidence Of her I
iispleasure. and the meal she served |
vas far too good for most kings