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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-09-13
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed bids will be received by
the Board of Supervisors of Ran
kin County, Mississippi, and the
Highway Commission of Pela-
hatchie Election Precinct, Road Dis
trict at the Court House, Brandon,
until HOO A. NJ, Friday, Sep
TENDER 2Sth, 1923, and at that
time publicly opened for Federal
Aid Project No. 1853, the same be-
ing part Of the State Trunk Road
No. Ii between Jackson and Meri-
dian.
Separate bids will be received on
that part of the road in Super
visors District No. 4, and separate
bids on that part of the road in
Supervisors District No. 2: and also
bids on the project as whole.
Bids for that part in District No.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-09-13
NOTICE!
State of Mississippi,
To William Davis Defendart:

You are hereby commanded to
appear before the Chancery Court
Of the County of Rankin, in said
State, on the 4th Monday in Sep
TENDER, 1923, to defend the suit in
said court of HELEN Davis, wherein
you are defendant
This the 23rd day of August,
1923.
S. D. DONNELL,
Chancery Clerk.
J. r. East, Attorney
for complainant.
Aug. % 80 Sept. &c
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-09-13
RID NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that bids
will be received on the First Mon
day in October,> 1928, for building
bridge across Bakers Greek on Stump
Bridge Road in Beat No. 3, accord
ing to plans and specifications on
file in the office of the Chancery
Clerk.
S. D. DONNELL,
Chancery Clerk
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-09-13

When woman wants to know
of the defects in her new SealSklR
coat she has but to show it to her
dearest friend.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-09-13

The fellow who angles for the
good opinion of his neighbOrs gen
orally shows himself up for what
he is and gets what he deserves.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-09-13

Many people are judged by their
associates, and likewise by those
who decline to associate with them.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-09-13

Only brilliant people can afford
to look bored.
Evening star., 1923-01-10
BEAUTY CHATS
By Edna
Kent Forbes.

was not about teeth. Why. he asks.
doesn't plastic surgery do something
for men with protruding ears? "WoSn-
ell can hide them-but take man,
especially If bald and get a good look
at the back of his head. If he has
protruding ears you'll agree that only
mother could love him" He adds.
cyntcally. that he doubts If Ill read
his letter. I have not only done SO,
! can also tell him that plastic sur
cry does a great deal for protruding
ears. Any surgeon and most doctors
viii cut certain tiny ligament back
of the ear and bandage the ears fiat
SO they heal in proper position. 1t
is very simple operation and not ex-
pensive. only most people don't bother
to find out about it.
J. l. T. G.-Sometimes when the hair
falls out IL is not the scalp at fault
SO much as the condition of the whole
system. In such cases local treat
ment will not be enough to restore
the hair to it's normal health. 1t is
necessary to attend to both. so build
up your health and all the while mas
sage the scalp daily and include a
tonic with this treatment several
times each week
Young Mother. - Little children
often have warts for a time and they
disappear without treatment. You
may hasten their departure by rub
bfng into them some oil, and If this
does not dissolve them in a few days.
applications of turpentine may prove
effective
Evening star., 1923-01-10
Gay Buttons as Dominant Feature
by ANNE RITTENH0UsE.

, When fashionable women started
for spots on this continent where they
could indulge In sports without. in
reference from the weather, they re-
Vertcd to the chemise frock. Sudden
ly this straight monaStic robe. tight
y girdled, again became the fashion.
But it's chemise robe with differ
! ence. 1t is cut in different manner
| from the garments that stopped with
US too long, like some of the relatives
of plantation days, who came for a
week and remained until death. Its
top part extends to the hips. and the
skirt has gathers at front and back
of hips. In truth, the new one e-piece
frock is cut in two pieces, not one. 1t
has a belt instead of a sash, and in
sport clothes il has short. ripping
cape.
One of the elaborate afternoon
gowns arranged for midseason gai-
eties is of supple black Velours, which
looks like velvet; the turnover col
| lar is edged with ermine and there's
narrow band of ermine from neck
to hem. which is repeated on the
| sleeves to form tight wrist band.
This frock is put on like kimono
over slip of black satin, the girdle
holding 1t in place.
Another such frock of black cloth
is fastened from collar bone to hem
with large mother-of-pearl buttons.
| The belt is fastened with a mother
of-pearl buckle at back. and there's
a large V-shaped pocket on the skirt
/ Gray rabbit shows itself wherever
there is an edge for il to outline.
The sketch shows a sport frock of
violet velours fastened from top to
bottom with bone buttons in the vio-
let of the cloth. The skirt is slightly
gathered to the bodice, the sleeves
are short, the collar is rolled away
from the neck. the edges are bound
with black silk. A short circular
cape lifted from medieval days is
stitched across the shoulders at back
to fall irregularly in points a. each
side. This is an admirable frock for
sports, but it can serve as well un-
der a fur coat in the street 1t is
copied in pottery red wool poplin with
one of those new belts made from
strands of colored zephyr.
Exactly why these excessively sim
pie frocks have leaped back into
fashion in a welter of drapery and
ornamentation is hard to explain
but here they are. They may be a
midseason fantasy or they may be
a revolt against too much fabric
manipulation. They are not a com
monplace fashion; they stand high in
the ranks of expensive clothes. Pos
| sibly they are launched to show off
! buttons, for there is brand-new
/ fashion to. put conspicuous row of
them from neck to hem.
As mother-of-pearl had the lime
Evening star., 1923-01-10
The Diary of Professional Movie Fan

BY GLADYS HALL.

I've been concerned. My family SAW
70 that. | always sort Of felt as
though .I'd missed something. Some
of the girls have looked so snappy
and have claimed to be 50 comforta-
bic. But, goly. the way they are GO
ing to wear their hair this winter
will make us look like hairless Chi
quaquaS. what hair we have is to
he brought carefully to the back of
the head and there will be no curlS
at all. Hard luck for us what has
curly locks, As for the youthful con-
tours that will certainly disappear at
that rate, and in its place will be
serious minded profile with a lot of
responsibilities Well, we shall see
what VIC shall see. Ny friends. my
ilapper friends, tell me they're going
on with the bob. forever and forever,
aud have an unshakable faith in the
fiapperS,
They're going 10 he longer, ! gather,
And. then. the skfts-Zuwie.
They're going to be longer, ] gather.
and I'm for that. because they have
been too short, don't you think? But
| cant believe that they will be so
Slinky and long that we'll trip on
them Flappers can't fiap if they trip.
and flap they viii. | know. After all.
the designers may tell us what to
wear, but to make US wear il. or
them. in these highly Independent
days is something else again. Per-
sunally.' ! believe in conforming to
ones own individual style and taste
and the chances are fifty to naught
that the results will be good.
'Wh" would tamely submit TO
changing ones personality to suit a
Paris dictates clothes. He lives
too far away---and besides he doesn't
know us We cannot see ourselves
looking like walking mysteries when
in reality we're frank as mirrors and
full of fun.
WHY. all this new style SenSa-
tionalism would change us overnight
from laughing girls into sophisticated
'grande DANES After all. it's ques-
ton of age. We're not going to add
years to our appearance just 10 please
the dreSSmakers.
DO anything YOU want to us. Mr..
Fashion Designers. but spare us our
youth
Copyright 1927
Evening star., 1923-01-10
Distorp of pour Same.
BY PHILIP FRANCIS NowLAN.
FRANKLIN

VARIATIONS - stsadnan, Hoffman,
Franklyn.
RACIAL oRIGTN-Ergiish and German.
SoURCE-A title.
Here is a group OF family names
which in their origin are traced to
certain peculiarities of the social sys-
tenn as ii was organised throughout
northern Europe in the days of
feudaIism.
The vast bulk of the common peo-
pie. of course, were virtually all re-
tainers OF the nobility, virtually
slaves of the soil. The great middle
class" of today was then but a scat
nobility but yet who were entitled
to hold land and in their own right.
Their ranks included the merchants
in the cities and the owners OF home
steads and large farms In the country
"Franklyn' and "steadman" were
cal status under which these wealthy
middle class farmers OF the middle
ages were known in England.
Chaucer, writing whereof he knew
describes the 'franklyn" as to leave
no doubt that he was a person of i'm
portance and wealth, entitled to hold
offices as important as sheriff, and yet
not member OF the nobility He
Country sSGire t4oush the Of iatteT
designation was not applied to him
until several centuries later, being at
that time descriptive of members of
the nobility. usually youths in the
service of. their relatives and over
lords and aspiring to the honor of
knighthood.
In Germany, where feudalism
changed less rapidly into the modern
order, and where surnames did not
become general until two or three
centuries after they did IN England,
the "franklyn" or "steadman' was
known as a Hoffman
Evening star., 1923-01-10
Flexible Collodion.

CollodiruiH pEroNyiiu. gun cotton,
dissolved IN ether and alcohol. FleNt-
bic rolludiou contains also canada
turpentiuc and castor oil to render it
more elastic This may be tinted to
resemble the color Of the skin by add
ing a few drops Of an ether solution
OF tumcric or saffron. Flexible col
lodion must be kept tightly c0rked.
for otherwise the ether soon evapo-
rates and leaves sticky mass. When
using it. care should bc taken to keep
the liquid from contact with the neck
of the vial. for ii Will harden there
and prevent the stopper from fitting
properly y sterile freshly boiled
and driedD brush may he used to APP
ply ii to the skin. Of a toothpi"k with
a wiSp of cotton wrapped about its
tip. and this should hc discarded after
use. No such medicament should be
applied with the stopper or any con-
trivauce permanently attached to the
stopper. for that is an uncleanly prac-
tice, from the surgical point of view.
and paves the way for infection or
blood poisoning.
Flexible collodion should be used
Invariably instead Of court plaster If
the surface is perfectly dry the col
lodion will adhere and form what
is practically an imperyious pro-
tective covering for MINOR abra-
sions. scratches or wounds. Several
layers may be applied successfully,
each being allowed to dry before the
next is applied. or when the lesion
to be dressed is an inch or more in
area the collodion may be reinforced
with thin WispS or layers Of absorbent
cotton or single layers of surgeons 5
gauZe
Such a dressing is ideal for nearly
all trifling wounds, if applied imme-
diately after the swabbing with tinc-
ture of iodine.
Flexible colIodion is an excellent
protective covering for cracked lips.
nipples. finger tips. for hangnailS or
other raw or ragged edges. provided
these are clean and not already in
feceted and inflamed. 1t should not be
applied If Inflammation is present.
but rather bulky wet absorbent
dressing is in order then. 1t may he
well to touch such LESSONS with tine
ture of iodine before applying the
collodion.
Perhaps the best Of all corn cures
Is solution OF 30 grains of saliCyNc
acid in half an ounce of flexible col
lodion. painted on the corn daily for
a week or more. This is also a good
application for softening and remov-
ing caIloHSes about the soles of the
feet The same corn cure" will IN
no means should such remedy be ap-
piled to a bunion, which is as diff
ferent from wart s paralysis is
from that tired feeling.
AS a protective for herpses c'cold
sore"l on the lip flexible collodlon is
excellent, if the spot is first carefully
dried and skillfully coated with the
Evening star., 1923-01-10
A Letter From a Man.

A somewhat cynical reader of the
masculine sex, and. should judge. OF
quite middle age. has written me a
letter from Ohio. The letter is so in
teresting ! must quote part of il.
He has been reading, he says. vari-
Gus articles on pyorrhea. I was talk
ing about cure for pyorrhea. which
he claims cannot be cured. Curetting.
he says. is the only means of checking
it, and good dentist will loosen the
gums from the teeth and curette both
gums and teeth. He had a slight
tendency TO pyorrhea which he check
by the curetting process. and by US
ing tooth powder (not paste) and the
stiffest. hardest bristled brush he
could find. Years of this treatment
stopped the bleeding and receding.
This tendency appeared thirty-dve
years ago. Twenty seven years ago
he had three teeth filled and no others
have been touched since then. He has
never had a tooth extracted nor a
toothache.
The important thing. he, says. is to
watch the keystone tooth in the
young child. as it is usually the first
to decay. and If ii isn't preserved the
rest are soon affected. His three un-
sound teeth were all keystones.
He has another suggestion which
Evening star., 1923-01-10
DTDTTNE GTADTES By Thornton
DILL 1lVAL ~ O10lAIO W. Burgess.

waited. Then he heard that sound
again. 1t was avery faint noise, but
it sounded like claws, sharp claws
on wood. Perhaps it was just
mouse. He tried to make himself be-
lieve that that was all it was.
And then Welcome Robin saw two
little points Of light. He knew what
they were. They were eyes! Yes
sir. they were eyes. Fear cIutched
his heart. For two or three minutes
those eyes didn't move Then very
slowly they began to move, and he
heard that faint sound of claws on
wood. He stared at those two eyes.
OF the shed. 1t was terrible to watch
them. Whose they were he hadn't
the least idea, but he knew that they
belonged to an enemy. Presently
began to move out very slowly along
the rafter on which he was sitting.
Welcome gave little shrek of
fright, and flew across to another
rafter at the far end OF the she'd
There he sat and shivered and shook.
For a moment or two those eyes
glared at him and then disappeared.
Whoever owned them had turned
around and was going back along
that rafter He heard thump as
denly he guessed who it was 1t was
Black Pussy the Cat!
Poor Welcome Robin! He didn't
dare go to sleep again. For a long,
long time he sat there shaking with
fright, watching for those terrible
eyes and listening for some sound
to tell him where Black Pussy was.
He had about decided that Black
Pussy had given up when once more
he saw those eyes. Again he sat
and watched them draw nearer and
nearer until Black Pussy was on the
rafter on which The sat. Then he flew
to the other end of the shed
That was dreadful night well
come Robin will never forget IL.
How thankful he was when he saw
daylight and knew that he could leave
that she'd!
Copyright. 1923, by T. W. Burgess.)
Evening star., 1923-01-10

meager repast that you make a
chap feel as if he were starving
you. Where did you learn to pick
out choice combinations that aren't
so darned expensive? You're the only
girl 1 ever knew who could do It,"
well, I'll tell you," conf1ded the
young matron. laying down. her menu
with a contented sigh. "I got it from
daddy. He taught me how q man
likes to have a woman behave when
she's dining out with him
Daddy told me, you see, that one
of the things that made him un-
happiest was the way mother always
used to order the cheapest and least
interesting dishes on the menu.
had to economize frightfully, and
daddy said mother was marvellous in
the way she produced delicious meals
for almost nothing. AS the years
went on, daddy's business prospered
and he had plenty of money, but
mother had formed the; habit of
economozing and she couldn't stop.
He said 1t almost broke his heart to
think that through her long years
of helping him to succeed she had
never learned how to cut loose and
spend. And daddy said there are
times when man just longs to have
his wife cut loose and spend. He
said mother always looked at the
price column first on any menu and
then ordered cornedbeef hash or
Hungarian goulash, when she hated
them both, instead of asking for
mushrooms and squabF and lobster
salad and biscuit tortoni, as he want
ed her to. And she was so perfectly
miserable IL he insisted on il that he
had to give 1t up.
$50 daddy taught me how to choose
a little dinner that would be delicious
and delectable and de luxe, and still
not make a man feel that she was
trying to use up his entire bank roll.
He thought every woman ought to
study how to do this instead of SEEM
ing either stingy or extravagant. i
can economize as well as the next one
when I'm doing the catering at home,
as you know, but when I'm dining
out In public with you I'm certainIY
going to try to do you proud
Evening star., 1923-01-10
scalloped Potatoes. Dried Reef.

Drop some dried beef into boiling
water and scald thoroughly, then fry
it in hot butter until ii curls. Serve
on toast with cream gravy. 1t is ex-
cellent baked in the usual scalIoped
style, with first a layer of potatoes
we'll. buttered and seasoned, then a
layer of the beef, then a layer Of po-
totoes. and so on, having q layer of
the potatoes on top to be weli
Evening star., 1923-01-10
Almond Cookies.

Mix together one-half cupful of but
ter. one-half cupful of sugar, one
cupful Of chopped sweet almonds. one
teaspoonful of powdered cinnamon,
the yolks OF three eggs. one and one
half cupfuls OF -four, two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder and one-half
teaspoonful Of vanilla extract. Mix
the ingredients in the order given.
Chill, roll, brush with white Of egg.
sprinkle with granuiated sugar, cut
and bake In q quick oven.
Evening star., 1923-01-10

AS the diagram plainly shows, this
house dress is very easy to make. In
fact, II could be finished in an after
noon.
Gingham, chambray or percale
trimmed with a contrasting material
would make a very pretty morning
frock, one that will tub we'll and
that's easy TO iron.
Two shades of cambray at 20 cents
per yard would make the garment
cost about 70 cents.
The pattern No 1912 cuts In sizes
81, 3S, S8, 30, AZ. and A inches bust
measure. Size SO requires az yards
s6-inch material, with u yard 36inch
contrasting.
Price OF pattern, 15 cents. I'm post
nge stamps only. Orders should be
addressed to The Washington Star
Pattern Bureau, q East 18th street.
New York city. Please write name
and address, clearly.
Evening star., 1923-01-10
Your Home and
You
BY HELEN KENDALL.
From the Menu.

Gee, Molly. you're a wonder when
it comes to ordering a dinner from
a hotel menu" CALCULATED the young
benedict to the young matron. You
never run an epormous bill up on a
fellow, and yet YOU don't order such
Evening star., 1923-01-10

he didn't know. He awoke in great
fright. why he was afraid he didn't
know. It was just a feeling that
something was wrong, that some
danger was near. lie listened, but
heard nothing. He changed his posi-
ton nervously. After while he be-
gan to get over his fright.
"I guess I must nave had a bad
dream or something" thought he. Il
guess IL is because | Am not yet
wholly used to this place. Nothing
@n5d harm me here. I'm just a silly
80 to be afraid. I'll go to sleep
N<Ran and forget it."
-1e was just about to tuck his head
wSS6g a wing when he heard Just the
kIntest sound. Instantly he was
vide awake and all his fears had re-
Surned. He held his breath and
Evening star., 1923-01-10

have more. She says she simply can't
get over the fashion edicts" she has
been reading. and can't quite believe.
that they are the "orfuI'' truth.
"F'rinStauC". She wrote me, Il letter
full Of exclamation points and daShcs,
"the bobNiS out. Well. that's that. ard
II doesn't matter to me. because the
bob always has been out 50 far as
Evening star., 1923-01-10
Colleen Speaks Her Mind.

Colleen Moore is having serious
thoughts these days. Playing the role
of the neglected wife in GoIdwyn's
prize picture. Broken Chain" may
have something to do with it, but
hair and hats and things like that
Evening star., 1923-01-10
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
By WILLIAM BRADY. VI. d..
Noted Physician and 1uthOr.

moisture proof inConspiCuouS dress
ing. II is also a comfortable dressing
for the very painful hcrpses zoster
CShinglcS'D upon any part of the
skin if applied before the LESSONS sup
purate. Here the entire involved area
Of skin should be covered with "A coat
ing of collodion and. when dry. a thick
bandage.
Daily painting of the fingernailS
with flexible collodion containing
twenty grains of powdered ipecac to
the ounce has apparently broken the
nai1-biting habit in some cases,
though ipecac is likely to excite an
eruption on the skin of the fingers.
Evening star., 1923-01-10
A Fright in the Night.
Imagina ton makes of night
A bogey just to give us fright.

1t was pitch dark in the shed at
the back of Farmer Browns house
for it was night. On a rafter up
under the roof sat Welcome Robin
fast asleep. 1t was very still. The
only sounds were occasional snaps as
Jack Frost froze things harder and
harder. Welcome Robin didn't notice
them. for by this time he was used
to them. He slept peacefully.
But suddenly he awoke. Just why
Evening star., 1923-01-10
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
The Seventh Problem,

The seventh Problem.
received the Erady symphony and
have dutifuIly and gladly performed
the exercises. with the exception of
No. =. That | would do. too. if un-
dGrStood just how to begin. How can
| touch the floor with my fingers
while my hands are Clasped behind
my neck?-Upland Road.
Answer-From your struggle with
the seventh problem l suspect you
have the first or old Brady symphony.
The second Brady symphony or new
being pure harmony without false
note from strenuous start to crashing
! finale. Being particularly anxious to
retain my standing in Cambridge. l
am sending you a complimentary copy
of the New Brady symphony.
A Regular CannibaI.
am lover of raw meat. raw, oys-
tiers and raw eggs. Some people tell
me they are injurious to my health.
+, Eou'd :: Ike TO nave your advice
Answcr-Eating raw ham or other
hog meats exposes you to trichinosis
Ca parasitic infestatiOn); eating raw
beef exposes you to the risk of tape
worm infesta ton. Raw oysters are
all right. Raw eggs are all right.
Raw pork, ham or beef is all right IL
there is any certainty that the car
cass harbOrs no parasitic larvae The
United States Agricultural Depart
ment recently issued a warning to the
public to cook all hog meat thor
oughly.
White Specks in Nails.
Numerous white specks appearing
in finger nails A friend advises me
to- take d teaspoonfu1 OF bicarbonate
of soda in a glass OF water daily.
Have been told this might injure the
lining Of my stomach.-%.
Answer-Usually white specks in
the fingernails are caused by slight
injuries of the nails; as in manicur-
ing. and the best cure consists of in
casing the hands in plaster casts or
keeping them in your pockets for
about six months, when the spots will
have grown out. This is about the
only serious affiiction which one can
outgrow.
Copyright. 1929
Evening star., 1923-01-10
ORITTeh AND

wrote this the other day. ! make
no claim that il is poetry. AS a poet
I'm good housekeeper But some
folks liked it. And know that I
need it, whether you do or not. So
I'm printing it here:
Have you ever stepped on the family
cat,
Or forgotten to salt the stew?
Or lost the long list Of those house
hold jobs
Which you promised your wife you'd
Have you carried letters unmailed
for weeks
Which you swore You would post that
night?
Have you talked too much with your
lower jaw
And started the duce of fight?
Have you broken heart by a
thoughtless act,
Or failed some ones plan of right,
Have you selfishly let a comrade sink
In the depths of some tragic plight?
Then, by the black score of the things
you've done,
And the things you forgot to do,
Be kind when the other chap skids
bit
And does something amiss to you.
For few of us plan the harm which