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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

feminine tourists. This house in Shang-'
hai is a new venture, initiated by
American funds, stated by American
women and chaperoned, so to speak, in
these early days by the International
group that form the national committee
for Young Women's Christian ,Associa-
ton work in China for the Chinese.
There is some haunting comparison, in
the quiet street and the fiat front house
with it's veranda and plaster wall, to the
old city of New Orleans in the States,
but New Orleans never harbored such
a fleet of soft footed black cued Chinese
drawing two wheeled carts and per-
suasively patting the cushions to con-
vince q hesitating customer Outside 1t
is certainly China-but inside? We will
deny the impulse to enter through the
long French windows open to the Veran-
da, for that way we would miss the
experience of being received by Ching,
the house boy, who combines in rare
fashion the utter dignity of his race
with their equally characteristic naivete,
and whose unconscious bid for favor is
divided between his childlike smile and
his careful English.
am told that to collect the furniture
for this house was an adventure in it
self. One is Immediately conscious OF the
ingenious and successful combination OF
cSjnese and foreign, antique and mod
ev~-, tnat constitutes a large part of its
cuasvn. Black wood tables carved into
a@sroIls and finished as smooth as velvet;
capacious Chinese chairs with backs set
exactly at an angle of 80 degrees in
vite attention and deep cushioned wicker
ones hold out comfortable arms; an
overstuffe6 divan is covered in dull Chi
nese blue, and a piece of blue and silver
Marking tapestry hangs on the wall
across the room from a golden tinted
scroll wherein is depicted one artists
version of an old legend. There is a
small fire blazing in the CRATE. for this
CITY IS built on the silt that has been
washed down from the hills by the
Yangtze hiang, and the daDlp chill Of
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
Psychology Tales
The sponge.

IT HE regular rush for the 5:oS sub
urban was filling the station as a
big, loose gated man. with a
heavy package under his arm, turned
into the stream of commuters. At the
first of the succession Of swinging doors
he paused; some one entered ahead of
him, and with no effort on his part he
followed after; this maneuvre he re-
peated several times. In the waiting
room he met a friend with porter car
rying a pile of bundles; he greeted
friend, Joined him, and had his own bur-
den, taken on by the porter. Indeed, so
engrossed did he become that as they
found a seat together on the car he
was just too late with his quarter to pay
the tip. In front of the two was a
stranger reading an extra; noticing the
nonchalant ones eyes fixed on the head
lines stranger offered him the sheer.
which was accepted with alacrity. Tnen
the train pulled out OF the station. Pres
emily the gentleman, whose name was
Mr.. S. p. Onge, passed on to the smoker.
There he Joined group of fellow cC11-
muters. Taking from his pocket brand
new box of cigars, Mr.. Onge made sug-
gestive preliminary flourishes. Don't
open Jn6nl-ndNe one O1 SdAU
some one who didn't know him very well,
and Mr. Onge submitted gracefully.
Finally at the station at the end OF the
line he remarked casually that ell the
cabs were gone and was offered lift.
How do we get like that? Partly
through what the psychologists call
"rationalizing" We say, "He is better
off than 1 AMID be glad to do it If
were in his place--its materialistic to
make SO much of money as to refuse
other peoples" &c. Partly through what
used to be called in anti-prohibition
days g. champagne taste and beer
income. But mostly because of COM
mon disease that amounts to softeniug
of the backbone. Once one gets into the
way of accepting nothing is easier
clothes, a box at the opera on off nights,
a last-moment invitation TO dinner. The
longer Mr.. S. p. Onge soaks. the more
ne can hold
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
Lese Maieste

One Of the highest and most important
officials of a large organization that
boasts many executives of varying de-
grees Of power and influence was maxi
ing his morning entrance upon the
scene of hist Is willingly admitted
kindly and beneficent rule. A man OF
imposing presence, as he advanced with
slow and stately tread down the long
halls of the private suite, preceded by a
most obsequious colored office attend
ant, he presented a picture Of almost
royal progress. The woman In fancy
heard the fanfare of trumpets an
nouncing 1.-THE King Make way for the
King (" while an awed and humble popu-
lace fell back before prancing horses
hoofs.
Half way down the hall a door opened
and out dashed one Of the young women
secretaries, running full tilt into the
royal person. There was breathless in
slant. The retirue turned and was
struck with horror Who was this wom-
an who dared to impede the kingly pro-
cession? Off with her head
But princes and potentates inspired
no awe in the culprit Wasn't she de-
scended from one of the Kings Of Ire
and herself? Quickly recovering her
balance she smiled an Apology and said
chcerfully, Good morning, Mr. Jones"
And graciously, His Majesty smiled and
responded, Good morning, Miss Smith" :
The situation was saved. The escort
sighed with relief and recovered its mill
tary bearing. Royalty resumed its prog
ress.
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Painted Furniture in Small Homes
for Achieving Interesting
Effects Are Unlimited.

Stempted by one who has knowledge of
color and design and also much expert
ence Simple bands of color or equally
simple conventional designs have been
used by people of no particular skill,
but who possess an instinct for form
and color. To illustrate what can be
done with gray, black and orange paint
and slight knowledge of design.
enough to know what not to do, there
comes to mind dining room in an old
house in Georgetown which young
architect and his wife without much
money but with a great deal of taste
transformed into a place so utterly
charming that for while they had
little peace, everyone wanted to live
in 1.-THE house on @ street, you know the
one with the blue door," that was all
the description necessary.
The colors of the dining room were
suggested by a painting, one of those
brilliant flower pictures far removed
from the old time floral piece. Against
a soft background were masSed great
clusters of garden flowers with dull
mauve blue and orange predominating.
Plain wooden furniture was bought;
long oblong table was chosen in prefer
ence to a square one. AT the head and
foot were Winsor chairs, but along the
sides were settles instead of chairs.
There was a low serving table and a
console. That was all, but it wRs quite
enough. These were painted rather a
deep tone of gray and the outer edge
of each piece was painted black, MAX
ing a band about an inch wide. In each
corner of the table, the serving table
and console as well as the settles, were
curious little stiff conventional flowers
of blue, mauve and orange. The walls
were gray, a lighter shade than the
woodwork, which was the same tone as
the furniture. A darker tone was used
for the floor whose wide boards, almost
foot across, showed its early origin.
There was beautiful old fireplace which
took up almost the entire end of the
ROOM and in a corner a built-in cup
board repeated the colors and designs
of the furniture.
The effect was unique, in excellent
taste, and as they had done practically
all the work themselves it had been
achieved at a really modest expendi-
ture.
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1EIGIGIE1 TII9I9I9I llI1I1I9IalallI
The Plant of
a Summer Hostess

"All summer L have been enter
tanning guests from the city," said the
suburbanite, land I must confess that
the best way is to let them enter
tain themselves in their own way, for
then you make no mistake. For exam
pie, when the interior decorator came
gave her carte blanche to rearrange
the house to suit her own taste. And
she did OF course, it took me three
days to put things back wnere they be-
longed, for she brought all the upstairs
furniture downstairs and carried all
the parlor furniture up, changed rugs,
took the pictures off the walls because
she said pictures were not the fashion
any more; all the family photographs
were put away. for they Mortified her as
being the most old fashioned idea in
the whole place. She rebuilt the house
on paper; showed me how to tear
out partitions in one place and build
on piazza, where 1 needed a porte CO.
cnere and how to run two windows to-
Eether and how to change the piazza
doors into French windows. She helped
me make batik window curtains, and
take it all around she worked harder
than she does in town.
1.-THE next guest was a physical Gull
turist. 1t took me three weeks to get
by nutinous muscles limbered up after
they had been put through the traces
tried to profit by her theories, and 1
ana sure she felt herself benefactor In
my case.
''The landscape gardener came next
Sha was manifestly Mortified at the
neglect in our lawn and garden spot.
Everything was plowed up under her di-
rections, fertilizer was added, perennials
were set out to be ready for next year
and in the midst of it she was taken sick
and the litter hasn't been cleaned up
yet.
"You see, said to husband, as we
heaved a sigh of relief, they have a
far better time when you let them en-
terrain themselves in their own way"
FINALLY the last one was going to be
entertained. Husband said he would out
line entertainment for her, so that she
would let the house alone She was an
up-and-going society girl from New
York, and as she had entertained us in
town we set ourselves about giving her
a good time. My friends were all ap-
pealed to, and for week we had
busy time. Every day there was
bridge party somewhere or a lawn party
or husking bee or moonlight straw
ride Husband stayed at home two days
to play golf we had an automobile ride
to the beach and a day on a friends
yacht she broadcasted a speech on
the radio ;. one spare evening we drove
to the village to the movies. I was
ready to drop in heap from exhaus-
ton, and when there was cessation
of happenings she sat up and asked
what we were going to Go next
Finally came the day when she was
to go home. AS she babe us goodby
at the train she said she had had such
a pleasant, quiet time, and she was so
glad we hadn't tried to entertain her.
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tournament broke so that they can
show their PAGES and their dentistry at
a masculine beauty bee without duck
ing for the nearest doorway it's
hardly likely that the women OF the
nation will feel that they can go in for
beauty contests without compromising
that shrinking modesty that makes the
violet one of the best beloved of
flowers.
Not even the reproaches of Mr.
Penhryn Stanlaws, the artist quoted
above, seem likely to modify the point
of view of representative American
womanhood" in this matter. Said a
bewitching young matron:
No woman of sensibility would care
to proclaim herself beauty, and that's
what she would do by entering her
self in such a contest and lending her
self to it's requirements. Our nation is
far too large for such a competition.
Our great cities are far too large. Only
in a small community or countryside
where everybody knows everybody else
properly awarded. And there it would
not be necessary, for the winning
beauty would already have been
crowned in the inaginations of her
neighbors.
1.-THE ancient Athenians didn't need
any beauty tournament to award the
palm to Phryne any more than our
fathers needed one to award the palm
to Lillian Russell A multitude
gathered to see Phryne enter the sea.
and when she was accused of a crime
her advocate brought about her acquit-
tai by lifting her veil and showing the
Judges her bosom and shoulders. There
was something for woman to be
prouder of than the gaudiest prize in
the best advertised beauty tourna-
ment"
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Possibilities
THO many people painted furniture
means something costly, some

THO many people painted furniture
means something costly, some
thing not for everyday use and
they perhaps have vague feeling that
it does not fit into the surroundings I'M
less that particular house or apartment
has been done by a professional decora-
tor. In some instances this is, true, but
on the other hand there is no more ap-
propriate furniture, or any that Is bet
ter adapted to simpler homes than GER
tain types of painted furniture.
Furniture made of wood and painted
and decorated is not new. In fact one
traces 1t back as far as the days of
early Egyptians who decorated their
beds, chairs and stools with brilliant
colors and traceries of gold.
Down through the ages one follows
this feeling for ornamenting and en-
bellishing wood. 1t adorned the palaces
of royalty, the charming little maisons
Of those lovely ladies of the reign of
Louis XIV. and XVI, and the stately
houses of English gentry. On the other
hand simple furniture of strikingly bea-
utiful design and color effects WAS also
found in peasant homes.
Within the past few years there has
been a revived interest in this type
of furniture, principally because 1t is
one of the easiest and most satisfactory
ways of bringing color into our sur
roundings.
Many reproductions of old pieces have
been brought out, but this revival has
been the means Of introducing furniture
of a distinctly new type. Very plain
in line made of the best woods 1t is
an excellent medium for the working
out of arresting designs and color con-
trasts.
It's adaptability to small homes and
apartments lies in the fact that painted
furniture, while firm and steady enough
for the most masculine husband whose
horror is always the spindle legged
chairs of a Hepplewhite drawingroon-,
is not clumsy and does not take UP
great amount of room.
Another recommendation is that it
is possible to buy various pieces of
well made unfinished woods and paint
them ones SELF not the more elaborate
effects for those are only to be at
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

The opening of school, of course, all
ways brings interesting accounts to the
Woman of-my child did this, or my
child did that, "Bernice said to her
teacher" or "the teacher said to Paul,
etc, etc.
But this year the Woman found most
amusing the attitude Of her youngest
nephew. who was to start to school
for the very first time.
Come here Junior she said, whats
this | hear? Is it true that you don't
want to go to school, q
yes" said Junior.
well, why don't you want to go?"
Because said the youngster, more
serious than his doting aunt had ever
seen him before,-"Just suppose I'm
not smart. What then?"
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is getting ready for the frost.
An artist of reputation who officiated
as chairman of the judges at recent
competition of the kind is quoted as
complaining that the competitors were
mot representative of American wom-
anhood,' and as saying that some
means must be found to persuade the
very highest type of young American
womanhood to enter contests of this
kind" And even one Of the prize win
ners remarked
There are thousands Of really beau
tifuI girls in America who woulq not
consider taking part in an event like
this, but I believe the day is coming
when they will realize that it means
horror and not notoriety."
Well, a good way to make the Ameri-
can woman buck up and enter her face
in a beauty tournament would be for
the other sex to set her an example.
Let there be tournaments at which the
men Of the nation can compete for SUI
premacy of good looks, Let every swain
be encouraged to enter the contest If he
feels that with his poUnpadour japanned
he has half q chance of passing muster
with the male vamps Of the Troy collar
ads
Let committee of women Judges be
appointed and let them publicly urge the
highest type Of American manhood to
submit its physiogornies to the scrutiny
of the tribunal Then those whose Wis
ages are not sufficiently blighted to
stop the mash from ferrnenting can re-
ceive honorable mention, while neckties
or canes are handed out to the regular
Apollos who look glorious enough to
open automobile doors in front of a swell
fcrists.
But until the men of the nation get
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Holnemade Cement.
The Proud Ones.

They laugh and live with sunshine
Where every shadow fades
because they know that memory
Turks in dusky glades).
They froIic in the starlight,
High on a moonlit hill
(They dare not watch the valley
That lies so dark and stilD.
They dance along life's highway,
Soft-singing as they go,
And you who cross their pathway
Never guess or know!
GERTRUDE CALLAGHAN.
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Mayonnaise and
Salad Dressing

+ MICE it was something of an accom-
" plishment to like mayonneise and
even more Of an accomplishment
TO be able to make it. After that the
lad spread until every one made it, and
there were all sorts of devices for max
ing it easily and quickly. When house
wives ran out of a supply of current
gossip they could get a good deal of
conversational nourishment out of COM
pairing notes on their methods of maxi
ing mayonnaise. do you add the oil
drop by drop?' do you put salt with
the yolk to start with?" Did you ever
hear of diluting it with white saucer
and some people use even cottonseed
oil-what will people do next?"
dThen They Bought 1t.
What they really did next was to
begin to buy mayonpaise ready made,
1t wasn't quite orthodox. When you
We're in a hurry you bought it and then
you would have gone to bed hungry
rather than to have had a guest in your
house dream Of such a sham You added
a little spice or a little lemon juice so
as to. make 1t taste home made" While
you We're doing this your neighbor was
and you discovered that hardly a
housewife you knew went to the pains
of making her own.
But there was a time way back be-
fore the days of mayonnaise when, in
stead of knowing one salad and meat
dressing, the good cook knew half
dozen. Now we either eat mayonnaise
or French dressing. Any possible ex-
ceptions are dressing SUCH as Tartar
sauce or Russian dressing, which are
nothing more nor less than mayonnaise
plus additional flavoring.
BY Way of Variety.
Some of the old-time salad dressings
were excellent. BY way of variety they
are worth making. Here is an old South
ern recipe for salad or cold vegetables
Put three tablespoons of melted butter
In a saucepan on the stove, and add
four tablespoons of good vinegar with a
half teaspoon of English mustard, a
half teaspoon salt, two tablespoons of
sugar, and cayenne and white pepper
to taste. Mix and let it all come to a
boil and then remove from the stove and
pour it carefully over one well beaten
egg. When well mixed and smooth cook
the mixture few minutes. Then cool
and add tablespoon of thick cream and
If desired a little finely chopped parsley.
Here is another old-fashioned salad
dressing Rub very fine the yolks of two
hard-boiled eggs and one teaspoon of
English mustard, one of salt, the yolks
of two raw eggs. and scant tablespoon
of sugar Have ready some good olive
oil and pour 1T in very gradually, beat
ing as you would mayonnaise. Finally
add little vinegar to thin.
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The Cellar on warm pays.

Remember the ground floor of your
house viii be cool if there is a. good
circulation of air in your cellar Two
windows on opposite sides of the cellar
should be left open, but be sure they are
screened
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Providing the Atmosphere of Home
American English and Russian Girls Find Friendness and
Understanding at the House With the Blue Triangle

Consulate compound in Shanghai street
dbyh
- w. CA RoomR Employment Bureau"
to
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Not for Him

Not for Him
He was standing in front Of one of
those alluring posters Of the United
States Marine Corps, and on his boyish
face there was a look Of wistful longing.
1t was a boyish face in spite of the fact
that on his right arm he carried sleep
ing infant while a child Of barely 3
chung to his left hand. The Woman
paused, pretending to be interested in
the contents of a vendors cart, while
she watched the young father in his
pathetic absorption. Where was the
girl mother who should have been with
them? Dead? The children's clothes
though poor, were neat. Perhaps she
was ill-anyway life was bearing heavily
enough on the boy to make the blue
seas and waving palmtrees Of the poster
seem like a paradise indeed. But the
joys Of longing contemplation were not
for him. The child at his side began
to whimper fretfully and with sigh
he turned from the picture, shifted the
baby little higher on his shoulder and,
with his burdens. was soon lost in the
passing crowd.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
Household Hints
Marks From, Rockers.

If you have a rocking chair in your
home that is always occupied by per-
son who rocks necessarily and causes
ugly marks on your vanished floor, turn
the rocker upside down some night and
amply strip of felt to the other side
Of the rockers by means of a little glue.
1t will dry by morning and your worry
will be over and no one the wiser.
Homemade Cement.
BY mixing plaster of Paris with the
white of an egg to the consistency OF
cream, it may be applied to broken china
just as you apply any prepared cement
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
Modesty Forbids Beauty Contests
Genteel Fair Sex May Follow Example When Men
Compete for Handsome Honors.

repoach against American of character
her intelligent
participating sufficiently in the "bauty
fatgued world pumpkin
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Notoriety.
The Woman has been spending her
vacation in a small New England town,
one of those places where the daily
paper records with great detail the
comings and goings and the most trivial
happenings in the life Of the inhabitants
and their guests.
One morning while the Woman, in
rather shabby house dress and with
her hair in disarray. was ironing In the
kitchen, an elderly woman presented
herself at the back door. She was, as
she herself related with full particu-
lars, trying to maintain her 'independ-
ence" by getting subscriptions for mag
azines so, althouh the Woman had
previously decided to let a certain sub
scription run out, she changed her mind
and gave the order for its renewal. For
greater accuracy she wrote out her
name and address On a slip Of paper
and handed it TO the solicitor. The
old lady's face lighted UP and she
asked breathlessly: lis your first name
Aliee?"
Eyes" replied the Woman wonder
ingly.
"Ohw came the gushing response,
"I've seen your name every week in the
society column, and now to think I'm
looking at you'll"