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Evening star., 1925-02-25
BEAUTY CHATS
NY Own Hair Tonic,

My own hair tonic, which I am Civ
ing again today. has been the cause
OF lot OF correspondence, owing to
one ingredient, an excellent antisep-
tic, which gave the tonic an odor that
some readers did not like. Now, as
wrote a few weeks ago, a lot of my
formulas have been simplified and
combined; some have been thrown
away and others substituted, and they
are better than before. We really are
making intelligent discoveries in re-
gard TO the care OF eyes, teeth and
complexion, hair and so on, because
women are paying money for lotions
and treatments, and druggists are
putting their brains to work on these
problems.
The pilocarpine tonic, which is still
the best one I've found, used to con-
tain a creosol mixture. a creosote an
tiseptic-one of hundreds of things
derived from valuable wood tar.
like its smell. to me it's clean and
agrees. In the beginning I used
detergent, also antiseptic, but an
English product which for d time was
so hard to get here ] dropped it, sub
stituting the creosol.
Now, druggists tell me, detergent
can be obtained easily, so I've put
1T back in all formulas sent out
Here 1t is: Pilocarpine hydrochlorate,
2 grains; precipitated sulphur, 80
grains: detergent, 80 drops; castor oil,
10 drops; alcohol (95 per cent?, 4
ounces; tr. cantharides, drains:
cologne, 4 drains; rose water, to make
ounces.
Your druggist must mix this. II
Evening star., 1925-02-25

Me and pop was taking a wawk
before suppir and II was muddy az
enything on account of the rain and
everything, pop saying, Yee gods, X
Id known the condition of the streets
Id of put on my rubbers, but as IT IS
1 haven't got sents enuff to go back
and put them on now, wich proves
I'm ony human after all.
don't mind getting my feet wet,
do you, pop? I sed.
There's few things in this werld
that I mind more, to he perfectly
frank, and watts moro I also mind IL
you get your feet wet, wich makes
the burden on my mind Jest twice AS
heavy as yours, pop sed. However,
nuthing is worrying me jest at
present but the possibility of getting
splashed with mud by these auto
mobeels that come dashirg along
through a puddle Jest as you leest
expect them. he sed.
Wich Test then one did, being a
big truck full of empty barrels and
me and pop Jest jumped back In
time, pop saying. Yee gods that was
narrow squeek, IL I get home
without a mud bath Ill donate ten
thousand dollars to charity in my
dreems tonite.
And we kepp on wawking and
more AUTOMOBILES pritty neer
souerted mud on US, and pop sed.
Well. lets tern back, I think we've
tempted fate long enuf.
Meening the longer we stayed out
the more libel we was 10 get
splashed. and we started to go home
and q big fat lady driving past in a
little automobeel pritty neer got mud
on pop but not quite, and we got to
our own block and pop sed, Home
from the wars without n scratch, yee
gods wat an Experience for man
with new gray trousers on.
WITCH Jest then my foot slipped
vile l was stepping up on the curb
and came down kersmack rite in
lot of water in the gutter. pop say
ing, For Peet sake look at my new
pants Meening about brown
,splashes on them.
Proving no matter how safe you
think you are, something Is libel to
happen at the last minnit.
Evening star., 1925-02-25
Learning Poise and Youthful Step
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

, are noticeable for their erect poise
and fine walk
A graceful gait may be acquired by
any one who really wishes to appear
to best advantage on her feet. In
gainly walks, that may be the result
of heedlessness, badly fitting shoes
or stockings, or actual maladies of
the feet, may be overcome totally or
in large measure. The first essential
Is to know whether or not your walk
is good. If not, study to find the rea-
son. Once you know what it is, you
can set about the task of overcom-
ing 1t, and then of acquiring grace.
Watch Your Step.
For example, hold the high high and
throw the shoulders back. Learn to
watch where you are going without
keeping your eyes fixed on the path
before you. Do not ape the stride OF
soldier. However much woman
may admire the stately way soldiers
learn to walk, and though she can
learn much from them in the matter
of erect posture. a woman does not
look her best when striding over the
ground. A soldier does.
Acquire a walk with a spring in 1t.
Do not bob up and down, but see that
the knees are flexible All too soon
get this suggestion of springiness in
her gait will find herself walking
like an old woman. The woman who
does acquire it keeps a youthful
walk, even when she is well along in
years. Would you keep young? Then
remember this knack of feXing the
knees.
Walk forward, do not sidle along.
If there is one thing that is worse
than bobbing up and down, 1t is
swinging from one side to the other.
This comes from an exaggerated rest
ing on one leg and the on the other as
each step is taken. There is a beauty
of rhythm in hint of swinging
gait" 1t cannot be entirely lacking
in any truly graceful walk. When
exaggerated it becomes annoying and
disturbing. 1t makes an onlooker
certain that shoes are wrong, that
oorns hurt, and that the pedestrian
is more or less miserable. Surely no
one wants to give such an impression.
Word of Caution.
1t is a mistake for any person to
think that letting the torso rest in
the socket of one hip and then an
other while walking adds a pleasing
effect. Many young girls apparently
think this is SO, for, if you walk
back of them, you can see this is
just precisely what is being done.
One foot is planted on the ground and
the whole body slips a cog toward
that leg at the hips, and then slips
into the other sockets as the next
step is taken. This walk is one that
is said to develop the hips. Surely, in
this day of lithesome and willowy
figures, no one would wish such a
misfortune.
Every effort to acquire grace of mo-
tion in walking should be made, for a
pleasing walk can be acquired by all
normal persons, and buoyant steps
accent youthfulness.
Evening star., 1925-02-25
BEDTIME STORIES B! By sTssEsg HHSsss0S

couldn't possibly wriggle out of there
without waking Reddy. Supposing
Reddy should sleep a long, long time,
as he was very likely to do. Peter
didn't see how he could possibly stay
in that tight place very long. He felt
stiff already.
"Oh, dearw thought Peter, ct never
was in a worse fix in all my life. No.
sir, I never was. 1 ache all over. If
Reddy Fox doesn't leave pretty soon
I'll just have to crawl out. Yes, sir,
I'll just have to. But that would be
crawling right into Reddy's stomach.
1 can't do that. Whatever did I dare
Reddy Fox for? / was sure he would
be afraid to come in Buster Bears
bedroom. 1t didn't once enter my head
that he would dare come in. 1 suppose
1T serves me right. 1 ought to have
had more sens. Ouch, How uncom-
Portable 1 am! If l could just sit down
1 wouldn't mind so much being q pris-
oner. But 1 can't lift my head with
out humping 1t. If ever 1 get out of
this alive I'll never, never, never do
such a foolish thing again. Oh, dear!
Oh, dear!" Peter began to whimper
very softly. The truth Is he was be-
ginning to lose all hope.
Copyright. 1925, by T. W. Burgess.)
Evening star., 1925-02-25
Turnips in Sauce.

Pare, cut in one-inch dice and let
boil until tender one pint of tender
white small turnips. Have ready the
following sauce: To four tablespoon
fuls of -four. one teaspoonful of salt
one-half a teaspoonful of white pep
per and four tablespoonfuls of butter.
rubbed smooth in a saucepan, add
one pint of milk and stir until the
whole boils. Add one-fourth of a
cupful of scraped onion or onion
Juice, two well beaten eggs and stir
for minute until the eggs are set
Remove from the fire and add the
juice of one large lemon. Stir rap
idly and pour over the turnips in a
hot vegetable dish. Sprinkle with d
spoonful Of chopped parsley befor.
bringing to the table.
Evening star., 1925-02-25

But HIS WABBLY LITTLE NOSE
TOLD HIM THAT REDDY FOX
WAS SITTING JUST OUTSIDE
THAT NARROW LITTLE PAS
SAGE.
ter Bears cave wasn't much more than
a deep crack. Peter couldn't even lift
his head. There WAS just room for him
TO lie fiattened out with his hind legs
straight out behind him. But he was
safe, and that was everything just then.
But after while Peter became so
uncomfortable that he tried to wrig-
gle into a more comfortable position.
BY kicking and squirming and wrig-
Cling he managed to get turned
around so as to face that narrow
opening. 1t was dark in Buster Bears
bedroom, so Peter couldn't see out.
But his wabbly little nose told him
that Reddy Fox was sitting just out
side that narrow little entrance. Even
then Peter didn't worry. He felt sure
that Reddy would grow tired after a
while and would give up trying to
catch him.
Now Reddy Fox was very comfort
able. That bedroom of Buster Bears
was q very snug and comfortable
place. Reddy decided that he couldn't
find a better place to take q nap, so
he curled up right in front of the
little hole in which Peter was SO un-
comfortable He knew that Peter
couldn't possibly get out of there
without waking him. In no time at all
he was enjoying a nap
Poor Peter! He was so uncomfort-
able and so cramped that it seemed to
him that he couldn't stand it much
longer. Then at last he began to
worry He knew by little sounds that
reached him that Reddy Fox was
asleep. His wabbly little nose told
him that Reddy was asleep close to
that entrance. He knew that he
Evening star., 1925-02-25
BY EDNA KENT FORBES.

you've no dandruff. you can omit the
sulphur. The pilocarpine adds rich
ness to your hairs color
AnXious.-Clip off all burned ends
Of your hair If they are very dry and
inclined to crack; also massage the
scalp every day to quicken its circula
tion. If you stop using the hot irons
and improve the health of your scalp
through massage you may not need
any other treatment TO start your
hair growing again.
If you do not get results after q
few weeks of treatment, try hair
tonic several times a week, but keep
up the daily massage also. ! do not
know anything about the tonic you
mention, but if you wish a formula
for my pilocarpine tonic shall be
glad to send il to you.
Evening star., 1925-02-25

"Ouchr" cried Jack, as he and Jill
landed in n heap, bucket and all, at
the end OF the hill. II think I've
broken my crown"
Both families came running out of
the two houses to see how badly the
children were hurt. Jack had sprain-
ed his wrist and had a big lump on
his head, but jill was hardly hurt at
all.
Next day Jack stayed in the house
because he was so sick, and Jill took
some cookies over to him. And after
that Jack and Jills big brothers and
sisters fetched all the water.
Color Jacks bathrobe gray, trimmed
in red.
Evening star., 1925-02-25
Beets in Brown Sauce.

Cook one-half a cupful of butter
and one finely-minced onion in a
saucepan until the onion Is a golden
brown Add one-fourth cupful of
-four and stir until smooth. Add one
cupful and one-half of rich brown
stock, three tablespoonfuls of tarra-
gon vinegar and one-fourth cupful of
ordinary cider vinegar. with salt and
pepper to taste. Let simmer for ten
minutes in this sauce d dozen or
more small, round beets previously
cooked and peeled. Serve in vege-
table dish garnished with parsley.
Evening star., 1925-02-25

There is no woman who would not
like to be graceful. This attribute
OF grace is held in such high esteem
that children are frequently sent to
dancing school just to acquire it,
whether they ever become dancers or
not. Poise and the ability to move
about with ease of body and rhythm
of motion give a peculiar charm to
individuals. Knowing all this, it
sometimes seems strange that the
Evening star., 1925-02-25
(Copyright.)

Across.
I. Metal fasteners.
4. Pertinent.
Z. Ten cents.
IL. Exist.
IL. A narrow piece.
13. Crash into.
IL. a salamander.
16. The upper part.
II. Mohammedan magistrate
1s. Withered.
10. a serf
%. Made ready.
"a. Cut out.
81. Atmosphere.
%. Tiny.
90. Is lenient.
80. A shrilf cry.
80. Uncommon.
So. Flat surface.
SO. Wife of Geraint
Al. organ of hearing
43. Dreadful.
45. Youth
sc. Mean hatred.
AZ. Exactly.
Evening star., 1925-02-25

Moving picture shows or open
amusement places are unknown in
French towns and villages, and even
on Saturday nights most of the in
hahitants retire at dusk.
Evening star., 1925-02-25
Worried Prisoner.
Folly viii TO worry lead.
A thing for which there was

A thing for which there was no need.
Peter Rabbit.
At first Peter Rabbit was too much
relieved at having escaped from Reddy
Fox to do any worrying about the fu-
ture. He didn't even complain to him
self because he was so uncomfortable.
The hole he was in at the back of Bus
Evening star., 1925-02-25

youth of today, especially the girls,
should have, in many instances, such
ungainly walks.
In Europe walking is a matter Of
special attention. In Italy, and many
other countries, the afternoon prom
enade is function. Not to have a
graceful carriage is to mark one as
awkward and conspicuous, with a re-
suit that women from these countries
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-04
A Prescription for Health
1929 for Health

Figures have good deal TO recon
mend them.
They don't smile
And they don't frown
They Just stand there
And say one thing
And say It hard.
And when you say:
'Oh. As It really as bad az that?"
They don't help you out
With lot Of supplementary facts
That seem to make things look
brighter,
TAey just repeat what they said
before.
They may seem cold and unsympa-
thetic
But they don't lie,
You've got to admit that.
In America last year we spent
$40
Per capita for candy.
50
For education
$3.50
For police and fire protectioa. 4
$0.76
For Derfumery.
$3.50
For chewfng-gum
And for Health
We spent
$0.29. ~ I
When we're Dragging u
About America Z
that anything to cheer aboutS
is pot!
It is why The Tuberculosis
Association
kpts you to buy Christmas Seals
and Health Bonds
% 1t can 60 ahead with its public
health work
And teach our people
Not to be parsimonious with tAa
dollars
When 1t comes to saving lives.
Chewing gum is useful
But it's not twice Is useful
As health.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-04

later on. Many childhood ills are
traceable directly to malnutrition.
High school students especially
need a variety in foods for at this
age their growth is rapid The pro-
TEN or building food" should be
abundant for high school boys and
girls. When they buy their luncheons,
high school pupils are apt to display
preference for chocolate sodas,
cream puffs and candy An appetizing
luncheon put up at home Is much
to be preferred TO the sort the boy or
girl might obtain al the corner store
near the school.
Meat is all right for the school
luncheon but 1t should be put up in
tempting form. If sliced thin It is
more appetizing in sandwiches than
if in thick pieces. Beverages or soup
may be carried in thermos bottles
but the bottles must be carefully
washed and aired daily after using.
Milk is recommended for an impor-
tant place in the boys or girls diet be-
cause of its proteins. minerals, phos-
phorus and calcium necessary for the
development of the body and in the
case of calcium and phosphorus for
the building of bone and teeth. Evap-
grated milk has come into favor as a
health builder for children as well
as adults because by removal Of 60
per cent of the water 1t is rendered
more than twice as rich In food value
as ordinary milk and by process
called homogenizing more digestible
than bottled market milk.
Crisp lettuce and celery. carefully
washed and dried may be so wrapped
in oil paper that they will be fresh
and in good condition at lunch time.
Lettuce should not be used in sand
witches for wilted lettuce is almost In
digestible
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-04
Cows Cooled by
Breezy Electric Fans

Windy Billy would have right to
express establishment. in lurid COW.
punching lingo. If he were to return
from the grave and witness the
changes on the old Texas ranch where
he swung his sixty-foot lariat some
years gone by He would see strange
sights. resulting from this electrical
age that has come since. he has gone.
He would see range cows comfortab-
ly sheltered in barns. the windows OF
which are screened, the floors con-
GREETED. the interior lighted by electric
lights. and the air cooled by electric
fans.
Those electric fans. for the luxury
of the cows. would startle him more
than anything else Hereford cattle
sleep on straw beds with General
Electric ceiling fans revolving above
them all day and all night when the
Weather!s YARN. FQr this is on an
electric ranch in the electric age
OF which Windy Billy. the famous
COW puncher. never dreamed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-04
MILES OF HEALTH AT
CHRISTMAS

During the month of December,
there will be in circulation 1,25O,-
100000 tuberculosis Seals, billion
and quarter. II we were to place
these penny stickers, end to end,
they would extend from New York
City to Los Angeles, by railroad, and
back again to New York City, more
than three times. In other words,
when placed end to end, there are
$3.50 Christmas Seals in a mile.
Think what can be done for an
individual by one mile of health or
S633.6O. Think what can be done
for this county with ten miles Of
health or $6,336.00. The Maryland
tuberculosis Association and its
county branches are new exerting
every effort possible to sell miles and
miles of Christmas Seals.
The 1926 Christmas Seal. al
though attractive in design, is not
merely ornamental, 1t is sold for
Health's sake. The proceeds of the
sale are devoted to the State in the
fight against Tuberculosis. 1t has
been patent opening to good health
in the past and 1t has carried and
will still carry health message to
the various corners OF the Earth.
Every package and letter adorned
with Christmas Seal is reminder
that the call is to all to enlist in
this battle against one OF mankind's
worst foes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-04
Number, please?"

Number, please?"
Not only is the telephone of the
greatest value to editorial workers, the
reporters and the city desk, where it
is vital time-saving factor, but it Is
equally important to the advertising
department On a recent Friday and
Saturday the Chicago Tribune receiv-
ed as many as 1903 want ads entirely
by telephone. To handle the immense
amount Of telephone traffic which this
single newspaper requires, a special
machine switching system was in
stalled this year.
In this connection 1t is interesting
to note that the first public demon
stration of the invention of the tele-
phone by DR.. Alexander Graham Bell
was participated in by an enterprising
newspaper reporter The demonstra-
ton took place in Salem, eighteen miles
from Boston, on February II, 1877,
and an enterprising representative of
the Boston Globe telephoned an
account of the demonstration to his
newspaper, which was printed the next
morning. Thus the first telephone
newspaper dispatch was printed.
Today, in all the important cities,
there is corps of newspaper reporters
who never, or hardly ever, write
single line of copy. Their duty is to
secure the news and get it to the news
papers. They telephone the facts to
the city desk, which assigns writer
usually known as "rewrite man
who jots down the facts and prepares
his STORY" in his own way, but the
man in the field Is no less news
writer than is the man at the desk
who takes the points as they are tele-
phoned, and weaves them into news
paper copy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-04
MAIL
EARLY
@ AND
BUY
Christmas
Seals
TROUBLE MAKERS
Seals

From State Dept. of Health.
The Health Gnome blew in at the
State Department of Health the
other day, perched himself on the
edge of the desk of, the Chief of the
Bureau of Child Hygiene and whisk-
ing off his little green cap, thereby
making himself visible, remarked,
"Dr. Knox, what are we going to do
to the mothers in Maryland who
carry those filthy abominations-
pacifiers-around in their pockets,
or under the pillows of the baby
carriage, and who stick them in the
bays mouth at the first sound of a
whimper from the baby ?" BY that
time he was out of breath; in a
second he continued, you see them
everywhere, in the homes, when
mothers go shopping, in railroad
trains, in trolley cars, in auto
mobiles, on steamboats,. Wherever
you see mother and a baby-that
is, some mothers-you are likely to
see pacifier.
Nov can't we do something
about it 2" Even l, just Health
Gnome, would know better than to
use pacifiers. Can't we make
them understand that in the first
place pacifiers are not clean; in the
second, they will cause digestive
disturbances; in the third, they will
affect the shape of the mouth;
soften the gums, and do a lot of
harm otherwise.
Once upon time,'' he went on,
i saw whole carload of pacifiers
at Health Exhibit, and the sign
over them said that wise mothers
had found out that they we're harm
ing their babies, so they had dis
carded them, because they carry
germs into their babies mouths,
alter the shape of the mouth, help to
cause adenoids and protruding
teeth. They were on view at the
Exhibit as horrible examples of
what NOT TO GIVE THE BABY.
81 thought all the pacifiers in the
world had been turned in for that
exhibit. And here new lot comes.
cropping up" He wrinkled his
brows,-" you know" he said, rive
mighty soft spot in my heart for
Maryland babies, and Maryland
Mothers are fine too, but some of
them just don't know that they are
sticking trouble-makers, not peace
makers, in their babies mouths when
they use pacitiers."
His brow cleared: II tell you what
We'll do. Well radio the news to
them. I'll go get busy on it. I'm
off," And with flash of the green
cap he was gone.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-04
A baking pan has won fame ana

A baking pan has won fame and
fortune for a Lancaster housewife,
Mrs. j, e, Miller, of 261 College
avenue, Four years ago Mrs. Mil
Ter decided she could make a pan
considerably more efficient than any
she found in use. Her cake shell
pan was clamored for by neighbors.
and its fame spread, with the result
that distributing department was
organized. Recently she invented a
set of measuring cups of standard
size. and they are meeting a similar
fortune.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-04
THE CENTURY THEATRE

Rudolph Valentino has made of
+" COBRA" a phQteplay Of strong
emotions. This Paramount picture
with Che famous star in the leading
role, will be shown at the Century
Theatre. Baltimore. during the week
beginning Monday. December q.
The picture, directed by Joseph
Henabery. was adapted from Martin
Browns successful Broadway stage
play by Anthony Coldeway. Valen-
tino is seen as young Italian Count
who has an inherited weakness for
the cobra type of woman. He makes
a successful and sincere effort to
reform, only to be lured back into
the old ways by the wife of his best
friend. This affair leads to serious
complications.