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Evening star., 1925-11-25
Your Feet.

II you take good care Of your feet,
you need never have corns, bunions,
callouses or any of the troubles that
spoil life for a lot of careless people
1t needs only sensible care, too, moth
ing expensive.
Give your feet a pedicure once a
week. Soak them in q deep basin of
hot water, with a little soda added
and some soap so that the water is
soft. Special powders come which
you can use If you want, but soda
and soap will do. After Is minutes
dry the feet quickly, scrape off any
growing callous with corn file or
even the toughest side of an emery
board. cut the toe nails straight
across, clean under them we'll and
clip any loose cuticle from around
them
A real corn will have to be shaved
down, using a corn knife If you think
Yourself competent to handle one.
Lots of people are too nervous to he
trusted with a corn knife. They
should go to a chiropodist. Once the
corn is shaved rub with cold cream to
keep the skin soft. or paint with
collodion If sore. and bind round It a
bit of cotton wool to keep the shoe
from rubbing
Corns between the toes can be
avoided and cured by keeping the toes
from touching with felt pad, by
wearing thin stockings and soft shoes
so that the feet are not too hot
Massage the feet with the hands /:
this brings down the blood, and makes
them feel fresh and rested. Have your
feet ever felt really good-a pleasure
TO you? They will. after a pedicure,
Evening star., 1925-11-25
Your Baby and Mine
By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED
Boils.

There seems to be an agitated in
terest in boils at the present time,
this affliction being particularly
prevalent among infants and chill
dren. The reason for series of hoils,
the treatment of them, Is therefore
of general interest at this time.
Boils are due, in the first instance.
to septic agents which infect irri-
tated portions OF skin. Children who
get frequent bruises which are left
uncovered to gather dirt and germs
are oftenest victims of them. The
bruise may result In a boil which
will heal with no further trouble
out when a child is in a rundown
condition and his system is lacking
IN anti-bodies with which to fight
Infection. he may have a series OF
boils, coming on other portions OF
the body than those trrltated by
sores or bruises. In any case. no
matter what the initial cause II
child has one boil after another II
Ia well to look carefully to his diet
and make the necessary changes so
that his system will be furnished
more nourishment and especial at
tention being paid To the kind of
nourishment the child is getting. TO
see that 1t IS not lacking in any es-
sential elements.
1t is possible that by poor care the
initial boil may through Its dis
charges. affect other areas of skin
surrounding II.
Some mothers cover a boil with
some sort of grease, thus making
nice comforter for the boil and en-
courag ging the softening of the sur
rounding skin so that 1t is the more
easily infected. Poultices Of bread
and milk are dangerous because of
this announcement. In every case
the poultice.. II any, should be OF an
antiseptic kind.
The medical method is to treat the
boil by cutting out the core fmme-
diately and then dressing the wound
with an antiseptic dressing. Mothers
who care for their children's hoils
will do better to keep an antisepttc
dressing Of surgical gauze literally
moistened with boric acid water.
made of one teaspoon of the crys-
tails dissolved In a half pint Of boil
ing water, and kept in a covered jar.
This dressing If put on warm and
covered with a piece of oiled silk will
speedily bring the boil to a head and
it may be gently relieved of its core
and a fresh antiseptic dressing put
on and kept firmly in place until the
wound has dried up beyond any pos
sibility of injecting any of the sur
rounding skin. Such treatment Is
safe and sure and is not beyond the
powers OF any mother. however un-
accustomed to medical procedure.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
Practical Points in Asepsis.

This Is the aseptIc era. The anti
septtc era is past. / hope the new
era does not find your household all
cluttered up with antiseptics in
boxes, bottles. Jars and tubes. costly
junk. which you childishly fancied
would heal wounds or cure diseases.
The aseptic. not the antiseptic.
treatment of minor wounds Is OF all
means the best treatment. but only
a physician, surgeon or nurse VINO
has been scientifically trained In
aseptic technic understands how to
treat a wound in this way. The lay
man simply cannot understand a
thing of this kind, and l shall not
attempt to make him understand IT.
But perhaps 1t will be possible to i'm
part to the layman some practical
points in asepsis which may be of
some use to him.
To select homely, familiar
malady, coryZa-and please let's not
quarrel now over the nature or cause
Of coryZa for surely no one can seri-
ously doubt that you just catch IT
and I don't mean STIFFNESS Of the
head. running nose. chronic rhinitis.
but the Inflammation of the lining of
the nasal passages characterized by
some slight chilliness with the onset
and moderate malaise, sometimes
slight fever Gin a young child per-
haps sharp fever) and a nasal dis
charge at first watery, but after
few days muco- o-purulent, and gener-
ally running a course of several
days. Does the use of any antiseptic
spray. wash or other medicament
prevent this common respiratory IN
fection? Does the use of any anti
septic medicament cure coryZa or
even hasten recovery?
Personlly I doubt whether there is
any advantage in the use of any
antiseptic medicament for the pre-
vention or the relief Of coryZa. But
Evening star., 1925-11-25
Home Treatment for Your Cold
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

attention to 1t in earnest. Colds have
disastrous way OF developing into
serious illnesses, which mean absence
from work tor Is 1t from pleasureo for
two or three weeks, instead OF days,
to say nothing of the attendant suffer
ing. At best, II we do succeed in keep
ing up, work with a heavy head or
racking cough, cannot be done at its
best, and pleasure loses it's zest. By
following the wise advice of the doc
tors who tell us to go to bed, then, we
throw off the cold and store up en-
ergy. Nature will restore us pleas
antly, instead of making us tight to
get well later on. Fortunately. moth
ers who appreciate this fact can keep
their little ones in bed when colds are
coming on, and thus cure the ordinary
cold, and save themselves endless
bother and anxiety.
Black Currant Tea.
The two remedies that / am giving
are soothing and restorative, though
they are not in the class Of medicines.
The first is called the black currant
tea. and is made as follows: One level
tablespoon black currant jelly, hot
water, a few drops of lemon, If liked.
Put the currant jelly in a cup Uumbler
size) and pour over it enough water to
fill the cup. Stir until the jelly Is
dissolved, and drink while hot. If the
acidity of the jelly Is not sufficient to
crafty the taste. add the drops of
lemon. Children find this a pleasant
drink. 1t is well to give it to them as
sort of treat and not as a remedy, as
II Is not a medicine. This can be
taken cold and prove relieving, so
double quantity can be made and be
slipped as occasion demands.
Milk and Honey.
One dessertspoonful Of honey, or
golden sirup, hot milk. Put the honey.
sirup tor even molasses) into a cup
(tumbler size) and pour boiling hot
milk over it, stirring until thoroughly
blended Drink hot when going TO
bed The remedy may be given more
often than this, and should be taken
for two or three nights, according to
the needs Of the one with the cold.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, NJ. ID.

this is probably not the prevailing
opinion OF good physicians. The
consensus is probably in favor of the
the relief of coryZa, particularly the
organic silver preparations, such as
freshly prepared argyrol solution,
which may be dropped in the nostrils
or applied directly by the physician
or used In spray or an irriga ting
solution. So many persons expert
ence relief from such treatment that
we are compelled to acknowledge its
value.
The use of antiseptic sprays or
trrigations of the nasal passages reg
coryZa or any other known respira-
tory infection has far less support.
OF course, it is next to impossible to
obtain any practical evidence of the
erect of such q procedure. In the
early part of the great influenza epi-
demic large proportion of the troops
arriving at one port of debarkation
came down with the "fu" shortly
after their arrival One companv
medical officer insisted upon all his
men using nasal douche and gargle
Of diluted Dobells solution night and
morning under his observation. None
of the men in his company contra ct ed
the disease while in that station. This
certainly seemed to favor the belief
that the practice may be worth while
at least against influenza when that
d1seaSe Is epidemic in the community.
Evening star., 1925-11-25

Snow White and Rose Red came
out from their hiding places to greet
the bear, and their mother fixed him a
place directly in front Of the fire where
he might warm his great, shaggy hide.
Here, Snow White, is broom
Brush the snow off him. she said,
''and you. Rose Red, fetch him little
Cruel and tea
The sisters did as they were told
and soon the bear was. resting COM
fortably before the fire, warmed and
fed and pleased with the efforts Of the
little family. When bedtime came and
the others had gone away the mother
said 10 the bear
You may sleep all night on the
hearth. and welcome. If YOU wish
since it is so very cold and the snow
is 40 deep outside
The bear thanked her and accept
ed this kind offer, but the next morn
ing when they arose their strange
guest was gone.
This is the big. shaggy. black bear
that came TO visit Snow White and
Rose Red. Paint him black and make
his tongue red.
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Evening star., 1925-11-25
bEAU L If1AlS BY EDNA KENT FORBES.

even an amateur one. The feet are
usually neglected, and they respond to
a little good treatment.
Discouraged Ann-There are sets
of combs that come for waving the
hair; all one does is to dampen the
hair and adjust the combs over the
entire scalp so as TO form the hair
into irregular waves. Tie a band or
A narrow ribbon around the head 70
hold the combs in place until the hair
is thoroughly dried.
II your hair IS inclined to curl nat
urally. once a week of this extra curl
ing will be all the attention il should
need during the Winter months. You
can also wave the hair by tying mar
row tapes around the head after
dampening the hair, and forming II
into the waves. Never use curriers' or
irons on naturally curly hair. as 1t
will take all the natural curl out
Mrs. T. G. H-There are special
denhfrices made for keeping artificial
teeth clean. Ask your dentist TO rec
ommend a good one
Evening star., 1925-11-25
Shopping for Radio Set.

Radio fans accuse the manufac-
new designs out so constantly to make
old sets obsolete. The manufacturers
reply that they only change their de-
signs to meet the demands Of the
radio fans. There is truth to both
claims. Radio fans demand the latest
improvements in their sets. and the
ma nufa cturers must make what the
public desires.
Among the features that make the
new sets cost more than the old is the
cabinet. Many people are happy to
spend from 500 to 5000 more for a
set If it's housed in an ornate cabinet.
In fact, many people care more about
the appearance Of their cabinets than
the efficiency of their sets.
Fans are willing to pay for sets
which are easy to operate. and the
mSnufac cturers are achieving the ulti-
mate In this direction. Many sets
now may be operated with one dial.
This is done by standardizing the
three tuning instruments so that,
when you're tuning In. the condensers
which control the circuit always fall
at the same place on the dial.
Radio sets are put 10 various uses,
and your purchase should depend
upon what use your have in mind.
Some fans want to get faraway sta
tions, and are willing to pay more
for highly sensitive receiving sets.
The two and three tube regenerative
receiver became popular when people
discovered that they could get greater
volume out of them. This made them
more practical for dancing. Others
have sought greater Selectivity, and
they've turned to the sets with the
find their receivers more selective,
more portable, and there is less static.
Few radio fans are electricians, or
at least more than amateurs at a
difficult science, and they are willing
to pay more for sets that are easy
Evening star., 1925-11-25
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Tonight after dinnir ma sed to pop
Now Willyun, this Is the mite.
Congratulations, had feeling that
this was some anniversary, pop sed.
1t will either be one of the greatest
universities in the histry Of the world
or elts the beginning Of the end, ma
sed. This Is the mite your going to
have your chance to fix that bathroom
spikkot, ma sed.
All, yes. L knew there was something
I wanted to do, pop sed, and nav sed
Then you mite as well start rite in
I've taken the precaution to hide the
evening paper.
Wat. the dooce you have, l want to
glance over the sporting page ferst at
leest pop sed.
The shortest glance you ever took
at the sporting page was at leest an
hour. so please cast your glances at
that spikkot and then you can retire
behind the sporting page till your
black in the face, ma sed
Well, the quickest way to do a thing
Is instantly and the best time is i'm
meeditly, that's how I won my success
in bizniss and that's how III win my
success with that spikkot. pop sed
And he quick wawked out Of the
room and ma reetched underneath the
sofer and got the paper and started to
reed it, saying, Thank goodniss at last
I'm going to heer the end Of that miZ-
zerble constant dripping, reely l cant
bleeve its true.
And she kepp on reading the paper
and after about hour pop called from
the bathroom, Say mother, did you
reed that account of the Robinson
divorce in last mites paper, it's
screen.
For goodniss sakes do you mean
to tell me that's wat you bin doing in
there all this time reeding last mites
paper? ma sed, and pop sed, wy yes,
| forgot to tell you, / cant find the
plyers or the munkey rentch, Ill haff
to AK it tomorrow.
Wich he probably wont.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
WHEN WE co SHOPPING
BY MRS. HARLAND Fl. ALLEN.

to maintain. Receivers have been
made which can operate from the al
ternating house current Of your home
BY eliminating batteries much has
been done, and will be done. to max e
radio receiving sets easy to maintain.
OF course. this improvement, like
others. increases the cost of a set
AS sets increased in number they
began to interfere with one another
by radiation. The neutrodyne. a FIVE.
tube tunedradio frequency set, was
developed to overcome this nuisan nee
This type Of receiver Is one of the
most popular.
Conditions in the radio industry are
becoming stable now, and you can
buy radio receiver without much
fear of its becoming obsolete because
OF some new development. II i'm
provements are made they can always
be added. The present receiver is al
most perfect
Evening star., 1925-11-25
What I TomorrowMeans to You
BY MARY BLAKE.
Sagittarius.

Although tomorrow'S planetary as
poets are favorable and benign, they
do not appear to denote any excep-
tional degree OF success for practical
effort, and they counsel moderation
and as little change possible. Cor
respondence is favored. but no com
mitments of any Importance should
be entered into. The auspiciousness
Of the signs affects more the emotions
than activities Of endeavor. They
indicate an awakening of the best
that is in You and Il quick respon-
siveness to affection. Little animosi-
ties and jealousies that may have
troubled you will disappear and be re-
placed by sentiments Of loving kind
ness. liberation and forbearance. 1t
Is a propitious opportunity for be
coming engaged" or for marriage.
Children born tomorrow will he
subjected in their infancy-especially
girls-to many worrying ailments, but
recovery will be speedy. They will
derive more benefit from regulated
nutrition than from the prescription
of doctors. The signs reveal that once
the period of infancy is passed there
Will be nothing To hinder. So far as
physical conditions are concerned
the attainment of normal maturity
Their characters Will be erratic At
times they will show the evils of COW
etousness, petulancy and selfishneSs
At other times they will be attractive
winsome and considerate. Their en-
vironment will determine which side
of their character will. in later years
dominate them.
II tomorrow Is your birthday your
optimism and enthusiasm over small
as well as big things helps you in
innumerable instances to withstan nd
what sometimes looks like failure.
and to overcome obstacles that would
dishearten another less cheerful and
less hopeful. There is a resiliency in
your makeup" that endows you with
a buoyancy Of spirits that is the envy
Of all those who know you.
You possess shrewd Judgment Many
would confound it with intuition, but,
in your case. It is attributable to quick
thinking, keen perception and clear
vision. Your executive ability IS
quite marked and you have a decided
gift for establishing order out Of
chaos and for the unraveling of com.
| plex problems. You are original and
direct in your methods.
Your home life should be happy, as
your love Is demonstrative and your
nature kind, sympathetic and gen.
erous.
Well known persons born on that
date are: Octavius B. rockingham
clergyman and author: Leonard E.
Wales, jurist: John n. Irving, artist:
| Susan Haynes Ward, author; George
Cary Eggleston, author and editor.
and Thomas G. Jones, lawyer and
governor.
Copyright. 19251
Evening star., 1925-11-25
NV Neighbor Says:

To cool hot liquid or food, try
covering it with cloth, and
put a rubber band around 1t to
keep 1t in place. 1t can be set
outside a window or door with
convenient for the purpose, and
l use sugar bags. ripped open
and washed. for covers.
Before skinning tomatoes for
salad. place them in a basin and
pour boiling water over them.
The skin will then peel off with
out any trouble.
When baking or cooking al
ways spread a large sheet of
newspaper on the kitchen table
and floor. This saves a lot of
trouble, as any grease or -four
which has been spilled can then
be taken up bodily and emptied.
Soda should never be used for
washing enameled pans. A little
salt applied with a soft cloth
will remove all stains, and the
pan should be thoroughly rinsed
afterward with plenty of warm
water.
Good mattresses should be
cleaned and remade about every
three years If you want to keep
them in good condition. 1t Is
wonderful how the spring comes
back to them, making them as
good as new. Cheap mattresses
are not worth cleaning.
The intestine on the back of
the tail of the lobster should be
removed. The whole lobster is
good TO eat except the shell and
craw, or stomach, which lies be-
tween the eyes.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
Lessons in English
BY w. l.. GORDON.

Words often misused: Don't say I'VE
intended to have gone" Say I'VE in.
tended to CO."
Often mispronounced: Really. Pro.
nounce re-al-i, the as in he a a.
in at" l as in 1T" three syllables,
and not re-li.
Often misspelled: Condemn. Note
the mn.
Synonyms: Light. airy, ethereal.
subtle, imponderable, astatic. volatile.
Word study: use a word three
times and it is yours" Let us in
cfirease our vocabulary by mastering
one word each day. Todays word:
Genial kindly and sympathetic in
disposition. 'One could not find a
more genial man.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
AUTUMN
by ID. C. PEATTIE
Yam Pods.

Yam Pods.
When all the flowers have vanished
from wood and field. and only their
dun wisps stand stark, prey of the de-
vouring hordes of little black fungi
that Speckle their dead forms. beauty
is not all gone from the earth. For
this is the season when the rambler
among thickets. where numb beetles
tumble and brown wrens hop silently,
may discover and pick the pods of
the wild yam.
Light as snowflake now, dry as cork.
the wild yam. trailing by brooks over
alder and elder and little red birch.
is dead. but how beautiful in death.
Still, by the fine1 writhing OF it's vine
stem, 1t strikes a fantastic. defiant
attitude, and shows with what a regal
gesture 1t had of late flung open a
silver purse and scattered its seeds OF
life to dying world.
In all our woods, no seed-pod is
half as beautiful as that Of the wild
yam, with its elegant triangular form.
its thin, silvery walls, or its hyaline
partitions that part the vessel in three.
One spray of these silver pods across
a chimney piece would throw the soul
of a Japanese artist into ecstasy, with
Its living asymetry, its neutral, sill
NCiy, ClSHCu liICS, It's SuDuucu lIS
lights.
However used we may become to
seeing the wild yam in our woods, we
never behold 1t without a strange SEN
sation, this kin OF a great tropical
family strayed to our Northern midst.
And while we are gathering the wild
pods from our drear woods, we think
of sunny isles Of the Pacific. where
brown. skinned people squat and
MUNICH the. tubers of their native
yams.
Do not suppose this has the least
to do with what in the Southern
States they call a yam, which is
merely sugary sweet potato. The
true yam is a rare vegetable, indeed
in America, and few are those who
have tasted it's strange flesh, crisp as
a cucumber and like a white potato
but richer and sweeter. This is the
yam Of history and legend, which Poly
nesians carried from island to island
in frail proas long ago.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
Scorch Marks.

The following is an excellent way
of removing SCorch marks from a
silk blouse: Squeeze the juice out of
two onions, and add half a pint OF
vinegar, half an ounce of soap and
two ounces of fullers' earth. Boil this
little of the paste TO the scorched
until thoroughly mixed Apply a
part. let 1t remain there till dry then
wash 1t off. This paste may be stored
away in covered jar for use at any
Evening star., 1925-11-25

TASTING WARM DRINKS THAT
RELIEVE THEIR COLDS.
me add few more, They are little
known in this country, children like
them, and, since mothers sometimes
find children object to being doctored,
these remedies should be helpful. They
have the advantage of being easy to
prepare. and the second at least is
made of ingredients always on hand
Rest Cure
Before giving these rene sies, let me
mention the fact that many physicians
are now advising rest as the most sue
cessful OF all cures for the average
cold
II the person will only go to bed for
a day or two in the beginning. and
relax. nature will restore the body to
normal in most instances. The one
outsta nding objection to this cure that
comes to the lips of practically every
person to whom it is given is the
familiar one:
oh but / haven't time"
Take Time and Save 1t.
As matter OF fact, going to bed for
a couple of days is more apt to be a
saving of time than a loss. If cold
once gets a firm grip, one has to pay
Evening star., 1925-11-25

It would sometimes seem as If. from
the number Of remedies that exist for
curing colds, there was one at least
for each person. When a person has
a cold there are few friends who know
OF 1t who will not recommend some
special cures" To such remedies let
Evening star., 1925-11-25

Ono mother says:
Son and made a contract with
-ach other to stop whatever noise we
might be making. such as hammering,
running the sewing machine, etc,
when it became necessary to COM
nunicate with one another, also to
come as near to where the other might
be as possible, thus eliminating the
harsh raising of the voice and unnec-
essary repetition. There has been
much.needed rest to my nerves since
then, and Bobby Is cultivating a well
modulated and pleasant speaking
tCopyriEht. 1925.)
Evening star., 1925-11-25
Married in Haste.

From the Boston Transcript
Weren't they married in q hurry?'
"Yes; each was afraid the other
would back out"
Evening star., 1925-11-25


Of
would coal
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40. Arid. desolate land.
"A. The first man.
As. Persian poet.
46. Outer part Of bread.
AS. Large boring tool
81. Hasten.
So Printers measure.
"a. 3.1416.
55. Swedish coin.
Sc. Nevertheless.
81. Comrade of Pythias.
S. Mesh-work
Down.
!. Youth.
2. Reverential fear.
3. Period of time (pluraD.
4. Wait
3. Proposition.
6. Company (abbr)
I. Mistakes.
8. High, stiff, military hat.
9. Seed bearing vessel.