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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
Antiseptic Not Sanitary.

Boric formerly called boraCic) acid
is still the most satisfactory all
around antiseptic for the household
medicine cupboard, in my judgment.
Boric acid is the one essential or
worthwhile ingredient in several of
the most popular antiseptic noStrumS
on the market today. Boric acid Is
cheap enough when bought as boric
acid) for any mans pocketbook, and
it is safe enough to keep in the best
regulated household. 1t is efficient
enough, as an antiseptic, to satisfy
every reasonable demand for such an
agent in the home.
Now, then, you can't accuse me of
any bias against boric acid. On the
contrary, I fear ! have greater con-
fidenCe in It, as a specific antiseptic
against the ubiquitous pneumocoecus,
than most good physicians have in
, any antiseptic. But whether bOric
acid actually eXer-ts any prophylactic
action against pneumonia, quinsy or
| coryza when employed as a gargle,
mouth wash or nasal spray rs q ques-
ton by the bye.
With all my confidence in boric
acid l do not believe we can omit the
stern and, among us of lowly origin,
painful rite of the wet wash through
the application of this antiseptic. A
firm exploiting one of the boric acid
mixtures AYERS that a lady in a
hurry may dab little of it under her
arms after a game of tennis and HE
away to the ball room In q profuse
sweat, secure in the knowledge that
the stuff makes her dainty.
l do wish this ingenious manufac-
turer would perfect" some new Jim
| crack" constructed on the plan of a
pocket vacuum cleaner or compress
ed air riveter, to shake the dirt" off
the teeth, and then launch a drive
to assure the dumb public that
tooth brushing is thing of the past
This firm seems to know how to
propagate such ideas without arous
ing any audible Notification.
If the reader is squeamish let him
turn to another column. We're goins
| to talk about a perfectly norma
aspect of health.
The astute manufacturer who tell
! dainty ladies how to dodge the bath
| doesn't call it sweat, as 1 do-he calls
it perspiration, of course.
The sweat has more or less odor.
1t is naturally removed from the skin
by evaporation and attrition. wet
wash hastens the removal of the
sweat. But from the hygienic poin.
of view a wet wash is no more essen
tial for the healthful activity of the
skin or for the well being of the in
dividual than a shampoo is. Most
people who do their wet washing
daily land in print think every month
or every week often enough to include
the scalp in the process. I believe
they are right, about the scalp, at
least.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
Times That Try Mems Souls. "

PHILADELPHIA, December %,
1776.-"These are the times that try
mems souls. The Summer soldier and
the sunshine patriot will, in this
crisis. shrink from the service of his
country; but he that stands 1t now.
deserves the love and thanks of man
and-woman. Tyranny. like hell. is not
easily conquered; yet we have this
consolation with us, that the harder
the conflict the more glorious the tri-
umph: what we obtain, too cheap we
esteem too lightly: it's dearness only
that gives everything its value.
Heaven knows how to put a proper
price on its goods; and it would be
strange indeed If so celestial an article
as Freedom should not be highly
rated
With these burning words. Pvt
Thomas Paine of the Pennsylvania
Flying Camp introduces an essay en-
titled The Crisis which first APP.
peared in the Pennsylvania Journal
three days ago, and which will come
out tomorrow in pamphlet form
Paine has been a solder in Washing
toms army since August. Much OF
the time he has served as an abide
camp TO Gen. Nathaniel Greene. He
is the author of Common Sense. >
which in January boldly advocated q
separation from Great Britain, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
Lines on the Neck.


II YOU have lines across your neck
begin at once to erase them. Nothing
will add more to your apparent age
than a wrinkled and old-looking neck.
And it is fairly easy to get rid OF
these lines.
You cannot use q very heavy cream
on the face, because the skin Is dell
cate here and two much use of cos
metics or too heavy quality or cos
metics will cause eruptions ana lrfl-
tation and do no good. BUT you can
treat the neck differently.
Buy q fresh building cream, even a
lanoline cream. Or n cream made
with cocoa butter. Or make up your
own cream according to the formula
in the Beauty" pamphlet, using CO.
Goa butter instead of the white wax.
Then scrub the neck with soft flesh
brush and hot water and soap, rinse
with hot water, dry quickly, and
while the skin is warm and the pores
are still open, rub on large amount
of the cream. Rub and rub, working
il into the skin with your finger tips.
using a rotary motion. This not only
works In the cream, but it also exer-
cises and stimulates the skin and the
muscles.
And then wipe off the cream. as
much as a soft dry rag or soft tissue
paper can take. And rub with ice.
Or, if you like this treatment at bed
time, wipe off all cream from the sur
face of the skin. and if you find that
what is left in the pores works to the
surface and stains the bed clothes,
wear light bandage of gauze around
the neck for the night. And in the
morning rub the neck with ice.
All face treatments should include
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
Lessons in English
BY w. L. GORDON.

Words often misused Don't say
How" in requesting the repetition
of statement. Say What did you
say?"
Often mispronounced: Implacable
Pronounce the second syllable play"
not as in "at."
Often misspelled: Exempt; note the
pit"
Synonyms: Modesty, bashfulness,
tirnidity, diffidence, shyness, coyness.
reserve.
Word study: use Il word three
times and it is yours" Let us in
crease our vocabulary by mastering
one word each day. Today's word:
Appall; to fill with dismay or horror;
dismay; terrify. Appalling Difficult.
ties confronted him"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22

fitting black lace gown with q decol-
letage that shows rounded line at
either side dipping down into V
in the center. But here again the
deep decolletage is only apparent. for
there is the same flesh-colored guimpe
or yoke that extends up almost to
the collar bone.
once there would have been moth
ing at all noteworthy about such de-
vices. 1t was the rule rather than
the exception for afternoon frocks
TO be mounted on some sort of a
transparent yoke or dicky--and
frequently evening frocks showed the
same maneuvering.
One very decided advantage about
the new yoke is that while the effect
OF the deep decolletage can be given,
the new suggestion of snugness can
be achieved by means of the yoke.
Then, too, the shoulder strap may
be dispensed with, as in the case of
the stage frock described above
since the yoke serves the purpose of
holding the frock securely over the
shoulders. Possibly also these little
Jokes may give the sense of greater
nodesty TO some women.
(Copyright 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
REAVJh N1AIS BY EDNA KENT FORBES.

the chin and the neck. Cleansing
cream on the face should be rubbed
well into the neck, back and front
and ice rubbed over the face should
be rubbed all over the neck, too, and
most especially under the chin. Neck
wrinkles can be kept out of sight for
years by this sort Of treatment.
Sleeping without q pillow helps iror
out these wrinkles, too.
Blue Eyes-A girl of IS with height
of feet inches should weigh about
los to 40 pounds.
a daily warm bath all over will dc
much to improve your complexion
and shrink the enlarged pores on
your face. Make the final rinse very
cold after bathing your face OF
throat.
NJ SIS G. Cry basket ball to re,
duce this extra weight on your legs
and hips. If You are overweight all
over, try dieting by taking less sweets
and starches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22

says he sounds just like you'll don t
mean now. dear, but when you We're
q baby. Him's a big man now and
never sounds silly no more.
And, oh, your mother showed me
some of your baby pictures that I'd
never seen before-I almost had hys-
terics. She said. Don't you think he
looked like his own baby does now?'
and l said. Not if / can prevent it.
Oh. l thought I would faint.
THAT one of you with the curls
and fat cheeks. 1t was too rich.
Your folks took the baby and me
for a long drive this afternoon, and
| have decided we just must have
a car, dear. 1t would be so good for
the baby if we could go for long rides
in the country every Sunday. 1t
would be wonderful if you had
bought one by the time we come
back. We really need one, for the
baby's sake. Love. "JOAN.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Pop was Jest starting to reed the
sporting page and ma was wawking
around pushing crooked things strate
and strate things crooked. saying.
How about the movies tonite, WILL
yum?
There's no place like home, pop sed.
And he put his feet up and starts to
blow smoke, and ma sed, o Willyum,
speaking Of the movies, Id almost for
gotten wat n heavy lover you were
wen we weer ingaged, hee hee, ]
came across these old letters of yours
today, / found of them in an old
book and L kepp them out to show
you.
zee gods. let's have them, pop sed.
And he stretched out his hand and ma
sed, No, ! think Id rather reed them
to you, this ferst one is as sweet as it
can be, you start in by saying, My
own little buttercup, do you remember
wen you use to call me your butter
cup, Willyum?
You must be thinking of some other
fellow hand them over. III reed them,
pop sed, and ma sed, No, lissen, My
own little buttercup, it seems a million
yeers since / saw you last insted of
jest few hours, izZent that PERFECTLY
sweet, Willyum?
1t dozzent sound like my writing.
let's have it, pop sed, and ma Sed, And
heer a little fertilizer down you compare
me to a rosebud in a forrest of cab
bidges, izzent that the cutest compari-
son, Willyum? And wait till I reed
you the other letter, it's even sweeter.
she sed.
Did you say something about the
movies? pop sed.
Why yes, do you wunt to go, Will
yum? ma sed.
Immeeditly. pop said. And he went
and took the letters and put them In
his coat pockit and him and ma went
to the movies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
Celery ChoWder.

Cook two pints of finely cut celery
in water to cover until tender. add
ing the leaves and outer stalks as
we'll. Put through a sieve, saving the
water for soup. Cook one cupful of
diced carrots until tender. Saute one
small minced onion and the carrot in
'wo tahleSpoonfuls Of butter until deli
cately Drowned Add some hot milk
and thicken with one tablespoonful
of -four first mixed with a little cold
milk or water. Combine the vegetable
and milk mixtures and cook together
until well blended. Season to taste
with salt and pepper. Just before
serving add the beaten yolks of two
eggs. Serve with strips of toasted
bread.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, NJ. u.

Perhaps an application Of borlC
acid, in powder or solution. may al
minish the multiplication and growth
of certain bacteria in the sweat, bac
terra which are harmless enough. but
which sometimes cause foul odor
But ordinarily no autiseptic sui
stance is superior to the air or {,
soap and water for removing swea
and its normal. characteristic odor.
1t IS really unfortunate that tn
meaning of the terms antiseptiC an
sanitary has been so much abuse
and confused in common parlance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
Turkish Nougat.

Cook three cupfuls Of sugar and
one and half cupfuls OF corn strip
and three-fourths cupful of water to
the hard ball stats Beat three egg
VIII ties well and put in a granite pan
or kettle. AS soon as you remove the
candy from the fire, pour 1t slowly
over the eggs, beating constantly
while doing So then continue beating
until thick. Flavor with vanilla, add
some nut meats, stir through well,
then pour into a pan lined with wax
Uaper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
Deep Decolletage and New Yokes
BY MARY MARSHALL.

Lucien Lelong has made an evening
gown very simply contrived of black
panne velvet which is cut out in a
deep " at back and front. At first
sight you might he struck with the
very low cut of this decolletage, but
on second sight you would realize
that the space almost to the collar
bone was decorously filled in with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
What Do You Know
About 1t?
Daily Cnia,1cn Six

Daily Science Six.
/. What is the most i'm
portant cereal food first cult
waited by the American Indians?
2. What is the most i'm
portant cereal food first cult
waited by the white race?
3. What Is the most i'm
portant cereal food first cult
waited by the yellow race?
4. What was the most i'm
portant grass first brought to
Europe by the Arabs?
5. What is a pommeloo
6. What is a yam?
Answers to these questions
in tomorrow's Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
"PuzzTcks"
zzLe.Lin,ericks

A certain young fellow named i
once fell in the spring in the =;
Twould have been a sad s
If he'd died in the +.
But he didnt-he died in the =.
l. Proper name synonym for cor
ridor."
2. Autumn.
3. Object.
4. One of the seasons OF the year.
(Note: When you've completed this
limerick-and note that there are only
four different words, instead Of the
usual tiVe-you may have to think a
moment to get the real meaning. But
it's worth puzZling over. Therell be
another "PuZzlick' tomorrow. as well
as the answer to this one)
Yesterdays "PuZZlick."
There was an old lady of China
Who was quite q fastidious diner;
She Toasted on snaiis,
CLANS, peacocks and quails-
mo mixture" she said, could be
finer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
DIARY OF A
NEW FATHER
BY ROBERT Il. DICKSON

Letter from Joan to the new father:
Dearest: Honestly, we all just
about die laughing at the baby.
Whenever we go up to him and say
Boo he chuckles and chuckles until
he ends up with the craziest giggle.
It's the sillicst thing. Your mother
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22

Wilkes-Barr Pa.
Are you aware as a clergyman that
Dean Inge. who is said to be the best
mind in the Church of England, de-
nounCes trade unions as agencies of
tyranny and terror, and says that
Christianity has very little to do
with the mechanism of social life;
that it's gospel is mot one Of social
improvement, but Of spiritual re-
demptiOn." What is your opinion
about the deans attitude?
Answer regard the dean rs a
strict individualist who is as Olsen
chanted of democracy as he is of or
ganiZed labor. He sees both as doubt
full experiments at their best and at
their worst huge blunders with a
tendency to degeneracy. The public
is aware that democracy has stalled
in some countries and seems to be
suppressed in others. Yet as / see
the situation freedomlovlng states do
not propose to repudiate capital or
labor or question their right to or
ganize. Nor do those states deem
democracy hopeless because it must
pursue the well worn road of expert
ment.
The deans criticisms relate In the
main to the social conditions in his
own country. which are now in active
transition. Until nearly the close of
the Victorian age Great Britain was
a paradise for the rich. It faces to-
day an extensive REIMBURSEMENT SINH
lar to that which our Republic en-
countered in 1860. Those who know
Great Britain best trust her. They
believe the readjustment will be made
without violence and for the larger
good of all concerned
Christians who maintain that the
gospel of their Lord goes beyond in
dividual redemption and includes the
entire life of man reject the deans
statement that christianity has very
little to do with the mechanism OF
social life History shows that it
has long been the spirit within the
wheels of that mechanism in our own
and other Christian lands. Yet the
preservation of Christianitys spiritual
character should be the first work Of
its adherents. The practical applica
ton of its ethics to social redemption
demands patience and wisdom. 1t
llso involves the risks of trial and
error. Nevertheless the application
will proceed so long as Christianity
remains vital and dominant.
Copyright, 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22

New York City.
Will YOU kindly tell me when and
where the Apostles Greed was formu-
lated and by whom?
AnSWer.-ItS authors are unknown
and its formulation covered centuries.
There is no evidence of the existence
of the creed as we now have it in the
first century, and the traditional be-
lief that it was composed by the
apostles on the Day of Pentecost is
regarded as unhistorical.
Modern scholars assert that the
basis of the creed was a short and
simple baptismal confession. At first
this confession was not the same IN
all localities. But gradually the one
in use at Rome became general IN the
Western church. By the law of doc
trinal development, which Newman
eXpounds SO ably, additions were
made as occasion required, ana mus
the creed assumed it's present form
ern Christianity.
One of it's earlier and shorter
forms is found in the writings of
Irenaeus, a father of the second and
third centuries. Rufinus gives II
more fully in the fourth century, but
his form does not contain the WORD
catholic" nor the clause com
munion of saints" These were in
serted later, probably in the fifth
century, and it was not until the
seventh, at the earliest, that the
creed was finally completed in its IA
miliar form.
1t Is called the Apostles Greed be-
cause of it's venerableness, its begin
nings among believers who lived near
to the apostolic age, its summary OF
the New Testament teaching about
our Lord and His redemption and the
majestic rhythm. and beauty Of its
language.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22

Questions from readers are answered daily
by Dr. s. Parkes Cadman president of the
Federal Council of Churches of Christ in
quiries that appear to be representative of
the trends of thought in the many letters
which ne receives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
EAT AND BE HEALTHY
Dinah Days Daily Talks on Diet
The Right Food Is the Best Medicine

until tender and delicious. The young
wife can read the paper or play the
piano while the dinner is cooking A
happy heart and contentment make
any meal a feast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
Richmond, Va.

Richmond, va.
DO YOU think a we'll educated,
prominent physician could get happl-
ness out of marriage with young
woman 10 years his junior who has
not had a very liberal education and
who has no special talent, but who II
an intelligent secretary to an I'M
portant executive and q sweet, SEN
sible girl?
Answer.-The ability to succeed in
marriage does not depend upon the
brides possession of an academic de
gree; still less upon talent of Il SNOWY
type. but upon the worth of her per
sonal character and charm. The
woman who marries a professional
man will hardly be required to act as
a consulting assistant in his techni
cal work. On the contrary, it may be
a relief to him to have Il wife who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
EVERYDAY QUESTIONS
Ans,cered by DIR. S. PARKES CADMAN

does not talk shop" If he knows
that she has good sense enough to
appreciate his own value to society
he probably will be satisfied so long
as their home is well conducted and
it's social functions are kept in good
order.
Such a wornan's intuition is often
more than q substitute for higher
education. although its advantages
will not be underestimate by her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22

DINNER FROCK. AT LEFT. OF
BLACK PANNE VELVET SHOWS
INTRODUCTION OF FLESH-COL-
OhED INSET OR GUIMPE.
FROCK AT RIGHT Is OF BLACK
LACE WITH LITTLE TRAINS
OF BLACK NET. \ FLESH-COL-
ORED CHIFFON YOKE OR
GUIMPE IE a DISTINGUISHING
FEATURE.
a guimpe of chiffon in a tone slightly
deeper than flesh.
In q recent play in this country
one of the leading actresses displays
the same fashion in a rather close
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
Answers to Yesterdays Questions.

]. Artesian water is water that rises
by natural hydraulic pressure.
2. Springs are not all always hot
in Winter and cold in Summer, but
most springs maintain an even TEN.
perature the year round, so that com
pared TO the air they feel warm in
cold weather and cool in warm
weather.
3. Salt can be eliminated from sea
water by boiling, the steam being re-
condensed into distilled water on a
cool surface.
4. There is usually some salt in
fresh water.
S. The greatest natural reservoir OF
fresh water in the world is the Great
Lakes.
6. All water originates by evapora
ton from the sea.
Copyright. 1890
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22

Readers desiring personal answers TO their
questions should send elf-addressed stamped
envelope to Dinah Day. care of The Star
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22

Our Mother Says:
My child wanted q little Puritan
doll. and after thinking about the
sort of dolls the little pilgrim chill
dren must have played with, we de,
cided that perhaps a corncob doll
would be best. 1t was easily made,
We covered one end of the corncob
with a white cloth on which the face
was drawn with crayons. A bit of
gray cloth about the head made the
bonnet, another bit of white made q
shawl and still another bit of gray
went into a skirt. The little Pilgrim
doll was ready to be added to the doll
family.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
The Sailor Nut.

The biggest and most narrowing nut
in the world is not human nut, but
the coconut Nobody knows where
it originated. OF its genus, Cocos,
there are scores of species wild in
South America. But the useful and
common coconut has not been found
wild there: it is not certainly known
wild anywhere; apparently the Poly
nesians spread it about the Pacific;
some even assert they came to
America and got it. But the coconut
is still a mystery to science, because,
unlike most fruits, it can float about
in salt water for months without get
ting water-logged, and then, when
washed up on an island, can sprout
Now what do you know about that
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
SHRINE To HEAR
MAIN AVENUE
GLEE CLUB
Alzafar Temple Mobiles to
Be Entertained Thursday
at Cathedral.

a concert will be presented by
Main Avenue High School Glee Club
20 members of Alzafar Temple. Mobiles
Of the Mystic Shrine, in the Scottish
Rite Cathedral, at p. m. Thursday,
April S, under the direction of Francis
de Burgos. The concert is compli-
mentry to all Shriners. Scottish Rite
Masons and their families.
The program follows: MY Heart
Ut Thy Sweet Voice" from Sampson
and Delilah. (Saint Saens1. Glee
Tub; trio, Misses Fisher. Norris and
Bump; Spanish dances, Eloisa Mare
chal; violin solo, AN Old-Fashioned
Bouquet Margaret Hoefgen, Miss
AIDE Rice, accompanist: piano solo.
Lucille johnson: Wind in the Trees,
Thomas: My Desire" (Nevin).
Glee Club: whistling solo. Edna June
Bump; quartet Little Gray Home
in the West" (Lohr), Misses Fisher,
Norris, Bump and Simpson; lie
Cyene," (Saint Saens): waltzes from
Faust (GounoudD: bercuse from
-Jocelyn.r (Godard), Glee Club, with
violin obligato; readings by Mary
Maud Holcombe, finale, "Liebe-
straum,s Glee Club.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
WIFE FORCES MAN
TO ADMIT ARRAY

A pretty wife solved mystery for
police Saturday.
After a severe grilling by officers
failed TO bring a confession from
four soldiers held in connection with
the cutting Of two youths in a knife
fight Friday. the woman came 70
police headquarters and pleaded with
her husband until he broke down
The husband said his buddy was re-
sponsible for the stabbing.
The other three men will be re
leased.
Victims of the affray are Andres
Cara. IL. 30 South Concho Street,
and Maurice Barron. 81, 1912 Buena
Vista Street. The former may not
survive his wounds. Robert b. Green
Hospital attendants reported.