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The Washington times., 1926-07-19
By Hannah Wing

LOW often in the course Of a
II days cooking and baking do
you do real mechanical .abor ?
Think Of the recipes that you use.
How many Of them require you to
"mix thoroughly" beat well, .
'sstir for ten minutes or turn
until frozen" There is on the
market an electric kitcnen maid
with a decidedly mechanical turn
OF mind which does all these
things and many more In metic.
ulous manner that Is truly mar.
velous. The worth OF such a de-
vice is scarcely realizable until
one watches it go through with
a days work and sees the
amount OF time and effort cal
The variety Of Its accomplish.
ments Is made possible by q num-
ber of attachments. There Is q
whip and a beater. A blade for
cutting. A grinder, a chopper, a
hook for kneading, a squeezer
and slicer, to mention only the
most used devices. These are all
simply and easily attached AMI
since they are kept In the white
enamel cabinet which supports
the motor and the frame or the
business part Of this kitcnen-
maid-machine, they are frequent.
1y easier to get at and put away
than the various devices usually
employed for the work which the
attachments do.
Each attachment has q num-
Der of accomplishments. The
whip for example beats eggs for
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5511. Ladies' One Piece Dress.
Cut in 8 Sizes: "a, SO, ss. 40,
AZ and A inches bust measure.
A 3S inch size will require SIS
yards Of 20 inch material, with
"a yard Of contrasting material.
Width of dress at the lower edge
is "a yards. Price 10c.
1886. Nurses Uniform.>
I Cut in z Sizes: "a, SO, Ss, 40,
42, A and 46 inches bust measure.
To make Cap and Dress for a
3S inch size requires AZ yards
of SO inch material. The Cap
alone requires u yard. The
width Of the Dress at lower edge
is IL yards. Price 10c.
Send 1OC in silver or stamps for
each of these Rattsrrs e TaE
Editor. Print name and address
plainly TO insure prompt delivery.
state number and size Of pattern
desired.
Send 10c In coin or stamps for
Our up-to-date spring and summer
1926, Book Of Fashions.
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advice TO THE
| LOVELORN

nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
~ I have been going steadily
with a young man for over a year
and have become secretly engaged
to him.
Lately, my parents keep nag.
ging at me to 80 about with other
young men and to tell my friend
not to call so often. They say I
am keeping myself from meeting
other young men by going only
with him.
The reason they are against
him Is becaue he is q working
man and could hardly make
enough salary to support q wife.
But he wants to go into business
for himself soon. Meantime, he
Is working as salesman in a whole
sale house.
If ever mentioned such a
thing to him as not seeing him,
am sure 1t would almost kill
him. He claims am the only
one in this world he can ever
love.
AS for myself, act indiffer-
ent and hardly ever feel in an
affectionate mood toward him,
though I care a great deal for
him.
If I gave him up there would be
much gossip among my friends, as
they know we've been going to-
gether long time. Also, I've re-
ceived expensive gifts from him.
Is there any way out of this for
me? will be Is this week.
c. r.
You need not give him up alto
gether, my dear. But why not
adopt your parents suggestion and
go about with other young men as
well? Above all don't enter on a
long engagement without telling
your parents.
Long engagements to wed are
nearly always unwise. You and
he might agree to remain good
friends for year or two, until he
goes into business or progresses
to point where he can support
a wife comfortably. BY that time
you will know better whether you
really care for him. If he loves
|AN+ he WA HTN4k RAP v~FSr
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LETTUCE CONSUMPTION

Improved grading and packing or
lettuce have done much to build up
demand for the product, the depart
ment says. The most desirable
sizes Of head lettuce pack 312 to Az
dozen in the large western crate,
and two dozen in the flat crate
used in the East.
Although the increasing uniform
ity of the pack tends to greater
steadinsss Of the market price, 1t Is
pointed out, there are still many
sharp and sudden changes in value
as with other quickly perishable
products. With the hope Of lessen
ing the various market difficulties,
the Department Of Agriculture is
sues daily market news reports GOV
ering oil important markets and
producing sections during the act
i've season, and periodical crop re-
ports Of acreage and condition.
General outlook reports cover the
probable crop and market develop
ments. A Government inspection
service has been established also
at points OF origin and at receiving
S9SS.aIHAANA
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CONSUMPTION of lettuce-the
~ Nations salad crop-has In

CONSUMPTION Of lettuce-the
~ Nations salad crop-has in
creased greatly in the past 10 years.
Lettuce shipments last season,
says the Department of Agricul-
ture, were six times those reported
in 1918, and the value was not
much below $4,000, 900. Only three
other Vegetables-potatoes, sweet
potatoes and tomatoes-exceeded
lettuce IN market value.
Apparently a real change in
American diet. especially among
city consumers, says the depart
ment is responsible for the growing
importance Of this leading salad
crop.
California leads in volume Of let.
tuce production, followed by New
York ard Florida. These States, ir
some years, ship about four-fifthS
Of the carlot supply. The ship.
ments are made up chiefly Of the
compact. substantial head lettuce
of such well.known types as the
Iceberg from the West and the Big
Boston from the eastern shipping
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when his 81
tenn. undermined by the disease,
!. ie 81 4 state of active res generat tion.
The trouble with him IL that he y
,ia1alIy in hurry to start
l1ir former life. He ir4iagines that
~ eating much he may quickly
rs.Aekablish HIS health. and most
nffeYl he oyerestiHnat his strength.
TveryoYe who gets through
nArio11a injection should remem-
Ter that. Il the disease ts con-
c4Iered. the organism or germs
fnaf caused 1t, remain for q long
neriod ii q state OF marked in
stability. AS result dangerous
relapses Of the trouble may Al
ways occur.
GonvaIescence Is the period
when the disease il overcome
hut when health IS not vet TO
established. 1t Ii the period when
everything should be done %
avoid the development Of chronic
diaturbances which too often fol.
low an acute infection as e fesnls
OF forcing convalescence
What should Be done TO re-es-
tablish as promptly and as effl.
caciousIy aa possible the vigor q
the system that has been weak
Aned by an acute infectiOn3
In every individual case, some
particular organs have been LETT
II 4 state Of greater exhaustion
and deficiency than the others
Consequently the first thing 70
he done is to re-establish the nor
NAL action Of those organs.
There needs to be a diagnosis
of the convaIescence to determine
which are the weakened organs.
Thus It is most frequently the
nervous system and circulatory
system heart, arteries and veins
to which the attention Of the
cnnvaIeacent has TO be drawn.
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to life and In every walk OF So
ciety, from the lowest to the high.
est. / have seen the danger OF a
single kiss, just given for q lark,
on q dare, or in order to. be
popular.
Real women should not cheaper
themselves because a less brainy
sister chooses to do so. If you
speak of this there is likely to
come the rejoinder: oh, but look
at So and So. Didn't she marry
a millionaire or "a Yale grad.
uate" or "a titled man?"'
''True, there are some men
whose ideals OF womanhood are
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and as soon as you are in posi-
tion to do SO. marry her and pro-
ceed to live out your ideals to-
gether.
Since the world began women
have set standards and men have
tried to live up to them. That's
the way we progressed out Of the
junsle and gradually came to
have civilization and ideals.
You see the average, normal
girl, because Of her instinct to
protect herself and her capacity
for motherhood, possesses more
OF the quality OF looking ahead
and measuring consequences than
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so low that they are easily salts
fled. These men may come from
the millionaire class, the nobility
or the universities. The only
trouble is they are not real men.
A man must be ideaIistic and he
lives up to the standards you girls
set for him. Therefore. hold your
standards high, girls. Keep them
floating In the breeze as you
would your country's flag.
DO not let them dAngle In the
gutter. We men need your civil.
iZing influence--we need 1t much.
I wish the young ladies OF today
would heed the poets advice:
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Men Will Follow
If Girls Show
the Way
By Beatrice Fairfax

MANY Of the girls who write
4t4 me claim that men insist
on promiscuous kissing and pet.
ting and that popularity Is i'm.
possible for the girl who refuses
to engage In this pastime. Other
girls relate that they have no
trouble In making and holding
friends and In winning true love,
although they do not pet, except
with the one man who has won
the right to kisses by proving his
love through proposal of mar.
eiage. ~
But almost unanimously men
who write me express disapproval
OF promiscuous petting. as does
the writer of the following letter:
Dear Miss Fairfax:
my fiancee is 26. am in
my. early thiFties. i love this
girl more dearly than any one
else on earth. She loves me too,
although lately at times / have
thought she seems to be wonder
ing, Does It ,pay?'
'.I have always been conSid-
cred good company in whatever
circle I found myself. There are
certain things, however, at which
] draw the line. One must do this.
Around the holidays, a friend
OF her brother, a newly married
man and a complete stranger to
us, came with his wife and my
flancee's brother to see her. A
kissing game followed, and 1t be.
fell my fiancee to be kissed sew.
!eral times by this married man
by way ola fine.
while it is perfectly true that
neither party took this matter se-
riously. considered it such de-
grading dissertation of the girl I
love that / nearly lost my mind.
E1nranrnnrs rata irnan my .nnY,nran. .
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does the average young man.
So woman is usually the one to
say no ana to set q higher stand.
ard to which man tries to climb.
As a matter OF fact, when q
man and woman love each other
each tries to please the other.
but still It's the woman who sets
the standard. When women cease
to set standards there are none
and the race travels down hill.
You see, girls what q re-.
sponsibility Ii yours! For what
you expect and want men to be
they viii try to be. if only to win
your favor.
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sure lest I should wreck the ship
Of our happiness by not being con.
sidered a good mixer and also
In order not to make q bad matter
worse.
after the company left told
my fiancee how sacred she Is to
me and I pleaded with her to keep
herself so, to let no one violate,
even by q kiss, the sanctity Of
our love.
II think she understood, for she
promised, although her mother.
who had listened in,' was inclined
to resent my remarks.
~ have given serious thought
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GULLS THAT
LAUGH

ANE would hardly expect q
" bird that spends its life
Drawing fierce storms and dash
ing into the surf OF the ocean
to indulge in merriment, but that
Is just what the laughing gull
seems to do. The sound is diff
ferent from that Of other birds,
strongly resembling the excited
laughter Of a woman. Suddenly
coming to the ears Of supergt!-
tious sailors on dark, stormy
nights, seafaring men have been
frightened almost out OF their
wits by the uncanny laughter.
These gulls were formally quite
common, but hunting them for
their wings has killed them off
in great numbers.
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BE good. sweet maid,
And let who viii be clever.
Do good deeds, and not dream
them all day long,
And 30 n1akS life, death and the
vast forever
One grand, sweet song.
AN ADMIRER.,
You are indeed fortunate, my
friend. to have won the love of
sweet young woman who be.
lieves in you and sympathizes
with your ideals. You have from
her own lips the assurance OF her
love and faith, so do not permit
yourself to become discoura ged.
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RATS FAMINE
STRICKEN

UTHEN Norwegian rats are
- stricken with famine. they
march straight to their death.
Assembling IN long lines, often
almost q mile long and many
feet wide, they proceed to make
their way across the country.
They find some food, but the
animals destroy them on land
and fish In the rivers.
Despite the fact that they travel
only at night, they are destroyed
by thousands. A few do succeed
in escaping their enemies.
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fudge and foudant. In fact, more
than one OF these devices has
been bought with money made
from selling homemade candy;
the beater paying for itself as It
went along.
There Is q special knife or
blade attachment for cutting fat
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oneIets, cream Tor filling and
decoration, nayonnaise, frostings,
ETC., to degree Of perfection
scarcely possible by hand. The
beater takes care Of cakes, bat.
ters for waffles, popovers and all
such prosaic things as mashed
potatoes, and such luxuries as
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Sure, food that's good for me,
but make it taste like something,
too"-so he starts with
Pulled Rice
AHEN want to eat food that's
M good" for them, of course.
But above ail, they want food that
eoGxes the appetite into action, too.
That's why so many have turned
70 .Puffed Rice, said by experts to
be the most delicious cereal food
known; food that proves food that's
good for you can be gloriously de-
Eciohs, too.
Each grain IL steam pufed to
sioilt times its natural size. And
tltat makes digestion easy. Then it's
S,ven toasted. Which makes it oddly
entieing to the taste.
Ifs food that supplies the vitality
needed carbohydrate elements you
need for health's sake. Tastes like
foasted nutTneats, tempts like con-
fection. makes it unnecessary to eat
rereai foods you don't like much,
simply because you feel you need them.
isn't Il better to have that kind of
cereal on your table; one that tempts
md entices than just an ordinary
one1 Most people think it is. Try
Puffed Rice just for once. You will
Be delighted. Obtain at your grocery
store.
Quaker puFfed Rice
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MAKE DANDY
PETS

DERHAPs some do not know
= that there are squirrels which
ny. and that such animals can be
tanned.
The discovery was made, by 3
New Hampshire lady. who states
that after being disturbed several
successive evenings by the sound
Of soft FOOTBALLS on the porch she
proceeded to investigate the cause
and discovered it to be none other
than q flying squirrel catching
flies on the screen door. each at
tempt being accompanied by
thud.
With the proper care. these fly.
ing squirrels have no objection to
becoming household pets.
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URGES CARE IN
PREVENTING
REL. .APSE
By CIlas. A. L. Reed, MD,
rr you have ever gone through
d long and serious iilness o.
have recovered from an important
surgical operation you win appre-
ciate the Importance of some

practical hints
on the hygiene
70 be observed
during a q t
period.
T b u 8, q 3
stated by DIR.
Joseph ~ Q 9
dis tinguished
French author
ity (Clinique et
Labor ratoirel,
the individual
who has just
recovered from
an acute in.
fection. passes
through a pc.
Rod of vary.
ting len Ct 3
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Antiques on Trial

"HIGH JUSTICE" antique dealers, to settle
"A disputes regarding value genuineness OF curos
and objects of held London at regular intervals Some
times 90 judges preside
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High Speed on Skates

NV ATs fed with acetyene consisting Of two
- alvconstructed cylinders have been invented by German
engineer They capable Of six hours continuous running n
e miles hour.
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HOUSEHOLD
HINTS

Exit MiIdew!
To remove mildew on leather,
rub with .vaseline. - LAURA
PAYNE, 736 Fifth st. N. w.
A Dandy Hint
Bath towels have a fashion OF
wearing out in spots. Cut the
places not worn into pieces the
size of wash cloths. These may
be hemmed, bound in colors, but
ton-holed or overcast by crochet
hook and thread, making very at
tractive wash cloths.-Mrs. C.. +.
Dennison, 220s r. r. Ave-, 8. e.
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The biggest clock in the Brit
ish Empire. now being erected
at CIydebank, has four dials,
each 26 feet across.
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Rubber aprons, when not in
use, are often hung upon hooks
or nails. This causes the shoulder
straps to wear out in a short
time. If the apron is folded up
and put in a drawer after being
used It VIII last much longer
Mrs. Katelea P. Bonney, bO2
Moore Ave-, East Clarendon Va
A little orris rot tied In a mus
lin bag and placed in water IN
which handkerchief are boiled
will give them a scent OF violets
VsfrS~ ]~~ne@,
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to collect the necessary data on ap
; plications for aid, but the members
of the subcommittee are devoting
| close personal attention to the prob
tlem.
The law itself was made rather spe.
cific as to how the committee should
pass on applications. After reciting
that the parent or guardian applying
for assistance must have been a resi-
dent OF the District for one year and
a citizen of the United States or one
who has made application to become
citizen, 1t directs the committee to
determine the following essential
facts:
l. Whether the mother or guardia n
is a proper person to have the Gus.
tody and care Of the child
2. Whether the home Is a satisfac.
tory place for the training and rear.
ing Of the child
3. What resources may be availa Bile
for the complete or partial mainte-
nance Of the child. including the fun
amount. If any, of real and personal
property owned by the parent or held
in trust for the child: whether there
are any persons or organizations
legally obliged to assist in the support
of the child.
4. Whether legal steps have been
taken to compel the father of the
child, II he be living, to provide sup.
port when he willfully refuses to do
so. and with what result.
D. what amount of aid is needed
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to keep the child in it's own home and
to provide proper care.
The board then is required to make
written findings on these subjects. II
1t finds affirmatively on questions 1,
2 and 4, and further that the income
| from or the amount of real and per.
,. sonal property Is not of an amount
or character which makes the giving
of public aid inappropriate or unnec-
| essary, the board may then make an
order for monthly allowance sum.
cient to keep the child home with the
mother. If it deems such course
necessary. the board may impose such
conditions upon the granting of the
allowance as will promote the welfare
Of the child.
Representatives of the welfare
board will make regular visits to all
homes to which aid is extended to
observe the care the child is receiving
and to offer friendly counsel and
advice.
Mr.. Wilson says it is impossible to
predict at this time the average num-
ber Of families the board Will be aid
ing after the law is in full operation.
Up to October 2S the board had re-
ceived 214 applications, involving 649
children. While the early rush of
cases has fallen off. the board is still
receiving one or two applications a
day. 1t is expected that eventually
a stable figure will be reached; in
other words, that as time goes on
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municipality take care of as many
families as possible on an adequate
busis than to distribute inadequate
allotments to a larger number with
the possibility Of none beilng properly
provided for.
Before the passage of the new law
there were private welfare agencies
aiding needy families, and those or
ganiZations would continue to go to
the assistance of homes that could
not be extended financial aid by the
Board of Public Welfare because of
limited funds at a particular time
The act required the Welfare Board
to create a standing subcommittee to
handle this particular welfare prob
lem. Certain members of Congress
wanted a separate board to administer
mothers allowances. but the people
of Washington. striving to coordinate
all municipal welfare activities in one
agency. opposed an Independent
mothers aid board. The stipulation
to create a subcommittee within the
Welfare Board was a compromise
which preserved the principle Of CO.
ordination.
Three persons of recognized ability
and experience have been placed on
the subcommittee. namely: John Joy
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the number Of new families added will
be Offset to some extent by the drop.
ping of older cases that have ceased
to need assistance.
One Family With Eight Children.
The applications received thus far
include 20 families with one child. o3
with two children, 81 with three chill
dren, 36 with four children. 20 with
fiye children. 8 with six children. 4
with seven children and 1 with eight
children.
AS the first two stipulations in the
law indicate, the mother must be a
proper person to have custody OF the
child and the home must be a salts
factory place to rear the child. The
Juvenile Court, therefore, will con-
tinue to take as its wards and place
in foster homes or institutions chill
dren Of families in which there Is some
other factor besides poverty.
The law for the home care of de-
pendent children contemplated an ap-
preparation Of 500, 900 for the fiscal
year. but, realizing that the board
would not be able to put the act into
operation at the beginning Of the fis-
cal year, the appropriation was made
$4,000.
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WIVES OF PREMIERS
Prominent IN LONDON
Visitors During Imperial Confer
ence Are Silent on Hus-
bands Jobs.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. November 6.-The wives
of the Dominion premiers here for
the imperial conference are very
much in the public eye, but. like good
diplomats, they never talk about their
husbands politics. The wives move
around London in long dark cars bear.
ing the royal arms and marked i'm
periaI conference" They are seen
mostly at women's clubs and organi-
cations where they have been made
heartily at home.
Mrs. Coates. wife of the New Zea-
land premier. is the busiest. She is
a Iondoner by birth and. in addition
to official receptions, has many per.
sonal visits to make after l6 years
absence. She Is said to be a "restful"
woman. loves dancing and "does not
do a lot Of talking
Mrs. Bruce of Australia is not fond
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Of publicity. but helps her husband
with his official duties at home. Sht
spends most week ends with her hus
band at a seaside resort near Mex
bourne. where they both play golf,
Behind her graceful. dignified bearing
she is credited with quickness and
resource, which are said to have stood
her in good stead on many occasions,
Here she plays golf when her social
engagementS permit.
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CHIMES ON PULLMANS.
Soft Notes to Replace Raucoua
Calls of Porters in West.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
OLYMPIA, Wash. November g.
No more will Pullman porters pull at
bed covers to awaken passengers for
late breakfast, and the time-worn rau'
cous calls are eliminated in the newer
order of things. Following the South
erp Pacific, other roads are equipping
their sleeping cars with soft mission
chimes to lure passengers from sleep
and to dining car.
AT stated yeriods of five minutes the
chimes ring out first, second and last
calls for seats in the buffet cars, a. set
of the bells having been installed in
each Pullman coach.
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cial welfare work in Washington for
many years as an official of the Asso'
ciated Charities and a. member OF the
former District Board of Charities
w. w. MILAN, a former president OF
the Board Of Children's Guardians,
and Mrs. Hugh S. Cumming. wife o!
the Surgeon General of the Public
Health Service.
= Trained case workers axe available
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A plan to construct a road exclu-
sively for automobiles between Mann.
helm and Heidelberg, Germany, Is un-
dor Cyav