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Evening star., 1926-08-25
BEAUTY Lf1Alo BY Edna KENT FORBES

astringent, or a medicated mud pack,
or any such long-drawn-oWn beauty
treatments.
If YOU are to nervous to relax when
YOU lie down, spend the first five min
utes Of your 20 minutes in taking
exercises stand in your stocking feet
and bend over half a dozen times to
touch the floor with the finger tips,
and do bowling exercises, bending the
body front, back and to each side. Try
arm exercises AS we'll and. deep breath
ing. If possible stand on hassock or
low stool, on one foot. and swing the
other leg back and forth. These will
tire you 80 you will like resting
quietly.
0. T.-The mixture Of ammonia and
peroxide would not hurt the skin If
you used 1t every day unless 1t was
found to be too drying. You will know
this, though, before there is any harm
done, because the skin will become
very sensitive to the touch. 1t is best
to be satisfied with less haste, and
apply the mixture two or three times
a week to the hair. If there Is burn.
ing sensation afterward, use olive oil
or a cream to sooth the skin.
Conditions are reported so bad in
I.atvia that not only merchants but
farmers are facing failure.
Evening star., 1926-08-25
WHEN WE co SHOPPING
BY MRS. HARLAND III. ALLEN.

II you're buying American antique
furniture, prints. glassware, hook
rugs, etc, you have q difficult problem
facing you. In our colonial life most
things of any artistic or decorative
value were brought over from Eng
land and France. So in answer to the
question as to what an antique is we
should have to say anything that $
not American. However, we regard
anything as an American antique that
was in use in the colonies before the
Revolution. If we believe some deal
ers, though, the Mayflower made at
least 20 trips with nothing aboard but
furniture. Antiques, II they're real
are never useless ornaments, because
their money on them.
Often a modern reproduction will
satisfy the requirements of an antique
in everything but age. Some Of these
reproductions have the advantage of
being better adapted to modern homes
and needs than their originals. Strict
ly speaking, we can't call them an.
tiques, but for practical purposes they
are every bit as good as the real
things. For practical purposes in
your home you may buy a reproduc
tion and pay less for something as
good as the original.
Antiques may vary as widely as
shop windows. But this much Is set
tled-an antique is old, charming, in
good style forever, lasting, useful and
an article whose value Is calculated
in more things than worm holes
stains and Weather-beaten surface.
Evening star., 1926-08-25
What Is an Antique? =?

Just what is an antique? 1t was
made a long time ago, but how long
ago? These questions become still
more puzzling when we read that the
ancient Romans bought antiques. and
fake antiques, from the willy Greeks.
To-day we consider an article antique
II it dates before the Georgian period
in England, the fall of Napoleon in
France or the ending of the Revolu-
ton in America. Yet some do not
agree to even that.
Our Government answers the ques-
ton in a very definite way. 1t has
ruled that anything which Ia 100 years
old or more is antique, and not subject
to duty So if you're buying any stuff
abroad this year it's worth your while
to find out whether 1t has passed the
century mark. Be careful, though.
because a clever dealer may fool you
abroad about the age of an article,
but he can't deceive the experienced
appraisers of the Customs Department.
If you're buying paintings or sculp-
ture you'll generally find that an an
tique is one that dates back to early
Christian times or before. In painting
there are definite periods, starting with
the Italian primitive painting and end
ing with the impressionistic and fu.
turistic art of today. Few Of us have
the means to purchase genuine an
tique painting or sculpture, so we don t
have to answer the question about
them: what Is an antique?"
Evening star., 1926-08-25
Relaxation.

7 wish I could make all my readers,
especially the thin and nervous ones.
understand the value Of relaxation.
But we all live such busy lives that
few of us have any time for rest ex-
cept our necessary sleep at night, and
most Of us are cutting that down to a
minimum.
If YOU can possibly take 20 or 30
minutes in the middle Of the day to
lie down and relax completely you Will
find 1t Of immense benefit to your
health and your looks. The most rest
full thing Is to lie fiat on your back
with your shoes off and your clothes
loose and your eyes shut. II you are
very nervous, or If you feel you are
wasting time you may not be able to
do this. In that case spend the half
hour reading a book or a magazine,
something that will amuse you and
rest your mind.
If you are very busy you might com
bine beauty treatment with this
short period Of relaxation; perhaps
then you wouldn't feel you are vast
ing time. For instance, IL your skin
is full Of eruptions, rub a medicated
ointment on 1t and let 1t stay on the
skin and do it's good work while you
are lying down. If YOU have dry or
wrinkled complexion, rub on flesh
building cream. If you need an astrin-
gent either for wrinkles or coarse
pores, rub this on the face while you
lie down. 1t is an excellent time, for
instance. to use the white-of- egg
Evening star., 1926-08-25
$50 YEARS AGO TODAY
BY JONATHAN A. RAWSON, JR.
Story of the u. S. A.

general pointed out. are quite different
from the sending out of well organized
skirmishing parties to annoy the en-
envy and set traps for their foragers.
The general instructed Putnam to
use the militia for duty behind the
breastworks at the rear, whilst your
best men should at all hazards prevent
the enemy's passing the woods and
approaching your works. The woods
should be secured by abatiS where nee
essary. to make the enemy's approach
as difficult as possible"
Most of the militia are green troops
who have never been in action and are
without further training than they
have picked up at home on the vii
lage common under officers as green
as themselves. Their spirit In present
ing themselves for battle service
against the best trained troops in the
world Is beyond all praise. Other reg
iments of the Continental line, notably
several from Maryland. Pennsylvania
and Delaware. are comparatively sea
soned troops under skillful officers.
With only 5000 electives on Long
Island with which to meet 1000 Brit
ish regulars and Hessians, there must
be no mistake in the placing of the
regiments. The generals assignment
OF the militia to duty at the rear is no
affront to the militia, but only the
recognition of a stern military neces-
CT
Evening star., 1926-08-25
Women Who Have Important Tasks
i'm the Government Service
nv ALICE ROGERS HAGER

enormous demands Of this new and
huge addition to its regular work. 1t
was a serious situation, as there was
only a short time in which to make
the necessary preparations. But
there was woman In New York
who had won for herself an envia BILE
reputation as an expert in the or
ganization Of financial files for corpo-
ration law firms. 1t should be only
a step for her to turn from the build
ing of q file for the financial affairs
of a great corporation to the building
of one for the public debt. So Miss
Helen Chatfield was sent for. and un-
der her proficient guidance the new
system was. planned. developed and
maintained throughout the difficult
war days.
She is still with the division OF the
public debt, loans and currency sec
ton, and has charge of all the filing
in that section of the Treasury. And
she is frequently called upon by out
siders in a personal capacity or by
other branches of the Government to
help them in an emergency. Among
these have been the finance commit
tee of the Senate and the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing. Her title is
llcdu VI lllidHt6 ISCOIoS anu
1t is anything but dull work, and to
one with a sense of order an ex-
tremely fascinating task to execute a
plan SO simple and so complete that
the youngest file clerk can learn 1t
readily, and yet that every smallest
bit of information, correspondence
and every statistical table is avail
able at a moments notice, in an office
where such things run necessarily
into the thousands.
Miss Chatf1eld was born in Brook
lyn. n. Y. and took her filing train
ing in special courses in New York
City, with library work to supplement
them. Then she went into her first
law office to study as an assistant to
one of the best trained women in fl
ing. This led her directly into other
firms that handled the organization
of corporations, and it was this in
tensive specialization that so we'll
fitted her for the work she is doing
in the Government service.
Evening star., 1926-08-25

the only sensible substitute for the
monstrous skirts that women wore.
But fashions-as not infrequently hap
pens-worked out the problem that had
been troubling the reformers. and
she worked 1t out in a much more at
tractive manner.
The skirt that women wear today
is no more like the skirts of Amelia
Boomers day than were the gar
ments she devised. In fact, to those
Victorian eyes the present-day skirt
would doubtless have seemed con-
siderably more offensive and less
modest. However, the short, scant
skirt of today Is worn by practically
every woman, and the old idea that
skirts are one Of the trials Of sex has
vanished. In fact, the short. llght
skirt Of today seems like a much more
comfortable garment than the long.
straight trousers that are essential
to all formal dress for men.
The knickerbockers that were
brought into popularity some sea
sons ago were of course an enof-
NOUS improvement on the old.tlme
"bloomer" and doubtless would have
gained more lasting place In Wom-
ems wardrobes If skirts had not been
80 light and short.
You really hear much less about
"knickers" than YOU did year or so
ago. The girls who took up with the
fashion and decided to wear them to
business, and did SO for a few days,
have almost forgotten that little Incl
dent. Practically never are knickers
worn for golf nowadays. They sur
yive for the most part for mountain
climbing and the more strenuous sort
of hiking
Evening star., 1926-08-25
Our Children By Angelo Patri
(CopyriRht. 1926.)

of some sort or other fills this need
nicely.
II there Is no concrete floor to be
used for chalk drawing and block
building, perhaps there is a room
somewhere in the house on which a
piece of prepared cloth can be tackled
This cloth is used exactly as a black
board Is used and lasts for a long
time. Spread on the floor it gives the
children a fine play space. A damp
rag cleanses it and the game goes on.
1t costs very little to give the chill
dren healthy and valuable occupation
during the hot weather. If there is a
fiat surface somewhere it is easy to do
the rest. Don't overlook barn floors
or back porches or attics. Find some
place where the children can do a bit
of floor work that can remain as long
as they want to keep it. 1t will
solve the difficulty of keeping children
busy Tor many a warm afternoon.
(COpyright. I9S6.j
Evening star., 1926-08-25
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
Fighting Over Him.

We are still receiving letters on the
subject OF the impossfbility of true
friendship between two girls who both
love the same man.
Most Of my readers agree with me
that it's pretty hard to be fair and
just In an affair of this sort.
Peggy goes so far as to say that she
would give up every girl she knows IL
she could get the man she wants by
so doing.
Her best friend would become her
worst enemy if she found her a rival.
There's danger in Peggy's open atti-
tude Of belligerency, though. She may
be willing to quarrel with her friends
over the affections of some man, but
will 1t do her any good?
Sometimes the fiery young thing
who does battle to save her boy friend
from the clutches of another girl only
succeeds in making fool of herself.
Just suppose Peggy's Arthur, who
has been going around with her now
for about two years, should come over
one night to find Nelly, Peggy's South
ern friend, visiting her. Suppose
Arthur fell madly at first sight-never
thought of Peggy again, never took
his eyes off the newcomer.
Peggy, true to her word. would at
once overwhelm Nelly with a torrent
of abuse. She'd tell her fatty that
Arthur was her man--that there was
to be no nonsense about any other
girl.
Which would probably have the eff.
feet of embarrassing and hurting
Nelly dreadfully. Maybe, If she were
fond enough of Peggy, she'd even
promise not to see Arthur again while
she was up North.
What would happen then? Arthur
would surely get wise to the fact that
Nelly was lodging him. And sooner
or later he'd be bound to find out why.
Then Peggy would be in Dutch for
fair For the chances are a hundred
to one that Arthur's feeling for Peggy
was too vague and indefinite to war
rant any such display on her part.
Sine admits he's never mentioned
marriage--neyer been particularly
sentimental. Then what fool she
will look If she wages war against the
first girl who dares to take Arthur
away from her.
Arthur will only despise her when
he finds that she's been making trou
BILE between him and the girl he's
really in love with. Any feeling he
had for her at all will vanish when he
gets the news. Men hate interference
Of that sort. Peggy will lose any
chance she had Of making the man Of
her choice care for her.
It's natural impulse to want to
keep what Is yours-but be sure a
man is yours first before you make
open and strenuous attempts to keep
him.
Evening star., 1926-08-25
General Directs Defense.

BROOKLYN, August 25, 177e.-All
has been quiet today on the Long ls-
land front American Army officers
ere wondering why Gen. Howe has
not already given battle. Perhaps he
IS waiting for more troops from his
transports or for a more favorable
wind, with the aid Of which his broth
ers navy can occupy the East River
and cut off the Brooklyn camp from
Headquarters in New York City. If
he has been waiting for more soldiers.
he got them today when two brigades
under Gen. DE IIeister arrived at the
1Iessian camp in tlatbush.
Gen. Washington came over from
headquarters and inspected the Amer
tcan breastworks and outposts with
Gen. Putnam. lie reserved his COM
ments for letter which he sent back
to Gen. Putnam shortly after reaching
headquarters. lie admonished Gen.
Putnam in the strictest terms to put
an immediate stop TO the constant
sniping which he had observed along
the picket lines. Random firing of
that nature, he said, accomplished no
good purposes. but, on the contrary,
wasted ammunition, discouraged de-
serters from coming over from the
enemy and made it difficult to distin-
guish between false alarm and q real
attack. Such unsoldierlike tactics, the
Evening star., 1926-08-25
Stuffed Eggplant.

Cut three medium-sized eggplants
In halves and cook until tenderin boil
Ing water to which a teaspoonful of
salt has been added. Drain and SCOOP
out the center of each with a silver
spoon. Drain and chop half of the
pulp that has been removed, add one
cupful of tomato sauce and the same
amount of sweet corn and one and
one-half cupfuls of minced ham. Sea-
son with a tablespoonful of butter
and one fourth teaspoonfuI of pepper
or a. little paprika. Fill the halved
egCplants with this mixture. cover
with buttered crumbs and bake In a.
hot oven for Is minutes, or until
nicely Drowned.
Evening star., 1926-08-25
Floor Work.

- 4OVA w VAAA'
Little children love to lie on the
floor, fiat down on their fronts, so
they can kick their heels high and
cushion themselves on their sort
places. They delight to lie on the
floor and write and draw and build,
and they should be allowed to do so.
During the hot weather If the cellar
is light, or if there Is somewhere about
the place a floor of concrete upon
which they may sprawl and write.
YOU will find 1t a most enchanting
place for the children under 10. They
will lie there for hours chalking pic
lures on the cool, gritty surface.
A rather rough surface Is good for
little children to draw on. 1t offers
certain pleasant resistance to the soft
chalk, and lines that would wobble
beyond the bounds Of beauty are
strong and firm enough done in the
large on the concrete. A landscape
can be worked out on a floor, and
when one is very little one deals In
big spaces and large gestures. One is
built that way In the beginning. The
fine lines and dainty forms must come
after adolescence, when the finer adj
justments are possible. Little folk
must make large sweeps and big
masses. If they are allowed to do so
their later drawing and writing Will
be the better for 1t.
Block building is much better done
on big floor space, such as the back
area or the cellar floor or the garage
space. One can have A, little mat to
kneel on. or lie on, and SO keep ones
knees from being scraped raw in the
building process. The building prot
ect can be much larger and be far
more extensive If it can he left from
day to day. It is far more interest
ing to build a village than just one
house that tumbles down as fast as
it goes up or has to come down be-
cause the dinner is to be served on
the site of the building.
OF course. a village can he built un.
der a tree, but that means wet wealth
er holds up the job. If 1t Is going on
under cover the weather will not mat
ter. Sun or rain will not prevent the
game. During the vacation period the
children need some center of interest
that draws them day after day A
floor space given over to construction
Evening star., 1926-08-25
Fatal Measles.

Every race in the world seems to
have disea2?s Wat are natural to
it: that is, endemic and always pres
ent among some members OF the race,
but not necessarily fatal In fact.
as the weaker individuals are elins-
mated by death, the survivors tend
to build up a race with considerable
natural immunity to local diseases.
Negroes have considerable immunity
to malaria. coming from Africa Inc
white race has built up an immunity
to diseases that may once have besn
highly fatal, like chicken pox ana
measles, but have since become mild.
Yet when Asiatic cholera got into
Europe from Asia, 1t had 90 per
cent mortality, and the bubonic
plague carried off half of Europe in
the seventeenth century In the
same way, smallpox, brought by
white men, killed more Indians than
all the wars, while measles, intro
duced among the Eskimos of Green
land, proved fatal to most who
caught it.
Now what do your know about
that?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions:
/. Vulcanized rubber is rubber fired
with sulphur.
2. The advantages of vulcanized
rubber are hardness and durability.
3. Plantation rubber is that de-
rived from trees cultivated in planta-
tions, contrasted with the wild rub
ber trees.
4. The Indians were the first to
discover the use of rubber: Columbus
saw them playing with elastic balls.
5. Mackintoshes are so named from
Macintosh. who first produced water
proof garments of rubber cloth.
S. The first use of rubber in Eu-
rope was for pencil erasers.
Copyright. Lo26.)
Evening star., 1926-08-25
My Neighbor Says:

Bedspreads which have
grown shabby may give long
and valuable service as sound
ing cloths for the dining table:
If a chicken is we'll rubbed
inside and ont with a cut lemon
before cooked 1t will make the
meat white, juicy and tender.
1t Is always a good plan to
place the piano a few inches
from the wall of a room, espe-
cially If it is against an out
side wall. The dampness COM
ing through often ruins the
tone Of an instrument.
If you make your own soap,
use an egg beater to stir 1t
after it is all put together. 1t
will take much less time for
the stirring.
When a custard pie shrinks
from the crust 1t has been
baked in too hot an oven. The
oven should be hot for the
first eight or ten minutes in
order to bake the pastry so 1t
will not become soaked with
LIQUID. Then reduce the heat
or the cuStard will boil.
A slice Of lemon rubbed over
the hands whitens and softens
the skin.
TO clean rhinestone buckles
moisten prepared chalk with
cold water. Dip into this a dry,
clean toothbrush and rub the
stones until all dirt is removed.
Then brush with a dry brush.
The stones will look beautifully
bright.
Evening star., 1926-08-25

Do this regularly. and particularly
in the evening. Use powder and
rouge If you wish. But never leave
them on over night. They clog the
pores, often enlarge them. Black
heads and disfgurements often fol-
low. They must be washed away.
Get real PoLn,oLps
Do not use ordinary soaps in the
treatment given above. Do not think
any green soap. or represented as
of palm and olive oils, is the same
as Palmolive.
1t costs but 10c the cakei - 50
little that millions let it do for their
bodies what it does for their faces.
Obtain cake today. Then note
what an amazing difference one
week makes. The Palmolive Com
pany (Del Corp.). Chicago. Illinois.
s1ss
Evening star., 1926-08-25
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Me and Spuds Simkins was wawk
ing along and we came to Sid Hunt
setting on the cerbstone with his fox
terrier Teddy, and Teddy was bark
| ing like enything, he saying to Sid
| Watts a matter with him?
Matter with him? Nuthings a mat
| ter with him, I'm educating him, Sid
| sed.
Go on. you don't haff to educate a
| dog to bark. that's natural, Puds sed
and / sed, Sure. most people haff to
| educate them not to.
I'm not educating him to bark, I'm
| educating him to add and subtract
| Sid sed.
| Go on. sed and Puds sed, Your
dreeming, and Sid sed. 0 I am. am
well jest look at this. If you know sc
| mutch, count 2, Teddy, count 2.
And he took a hunk of pretZil out
| of his pockit and held 1t in front OF
Teddys. nose and Teddy started tc
! bark and as soon as he had barked
IYwice Sid quick stuck the hunk OF
pretzil in his mouth, saying, Correck
good dog.
Aw, good mite, watts you giving us
| that some education, me and Puds
| sed.
Its more than you could do If you
was dogs, Slu Seu. NOW III Siio"
YOU how he can subtract. he sed. And
| he took out another hunk of pretzi
saying, from 5. Teddy. quick.
| And Teddy started to bark ager
and Sid quick stuck the hunk OF
pretzil in his mouth jest after the Bro
| bark. saying, Perfect, good dog.
| Aw, aw, education. aW, me and
| Puds sed, and Sid. All rite now jest
for that l wont show you how he
can divide.
We wouldn't give you a chance. we
wouldn't stay and watch him, G wiz
| education, good mite, me and Puds
sed
And we keep on going and Teddy
started to bark agen but we didn,
even tern erround.
Evening star., 1926-08-25
HOW 1T STARTED
BY JEAN NEWTON.
"Red Tape. "

II you have ever had to collect
money or adjust inconsequential de-
tail of business with a large corpora
tion, you have doubtless had Occa sion
to complain Of the red tape" which
Is our popular expression for need
less. as 1t seems to us. insistence on
formality and complicated procedure.
The most endless red tape, however,
is that to which they are subjected
who must deal with governmental or
municipal departments. If you had
some business at the City Hall, and
had been sent from one to the other
Of the usual scores of clerks, and
had been asked to sign the usual 81
varieties Of blanks, and were about to
expostulate, why all this red tape?"
you might have noticed that each en-
velope that was being sealed, every
folder that an important-feeling per-
son looked into, was tied with red
tape!
1t Is in the fact that official govern
ment papers are kept in folders tied
with red tape that this expression had
its origin. And to any one who has
had to transact such business it Is
obvious how the term and its popular
significance came into general use!
Evening star., 1926-08-25
Nut Mullins.

Sift one and one-half cupfuls Of
flour with three-fourths teaspoonful
Of salt, one teaspoonful of sugar and
three teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
Beat one egg until light, add three
fourths Cupful of milk and stir it into
the flour mixture. Beat well, add half
a cupful Of broken walnuts, then stir
in three tablespoonfuls of melted but
ter. Fill buttered muffin pans two
thirds full and bake in a hot oven for
about twenty minutes.