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HOUSEHOLD
HINTS

There Ia an art in making light
pastry, as In everything else.
Some people are what is called
"heavy-handed." and can never
make good pastry, while to others
the gift seems a natural one. Still,
much can be done by practice.
The following is an excellent
method Take a pound of best
flour, rub 1t through sieve, place
1t little distance from the fire for
a short time to get thoroughly
dry; then rub in the half Of three.
quarters of a pound of butter and
the juice Of half a lemon. mix 1t
lightly up together with a little
water. Roll 1t out as thin as a
scent piece, put a layer Of butter
all over 1t. double 1t In four, and
roll it out again: do this twice. by
which time all the butter will be
in. Then fold It up and put 1t
down on a plate on the stones OF
the larder to get cool. After this
roll it out three times, and 1t is fit
for use.
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in Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, and
in all places where the influence
of the Celtic culture survives.
/. have seen a Breton wedding
procession dance miles alons rhe
roads from the town where the
marriage took place to the bride
groom's native village.
was told that such professions
will dance round all the neighbor-
ing villages in the afternoon and
will go on dancing after supper
long into the night.
The Breton's favorite "ridee," a
round dance. is a disciplined ex.
ercise Of organized rhythm. The
dance which they call "le bal"
has bewildering variety Of steps
and swinging movements which
stretch every muscle in the body.
Naturally the people Of Brittany
are well known tor physical en-
durance.
Primitive dancing may also be
found all over Africa and in the
northern territories of Australia.
The value of studying the methods
which have given such admirable
results among primitive people is
the prospect Of basing on them a
scientific system of medical gym.
nastics and remedial exercises,
and even possibly Of reviving the
ancient practice Of communal
dancing and restoring to civilized
people the standards Of health
which they have lost in the com.
plication of their ways Of life.
1t was with delight that L
glanced from my train window Il
few days ago and saw at a fash
ionable suburban station just out
of Chicago the poster Of a bali
made up of old fashioned quad.
rifle, or square dance, and a long
list OF other folk dances. The
movement for a return to the
rhythmic, graceful and more ath-
letic primitive dances should be
encouraged. But even the modern
dances. excluding the horrible
Charleston, are better than no
dances.
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NOw Go On With The Story.

DUT there'd be Interruptions;
ID someone would pass. a bell
would ring. And his gaze would
so straying off toward the corner.
"A great job, Chris. Never
thought / was cut out for work
before. Fellows like Stan miss
something"
Really? 1 waited for you this
noon. Kept place at the table
TIL I had to ruth"
''Gosh! Say, I'm sorry. worked
right through; forgot all about
Iunch!" IA
She was puzzled. How could
anyone do that? Especially one
like Penny-not. as wealthy as
the Bairds. but with plenty.
Because she couldn't understand
Il, she searched out woman-like,
another reason for his elusive
ness. And settled upon Peggy
Baird. ~, -.
In her imagination she built up
q tight understanding between the
two. Peggy in love with Pen
inducing her father to give him
L partnership some time; Penny
attracted by the Baird millions,
perhaps by Peggy herself; willing
enough to fit into the scheme.
How did she know 1t wasn't all
settled between them? They even
might be engaged:
Tortured Thoughts
Such thoughts tortured her, yet
she chung to them, turning them
In her mind. !. Sometimes she
wished he were not Pennington
at all but q nobody. like the
bookkeeper chap. 80 things might
be easier: for her.
But she, knew. diInly. she'd lose
interest then. Desperately as she
might fall in love, 1t would be
only with a. man at least COM
fortably off. She didn't know
why. But 1t was so. neverthe-
less.
Driven by jealousy. she took TO
housekeeping when Peggy .Baird''
voice on the wire asked for Penny.
Foot tapping the floor. hands
restless. red running up her
throat. she would listen.
One day Penny promised Miss
Baird to attend q dance at North
Shore country club -
Christine slipped off her head.
piece; walked like a sstone image
into the dressing room; stood at
the window. seeing nothing.
Stacia Marinoff has been watch
In. Now she came in softly,
slipped her arm about Christine's
waist.
why the tragedy stuff, babyT
Crown Princess cutting in?"
"Oh let me alone, Stacia. was
beaten before | began"
mot il you'll. use the weapons
the good Lord gave you. You're.
that excellent thing in woman
beautiful and brainy. Guess you
know you're there on the old APP.
peal. don't, you?
Listen; Tn going out tonight.
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That, may say. is exactly
what I, too. have thought Of
sympathy--the gentle thing" my
friend speaks Of. The touch Of a
hand, an expression, a word with
held perhaps.
/ do not believe. some way. that
the thing this charming woman
has is true sympathy.
Sympathy" says Carlyle, sis
the safeguard of the human soul
against selfishness.' That is, the
human soul that loses itself in
consideration for others forgets it..
self.
But the human soul that fares
forth and gathers up the emo
tons of others in order, to hold an
emotional orgy of its own with
them is not without selfishness.
True sympathy is made up Of
kindness and understanding; it
never is dominating and never
obrusive.
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INSECTS IN
SNOW

Even the cold of winter does
not stop all insect activity.
Among the hardy snow.frequent.
ers may be mentioned those curl.
GUS little worms-not strictly in.
sects--that gain a mysterious live.
lihood on glaciers in high noun.
tains, and consequently are
known as glacier worms.
Then there are some tiny In.
sects never seen in winter, and
so little known that they have no
popular name, says Nature Maya
zine, of Washington. Scientists
call them Boreus. and they leap
on the snow like. miniature black
grasshoppers. What they eat
and how they live has not vet
been discovered.
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INDIAN LADS
DOGS


TlHE Indian boy shares his
i cookies with the, dog just like
the puppy-loving pale face youth
does. Six.year-old Joe Belt Of the
Glacier National Park reservation
has four dogs following him to
school every day.
Cookies are a. scarce article in
Joe's little tin lunch box so he
saves the nickles and dimes he
gets from Glacier Park summer
tourists. In this way he has a
fund with which he buys "store
cookies in packages at the agency
trading post. Once a week he gets
a package as dessert for himself
and the dogs share the goodies
with him on Fridays. /
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BY Lucy Lowell

66CYMPATHY," asks a friend Of
y mine. 'is exactly what? I
know a woman" she goes on, ga
charming personality, who Is
thought by her friends to be the
most sympathetic creature imagi-
nable.
IF you have a disagreement
with any one. she at once takes
up your cause and Is gorgeously
offended for you. If you have a
sorrow or disappointment, her
grief matches yours. And If you
have a happiness she is almost
overcome with Joy.
"As I say. she is a charming
woman and we're very fond Of
her. Yet ] must admit that her
sympathy is rather wearing at
times. I don't mean to be unap-
preciative, but there is SO, MUCH
Of It:
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ADVERTISEMENT


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By Chas. A. l.. Reed, Md
Former President of the American
Medical Association

Medical Association
YOU doubtless frequently hear
Il about the disastrous conse.
quences of modern dancing upon
the health.
/ have looked into that question
rather carefully, and am con-
WINGED that these alleged damages
from dancing are more imaginary
than real. When they are expert
enced at all I am sure they are
the result of associated dissipa-
tions rather than OF the dance it.
self.
1t is to be remembered that the
dance has been an all.important
element in the evolution OF hu-
man society and the survival Of
the race.
Because a certain amount of
this primitive dancing has a frank
ly erotic significance the whole of
1t has been largely condemned to
oblivion as not being quite re-
spectacle. But, just as one may
study literature without being
obessed by erotic fiction. 50 one
may study primitive dancing with
just as much profit as primitive
writing and observe its great
physical and moral value.
At very early stage Of culture
it was religious observance. 1t
was the origin of all drama, and
the only reason for the invention
of music. From the Oldest times,
however, there was always in 1t
an element of aesthetic enjoyment
for participation and spectator
alike.
Among early peoples dancing
was practically the only social &C.
ltiyity. It was church, theatre and
art gallery in one. 1t is from it's
aesthetic side that its health as.
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Presently amazement spread
slowly upon Christine's face. She
leaned across the board; beckone :
her cousin. They're having q
horrible row. He's left the re-
ceiver off-it's about you. Told
Stan-here-" She slid the straps
over the pale head; pressed down
the ear-piece."
All a-quiver. Gay heard STAINS
tense voice. Shes too good for
me-for any Of us. OF course To
marry her-in a split second"
Very ForlOrn
Her fingers, like water, dragged
the thing from her. head. She
CROPPED for her chair, shrank
down, tiny and forlorn.
Christine came over tenderly
Don't bother about it, Gay darl.
ing. I'll get your hat. Go on
home: Ill tell his crabby highness
that you're Ill. Wouldn't have
said anything If I'd thought you'd
take 1t so hard"
Gay went slowly, doubtful Of
coming back. But she did come,
a bit uncertainty. She didn't want
to give up her position without
a reason she could offer Jennie.
Stanley sent her yellow flowers
as If nothing had happened and
waited for her with his roadster
after work. Sometimes she sliprec
away from him, occasionally he
drove her to the ferry.
She managed an air Of lightnGss
laughing over trivial things. He
never spoke of the quarrel. with
his father.
The note was written on incred.
IDLY heavy, gray paper and there
was crest at the top.
ITO Be Continued Tomorrow
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IN THE GOOD
OLD DAYS

s. A T the time when I removed
"A to Kentucky" wrote Audi
bon, turkeys were SO abundant
that the price Of one on the mar.
ket was not equal to that Of q
common barnyard fowl now. /
have seen them offered for the
sum Of 3 pence each, the birds
weighing from 10 to IL pounds.
A first.rate turkey, Weighing from
% to 80 pounds, avoirdupois, was
considered well sold when 1t
brought a quarter of a dollar"
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Fur Bearer

TNHE mink IL one OF the most
i widely known fur bearers Of
the North American weasel family,
says Nature Magazine. 1t il long
bodied and heavily proportioned.
while Its short legs and arched
body cause 1t TO walk slowly and
clumsIly. 1t swirns with ease and
thus obtains fish, frogs. crayfish.
or CLAIMS rs a mart of its food.
Supplementary the diet Of small
mammals. fnoles, mica and rats.
Length about fifteen to- twenty
inches. -
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Primitive Dancing Fine for Physical Development

pect was probably developed.
The more primitive the dance
the more marked are its charac-
te!istics of concerted rhythmical
action, bodily poise and strenuous
all-round muscular exercise in
the air and sunlight. AS it dawn.
ed on people that the enjoyment
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INTERESTING
ANIMAL


Bright. Eyes is the most inter.
esting SIX ounces OF life I have
ever owned. II is a vest pocket
pet. winning It's name from a pair
Of sparkling brown eyes that see
everything, worth seeing, writes
c. B. Manning in Nature Maya,
zine Of Washington. Bright Eyes
II q marmoset monkey, a divert.
ing companion and a, sure cure
for all OF the various kinds of
blues recorded in popular song
Bright Eyes is, a Brazilian mar
moset. with a. disposition more
gentle than it's larger relatives
from Central America. It's tail
stretches eight and one-half inch
es, while its body is only six
inches. I
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against the elements, wild ami.
mails or human beings Of the en-.
vironment.
The wisely organized community
would rather therefore exert Itself
to make the dance an athletic ex-
ercise as well as a rite, a repre-.
sentation or a medium Of common
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enjoyment. The warrior chief
would value any method of train
ing his young men in discipline,
concerted action and self-control.
There are many sources from
which 1t is possible to learn the
essentials Of primitive dancing.
Old country dances are still alive
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of rhythmical motion was partly
based on sense of physical we'll
being, the dancer naturally devel.
oped into an athlete. He or she
became d highly efficient member
of q community in which physical
endurance and keenness Of sense
were necessary to maintain life
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Sailor Lingo

YyHE seaman often speaks of
j weather" when he has In
mind nothing more than wind,
says Nature Magazine. DIRTY
weather" suggests to the lands
man the idea of rain and mud,
but in. nautical parlance 1t means
a blow. i..'
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pathy to be a gentle thing that
blends in with your mood in q
soft understanding, rather than q
somewhat overwhelming emotion
poured into your own state of con
seriousness"
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Too Much Sympathy Is a Burden

1T sort of sweeps you along
into more sadness, If you're sad,
and IL you're happy you rather like
to be the one to rejoice most
don't you?
i've always imagined real SYM
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launched Penny into a long story
Of his wanderings abroad.
When he thought of the time It
was past midnight. A shadow Of
worry crossed his face.
You're witch. Chris! May as
we'll trek up home now. Let's do
this again, though. Fun and
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next morning - let her dreams
mount. Penny's warm, laughing
gaze across the table; a moment
when he caught her. held her in
his arms, exultant; the lingering
regret in his farewell.
OF course he cared. Shed have
no more doubts, no more tantaliz-
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A SOul-Stirring Story of Jubilant Love
and Bitter Remorse, Penned By a
Well-KnOWn Author
Read This First:

Gay Moore and Christine Wall
Street house JohnstUne Baird
Penny by his position
love of luxury Stanley Baird Penny Of
Baird i in love with Gay Gay his knowing
friendship existing between tombstone Baird
the Lilac fears that Stanley will inherit his fathers vices and
doubtful his Christine
yo Barclay to Pe9ny jealousy She rOadhOuse
plan ensts the aid Of Stanley and goes after Christine Christine
hsr errnE cousin and revsa that while looking for the road
Baird dining alone Christine with sEruT dis
misses the incident but Gay fears that Mr. Baird viii msunderstand
hr questionable She fears she has
stirred SanIeys phandering parent wonders
consequences to the boy-and to herself-Win be-
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coating of makeup that older
women assume.
Thus when youth sits beseide
age, the makeup eliminates the
danger Of comparison!
Youth has been encouraged
into the ways Of sophistication so
that the young will appear older
and thereby make age appear
younger!
1t has been a clever and sue.
cessful campaigni
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WOMEN have gone mad on the
w subject Of youth! They will
go to any extreme. from starva.
ton to being carved up. to look
younger than their years.
And one of the cleverest stunts
they have put over is in eliminat-
ing real youth so that they do
not suffer by comparisons!
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clever trap to put your youth and
sweetness out Of the way so thai
old women can compete with you.
It's been a clever trick to dis
guise real youth so that artificial
youth could stand favorable com
parison!
My advice is to outsmart them
by appearing in your own natural
young complexion and show them
up as the painted chromos they
really are!
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frolic-well, l guess. Wonderful
girl, YOU"
She sent him away, happily.
Combing her hair before the mir
ror, she leaned forward - kissed
her reflection.
CHAPTER 10
Christine lived It all over the
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ADvERTIsEMENT

help Is Needed 10 Restore
Your Vested Strength and
Energy.
STU" leaves the body weakened
and rundown. In such cases, tonic
is clearly indicated. Restore the ap.
polite and ria yourself of that let.
down feeling. u
tit" Is a very enervating dis
easy. II leaves its victims so weak
and ,cbilitatsd that there Is as
Ihei 1anger from the after.effects
as n ~ the disease itself. In other
words. after an ATTACK Of the "flu.'
s0u need a selective Opic to rebuild
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Big Boy. Wait--I'u find out II
he's busy"
She spoke to tombstone Baird
over the wire and giggled. Hes
mad about something. Have
care, Jack Dalton" Stanley
looked back at Gay as he went
through the gate.
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ing suspicious. That was the way
to lose a man: to worry-let him
see that she didn't trust him.
She looked up through a rosy
mist: saw Stanley Baird regarding
her glumly.
"Your dad wants to see you,
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those who envy her what they
can acquire!
A bit of powder to dull off the
shine on ones face is all right,
but why paint your young face
to match the painted old faces of
those who are after all trying so
hard to appear what you really
are.
II you are sweet and IL. don't
let yourself be shared into this
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Toy Balloon Delivers Moil

TOY balloon to which Cologne business man, while
"A visit to Hamburg attached greetings wife,
has just come to earth in Accra British West Africa with the
message still clnging to it.
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Those who make fortunes by
massaging and marching and
making a woman of 40 look like
a flapper have had to start by
making the fIapper assume the
artificialities of 40i
They have set the fashion for
heavy makeup and cleverly influ:
enced the really young to hide
their fresh young skin, and
naturally red lips under the same
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Real youth with its irresistible
appeal Of innocence and charm
can never be initiated. SO it had
to be eliminated!
Therefore every really young
sweet pretty girl who assumes
sophistication and hides the in
imitable beauty of her young skin
under a heavy coating of bold
paint, Is merely sacrificing her.
self to further the success Of
The St. Paul echo., 1927-02-05
Indian Freak Barnun,
Must Haze Overlooked

About the year 1850 Mohammed
Baus, a celebrated dwarf, and the GEN.
ter Of much interest, and for many
years later the pet Of the districts
around Calcutta, because Of what
were described as his amiable conduct
and pleasing manner.
Mohammed was born at Benares In
1889. At birth he gave no indication
that he would be a dwarf. His par
ents and his brothers and sisters were
all rather above the medium height,
and he himself was not considered a
small child. But soon 1t was discov-
cred that, although his mental quail
ties were rather above the average
he did not increase in size as other
children did and never In his life stood
more than 81 inches in his socks.
One of his English friends took him
to England, where he was the subject
of even greater interest than in India.
He had very easy, unembarrassed
manners, was able to discourse in
English and was remarkable for his
gentlemanly department"
The St. Paul echo., 1927-02-05
Defining "Christian"

"The London policeman is the finest
example Of Christian have met; he
will answer any foolish question that
any fool asks him." said Doctor Nor.
wood, the bishop. AS a definition OF
a Christian that seems to leave some.
thing lacking. The precise duty OF
the Christian to the fool has never
been satisfactorily stated. The au.
thor of the Book of Proverbs evaded
the question by writing. in two con
secutive verses, Answer fool accord
ing to his folly" and Answer not q
fool according to his folly" but then
the author of Proverbs was not, in the
strict sense of the word, a Christian
st. Paul congratulated the Corinthians
on suffering fools gladly. But then the
Corinthians probably had no traffic
problems.-Pierre Van Paassen, in the
Atlanta Constitution.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-02-05
MINNEAPOLIS NOTES

Charles Brody of S11h w. Lake
st. has been ordered back to the Uni
versity hospital to take Radium treat
ments.
The Minneapolis Sunday Forum
invites you to come to the Phyllis
Wheatley House Sunday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock and enjoy it's splendid
program. Miss Armeda Wilkins of
st. Paul, one of the Twin Cities most
talented and charming young women,
will be the speaker of the afternoon.
Mr.. Geo. w. Hamilton of st. Paul,
WCCO's favorite story teller, will
read. Mrs. Katherine Vaudeville
will give one of her always enjoyable
vocal numbers and Grayfield and
Clendenon, on string instruments,
have promised rare treat. Installa-
ton of newly elected officers.
Mrs. Fred Jones of 632 Sixth Ave.
No. was called to Atlanta, Ca, to the
bedside of her mother.
Mrs. Anna Jordan, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. B. Fitzger-
aid, left for her home in Aurora, Ill.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-02-05
Won,an's Confidence in
Her Profepe Justified

AT that time (1793), astonishing as
1t may seem, the cotton crop Of the en-
tire country could have been raised
on a field comprising not more than
200 acres. The price of cotton was
exceedingly high because Of the cost
Of preparing 1t for the market. The
chief expense was in cleansing it of
dirt, leaves and the seeds which chung
to the fibers. 1t appeared unlikely
that cotton could ever be raised in
large quantities in this country be-
cause Of the cost of preparing 1t for
the use Of the spinner.
zone evening Mrs. Greene was en-.
pertaining distinguished gathering of
southern gentry, and the converse
ton turned to this particular problem.
"'Surely Mr.. Whitney can supply
your needs said Mrs. Greene, with
confidence in her protege. Her guests
regarded the remark as a pleasantly,
but young Whitney took 1t in all seri-
BUSINESS. Never having seen a cotton
plant, the next day he went into the
country and obtained samples of the
bolls. Ten days later he had a model
Of cotton-cleaning machine. From
"A Popular History of American In.
vention," by Waldemar Kaempffert.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-02-05
Perfect Behavior

The boys and girls of a congested
neighborhoOd were invited by their
teacher to write their own personal
rules Of life. The collection included
the following:
'You must always be obigent, clean
your neck, stand creek, and swallow
good fresh hair"
Don't get nosey or hit anybody
with cross eyes because it gives you
bad luck"
"Never try to steal dogs bone or
you'll have no pants"
always live fair and never ask
your father or uncle for money when
they are drunk.
Don't steal from the Five and Ten
and if you hit girl you are a
coward"
Every week you must have a bath
and don't do no murderin. Golfers.