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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-24

demoralizin, but from what hear
our high schools are worse o. course,
our high school authorities hain't got
no jurisdiction DER pupils outside
tn schoolroom, an ther haint got
any trainin' goin on in our homes
anymore. Parents expect our school
teachers t keep ther kids out o.
JAIL an teachers expect our parents
IT, git ther children's lessons fer
'em once a child finds out it's own
parents don't know nothin' it haint
goin t. try t. lean nothin'. If you
will send me a self-addressed stamped
envelope 1 shall only be too glad t.
tell you what's involved in Chiny.
Keep a. stiff upper lip, Mary Ellen,
an don't git discouraged, an don't
eat at sody fountains an ruin your
stomach. This is loose, fast age,
an at tn, rate were goin' jazz'll
soon run it's course, an then decent,
unscuffed girls IL be in demand, an
then you kin take your own sweet
time e selectin' some fine, upstandin'
divorced man who'll only be too glad
t. marry you.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-24
TEXAS STORM GRIPPED

DALLAS, Texas, April 21 (P.-Strong
winds, heavy rains and lower tenn
peratures were combined in storms
that swept northern Texas today.
Houston reported 6O-mile gale which
damaged trees in the city and de-
molished derricks in the Pierce june
ton oil field Three houses Were de-
stroyed by twister near Brownwood.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-24
JeweIed Circlet Is
EayOrite Earring

PARIS-Dainty silver and platinum
circlets set with jewels are the sea-
sons favored earrings in Paris. They
fit in well with the craze for bril-
liants as trimming on dresses and
hats that are worn for afternoon
and evening.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-24
Rabbit Skin Jacket
E0 SDo-4s Exyon4s

PARIS-Rabbit skin short coats,
some of them shaved and some with
long hair, are in favor fors spring
sports events which require a COM
Portable wrap easily discarded and
=
not easily damaged,
The rabbit jackets are usually hip
length, made single or double breasted
with small slit pockets. The skins
are not dyed, but are used in natural
colors.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-24
Checked Kasha Used
For Morning Suits

PARASITIC woman who insists
upon looking just right on every
occasion considers especially her
early morning walking suit. For
correct morning and sport wear
checks are. more than indicated.
Molyneux presents a trim suit of
beige checked kasha with a beige
cashmere blouse which can be worn
to many places.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-24
Flower Enlbroidery

PARIS-Paris has not banned flow
ers from summer styles but the floral
designs which appeared as printed
chiffons last year, take the form Of
embroidery in the new fashions.
Several dressmakers achieve beau
tiful effects with flower embroidery
on midsummer styles. Doucet is
one of the houses showing silk en-
broidered flowers scattered over
georgette crepe and chiffon frocks.
One model of this type is black and
white with rose to match the dress
design embroidered on the collars of
the black silk crepe coat.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-24

month, while February is the safest
December's seven year toll was 5O2
fatalities, compared with 359 for
February.
Last year 166 persons were killed
in the streets on Fridays, mostly
bv automobiles. Saturday, with a
total Of 157, was the next most
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-24
Kashas Use Prefix
Diersa For Spring

PARIS--Kasha, the dress. fabric
which is as ehangeable as the women
who wear 1T, has again changed it's
name. Now it places the prefix
djersa before the kasha.
Rodier, designer of the famous
material, has a whole family of
djersas, including djersecla. The
djersakashas are knit fabrics, usually
with a shaded cross-stripe which
blends many soft pastel tones, with
beige predoninating.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-24
PARADE OF FASHION
Many Gray Costumes
Worn At Paris Races

Many Gray Costumes
Worn At Paris Races
PARIS-Indications at the race
courses around Paris are that women
have decided to include gray with
beige, black and navy blue for town
wear. Many gray ensembles are
worn by smartly dressed society
women as spring advances.
The comfortable coat is still
necessity at the race courses and a
favorite with the woman who can
afford it is a python skin, which
is light gray or pale beige and
white. The reptile coat is also ideal
for summer motoring. It's one draw
back is the price, for even the woman
with a very large dress allowance
hestitates to pay for a garment which
may be out of style soon.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-24
Accordion Crowns
For many New Hats

PARIS-One of the marks of sum-
mer millinery is the collapsible
crown which droops toward the back
like a tired accordion. Paris own
name for these hats is "Croissiere
Noire," but the English speaking
customers of French modistes prefer
to call them accordion or cookie shell
hats.
Some houses are showing an exag-
gerated droop in the crowns of these
hats. A few models look like bent
stovepipes.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-24

Circlets of jade and coral have
baen more or less displaced from
favor by the jeweled earrings.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-24
Detachable Skirts
On Bathing Suits

PARIS-An abbreviated kilt which
can be removed by simply undoing
one button makes a third piece on
many two piece bathing suits. When
the lady in the bathing suit is ready
to swim she tosses her IL inch skirt
aside, takes her dip and dons the
skirt again when she comes out of
the water This undoubtedly will
prove popular at some American
resorts where skirtless suits are
taboo.
Designers explain that the skirt
is removed not because it would
hamper the swimmers movements,
being too short for that, but because
the water would take out the pleats.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-24
Cigarette Holders
Going Out of style

Cigarette Holders
Going Out of style
PARASITIC cigarette holder, long
regarded as the badge of emanci-
patton by some women, is going out
of style in Europe. Those who smoke
prefer to hold the cigarette between
their fingers. 2
Beauty experts with processes for
removing yellow stains from the
fingers-the dainty smokers bette
noire-may be responsible to GER
tain degree for the holders disappear
ance as a fashionable accessory. 4
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in the throng roofing for their hero,
and so it goes, these many contribut-
ing causes to sweater prestige.
Striking color animates the new
sweaters and somehow one cannot get
away from the feeling that tricky"
designs or patternings have much to
do with achieving these novel color
effects which prevail throughout
sweater styling. Per example, note
how the stripes encircling the sweater
shown first in this group are broken
up into medley of sections, dropping
one color to take up another. This
produces most unusual color effect
and many of the new stripings are
just that way.
Speaking of stripes, they are very
much in evidence in the sweater
realm. Candy-striped sweaters are
outstanding in the newer models. The
sweater in the foreground in this
group is typical Of this trend to
stripes.
Another new departure is the repeat
motif patterning, being the symmet-
rical positioning Of the figure, which
in the case of the sweater shown to
the right at the top, looks very much
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the fall style scheme with renewed
emphasis, and in such unique ways
one experiences thrill at every turn.
Black frocks with gleamings Of gold
are being especially exploited.
Among unique trimming effects are
metal stitched plaits, SO Unanswered
that the gilt forms sparkling outline
along the lengthwise edge of each
plat. Cluster stitching done with
gold or silver thread is also hand
somely applied. A frock of black
velvet, the new sheer kind, interprets
the metal trim with scalloped edges
accomplished with silver buttonhole
stitch.
Comes from Paris striking nov
elty-a tin-trimmed frock. In actual
appearance not as sensational as it
sounds, as this. picture of a newly ar
rived model attests The tin is so
procesSed as to be lightweight and
supple. Then it is riveted over vari-
colored silk, giving it an extremely
beautiful effect. Pockets and a plas-
iron collar of this tin novelty are very
effectively disposed on the dress here
shown.
Not only in trimming way, but in
the weave of many new fall fabrics,
metallic effect asserts itself. Metal
cloth also of exceeding sheer type
strikes an entirely new note, its sup
pleness yielding gracefully to plait-
ing, which accounts for the new
plated metal cloth skirts included in
early fall showings. It Is said also
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For Meditation
100000
By LEONARD A. BARRETT
DETACHMENT

D USKIN wrote, eff you cut one
IN square inch out of any Of Tur-
ner's skies, you have an insight into
the Infinite; but if you stand at a
distance of an inch from any of Tur-
ner's skies, you will find you have
only daubs of paint" Daily struggles
with very real world bear the same
testimony. Studying problems in a
mood of calm detachment has saved
many mistake. When you are i'm
PEELED to write letter. your best wis
dom tells you not to write; write it
anyway, but do not mail it. Separate
yourself from the harassing condi-
tons involved. Look at the problem
from distance; and tomorrow you
will throw the letter into the waste
basket and be the better for it. Ere
quently problem seems unsolvable
because we are too near it. This
nearness makes it impossible for us to
study it from an all-around point of
view. Acting upon the impulse Of
the moment many times results disas-
trously. Problems somehow have a
way Of suggesting their own solutions
In these days when we are trying to
live "a hours in II, it seems neces-
sary that time be taken for one to
become acquainted with himself. An
inventory of our own sources of
strength and weakness may surprise
us. He is wise man who knows his
own limitations. If every day we
could see our inner selves reflected in
a mirror we would learn some impur.
tant lessons. Moments of detachment
spent in becoming acquainted with
ones self are never spent in vain.
In life of seventy years, a man
sleeps twenty-three years, works twen-
ty years and plays twenty-seven years.
The efficiency of the twenty years of
work depends upon the way we spend
the other fifty years. If some of this
time is given to hours of detachment
when we see visions and dream
dreams, hours in which ideals are
born and ambition kindles the fires
of enthusiasm, then we shall have
gone long way toward reaching our
goal in life. Mountain tops are not
Inhabited. We climb them for the
benefit of the point of view. So with
hours of detachment in a daily life of
toll and strain.
e. 1927. by Western Newspaper Union.)
n
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FLOATING ISLAND
CUSTARD DESSERT
Secrets to Drop Egg Whites
BY SpoonfuIs.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultsre.)
Among the many ways in which GUS
tard may be used for dessert there
is none nicer than old-fashioned "foat-
ing island" when it is carefully made.
1t should have rich, creamy, smooth
custard, and delicate ISLANDS" Of egg
white floating on top. The secret of
success which you must know in max
ing this dessert is that the egg whites
must be dropped by spoonfuls on the
hot milk for few minutes, until they
are thoroughly set, before the yolks
are added to make the custard. Com
plete directions for making floating
island are given by the bureau Of
home economics:
Floating Island.
/ quart milk 1s teaspoon salt
or egg yolks / teaspoon vanilla
n cup sugar
Put the milk into a double boiler
with the sugar and salt When this
mixture is hot, drop the stiffly beaten
sweetened egg whites on the surface
by spoonfuls, and let these islands"
cook for few minutes until thorough
ly set. Then skim them off and put
aside until the custard Is made. Beat
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SESDTy Martha Martin

one as though engaged in drill.
"The Skunk family sleeps during
the very coolest part of the winter,
but the rest of the time they are
awake, which rejoices old Horned
Owls hearth he can be said to have
a heart.
''The poor Skunk family would like
to be sociable, but no one wants to be
sOciable with them except old Horned
Owl, and they do not care for his kind
Of sociability!
"Old Horned Owl has tufts upon his
ears so that he can be told from other
owls, and then he is very big and very
strong.
HE gives a terrible Shrek and a
mournful call and the little animals
tremble.
'He doesn't bother about building
himself a home, but he tries to find
nest that has been vacant and has out
birds TO Let sign. -
"That sign in the bird world is SIM
ply an empty nest.
"And when nest is 'Te Let or For
Rent no one need do anything but
move inf it is a suitable place.
''Now the Barn Owl is quite differ
ent. The Barn Owl is far more gentle
looking in appearance, for Old Horned
Owl is dangerous-looking creature,
too!
''He has soft feathers Of gray and
brown and yellowish white, with
speckled decorations.
HE hasn't any tufts over his ears
such as the Great-Horned Owl has.
"He has little brown eyes and long
legs, and he likes to have his nest in
the hollow of a tree as sometimes the
Great-Horned Owl does, too, or under
a roof Of a barn.
"Mrs. Barn-Owl lays six beautiful
white eggs in the nest and she thinks
no other eggs would do!
1.-THE BarnOwl is one Of the latest
of the Owls to nest and in many, many
ways is very different from the Great
Horned Owl.
"The Barn-Owl is rather shy and
isn't often seen, but they do a great
deal of good work, destroying bad in
sects and brown rats that would do a
great deal of harm.
Eyes, cannot say that l have very
much that is good to say about Old
Horned-Owl, but I have a great deal
that is good to say about the useful
Barn-Owl and so 1 told about Horned
Owl first and Barn-Owl last, saving
the better evil for the last!
''That is the way it should be when
one is telling about these two Owl
families"
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How 1t Started
By JEAN NEWTON
THE STAGE

THINKING back for the origin of
L any theatrical performance, our
minds naturally revert first to Shake
Speare and his Globe theater. Some
Of us would go back little farther,
and many of US would choose Moliere
the plays he wrote and staged, often
in the open, for the mad Louis, and
then, in his own theater, where, for a
while, he was the rage Of France.
But these were only steps in the
evolution of the theater and the play.
For the origin Of all dramatic repre-
sentation, we must go back to the
days of idol worship when many gods
were thought to rule the destinies of
man.
Two brothers, Danaus and Aegyp-
tus, sons of Belus, shared the throne
of Egypt. After particularly heated
quarrel, Danaus, with his followers,
set sail in search of new land where
he could rule alone. They landed
near the Greek city of Argos, of
which he shortly became king.
Here, to celebrate his good fortune,
he instituted festivals in honor of the
god Bacchus, who was supposed to
have helped make his undertaking
successful. These festivals consisted
of nothing more than riotous revelry,
interspersed with songs, which, after
the manner of the day, were primitive
and often coarse.
But the festivals soon became very
popular and were held periodically all
over Greece. From this beginning, in
the form of Kind of public worship,
which was the first entertainment or
performance known, evolved the the
atrical projects of later ages which
developed into the institution Of the
theater as we know it today.
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BACK YARD HINTS
FOR WASH DAYS
Good Policy to Hang Out
Clothes Soon as Rinsed.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Many women do not seem to know
that it is good policy to hang out
clothes as fast as a tubful is rinsed
and put through the wringer. They
wait until the whole washing is done,
thus losing valuable morning SUM-
shine and crowding the lines. Often
the colored pieces, which ought not
to stand while wet, are left in the
basket until place can be made for
them.
If you are using washing machine,
the first lot can be hung out while the
next tubful is in the machine. thus
releasing some of the lines by the time
the last tubful is ready. If you do
not have a machine, letting the second
while the first is being hung out
makes them easier to wash, and the
change in work will prevent you from
getting too tired, working at the tubs.
Galvanized wire clotheslines have
the advantage of permanence They
are easy to clean with damp cloth
and are useful for all but thin mate
rails. They must be looked over for
rust spots from time to time. Many
homemakers have in addition to a
permanent wire line for general use
a rope line to put up on wash day.
Boiling a new rope for few minutes
in soapy water softens it and length
ems its life.
There is no best way of putting up
q clothesline. Available space and
personal preference will determine
to large extent whether to string
the clothesline from posts or build
ings, or on a stationary or revolving
drier, or on pulley line which makes
it possible to hang clothes without
leaving the house or porch. Reels are
a convenience in stringing and storing
lines and may be easily made at home.
Some provision must be made for
indoor drying during bad weather. A
good kind of drier for the small home
is wooden frame equipped with rope
and pulleys so that 1t can be pulled
up to the ceiling.
The old-fashioned wooden clothes
pin is cheap and serviceable for gen.
eral use, provided 1t is made of sound,
smooth wood. Spring clothespins are
usually Of better quality, although
the metal wire is likely to corrode and
may break. A basket for clothespins
with wire hooks can be pushed along
the line and much time saved when
hanging clothes; or one of the various
kinds Of clothespin aprons may be
preferred. A clothes bag similarly
equipped with hooks for the line can
be used to hold the clothes as they
are removed after drying. small
stool which keeps the hamper at
convenient height also prevents tire
some STOPPING. A child's wagon can
be used for the same purpose If avail
able. 1t saves lifting the filled basket.
The United States Department of
Agriculture has recently issued bull
letin on home laundering. Farmers
Bulletin 1497-F, in which many addi-
tional suggestions will be found for
making laundry work easier. 1t Is
free while the supply lasts.
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cooking can be done in half an hour
or less. Fruit and green vegetables
are used at each meal.
TO prepare the ham for the first
dinner: Wash it thoroughly and trim
off any mold or loose pieces. Soak
overnight if the ham is unusually dry.
Otherwise, put directly into cold wa
ter with a teaspoonful and a half of
picking spice, three slices each of car
rot and onion, stalk of celery, half
a teaspoonful Of celery salt, sprig
of parsley, and quarter of cupful
of strong vinegar. Bring to a boil
and cook slowly until it is tender
when pierced with long-tined fork.
For an old ham, five or more hours
cooking may be necessary. The meat
will be somewhat shrunk from the
bones, but the ham should not be over
cooked or it will be difficult to carve
nicely. If it is to be served as cold
boiled ham, let it cool in the water in
which it was cooked.
To Bake Ham.
To bake the ham remove the skin,
then cover the surface with paste
made in the following proportion:
One cupful of brown sugar, one cupful
of fine soft bread crumbs, one tea
spoonful of mustard, and enough cider
or vinegar to hold the paste together.
Stick the ham all over with whole
long-stemmed cloves and bake in
hot oven so that the crust forms quick
ly. Then reduce the temperature of
the oven and haste with mixture Of
ham liquor and cider or vinegar until
the ham is evenly Drowned.
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When oranges are expensive or hard
to get, tomatoes are just rs good as
far as food value is concerned.
Attractive and cheap table runners
can be made Of crash toweling.
They give summer touch to the
iuncheoH or supper table.
The extra pat Of butter, the second
or third slice Of bread, and the big
helping of dessert are more often to
blame for excess weight than Is any
specific food.
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CHE WHY of
SUPERSTITIONS
BY H. IRVING KING
OPAL..S

HE superstition with regard to
the opal-that it is an unlucky
gem-appears to be of northern ORR
gin. In the East the opal has always
been regarded as rather a lucky stone.
But in Morse mythology we find the
probable genesis of the superstition
common among English-speaking peo-
pie today. In the "Edda," that IA
nous collection of Scandinavian myth
ology, it is stated that Volonr, the
scandinavian vulcan, fashioned out of
the eyes of children a gem called
yarkstein in which was, apparently,
the opal. And it was a common be-
lief in the Middle ages that by look
ing into the pupil of the eye the figure
of a boy or girl could be seen.
This early connection between the
eye and the opal persisted down to
the time Of Queen Elizabeth and
doubtless owed something to the phys
ical resemblance between the white of
the eye and very milky" opal. In
Elfzabeth's reign Doctor Batman
writes, "The optallius (opaD keepeth
and saveth the eye of him that bear
it and dimmeth other mems eyes so that
it in a manner maketh them blind, so
that they may not see what is done
before them, so that it is said to be
the patron Of thieves" This is clear
ly a variant of the evil eye super
stition, the opal being the eye; and
taken in connection with the gruesome
custom of Volonr recorded In the
Edda sufficiently explains the inherit
ed, intuitive distrust with which the
superstitions regard the opal today.
&c by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate,
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the egg yolks lightly, and pour slowly
into them some of the hot milk. Pour
back into the double boiler and stir
constantly until the custard coats the
spoon. Remove at once and place the
pan in bowl of cold water, stirring
until cool. Add the vanilla, or other
flavoring If preferred. Chill and serve
in individual glasses or dishes.
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Would Be Pie-Moker

At some stage in her housekeeping
experience every woman privately
longs to be considered good pie
maker. She may not admit 1t, but she
welcomes chance to exhibit her art.
She will find one in this menu, for the
dessert Is fruit pie, rhubarb, black
berry, neutrality-suspicious. fruit Is
in season. One little hint about this:
When making any juicy fruit pies.
prebake the undercrust till it begins
to color up to prevent its being soggy.
Then fill with thick, sweetened
stewed fruit, put the top crust on, and
bake as usual.
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prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.D
One of the food problems in sum-
mer time is to dispense with as much
cooking as possible and nevertheless
give the family plenty of variety.
With so many kinds Of fresh vege-
tables obtainable in abundance at this
season 1t is easy enough to have va
riety in vegetables. AS most Of the
vitamin-rich kinds should be cooked
the shortest possible time or stewed
raw, as in salad, the chief problem is
how to have the meats the family
likes without monotony or overhead
ing the kitchen.
Ham is of course a standby in sum-
mer time, because after it has once
been cooked it may be served sliced
cold, or quickly heated up in a num-
Der of different ways. Here are sew
eral ham menus suggested by the bu-
reau of home economics for use in
warm weather.
Several Ham Menus.
1. Ham, boiled and baked; seal
loped or baked potatoes; swiss chard;
blackberry ice.
2. Cold sliced ham; potato salad;
sliced tomatoes; raspberries and
cream.
3. Ham omelet; corn on the cob;
string beans; peach shortcake.
4. Ham hash; New Zealand spin
ach; tomato, cucumber and cress
salad; watermelon.
Baked or scalloped potatoes are sug-
gested for the first menu because the
oven will be in use for browning the
ham. On the other days all necessary