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Evening star., 1928-12-29
Blackheads and Pimples.

Dear Miss Leeds: (1) How can I
clear my skin of blackheads and pim-
pies without squeezing them? (2) am
II years old, feet II inches tall and
weigh 1852 pounds. Is this correct?
(3) have brown eyes, chestnut brown
hair and a dark skin. What colors are
becoming. FRANCES r.
Answer-O 1t is necessary to squeeze
these blemishes in order to remove
them. This must be done very care
fully to prevent bruising the skin and
causing scars. Some of the smaller
blackheads may be washed out with
soap and warm water. Work up a rich
lather on your face-cloth and rub it
into the skin, rinse in clean water and
lather again, letting the soap remain on
the skin until dry Now rinse well.
This will rid you of most of the black
heads. Press out the remainder. care
fully with a comecion expressor or with
your fingers protected with a cloth.
Now apply peroxide to cleanse and
close the pores. The pimple must be
opened with a sterilized needle. and the
pus expelled. Apply peroxide or other
antiSeptic. (2) Your weight Is good.
(3) Becoming colors for you include
bright reds, rust, brick-red, dull coral,
dull pink. apricot. bronze-green, dark
blue, ecru. bright yellow, mahogany,
dark brown, deep cream. black with
bright trimming. LOIS LEEDS.
Evening star., 1928-12-29

There are few homes that have not
had some additions to their furnish
1ngs during the past few days. Christ
mas is almost sure to bring either
new furniture or new furnishing ac-
cessories, fresh and up-to-date. The
home maker delights in them, but
sometimes these very things accent the
less pronounced freshness of the things
already in the rooms, and perhaps a
certain worn and shabby appearance.
The contrasts are too strong.
There are many little things that
can be done to At the new with the
old advantageously. Unless these mat
ters are taken care of while the con-
trast strikes the home maker strongly
the eye becomes so accustomed to the
discrepancies that they cease to be
jarring They probably are, however,
to others who enter the rooms with
o fresh vision, and unaccustomed eye.
The necessity for prompt action is ap-
parent.
The furniture can be given a good
rubbing with furniture polish and any
upholstery be thoroughly brushed. Use
q pointed furniture brush-that is, one
in which the bristles form a point-if
you have buttoned upholstery. With
Tound-headed gimp tacks tack up any
loose gimp or binding. Glue on any
bits of veneer that have chipped of.
It Is important to keep every bit Of
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wood SO broken off, as it is not easy
to get similar bits, though, of course,
it can be done If the wanted bits
are missing, and the time is not op-
perfume for having the furniture re-
paired, match the color with stain or
dye and paint the spots so that they
at least match the wood in tone.
Minor scratches in furniture can be
satisfactorily darkened by rubbing with
a cloth moistened with kerosene.
Grease spots can be taken from tex
tiles with benzine. gasoline, or any
one of many cleansing fluids or prepa-
rations
Apart from these major matters there
are plenty of little things that can be
done to help the new fit in we'll with
the old, such as going over the books
in the book cases or shelves, and see
| ing that they are in straight, even
rows, laundering anti-macassars, clean
| ing sofa cushions, etc.
It should be borne in mind that the
| new things should always be put
where they fit in best. It frequently
happens that this means putting them
in rooms different from those expected.
| Study the new furnishings and con-
slider well just where they should go
In order to get the best and most ar
tistic effects from old and new to-
gether.
(Copyright 1921
Evening star., 1928-12-29


Sir Austen Chamberlain was engaged: :
the progress Of Alan Cobham's flight
over Africa; the activities Of the Prince
OF Wales and the week end holiday of
their majestieS. This was followed by
an account Of the days important
cricket match and a chess tournament.
For musical dessert the dance orches-
ira at the Savoy Hotel rendered a few
numbers
Promptly at 1890 the announcer
bade the listeners good night and the
air was still. There was nothing more
to get. Without comment, the host
lighted his pipe. poured himself and
guest refreShment and retired. With
a powerful enough set he might easily
nave tuned in to Berlin, but he was
satisfied.
Things may have improved since
that time. if indeed improvement
means all-night entertainment.
One Of the most interesting broad
casts to which we have ever listened
, was the changing of the guard at
Buckingham Palace, a sight which al
ways intrigues the traveller. Through
the loud speaker came the sharp,
| staccato orders of the officers and the
quick step of the guard. The band
played lively military air and the
contact of the feet with the asphalt
was clearly audible.
X \ X y
F. B. sends us two verses. The first
| one, written in 1776, is as follows:
Farmer at the plough,
Wife milking COW,
Daughter spinnig yarn,
Son threshing in the barn,
All happy to charm"
One hundred years later (1876), an
other writer, after having read these
lines, indited these:
Farmer goes to see the show,
Daughter at the piano,
Madame gayly dressed In satin,
All the boys learning Latin,
With mortgage on the farm"
X X X X
The meanest man in Washington Is
the one who, when you halt in obedi-
ence to boulevard stop sign, blows
his horn for you to go ahead.
\ X
Next to the meanest man Is the one
who backs his Machine against the
bumper of your boiler, thereby creat-
ing barrier by which you are unable,
TO move until he returns.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
BRAIN TESTS

This test presents number of ques-
tions which can be answered with ease
by one possessing correct geometric con-
cepts. Several answers are suggested
for each problem. Indicate by check
which is the correct answer.
Allow two minutes.
I. Two circles intersect in at most -
points.
no, } one, { } two, { four.
2. Two traight lines intersect in at most
- points.
} no, one. two, three
g. Two squares intersect in at most -
points.
} two, } four. { six, } eight
4. Two triangles intersect in at most
- points.
{ ) two { } three,( four, } six
S. Two rectangles intersect in at most
- points.
) four. { six, { eight, { ten.
/, two; 2, one; 3, eight; 4, six; 5,
eight.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
Lessons in English
BY w. L. GORDON.

Words often misused: Do not say, II
didn't go, neither Monday nor Tuesday" !"
Say, either Monday or Tuesday"
Often mispronounced: Aluminium.
Pronounce a-lu-min-nm, a as in task, .
first as in unit (not as in "rule'C
l as in "in," last as in run" accent
second syllable.
Synonyms: Accomplice, abetter, con-
federate, conspirator.
Worod study: use a word three times
and 1t is yours" Let us increase our
vocabulary by mastering one word each
day. Todays word: Harbor; to enter
tain in the mind. He harbored his
misgiyings in silence i.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Sunday, December 80.

Kindly stars will dominate tomorrow,
according to aStrology, which reads in
the stars much of friendly augury.
1t Is a conf1guration especially favor
able to older persons and should i'm
part buoyance and light-heartedness.
Industry has the forecast of a profit
able week in which workers will have
many advantages.
The churches should benefit, and the
day is auspicious for the loftier aspira-
tions of the human mind.
Constructive plens for philanthropies
ard charities are believed to be we'll
directed while this planetary govern
ment prevails.
erty will be eliminated from the world,
but first diseases must BE conquered to
a great degree.
In 1929 the public health will con-
tinue to be widely discussed and new
safeguards will be prepared for the ris-
Ing generation.
New sciences will be developed or old
sciences extended, so that knowledge of
the human machinery will be wide
spread and common maladies that in
terfere with it will be eliminated.
This should be lucky rule for
heads Of families as well as for lead
erS in business and the professions.
High standards Of efficiency in fami-
lies as well as business organizations
will be sought in the new year, it is
forecast. Homes are to focus attention
and those who occupy them are to be
held to their responsibilities, especially
in the care of the young.
According to ancient lore, this should
be a favorable day for the wearing of
new garments, especially those made
of fur
Persons whose birth date it is have
the augury of year made happy by
devotion to church or religious re-
search. Journeys are indicated.
Children born on that day probably
will combine with strong mentality
certain psychic gifts. The subjects Of
this sign of Capricorn often are ex-
ceedingly philanthropic and they make
good teachers.
1Q02l
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nbbASC 344 ONCA bAAC
country. At 3
o'clock in the
morning the radio
hend could tune in
and get station
lou. If he didn't
happen to like the
Indian City Quar-
tet he might twist
a dial and listen to
the T ank t o W n
Brass Band. It is
reasonable to state
that the air is not
still during the "a
hours of the day,
It Is the spirit OF
America.
The trouble be-
twnpn 011r friend
Evening star., 1928-12-29
The Sidewalks of Washington
BY THORNTON FISHER.

He led the family to the tree Christ
mas morning and pointed to large
radio set to which was attached card
saying ITO me. from myself" It seems
that he and his wife have never agreed
on radio programs. He likes jazz and
speakers and she is fond of classical
music. Wednesday he hooked up his
receiver in the room he calls his own
and where he can listen in peace to the
sort of entertainment he seeks. Many
ordinarily happy families have been di-
vided over this important issue. The
love of variety is characteristic and
seasoning of American life. We de-
mand hundreds of designs and devices,
even though we choose but one.
Almost over night the air was filled
with diversified programs. Broadcast
ing stations offering every form of en-
tertainment sprang up like brood of
Evening star., 1928-12-29
Milk-Poached Eggs.

Put two cupfuls of milk on a hot
stove in a saucepan or utensil deep
enough for milk to cover about six
eggs. Break the eggs one at time and
season them with salt and pepper, add
ing a little to each egg to cook off in
the milk, then drop into the boiling
milk. Proceed in this way until four
or more eggs have been added. Let boil
until the eggs are set, or as much cook
ed as desired Serve hot, one egg and a
little milk in oatmeal Saucers. These
require only few minutes to prepare.
Very nourishing for supper, on cold
nights, or for breakfast.
Evening star., 1928-12-29

knowledgements slip for weeks and
weeks. The longer she delayed writing
them the harder she found them to do.
So this year, down underneath all her
grumbling. she was really glad to get
the plain good-looking cards. While
she was still excited over her gifts she
found it easy to express an appreciation
which was long and genuine enough
to go on a card. Had she written long
before New Year day. AS it was
the last gift was duly acknowledged and
the acknowledgment mailed by New
Year eve.
There are other kinds of etiquette. Write
to Nancy Page. care OF this paper. inclos-
ing stamped self-addressed envelope, ask
ing for her leafiet on Table Etiquette.
(Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1928-12-29
Everyday Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.
Nervousness.

The thing that made Freud famous
was his theory of nervousness. And
since every one Is more or less nerv-
Gus most of the time, it was easy
for the Freudians to command an au-
dience.
Repression is the key to nervousness.
Freud described his first patient as one
who was suffering from unconscious
memories-memories which she re-
pressed because she didn't want to
think about them.
When he finally succeeded in find-
ing out what her unconscious memo
ries were, and then in getting her to
think them over, the young woman in
question was cured. Her repreSSions
were removed from her mind. She
had a mental housecleaning.
It is a fact that no one is completely
free from his or her repressions. They
keep coming and going. A person gets
nervous only when he gets so many
of them that he cannot find way to
make them fit into the facts of every
day life.
Repressed memories have way of
working themselves out of the mind
into the body. The individual bites
his nails, trembles at every little irri-
tation, gets palpitating heart. some
times stammers, develops a walking
fever There is no limit to the strange
forms these repressed memories may
take to utilize their energy. This is
what Freudians call conversion down.
ward" meaning that some unconscious
idea finds expression in some physical
symptom.
The best way to avoid all this is to
keep from taking the world too serious
ly. This amounts to warning about
thinking too highly of ourselves, for the
world, so far as each of us can know
it, is pretty largely measure Of what
we take ourselves to be. In other words,
nervous folks are oversensitive crea-
lures with an inflated self-appraise-
ment of themselves.
fCopyright 192Sl
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difficulty in getting together enough
pieces out Of your scrap basket to make
one.
The sky is of blue chambray (quite
light shade), with little clouds Of
gray chambray, and, of course, the
ocean is of plain blue gingham, the
angry waves being of white rickrack
braid
The cliff is of brown gingham with
green gingham grass, and why not
have a bright red roof on the windmill
and house! These may be of ging-
ham or sateen. The ship may be buff
gingham with white sails.
Cutting, recutting and fitting the
pieces together will bring about a very
quaint effect and one which is more
fascinating than a stamped-pattern
pillow would present. Fine hemming
may be used to hold all of the pieces
in position.
(Copyrigi1t, 1927
Evening star., 1928-12-29
Suet Pudding.

Grind through food chopper one
and one-half cupfuls of sweet beef suet.
Mix with one cupful of boiling water
end half cupful of molasses. Beat one
egg we'll and add. Sift with three cup
fuls of flour, pinch of salt and tea
spoonful each of cinnamon. nutmeg
and sugar. Add to the other ingredients
Finally stir into the batter. first dredg-
ing with flour, one cupful of chopped
seeded raisins and half cupful of wal
nut meats. Mix well, turn into mold.
on each slice put spoonful of whipped
cream.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
Daily Diet Recipe

SCALLOPED STRING BEANS.
Cooked string beans, three
cups.
Butter. two tablespoons.
Flour, two tablespoons.
Salt, one-half teaspoon.
Milk, one and one-half cups.
Drowned, buttered crumbs,
one cup.
SERVES 6 OR Z PERSONS.
Make sauce by melting but
ter. Add flour and blend well.
Add salt and milk. Cook and
stir until smooth and thick. Add
beans, mix well and put in a
creased baking dish. Cover with
crumbs and bake 10 minutes in a
hot oven. Leftover beans would,
OF course, do.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes protein, fiber,
little fat. Lime, iron and vita
minis A and B present. Can be
eaten by normal adults of aver
age or under weight.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
NANCY PAGE
Thank You Notes Are Sent
Before New Year Day
BY FLORENCE La GANKE

II tell you, Peter, you don't half
appreciate your wife. There you sit
buried in the paper and I write all
the thank you notes for the family.
You know you ought to write to the
Green's They are more your friends
than mine" No response Didn't you
hear me, Peter?"
"Uh huh, but why do you suppose
gave you all that nice stationery and
that box of correspondence cards if I
didn't expect you to use them? You
Evening star., 1928-12-29

and his wife started at the inaugura-
ton of commercial programs. The va
rious entertainment vintages served up
by enterprising advertisers gave Mr..
and Mrs chance to choose their fa-
vorite brand of music and other radio
dishes. Thus the ruckus began in
earnest. Now he can escape to his
room and listen to the Jazzbo JOY
killers instead of being compelled to
hear his wife's tenor singer.
X X X X
One evening we visited an English
family at Staines, small, picturesque
village near the old battlefield of
Runnymede. short distance away
stands the historic structure in which
King John signed the immortal Magma
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Ny Neighbor Says:

When roasting or frying pork
see that 1t is thoroughly cuUku4E
Many people are made Ill hy
eating pork not sufficiently
cooked.
Clipped polychrome frames
may easily be repaired with SEAL
ing wax, which comes in all
shades. SpYscA the wax while
hot and mold it Iriuo shane.
When making a meringue have
the egg whites very cold and
beat them until stiff enough to
stand alone. If baked in too hot
an oven meringue will be tough
and shrink when set away to cool.
Wool clothing. if worn in the
kitchen absorbs the odors of
foods that are cooking.
Pitted prunes cut in small
pieces and added to the last
kneading of bread make a very
delicious bread.
Evening star., 1928-12-29

near the annOunc-
er open the pro-
gram. Good eve
ming" said the
formal voice of
John Broadbent,
the announcer
This Is station
2-LO, calling the
B ritish Isles"
Then followed the
program. Singers
and speakers sue
ceeded each other.
On the scheduled
minute the news
of the world was
read by the an
nouncer, who de-
scribed briefly q
.1a
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Corn Bread.

Mix together two cupfuls of cornmeal.
two cupfuls of sugar, one teaspoonful of
salt, one teaspoonful of baking soda and
one and one-half teaspoonfuls of baking
powder. Add two cupfuls of sour milk
and one teaspoonful of cold water with
two well-beaten eggs, beat we'll, add two
tableSpoonfuls of melted lard and beat
again. Pour into well creased shallow
pans and bake for about 80 minutes.
Put the lard into the baking pan with
enough extra to grease the pan and set
on the stove to melt while you mix the
other ingredients.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
Umbrellas as Accessories
BY MARY MARSHALL.

1t is only recently that women have
come to realize that an umbrella was
bit of wearing apparel just as much
as handbag or raincoat or a scarf.
There are some women who still re-
gard the umbrellas they carry as
Evening star., 1928-12-29
SaYorY Toast.

Soak one cupful of bread crumbs in
one cupful of milk and add to one and
one-half cupfuls Of grated cheese that
has been slightly softened with one
tablespoonful of butter in saucepan.
Stir until blended and the cheese is
melted, then Nd beaten egg, salt
to taste and aPsash OF cayenne. Stir
until the egg is set and serve on slices
OF toast with parsley or other garnish.
Evening star., 1928-12-29

Charta. A short motor trip and one
may stroll behind the ancient battle
ments OF Windsor Castle, from whose
heights miles Of English countryside
may be seen.
Chimney pots project above sur
rounding trees. to which are attached
wireless aerials. So much for the en-
vironment in which we found ourselves
After supper the family repaired to
the study, where the wireless stood
The Englishman calls it wireless. y
The host turned q dial just in time to
Evening star., 1928-12-29
Home in Good Taste
BY SARA HILAND.

Just like lot of other fascinating
little things about the house, this little
pillow is made of scraps. Sometimes
it seems as if we have better success
with something that we just plan out
of small pieces which we have at home
than with an article for which we pay
a goodly sum in store.
There is a great deal of character
to a little pillow like that shown in
the Illustration, and when tell you
the various colors and materials of
which it is made, you should have no
Evening star., 1928-12-29

OIIE LIUI1I6I says
Jimmy has become very much inter-
ested in the different cereals by looking
at the attractive pictures of them in the
advertisements of the magazines. I
is always eager to try them and because
of this interest usually pronounces them
very good. OF course they are good and
good for him, but I used to have a
hard time getting him to eat them.
Some companies send charts to keep
records of mornings on which hot
cereals have been eaten by placing q
little gold star on each day and at the
end of the month badge, the delight
of all small boys hearts is sent to the
child who sends in perfect chart.
(CopYright. 1929
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MILADY BEAUTIFUL
By LOIS LEEDS.

age and height is 122 pounds. Please
see my answer to Frances r. above for
treatment Of your complexion blemishes.
In addition you must be careful ia
avoid constipation. Drink six or eight
glassfulS of water daily between meals.
Drink a large glaSsful of milk at each
meal. For breakfast have fruit, cooked
cereal with cream and sugar, poached
egg on toast, bread and butter, cup OF
cocoa. For lunch have cream soup, q
large salad. cheese sandwiches or baked
potato and peas, pudding and a glass
Evening star., 1928-12-29
Complexion RIemishes.

Dear Miss Leeds: I am Is years old.
5 feet 5 inches tall and weight 1O6
pounds. Please tell me how to remove
pimples and blackheads from nv face
and also how to gain weight. ANNA.
Answer-The average weight for your
Evening star., 1928-12-29

LARGE PEARL ADORNS TOP And
SMALLER ONE THE END OF SILK
UMBRELLA. BESIDE 1T UNI
BRELLA WITH PAINTED WOOD
EN- DOGS HEAD WHICH MAY BE
UNSCREWED FOR KING.
SMALL UMBRELLA WHICH MAY
BE CARRIED IN PURSE. CARVED
Il M B r E Liza HANDLE THAT
LOOKS LIKE ALLIGATOR!
impersonally as the doormat or a
floor mop. A woman like that feels
that she owns her umbrella - unless
she depends on borrowing one when
she needs it-but she cannot be con-
Evening star., 1928-12-29
Copyright, 1929

SO. Sense of hearing.
81. Thread: combining form.
SO. The south wind.
64. Uncanonical writings.
65. One afflicted with a dread disease.
Down.
/. City on Lake Michigan.
2. Wing-like.
3. Sandbank at the mouth of the
Thames.
4. Also.
5. To pry secretly.
6. Father.
z. Limb.
8. European mountain range.
9. Become stuck in mud.
10. Pretended remedies.
II. Securely
13. The East.
IA. My lady.
is. Artless.
II. Taut.
20. To march.
%. Compound fieshy fruit.
"a. Son of Hilkiah.
81. Rough.
%. A heron.
| 80. Girls name.
| "a. To equip.
35. CONNECTIONS made of sugar and
nuts.
| 36. An embankment.
38. Closed car.
| SO. Triangle of reference.
| 40. Skin.
| AZ. City in Maine
43. Seaport in Prussia.
| AZ. More "high-class."
! 40. Cameloid ruminant.
| 81. Common.
| So. Natural turret.
| 81. Old oath.
| Sc. To speak imperfectly.
| So. Greek letter.
| so. Owed.
| 81. Bone.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
PRuNE TAP1OCA PUDDING.

Heat one pint prune juice to
boiling point, stir in two table
spoons quick-cooking tapioca,
cook five minutes, then add one
fourth teaspoon salt and one cup
stewed and stoned prunes and
cook until tapioca is clear. Re-
move from fire, add one table
spoon lemon juice and stiffly
beaten whites three eggs, beat
thoroughly with egg beater, then
return to fire and cook two min
utes. beating constantly. Turn
into pudding dish, chill and
serve with custard sauce. Gus
tard sauce: Beat yolks three eggs,
add one-half saltspoon salt, one
half cup sugar and one pint
scalded milk, cook over Toiling
water until thick, remove from
fire, flavor with vanilla and chill.
Evening star., 1928-12-29

feels sorry fer boys at got no pop
corn, an poppers-but wist my muv-
yer was fcle more generouser wifi
the butter.
lcopyright. 192s.l
Evening star., 1928-12-29
BANANA CUSTARD WITH
WHIPPED CREAM

Thicken one pint milk with
two eggs beaten with three-quar-
ters cup sugar and one teaspoon
cornstarch. Take from fire and
add juice one-half lemon. Fill
serving dish with alternate layers
cake and sliced bananas, moisten-
ing each layer with custard. Serve
very cold with whipped cream.
Evening star., 1928-12-29

MINCED BEEF ON TOAST.
Make a medium thick cream
sauce. When boiling put into
sauce one cup finely minced
roast beef, one teaspoon poultry
seasoning, pepper and butter.
Pour over hot buttered toast.