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The Washington times., 1928-04-04

In the throes Of spring painting
and refurbishing. there Is more
than q chance that some paint 10
going to get on someone's clothes.
Wet paint signs have a fatal
fascination for both children and
their elders, who alike have a de-
cided inclination to lean, sit or
brush against freshly. painted sur
faces. However. both fresh and
dried paint stains can be removed
from washable garments with a
mixture made as follows:
Dissolve / level tablespoon of
soap flakes in tablespoons OF
boiling water and allow to cool.
Then stir 2 tablespoons of benzine
or banana oil into the cold mix
ture.
The stain should be moistened
with this mixture and rubbed be-
tween the hands until the paint is
loosened from the material, then
washed in warm soapsuds made
by dissolving or more table
spoons of flakes in / gallon of
water.
Fresh paint stains can often be
removed by rubbing generously
with laundry soap and washing in
warm water.
Fresh and dried paint stains on
unWashable garments can be re-
moved usually with mixture If
The Washington times., 1928-04-04
PARIS STYE
NEWS

Paris styles for women stress
the effect of flounces and bows,
points out Bettina Bedwell in a
fashion article in this weeks
issue OF Liberty Magazine.
A Partisan designer, according
to Miss Bedwell, describes this
new fashion as: "A perfect riot
OF flounces running In ever direc-
ton: sloping up in front or at
the back, plated or gathered, cut
on the bias or cut straight, but,
always carefully studied SO that
the effect is youthful
Four out of five dresses have
1.-THE flounce in some sort of
Interpretation. explains Miss Bed
well. They are yariously called
flounces, tiers, and ruffles, and
you may find them masquerading
under that ravorite phrase of the
fashionmongers, the circula ar
movement. Girls will be girls this
spring. They shall fIaunt that
most feminine of all sartoria de-
tails, the flounce, and they shall
cease from the futile effort to
look sexless. Not only shall we
wear ruffles, but our spring-time
chic will be all tied up in bows"
Inventions by women Of England
were greater by number in the
past year than ever before.
The Washington times., 1928-04-04
NAMING THE
BANANA

early inhabitants of thsf East
believed that the banana plant was
the source of good and evil and
that the serpent which tempted
Eve hid in a, bunch Of the fruit"
writes w. T. Pope. OF the Hawaii
Experiment Station of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Undoubtedly this legend influ-
enced the early classifiers who
designated two species of the plant
as Musa Paradisiaca Fruit of
Paradise) and Musa Sapientum
Fruit of Knowledge)." The COM
mon name, banana" was adopted
from the language of an African
Congo tribe, and first came into
use during the sixteenth century.
Prior to that time the fruit was
called "applel of paradise" and
Adams fig" The name banana"
seems to have been borne for a
long period by the fruit. which was
eaten raw. The term "plantain"
was given to variety which,
though closely related to the ba-
mana, is edible only after being
cooked. The generic name "Musa"
for the banana group was bestowed
by the botanist Linnaeus in honor
of Antonius Musa. a learned physi-
clan OF the early Roman Empire.
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Removing Paint From the Cloth ing

that they have more or less pene-
trated the fibres composing the
material, instead of being held
on or between them. Most stain
ing substances are in solution or
in partial solution at the time
the stain is formed. Some OF
them undergo changes with time
so as to become more resistant.
Their removal usually involves
either dissolving. the stain sub
stance. or q chemical reaction 10
convert it to some other SUD-
stance that is soluble, or color
less.
In the case of Scme stains, a
high grade soap has SUFFICIENT
detergent power to remove the
foreign matter and restore the
appearance of the material. In
other cases a simple chemical re-
action is necessary, such as That
of oxalic acid or hydrogen per-
oxide, in connection with the use
Of soap solution.
In all cases of stains on colored
goods careful consideration must
be given to the dye that has been
used, 1t should be tested Tor
fastness before any removal OF
the stain il attempted, using
sample or a hidden part OF the
garment. If plain warm water
and gentle rubbing affect the
color, or If the chemical to- be
used changes it. one must choose
between the stain or a FADED Spot
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WIN We Behave Like Human Beings = 4

ing from the outside world moves
me. I am mad as 4 March hare.
Ambulance. Psychopthic ward.
What possessed me? The church
cali it devil or The Devil.
Freud calls 1t Unconscious.
There are as many kinds and
degrees of psychoses as there are
of Indigestion. There are few
perennially sound minds in per-
ennially sound bodies; few Of as
that are not off our balance or off
our feed now and then. Some
times it is serious. When we are
off our balance, society suffers;
when we are off our feed, we
suffer. Society expects us to be-
have. And properly locks Us
UP when our behavior is dan
gerous. But if we die Of indl-
gestion. society Is not interested.
There are those who cry when
they hear a dog towling, smile
when it wags its tail: the wall
or gurgle Of an infant means
nothing to them. Some children
are thrown into paraxysns Of
fear by a dog or fur coat. Some
cover from lightning, and when
the thunder roars overhead shut
themselves up in a closet. I
dodge an imaginary pump-handle
as / go by a certain spot. Few
women would touch q snake for
worlds; some love and make
pets of them. Some go miles to
see a prize-fight and are disap-
pointed if no blood flows. Whole
nations go to bull-fights, knowing
they will see streams Of blood.
Some women faint at the mere
sight OF blood; an English woman
is insulted at the mention Of it.
Psychoses? In a way. Such
forms OF behavior are not mat
tural:" they are no part of our
inheritance. Every popularity or
abnormality of behavior and every
psychosis can be described in
terms of individual experience,
Continued Tomorrow
copyright, 1928. by George A.
Dorsey
The Washington times., 1928-04-04
CORRECT
MANNERS

mar Mo-. Reeckman:

Dear Mrs. Beeckmans
Does the bride or the groom
pay for the bouquets for the brice
and bridesmaid.
q. AL q church wedding. should
bridesmaid wear long sleeves.
il her dress, as the bride does, Or
are long white kid gloves. with 3
dress without sleeves, fashion,
able? a READEit.
The groom sends the bridal bou-
n4,et ia his bride. This Is the
custom from time irnmemOrial.
JIsuallv the parents OF the bride
a. the bride herself. II she II pay-
for her own wedding, send the
bouquets to the attendants OK the
bride. They are planned to har-
monize with the decorations q
the church and with the costumes
OF the attendants. Therefore 1t y
more convenient for them to be
Sent by the persons planning the
costumes OF the attendants. How
ever. Il the groom wishes to send
them. he asks his bride TOT
this privilege and asks her what
kind az flowers and what shades
she wishes, to have him send
9. At the present moment long
sleeves are more fashionable Tor
the costumes Of the bride and hsT
attendants. However, 1t is correEt
for them not to have long sleeves
Il they prefer. IL the bride wears
short sleeves In her gown, slis
usually wears long gloves 70 carry
out the formality. But the brides
maids now usually do not veal
gloves. And, by the way, white
kid gloves have now, as RUE
given away to soft white suedes
Wear Hat M
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN.
Al young lady Is staying ct =
verv large hotel. How should sho
appear in the dining room2 Should
she wear a hat or not2 CWhen q
speak OF the dining room, I have
reference to the large public dining
room.l
When & woman il staying alone
at a very large hotel she will show
much the best form IL she wears .
hat when she goes into the dining
room.
The Washington times., 1928-04-04

pers, dsgenerates, hays. and har.
lots are quite as advanced" as
those Of Paris or London. # IL no
longer ne .essary to 60 abroad to
see 'life;s' Babylon has moved to
Main Street.
Social conditions are changing,
but the average American girl
still approaches her majority fit-
ted for no economically inde-
penden. career. Brought up as
q social parasite, it Is her belief
and the all-around understanding
that marriage is her career. For
that no special preparation =
deemed necessary. She Is q girl;
what more can one ask? Few
men ask more. Some do not get
d whole woman, More rarely does
the woman get a whole man.
But sauce for the goose Is not
sauce for the gander il these
days Of holeproof socks. built-in
beds, meals out, and no tables
allowed; the gan6er may feel. that
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Ny chief psychosis is, let US
say, morbid love for dogs. I
.'shudder with horror" at the sight
Of dog mt. loathe the dog
pound and am the deadly enemy
Of the dog-catcher. I defy the
muzzle law openly when l dare.
1 endow hospitals for unadjusted
dogs and cemeteries for dead
ones. In short. ! am crazy" about
dogs. But as / am not menace
to society, am tolerated, even
encouraged by "sympafhizers.
NY own darling F'ido dies. Now
am crazy. I buy satin-lined
silver coffin with gold handles.
have a ceremony. Rites at the
grave. Flowers. Eft cetera.
spend dry-eyed stony-stared hours
at the grave. II refuse to go home.
/ refuse to eat. My friends
demonstrates: I heed them not. It
rains: 1 pay no attention. Moth
The Washington times., 1928-04-04
By George IA. Dorsey,
Phi. ID, IL. d.
CHAPTER IS

Until recently it was q woman.
made world we live In. The mere
male had to go outside that world
to work off his surplus energy
The wife-mOther was the center
of the home and It was to her In
terest to make II q real center. II
became q hive of industry and a
swarm Of children. Whatever glor-
flied it magnified her Importance.
Within, she was supreme. In this
woman-made world men passed
half their lives; the other half was
spent in bringing home the bacon.
Women generally married for
love, as they do now IL their mate
hunger Il unimpaired and they are
free to marry the man of their
choice" There were three cate
gpries of women: married, old
maids, and fallen" Thousands
of American communities had no
fallen" and next to no old maids.
Now women have their rights.
In obtaining rights" she abdi-
Gated a throne: she no longer rules
by divine right. The children that
bless the home" are turned over
TO the nurse while mother pre-
sides at bridge, over conventions
for the proper care Of children,
over committees to cleanse the
slums. Result: males no longer
naiveIy accept matrImony or Inn
plicitly trust their wives; females
turf to matrimonV IL they have
nowhere else to turn.
All this. OF course. makes for
progress But in our social
progress we have acquired special
schools where boys End girls may
learn horrible vice, and slums
which in sdualor. yermin, filth.
and disease, and in the number OF
their dope-fieids, pickpockets, pap
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off in the garb OF q Girl Scout,
"Girls didn't do such outlandish
things in my dayi" They did not
We have to learn anew what cur
stone-ax ancestors knew: girls
can be as "outlandish' as boys!
The girls themselves are just be-
ginning to discover it. Marriage
behavior is in for further condi-
tioning. The sex-complex may be-
come simple again.
~
A psychOsis is morbid mental
state. We all have our little
psychoses. That so few nave big
psychoses, that so few asyIums
are required to house mentally
unba1ances. is tribute to our
sound inheritance and our ca
pacity to preserve our balance in
increasingly complex situations
and an environment which changes
faster than man can change his
mind
The Washington times., 1928-04-04
HOUSEHOLD
HINTS
IiYer "a CaaeeroIe

III lbs. calves liver, 10 small
onions, ) medium potatoes. IL
cups tomato PURGE. snlices bacon.
small carrots, fresh mush-
rooms. sprig parsley.
Cut liver ana bacon in pieces.
Put Id casserole with onions
peeled ana carrots cubed, mush-
rooms. parsley. tomato PURGE and
two cups boiling water. Cover
and let cook in slow oven $500
Tor two and one-half hours. Add
potatoes cubed at the end Of one
hour. Nix , tablespoons flour. X
teaspoon salt and n teaspoon pap
rfka with cup water and tea
spoon lemon juice. Stir into
liquid In casaAroIe and cook for
10 minutes bekOre serving.
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as q meal ticket he Is entitled
to different brand Of sauce.
To say that the mate-hunger IL
greater in one sex than In the
other ii nonsense. 1t takes diff
ferent forms in the two sexes be-
cause OF training and the situa-
alton. Nor are men less fond OF
children than are women. Hav-
ing wider interests, they are bored
sooner. In the divorce court the
mr. / fight as hard as the woman
Tor the children. If there is any
radical difference In sex-morality
or marriage behaviour any
other kind OF behaviour the
two sexes, the cause will be
found in the way the two sexes
become trained and organized for
life and in the demands society
makes on them; not In their
inherent impulses.
Mamie, don't be a tomboy!
Many mother these days
nearly dies of shame when
Mamie bohs her hair and marches
The Washington times., 1928-04-04

illness and courtesy to her with
your steadfastness.
Don't You know that difficulties
Of this sort are q test of love? IL
everything went smoothly. always,
you would not know whether your
mutual affection was strong
enough to Withstand all and en-
dure.
You and she are young. 1t wont
hurt either OF you to wait a year
and. meantime, save for the mar
riage in case it proves for the
best.
] believe the older brother of
your sweetheart is correct in main
tanning that his mother will finally
The Washington times., 1928-04-04

your religious faith is different
from hers.
All happiness to you three, and
may that rough road Of romance
smooth itself for you and your
sweetheart and lead eventually to
the altar and a happy home to-
gether!
A feature film, 1.-THE LOvelOrn,"
devised around incidents I'm the
Beatrice Fairfax column and star
ring Molly O'Day and Sally
O'NeiI," will be shown for one
week at the RialtO Theater, be-
ginning Saturday, April ..
The Washington times., 1928-04-04
PineapnIe Fritters

Dip half slices OF canned pines
apple In batter and fry in deep
rat until delicateIy Drowned.
Batter: cup flour. 2 table.
spoons sugar; " teaspoon salt, ] 81
teaspoons baking power. Ia cup
milk. / egg.
Mir ard sift dry ingredients,
add milk gradually and lastly well
beaten egg.
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dent in his pocketboolx, especially
when he is engaged and trying to
save. Her brother, who il older
than am, told one OF my
friends that everything would be
all right when her mothers ex-
element over the thought OF los
ing her daughter died down, and
she has got down to facts, and
realizes her girl really cares for
me.
Under these circumstances what
Is your opinion Of the whole
thing, please? I've told you my
story, and await eagerly for a
reply.
Needless to say, love this
girl and would not Interfere in
The Washington times., 1928-04-04
SERVICE FOR
SMOKERS

For the accommodation OF
owners of mcigar and cigaret
lighters, filling station, modelled
after a gasoline pump, has been
introduced, says Popular Me-
chanics Magazine. Maintained in
some convenient shop, it is time
and trouble saver and makes it
unnecessary for individual users to
purchase supplies OF lighting
liquid, which is likely to be wasted
by evaporation or by getting
spilled.
The Washington times., 1928-04-04

any way with her religion, II she
married me. ! have planned to
get married lii the rectory Of her
church. when We get ready. 1
regard each persons faith as
sacred as my own. This Is a
heart-to-heart story ] would not
relate to anyone. am going to
watch your column for your reply.
But this il the way I feel: We
are going to be married with the
help Of God and not maybe.
Bravo, my friend! / like your
Split and discrimination! So does
the girl. / am. sure. and so will
that mother Of hers eventually. /
hone, IL you combine patient kind
The Washington times., 1928-04-04
SPONGE FOR
GOLDFISH

Water in the goldfish bowl will
remain fresh and healthful Tor
three months or so by placing q
chunk of special chemical rock at
the bottom, says Popular Me-
chanics Magazine. About half q
pound to a gallon of water, is the
proper proportion. The rock ao-
serbs various impurities and pro-
duces the effect of an attractive
grotto in the bowl.
The Washington times., 1928-04-04

consent to the match when she
realizes that her daughter loves
you and that you are a man Of
character. able to care for her al
ways.
You and your sweetheart have
your own lives to lead. Mothers
should guide. not tyrannize. But
you can understand mothers
panic OF fear. can you not, lest
her daughter make a mistake?
And you can afford to walt a
little and prove to her that you
will be a safe husband for the
woman you love, even though.
The Washington times., 1928-04-04
FASHIONS
FANCIES

Al shrug Of the Shoulders would
affect the new circular veil. which
fits snugly about the close crown
and drops over the narrow cIOche
brim. falling in a flare nearly 70
the shoulders all around. This
new style in yelling is very much
more fIattering than the tiny
strip that has recently been worn
merely across the eyes.
Oak Leaves Replace Fig Leaves
in feminine fashions. One OF the
srnartest turbans was made en-
tirely Of cire ribbon, cut in irregu-
lar oak leaf designs. An invisible
net covering kept this smart little
black hat from letting q passing
breeze ruffle its foliage.
CamOufIaging 4 Coiffure One e
the latest Partisan hats, is OF black
burnt peacock feathers, shellacked
and pressed into waves to repre-
sent real hair. In black, auburn,
or brown shades. or blond, such q
model at first glance appears to pc
the wearer's tresscs, so snugly does
il follow the natural hairline. IT
is appropriately named the wig
hat"
The Tug Of War necessary to
keep the short skirt from riding
up above the knees. when the
wearer is seated, win soon be
needless. The latest daytime
skirts are being made one or two
inches longer, so that the awk-
ward tugging, whenever one sits
down, may cease.
ultraviolet lamps are now used
to supply artificial sun to COWS
and chickens because 1t makes
the quality of the dairy pro
ducts better.
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ligio1i. And when / assured her
be my sincerity, she only laughed
and said that was an old story.
..rhe girl still wears my ring.
But d change has taken place in
her attitude. This / cannot help
but admire, because know it
means she is thinking over what
her mother said. Things are so
unpleasant now at home. be-
cause her mother does not speak
to me, that we are forced to 60
out any time I 90 down to see
her. She knows her mother has
taken dislike to me.
When q fellow has to take
girl out to theater four times
g week to see her, L makes 9
The Washington times., 1928-04-04
Famous Author
Gives Advice
to Girls
BY Beatrice Fairfax
An Authority On Problems of Love
and Marriage

Sometimes It happens that when
4 love affair is going smoothly.
and everything points to the
speedy and happy elimination 81
courkship in marriage, suddenly,
like bolt from the blue, comes
disaster III the shape Of 4 change
Of heart on one side or the other,
or financial stringency, Or par.
entail disapproval.
sBeNlldered found romance q
delightful road to travel for nearly
two, years. Then suddenly Il be
came q very rough path Indeed.
Dear Mirs rNairfax, 4 he writes.
Not long ago, in company with
The girl referred to in this letter,
I saw your film, Love LOrn.
Since then. my mind has been set
I to write to ~, sincerely hope
this letter win meet with your
personal attention. rather than
that of one Of your assistants.
have been going with 4 girl
Cor close to two years. AT Christ
y mas time I gave her an engage.
Enant ring. She is 19. I am Y.
II proposed TO her b month be-
fore Christmas. She consented.
But two days after I gave her
the ring she told me to ask her
parents consent.
shortly after this, went to-
The mother of the girl, only to
learn that she did not approve Of
the match, owing to the fact that
the girl and are Of different
nati0nalities and religions. We
were both born In America, but
her parents are from foreign
country and We belong to differ
ent denominations OF the Christian
religion. The girls mother made
ME feel very badly did not
think any one could be 80 narrow
minded. Yet she had never shown
this trait on my previous visits.
She said married life between
her daughter and myself would
never be go, because Of the
differences IN nationality and re-
The Washington times., 1928-04-04
PICTURES ON
WINDOWS

Members of an art colony in
Boston have solved the question
of keeping some of their windows
attractive, says Popular Mechnics
Magazine. Instead of having to
wash the glass constantly, they
merely use paint brush now
and then, for the panes are covered
with decorative designs of wide
variety and color. The plan is
especially we'll suited for windows
that are not greatly needed to
admit light, and even painting the
glass does not shut out all the
illumination. as there are open
spaces in the designs.
The Washington times., 1928-04-04
ECONOMY IN
FISHING

Curious use is made Of the rig
ging of a fishing schooner, put
ting out from Havana, Cuba, says
Popular Mechanics Magazine. In
stead of taking the catch ashore
for drying, the fish are hung on
the lines Of the rig, where they
are safe, comparatively free from
dirt and exposed to the sun at all
times of the day.
The Washington times., 1928-04-04
Endivs with Portngese
Dressing

e pound endive, e green pap
per or few sprigs Watercress, Por-
tllgeee dressing.
Separate leaves Of endive and
arrange In an oval salad dish.
Garnish with watercress, or green
pepper cut in very narrow strips
and keep In q cool place until
ready to serve. Then pour dress
Ing over salad.
The Washington times., 1928-04-04
Woman S Dream
Comes True

At last you find q new wonderful
face powder that keeps ugly shine
away. VIII not enlarge the pores,
and spreads so smoothly the skin
looks like peach. MELLO-GAO
is made by new French Process
and stays on longer. Good look
ing, well groomed women simply
love this marvellous new Face
Powder-MELLO-GLO. The Palais
Royal, Inc, Hecht's Department
Store and other good stores. Z
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form. Occasional rubbing between
the hands helps loosen the stain.
The cloths should be renewed as
soon as they become soiled and
the spOnging continued until the
stain is gone.
stains of all kinds differ from
ordinary dirt and soil marks in
The Washington times., 1928-04-04

) equal parts of turpentine and
chloroform.
The stained garment should be
placed over a clean, soft, white
cloth folded several times and the
stain rubbed and patted with q
similar cloth moistened with tho
mixture of turpentine and chloro.
The Washington times., 1928-04-04

three years with
a rundown con-
dition, then my
husband heard .
man say that
Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound had
helped his wife,
90 he told me to
try it. After tax
ing i've bottles
and using Lydia
u. Pinkha ana
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Queer DOings

Storing speech in a box full OF
electrical apparatus, as water
might be stored in tub, Is new
achievement of science. Speech Is
stored only for an instant, but the
storage and removal from storage
are quite automatic ard make pos
sible an important feature OF radio
telephone links
The Washington times., 1928-04-04
Cheese said

Lettuce cream cheese, picked
beete, French dressing.
On Individual salad plates ar
range nests Of lettuce leaves.
Sprinkle with French dressing.
In the center of the lettuce leaves
make o pile OF cream or cotatge
cheese put through a potato ricer
or coarse strainer. Garnish with
hearts OF balls cut from picked
beets.
The Washington times., 1928-04-04
Timely Topics

Total reparations payments by
Germany this year will be in the
neighborhood Of $500, 600, 900.
Real German beer Is now sold
in France. It is reported that not
since 1914 has there been SO
much German beer drunk in Paris.
The Washington times., 1928-04-04

N4natiVe Wash I have gained IN
ievery way. I am now doing my own
homework for four in the family and
recommend your medicines because ]
haVn faith in them. "-AfRs. .JcsEPH
1IvlnEz, coll Vine Street, Cincin.