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stitches in the croSS-stitch background.
though the stroke stitch would be
longer than one slanting stitcll-that is,
than a half croSs-stitch.
The croSS-stitch grounding is made
in what is known III the language OF
stitchery as two Journeys" That is. all
the stitches going one way are made
first and then all those going the othe:
are made Thus it takes two trips or
Journeys" across the work to complete
the cross-stitches. 1t is in this way that
the parallel rows of straight lines arc
formed on the wrong side OF the goods.
In the second Journey the stitches on
the wrong side are made over those
taken in the first Journey" BY making
the cross-stitches in the two Journeys
the embroidery proceeds with much
more rapidity than when each cross
stitch is completed before the next is
begun.
The two-sided stroke stitch is so
named because the two sides are alike.
The name stroke stitch signifies one
line or stroke made by the needle and
thread. This stitch is taken i'll two
Journeys" also. On one side Of the
work all the lines so in the same direc-
tion-that is all lines extend vertically
while on the other side all lines go III
Just the reverse way. When coming
back the needle is put in the same holes
as before. but in reverse order. thus
forming All unbrosen outline. When
lines extending in one direction arc
ong. several stitches must be taken. in
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The Sedentary Worker.

Dear Miss Leeds: % sit at my
desk eight hours day and notice that
sitting Is conducive to enlarging the
hips. Please prescribe an exercise for
the hips. (2) I am 20 years old and
5 feet 2k inches tall. What should I
weigh? ~ What will make eyelashes
and eyebrows grow? Mine have been
becoming scanty recently. "a Will dry
salt applied to the scalp relieve 1t OF
dandrufY? % What Is safe way OF
using henna on medium brown hair?
90 What Is safe way to remove a
wart? ONE OF YOUR READERS.
Answer-O II you work in an Office
eight hours day and sleep eight hours
you still have eight hours left. part Of
which you should devote to overcoming
the effects OF your sedentary occupa-
ton. Walk briskly at least four miles
a day. Join gymnasium or classic
dancing or swimming class and attend
two evenings week. Exercise out OF
doors during week ends and holidays.
kicking. Please send a stamped, SELF
addressed envelope for my leafet,
Beauty Exercises" that gives other
exercises. ~ The aver
age weight for girls Of your age and
height Is between 118 and 12l pounds.
80 Apply white vaseline every night.
% No. My leaflet on Care of the
Hair" gives dandruff remedies for diff
ferent types Of hair. Ask for it when
you write again. 80 You may use the
dried henna leaves made into a tea as
a final rinse after your shampoo to
bring out the chestnut tints. If YOU
are planning to dye your hair with a
henna dye. do not attempt il yourself.
but have an expert do it. 90 Have a
physician remove the wart. 1t is not
wise to treat it yourself. II it is a
small wart 1t may disappear in time
II you rub a little cold cream into it
every day. LOIS LEEDS.
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Assist work is form of croSs-stitch
In which the background is entirely
filled in with this double stitch:
Motifs are left in the fiat. unworked
material. They are outlined with two
sided stroke stitch, known also as
Eolbein stitch. One characteristic OF
the embroidery is that the reverse side
shows straight parallel rows of stitches
as distinctly outlined and as perfectly
made as on the right side. The design
on the right side is thrown into rene.
by the entire grounding Of cross
sitchery incloSed by outline stitchery.
i is not the usual outline stitch that
is used. but Holbein stitch. which has
the same precision of counted threads
as the croSs-stitcf. Both the right and
the wrong side of the embroidery look
well though the side with the cross
stitollery is Enthusiastically the right one.
The thread should never completely fill
in the background. 1t must show
through clearly, as the illustration
indicates.
Angular outlines are characteristic OF
Assist work, for they follow the thread
of the weave-either the horizontal
ones in the veft or the vertical ones
in the warp One exception is made TO
this Occasionally straight stroke
stitches are taken diagonally across the
fabric These stitches accent contours
Of animals. birds. etc. or form the Y
motif al ends Of lines. The diagonal
stitches would. therefore. be made in
the same direction as one of the
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OUR CHILDREN By Angelo pa,ri

Il think he's going to get a good
punch in the snoot. That's what ]
think. The old stiff"
Well. you know the rest. Mother
shook her head sadly and wiped her
eyes. Peter got madden and madder-
at Jesse That afternoon he made
familiar gestures TO Jesse behind his
geography and just before 3 O'Clock
Jesse politely raised his hand and asked
II he might tell the teacher something.
The teacher graciously said he might
and he whispered in her ear. Peter
says he's going 10 lick me after school
and ! didn't do anything TO him"
"Oh. he is, Is he? Well. Peter will be
getting out so late tonight that there
won't be anybody in sight for him 10
lick" said the teacher. And Peter got
maddcr and madder-at Jesse.
Now Peter was really. in the very
depths Of him. sorry he had been so
careless about his homework. sorry he
had burst open the door and marred
the wall sorry most OF all that his
mother felt so bad But his emotions
were too big for him. He had no way
OF expressing them save 10 get madden
and madden at Jesse So he waited for
him and he gave him thorough good
punching. after which his soul felt
relieved.
Well. why have dragged Jesse into It
In the first place? Peter wouldn't have
thought of him II he hadn't been
pressed upon Peter?
tCopsrsght 1881
tMr. pa,ri will give personal attention TO
inquiries from parents Or school teachers
the care and development of children.
Write him in care of The star. incosing
self addrcs sed stamped envelope for reply
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THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Wednesday, February /.

Except in the early hours Of tomor-
row the planetary government Is ad-
verse, according to astrology.
The morning should be an auspici-
Gus time sfor women to seek employ
ment or to obtain favors Of any sort.
For women born to wealth and lux
ury there is to be a new form Of pub
lie service that should engage their
energies.
The seers declare that in the next
generation women Of every class will
be trained to wage-earning occupa-
tons.
This is read as a fortunate rule for
weddings II the ceremony Is performed
before noon.
Music now comes into the most
favorable conditions, which make for
great progress among Americans.
Under this sway 1t IS well to watch
the temper. since there may be q tend
ency to see other persons faults and to
forget ones own.
Quarrels are easily brought about
while this confguration prevails and
should be avoided as much as pos
sible.
The evening may be time when the
average person Is more than ordinarily
sensitive and 1t Is wise to be espec-
tally tactful.
Tomorrow the sun Is in an aspect to
Neptune. which Is read as presagtng
disturbing conditions affecting labor.
Statesmen will face new problems in
this new year, which may develop ma
tional heroes.
Politics now come under a planetary
government making for surprises and
disappointments.
Persons whose birthdate Is toror-
row have the augury Of prosperous,
busy year.
Children born tomorrow probably
will be industrious and intellectual.
Many subjects of this sign enter the
learned professions.
fCopyright 1881
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-31

Next morning wash your face N cold
water dry it thoroughly, rub in a little
cold cream as powder base and pow
de-. My leahet on Care OF Dry Com
plexions" may interest you: please send
stamped, self-addresSed envelope .or
it. ~ II your ankle bones are large,
there is no way to reduce them. Some
people have naturally thick wrists and
ankles. Perhaps the rest Of your body
is too thin. II, however. your ankles
are fabby and fat (which seems I'M
likely, you will find special reducing
exercises for them in my leafet. Care
Of the Legs" LOIS LEEDS.
Wrinkles and Facial Hair.
A Reader-1) At 20 years Of age most
girls have few eye wrinkles. but sou
should not have many elsewhere cu
your face If you give your SKIN proper
care Cold cream is not a remedy for
wrinkles. You must find the cause OF
the wrinkles and remove it. Please
send stamped. self-addressed envelope
for my leafet on ''Nfilady's Beauty Pro-
gram" which will tell you just how 20
care for your complexion day By ds7.
~ L is natural 10 hare some facial
hair. The cause Of the growth is not
external. and there IS nothing you can
do to check it. LOIS LEEDS.
fCcpy-;ght 1872
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BEAUTY OHAlS BY EDNA KENT FORBES

condition of this kind will result from
congestion from colds. or any of the
other disturbances in the system when
the circulation is restricted. You cam
not get rid of the trouble except By
curing its cause.
NJ. A. D.-"Moth patches" are an
other name for Liver spots" You can
bleach them of usually by applying
baking soda TO them. 1t will take fire.
quent applications, but since baking
soda is harmless and will not injure
your skin it is better to do 1t this way
than through some very caustic bleach
that might leave a scar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-31
Diet in Winter.

II you are reducing. you must De
careful of strenuous Winter time diet.
Some diets are so chilly II you begin
sensibly with fast to shrink the stom-
ach, so the demand for too much food
will not be so great. I'd advise hot
water, for instance. This Pushes out
the system even better than cold, and
il gives heat. which you'll find you
need. OF course, being too stout. you
will have plenty of heat In your body
Nov. If your thin sister had to fast,
shed freeze in Winter-but that's be-
cause she has SO much less heat Within
her own body than you.
While il is true that lettuce has al
most no caloric value, and so lot can
be eaten during a diet regime. still,
lettuce is a chilly sort Of food. Watch
and keep count Of your calories. but
plan your foods within the caloric lin
1t. and with an eye on their heating
value. Thin. clear, hot soup. hot cook
ed green's. meat served hot rather than
cold, stewed fruit eaten hot instead OF
cold-there are dozens Of foods on your
reduction list which can be eaten hot
or cold. without affecting their fatten-
ing value, but very much affecting your
warmth and comfort during the cold
weather.
II you take skim milk as part Of your
diet. skim milk having a caloric value
Of only 90. take this hot, too-as a
matter Of fact, it Is much tastier that
way. In fact. you can keep your body
warm through the artificial stimulus
Of heated foods, and be more comfort
able and feel your dieting less. while
you continue to eliminate really heating
foods, from your daily ration.
have found that those who have
dieted according to my instructions,
liked taking a cup OF hot weak tea,
sugariess and with a little lemon, when
they felt chilly or hungry between
meals.
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repeating

which case the stitches would so in the
same direction on both sides of the
would be broken. In the second COM
plete outline would be finished.
Some workers prefer TO do all the
background first and then work the
lines forming the outline. while others
prefer to set the design first. Which,
ever way suits the individual worker
best should be followed. Designs are
apt to be of animals. human figures,
birds. etc, and they have the quaint
charm of ancient ncedlecraft with the
precision of stitchcry that accompanies
counted thread embroidery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-31
Lessons i'm English
BY w. l.. GORDON.

Words often misussd: Hardly" refers
to degree. scarcely to quantity. Il
hardly see how We can do IT.. Il have
scarcely enough paper"
Often mispronounced: Cleopatra: pro-
nounce the first as In pay"
Often n1isEpel.ed respondent: ent.
Synonyms chat. CHATTER. blab, Cos
sip gable. palaver. prattle.
Word study: Use word three times
and IL Is yours Let US increase Our
vocabulary by mastering one word each
day. Today's word: glamour: q delu-
sion wrought by magic spells: charm
1T was the glamour Of 1t all that fasci-
mated her"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-31
DAILY DIET RECIPE
Almond Torte.

Eggs. 6.
Sugar. cup.
Blanched almonds, 2 cups.
Bread crumbs. tablespoon.
Baking powder, ] teaspoon.
Whipped cream. Il pint.
SERVES EIGHT PEOPLE.
Recipe requires one-half pound
shelled almonds Blanch them by pour
ing boiling water over them. Let sand
one minute. Remove brown skins. Put
through food chopper, using medium
fine blade. Beat egg yolks well, add sugar
slowly: beat until light. Mix chopped
almonds, crumbs and baking powder
together. Add TO first mixture. Fold
In beaten egg whites whipped stiff.
Pour into well creased and Toured tube
cakepan 5-inch diameter at bottom by
7lz-inch top diameter) and bake IN
32O-degree oven so minutes. Whip
cream stiff, favor with almond and a
little sugar. Garnish torte with this.
Torte is also delicious plain.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes protein, sugar.
The cream adds fat. Lime and iron
present. Can be eaten b. normal
adults Of average or under weight.
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blouse. Cuffs were made by tucks. The
waist line was nipped In by more OF
these tucks.
Nancy had ON a new costume herself.
II was two-piece affair with sfirt OF
heavy plated beige silk. A tie Of
this same silk fell gracefully from 4
set of slots bound in silk at the upper
front OF blouse. The blouse was made
Of wooden material In heavy basket
weave.
II Iyols is going ~ announce her engage
Frlent there will he entertaining for her. Write
to Nancy Page. care ~ The star Enclosing a
stamped self addressed envelope. for her
ieatiet on Table Etiquette"
tCouyright 1881
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MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

Dear Miss Leeds: ID After I wash
my face it is perfectly smooth, but ths
moment I put powder on 1t 1t gets
scabby looking. use good cold cream
at night and wash my face with beauty
grains in the morning ~ How can T
reduce my ankles? The rest Of my
body Is slim. I do great deal Of walk
ing. ETHEL 3.
Arswer.-1) I suggest that you
change your method Of caring for your
skin. At bedtime cleanse 1t With colc
cream and then wash IL with warm
water and pure CASTLE soap. Rinse very
thoroughly in clean, warm water, then
in cold. Pat on a skin tonic or lotion.
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want TO come over 10 see you this eve
ming, can II" Indeed you may. Lois.
Peter is out for the evening and we can
have a long talk all by ourselves" They
did talk of many things, but before they
had gone very far Nancy stopped to ad-
mire Lois new dress II was of bottle
green satin with wide fiat gold kid belt.
1t was tied al neck and at cuffs with self
material. Tucks at neck line gave full
ness 10 both back and 'front.' OF the
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Home in Good Taste
BY SARA HIL.aND.

No matter how small the first home
Is. there is just as much difficulty in
the selection Of the furnishings as there
would be for the spacious house. Some
times the task proves harder, for the
small home, In which economy must be
exercised, Is one which should have
furnishings which will lend themselves
to a larger one later on.
In the illustration We have a good
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NANCY PAGE
Lois Has a New Dress-and
Exciting News
ny FLORENCE Ia GA>kE.
ny FLORENCE Ia GANKE.

Lois called in great excitement. II
have something TO tell you. Nancy"
You don't mean that Roger.
Hush, don't say it over the phone. l
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example Of how inexpensively and yet
attractively dining room In q small
apartment may be furnished.
A dining room suite was out OF the
question, for the size of the room would
not permit one: 50 q Small-Sized ex-
tension table and Windsor chairs In
birch with o maple finish were used for
the important pieces In the room. and
the two end tables with the book racks
hanging over them took care Of china
and silver In the absence Of . buffet
(which really Was not missed at ALI.
In q new home the furnishings Of
this room could be easily distributed
about In the breakfast room. living
room and bedrooms.
tcocyrixht 1881
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-31

F-Your red nose may easily come
from poor elimination. A temporary
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-03
Public Tries Inventions

When a man invents a new kind
Of spark plug, suspender buckle or
vacuum cleaner, we do not sit down
and argue whether the American
people should buy it. Not at all. We
compel him to market it in a small
way at the start, and take the opin-
ion Of those who have tried it.
When a man invents a new po-
litical idea,. however, we favor or
denounce it in nationwide basis,
A child could predict the result. We
hold a continuous dispute, without
getting anywhere.
Nothing in the United States of
America has remained so stagnant,
so impervious to human ingenuity,
so out of step with the time as its
government. This Is especially true
in the administration of justice.
There is not a corner grocery in
this country but what could prove
a saner reaction to the influence of
education and inventiveness than
our judicial system.
In the selection Of juries, trial Of
cases and methods Of appeal, we
are still riding the OK cart. The
only improvement we have made is
in the handling Of convicts after
they have been sentenced by the
court, and that is too late.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-03
Government a Science

Government is no less a science
than medicine, biology or engineer
ing. It was a product Of human in
telligence to begin with and it can
only be improved by the application
of human intelligence. There is no
no more sense in supposing that we
can better it through stump
speeches than there is to suppose
that we could learn botany by writ
ing rhymes.
What government needs is the
employment of those methods which
have taught us what we know in
every other fleld--laboratories in
which tests can be made and results
proven. Common sense suggests
that instead Of arguing for so or
100 years as to whether a policy is
good for the nation, we let towns,
cities or even states try it out.
Instead Of that, however, we COM
pei 10000 communities to travel the
same road and then wonder whether
it would be a good idea to shove
them all out in an uncharted wilder
ness of dreams.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-03
Times Readers Voice Vices

Vice President or Senator from IN
diana? Well, it is admitted that
some of them have held positions in
some of our Federal institutions.
But, farmers; if you believe the
spell binders of the grimy oil pol
luters they are going to turn over
q new leaf right-away, and begin
all-over- again. And you believe it,
of course you do?
Some of our most prominent
farmers lately made a trip into the
West; that is went west; to tell their
candidate how anxious the farmer
was to vote for them again. These
bankers and public officials (beg-
pardon) farmers were so pleased
with themselves that they had their
pictures took standing on The back
of train ebay wagon and printed
in all the weakly farm journals.
SO there is nothing else for the
dirt farmer to do, if he does not
want the mortgage closed On his
highly producing acres, but to vote
to continue divine rule and give
trese great old promisers a chance
to smear another coat of slime over
our own United States and fair In
diana. JAMES w. CORY,
Oaklandon, Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-03
Towns Hammered

History teaches us that this re-
public was really born in the town
meeting, the county court and the
provincial legislature = in other
words, the experience Of small, free
communities.
We acknowledge this with GER
tain amount of lip tribute to States
rights, but not to such an extent
as to prevent the States and the
Nation from steadily encroaching
on local self government.
Our towns, cities and other
natural communities like the great
metropolitan districts, are not al
lowed the freedom that they deserve
or that is needed for them to
demonstrate how various policies
would work.
Absolute home rule, the removal
Of constitutional restraints and the
encouragement Of communities to
work out problems Of public owner
ship, taxation and justice would do
more to acquaint us with the posi-
bilities and limitations of Govern
ment in fifty years than we could
hope to learn through talk in 1000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-03

hammering Of present-day, self
appointed dictators over what is
so humorously termed this de-
mocracy."
Does a law or a covenant or a
Constitutional amendment stand
in the way of enforcing the Vol
stead act? Wipe it out! Nullify
It'll Cast it from the statutesl
Does a principle Of freedom, won
long ago from some absolute mon
arch, interfere with the Law Of
Shumaker or the Law of Wheeler
or the Law of Mcbride? Strike
it from the Constitution!
1t is true that the principle that
a mans home is his sanctun1, a
private place where none, not even
the government, may intrude, has
hampered and DISTRACTED the pur-
poses of DR.. Shumaker. The in
ability of the minions Of the law
and the League to batter your
doors down, and to trespass upon
our property in the hope of find
ing us committing some crime Cor
one particular crime of crimes)
has been annoying to the doctor.
DR.. Shumaker suspects that
there are many men violating the
Volstead law who could be caught
at it, If he had the right to enter,
without warrant, where the King
of England, the President Of the
United States, and all of their
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-03

Aristotles greatness had been his incessant expert
mentation. But Bacon found the professors basing
their deductions arguments instead of experiments
Accordingly he devoted himself to the study of
languages and carrying on Of experiments. He at
tackled other scholars of the day bitterly.
The result was that in 1857 his lectures were in
tercted by the general of the Franciscan order and
he was ordered to Paris where he lived for ten years
under strict supervision and in considerable pvation
During this time he was not allowed to publish any
of his works.
Pope Clement ~, who when papal legate in Eng
land had been friendly to Bacon permitted him to
return to oxford.
In 1868 Bacon resumed his lectures at oxford.
But his troubles were not over. Once more the
boldness of his work and the enmity of those who
disagreed with him created difficulties
In 1878 he was sent to prison for his views, spend
ing the next fourteen years of his life in prison.
He died about 1894.
He had suffered much in life But his name has
become one of the great in the history Of civza
ton.
His writings which were extremely extensive,
pointed the way for the scientific men of later gen.
erations.
His influence is still felt to this day in the realm
of science.