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The Washington times., 1928-10-04
Encourage the Imagination Of the ChiJo

If your child has created char
acters and plays with them con-
tinually, suggest that he help you
with whatever you are doing.
Give him the responsibility of
part of the care of his room. In
clude him in the cake baking, in
the sprinkling of the lawn. in
your general daily activities for
a week or so. Keep him near you
and talk to him, and. if possible.
invite little people over to play
with him often. He will out.
grow the imaginary playmates,
and unless you allow this pas
time to grow to the abnormal
proportions where it pushes out
any desire for normal companion.
ship, it will not harm him. In
fact, it points to an ina gination
which is we'll developed and capa.
bic of creating. Encourage it in
story telling by the child, later
writing little tales, or making up
songs, But balance this vivid
imagination with contact, so that
selfishness and day-dreaming may
be avoided,
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
A Difficult Problem

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am a daily reader of your
column. You have helped many
OF my friends, and l am now
coming to you for help.
am IS. / have been working
for two years. My mother is
dead and my father is very strict.
/ go out about once or twice a
week. but I must be home by IL
o'clock.
Some young men in my office
have asked me out, but my father
refuses to let me go. I am will
ing to bring them home, but
still he objects, saying l do not
know them.
Is my father right in not al.
lowing me to go with them? I've
worked with these young men
for two years and know they are
gentlemen. 1 am relying on your
answer to show my father.
/ CONSTANT READER.
suggest. dear, that you have
very affectionate chat with
your father. Tell him you wish
to do just what he wants you
III uO, DuI yud dIc SUI Z lHfAb IL
he knew the young men at the
office he would like them and
approve of them as occasional es-
corts for you. Ask him whether
you may not invite one or two
of the incest of these young men
to your home some time when
he Is there. so that he can meet
them and see for himself whether
they are suitable friends for you.
Because you and your father
love each other very much. and
each desires to make the other
happy. l am sure you will come
TO pleasant understanding re-
garding this subject. Home is so
much the best place for a girl to
cultivate friendships. so that her
parents can share in them. And,
of course, a young girl naturally
Graves and needs companionship
of those of her own age.
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
N st. Mother
Knew the Way

Every mother knows what 1t
means when her child begins to get
underweight, pale, nstless, bilious,
feverish and. fretfu1, with bad breath,
coated tongue and no appetite.
What every one of them doesn't
know is that it's dangerous to use
harsh methods to start the little
stomach and bowels.
There's no use experimenting in
such eases. Millions of mothers
have proved the merit and reliability
of pleasant-taSting, purely vegetable
California Fig Syrup. 1t gently
clears up the most stubborn cases
of constipation; stimulates the APP
petite; gives tone and strength to
weak stomach and bowels SO they
continue to act normally, of their
own accord: and makes pale, lifeless
children, bright, rosy-cheeked and
fun of energy.
A Washington mother, Mrs. Sam.
uel E. Elliott. 1927 n st, n. W.,
says: my little boy, James, deyel-
oped constipation. He became bill
ious, pale and fretfuI; had no APP
petite and couldn't digest right. He
was losing weight. had heard OF
California Fig Syrup ever since |
was child, so gave it to him. 1t
regulated him quick. He began eat
ing heartily and digesting every
thing. Soon he was his robust,
happy self again."
Ask for California Fig Syrup by
the full name so you'll get the gen.
uine, endorsed by physicians for
oyer SO years.
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
STUDY MEAT
QUALITY

What is responsible for the vary
ing degrees of quality and tasti-
ness of the meat we eat?
If the family complains of the
steak or roast, Mrs. Housewife
very naturally blames the meat
and censors the retailer from whom
she bought it. Perhaps she Is
justified but it has been truth
fully said that many a good piece
of meat has been ruined in the
cooking.
Housewives and consumers in
general no doubt will be interested
in a national cooperative study
which is now delving into this
question of meat quality and its
tastiness. The study is fostered
by the National Live Stock and
Meat Beard and the actual work
of carrying it out has been as
sumed by State agricultural ex-
pertinent stations throughout the
country and the United States De-
partment of Agriculture. These
agencies are seeking to determine
the factors which influence quail
ity and palatability of meat. Some
of these factors are known but
there are others yet to be un-
covered.
To reach a final analysis of quail.
ity and palatability of meat these
research agencies are going to the
very bottom of the subject. Their
work starts with experimentation
on the breeding and feeding of the
meat animals. The observations
are carried on through the
sIaughtering and processing of the
meat and through the two final
steps of cooking and tasting.
The cooking tests are considered
one of the most important steps
of the entire chain of work. DIR.
P. F. Trowbridge, director of the
North Dakota experiment station.
who is chairman of the cooking
committee for the study, empha-
sizes the necessity for great care
in the cooking of the experimental
meats. The committee has worked
out an official method for the
roasting of beef and is now work
ing on method for other meats.
1t is not expected or intended
that housewives will follow the
cooking methods as laid down by
the committee but there is every
assurance that when the study is
completed it will reveal a great
deal of information of value to- the
woman who daily buys and pre-
pares meat.
Other interesting phases of the
study include the development OF
mechanical means by which color
and texture can be definitely
measured. Many other steps are
being considered, all leading up to
the cooked product.
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
|INFN DRAPERIES'
1cbrAFEW CENTS |
| BY mae Ma4z1Z

All of us realize nowadays how
bright colored draperies seem to in
yite people in, and how warm
touches of color in spreads, cush.
ions and runners help 10 make US
love our own surroundings.
No woman need deny herself
these touches Of cheer. because they
can easily be had at the expense of
a few cents and a little planning.
Curtains that are faded or drab in
color can be made bright and pleas
ing with q package or so of Dia.
mond Dyes. Then spreads, covers.
runners, etc. can be tinted or dyed
10 match. Anyone can do it. Tint
ing with Diamond Dyes is as easy
as bIuing, and dyeing takes just
little more time. Brilliant new col
ors appear like magic, right over
the old, faded colors. Diamond
DIVES give true, fadeless colors. They
are the kind of dyes used when the
cloth was made. Only Diamond
Dyes produce perfect results. In.
mist on them and save disappoint'
ment.
NV new book, "Color Craft" gives
hundreds of dollar-saying sugges-
tions for identifying your home and
clothes. 81 pages. fully illustrated IN
colors. It's FREE. Just write Mae
Martin, Home Service Department
diamond Dyes. Burlington. Vermont.
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
HOW TO BAKE.
AZ CAKE
BY Hannah Wing

THE spoon and it's use in cake
Il making has an important eff
feet upon the success of the cake.
In fact, any of the utensils used
in cake making may have some
thing to do with the cake that
doesn't turn out right in spite of
the best ingredients and the most
proper mixing.
Because accurate measurements
are essential for uniform results,
standard one-half pint measuring
cups marked to show quarters and
thirds, and teaspoons and table,
spoons OF standard capacity-three
teaspoons should equal one table
spoon-are recommended. A wood
en- spoon is less noisy, does not
darken the mixture. and is more
comfortable to handle for beating
and stirring than is a metal spoon.
An earthenWare bowl with
rounded bottom for mixing the
batter is better than lighter bowls
because its weight helps to hold
1t in position during the mixing
and beating. For beating egg
yolks, whole eggs and even for
mixing some batters the dover
egg beaten is efficient. MANY per-
sons prefer wire spoon shaped
whisk for beating egg whites. This
utensil may also be .used for fold
ing beaten egg whites into a mix.
ture and for beating thin batters
smooth.
Pans for baking cake are made
of tin, aluminium, enamel, oven
glass and Russian iron. Cakes
baked in the thicker pans require
a higher temperature in the oven
at the beginning of the baking and
lower temperature at the end
than those baked in the thinner
pans. but are more likely to rise
evenly.
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
When Manners Are Correct
BY Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman-
MRS. BEECKMAN:

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
At a wedding, when having
four bridesmaids, may they walk
in pairs?
2. Is it correct to be married in
the grOom's church? We are
of the same denomination. BIB.
Not only may they walk in
pairs, but they should walk in
pairs both in the professional and
in the occasional.
2. 1t is incorrect to be married
in the grOom's church. You should
be married in your own church.
IL the groom is particularly de-
voted to his own clergyman, that
clergyman may be invited by your
parents TO assist your own clergy
man at the wedding ceremony.
This is often done. Then one
clergyman performs part of the
ceremony, and the other clergy
man the last half. And each re.
ceiyes a fee from the groom.
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
REAL KEY TO
SUCCESS
BY Lucy Lowell
WHAT q strange idea son
Y folks have about work!

NHAI strange lde1 some
w folks have about work!
That any honest labor can be
degrading that It can lower the
social standing, cause the value
OF services to deteriorate, assail
self.respect-tfiis Is difficult for
me to understand. Yet / see that
attitude on all sides; persons who
stand idle, owing the grocer and
the market, stalling off collectors.
grubbing from day to day. from
hand to mouth, rather than do
work outside Of that regarded a.
a vocation--or, indeed, rather
than accept smaller remuneration
than that once commanded.
know young woman, fine
stenographer, who once held the
post Of private secretary at seyt
eraI dozen dollars per week But
the firm she worked for dissolved
and she has been unable to find 4
position which would not mean
stepping backward "a bit, begin
ming at a lower salary than the
secretarial place paid. And
though this would be temporary
arrangement, depending upon her
effort to move ahead, she viii
have nothing to do with it. She
declares that less money than
her former salary would also les
sen her value and she must begin
at the top or nowhere.
She lives on the small nest-egg
she saved when her salary was
high and when that plays out she
doubtless will have to accept what
ever comes her way, perhaps
something not so good as what
she is turning down right and
left at the moment.
Contrary to this girls attitude
is that of another woman know
Ia first-class actress, once fea-
tured player on Broadway. When
she set out of work she wasted
no time in gloom. No part as
good as the one she had--and In
deed no part at all-offered itself.
Accordingly this girl found 4 post
as secretary which occupied her
mornings; afternoons she waited
on table in tea room; evenings
she played the piano in an up
town movie. Each job paid only
q trifle, but the combined sal.
aries kept her going till she was
able to secure something worthy
Of her talent.
OF course she did that, and
without waiting over long either.
1T seemed to me the very fact
that she was willing to work
brought work fo her-and mora
desirable work than she had hoped
for.
Success depends only partly on
ability; attitude Of mind has much
to do with it as well.
The Washington times., 1928-10-04

The first thing on awaking
each morning wash out your
lungs by slipping into your warm
bath robe and slippers and TAX
ing five long breaths before your
open window. During sleep the
heart slows down and breathing
becomes very shallow. so it is
only natural that you should look
q bit pale when you wake up.
But the simple breathing exer-
else / am about to describe will
send healthy red blood pumping
through your body, feeding tissue
and coloring your lips and cheeks.
Stand straight and draw in the
muscles of your abdomen. keep
ing your spine and neck straight.
Lift your arms from your sides
to parallel position above your
head. As you do so fill your
lungs to capacity with fresh air.
Let them press against your ribs
and chest and force your dia-
phragm and abdomen forward.
Now exhale through your lips
with a whistling sound while you
SOQI al SAOnAYs pains
down, to your sides.
Deep breathing serves as an
introduction to five minutes of
setting-up exercises, such as
often described in this column.
Then conclude with five more
deep breaths and a quick shower
and rundown. Practice deep
breathing, if you can, before
full-Iength mirror, to make sure
that you stand tall'' throughout
the exercise, though without in
tensity.
After your bath, quick, thor
ough attention to your hair, your
teeth, nails, dress and all the de-
tails of grooming should send you
to breakfast half an hour later
with a hearty appetite. looking
and feeling your very best.
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
By Constance Cameron

The grandmother put down her
sewing and turned her head
slightly to listen to the chatter
which came from the next room.
FL didn't know Jane had anyone
in to play with her. Who is it,"
she inquired of James mother.
"She Is alone" replied the
mother. ''She's playing with
Rura."
The grandmother regarded her
with puzzled old eyes.
"Who is Rura?" she asked.
Rura is one of her imaginary
little girls. She has two of them.
The other she calls Emba."
The grandmother shook her
head, and honest alarm glowed
in her faded eyes. There never
was any insanity in our family"
she finally unused. Il can't under
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
AdUice TO the LOUeIOrn

dance hall work. I do not know
whether her parents know where
she works and the kind Of place
it is, Do you think it would be
better to leave her alone?
thank you for your advice. J. r.
1t is hard to answer your ques-
ton without knowing the girl per-
sonally. She may be the finest
kind of a girl, but carried away
by enthusiasm for her "drt"-if
If she considers dancing in that
light-into acting foolishly.
You are mistaken in one re-
spect. 1t is desirable. of course,
to mingle with those who bring
out the best in us by their own
fine traits. But girl may be
thrown by circumstances among
most undesirable persons and still
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
DESIGNS NEW
AIRSHIP

An airship has been designed in
the shape OF a rectangle with an
envelope on each side, the cabins
being situated in the center of the
rectangular framework. There are
IL propellers. capable of turning
in any direction. This new type
airship, according to its designer.
William II. BOyes, of Neptune, y.
j.. is destined to make air travel
safer, go. r
The Washington times., 1928-10-04

retain purity, self-respect and
high ideals. So do not judge
hastily
She may need a friend. Why
do you not stand by for a while,
taking care not to become in
volved yourself in her "undesir.
able" set? Talk things over
frankly, in spirit of true friend.
illness. with her and her parents.
Then If you find she is drag
ing you down, and you are not
helping her, discontinue the friend
ship.
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
MEMS WEAR
IN CHINA

There has been the greatest
change In mems wear In China
since the Manchu conquest 700
years ago. A garment like a
foreign coat with a rundown
close-fitting collar Is the present
style. Previously a Chinese gem
tleman wore long garment, and
when he wanted to bs more
dressed alp, a very short, close
coat, with wide sleeves on top OF
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRfA Az:
am a young man Of 81. About
six months ago / met a girl Of
%, whom 1 like as a friend. I
have taken her out many times,
and felt that she was perfect
lady.
In the past two months, how
ever, the girl has changed.
have found that she is employed
in a. dance hall. went to the
place and met her there. She
acted very unladylike. / doubt
whether any self-respecting girl
can work and mingle with unde-
sirable people and remain decent.
Her parents are people OF fine
character and high ideals. I have
spoken to the girl. She claims
there is nothing wrong In the
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
DATE TREES
USEFUL

Besides the fruit from date
trees, the wood makes a fine
hard lumber for all kinds of pur-
poses. The leaves make hats,
mats, and baskets, sometimes
clothing. The bark is made into
strong ropes. The nuts are
burned and ground to make India
ink Palm wine is made from
parts of the trunk. Oil is made
from the stones. The pith IS made
into bread and buildings. The
young leaves are eaten ike as
paragus. What is left after the
Arabs have squeezed the good
stuffs out is fed to camels.
The Washington times., 1928-10-04

edied by conscious effort on the
part of the mother.
Sometimes, though, even when
a child has plenty of playmates.
he suddenly takes unto himself
playmate Of this type, and when
it occurs under these conditions,
1t is well to listen to the con.
versations, the liberties given the
imaginary child to find out If 1t
doesn't arise from repressions, or
The Washington times., 1928-10-04

lungs are nt76r
Possibly, if breathing were not automatic
you would not bother to breathe at all!
Shallow breathers are always sallow,'
languid and bored with life. Sometimes
they wonder why they are not gifted with
the bubbling enthusiasm and lively spirits
that make other women "the life of the
party"
Deep breathing is Secret of loneliness,
viivacity and poise I do not guarantee that
habitual deep breathing will change your
type or endow you with the mysterious and
elusive IT. But I do assure you that it
The Washington times., 1928-10-04

stand it. I wouldn't let her do it,
jamie It sounds spookey."
Imaginary playmates usually en-
ter into the life of most children
and sre 10 occasion for alarm.
Children who are alone a great
deal generally create one or more
characters to whom they talk. In
a case like this, 1t is a sense Of
loneliness which fosters the i'm.
aginary children, and can be rem
The Washington times., 1928-10-04

restrictions thrown needlessly
around the child. You will find,
possibly, that the child is play
ing that the imaginary youngster
can Go the things he would LIKE
to do but which have been for
hidden him. Then, it is a mat
ter of using your Judgment in
withdrawing as many hampering
ties about his freedom as you
can consistently do.
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
Don't Take His Hat

DEAR MRS. BEECkMAN:
Is 1t proper for a lady to offer
to take a gentleman's hat when
in a public assemblage-for in.
stance, attending church services
or in theater? MARIE.
No. A lady should not touch a
mans hat or coat. He ia sup
posed TO he able to take care of
these things for himself. And she
won't be popular with hin-if he
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
AUSTRALIAN
LAWS

Australia is a white mans
country, and the policy Of the
Commonwealth is to exclude all
aliens of color, except those that
enter under bond for a temporary
stay. The law has been strictly
enforced for more than twenty
years.
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
Queer DOings

Pads of woven materials have
been invented in England to be
inserted in horses hoofs without
tools to prevent them slipping on
ice. 49,,
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
Timely Topics

A process has been developed
in Italy for obtaining an oil for
use in paints and varnishes, and
as an illuminant, from waste
grape seeds.
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
Forest Trees IN FIouUer Pots

Many Japanese pine trees 100 years DID, only two
high small enough to be in fairly large
flower pot They pines differing only in size from the
forest trees.
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
Never Correct

Never Correct
DEAR MRS. BEECkMAN:
VIII you kindly answer in your
etiquette column when, If ever, It
Is correct to eat chicken with
ones fingers? REGINA.
1T never is-when you are out in
the wide, wide world" OF course,
when you are aIone-the world
will not know If you indulge in
this messy way Of eating. But
we shouldn't submit other people
to the experience Of watching US
eat chicken in our fingers.
The Washington times., 1928-10-04

OF course, you them at all seasons of the year.
but somehow on these lovely autumn days they are
particularly appealing. There's nothing melancholy
in their attitude toward life! Nothing dOlefu in their
carriage and looks! THEY look on the crisp cooness
and red and gold loneliness their very property
made JUST for their selves. And how they
enjoy
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
w

persist after day, month after month, IN deep
breathing of pure fresh air you will become ever much
healthier prettier and atracve your should
gain SPARKLE your hair luser your skin healthy glow
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
A Three-Legged ELk

An elk that major operation is pet IN
small Minnesota physician found elk with broken
leg He the injured member and named the animal
thena as a member o the household.
The Washington times., 1928-10-04

Small wonder, then, that love rides with them For
Love adores thorOughbred-and truly this pair
all of that! Never sign of sigh! Nothing but
CHEEKY sparkiness and contagious laughter! And how
they do enjoy every minute of Hfe-both the carrier
and the carried Riding toward happiness every step
of the way May they find it and add third to this
pair of Autumn Day Pals.
The Washington times., 1928-10-04
Famous Viennese OperaStar
Gives Advice on Charm
By Maria JeritZa

Company One OF the Most
Beautiful Women of the Day
RE you a second-story breather? ~
a By that question I mean do you breathe so az1ly
Intellectually the remote basement cells OF your
The Washington times., 1928-10-04

is well-bred and manly-if she
does not pre-suppose that he is
able TO take care of them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-26

CONTINUED from page one.l
at the headquarters here show n con-
tlnuous round Of amusement and nc
tivity from the opening Of the gates
Tuesday, until the close Saturday
night.
Many Bands To Play
Manager Floore announced that he
has signed I'D eleven bands. The
number includes the k%ingsville band
Of the Missouri Pacific, the South
ern Pacific band, the Brownsville
drum and bugle corps. Twelfth Cav
airy band, Fort Brown. San Benito
high school band, and the Harlingen
junior band. in addition to the San
Benito, Harrington, Edinburg and Nc
Allen municipal bands which al
ready had been signed UP to fur
nish music during fair week.
The fair will be ushered in at 9
o'clock Tuesday morning, when the
gates will be thrown open to the
public. On the basis of interest
which is shown before the opening.
fair officials are predicting that with
good weather the total attendance
will run close to 10000, or more than
twice the greatest total attendance
Of past years.
The fair in the past has started on
Thanksgiving day, and stretched
over a period of a week or more, be-
ing interrupted by Sunday.
This year il will last only five
days, starting Tuesday. and ending
Saturday night. But the program Of
entertainment is so intensive, and