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The Washington times., 1928-12-14
By MARIA JERITZA
ADVICE TO
LOY YEL.ORN
By Beatrice Fairfax


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Office Etiquette
DEAR MRS BEECKMAN:

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
What do you think about the
use Of first names In offices? O. p.
am overwhelmingly against I'll
So strongly DO / feel about Il,
that / believe that two sisters
should never. during office hours,
call each other BY their first
names. And no employer should,
during business hours. allow the
use of first names ia his depart
ment.
When an outsider enters an
office and hears. Get that letter
out for me. Marion. Z Or "Jane,
take that call, win YOUR or
Clara, did you see where I put
that file?' he gets most IiHl-
pleasant impression.
have never been able to see
what Is gained by this use Of the
first names. Certainly It saves no
time, and certainly 1t adds no more
friendliness than does abiding by
business courtesy during business
hours. Such slovenliness in bust
ness conduct gains nothing but
slovenIiness in business efficiency.
/ know q large and famous in
terror decorating establishment
run by two most delightful and
well-bred gentlemen. They share
an apartment oRer which the ex-
quisitely-cultfvated mother Of one
presides. The minute they enter
their establishment they cease
calling each other by their first
names, and address each other as
Mr.. ,'' as dignified business
courtesy dictates.
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The Fiance's Family

Will you kindly help me to help
another? The matter Is as follows:
A young man announces to
his family that he Is now en-
gagged to a girl with. whom he
has been going about FOR some
time, His parents have MT met
her parents. although they live
in the same city. but have met
the girl herself on different oc-
casions His. brothers and sis
tiers also know stlle girl and her
brothers and sisters. sss sa..
Following his announcement to
his family, what do they do
the parents, the brothers and
her q note. of felicftation, or greet
her to- his home to see his par
ents?
Can you help me to help them?
one wants to be very sure in
advising. WANTS TO HELP.
It is the custom and the social
regulations that when the young
man tells the happy news OF his
engagement to them they go at
once to call on the girl and her
parents. Indeed, among people of
very strict social tradition this
important call is supposed to be
made within the "a hours that
follow his announcement to his
family. But, at any rate, 1t
should be made as early as pos
sible. II possible, both the mother
and father should make the call.
since it is a family call to felici-
tate the bride-to-be and to give
her the hand of welcome into the
family. But, If it is not possible
for the father to go with the.
mother, the mother should go as
soon as possible and be the am
bassadress for the fathers vel.
coming message.
So, you should bend your fnflu-
ence in recommending that this
young mans mother and father,
or mother alone, should go as
soon as possible to make this
significant call on the girl and
her parents. The brothers and
sisters should call, too, but at a
bit later date, after the most i'm
portant cali Of the parents has
been made.
After that, any pleasant ges-
ture is in order. Notes of felici-
tation are always charming to
send. and they mean much to the
engaged girl. The brothers. too,
might send boxes of flowers to
the fiancee of their brother. en-.
closing their visiting cards. This
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is not necessary, Of course. but
It is a very polite and gallant
thing for them to do.
Then, IL the family Of the
young man wish-and this is also
very nice thing for them to do
they arrange dinner or recep
ton or just a simple tea. inviting
their relatives and friends TO
meet the young lady. The form
and kind of this party depend on
the social world Of the fiance's
family. IL they cannot do this,
they needn't at all worry. Bur.
they should express their friend
liness and graciousness and vel
come in the ways that they find
possible. As in all other phases
in life. These need not be in
an extravagant way. but they
should be thought out with sure,
sound taste. For instance. one
person may give a dinner party,
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Taste, and Wisdom, Too!

Postum is not a "cure-ali," not a
IN Medicine" Postum Is just what Mr.
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A drink that's good for old and young.
Try Postum for thirty days. in place
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Your grocer has Postum in two
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In the cup and Postum Cereal. the
kind you boil. Both cost much less
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HOUSEHOLD
HINTS

Wine stains can be removed by
holding the stained portion Of the
cloth in boiling milk.
whites of eggs. break them into a
pie chimney. The white will run
through and leave the yolk.
Petrol, though useful for clean.
ing garments. should never be used
in or near room where there is
any sort of fire or flame. Unless
under responsible guidance, only
grown.ups should use 1t, and, il
stored, it is best stored away from
a house.
A drawer that sticks is an an
noyance. Rub the sides with soap
or wax and the difficulty will be
overcome.
A dash of Worcester sauce added
to scrambled eggs before cooking
greatly improves their flavor.
A cork dipped in bathbrick and
rubbed on knives will keep them in
perfect condition.
Articles dyed black often have a
greyish cast. To avoid this add
half a navy blue to one black
dye.
Mix little ammonia with the
beeswax and turpentine used for
polishing floors. The wax will
then dissolve quickly.
A pinch of carbonate of soda
stirred into milk as soon as it ar.
rives will help to keep it sweet
in hot weather.
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FASHIONS
FANCIES

A short cut is always desirable
and is certainly 30 in the case OF
the blouse worn with the tailored
suit. Short sleeves are gradually
being readopted for blouses, while
many vestees are now being made
like sleeveless bIouses. The ac-
companying gloves are of neces-
sity longer than the usual pull-on
type.
Give them an inch and they'll
take q yard, can very well be said
Of miiady and her pearls. Hitherto
pearls have swung back and forth
between chokers and moderately
long strands. Now. behold they
extend to the knees Yards OF
pearls are required to go into
these new strands, which are first
all wound round the throat and
then, hung in single loop. jew
eled slip knots are used to hold
them in place.
COIoring up the situation, col
ored beads put in a regular ap-
pearance where gold jewelry is
concerned. Varied hued stones
are found interspersed between
the gold links. One necklace in
termingles turquoise blue cubes
with round gold beads, while an
other mixes red rondels with small.
and large nelon-shaped beads.
Trailing wreaths of glory is
trailing Wreaths of flowels in the
case of evening frocks. Exquisite
clusters of flowers are spiraled
from the waistline along the skirt,
or perhaps they hang loosely
down from the shoulder. Par
ticularly lovely is crimson
trailer of velvet flowers which
adorns black velvet gown.
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Timely Topics

Among the modern machines de-
signed for the progress of busi-
ness is a typewriter which writes
automatically by electricity. After
the original letter has been writ
ten copies may be run off indefi-
nitely. Another carries 40 diff
ferent alphabetsa Adding ma
chimes substract, divide, multiply
and check their own answers.
There, are mechanical devices
, which post ledgers and statements
simultaneously.
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TO SUPER-MAN:
:. MATTER OF TASTE

! Westerly, r. LIT was just simple
DAattsr Of taste. Not taste for books
lnuSie, or art. Simply a tasteful change
81, dtat. The result was that a rood
HaaH became q better man. according
20 Mr.. =. 9. Leaning, R. r. D. MOL,
Westsriy. His story Of the transtor-
Haation foliews:
81 was not run down. my nerves
:wsre neither exhausted nor fatigued
my sleep was peaceful and restful,
and took my caffein regularly. i
was not aware that 1t was harminx
me. At the home of a friend one day
was served my first cup of Postum
and became so enthusiastic over 1t
that II replaced caffein as our regular
znealtime drink and we have never
mad anything else since. Therein lies
the sole excuse for my desertion of
eakfein-simply matter of taste
Postun's fine flavor was more pleasing
than that of the caffein drink we had
been in the habit OF using.
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sent to q friend with whom we
do not correspond often? Ell.
Wen, / suppose that strictly
speaking we could not say that
IT Il correct to combine this
informal kind Of note with the
formality Of an engraved Christ
mas card. But when consider
how delighted am to have this
friendly addition to the Christmas
cards sent me by so many friends
from whom we have not heard
during the year, / haven't the
heart to say it isn't correct!
Nowadays Iife's tempo Is so rush
ed that we just don't get time. TO
write to all the people we want
to and so, when we send the
genial yearly greeting, it Is q
temptation to add just a little
more to the formal greeting on
the front Of the card. And
doubt il there are people such
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Trying to Think for other People

taking upon themselves the men
tai and sometimes physical effort
which really belongs to himi
1t may be that our own knowl-
edge is broader and surer; that
we really are expert in what he
knows little about. But how is
he to grow IL we take his work
away from him?
It is probable that parents are
the worst offenders in this; moth
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BY Lucy Lowell

Odd. isn't it, how practically
every one of us goes about try
ing to do some other persons
thinking for him-even trying to
act for him II we happen to be
that sort.
Not, we excuse ourselves, that
the other fellow isn't all right in
his way. We even may give him
credit for a fair amount of gray
matter. But OUR WAY is so
much the betteri Haven't we
learned by experience. or by OBJ
serving someone else's expert
ence. or perhaps just by un-
canny Intuition?
And if he insists upon hoeing
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ers and fathers who insist upon
making all decisions for their
children, marking out their prog
ress every step of the way. 1t
Is the very unusual child who
grows out of this handicap into
4 self-reliant, capable man or
woman.
But there are plenty OF others
who insist upon imposing their
wills on their feIlowmen and
women. They do 1t, you hear,
from motives of he1pfulness.
And this is true to some extent.
But isn't there a thought of ego
tism beneath the wish to help?
How do these dominant ones know
that their way always is best?
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my healthy body responded even when
TINS Ioad was slightly lessened.
The stoppaEe of this nervous loss
plus the invisoratins Influence Of
Postum has increased my reserve en-
ergy to such an extent that have
much more strength left at the end Of
the day. When Postum can tmnrovs
a healthy body IL is in Posturn's favor
that / must write"
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When Manners Are Correct = Bg ly consIus

stickIers Tor form that they win
forego the pleasure Of the note
from the friends just to be
correct.
AS 4 matter Of fact, this Is one
Of the reasons why / admire
people who send short notes Of
Christmas greeting instead 0f for
NAL cards. Just q few words in
the. handwriting Of a friend II
50 much more precious than =
frigid engraving ! wish that
more people would consider doing
this.
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his own row, regardless of the
wise advice we've offered. how
dreadfully stupid we consider the
poor felIowi
The fact Of the matter is that
the only way in which one person
successfully can influence the
opinions of another is by encour.
aging him to think for himself.
Not by endeavoring to cram his
head with our own ideas-not by
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Queer Doings

Extensive military maneuvers
are to be conducted by the Mexi-
can army.
There are upwards of 10000
Russian exiles living in France
and Germany.
English and Fench are the
official languages of the League
of Nations.
The new cityaof Tokyo, Japan,
will be fireproof and earthquake.
proof.
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most expensive party. too.
without an atom Of taste, to ceIe-
brate certain event, while an
other person might send n charm
ing letter of coagratu1ation. en-.
close 1t in box 10f flowers Of
wondrous beauty though simple.
and thereby express the perfect
taste that the dinner party never
could show. So much for that
greatest of all social assets
taste! You yourself indicate such
a sound sense of taste In your
letter that am sure you will
he right in your social Judgment
in the expressions of these
friends who wish to greet the
new daughter with dignity and
graciousness.
Explain the Oversight.
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
Several weeks ago I received a
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Notes Result. Quickly

''It was less than thirty days after
ing first cup of Postum that / became
nNnhcious of an Improvement. My
complexion WAS not amazingly cleared.
my blood was not miraculousIy puri-
fled, and I could not play tennis any
better. The simple truth was that at
nieht I was not as tired as formerly,
although the end OF the day had never
found me totally exhausted. Ap-
farently, however, caftein had caused
8 drain upon nay nervous system and
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wedding Gift. Through an over.
sight, the letter Of thanks was
not mailed. / did not know it
until today. DO / owe the
friends an apology Shall / write
them a letter or thanks now? I
would appreciate very much your
telling me how to atone for my
seeming ungratefulness.
Write a letter Of thanks at,
once and explain the circums
stances. / am sure your friends
will understand. Or you might
send the unmailed letter with an
accompanying explanation.
Formal and Informal
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
Will you kindly tell me IL It
Is poor form to write short note
on the back OF an engraved
Christmas card which is being
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7iennese Singer
Talks About
Freckles
BY Maria Jeritza
Prima Donna Of the Metropolitan
Opera Company. One OF the
Most Beautiful Women of
Aha T1aw

the Day
nEAR MADAM JERITZA:
~ / am almost frantic over
the freclle problem!
i've tried ali sorts Of creams,
etc, but without success, and
now that the skating season is
on, it means wind and more
fFeckles. really do not mind
them 90 much on my face as on
my neck and arms, for they look
so horrid in evening dress.
~ am not naturally self-con-
1cious. but my frecl1les make me
feel very Ill at ease when am
wearing a sleeveless frock. Won't
You please recommend something
!. that will be a sure cure? I
promise to use the preparation
faithfully, as I'll do anything to
get rid OF these old brown spots.
have read all your articles on
beauty, and believe you viii help
me. C.sL.
Il do not wish to discourage
you, my dear, but. a. far as +
know, there is not any sure cure
for freckles-at least not any that
il not likely to remove both skin
and freckles. The little brown
spots are deeply imbedded in the
pigment OF the skin. The sensible
modern girl is she who accepts
them cheerfully aA part OF her
self, taking moderate preventive
measures.
Surely. now that you are not
exposing your arms to direct
sunlight outdoors, the freckles
will gradually fade. You might
apply every night fresh lemon
Juice and glycerine in equal parts,
rubbing it in thoroughly.
This mixture will gradually fade
them and should also keep your
arms soft and velvety. You may
nave to wear a long.sleeved
nightie however, to protect your
bgdclothes from the glycerine.
II: Why do you not use LIQUID
powder on your arms with yotir
sleeveless evening frocks? There
are excellent varieties to be
bought, which should hide defects
and which viii not rub OFF on the
sleeves OF a dancing partner.
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supply wouldn't
couldn't that her modst necklace
Of silver plates is Dnas necklace Of gold shells As to h
fltmed with Persian
the Dnas turban
and
ons When dark
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that Here four
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fourth. As#
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This Dau II our History

George washington known AZ the His Country died
on December 1922 Mt where Ne had after
retiring public life 1897 He cuned BY the entire
American people.
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Removing Pirnples

DEAR MADAME JERlTzA:
Will you kindly suggest q rem
edy for removing pirnpIes above
my elbows? I have tried scrubbing
them with hot water and soap,
but Il made my arms so sore that
f. gave it up. They are always
red and ] can never wear a short
-sleeved dress. / thank you. G. y.
!. Pimples, il they are chronic.
are sometimes a symptom OF i'm
pure blood and cali for a physi-
clans attention.
~ Overcome constipation by drink
ing plenty Of water ard by an
abundance OF exercise and plain
food. Include fruit and vegetables
In your diet. A daily bath should
help keep. your pores clear and
hence clear your skin.
Scrubbing the pimples gently
with warm soapsuds was a good
idea, but you should have followed
this with a warm rinse, a careful
drying and application of a little
.pnEe cold cream or sweet almond
ell to counteract any irritation.
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Reducing the Bust

DEAR MADAME JERITZA:
Il am five feet four inches tail
and weigh 128 pounds. am Is.
How can / reduce my bust,
please? / have been told a spe.
cial diet would make it grow
smaller, but I do not know what
specific diet would be best. I
thank you. NJ. l..
The only diet that will serve
your purpose. my dear, is one
that is moderately reducing. Avoid
cream, rich gravies and sauces
and fats Of all kinds. Take lemon.
ade instead of ice-cream sundaes.
Always. after your daily bath,
sponge your chest with cold water,
for cold water is astringent. Be-
fore your bath, don rubber bras.
siere one size too large for you
and practice arm, shoulder and
chest exercises very vigorously for
10 minutes to induce perspiration.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09
New Action in
DOol Estate

\ civil action was flied at the
county clerk 5 office this morning
by Donald Nool and Alfred |.
Heck, rs executors of the last Will
and testament cf Edward Dool, de
ceased, against the First National
Bank of CaeXico.
The complaint charges that the
defendant claims certain right and
title in money collected by Ray
Edgar as receiver of the estate. The
plaintiff asks that the court Issue
an order restraining the defendant
from seeking to hold ur disburse-
mrnt of the money by su>h claim.
In a previous case a jury ruled
that trust deeds and documents held
by the defendant against thc estate
n question should be declared void.
Frank l.. Muhleman and c. Shcr.
man Anderson are appearing as at
torneys for the plaintiffs.