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SPRINCTIME
BY D. c. PEATTE.

The city full of visitors, from every
State and town-Sunny Streets-the
white fountains playing-the balloon
men, and the old colored women sell
ing primroses-thats Washington
April, to my mind.
One can live the year round in New
York without any more knowledge of
the seasons than that it Is hot or cold,
time to wear straw hats, or time to stop
wearing them. Not so in Washington.
The stately avenues that bear the
names OF States, with their elm trees
just showing greeny-gold SO feet over
head, the lawns OF the Mall beginning
to freshen, poisoning with chickweed
and speedWell; the lilacs of old George
town gardens, the forsythia around the
Monument, the magnoliaS on the White
House lawn, and the japanese cherries
around the Tidal Basin, make of the
Capital the Nations garden city. Now,
of all times of year, is Washington at
its lovelieSt-now we need envy no man
any other climate, town OF season.
On such fine day as comes to us
at Just this season, Washington, to me.
always seems to take on a Partisan
gayety and snap. Not even the fiacres,
so reminiscent of times gone by, so
pretty an anachronism outside the door
Of the Corcoran, or in Franklin Park.
are lacking to give the city an Old
World charm. And best of all, think,
I love the pushcarts full of flowers so
abundant around Dupont Circle. In no
other city do they. so far as I know,
peddle Spring flowers in this delightful
fashion.
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Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

Mrs. w. p. L. writes: II read in
your column of the baby who refused
his milk from glass, and as I had
the same difficulty / wonder II the
mother would be interested in what I
did? My son refused milk but liked
his egg, so let him watch me beat an
egg in bowl and add bit of vanilla
and sugar and some milk. and then
offered him little as a treat and he
drank it.
1.-THE next time I offered him milk
put little chocolate into 1t and call
ed it a chocolate milk shake, and his
curiosity was aroused so he drank it.
For several days I added different ia
workings of fruit juices, such as prune
and pineapple, so that shortly he grew
accustomed to milk in a glass.
win you set me right on a problem
Of discipline? My 2-year-old boy Is
very bright; he can carry messages and
fulfill commands, but he does not stay
interested very long in anything and
drops his toys. His father thinks they
should be picked up. feel that If he
were nagged all day to pick things up
he would be miserable. Who IS right?
Should a child of that age obey
every command at once? II order
him I stay right with it, but sometimes
it takes half an hour"
Answer: liked your method OF In
PRODUCING the milk into the diet. If 1t
is done casually and using natural in
terest and curiosity about the taste,
the child won't refuse 1t long, but II
the mother assumes "do-or-die" spirit
and goes after that milk drinking as II
to refuse it were crime, the child will
certainly balk at taking it.
Toys should be cleared up once
day and put away for the night. The
rest of the time they should be easy
to get at and the child not trritated
by constant commands to pick them up.
A playroom does away with the annoy
ance of toys all over the floor, or even
just a fenced-off portion of room
with all the toys in that space.
In giving command to child be
sure first that it is absolutely neces-
sary one. Then get the child's atten-
ton. II his attention is busted else
where he may not hear you. Even If
he hears he may not heed. Go up to
him. Look right at him and speak
slowly and clearly. A child's COM
mand of language is limited. We often
couch our commands in useless Ian
guage, talking on and on far beyond
the simple request we want to make.
Give the child time to stop doing what
he is occupied with, but stand there
until he moves, or take his hand and,
talking about something pleasant, trot
him right off to whatever 1t is you want
him to do. II we want children to
heed us we must make ourselves heard
and understood and then act as If We
expected the right response.
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.

the eating Of rabbit meat which was
not thoroughly cooked.
Scientific investigators assert that the
meat of an infected rabbit Is perfectly
harmless when cooked and eaten If It
has been kept in cold storage or frozen
for 80 days.
Do not handle or use rabbit that
seems at all dopey, slow moving. dull
eyed or rough or ragged Of fur. A rab-
bit that the dog or cat catches is
probably sick. A rabbit that doesn't
run from you on sight is probably sick.
1t Is wise precaution to wear rub
Der gloves when handling or dressing
or cleaning wild rabbits for market or
for meat. One who must handle such
meat, or the skins, ought to use q good
hand disinfectant regularly afterward
The Surest sign of tularemia In a
rabbit or other rodent is the presence
on and In the liver Of many little
white specks the size of a pinhead or
little finger. If the liver shows no
such specks the rabbit is probably
sound.
: Tularemia in man develops with an
intense headache few days after in
| oculation, then pains in every bone and
| high fever, usually with chills, and
| swelling under the armpit. At the
site of incubation there is an infiamed
| papule or boil.
Wood ticks and the rabbit louise prob
| ably are the carriers of the infection
| from rabbit to rabbit in nature, but
blood sucking insects may carry the in.
lection to man In their bites, notably
| deer flies, wood ticks, perhaps in few
instances squirrel fieaS, rat bits, bed.
bugs and the mouse lice.
No effective serum or cure for tular.
| emia has as vet been found
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SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
Sixth Fine Art.

The number of arts is equal to the
number of fingers on your right hand.
The familiar five are-architecture,
sculpture, painting, poetry and music.
The sixth art is personality!
Art demands personality of its maker.
Beauty is he realm of genius. Phidias,
Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Beethoven,
Raphael, Bernhard. Duse. The beauty
which came forth from these souls was
like the web from the spider. 1t was
their sef-expression.
Personality is an art, not built carved
designed, phrased or composed, but
still an art. You must form yourself &C
cording to a pattern, just as you would
frock. You must create your person.
atty in your own image. Then you be-
come yourself
Nature gives each one of us start.
No peas in the same pod are really alike.
No leaves on the same maple are dupli-
Gates. History may repeat itself, but
not nature.
The individuality Of each person finds
expression in the face. Forehead and
chin, cheek and cheek, two eyes and
ears and nostrils. But no two faces are
alike. And no two fingers, for that
matter.
But nature must have aid from with
in If she is going to produce personality.
She gives you the key, you must i'm
provise the individual. She sets the
pace, you must run your marathon. She
draws the outline, but you yourself must
fill it In. Then you are you.
Every personality must have pat
tern, or the painting of the person will
be smudge. You can find kind of
pattern, for a while, in another person.
One artist observes the other. One
scientist builds on the others work.
But you must pattern yourself in this
semi-original way and fit your person.
atty to yourself as Semi-ready suit re-
curing alterations.
Then there must be power. The pat
tern must be cut out and formed. The
artist works over his picture. The actor
studies and rehearSeS his part. The
real individual develops herself the way
Helen Wills developed her technique and
physique.
Personality means playing o part,
your part, in the big tent, where there is
room for all. The freaks are in the side
shows. You do not pose or pretend.
No. you push the pattern of your per-
sonality the way swimmer pushes the
water In order to keep afloat.
The number of artists is limited, be-
cause nature hasn't thrown talent away.
But the number of individuals is indefi-
mite, so that each one has chance to
be the artist of her individuality.
Copyright, 1929
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other, until he now has home coveted
by many of his acquaintance.
Another man has an artistically de-
signed and mechanically perfect re-
ceiving set He obtained possession OF
1t through shrewd trading. Otherwise,
he could not have owned it. Then
there is the automobile trader, the man
who starts out with a litter of junk
and manages somehow to run 1t up to
an deliberately appointed town car for
the wife and kiddies.
X X X X
There is the person, too, who always
contrives to be on hand when some
thing is given for nothing. He is in
vited to join club to swell the MEM
bership. The newly organized outfit
desires the prestige Of his name and,
10, he Is unanimously elected. 1t didn't
cost him a cent.
A friend of ours saved few thou
sand dollars. This was rather remark
able because he was and is an artist.
These savings represented years OF
labor and extraordinary thrift. One
day an old friend of his dropped In to
see him. During the course Of the
conversation the caller said, II have
Just returned from a health resort, to
find my business partners have de-
parted leaving me high and dry and
broke. All have in the world is this"
(He tossed SO cents in the air)
The man had been a money maker.
The artists sympathy was reused and
he said, "Well, Bill, have few dol
lars 1 can let you have to start over
again. It isn't much, but you're well
come to It,"
His friend refused the offer with
thanks and assured the generous one
that everything would come out o. k.
Then he left the artists studio.
Several weeks later the friend re-
turned and said "Ill take that offer
I'D Of yours. Well organize company
to sell what I have been dealing in for
many years. You'll be the treasurer
and handle the money and I'll be presi-
dent"
The artist didn't know a bill of lad
ing from accounts receivable, but he
knew his friend. That was enough.
The first week they were in business
the partners netted something like
$4,000. Soon after they did business
of $1,000 in one week. Since that time
both men have become independently
wealthy.
Conscious stricken because he re-
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Popular Types of Footwear

! by the shoe with q fairly large buckle
that gives the appearance of greater
height to the instep and breaks the long
lines of the shoe.
For the benefit of the woman who
chooses clothes of the sports type for
daytime wear generally throughout the
warm weather there are shoes of semi
sports sort, made with heels of me-
dunn height that are usually much more
becoming than the very broad-heeled,
fiat sports shoes intended for actual
sportswear.
For wear with these sports type of
ensembles, stockings of a not exagger-
ated sun-tan tone are in good taste,
though any beige tone that harmonizes
with the rest of the costume may be
worn.
II you have little girl am sure you
will find this weeks Help for the Home
Dressmaker very helpful. 1t contains q
diagram pattern for the new short
French drawers which are worn extern
sively with short thin dresses this sea-
son. Send me a stamped, addressed
envelope and will gladly send you q
copy at once.
(Copyright, 1920
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WORLD FAMOUS STORIES
OLD GRAVES
BY JOHN CARVER.

(Epitsphs and old gravestones. though 9
somber subject, can now and then be bright
gruity bordering on that humor which light
ems al lifeD
In passing through New England, q
stranger will be struck with the va
riety, in taste and feeling, respecting
burial places. Here and there may
be seen solitary grave, in desolate
and dreary pasture lot, and anon under
the shade of some lone tree, the SIM
pie stone reared by affection to the
memory of one known and loved by
the humble fireside only. There, on
that gentle elevation, sloping green
and beautiful toward the south, Is a
family enclosure adorned with trees
and filled with the graves of the house
hold. How many breaking hearts have
there left the loved till that bright
Inorning Here in this garden, beside
the vine-covered arbor and amidst the
shrubbery which her own hand planted
is the monument to the faithful wife
and loving mother. How appropriate!
How beautiful!
Apropos to burying in gardens, /
heard story of an old man who was
bent on interring his wife in his garden,
despite the opposition of all his neigh
bors to his doing SO. Indeed, the old
fellow avowed this as his chief reason,
and to all their entreaties and depreca-
tons and earnest requests he still de-
clared he would do 1t. Finding every
thing they could do to be of no avail
the people bethought themselves of a
certain physician, who was said to have
great influence over the old man, and
who owned an orchard adjoining, the
very garden, so, going to him in body,
they besought him to attempt to change
the determination of HIS obstinate
friend. The doctor consented to do
so ana went. After offering his con-
dolence on the loss of his wife, and
prohering any aid he might be able to
render at the funeral. the doctor said:
I understand you intend to bury your
deceased wife in your garden"
Yes" answered the old man, 81 do.
And the more people object the more
I'm determined to do It'll"
Right" replied the doctor, with an
emphatic shake of the head. "Rightl
applaud the deed. I'd bury her there,
II l We're you. The boys are always
stealing the pears from my favorite
three that overhangs your garden, and
by and by you'll die, Uncle Diddie, and
they'll bury you there, too, and then
I'm sure that the boys viii never dare
steal another pear"
!. mol I'll be hanged If I bury her
there" said the old man In great wrath.
I'll bury her In the graveyard"
New England can boast her beautiful
places Of sepulture, but as a common
thing they are too much neglected.
and attractive only to the lover of
oddities and curious old epitaphs. Oc-
casionally you may see a strangely
shaped tomb, or. &c in Q well known
village, knocker placed on the door of
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his family vault by some odd specimen
of humanity. When asked the reason
for doing SO singular q thing, one man
gravely replied that when the old
gentleman should come to claim his
own, the tenants might have the
pleasure of saying, not at home or of
fleeing out of the back door,"
In passing through these neglected
grounds you will often find some touch
ingly beautiful scriptural allusion-
some apt quotation or some emblem so
lovely and instructive that the memory
of it will go with you for days. Here
In a neglected spot and amid cluster
of raised stones Is the grave of the
stranger clergyman's child, who died
on its journey. The inscription is sweet
when taken in connection with the por-
ton of sacred history from which the
quotation is made: us 1t well with
the child? And she answered. It is
we'll" Again the only inscription Is an
emblem butterfly rising from the
chrysalis Glorious thought. embodied
in emblem so singularl "Sown in cor
ruption, raised in incorruption!"
Then come you to something strange
" odd, as for instance: Here lies
John Auricular, who in the ways of
the Lord walked perpendicular. Again:
MANY cold wind DER my body shall
roll while In Abraham'S bosom I'm
feasting my SOUL: appropriate certain
ly, as the grave was on a cold north
east slope Of one of our bleak hills.
Again. Dutchman's epitaphs for his
twin babes: Here lie two babes. dead
as two nits, who shook to death NIT
ague fits. They was too good to live
NIT me. so God He took 'em to live
NIT He"
There is the grave Of a young man
who, dying suddenly, was eulogized with
this strange aim at the sublime: "He
lived, He died"
Not a 100 miles from Boston is q
gravestone the epitaph on which, to all
who knew the parties, bordered strong
ly upon the burlesque: a farmer who
within a few months buried his wife
and adopted daughter. the former all
her life long thorn In his flesh, whose
death could not but have been re-
lief, wrote thus: "They were lovely and
beloved in their lives, and in death
were not divided" Poor man! Well
he knew how full of strife and sorrow
was worn to shadow before her death,
and his hair was all gone Many of
the neighbors thought surely that he
well knew what had become of it,
especially as 1t disappeared by the
handful. But grave covers all faults:
and those who knew her could only
hope that she might rest from her
labors and her work follow her.
On a low, sandy mound far down
on the cape rises q tall slate stone,
with fitting emblems and epitaphs as
follows: Here lies Judy and John,
that lovely pair, John was killed by a
whale and indy sieana I1era
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Postage Stamps.

Our Uncle Sam has learned some
things while busy years have spread
their wings and chased themselves
away; we see him now eomercialise the
little fads of harmless guys, and make
the business pay. The postage stamps
he used to sell performed their mission
very we'll, but never knew change;
the same old stamps, year after year.
would on our valued mail appear, no
models new and strange. So stamp col
lectors had to send to countries at the
planets end, If they'd have something
new; if they would have their minds at
peace they had to send away to Greece,
or far-off Timbuetu. Then Uncle Sam
at last awoke, and said, IF all these
nutty folk demand frequent change,
I'll give them new stamps every week.
so they'll no longer have to seek abroad
for models strange" And now there
are new stamps on sale until it uses all
our kale to buy them all, by jings; old
Uncle Sam commentaries the birth
days of our sovereign States, and nifty
other things. He's printing stamps to
honor gents who were mixed up in great
events hundred years ago; he's print
ing stamps so blooming fast the poor
collector stands agaet as he digs up the
dough. There1l be a stamp full soon,
I ween, in honor of Darius Green, who
first conceived a plane; there1l be a
stamp for old John L., who used his
mauleys wildly well, and polished Jake
Kilrain. When first our Uncle Sam
broke. loose with stamps on any old
excuse, thought I'd buy them all; but
he kept up SO swift gait couldn't
keep my assets straight, I'm backed
against the wall WALT MASON.
(Copyright, 1897
United States has more than 90 per
cent Of the worlds autes.
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The Sidewalks of Washington
BY THORNTON FISHER.

garded his friend as the man deserving
the most money, the artist wrote his
resignation as treasurer and explained
that while he was willing to share in
the profits, he was not, in his opinion,
entitled to one-half of the proceeds
This may be hard for the reader to
believe. Only an artist would be so
foolish. The head of the company said.
You will remain one-half owner. If
1t had not been for your cash I should
have lost this opportunity, perhaps, to
come back"
The artist now has three widely
separated homes in different parts Of
the country and several automobiles
Lots of folks have said that he got
something for nothing. They forget
that he had saved the ready money and
was willing to gamble 1t on the char
acter of his friend.
X r
There is luck in the game, of course.
An all-wise Providence so often guards
the fortunes of those unable to care
for themselves. Men sign on the dot
ted line sometimes without knowing
what they do. A young fellow unac-
customed to the purchase of property
chose home in the suburbs. He was
not familiar with clauses containing
provisions about restrictions. AS a mat
ter of fact, he knew nothing about such
things as restrictions. 1t proved to be
a good thing. The builder of the house,
an honest man, told him that the sur
rounding property was restricted against
public garages, glue factories, etc, but
nothing was said about the erection
OF apartment houses. 1t happened that
the buyers home was on a corner. The
three other corners were vacant ground.
Sitting on his porch he confidently ex-
pected that private homes would adorn
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Beware the Sickly Bunny.

Rabbit fever or tularemia has been
recognized in animals for several years.
but only recently many cases have been
reported in man. The disease is quite
serious in man. Among 500 reported
cases theye were 20 that terminated
fatally.
Only wild rabbits have tularemia-
tame rabbits and Belgian hares do not
have 1t. Other animals may have the
disease, notably rats and squirrels. In
a few instances the infection has been
conveyed to man by the bite OF cat,
dog or hog that had probably eaten
an infected rabbit, rat or squirrel.
Sufferers who recover from an attack
remain permanently immune thereafter.
Many laboratory research workers have
been infected through their animal ex-
Fermentation.
The infection occurs as rule by
incubation of a puncture, scratch Oh
cut on the hands of person who has
dressed the diseased rabbit.
Thorough cooking will destroy the
germ, but some cases of infection OF
man by tularemia have been traced to
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Whiteheads.

Dear Miss Leeds: / have been using
q good grade of powder and rouge,
but 1 have noticed small whiteheads
on my cheeks under the skin. Is
this caused by the rouge? How can
I encourage scanty eyelashes to grow?
JANE A.
Answer.-I do not think the rouge
caused the whiteheads. They are OBJ
structed glands and result from slug
gishneSs of the skin. Perhaps you have
not ben washing your face thoroughly
enough. Remove the makeup with
cold cream and then wash your face
with plenty of warm water and soap,
using a soft complexion brush and work
in the lather Rinse very thoroughly
in clean warm water then battle your
face in cold water for several minutes
before drying it. BE sure to exercise
outdoors every day. If you are en-
ployed in the daytime, join a gymna-
stun class or go swimming two nights
week Take warm cleansing bath
each night and stimulating cold or
tepid bath In the morning, followed by
hard rundown. Every night apply
white vaseline to your lashes.
LOIS LEEDS.
Red BlOtcheS on Limbs.
Dear Miss Leeds: Since last Sum-
mer I have had red blotches all over
my legs and arms. How can get
rid of them before Summer.
WINFIELD.
Answer.-If you did your swimming
in a swimming pool that vas not kept
perfectly sanitary you may have con-
tracted a skin disease. I cannot tell
just from your description of ''red
blotches" what the trouble may be,
but suggest that you consult a doctor.
LOIS LEEDS.
Mister Sixteen.
Dear Miss Leeds: am boy 16
years old, 5 feet inches tall and
weigh 103 pounds. If I am under
weight, how can I build myself IN?
My measurements are: Waist, %;
ankle, 8; hips. 80: chest, 81; wrist, 6.
have a few pimples and sores ON my
face. How can I get rid of them?
INTERESTED.
Answer.-The average weight for
your age and height is 124 pounds.
Your measurements are slender for
your height, but I think you will fill
out as you grow older. Be sure to
eat three square meals day and drink
quart of milk daily. Avoid eonsti-
patton. Exercise moderately-enou
to work up a good appetite, but not
enough to fatigue you greatly. Sleep
nine or ten hours every night. Do
not smoke or indulge In other bad
habits. Have thorough physical ex-
animation by your family physician to
see If there is any internal condition
like diseased tonsils or bad teeth that
may be keeping you too thin. You will
outgrow the pimples in few years;
keep your skin clean with soap and
water.
LOIS LEEDS.
Dark Upper Lip.
Dear Miss Leeds: I have a very dark
upper lip; 1t Is not due to dark hairs,
but to the skin. How can ! correct
this? I am S feet 4 inches tall and
16 years old. What should I weigh?
BOOTS.
Answer-Perhaps the dark hue is
due to tiny blackheads. Examine the
,1-f oil To &c - al