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Reply.

print this letter rather than half
a dozen other plants of the same type
because it has lighter touch about it,
and this dismal subject needs it. Sui
eide in 20-year old pretty girl con-
cerned about the lines in her face and,
as a rule, fairly happy sounds like
comedy, but is, in fact, tragedy, even
though thus relieved I have letters
too tragic to print; they might induce
depressions in others.
There are two classes of persons who
are disqualified for understanding these
depreSsions; those who have them and
those who haven't The first because
under their influence they see things
too darkly and nothing rightly: the sec
ond because they can't understand what
all the fuss is about when there seems
SO little the matter. The latter,
jority. or this earth of ours would be
vale of tears. They tell you, if you
happen to be victim of depression.
that, of course, they also often feel blue
and have disappointments, but they
smile and get over it. Then why all
this agony and thoughts of suicide?
Ridiculous! Nerves are ridiculous i'm
backbone which they seem to lack.
These fits Of depression find their
place in the general picture neuras-
thenia, one common form of nervous
breakdown. have no doubt that this
young woman has other symptoms
which she doesn't mention. because she
is so troubled about this ore. in which
her case happens to be markell. These
conditions fluctuate, but this regular
"once week" is peculiar flourish and
suggests little touch of hysteria,
which in the female often accom-
panies the neurasthenic disposition. If
1t Is always the same day, it may be
that that day is associated with some
tragic happening in love affair. I
know of a case of a man then aged
"a who had to stop work on the 23d
of the month, and for the nine months
of his incapacity he had day OF extra
deep mourning on the 23d; he was de-
pressed for almost the whole of the
period.
At times the agony of nerves cries
out with such despair that anything
death itself-seems preferable to this
CHASTITY sense of intolerable misery and
terrific disaster, all the worse because
IL is so vague. know of another VIC
tim, a man in the 4os. struggling brave
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Home in Good Taste
BY SARA HILAND.

What could be more IN keeping with
a daintily furnished room than bro
caded taffeta with this tiny floral de-
sign in pastel shades?
Often all we need to plan the color
scheme for an entire room is just one
small piece of material and, given the
one shown, it would be very simple
matter to imagine room in putty, gold
and pale green.
The line stripe is of gold, the flow
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NANCY PACE
Corn Relish Lives Up
to Its Name.
BY FLORENCE La GANKE.

The Page kitchen was fragrant as a
Garden had done well this Summer and
the making of corn relish. The Page
garden ha ddone we'll this Summer and
there was more corn than the family
could possibly eat. So Nancy decided
she would make some corn relish 10
serve next Winter with cold meats.
The worst part of the job was the
cutting of the corn from the cob. First
Nancy husked the corn, then she used
little new vegetable brush to get of the
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Chairs in a living room should be so
arranged THAI at a glance they suggest
friendlineSS and invite conversation.
The home maker should bear this in
mind, and after placing the furniture
so that it suits wall space and floor
space correctly, she should look to chair
arrangement. The coziness of a room
depends largely upon the disposition of
these pieces.
If the room is large and has in it
davenport or sofa or day bed, draw
chair up before it SO that persons would
face one another when seated. The
chair should be selected with care. for
it must not be obtrusive. 1t should have
low back if overstuffed and not be
cumbersome, but easy to move about. A
chair with wooden back of pleasing
open framework presents the most dec
oratiye aspect. If the room is COM
paratively small this occasional chair
may be omitted, but there should be
one near the davenport and turned to-
ward 1t at an inviting angle.
Avoid having a chair with its back
toward nearby entrance doorway. It
presents a forbidding aspect, as if one
turned a cold shoulder to ones friends
who call. Also avoid as much as possible
having an isolated chair, one without
another at close range. 1t looks so
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MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

toes. (3) Yes. a. You must learn
to besr the pangs of hunger if you wish
to lose weight. Sip water slowly when
you feel hungry between meals, but do
not eat anything then. suppose your
coffee has cream and sugar in 1t. which
are fattening. Drink it clear or omit 1t
in favor of a fruit juice beverage. Try
eating nothing but fruit for breakfast.
For lunch have a large vegetable salad.
For dinner have little meat a starchy
vegetable or bread (not BOTH, two nom
starchy vegetables, fruit dessert. 80
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For the Camper.

Toasted Sandwiches.-These are es-
pecially delicious made of cheese or
bacon with slice Of tomato or lettuce
added. They must be eaten while
piping hot to be thoroughly enjoyed.
The bread must be toasted and the
bacon fried or broiled.
Camp Style Beans.-Fry as many
slices of bacon as there are people to
be served. Remove the bacon from the
skillet and add one can of pork and
beans and two or three tablespoonful
Of catsup. Heat thoroughly and serve.
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weight and Measurements.

Dear Miss Leeds-Q) I am 18 years
old, feet inches tain and weigh $50
pounds. My measurements are: Ankle,
8: calf, ID; thigh, 81: hips, 50: bust,
80; waist, %. Are they correct? ca
have medium brown hair. What col
ors are becoming? LOUISE 3.
Answer-(1) The average weight for
your age and height is 1874 pounds The
excess in your weight Is largely due. I
think, to your having heavier bones
than the average. Your measurements
are in good proportion for your type.
(2) In selecting becoming colors 1t is
important to consider ones complexion,
whether fair, medium or olive. Hair
and eye color should also be considered
I shall be glad to help you If you will
give me better description of your
coloring. LOIS LEEDS.
Copyright. 1921
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cred stripe has a background of green
with flowers of lavender and gold.
With this to work on, the woodwork
and walls in the room might be putty
shade, which is ideal as background
and the glass curtains of pale gold
gauze. The overdraperies could be Of
plain lavender taffeta trimmed with
straight bands of the brocade illustrated
(using three stripes with the Powered
one in the center) and the bedspreads
Of brocade piped in lavender.
The chairs could be covered In Law
ender MORE and the lamp shades should
have a gold glow with green and Law
ender trimming.
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vegetables were chopped while the corn
was blanching or cooking in the boiling
water for five minutes. AS soon as the
corn was cool the kernels were cut off.
Then she measured four cups Vine
gar, one cup sugar, one and one-half
tablespoonful dry mustard. one table
spoon salt and one-quarter teaspoon
turmeric. She put the dry ingredients
together and added the vinegar. When
this was hot she put in vegetables and
cooked for a half hour. Then she
sealed it in well sterilized jars.
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mans horse SUD-
denly bolted and
started to d a S n
toward the rear.
Hey" shouted
an officer who saw
the steed galloping
madly from the
scene; don't you
know you're sup
posed to be dead"
Yes" replied the
mounted man, but
the horse doesn't
know it."
X x X X
where do good
people go when
they die?"
ITO California"
responded a native
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DAILY DIET RECIPE
GLAZED CARROTS.
Medium sized carrots, six.
Sugar, two tablespoons.
Butter, three tablespoons.

SERVES FOUR PORTIONS.
The carrots may be steamed or
boiled in their skins. Leftover
carrots could be used if desired.
Cut them in half lengthwise:
Melt butter in a frying pan. Add
sugar, mixing well until it buh-
bles. Then add the carrots and
cook them gently until well
browned-time about 20 minutes.
Shake pan frequently to prevent
burning.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes some fiber.
energy value in the butter and
sugar. Lime, iron. vitamins A and
3 present. Can be eaten by nor
NAL adults of average or under
weight. Good in diet to increase
weight. Could be given 10 normal
children of II years and over oc-
casionally.
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Key-Ring Watches in Paris.

Paris has a new mode in carrying
watches in key rings as well as in vari-
Gus other articles of utility or adorn-
ment. Timepieces in cigarette lighters
are still popular, and the wrist watch
continues in demand, but novelty time
pieces are taking the lead.
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fine corn silk: She had a large kettle
of water on the stove and when it be-
gan to boil she put the corn in. She
was using nine ears of Golden Bantam
corn.
Her other ingredients were these-one
small head cabbage, three red peppers.
three green peppers. Two medium sized
white onions. She washed the peppers,
cut off the stem ends and removed the
white core and seeds. Then she peeled
the onions and cut the cabbage into
small pieces, discarding the core. These
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MENU FOR A DAY.

BREAKFAST.
Honey dew melons, cold nodded
oat meal with cream, tomato and
cream toast, doughnuts, coffee.
DINNER.
Fruit cup, roast lamb, brown
gravy, Delmonico potatoes, green
corn, tomato and lettuce salad,
French dressing, orange sherbet,
macaroons, coffee.
SUPPER.
Shrimp salad, mayonnaise
dressing, toasted crackers, hot
BURBERRY cake, iced tea.
TOMATO AND TOAST
Scald / ia cups milk and add
1 tablespoonful flour, mixed with
cold water to form a smooth
paste. Cook 90 minutes in double
boiler, stirring constantly until
mixture thickens, afterward occa-
sionally. Add 2-3 cupful stewed
and strained tomatoes to which
has been added 1-8 teaSpoonfui
soda, Add. l tablespoonful butter
and one-half teaSpoonful salt. DIP
6 slices of toast separately in
sauce, arrange on a platter, pour
over remaining sauce, and pour
over all scrambled eggs.
FRUIT CUP.
Cut canned pineapple into
small cubes, add an equal guam.
tity of grapefruit pulp and place
in small glass cups. Pour 2 ia
blespoonfuIs of maple sirup over
each serving, sprinkle with
chopped nut meats and chill near
the ice.
SHRIMP SALAD.
Take crisp lettuce leaves and
place seven si1rimps (if canneO
on each leaf. Chop celery in
coarse pieces and sprinkle over
them. Gut hard-boiled eggs into
circles and place around, then
add salad dressing.
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OF that State proudly.
California has more adopted ina
tives" than any other State in the
Union. Chicagoans, st. Louisans and
even New Workers proclaim themselves
natives" after few years residence
in the State of moving pictures and
orange groves. Once in while a ma
tive Californian chooses a place in the
East. One of them purchased an ex-
cellent parcel of ground near Washing
ton several years ago. BY diligent effort
he has transformed deSolate piece OF
ground into one of the most charming
of spots. 1t will always be his home.
His name? For his own safety we can
not mention it.
X X X
Usually when we think of those who
60 down to the sea in ships and COM
mand our modern ocean liners, the
image coniured up is one of a gray,
grizzled veteran of hardened visage and
sharp tongue. The shippers of ancient
sailing ships may have been of this
type, but the master of a magnificent
craft today is just as likely to be COM
parative youngster, with the address OF
a cavalier, the attire of Beau Brummel
and the language of the drawing room.
The social demands on the mocern
ships commander are regarded as nee
essary to the popularity of the line en-
ploying him. His table is usually the
social center of the dining room, and
scores seek the distinction of occupying
a position at his board.
A friend of this writer's happened to
be the skipper of one of the largest
and best known ships sailing the At
lantic. He began life in a small village
in New York State. His family was
poor. During the lazy Summer days of
vacation the youngster would steal
lie on the bank and dream.
was a ship. He would send his ship
from the shore and watch it drift with
the current. AS he watched it its pro-
portions increased. He saw a great
4 black prov pushing its way through the
resisting waves. TO him the opposite
bank represented those mysterious lands
of which he had heard strange tales.
He decided to become sailor.
When he was 16 years old he entered
a training ship. Ten years later he
, was a mate on an oceangoing vessel.
Before he was so he commanded a
ship known as the giant of the seas.
He might have passed easily for man
40 or younger.
There were innumerable times when
he remained sleepleSs on the bridge for
48 hours, being supplied with coffee by
his faithful steward.
Once when his ship was in port, we
sought q small Bohemian restaurant.
He was dressed in civieS and carried a
cane. When arrayed for the street he
did not resemble
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d10 AkOO ACoCAAAb1C
in any respect a
salt water boss.
Somehow 1t be-
came known in the
restaurant that the
S per of the
- was present.
His name was as
we'll known as his
S hip. Strangers
introduced them
selves to him. He
accepted the "lion-
izing" i11cdestly.
Later in the eve
ming two srnartly
dressed youths APP
peared. It W a S
evident that they
had been iInbibing
y
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These Depressions.

Is there any cause for morbid depressions
that occur almost regularly once q week?
I am an art student. 20 years old. and
have been suffering from fits Of depression
Bite my HANGS don consder s snieg. ana ma
account Of the grief it would bring to my
parents. but often long for death at any
price; In spite OF the fact that these emo
tionsl orgies bring lines to my face. which
are hard to massage away, can't seem to
pretty. have had several love affairs
which I took seriously, and which ended
for when I'm not drawing ef make y oWn
clothes. but as a rule I'm fairly happy. I
read your column every. day and would be
me through it.-V. M. r.
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The Sidewalks of Washington
BY THORNTON FISHER.

Army tales provide an endless source
of amusement. Some time ago several
Cavalry outfits engaged in a sham bat
tie. During the "hostilities' cavalry
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One Mother Says
do not approve of small children
drinking tea or coffee, so sometimes
when am drinking mine and they say
they want O hot drink, too, AK them
one Of which they are very fond. I
simply fill up cup with hot water and
drop in a cream peppermint. This
makes q delicious tasting and smelling
drink and the children enjoy slipping"
it while finish up my coffee.
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slightly. One Of the patrons knew
them and introduced them to "the cap
tain Of the"
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COUN TRY'S.

achieve stability until this vital prob
lem of surplus labor is solved, and a
major prospect for solution is evidently
in the opportunities provided by the
growing demand for labor in the
dominions and colonies. Thus far, ex-
perimentS in this direction have not
been entirely successful; the difficulty
OF fitting urban unemployed into farm,
mining and numbering pursuits is by
no means small. Much is being
learned from recent unsuccessful ex-
perimentS in Canada, and 1t is hoped
that these lessons might be applied
with more success in later efforts.
In pre-war years the colonies were
often regarded simply as sentimental
enterprises-the latter-day vestiges of
the romantic episodes of bygone GEN.
turieS-and not intimately associated
with large-scale export activities. The
great stress which the German dele
gates laid upon colonial markets In the
reparations discussions recalls the fact
that in 1918 those markets absorbed
only $l4,000,000 worth Of German mer-
chandise out Of a total export Of
$4,000, 0O0. 900.
OF course, in this connection the
value of the colonies as producers of
raw materials also has been stressed.
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that President Hoover advised only a
limited revision" of the existing tariff
law. Limited" is perhaps scarcely the
word for the bill, which is said to touch
every schedule except that on tobacco,
to revise over one-fourth Of the exist
ing tariff rates, to alter nearly every
paragraph of the agricultural schedule.
OF course, the changes are, with inSig-
nificant exceptions, upward.
The bill provides for reorganization
of the Tariff Commission. The num-
Der Of its members to be increased from
six to seven, the salaries of the men,
bers to be raised from $4,000 to $12,-
600, and the existing requirement Of
division of the personnel on party
basis to go by the board. The admin
istrative innovations contemplated are
of great importance and promise very
pretty international controversies.
A bitter debate is in prospect. You
can't, it seems, pay Paul without rob-
bing Peter. For example: The bill
would transfer cement, shingles and
certain classes of brick and lumber,
now on the free list, to the dutiable
lists. The farmers cry out bitterly upon
this. Similarly as to the increased
rates on sugar and on textiles (con-
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BY EDGAR ANsEL MowRER.

IVY p ARSAW-After two and q
W. half years am again in
M Poland. 1t seems almost
w another country, q happier,
more energetic, cleaner,
brighter, more prosperous country.
In company with several of my fell
low American correspondents accepted
an invitation of the Polish government
to travel about new Poland. "A propa-
ganda trip" if you will, personally
conducted?" Admirably conducted, yet
ostensibly allowed to investigate any
thing, pry into political cupboards, raise
all sorts of unpleasant interrogations,
ask all manner of embarrassing QueS-
tons.
Three years ago the Poles were reti-
cent when asked about their numerous
"thorns in the flesh" about German re-
sentiment of their possession of the cor
ridor, about Dantzig's passive resistance
to Polish rights. about the troubles with
Iithuania over Wilma, about communist
propaganda and the faint yet very real
strivings Of the Ukrainians for indie
pendence. Today they speak freely and
with considerable objectivity.
Poland on Stable Basis.
Poland has definitely been stabilized.
Politically there are no very definite
troubles abroad. Russian and Polish
friction is reduced to a normal mini
mum. Industrial progress is making
Poland more and more independent of
Germany The conflict with Lithuania
lasts eternally, but botherS no one.
Internally, the presence of PilSudSkl.
almost a national god, convinces most
of the country that "all'S right with the
world" The long fight between the
Nationalist and the Democrats is over,
and for the time being anyway. the
Democrats have won. For, unlike
Mussolini, PilSudSki of the big mus
taches, has done nothing to consolidate
his obvious power as dictator He works
for international understanding, not for
Polish expansion through war. Pilsudski
wants a new constitution on the Ameri-
can model, which will make the execu-
tive somewhat more independent Of
Parliament than under the present
French system" Once the reform is
carried through. perhaps in six months,
his greatest work will be done and his
/ death or withdrawal would leave matters
as he established them.
Chicago Aids Poland.
Economically there is great change.
Factories are opened and running. In
PoSen I inspected a locomotive works
which can compare with those any
where in Europe for efficiency. In the
Bank of Polski sits an American,
Charles s. Dewey of Chicago. He sees
that the American loan Is wisely spent.
incidentally, he puts his experience and
common sense at the benefit Of the
Polish government and Is trying to teach
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army" He is said to have made the
artillery preparation for the great
Spring offensive of 1918. He was ban
iShed from Germany because of his
prominent participation in the Kapp
putsch of 1920.
\ X
VENEZUELA.-The other day Juan
Vicente Gomez was unanimously re-
elected President of Venezuela by the
Venezuelan Congress, the term to ex-
pire in 1886. The general Is 70 years
old. He has been in power since the
overthrow of President Castro in 1909:
President except for brief interludes
during which provisional Presidents
kept the seat warm and provided vaca-
tions for him, so to speak. But the
general has declined extension of his
dictatorship. Like Cincinnatus, hav-
ing saved his country, he will retire to
his farm. He will devote the remainder
of his life to the chief national de-
siderata, namely, development of agri-
culture and stock breeding.
\ \
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The tariff revision bill has been re-
ported to the House. 1t comprises
$4,000 words. 1t will be remembered
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POLAND is SEEN ADVANCING
RAPIDLY TOWARD PROSPERITY
Nation Is Politically Without Definite Troubles
Abroad and Industries Making Noteworthy
Cains-Pilsudski Held in High Esteem.

Polish industrialists truly American
methods of business forecasting, cost
calculation and corporation. His sue
cess has been fairly large.
Wages are still painfully low, but the
people on the streets are fairly well
dressed and the streets themselves are
decently clean and becomingly we'll
paved. Warsaw itself seems to be under
going renovation on a wholesale scale.
More than anything else 1t would well
come the opening Of an American bank.
New streets, new buildings (among them
an American skyscraper" IL stories
high, new enterpriseS-theSe are every
where apparent.
Returning Poles Great Help.
Sible owing to the return of gifted Poles
from all the regions of the earth to CO.
operate In national reconstruction. Like
the Jews after the captivity, the Poles.
whom political persecution or personal
ambition had led to seek their fortunes
abroad, have come back, bringing with
them all that they learned i'll more pro-
gressive countries.
And the world is coming to under
stand this. Typical is the case of Gdy-
mia, the new port on the Baltic that Is
gradually taking shape and already last
year passed q tonnage OF over 1000 600.
Three years ago it was the German
fashion to joke about Gdynia. 1t was
the standing subject for variety house
jokes in DantZig. And today these same
good DantZigerS are complaining that
Gdynia Is on the way to ruin DantZig-
curious statement if we remember that
today the traffic through Dantzig Har-
Dor is approximately four times what 1t
was in 1918.
Army Much Improved.
The same improvement is visible in
the Polish army. AS an old war cor
respondent I have kept an eye for
military equipment and morale. The
ragged battalions that barely held the
bolShevikS in 1920 have been whipped
into a regular army, which foreign ex-
perts pronounce of good quality.
For all these reasons Poland can to-
day afford to let the world see 1t as 1t
is; for the Poles have nothing to hide.
1 do not mean that there are no abuses.
Corruption, / am told, is still plentiful
among the poorly paid employees: there
is still a tendency to an almost Russian
brutality in the handling of communists
or political prisoners; there is still too
much nationalism and safe boastinS.
But Poland is changing fast. Next year,
in the city of Poznan, the world will be
invited to see Polands first national
eXpostiCn-a large-scale demonstration
OF what has been accomplished in q
decade by this ancient nation 80 re-
Gently risen from the ashes.
Copyright. 1920