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they built, as we'll as they could a copy
of Wichita at that period. In order to
do that they had to look up all kinds
of details, even such little things as the
kind of door knobs and window latches
used at that time.
The chief character in the picture
was a printer Because of that the re-
search department had to check up on
printing presses and paraphernalia OF
his day. In a few cases they were able
to find old, WORKOUT presses, but most
of the information had to be dug out
of books.
The research department had to flnd
out exactly what clothes should be
worn by the various characters and the
sort of cooking utensils that were used
by the rough travellers on the trails.
They had to find out the kind OF car
riages people rode IN.
Then the picture moved to q later
period and the same thing had to be
done over again. The research depart
ment had to consult books, drawings
and such crude photographs as were
left
If picture is made about the French
Revolution, the same sort of thing has
to be done. The research people have
to find out how hairdresser went about
dressing those elaborate CONNECTIONS that
women wore on their heads. They
have to find out how poor women
dressed as well as rich women. They
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Nervousness.

Dear Miss Leeds: I am 10 years Of
age, 5 feet inches tall and very much
underweight. Wherever go 7 get
nervous. What causes this and what
can do to prevent 1t. JOE JOE.
AnSwer.-Your condition seems 20
call for the advice of physician, for
the nervousness and underweight are
most certainly definite indications that
you are below par physically.
In addition, there are many things
you can do yourself to improve the con-
dition. In the first place, do you get
plenty Of sleep every night? Try to
have from 8 to 10 hours OF restful sleep
every night at least until you have
gained weight and more poise. Exer-
else out OF doors two hours every day.
On awakening ~ the morning and
again at night take 10 slow, deep, even
breaths as you lie in bed. DO not
strain, but keep your mind on making
the limitations and exhalations smooth
and peaceful -
Always take warm cleansing bath
before retiring at night and some sort
OF stimulating BATH In the morning. AS
your health does not seem very robust.
should advise a tepid sponge rather
than shower bath.
Finally, try to forget yourself as much
as possible. Take part In some outdoor
sport regularly and try to develop some
absorbing hobby such as tennis or
swimming. Or you may enjoy music.
painting or some handicraft. -.
Please send stamped, self-addressed
envelope with request for nv IeafIet
on how to gain weight. It viii tell YOU
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@HE most valuable thing a per-
son can possess in connection
with fine interior decoration,
beautiful coStuming and the
selection Of all appointments
Is good taste. It is something entirely
apart from money, yet unless one pos
sesses this essential, large sums OF money
have to be spent to secure the coed
taste of those who have 1t. There are
certain businesses that have fer their
foundation this one asset. good taste.
For instance, it is the good taste of an
interior decorator that makes his or her
services worth paying for when deco
rating house. Also 1t is the good taste
of a costumer and q dressmaker that
one pays for quite as much as for the
actual sewing.
And so it Is in innumerable matters,
one must possess good taste or pay for
it, yet it is In itself intangible. For
tunately it is something which can be
studied and acquired whether it per-
tains to such definite things as have
been enumerated, or whether it per-
tains to the more elusive matter of how
one conducts ones self. Good taste In
behavior is as important as good taste
in any other realm.
In all pursuits those who follow them
bring more or less natural ability to
the study. There are some persons who
seem to be endowed with good taste,
while the rest enter the study with
l1andicaps. They have to start from
the beginning and train the mind and
the eye to recognize good taste when
they see 1t, and then to assimilate the
elements so that they, too, can use It..
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DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX

DEAR MISS DIwe married five and our hap
pness Of to all friends Our
formula relationship
you would into laboratory chemistry Find out what conbi
together without them ACCIDENT
you
Marriage perfect. needs
little habit of happiness
Just as easy and much comfortable than the habit Of being
dsagreeable A. C.
NSWER: Fine have said mouthfu
Mrs A. M that the be
happy though married combinations together with
out explosion and
would of
contemplating before
hmoniousy
peaeu divorce instead waiting
Until after they are married to make these tests
instance hgh-tempered,
selfish who have been and
the mixture pretty to blow the roof OF the house
They staid minded
girl marrs wants to be stepping out OF an
And they might who thinks nat
should his money
girl who looks like from Paris the result VIII cause daily
explosions of temper
RUT thought before marriage
- The Enthusiastically anag-
onic other Men tired OF society ana
just to see what all the
female niW1 saving men
chead girls Phanderers marry jealous women and then
DOROTHY DIX
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place of safety, but it Is too late. The
hawk has been circling about just above
her and Is watching her chance to dart
down and give a fatal stab. The taran-
tula seems to realize 1t is impossible to
hide and turns and rears on her four
hind legs. The four front ones are up
raised in most menacing manner. The
great fangs are exposed. The tarantula
hawk has the advantage, for her large
wings lift her out of danger. It is nee
essary for her to hover over the spider
and curve her abdomen so she can sink
her poisoned dagger into her opponents
soft body. Unless she can do this
quickly, the agile spider will turn upon
her and wound her severely.
When the hawk is very close to the
spiders body and is ready to plunge
her unsheathed dagger, the tarantula
turns and the mighty jaws snap. Two
Of the eneny's legs are gone. In a
fury, the hawk darts upon the spider,
the stiletto goes to its hilt. The taran-
tula quivers and is still.
Sometimes the tarantula killer loses
the fight. Then the spider takes the
peace. Still again, the evidence before
you shows battle has been fought
and both parties lost.
These tarantula killers are handsome
creatures. They have blue-black bodies
The legs are outlined with spines. The
antennae are long. and when the great
wasp Is ready to string her victim, it is
curled in. The singer is located at the
tip Of the abdomen. It is like mar
velous hypodermic needle. The wings
are transparent and golden; the eyes
are compound; the jaws strong.
After Mrs. Pepsis FormoSa has stabbed
her prey, she straddles it and flies away
to her burrow. On reaching home she
places her prize where she can keep an
eye on It while she removes the stone
and sand from her front door, When
the opening to her burrow is clear she
pushes the spider before her into the
long hall. At the end of the hall she
has constructed the large room to hold
her spider. On this spider she now lays
her egg and then she closes the door
to the cell.
Another cell is constructed, leading
from the main hall, and the mother
goes out again to face death and suf-
fering in order that her baby may have
enough food when 1t matches.
On account of the long hall which
has to be excavated and the size of the
cells necessary to hold the large taran-
tula, to say nothing of bagging the big
game, there are not many children in
the tarantula killers family.
(Copyright, 1881
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Everyday Psychology
Inferiority.
BY Oh. JESSE ". spRowIs.

II inferiority Of some sort Is 70 uni
versal as Adler makes it out to be: II
inferiority Is indeed the dictator Of all
NE progress-how did il get going?
fericrity?
Adler and his popularizers agree that
mferiority begins In childhood. Some
say that the childs physical size il the
nrst condition for the creation of in
feriority. Being actually smaller than
MS adult companions, he begins to
compensate Tor this physical deficiency
with boastful talk and with the seizins
OF opportunities to show off,"
It Is true that small boys, If asked to
say what they will be when they grow
up. usually say they win be a police
man, soldier, etc. Their daydreams
run in the direction OF such callings.
Tney would do the things that attract
attention, that command respect: in
brief, the things that would Compensate
Tor the helpless feeling OF inferiority.
In addition to the physical conditions
OF childhood, the Adlerians add that
the child Is impressed with his inferior
position through the sheer force Of sug-
gestion. His clothes are cut along Diff
ferent lines from those of his adult
companions. Then his opinions are
usually heavily discounted as childish"
Participation In adult activities Is often
forbidden on the ground that "lae Is
child" Against hts will he 10 literally
forced 70 accept the imputation that he
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Well Trimmed Hair for Little Girl
By MARY MARSHALL.

|HEY are having 1t cut again. 30
If you are looking for q mild
adventure and have been let
i ting your hair grow for months
now. just take yourself to your
favorite hairdressing establishment and
ask to have your hair cut In the
new way. You may have some regrets,
after all these months, that you have
been letting your hair grow, but, after
all, short hair Is convenient and the
BARRIERS ought to be given something
to do.
Actually there are as many smart
ways of wearing longer hair as there
are Of wearing 1t trimmed, and the
only sorts Of hair length that Will
prove embarrassing with the present
styles are the very short and the very
long. Hats do almost anything you
want them to this season except pro-
vide storage place for q really. gen.
erous knot Of hair. so II you are wear
ing yours long you will have to keep
1t well thinned out and trimmed at the
edges If you want TO have your hat
look right. And, Of course, a really
short haircut would be all wrong with
hats Of the new, more picturesque sort.
There was some thought recently Of
letting little girls hair grow long.
There was the possibility even Of pig
tails or long ringlets. But that dan
ger, fortunately. has been averted and
the well dressed little girl accepts well
trimmed hair as a matter OF con-
venience and good style. The old idea
that frequent hair cutting would make
the hair coarse or wiry or would rob
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There are no hard-and-f fast rules
governing good taste. The age in which
one lives helps to determine just what
constitutes 1t, although fashion Is not
infallible by any means. One thing is
essential, and that Is to beware of ex-
tremes. There Is always q certain re-
straint In good taste. Safety lies in the
middle path unless you are one So ex-
pert that errors would be negligible.
To acquire good taste along any line
requires study, but no more for it than
would be put into any subject the
knowledge of which is imperative for
success. Discover what 1t is that you
willingly pay for when you turn q room
or q, house over to decorator to do.
What do you expect of the decorator?
For one thing you rely upon his or her
Judgment in the matter of color combi-
nations, for the assembling of pieces
Of furniture that go well together, for
knowledge CT line and form. You de-
pend upon the decorator to so arrange
rooms that there are pleasing vistas and
artistic rooms.
The woman studying color should be-
come familiar with paintings Of the
cid masters in art galleries, museums
and stores and with choice old and new
textiles wrought in colors. She should
look at Landscapes to see colors In ma
ture. Do not study modernistic paint
ings, for whatever their virtue may be
they are extreme, and no amateur
should venture to play with extremes
in decoration. Study furniture in mu-
seuiYns, for classic lines and beauty, and
in books on furniture of which there are
scores. Follow this up by visits to shops
where fine furniture is sold. II you
ten the salesperscn that you are study
ing furniture, and thought he might
help you, you may be sure Of aid. If
the person Is really a good salesman, he
will be interested and not attempt to
sell, but trust by his kindness to win
future customer. The subject Of good
taste In decoration is enc full Of in
terest.
(Copyright, 1881
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The Woman Who Makes Good
HELEN WOODWARD,
and private M
to complete authority
modern

have to find out whether the men
smoked, and, If so, what they smoked.
It would be pretty funny If you had
a French aristocrat in the time of Marie
Antoinette walking around with Gig
aret in his mouth, or French working
girl under Louis XVI wearing silk
stockings The research workers would
have to find out what they ate and how
1t was served
They have to dig up an enormous
amount of information that doesn't
show in the picture.
Now, II you are historically minded,
II you are curious, about strange places
and other times and history, you can
imagine how delightful this work
would be-
Naturally the heads of such a de-
partment have to have special training
and considerable education. But many
of the assistants graduate into this work
from stenography or clerical work.
In spite of all this, there are some
times idiotic errors. "Cimarron" itself
had several historical breaks. Once
they used type which was not in ex-
istence at the time, so you see with
what care this sort of thing has to be
done.
Luck might get you such job.
Carefulness and skill would help you to
hold it.
Copyright, 1917
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"A YEvER was there D saying more
true Curiosity leads to inves-
NJ tigation and investigation leads
4 to discovery and discovery often
leads to new and important
things that make the Great World q
better place in which to live.
Danny and Nanny Meadow Mouse
know this. II Danny hadn't been curl
Gus and as result Investigated, there
delicious seeds that they never had had
before. Danny and Nanny had made
their home not far from the edge Of
Farmer Browns cornfield The grass
of the Green Meadows grows thickly
there and this meant shelter. and Ike
wise plenty of food easily obtained, for
Danny and Nanny are very fond Of
tender young grass. It also meant that
by the time cold weather came there
shocks in which to hide safely while
feasting on yellow corn, They were
quite sure that there was no better place
in all the Great World In which to i've
They had watched the young corn
push up through the brown earth and
grow into big, sturdy plants and tassel
cut and develop big, plump ears in
green coverings. They knew all about
corn and how 1t grew. At the same
time, they had discovered across one
end of that cornfleld double row of
giants that were not at all like the corn,
but which grew just as fast and even
taller. These plants had big, stout sin
gle stalks and big leaves, and Danny
used to look at them and wonder what
they were. He knew that Farmer Brown
had planted them, for, peeping out from
the grass, he had watched him do it.
Then when those plants had grown
so tall that to Danny they seemed like
young trees, they had put out flower
buds at their tops. the biggest buds he
ever had seen. He wondered what the
flowers would be like when they opened.
When they did OPEN. he thought they
must be yellow daisies or black-eyed
Susans grown to be giants. They had
huge, dark-brown centers, and around
these long, narrow petals of the bright
est yellow. He noticed, too, that these
great flowers seemed always to be turned
toward the sun, so he called them. sun
flowers, which Is just what they were
In time those yellow petals withered,
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tnugnsss to the waistliae. cut bias
q the trent.
The wrap-cver arrangement at the
back makes it shs dowproof.
Style No 34S0 will give you mar
velously SHINING silhouette, that will
give you a more youthful appearance.
You can make it in crepe de chine,
crepe satin or fiat crepe.
1t is designed In sizes f6, ID years,
Sc, 90. 40, AZ, A and 46 inches bust.
1t takes but 234 yards of 39-inch
material for the medium size.
For a pattern CT this style, send Is
cents in stamps or coin directly to The
Washington Stars New York Fashion
Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty
ninth street, New York.
Don't envy the woman who dresses
we'll and keeps her children we'll dress
ed. Just send for your copy Of our
Winter Fashion Magazine.
It shows the best styles Of the COM
ing season. And you may obtain our
pattern at cost price of any style shown
The pattern is most economical in ma
terial requir ments. It enables you to
wear the new frocks at little expense
two frocks for the price CT one.
You will save $40 by spending few
cents for this book. So it would pay
you TO send for your copy now. Address
FASHION Department Price Of book, 1c
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LITTLE BENNY
By LEE PAPE.

was studying my lessons against my
will and I heard the fellows playing
and argewing. outside and I said, Hay
ma, can I go out little while
How about your lessons? ma said.
and said, I know them perfeck.
Ill soon see, ma said. You frequently
have q faint idea Of the meening OF
perfeck, she said.
And she started to hear me my lizze-
ology, saying, What is the esophaguss?
Nam? / said.
You herd me, ma said. What is the
esopharuss? she said, and I said, It's
intirely diffrent from the apiglottis.
Do you know the anser or don't you?
ma said, and I said, The esophaguss Is
RELY the large intestines,. They're just
called the esophaguss Tor snort; ..
Well for land SakeS OF all tnlngs,
how is this bow ever going to amount
of anything in the big important things
of life If he's in such mix up ABOUT
his own esophaguss at his age? ma
said, and pop said, don't think It's
time to worry yet. OF course some Ia
NOUS men knew the anser to every rea-
sonable question when they were chill
dern, but on the other hand certain
others barely spell their own last name
without referring to the telefone direc-
tory. Christofer Columbus, for instants,
was said to be able to hold converse
ton in perfeck Italian when he was
years old, but Napoleon, so they say,
once told his teacher that either is
an animal somewhat similar to a horse,
but with stripes When Shakesbeer was
in Kindergarten he is reputed to OF
memorized the whole of Hamlets solillo-
quee, but Professor Einstein, quite the
contrary, couldent count up to more
than because 1t never occurred to him
to use the fingers of his other hand,
pop said.
o hush up. you men always stick up
for each other, ma said.
WITCH we do, but I had to keep on
studying my lessons instead Of going
out Just the same.
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Liver in Casserole.

Cook two potatoes and two carr3s
until unit slightly tender. then cut them
Wipe one pound of liver, slice it and
flour 1t, then brown in six tablespoon
fuls Of fat. Remove and cut into
cubes. Brown one sliced onion in the
fat and remove the slices. Make a
gravy with three tablespoonfuls of
-four and two cupfuls of milk. Ar
range a layer of vegetables in the cas-
serole, then layer of liver. Repeat.
Add two teaspoonfuls of salt and half
a teaspoonful of pepper. Pour the
gravy over this and bake. If liked,
buttered crumbs mixed with a little
cheese may be sprinkled on top. Bake
In moderate oven for about an hour.
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Best Cookies.

Mix half cupful of butter with one
cupful Of sugar, two egg yolks, two
tab!espoonfuls of milk, two cupfuls Of
flour, one teaspoonful Of salt, one tea
spoonful Of baking powder, one cupful
Of seeded raisins, one cupful Of dry,
shredded cocoanut, two egg whites, two
teaspoonfuls Of vanilla, and two or
three cupfuls Of faxed, toasted breakfast
food. Use one rounding teaspoonful
Of the mixture for each cooky. Drop
by spoonfuls onto a buttered sheet half
an inch apart. Bake in a moderate
oven. Watch closely. as they burn
easily. Remove from the pan while
hot. This makes about IS cookies.
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MILADY BEAUTIFUL

how to capture q few extra pounds
through correct diet, rest and exercise.
- LOIS LEEDS.
Worrie d.-Blackheads must oe
squeezed out properly or they will form,
pimples such as you describe Before
attempting to squeeze out any black
heads give YOUR face the following
Treatment: Wiring out face cloth IN
hot water and hold it against the skin
Now lather thickly with tincture of
green soap. Leave the soap on for
about five inmates before rinsing it of
with clear, warm water Battle the
pimples and blackheads with hot boric
acid solution, thtn gently press them
out without bruising the skin. Battle
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no real danger want to find out what
those big black things are like
What good would it do you If you
should find out?" demanded Nanny.
1T would satisfy my curiosity, ana
unsatisfied curiosity is a very trouble
some thing" replied Danny.
But If you don't try to satisfy it
1t never gets you into trouble" retorted
Nanny. "You take my advice and leave
well enough alone"
Danny changed the subject and didn't
mention the matter for q day or two.
Then when Nanny was on somewhere
be ran over to the biggest Of those big
plants. It wasn't dihicult to climb He
started Up. His curiosity could stand 1t
no longer. He was on his way to inves-
Copyright. 1881
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period of history,
the girls in the re-
search department
have to look up
everything connect
ed with that period.
Did YOU, for in
stance, see the mo-
ton picture "Cim-
arron"?
The picture story
started in 1889 at
Wichita, Kans. At
the R-K-O ranch,
@Ia
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Iced Vegetable Broth.

Chop fine one onion, two carrots, one
turnip. a stalk Of celery, q cupful of
beans and one cupful Of potatoes. Place
oxer the fire with three pints of water
and one and one-half teaspoonfuls of
salt. Cook rapidly for half an hour.
then add a small can of tomatoes and
a spray Of parsley and continue cooking
for 80 minutes longer. Strain, season
to taste. chill, and serve with q spoon
full Of sour cream on each cup. This
broth may be kept in the refrigerator
for a week or longer and makes an APP
petizing first course for dinner, served
either hot or cold.
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DILL 11V1L O1OANACO ". Burgess

but the big brown centers remained and
grew almost black, and the flower heads
bent over as If too heavy for the stems
TO hold upright. They interested Danny.
He was curious about them.
81 have notion that would like to
climb up to one Of those" said he.
Don't you do it," replied Nanny
mo good will come Of it. You know
very well, Danny Meadow Mouse. that
you belong on the ground. and people
who stay where they belong seldom get
in trouble"
"I could climb up there without any
trouble" argued Danny, land with those
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Lobster Tartlets.

Saute half a chopped green pepper
and one-fourth pound of mushrooms,
or one can, in two tablespoonfuls of
butter. Blend five tablespoonfuls of
hour and three tablespoonfuls of butter
In q two--quart saucepan. Add three
cuptuls Of milk and cook until thick
ened. Then add one can Of lobster,
one can OF peas, drained and seasoned,
one tablespoonful Of lemon juice and
half teaspoonful Of table sauce. Sea-
son with salt and pepper and serve in
individual tart cases made by baking pie
crust on the back of muffin tins. Add
Dash OF paprika and a sprig of par
sley to each tartlet for a garnish.