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OUR CHILDREN
BY ANGELO PATRI.
What Father Did.

For some time William had been los
ing ground in school. He was not in
terested in his work Every once in q
while he failed to report for the after
noon. Things grew worse and worse
and toward the middle of the term the
teacher decided that something had to
be done. She had exhausted her efforts.
The principal had done likewise. The
school visitor had been equally unSuc-
ceSsful. THE boy is going to go to the
bad if we can't find what is the mat
ter. He is an intelligent boy, boy OF
good instincts. Something must be
done"
The teacher followed William out OF
school one afternoon and discovered
that he did not go home. He went to
a woodlot a short distance out OF the
village and lay down under pine tree,
pulled his hat over his face and lay
there for a long time. The teacher felt
she had no right to spy on him and
went home herself, more mystified than
ever.
The next day William seemed better
in the morning session, but he failed to
return in the afternoon. This time the
teacher went to his home. He didn't
go 10 SCHOOL IllS dIItllOOII! L III sway
said his mother.
"Tve done all can. The principal
has done all he can The truant officer
and the school visitor and the nurse
and the doctor have done all they can.
Still William is headed the wrong way.
You have brought up family of chill
dren, and they are all right. What is
to be done with William Are we to
stand by and lose him?"
With an effort Williams mother
forced back the tears. mo, we won't.
But it isn't Williams fault. Everybody
has done his best to help, William in
Guided, but as long as his father treats
him as he does he won't be any better.
He can't be. 1t was what his father
did that kept William home from school
this afternoon and all the other after
moons.
You see. I'm sorry to have to tell
this but it must be told now. Williams
father is not as young as he used
to be. His business IS not as good as it
used to be. All this makes him cross.
The older children left home Just as
soon as they were able because of their
fathers treatment of them, although
they were not treated as William has
been. He is worse to him than he ever
was to them. He seems to blame him
for everything that goes wrong
"At noontime he came home in bad
humor. William had used rake be-
fore going to school in the morning and
had left it leaning against the house
because he was going to use it again
after school His father came in and
shouted, III teach you to use my tools
and leave them laying around the place,
and slapped William across the face,
leaving the marks of his hand.
William snatched up his cap and ran
out of the house Can you blame him?
You see, whatever you did was wiped
out always by what his father did. To-
night I take him to his grandmother's
and leave him there until he grows up.
I must stay, but he shall have a
chance"
There Is always reason.
Copyright. 1879
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LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Ma still hasent found another cook
vet, and tonite after supper she said
to pop. A woman applied this alter
noon, Willyum, and she RELY seems 10
have exceptional qualities.
For Peet sake don't consider anybody
elts unless they have A number one
references. pop said. and "a said, wen
that's exackly what this woman had
most in her favor, in fact she left her
references here for me to reed over
agair. and she's going to stop back to-
morrow.
You say their good references? pop
said, and ma said, Their reilly perteck
III reed them to you.
WITCH she started to- the ferSt one
being, This is to certify that Hannah
Binks served as cook and generel house
werker in my home for a period OF 8
years and I never failed to find her
honest, dependable. meet, thorough, re-
Spectful and intelligent.
That's not a bad report card pop
said, and ma said, should say not,
here's the 2nd one. And she red 1t,
being. To whom it may concern, Han
nah BinkS was in my employ for .
consecutive years and was a perfeck
plane and fancy cook, an excellent
house werker and a wonderful laun-
dress.
Not bad either, pop said, and ma
said, And this is the last one, Hannah
Binks worked for me 10 years without
single days illness or indiSposition
and 1 consider her in every respect the
most perfeck servant 1 ever herd Of.
But wee gods. if she worked all those
years for all those people she must be
pritty neer old enough for a pension,
pop said, and ma said, Well, she could
be younger without straining a point,
but her personal appearants is the
strongest thing against her. She's de-
cidedly cross eyed and she has quite
a pronounced growth of rather long
hairs on her chin, and she makes a
kind of whissling sound when she
tawks, owing to what seems to be an
under supply of teeth. So she mite be
rather an impeachment to have around
the house, ma said.
She wont be any impeachment around
this house, bleeVe me, pop said.
Meening he voted against her.
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Hot Beverages for Party Menus
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

blend is too slight. Put two marsh
mallows on top of each serving.
Hot chocolate is given decidedly
new flavor by adding two drops OF
peppermint to a cupful, or half tea
spoonful Of the peppermint faVorine
to a pot of chocolate. In this pepper
mint chocolate the amount of flavor
ing can be reduced or decreased at the
preference of the maker. Do not omit
the usual vanilla fiavoring, but add
the peppermint. too. Top with whip
ped cream or two marshmallows.
Vanilla coffee is unusual. Put
enough of the extract into the liquid
coffee for it to supply decided flavor
Top with whipped cream sweetened
and favored with vanilla.
Into each cup of tea put teaspoon
full of sour juice and a half Slce OF
orange. A whole slice is used when
oranges are small, but when large the
full Slice is too big to fit into the cup
well. If oranges are sweet double the
quantity of juice and add half sAce
of lemon to the steaming cup as well
as the half-Slice of orange.
A few drops of lime extract can be
added to a cup of tea to make a bever-
age well liked by some persons. Use
the lime-f1avored cut sugar, that is the
green colored pieces, to sWeeten this
hot beverage.
Copyright 1922
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the main factor, though they all agree
there Is some inherent susceptibility
concerned, as a contributing cause.
1 doubt whether any good can be
done by describing the earlier signs of
the trouble here, further than to say
that there are usually cramps or aching
in the calves, with some blush swell
ing of the feet or legs, often lightly
ascribed to rheumatism" or perhaps
to fallen arches"
No matter whether you are male of
female, young or old Russian Jew or
shanty Irish, you are pretty certain
to suffer some pathological consequence
from excessive indulgence in tobacco,
cigarettes, cigars, pipe, chewing or
snuffing.
Why make a hog of yourself? Why
become a slave to habit Why spoil the
pleasure you might enjoy for years and
years without injury to health if you
would just use reasonable self-control,
moderation, temperance?
AS D. M. S. says, there is minority
of people who are susceptible to thom-
bO-angiitis. Likewise I believe a mi
nority are susceptible to mouth or
throat cancer and a minority suscep-
tible to pseude-angina or real angina
peCtoris, and a minority susceptible to
duodenaI ulcer complex, and a minority
susceptible to amblyopia (partial
blindneSS). Well leave arteriosclerosis
out of the present discussion because
we have insufficient evidence about
that.
(Copyright, 1922
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message was in the note. and equally
fortunately Mrs Lacey did not tell her.
That evening she and Mr.. Lacey
talked 1t over. At first they were in
f~vor Of accepting the suggestion. I'VE
always knew she was bright as a new
dollar. If she can get ahead and stay
interested i'm all for it." That was the
first idea. Then they began to realize
that ST. would be up with the class
mentally, but would be behind them
physically, and later on emotionally.
She might develop into a prig or
a shark, both undesirable. They talked
with other educators, and found that
"acceleration' has many undesirable
features. They wondered whether Pam
could not stay in the same grade but
do more diversified work, be set as
pace maker. After talking II over with
principal and teacher they finally de-
cided TO keep her with her own grade
and her own age classmates. Mrs.
Lacey promised TO find other outlets
for her daughter at home and out-of-
doors. She tried to make play more
interesting than indoor reading by the
hour. which Pam loved
(Copyrisht, 1892
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grumbling over nothing in a hemlock
tree in the Green Forest" replied
Sammy
There" declared Peter, lis fellow
I envy. What has he to grumble about?
Nothing Nothing at all He isn't afraid
Of anybody. He can go and come when
he pleases. He never has to hide. And
he never has to go hungry There never
was snow SO deep that Prickly Porky
couldn't get a meal when he wanted
it. 1 don't suppose he ever has gone
hungry in all his life"
Wrong, Peter!" declared Sammy
He has been hungry more than once
after an icestOrm, when every tWig and
even the bark on the trunks of trees
were covered with ice"
We'll, that may be-" replied Peter
grudgingly, remembering how icestorms
locked everything in glittering cold
armOr, "but it never lasts very long.
don't know of any one any better off
than he. l certainly envy him"
Would you trade places with him
If you cOuld?" asked Sammy slyly.
Peter sighed Indeed I would. Who
wouldnt?" said he
Il wouldn't" replied Sammy very
promptly, and what is more, you
wouldn't. You don't really envy him
at all; you just think you do. You
wouldn't change places with him for
the world"
wouldn't I? I would like to have
the chance" retorted Peter
Sammy shook his head as If it were
hard to believe do you really mean
it. Peter?" he asked with a twinkle in
his eyes
Certainly I mean It," declared Peter
stoutly.
Now who would have thought it!'
! exclaimed Sammy, and the twinkle in
! his eyes was still there. Whoever would
! have thought that any one who loves
! to jump and skip and run and dodge
! and poke his wabbly little nose into
! other peoples business as you do, and
/ who is so full of curiosity, would be
! satisfied to do nothing but eat and
/ sleep and spend days at time in one
! tree and not be able to run or Jump
and be called the dullest and stupideSt
person in the Green Forest, all for the
sake of being safe and having plenty
! to eat. If you ask me, Peter, some
blessings cost lot more than they are
worth and some people have eyes only
for the blessings of other people for
getting their own" He looked very
hard at Peter.
Peter looked up and grinned "You
said something that time, Sammy" said
he. Il wouldn't change places with
Prickly Porky for anything in the
world. That twig was eating was
rather bitter I guess that is what was
the matter with me-"
Copyright, 1922
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Overbleached Her Hair.

II EAR MISS LEEDS - Several
months ago bleached my hair,
\ but now I notice that after
49, every shampoo, when my hair
begins to dry, 1t becomes very
sticky and unruly. l have tried the
vinegar rinse, borax in the water and
the egg shampoo and good soap sham
poo but nothing makes my hair silky
and fluffy as it used to be. I have
thick hair inclined to be naturally
Wavy, but now I cannot make the beau
tiful waves that I used to make with
nothing but my hands and comb. Any
advice that you can give me on this
problem will be appreciated very much
and l feel that you are the only one
that can help me. BLONDY.
Answer-The condition of your hair
is due TO overbleaching. 1t is a great
pity that you used drastic bleaching
methods on your hair. You are rot a
true blonde and it is natural for your
hair to become a shade or two darker.
You should use mild liquid shampoo
and mild blonde rinse, not a bleach
for your type of hair. The very best
advice that l can give you is to recon-
dittOn your hair. Have weekly oil
treatment and scalp massage by com
petent hairdresser for a month or two
Use mild shampoo and the following
rinse afterWard: One tablespoonful per-
oxide; two tablespoonful Of lemon
juice; one tablespoonful of ammonia
and two quarts of water. Rinse your
hair thoroughly. Dry between warm
towels or out in the fresh air. Clip
off the bleached. dry ends of hair and
use an oily scalp salve two or three
times a week While you may never
be q true blonde there is no reason why
you should not encourage the medium
blonde tints in your hair and cultivate
that natural wave which is indeed an
asset to you.
Please send stamped. self-addressed
envelope with a request for my beauty
leafet on shampoos and rinses. 1t will
help you in detail with your hair prob
lens. LOIS LEEDS.
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NANCY PACE
Advancing Child in School
Has Disadvantages.
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

When Pam brought home her re-
port card it was accompanied by a
note from the teacher. My dear Mrs.
Lacey" it ran, your daughter Pamela
has made such a fine record in school
this year that we think it wise for her
to skip a grade and start the midyear
with the class ahead of her. She learns
easily; so easily in fact, that she is
bored during most Of the school day.
Being bored, she gets into mischief or
else wastes her time. If she had to
work harder to keep up with her school
mates We believe she would have more
incentive to study May we count on
your acquiescence? I will be glad to
talk with you or Mr. Lacey al any time
after school hours. Sincerely yours,
Edith Marbury."
Fortunately Pam did not know what
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after to battle the skin. To make the
solution dissolve one teaspoonful of
boriC acid in one pint of boiling water
and allow it to cool Write for my
leaflets on shampoos and rinses and on
the daily care of skin.
(2) Use a mild bleaching lotion to
tighten the freckles, such as the fol-
lowing: One ounce of glycerin, one
ounce peroxide, one ounce cologne
water and four ounces roSe-Water. It
is impossible to remove freckles from
some types of skin Be content with
mild bleaching that will make them
less conspicuous. LOIS LEEDS.
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Banana Pufs.

Peel three large firm bananas and
scrapn off the coarse fiber part. Force
the pulp through a strainer and add
-fourths of a cupful of sugar and
five teaspoonfuls of lemon juice. Heat
the mixture to the boiling point, STIR
ring all the time. Then leave on ice
until very cold. Whip one Cupful of
cream, sWeeten and flavor to taste and
when the banana mixture is chilled
fold in the cream. Serve in glasses,
sprinkle with finely chopped nuts and
add whipped cream.
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MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS,

which will improve the dull color it now
is. Thanking you for your kindensS.
MISS NJ. A. r.
AnSwer-See my answer to "Blondy"
above. Avoid drastic bleaches by all
means. Use mild liquid shampoo
soap to wash your hair, There are
various shampoos obtainable from any
cosmetic counter or drug store. Choose
CASTLE soap or liquid olive or cocoa
nut oil shampoo. Rinse thoroughly.
Use the rinse given for "Blondy.' Write
for my leaflet on shampoose and rinSeS.
LOIS LEEDS.
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DAILY DIET RECIPE
PINEAPPLE.

Pineapple slices, eight; red Gin
namon candies, half pound, and
pineapple juice, half cupful.
Serves eight portions.
Drain Sirup from canned pine
apple and heat to boiling point.
Dissolve in strip and boil rapidly
for one minute. Add pineapple
slices, simmer until red in color
(about five minutes. Lift out
pineapple. Cool. Serve as relish
with meat or fowl, or chill slices
and use for salad. If desired,
gelatin could be used to stifen
leftover juice so it could be
nodded.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes fiber, sugar,
some lime, iron, vitamins A and
B. Can be eaten by normal
adults of average or under weight
and by children 10 years and
over.
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French Pancakes.

Mix one pint of white flour with
three rounding tcaspoonfuls of baking
powder. two rounding tablespoonfuls of
sugar, three beaten egg yolks, one
teaspoonful of salt, enough sweet rich
milk to make a batter, and the egg
whites whipped stiff Fry in butter,
Spread generously with butter and jam.
Roll up and sprinkle lightly with con-
fectioners sugar.
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DELI AIVlH OIOANALO ". Burgess.

it isn't safe to leave this old Briar
Patch" He didn't call it dear
You ought to be thankful for bark
and twigs," retorted little Mrs. Peter.
II am"
Right you are, Mrs. Peter! Right
you are!" declared harsh voice above
them. They looked up to discover
Sammy Jay in a small tree. There are
people who haven't anything or very
little TO eat these days. Some folks
don't know when they are well off,"
Meaning me- I presume" said Peter.
You and Prickly Porky. I left him
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When frying doughnuts turn
them but once. If dough is too
rich or fat not hot enough,
doughnuts will be grease soaked.
Mend turn raincoats, rubbers
and umbrellas with adhesive tape,
placed on the under side of the
tear.
When ironing soft collars start
at the center and iron toward the
end, beginning at the center again
to iron the other end. There
will be no CreaseS.
Triangular tears in garments
may be neatly mended if the edges
are first worked with a button
hole stitch, then caught together
through the stitches instead of
the material.
Copyright, 1922
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"BONERS'"
Humorous Titbits From
School Papers.

THE EAR IS A LARGE FLAP ON
THE SIDE OF THE HEAD TO
CATCH SOUND.
Hyperbole was a skin disease OF the
seventeenth century.
The moral of the ancient mariner is
obey the fish and game laws"
Digestion is a sensation which causes
vomiting.
John Cabot lived in London before
he was born in Genoa.
An interlude is some strange thing
Eugene O'Neill wrote about.
What did Alexander do to unity the
East and the West? Alexander mar
ried a daughter of Darius III and urged
his soldiers to do the same.
Copyright, 1922
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Blackheads and FreckleS.

Dear Miss Leeds-CD I am a blonde.
7 have a few blackheads and would
like to rid myself Of them. (2D Could
you please give me a lasting cure for
freckles? MISS blonde.
AnsWer-Steam and soften the skin
before pressing ont the blackheads, and
use a boric acid solution before and
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Peter Rabbit sat in the dear Old
Briar Patch and saw nothing of the
beauty of his surroundings. The dear
Old Briar Patch was truly beautiful.
Every tiniest twig of every bush and
bramble was pure sparkling white that
in the rays of jolly, bright, round Mr..
Sun almost dazzled ones eyes. Yes,
indeed, the dear Old Briar Patch was
very beautiful, but for that matter so
was all that part of the Great World.
for all uglinesS had been buried by the
great Snowstorm
Peter saw nothing Of all this beauty,
for Peter was discontinued. He was very
much disconnected He felt abused.
You know discontented people have a
way of feeling abused
Nothing to eat but bark and twigs, I"
he grumbled, reaching up for young
twig that before the coming Of the
snow had been beyond his reach. And
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How to Keep Hair Light.

Dear Miss Leeds-Would you advise
me how to keep my hair light? 1t was
once blonde, but has grown dark. am
not interested in a bleach but in a rinse
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Novel Salad,

Slice some Spanish onions thin as
paper and alternate them with sliced
oranges on hearts of lettuce. Dress
this with French dressing made with
lemon juice. Serve very cold.
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Answer all have an IN
naturally drawn to- those
vanies saith e
is hne art OF
how to play on
all the girl
truthful
IF popular how to rub their
to artsticaly That
compliments with rowe though even t
his thrilled to death by
in attitude
a
nothing excited
in left
matter how looking matter how many STURDY
sleeve speak where just how her affections are
with other whatever
with, nothing that
other when he thinks he will make the
why he just isn't cruel enough do So he marr her Men
don't like cold self contained They like mpuse women
who show their feelings especially when their feelings about
DOROTHY DIX
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DOROTHY DX's LETTER BOX

with girls VINO are
dependable constant and sincere but who are not ~ hey
fall girls Just because IAey
IGNORANCE.
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with vanilla and delicious mocha
beverage results. The amount of coffee
can be increased or diminished &C
cording to the preferences of the
maker, but not less than one-fourth
liquid coffee should be used or the
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w YHEN entertaining in Wintry
n weather hot beverages are
NN preferable to serve instead
OF cold ones. The following
variations Of usual bev-
erages supply the desired notes of diff
ference.
When making cocoa use half coffee
and half milk as the liquids. Flavor
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Sammy Says Something.

Before you envy others pause
And count the blessings that are yours;
Peter Rabbit.
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Digestion is a sensation which causes
vomiting.
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The moral of the ancient mariner is
obey the fish and game laws"
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Hyperbole was skin disease OF the
seventeenth century.
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John Cabot lived in London before
he was born in Genoa.
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NY Neighbor Says:

Copyright, 1922
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Usedby great hospitals (24,ooo,.
600 pads were dispensed in -
American hospitals alone last
year)Kotex offers the higheststand.
ard of purity. Tested and retesred
materials. Air-washed rooms, Sem.
Pulousinspection. Uniformedwork-
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(Copyright, 1882 }
La gaceta., 1932-01-06

lancias, lograron extraer ell au-
tomovil, en- cuyo interior Sc en-
%contraba, con las ropas enreda-
das en- ell asiento delantero, la
desventurada j6ven Bessie.
La Sra. Pearl Swillford decla
no que su hija acababa de conner
cuando fue llamada por la Srta.
Virgins para que la acompana-
ra hasta Benjamin Field, dom
de los j6venes Alton y Whiden
tenian que asistir a los ejerci-
clos militares que anoche Sc &C.
LIBRARIAN EN- dicho campo. "Bes-
sie-agreg6 su mama-no que
La gaceta., 1932-01-06
ia, ia, ia! Ell palo Sc rompi6.

ria if y hasta su mismo hernia.
no Leo insisti6 en- que debia que
da"se en- casa.
Sobreylven a la jjvrn, ade-
mas de su madre, dos hermanos,
Leo y Uric, y tres hermanas,
Sra. Clifford w. Jackson, Sra.
c. c. Williamson y Sra. A.
Hometown.
Ell cadaver ,fu6 conduciuo a la
funeraria de Reed a quien Sc con
fiaron los funerales.
Ell Sr. James Smart, que fue
de los primeros en- acudir en-
auxilio de los j6venes, inform6
a la policia que Ell estaba al Dor
de del puente, y que ell autom6-
vii lie, aba una velocidad de 40
o so millas cuando choc6 con-
ira las barreras de hero del
puente.
La policia excluye de toda Gull
pa al operator del puente.