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 A graceful neck - smooth and white with no lump at the back - is one of the first requisites or charm and beauty. The woman who holds her head high with chin up-- not pulled in or thrust forward n looks well in any type of dress and has selfassurance that makes others conscious of her charm and poise.
 Furthermore, correct neck pos- ture ia extremely important to health and physical comfort. When the upper verterbrae of your spinal column are curved forward, cir- culation to the brain Is hindered somewhat and, of course, muscles will become cramped and uncon- fortable, causing aches and pains undoubtedly know, an aching neck can spoil the incest kind of dis position, not to mention the frown lines and worried look that go with it.
 Hold Head As Though Pulled To alleviate a curve and the lump which detracts, from your appearance, get into the habit of holding your head as though you were being pulled upward. stand with arms at your sides and make believe a wire, fastened to the ceiling, is tied to lock of hair In the center of your head. Imagine that the wire is pulling, your head up, up, up. If necessary, place your hands just behind your ears and let them share the work of the imaginary wire. If you do this correctly, your neck will straighten out and the little lump will disappear.
 Afterward, sit in . straight chair and do this exercise, espe- cially originated by a posture authority to cure bad carriage above the shoulders, get rid of a lump on the back of the neck and prevent a double chin:
 Repeat This Exercise
 First, completely relax the neck, letting your head drop forward as far as possible. Then showly push your chin out in front until each muscle in your neck feels stretched. Now-still slowly = keeping the chin at exactly the same level, pull the chin back to normal position. Again imagine that your head is being lifted from behind the ears. Repeat the exer. else several times Q day, remem. bering always that the more slow ly you do 1t, the more benefit you will derive.
 If you are serious about having lovely neck, better sleep with. out pillow and chose clothes which have no back -of-the-neck trimming which tends to make you walk with your head thrust forward.
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PARIS STYLES
BINARY FENTREss
By MARY FENTREsS
United Press Stan Correspondent

United Press Stan Correspondent)
 Paris (UP)-One of the most popular dresses in the Jean Patou collection Is the dinner dress in black chiffon.
 This is a gown for someone with slender lines for the skirt fullness is applied at the sides rather than the back. The filmy sleeves are full and fall to elbow length with a bell shape move- ment. The gown is worn over an underslfp of black whose bodice Is edged with a band of pink satin ribbon which dips to a low v in the back decollete.
 Another interesting fall evening gown is seen at Mainbocher, the house which provides so many costumes for Mrs. Jesse I. Straus, wife of the American Ambassador, and for Lady Mendl, the former Elsie de Wolf.
 This gown is of heavy crepe in a bright flame shade. The corsage is trimmed with a band of flame colored ostrich feathers which dip in a circle below the high, straight, throat line and which follow the low cut V line in back. Mainbocher has brought back modification of the hustle which in the case of this flame colored dress is formed by a series of small folds in back.
 In direct contrast to feminine frills and bustles is Mainbocher's tailored lame damask evening suit which the Marquise del Merito wore at a night fete at Lohgchamp. This dress is of white and silver with a scarf tucked into the jacket closing and Is worn with a draped white suede turban.
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liam Powell" he told her, laugh ing. And right across the way from him is Bing Crosby and his wife, too. But what of 1t? Say, after you've been in Hollywood as long as I have these movie stars will be a dime a dozen to you!"
 But, all evening long, Jim Les- ter's cynicism failed to spoil Jos enjoyment. I've had a grand time," she told. Maisie and Jim when they dropped her off before the stucco bungalow.
 Glad you did," Jim told her "We'll do 1t again."
 "He means without me-" Maisie said. T know that tone!"
 Next morning, behind the coun. Ger of the sandwich shop, Jo heard a familiar voice say, "Just a cur of coffee, Goddess" and looked uy into the smiling face of Pete, Fragonet.
 T saw you with Maisie las night at the Grove" he told her And I had hunch. It was ( good hunch, too. How long hay, you been working here?"
 Almost month";" Jo told hin shortly. twill you have a sand. wich with your coffee?" Fragonet shook his head framed question of his own Have you changed your mind yet Jo, about me?"
 "No ." In lower tone she added, Wont you please let me alone, Peter
 There's no harm in coming te Maisie's for cup of coffee, fl there?" he asked lightly. "Wha, time do you get off?"
 Jo glanced nervously down the counter. Two women, recognizing Fragonet, were all ears. T cant talk to you here, Peter. Please dc be sensible. Those women are lis. tening."
 "Let me have your address then and I'll see you tonight" He leaned forward, still smiling. "Or else we'll talk right herewith the ladies listening"
 Trembling with anger, Jo told him the address of the stucco bun- galow, then turned her attention to another patron. When she looked up again Fragonet had gone.
 All day long she rehearsed what she must tell Fragonet tonight. She knew she dare not tell him of Boleson's warning, for Fragonet, with his explosive temperament would be almost certain to accuse his. employer of meddling. But Jo knew she must make 1t very plain to Peter Fragonet that she did not love him, that she never would love him. Tonight must be the finish of the whole unfortunate business.
 When 10 reached home she sought out her landlady, that pes simistic woman who thoroughly approved of her tenant now that Jo had started to work in the sandwich shop.
 T wonder if you'd let me have the use of your front room for half an hour tonight? I'm expect ing caller, and"
 Certainly. You just go on In whenever you like and when the gentleman comes, I'll send him right along. Been SO long since any of my tenants asked for the use of the front parlor that l forgot it really goes with the Fentl"
 But when the geod lady an- swered her doorbeii a few hours later she was asonished tc con.
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dozen really well-known person ages who dropped in whenever they had the opportunity. Each had his or her favorite "Maisie sandwich" and the jovial owner remembered the preferences of all.
 You know" Jo told Maisie, what surprises me about Holly wood is that it's just like a small town. Your place reminds me q little of the store Dad owned at Wseton. He knew everybody and what they liked and didn't like."
 Sure" Maisie said. "Why should Hollywood be like small town? Most of us are from little places-and proud of 1t, too."
 I'm wondering, though. If I'll ever be able to learn what all your friends like" Jo laughed.
 well, darned few of 'em will bite you if you don't catch on right away. And 1t won't take you long to learn. With those eyes and that hair you can hand some of the men cyanide and they'll like 1t. Don't worry, kid!"
 For the first time In many weeks, Jo found that she wasn't worrying. She paid her landlady and moved into one of the bunga- lows pleasanter rooms. She add ed discreetly to her wardrobe a few things she had been needing badly since leaving Crest Lake. In way, she was happier at Maisie's sandwich shop than she had been at Crest Lake Inn with all its gaiety and the splendid salary. And she was certainly not lonely Maisie's busy counter. It was only when she reached the stucco bungalow and the privacy of her single room that she grew lonely. Through the thin walls she would hear the landlady's radio bringing music from Cocoanut Grove. Sometimes she would recall rue- fully that Cocoanut Grove had been her very first destination In Hollywood.
 And one night she did go to the Grove. It's something you ought to see before you die." Maisie told her. My brothers going to take me tonight, and we'd like to nave you come along"
 But I don't like to intrude," Jo hesitated.
 | "Intrude-on a brother ?" hoot. ed Maisie. Don't be goofy!" l Maisie's brother was a big strapping young fellow who had a job with an electrical company and liked to talk amperes and kilo. watts and alternating current-un- til Maisie would shut him up. Ob- viously he liked Jo, but under the spell of the music at Cocoanut Grove she was hardly aware of Jim Lester. The palms shadowing the softly lighted tables, the -gor- geous gowns of the healthily sum- tanned women, the trim mess | jackets of the men, all formed a I kaleidoscopic pattern which fas. cinated Jo.
 "where'd you come from, any how?" Jim Lester wanted to know during their first dance together You're awfully darned swell" Jo hardly heard. "Isp't tha William Powell over there at tha table by the wall?"
 Annoyed, Jim Lester swunt around to the rhythm of thu white.coated band. "Sure it's VII
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YOUR CHILDREN
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Every Saturday afternoon MT and Mrs. Miller had a row. Myrtle would weep and Walter would swear and the children would ecut- tie off and hide.
 It was all about Walters pay envelope. Every week he gave Myrtle all his money except car- fare and lunch money, and one dollar for beer. Out of the rest she had 70 meet expenses. It took managing, but she complimented herself on being @ good manager.
 About Thursday she began to shake the purse for the few pen- nies left. Friday there were lean pickings for meals; 1t usually was Friday that she needed carfare or new stockings 70 go somewhere. It seemed to be the day her friends invariably chose to have party.
 Another Quarrel
 So Fridays worries and hurts usually carried overnight, and Walters dollar for beer made the bruises ache. At one o'clock this Saturday, when her husband ar- rived and handed over the weeks money, Myrtle was mad and mean. And then the fur flew.
 Things were worse than usual. Walter had just said he couldn't work on soup and coffee, or beer and sandwich at noon, and he would have to keep out another four bits.
 That's just an excuse" de- clared his wife. "Here I work and slave and look like a scare- crow when go out. never have any carfare even. Yesterday I stayed home from Madge's while you were swilling beer. 1t isn't fair. can't stand 1t. I won't. I'm through" And so on.
 He Gives In-Again
 Walter said nothing for a while. It wasn't any use to tell her that he didn't smoke and that half the. time he only took a sar- saparilla when he got so hot and tired he couldn't go on. And any, way, a fellow had a right to some things.
 Eventually he said, "All right. Here, take 1t all. Give me what you like" Myrtle counted out the change and put the rest in a drawer.
 Soon she was singing. The children heard the carol, knew that all was we'll and banging of screens heralded their return.
 Say, Mama," said Ted, "that show the other day wasn't the one I meant. It's down at the Opal now. Can Jack and I go tonight 2"
 "Well-all right, guess so."
 And can be get some ice- cream? It's Saturday"
 T guess so."
 That's not fair," said Jane. T told Edith couldn't go. She took me last time and I owe her show."
 "Take her. then." said Myrtle.
 A Budget Needed
 That made more than three dol lars for the weeks entertainment and treats, counting the time their mother had taken them to the amusement park. Myrtle was one of the many people who do not realize how nickels, dimes and quarters count up. If any one had mentioned it she very possibl, would" have exclaimed, "Nothinf of the kind. Those poor kid! never get anywhere"
 One plan is to budget each chile and pro-rate his share of good time money according to funds As for dad and mother, 1t doesn' make sense for them to save a the spigot while the youngster loosen the bung and run off witt every extra cent available.
 Copyright 1895 NEA Service, Inc,
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ia scarcely suficient today. From the newer Knowledge of nutrition we are warranted in ascribing the superior value of whole wheat a& least in large measure Go the vitaA mins naturally present In wheat, vitamins which, along with most oG the calcium and phosphorus and iron, are removed by milling and refining and discarded. ;,
 am not going to provide any symptoms here, but wish to ssay that I believe 1t will be bad day for the nostrum business and Q great day for America when people return to just plain wheat.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Casein
 We bought some wall paper from mail order house. Noticed an odor while the paper was being put on. The odor did not wear away. We wrote the firm, and they replied that the odor Is from casein used in the paper to set the color. They said 1t would wear away in time. Is it harmful? What Is casein? (Miss c. D. ID
 Answer-1t is harmless. Casein is the curd of milk. The curd of sour milk Is called acid casein and is used in coating paper and In printing wallpaper and various fab. rics. IrradiatiOn for FibrOid Five years ago asked if you'ad. vised X-ray and radium for fibfoid tumor. On your advice took the treatment and 1t was perfectly sue. cessful, no i'll effects, now feel as il nothing ever was wrong. (Mrs. B. O. Answer-x-ray or radium treat. ment has proved adequate in 0 great many such cases. E4broiA tumor (doctors call 1t Inyoma) ia not malignant in itself and may never cause any serious trouble. whether 1t is diagnosed or not. What, Another Doctor BoOks My son derived great beneflt from your iron ration, my husband and take Q regular nip" of iodin, and my husband has been cured of his weekly headaches with calcium A1St0sO 4Vu ohV9AU VVAHOkuG 1 all your booklets in one big book-- we need 1t in our homes {. {. (Mrss A. W. W.)N Answer may do just that enc day---and come around peddling N myself.
 All Washed Up
 Editor of country paper in Iowa remarks that bath tubs are not as necessary as showers, and stlli old Doc Brady says bathing has little to do with cleanliness and less with health. Editor says he is like the negro who said: T understand what you say, but don't know what you mean"
 Answer--I'd suspect the editor was trying to make dirty crack, If had not met so many editors. Copyright 1895, John F. Dille Col
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bean Is ahead on vitamins, though.
 You will probably find several varieties of lima beans in your market. There are tiny green ones baby limas-large green ones, la .e fiat white ones and large fat white ones. Ali are good if gathered before the milk becomes firm inside the tender shell-like covering. As the beans ripen this covering grows hard and difficult to digest and the smooth creamy center becomes dry and unpalat- able. No matter how long the beans are cooked these conditions cannot be altered nor the veget- able improved. ..
 The best way to serve lima beans that have been allowed to become over-ripe is to rub them through sieve after cooking and do them in a puree or souffle. This removes the tough covering, but, of course, does not restore the delivate flavor of the tender vegetable.
 Served With Cream
 Tender, freshly-gathered limas are most delicious served in pure cream. One-half cup cream is seasoned with said and pepper and added to two cups of cooked iimas Heat to the scalding point, bu, do not let boil The cream coats the beans lightly and makes them delightfully."- moist and smooth.
 Always cook limas in as little water as possible and cook them uncovered. Let the water cook away or use 1t in a sauce with butter and a very little four rub bed together. Ruh 1 teaspoon flour into 2 tablespoons butter to thicken 1-2 cup liquid.
 Lima beans should be saited when they are half cooked. Oth- erwise there's danger of toughen. ing the covering. Allow thirty tc forty minutes for limas to cook and shake the pan occasionally tc prevent scorching.
 Peach Mousse
 One cup whipping cream, tea. 'spoon gelatin (granulated), 2 ta. blespoons cold water, table. spoons hot water, 1-2 cup sugar 1 1-2 cups peach pulp few grain. salt.
 Soak gelatin in cold water and dissolve in hot water. Add sugar salt and gelatin to peach pull and mix thoroughly. Let stand until cool and fold into cream which has been whipped unti firm. Turn into mold or freezine tray and freeze. If frozen in 6 freezer, pack in six parts ice to one part ice cream salt and freeze without stirring.
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HAY FEVER CLUB OPENS

Duluth, Minn. (UP).-Head. quarters of the Hay Fever club of America has been opened here. Mrs. c. H. Lundblad of Paynes- vile, Minn., is president. She has come here for the last IA years to escape the irritating pollen which causes bronchial distress.
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When all taxes on motor vehic- les were recently abolished In Yugosslavia hundreds of grateful motorists bathered beneat h the ofiics of the premier and blew thelF honrs strenuously to show theiE approval.
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which housewife Included this interior virtually detail kitchen planning has developed date utility other appunances occupying minimum of space modern Bultn cupboar four cabinet dish shelves also suggest the efficiency of this Kitchens cOlorfu that easily cleaned 
 
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Magma Carta Island, in the Thames where King John Is said to have signed the treaty with the barcns in 12i6, is to be purchased if possible, and made Q British national monument
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
 BY WILLIAM BRADY. M. D.

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After an avalanche had fallen recently on the road leading to the Great St. Bernard Pass in Swit- zerland @ tunnel over 150 feet long was dug through the snow.
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front a smartly dressed women. "I'm Mrs. Fragonet," the wo- man said, land I'd like to see Miss Darien!"
 (To Be COntinued)
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SISTER MLARYS
 KITCHEN

protein, fat and carbohydrates,
 while 1t takes one whole cup, just four times as much, of string or green beans to supply the same amount of food value. The green
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Mondays Menu

,, Mondays Menu BREAKFAST: Grapes, cer- cal, corn omelet, b lueberry mullins, milk, coffee.
 LUNCHEON: Open tomato and bacon sandwiches, mint- ed apples with whipped cream, nut cookies, milk, tea.
 DINNER: Veal birds with brown sauce, lima beans in cream, buttered spinach, stuff ed celery salad, blackberry charlotte, milk, coffee.
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NEXT: The eyes have 1t.
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(To Be Continued)
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Bedtime Stories
The Young Ducks Mistake.

most of their time on the Big River
now, for in the shallow water along
the shores, where wild rice grew and
other water plants, there was good
feeding, and at the same time there
was good cover in which to hide. In
there they had little to fear.
1t happened one day that the young
Duck who was so proud Of her flying
had fingered behind when her broth
ers and sisters had left one feeding
ground to go to another some dis
lance down the river. After a while
she swan out into the open water.
AS she did so she saw. high up in
the sky, a Hawk. She knew it was a
member of the Hawk family, though
just which Hawk she didn't know.
What she should have done was to
have gone straight back in among the
rushes, where she would be hidden,
but she made the mistake of not
doing this. She made the mistake OF
putting too much confidence into her
ability to fly. She made the mistake
of taking to her wings. instead of
swimming back among the PUSHES.
Copyright. 1889
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WELL.
danger. Adventures they had, many
of them, of course. 1t is so with all
the furred and feathered folk grow
ing up. 1t could hardly be otherwise.
So not infrequently the Ducks would
have to scatter and plunge into hid
ing to escape an enemy.
There was one young Wood Duck
who was a little swifter OF wing than
her brothers and sisters. She was
very proud of her flying. Sometimes
they would have a short race in the
air. Always it was this one who won.
Especially proud was she when one
day she outflew her mother and
father
IT can fly so fast that nobody can
catch me-" she boosted.
Her mother heard her. She took
the young Duck to one side and scold-
ed her we'll. Just because you can
fly faster than your parents or your
brothers and sisters, don't for an in
slant think that no one can fly as
fast as you can. If ever Falco the
Duck Hawk should start after you, you
would soon find out that he can fly
faster than you can. I give you fair
warning; don't try to outfly him"
The young Duck made no reply.
Privately she hoped that Falco the
Duck Hawk would appear and give
her a chance to show her mother
what real flying was. She had seen
various members of the Hawk family
from time to time and once one OF
them had been one of Falco's chill
dren who had not yet come into his
full powers Three times he had
plunged at her, and three times she
had had no difficulty in escaping him
by the use of her swift wings. So
she had come to think that really
she had nothing to fear from any
Hawk.
Now, all this time Falco the Duck
Hawk had been keeping watch of the
young Ducks. Not once had he tried
to catch one while they were in the
pond of Paddy the Beaver, for he
knew that his chances there were
poor When they had begun to fly
down to the Big River Falco had been
more watchful than ever. Down there
sooner or later he would have
chance at one of those Ducks out in
the open. He felt sure of it.
The young Ducks were spending
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Natures Children
Moth Mullen (Verbascum Blattaria)

She never develops all her flowers at
one time. This assures her Of insect
guests at some time during the bloom
ing season. If she should happen to
bloom during a very rainy period, when
her partners could not venture forth
on account of the dampness, she could
set no seeds. So she wisely keeps her
flowers coming along for weeks. and
this is why you may find blossoms,
buds and seeds, all on the stalk at
the same time.
The flowers are a beautiful yellow,
with orange-colored anthers and
pollen. Many interesting moths and
insects gather around her. The seeds
are packed in capsule encased in the
long calyx-lobes. Under lens they
look like a corncob that has been
ribbed and pitted. There are so many