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as she lives miles away.
"After we became engaged, my
fiance went home to tell his
family the glad news and within
a day or so received a lovely
letter from his mother, wishing
me happiness and asking me to
visit her.
ct am looking forward to visit
ing her, but it is quite a trip and
impossible at this time. I would
like to write a letter to her, but
do not know what to say. Her
letter was so lovely and kind.
please help me. How should /
address her letter-she signed her
letter to me Mother Brown"
Would it be at all correct for me
to address her that way in my let
ter to her? "W."
What a kind and friendly
mother-in-law you are going to
have! Polite too, for she did just
the thing she should have done,
to register her enthusiasm and
"motherliness," and did it i'm
mediately. A grand beginning for
your relationship to her.
She was especially gracious and
friendly, too, to suggest to you at
once the name she wishes you
to use for her. This suggestion
should always come from the
frances or husbands mother.
Since she did this so charmingly
in her signature, I'd like to have
you follow her cue as to the name
she wishes you to use, even though
you are not yet married to her son.
If you didn't, she would, I am sure,
be hurt.
So your letter might read some
what like this:
Dear Mother Brown:
MAY I use this precious name
that you so sweetly signed to your
letter to me? / was so touched by
your signing your letter to me in
this lovely way, that I'd like ia
have the privilege of Immediately
adopting this name.
"Lee has told me so many beau
tfful and devoted things about you
that you have already become
Mother Brown in my heart and
thoughts.
'YOur letter Of welcome to me
was a supreme joy, q masterpiece
Of greeting to a new daughter.
shall always treasure it, shall al
ways try to live up to your ideal Of
a daughter
81 love that fine son Of your
SO dearly, and it will always be my
wish and prayer that our life to
gether will carry on the splendid
ideal and tradition that you 81
beautifully gave him.
Together we will, I sure, keel
untarnished the noble qualities
that you gave him.
"HOw I want to know you
how 1 want to come to see you
1 wish that / could come to yOI
this very minute.
"But although II Is, because @
my position, impossible at thA
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Beauty
Citrus Fruits
Beneficial
BY DONNA GRACE

Lemons, the one cosmetic that
is good as an external or internal
beauty aid, are never out Of sea-
son and should be used in some
way every day. They are. good
for us, and from our own expert
ence, we find it is a food that
really does give the skin a deli
cate translucency due to the
cleansing effect it has on the Sys-
tenn.
The grapefruit, too Is in the
class of the golden citrus fruit,
and medical men tell us it has
the same cleansing properties as
the lemons, but in this part Of the
country we do not always find the
best grapefruit during the hot
summer months. They are good
at this time, however, and plent1-
full, and will be again in the fall.
There are several Of the neces-
sary vitamins in the citrus fruits,
principally vitamin D, which is
active in the prevention of scurvy'
teeth defects and gives stamina.
We need this food for our well.
being, but from the point OF
beauty and complexion alone an
abundance of this precious fruit
several times q year will give us
the most gratifying results.
When the skin is kept antiseptic
with these cleansing fruits, it Will
become less susceptible to 1nfec'
ton and unsightly skin blemishes
We have a special complexion
diet that can be finished IN IL
days. It is one that was and Il
always popular in the South
where one is likely to become en-
ervated and sluggish and after
number of years in both climates
we find it is most satisfactory
in any locality, and a pleasan'
way to partake of these tint
fruits. It is also a reducing die
but may be used by those who arr
naturally thin as well.
/ will be glad to mail 1t to yOI
without charge, If you will enclOS'
q stamped, self-addresSed envelOp'
and ask for the Complexion Diet
Keep it on hand and use it when
ever yOU feel a need for 1t. ThOus
ands Of my readers are alread!
acquainted with the benefits o
this delightful diet. Address
Donna Grace, Beauty Editor, o
The Washington Times.
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dress, perhaps one Of woven straw
or string. Don't hesitate to buy
it in the sportswear department.
meant for a tennis dress or bath
ing suit. It may do just as well to
enliven a wash dress. And don't
be too lazy to buy odd buttons and
put them on a too-plain dress or
suit, especially if you can make
them match up with some clever
accessory note such as colored
shoes, bag or gloves.
Many fashion-wise women either
make for themselves or have a
milliner make q change Of hat
bands for a simple panama or
leghorn. That eliminates the ne
cesSity Of wearing the wrong color
band with nearly every costume in
your wardrobe. It's easy to have
a few snaps about the crown to
hold the band in place. Just
another little item that seems
small, but add few Of them up,
and you can tell the difference!
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The latter method is by far the
easier, and is much more apt to
be kind to the budget too. So
we've sought out a few Of the
really different things which will
make for variety in your ward
robe, and will ensure you a cos
tune that will not be just like
your neighbours.
Little Things Count
Small accessories are often the
telling bits which change your
whole appearance. Think, for in
stance, of printed gloves. They
may sound wild but they are not.
They are rather quiet affairs for
afternoon. or perhaps for street
wear with some things, Of prints
that are not too gay, but are
decidedly distinctive. They come
in black, white or navy, and will
be very smart with a perfectly
plain sheer crepe suit or dress
the type you wear to don't dress"
late afternoon and evening affairs,
out to dinner in a restaurant, and
all that sort of thing. They are
longer pull-ons, simple except for
the print.
In the same store we spotted
some hand-detailed linen gloves,
rough linen in an off-white shade
that give it a hand-loomed look.
Perhaps it was woven by hand.
The gloves were made with stitches
and overcasting in color. They
will be grand with tailored suits.
with all types of spectator sports
clothes, and even with some sum-
mer dresses. They are short and
casual looking, as they should be.
Straw Handbags
When it comes to handbags,
there are some of printed crepes
to go with those printed gloves il
you are sure you can stand the
two, but personally, we'd prefer
a plain color crepe bag with the
pIA1VCO S1OtCpS VI WIG NCAodO 4OA
the two together may look like
you are OVERRIDING 1t.
And better still, there are those
straw handbags, looking much like
a farm boys hat, held together
with straps and f1attened out
Some of these are soft Of feed
bag types, others are more like
doubled up hats, but all have g
distinctly new look, and with thu
straps or closing in color to g
with your costume, they will give
you that different look. They
close with zippers, and are JUS
as practical as other summer bags
more so than many.
Odd Belts Smart
Odd belts and buttons are gooC
ways to change your appearance
Do shop for q really distinctive
belt for a plain linen or crep
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AS for cooking them, IoSt every
true disciple of Izaak Walton has
a special system for doing this.
And he gains an equal thrill in
mentally tasting and describing
his superb creation.
HOW IT'S DONE
The first tip promised last
week was how to cook fish so that
the bones would dissolve" This
secret" comes from a State where
suckers and catfish are abundant
and those fish, you know, rival
shad in the number of small bones
found.
In a nutshell, here is the secret
and then longer recipe describ-
ing just how this takes place.
The fish are scored from the
skin side, then fried in deep hot
fat until golden brown. The hot
fat SizzleS out the bones, leaving
them like fillets. This is for the
kind OF fish that has pesky bones
that cannot be removed by ordi-
nary methods. The backbone must
be removed, of course, and other
larger bones if the method is to
work.
The next time your luck turns
and you catch only the "finny
fellows" that take endless "boning"
before they can be eaten, try this
system of cooking.
ANDY'S OZARK METHOD OF
FISH FRYING
"Clean and wash the fish. Re.
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Styles

Plenty Of glitter marks some OF
the smartest new evening frocks.
A model Of black crepe has the
bodice composed Of curved bands
embroidered in aquamarine and
brilliantS. Another model Of white
chiffon has stars and crescent
moons of rhinestones outlined in
silver thread.
Plenty Of color marks the new
evening frocks. A beauty is OF
purple chiffon with shoulder
straps and bolero Of cyclamen pink
and purple ostrich feathers.
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Pattern
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Notice the wide, yoke sleeves espe-
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and the extra gathers across the
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Pattern 4432 is available in
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REALLY LOVES HIM

Dear Miss Fairfax:
"When he's away 1 love him
with all my heart, but when he's
near, that feeling vaniShes COM
pIeteIy and I become critical. He
takes other girls out, but has
never asked me for a date, and
I'm not hOmeIy, either. He has
a queer way of hesitating when
he sees me, as if he had some
thing to tell, but he never seems
able to tell it. Is this love, or
what is 1t? "E. H. T."
It would seem that you are
more in love with love than with
the young man who means SO
much to you when he Is away
and not so much when he is
near. Without wishing to be I'M
sympathetic or cynical, youth has
a way of looking for a prop on
which to hang its affections.
That's the answer to the riddle
when you yearn over the absent
and become critical Of the nearby.
You'll have to wait until your
feelings 60 into reverse, and the
object of your affections seems
dearer when he is with you.
This will answer a number OF
girls who have written along the
same line.
Copyright. 1887, by King Features
Syndicate Inc.)
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Our favOrite today comes from
Mrs. Glenn Willett, 1915 18th St.,
N. w. This recipe is particularly
attractive for a festive occasion.
1t is one Of the six winners in
last weeks contest.
PINEAPPLE BUTTERFLIES
Peel and slice a verT ripe pine
apple in round quarter-inch
thick slices. Cut slice in half
and place round edges together
on lettuce leaf. Prepare an or
ange the same way, placing the
half7SliceS on the pineapple wings.
On each of the four wings place
slices of stuffed olives at the
points.
Make the body of a roll of
cream cheese, extending a half
inch above and below where the
wings join on. marking body
with thin half-ringS of seeded
olives. Make feelers of thin
S Ups Of pineapple. Place an
olive under the top of each
wing. Serve with mayonnaise.
The neD tavorite recipe con-
test is for cup cakes. Send in
your special recipe and 1Oin a
cash prize. Your entry will help
Others to enjoy a 7aelD dessert.
The Washington Times 1UiH pay
for each thinning recipe, one to
be published each day neat
meek.
Write your entry on one side
OF the paper only and enclose
name and address and mail to
Miss Jean Green, FaUorite Re-
ctpe Contest Editor, The Wash
| trgton Times, before June S.
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move the backbone. Take heavy
sharp knife and hack the fish
about every "A inch about half way
through the fish. Hack from the
skin side.
put seasoning in the corn meal
fuse salt and pepper and roll the
fish in the meal. Let stand while
the grease is getting hot.
Put the fat in q deep kettle
Use much fat and get it good and
smoking. Drop the fish in. When
they first 60 in, the fat will bubble
up like gingerale poured into q
glass. When the fat stops bubbling
and the fish float to the top Of the
fat, dead" then it is time to take
out the fish, they will be cooked
golden brown.
This same method is used in
the OzarkS for the community fish
fries. After gigging parties for the
yellow suckers, the catch is cooked
in huge black iron kettles. As
much as 20 pounds of lard will be
used at one time"
This method is one I know you
will want to remember and try
sometime soon.
ANOTHER METHOD
From another Izaak Walton
comes the reminder that the trout
season is on. These delicately
favored fish should be cleaned
and dried and rolled in seasoned
flour and fried golden brown in
butter, according to him.
Here is another man-made way
of cooking them, however, that will
take you out Of the class of skillet
cooks"
Measure u cup of water into
the brof1ing pan. Add l onion,
sliced, 2 bay leaves, u pound of
butter, salt and pepper and heat
until the butter has melted.
Squeeze in the juice Of one lemon.
Add the fish and haste the fish
during cooking with this sauce.
Keep basting the fish until it is
golden brown, and pour over it
any sauce Ie1C over.
The flavor of this is really Su.
perb and the only improvement
suggested is to dust the fish with
paprika before serving. This adds
additional color to it.
Sounds simple and really is.
You men who find a kitchen a
puZzling workshop, can be reas-
Sured. When this method of cook
ing is used, no special equipment
is needed. You only need to
know how to light and regulate
the broiling unit of your stove. Be
sure to preheat for at least eight
minutes before starting your fish
to cook.
The last special" for the help
less man who has caught the fish
but does not know what to do
about cooking them brings
brand new way Of cooking them in
the oven. It is for bluefiSh.
TUCK SPECIAL
Take a 5 or 6-pound bluefiSh
and scale it. Clean we'll. Use q
steel wire brush for this. Wash in
salt water. Don't bone it. Lay the
fish out on a board at least two
inches longer than the fish. Cut
the top in four places deeply. In
Sert in each of these cuts a strip
Of bacon. Over this bacon place
several slices of onion, and a slice
Of tomato.
Get out the broiling pan, and
spread evenly over this pan the
contents Of a small can of toma-
toes. Lay the fish on these and
cook in the oven for two hours
over a slow fire. The only spice
used is salt and pepper. Season
when the fish is half cooked. Serve
with a garnish of parsley and
lemon.
Good luck and will be back next
Thursday with another story on
things every m culine cook
should know.
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time, it will be, I assure you at
just the first possible moment.
Thank you so much for your in
vitatiOn to come and to meet my
new family"
Dearest and most 'daughterly'
love to you, and do know that,
even If We are absent from you,
you are constantly in our thoughts
and in our devotion.
"YOur daughter, Wilma"
LETTER OF THANKS
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
"a young woman visited my
Iandlady for a week, and we be-
came very friendly during her
visit, and we went out together
one evening. / was not at home
at the time Of her departure, and
when 1 returned I found that she
had left a very beautiful gift for
me. Please tell me how I should
word a letter of thanks to her.
"HELEN."
Your note might read something
like this:
''Dear Miss Allen:
"What a kind and lovely lady
you are! 1t was such a special
pleasure to have you come step
ping into my life SO delightfully."-,
and I can't begin to tell you how
much 1 appreciate my good for
tune in meeting you and knowing
you while your were visiting our
nice Mrs. GraySOn. 1t was such q
happy beginning Of what I know
is to be an enduring friendship.
81 was disappointed not to have
been at home when you left. ]
wanted to say so many things to
you, to thank you for your friend
illness. And how generous of you
it was to leave the beautiful gift
for me. / was so touched. The
purse is a beauty-juSt what I like
just what wanted-and I shall
carry it with great happiness and
pride. Thank you, thank you
with all my heart.
Dearest love to you, deepest
appreciation. Do find a minute
to write me, to tell me how every
thing goes with you. And please
please come back soon!
"DevOtedly,"
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LOVelOrm
Another Case
Of Hfat uahOn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
Written Exclusively for The
WASHINGTON Times

" No'S|SSSO" = S"OSS
"Dear Miss Fairfax:
1.-TWO years, Of my precious
youth have been wasted on . girl
who now cOOIIy tells me she
doesn't care about me. She led
me to believe she was devoted
accepted all kinds Of gifts, and I
was supremely happy. Suddenly
she grew indifferent and neglect
full.
"My friends and family knew
we were engaged, and now she
has Inundated me beyond words
by announcing casually: I'm not
engaged to him; I'm free IS air.
MALCOLM"
Please let me remind you Of
something that has become q
commonplace, which is that you're
lucky.
The girl discovered it was only
a case of infatuation or gold
digging, or the desire to flaunt q
boy friend, or whatever it was
that made her devoted for two
years and then drop you, before
marriage, rather than afterward.
You're young, and the world is
full of charming girls, many more
of them than manageable men.
Be thankful you're free to choose.
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Unusual Accessories for
Distinctive Costumes
Rv WILMA LAVILLE

There two ways Of achieving unusual costume One
usual accessories you find the classics as
we call them but to them in such beautiful quality and
coors that you get entirely different effect and the
other way is to select accessories that unusual in themselves
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BRIDEGROOM'S RESPONSE

"Dear Mrs. BeeCkman:
please give me q sample of
. proper response for a bride.
groom to make to a toast given
by the best man at q wedding
reception. "H."
It is the bridegroom who &C.
knowledges this toast and ex-
presses appreciation for his bride
and himself. He says something
like this: Mary and I thank
you, with high-hearted apprecia-
ton, for your good wishes for
our happiness. And we are sure
that we will make them come
truel"
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BETTER WAIT
p MisS Fairfax.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
81 read your column every day.
and thought you might help me
as you have others. My story 10
about q former sweetheart, whom
we will call Helen because that
isn't her name.
81 met her about three years
ago and found her thoroughly
cOngeniaI. We were such good
companions. 1 thought Of mar
rage many times, but did not
feel I was ready for this most
important step, and when / told
my girl we'd better wait, she broke
our engagement and married some
one else.
"A year passed. I never heard
from her. Then we met and she
cOnfided she was very unhappy
had separated from her husband
and was getting a divorce. She
realized her mistake, and would
like to have us start all over again.
But I am uncertain.
OR. H. j." .
Suppose you wait bit, and see
if this girl proves to be the same
good companion that she was be-
fore she rushed into matrimony
with such haste. Her unfortu-
nate experience Of an impulsive
marriage, probably without love,
should make her watch her step
in future.
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How to Dissolve Small
Bones Described
By Experts
Bv JEAN GREEN

fish story promised for today and all this week there
have been coming elegant Stories tall and otherwise about
luck down at soomons Island and other famed fishing places
nearby
Men like fish, and that the very puts longing
look their eyes and nctes emniscing tale Of what hap
pened way back when After days sunburn the bay the
thrill of catching this that fellow really Joyous
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Future Mother lin La w
Is Polite, Friendly
By MRS. CORNELIUS BEECKMAN

Dear Mrs. Beeckman
IT have been engaged for about month to boy have
known for about two years. have met his mother
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-05
ARMISTICE DAY
PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, Thursday. No
vember 18th, having been set
aside as Armistice Day, upon
which our nation will pay
tribute to our boys who fought
and gave their lives in the
World War: and
WHEREAS, 1t is fitting that
all citizens of Hardin and
community upon that day
should unite in hororing those
who gave their lives and ser
vices that we might live in
peace;
NOW, ref E, L.
Wayne A. RanSier, as Mayor of
the City of Hardin. do hereby
request that all residents join
In the spirit of the day and
attend the Memorial services
sponsored by the American
Legion at the Harriet theater
at 1O:45 o'clock a. M, and that
all stores and business houses
be closed from 1910 o'clock
q. m. until one o'clock p. m.
for that purpose.
WAYNE A. RANSIER.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-05
0NE-WEEK FARM SHORT
COURSE IN JANUARY
Is Available to Big Horn County
Young Men at BoZeman From
Jan. 4 to March Is.

Any young man in Big Horn
county who desires a short period
of training to get the latest in
formation about farming and
ranching may obtain it by taking
the 1O-week short courses in agri-
culture at Montana State college
this winter, suggests Geo. w.
Gustafson county agent. The
courses start January 4 and end
March IS. |
j. O.. Tretsven, extension dairy
specialist at Montana State col
lege, who is the principal, says
the courses are designed particu-
larly for young men who wish ag-'
ricultural or ranch management
training but who are unable to
take the regular f~our-year college
course. The courses are intensely
practical, with more laboratory
than text book work and come at
the time of the year when it is
easiest to get away from the farm
or ranch. |
The cost of attending is rela-
lively small, with board and room
the chief expense. Travel cost is
reduced because all money spent
in excess of SIS for travel to
Bozeman is refunded. Any one
from II years up is eligible. A
high school education is not re-
quired. |
To illustrate the practical ma
ture the courses offered are listed
below: farm management; farm
accounting; breeding. feeding and
management of livestock; live
stock judging and selection; vet
Urinary: farm mechanics: crops
and soils management; gardens
and s~helterbelts. Optional courses
include testing. care and handling
of dairy products; horse. sheep
and beef cattle production; dairy
and hog production; agricultural
problems and programs. and,
marketing of farm products.
Complete information may be
obtained at the county agents Of
flee or by writing J.. o. Tretsven,
Montana State college, Bozeman.
England will not rebroadcaSt the
dukes greeting to America. 1t will
be ours anyway. not England's.
YELLOWSTONE BASIN
PROJECT LAUNCHED