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Making
Cookies ’
ly CLARA DELAFI‘LD.
“ 00D afternoon. Mrs. Johnson.
G 1 just dropped in to say how
d‘ye do. us being next-door
.‘lzbnrs so to. speak. me “Ml
. .- the way, and you being a new-
:--.».- to our town. And what might
lm doing? Making cookies?
um. They smell good. No
"it you. Mrs. Johnson. *1 never
=wtiveen meals.
'niuiiful children those are of
."I, Two boys and a. girl? on.
buys and two girls. It's nice
"\ tho family is split up so even
tint. isn't it. though I must say
. rhzldron is rather a lot in these
_ .f. I never had any. My grand-
v.‘:nr-—slie was a Miss Tibbets of
- it‘shc had twelve. Yes. fami-
. were larger then.
.». ymi know. my dear. I've
-i l'l to give you a bit of advice.
. i‘milcefl how you slave for those
. hays and girls of yours—oh. yes,
bOVs and two girls. It’s so
~-: .0 remember details like that.
, 1r, though you being the moth-
: .nursu you wouldn't have any
‘ to. i remember when my
Lilia. had twins. Nobody
i will 'em apart. and I mid. 'For
Hint-51’ Mk0. IJ-HL what I" you
w; in do when in” ‘0'. mixed
'l'iwlr names were Jean and
«,guoer names to give twins.
- yriu mink. Mrs. Johnson? My
ind said it was llk. t team of
lie is so funny sometimes.
no isn't in a bad humor. Well
'- .i was I saying? Yer—l mid.
.lnn't you decide which is
.ml tie a red thread on cne's
mi 5|. green one on the other?
',:1i knew them quite well.
a 'ho slightest trouble.
. i was saying?-—oh. yes. I've
. I Muv you make a. slave of
fur those children. How?
anzr making cookies. for
A line worm autumn day
.n, “lion you should be out
~ : :.-~~ursclf, and here you are
making cookies for your
<19-
' .. a from school‘hungry? Of
ihay'll come home hungry.
" i had my way I'd give them
' c piece of bread and jam. or
syrup. Children like that
.- .m well. and they don't grow up
'. I'7llllp'red notions.
.\-..i how long do you say that
Dmnds upon how hungry they are?
“any. now. I didn’t look on it in
that way. I should say. though.
that they'll be mighty hungry chil-
dren if they can get through that
lot in a week. Yes. I can see they
do look light. but still, cookies are
cookies. and little stomche won’t
etretchforever.
"Well. that scent like your chil-
dren on the porch. lira Johnson.
andsolshalibavetogo. Yealam
very fond of children. only my head's
not very strong. and they‘re apt to
be upsetting. I‘m sure I hope they‘ll
like your cookies.
"But I do want to impress on you
before I go. Mrs. Johnson. that it
doesn't pay to melts yourself a slave
to your children. Let them grow up
with independent ideas. not learn al-
ways to turn to and rely upon heir
mother. The idea of your sitting
here on a fine summer‘s day like
this making cookies And 1 sum
nextweeh itwillbethemmsetory
over again.
"Idohopeyouwon'tmindmybe-
ing frank about it—how de do. my
dearl Just home from school?--my
being frank. but quite a number of
the neighbors have noticed the way
you work from morning till night
and pitted you for it. and so I
thought I’d take it upon- mysdf to
speak to you. Oh. Mrs. Johnson. I
wonder if you have such a thing as
a hammer in the house that you
could lend me? Yes. my Uncle Bob
is coming to put up some pictures
for me. and I’ll bring it right back
as soon as he‘s finished with it. In
the larder? Oh. thank you. Yes. I'll
be back within an hour or so."
0 e O O 0
“Here's your hammer. Mrs. John-
son. and I am so much obliged to
you for the loan of it. l‘ve been
wondering whether you thought I
took too much liberty this afternoon
in mentioning—no? W'hy, that's
very nice of you. You seem quite a
busy woman still. though. Why-—
oh. I suppose you‘ve hidden them
away somewhere? Why. those cook-
ies! What’ you mean to tell me
them? That whole pile? Inside of
an hour and a half? What's’that'i
It won't spoil their dinner? And
what are you doing there? Did I
hear you aright. Mrs. Johnson? Did
you say that you were melting
i win of cookies will lost them?
cookies 7"
COLLEGE young woman. I
A HM. is responsible for that old.
“1.1 story: a woman's right to
. .rvn without the bother of a bus-
‘l'nnzich. I dare say. clever deer.
~ thinks the idea is new enough.
\‘I‘n-‘zi we are very young and ”f7
lovspr-r‘ially when we are just
from academic honors) we
‘. . imagine that any one else ever
nuht the same as we did.
int let. us to this new-old prob-
"rivmrlal maternity, as you mitt
l' .a moral aspect we will leave out
”1.9, question.
.1? ~ihcrhood is only immoral when
is cruel. careless. impatient. or
1nd.
"m- unmarried woman who.loves
- child. who serves her child to
- host of her ability and accord-
..: to her circumstances. and who
. ours that child a pivot on which
1 whole life's effort! turn. II o
ii'Jand times more worthy and
mi than the "honest" wife whose
rhnrhoorl is a crime of ignorance.
itfl‘lcnc)’. indifference. and be!”
And therewith the burden of W
n against this creed of indepen-
' ' maternity.
l'iirliis: the initial fourteen years
i. child's life it has to be wutched
‘r. cared for, nursed. cured of
my childish ailments. taught.
Mimi and fed properly—day in and
‘ out without cease.
z'wzi r'in't drop your baby into the
"R-lizisket us you would an un-
ehmi piece of embroidery dud
.u. off for is game of gel! or
"key.
You can't lock n9 ‘5. M n"
in it. and chase off for the
”k—cnd with some of your pals
-. because the infant's noisy
"'Hing got badly on your nerves-
‘n'wi can't delegate it to the care
indifferent help from till
:m ifyou oxpecttorearessrtsct
- ‘imen of childhood.
\nd if you are a self-supportins
2m: woman, and have got to keep
~ home fires burning
‘X'il cxpcrience all the torture of
damned as you work in your
”*1. your shop. or your
4 r'w.‘oi'.'ing proper attention. or be.
.: allowed to got on friendly w
s .3, boxes of matches. the male.
“ “p staifi. mm s
‘ ML»: of liniment. I'm ”1'“
.x' l a (lit-t of Dino. .
"f All [cars that mud $3...”
:r- is none to N
m. flutter around the m
Hi When away from her child.
,‘lnrr‘nver, any week may “I
ridcring whether your sweet babe:
Through the Glad
Eyes of a woman
By JANE DOE
Copyright, 1m. W
The McClure Newspaper Syndicate
miss wmiour
* MOTHERS
forth its own disheartening crop of
troubles. The measles, rickets. fev-
ers. whooping-cough, bod eyesight.
tonsilitis. indifferent teeth. adenoids.
and'all those other ills to which
childish flesh is heir.
If motherhood. then. he'd serious
business to the married woman in
her own home. what must it be to
the unmarried one. who has yet.
perhaps. to malts her own home—
something which is not quite so easy
as it sounds?
Whowlllhavetobeerthe burden
of child-bearing and rearing entire-
ly unaided. and without the’ sym-
pathetic help and unbounded love
that all kind men shower on their
wives during the anxious days when
der line?
The true mother is manned only
by one desire.
Togivethebestotherself.her
service. and her life to her child.
She dedwates herself. as it were.
to the ultimats.happine‘es and wei-
fare of her offspring.
But the young woman who con-
templates imodlcial motherhood sole-
iy to gratify her so-called craving
formaternityisatreitortotbat
child.
She thinks only of herself.
No, unofficial motherhood is not
good enoughrfor the child.
13.0”», Jewel
Color
Lu?” ‘ flower
By MILDRED UAROHALL
war to drive away
gammm.tm:rodbly
asareeultofthisbthefcl.th:tcm
litaisofbnaned still one.
my. pets! some is the dia-
grets. rem.
111w and clear thinking.
W is today- color: it is sym-
bolic 'of change and of the trans-
formation of melancholy into ham-
peas.
These-ectortodayistheneld
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that they‘ve eaten them all? All of'
'\‘
Lyrics of Life
DOUGLASByMALLOCH
A LITTLE HOUSE.
Whatever preachers, poets. say.
However much they tell :5,
We dream too much of wmlth some
day.
Of rank and riches jealous.
If you could read a fellow's Lulu}
Another sort of dream you'll find
Would dud the thing he's .wilgxifr
for
A little house. and little more.
However much we tall; -. f until,
However much endeavor
We always have one drawn: 01’ i I l,
One humble hope forever:
A little ones. an easy chair,
A little re. a. book, and nonz-r‘no
there.
Just someone else who likl‘< 1.:
A little house in which to dv m.
\h-El
No king has ever passed a cot
Who something didn't covet:
The quiet peace. as like. as not,
The door. the vine ohm-e- ii.
Ah. yes. the thing we really rli-rnzn
Is not a castle all aglerim;
The thing we really hunger for
A little house. and little more. ,
mummimosllllllili
rams woon femur sms
If the day of the silver mono-
gramsd toilet table set has gone
by. it has ushered in a. day of all.
sorts of elaborate substitutes.
’One of these is the painted toilet
set. of wood. A particuldriy at-
tractive example of this sort of set
is enameled in a. deep cream. and
on this soft background are
painted bits of Chinese scenery.
On the band glass, for instance.
a coolie hauling water_ in jugs
swung from a bamboo over his
shoulders. with a suggestive back-
ground of willows and a river. 0n
the hair brush. two ladies under
a tree. with a baby rolling in play.
On the smaller pieces. the tiny
velvet brush. the long ridge of the
comb. the covers of the smaller
salve and cream boxes. tiny bits
of figures or scenery, all done in
Chinese red. blue or yellow.
' Q
-; axl‘l note the manner and
of successful men and
ilmse who by persever-
mmt» vrrumo difficulties and
:nt‘lllt‘Vf‘. «a will find that they go
:ilwi-it il-ali‘ 'work with no com-
;iultxrs upon their lips nor doubt
“‘lll’iill their hearts. _
'l‘lxuy wiitte no protest at the bur-
\lfn (fit-5' urn asked to bear.
Thug; lift the pack. place it upon
ihvii locks and march hravei}
ihrw'tch heat and cold. glad that
li‘i'f.’ have opportunity to participate
in the world's Work. They climb
19‘»- hard limo with faces alight
.2 the faith that burns within
'i- ir souls; they breast ihc snarlinz
storms and thus sot a fine example
to those around tin-m; they are c<un~
.‘Evlowt in the purpose which is
their}: and determined to reach
tlmir vismned goal.
("‘f such. stuff the great are made,
"Complaint" is not in their dic-
tionary. for long ago they cffaccd
it an that they might not be annoyed
by its pestering presence. so sug-
izcstive of discouragement and im—
hnppiness, fearing that it mlcht
ovontilflll)’ seep into their mind and
spoil their lives.
And that is
what every young
Something“ tollilnk About
The Uncomplaining
By P. A. WALKER
man and woman ought. to do who
is 11st 9" "u on the path that
takes to .tt“‘ 'i'he world
welds ,vw: -~ ~ shins. It
gives it 2‘s ”main and Wis-
dom. #1“? .u‘ the good-
an‘lh l n‘ ' m7 11‘ ;_
Evcz. mo _ --.".iAin‘ng, through
force of harm x .. ‘i ‘zic high road
to those who nzac 3 find fault.
He who grumbled. whines and
whimprrs. who lacks moral courage
to press onward when the hills are
hard and arctic winds beat against
him. is not destined for any station
in life beyond that of an underling.
llc cm never hope to take his
place among the leaders, or attain
position other than that of in-
feriority, subject to the dictates of
a 1711151913
Tho cssentiad substance of great-
ness, or spark of its fire. is not. with-
in him; murmurimgs and mutter-
ings. in which he habitually in-
dulges. having quenched it.
He who "Waits a sigh from lndus
to the pole" shapes his own career. -
which is limited to the sphere in
which dwell the malcontenta. the
ne'er-tin—xw-lls. the dour-faced and
those of like ilk. at forty or fifty,
find themselves stranded and for-
saken, ‘
--
'Afl
BleEZ.
“ DON’T wonder that it's hard
I for producers to and good
stories for pictures. especially
when they turn to the stage to get
them." declared the Flapper wearily.
as I met her on her way/home from
a matinee. "It seems to me that all
the best plays just now—I mean the
most successful ones—are those _in
which nothing happens.
"Take 'Victoria'—that was said to
be a very good play. and yet noth-
ing'evcr happened: the queen just
made a perfect fool of herself. over
the Prince ConsortAll the way
through. even after he was dead.
And “The Swan: to which it's almost
impossible to get seats. is ncbrly as
bad. I very nearly went to sleep
during the performance.
“‘In th‘e Next Room' is better—
it's a wild myetery play, full of
THE FILM -
FLAPPER
SAYS—. .
KL
thieves. murder. and romance—no.
body could ask for more if they like
that sort of thing. 'The Bat' finished
me for it, though.
"I've seen two other new plays rc-
cently—‘The Business Widow' and
‘The Potters'ghand I would recom-
mcn: either of them to any pro-
ducer. It needs less material to
make a stage play than to make a
good picture, evidently.
“The new books are nearly as bad.
The only story I know of that will
probably makes. salable picture is
‘Sallors' Wives.‘ which. I understand.
is already spoken for. Nowadays.
so many writers work with their
eyes on the movies. that when they
get through they have something‘ so
movieized that it his no new angle.
I haven't read a. thing lately that I
thought was even barely possible as
picture material."
_- ROSE PARTY BAGS
Perhaps the vogue for roses is
part of our liking for all things
Oriental. For though the rose
does not suszest Egypt or China.
it is the motive employed in many
hits of Persian designing. both in
embroidered and woven fabrics.
and in those lovely painted boxes
that one buys nowadays, with the
printed assurance on t 9 bottom
that they were “Made Persia."
Anyway. the rose is in high
vogue as a decorative detail [in our
clothes. Some of the prettiest and
e' verest of all party hm are
made of— huge artificial roses. in
silk or velvet. The big petals
curl upward and inward. and in
their soft depths is hidden a little
'silk bag, big enough to hold mg.
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kerchlef and vanity. It is drawn
up with strings that sometimes
are of yellow silken cord. reveled
out at the ends. and’when these
are tied they suggest the golden
heart of th rose.
There are some other rose bags
made of. feathers. dyed red or
yellow or pink. These feathers
are shaped like big petals. and
are grouped together so that they.
too. enclose a little bus. This
ties tightly up with short strings.
and then the whole thing is mount-
ed on a long green stem,‘ with
leaves, and it is by this stern that
you carry the bag. It looks, when
the bag is tied. and tucked within
its petals. like a his andbe
decorative run of hotness.
0
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J [VI/A'A‘ VI/A
-of too many pounds. Braid and
eds worked in an all-over design on
Jacket seems to be the preference
mmasewro-Mi-
t‘lcslnthe Useost-aldfor
Sol-Ins.
RAID trimming is always on
B the list of permissibles in the
fashion dietary of the woman
silk fringe she may grow tired of,
but they are always prescribed by
the knowing dressmaker. for both
these trimmings have a "slender-
izing" effect. to quote a word dear
to the tongues of the experts in
the making of "stoutwear"—-
which is a rather polite way of
saying clothes for fat women.
Braid trimming is to the fat
woman's wardrobe what green
vegetables or clear tea are to her
diet.
Quite the newest way/of using
braid is in embroidery. Soutache
some of the new suits, that will
presently be shown for spring
wear. It is usually, of course.
black braid on a dark navy blue
and the effect is especially good
when the jacket or part of the
jacket is so ornamented and the
skirt is left plain.
Net lg also used to display elab-
orate patterns in black soutacbe
embroidery. Drecoll of Paris has
recently sent out a rather daring
frock of this description. posed
over a red satin foundation, and
the some combination of braid on
net is found in some of the smart—
est of the veils to be offered for
spring. However they depart from
the convention of his 1: and blot
sum not in all the colors of tlzr
Orient.
W’ide silk or mohair braid .~
used on many suits and coats. an
an entire frock, or a‘l that 5110“?“
',of it. hau- freeu m 3»: f~.-m bra- l
of this (ii-'5 'r'friim: v50 2: i‘ *
dren 3-811 8 rain r4741 ‘11 trier-
garien. Some of the 5. 2; . navyl
blue frocks now in tho niaiing for
the early spring count on =' ide silk
braid for their only hit of orna-
meztation. The ~kc—tch shows a
novel arrangement f the 'raid.
It is black. and 1".“ Trrwk .‘~'hichi
it trims is of dark tau serge ’
Frilled Blouses Appcnr to Relieve i
the Seventy oi” the T..tlorcd Suit. i
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x
S the days begin to lengthen‘
A find the winds begin to
strengthen. n10zt women be—;
gin to grow weary of heavy cloaks
and coats. Even though the ther-g
momcter is on the decline onei
feels inclined to meet spring more
than half way. The suit in place g
of the coat is very tempting indeed
and there is definite indicationl
that it is goiug to play an increas-i
ingly important role in the ward-
robes of smartly dressed women
as the weeks pass. There are
many more suits worn at the
luncheon and tea hour this year
than there were a year ago, or
even in the autumn.
The simply tailored short box
of the hour and of this type of
jacket the straight. scant. wrap—
around skirt is the usual complc
ment.
The fly in the ointment of the
bliss of wearing a suit of this type
is always the necessity of choosing
accompanying blouse or blouses.
And the effect of a. suit can of
course be made or marred by this
choice.
Undoubtedly t h e washable
blouse is gaining favor: to some‘
women this type of blouse seems
the only appropriate accompani-.
ment of the simple tailored suit.‘
To them the picturesque blouse:
seems as inappropriate as snow in
August. Crepe do chine sport!
blouses are the choice of many dis—\
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Frock of blue some trimmed with
For eight years chief asfitaet to Anne Rittenhoass.
Copyright, 1924. by The loam aims" W
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EThis is the tiny the neckline is ar-
ranged when one wears a tailored
suit. The plaitcd frin of the
blouse [ails outside of coat in
front, but does not show at neck-
line. ' '
criminailng women. while others
'flnd nothing they like better than
the frilled linen or voile or
organdie.
The sketch shows how the
frilled blouse is worn—with the
trill falling out at the side. but
without. of course. any of the
blouse showing over the collar of
the jacket. For fashion is still
loath. apparently. to grant us this
~it of daintiness. The woman who
cannot endure the feeling of her
jacket collar against her skin had
better make experiments with one
of the high-necked blouses which
seem generally less popular here
than in France.
WISE AND
OTHERWISE
By MARY MARSHALL
First Aid to the
Smart Coiffure
HE "bob comb" is a novelty
that has already.become a
necessity with many women
who still wear their hair short.
It is much wider and lower than
usual back combs and is designed
to be placed very low at the back
of the head extending along a line
between the two ears. It is topped
with balls about the size of the
smallest marbles—these balls be-
ing sometimes of colored stones.
It is sometimes worn by women
whose hair is not cut short but
worn in a low bun at the nape of
the seek.
I
‘
‘ The bandeau across the front
of the head is (still worn, but newer
than this is the wreath or unit
.wresth that is worn across the
back of the head. leaving the
front perfectly plain. .
A French device for the ar-
rangement of the hair in the eve-
ning is the Juliet's cap which
covers the head almost as closely
as an old-fashioned baby's bonnet.
It is made with wide meshes of
thin wire covered with stones or
tiny rosebuds and sometimes has
stringeatthebackandaide.
Hellenic turbans find no rivals.
’in the good graces of many women.
both here and abroad. The fash-
ion is said to have been introduced
have been making the most of the
sale of these headdresses
since .-
mrmmmur .
4‘s.
by Lanvin of Paris. and mllliners'
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