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JULY 16. 193s

11...- Ho uss WIFE and HER ACTIWTYES

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WALKLIKIAMAN’

Do you fear the force of the wind, The slash of the rain?

Go face them and fight them,

Be savage again.

Go hungry and cold like the wolf,

Go wade like the crane;

The palms of your hands will tan,’

You'll grow ragged and weary and

swarthy,

But you'll walk like a man!

—.l-lamlin Garland.

A few mistakes will help anyone.

Pursuit is all there is to happi- ness.

Sometimes a bodyguard is used to protect an ego.

When u man proposes, he sur- prises himself. not the girl.

A clean conscience gives more fltisfaction than dirty money.

Pedestrians often have the right of way, but they seldom get it.

When a couple of bores get toge- ther, it's a case of an I for an I.

It isn't difficult for a man to win an argument he has with himself.

The way to get through life with- out prejudlces would be to have no

- opinions.

Mcst of us don't know what we can afford. so we Just buy every- thing in an effort to find out.

WASHING GLASS

If washing _blue is added to the water in which glass is washed, it will give the glass a brilliant spar- kle. Ammonia used in the same way is also good.

LIGHT-COLORED FURNITURE

light-colored furniture. such as satin walnut, can be beautifully cleaned with a little lavender water. This applies equally well whether the furniture is dirty or stained. A few drops on a soft duster are all that is necessary. if you rub gently, and polish with another soft duster.

KETILES mtg-i Have you a kettle which spouts and bubbles over as soon as it boils? Then drill a. small hole in the lid, or pierce it with a sharp pair of scis- lors. -You will notice a. difference.

GOLD TEETH USED IN 300 B17.

Bodies buried about 800 B. C. in Rome were found to have gold teeth and bridge work.

PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE

. Many minor accidents in the home are caused through thought- lessness, and a knowledge of first _ aid mess es will prevent much my. , ferlng, writes a doctor. I have oom- piled a. list of the more usual accl- dents in everyday life. It is handy to keep it by you in case of acci- dents, bui". always remember that prevention is better than cure.

Polished Floors: ‘mace are s. fre-

“quent source of danger, especially to the young and aged. Sewing a. strip "of rubber underneath the ends of mats and rugs reduces risks very considerably. Never polish under them.

‘ Lighted Matches: Never enter a with a naked light. If you do there may be a violent explosion.

Shaky Chairs. Standing or sitting on these may readily give rise to a. nasty fall. with severe injuries to the head or spine.

Cleaning with gasoline: Indoors. this is positively dangerous. because of the extreme inflammability. 1n- rtead, do the job in the open sir, 1nd also let the garments dry there.

Choking: Should this happen lhrough swallowing an object such r a coin, suspend the child by the

egs and vigorously’ slap his back. Then slip one finger inside his mouth close to his cheek, getting it Underneath any foreign body. which ihould then be pulled forward. Ap-

iy artificial respiration. if breath-

g ceases.

Poisons: Iabel all these. and put

jhem beyond the‘ reach of children, preferably in a locked cupboard.

Something in the eye: Don't rub: l1 you do. the object may become more firmly embedded. Probably the resulting flow of tears may wash It out. If not. pull the upper eye- lid over the lower one. and simul- taneously blow the nose. If these measures fail. cover the eye with a clean cloth to protect it from the ‘light. until medical advice is avail-

articies, such as brushes. pails water, and dust-pans. etc, left frequent source of danger.

operated from the electric mains.

rest.

WORLD'S OIm-zsr

itant.

bears. herself she shall but add to your poverty." later worked as a h:spital nurse.

has become a, "lady."

enough money to pay for her food and her servant.

A u...» BLACK

It has been found that stove blacking mixed withiblack ink in- stead of the customary water will keep even the worst red lids of the sltove or range in splendid condi- t on

TRY THIS FIRST

When the door sticks, don't send for the carpenter until you have seen whether the screws of the hinges are tight. If loose, tighten with a screw-driver, or replace with screws of the next size larger.

IIANDIEST FOREMOST

When arranging your kitchen utensils, give the places 0f promin- ence to the articles most used, tuck- ing the other things on the backs of shelves or in less accessible places. It means fewer steps for the house- wife and is much easier to keep things in order.

EXPOSED WINDOWS v

If you have windows directly on the street and it is hard w main- tain privacy, paint the screens with white paint thinned with turpen- tine. This will prevent pasersby from seeing info your room, but it will not cut oil an outside view from the interior.

DIET OF OVEBWEIGIIT CHILD CONTROLLH)

The overweight child is less fre- quently seen than the underweight. The three most common causes of this condition are: heredity, lack of exercise and overfeeding. The per- centage 0f children whose excessive weight is the result of a similar condition in one or both parents is comparatively small. and ‘even in these cases the amount and type of food consumed should be carefully supervised.

Overweight children are usually sluggish and very prone to avoid exercise, showing a diisinclinstion to taking an active part in outdoor games. A gradual increase in the amount of physical exercise taken should be encouraged.

The diet of the overweight ild should be carefully controlled, nd nothing should be given between meals; no sugar should be sprinkled on food of any kid; no candy, iced cakes. Jams or rich jellies; butter and sugar should be used sparingly even in the preparation of foods; a diet in which green vegetables, fresh fruits. bran or whole wheat bread and lean meats (avoiding pork) is recommended. Milk is essential, but it ia suggested that skimmed milk be used for both cooking and drink- ing purposes when there is c-bend-

Ible.

. Electric switches: Never turn~ ‘these of! or on with wet fingers: if . so, the result will be s. severe shock. ; Cases are reported frmn time to, time c: persons who. while in a; ‘bath, switched of! or on an electric i radiator, sometimes with fatal re- Iu

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stair-ways or in dark corners, an I.

Radio; Never switch this on when wearing ear-phones. if the set is

Sprained ankle: when this hap- pens, lie down and have the shoe and stocking removed as painlessly as possible. if necessary by the aid of a knife. Afterwards, apply hot and cold towels alternately, and

OLD MAID IS 103

Evlca Kolar. who clai. s to be the oldest old maid in the world, has Just succeeded to the title of Zag- reb's (near Belgrade) oldest inhab-

Evica, who is 103 years old, was found in the porch of the Church of St. Mark when only a few months old. and was brought up at the ex- pense of the municipality by the foster mother whose name she now

Her first and last offer of mar- riage caxne when she was over 60, ' and as her suitor was as poor as refused him. saying: "You live badly enough already-I

Evica used to be a. servant in the house of Count Kulmer. and she

But now. in her l03rd year, she For the first time in her life she has a. maid to do her housework. As her sight has failed. the town provides her with

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m Dorothy Dix bvLetter Box"

Thank God for Stepfathersl” Cries Man Whose Whole Life Was Cheered by Un- selfish Parent. Which One of 5 Children Should Support

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Dear Dorothy Dix-Why does no one ever give any praise to step- fathers? All that they do is taken for granted. No one ever gives them any thanks or appreciation. not even their wives. They are not noticed

except on pay day when they bring home their money and tum it over to feed another man's children. I was l5 years old when my father died. Four years later my mother married again. There were still a couple of young children to raise and an invalid sister to be taken care of. My step- father took over another man's burden like the good sport he was. Never complained. It was lust like Heaven to have a. home again after being knocked around the world for four years.

He has been dead for five years now, but there is not a. day that goes by that I do not think about him with love and gratitude. Thank God for step-- fathers. B. H.

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I am glad to print this tribute to a. Forgotten Man who has never received his just meed of praise. For if there is a he-angel in the world. it is surely the good stepfather.

It is a difficult job, one fitted only for heroes and martyrs, to be a step-parent of either sex. Hut it has always seemed to me that the step- father had a harder lot and bne that called for more self-sacrifice and self-abnegation than the stepmother. For the woman who marries a widower with a bunch of olive branches at least improves her condition to the extent of getting a home and a husband to support her, whereas the stepfather simply sells himself into slavery to the woman he marries and her children. Also in any dispute between the ln-laws and the children the stepmother is pretty sure to have the sympathy and support of her husband, while. on the contrary. the mother is certain to side with the children against the stepfather {and resent his every effort to control them.

About the most superlaflve proof of love that any human being ~is capable of giving is exemplified in a man's marrying a widow with child- ren. For he knows that he is letting himself in for every one of the drawbacks of family life, with few. if any, of the emeliorations. He knows that he will always run a poor second to the children in his wife's afiec- tlons. and while he might not resent that if they were his own children, it takes a. superman not to be Jealous of rivals who are a perpetual reminder of their father to his wife.

He knows that the children for whom he is making the sacrifice of his life will regard him with ill-will and suspicion. that they will take all that he gives without gratitude or appreciation, and that it will take the work of years and the finesse of a. diplomat even to make friends of them.

And he knows, unless he is a very rich man, that in marrying a widow with children he is taking on his shoulders a financial burden that will keep his nose to the grlndstone for many and many a year. He will nave to work harden and do without many of the things that he wants and would enoy, because there are children to be educated and fed and clothed, doctors’ bills to be paid, college expenses, pretty dresses for the girls. trips, cars-all of the million things that the young people of today demand. And he will not have the pride of fatherhood, the love of his flesh and blood that would make the doing of all this a Joy for his own children.

Yet thousands of men do love women well enough to make this great sacrifice for them. They take another man's children andrnake for them a home. They educate them. They make them a place in the world. They bear with them patiently through their adolcscen They" give thenftenderness and affection. And such are of the Kingdom of Heaven. Surely no man ever does a nobler and a. finer deed than he who is a father to the fatherless. We may all well do reverence to those stepfathers who deserve to wear upon their breasts a medal of honor and of distinguished service.

I wish their stepchildren appreciated them oftener, and especially I wish that their wives appreciated H1611: more‘. ROffl-IY DIX.

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Dear Miss Dix-My sister-in-law and I are having a dispute as to who should take care of an old father and mother who are not capable of talk- ing care of‘ themselves. There are five children in the family, two sons and three daughters. all married and all the husbands working. Please give us your point of view. ANXI .

Answer:

The five chilren should take care of their old parents in rotation. Each should do his or her share. It is Just as much the duty of one child as it is of the other.

I do not think that anything is more contemptible and meaner than the way in which some children duck all _oi their responsibility toward their old fathers and mothers and pus the buck to some sister or brother. Yet you see this happen every day. and Father and Mother are wished oi! on some one son or daughter while the others wash their hands of them.

John is so sorry he can't have Father and Mother live with him. but his wife is delicate and isn't able to take care of old people. Tom would Just love to have them, but his wife and Mother can't get along together. It would make Mary Just too happy to have dear Mother and Father, but her house is so small she hasn't any room for them. It breaks Sally's heart that she can't have them with her. but she knows the children would run them crazy because they are so noisy. so Harriet. who is too tender- hearted to shut her door in her helpless old parents’ faces, gets them.

Now nearly all old- people are trying to live with. They are cranky. They have peculiar little ways. They are bossy and critical. They tcll the same stories over and over again. They interfere in the way you raise the children‘ and how you run your house. This gets on the stout- est nerves if you have it day in and day out, year after year. ..nd poor Harriet becomes a martyr, but she need not be one if the other brother! and sisters would divide up with her and do their turn in taking care of Father and Mother.

Those who are unwilling to do their duty toward their old parents may well remember that before many years they also will be old, and will be knocking at their children's doors. And they will not wish their children to begrudge them a place by the fire and a seat at their tables.

DOROTHY

O I I l I O Dear Miss Dix-My boy friend and I are both working and making about the same salary. Do you think it wrong for me to suggest going Dutch treat to him when we go out together? We are only friends and rdlike to paymypsrtofstreat, but be becomes furious if I even mention it. N- W-

DIX.

Answer:

It is a very sensible arrangement and onqthat is followed bymmy young couples in these days of depression when a girl is often making a better Illa-r! than the boy is. But ii’ your friend obects to it, that settles tbs matter as far as he is concerned. Many boys have s foolish pride that makes them feel inferior if I. girl my: her score.

DOROTHY DIX.

ing reports that he and his bride. the former Ellen ‘ruck French, are going to ecquhe an 80-foot boat co travel between Newport and New York. . Astor i! s cluk for the Interna- tional Merchlntlle Marina's freight department. ' The Aston August‘ 1. The yaeh for cutinle altar the Arrival-

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By JOSEPH McGORD

In spite of a daily contact with his chief, Mark Btunrca still found it dldicult to leconcilo spender Cannon with his preconceived pic- ture of the man. Prom indubitablo sources he had been impressedwi the fact that the merchant was German's outstanding citizen. Besides being sole owner of the department store. whose name al- ready wss Sturges’ pet aversion. Spencer Cannon was president of the city's strongest bank. as well as a director of two others. Extensive real estate holdings were among his assets, including the one skyscrap- per boasted by the municipality, the Cannon Tower. with its thirty doors. The largest and most fash- ionable church in Gorham was cryptlcally referred to as "his." one of sturges’ informants offered a leasan‘ y to the effect that the mayor and council were at home in the Cannon vest pocket. It was thestesdily growing de- mand upon the merchant's time

’ that led to his search for a pro-

gressive‘ young executive to take over the management of The Iron Block, his pet interest-the one whereon his father had laid the foundation for the family fortune. With these bits of information presented to him during the early flesoiistlom. Sturges envisaged his Dfosimtive emplwer as a lean and leathery individual. Illor some rea- fim. the name Cannon suggested a srav atmosphere. Gray , clothing and grmy hair-..probably gray side- whiskers, closely tr-iuuned and meeting the corners of a tight mouth. The Gorham magnate would be a modern Scrooge. Suave. but hard. Very hard. On the contrary, spencer Can- non proved to be a. short rotund man who waddled. His feet were large and food out in a fashion sug- gestive of a penguin. a similarity heightened by the white spate that usually were a part of an immacu- late costume. From the moment of their first meeiiuk. Sturges found himself quite fascinated by the Cannon EYBB- ‘They were smell. peculiarly round eyes. Pale blue in color. They seemed set always in a vacant un- winking stare. focused vaguely. They gave the unpleasant impres- slon of being without lids. Fishy... That was pretty close to it. And the wfflel‘! of the fat mouth had the strange habit of flickering. It seem- ed a mechanical attempt at a smile

. —-one that never found reflection in

the eyes.

The man's hands were soft and Pudsv. Always moist to the touch. "You are down early today, my door." was his greeting when he ap- Pelred in the doorwayashls daugh- ter's call. The words were uttered‘ in B voice as soft as the white fin- gers W” Wyed with the heavy watch chain festooned across the Dfviflldifls waistcoat. It was very nearly a purr.

“I'm broke," was Edytheh com- placent reply.

Cannon’s inexpressive eyes moved to Sturges. The comers of his mouth flickered.

‘That's what it is to be a father." he volunteered. "I'll be with you in a mumouii. Edyi-henl-lere." The older man came forward, displayed a bunch of papers he had been hold. ing behind him. "I wish, Sturgea, you would glance through thus. ‘They're in reference tc....But you'll have to read them. Perhaps You'd better have Nettie find you the cimlflete file. There's one point particularly. He spread a. paper on the desk and traced the printed lines back and forth with a blunt forefinger. muttering under his bfgifiihh Mark observed that the Dcntant lower lip was wet.

Edythe strolled over to a mirror that hung above a cabinet, and bus- led herself with some repair to her rod mouth. She tilted her head to one side and studied the result.

"Oh, Daddy."

"W8. dean..." Cannon did not 100k up from his papers,

“Did Wu know that Sawyer girl 15 “T111118 here in the store? Down in the dresses. I noticed her when I came ."

"Eh? Who's that? Sawyer. did you say?"

"0! course.” There was a touch of petulance in the voice before the mirror. "You know perfectly well whom I mean."

"Yes. yeamf must ask Mr. Ste- wart what he was thinking about. Here you arenfrhia pfifflgfaph, You see... ."

"Mr. Gannon. please."

This new interruption came from W! 4°01’ 0f Homer's room. His secretary, Nettie Howard, stood

Bodson is coiling. shall I say you are in?"

"Tell hlrn....No. Walt. I'll take the call now. Bee me later. sturges. No hurry." And he waddled out hastily.