[FEBRUARY 2s. 1929.. :7

‘. WAYSIDE PLANTING

women's clubs of the United States

ave been agitating a plan for road- llde planting. here a. bank of violets, were roses or holly hooks. This is to be clone in conjunction with the highway authorities, that it may be done with some system. It is the aim to plant annuals which require littel care. to fit the type of plant to the soil and to the landscape, and to choose native perennials: as hibis- cus or honeysuckle or rumpet vine or such trees and shrubs In grow read- ily in that locality.

Some states have laws providing that no tree or shrub or plant can be cut. removed, nor new ones added without the consent ‘of the Highway Commission. Some states have nurs- eries where trees and shrubs for highway purposes are propagated.

The last session of Congress pas- sed an act enabling the federal gov- ernment to pay half the cost of road- side beautification along federal highways. '

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sat n‘ wrrn BUTTONS

Hubby may suffer a long time be-

cause the button on his pajama. coat is too small for the buttonhole. Dim- ly conscious that something is wrong, but never thinking that it could be easily remedied, he will patiently endure the misery in silence. How fine it is then, to come to the rescue, and, in five minutes, snip off the too- fsmall button and replace it with ‘one of the right size, or to take a few stitches in the buttonhole and make it smaller. i A woman is full of little sewing tricks which look mysterious to those :01’ the male persuasion. Isn't it fun 'to have something xvhich we can do [to make the family comfortable, and which they cannot do for themselves? 'It gives us the power to contribute ito family comfort and happiness. Saying it with [lowers is one way; h but buttons and dams and patches speak a homely language which Hub- by and Son will understand.

gcausn or CHILD DELINQUENCY

l The brokenlhome, the home where the parents are unhappily married and are quarrelsome, the home which contains an erratic father or mother, who shouts scoldingly at the children, the home in which the child is in constant anxiety and never feels se- cure and peaceful-these are the homes which breed the delinquent child.

The loving and peacfeul home. where the child finds "sympathetic understanding." is tho-home which builds the good citizen. If a child goes wrong, it is almost always be- cause the home has failed to give him the things he needs to develop character.

THE SHAMPOO

If your hair has become too dry and brittle, give it a hot oil treatment the day before you shampoo it. l-leat the oil, part ‘the hair, and apply the oil to the scalp with the finger tips. luflsflflsing it in. Wrap a towel around your head; protect the pillow with another towel; and leave the oil on over night,

The next day, shampoo the hair with warm soft water. It is n0?» 800d to rub the cake of soap on the hair. This is likely to make it streaked. Instead. shave the soap Bhd dissolve it in hot water and let it form a thin jelly. Wet the hair and then rub the soap jelly into it, to form a good lather. Rinse this

Wt. and Fepeat the wash with soap suds three times.

Rinse the soapy

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water out with hot water until the soap is all out. The last rinse may be cool or cold water. but unless the suds has been removed, the hair will be gummy,

The ideal way to dry the hair is to let it blow in the wind and sun- shine of the outdoors. Where this is not possible, rub it with warm tow- els and shake it in the warm air.

Before the hair is completely dry, the wave should be set. This may be made with the fingers or by the use of combs. -

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HOUSEHOLD HINTS

When you wash your silk hose, do not wring them, squeeze them instead. If you have a pair of hose to match a dress you are laying away for an-- other season, do not continue wear- ing the stockings, but lay them away until you wear the dress again.

If the rubberimd shower curtains in the bath room get mildewed, treat the spots with sour milk or lemon Juice, then wash them by laying them on a flat surface and washing them with a soft cloth. Mildew can be prevented byspreading them out; and allowing them to dry before pushing them back on the rod.

Draperies oi’ red and gold damask give a glowing warmth to a room in cold weather. Red velvet door hangings are gloriously rich for win- ter. They may be used in the arch- way of the living room.

To make a good salad dressing, chop fine a sweet pepper, and put it in a screw top jar. Add a cup of olive oil, a little less vinegar, a tea- spoon each of salt and sugar and a half teaspoon paprika. Screw on the top of the jar and shake it vig- orously.

The reducing diet should not be limited to one or two foods but should contain a. variety of fruits and vegetables, milk. meat, bran and a little fat. Lesson the quantity but not the variety. c

WHITE IN VOGUE

Fashions in the spring are forecast by styles at the winter resorts, in warm climates. This unfailing sign tells us that white will be dominant for summer dresses—not unrelieved hard white, but white gowns bright- ened by colored accessories, a scarf, belt. necklace, jacket, purse. parasol, shoulder flower and shoes. Shan- tung silk, of white rather than the natural color. is a. favorite summer fabric. For several years. colors have crowded out pale white in dress, but it will come back strong this com- ing season. In planning your warm weather wardrobe, include in it a white Shantung dress, to be worn for sports and afternoons.

THE BANISTER RAIL.

The otherwise clean housewife of- ten forgets that the stairway railing is handled by dozens of hands each week. and hands in all sorts of de- grces of cleanliness. Ono rarely thinks to wash it; and it gets black and stained. It should be washed, occasionally with warm soapy water; then wiped dry.‘ To restore the shine; use a good furniture polish.

LAMPS

The home which must depend on kerosene or gasoline lamps can use them to better advantage in several ways. Use higher power lamps; use more than one lamp in a room. Put the kitchen lamp above the level of the eye, not on a table. Shade all lamps so that the light will fall where it is eedcd.

STOVE CARE

To treat a. rusty stove, wipe it with linseed oil and then put a little fire in it, or turn on the oven heat. This treatment is good for the nickel as well as the steel parts.’ Ii’ then is blackened mica. or isinglass. this may be cle ‘ by washin8 "1 l" vinegar and water. When putti a stove away for the summer. rub paraffin oil on it.

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Mas. SOLOMON says:

A happily functioning kitchen is the heart of the home. It should not be a servile roon1. but one glori- fied by intelligent activities. Out of it are the issues of life. More than my room in the house, it contributes to the cheer. the haplllnw- 971° health, who efficiency and the well- being of the family. It should be a place of charm, not a dull. drab. dingy room. It should be alive with significance; It is necessary for family privacy and graceful living.

pretty. 1 have encased a governess and maid to be in charge of them,

sary, very likely the Marquis and I will adopt them.

Household Hints E

BY ROBERTA LEE

The Hair Brush

Put a teaspoonful of-ammonia in warm water, then dip the brush up? and down until clean. Dry with the‘ bristles down ,to prevent them from coming out and to harden them:

When Paring Potatoes

Keep the hands, potatoes and knife all under water when paring potatoes and the hands will not become stained.

Gas Range

To keep the range black and clean, wash it while it is still warm with soap, water and sponge.

saren AND nu: RIVALS

Women who were Social Rivals. And the name of the one was Mrs. Mc- Farland and the name of the other was Mrs. Leighton. And Mr. Leighton ‘owned the Furniture Store and was also a Mortician, and Mr. McFar- land was a. Realtor and an Insurance Man. And when Mr. McFarland sold his buggy and bought a Ford, Mrs. Leighton saw to it that her husband bought a Dodge. And when Mrs. Mo- Farland traded in the Ford and bought an Essex, Mrs. Leighton traded in the Dodge and bought a. Buick. And then the matter had to stop, because Mr. McFarland could not afford a Pack- ard nor Mr. Leighton a Cadillac.

And each of these ladies every once in awhile would throw a Party, and invite the other one, in order that she might put something over on her. And when Mrs. Leighton served Loaf Sugar for the Coffee, and Mrs. Mc- Farland, who had not observed the Sugar Tongs, removed a lump with her Fingers, Mrs. Leighton called the Maid, and commanded her to empty and refill the Sugar Bowl. .

And that was the score for some time.

But when the Fall program of the Women's Club opened, then did Mrs. McFarland have her revenge. For Mrs. Leighton read a Paper in Oc- tober on the Sculpture of Ancient Athens and Mrs. McFarland was ap- pointed to read one in November on The Influence of Ancient Egypt in the Development of Early Greek Styles. But when she came to read, she said that the paper of the Preceding Month had been so Interesting and so Valuable and so Original, she had felt the subject would justify another hour; and so she proceeded to read Mrs. Leightons paper out of an old National Geographick Magazine.

And there could be no Come Back after that. _

And when the other Women said, That .was, indeed, revenge, Mrs. Mc- Farland said, I could be, content that she should ride in a More Expensive Car than I, and remind me that I had to leave school before I finished Grammar, and to keep her Skirt by successive stages one inch shorter than mine, but when. she pulled that Sugar Bowl stunt on me, I‘ knew it was My Turn.

So it was the Sugar Bowl out of which came this Bitter and Acid Dose; and it had been better if Mrs. Leighton had stopped short of that. For it is well for one to know how far it is best to push Rivalry.

For Samson did indeed discover that out of the Strong Came Sweet- ness, but Mrs. Leighton learned to her sorrow that out of the Sugar Bowl cometh sometimes a Sour and Bitter draught.

Wherefore in this thing 6f Social Rivalry there may well be a degree of Moderation ,and possibly a little Gentleness and Kindness of Spirit.

GIRLS LUCK WINS HOME

ORPHAN

There is every possibility that the Marquis and Marchioness of Huntly will adopt as daughters two little orphan girls of Chicago. "They are the children of my. nephew, Mr Lloyd G. Mosher, who died a year ago. "There mother died some time I80 and though I believe there step- mother, with whom they have lived. is o. very nice and kind Woman. I think there blood relations are al- ways better. - Tim giro are named Isabel and Marjorie, and are and respectively l0 and 9 years.

"They are a very bright pair." slid the Marchionosc. "and both mi

and I shall take them to Orton-

Longuavilie, Peterborough (one of

the seats of the Marquis.) "Although it is not really neces-

The Marchlonesa of l-luntiy is the widow of James McDonald oi’ Wash- ington. U. S. A. she and the lfar- ‘

Hgppy is the home which is centred

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qu‘; were maniac! si": $21.1: arm, His first wife died in i321).

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home and mother.

key. to the glory disc of a hero.

hBDPY- It is in my power to ruin her future. or would you take a. course to protect some other man?

Answer:

in liquor.

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN.

Dorothy Dix Letter Box

Gallant Conduc

t of a Desolate Wife-Why

Chivalry Should Endure Beyond Happiness. Folly of a Drunkard's Child Marrying Drunkard

___.i________ Dear Miss Dix-What do you think of a young woman who is pretty, an

excellent cook; good

a success at anything

witness.

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with hei- best friend? Then’ letting him get o. on desertlon just to keep the other woman's name, times and 1t 1s you“;- clear? She says she still loves him better than lllencrease our vocabulary by mumnng that his happiness means more to her than anythingonc word each day_ in the WOIId. 811d that if he can be happy with some iEMPHA-nc; one else she will not stand in his way. There were no

children.

I think women with no more sense than she has i

ess, good =1‘ ' ‘v, in fact, only one L she undertakes, packing her 811D and walking out or} hel’ homo because her husband tells hei- he is i ‘

should be put under lock and key. What about it? 15

she doing the right thing, or a. fool thing?

think the bthers will find happiness?

Answer :

Do you

ANXIOUS PUZZLED CHUM.

I think your friend is a perfect lady and a. dead-game sport. Also I think that'in all the annals of chivalry no knight has ever done o more gallant deed that she in not only sacrificing her own happiness to her husband, but in saving the reputation of the woman who betrayed her friendship. It is an example oi.’ true love and. unselfishness such as we are seldom privileged to

Of late I have been very much interested in observing the changing at- titude of wives toward the women who have supplanted them in their hus-

bands’ affections.

Formerly the aggrieved wife was like a tigress, thirsting

for the blood or her rival. If she was of a passionate, violent, uncontrolled

nature, she frequently slew the other woman and washed out her wrong in

blood. If she belonged to the grade of society that has more inhibitions, she satisfied her lust for revenge by tearing the woman's character to tatters.

In either case she looked upon her rival as the villain and laid n11 of the blame of the affair on her. Even in her own thoughts she considered her husband a noble, loving, faithful gentleman, who, somehow, became the

victim of an adventuress against whose wiles and sorceries he was powerless

to defend himself.

Nowadays, however, an amazingly jarge number o; wives look at me

situation from er. absolutely sane and dispassionate standpoint They realize that the" hll-‘bands are Just BS Euilty as their mistresses, and that no mar. ried man's aflcctions can be purloined or stolen without his being guilty of at least contributory negligence. His heart is perfcctl

y safe as long as he leaves it under lock and key at home. i

Also, many wives realize that there are cases when neither their hus-

bands nor the other woman are responsible for failing in love with each It just happens that two whom nature intended for each other mect after the man has blundered into a. marriage with the wrong woman,

When such a. catastrophe occurs it brings about a tragedy in which there

est number.

In this I think sh

If a man is just a philanderer who likes to flirt with every pretty women 1y 911°" “m and m9 "EMS have who comes along, he will tire of it after a while and come back at last to ‘lbrigln "adinung 51131195 A man may zigzag oil! the straight and narrow path and,‘ even be unfaithful to his wife, yet she can win him back if she has patience

and fortitude and tact

When a mon is really in love with another woman, however, and begs his Lady Londonderry makes in aid of

e is wise.

are three desperately unhappy people, and it is to the honor of the modern ‘ ' woman that very often the wife renounces her own rights‘ in order that the '

other two may be happy. on the principle of the greatest good to the great.

beause her house of happiness has already I tumbled abouther cars. It is wrecked past all rebuilding. Her cause is lost. and it is better for her to accept defeat than to go on waging a futile and hopeless battle against fate.

wife to divorce him so that he may marry her, everything is over, and she‘ gains nothing; by holding him after his affection for her is gone. To try to revive his love is as futile a task as it would be to attempt to blow the breath Border Notes. oi’ life into a corpse.

So the wife does well who lets her husband go when he wants to go, if

there are no children to consider.

She has lost him, anyway, and she saves her self-respect. More than that, she stands a better chance of salvaging lier own happiness, because she wins for herself the peace that comes of accept- ing a thing us final and making the best of it. hopes, and fears. and anxieties, and Jealousies, and she can shut the door on that part of her life and make a. fresh start. Life always has plenty in store for such brave souls.

She is no longer torn with

-:- Social and Personal -:- Fashions

Lessons in English

By W. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MISUBED;,Do not say, “Did you ever meet her?"

Say, "Have you ever met her?" ‘

OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: dis- traught; au as in “haui," accent last

syllable. OFTEN MISSPELIED:

WORD STUDY:

Today's word:

stress; impressive; positive. “Her em- ‘phatic reply was final."

Social Chat

ller Majesty's Voice.

The cheerrulness felt at the Pal-I ace over the ccontinued good pro- gress in tihe King's health was re- flected in Queen Mary's every look when she laid the foundation-stone of the new nurses‘ home at the lvliddlesex Hospital (says a. Dally News writer.)

Her Majesty had a. radiant smile for every one, and more particular-y for Lord Dawson of Penn. Her quick eye detected the King's physician sitting near the front of the vast crowd, and several times during the cermony she smiled happily at him.

"Every inch a. Queen" is the com- ment one so often hears with re- gard to Queen Mary.

It is curious to think how many millions of people know the Queen's uilpearancc, yet how few of them have ever heard her speak.

At the Hospital I heard many of those present remarking on Her Majesty's deep, soft, rich voice.

Very slowly and distinctly she pronounced the words, “I declare this stone well and truly laid," so that even those at the extreme ends of the huge wooden structure er- octcd for the occasion could hear her distinctly. . . Dispelling Winter's Gloom.

A visitor to 145 Picmdilly cannot fail to be impressed by the effective manner in which the Dutchess of ‘fork counteracts the winter gloom and the succession of dark days ‘that have becn our portion lately (remarks a Daily Chronicle writer.)

The inner curtains are sunshine

Flowers are in profusion, partic- fulary the Dutchess favorite violets, ‘and the pink drawing room is frag. grant with the Irish pot-poun-l that, ‘an OX-SSITlCB charity.

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The Earl of lvlinto (who married a Canadian) is to be chair- man at the Border concert to be held in Edinburgh under the aus- Diccs of the British Broadcasting Corpoiutin. Surely this is most up. propriatc, as the Earl is the direct descendant of the authoress oi’ that pathetic Border ballad, "I've heard ithem lilitinfl" better known as the

Jackal;

SYNONYMS: put, place, set, de- “ 1°"°i'poslt, commit, entrust. dwm“? "Use a word three

Letusin-

spoken with force, or

Modem Etiquette

I! ROBERTA LII

troduction most commonly used? A. "Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Smith."

husband? A. She does not.

placed on individual plates? A. 1t should be served. 8

For tI_z_c_Cook"LI‘

GRAHAM DATE ‘LOAF

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One egg, three-quarters cup brown sugar, one tablespoon butter, one-half teaspoon salt, one cup dates (chop- ped), two tablespoons chopped wal- nuts, one and one-half pups white flour, one-half cup Graham flour, one teaspoon vanilla, one teaspoon cinna- mon ,one-half teaspoon soda in one cup sour milk.

Bake three-quarters of an hour in a slow oven.

Bank Book '

The world is full of advertise- ments for Sir Harry Laudernin the fo m of Scotch stories about him that aren't true. But the following is genuine, guaranteed Lauder, cert- ified by the great comedian himself. "Leeve wi-in yer income, then yer bank books make fine reading." is his prdfoundest comment upon lit- erary matters. "say to yersel’ ‘We had these things last year, we did these things last year“ we ("mna hae or do these things this year.‘ “What mak‘s a bank book poor readin'? Why people who open their cheque books to often, and their bank books no‘ often eno‘. The check book is to fu’ o‘ readin‘ mat- ter. They make it their library- E"- r-rathin they sce they munn hae. An‘ so they dinna turn the pages 0' their bank book.