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1 1.' " THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19. 1928 Chest of Drawers Takes Place of Buffet in Modern Dining Room Gay Note Uppermost in Clothes and Jewelry hi SILEK COIflEST Kf T? X7 PICTURE liLOETiGE 51WUEPLM1 OF MUG GIRLS BEIGES flFJO 6RPIVS , ; Washington's Photograph Proves of Great Help To Handicapped Girl NEW YORK (AP) How a pic ture of George Washington start ed a deaf and mentally undevel oped girl of 1Z on a successful struggle against her handicaps is told in the girl's newly published story. Helen Heck man, at 29 a dancer and musician, in "My Llf Trans formed." attributes to the patience of her stepmother, who hit upon the picture aa an inspirational means, the success that resulted from it. When the stepmother undertook to develop Helen's mind and facul ties of speech, the girl, in her own words, failed to manifest "the slightest desire to learn anything new of my own accord or to know the reason for anything Mother might be doing." After all manner of ways were tried unsuccessfully to call to life the element of interest. Miss Heck man writes, (he stepmother placed a picture of Washington and an other of Napoleon on a table where the girl would be sure to past many times. After several day Helen noticed them, to her "mo ther's" delight. The incident if described thus: "She saw me look at the picture of Washington, then at the pic ture of Napoleon, and watched me again "seek the kindly face of Washington and concentrate ni attention upon it. Rushing to where I stood she wrote In her tablet. 'Washington Napoleon'; I like Washington.' nodding pleas antly at his picture as she under lined the sentence. Then, imitat ing the frowning expression with which I had viewed the other, she finished with 'I do not like Na poleon.' iTh!s episode marked the awak ening of a voluntary interest; and with it began my study of simple American history and geography for Mother showed me a picture ol Mount Vernon and explained b writing and my motions that thi: had been George Washington's home long, long ago." E Specialists Give To Excellent Recipes Which May Be of Interest Life cannot go on without vi tamins. They have always exist ed but people have not known about them. Fortunately for thf human race, they are widely dis tributed but some foods are rich er in certain vitamins than others They are more stable generally ir raw foods which should be Includ ed in the daily diet. There is no substitute for whole milk as a source of vitamins. The loafy vegetables also contain val uable vitamins as well as mineral They are an aid to proper elimin ation. Raw fraits, fruit juice? and vegetables are needed because of the anti-scorbutic vitamin. They must be supplemented with cooked fruits and vegetables. With these needs taken care of first, less meat and cereal products will be used and a better balanced diet will result. Specialists advise serving fruit every day, three times a day it possible. They have prepared circular for free distribution on the subject. "Desserts That Are Different," which contains many recipes for fruit dishes which are both different and delicious. This circular will be sent free on re quest. Here are two recipes that have been taken from this circu lar. ! Try them. Fruit Mrringur 4 egg whites 1 cup sugar Canned peaches Beat the egg whites stiff. Add sugar. Make nest-like mounds on glazed paper. Bake in slow oven. Transfer to individual glasses. Place fruit in center. Top with whipped cream and nuts. Fruit Snowballs 1 T. gelatin cup cold water f.ip hot water r. lemon Juice up fruit pulp e;gr whites Scak the gelatin In cold water. Add the hot water and lemon juice. When mixture begins to set. beat until light and fold la the jgfi?ly beaten whites and . trait. Place in wet mould and chill. S wawi awe As Millinery Style v By Hazel Reavia - (AatoeiaUd Ptm rsaktoa 41Uv) 1 : PARIS (AP) Beret hat; in- troduced aa aa experiment, now are a fixture la advance spring modes. : ; From the simple basque cap worn br tennis players and hikers tli milliners hats evolved a sport bat which keeps the beret , lines TMM batfs not' Actually a- 1eretof t! By Hilda Hunt A sideboard may be a very hand-' some accessory to the dining room if It fits the room, and affords an attractive wall furnishing. To say he least It Is an expensive acces How Achieve Beauty Beauty of Form and Symmetry Yesterday I gave you a defi nition cf beauty, and outlined for you the five principle kinds. They were, as you may recall: Propor- ional. or beauty of form and sym metry; graceful, connoting flow ing movement; wild or luxurious. uggesting the unusual, exotic ype of woman; pretty or hand some, rym, eon stun, pieasmg ;olor of eyes, complexion, nair. and beauty that conforms to fash ion or the ruling style the chic, mart woman, perfectly groomed n every detail. I am going to take up each of these kinds of beauty in turn, and I shall attempt to show you their relative value and the relation ship between them. Today we are discussing the proportional type r beauty of form and symmetry. r have purposely considered form nj, e : . t a f. la f T ha nisi. " JSMa.nxmA in . woman It rannnt h oortance. You who nare 8ewiwi jyji . wi ... T cu piur uuw tu "-mr,9Ttght of as one very important hat may be had from form al6ffr For sculpture does not depena upon any of the other kinds Qi beauty. The Venus de Milo, for nstance. is discolored, corroded by age and exposure, yet the lines ire so perfect and so inspiring that people go from all over the vorld to see her. However, that natural perfec tion of line Is so rare in women, that they must supplement it with ?very other kind of beauty. Hardly mv woman possesses a perfect figure, and if she i3 so blessed, she must use sternal vigilance and elf-denial to keep it so through her mature years. Fortunately, a ereat deal can be done to correct he imperfections of form which age. bad habit of posture, over eating, etc., have caused in us. We can do a great deal to cor simple rule of always remember rect our posture by exercise. The ing to lift and expand from the waist up, and contract below the waist, is a wonderful aid in mak ing us hold ourselves erect, bring ing but the most attractive curves tnd minimizing the least attrac tive ones. If you are too far. you can diet. Provided you do so wisely; if too thin, get plenty of sleep, avoid nervousness and eat the food that will build you tip. You can even reduce or build up specific oarts of your body that are ont of line with a harmonious whole. For instance, there are reducing soaps and jellies to be combined with vigorous patting for dispensing the excess fat. There are tightening batealms to firm the tissue of face and throat and restore attractive lines in that most important of beauty points, the contour. Parts that are too thin, you can bnild up by general developing diet and by local application of rlcn. nounsa- Inr creams and oils. Hot olive oil. for instance. Is wonderful for filling out thin arms or a scrawny neck. Symmetry is a moat important iirihniA nt form. We are ac customed to seeing things of equal felts are used for most of the hats and they aro trimmed witn stitched bands of self-color. Nary blue is the smart color for them. They are most frequently worn with double brested suits of dark blue flannel. Many Lace Dresses Prediction for Spring - PARIS, Feb. 4. (AP), Indica tions Increase daily that many frocks of lace for afternoon wear will be Included In the dressiffak era' spring collections. Beige lace Is forecast as first favorite with black - next and dark 'Mae third. Beige lace underwear Is shown by several designers of importance. wu.if fkjfciimla--all her trembles sory. Often people spend a great deal of money for a sideboard for the dining room, and then wonder what they are going to do with a chest of drawers for which they have no other place but the dining proportions on both hide3. Perhays that is why we nave two eyes. A building, for instance, would not be beautiful if it were lop-sided. We do not like to see a person with one shoulder higher than the other. It always disturbs us to see a picture crooked on a wall. We have two ears, two arms, two legs all of virtually equal size. If they were out of proportion we would look queer. It always gives me something of a shock to see a girl with her hair done in a knot over one , ear. - It is striking be cause it breaks the symmetry, but it 1 not truly artistic. I want to scream-when I see a girl with more rouge on one cheek than on the other. Symmetry. In other words. Is balance, and we must ob serve It In our attempts to be beautiful. .. .'.Since perfect beauty of form tiiad symmetry Is practically never - . i - nan QldorD Jtr ttaalf T mint Vo aspect, but we must give much at tention to the supplementary kinds of beauty. New Dance Craze est i : g3 v r a t .v v Uotham debutantes practicing tor flash light dance. From left: Virginia Luke Frances Auchincloss. Susan Moore, Mabe Wilson and Mrs. D. W. Armstrong. Flashlight Functions at Ritz-Tarl-ton and Shrry Establish Fad as Outstanding Xovelty of Win ter Season. NEW YORK CITY A new craze, improted, like so many of its fads and fancies, from London, is beginning to sweep society's younger set. Flashlight dancing, with ball room lights extinguished and each couple piloting themselves about by the aid of gleaming hand flash lights, is the latest wrinkle in the lives of the truly elect. The "first formal flashlight dance" in America was introduced auspiciously a few nights ago at The December Ball at the Ritz Carlton Hotel In this city. With a glittering list of patronesses and the season's most prominent de butantes in attendance, this an nual fixture of exclusice New York society proved to be an un usually brilliant spectacle. Another Important society event at which this novel mode of enter tainment was featured has just taken place. ' Announced as a "Flashlight Christmas Dance." the ball of the Midwinter Dancing CIb was held at Sherry's on Christmas Ere. Quests were sup plied with flashlights "through the courtesy of the committee." The -Idea of flashlight - dancing has royal' sanction, having started In London. I when Princes Mary, daughter of England's rulers, at tended a" dance- fa her honor." at room? Why not, then, make use of the chest of drawers in place of the sideboard? It will probably afford even more storage place. and its top may be just as attrac tively decorated. It will at least show some individuality in furnish ing, and save a lot of money if you happen to have such a chest on hand. Or if you have not the chest, and still do not care to go to the ex pense of a sideboard, or have not the room for one, why not a side table, as in the time of Chippen dale? Your linen and your table ware will go into a cupboard, you know. It's out of date, anyway, to display these things any more. They are kept under cover In the best of regulated families, and not displayed on top of the sideboard Don't think I am speaking against the sideboard. It has its place, and gives the room an air of dis tinction when the chairs are drawn up around the table as they should be. But when you already have the chest of drawers you don't know what to do with, or feel a sideboard is a bit beyond the fami ly budget it becomes unnecessary. The illustration shows a dining room In very good taste, with a chest sideboard. Moreover, in this case, the chest covers an ugly place in the wall where once dwelt a mantel. It was an old cheat of drawers of wood not too valuable to paint without vandalism. It was painted to match the furnl- Sweeps Smart -3V Mrs. Eugene W. Ong. She intro-t duced flashlight dancing to New York society. to the coroneted couples who graced the occasion. During the recent December Ball the Rits-Carlton's Palm Court, main dining room and mala ballroom, which are terraced: one above another in three grand levels thrown into one great dancing space for such occasions, were plunged In da rain ess by the turn of a- switch. A minute be fore, promptly at midnight, the exclusive hostelry's equally exclu sive waiters had finished "serv ing tlay tubular flashlights, one to each-' couple. ' from 'small silver trays:' Then., with all lights ex tinguished and the strains of the latest blues welling forth, the 1400 guests glided forth .with lighted flashlights. , ; ' Seven hundred flashlights. flickering on and off spasmodtc- a ssW sr Majority of Spanish Shawls At One Time Property of Spaniards MADRID. Spain (AP) A mal Jorlty of the Spanish shawls bonght by wealthy travelers to wear at the opera or at other so ciety functions were at one time the property of-Spanish working girls. Most of them have spent years in the pawnshop, afterward fall ing into the hands of dealers when their former owners were unable to pay the interest on the loans or died before sating sufficient mon ey to redeem them. The "Spanish" shawl is not at all Spanish. It came originally from China to the Philippines, and thence was carried to Spain by the first Spaniards who occupied pub lic offices in the colony. Spanish women love colorful objects atd they used their new shawls on all possible occasions such as weddings, bullfights and religious processions, saints' daye and family festivals. The shawl eventually became so popular that the wealthier class who first used it abandoned it to the populace. Working elate girls saved up their money in order to acquire a shawl before the day of their wedding. With the arrival or the short skirt, shawls have gone out of fashion In Spain, together with the classic high comb, but many are retained in wardrobes for use at national festivals. ture and built up at the top to give It height. The top of the original mantel was used for this building up. When painted furniture is to be used in the dining room, it is wise to first secure your drapery mater ial and send a sample of it with the order for the painting of the furniture. Even though you want your furniture in a color contrast to that of the draperies, it is wise to do this that the painter may get a color that harmonizes rather than clashes. Special attention should be paid to the few objects employed for color spots, such at bowles and candlesticks. These should be attractive, and In good taste, though not necessarily ex pensive. Where the furniture is painted robin's egg blue, yellow and a touch of red are good for color spots. Blue and a touch of red goei well with gray furniture. Care must be exercised not to get too much glare -of color In the room where painted furniture is used. New York Society Miss Msbel Wilson. Chairman of Debutante Committee, as she appeared at December BalL 'es on a black night. Debutantes and matrons whirled; in weirdly lit groupings, snarts or ugni niter ed up to the boxes where elderly dowagers gasped at this new de parture. To the youthful and lovely Mrs. Eugene Ong belongs the credit for injecting this new note Into Amer- lean dancing. Chairman of the Ball's cabaret committee, Mrs. Ong first called 'attention to the possibilities that,' lay fn a London hostess clever idea for entertain ing Princess Mary. . , ''. As -a result of The December Ball's successful espoussl of flash light dancing, and the Midwinter Dancing Clnb's squally successful flashlight danco at Sherry's, it is not improbable 'that. before the winter is out. many onther such danees will bare been held in the aaikm'a society centers. -"'; - - is if j!v'-.-w-: - 4 - J-,na-'J ' V 1 V- & ' By Mm e. IJsbeth Spring with Its parties and dances, will soon be here, and It behooves the younger set to look over its wardrobe. What with many invitations the debutantes and co-eds are anxiously planning their costumes. The attractive dance frock KeepinA J VrBY Try This for Your Cold The next time you have a cold, analyze your diet and see if you haven't for some time been on the diet that is too high in acid-ash foods breads, cereals, pastries, flesh foods, eggs. Dr. Volney Cheney, medical di rector of a large Industrial con cern, made an intensive study of the colds of the employees of the concern. He found that in every rase there was a change in the chemical condition of the blood. There was a lessening of the alkali reserve, so that there was a mild acidosis. A milk acidosis can be brought about by a diet that is too high in the acid-ash foods. The doctor began to treat his patients with a cold, in the be ginning by giving them doses of sodium bicarbonate (ordinary bak ing soda) which is an alkali. In every case the cold was aborted. He didn't state the dosage; proba bly it differed with each person. The doses of bicarbonate of soda given in the Materia Medica is 5 to 25 grains. That is about 1-12 to Vi dram (a dram is approxi mately on level teaspoon ful). The bicarbonate of soda is given in seltzer, vichy or water, two or three times a day. If you have a cold, you might try this. However, you should also immediately go on a diet which has no acid-ash foods; that would mean that you. would have to eliminate the foods that I have mentioned, and confine your diet to vegetables, milk, cheese, nuts and fruits (with the exception of prunes, plums and cranberries which have a slight acid-ash). You should always have a diet that is higher in these alkali-ash foods, anyway, because this mild acido- sis seems to lower the resistance CARE OF TINWARE Brand-New Tinware Said To Rust More Easily Than Used Articles You have noticed, haven't you, that brand-new tinware (milk cans, dippers, buckets, etc.. as well as new separator tinware) rnsts more easily than old ' u-ed tinware? The reason is simple. Metal surfaces do not 1 have a perfectly impervious glaze like glassware or crockery. . They are more or less porous. With use these pores soon become filled up with a sort of a film of grease, which then serves as a protective coating for the .metal. It Is important, therefore, that the tinned parts of a cream sep arator bo given extra care the Jfiret month or two. That is, they should be thoroughly dried either with a dry cloth or by being hung in a warm, dry place, or both. This matter is one of special import ance nowadays, since a very large proportion of cream separator sales are replacements, and where a farmer gets a new separator, in trade for his old oae. In most eases he win follow with the new machine the same washing pro gram he had been following with bis old oae, with the result .that th new f-lnware rusta. wherrKthe Viillm l& ill fM I Mk 1 1 a 3 ;. Or) -J7 IIITEBESTS Mil V - v. above Is of flesh net over a pink crepe slip, girdled at the waist with a metal silver sash, trimmed with a silver flower and trailer. The evening wrap of sequins trimmed with an ermine collar and designs of white and sequin embroidery Is worn over an eve- nine sown of white and black sequins. Healthy DR. CURRIER to all sorts of trouble. We have an article on Colds. Ca tarrh, etc., which you may have by sending a fully self-addressed, stamped envelope and two cents with your request. After Care In Diabetes Mrs. V. has been treated for dia betes for one year, and all her tests show that the sugar has cleared up in the blood and urine She wants to know if she will have to keep up her diet for the rest of her life, since the tests are now all negative. She ends up with this very signlficsnt statement: "I used to weigh 213 pounds, but na turally I've gone down now very much." One who has been a diabetic. Mrs. V., will certainly always have to be very careful with the diet. As you have been under treatment for a year, your doctor has doubt taught you to examine your own urine for sugar, and you will have to keep that up periodically also, tobe sure that you continue free. If a case of diabetes is very mild, there is the possibility of an absolute cure, but even then one would have to be careful with the dirt, for the same indiscretions that brought the condition on be fore niKht do the same again. Yau tire another example, aren't you Mra. V.. of the perniclousness of overweight as the forerunner of diabetes? We have a list of books on dia bttes.written by specialists for the layman. Enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope and two cents with your request. Those who are iu need of instructions on how to reduce may have our pamphlet on the subject by sending ten cents in coin with a fully self-addressed, stamped envelope. old tinware did not. He does not realize that new tinware re quires greater care than old, and he particularly does not realize that when his old separator was new It was regarded as something out of the ordinary and the best care possible was none to good for It . Tinware today is unquestionably the best ever P'it out. But It must be started right. Users should remember that for the first few months they must take special pains to thoroughly dry the bowl and tinware of a new separator. like they did their old one when it was new. A LITTLE MIXED No weather form. runs quite true to The heart of winter, often warm. w nue Junes have been so cold and wet That folks are talking of them yet Mixed weather. If we but reflect. Is something that we all expect There's no dividing-line precise For times of heat and times of ice. Yet we expect each humsa soul To . be one homogeneous whole. We label people "sane or Vaad We call them "good or call them "bad. ': --v .,7 We're bandies of conflicting traits. Of good and - bad, of lovee' and hates. ' : -. :- : Like weather that's "between n betwixt." We're all of us a little mixed.' New Note In Shoes Attract-; k. tng Considerable Atlen- tion On Row u . n V. NEW YOrtK (AP) A sno to i; match every frock will be the watchword of the fashionably garbed woman of the coming, spring and summer. ' h". The ensemble note, found so popular during the winter, will be f." carried through to the months of lighter and more varied colors. ; Since various shades of beige ,tr and gray are to be the popular . spring colors, the old stand-bys in .,! . light tan and light gray shoes Will be in good order. A blue frock ,t; calls for a blue-grey pair of shoes, a red drees for a reddish shade of V tan and a yellow one for a very tight beige kid tinted generously 4 with a canary dye. The style of the footgear will change but little from that of the ; winter, except that the simple pump will resume its old place of importance over the many-tnoded Btrap slipper. Dressy forms of the low-heeled. round-toed oxford will be in good order with the sport and business outfit, but only when there is unity in color between the shoe and the - coat or dress. Evening slippers have assumed lavish colors and materials. There will be exact harmony between the evening slipper and the frock of patel shade that is worn for the ' formal summer function, n wm no longer be correct, say the styl ists, merely to have a pair of gold " or sliver slippers and hope that v f..ey will serve the purpose of set- ; ting off frocks of any color. HOMES FOR ORP 5 OF Gigantic Task Undertaken.; By Child Welfare Com- mittee of America NEW YORK (AP) Finding., homes that will take some of the ; 200.000 dependent children in tho United States out of public or- v phanages is the task undertaken . by the Child Welfare Committee of America. Solving the problem of society's . obligation to these children Is the aim of the committee's national conference which convenes In New York. February 20-22. x "During the past two decades." the committee announces, "stupefi- . dous strides have been taken throughout the United States in . the movement to substitute home ' care and attention and home sur roundings to the child who, by rea- con no!son of the death, disability, inca- I pacity or turpitude of either one or both parents, might otherwise become a public charge, doomed to dwell, during that period of its 'ife when tenderness, watchfulness 1 and individual care for its well- j being are most needed, la public Institutions." There are more than 200.000 dependent and neglected children s, . under the care of 1,400 public ln-1 stitutlons and agencies in tho j , United States, the committee re-t ports. Most of these institutions are the old orphan asylums, some f of them established In the early 1 part of the nineteenth century and some even earlier than that, it j adds, and "probably not more than j ten percent of the children in them J are real orphans." Its chief job, the Child Welfare! Committee of America declares, j apart from getting mothers' pen- slon laws adopted, is to restore some of these 200,000 children' who are normal to their parents'', and make it possible for their kln to look after them in their own; homes. c The conference will be attended; ; by persons from all quarters of : the United States, from Canada and from the Philippines. Amont those who will speak are Governor Alfred is. smitn, Mew xora; uot ernor Theodore Christlanson, Min- nesota; Governor John E. Weeks, Vermont; President Nicholas Mur4 ray Butler, Columbia university.? snd Miss Sophie Irene Loeb, presi dent of the committee. Double Decker Hats Mimic Spanish Mode, PARIS (AP) The latest fsshi ion from Spain Is a close-fitting; Jersey cap worn under a felt hstf with a wide brim. , It is designed by Agnes, one of Paris most dar-j ing milliners, and reproduces in a, modified way the scarf which! Spanish dancers tie around their heads and top with the traditional square hat worn at a rakish angle j Heavy gold circlets In the ears, oij sewed to the edge of the Jersey? cap are the usual accompaniment; of Agnes new hat, -" - - i One way to help the farmer dis-? pose of his surplus would be to lnduee Paris o Issue a decree thai piump women are once more inst fashion:- r .. . . Just wnen a fellow rets to tne point where - he hasn't : a stngld inwg w Doiavr. bus, vae ivoioaij rules committee holds : another i meeting. v ,&..;;' 7" v 41