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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
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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."
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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.
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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
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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
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aspect, but we must give much at
tention to the supplementary kinds
of beauty.
New Dance Craze
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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-
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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
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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. -"'; - -
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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