Show THEART HEARTS HA HAl HAVEN VE N Ni Conducted by BETTY BLAIR Letters questions and requests for lor advice ad should hould be addressed to MISS BETTY BLAIR HEARTS HAVEN A VENt TELEGRAM SALT O one the thc LAKE Write legibly upon paper It Itis is Is necessary that you append the right name and address but these will be held In strict confidence and will not appear In print Qu Questions involving advertising information cannot be answered answered an- an Letters requiring personal reply must be accompanied panted by bya a stamped d self addressed envelopes Ed GUlLS GIRLS BRAG TOO Dear Miss Blair I was wu greatly amused at the he lei let ier ter which appeared in your column colam from Gal in which sli she sheso sheso so roundly denounced the male sex aex in general and boys in particular fo for their propensities I rather from the tone of her letter that sh she has hat been places and seen thing and andI am amI I am surprised ed that she has bilS become becom so prejudiced Like the Answer Woman I think she has had hid a fallIn fall tall In Jug ont oot with her sweetie or she would not feel so 50 hard Now as a general thing I think there Is no comparison in the wa WI way girls and anel boys bos brag brA Girls have ha boys beaten every way for Sunday Sunda A girls girl's traditional modesty vanishes as ns soon lIoon as she attains An any noteworthy success There are a few women possibly like Amelia Amell Earhart and anil Mary Roberta Rob Rob- crt erta Rinehart RInchart who continue to be unassuming and charming after they have bave attained distinction but they arc aMour among the the few few exceptions Girls start atari bragging bragin over their small successes and they ke keep p it up until they are women and make greater eater conquests They may may brag bra modestly at first but most girls and nd women have havea a ferociousness ferociousness ferociousness fero fero- about their bragging that is seldom found in bo boys and men Now Nobody Gal Gal you J Just listen Its lis ten the next time you are in a crowd and see how bow artlessly the thc boys bos and men inca brag bra They are are like Uke little children children chil chU dren with their bragging branIn while the girls bra brag with determination The They set their Jaws Jaw and wont won't let go ro and the they act ad scared leared to death for fear someone or something will conic come along alon to deprive them of their whether It be a new lover or a new job or an achievement In the creative treathe crea trea- the tive world Now a. a successful man sits down looks around longs to tobe be petted demands demands de de- de mands to be admired and brags pras rap like a little boy to get rd his way We are braggarts all but the gals rals and women have us as beaten GUY Well after all its it's a difference of opinion that lends lends' zest to the world I suppose were we're nIl all guilty of liking to talk about ourselves Mothers brag about their children fa fathers h rs about bout their golf goU their losses or their gains gains- for its it's something to brag about these days to have money to lose lose lose-daugh- daugh daughters I about their new dr dresses and sons rons about their cars I suppose a certain I tam tain amount of it is endurable and excusable ex ex- but certainly one doesn't like to hear man man manor or woman toot his own horn hom all l the the time There is a great advantage in hi having the other fellow fellow fellow fel fel- fel- fel low do it for or you ou OlL I Q E E. E D D. D pear Miss DI lr This is my first venture Into your corner I r. r though I read it very every night Can you tell me me the meaning of the letter combination Q E. E D. D I have come In contact with Ith It several tithes times s sand and have Juve become becom curious Thanking CURIOUS you 00 The letters stand for tor the Latin LaUn Quad Erat and nd mean That which was to be proved Ever Eversee Eversee Eversee see it at the end of a geometry problem lem I POWDER BASE ASE Dear Blair I would like to ask you a question that tbt has hu bothered me for some time I have bave used glycerin and rose water for lor a powder base combination for tor about six years yeara Do you OU think it has bas hasa basa a tendency to make hair grow What do you oU advise lse me to do WORRIED A powder base especially designed I I for or oily sensitive skin uses 4 ounces of rose water 2 drams glycerin 1 1 ounce Cologne water 1 gram borax 5 drops tincture benzoin Add benoin benzoin ben- ben oin to Cologne w water ter drop by drop mix glycerin with rose water after niter having laving dissolved the borax in inthe the lat lat- lat lat- I ter er Shake well before using Glycerin used without being diluted has las a tendency to make the skin dry and nd yellow but used as suggested above it has no superior as a softenIng softenIng soften soften- Ing ng and mildly bleaching lotion We Ve have lave no statement among all our our beauty files which authorize the use usef of f glycerin extensive extensively suggesting that hat it makes hair grow GAMES IES FOR BABY SHOWER SHOWER- Dear Miss lolls Blair Please tell teU me a few games rames to be belayed played at a baby shower Thank you ou MRS T. T PIa Play the Waxworks Show at it t a aaby baby aby shower There must be a showman showman showman show show- man who pretends to wind each figure figure fig- fig ure re up as she comes in dr dressed like one ne of the Mother Goose Goose characters When wound up by an imaginary spring the music begins to play and andic the ic character must act out wordlessly the ic rhyme that tells what part pall she is pl playing laying The others guess the name of f the character she portrays Other games to be played at ata a baby shower may be had by sending a stamped tamped self-addressed self envelope for forur our ur circular Childrens ns n's Games ETIQUETTE OF TEAS Dear Miss 1 Blair Our principals principal's wife whets ICe is giving a tea and nd md I ha have received a card cud I am new to the tho etiquette of teas teas' and anel should like Uke to know what to wear and how Ion long I should stay Gratefully ll ALICE l Wear your most formal day dav clothes s i An afternoon cress and coat nn en ensemble ensemble ensemble en- en or a suit Stay anywhere from froma troma a half halt hour to to a an hour depend inson on your wish and on what apparently is expected CERE CEREAL L PUDDING Dear ear Miss lIss Blair Occasionally I 1 have left over cereal from rom Have you yon a recipe for or making pudding from this We Wedo Wedo do o not care for fried mush Thank you ou MRS DIES F F. Left LeU over cereals make very de de- decious licious cious desserts Try this Three- Three fourths s cup left ov over r cooked cereal 1 2 11 2 1 cups milk 1 egg 2 1 cup sugar 2 1 2 teaspoon cinnamon 2 1 teaspoon vanilla anilla 1 cup stoned and chopped dates ates Beat milk into cereal beating beat beat- ing ng until perfectly smooth Add yolk of f egg well beaten sugar cinnamon vanilla anilla and dates Pour into a buttered buttered but- but ered baking dish and bake 45 minutes min min- utes tes in a moderate oven Beat white of t egg until stiLt stiff be beating ting in two tablespoons tablespoons ta- ta powdered sugar and a n few drops of vanilla Pile over pudding and nd return to oven for eight minutes to o puff and brown the meringue Serve erve warm or cold You can use the he whole egg in the pudding and serve the pudding with cream if you prefer refer NOTE TO PAUL Kindly send a stamped self-ad- self dressed envelope for our circular Treatment of Blackheads ds and pes es Dear Miss Blair 4 Please tell teU me rue who wrote the fol- fol owin owing lines Tender handed stroke a nettle and nd It stings you ou for your our pains Grasp it like a man of or mettle and it soft lOft as silk remains the same with common natures Use em kindly they rebel But be Ie rough as nutmeg graters and the rogues obey yoU ou well Thank you HEINE The foregoing lines Jines were written by Aaron Hill who lived from 1685 to tOI 1750 POINTS FOR PARENTS By fly EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE WALLACEr r- r |