Show Positive e J Thinking and Acting Will Bring Back S Self Respect of d I Wife Eager 1 To Restore I r Old Status tY i t By BETrY BETTY BLAIR I f j The The poorest of ot us have much moro than our pioneer fathers and mothers S 'S had in material posses posses- ThC They did not think of ot giving up hope But added to their hope W was a zest and energy a vision atthe of at the future that remains passed Dear Miss Blair You helped mo me so much before I hope you wont won't mind my coming again In your answer to lo me mo before before before be be- fore you said Attitudes Altitudes of ot mind have a way of radiating either cither a negative or positive aura that brings reactions according to their kind Now Im I'm wondering it if its it's possible for a relief client to bo be given credit for even having a a. mind not to mention a talent My husband and andI I 1 became acquainted acquainted ac ac- ac- ac while sitting side by side in an orchestra I was a 4 vocal soloist and pianist Ho was a member of ot the musicians musician's union of that city Through financial distress distress dis dis- dis- dis tress wo we were forced to sell our instruments even the piano to tide us over a little longer Finally Finally Final Filial ly it was necessary for us to lo ob obtain ob- ob thin tain relief That was over three F years rears ears ago Are Arc Not Stagnant I dont don't want you to think we wo have become stagnant b by just sitting sitting sitting sit sit- ting by and hoping for tor we haven't Our minds have not become warped and our our hope has not died But here is the rub Though my husband Is a qualified musician ho has haa been unable to obtain work through tho the government music project Yet recently I overheard a discussion at a musical musical musi must cal organization concerning tho the means and possibilities of using 25 per cent people on this relief project Instead of the usual 10 per per cent Never once did they suggest the employment of those on on relief first or even last We Wo want more than anything else to get clear from relief but how can my husband ever be recognized as somebody with a n talent so long as the only work he can get is ditch digging It seems we are just not in the right clique hero or that our names arent aren't spelled right Do you ou see any hope for us or is it hopeless hopeless hopeless hope hope- less YOURS FOR A SQUARE DEAL Since discussions of politics are taboo in this column and since arguments arguments arguments ar ar- ar- ar never get one anywhere anY anyway I can only repeat my former injunction that in spite of at all you have endured keep on hoping and working It n t is possible e. e fo for you yu to get a class of instruction for children In piano pl playing with stress on the phase required by orchestra There may be children in your own neighborhood neighborhood neighborhood neigh neigh- or In adjacent neighborhoods neighborhoods neighborhoods neighbor- neighbor hoods whose parents would be delighted delighted delighted de de- de- de x lighted to pay the necessary small amount for class instruction Perhaps Per Per- haps Imps you and your husband could cooperate in teaching piano and Wind instruments Self Help Plan It takes courage in the face of things to talk up such a project but already parents are looking forward forward forward for for- ward to the long summer days when their children will be idle Why not talk taUt to Ray Forsberg of the city recreation recreation rec rec- department to see seo whether or not orchestration may not be taught to tho the children of the city playgrounds Initiative is the first top step in self At any rate leave no stone of your imagination unturned for tor that self help which is most of all to tobe tobe tobe be recommended and which induces self nit respect Your letter was too long for complete publication but butI I L was glad to have th the tho full details Regarding your own childrens children's musical mu mu- education offer after to 14 give lessons les lea sons anns t to other children in exchange for the use of the tho piano for your own childrens children's practice and tion This mutual self-help self plan pIan has worked in many cases for the betterment bet bet- tennent of alLAnd all aU And dont don't forget that my theory of radiating the positive aura will never be a loss to you and will Inthe Inthe in inthe the long run be a gain providing you are are willing to keep on your yours toes s and act on the suggestions your four own open mind may devise DOUBLE CHIN Dear Miss Blair I am a young girl in my teens and although I am very thin I Iam Iam Iam am beginning to get a double chin Will you please tell me something to do to get rid of it KAY KAYA A pad of cotton sufficiently large to reach from the tho tip of oC tho the right ear car to the tip of the left lett and from the mouth to well below the tho chin should be saturated with camphor water This pad must be held in pl place ce for 15 or 20 minutes by a strip of ot bandage bound securely under the chin and tl tied d at th tho top of of the head At the end of that time Ume remove pad and pat a liberal amount of nourishing cream over tho the treated area Tap the back of the fingers over tho the area with firm pats several times a day Your double chin hould soon Boon vanish |