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Show Inferiority Results From Another's Ego By BETTY BLAIR Soma people thrive by the reflec-- reflec-- lion of -other.- people' clevernem, beauty, wealth; o there feel Inferior until their egoe shine by the light of their own accomplishments. Dear Miu Blair: I am a girl 16 years old and in upper division high school. I am Heart's Haven rather quiet and don't push myself my-self ahead, but my girl friend is just the opposite. She has more friends than I have, and lately, after I have been with her, I go home feeling very low and -as if there were no place In the world for me. I think my girl friend makes me feel thia J way. as she is so clever and I am ; mo dumb. I hate to admit It. but when she makes me feel this way X hate Jiet ft liJJJUthUti iJonXIike toH feel this way. Please tell me how to overcome my worst fault. Thank you. 'MIR A. When any of us feel inferior this feeling is usually directed toward some person. We have an idea that person feeLs superior to us, or that he has more of this world's goods, or Is more clever, or knows his way about better than we do. and that he gets better result with friends and enemies. j All of this makes us just a little! envious, and so unless we watch i I ourselves we find ourselves hating that person at times. These times I occur particularly when that person's per-son's ego makes him brag about his accomplishments. We have a feeling feel-ing he shouldn't be so cocky and that maybe he isn't as smart as he thinks he is. v You need more than one close friendship with one person to help you balance your personality. You need others whom you can help and who need your friendship. Not that you should patronise anyone with whom you choose to be friendly, but it does boost your ego to be made to feel that someone depends on you for friendship and for worthwhile ideas. Enlarge your friendship circle cir-cle and your problem w'ill begin to solve itself. ROOKS ON BRIIMiE. TENNIS Dear Miss Blair: Are there books teaching one how to play tennis? Also I would like the name of a book teaching how to play bridge and other card games. Thank you. "GEORGIA." Inquire at the sporting goods shops for a handbook on tennis. Culbertson's Gold Book is the name of a book that brings bridge up to the last word, and Hoyle'a book of games teaches the rules for many card games, auction and contract bridge included, though the latest changes in contract playing are not given. FBI IT WITH MEAT Dear Miss Blair: Please tell me what fruit to serve with duck and what goes well with chicken and pheasant. My family prefers some kind of fruit, to a salad, with almost every kind of meat. Thank you. . e "FOREIGN BORN AMERI- I CAN." It's quite true that people of other nations think highly of meat and fruit dishes cooked after time-honored time-honored recipes. In Rumania the national dish Is meat and raisins. Chicken with raisins pleases the Turkish palate. Pineapple is combined with chicken in China, and with duck in Japan. It is also excellent with pheasant. Red apple rings, simmered in water with cinnamon candies, then friedi in butter, are also good with pheaa-l ant, duck and pork. The pineapple, slices or the fingers are browned in butter. Try these meat with fruit dishes as served by foreign epicures. I'm sure you'll like them. TO LAI NDER HAND KNITS Dear Miu Rtair: Is It possible to launder a hand knit dress at home so that it will be wearable afterwards? Thanks for the information. "DORA." e There are those who launder all their own hand knits with wearable results. Launder in soapy, lukewarm water, aqueexing very gently, and then rinse in lukewarm water three or four times. Don't wring out. Squeeze out suds and water. Before washing, however, take the preliminary step of pinning a sheet to a firm pad and lay your garment on the sheet, tracing out its outline j accurately. i After washing, shape the farment j to the outline and fasten securely j with pins that won't rust. Lay Turkish Turk-ish towel over the dress, roll up. and then knead as if you were kneading bread. This hastens the drying. Finally lay a dampened cloth on the wrong side and with a moderately mod-erately hot iron let the steam' rise by lifting from place to place. If the garment haa a strongly ribbed design you can give It a final very light pressing with the iron on the right side. |