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Show ONE OF THREESOME EMBARRASSES TWO By BETTY BLAIR To arouse a real desire in another to overcome his fault, make him feel that his U but one in common with the faulu of many others, which they, too, are seeking to reform. Faults, like miseries, like company. We are two of three very good friends who enjoy your daily col-Umn. col-Umn. TniS problem has been confronting con-fronting us for msny weeks and ' Heart's Haven we have finally decided to write to you. We are U years old. From our very first yesr in school ws three have been good friends snd are now almost aa eloaa as sisters. Lately one of the three has become the cause of much talk, not only for herself, but for the other two of us. Shs Is noisy and loud and hss made quite a name for herself, of which bo one is proud. Judged by Company The other two of us havs been told by many, both young and old, that we should do something about this. What are we to do? We re told one Is judged by the company com-pany he keeps, and we two are anxious to keep our good names. Because of our friend's disposition dispo-sition It will be a hard task to mention this to her. We bsve thought of doing so In a tactful way. If you can see any other way than for us to bluntly tall her of our feeling, please advise us. Wishing you and your coworkers a very Merry Christmas. "TWO OF THREE." a We return your nice Christmas wish and suggest that you three with a number of other girl friends have a get together before the new year seta in and decide to play a cams of truth. You ait in a circls. and each girl haa to go completely round the circle and tell a fault ahe sees In each of the others. Of course, you must decide beforehand be-forehand that no one Is to become angry, no matter what faults others see In you. The good sportsmanship sportsman-ship developed Is one of the nice things about the game. Helped Each Other I know a club of high school girls who met periodically and withheld nothing they found to criticise about each other from clothes to manners. They did It for self-improvement and today assert thst many of their own personal faults that they hadn't been aware of themselves were corrected. It sounds like aa excellent plan to me. One girl Isn't thereby singled out for her faults w all have them, you know and probably proba-bly the on who moat needs correction correc-tion haa adopted her noisy attitude to cover up aa Inferiority complex and really need friends and kind-, kind-, aess more than the other two of you. But Tm glad you are such good thoughtful friends, and that your plan 1 really to help and not to hurt. a IRON FOODS Dear Mia Blair: Will you please give me a list ef food rich la Iron, My doctor haa directed that I eat foods rich in this element, and I don't know what they are bealdee lettuce and spinach. I eaa't kve on that Thank you. "MRS, O." e a Here la a partial list or Iron-rich foods from which you should be able to select a variety of well-balanced weal; Lean beef, liver, oysters, eggs, lentils, dried beans, peas, chard, string beans, asparagus, lettuce, let-tuce, radishes, potatoes, spinach, carrots, apricots, dates, figs, raisin, prunes, oatmeal, strawberries, pineapple, pine-apple, dried currants, bananas, whole cereals, cranberries, oil res and molasses, THREE KITTENS A ate kitten la a snug basket What eeuld plena a child mora thaa thla for a gift? Three aucb gifts are available at m Westmlaeter aveaua, TO CLEAN raOTOGRAPtCS ' Dear Mias Blair: WiU you pleas teU me hear to clean photographs? "RITA." e Sponge ths soiled photograph Very lightly with a bit of absorbent cotton wet with alcohol and let dry by evaporation. CHRISTMAS HINT Dear Mias Blair: I woder If you atlU have in your files a formula yoa published a number of years ago for the msxlng of molding clay? My children wish to make their own Christmas figurines, aa ws can't afford to buy them. I remember the recipe you gave made excellent excel-lent clay for them to play with, but I have lost the recipe. I'm sura many others could use R to make their own Santas, birds, bunnies, and what not, for their now scenes. Thank you so much. , "MRS. E." e Tm a . perfect miser whea it comes to hoarding files, so here's the one for you, "Mrs. E," that you had four years ago: One cup flour, one-half cup salt, one teaspoonful of powdered alum, enough water to make stiff plastic dough. Mix It well. It does not stick to hands and remains useable quite awhile. It nay be colored with vegetable coloring col-oring er colored Ink. |