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Show Smug Virtues Vices, Not in Mother Love By BETTY BLAIR It la food thin once in a while to check on ourselves when we condemn others to see if the fault that seems so glaring in another, lent a teflectien or our own selves Dear Cy-Nick: : I can truly sympathise with you. Some woman haa hurt you, and hurt you deeply. But doea tht prove that all women are alike? True, there are women of the type you mention, too many Heart's Haven of them. I'm afraid, but not the majority. Haven't you been looking look-ing for tha flaws instead of the fine qualities? Perhapa the very women you know have many fine traite of character which you have Overlooked. Of course, we make our mistakes, mis-takes, but are men entirely perfect? per-fect? .Mothers Not Guilty W"' about jroua own mother? , Surely, you wouldn't aay she waa "smug about her virtues." "smug about her faults." "bounded by the little kingdom called 1'." If your mother waa a fine woman, surely there are other fine women In the world, too. I wish jrou could know some of the women I know, Cy-Nick. They are not of tha type that you describe. Of course, they are not perfect. But they are not aeeking wealthy husbands, and they are willing to give of their best to make a man happy in return for what ba doea for them. Thoaa who are married are making fine faomea and rearing fine children, and husband and wife ara happy together, each doing his or her share In tha marriage partner- ahin. Knew Wrong Type A man and woman can't pos-aibly pos-aibly raise and educate a family of five, seven, ulna or more children chil-dren and ba "bounded by the little lit-tle kingdom called 'I'." You just happen to find tha other type. Tour wound will never heal unless un-less jrou open your ayes and realize re-alize that there ara many types at women In the world, and you aan find tha better type If you will try. Lot us hops that you can find Some fine woman aome day who will heal your heart, and prove to you that- you have made a mistake mis-take in your estimate of "woman as a class.' "ONE OF THE FAIR 8EX." a a a Richard La Gallienne wrote, The new woman of tha future will be tha woman with petticoats, aha who will restore tha ancient Eleuslnlan mysteries of tha silk skirt and the tea gown I" A womanly woman, whether In silk petticoats or cambric, cam-bric, has a heart of gold, and rules with a silken thread. Such women, wo-men, according to you, "One of the Fair Sex," have always been with us. Their voices may not have . mingled with thoaa who have found public acclaim, but their Influence baa bean felt juet tha same. There is a certain kind of fineness fine-ness that doesn't tarnish. There la another kind, that subjected to certain contacts, suffers a surface tarnish. This may be easily removed with a polishing that restores It to original luster and goodness. There is a third kind that has a surface of fineness, but once that has been rubbed off its flimsy and tarnish-able tarnish-able character remains apparent to tha end of its days. Lata hope that "Cy-Nick" finds tha quality ha seeks, and that he has quality to offer In exchange. FORMAL BREAKFAST Dear Miss Blair: Will you please help me on soma details of a formal breakfast? break-fast? What time of day ahould a formal breakfast be givan and also what la a good menu te server Thank you. "READER." aea Twelve o'clock noon Is the correct cor-rect hour for a formal breakfast, tha menu for which ahould be: Shredded fresh pineapple cup, individual in-dividual omelet sou f flee, broiled chicken with mushrooms, corn fritters, frit-ters, muffins, jelly or jam, coffee. TO BRIGHTEN LEATHER Dear Miaa Blair: Will you please tell me whst to da to brighten the leather seata and backs of chairs that have become be-come dull? Thank you. "MRS. G." a e e The mixture of one part paraffin ail, two parts high test gasoline used to clean woodwork is also good for leather chairs. Wring a soft cheesecloth from warm water, wa-ter, pour on a little of the mixture mix-ture and clean a small portion of the leather, and of the woodwork of the chair, at a time. Polish with a soft flannel cloth. The paraffin-gas paraffin-gas mixture both cleans and polishes. pol-ishes. A housewife reader aent me an-. an-. other hint for brightening leather, which I have not used, but which I pass on to you: Beat the white of aa egg and rub thoroughly Into tha leather, then polish with a clean, soft cloth. |