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Show Edited by DOROTHY EDMONDS Samo San's Toothbrush ! At night or in the morning or right after meals, or any other time yon brush your teeth to keep them pretty and white, look at your toothbrush, and think of children In far away lands. You'd never guess what kind of a toothbrush boys and girls of old Japan used hundreds of years ago. Just a small stick of bamboo with the fibers at one end frazzled out like a brush 1 With this funny affair little Samo San of old Japan would rub and polish her teeth until they were as clean as she could get them. Gnhiz, the Arab boy, uses a toothbrush, tooth-brush, too. His is a queer little stick-brush stick-brush somewhat like that of Samo San of old Japan. But Gahiz's "tooth-cleaner" "tooth-cleaner" Is made of a twig of sweet-scented sweet-scented myrtle, or a lily root or a strip of palm wood. In Arabia It Is considered so Important to have clean teeth that it has become part of these people's religion. Little Gahiz not only brushes his teeth morning and evening and after meals, but also before be-fore he says his prayers. That's a pretty custom, don't you think so, to have a clean, sweet mouth with which to say one's prayers? So fond are the people of Arabia of their sweet-scented toothbrushes (siwaks, they call them) that they think them very nice presents, Indeed, and often give each other cunning packets of them tied up with gay ribbons of gauze and ' silk. Away down In Africa lives black Mahdl who Is a caravan runner, and makes his living by carrying packages strapped to his naked black back, or balanced on top of his woolly, black head. He Is strong and sturdy, and can trot for miles and miles down the jungle trails and can bear great loads. Because it's so hot In Mahdi's land Cabbage with spaghetti Is a different way of serving that good vegetable. To four cupfuls of shredded cabbage take one and one-half cupfuls of broken brok-en spaghetti, cook in boiling salted water until tender, then drain. Stir over the fire four tablespoonfuls of butter or any sweet fat, add four tablespoonfuls ta-blespoonfuls of flour, blend well and add two cupfuls of milk ; cook until smooth, season with salt to taste, adding add-ing a few dashes of cayenne and a cupful of snappy grated cheese. Arrange Ar-range the cabbage and spaghetti In layers, covering with the sauce. Top with soft buttered crumbs and bake twenty to thirty minutes. Serve from the baking dish with a wreath of parsley as a garnish around the dish. CT6. 1931. Western NewsDaner Union. he doesn't bother to wear any clothes. But two things he always carries with him a big gourd for drinking water and his "msuakl" or toothbrush. Mahdi's Mah-di's toothbrush is made from a piece of reed or a stalk cut from the bull-rushes bull-rushes along a stream. As it doesn't cost him anything at all, he gets a new one often, and always he keeps his teeth clean and shining. All over the world children are keeping their teeth clean and white; are you? Alice Alison LIde. (Copyright.) WNU Service. |