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KATHLEEN NORRIS Fading Adonis "T^AKL has always been the hand- “ somest man in town," writes Arlene McRobbins from Charles ton. "1 don’t get your articles, but I see them now and then, and I’ve been wondering what you would advise me to do. My husband is so vain that it’s perfectly disgusting! ! "Earl began to be admired when !b« was less than ten," her letter jgoes o»." All of us, at our kid par ties, admired him. Later, in thin silk tennis shirts and white shorts, ^tossing his heavy mop of gold hair ■rack, sunburned, magnificently Built, always acting as if he was (completely unconscious of watch ing eyes—though I know now that be wasn’t—he was simply irresisti ble. His family had money, his home was one of the handsome old show places of our little town, all the girls in town were mad about him, and although it was expected that he would marry me I was the person who never dreamed it could come true. An Only Child "It was expected because our house was another old show place— |I was also an only child—and my Bather was partner of Earl’s in a (law firm. But I am not pretty, I was slow to grow up, keeping up clumsiness and shyness long after . most girls do. We both were 26 when ,we married; I was really delirious with happiness in possessing the man I love, and Earl happy, too, I think, in my adoration. His appetite for admiration, flattery, compli- ", . unconscious of watching ayes . " ments, and talk about himself gen erally is the most astonishing thing I have ever known. It seems in credible to me. even after 12 years, that any sensible human being can be so self-absorbed. "Earl cherishes his beauty as if he were a screen star. He diets, he exercises, he rubs in suntan creams and brushes his eyebrows, and he wears an arrangement of whalebone and canvas that is a lot more like a corset than anything I ever wore. Hot Love Affairs “I’ve listened to other women’s praises of Earl’s looks, and I’ve given him all the adulation I honest ly could, and more, and I’ve ig nored some pretty hot love affairs, partly because I know that he simp ly has to have adulation and takes it anywhere and everywhere. But of late things are worrying him into a nervous breakdown, and he’s passing the breakdown on to me. "One is thinning hair. Most of his friends have bald spots now, and bottles of tonic and two treatments a week and assiduous massaging by me can’t hide Earl’s any longer. The other thing is that he has a bridge with three teeth on it; a minor car accident knocked out three front teeth a year ago. His smile has completely changed, he is so afraid someone will notice the denture, and his hand goes con tinually to the crown of his head, pushing his hair about. I’ve never been pretty, but I’ve got my hair and teeth, and a good figure, and Earl actually seems to resent it, and that our three girls, 10, 9, and 3 years old, are all pretty. He turns over old albums of pictures that are mostly of himself, and will ask callers if he has changed much since the 20-year-old college photo graphs. "If I have to go on living with this professional beauty—’’ Arlene’s letter ends on a long wail of pro test. She doesn’t say what £he will do, but if she is a sensible woman she will put up with what is really a time suffering in Earl’s life. Like that of all beauties his reign is coming to an end, and he knows it. Arlene is going to mature into the first beauty slie ever has known, a beauty enhanced by a cluster of daughters; Earl is going to watch every hair, every wrinkle, every half-pound until even the handsome ness he might have carried into middle age and old age will disap pear. If Arlene has any real rancor left for the years of enduring his tire someness, she will have a quiet re venge in watching him face one of the most painful experiences of life: the decline of the professional beauty. Whether in man or woman it is a pitiful sight, the loss of the evan escent thing upon which he or she has based all his complacency in life. Old ladies who once were beau ties go on with the crimps and the laces and cameo pins and velyet bands and the simpering glances, trying to convince themselves that youth isn’t all over. But when the beauty is a man somehow the tragedy takes on an amusing and ridiculous element, and I suspect that part of Arlene's is that she really liked MIRROR 01 Your MIND ^ ^ Divorce Symptom Of Deeper Failure By Lawrence Gould Is divorce a "national menace"? Answer: Not in itself, but it is a symptom of a very grave one—the failure of modern marriage to pro vide the happiness that men and women expect from it. For unhappy people, divorced or not, cannot be good citizens or neighbors. Neither exhortations nor reproaches will be lastingly effective; we must train young people to adjust themselves to and one another in a world in which the roles of husband and wife are every day becoming more dif ferent from what they were, even a generation ago. Meanwhile, let’s be patient with them. time that he has a body through which he can act to satisfy his wish es. The distinction between himself and his body is the starting point of recognizing the difference between himself as an individual and the world outside, of which it takes time for him to become clearly conscious. Should a baby suck his fingers? Answer: He will do so anyhow, and it is a necessary stage in his development, writes child psycholo gist Willie Hoffer. There is reason to believe that the dual sensation (in his mouth and in his fingers) helps a baby realize for the first Are most people afraid of themselves? Answer: Yes, although they often do not realize it. For while we at tribute most of them to sources outside us, all of our neurotic phobias and anxieties are really dif ferent aspects of our fear of our own primitive impulses, or the punish ment we believe we shall suffer if we give way to them. It isn’t high places, for example, that some of us are afraid of: it is (or may be) our natural urge to raise ourselves above our neighbors, along with the threat that if we do so, our pride will turn out to “go before a fall." A 0RAHAAA WAS BORN ABOUT 1996, B.C. IN UR OF THE CHALDEES. HE FOUNDED THE HEBREWNAHON, YET NOTHING IS KNOWN OF HlS LIFE PRIOR *70 THE AGE OF 70. HE WORSHIPPED THE ONE TRUE GOD, WAS REMARKABLE FOR HIS UNWAVERING FAITH, AND DIED AT THE AGE OF 175. KEEPING HEALTHY Treating the Peptic Ulcer Patient By Dr. James W. Barton S EVERAL YEARS AGO a young man who had been treated for ulcer of the stomach met his physi cian on the street and the physi cian complimented him on his ap pearance. The patient admitted that he looked good but stated that for months he had been unable to eat solid food. ‘T drink several quarts of milk a day and for solids, I drink egg nogs, using syphon soda instead of milk.” The physician advised him to re turn to his present physician be cause he should be able to eat solid food now that his ulcer was healed. An X-ray test using barium sulphate was made which showed that while the ulcer had healed, it had left a large amount of scar tissue, which tissue was blocking the passage from the stomach to intestine so that instead of having an inch or more passage, the scar tissue had reduced it to the size of a lead pencil so that only fluids could pass from stomach to small intestine where, of course, most of digestion takes place. The milk and eggs accounted for his gain in weight and good appear ance. Although the ulcer was healed, by diet and medical treat ment, this “scar’’ obstruction made it necessary for a passage to be made from stomach to small intes tine. I am writing the above because some ulcer patients are undecided as to whether to have an operation or undergo medical treatment. The fact is that the majority of these patients are treated by diet and alkalies and recover. Some years ago I quoted Dr. Joseph Daly, Toronto, in the Canadian medical association jour* nal in which he stated that it is now admitted that no one treat ment is suitable for aU peptic ul cers (ulcer of stomach or small in testine). “The physician no longer aims to treat the ulcer but to di rect the management of the patient who has the tendency to ulcer." Ulcer patients have a tendency to worry and the symptoms disap pear when there is a prolonged period of relief from the wear and tear of life. A return to usual work, worry or mistakes in diet brings on a return of ulcer symptoms. The body needs vegetables — at least one serving of potatoes daily and at least two servings of other vegetables, preferably leafy, green or yellow, and frequently raw. • • i When foot ligaments are weak, but the arch is not flat on the floor, exercises, such a*, picking up an object with the' toes, help to lift the arch •[ j r- ; . i J- i SCRIPTURE: Luk* 1:46-55; S:17-1S, 40-52; Mark 3:31-35; John 2:1-12; 19:25- 27; Acta 1:13. 14. DEVOTIONAL READING: Luka 2:28- 35. Os Blessed Woman Lesson for August 27, 1950 Poor posture throws unnatural stresses and strains on muscles and ligaments which support the spine or vertebral column. a a • Heart patients are advised to take light exercise rather than lead an easy chair existence. a a a In many cases, varicose vfeina may be removed by injections. / A PROTESTANT Christian is es sentially a Bible Christian. Among other things, this means he will form his ideas about Bible characters from the Bible itself and not from books about the Bible, not from legends long afterwards in vented. Some Protestants seem not to realize that even a rever ent book like “The Greatest Story Ever Told” is as much fiction as }t is fact. Yet Protestant Christians 'are I*- Foreman sometimes inclined to go to the op posite extreme. In reacting against the tall tales, they overlook the ♦acts. If some Christians overdo rev erence for Mary, offering pray ers and incense before her stat ues and even going to the point of saying we cannot come to Jesus except through Mary—an idea totaDy false to the Chris tian gospel—other Christians make the mistake of neglecting her memory altogether. Surely we ought not to forget*or under-rate the woman who of all the women in the world was chosen of God to be the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ God Knew Her Heart N AZARETH was a small village with no good reputation. Yet it was in that town that Mary grew to womanhood. Man looks on out ward appearances, but God. looks on the heart. You might have not selected Mary for the mother of Jesus, or to put it in another way, you would hardly have expected Mary's child to be the person Jesus became. She was very young, for girls were engaged early in that climate and coun try—perhaps no more than six teen. She could have had no great education. She was poor, as the whole story shows. Yet it was not for her education or her social standing or her ex perience or any such thing, but be cause of her heart, her character, herself, that the angel came to her that spring day in Nazareth. • • • Mary’s Song T HERE IS no room to tell all that can be known of Mary from the Gospels. We can know or guess much from that one song, the "Magnificat" as it is called from Its first word in the Latin transla tion. (Luke 1:46-55.) We can tell from this that she was a woman who knew her Bible. Moffatt’s translation of the New Testament uses italic type to indi cate quotations from the Old Testa ment; and in this Song of Mary, of its sixteen lines all but two are printed in italics. Words and phrases came to her in the familiar cadences of the book she knew and loved. Further, she was of a poetic turn of mind. This "Magnificat" has been set to music and sung in churches all over the world. * Since Mary was herself a poet, it is not surprising to find that Jesus often spoke in words which sing with the beauty and rhythm of fine poetry. • • • Patriotism and the Poor M ARY WAS A woman who lovQd her country. We are so fami liar with the ■"Magnificat*’ as a church anthem that we overlook it actually and originally was; a hymn of praise to God for his mercies to Mary’s nation, IsraeL Her people, so long enslaved, were to be set free. It is a- rev olutionary hymn, too. Princes are to be dethroned, the proud cast down, the rich made emp ty; but God will give his help to the hungry and the poor. • • • . Mary and Jesus L OVE OF HER Bible, love of beau ty, love of her country; and most of all. love of God. You could guess this from the words of the angel, but you can see it plainly in this song. It is an outpouring of joy and thankfulness to a God who is very real and near and loved. Every mother lives again in her sons; in Jesus we can see the manner of woman Mary must have been. When the boy Jesus caH<^d God his Father, who had taught him that word? When the young man Jesus fought off temptation by using the Word of God, who had first guided him to do this? Where had Jesus learned Scripture except under his mother's roof? (Copyright by the International Coun cil of Religious Education on behalf of 40 Protestant denominations- Released by WNU Features.) Frosty Cold Foods Help Cheer Family During Hot Spell r#]U[OM, WHAT do you have IY1 that’s really cold to eat," is the question that keeps Mother hop ping during spells of hot weather. There’s apparently nothing so lift ing to spirits as something icy cold when the heat is at its highest. Well, then, what do you have that’s really cold? What about a chilling beverage that packs as much nourishment as it does eye and appetite appeal? Or, how about a cooling dessert like ice cream or a chilled chiffon pie that you can make while the morning is still cool? Smart mothers will keep the fix ings for cooling beverages right at hand where the family can reach them. When you want something delic iously different in beverages, try some of these nourishing, chUled drinks. Several contain milk in one form or another, just in case the milk is difficult to get into the young folk in its pure form. • • • Orange Cooler (Makes 5-6 glasses) 2 cups orange juice X cup lemon juice X cup maraschino cherry juice 1 cup ginger ale 2 tablespoons honey 1 pint vanilla ice cream Mix fruit juices and ginger ale; add honey and mix well. Chill thor oughly. Add ice cream. Serve in chilled glasses and top with fresh orange slices. • • • Chocolate Mint Shake (Makes IX quarts) X cap cocoa malt 1 cop hot milk 3 cups cold milk X teaspoon salt t teaspoon vanilla X teaspoon peppermint extract X pint vanilla Ice cream Add cocoa malt to hot milk and ttir until dissolved. Add cold milk, salt, vanilla and peppermint ex tract. Chill. Just before serving place in shaker or jar and add ice cream. Shake until smooth. • * • Pink Lemonade (Makes 4-5 glasses) X cup lemon juice X cup sugar 4 cups water X cup berries, crushed, or 2 tablespoons cherry juice 8-10 ice cubes Add sugar to lemon juice and stir until dis solved. Pour in to pitcher with ice cubes and water. Stir in berries or cher ry juice. Lff nj> ma oj» .2*1 "l 3 !— A CrLMZ 6 Simple but pretty Is this ice cream dessert that has a flavor- some grape sauce to go with It. The ice cream is scooped on a large platter and garnished with frosted grapes set on galax leaves. Dip grape clusters with egg white, then dip ia granu lated sugar to give them a frostlike look. A*?' LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU Molded Salmon Salad Sliced Tomato-Cucumber Garnish Soured Cream Dressing Bran Muffins Butter Beverage •Lime Chiffon Pie •Recipe Given Chocolate Banana Milk Shake (Serves 6-8) 4 large, ripe bananas 1 quart milk X to X cup chocolate syrup Ice Press bananas through a sieve, then add milk and chocolate syrup. Add ice and shake or mix thorough ly. • • • Ginger ^ime Rickey (Serves 6) IX cups lime juice Nothing’s cooler or easier to make when the temperature’s soaring than a refreshing lime beverage. You may like a sim ple limeade of sugar, water and juice, with lime wedges ind ice cubes, or you may prefer gin ger ale with limeade for some thing different. LYNN SAYS: Try These Flavor Catching Ways with your Foods For biscuits that are a quick treat, make a drop biscuit dough, and stir in it 2 teaspoons sugar and J teaspoon grated orange rind. Provide dressings to serve with cold meat platters to make' them more interesting. You ean start with mayonnaise, and then use it as a base with any of the following: chopped, ha' J-cooked eggs, chives, green stul ..d olives and horse radish. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT BUSINESS A INVEST. OPPOR. Wholesale — cigarettes, tobacco. candy, notions, etc. Jobbing business. In business (or years, very profitable, idea) (or 1. 2 or 3 families. Owner retiring. P.O. 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MISCELLANEOUS loaey X cap sugar 1 quart ginger ale Lime Wedges Ice . Combine sugar and lime juice. Shake with ice until very cold and frosty. Add ginger ale and mix well. Serve with floating lime wedges. • • • •Lime Chiffon Pie (Makes 1 9-inch pie) Crust: 5 tablespoons melted batter IX cnp graham cracker crumbs (about 12 crackers) FUling: 1 package lime-flavored gelatin 1 cnp boiling water X cnp sugar Grated rind of 2 limes Juice of 2 limes pins water to make X cap 1 tall can exaporated milk Mix butter and crumbs thorough ly. Press evenly over bottom and sides of 9-inch pie plate to form crumb shell. ChilL To make filling, dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Add sugar, grated rind and lime juice. ChiU gelatin mixture until it has the consistency of unbeaten egg white. Whip chilled milk until stiff. Fold whipped milk into gelatin mixture quickly but thoroughly. Pour into crumb shell and chill until set, about 2 or 3 hours. • • • Ice Cream with Grape Sauce (Serves 6) 1 cap sugar X cup water 1 tablespoon lemon jnice 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind 2 cups white seedless grapes 1 quart vanilla ice cream Make a syrup of sugar and water, cooking until mixture spins a thread, about 5 minutes. Add lemon juice, grated rind and stemmed grapes which have been washed and dried. Cook to gether over low heat until grapes are tender. Re move grapes and cook unlil syrup is medium thick, from 3 to 5 minutes longer. Add grapes and cool. Pile ice cream on plate and pass with sauce. * • • Peach Refrigerator Cake (Serves 6-8) 1 cnp canned cling peach halves 2 teaspoons plain gelatin 2 tablespoons cold water X cap hot water 1 cap whipping cream X cnp sifted confectioner’s sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract I 8-inch loaf cake 1 pint vanilla Ice cream Peaches a»*d cher ries for garnish Drain peaches and press through sieve. Soften gelatin in cold water and dissolve in hot water. Stir into peaches. Chill until slightly thick ened. Whip cream; add sugar and vanilla. Fold in peach mixture. Cut cake into 2 layers and put together with ice cream. Spear top and sides with whipped peach mixture. Place in freezing compartment until frost ing has set. Garnish with quar tered peaches and cherries. Here’s a half an hour casserole for quick dinners: layer sliced, canned tongue in a casserole with thiiHy sliced potatoes. Pour a can of onion soup over all and bake in a moderate oven for about 30 minutes. Make these interesting stirrers for iced tea: use canned or fresh pineapple spears, and skewer a maraschino cherry on top of^ each with a toothpick. It’s not only pret ty, but it gives the tea a lovely flavor. 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