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WOMANSENSE =

"MAIDEN BLUSH"

"Malden Blush,” the new orchid recently shown in London, took nearly seven years to bring to perfec- tion by Mr David Sander and Was sold to a con- noisseur for 60 guineas. It Is a soft pink and white in colour and very warmly received when shown. British-grown orchids are in great demand in America and other parts of the world and many have re- cently been exported.

How to protect

YOUR THROAT

AND VOICE

By Herman N. Bundesen, M.D.

THE

THE body is "wired for sound" by means of a complicated and de- licate little chamber. enlied the larynx and located at the upper end of the windpipe or trachea. And

Lonesome Pine Remains

Lonesome

BIG STONE GAP. V-A pre

tree that probably never existed exrept in one man's imagi- pation is a major tourist attraction In the southwest Virginia hills.

I supposedly stands sumewhere in the hills west of this modest little town. But no one seems able to and it

A Plain Face

Has More Chance.

By PATRICIA CLARY

HOLLYWOOD—A girl' with a plain

for an acting career titan a giri with a pretty ono.

"For every plain girl who wants to be an actress," said tall, plain Mary Wickes, "there are at least 10 beautiful ones.

Misa Wickes has been acting. steadily and successfully on Broad- way and in Hollywood, since she made her memorable appearance na the_nures, Miss Bedpan, in the stage and movie version of "The Man Who Came to Dinner."

Miss Wickes is back nt Warner Bros, now playing a cooking expert on Bette Davis' magazine staff in "June Bride." Her face is just as plain-and Just as expressive-as

ever.

"Whenever I tell Rnynone that I've got a role in June Bride'," she said, "they t their eyebrows and say, 'Not the bride! "After all, not beautiful."

Neither are all actresses.

all brides

Use Cosmetics Freely For

A Lovely-to-Look-at Skin

Courtesy Dermetize

A rich cleansing cream should be part of every woman's beauty equipment

By HELEN FOLLETT

That's about the first question they think beauty comes first," Mars are

tourist asks. He stands in front of the Big Stone Gap Hotel and peers off at the ridges that rise up every side,

"Where's the tree?" he asks native. "Don't know," the

answer.

on

11

"But doesn't anybody know?" the tourist will ask.

"Ol sure, Miss Fox knows. And a few others."

Just off the main section of town

and down in a shaded little hollow

a low-bull house of stone and

wood. It is almost covered with ivy and mountain foliage. A fence surrounds it.

there is good reason for the pam- It is the quaint-appearing home

or information of the larynx.

and

pering it receives because the voiceof Miss Minnie Fox and her brother, can be spolled by any one of # Oliver. They are the brother and number of things which cause strain sister of John Fox, Jr., who lived wrote his story "Trail of the Lonesome Pine."

According to legend. Fox, before his death, took his sister to the tree he wrote about

or

Too Many Boautics

"Sometimes girls with great talent but no great beauty are afraid to consider an acting career because MILLIONS upon millions of dol- burn, a heavier emollient to apply This bedtime treatment Miss Wickes said.

spent annually for at night. fragrant cosmetics to maintain should include light massage. Don't "Actually, beautiful giris in Holly-restore the youthful complexion; it be afraid of friction. Massage tones wood are thick as ants at a picnic. isn't wasted. The better a woman the delicate fibres, keeps the tissues looks, the belter she feels. If she firm. Even the twenty girls should A homely face among them is re-

is seized with a fit of depression, do n lle facial tapping, so lu freshing. And you can't have every let her trot to the beauty shop. It's future years they will be able to body in a movie tooking like Hey wonderful what deft angers can do give Time the laugh. It is an in- Lamarr. Girls like me with prune to erase the lines of fatigue, When urance against the toll he may faces and skinny legs relieve the menotons.

the face brightens, so do the spirits. take.

"That's why It's often easier for a homely girl to get a job."

Every morning uso cold water freely. If the skin is inclined to be ally, follow with a gentle applica- tion of an astringent that will dis- courage the sebaceous glands in their efforts to make the feminine.

Time was when some women cried down cosmetics. They don't do it any more. They have fun plying Miss Wickes never wants to be the creamy toiletries and, no doubt, glamuur stur. She makes a good this diversion has had a favourable living by giving her best to non-effect upon their dispositions. It is face look buttered.

folly to let a complexion go its own glamour featured roles.

wilful way, take on sags and fur- lows. It will do that very thing it it does not receive a certain amount

"It may not be as thrilling as

being a big star," she said, "but the future is more certain. I don't have to worry about keeping my Jooks or losing them.

the

"I'm set as a sourpuss for

in his book.next 50 years.”

He anid it was standing along on a

Mere over-use of the voice can cause harmful Irritation of the or- gan which produces it, leading to unwelcome changes in the voice it- selt. Infections or over-indulgence in alcohol also damage this delicate little Instrument, thus bringing about 80 now. It was back in the about hoarseness or giving sp-1900s that John Fox wandered out ing quality to the voice.

ridge and became his inspiration.

But gentle Miss Minnie Fox 19

into the hills around here. Acute inflammation of the larynx

Miss Minnie Fox is retired. She the foremost аге always calls for complete rest of and her brother the throat. The sected

the Near cilizers of Big Slone. person should treat his throat by cold com- house is Jolin Fox's library which presses on the neck and the breath- they gave to the city. ing in of steam.

suggested

In less severe cases of inflamma tion of the larynx, it is that some alkaline spray be used in of the nose and that a few drops ephedrine be applied to the volce- box by means of a syringe.

Chronic

the inflammation of larynx occurs only when the voice

school used constantly, as by teachers, vendors, and sport Inns.

is

Noisy Surroundings

Talking in noisy surroundings, especially in the outdoors, puls a great strain on the voice. Excessive drinking and smoking also are in- Jurious, alcohol causing dilation or swelling of the blood vessels In the larynx.

Infected tonsils may be a

cause.

for recurren! inflammation of the larynx or voice-box. In such eases, removal of the tonsils may be nd- vised,

In some cases irritation may be

infected due to the dripping of material from the back part of the nose into the throat. Hence, when such Irritation

occurs, a careful study of the nasal sinuses is advised.

Vocal Cords

Sometimes little swellings develop on the vocal cords. These are known as singers' nodules, and they are made up of scar tissue. In practi- eally all instances they are caused by straining of the voice. Now and then such nodules have been re- moved surgically; however, this in- volves sonie risk to the

perfect clarity of tono required of singers. The best procedure seems to be at least three months' rest of the voico and the avoidance of strain there

alter.

As far as the gentle couple is concerned, their brother's lonesome Pine will slay lanescine forever,

GAY COTTONS

scason with

of care and caddling.

At this season of the year you

the skin may like to use a foundation cos

directions: against tanning. Follow metic that will protect

carefully. A light film makes pow- der stick. It's not only, the cos metics you use, but how you use

Every beauty quester should have two creams, a thin one for cleans- ing. to protect against tan and sun- them.

BOYS AND GIRLS

The Vase Was Badly Broken

---But Father Mended It Easily--

rose

By MAX TRELL

THE vase with the

In it THE

tipped over and fell when the kitten pushed it, and the top of It broke oil. Everyone in the room who saw what happened (or heard It) was dismayed.

one

The clock put its hands up in front-of-its- -face- and almost stopped. Mrs Cuckoo came out, took frightened

look und exclaimed: "My-oh-my! The pictures of Grand- father and Grandmother that hung

on the

the wall turned quite pale-for it was an old vase and had once belonged to them. And even the chairs knocked their legs together and nearly sat down, which IR something chales hardly ever du,

"I'm brokent I'll be thrown out!" the poor vase cried in a trembling volce as it lay on the floor.

Tried to Cheer Up The pencils on the desk tried to cheer it up. "We've been broken many (imes, Vasc. And we've

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.

The kitten pushed over the vase.

bookshelf again. I' never hold flowers any more. I'll be taken away and never be brought back again.

Another Voice

never been thrown out}"

"You're different," said the vase. You can be sharpened again

the big arm- "Vase is righi.' chair sald. "No one can sharpen a "Nothing to worry about, Vaze

It's broken." vase. Once it's broken,

At that moment another voice, that hadn't spoken as yet, suld in

kind a low, thickish

of

1

to cry about. nothing

voice:

I'll have

will

"I was ance broken," the window remarked, trying to sound hopeful. You fixed up in a jiffy. And when

get through with you, no one "And there I stood, with the wind

ever know you were broken unless," blowing through me as though

the thickish volce added, "you're were

sieve. And what do you looked at ver-r-ry closely.. And

asked every

QUICKWINK RIDDLERS

GARRBY. GEBRUINGS

What Is the difference between an aviator who makes letters in the sky and the man in the moon? One is a sky writer and the other is a sky

Do the puzzle and And the missing word.

2 3 4 D D D

3

Read down: 1—A shortage. 2— To separate. 3-Ono who slaves. 4rusan Enting cars. 5-More costly.

Now read across the fourth row. of letters for the missing word. The answer is below.

Answor

BOUREUE

GIENICL

Ut

KREPRU 14

BULAHUS

then, all that anyone will be able Ten-year-old Conductor to see, will be a tiny little crack,

suppose happencluding the vase. like a hair."

опе

what

the

in

"I was fixed. Father came with

Ten-year-old Pierino Gamba had

n brand new

new glass, and fitted it in.

Everyone looked nt the desk, another enthusiastic reception after Then he put a little pully around where the voice was coming froin, conducting his last concert at Har- rlagay, Police carried him from his the edges the glass to

of

to hold it in, It was, the bottle of Glue. I was

And sure enough,

Father dressing-room to his car, and atten good as new again."

the didn't donts made the vase. saw the broken

a lane through This didn't cheer up

when

vase,

10

By GRACE THORNCLIFFE THIS CERTAINLY is

and a for glorified cottons that go perfect uplomb to smart parles, "No one can put a new glass in me. throw it out. He took the bottle of crowd for it to drive away.

pleces Of course, there are some serious day or evening, ba does this attrae- I'm done for. I'll be swept out. I Glue and glued the broken

tive afternoon dress. It is of coco

know

what happened to the broken back. disorders responsible for continued brown chambray with cyclèt em- saucer, and the broken dish, and The vase is still standing on the hoarseness, such as tumours, tuber-

They all get bookshelf., I still the the broken for

holds

flowers. culosis, or-syphilis of the larynx, brodery

The swept out. No one ever sees them And the pictures Hence, continued

and front, peplum.

of Grandmother hoarseness calis | Recy

and Grandfather that hang on the ngain. for thorough study by the physician scooped out neckline, ties in a tiny

The bodice is fitted, and the "No," it went on, bursting into wall, seem to be smiling using a laryngoscope which makes bow.

as they It possible for the doctor to look skirt is gathered in front. with the tears (for it still had some water look at it. You mustn't forget, the

back gored.

In it), "I'll never sland on the directly into the larynx,

vase once belonged to them.

Eleeves

Used

prettily

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