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WOMANSENSE

Bridal Silk Used For Royal Baby

BREAKS FOR HIS KIDS

By PATRICIA CLARY

HOLLYWOOD. DED SKELTON hopes that his It kids will escape the misfortune movie star's

of growing up on a children.

ife doesn't want them to have all the breaks in life, he said. The red- huired comedian is convinced that children who lake a few knocks into 'more during youth grow substantial and useful citizens

of

By EVELYN IRONS

P

URE white silk from the same roll us that used for Princess Elizabeth's trous- scau has made an exquisitely handworked robo and matineo coat for her baby.

These are two of the 55 garments in the layette prepared for

the Princess by 25, retired dressmakers and drapery store assistants living at the Collage Homes for Aged People run by the Linen and Woollon Drapers' Institution at Mill Hill, of which the Princess is patron. Metro-Goldwyn- It is the second of two outfits

Yankee" for Souther

the baby accepted by hasn't even any special education the Princess the first was made plans for his one-and-a-half-year by the Nursery Nurses' A- old daughter Valentina or his five cociation-and, thanking the donors, months-old son chard,

she wrote, "I Int delighted with the beautiful baby clothes,.. tho work la exquisite ... the Carments will be most useful."

The star Mayer's "A

from in

"I got a pain in the neck parents who enrol their babies private schools and colleges us soon as they're born." Skelton sald. "How do they know what kind of a school the kid will want to go to when ho Crows up?"

If Richard wants to go to Harvard or Valentine to Vassar that will be okay with Skelton.

Kids Will Chooso

Simplicity

Here is the frilled and canopled cream cot in prach salin and net which Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret used and which is used for Elizabeth's baby.

Warchouses all over the country were searched for the finest possi- blo silks and lace to make the em- broidered garments superintended by Mrs Rossiter.

If You Wash Your Own Hair Be Sure to Do a Good Job

Court Drene

Average halt needs two soapings and several rinsings to leave it ablning,

Justrous,

By HELEN FOLLETT

Except for delicate touches of pink and blue, on some of $10 knitted clothes, the layette Is all- white,

Princess

Elizabeth has always

EAUTY. shop owners complain said she preferred simple things for the baby, so all the garments She made one of the six drtases. that the grand army of home by in for This is a fairy-tale frock depend are plainly cut and

the shampooera Is Increasing day their beauty on Ane

as day. Many women are too busy to harid tuck- Aneet silk crepe de chine such

time the

for professional spare most of us have not seen for years. treatment, or the size of the grocery is bill forces them to economise. It Twenty-four inches long. it

tucked and you are a self-head washer, perhaps Londoners yoked, very anely

irimmed with tiny goffered frills at it would be well for you to keep in There is mind the way the work is done by neck, wrisis and hem.

dainty another exquisitely

lawn expert operators. dress with insets of reat lage.

There are also six slips, six night- dresses, six long darmela.

"But it' ben decision they'll make themselves when they're diding and golfering rather than enough to know what they want." he sald.

-will have no or swanky prep

The Skelton kids private, tutors schools.

"They'll go to publle grade and high schools," Skelton said. "I want them to buck up against kids of all types and not mix just with the snooty upper, crust."

Skelton himself quit school when he was 10 and jained a medleine mother. show to help support his His years as a minstrel man and a circus performer had plenty of ups and downs.

"Those bumps I got taught how to judge people and life,

said.

me

he

elaborate embroideries.

on

In charge of the work were two women whom older may remember. Mrs. Mary Louise Eliza Rossiter, 70 years old now, gown was head dressmaker in the deportment of Dickins and Jones 40 odd years ago.

Miss

Seventy-year-old

Bertha Beaufort Emily Weeks joined the

Chelsea- Drapery Company in shop at the corner of Beaufort Street which has long since gone in 1001 as saleswoman and buyer. Sho stayed there 23 years.

Touches of blue

She supervised the making of all the knitted garments for the layette, including six mainee conis (ull different); two

and bonnet; aix vests and six pilches.

Cossamer-like wool

The nightdresses are lovely made in nun's veiling with bands of silk-embroidered French knots at the foot, and real lace at neck and sleeves

Mrs Rossiter is specially proud of coat matching the

the matinee She made most of it

formal robe. herself,

It is trimmed with

real

The

hair

The first step is a thorough, rousing brushing. brushed from the 'crown in all directions, from the nape line up- ward and in small strands, all with a rolling motion of the brush. Firm bristles are essential. This grooming removes much of the surface dust. a Ave-minute scalp Then follows massage to make the flesh glow and to loosen any dead scalp scales that may be present.

"That's why I don't want my leggings, gloves sets of coat, lace and Ittle, goffered frills, inclvi and a strong current of fairly hot

kids to see just the cushy side of things. I think every kld should finish high school at least, But I belleve you appreciate learning even more when you've had to get it the hard way."

I. Valentina and Richard want to become

that's college professors, line with their father.

"But if they decided to work es circus clowns," he said, "that's okay with me, too."

Shun 'What D'ya Want?' Waitressos Advised

LINCOLN. Neb.-About the Arst thing a waitress should learn is not to say "what d'ya want?"

She also should not sit on tables oraling-bar-cloths over her shoulders. She should watch her language and try not to frown.

handed as

were Those suggestions down by John B. O'Meara, 51, he opened a school for waiting for prospective waitresses.

1

People always are searching for O'Meara said, and peace of mind,

in sometimes they don't find it

where restaurants, especially

what d'ya want?," waitress says

spills coffee in the saucer and scowls. It's a good way not to get a tip. and is

way to sell 10

caid.

I

A HINT

food, fio

starch sticks to your iron and

scratch it off with a knife, as it may result in permanent scratches on the metal plate, If the fron is hot, rub it over, sult sprinkled on paper. Starch on a cool iron may be re- fine moved by scouring with very

cloth steel wool or with a moist dipped in a scouring powder.

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hand worked.

The hair is rinsed with a spray

water before soap or shampoo is applied. The hair must be lifted as precious the water flows over the head. "The materials were so

start in Miss Weeks made one of the pram that we were scared to sets herself. It is in white five case we spoiled them," she said.

"Thick wool was chosen One of the most beautiful Items 1 gossamer-One Ply wool, because this will be B winter in the layette is baby," she explained when I talked white wool circular, shawl, with a to her about the layetle.

deep border edged with a scalloped The other pram set has touches design of pale blue,

The matince costs are all very A fancy plain, only one being in

Some have pale pink and stitch. blue embroideries.

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NOVELTY CUT FOR WOOLLENS

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By VERA WINSTON ABOUT YOU at

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Small Fry Will Like

This

By ALICE DENHOFF

array of tempting splads

the shampoo When applying agent use the cushiony ends of the fingers of both hands. The first ap- rinsed away. plication must be The second one should fluff up like- egg white. If it does not there must be another rinsing and a third ap- plication. It is not easy to got hair clean. One must not be casual about this treatment.

If you have, a permanent wave, give the hair a steaming after the Unal ringing. Moist air causes the sliky shafts to take on more of the curl quality, forming tiny coils, Cold. water should never be used; it makes the wave string out.

Use warm towels when drying the hair. Rubbing' the scalp gently. the placing the fingers firmly on flesh, and moving the scalp and not the fingers, will promote circu- lation, help to warm the scalp and dry the hair.

-If you must have a Din wave, moisten each strand as you form it into a circle,

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Chirpie Had Lots of News

-But the Shadows Knew It All Beforehand-

By MAX TRELL

CHIRPIE SPARROW came to the

window

for his bread crumbs, and Knart and Hanid, the turned- shadow-children with the about names, asked him if he had any news to tell them.

got around Chirple Sparrow great deal. There was hardly any- Isthing that happened in all the gar- dens in the neighbourhood that he didn't know about.

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of bringing endless variety to meals that will prove so tempting for the youngsters-to-stowaway a good little meal, even when they have appetite.

be should

well Salad

greens washed, drained, then chilled until they are crisp. Adults don't like to struggle with wilted, lasteless salad youngsters certainly should not be subjected to these elther. As for the dressing, children prefer one that is not too lart.

greens.

B

"Well," said Chirple, after swal- lowing most of the crumbs, "thero is a bit of news.-The-robins-aró--- flying South this winter."

"We know that already," Knart.

sald

"Hmm," said Chirple, "Now let me sec. A family of wild Ducks lit on the pond yesterday on their trip down from Alaska. They met Mrs Duck who lives Quack, the terme

was

Squire Squirrel'advertised for teliants.

with the farmer at the end of the Chirple Sparrow stood firmly up

the road. They invited her to fly with on his two legs, and said in A sated that is healthful, pleasant them but she refused. She said she loudest and sharpest voice possible: to eat, good to look at, is bound to

going to spend the winter "This is something you can't know make a great hit with small fry. So

here."

about. This morning when I stood We heard about that too," said up at the edge of my nest in the tree we suggest one made from mounds of cheese,

with

eyes. nose and Hanid.

Each little mouth made of raisins, "face" may be set on a slice canned pineapple or just on a bed of crisp lettuce, topped with flavour-

for And Боте mayonnaise. mayonnaise that the youngsters will go for in a big way, make one with Kweetened condensed milk as a base.

Banana Candlo

of

Few More Crumbs

Chirpie ate a few more crumbs before starting again. "Mr and Mrs Frog and all their uncles and aunts and cousins are"

"For

at the end of the garden, and felt how cold it was, I.made up my mind to"

Under the Roof "-Move to the loose chink under the roof of the garage," cried Knarf and Hanid together.

Then

Getting ready to go to sleep for

At this Chirpte Sparrow couldn't the winter," Hanid broke In,

on. He suddenly burst out. "That's right," said Chirple, gu Another salad that the children sounding a little surprised. "But laughing. "How do you two know all

newr.. Squire this news?" he finally asked.

And Hanid told him. "They're the are sure to enjoy is a banana candle. I've got some more

just put up n

things that happen ́every year at. Cut peeled bananas in halves, and Squirrel has

ftent" sign on his ouk tree."

Just this time!" fit one end of cach half into a slice of

the which forms

after "We saw it" Knart exclaimed.

Chirple Sparrow, pineapple. candlestick Stick maraschino "That's because all the birds that laughing some more, agreed cherry at top for a fame, and make were living in Squire Squirrel's ook this was so. "I made a mistake," a curved hundle of a slice of red tree during the summer, are about he cried. I should have told you I or green

It is such lo ly away,”

know only one piece of news: the bastly: nows that winter Chirpie Sparrow sald

IS on its way, imaginative touches that make on

That's what all those other "Blinky Mold...” ordinary meal an event.

Just got a new winter coal," mean." said. Hanid.

deep

pepper.

Chirpic Sparrow drew

蝨

breath and said: "The leaves on the maple tree"

"Are all the colours of the rain- bow." sald Knart.

For magle mayonnaise, use 2/3 c. sweetened condensed milk, c. vinegar and lemon juice, 1⁄4 c. salad oll or melted butter, one egg yolk, isp. salt and dash of cayenne pepper, it desired. Place these in- gredients in a jar, cover tightly, and

"Early this morning," said Chir- shake vigorously for 2 min. Or,

beat ple Sparrow, talking. faster and place in a mixing bowl and with rotary benter until mixture faster, "as I flew, over the pond, I thickens. If thicker consistency is saw"

*—Bits of ice all along the edges,”- required, chill before serving. Makes 11 c.

said Hanld.

No Sale Today

I'LL KILL

ME KILL YOU?!

THAT [CRITTER?

YOU KILL FANG,

-20

By Fred, Harman

SHOW'S OVER;FOLKS. LET IN

THE COWHAND GO,KILLBEAR.) // AND START PACKIN'!? WE'RE GETTIN'OUTA,

FIHIS TOWNY

that

things

i

Rupert and Margot-

Rupert looks up anxiously as the old lady tells her story. :

it's such

a long time since Margot was here inar: ahe's afraid everyone will have forgotten her," she says. **Every morning she takes a packet of food, and goes out all alone until the evening, and, will never tell me where she has been. She may be wandering into dangerous places. IE do wish she could meet some old friends like you."**She needn't be ihy of me and my pals," declares Rupert, **T'U go and search for: ber at once. T