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Title: Woman's Home Journal
Description: Official Publication of the National Federation of Women's Clubs of the Philippines
Issue Date: June 1936
Publisher: National Federation of Women's Clubs of the Philippines
Year: 1936
Language: English
Subject: Women's periodicals.
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Place of publication: Manila
extracted text: MISSING PAGE/PAGES JMflMAN’S HOME JOURNAL . < Mrs. PILAR * MEMBERS Board of Directors • BESSIE A. DWYER r N. ALMEDA-LOPEZ ROSARIO OCAMPO '^AURA SHUMAN \lCIA QUIRINO National JKrot ration of Womrn'a (Ulnbs of tljr $l)ilippinrfi HEADQUARTERS: 1132 CALIFORNIA, CORNER SAN MARCELINO P. O. Box 30 MANILA TEL. 6-77-81 Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Preside SOFIA R. L 1st Vice-Preside F. C. CADWALLAbx... 2nd Vice-President JOSEFA LL. ESCODA Secretary GERONIMA T. PECSON Treasurer JULIA V. ORTIGAS Asst. Treasurer Dear Clubwomen: We resume the march. In this, we all have a part—as pupils going to school, as Lachers, or as parents looking on. We all share in the excitement of learning which fills the air, -an excitement that is part and parcel of the opening of schools. On this day, however, of youth’s return into the fold of learning, our thoughts are attracted towards the old people who have had no chance at any schooling. Their pro blem interests us, and the darkness of ignorance which holds them in its grasp flings a challenge to us who have been more fortunate. It challenges us to lift this veil, to re veal to our old illiterates the wonders which education has unfolded for us. Education in its most essential, most simple form, is a key that will give these old people a peek into the thoughts of minds not their own. It will introduce them to worlds other than their own limited ones, other problems than the superstitions, the fears and follies of their bungling existence. We are sure that in your different localities, you have a number of these illiterates. You may have relatives, servants, dependents who have been in their youth denied this valuable gift. What could be a more timely task than starting their education on this month of opening schools! * An hour or so in a day devoted to teaching illiterates the rudiments of learning is time well spent and I don’t believe anyone would grudge it. The older children in your family can undertake it, and you, yourselves, can assume the task of instruction should you desire it. Graduates waiting for their respective appointments may do well to establish schools for adults, thus finding profitable use for time which they otherwise may spend in discouragement and boredom. Few experiences are as fraught with significance as the fostering of adult education, and few jobs are as satisfying as this job of instilling learning in minds long hungry for it. In the Federation alone, we have observed the joy with which old folks graduate from their schools. Equipping them with the ability to read and write has proven a thank ful job, one that we desire to continue as long as we are able. But the Federation .alone cannot handle this big problem, so I call upon our helpers in every community to share the task with us. You need not have a school. The homes will do. You need not have a great number of pupils. One or two are enough. Start fighting the problem in your homes, start lifting the veil of illiteracy from your own household, for in this way you will be helping clear away the mist that hovers above the nation and impedes its journey to further progress. Cordially, WOMANS HOME JOURNAL K \ a*a-k. v: •%, Wttll Ms We support the new system of education as proposed by Mr. Palma. Our new sta tus has rendered the old system impractical, and the need now is for one which has a de finite aim: education for living simply but competently. Mr. Palma’s plan to concentrate education on the intensive agriculture and industrial ization of our country will work for this aim. Equipping our youth with vocational effi ciency should, as he suggests, be started as early as possible. This task naturally requires the weeding out of the impracticalities which clutter the present sydtem and substituting in their stead instruction on the small professions in our barrios which are stagnating due to lack of attention. These small professions will giqe new impetus to the life which brings us closer to the main source of our livelihood, the soil. A word about the national council'on education of which Mr. Palma is the head: We have the temerity to suggest a sort of advisory committee of women who could be asked about the education of women. In spite of the overlapping of the interests of men and women, there are definite fields of skill in which women can excell, and these, the women themselves more concretely understand. * * * Community assemblies flashed into public notice some years ago, then quickly sub sided to a sedentary existence. This is a deplorable fact, as the community assemblies in tended to do what had never been done before—bring the government closer to the peo ple who are most concerned by its moves. The need for such action is beyond questioning. Too many tragedies of government could be evaded were there a greater understanding be tween the governing power and the governed. The greatest gap which ever stood between these bodies that make a nation—misunderst anding—would have been bridged, and issues could be met with cooperation. The masses need not remain the gaping ignorant body that it is called, were the community assemblies to exercise their commendable privileges. The matters of law-making and public instruction would be made clear to these who are most concerned, and the pulse of public opinion Would be felt in all its inconsistencies and dif ferences. * * * There are rumors, which we hope are good-omened, about the establishment of a tourist bureau in Manila. Now that we are definitely in the map of the world, the need for one id urgent. We are not going to comment about the belatedness of the response to this need, but we do ask: How about a womans committee in this tourist bureau? Women can be as good guides as men, and they understand the woman’s angle in travel ing far better than men. They know for example, where the best shopping can be done. But more than this, they can handle the feminine side of what every tourist ought to see with greater ease. They can guide the tourist to Welfareville and other such institutions for women which have their parallel in'other countries of the world. MISSING PAGE/PAGES WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 7 June, 1936 ' /a . UE to the fact that the future of a nation does not wholly rest on the enlightened youth but also on the education of the adult Contributions Of The Womens Organizations To The Adult Education Movement In The Philippines reading centers have been or ganized in Manila so that population, the adult educa tion movement has taken on more meaning and is receiv ing the cooperation and sup port of educational agencies and social organizations. In our country, the women play a very important part in every progressive movement and it will not be amiss to By Mrs. Flora A. Ylagan graduates of the literacy classes may be encouraged to read during their leisure hours. Such an interest has say that the objective of adult education, such as “the train ing for home life and health, citizenship training and adult responsibility for national security as well as vocational generally confined to t h e practical aspects of the im mediate home problems and membership in the associa tions stimulate the women to think more carefully about them. These organizations, become a center where “com munity visions are conceiv ed and pursued, where friend ships are formed in commun ity tasks and where the wo men find the revivifying * ex cooperative buying, to train women how to prepare ba lance diets for their families and ultimately to help them with their small income to evolve a fairly satisfactory way of home life.” 2. Literacy Campaign—In order to help reduce the thirty per cent illiteracy in the Phil ippines, literacy classes have been held both in the pro vinces and in Manila. Several been aroused by the Federa tion in its literacy booth at the Philippine Carnival of this year, that in ten-days’ time over 300 came to the booth for training and invi tations from teachers, muni cipal officials, doctors, nurses and landowners were received to visit their towns so that the campaign may be ex tended. 3. Better homes—Realizing that the homes are the mainguidance”, has been initiated by women’s o r g a n i z ations long before the adult education program has dev eloped tangibly as it now has. Outstanding associations here such as the National Federa tion of Women’s Clubs, the Catholic Women’s League, the Asociacion de Damas Filipinas, the Philippine Associa tion of University Women, the Filipino Association of Nurses, and the Young Wo men’s Christian Association, may not have been organized for adult education purposes but they are all efficient and vital agencies for it. They are each one an educational unit for the cultivation and pro motion of the education of our adult women population. Each one is a training ground for dynamic citizenship, train ing their members to take their places more efficiently and productively in the social group. These associations have been organized for civic and social service and one must admit that the organ izational life of a community presents the major opportun ity for adult education. Their projects and activities are perience of quickened thoughts and associations”, an experience that is not found in the passive life of a small barrio or town, or in the active life of a city. In their program of activ ities, the different clubs and associations mentioned above figure most prominently the education of the adult wo man: * * * The National Federation of Women’s Clubs, becausejjf i t s extensive orgpjiMation, has perhaps tW-freatest fa cilities to help in this work and covers a greater field of all the organized women’s clubs in the Philippines. The Federation counts with pro vincial federations, local wo men’s clubs in the towns, all in all representing 500 clubs. A few of the outstanding pro jects and activities in its pro gram of work are: 1. The Diet Kitchen—This is based on the idea of a com munity kitchen. 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Addrett ........................................................... City ...................................................... WH g WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL " Manila, 'Jun * Education for Public Opinion WHAT is the part that education and the teacher play in the creating, moulding, or affect ing of public opinion? What are the schools and the teach ers doing with their opportun ities and responsibilities in moulding and directing public opinion in the right direc tion? The Teachers’ Role There are nearly thirty thousand teachers in the Phil ippines. We find the teachers not only in the big centers of population but also is the most remote barrios. The number of children reached by the teachers and the num ber of fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters in the family of these children run into millions when we take into account that we have over one million children en rolled in the public schools today. You can see, therefore, what a tremendous power the schools and teachers can exert in the creating, moulding, or affecting of public opinion. Public Education and Literacy The Monroe Survey Comis sion in its report in 1925 made the startling observa tion that we were getting only a Grade-Two education. During the ten years that fol lowed through the extension of elementary education to the remotest barrio, we should have been able to raise the standard of this achieve ment. The 1903 Census re ports less than 45 per cent of our population as being literate, or able to read and write English, Spanish, or the vernacular. The 1918 Census (15 years later) reports an increase to about 50 per cent and we have every reason to expect that in the next 15 years or in 1933, we should have increased this percent age to at least 60 per cent (some have put it at 70 per cent) of our total population over ten years of age. While Task of Training a Citizenry for In formed and Intelligent Follower ship Belongs to Public School Teachers By Dr. Manuel L. Carreon Member, National Educational Council this is still low as compared with the percentage of lite racy in countries like the United States, Japan, New Zealand, and the leading pow ers of Europe, we have every reason to feel happy over the progress made in this direc tion. Minimum Educational Goal In several school divisions, the goal of barrio education has been set at establishing not merely a one-or two-grade school under one teacher in a one-room school, but a com plete primary school in which two teachers are assigned, each of whom to a room, and each of whom to handle two grades. It seems this ideal should be the goal for the Philippines. In our present stage of political and econo mic development, it will be worth our while to formulate and execute a plan extending over a period of a five, ten, or more years whereby a com plete primary school may be established in every commun ity, rural or urban, capable of maintaining the necessary pupil attendance. To me the only hope of having an intelligent public opinion is the raising of the cultural and educational level of our population to at least a fourth grade education. It will be then and only then that we can hope to bring about and maintain in the Philippines a governmental machinery, an economic structure, an educa tional system, and a social or ganization based upon the soundest of principles and brought about by an inform ed and an intelligent public opinion. Training for Followership Dr. W. 0. Bagley, outstand ing American leader of edu cational thought, once said: “What America needs today is not a Mussolini, but the raising of the cultural and intellectual level of the Amer ican people to such an extent that they would not need the guidance, much less the dic tatorship, of a Mussolini.” Well may I say in this con nection that what we need in the Philippines today is not only a wise, a judicious, a far-sighted, and an unselfish leadership, but also, far more important perhaps, an in formed and an intelligent fol lowership capable of setting up the right type of leader ship to guide as in this mo mentous period of our na tional history. Public school teachers have shown a wholesome interest not only in their professional growth but also in the econo mic and social problems of the community in which they live. Individually and collectively, public school teachers have manifested in more ways than one that they count and can be counted upon in the de termination and solution of vital problems affecting them not only as teachers but also as private citizens. The task briefly outlined here, the task of training a citizenry for in telligent followership capable of expressing an informed and an unbiased public opinion is a task demanding urgent at tention from public school teachers whether acting indidually or organized collect ively. Constitutional Provisions Our Constitution provides for an adequate system of public education offering at least free primary instruction and citizenship training for adults. The responsibility of the school and the teacher is obviously two-fold; namely, to bring in every child of pri mary school age into the school, and secondly, to assist in a program of adult educa tion that would drive home to our adult citizens the respon sibilities of Filipino citizen ship. The Teacher as Moulder of Public Opinion It is in the latter where the teacher and the school can exercise a tremendous influ ence in the formation of a sound public opinion. By con tacts with the children in the classroom, on the p 1 a ygrounds, in the school pro grams, on excursions, and in other extra-curricular activ ities, by contact with the par ents in parent-teachers meet ings, in community assem blies, and on other occasions, the teacher can exert his in fluence in insuring that the people get a fair and accu rate knowledge of the facts around them, and thereby help them form a public opin ion that is both intelligent and independent. Those who are in favor of centralized united action are tempted at once to advocate a uni-personalistic, oligarchic, autocratic, or dictatorial form of management. Those be lievers of the democratic ideal agree with Dr. Bagley that what a country needs is an enlightened public opinion, an enlightened citizenry that will be able to discriminate between right and wrong, be tween just and unjust, be tween good and bad. In this important task of creating the right type of public opin ion and the right type of eit* zenry, the school teacher can pignificantjr Manila, June, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL HOUBIGANT FAITHFUL TO THEIR TRADITIONS... ... maintain unaltered the supreme quality of their creations. To achieve such an unfailing level of quality, HOUBIGANT do not allow their products to be made elsewhere but in FRANCE, under the direct and personal supervision of the creators. 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Hundreds of women registered for attendance at the meeting. The keynote of the administra tion, ‘Education for Living’, was emphasized in the programs pre sented by the nine Departments of the Federation. Some one has said that, ‘education is the art of learn ing how to live with other people,’ and American clubwomen have made themselves exponents of this particular art. The keynote they General Federation of Women’s Clubs of Amer ica Holds Impressive Meeting at Miami took for the coming year is: ‘Edu cation in the art of living with each other,’ thus opening up for them selves courses in kindness and cour tesy, unselfishness and tolerance and all those other precious virtues embodied in the Golden Rule. Education and patriotism was stressed in the addresses of the dis tinguished guest speakers at the Council. Dr. Frank L. McVey, pres ident of the University of Ken tucky, was the special speaker on “State Presidents’ Night”, April 29, and discussed “Drifts in National Living”, with emphasis on phases of interest to all the States and those pertaining to education for living. Dr. Frank A. Balyeat, Pro fessor of Secondary Education at the University of Oklahoma, Mrs. Grace Elmore Gibson, prominent at torney of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Miss Marita Stenve, student at Rol lins College, Winter Park, Florida, participated in a symposium, “What Patriotism Means to Me”, on Na tional President’s Night, April 30. A special program was present ed by each major Department of the Federation, in addition to the Departmental luncheons and round table conferences where particular problems were discussed. In plan ning these programs, the chairmen kept in mind the administration theme of “Education for Living” as well as the keynote of the Council: “For with Thee is the fountain of life; in Thy light shall we see light.” (Psalm 36:9). The Department of International Relations presented Miss Loretta A. Salmon of Winter Park, Florida, Chairman of Inter national Relations lor the Florida Federation, who discussed “The Good Neighbor Policy”. Miss Sal mon has traveled extensively in Latin America. The processional of State Pres idents was a dramatic feature of the evening session, April 29, “State Presidents’ Night”. Mrs. Lawson introduced each State President, and Mrs. H. C. Houghton, .Jr., of Red Oak, Iowa, President of the Presidents’ Council, introduced Dr. McVey. Another colorful evening session was furnished by the Ju niors, April 28, who staged a “Tro pical Night” program on an island in the pool of the Miami-Biltmore Hotel, senior headquarters. Their speaker was Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, former president of the Gen eral Federation and now Vice Chairman of International Rela tions, who spoke on “Far Hori zons”. Aquatic sports and Olym pic swimmers were also featured. The Junior clubwomen, who at tended in large numbers, had their own headquarters at the Casa Loma Hotel next door to the Miami- Bilt more, and their own conferences and programs, besides attending Senior meetings. They demonstrat ed their national project, the Talk ing Book for the Blind, and heard addresses by General Federation chairmen and outside speakers. “Cooperation” was the keynote of the Junior program. “Miami Nights”, the first even ing of the Council, April 27, feat ured addresses of welcome by State and city officials, with responses from General Federation officials. A dinner and floor show were given by the Florida women for the Board of Directors, delegates and distin guished guests. A joint banquet was held by the State Presidents and General Fed eration Directors for the States, and numerous Regional dinners were scheduled. At the close of the Council came “Play Day”, May 1, which was spent on Miami Beach. Following Play Day was a cruise of about 100 clubwomen, headed by Mrs. Lawson, to the West Indies. Don’t merely ask for Matches . . . Learn to insist on or specify for Philippine made Matches “LIWAYWAY” “RIZAL” “SUNSET” “BLACK CAT” “GUITAR” These matches are 100% Philippine products, most reliable, economical, efficient and safe to use. ON SALE EVERYWHERE Philippine Match Company, Ltd. Manufacturers & Distributors. Manila, June, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 11 Humanizing, Criminal Justice Adult Probation Makes Its Bow in the Philippines TO the majority of us here in the Philippines, “probation” is but a mere term, part of a jargon that holds the vaguest mean ing—an unknown quantity. It is through no fault of the in dividual that this is so, for the aftermath of crime is rarely sensational, following a rou tine of punishment that touches public consciousness but lightly. After the com miserating cluck that a casual news reader usually vouch safes a criminal sentenced from ten to twenty or even to thirty years in prison, the case, for him, is dismissed, finished forever. The Marked Man In the old days, even for those more closely concerned, the officers of the prisons, the final sentence ended the case of a prisoner. The serv ing out of justice was a rou * * Protected! Babies need the soothing, comforting protection of Mennen Borated Powder. It eases chafing ... irritation ... guards delicate skin against infection. After every diaper change — after every hath, use this silky soft talcum gen erously. It will help keep your baby healthy, happy, and comfortable. BORftTSb TALCUM tine procedure which promis ed nothing and led to nothing. A convict was a marked man, more poorly situated than if he had lost an arm or a leg or something quite as vital. Shame hounded him wherever he went, driving him hither and yon till all perspective is marred by need and he once more resorts to crime. This, however, was a long time ago, and criminal justice has long since taken a turn for the bet ter. The ban of shame is being lifted from the prisons, and the humanitarian spirit is seeking its way into the cells. More and more, the state is taking a paternal at titude towards the prisoners, introducing reform in its most lasting aspect. Adult probation is part of this human reform, a decid ed step towards the humani zation of crimnal justice. Here in the Philippines, it has already been initiated. ★ The” Probation Office was established in Manila on Nov ember 4, 1935. Within the half year, this office has han dled forty-five cases in all. Out of these forty-five cases, sixteen have been released on probation under the supervi sion and guidance of the Pro bation Office; nineteen have been denied probation on the ground that it would be for the greater interest of jus tice and the protection of so ciety to let them serve their terms in prison; the rest are still pending investigation. What is Probation? But what, exactly, is pro bation? Probation may be de fined as the suspension of the execution of judgment in a case, giving the offender an opportunity to improve his conduct while living as a member of the community, and subject to conditions which may be imposed by the court, and under the super vision and friendly guidance of a probation officer. Pro bation removes the blindfold from justice and reveals the circumstances, the chances and the hopes for reform that attend every prisoner that is not a dyed-in-the-wool crim inal. In the light of this knowledge, the court can de termine what action to take in the individual case. Thus the blindfold is removed. Of the sixteen probation cases mentioned above, good reports have been given. The little human failures that ac company probation cases as a rule have been reduced to such a negligible degree that they are not worth mentioning. In every case, proper observance of religious practices have been established. Work has been found or sought by each and it is not strange to find the probationer with an in come of his own, buying back his self-respect and his place in the community through the sweat of his brow. The advantages of proba tion to the probationer are (Continued on page 31) Neat ^OMEN, particularly, desire a fountain pen which will not leak and leave an inky trail on fingers and clothes or in the handbag. They use the non-leaking Doric EVERSHARP which at all times and under all conditions remains perfectly dry and clean. Tku p&c cant leak! 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She couldn’t help stopping a while to listen to them after she had fed her goldfish: it brought the years back so. No sense in it, and more than there had been in the talk of the other young man so long ago, but the same fervour, the same overwhelming certainty about something, whatever it was, as there is in the black bird’s voice in early April, when he seems so certain of spring. Soi she stood still, smiling slightly, and listened as they talked to each other. Poetry as usual. And the curious thing about it was that though she could not under stand a word of what they were saying, yet not a phrase was new to her. Sometimes she almost thought she could have completed their senten ces for them. And then from the curious phrases one of them began to quote lines from an old poem. They were praising it with their queer words, lavishing prai ses upon it. “I am afraid we are talk ing poetry, Mrs. Mulger,” said one of them. “Never mind, sir,’’ she ans wered. “It doesn’t do any harm.” „ Nor did it, if one kept away from it. Curiously enough, she might once have married a young man that wrote poetry, wrote it himself, that lodger of her mother’s, a Uni versity student and all; but she knew what poetry led to. When she did marry, she mar ried the secretary of a branch of a trade union, a plumber in a good way of business; everybody wanted a plumber; and when he died he left her very well off. The other young man died long ago. The two men flashed through her thoughts all in a moment, like ghosts going home at cock-crow. More talk and more lines quoted, and gradually the line began to arrange them selves into a pattern that grew clear to the widow; not the meaning, whatever that might be, but the sound of them, and certain sounds and sights of springs that were gone, which seemed somehow to hang and glitter along the lines. It seemed funny to her what things would call up me mories ; you couldn’t tell what would do it. LET ODORONO PROTECT YOU What comfort to’a fastidious woman—the knowledge that by using Odorono she cannot of fend with perspiration odour— that her clothes are free from the damage of perspiration . . . Odorono is a doctor’s for mula for checking perspiration. It comes in two strengths — “Regular” and “Instant”. ODQRODO ‘ The incomparable majesty of the Ode to a Rose,” one of the young men was say ing, and Mrs. Mulger was still standing there smiling slightly, and he turned to her rather sharply. “But I am afraid,” he said to her, “that the poem we are discussing is scarcely of in terest to you, Mrs. Mulger.” For a moment her thoughts turned away from him down the years and came back again. “You know,” she said, “my name’s Rose.” “Almost perfect non-sequitur,” said one to the other. And when she had insisted on having it explained what that meant, and having got at the meaning, she said. “Not so much of a non-whatyou-call-it as all that.” And there she stopped, thinking all of a sudden of a gun she had once heard fired in a wood, when she had gone five miles from town to see the spring, and all the birds were singing; and at the sound of the gun, their sing ing had ceased at once. She wouldn’t stop their merry talk, she thought, as what she had been about to say would have stopped it. Never mind whether there was any sense in it or not; let them talk, and let the birds sing. So she ended up with: “It’s a nice poem, I’m sure.” But that ode had been writ ten to her. Manila, June, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 13 LITERACY IN THE PHILIPPINES THE campaign of the Na tional Federation of Women’s Club of the Philippines for more literacy among our people is worthy of encomium and praise. If the supporters succeed in this literacy campaign, which is calculated to ac quaint and arm the people with the absolute fundamen tal which is to know how to read and thus start them on the road to information and learning, they shall have laid a solid foundation for the country’s salvation. Because a people whose majority at least know how to read is the people that can be rich and progressive both within and without their land. The literacy campaign of the National Federation of Women’s Club of the Philip pines will provide an opening wedge for the complete demoBy Eulogio B. Rodriguez Acting Director, National Library. Director Rodrigvez cratization of education in this country, because it will give the bulk of our citizenry the opportunity to read so that they can take part in the in telligent formulation of pub lic opinion in their country. In this manner the Federa tion will help the Common wealth Government in making effective the provisions of the Constitution, Art. 13, part of Sec. 5, which provides: “The government shall establish and maintain . .. citizenship training to adult citizens.” The high rate of literacy, of course, is always associat ed with education. And speak ing on education, Rizal stat ed : “I desire my country’s welfare, therefore, I would build a schoolhouse; I seek it by means of instruction, by progressive advance ment; without light there is no road.” Rizal’s idea of the educa tion and enlightenment of his people is evolutionary and based upon a solid founda tion. In his farewell address to his countrymen before his execution at the Luneta, he admonished them thus: “My countrymen, I have given proofs that I am one most anxious for liberties for our country, and I am still desirous of them. But I place as a prior condition the education of the people, that by means of instruc tion and industry our coun try may have an individual ity of its own and make itself worthy of these liber ties.” About the beginning of the 19th century, since the rise of nationalism and the growth of (Continued on page 26) Make each penny buy more flavor YOU'RE REALLY' THRIFTY, MYRA*. YOU DON'T GIVE UP < THINGS— YOU MAKE EVERY C PENNY BUY DOUBLE VALUE JF you’re looking for value, don’t think you have to sacrifice flavor. In fact, Chase & Sanborn Coffee gives you more and better flavor for every penny you spend. We can sell Chase & Sanborn Coffee to you reasonably because we buy the world’s choicest coffees in such large quantities. 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Modern marriage makes great de mands, and those who are equipped to meet them are those who can lay aside self ishness and egotism and re cognize the presence of a partner who carries the same privileges and the same rights that he himself holds. Marriage in these days can not take care of itself. It must, like every good thing, be cultivated in order to flourish. A married couple should work together to bring about conditions that inspire growth of the affection,, for in so doing, they make their contributions to family vital ity. They lay the foundation for happiness that their chil dren have a right to expect from them. There are problems which those who enter marriage have to face, and being pre pared to meet them is a point in favor of happiness in mar riage. One of these has to do with the finances of the association. From the point of view of money, marriage is essentially a partnership, and each of the parties con cerned should bring to it the utmost frankness, intelligence and sense of responsibility that he or she possesses. For the benefit of those who de sire to make a good start, here are some reliable rules regarding the money part of marriage which may prove helpful: Family Finances 1. Before marriage, the man and woman should frankly talk over the money problems that their living to gether will involve. 2. Avoid extravagant ex penditures. This is a good rule to consider when plan ning and carrying out the wedding. 3. Both the husband and wife should carry life insur ance and, no matter how small, a savings account. 4. Both members of the partnership should be above social rivalry and the aping of any friend who has more resources or is more reckless about the spending of money. 5. If there is a checking account (and there should be), it should be in the name of both husband and wife. 6. In every detail, the spirit of equality in money matters should be maintain ed. As a concession to the in dividuality of both the wife and the husband, there should be developed a common fund of interests. This would en hance their companionability in many things and give ex pression to both their person alities. We continue our rules, therefore, on this basis of common interests and indivi duality : 7. The wife should attempt to study the problems that enter her daily routine so that the work that she does may add instead of retard to her mental growth. 8. Husband and wife should rehearse through con versation the more signifi cant experiences of their vo cations. (Conthiiii’fl o>> pafje 21) Manila, June, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 15 Filipino Girls in Sports By Albert Friedlander “MAN must turn to athletics and otliei- forms of physical activity to protect himself from the social ills prevalent today.” Dr. Jesse F. Williams, professor of Education of Teachers College, Columbia Uni versity, declared in a survey, “The Challenge to Health”, made public recently. When Professor Williams gave out this very enlighting statement he also had in mind the members of the weaker sex. For women today the world over are indulging in all forms of athletic pastime. The Philippines started rather late but our modern girls have taken to sports like duck takes to water. Although our girls have indulged in different athletic pas times, mostly of the less strenuous variety, it was not until recently that we have been developing comTooth cleanliness is tooth loveliness CLEAN, gleaming teeth—fra grant breath — how pre cious they are to beauty! Colgate’s Ribbon Dental Cream cleans teeth thoroughly —every fissure, every crevice. It beautifies, because it con tains the same polishing pow der that dentists use. Colgate’s flavour is delightfully refresh ing-leaves the mouth pure and fragrant. Buy a tube today. 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In a recent women’s tennis singles championship, the fin alists, both young, and eager, were playing stroke for stroke, matching skill for skill and temperament fon tem perament to the last and de ciding set. As almost every game was deuced and each point marked with long-drawn, thrilling ral lies, the match up to the last crucial stroke remained a tossoff. At such a heartbreaking juncture, however, the um pire, for unknown reasons, erroneously (to impartial obververs) several times called out footfaults against one of the players who was forced to doublefault in her services, worrying over her feet. The calls were apparently unjus tified. That occasion gave rise to one of the grandest gestures of sportmanship seen in local courts. With everything at stake, the other woman play er subtly, without obxious at tempt at grandstanding, dis dained her advantage, throw ing away subsequent points until the other had regained enough composure. Then, they went again after each other with slash and smash and the best girl won. In another women’s cham pionship. the better player volley-ball, bowling, track and field, swimming and basketball have pass ed the experimental stage. apparently suddenly cracked up under the strain and al though possessed of better strokes and experience, lost out to her rival. A few, however, came in the know, so to speak and learned that she had deliber ately allowed herself to be bested as her victory would have been heartbreak and misery for someone very close to her adversary and who had staked everything on the match in a blind faith. Need more be said for wo men in sports? 420 Shades of fast Colours — They Boil! For details apply to the Sole Distributors OTTO GMUR Inc. 116 Muelle de Binondo, MANILA Minda Ochoa, present national tennis “singles” champion and hol der of the All-Comers and Metro politan titles is perhaps one of the best net stars in the Orient today. With her sister, Aida Ochoa, they have cleaned up all opposition in the doubles. Daughters of a for mer champion racquet-wielder, it is but natural that the Ochoa sisters take up the sports which has given their mother, Elisa Ochoa, fame and glory in the athletic field. Barely in their teens, the Ochoa sis ters are destined to become more famous in the years to come. To enumerate the achievements of the Ochoa.family in the local tennis world would require a vol ume. Every sports lover is acquaint ed with their prowess with the rac quet. Besides the Ochoas, other lesser lights have forged ahead in this sport, among them being Belen Calma and Estrella Alburo, for{(Continued on page 40) 16 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, June, 1936 EDUCATION—IT’S WORTH HAT education is of most worth? The question has echoed through the centuries, receiving the varying answers of different generations that have walked the path of life in a changing world. In the old days, a devotion to an cient cultures and dead lan guages was believed to fit a man to the demands of his times. Later, the “wearytramping Muses” lost their charm, and retracing the steps into a moldy past clut tered with dead glories and glorious failures was consid cf>M^Cooked Corned Beef LIBBY’S Corned Beef is one of the most economical food products you can buy. It is all solid lean meat. There is no waste whatever. And it is cooked, ready to serve. No preparation is necessary. Think of the convenience— the ease with which you can obtain meat for any meal! YOU will find Libby’s Corned Beef espe cially pleasing for sandwiches, or for preparation with rice dishes, or in tasty corn ed beef hash. Any way you served it, you can be sure that it will be relished by every member of your family. You will like the uniform quality and goodness of this superior meat product. Buy from Your Dealer ered sheer waste of the years of youth which could be put to better use. A revolution, both industrial and educa tional, then set in, and a study of more realistic things than disembodied monarchies be came the guiding principle in education. Physical and bio logical sciences, technology and trade were introduced in the schools, and so much were they in accord with the spirit of a reorganized world that they have become permanent fixtures in the school curri culum. Advanced educational meth ods, however, has not dimin ished political corruptions, sexudl irregularity or violent crime, and there is a charge laid to modernity to the ef fect that certain virtues once prominent in our forbears have lost standing in this gen eration which is skilled in un moral cleverness. Emphasis on science seem to bring no visible rise in the intelligence of the people and neither fruitfulness of leisure nor the dignity of peace. These con ditions are due, of course, to economic rather than educa tional changes, but still the educator begins to wonder if the schools have offered too weak a resistance to the for ces of disorder and decay. Now, one may well ask, what education is of most worth? Health Will Durant, eminent edu cator, answers the problem thus: ' That education is of most worth which opens to the body and the soul, to the citizen and the state, the fullest pos sibilities of their harmonious life.” He believes t.hat three basic goals should determine education and define its goals : the control of life through health, character, intelligence and technology; the enjoy ment of life through friend ship, nature and art; and the understanding of life through history and science, religion and philosophy. Departing from general ities, Mr. Durant proceeds to clarify his views on the pro cesses of an education which would most enrich the life of his children. Education which fosters health and places it next to godliness follows a sound principle. For health undoubtedly is the strongest instrument for happiness, the one weapon which can down the minor and even the major tragedies of present-day liv ing. An accumulated know ledge on the functioning, the structure, the care and heal ing of the human body is a sound investment of time for a man or woman who passes the years of youth in school. The practice of preventive medicine in the classroom might reduce the “fashion able scissoring” of bodies in hospitals. The mysteries of diet, the value of exercise, the unbelievable wonders wrought by cleanliness are things that should be given more atten tion in the schools. Character Next to the sound founda tion of the body, the forma tion of character, according (Continued on page 29} Manila, June, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 17 LET me see—this hap pened such a long time ago that I really should not be blamed for not remem bering very clearly. I was about forty, then—no fortythree, and my brother was in his early thirties. I am eighty now—yes, I am that old. Let me see.—Perhaps if I try hard enough, I can go back to that day in June when I visited my brother for the last time. I had great difficulty in obtaining permission to visit him, but I finally did, and I was given such a number of restrictions that only my de sire to see him again made me go on. I had my little daughter with me. Yes, there she is, the one with the baby. She was not ten years then, and I had quite a hard time before I could persuade them to let her come with me. “A child is such protec tion,” I told them, “and be sides, where shall I leave a growing girl in these unset tled times? I have just come from the bedside of my little boy. I do not expect him to live... . ” He did not, and I was away when he died. But that is neither here nor there. They put us in a small freight boat that was stink ing with the odor of bagoong and dried fish. There were less than twenty of us. My daughter and I were the only passengers. The others were sailors gathered from differ ent parts of the islands: Ilocanos, Tagalogs, and Visayans eager to visit their homes and working their way back there. I cannot now re call whether the ocean was smooth or calm. I was not concerned with the weather nor the ocean then. Every morning I asked the captain, “How soon do we get there?” and always he would reply, “Soon, soon.” The boat was stopping at Dapitan especially for me, and every one in the crew was curious with a respectful curiosity about my business there. I think no one believ ed I was there only for a visit. They thought perhaps that when I returned to Manila, my brother would be with me, for there was not one among A Page From History — As Etched in a Womans Heart— (A SHORT STORY) By L. V. Reyes them who did not know and love my brother and would not be unwilling to smuggle him if need be. 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Royal Aspic js ready for instant use ...saves you all the trouble of prepar ing meat stock. No bothersome soaking of gelatin, either. A chilled jellied consomme when the weather is hot gives a touch of smart ness ... and coolness! cess that magic powers were attributed to him. As I was saying, we went with the man, and we walked about a mile to get to the home of my bro ther. ....... The place of his exile was not really a bad place. Signs of toil could be seen every where. There were fields and homes which looked neat even to my disapproving eye. The people seemed infinitely se rene after the turmoil of Ma nila, and the sight of the everyday tasks being pursued with indolent calm almost won me over. Heaven forgive me for hardening my heart against a town which had never hurt me nor mine, but in those days, my sorrow had made me unreasonable and I prayed that such a place be forever blotted from the map of the islands. But to go on...the man took us to what appeared to be the center of the town. It looked like any of our lesser southern towns, and I can not remember anything distinc(Continued on page 31) 18 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, June, 1936 WOMEN ON THE HONOR ROLL ' Judge Natividad Almeda-Lopez Dr. Honoria Acosta-Sison Acting Judge, Manila Juvenile Court Member, Scientific Advisory Board of the American Medical Editors and Authors Association Judge Almeda-Lopez A LAWYER and a so cial worker, Mrs. Na tividad Almeda Lopez now sits as acting judge of the Manila Juvenile Court. How well she qualifies in this position is proven by the 100 to 150 cases she tries daily. And records show that not many are appealed. Acting Judge Natividad Al meda Lopez was relieved of her duties as assistant attor ney in the Department of Jus tice where she has served for more than 18 years and was appointed to fill the tempor ary vacancy in the juvenile branch of the court presided over by Judge Arsenio Rol dan. Judge Roldan is acting head of the parole section in the department of justice. This was sometime last Dec ember. When Judge Jose Bernabe went on leave last March, Acting Judge Natividad Lo pez had to pinch hit for him and took over the duties of this branch. Judge Bernabe returned after more than a month’s leave but Judge Ar senio Locsin, senior judge, considered the necessity of giving himself a vacation. He turned over the duties of his court to Acting Judge Na tividad Almeda Lopez who in addition to her judicial func tions has to take charge of the administrative work of supervising the clerical and business side of the court. Serving her eighth time as acting municipal judge, Mrs. Almeda Lopez is thoroughly familiar with the work of the municipal court. She has IMPORTED DIRECT FROM THE U. S. A. The patterns that will give you the longest service. Good weight, 18% nickel silver base for all pieces with stainless knives. Soft gray finish handles and bright bowls. 26-pcs. 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She has been appointed member of the scientific advisory board of the American Medical Edi tors and Authors’ Associa tion, which has headquarters in New York. This distinc tion gains further significance when it is remembered that Dr. Acosta-Sison’s works have been done without the accompanying flourishings and blares. But they acquired speed and uncanny efficiency in cross examining witnesses but she says she re lies in no little degree on the knowledge and background that her social work has given her. nevertheless achieve their end. Science is so much the richer for her contribu tions, and scientific groups sit up and take notice. An obstetrician of the best stand ing and an associate profes sor of obstetrics and gyneco logy of the U. P. college of medicine, she has written va rious scientific papers accept ed and published by leading medical journals in the United States. Though medicine has al ways been her chief interest, Dr. Acosta-Sison finds deep pleasure in writing. She has a large number of familiar essays published in local ma gazines. Her writings on her impressions of places she tra velled while on a round-theworld tour drew comments from literary circles. Mrs. Lopez was a com mittee member of the Free Legal Aid to indigent women conducted by the Manila Wo man’s Club. She did a re markable amount of work without renumeration in the matter of recovering wages, preventing broken homes, and protecting as far as it lay in her power the children who have become street waifs. This was long before the day of the Juvenile Court and the Probation Work. Other welfare activities of this woman acting judge have given her an insight to the people that are brought to her court. For 20 years she has been connected with the Gota de Leche, an association for the protection of first in fancy, first as its secretary and now as its president. She is also one of the founders and directors of the Asociacion de Damas Filipinas which maintains a “Settle ment House” for orphaned children. She is also a board director of the National Fed eration of Women’s Clubs and of the Catholic Women’s Lea gue of the Philippines. Manila, June, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 19 WOMAN’S REASON (Speech delivered during the NFWC program broadcast over KZRM on the night of May 13 to celebrate the first anniversary of women’s first exercise of suffrage.) fHE women of the Philippines have celebrated the first anni versary of that extraordinary visit to the polls, that semblance of what suffrage might be like—if ever there will be suffrage. I do not mean to sound pessimistic. In campaigns like this one for wo man’s suffrage, where the most im portant asset is enthusiasm, the last thing to show is pessimism. But, surely, one can talk and still be free of being called a kill-joy. One watches at the side-lines, looking at the parade as it goes by. A parade which is meant to be more than a show. Mine is a voice with a pointing finger—a bit impolite and contrary to etiquette, yes, but certainly, not accusing. It is a fact we suffragettes hard ly care to admit, but which never theless is true—that the greatest set back to our movement is the apathy of the women themselves. This in difference, sometimes even called by the hard name of hostility, lies not only with the women who would be disqualified voters anyway, but also among the women of educa tion, especially the women students. This last group is the only group within reach. So far, the practice has been to send out to them fren zied appeals for cooperation. Elo quent speakers have gone out and also come back, not even realizing the futility of the speeches and the meetings. It takes more than ges tures on a platform to convince, to engender a faith in any move ment. Not because all the people we approach for signatures to a petition do attach their names at the bottom does it mean that the list we present contains real work ers for the cause. A cause must have sincerity, not merely number. And sincerity is based on true knowledge. Let us, therefore, in form this distant group why it is that suffrage is a necessity. Or, is is really a necessity? Is it only something that the men have which we also wish to have? Tf it is not, why not? The question of whether the women are as capable as the men are is foolish. Capability is decided in an equal contest; and in such equal contests, femenine competence has been undisputed. We are left with the task of prov ing that woman’s suffrage must be granted. Just as we believe this, so must we make this apathetic, lazv-thinking group believe. We must show them figures, facts, statements, give them examples, analogies, so they too may sec. There must be organized informa tion, not just wordy enthusiastic appeals to the emotion from platBy Maria Kalaw-Katigbak forms gay with banners and flow ers. Our movement has always been that of all leaders. There have to be followers, too, and followers feeling the same urge, being backed by the same faith in the work. There must be enthusiasm, yes, but an enthusiasm originating from way below the surface. Then will there be no wall strong enough to keep the tide in. A slow and expensive process, yes, but one with perma nent results. If we dare to call the women indifferent, we may as well call Have a Schoolgirl Complexion all over! Keep your whole body— not |ust face# neck and shoulders—sofFand lovely TODAY—when fashions in dresses, hosiery and bath ing suits are so revealing, it’s important to keep your whole body as smooth and lovely as your face, neck and shoulders. Try this Beauty Bath Massage your whole body with a washcloth filled with sooth ing, gentle Palmolive lather. 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Have a schoolgirl Mrs. Katigdak Is it as funny to him as it is to other men? And why should it not be? Year in and year out, the question comes up for discussion. He looks forward to a merry time with the militant suffragettes, most of whom are very nice to talk to, and look at. He accepts all the invitations to teas, given by very innocent femenine leaders for what they think may end in convincing presentations of the eternal ques tion. There are nice things to eat, and if nothing is achieved, “a merry time was had by all.” Is it any wonder that the movement lacks the dignity it should have, the dignity it has always had in other countries? We have behaved like little children in their teens asking for a box of chocolates, pouting beautifully, because, for all our prettinesses, we were ignored. Let us change our methods. We are asking for a political right. Let us go around it as all other people asking for political rights have done. This is a question of intel ligence against intelligence, not fe menine appeal against masculine susceptibility. We have had no or ganized lobbying. There must be direction and method of approach. Is it because a leader speaks well and is willing to talk—too willing to talk—that she should come for ward and be known as a represen tative of the movement? Should we not also find out how she is regarded by the community, how much her opinion counts with the legislative body? If we have fail ed to make an impression, it must all have been our fault. We can not accuse the legislator of having been unwilling to listen. We have made mistakes. Who hasn’t? The monstruoitv is the repetition of the same mistakes over and over again. From the side-lines, one sees many things, and hears many things, as I have. Other people see them too, but they do not bother to mention them. When one’s heart is in a cause, one feels the right to say these things. 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JI. del Pilar, Ermita 22 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, June, 1936 HOME ECONOMICS — SPAIN Spanish Liver 1 lb. liver Thin slices bacon ¥2 teaspoon salt ’/•j teaspoon pepper Juice 1 lemon 1 cup canned tomato or prepared tomato sauce Fried parsnips or bananas Cut liver into pieces the size of a large oyster, wrap each in a thin slice of bacon and arrange in shal low baking dish. Sprinkle with sea sonings and lemon .juice, pour to mato over and around and bake in a moderate oven—350-375 degrees HEINZ 57 At your grocer’s Cooling, tempting salads for hot days! Serve them often. Use Heinz products to make them more tasty —appetizing. F. twenty to twenty-five minutes. Serve on toast, pouring the sauce over all and garnishing with pars nips or bananas. Serves four to six. I HUNGARY | Goulash 1 large onion 3 tablespoons fat ¥2 pound lean beef ¥2 pound lean veal ¥2 pound lean pork “3 teaspoon salt ¥i teaspoon pepper 1 tablespoon chopped parsley 1 cup solid tomato Water 6 potatoes HEINZ Products uccessful Salads Heinz Aids to Salad-Making y± teaspoon caraway seeds 1 green pepper Slice or mince onion and cook in the fat until just beginning to turn color. Add the meats cut into large dice and cook these also for five minutes with the onion and fat. Next put in the diced green pepper, seasonings, tomato and water just to cover meat. (If preferred, pre pared tomato sauce may be used, in which case less salt and pepper will be needed.) Simmer, closely cover ed, for one hour, add potatoes, cut into large cubes with more water or tomato if needed and continue cooking until potatoes are tender, but do not stir the mixture. If car away seeds are used, and they arc an ingredient of true Hungarian Cider Vinegar Malt Vinegar Olive Oil Prepared Mustard Tomato Ketchup Chili Sauce Mayonnaise Sweet Pickles Sour Gherkins Pickled Onions Queen Olives Stuffed Olives Ripe Olives India Relish Sandwich Spread Worcestershire Sauce Look for the HEINZ Trade-Mark and Label Goulash, add them with the pota toes. Serve four to six. ITALY Shoulder Lamb Chops Parmesan G shoulder chops Beaten egg % cup stale breadcrumbs ¥1 cup cheese y<2, teaspoon mixed herbs Salt and pepper Remove excess fat from chops, dip first into beaten egg, then into crumbs with which salt, pepper, and cheese have been blended. Repeat this, dipping into egg and crumbs, then arrange in a baking dish and bake half an hour in a moderately hot oven—375 degrees F.—or, if preferred fry golden brown in a little fat, then cover and cook gent ly for twenty minutes longer. Serve with peas and tomato sauce or with brown gravy and mint jelly. Serves six. |________ ENGLAND | English Hot Pie 2 pounds stewing lamb 2 pounds potatoes 4 onions ¥1 teaspoon pepper . 1 teaspoon salt l¥i tablespoon flour Water, stock or canned tomato. Cut both meat and potatoes into small pieces. Slice onions thin. Roll meat in blended salt, pepper and flour, then arrange in layers in deep baking dish first potato then onion, then meat, having po tato for the top layer. Fill dish with water, stock or tomato and bake in a slow oven—325 degrees F.—about three hours. The top la yer of potatoes will be brown and crisp, the under ones rich and juicy from the meat gravy. | FRANCE | Vol-au-Vent de Guenelles (Veil Puff Pastry) ¥2 pound lean veal, cut fine 2 cups fresh white breadcrumbs milk (as in directions) 2 egg yolks 2 egg whites, beaten 1 pound chicken fat or other cooking fat, flour, salt, pepper and dry mustard 2 cups white sauce ¥2 pound mushrooms, cut small Mince veal very fine. Soak bread in milk; then drain off liquid. Put the bread into meat, and mash toge ther; then add 1 pound of cooking fat, and mix thoroughly. Add salt, pepper and dry mustard to taste. Add yolks of 2 eggs, and last mix in the stiffly beaten whites. Now Manila, June, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 23 make small balls of the mixture. Roll in flour. Cook in boiling salt ed water over slow fire. GERMANY Bavarian Chocolate Cream 2 ounces bitter chocolate 8 tablespoons sugar 4 egg yolks 2 cups milk 2 tablespoons powdered gelatine 6 tablespoons cold water 2 cups whipped cream (1 pint) % teaspoon salt Melt chocolate in double boiler (if using dry French chocolate, melt in a little butter). When chocolate is melted, add milk, sugar and egg yolks. Stir thoroughly. Cook in double boiler, stirring constantly and slowly until the mixture thick ens. Soak the gelatine in cold water add to hot mixture as soon as it is removed from stove. Stir to dissolve, then strain into a bowl and allow to cool. Place in refri gerator and when beginning to harden, whip the cream stiff and cut and fold until the cream is mixed in thoroughly. Do not beat. Place the mixture in mold and return to refrigerator. Serve with whipped cream. they’re tired of it”. We sug gested Chocolate Peppermint Parfait, and she was so en thusiastic that we’re passing the recipe on to you. Chocolate Peppermint Parfait 1 package Royal Choco late Pudding 2 cups milk. 1 cup cream, whipped (evaporated milk may be substituted). Peppermint extract. Green coloring. Mix Royal Chocolate Pud ding with milk. Bring to boil, slowly stirring constant ly. Chill. Flavor whipped cream with peppermint ex tract and color pale green. "No need 1° KLIM in thepantiyPut spoonfuls of whipped cream and spoonfuls of pud ding alternately in parfait glasses with whipped cream on top. Serves 6. * * * When the temperature climbs, the wise housewife turns to jellied meats and moulded salads, knowing that their cool sparkling appear ance will go a long way to ward tempting the appetite of her family. Here is a recipe that can well serve as the main dish for a light meal. Stuffed Tomatoes In Aspic 1 package Royal Gelatin Aspic 1 cup boiling water 1 cup cold water 4 small tomatoes, peeled I2 cup crabmeat or lobster " flaked 1/2 cup chopped celery Mayonnaise Dissolve Royal Gelatin Aspic in boiling water. Add cold water; chill until it be gins to thicken. In the mean time, scoop out tomatoes. Sprinkle with salt and stuff with mixture of crabmeat and celery moistened with mayon naise. Pour a small amount of Gelatin mixture in the bot tom of four large individual moulds. Chill until firm. Place a tomato, top side down in each mould, and fill with thickened Gelatin mixture to cover tomato. Chill until firm. Serve on lettuce or water cress. Serves 4. HOLLAND Dutch Apple Cake P/a cups sifted flour 3 teaspoons baking powder ]/4 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons sugar 4 tablespoons butter 1 egg 1Z3 cup milk 2 good sized tart apples Sugar, cinnamon, butter Sift together flour, baking pow der, salt and sugar. Mix in short ening well, as follows: Cut the but ter. Squeeze the lumps into flakes with the fingers. When the butter is flaked and no lumps remain, then lightly rub the mixture be tween the hands; continue to rub lightly until the butter is complete ly mixed with the flour mixture. Beat egg slightly; add milk to beaten egg, then add to flour mix ture to make a soft dough. Spread about V2 to % inch thick in a greas ed pie pan. Peel, core and slice apples very thin. Place close toge ther on top of dough. Sprinkle well with sugar and cinnamon; dot with butter. Bake in a moderate oven about 30 minutes. Serve wa' m with whipped cream. CHOCOLATE PUDDING MADE THE WAY YOU LIKE IT “My family really like cho colate pudding”, a worried housewife told us recently, “but I’ve served it so often IMAGINE good, fresh milk that keeps . . . and keeps . . . and keeps. Anywhere! Without refrig eration ! Klim is that kind of milk. Klim is the finest cows milk, powdered. Only the water is removed. Noth ing is added. Nothing is lost. Mix Klim with water, and you obtain rich, creamy deli cious liquid milk— with the natural flavor, the good nourishment of milk fresh from the cow. Sales Agents: GETZ BROS. & CO. 209 G. de los Reyes Bldg. Manila Wonderful for infants In the powdering, Klim is made more digestible than ordinary milk. And from the cow to your pantry, its purity and uniform goodness are protected by the strictest scientific care. That is why doctors recom mend it for even the frailest babies —and for growing children. Try Klim today. If your dealer cannot supply you, send us his name and address. 24 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, June, 19S6 HEALTH PAGE— THE COMMON COLD THE common cold is a dangerous disease. It lowers the resistance of the body and leaves it more sus ceptible to many infections. Pneu monia is one of its serious compli cations. It is estimated that threefourths of all eases of this disease follow an attack of the common cold. Among other dangerous com plications are sinusitis, mastoiditis, meningitis and middle ear infec tions. The common cold is frequent ly followed by a “flare-up” of an old tuberculous process. The common cold is a contagious disease. It is possible that it may be caused by one of several dif ferent germs which enter the body by way of the upper respiratory tract. The incubation period is very short and one may have the onset a few hours after exposure. The germs are present in the secretions (Courtesy of The Health Messenger) from the nose and throat and are transferred to other persons by such acts as coughing, sneezing, kissing, shaking hands or handling objects with which persons come in contact. Persons suffering under stand that they are a menace to all with whom they come in contact. One attack of most contagious diseases confers lasting immunity upon the individual against future attacks. Such is not the case with the common cold. Immunity is very brief and the first attack apparent ly leaves the individual more sus ceptible to future attacks. People who have frequent or socalled chronic colds should consult a doctor. There may be some sim ple abnormality of the nose and throat which causes the mucous membranes of these structures to be chonically irritated, resulting in increased susceptibility to disease germs. When such defects are cor rected the person usually becomes much less subjected to colds. The common cold is largely a preventable disease. Preventive measures naturally fall into two groups—first, we should try to avoid exposure to the disease, and second, we must form such health habits as will keep the resistance of the body at its best so that, when wo are exposed, the body will be able to resist invasion by the germs. Preventive Measures 1. Avoid crowds and persons who are sick. 2. Avoid over-heated rooms, too much or too little clothing, and sud den changes of temperature. 3. Form proper health habits of eating, sleeping, exercise and re creation so that the resistance of the body may be kept at its best. 4. When you have a cold, stay at home. It lessens the chance of serious complications and protects others. 5. Be examined by your doctor if you have frequent colds to be sure that you have no abnormality of the upper respiratory passages. 6. Keep your hands scrupulously clean. It is unclean to cough or sneeze in your bare hand for infect ed material left there may be given to others. In conclusion, remember that the common cold is a disease to be taken seriously. It is often followed by pneumonia, and pneumonia results in many deaths. SOME RULES FOR ... (Continued from page 14) 9. There should be a shar ing of leisure so that their reading and recreation may draw them together through a common experience. 10. Each should develop an understanding and interest in the work of the other. 11. If there is a decided difference in the amount of leisure which each enjoys, the one who has the greater op portunity should try to re lieve the other from time consuming duties. There is a need in mar riage which is more common ly forgotten, and this is the need for justice. It is so easy for one to take what belongs to the other, be this of time or something else, especially if one is willing to sacrifice in order to make the other happy. In marriage, there must not be any exploiting. Justice in matrimony de mands that there be a genuine respect on the part of both partners for the personality and rights of the other. Here are some rules to keep in mind on this aspect of mar ried happiness. We add them to those we have listed: 12. There must not be any idea that the husband or wife has superior rights. 13. When one believes that unfair conditions have ari sen, the matter should be brought frankly to the atten tion of the other. 14. It is unfair for one to escape responsibility by» ap- eration in marriage. Even pealing to the sympathy of affection cannot remain stathe other. tionary, for if it is not enrichGrowth is another consid- ed, it at once shrinks. There Dentists recommend fcolynos because of its antiseptic cleansing properties. It in stantly destroys the dangerous mouth germs that cause pain and decay. It cleans every tooth surface, every tiny crev ice. And keeps teeth white, clear and sound as no ordinary tooth paste can. Have your children use Kolynos morning and night Just a half-inch on a dry brush is enough. It tastes good, protects the delicate gums and enamel and keeps the entire mouth sweet, clean and refreshed. cannot be vitality without growth. When the woman feels that her happiest days were during courtship, we know at once that the couple are moving towards disappointme.rit or possible bitter ness. The happy marriage never looks backwards but keeps the spirit of adventure and moves steadily forward. Here are five additional rules that will work for auto matic development: 15. The wife and husband should continue interest in present events. 16. The home should never become completely regulated by routine. 17. Each year, if possible, both the partners should tra vel or visit outside the home, together or separately. 18. Neither the husband or wife should, at marriage, break off earlier friendships or surrender any special in terest. 19. They should seek, as far as possible, to associate with strong and progressive persons. We sum up our rules with one single rule about sex, a very important aspect in marriage: 20. Sex should never be detached from the other in terests of matrimony. The sex policy should be checked up by its results, and based on the soundest principles that ever guided married life —understanding and sym pathy. Manila, June, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 25 SHORT CUT TO BEAUTY Mothers May Lose Touch With Beauty Mothers so often lose touch with the new things that are being creat ed to help them retain their smart, youthful appearance and their daintiness! Every season brings new cosmetics—new make-up in more flattering, natural shades; new depilatories to remove any chance fuzz that appears where it isn’t wanted; new deodorants to keep your person fresh as an April breeze. Have you just been a little care less about such details? Women seem to feel that such things are less important as they grow older. If you are guilty, be a sport and admit it, but resolve to do some thing about it. Have you checked up on your figure lately? IIow about a few regular exercises? Of course, you are terribly busy. Mothers arc. But haven’t you noticed that the more things you have to do, the more you can manage to get done? No thing speaks of age and self-neglect in such positive terms as a settled waistline. When you get that, your clothes will not look well, no mat ter bow much yon pay for them. The right diet, exercise and a really good-looking girdle or foun dation garment will take years from your appearance. Lay out a strict beauty regime for yourself for this next month and see if you aren’t in the mood for the nicest season you have ever had. Never, never again will you let yourself slip. Start by setting aside half an hour a day for yourself—ten min utes in the morning, twenty at night. When you get up in the morning stand before an open win dow and bending from the waist line, knees stiff, touch the floor in front of you ten times. Bend, stretch and dip until your joints feel limber and your waistline firmer. Splash your face with cold water, fluff on a bit of powder and com pact rouge and smooth your hair, and your day will be off to a good start. Get a good cleansing cream and a box of soft tissues, a softe/iing cream or tissue cream, a good skin tonic or astringent and an eye wash. Even after the first two or three treatments, you will find your skin clear and livelier in color than you dreamed it could be. And you will find after a week of treatments, that the little fine lines at the cor ner of your eyes and mouth are not so definitely etched after all. In the twenty minu-cs that you have allowed yourself you will also have time for a hand massage. Use the same cream you use for your face—or plain warmed olive oil—if you do not want to spend the money for an extra cream for your hands. Your hands may be strong capable ones well-lined from work but that is no reason why they should be dry and rough when such a little regu'ar care will keep them moist and soft. Daytime Dresses Decided On Question of Length Daytime dresses show a marked tendency to stand pat on the length situation; any movement at all is up, not down, and that inch by inch. It will be a source of delight to busy women who have no time to run home and change, if dinner dresses are made street length. After all, the only distinc tion between many dinner and dres ses of an elaborate order is the length of the skirt. Long ones are graceful and charming, but it be gins to look as though, if the ques tion of skirt lengths were put to a vote, the short ones would win. While there are many silhouet tes, it is just as well to remember that most of them are belted. Belts have their ups and downs, yet many contrive to stay at normal. The hipbone is the lowest level reached in any model seen to date. Bright belts on dark costumes are a feature—everyone is doing it, and red is the usual choice when the dress is black. Many frocks are and will be black—particularly sa tin and jersey, both daytime fa brics. The new braids are tremendously interesting, especially to those who remember way back to the days when braids were as “fashionable” as they were “smart”. At the mo ment there seems to be a perfect rage for white braid on black, strik ing, you must admit, if not over done. Neck-wear novelties are also heavily braided. It also seems timely to speak of the importance of metal accents on handbags and hats. The smartest bags make a point of some sort of handle, the more massive and un expected the better. These metal and jeweled accents serve a very definite need. That there is much white detail—braid is the newest, many gold accents, and any quant ity of red accesories—makes it reas onably certain that in spite of the preponderance of black, the de pression is not going to bo added to by our newest clothes. w Raisins Give Flavor To Ordinary Foods Use Sun-Maid Raisins in cooking. There arc many excellent recipes for using Sun-Maids in puddings, cakes, and desserts. Every one enjoys the rich fruit-flavor which Sun-Maids im part. Raisin Rice Pudding 3 eggs 3 clips milk 5 tblsp. sugar >4 tsp. snlt 1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup Sun-Maid Kaisins 1$ tsp. nutmeg 2 cups cooked rice Wash raisins in hot water, drain and cool. Beat eggs slightly, add sugar, salt, nutmeg, vanilla, rice, raisins and milk. Mix thoroughly, then pour into a baking pan and bake in a slow over until custard is set—about 40 minutes. SUN-MAID RAISINS are the choicest raisins you can buy. The red package with the “Sun-Maid” trade-mark is easy to identify. Look for it at your dealer’s store. Children like Sun-Maids. Let them eat all they wish. SunMaids are nourishing, healthful—an excellent between-meal sweet, sold in the small package for a few centavos. For use in cooking, it is most economical to buy Sun-Maids in the 15-oz. package. Sun-Maid Seedless Raisins for Quality and Fine Flavor 26 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, June, 1936 LITERARY IN THE ... {Continued from page 13} democracy with the necessary enormous expansion of pop ular education in several European countries, it had been the concern of these countries to increase the rate of literacy of their peoples. Therefore, the old time tradi tion and practice of leaving the act of writing to the monks and a few learned aris tocrats was shifted to the masses so that they, with in telligence, could exercise their authority as citizens through the wise use of their suffrage. Many countries since then have been trying their best to eliminate illiteracy. 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Address.................................................................................................................................. City......................................................................State....................................................... is regarded to be the baro meter of the cultural pro gress of that nation. In the United States the different states of the Union are com peting with each other for the highest rate of literacy. In Europe the seat of civil ization is invariably found in countries where the rate of literacy is high. In the Phil ippines it was the policy of those who administered its educational system at the be ginning of the American re gime to give importance to increasing the rate of literacy, and laid emphasis on the academic rather than on the vocational courses, reserving the improvement of the lat ter to a later period when the rate of literacy in the Philip pines should have been raised. The latest data on the rate of literacy in the Philippines are found in the Census of 1918. From that year no sta tistics have been made on the same subject except the WoodForbes Report of 1921 giving 37 % literacy in the Philip pines. In view of the increase of schools in the Philippines both private and public since 1921 and because of the lite racy campaign drive made by several educational insti tutions and social workers like the University of the Philippines, Dr. Frank C. Laubach and others, the percentum of literacy in the Phil ippines for this year, 1936, must be comparatively high. In order to be able to com pare the relative position of literacy in the Philippines with the rest of the world the statistics hereinbelow is given. In Australia the rate of illiteracy is 4.3% (1921) ; Austria, 4.0% (1924) ; Ca nada, 5.7% (1921) ; England and Wales, 5.8% (1910) ; Fin land, 1.0% (1920) ; Germany, 0.3% (1927) ; Netherlands, The RELIABLE LAMP ELMAC, INC. P. O. Box 625 MANILA 627 Rizal Ave. 0.23% (1927); Scotland, 3:57% (1900); Spain, 52.78 %> (1930) ; United States, 4.3% (1930) ; Mexico, 62.2% (1921) ; Argentina, 24.0 %> (1924) ; Brazil, 71.2% (1920) ; India, 90.5% (1921) ; Japan, 0.9% (1925) ; Egypt, 92.0% (1917). This illiteracy datum is, of course, not com plete as this deals only with the representative countries of the world. On the day when all our people could read and shall have been sufficiently educat ed to be able to appreciate with profit of the great use fulness of the books to them; on that day when intelligent reading shall have become a part of, and a relief from, our daily grinds; on such a day we can truly repeat what the great military genius said, “Give me a family of readers and I will tell you a nation that rules the world.” Manila, June, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 27 THE month of June is graciously littered with the paraphernalia of weddings—lovely flowers, misty veils, wedding bells and congratula tions. The tune of the Bridal March echoes from one church to another, as brides of all sizes and ages ner vously trace the first slow steps to wards a new, strange life. The very atmosphere of June is romantic and sentimental, and the beauty of blooming tilings penetrate to the very bones. Weddings, however, are not all music and flowers. They have a practical side which is not revealed during the final tableau which pre sents the bride and groom all set to say “I do.” There are the pro blems of expenditure, of organiza tion and correctness which only one who has peeked behind the scenes of a wedding can know. Simplicity is a safe rule to ob serve when planning a wedding. In these days, simplicity is not only attractive but correct. Elaborate ness is passing out, and well too. Simple wedding ensembles, simple decorations and simple fare should be aimed for by those who in tend to marry—or to marry off— this .Tune. Take the matter of dross, for instance. In the Philippines, this is easily settled for us. We do not have to bother very much about the ultra-fashion trends, for we have gone fashion a little better by pre serving a style that is our own. The native wedding dress is as beautiful as any that other countries can boast of, and there should be no hesitation about preferring it. The full-length European gown is love ly also, but as much as possible, local brides should use the mestiza dress in this most important day of their lives. The most nervous Freckles Secretly and Quickly Remooedl Stillman’s Freckle Cream bleaches them out while you sleep. Leaves the skin soft and whltc—the com. plexlon fresh, clear and natural. For 37 years thousands of users have endorsed It. So easy to use. The first jar proves its magic worth. Stillman's Freckle Cream Removes T Whiten * Freckles 1 The Skin In Spanish Stillman’s Freckle Cream is called “LA CREMA BELLA AURORA.” For sale at all good drug stores STILLMAN CO., Manufacturers Aurora, Ill., U.S.A. Gracious Manners: The Etiquette of Weddings bride cannot, help looking breathtakingly elegant in the incompar able flared sleeves, sheathlike skirt and long veil of our native land. The bridesmaids, of course, should follow the style set by the bride. Hence, a bride clad in the mestiza dress should be attended by bridesmaids wearing the mestiza dress in pastel colors. They wear short veils and hold bouquets that agree or contrast softly with their ensembles. We are apt to forget about bride grooms when discussing weddings. Whether this is due to the fact that very few (if any) notice the bride groom on this most important oc casion is not very clear, but this might explain the neglect. We shall not commit the same error (for error Il “A Royal Tru Orange” “The Same for Me” This is what you hear when ever a fruit-flavored drink is ordered— There is a marked preference for this luscious real orange drink—because, it never dis appoints— You know the moment the bottle is opened that the fruit and juice of luscious California Oranges are in every bottle of ROYAL TRUWRANQE another quality product of the SAN MIGUEL BREWERY it is). We know that bridegrooms are as harrassed as the brides when getting up their own clothes. Fash ions abroad incline towards the cut away and the grey stripped trousers for bridegrooms, but this need not be the costume here. Usually, plain white de kilo, wing collar, stiff shirt front, white tie and white shoes serve the correct bridegroom in a morning wedding. The tuxedo is definitely out for informal wed dings, whether they be held in the morning or the evening. For for mal evening weddings, the “tails” are correct. The wedding fare, of course, de pends upon the time of the wed ding. A simple breakfast for morn ing weddings or a supper in the evening will satisfy the inner man. Luckily, we are doing away with the habit of staying on and on and on—for breakfast, dinner and sup per—when attending morning wed dings. More and more we are get ting to realize that one meal is all that the average wedding guest should rate. The matter of the wedding fare can now be safely placed in the hands of a good ca terer. If taken care of in the bride’s (or sometimes the bridegroom’s) home, the cook or the one who makes the menu would do well to remember that simple fare if well done is more welcome than an ela borate, indigestible assortment of irrelevant courses. The decorations should feature flowers and ribbons arranged so tastefully that they provide an ap propriate, rather than a competetive, setting for the bride. Garish decorations are out of place, for, as I repeat, simplicity should be the rule in weddings. 28 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, June, 1936 CHILD WANTS MOTHER TO ACT HER AGE Elders Are Looked to for Wisdom CHILDREN need mothers and fa thers who act their age instead of trying to step back into a young er generation. They need council ors and guardians. Children don’t turn to ten-vear-old Johnny Jones for sympathy in time of trouble. They go home to their parents. If those parents have tried to be so youthful and scatter-brained that they have convinced their own chil dren they haven’t the slightest idea what to do with a serious situation, the small boys and girls will be lost. The attitude of “I don’t know what to do any more than you do. but together we’ll find a way,” is not constructive within a filial re lationship. After all, a woman of 40 is not 15, by any method of subtraction. She has had forty years to garner knowledge. She has advanced to a certain position of maturity through her growth. She belongs at the place on the road to which she has journeyed. To run back post-haste, to a cross-road where she stood 25 years ago, is so silly that her child ren smile about it. Youthfulness of Spirit Laudable The essence of spiritual youth is ageless; That fine understanding, sympathy, and tolerance should flourish in hearts as they mature. They should bring parents and chil dren closer together than any simu lation of the role of an older sister or brother can do. “I think freedom comes too early to children,” Faith Baldwin, noted novelist, insists. “After all, they have all their lives in which to grow up. Children are not so adult that they need their own latch keys at seven.” We agree wholeheartedly. It is this tendency for children to usurp adult privileges, and parents to dis card their prerogatives which is placing American home life in such a perilous position. A child of 10 has had no back-ground of exper ience against which to make com parisons. He needs to be guided. An adult has had a fair amount of knowledge instilled into him, usually, one way or another. If he has a road map he should use it instead of pleading that it is fun to get lost together! Years Are Child’s Only Yardstick Children like parents who are'fa thers and mothers. They like the feeling of security that a protecto rate * gives them. After all, they knew their parents’ birthdays, and they feel a little foolish when they see adults disregarding the wisdom of the years. Parents certainly should never be jailers. On the other hand, they won’t get any place by standing in the front yard giv ing the college yell all the time. Life is so arranged that every age has its compensations. A life that is well-planned will take the highest beauty from each year of its span. It will reveal to the chil dren that there is loveliness all along the way. When it skips backwards to the aid of jumping rope or a bouncing ball it makes those chil dren wonder what the farther world is like that their parents want to escape it. Nor does it make those children for one minute really accept their parents as members of their own group. Youngsters measure by years. It is the only yardstick they have. No matter how young their fathers and mothers act they can't pass the backward entrance ex aminations. POLLY-SIT-BY-THEFIRE Girls Need Companionship of Young Friends When a boy won’t go out and mix with the gang, his parents begin to worry and fuss. But when a girl turns pussy-cat and becomes a re gular Polly-Sit-by-the-Firc, no one ever bothers about it. It isn’t a good thing for growing girls to turn recluse. They are far better off for having congenial friends with the same interests. A mixture is good, because it is af firmed by those who have gone into the. matter deeply that attitudes of both sexes are improved in future relationships if first approached in ■the group that skates, or sled-rides or picnics together, or even snow balls, purloins hats or splashes mud. The roughage of the group is good for the soul, as well as its courtesy and sportsmanship and loyalties. But barring the boys, because it is not every girl who takes kindly to the mixed crowd, she needs com pany. It isn’t good for her to turn in on herself and settle down to her parents’ routine alone. • Age and Size Create Barriers Once in a while I get letters from mothers who realize this and ask for advice. As there are so many possible reasons for the “detached” child, I think it best to list some of them. Then other mothers may be able to decide where the trouble lies, if they too have one who pre fers her own company. Sometimes it happens that Bessie —let us call her—is younger than her schoolmates. Younger, too, than her close neighbors. If so, she will not be welcomed by the rest. If she has been kept back by removal or illness, her place in school may be a torture to her. She will make no effort at friendliness herself, feeling sensitive as she does about the discrepancy. Sometimes size counts too. If she has grown faster than the rest, she may think they do not want her. Or if she has a more-mature nature, even though of equal age, she may be inclined to spurn the friendship of “those babies” as she calls them. Perhaps the family has ambitions to live in a newer and better neigh borhood. The local children may unbend and welcome her, but this has to be a fifty-fifty business, and Bessie will have to go half way. If she feels a misfit in her new surroundings, she won't make the effort. Then all is lost. Lacks Bond at School The same is true of the school. The one she attends may not lay much stress on democracy. If Bes sie feels that she is unequal to hold ing her own in this rare atmos phere, again she will fail to make social contacts. She will be “in” the school but not “of” it. While it is natural for parents to want to improve their children’s chances for the future, to put the onus on them alone is just a bit cruel some times. Third, perhaps Elizabeth is one of life’s natural “escapers,” and prefers to live vicariously through books, sleep, movies and such. If this is the case, has any attempt been made to get her interested in something that will undermine her inertia; and show her that real experience is far more enjoyable than dreams? Perhaps she has ac quired the liking because her par ents veto everything normal on the grounds that “ladies should stay at home and be good little girls.” So often this results in fricndlessness. 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(Continued from page jo) to Mr. uurani, snouia oe the iask of the schools, iviorais and manners can oe greatly influenced by the teachers themselves, and these should be chosen not only lor uieir technical competence but aiso for their innate refinement and understanding of the part that they piay in the lives of the young. “I would sepa rate the sexes in school hours,” Mr. Durant propo ses, “though educating them in the same schools; 1 would have the boys taught by edu cated gentlemen, and the girls by educated mothers.... I should base moral instruction upon a deliberate exaltation of family life.... restore the ancient stigma that was at tached to celibacy, and would suggest, as delicately as might be, the moral wisdom of mar riage at a natural age.” Instilling a disdain of vio lence, a respect of law and liberty as the essence of per sonality, should be a further aim of school instruction. The ability to discipline one’s self is a basic skill that every teacher should impart to his pupils. In the act of self dis cipline, intelligence merges with character. This intel ligence which enables an in dividual to use experience for the clarification and attain ment of his desires makes it difficult for him to lapse into folly or crime. Usefulness Education should further increase usefulness not only in the business world but also in the world of the home. A man should know the simple processes of repair in his home and his land, and every girl should learn the secrets of cookery and the other de mands of practical house keeping. The pleasure in the simple work of the hands is part a well-educated person’s delight, and the ability to sample it once in a while should be his. “Education,” Mr. Durant continues, “should teach us not only the technique but the limits of control, and the art of accepting these limits gra ciously. Everything natural is forgivable.” The art of give-and-take, the development of tolerance which alone can nourish friendship, the understanding of love and its demands and complications, a sensitivity to the terrors as well as the beauty of Nature, and enjoy Eighteen months ago the Dionne Quintuplets were given their first Carnation Milk. And by now the five have con sumed over twenty-five hundred large tins—five hundred apiece! Just passing their second birthday, these sturdy tod dlers are continuing on the milk that has nourished them so babies. Their milk, by the ment of literature and its manifold aspects, an under standing of life through his tory which is often a record of human behaviour, the abil ity to escape into the dear de light of philosophy — these constitute the rest of that edu cation which Mr. Durant con siders so desirable. Educa well. Pure, wholesome, super-digestible—there’s no better milk for children to grow up on... . The Quintuplets have more than doubled their weight since their first Carnation feedings — have developed into hearty, adorable, contented way, is exactly the same as that which your grocer sells. It is an ideal milk for babies and children—and very fine for cooking and creaming . . . Useful Premiums given in exchange for Carnation la bels. Address Pacific Com mercial Co., Manila. (cwt PhotogrHplis, World Copyright, 1936, NEA Service, Inc. tion that is well rounded, which can allow the indivi dual to soar to the most ideal heights or penetrate the most mysterious depths not only of the world about of him but of his own being, seems to be the education that is of most worth in these, our times. 30 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, June, 1936 Definition of the Home By Maria Y. Orosa Chief, Home Economics Division, Bureau of Science. THE home is a most important fac tor in the life of an individual. And its influence has very much to do in his development. Take, for instance, a child of the best heredity and the best native endowments brought up amid unfortunate cir cumstances or undesirable home conditions. Compare him with an other child of average heredity but whose childhood environment was more desirable. This second child will undoubtedly develop to be the better man, the better citizen. This example certainly shows the place that the home takes in a coun try. This being the case, it is but important to know what a home is. Volumes have been written about “home” and that it should be. All the authors agree that a true home should not only satisfy the human needs, as food, shelter, and cloth ing, but it should also satisfy these needs in accordance with the rules of right and healthful living which pre-supposes order, propriety and charm, so that it might bring about the life lived in honor and hap piness—the supreme goal of all men. Since a home is a group pos session, a home may mean a rest place for all, a work place for some, a place for free expression, a place that offers opportunity for creative work, a place to rehearse and to show off, a place to cooperate, a place where one receives encourage ment and the best guidance, and a place which satisfies those who live in it. Lita Bones describes an home as a place which is “Economically sound, Mechanically convenient, ideal INSURANCE FIRE—MARINE AUTOMOBILE—ACCIDENT—PLATE GLASS WORKMAN’S COMPENSATION The Employer’s Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd. Orient Insurance Company Atlas Assurance Company, Limited Continental Insurance Co. Insurance Company of North America ELSER, INC GENERAL AGENTS Kneedler Bldg. No. 400 Physically healthful, Morally wholesome, Mentally stimulating, Artistically satisfying, Socially responsible, Spiritually inspiring, hound upon mutual affection and respect.” The demand of our country is for women who can make real homes, who do not consider house work a drudgery hue a pleasure and a duty, who plan their work so they save time and energy, who have time for play and rest, who do not do their house work after a certain prescribed way just because that way was their mothers’ way, but are alert and are ready to change their home making methods to follow the progress of the homes in progressive countries; women who are aware of their duties and responsibilities, who can make their homes the most beautiful, interest ing and pleasant place to live in, women who can make homes that will turn out desirable citizens— loyal, peace-loving, industrious, lawabiding citizens that our Common wealth will be proud to have. '✓'Let me quote to you what Justin and Rust said about the influence of the home to the nation. “The influence of the home has long been recognized as a powerful force in the life of the nation. The individual citizen, being a product of the home, reflects directly in his own standards of living the ethical and intellectual standards, as well as the physical standards, of his home. To the extent home standards are high, the standards of the naThe summer Home Institute for Girls which started April 15th closed May 29th with seventy girls receiving certificates. About 180 girls enrolled, but for some reason or another some failed to continue the course. Others continued, but failed to. comply with the prescribed program requiring regularity and punctuality of attendance, accomplishment of some work, pro per spirit with which the work was done, and volunteer service. Judging from the oral testimonials which formed part of the program during the closing exercises, and the written testimo nial's submitted to us, the girls really feel that they have accom plished much through the Institute. Certificates were also awarded to the women who have diligently attended and worked in the different diet kitchens. The Institute closed with a program. Miss Anne Guthrie, who spoke on the significance of the pioneer work and Miss Orosa who spoke on the home were honor guests. Extracts of Miss Orosa’s speech are reproduced on this page. At the close of the Institute, rugs, garments and other inter esting objects which the girls accomplished while taking the sum mer course were exhibited. The following testimonials which they submitted were very encouraging: ‘‘The cooking demonstrations have inspired me so much that 1 do the cooking at home which I never did before.” “After some weeks’ attendance at the Institute my husband and children were surprised at the general improvement in the house; and some of my friends who could not attend that Insti tute felt quite envious.” “The first thing I learned was economy—the wise use of money, time, and energy.” “At first I hesitated to enroll because, of my age, but desirous of obtaining knowledge that will contribute to a better home, I finally gathered courage, and enrolled. Notwithstanding the fact that I enrolled quite late, I have learned so much that J wish I were present on the very first day of the Institute." The girls were unanimous in wishing that the Home Institute will be offered every year. lion are raised. It has often been stated that the greatness of America lies not in the granaries, filled with corn, nor in the railroads stretch ing across the continent, nor yet in mighty armies. The greatness of America lies in the American home. “If the greatness of the nation is to be built not in the victories of armies, nor in the strategy of statesmen, but in the successful functioning of the millions of home Telephone 2-24-28 making partnerships throughout the country, then knowledge of the functions of these partnerships and the ability to solve the problems arising in their development is vi tally important to our people.” You Cannot Buy New Eyes! To keep your Eyes bright and beautiful, cleanse them with MURINE daily. Re moves irritating dust arid dirt that make eyes appear dull and lifeless. Sooth ing, Refreshing, Beneficial, Harm less. In successful use for over 40 years. CHICAGO • U. S. A. 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This burden is of course inflicted on every taxpayer, thus turning hon est money into the support of crime. The probation system requires the probationer to support his family and pay whatever indemnity he had brought upon himself. Pro bation therefore serves a two fold purpose: discipline and economy. In Manila alone, the proba tion office has reported one case where an amount of Pl,000.00 had been paid as indemnity to the offended party. Another case had sec ured a job and had earned P600 within ten days. An other receives a monthly sa lary of P100, while still an other' is learning to read and write. stride which justice has taken —a stride that combines jus tice with mercy in such boun tiful measure. The attitude towards criminals has under gone a great revolution, one that is only a little less great than the distance between the centuries. A turn of the wheel of time and the foul dungeons, the pillory and the block were relegated to the host of use less antiques. No longer can a man be killed for stealing a loaf of bread. Criminal law became a means of protec tion, not an instrument of tor ture. Reformation ceased to be a mere word which had an austere sound. It became real, a goal that can be achieved with patience and willingness. This humanizing of justice has now another tool—probation, the crowning point in the systematic deve lopment of a universal task. Real Reformation But these are minor triumphs when compared with the wonderful gift of freedom and reformation that is every probationer’s share, and the chance to work out his term in the company of those whom he loves. These are little things when measured by the spoil the beauty of your smile KEEP TEETH WHITE AHD BRIGHT WITH PEPSODEHT Beauty-wise Women Use Mercolized Wax Any woman can give her skin a com plete beauty treatment at home with Pure Mercolized Wax. This lovely cream is a combined cleansing, clearing, softening and beautifying agent. 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Then use Pepsodent regularly twice a day. THE SPECIAL FILM-REMOVING TOOTH PASTE MORE TOOTH PASTE FOR LESS MONEY now In a HEW 10% LARGER TUBE 32 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, June, 1936 SPEAKING OF FL OWE PS As i happened io stop a few min utes at the International Flower Shop at Taft Avenue. I came to think how this world is much more livable because of flowers. We have the orchids, roses, carnations, Benguet lilies, amaryllis, ealla lilies, tuberoses, dahlias, pansies, sweet peas, zinnias, snap dragons, and cos mos. We use them for making cor sages, bridal bouquets, bouquets for maids of honor, beautiful bon voy age bouquets, Christinas and birth day presents, and graduation bou quets. These flowers have stories of their origin, the manner in which they are raised together, their uses, the places where they are taken, and even their varieties. * * * The carnation is used in making crowns, garlands, and wreaths. It is a descendant of the love-pink which still grows on the slopes of The daintiness of true cleanliness The daintiness and charm of a fas tidiously groomed woman does not come by chance It arises from attention to the little details of the toilette so often neglected or mis understood Beautiful clothes, lux urious cosmetics, beauty of face and figure — even these may fail to create charm if a woman neglects to give her body meticulous care Lysol is 'Safe" For 50 years, doctors and hospi tals the world over have relied on "Lysol” for the most critical disin fectant purposes — for example in childbirth.. when disinfection must be thorough and without possible risk of injury Surely then, "Lysol” is correct for normal feminine hy giene. When used in proper dilution, "Lysol” is non-poisonous to humans It is a concentrated germicide and therefore gives you many ♦ BE CAREFUL< cTKaie sure you get genuine "£ysol"Q)isinfectant. Sub stitutes are sometimes offeree. 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Directions on each bottle are specific and easy to follow. They are based on years cl medical experience. ♦ ' fEysoi ’’ Cbismfectant comes in a brown bottle and yellow carton marked — " £ysol “ Qbisinfectant. gin. The rose gardens of Midas, King of Phyrgia, were the wonder of the ancient world. In Rome the rose was dedicated to Venus and made the emblem of joy and beauty. Ro mans imported roses by the ship load, and used them in making wreaths given as awards in public contests; wealthy Roman citizens slept on mattresses stuffed with rose petals. In the fifteenth cen tury, the famous ‘‘War of the Roses” was waged by the English. The rose is found practically the world over, either as a roadside wild flower or in the garden. Pre parations from the petals are used extensively in the manufacture of perfumes. * * * The beauty of the orchid has only recently been appreciated. A century ago it was introduced to the hothouses of England, and later to north America. The layman rarely realizes that the orchid be longs to a large family of many species, which grow in almost every part of the world, but best in the moisture and warmth of the tro pics. In the forests of South Amer ica, Mexico, and the East Indies, the greater number of varieties are found growing from the trunks and branches of forest trees. These are of the epitherial group. The spe cies that grows on the soil and cre vices of rocks is called the terrestial. Many native species, however, have not the exotic beauty of the carefully cultured flowers seen in milady’s corsage. Rare specimens of orchids are considered very val uable and men penetrate deep into forest and swarnps in search of them. * * ♦ The pansy is one of the oldest of garden flowers. It is really a sis ter of the violet, and appears in many varieties. It would he dif ficult to describe the commonest type. Pansy means “thought”. Shakespeare called it “love in idle ness.” It is one of the easiest of flowers to cultivate, and is noted for its quality of bloom, range of color and the velvety texture of its darker shades. * * * The sweet pea, one of the best known summer flowers, is a plant of vigorous habit, delicately tinted blossoms, and exquisite fragrance. It has several varieties of which the “Spencer” is probably the most popular, the blossoms being larger than those of other varieties. Its other advantage is its long, con tinued profusion of bloom. This flower is noted for its robust growth, the plants attaining a height of from six to ten feet. Three and often four of these queenly blossoms are borne on long, strong stems, rendering them unsurpassable as cut flowers, box vases and bou quets. * * * The tulip, a prim, formal flower and a member of the lily family, came originally from Asia Minor. It is said the first tulip came to Europe from Persia by way of Istanbul. 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WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 33 Ay 14th Suffrage Rallies Under SUFFRAGE RALLIES IN THE PROVINCES the General Council of Women JJNDER the auspices of the Gen eral Council of Women composed of representatives of the different women organizations of the Phil ippines, the first anniversary of the women’s vote at the Constitutional plebiscite was celebrated with pa rades, programs, and meetings in the various districts of the city, and in the provinces. Leaflets urging the women to vote in the coming plebiscite were distributed. In Manila there were six meet ings held. They were led by en thusiastic women leaders and at tended by thousands of women. The speakers were: Mrs. Rosa Sevilla de Alvero and Mrs. Edilberto Farolan in Tondo; Mrs. Concepcion Rodriguez in Sta. Ana; Mrs. Belen E. Gutierrez in Bambang; Miss Alejandra Antonio in Sampaloc; Mrs. Salvadora Perez in Plaza Guipit; and Mrs. Trinidad Alvero in Santo Sepulcro. Pangasinan Parade Under the leadership of Miss Ma ria Magsano, president of the Pan gasman Provincial Federation, a huge parade with about 2,000 club women from all over the province participating was staged in Dagupan. The following were the speak ers during the meeting that fol lowed: Miss Maria Magsano, Miss Soledad Pulido, Mrs. Nieves Loza no, Mrs. Ruperta Galvan, Mrs. Felipa Gulay, and Attorney Jose Calimlim. After the program, they had an open forum where the fol lowing participated: Miss Isabel Alisangco, Miss Macaria Cantuma, Mr. Pablo de la Cruz, Mr. Miguel R. Acosta and Mrs. Lourdes Ja cinto. Prizes were awarded to the towns having the largest representation in the parade. The Bayambang delegation headed by Mrs. Dolo res Romasanta won the first prize. Rosales headed by Miss Macaria Cantuma, and San Nicolas by Mrs. Felipa Gulay copped the second and third places, respectively. In the barrio delegation from Dagupan, Calmay won the first prize, Pantal second, and Mayombo, third. Other towns represented in the parade were: San Fabian headed by Mrs. Dorotea P. Mejia; Mangatarem by Miss Concepcion Soriano; Agno by Miss Modesta Nano; Sual by Miss Corazon Fernandez; Sta. Barbara by Miss Felisa Bautista; Urdaneta by Mrs. Remedios Arzadon. In Misamis, Occidental Misamis, more than one thousand suffraget tes of the province met for the rally. A parade was held under the leadership of Miss Carmen Rcsano, well-known leader of the suf frage movement. Governor Ber nards, Mrs. Julia Yapsutco, and other women leaders spoke. The rally showed that the women of this province are overwhelmingly in favor of suffrage. Under the leadership of the mem bers of the Legaspi Women's Club, the women paraded in 50 decorat ed automobiles. The ears bore pla cards which proclaimed that the women arc united for suffrage. The parade was followed by speeches at the public plaza delivered bv pro minent feminist leaders. Among those who spoke were Governor Jose Imperial Samson, Judge Ma nuel Calleja, former Senator Ale jandro de Guzman, Miss Aurora Dino, Mrs. Maria Agdamag, and Mrs. Gcnoveva Tiansay. Meetings The Naguilian, Isabela, Woman’s Club held a parade and a meeting on that day with the following par ticipants: Miss Amparo Taguba, Miss Amparo Danao, Miss Isabel MORE PICTORIALS OF CELEBRATIONS FOR OCEAN PEARL BUTTONS Made in Manila COME TO OUR STORE AT 460 Calle Dasmarinas MANILA BUTTON FACTORY, INC. Top to bottom: Naguilian, Isabela; Piddig, Ilocos Norte; Janiuay, Iloilo (left); and Bant, Pangasinan (right). Beading in the same order: Mi samis Woman's Club; Magdalena, Luguna; J a g n a, Bohol; and Ta baev, Albay. Simon, Miss Marcelina Ver, Atty. Dominador C. Mina. The Electa and Amorosa Clubs, and the mu nicipal officials cooperated in ma king the parade a success. In Abucay, Bataan, the celebra tion was under the initiative of Miss Valentina Punsalan, a Junior Club woman. There was a parade and a program. The following took part: Miss Valentina Punsalan, Rosario Pabustan, Mrs. Gomez, Miss Ulpiana Punsalan, Mr. G. Gar cia, Mr. Tolentino and Mr. J. San tos. In Tigbauan, Iloilo, a parade was held also with almost all the wo men of the town participating. They were all dressed in “balintawak.” After the parade a meet ing was held in the plaza and a big crowd was present. The whole hearted cooperation and interest of the women on this occasion demons trated their determination to help secure woman suffrage. Magdalena, Laguna, had a par ade also and a well-attended pub lic meeting sponsored by the Wo man’s Club. In Jagna, Bohol, the speakers of the day were Mrs. Micaela LI. Casenas, wife of the ex-governor of Bohol, Mrs. Maria C. Pajo and Mrs. Basilia A. Besas, president of the woman’s club. tn Mindanao The Jolo Woman’s Club under the leadership of Mrs. Trinidad C. Caro, president, had their rally on May 12 in connection with the Hospital Day because more people were in town then. A big crowd was present. The speakers wore: Mrs. Caro, Mrs. Anatolio Cruz, and Miss Lydia Razul, daughter of ex senator Hadji Butu, who spoke in (Continued on page 37) 34 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, Ju.. THE EXILE Continued from page 17) tive about it. My brother oc cupied one of its small nipa houses. I was trembling when we approached it, and I held my daughter so tightly that she protested. I looked at the house very keenly, trying hard to see it through my tears. I wanted to shout, to cry and rave, but I did not. I can remember that with pride. We went up bamboo stairs, and I suddenly felt a fear that my brother might not be home. “Apong Jose,” my guide said softly, and with those words the house seemed to stir to weary life. From the small bedroom, we heard the creaking of an iron bed, then the faint, “Come in, come in, what is it?” which made me rush forward. He was sitting on the bed, his body thinner and longer than I had known it, his face sharply thin but patient, a smile awaiting whoever had come to see him. At sight of me, he went terribly pale, and his eyes glared in an unbelief that destroyed whatever cour age was left in me. I sobbed with grief and joy. All my brave intentions to pretend, to seem gay and courageous, vanished, and there I was shaking and weeping like any woman. You must remember I had not seen him for four years and my son was dying in Manila. “Sanse,” he said, “Sanse,” while he patted my arm clum sily. We are an undemonstra tive family and he was ill at ease in the face of my sorrow. “Why didn’t you write.. .” he started to ask, then he re membered that he could not receive any letter from the outside world, and he stopped. He placed a chair for me, the only chair in the room, then he sat on the bed. He looked steadily at my daughter, not attempting to touch her, knowing with that great understanding of his how embarrassed the child felt. “Let me see,” he said, “this is Andeng, is this not? Or is this Narda? She was the baby the year I went abroad.” “This is Andeng,” I said, and I looked at him as calm ly as I could manage. “You are thin,” I observed. “That is because I have been ill. You came at a time when I had barely recovered from a fever. I was very stout before this, but I had to be on a strict diet, and now look.” And he raised an arm which looked like a shade of his formerly powerful arm. The veins seemed sick beneath the skin, and I quickly took my gaze away. “Do you sleep well?” I ask ed, and he nodded his head. He could not speak the lie. I asked him about his food. “Mostly chicken,” he smil ed. “We have very little fish here.” “You are better off,” I said, but I did not mean it. No Fili pino could get along without fish. It was terrible, our talking about amenities when we YOUR KITCHEN should be modernized the new and thrifty AGUINALDO Way! WATER SET 7 pieces — green or pink 95^ up ICE CREAM FREEZER ' 2 qt. size—from P2.00 up Can also bo purchased 4) 1 1{EATERS— High speed double iction beaters ............ 25^ Up COOKTAIL SHAKER SET with ice server .... Pl7.25 /J" CAKE DECORATORS From ........................... 35^ Up =,4CUII>. M A NILA-DAG UPA? VIKO STREAMLINED SAVCE PANS From .............. 98 < Up 1IDCS= •J-ILOILO-BACOLODCEBU wanted to say so many other things. I knew he wanted to ask me about home, but I was sparring for time. I could not tell him about Mother, stead ily going blind and asking al ways for him. I could not tell him about the rest of our fam ily. How could I tell him that Cuya had been taken and with what close guard the Guardia Civil observed our every movement? Within the four years of his exile, our little world had crumbled ,and we were but scattered remains that breathed with life through the will of God. I could not speak of the small pox and the pest, and the worse scourges that were wiping off all our courage and our faith in relief to come. Those days of the late eight ies. .. . At last he was asking me, and I was telling him all the things that I thought I could not tell. I poured out . all the bitterness, all the fering which injustice arits, spite had placed in our way. I was warning him about those rumors of definite ac tion which a government mad with fright contemplated tak ing against him. “They are not content,” I cried vehemently, “with throwing you here like so much rubbish. They have not finished with you! They need you there to pile things upon, to ease themselves of the bur den of fear. They will take you back!” My brother sighed. Weari ness seemed like an enchant ment upon him. It made his face more deathly pale. He passed his hand through his hair, then he looked at me. I looked away, embarrassed somehow. “Tell me more,” he urged. “We are afraid. Everybody is afraid. There are so many whispers in the air. At any moment now, they say, some thing will break out, worse than we have now, a revolu tion.” “But that is folly. We are not ready. We must wait. We can gain nothing by rash ness. I wish they would ad mit that.” “But they cannot bear it any longer. We cannot bear it any longer,” I protested. Jose said nothing for a long time. Then he turned to the child who stood near the window. “Ineng,” he called, and Andeng approached. “Do you know how to read? You must learn. No man is poorer than one who cannot read. And you will be a mother some day. Will you remember what I shall tell you now? Teach your children never to lie, to love God and country always, always.” Then he started talking about his life among the strange people of the islands. He was happy, he said, and fairly content. He said, “If only we could have seasoning for our food.” For they had no tomatoes, no tamarinds for their sinigang, no spices to season their food. My dis trust of the place was con firmed. No place, I thought, WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 35 <^ices ?at>vii its foods. I was there for onj£ three hours, and the boat would be coming back for me. Think of that—three hours! And I had not seen him for four years! Two hours passed swiftly, and soon frenzy was upon me. I was leaving soon, and we had not started to talk, to say half the things that we could say. “What are you to do?” I broke through his story-tell ing. “Do?” he echoed. He clasp ed his head between his hands. I gazed at those artis tic hands of his, as though seeking an answer from those pallid fingers. I let my eyes wander once more through the little house, noting the bareness of it, sensing un bearably the loneliness he must have felt within it. “Do?” he said again, then he looked at me as if to ask, Why must you expect more? I’ll just wait. But I kept seeking for an answer, ignoring the mute reply he gave me. He shook his head wear ily, “I am so tired,” he said very softly, “I want to rest.” Suddenly I was up. Rest? I thought. Why must you rest? Your work is not done. There is so much you must do. We have suffered so much. You cannot stop now. You are the only one who can do something—and you must do it. But he looked so ill and worn that I could not say a word. I am glad I did not. That was the last time I saw him. They would not let us see him again. When he was shot, I stayed in the house, but the sound of the guns seemed to reverberate in my brain, and I was almost crazy. You know what happened. When the revolution broke out and hell was let loose on the streets the sound of the shooting seemed to leave my brain. Something stronger seized it—something louder, more triumphant. He had done it, I exulted. He had done it! And triumph was bitter in my mouth. HAVE YOU READ: "THE Commonwealth of the Phil ippines’ by George A. Malcolm? This is the first authoritative and comprehensive book published after the inauguration of the common wealth. Its author, formerly As sociate Justice of the Supreme Court, covers a vast period in Phil ippine history. He writes about the past, the present, and the future of the Philipppines with’an under standing of the problems which ac company them. His account of peo ple and places are vivid and inter esting, and oftentimes, merciful. A great friendliness for’ the Filipino nation and its people can be felt throughout the book. He pays due attention to the historical back ground. His descriptions of the roles played by China and Japan in the progress of trade in the islands are based on intensive study. One reviewer points out the fact that both Villamin and Moncado CERVEZA NEGRA SAN MIGUEL The best as an appetizing and invigorating refreshment — It gives strength and enriches the blood — Doctors and Nurses recommend it as a sup plement to the diet of nursing mothers, convalescents, and the aged — Drink it at meal times and before going to bed — Buy it by the case and keep a few bottles in the refrigerator — It is even more deli cious when chilled. It Is Brewed by SAN MIGUEL BREWERY were left out in the book. We, however, deplore another, more im portant fact—that little mention has been given of the achievements of the women who undoubtedly had done more than their share in the development of the nation. This, however, is but a passing observation and has not stood in the way of the greatness of the book. In spite of certain disagreements which the reader might feel about, (he author’s handling of personal ities, the fact remains that the book is a great one, as comprehensive and valuable a book as has ever been written about the Philippines, and one which outdates any other hook that had been written about this country. * * * Those of us who have read about Vikings, or any reference to them, labor under the misconception that all the most striking things have been done by men. We are likely to forget that there were women and children among the Vikings as well as long-moustached warriors of su perior height. Sigrid Undset in her book-of-the-month, "Kristin Lavransdatter” focuses the attention on a Viking woman and her life among her’ people. This study of the life of Kristin is described as “one of those astonishing achievements which an artist can carry out only in a long-sustained white heat of imagination and which he can never repeat.” The book tells a story of a winsome child and the pride that her father had felt about her. How she humbled this pride and broke the heart which bred it comprise one of the most human episodes in the story. Kristin is presented as a woman, loving, sinning, bearing many children,—a woman like any woman of this, our time, laced with the ageless problems of wo manhood. 36 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL CLUB NEWS' At Headquarters Provincial Reports Juniors Mr. Yasotaro Morri, editor of the Osaka Mainichi was a visitor at the Federation. He was very much in terested in the projects and activ ities of the women’s clubs and the Federation. We gave him copies of all of our informative materials, and copies of the WOman’s Home Journal. He subscribed to the Jour nal lcr.one year. * * * * surer, Airs. Alauro Arerzosa; sub treasurer, ,Mrs. Damian: members; Miss Romula Gonzales, Mrs. Talamayan, Airs. Laurente, Airs. Mesa and Airs. Buenafe. * * * The list of Calapan officers that we published last month were of the Juniors. The following are the senior officers: president, Airs. Ce cilia 0. Alorente; vice-president, Airs. Salud B. Garong; secretary, Mrs. Leonila 0. Cailipan; trea surer, Mrs. Soledad G. Castillo, board of directors: Airs. Candida G. Nable, Mrs. Felicidad E. Pun salan, Mrs. Alarta Samaco, Airs. Dioscora I. Alagtibay, and Airs. Paz Rayola. Miss Ernestina del Rosario, sent by the Calapnn Woman’s club of which Mrs. Cecilia 0. Morente is president, and Miss Gracia B. Querubin of Ilocos Sur have been ob serving and receiving instructions on the organization of clubs and starting and carrying out of pro jects. Miss del Rosario will take charge of a large nursery class, while (Miss Qucrubin will be a pro vincial worker for Ilocos Sur. * * * The first National Literacy Day scheduled on June 19th has been postponed. * * * Letters have been sent to dif ferent women organizations to ap point two representatives to sit in the executive committee of the Gen eral Council of Women. We hope that the executive committee can have a meeting very soon, because a huge task awaits it and the whole General Council—the success of the woman suffrage plebiscite. * * * On June 4th representatives of women organizations met at the headquarters to discuss plans for a more intensive campaign regarding the People’s Mandate to End War. Those present were: Mrs. Dolores B. Tuason, Mrs. Julia V. Ortigas, Mrs. Laura Lindley Shuman, Mrs. Flora A. Ylagan, Mrs. Josefa J. Martinez, Mrs. Natividad A. Lopez, Miss Anne Guthrie, Mrs. Rosa S. de Alvero, Mrs. Beatriz Ronquillo. Mrs. Lim presided. w Mr. Manuel Tandog, president of the Wesp Club of Calabanga, Camarines Sur, reported the following who helped him in the literacy cam paign in that town: Miss Justina Tandog, Miss Natividad Malanyaon, Miss Lourdes Malanyaon, Miss Consolacion Dulce, Miss Juliana Obias. Miss Basilisa Boncacas, Miss Maria Peritano, Miss Eusebia Logoc, Mrs. Gerarda Tandog, Mrs. Francisca Abad, Mrs. Teodora Falcon. The NFWC sent them diplomas of ser vice, and certificates for the illite rates who have learned how to read and write. * The following Women’s Clubs re ported their election results: Camalig, Albay: president, Miss Hospicia Nebres; vice-president, Miss Luz Marquez; secretary, Miss Mer cedes Nimo; treasurer, Airs. Pilar N. Josue; members, Miss Otilia Moratalla. Mrs. Emiliana Munoz and Mrs. Pilar Navera; Campaign Com mittee, Misses Paz Gregorio, Dolo res Morallos, Loreto Alorato, Con suelo Espinas, Plaviana Vibar; and Adviser, Atty Gerardo Josue. Ligao, Albay: president, Mrs. Anastacia V. de Munoz; vice-pres ident, Airs. Faustina Rosal; secre tary, Mrs. Anastacia A. Salazar; treasurer, Mrs. Consolacion Ranara; members, Airs. Flora Repotcnte, Alisses Juliana Quintano, Remedios Alonasterial, Airs. Clara de la Fuen te, Airs. Aurelia Cocatana, Airs. Pilar Delgado, Aliss Socorro Vega, Aliss Socorro Lumbes and Mrs. Ma ria Relacion. Burauen, Leyte: president, Miss Expectacion Alcrcado; vice-pres ident, Mrs. Susana E. Perez; secre tary, Miss Restituta Renomeron. Magdalena, Laguna: president, Airs. Felicidad Corvite; vice-pres ident, Airs. Trinidad F. Evidente; secretary, Airs. Salome E. Alonserrat; treasurer, Aliss Socorro Evidentc. Guinobatan, Albay: president, Airs. Paz Royales; vice-president, Airs. Cipriana V. Baybay; secre tary, Airs. Albina F. Jaucian; asst.secretary, Aliss Maria 0. Alercadero; treasurer, Airs. Blandina Al. Racadio; asst, treasurer, Airs. EleuteWe also have NOVELTIES in BUCKLES and DISHES of genuine MOTHER of PEARL. Come and see them at our store No. 4G0 Calle Dasmarinas MANILA BUTTON FACTORY, INC. ria V. Oquiakla; auditor, Airs. Leocepcion Realuyo, Airs. Josefa Ranor B. Lopez; members, Mrs. Connola, Mrs. Carmen Redoblado, Mrs. Carmen Neric, and Aliss Demetrea Navera. Tiwi, Albay: President, Mrs. Sulpicia Clutario; vice-president, Mrs. Lourdes Competente; secretary, Aliss Florencia Corral; members, Airs. Nieves Pena, Mrs. Concepcion Carpizo, Miss Encarnacion Cleofe, Aliss Concepcion Cordano, Aliss Paz A’era. Sorsogon, Sorsogon: President, Mrs. Felisa Flores; vice-president, Mrs. Concepcion Lim; secretary, Airs. Carmen Romulo; ass’t. secre tary, Airs. Salvacion Berina; treas urer, Airs. Olimpia Dino; members: Airs. Nicolasa Gerona, Mrs. Nieves Ungson, Airs. Martina Serrano, Airs. Concepcion Dino, Airs. Con cepcion Arambulo, Airs. Adelfa D. Alayor. * * * Noveleta, Cavite; President, Airs. Josefa A. Vallido; vice-president, Mrs. Aquilina A. Alvarez; secre tary, Airs. Dalisay A. Tejada; ass’tsecrctary, Airs. Remedios V. Bunda; treasurer, Airs. Eulogia D. Medina; ass’t-treasurer, Aliss Batis P. Ange les. * * * Angadan, Isabela: president, Airs. Jovita Canero; vice-president, Airs. Loreto Perez; treasurer, Airs. Amada Villanueva; sub-treasurer, Mrs. Filomena Ramos; secretary, Mrs. Alareiana Catindig; sub-secretary, Aliss Carmen Alargie Perez; board of directors, Airs. Preciosa Santos, Mrs. Maima Siquian, Airs. Josefina Lopez, Airs. Festina Tamayo, and Miss Isabela Cruz. * * * Aliss Emilia P. Castro report ed the following officers of the Isa bela Provincial Federation: pres ident, Airs. Alagdalena Arranz; 1st vice-president, Airs. Dominga Bu lan; 2nd vice-president, Airs. Ursula Salez; secretary, Airs. Felisa Alcid; sub-secretary Airs. Alanaligod; treaUnder the initiative of Aliss A’alentina Punsalan, a Junior Club was organized in Del Carmen, Pampanga. The officers are: president, Miss Concepcion Lim; vice-pres ident, Miss Conrada Gaddi; treas urer, Miss Felicidad Acuna; sub treasurer, Miss Josefina Calatcat; sergeant-at-arms, Aliss Maxima Pas ko; 2nd-sergeant at-arms, Miss Veneranda Luna. * * * The Odiongan Junior was or ganized by Aliss Gallardo in Romblon. The officers are: president, Soledad Alillares; vice-president, Patria Alontana; secretary, Libertad Fontamiles; treasurer, Estelita Masangeay; members, Gliceria Noche, Angelita David, Elena FideIino, Gloria Fondevilla, and Caridad Fabella. * * * Report was sent by Mr. Arturo Sevilla that Aliss Felicidad Escano, with the help of Alunicipal President Angel R. Sevilla, has or ganized a Junior Women’s Club in this municipality. More than 60 young women are members. Offi cers are: Miss Aurora U. Sevilla, president; Miss Cely de Jesus, vicepresident; Miss Clarita Relova, se cretary; Aliss Catalina Gamboa, sub-secretary; Aliss Florencia Cas tillo, treasurer; and Aliss Adela Villamin, sub-treasurer. Airs. Grata S. Sevilla is the adviser of the club. * * * Aliss Araceli Gabiles of the Naga Juniors sent in the partial result of her women citizenship survey. The results were favorable. WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL the J ine1’ spoke v^’flrote that the general t^fuhrftC^ of the women both Christian and non-Christian seemed to be in favor of suffrage, and they have high hopes that dur ing the plebiscite Jolo will cover the quota required. Janiiiay, Iloilo, held a colorful parade attended by the town and barrio women, municipal officials, and barrio lieutenants. There were floats depicting the activities of the women of that town. After the parade a program was held. The following delivered speeches: Miss Merced A. Senador, Mrs. Soledad G. Tionko, president of the wo man’s club, Mr. Pedro T. Barranco, municipal president, and Atty. Simeon Barraneo. In Jaro, Iloilo, a very big crowd was present during the meeting. A platform decorated with plants was built on the corner of Ledesma and Mabini streets, and a loud speaker was installed.- The meeting which started at about seven o’clock last ed till after nine. Among those who spoke were: Governor Consing, President Garganera, Board Member Ledesma, Mrs. Josefa JaraMartinez, Mrs. Lim, Miss Emma Gonzales. Mrs. Mesa was toast master. Binan, Laguna, had the follow ing speakers: Dr. Encarnacion Alzona, Mrs. Flora A. Ylagan, Mrs. Beatriz Ronquillo, Mrs. Antonio R. Gonzales, president of the woman’s club, and Mr. Pedro Vergara. Balo, Camarines Sur: The par ade scheduled was called off be cause of a heavy rain, but the pub lic meeting was continued. The Bani Woman’s Club, one of the newly organized clubs of Pan gasinan had a very successful cele bration of May 14 headed by Mrs. Escolastiea U. Fernandez, presid ent. The Pangasinan Federation believes that in the western part of the province the barrio women can be counted upon to have a very strong rally during the plebiscite. The speakers were: Mrs. Escolastica Fernandez, Miss Paeiencia Sagun, Miss Florangel Urbano, Mrs. Irene Gonzalez, and Mr. Juan Cas telo, municipal president. In Piddig, Ilocos Norte, the par ade headed by the Boy Scout troop and accompanied by the local band was very well attended. The spea kers during the program which fol lowed were Miss Enriqueta de Pe ralta, president of the Ilocos Pro vincial Federation, Mrs. Faustina S. Pandaraoan, adviser of the High School Students’ Circle, and Atty. Pedro Valentin. In San Joaquin, Iloilo, the speak ers were Mrs. Maria G. Garingalao, president of the woman’s club, Mrs. Purificacion Serdena, Mr. Amadeo Sartorio, Rev. Gedeam Soncuya. Mrs. Jesus Servento, Judge A'eban Siva, Mr. Modesto Sane1 - Mr. Jesus F. Diez What Is The Peoples i Mandate To End War? Campaign for Peace is Being Conducted by Women in Many Countries fHE Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom sent Mrs. Lim a letter regarding the People’s Mandate to End War. This campaign for peace which is now underway in every part of the world aims to express such over whelming public opinion for peace that Governments will not dare to consider war as a way of settling conflicts. 50,000,000 signatures to the Mandate is the goal, 12,000,000 of these to be secured in the United States. The People’s Mandate' was initiated by the Women’s Interna tional League on September 6, the birthday of Jane Addams, the found er and International President of the League. In two months, the Mandate has been put into circula tion in 50 countries including such widely scattered ones as: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Columbia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ecuador, France, Haiti, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Nicara gua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, and Uruguay. The Mandate is being signed by men and women—anyone above the age of sixteen may sign. A Euro pean committee has been formed with seven nations represented. In the United States signatures are being secured through organizations, by house-to-house canvassing; in markets, shops, and theatres, among employees of factories and corpora tions, at mass meetings, churches, labor unions, clubs; in response to articles in newspapers and maga zines. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt is Honorary Chairman in the United States. Mandate Movement In The Philippines On March 7, representatives of different women organizations in A modern woman prefers to wear SHOW GIRL Full Fashioned HOSIERY A wide range of colors and sizes to select from. On sale at All Stores everywhere Manila met at the Federation Head quarters. They were unanimous in their support of the movement. A committee, composed of Miss Anne Guthrie, Mrs. Josefa J. Martinez and Mrs. Josefa LI. Escoda, was appointed to revise the original mandate so that it will conform to the actual situation of the Philip pines. Happily, the Philippines is perhaps one country in the world which has originally incorporated in its Constitution an article on^Peace. Section 2 of Article II of the Cons titution provides that the Philip pines renounces war as an instru ment of national policy and adopts the generally accepted principles of international law as part of the law of the Nation. Copies of the revised mandate adapted to meet local conditions, were sent to Wash ington and Miss Vernon said that they were extremely good. Intensive Campaign As word has been received from Miss Mabel Vernon, Campaign Di rector of the People’s Mandate whose headquarters are in Wash ington, that the campaign for sig natures has been extended, the Man date Committee in the Philippines at its meeting on June 4th decided to launch an intensive campaign from June 23 to July 4. The in tensive campaign is planned to give the public a better idea of the move ment. Publicity materials received 'from Washington, D. C., will be circulated and efforts will be made to enlist the cooperation of schools, labor organizations and other clubs in securing signatures. The goal set by the Committee is 200,000 sig natures throughout the Philippines, but efforts will be made to go be yond the goal so that the Philip pines will not be far behind the other countries supporting this cam paign. As anyone above the age of 16 may sign; the schools will be can vassed by the school committees to be formed as well as by the Junior Women’s Club already organized. Before June 23 signatures of leaders in all lines of endeavor will be secured by members of the Com mittee and these signatures will be announced at the opening of the campaign. Committees Organized All available avenues of publicity will be taken advantage of during the intensive period of the cam paign to bring the objectives of the movement to the people. Ra dio programs and daily newspaper publicity are being planned. About thirty names have been chosen by the Mandate Committee of the Philippines to be asked to serve as Advisory Committee. They represent distinguished leaders in all lines of endeavor. The organisations that have pled ged themselves to the campaign are the NFWC with its five hun dred clubs, the Catholic Women’s League with 300 units in the pro vinces, the Y. W. C. A., the Asociacion de Damas Filipinas, the Philippine Association of Univer sity Women, the American Asso ciation of University Women, the Filipino Nurses’ Association, the American Nurses’ Association, Fort nightly Club and the Catholic Club. Each of the organizations is given a definite group to canvass to avoid overlapping. The expenses neces sary to carry on the campaign will be defrayed through the contribu tions of these different women or ganizations and others who may be equally interested in the project. The members of the Mandate Committee in the Philippines are: Mrs. Pilar H. Lim—Chairman, Mrs. Manuel N. Tuason—1st ViceChairman, Miss Anne Guthrie—2nd Vice-Chairman, Mrs. Beatriz-Ronquillo—Secretary-Treasurer, Mem bers of tlife Committee: Mrs. Sofia R. de Veyra—Manila Woman’s Club, Miss Manuela Gay— Catholic Women’s League, Mrs. Flora A. Ylagan—Y.M.C.A., Mrs. Laura Lindley Shuman—American Nurses’ Association, Miss Bessie A. Dwyer—N. F. W. C., Miss Ursula Uichanco — Philippine Assn, of U. W., Mrs. Josefa J. Martinez— Y. W. C. A., Miss Maria L. Tinawin—Filipino Nurses’ Assn., Mrs. Sarah M. England—American Assn, of U. W., Mrs. Mosher—Fortnight ly Club, Mrs. P. C. Ellis—C. W. L., Mrs. Josefa LI. Escoda—N. F/® W. C., Miss Minerva P. Guysayk/' N. F. W. C. 4^ * WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL N New Courses in Our Univei_ VOCATIONAL courses for winch there had long been a crying need in this country are gaining recog nition of the highest educational institutions. Among the later to offer more technical departments is the state university. President Jorge Bocobo announ ced that the University of the Phil ippines will offer new courses in fisheries, ceramics, mining engin eering and dentistry this year, in spite of the failure of the Budget Commission'' to recommend addi tional appropriation for the s^atc university. The mining engineering course, BIG SMILES From “Little Ones” -------- SEND THE COUPON-------------LACTOGEN BABY BUREAU P. O. Box 155, Manila • Dear Sirs:— ' I enclose P0.10 in stamps, for which ' please send me a copy of your new “Lacto- | gen Baby Book”. | My Baby is ............................................ old. | I expect Baby about .................. (month). Name................................................................ | Address............................................................ I W.H.J.—June 1936 Wider Educational Fields Are Opened to Students This Year of which only the first two years will be offered this year, will be given jointly by the college of en gineering, and the departments of chemistry and geology of the col lege of liberal arts. The junior and senior years will be opened next year. Modern laboratory equipment wilt be bought by the university for this course. A number of local min ing engineers will be employed as professorial lecturers this year, while LACTOGEN is kind to even the most delicate digestive sys tems. It forms a soft, fine flaky curd which closely resembles that formed by human milk. Lactogen can always be given when Mother’s Milk is not available—it is so surely safe that you NEVER take chances with baby's health when using this wonderful food. —SPECIAL NOTICE— As from June 23rd, 1936 the Nestle Nursing Department will be located in the new Nestle Office at 974 Azearraga, Manila opposite Tutuban Railroad Station Tel. 4-98-21 P. 0. Box 155 the permanent professors for the course will be taken in next year. In the dentistry course offered by the newly re-established school of dentistry, the first three years will be opened this year, it was announced. The fisheries and cera mics courses will be offered under a cooperative arrangement between the state university and the bureau of science. * * * Social work has now come to its own. The need of trained workers to cope with welfare activities is well-known by the public, but the Uentro Escolar University is prac tically the first in the educational circle to give it its due importance. This year, it^offers.courses in social work, both as major subject and as one-year course. Indicative of the progressive spirit of the community which it so well reflects, the Centro college of education offers music and mer chandising for major subjects. In consonance with its policy of patriotism, this girls’ university gives training on home nursing, first aid and emergencies. This takes the place of the military train ing the Commonwealth demands of its young men. * * * The Philippine Women's Univer sity has created a new department of fine arts. This step was taken after a study had been made of the greater interest that our young wo men are taking in painting, espe cially in fabric and portrait. * * * Technology has a great share in the interest of educators after voca tional education. Born with a great promise, the Institute of Technology of the Fai Eastern University opens this June offering the entire course in civil engineering and the preparatory courses for other branches of tech nology. Conforming with the estab lished Far Eastern University pol icy, it will have the best available faculty. * * * The needs of a new day prompt ed introductions at the National University. The College of Commerce and Business Administration will strengthen its course in economics, patterned after the London School of Economics. . This College will offer courses which will prepare for economic leadership in the future Philippine Republic. This idea has been conceived by a new dean, also a product of American universities and a leader in economic thought to-day. The new dean is Prof. Jose L. Celeste, lecturer in economics and authority on the subject. The other change which will be made concerns secondary education. Believing that the demand of the new era will be practical, the high school department of the University which heretofore has been offering only academic courses, will offer courses in trades such as plumbing, soap making, course in radio, radio repair and other useful but practi cal arts which will put ■ ' ~ men on an earning basis. ' MISSING PAG E/P AGES