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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: Volume XIV (Issue no. 4) August 1939
Publisher: National Federation of Women's Clubs of the Philippines
Language: English
Subject: Women's periodicals.
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extracted text: Mothers Build Strong and Healthy Children with DUTCH BABY CONDENSED MILK S A V E Y O U R D U T C H B A B Y L A B E L S Dutch Baby Full Cream Condensed Milk is a pro duct of uniform quality, freshness, purity and un surpassable excellence. Dutch Baby Milk is full of health-giving vitamins. Next time you buy milk for the baby be sure to ask for Dutch Baby Con densed Milk. Don’t forget to save the LABELS. DISTRIBUTORS in the PHILIPPINES WISE & COMPANY, INC. Oft POINTS for LARGE CANS 5 POINTS for SMALL CANS Semi this Coupon for FREE PREMIUM BOOK Make certain you inclose 4 centavos in Stamps WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS OF THE PHILIPPINES 1132 California, Manila P. O. Box 30 Tel. 5-77-31 Vol. XIV Minerva P. Guysayko, Editor No. 4 Mrs. G. T. Pecson, Advt. & Business Mgr. Contents For August, 1939 Cover Portrait of Manuel L. Quezon, LL. D., by Pablo Amorsolo (Courtesy, U. P. Alumni Association) Regular Features FR°M COVER TO COVER fHE birthday of President Quezon on August 19th was celebrated in the Philippines with a iiation-wide benefit in the form of balls and other social activities, the proceeds from which go to the Philippine Anti-Tuberculosis Society to be spent for its fight against the white plaque. Long before Dr. Angel B. Tri nidad, executive secretary of the society, wrote to us suggesting that we use the picture of President Quezon on our cover this month, we had already planned to do it. We did not want to break our scheme this year—which consists of (Continued on page 48) Headlines (News In Brief, From July 16 to August IS) ............................ 2 May We Suggest (Book Reviews) by Pia Mancia............................................. 14 Movie Section ..................................................................................................... 19 Women Abroad by Pia Mancia ........................................................................ 21 With Our Clubwomen ..............................................................................22 & 23 Ten Years Ago in the Journal.................... 48 Special Features Message from Miss Anne Guthrie, Advisory Consultant, YWCA ................ 3 Guest Editorial by Mrs. Julia Vda. de Ortigas, President, Philippine Anti Tuberculosis Society.................................................................................... 4 The Cost of Tuberculosis in the Philippines by Dr. Angel B. Trinidad, Execu tive Secretary, Philippine Anti-Tuberculosis Society ............................ 5 Is Any Wife Really Happy ? by L. C. Moore............................................... 7 NEP A Girls Do Their Bit For Country by Pacita Lerma, Secretary, Young Women’s NEPA Chapter............................................................................ 10 With Us: Mrs. Diane Deering Christenberry and Mrs. Hariette Gun Rober son ............................................................ 12 Cowboy Romantic by Iris Brown ...................................................................... 13 Hollywood on Parade by C. A. Brouthers ......................................... 16 & 17 “Spirits Departed” by Dr. Rebecca Parish ................................................... 18 Short Stories and Poems Noemi (Short Story) by Julia Palarca ........................................................... 6 Femme Fatale (Short Story) by Josepphine Bentham ................. 8 Ashes to Ashes (Short, Short Story) by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr..................... 15 The Monkeys* House (Children’s Corner) by Valery Carrick........................ 20 Songs For A Changing Voice (Poem) by Carolyn W. Lint.......................... 30 Renouncement (Poem) by Alice Meynell ..................................................... 42 Fashions Movie Stars Wear These ................................................................................... 24 Three Ternos Designed by Ernesto Arandia................................................... 25 Home Institute Cooking: Use That Can Opener..................................................................... 26 Household Hints: Why Do You Feel Tired?............................................... 28 Bringing Up Children: Problem Child . ........................................................... 30 Guide To Charm: What Do You Carry In Your Handbag? .......................... 32 Health Page: Orthodontia and Children’s Dentistry by Dr. Nieva Eraha . . 34 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL is published monthly by the Woman’s Home Journal, Inc., with editorial and business offices at 1132 California, Manila. En tered as second class matter at the Manila Post Office. The subscription rates are: P2.00 for 1 year, Pl.10 for 6 months, in the Philippines; $1.50 for one year, $.80 for 6 months, in the United States; $2.00 for 1 year, $1.10 for 6 months, in foreign countries. Subscribers: Report change of address or incorrect address direct to Woman’s Home Journal, Inc., P. 0. Box 30, Manila, two weeks before the change is to take effect, giving both the NEW and OLD addresses. Missing copies should be reported to us not later than the end of the month of issue, otherwise orders for substitutes will not be filled—Address all Correspondence to Woman's Home Journal, Inc. 2 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1939 July 10: President Quezon inter preted the Rice Tenancy Act at the unity celebration of the National Commission of Peasants at Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, which was at tended by more than 50,000 work ers, when he discovered from the speeches of the leaders that they were advocating debt cancellation ....Japan was reported seething with anti-British ire as Anglo-Jap anese negotiations hit a snag. For eign Minister Arita insisted on the discussion of broad Oriental pol icy.... The triple slaying at the Pasudeeo office stirred the labor elements in Pampanga. Pedro Abad Santos, supreme leader of the So cialists in the Philippines, declared that slight provocation might he taken as a cue bv disatisfied work ers to start, widespread disorders ....French Premier Daladier, tak ing personal charge of the investi gation into an alleged German spy ring in France, announced that per sons already arrested had confes sed receiving money from foreign agents. July 17: England’s Prime Min ister Chamberlain told the House of Commons Britain would reject any Japanese demand for reversal of British policy in the Orient as a condition for opening of negotia tions to settle the Tientsin and other blockade incidents.... Informed Tokyo quarters were almost unani mous in the prediction that the cur rent British-Japanese negotiations would fail.... Chinese authorities in Foochow carried out measures to oppose the threatened Japanese in vasion of Fukien province .... Eight Russian planes bombed a Manchukuo rail center. A Japan ese military spokesman told the As sociated Press that further Soviet air attacks on railways in Mancini kno would bring Japanese retalia tion.... United States isolation ists shelved action on neutrality. The administration wanted the arms embargo stricken out of the neutral ity act to place the United States in a position to help democracies in case of war. Isolationists in the Senate contended that the adminis tration’s neutrality plans would em broil the United States in foreign wars. July 18: 40,000 textile weavers in the Iloeano provinces filed a peti tion with President Quezon and the National Development Companv protestin'?- the invasion of the cot ton textile weavintr field by the NT)C.... Malaeanang announced that a plan had been evolved under which the agencies and offices of the national government can work The following young women are now under training in the Appraiser Division of the bureau of customs where they are being taught how to ex amine imported goods: Maria Monserrat Montelibano Carmen V. Roces Maria Jesusa Ocampo Luisa Unson Caridad Verzosa Teodorica Madelammu Angelina L. Abad Lily Raquiza, formerly with the group, has been transferred to the secret service division and is being trained for the dif ficult job of ferreting out contrabands and things on which those who bring them in do not want to pay the required duty. Women graduates occupied the first ten positions in the government examinations for physicians given last May by the board of medical examiners. Nora Diokno (University of Santo Tomas) . 88.81 Elvira N. Fermin (U. P.) ............................ 87.75 Pilar A. Centeno (U. P.).............................. 84.38 Luz Serrano (Santo Tomas)........................ 83.38 Velia Trinidad (Santo Tomas).................... 82.81 Salud V. Gatchalian (U. P.) ...................... 81.94 Buenaventura G. Umali (Santo Tomas) . . . 81.63 Covadonga del Gallego (Santo Tomas) . . 81.38 Olimpia Mirasol (U. P.).............................. 81.06 Maria G. Santos (U. P.).............................. 81.06 in greater harmony and coopera tion with provincial officials and thus make possible improved and more efficient administration of public affairs. . . . Jose Avelino. secretary of labor, announced the formation of the National Labor Members of the Coron Woman's Club, Palaican. icith Adviser h’estituto Jiaeauan. Syndicate to coordinate the activities of the newly organized National Commission of Peasants and the Na tional Commission of Labor and the eventual dissolution of all small labor unions.... Newly arrived Spanish consul general Alvaro de Maldonado, appealed to all Spanish residents in the Philippines to for get their past differences and unite their efforts to make for a greater Spain. July 19: Japanese foreign Min ister Arita and English Ambassador Sir Craigie were reported to have parted in anger after a heated fivehour discussion of the Tientsin dis pute which involved a Nippon army blockade of the British concession there. The negotiation was at its fifth day. . .. Speaking before 10,000 tenants and landlords in Pam panga during Planting Rice fes tival, President Quezon appealed for “social peace”.... French dip lomatic circles heard from Berlin today of firm Nazi confidence in peacefully annexing the free city of Danzig to the Reich in the face of predictions made by Danzig Nazi barring possibility of a compromise with Poland.... Benigno Ramos, ertswhile Sakdal chief, today stood trial at Santa Cruz, Laguna, for rebellion in connection with the Sak dal uprising in 1935 in which 64 persons were killed and wounded. July 20: Police were called to guard British Ambassadoi' Craigie in Tokyo after a Japanese was found hiding in the embassy grounds. Anti-British agitation in Japan continued... . Senator War ren R. Austin, Vermont represen tative, expressed belief that the had little chance of being passed Pittman embargo resolution and other measures aimed against Japan this session of congress .... Pres ident Quezon warned about 60 labor leaders called to Malaeanang for a conference, against becoming in volved in any communistic or radi cal movement to avoid imperiling the stability of tiie government and the nation. July 21: Russia’s threat to con fiscate Nippon coal and oil proper ties in a rich northern territory jointly owned by the Japanese and the Russians, sent Japanese fleet to northern waters.... BritishJapanese tension eased when phra seology of the request for British cooperation with the Japanese army in China was softened and an assasination plot against three of Jap an’s most influential personages re ported to be favoring a moderate viewpoint in that British-Japanese quarrel, was thwarted.... Pres ident Roosevelt indicated he would not attempt to revive the adminis tration’s neutrality program before January unless development in Europe made such a move impera tive.... Answering small textile manufacturers who claimed they would be driven out of business by ' NDC plan to establish textile plant. Gregorio Anonas, manager, said the NDC will be a sort of experi mental laboratory only and will pro duce 30^ of the textile importa tion. July 22: An emergency session of the cabinet today confirmed an agreement reached yesterday be tween Foreign Minister Arita and British Ambassador Sir Craigie “on general questions forming the back ground for the Tientsin situation.” Tt was understood the British plan called for discontinuing support of the Chinese currency and attempt ing to regulate in a manner accept able to Japan the relationship be tween the Japanese army in North China and British interests.. .. The draft of the proposed amendments to the Constitution, which was said to have been prepared bv legislative leaders with the help of Secretary (Continued on page 42) Manila, August, 1939 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL “Keep The Light Of Tolerance And Good Will Burning....” Dear Friends: A few weeks ago I received a letter wh ch began, “These are days when the lights are going out and we need more than ever to keep aflame any lamps of tolerance, good will, and democratic faith which are still burning’’. I thought of that letter when your editor asked me if I did not have something to say to the members of the Women’s Clubs and the readers of the Woman’s Home Journal before I leave Manila to go to the United States on furlough. It is true that all about us “lights are going out", people who thought they were safe and secure for their lives and the lives of their children, are groping aimlessly about in the dark and do not know whether there ever again will be light for them. The sun is still shining, the lights are still burning for us here in the Philippines, but shadows are falling even on these Islands. And all of us are wondering, or should be, what we can do to keep the shadows from growing blacker and to keep the lamps afldme. Sometimes it seems as though there is nothing to do, or that the little we can do is so little it does not matter. However, we can not sit idly by and let the world go to pieces around us any more than we would think of sleeping in our nipa house if the one next door to us were on fire. So it seems to me we should try each in her own circle, to do all we can to live in our daily relationship as we wish the nations of the earth would live in their relations with one another. And this is one. of tthe reasons why I believe in the organization of women into clubs and associations of any aid every kind. Your club can become an ex perimental laboratory. All sorts of elements are mixed up in it; experiment in blending them together. But do not let any one element prove so disturbing as to spoil the ex periment. Find a way of using all elements and uniting them into a cooperative group in which all work together for the benefit of all. As we work together we learn how to cooperate, how to help one another, how to overcome petty jealousies and envy. We learn to forget our own personal ambitions in our concern for what is best for all. We learn to be tolerant of people who do not think or act as we do; we learn to appreciate the point of view of others, to respect their opinions just as we expect them to respect ours. We know that if we do not do these things, our club or association does not accomplish much, and may even dwindle and fade away. The lamp that might have burned brightly enough to light the road outside, may go out and leave the barrio darker than it need to be. So as I return for a visit to the United States after five happy years in your islands, I leave you with the best of wishes for success in whatever your club may undertake this year. No matter what it is, no mater how insignificant it may seem to be, make it signi ficant in that it teaches those who undertake it the method of cooperation we are wishing the world would learn. Thus you of the National Federation of Women’s Clubs will do your part to keep lights of tolerance and good will burning and a few more of the lamps of democracy from going out. Sincerely yours, (Sgd.) ANNE GUTHRIE Advisory Consultant YWCA 4 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1939 GUEST EDITORIAL President, Philippine Tuberculosis Society CONTINUING a custom that is now almost traditional in Filipino life, the double-barred red cross, the official insignia of the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, was again seen through out the nation on the occasion of the 61st birth day of His Excellency, Presiden Manuel L. Que zon, on August 19th. Much of the accomplish ments of the Society was due to the able leader ship and keen interest of the Chief Executive in the support of the work of combatting extensively the ravages of tuberculosis in the Philippines. As an organization, therefore, we wish to acknowledge the great work he has done in secur ing and in endeavoring to secure for the people of our country the recognition of the tuberculosis campaign in the formation of social and health program designed to prolong life and promote hu man welfare and happiness. This year’s drive ex tended throughout the Philippines on this parti cular date, August 19, 1939, a period for national rejoicings in celebration of the birthday of the highest magistrate of the land. We hope on this happy occasion, all insular, provincial, city and municipal authorities, together with all the public and private school officials and all public-spirited citizens, rallied to this birthday campaign of the Philippine Tuberculosis Society. During the twenty-nine years that the So ciety has been in existence, it has led and still con tinues to lead the fight against the white plague in this country. Thanks to the loyal support it has always received from President Quezon, all government officials and the public in general, this organization has been able to make itself a national institution that should deserve the wholehearted acclaim of all the people for they are the most la vished recipients of its benevolent services. Although progress has already been made in this fight against tuberculosis, this disease is still the greatest cause of death in this country, espe cially between the ages of 15 and 45, which de serves the attention of everybody. The annual toll alone is approximately 32,000 men, women and children. More than five times as many per sons who die from other diseases, perish from tu berculosis, and one and a half times as many young women and young men from the ages of 15 and 24 are victims of this disease. It causes an econo mic loss to the nation more than 1,000,000 pesos every year. The number of persons treated and assisted by the Philippine Tuberculosis Society and its ma nifold activities during the past years, are a remark able demonsration of the power of the centavo. For the money raised from this celebration not only will bring about the welfare and happiness of those actually suffering from tuberculosis, but also will afford the needed means toward minimiz ing the spread of this terrible disease in our coun try. Mrs. Ortigas has been the able president of the Philippine Tuberculosis Society for a number of years now. Manila, August, 1939 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 5 The COST Of TUBERCULOSIS In The Philippines *JHERE is an old saying that ‘‘to morrow never comes”. This must have been our common belief in the years of full and plenty, when we loaded ourselves with future obliga tions. We bought homes with 90 per cent mortgages on them, and ac quired radios, cars, furniture, even jewelry and clothes on deferred payments. We robbed tomorrow to pay for today. And then tomorrow came. It came suddenly—it came terribly. Those of us who were de prived of their usual means of live lihood by an era of destruction and reconstruction, saw most everything for which we had toiled slip through our fingers. But there is one thing we have paid cash for up to now, and that is health. Money paid to cleanse the water supply destroyed typhoid. Cholera, too, was placed under con trol. But just as it is necessary to pay for fire engines when there arc no fires, so must we maintain facil ities to handle and prevent an out break of typhoid or cholera. We have bought prevention of smallpox on a cash and carry basis. There has been no thought of de ferring payments, or deferring de livery of vaccine to protect little children from this fatal menace. Nor in our purchase of health did we forget tuberculosis, and even dur ing the difficult times of the last three years we have contributed so much to keep up the fight against tuberculosis, which strikes down more people between the ages of 15 and 45 than any other disease. So far, during the depression, there has been no sign of diminish ed national vitality indicated in an increased death rate. But death rates are slow to be recorded be cause of the lengthy tabulations re quired, and arc from a year to two years behind the current date. The tuberculosis death rate as well as the infant death rate have conti nued their toll. So there is a feel ing on the part of some people that no public loss will be incurred if we shave down the money we have been spending on these projects. But who knows how many more seeds of this disease may have been sown among the people? Tubercu losis often remains latent a long time before it becomes apparent. It usually begins in childhood. Ulti mately the effects of curtailment of necessary preventive measures can only result in the lowering of vital ity, and consequent loss of life. Already there are signs that show By DR. ANGEL B. TRINIDAD Executive Secretary, The Philippine Tuberculosis Society THE AUTHOR surface of vital statistics. The Que zon Institute is besieged with pa tients who are unable to pay. Our clinics both here in the city of Ma nila and in the provinces are over whelmed with consultations, and in creasing requests for nursing serv ice are heard upon all sides. Not to meet these needs is to mortgage tomorrow. Yet deficits are mount ing, and in many quarters reduc tions of expenses for prevention arc demanded. This is false economy. Saving the cost of prevention today means increasing the expense for cure tomorrow. We must not rob CONSTIPATION requires far more than sim ply a laxative. Neutralize the stomach acids — aid diges tion — tone up the entire intestinal tract by taking MILK OF MAGNESIA Formula: Magnesium Hydroxide PHILLIPS’zSl tomorrow of so precious a thing as health and life in order to use the money today for other purposes. Some other things may be post poned, but diseases and death wait for no man. Disastrous results may be expect ed from any reduction of the essen tial machinary the Society has erect ed to save lives by preventive means. As time goes on these in evitable effects will be seen to have been merely postponed, and prob ably aggravated. Health, once lost, may never be regained; money which is lost is easier to replace. This is no time to forget that voluntary contributions fight a di sease which all too often is a pro duct of improper living conditions, malnutrition, and improper housing. There has never been inflation in the work of campaign for funds, Part of the Quezon Sanatorium. and it should not be deflatted at so perilous a time as at present. People must be fed properly, clinics must be maintained, children in dan ger of tuberculosis must be cared for. All the work of the prevention and relief of suffering which vol untary contributions can do, must be continued as before. One of the greatest lessons the depression has taught all of us is that the best policy is to pay as we go, rather than pile up debt for the future. Unforeseen events have a way of making it impossible to pay. If we fail to meet our obligations for prevention day by day, tomor row will find us in the grip of the greatest of all usurers—disease— who in the end will collect princi pal and interest, and a tragic pen alty as well. Men are worth money. It costs parents thousands of pesos to raise a boy or girl to the age of twenty in a family whether the income is big or small. But the family should invest as much as it can afford for health. For sickness costs money, and it bears in another way. We raise thousands of boys and girls up to the age of twenty, and then allow them to die of tuberculosis, a preventable disease. What does it cost society under these circumstan ces? To say that this is a great waste of money is putting it mildly. It would be just as foolish to build a house and as soon as it is built, to burn it to the ground. Tubercu losis can be prevented, but the facts are that between the ages of fifteen and forty-five, after we have made our greatest investment in childhood and youth, the largest number of deaths from tuberculosis occur, more deaths in fact than from any other disease that causes death in that age period. Computing the value of a human life at any figure, even the most conservative, the loss to society under these circumstances amounts to millions of pesos every Helping by contributing a small amount, offers one way in which one can help the organized national campaign of the Philippine Tuber culosis Society and bring about the control of this great white plague in our country. 6 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila. August. 1939 NOEMI (Short Story) By JULIA PALARCA QURS is a small uneven street. It breaks off from the main road, bravely traces out a new trail for about a hundred meters or so then gives up the attempt as it comes to a vast boggy place where water lilies and decaying rushes grow. There the road ends. Lined on one side are our homes — old, brown struc tures — while papaya trees, green and full, stand on guard just across the street. We knew one another pretty well, of course. We know, for instance, that Apong Virang has a grandson at the Military Academy in Baguio who had more brains than his body could decently hold; that Socorro’s husband died in a free ward at the city hospital because the doctors had given him something to quiet the too rapid beat of his heart—some thing which definitely proved that the prescribed medicine was not to be administered to others who com plained of the same disease for “the pills were not as efficacious as ad vertised, after all”; that Juan’s lat est baby never cried even if some unbelieving neighbor pinched it hard just to see for himself and that Simeon was saving money in order to take his family to Min danao. We know that when one of Mang Apiong’s daughters has one of her nervous attacks and starts to bite and make sounds very much like the barking of their dog, her father chains her to a stout post in the house until she calms down. We know who are courting Flora and Celing and even Toning who is slightly touched in the head. Life, however, is too complicat ed a process to bother long about other people’s ways of managing to live just above the scum of the earth. That was why we never paid very close attention to Valentin, the water-carrier who earned thirty centavos a day. There were others like him. And when he took a wom an unto himself, we shrugged our shoulders and said he could not help that. The girl used to sit under the large acacia tree near the artesian well and wait till Valentin had fill ed two cans with pure, clear water. She was an ugly, fat thing with small, expressionless eyes and a large, weak mouth. Valentin shooed her away at first but when she tag ged along every time lie carried water to the houses, walking with a queer, ungainly gait as if her feet found it hard to support her shape less, bulging body and furtively wiping the perspiration which oozed from Valentin’s arms, he allowed her to sit under the trees and wait for him. She wooed him long. She watched over the man she had cho sen for herself with savage posses siveness and when once, Valentin had left his empty cans near the artesian well while he bought ciga rettes from the Chinese store at the street’s junction, she fought fierce ly against a group of boys who were pouring sand into the contain ers. Torn and bleeding in the mouth, her hair getting in the way of her clenched fists, she fought for Valentin’s things like a primitive beast struggling for its young. There was a glorious light in her eyes when she emerged from the tangled mass of young boys and presented the gasoline cans—clean and untouched—to Valentin. He finally took her in one night. Took her in one rainy night when she lingered by the bamboo stairs of his home, drenched but refusing to shiver in front of him. She brushed her damp hair away from her face, wrung the hem of her dress from water and solemnly gave her hand to Valentin as he stretch ed his own to help her up the stairs. We all accepted Valentin’s new life with passive indifference. Once or twice in the beginning, we used to look up from our work to look at his mate but that was about all we cared to do. Both had merged with the day’s routine. And when their first baby came, a few of us stroked the child’s head and mur mured endearments. Some offered suggestions about the removal of yellow, waxy crusts that had form ed on its head and Mang Sitong’s wife actually kissed the infant as it lay sleeping in its mother’s arms. Perhaps, we are a strange group. Officers of the Moncada (Tarlac) Woman's ( lab irith Pnericulture Norse E.raltacion N. Asuncion. Or unreasonable, I do not know. For when we realized Noeini was forced to live a life the way she never expected to, we gathered our skirts about us and fled from her as from a physically polluted being. Noeini was the undisputed queen of the street by virtue of her face. It was a strange, face, hers. We had not seen for years many gifted with such almost unbelievably lovely features. It was a face which at once stirred and soothed. Someday, I wish you would see her eyes. They are remarkably aglow with secret fires — they used to be, at least. Her nose was not even “tall” as we say, but small and exquisitely shaped. Best of all, her mouth was soft and warm and full. We used to talk with her and watch her lips form the words, deriving pleasure in seeing them in motion. And when she unexpectedly would burst out into a pretty laugh, we would smile weakly, conscious of our own awk ward mouths. Noeini was a lovely woman. Perhaps if she looked somewhat like Valentin’s wife, we wouldn’t have minded what happen ed. We would have tolerated her as we had tolerated the other woman. But we had unintentionally placed Noeini above the common crowd. To ns, she was not another of the people who lived with the years, fought and were twisted out of form, reshaped all over again only to renew the struggle. Noeini was beautiful, therefore, dwelt apart. We thought of her that way. You would call her the symbol of what we had always wanted ourselves to be, what we had hoped we would he. And when she dared to break through the aura we had surrounded her with, we never forgave her.... Noemi worked as a cashier in one of the downtown restaurants. Every morning, she would walk briskly down our papaya-fringed street, her arms swinging in the particular ly joyous, free movements of young girls, her chin tilted with uncon scious grace. The early morning wind would be on her dress and body. Along the way, a few per sons who lingered—some of them apathetic, a few resigned to dreams discarded long ago, used to straight en up instinctively as Noemi passed and smile new, unfamiliar smiles. At the end of each month, she would offer her earnings to her invalid sister with whom she lived together with paper bags filled with oranges and grapes. Sometimes, she would bring a dress home, wrapped in pink paper with the name of a Bombay store on the outside. Very rarely, she would bring flowers for her sister. Of course we did not expect Noemi to stay a nurse all her life. We thought of a young man who would take her away someday, place her in a huge house over which she was to rule in the same way as she held sway over us. She would have a car for herself, in numerable dresses to set off that loveliness of hers, money to spend as she wished. So that when we held small parties in our homes, it was Noemi who was placed next (o the best-looking, most promising guest; when we chose her queen of May, the king consort was not one of us. On feast days, when ath letic games would be held, it was Noemi who pinned the prizes onto, the breasts of the winners. We even sent her photograph to one of the weekly magazines which sponsored a popularity contest and we patted ourselves on the back complacently when Noemi’s picture appeared. And yet, when Noemi did come home one night in a shining black sedan with white tires, we did not feel particularly overjoyed. A mid dle-aged, stoutish Chinese helped her alight from the car, holding her arm a little longer than was neces sary. She had a whole spray of violet orchids on her left shoulder. The man left immediately after wards and I still remember how every window in our street was fill ed with heads which curiously look ed at the departing car. Early the next day, we asked Noemi who was the man in the black sedan and from where her “violet flowers" came. She laughed (Continued on page 44) Manila, August, 1939 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 7 IS ANY WIFE REALLY HAPPY? ]T is a sad commentary upon the wisdom of the human race that invariably marriage brings disillusionment for the woman. Thanks to our senti mental folly, we lead her to expect that when she emerges from the church she enters a new and brighter world. Within a few weeks she realizes how hollow is 'the sham. She has dreamt of a world of sunshine and roses where care is unknown, and awakens to find herself in a suburban villa just like mil lions of others, and saddled with the monotonous job of running it. The shock is so great that thereafter she can never fully recover the hap piness that once was hers. I have never been able to find a completely satisfactory explanation of this foolish behaviour on the part of my fellow-creatures. If men alone were responsible for spread ing these extraordinary ima ginative accounts of the joys of wifehood I might conclude that he had done it deliberate ly, under the delusion that only by misrepresenting the facts of the case could he en tice woman into marrying. But women are the chief of fenders. It is always a woman who talks about the ecstacy of “working her fingers to the bone” for the man she loves. Why do they do it? The whole business is so nonsen sical. I can imagine a woman deriving ecstatic satisfaction from dying for her mate, be cause some natures enjoy martyrdom. But to suggest that there is romance and joy in a lifetime of the dreary routine entailed in running a home is criminally mislead ing. Yet it is suggested; in fact it is no exaggeration to say that every wife is lured into marriage by pretences so false that they would not be tolerated for a moment in business. In these circumstances, can one wonder that no wife is Asks L. C. Moore This Is The Third In A Series Of Articles On Marital Problems That This English Author Has Been Writing For Womans Home Journal ever really happy? All her life she has been led to be lieve that the darning of socks held a thrill all its own. Her own sex have one and all conspired together to deceive her with the propound lie that romance thrives upon domes ticity. Tellers of fairy sto ries, novelists, dramatists, and—worst culprits of all— film producers, all perpetuate the fable that once the couple reach the altar steps they automatically live happfly ever after. Before marriage a girl has something to live for, a goal to attain. It is a fact that most women look upon mar riage as the one end they have to achieve, believing that ever after they will drift happily along life’s stream. No one has the common humanity to tell them that whether they wear a wedding ring or not, they’ve got to go on living. Exercises the gums automati cally witheverybrushingstroke because of extra row of bristles added to its width. Tek is made in two models, with or without dental floss in the handle. Tek America's Quality TOOTH BRUSH Distributors: BOTICA BOIE --- Manila Consequently, every woman settles into the rut of medio crity within a few . short months of becoming a wife. Her dreams have been shat tered:, she has reached what she thought would be the end of her journey only to find that ready-made happiness does not await her, but that she must go on, travelling very much the some old road. No illusion remains to keep her vibrant with expectancy. The novelty of intimacy— which she at first accepted as the happiness of the fairy tales—wears off, and proves itself to be as ephemeral as the rest of the mirage. The most tragic aspect of the problem is that she ima gines that she alone has been chasing the empty air. So firmly has the belief been im planted that marriage must, in some miraculous way, bring wonderful happiness that she never thinks of ask ing herself whether there is any real foundation for it. Instead she is content to re gard her experience as excep tional rather than typical. All her friends have found the green oasis; it is only she who has grasped the shadow. Self-pity sets in, with all its attendant misery. She looks at other women, and com pares their lot with hers. Joan’s husband is not a stodgy, prosaic individual. Betty’s marriage is still co lored with bright romance. She doesn’t realize that Betty and Joan look at her with precisely the same en viousness. They call her lucky to have such a lover for a husband, who in their eyes seems desirable simply because he is surrounded with the glamor of the unknown, just as their husbands are to her. As time goes on, and her own daughters attain woman hood, she ardently hopes that they will find the romance she has missed. Instead of being brave enough to tell them the truth—even if she has learnt it—she encourages them in the same old belief that when Prince Charming comes along the skies will evermore be blue. And so they go round and round in a vicious circle. When man and woman get out to make a home for two they do not enter the Para dise of the sentimentalists, nor do they go down into the hall of the cynics. They are neither cursed or blessed, but remain ordinary human beings, with all the normal person’s potentialities for happiness. Married life can be wonder ful ; there is no happier state. But the happiness does not fall like manna from Heaven —it must be won. That is what no single girl is ever told, and that is why no wife is really happy. She (Continued on page 15) 8 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1939 JT was the night of the captain’s dinner. Leonora Leonard had the place of honor next to the cap tain — possibly because she wast the widow of B. F. Leonard, Inc., and possibly because she was the pretiest woman on board. The cap tain could always steer a neat course between policy and prefer ence. Leonora was wearing a frock which delicately suggested cham pagne, Parma violets and the waltzes of Strauss. Her curly hair was touched with a gold that con trasted effectively with the ruche of black tulle about her throat and the narrow emerald bracelets which glittered on her beautiful bare arm. The careless observer would have thought that Leonora was about twenty-seven; the careful observer would have thought her thirty-five. She was. actually, forty-one. It was too bad that Susan Leo nard was so tall, so solemn and so definitely out of her childhood. But Susan, realizing that she betrayed her lovely mother by several quite unnecessary inches, made a point of merging into the background, of making herself unnoticed. Susan’s hair, very dark and lus trous, was coiled severely at the nape of her neck; her eyes were modestly downcast; and her dress was a rather meaningless garment of a banal blue silk. When you traveled with Leonora, you traveled with Leonora—she never traveled with you. Leonora was sparkling tonight for the benefit of the captain, an elderly but distinguished lawyer, a famous young novelist and a mid dle-aged man who was of some consequence in Washington. She had learned how to do this sort of thing long before they called it “technique.” But t h e captain of course, couldn’t quite ignore the other wom en at his table; even now his kind ness was sweeping over Susan like a searchlight. “Your mother’s been telling me,” lie boomed “what a scholar you are —spending all your holidays in the British Museum, by Jove!” Susan was startled only for an instant. She had, as a matter of literal fact, spent one afternoon in the British Museum, looking up something about the Baconian theo ry for iSTiss Kirkpatrick, the libra rian at home. But if Leonara want ed to present the picture of an earnest little schoolgirl in pigtails— “Yes,” said Susan, blushing, “I found the museum very interest ing-” Leonora permitted her famous dimple to be observed. i? going to be so much more intelli gent than her poor mother!” she cried. Susan dipped her spoon into her compote. Leonora always spoke of her as if she were still in the' bud. Leonora did not mean to be unkind; Leonora had no idea that she some times made her daughter feel like a fool. Oh, it didn’t matter — it didn’t matter in the least—that is, it wouldn’t have mattered if it hadn’t been for Paul Hayden. Paul Hayden was the brilliant young man whose last novel had just been dramatized, by way of enhancing the glory of the London stage. Yet he was not in the least puffy or complacent about this; nuffv or complacent anout inis, ---- . ’ he had been really embarrassed appreciatively at something she had when Susan, the second day out, told him how very much she had enjoyed Sentinel. “I hope you’ll like my next book —the one I’m working on now,” he said eagerly. “Oh. I’m sure I shall!” said Su san. Certainly it had not been much of a conversation. But Susan spent some time memorizing every word of it. She recalled, too, the precise way Paul Hayden had pushed his fingers through his unruly fair hair, the way he had looked at her, the way he had smiled. She was in fact, on the point of drawing a rather amazing conclusion about herself when Leonora’s hand came to rest, gently, upon her arm. “Darling,” said Leonora, “do you think you should have been hang ing around the man like that! Real ly, darling!” “Hanging around?” “Yes.” “Oh, no!” cried Susan. “Oh, no, I wasn’t! Mr. Hayden came to stand right by my deck chair, and if that old Mrs. Jarvis hadn’t drag ged him away—” Leonora shook her head, smiling. “I saw you. You were looking at him with your whole heart in your eyes. Well, I know you admire the man, dear, but you mustn’t let him think—after all, Mr. Hayden is. so much older than—” “He can’t be five years older than I am!” “Oh, well—veal’s!” said Leonora, with a little chuckle. “Actual years! We know they don’t mean anything. Mr. Hayden would think you were just an 'nfant, Susan dear.” Susan looked down on her own sensible hands, well-scrubbed and ringless. They were good enough hands but no more alluring or pro vocative than a little boy’s. Susan sighed as her eyes wandered to Leo nora’s hand, bright-nailed and gay, with a ruffle of satin and lace fall ing over the delicate blue-veined wrist. “Of course,” said Susan misera bly. “I know he wasn’t interested in me.” “You little monkey!” teased Leo nora. Nothing more was said about ‘Susan is Paul Hayden. And, although they sat at the same table, Susan had scarcely said another word to him. Well, she had learned one great truth from Leonora: “Men do like ■ to be the pursuers, my dear!” The captain’s dinner was very gay. All the other girls were open ly seeking admiration — laughing, and shouting pleasantries to their friends, and posing with silly, bright-colored caps tipped over one eve. Susan, of course, had a cap of her own, but for some unaccount able reason she had been too shy to wear it. She had laid it beside her plate with a toy whistle and a half-empty package of confetti. Paul Hayden w'as looking at a very pretty girl in black velvet, smiling said. “I don’t know why I ever bought this dress,” thought Susan. “Blue isn’t the color for a person with niv kind of brown eyes. But I bet I’ve had a million blue dresses. Miss Susan Leonard spends all her time in the British Museum, but just the same she’s not very bright. Maybe Manila, August, 1939 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Mr. Hayden will put me in his next novel. ‘She was a very uninterest ing person in a a particularly lothsome blue dress.’ Oh, I don’t know why I always have to be such a dope!” The captain’s voice broke into this melancholy self-analysis. When the captain spoke, everyone else stopped speaking—not out of re spect for the captain, but out of respect for his voice. Consequent ly, everyone at tfie table heard the question he put to Susan, as well as the curious little conversation that followed. “You’re looking very pensive, Miss Leonard!” he roared. “You might let us into the secret — mightn’t she, Mrs. Leonard?” Susan smiled and shook her head, and sent a prayerful little glance in the direction of Jessie Stebbins. Jessie was an old friend—the Steb bins family had lived for years not a mile from the Leonard family in the town of Cape West, Connec ticut. But now the amiable Miss Stebbins, wishing to be helpful, only succeeded in making matters worse. “You don’t know our Susan!” she exclaimed, looking archly at the captain. “These quiet young peo ple—But you know the old saying —‘still waters run deep’?” “Ho, ho!” said the captain. For an instant Susan Leonard met Paul Hayden’s eyes. Then she changed color—her lashes lay very dark against her flushed cheeks. “Well!” boomed the captain. “Well, well! I begin to suspect — what’s this, young lady?” “Nothing,” stammered Susan. ‘I—” “Now, now, you can’t tell me! You aren’t paying much attention to us, you know! 1 * 11 lay odds you’re thinking of a dozen young men that’ll be waiting for you at the dock. That’s why our young is so pensive, eh?” Susan smiled. “This,” she told herself, “is the way they carried on in the gay nineties. Mother al ways goes for it. Tt’s pretty darn ed embarrasing. But suppose I’ll live through it.” Leonora was sending her daughter a swift, understanding smile. “Why, captain!” she cried. “You really mustn’t tease the child like that! It’s very naughty of you— really! Susan is only a child, you know. All this nonsense about suit ors—why. she’s too young! She’s never had a suitor in her life!” There was a silence, a rather ap palling silence. Even the captain’s dinner-table diplomacy had fled from him. Certainly no one meant to be unkind, but no one could re sist looking at the poor girl who had never had a suitor in her life. Leonora realized vaguelv that she had said the wrong thing, but she couldn’t imagine what it was. Miss Stebbins hit her lip and looked anxiouslv at Susan. But Susan—who would never for get this moment as long as she lived —was deliberately ignoring it. She picked up her little cup and sipped her back coffee with the compo sure of a queen—a queen who has just informed a prime minister that he was a prime fool. Paul Hayden, during the course of Leonora’s speech, had picked up his toy whistle—only to scowl cu riously at that inoffensive object. Paul Hayden could not endure wit nessing any form of cruelty. The rather bright and jaunty note that he got into his book was his way of covering up this weakness. But now he shot a swift glance in Su san’s direction. She was paying no attention to him or to anyone else; apparently she was enjoying her coffee. Young Hayden recognized gallantry when he saw it—and ap proved it. The silence had not lasted for more than a moment — Paul had turned, with a deadly glint in his eye, to Susan Leonard’s mother. “Of course,” he said, in a voice that was silkily polite, “one genera tion never really understands an other generation.” Leonora did not like being put into a generation—as if it were a wheel chair. “Well!” she said. “My daughter and I are very close—like sisters, Mr. Hayden!” The novelist ignored this state ment. “H’m-m,” he said. “Your generation, of course, was rather —er—transparent.” He paused me ditatively. “Not that it’s a question of age. Miss Leonard has that sub tle something—that particular al lure which the French described so perfectly — well, we haven’t -the word for it in English, have we?” And here he turned, in apology, to Susan, “But you’ll have to forgive me for this. Miss Leonard! It’s a bad habit of mine—thinking aloud.” Susan looked at him steadily. yfirtt THIS WORRy IN Let Lysol Help You Guard Against Infection Every mother has an ever-present worry in her mind — how to protect her loved ones from the constant danger of infec tion from the thousands of invisible germs in every home "Lysol” will help fight those germs of dread infection. Use " Lysol ” disinfectan in all household cleaning—in the scrub pail, on brooms, mops, cloths. It reaches germs in cracks and crevices and ends their vicious careers before they can do harm. "Lysol” has been used for many years in many hospitals of leading countries the world over. "Lysol’ used in proper dilution idirections on package) does no harm. It penetrates, searching out germs. It s economical. “It was nice of you,” she said. Leonora, completely baffled, said nothing. Jessie Stebbins cried, “But—Mr. Hayden—what do you mean about Susan? What is the word for it? In French?” Young Hayden got out of that —neatly. He smiled at Miss Steb bins. “I’m afraid of my accent,” he said. * * * “I can’t imagine what he meant!” stormed Leonora. “A certain some thing— in French! Why couldn’t he say it in English?” “Well, never mind,” said Susan. “Don’t let it bother you — we’re never going to see him again.” “That’s true,” paid Leonora gra tefully. “And between you and me, I’m glad the trip’s behind us. That old captain was a bore. Only now I’m sorry we didn’t run over to Paris this time. I knew that I’d regret it! We’ll just have to pick up a few clothes while we’re here —in New York, darling—and then home, thank heaven!” Leonora did not notice that Susan was looking thoughtful. Susan was still looking thoughtful when she followed her mother into the latter’s favorite shop. Leonora found several dresses that she liked, a little ermine-trimmed coat and a number of odd-looking velvet cornucopias, which, said the salesgirl, were hats. “And now,” said Leonora, turn ing briskly to Susan, “as for what you’ll need this season—” “Yes,” said Susan. Whereupon Susan arose and stalked by the ju nior-miss department, to contem plate a model gown in a glass case —an evening gown which would have made Madame de Maintenon feel like a little lass from the Ozarks. It was a wicked, honevcolored garment with wide bands of mink bordering its diaphanous sleeves. “And the skirt has such a nice swoosh, hasn’t it?” said Susan casually. “Yes, I think it would look very well on me.” Leonora stared. “But it’s too old!” “Old?” said Susan, and turned to the salesgirl. “I’ll be twenty next April—the eighteenth. Do you think it’s too old for me?” The salesgirl had, habitually, the air of a duchess touring the slums. Now, at a direct question, she roused herself long enough to smile—in her own faint, supercilious fashion. ‘ Old? Why, it’s the sort of little dress that all our smartest debutan tes are positively going to wear this season!” “Yes,” said Susan. “But they’re not going to wear this one. I’m going to wear it.” “But, Susan—” “Yes, mother. That dress is going to mean something to me. It’s going to make me look wistful, but it’s not going to make me feel wistful. That dress has something.” “I suppose we haven’t a word for it—in English,” said Leonora. “No, mother, I don’t suppose we have,” said Susan, and turned to the duchess. “Now I have an idea I’d like a street dress in a certain shade of soft green—” Susan had expressed herself, for almost the first time in her life. Certainly a few dresses would not alter the firmly rooted attitude of a whole community, and Susan had not the faintest hope that they would. Susan Leonard, in Cape West, (Continued on page 37) 10 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1939 NEPA GIRLS DO THEIR BIT FOR COUNTRY JHE Young Filipino womanhood woke up one day and found the sun was brighter, and the sky, bluer. There was a tang in the air, a briskness in the whole atmosphere which made her realize she was not keeping pace with the outside world. Her world had been narrowed to the four walls of a home. Not de siring to be relegated to the back ground as tradition would have it a decade ago, she has aspirations, un spoken thoughts and desires which long for self-assertion. Her ambi tion to be of help to the country would no longer be stilled. That ambition, consciously or uncon sciously cherished in every young Filipino girl’s mind, finally found voice in the NEPA Young Women’s Chapter. The NEPA Young Women’s Chapter was organized on Feb ruary 12, 1Q38, starting with a membership of sixty girls, the nu cleus of school, social and business circles, but all of them belonging to prominent families. Organized only about a year and a half ago, the chapter now counts with more than two hundred and fifty mem bers, active, spirited, civic-minded girls who are anxious and eager to participate somehow in the build ing of the country. The chapter is trying and suc ceeding to implant one important thing—the consciousness of national economy in the minds of young peo ple. The past month of July and the current month of August are the months of active organization and reorganization of NEPA chap ters in schools and colleges. His Grace, Most Rev. Michael J. O’Do herty, Archbishop of Manila, very gracefully lent his support to the NEPA cause by sending letters to all Catholic schools recommending the organization of NEPA chap ters. Organized chapters in these different institutions of learning are working separately for lhe pat ronage of our home industries. Na tive dress materials have been adopted for student daily uniforms. Student chapters have for their main activitit's: 1. To have a monthly meet ing to take up matters and activities per taining to the NEPA. 2. On such a day, tin1 members By Pacita Lerma Executive Secretary, Young IKomen’s NEPA Chapter wear NEPA clothes and accessories. 3. To purchase local products in preference to imported goods and to extend the campaign into their homes. 4. At each meeting, members sub mit an individual report on NEPA purchases made during the month to the officers who in turn report to the executive secretary of the main chapter. Heading the institutions that have chapters are: University of Sto. Tomas, Holy Ghost Cpllege,, St. Scholastica’s College, Philippine Women’s University, Far Eastern University, Assumption College, La Concordia College, Sta. Rosa Col MABINI’S TRIBUTE TO HIS MOTHER Mother of mine: In the midst of my misfortunes, your memory is not painful to me since the idea con soles me that fate spared you the pain of seeing them; but if unexpectedly happy days should come to me, perhaps I would complain that you had not been per mitted to reap the reward of my well-being. Mabini, in dedicating his La Revolucion Filipina to his mother, says: Mother of mine: When still a child I told you that I wished to study to please you above everything else, because your golden dream was to have your son a priest; to be a minister of God was to you the Greatest honor to which a man could aspire in this world. Seeing that you were too poor to suffer the ex penses of my education, you weakened yourself in work ing, without giving heed to either sun or rain, until you contracted the illness which brought you to the grave. Fate has not wished me to be a priest; nevertheless, convinced that a true minister of God is not alone he who wears the long habiliments, but all those who pro claim His glory by means of good and useful service to the greatest possible number of His creatures, I will try to be faithful to your wishes while I do not lack the Strength for this end. Wishing to deposit on your tomb a crown devised by my own hands, I dedicate the little book to your memory ; it is poor and unworthy of you, but up to this time it is the best crown that the inexpert hands of your son have been able to fashion. lege, Sta. Ysabel College, La Consolacion College, 'Instituto de Mujeres, Sta. Rita Academy, Beaterio de la Compania, Calooean Elemen tary School, Jesus Sacred Heart Academy of Tavabas, Immaculate Conception of Balayan, Batangas, Balayan Institute of Batangas and others. The social set dictates the pace for fashions and fads in Manila is doing its bit for boosting the things Philippine and keeping up the NEPA spirit. By its example the NEPA motif is now the vogue in almost every social gathering, when foreign visitors are entertain ed. Hosts and guests come in na tive dresses, the table decorations ranging from the table mats, bam boo flower containers, NEPA place cards and native dishes form part of the layout. Sampaguita leis and anahaw fans are given out as favors. These picturesque touches given to things native rarely fail to impress Mrs. Victoria L. Araneta, National Chairman and Ad viser of the Nepa Young Women’s Chapter, with the officers and directors of the chapter in her home in “Victoneta.” tourists and visitors who go away to tell their friends of the charms of the Philippines. Mrs. Salvador Araneta, the Na tional Chairman and adviser of the chapter, in a speech recently broad cast voiced an important thing when she said that every tourist coming to the islands can be made a pro pagandist, “if we give a more na tive and exotic atmosphere to our country.” The chapter is encourag ing the return to wearing the beau tiful balintatcak and barong tagalog whenever the occasion presents itself. The “NEPA Promenade”, which took place in the Luneta and the Dewey Boulevard, was a parade of gaily decorated “tilhurris” and “carretelas” which carried beau tifully clad ladies in balintawak and young men in barong tagalog. The members of this chapter, since they belong to Manila’s best society, naturally influence the fa shions in the islands. Their sum mer wardrobes this year included beach togs and mountain resort clothes gathered from the colorful native materials which abound in our stores. Gay Ilocano weaves which are a firm material were made into slacks, skirts and beach wraps. Wide-brimmed buri hats with bright bands were flaunted in swimming pools, beaches or any where where the sun’s rays were to be warded off. Clogs made by local manufacturers, cheaper and of better quality are preferred by our society girls to those imported. The NEPA Young Women’s Chapter's participation in the Red Cross drive of this year, turned out to be one of the most successful affairs the girls have handled. A large number of NEPA girls dress ed in exotic and colourful balintawaks participated in the “NEPA Melodies.” NEPA products donat ed by local firms and manufactur ers were distributed freely to the guests. It was held at the Fiesta Pavilion of the Manila Hotel and about eight hundred guests were in attendance, attired in native out fits. Monthly radio programs sponsor ed by the Young Women’s Chap ter convey their ideas, aims and views regarding national economy, which are heard in every nook and corner of the islands. Prominent Filipino women have' been the guest speakers at these radio programs, who voice their appeal to the Fili pinos to do their best for their country. Among these prominent speakers have beim Judire Nativi dad Almeda-Lopez, Mrs. Salvador Araneta. Mrs. Belen Enrile-Gutierrez and Miss I’aeita Madrigal, pres ident of the chapter. Manila, August, 1939 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 11 r f i i % WHAT’S THEIR SECRET? MILLION” ALL THE TIME. How a “Protecting Food” may help You gain the Fitness that makes Life More Fun... ARE YOU tired all the time? Do other people seem to have all the fun? Do you seem to have a smaller store of vitality than other people you know? If you are dissatisfied with your en ergy, why not try this “protecting food” idea so many people are adopting? 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Keller, Ltd., Dept. 13-2 178 Juan Luna, Manila Please send me a trial tin of Ovaltine. I enclose P. 10 to cover handling and mailing. Name........................................................................ Address.................................................................... 12 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, Avgust, i!).jn MANILA music lovers will soon have the rare opportunity 01 hearing and seeing Mrs. Diane Christenberry who possesses what a New York critic called “an out standingly beautiful soprano voice with a rare, rich quality, strong yet warm and flexible,” when she makes her debut in a recital sponsored by the Asociacion Musical de Filipinos and scheduled for the 29th of this month at Villamor Hall. Mrs. Christenberry has had con siderable success on the concert stage, radio, and in operetta and as a teacher of voice. She was the prima donna for the celebrated Dun can sisters in their version of “Topsy and Eva”. She was soloist in. 1935-1936 with the famous United States navy band, heard regularly over the nation-wide network of the National Broadcasting Company. During the past recent years she gave weekly concerts in Washing ton, D. C. each winter season. Be fore she left for the Philippines, where her husband, Major Christen berry is now stationed, she gave in Washington what was considered one of the largest and most suc cessful concerts ever held in the capital. At this concert, she was accompanied by an ensemble of six harpists. She has also done considerable work with symphonies and in reci tals in various cities in the United States, in South America and in the West Indies. In addition to these, she found time to teach voice in her home, coaching advanced stu dents and teachers and developing the voice of beginners. Mrs. Chris tenberry is highly qualified to teach singing, for besides possessing the degree of bachelor of music from Texas University and extensive ex perience, she has also studied with eminent teachers, among them being the noted coloratura soprano of the University Extension Conservatory of Chicago, Mme. Helen Fouts-Cahoon, Walter Young and Joseph Luigi of New York City. The lat ter has stated that Mrs. Christen berry “exhibits in high degree the AIRS. CHRISTENBERRY faculty of imparting to others her extensive understanding of the art of singing”. Mrs. Christenberry has been sing ing professionally for the last twelve years. She laughingly told the writer that her singing career is a belated one, having been post poned by her when she got married and then had her two children. As a child in Oklahoma, her native state, she possessed a voice that showed great promise and every body predicted an early and success ful singing career for her. She confessed that she sang before she could walk. Her family which was very musical encouraged her in every way and expected great things from her. At seventeen, she went to the University of Texas to study music. After her graduation with the degree of bachelor of music, an opportunity to go to New York and start her singing career was of fered to her but instead of taking it as any ambitious and talented girl would have done, she got married —and to an army man, who, as everyone knows, does not have a permanent residence while he is in active service. But she had great faith in her voice and reasoned out that it would always be with her, barring some untoward accident or illness, and that the emotional ex periences and physical changes that come with marriage and childbear ing would be good for it, making it finer and mellower. However, she did not remain idle after her mar riage and when her children arriv ed; she continued to study and to practice, quietly preparing herself for her postponed singing career, and patiently waiting for the op portunity to start it. Her husband was assigned to Honolulu shortly after their mar riage. During the three years of her residence there, she taught singing, sang in church and in bene fits and parties. Then Major Christenberry w a s assigned as ROTC instructor in Columbia Uni versity. This made it possible fir her to study with the already men tioned famous teachers and to ac cept singing engagements on the WITH US Dianne Deering Christenberry Lyric Soprano Mrs. Harriette Gunn Roberson Lecturer on Personality Development stage and radio. And with her two children already grown up and no longer needing all her attention, she was free to devote her time to her postponed career. Both of her children are very musical. The ten-year-old girl lias a good voice and her mother is planning to train her early, hoping to make a singer out of her. Mrs. Christenberry believes that a good voice should be developed, if not for a singing career, for the pleasure of the owner only. Even those who do not have good voices but like or want to sing or think that they can sing should be en couraged to study. The voice when developed might prove good if not strong. One need not have a strong voice to sing over the radio or in a drawing room or to one self. Asked if there was any special precaution she takes to protect her voice, she laughed and said that per haps she is the only singer who does not cuddle her throat. There is only one thing she has learned to do which she has found of great bene fit to her, and that is to completely relax before she has to sing. This eases the vocal cords and she can sing even with a bad cold. * * * WHEN we learned that Mrs. Har riette Gunn Roberson was a kin of the descendants of our favo rite childhood author, Louisa M. Alcott, we were most eager to meet her. Being an authority on psycho logy and an internationally known lecturer on personality, she was scheduled to speak at various uni versities and clubs, so we dipped her program which was published in all the newspapers hoping to attend one of her lectures and meet her. Unfortunately her boat was delay ed by the storm for two days and would stop in Manila for only a day and a half so most of her speaking engagements were cancel led. Fortunately for us, we were able to attend her last lecture, ra ther informal talk, delivered an hour before her boat would sail. She was so pressed for time that we had to talk to her in the ear which carried her to the pier. Mrs. Roberson was founder and president for a number of years of the School of Personality in Wash ington, D. C. This school lias prov ed very popular among diplomats, society women and others interested in developing their personality. What is personality? we asked Mrs. Roberson. It is the quality of being somebody that somebody else does not possess, she said. Thus, we often say of a person, “He has no personality”, when he has no individuality, no color, no distinguishing characteristic. But personality, according to Mrs. Ro berson, is different from character, which is the sum total of a person’s qualities. Of all the qualities which make up character, she considers hone-sty—in thoughts, in feelings, in words, the most important. The subject of her last talk, we remember, was How To Get What You Want, and this is how to get what you want, according to her: Picture to yourself what you want or what you want to be and direct all your efforts towards getting it. If other things tend to deviate you from your purpose, don’t fight against them but find substitutes for them. This applies especially to thoughts, which are more dif ficult to control. Don’t stop think ing but think of another thing; don’t fight a thought but put an other thought in its place. Then, too, we must learn to give if we want to get something, Mrs. Roberson advised her listeners. She told the story of a beggar in India who was asked by his King to give him (the King) something. Angry because the King who was rich asked him, who was poor, to give, he selected the smallest grain of rice in his bowl and gave it to, his King. The King, in turn, put something into his bowl, which he found to be a small piece of gold. Whereupon he tore his hair in re morse for not giving his biggest grain of rice or all his rice—his King might have given him a large piece of gold! Mrs. Roberson has also written several books, mostly on psychology and personality. Her book, Mary Magdalene, has been made into a play. She is a graduate of the Iowa State College, where she spe cialized in pedagogy. She also stu died under the famous psychologist Thorndyke. Cleopatra always carried with her a potent, subtle poison which had the efect of benumbing the body and making her quite insensible to pain. Manila, August, 1939 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 13 JT’S a wonder I didn’t marry you, Wyoming. “Wyoming Willie” they called you. You had fame of your kind—Wild West riproaring fame. The best broneo-bustei * that ever straddled a four legged explo sion! You were famous, for you had mastered Satan, the black de mon horse of the Pendleton exhibi tion show—the Rodeo. You were king of the Rodeos. You could master outlaw horses, but with me you weren’t masterful. You were humble and awkward and much too respectful. And I was at ' the foolish age!—I fancied a bold and devil-may-care caballero. And love? To me it was some sort of rainbow cloak that descended upon you at the close of the marriage ceremony. It was a true Wyoming plan— your dream of our future together. That we should be a team of trick riders — rodeo roamei’s — following these epic dramas of the West from one western town to another. I was to have been rigged out in colorful cowgirl regalia—trousers, boots and spurs—a huge sombrero, a purple shirt with a flaming scarf at my throat, and mounted on the best of the western ponies, I was to take part in the races, to ride as a death defying exhibition performer. We were to be partners—a team —sharing the high shouting excite ment. Thrills. Spills. Together. Plunging horses beneath us—the roar of a thrill-greedy crowd heavy in our ears. A wild-singing ecstasy in the mastery of leaping, bucking, fighting, untamed horses. “There’s big money in that game,” Wyoming Willie said. “We’ll get all the prizes. We kin live high, wide and handsome. Say, Golden Girl, there’s a silver mounted sad dle at Greenberg’s. I’m going to get that for you. 1’11 get the prize money in the riding at Cody, and 1’11 buy it for you for a wedding present.” These Rodeos had a practical purpose in their beginning. They were gatherings of cowboys to learn the arts of their trade—to rope a calf the fastest, and ride the horses too wild to be used for ranch pur poses—this was the origin of the Rodeo, but now they are outdoor vaudeville shows, circuses and Wild West exhibitions combined. There arc Indians doing war dances, and all the skillful cowboys compete in riding, roping and bull-dogging. Yes, it sure is a leaping wonder I didn’t marry you, Wyoming Wil lie. For your talk of riding and roaming was all glamor to me then. You were tall and lean and lithe— You had a rugged type of good looks. You were my first romance —adult romance—schoolday affairs didn’t count any more. “What will we do in the winter ?” I asked you in a rare spell of prac ticality. “I have a cabin, up on Prayer Mountain,” Wyoming answered me proudly. “Eagle’s Ne-t. I call it. Perched high on a mountain and sheltered by tall pines. Of course, we’ll get snowed in wintertime and Cowboy Romantic By IRIS BROWN He Was Her First Romance But She Didn’t Marry Him not see anyone else for maybe three months, but we will be warm and snug before our fireplace.” It was that plan that made my mother cry, as she said to me, “Do you remember that schoolteacher you liked so well—the jolly little one? — Well, she died while you were in school last year. She mar ried one of those no-aceount Pryor mountain boys, and a little after the marriage was with child. He went out looking for work, and left her there on the mountain alone—she went about crazy from loneliness. She said she talked to the wind, and the wind answered her. And her husband didn’t send for her—he left her there—Another one like your precious ‘Wyoming!’ That girl lived up there on the mountain alone like an animal—ate roots and nuts and snared a few jackrabbits. She was too proud to tell her mother, for her mother had prophesied just what so happened. When she final ly did crawl down to the nearest neighbor—it was snowing ajid a gale howling down from the peaks—and Do not neglect the slightest stomach-ache It may lead to diarrhea, gastro-enteritis. cholera or dysentery. Get a bottle today of BOIE’S DIARROL It gives prompt relief and prevents serious complications. Two sizes: 70 and 40 ctvs. at all drugstores. X" BOTICA BOIE Bism. gubsalicyl.; Bism. Subgal. aa 4 Grm.; Bism. Subnit, Calcium Carb, aa 10 Grm.; Benzonaplitol 2 Grm.: Fl. Ext. Kramertia 18 Grm.; Excip. & Arom. S. Q. 320 Grm.; Alcnhol 8.46%. they started to take her to a hos pital. But they got stuck in a snow drift. Your pretty little school teacher died in that storm, and her baby, too. And now her husband sits around and moans and cries. And this cowboy of yours is just the same type.” ' But my mother’s tales of horror and death in a northern blizzard slipped into one car and out the other, as far as my dizzy self was concerned. Wliat really ruined our romance —as far as 1 was concerned—was that dance we attended. You re member, Wyoming Willie? On your horse, you were grace ful, forceful, effective. But on the dance flour — such awkwardness! How you did step on toes—every body’s toes. And when someone kidded you—you couldn’t take it. You started a fight, and I was so embarrassed I cried, and ran away. I wouldn’t see you anymore, and my mother was pleased by that. Mother packed me away to school—a way of putting the width of several states between us—and your letters, Wyoming Cowboy, did you wrong. They were so crude and awkward and the spelling was so unlearned. Somehow my room mate got one of them, and made it the laughing-stock of the dormitory, and I couldn’t stand that. I gave you up without a backward thought. I even joined noisily in the laughter at your last letter, which my room-mate also had filched. It was awfully funny to us when vou wrote, “You have made a bum out of me. I was a no-good, but you were My Beautiful Dream Come True. I was going to work hard and make a home for you. But now ail I want is a horse, and the lone ly wind to sing for me. I’ll join the Ranger, and maybe I’ll be kill ed, and you’ll be sorry then.” But you didn’t spell the words correctly, and 1 laughed with the others. But secretly I thought voir let ter was sad, and I visioned you lying somewhere in the desert— dreaming of me with the last flick er of your life and calling my name with your last breath. I still remembered some of the magic of that last ride we had toge ther. That morning is still golden in my memory. So early—there was a sharp nip in the mountain breeze. Sagebrush scented dawn, lonely im mensity of sky and plain—and You and I. You brought for me your favorite horse, high-stepping, high-spirited Glory. You said I was the only girl who had ever been able to ride Glory. “Keep your eyes alert, Gol den,” Wyoming Willie said to me. “That horse would as soon go over the mesquite bush as around it.” We galloped, riding easy as feathers, .across the scented sage brush flats — down to the sandy river bank. Cottonwood trees flung out golden autumn banners and the roaring river made primeval music for us, as we built our camp-fire of drift-wood. Bacon and toast and coffee warmed us to contentment with life. You put the saddles together, forour horses were grazing unfettered —and made a throne for me, as we lounged before our fire. You made your last plea then, for my love. “That’s the life for you, Golden, real life, no messing around with books and such foolishness. We’ll make a home. I love you so much I could die for you.” Your eyes were full of tears when we parted, and I meant it when I said I’d be back, but I was still a child in my interests. Your idea was that we should al ways he free—free from respon sibilities—free as the birds flying above us, mated as they are and nesting as they do. But life, my dear Willie, is a more realistic routine than that. And so from the safe haven of ma turity and a happy marriage, I’m saying Goodbye to you—My roam ing cowboy of the Rodeos! 14 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1939 LOW HEAVEN William J. Walters Dodd, Mead and Company New York, 1939 P5.50. LOW Heaven is a typical American’s story of the Philippines. It tells about the experiences of an American, Malcolm Carter, who, dissolute and undependable in the beginning finds himself and the so lution to the problems of his life in work—work in a forest of lum ber-trees. Here, in this same forest he discovers his faith in himself, in his hands and finally is able to invest that newly-found self in a future which augured happiness for him and the girl he loves. The story is very simple and quite charming, the different stages of the hero’s degeneration, the turningpoint in his life, when Ramon, his brother-in-law to be, suggested his taking up forest work for a change, then the processes of regeneration are very well depicted. The reader follows with unabated interest the various episodes of Malcolm’s life, condemning his pusalinimity at one moment and praising his courage and self-reliance at another. The whole work is human, alive, almost virile with life. If the author had only let Malcolm go through the mill of living alone, we would have said the story he made out of it was a remarkable story. But he used his colonist’s prejudices to color his tale, making Malcolm the point around which re volved these sometimes unjust no tions of Filipinos and their utter unwholesomeness. There was no to lerance in the diatribes, no kind ness, much vituperation. One seeks in vain for the understanding of a Pearl Buck who criticizes with fond ness, striving, and succeeding in the attempt, to present not a condes cending picture of the people she is writing about, but a fair picture, the good and the ill so happily min gled that the reader is convinced of the utter humanity of this peo ple. In Low Heaven, the Filipinos are portrayed as crude, unreliable, un intelligent, sexual, uncouth—there is no relief at all—and the Filipino MAY WE SUGGEST By Pia Mancia reader cannot help but ask himself desperately: Are we really as beast ly stupid and carnal and ugly as all that? And he does not feel at all happy or comforted. DON FERNANDO W. Somerset Maughan The Sun Dial Press Inc. Garden City, New York 1938 Somerset Maughan was definitely the thoughtful scholar when he wrote this book on Spain. It is a bit sketchy here and there, to the point sometimes of looseness and incoherence, but there is much solid judgment behind this rickety struc ture which no doubt is intentional. The book gives a colorful view of Spain, of its nooks and corners, of its exotic background, of its cos mopolitan cities and those not so cosmopolitan. Avila, he describes as a place in which it should be plea sant to linger. “There is nothing to do there and nothing to see. The walls....are like the walls of an old city in a book of hours.” Of Castile he speaks joylessly, too, “Castile w’th its reserve, its taci turnity and its ceremonial st il l ness”.... and so the book goes. The language, Spanish, is also discussed, and here Maughan uses his gift of description with master ly ease. He talks of it as failing to have the euphonious monotony of Italian: in turn, “it has a leaping, quick vivacity that forces the at tention. It has nobility and deli beration. Every letter counts; every syllable has value.” From the lan guage he goes on to discuss Spanish literature, depreciating it for its lack of real worth. He discourses quite conditely on the Golden Age of Spanish literature and with charming contrariness, admits that Spain does possess a certain great ness: “And if I am not mistaken here is the secret of the greatness that was Spain. In Spain it is men that are the poems, the pictures and the buildings. Men are its philosopies. They lived, these Spaniards of the Golden Age; they felt and did; they did not think. Life was what they sought and found, life in its tur moil, its fervor and its variety. Passion was the seed that brought them forth and passion was the flower they bore. But passion alone cannot give rise to a great art.” He claims that Spain has no art to speak of, no literature of great rank, no original paintings, hut their preemenince lies according to him, in another direction: it was a preeminance of character. “In this I think they have been sur passed by none and equalled only by the ancient Romans. It looks as though all the energy, all the ori ginality, of this vigorous race had been disposed to one end and one end only, the creation of man. It is not in art that they excelled, they excelled in what is greater than art—in man. But it is thought that has the last word.” And Somerset Maughan’s last word on Spain is not kind. THE SELF YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH By Winfred Rhoades J. P. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, New York, 1938 “Every person lives in at least four worlds. There is the physical world of earth and sky and trees and houses and all the rest of it. There is the social world of people good and bad, rich and poor, inter esting and tedious, successful and unsuccessful. There is the spiritual world which enfolds and interpene trates the physical and social worlds and gives them whatever final meaning they have. And there is a world of one’s creating which may be very different from the actuality of the physical, social and spiritual worlds, that forms one’s environ ment. That world of one’s own creating is the subject of this book.” This telling preface gives succintly exactly what this little book is about. Its table of contents is just as revealing: I Creating a Self to Live with II Learning how to Live III Turning Unadjustment into Adjustment IV The Art of Not Worrying V Relaxation and Power VI It’s the soul that needs Treatment VII Dealing Honorably with Oneself VIII The Task of Life In very well-written and quiet, dignified language the author of this volume of excellent pieces of homely advice tells you and me how to develop the personality of that self we have to live with. She tells us that our personalities are made to be what in the long run they be come by the thoughts we invite, the emotions we allow ourselves to cul tivate. We can guide these thoughts, purify our emotions, control them, guide them, deviate them into the proper’ channels. The book could have this sub-title : Self-conquest. But that would in vite the idea that the work is grave, humorless, moving around a rarified stratum in the atmosphere. That would be a wrong idea. For this work, serious as it is, is full of life, interest, and the human touch so necessary to all worthwhile writing. Here is a paragraph taken at random; Note its simplicity, yet its nobility: “We come into the world as po tentialities. There is in each one the potentiality of a soul. But like every other great achievement, the actual development of a soul is the result of effort. A man no more grows a soul without attention, and practice, and sustained discipline, and cutting loose from things that hinder the needed growth, than he, becomes a great inventor or states man, or musician or poet without making himself lean for years.” MY “SWAN SONG” By Pia Mancia TODAY my heart is full. I have just been given my “papers.” I feel just like the old, faithful worker in a firm whom the employer calls one afternoon in t h e sanctum sanctorum of his big, luxu rious office to be told that he needed to rest, he was getting along in years, his eyes were bad, the going up and down the stairway was bad for his heart, and that it was really of his good that they were thinking about when the board members decided to— ahem—er—let him take an in definite vacation, until such time as.... but of course I need not feel this way. Two and a half years ago there was no Pia Mancia. Then one day my editor asked me, Would I not want to do my book-reviews under a pen name. It was an adventure, and I recalled at once that George Eliot was nothing but a pseudonym of the great writer and a great woman. And being sentimental, I chose the middle name of my sister and my own middle name—and, lo and behold, my alter ego was made. The work of Pia Mancia was very pleasant. She read books and she reported on them. One day someone said something nice about the book-reviews and her editor immediately told her about the comment. She worked twice as hard after that. And still another day she took these book-reviews to another editor, who said, “H’m, h’m, let’s see, so you do book-re views, huh,” and immediately hired her to do the same thing for his paper. But that is not all the fun in Pia Mancia’s work. Dur ing the plebiscite campaign, “her” Journal, for she already (Continued on page 41) Manila, August, 1939 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 15 | AM quite convinced that' every one who reads this story will say that it was simply made up. When it was first told to me my curiosity was so great that I could not rest until I had learned all the details. Then 1 related the whole affair to a doctor and asked him if it were within the realm of pos sibility. lie assured me that it was. adding that, in his own opinion, it was probably the concoction of a warped mind and had no basis in reality. I can guarantee that such is not the case. It is truth, not fiction. For the man who told it to me is himself a friend of the two prin cipal characters involved. Since they are both still alive I shall have to change their names in giving their story. The Marquis of Saint Austin lived in a charming villa in the Rue Oetave-Feuillet in Paris for many years. While still a young man he fell in love with a lovely girl and married her. Husband and wife were devoted to each other and enjoyed eight years of uninter’upted happiness. Suddenly and unexpectedly the young Marchiones died from inflammation of the lungs. It was a bitter blow to Lu cien—they had made so many plans for their life together and were young and enthusiastic enough to carry them out. Years ago they had decided that when they died their ashes were to be placed in a silver chest so that even in death they would not be separated. At that time it had seemed like a very romantic idea, ASHES to ASHES (Short Short Story) By Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Condensed from Sie und Er, Zurich but now that the hour was at hand for Lucien to fulfil his part of the bargain, the task seemed unbear ably painful. His sorrow knew no bounds. Overnight he was changed from the gay, witty person whom everyone knew and loved, to a si lent, morose recluse. He was always alone, and even after ten years, when such a wound would ordina rily have healed, the Marquis still mourned his loss. But his friends remained loyal to him throughout the years, and waited patiently for the time when the carefree disposition of old would reassert itself. They were not dis appointed. The Marquis grew tired of resisting their kindly advances and refusing their continued invita tions, and one evening he found himself attending a theater perfor mance which was to be followed by dinner in a luxurious cabaret. Lucien was struck by the dark beauty and quiet dignity of one of the women in his party, the 30ycar-old Adrienne Olivier. When they spoke to each other, he was fired with an old familiar'thrill, of excitement, and the sound of his own laughter, heard for the first time in many years, sounded strange in his ears. Yet it did not seem to be wrong to be enjoying himself in her company—at least not till he returned home that night. Then it appeared incomprehensible to him that while his heart was still filled with love for his dead wife, there was room for another in it. And he was stung with remorse. Yet, he was undeniably happy when he.saw Adrienne Olivier again a week later; he felt as though he had known her all his life. From then on they met daily. Soon they were calling each other by their first names. People began asking them out together. With the realiza tion that they were in love life sud denly became not only bearable to them but very much worth living. It seemed as if some evil fate had hung over Adrienne’s life too, and they both refrained from inquiring about each other’s past. She under stood without the necessity for many words that he could not marry her, but in spite of that they were the happiest of couples. A few years slipped by, during which time Adrienne grew, if any thing, more beautiful. Nevertheless Lucien noticed with growing con cern that she was becoming increas ingly nervous and irritable. She would start at the slightest sound, was intolerant to the servants, some times even forgetting herself in front of Lucien. One evening he returned home later than was his wont, to find her in a state of ob vious distress. There was a strange expression in her eyes, and her skin wore an unnatural pallor. She fol lowed him hastily into his room, looked around like a hunted thing, and locked the door behind her. “Lucien, I am desperate,” she cried. “Sit down, dearest, please!” said the Marquis soothingly. He had never seen her so upset. “Now tell me what is the matter!” “Lucien, listen to me,” she said breathlessly. “I don’t know what to do. I’ve searched through the whole town, and can’t get hold of any. I must have it. You under stand?” Her lover anxiously placed his hand on her forehead. Then, striv ing to speak in an ordinary tone of voice, he said, “I don’t know what you mean, Adrienne.” At that she jumped out of her chair impatiently. “Oh, don’t be stupid. I must have it immediately, I tell you!” “Darling, I-swear I don’t know what you’re talking about. If I only knew what you want I’d go to the ends of the earth to get it! 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At night, judging from the combined predictions of such designers as Edith Head of Paramount, Adrian of Metro, Orry Kelly of Warners and Kalloch of Columbia, women of all ages will resemble fairy princesses. Hairdress will follow clothes sty les. Curls, bangs, soft ringlets and even a longer bob will be univer sally popular. Edith Head, who de signed clothes for Claudette Col bert in “Midnight,” Irene Dunne in “Invitation to Happiness,” Dorothy Lamour in “Man About Town,” and others, warns women against the “little girl” fad. “Too many women aren’t the ‘little girl’ type,” explains this designer. “This fad will be ruinous unless carefully and clever ly adopted according to type and individuality. Nothing looks sillier than a woman showing a tendency to be coy in her clothes and hair dress. Another weak spot in the fash ion ice for summer is seen in shoe styles. 1 wish girls would use com mon sense about shoes and select them appropriately for the clothes with which they’ll be worn. Flat shoes belong to sportswear and high heels to evening, in spite of whim sical departures by shoe manufac turers,” declared Miss Head recent ly in her Paramount studio design ing rooms. “The summer trend can be beautiful in every phase—but it all depends on the women them selves and their ability to follow the? stars’ example's wisely and smartly!” cocoa coq feathers put together to simulate mink paws. Fresh flowers wither so quickly in summer that when they are most plentiful they become most imprac tical, but Milo has discovered ex quisite? artificial ones in feather. On the lapel of one of Jane’s dark suits he does a silhouette * tulip of scarlet coq feathers anel on the shoulder of an evening gown puts * * * Feathers are hailed by Milo An derson, Warner Bros, costume de signer, as an airy summer stand-in for furs, flowers and jewelry. He is using them for society and screen clothes and advocates them for every hour of a warm summer day. For an evening scene in her new film, “Kid Nightingale”, Jane Wyman wears Milo’s boxy jacket of white coil feathers resembling ermine. It is styled with elbow length sleeves and high round neck, and is worn over a white' chiffon gown. For Jane’s personal evening wear Milo has designed a knee length coat of shell pink uncurled ostrich plumes which give the ap pearance' of dyed monkey fur. A bag .Jam' carries with a cocoa tan dinner gown is made' of white and HER PLAY TOGS ARE GAY TOGS JANE BRYAN—lovely gray-eyed Hollywood colleen—wears, when she goes down to the sea, a hooded, terry-cloth beach coat, with appliqued flowers on hood and pockets. For happy-go-lucky days in the sun she likes the two-tone frock of hop-sacking with its varicolored rope belt. And what is summer worth without a set of slacks like the above, in natural-colored linen with enlivening touches of wool embroidery. Jane Bryan will be featured next in support of James Cagney and George Raft in Warners' picturization of the Jerome Odium novel, "Each Dawn I Die." a chrysanthemum of ostrich. In Milo’s jewelry line-up are bracelet and choker of amethyst coq feathers, coronet of silvered os trich tips, numerous lapel gadgets, and iridescent coq feather belts. * * * Any business girl’s wardrobe is in for a career. It must be equal to all the demands made on her, and be just as ready for all even tualities as she is. Workaday clothes must declare themselves firmly for comfort. Chic is entirely permissable. But FOR OCEAN PEARL BUTTONS .Made in Manila COME TO OUIl STORE AT -160 Calle Dasmarihas MANILA BUTTON FACTORY, INC. that ehie- must be of the1 most un obtrusive anel casual nature. To be truly successful, business clothes must combine in line * anel fabric the' saving qualities that will make them suitable * for that unexpected luncheon or dinner invitation. In Universal’s “I Stole * A Mil lion * ’, Claire Trevor plays the part of a flower shop proprietress. Vera West, studio designer, has createel a wardrobe for Claire in that role which answers every requirement from practicality to decorativeness. There is a charming blue-green silk print frock, figured in white and accompanied by a bolero jacket, which as the saying goes, can go anywhere. The dress is in the popu lar shirtmaker style with a gored skirt. Sea-blue bone buttons trim the bodice from collar to waistline. The collar and revels of the bolero are faced with white crepe. With the addition of a white felt sport hat and white accessories, the out fit looks fresh even after a day’s wearing, and is entirely correct for informal roof-garden dining. Another charming outfit of Claire’s screen wardrobe is of light weight wool in a rich, flag blue. The blouse attached to a shoulder yoke is full at back anel front, the skirt s ightly flared anel graceful. An added distinction lies in .the contrast furnished by the pink pi que collar anel narrow ve<tee. Pink pique has also been useel to outline the wide belt insert. Blue shoes and a blue hat to match the froek are worn, while the gloves are of' pink suede as is the bag. BEAUTY Bette Davis, appearing as Queen Elizabeth in her current film at Warners, is famed for coiffure in troductions even before a star was hung on her dressing room door. Bette considers no hair secret as important as a perfect shampoo. Whether she herself washes her hair or has someone else do it, there are a few set rules she never varies. Before her hair is set it is vigor ously brushed from roots to ends for at least It) minutes to remove ad lint and dust. Oil is applied next and Bette sits under a steamer or applies steam ing Turkish towels for about 15 minutes. Now she is ready for the sham poo proper. Three generous soap(Continuecl on page 29) 18 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1939 “SPIRITS DEPARTED” MARY Lou and Mary Lee were twins, fifteen years old, and happy in high school; they had fair fluffy hair, eyes like tur quoise, rosy blonde skin, plump vigorous young bodies. How fair and glamorous life looked to the two gay, happy maidens—alike as two peas in a pod. And life was fair, too, for their fond, proud pa rents — “Aren’t the girls growing beautifully?” they said. Then, suddenly, ’twas as if mid night had struck at dazzling noon day! The lovely twins began to be listless, erratic, disobedient, slo venly. Just alike, too, in the way they would sit silent, staring into space, occasionally striking a pose and remaining for a long time, motionless, unresponsive. They had to be kept out of school, of course. There was no physical complaint—they slept, but refused to eat. A mysterious tra gic fear froze the parent’s hearts. And the days came and went. No change except more careless ness as to personal appearance. The pretty fluffy hair was just a tangle, and Mary Lou and Mary Lee seemed just “bodies” or “shells” from which the gay radiant spirits had indeed departed. Really, no thing could rouse them from this strange lethargy, this tragic list less spell that had so suddenly des cended upon them like a withering blight! Instantly, it seemed, the old gay, happy, girllish life was stopped short. How stunned were the high school friends. ’Twas as if a great cruel severing machine had de scended, tragically cutting the goldFreckles Secretly and Quickly Remooedl Stillman's Freckle Cream bleaches them out while you sleep. Leaves the skin soft and white—the com plexion fresh, clear and natural. For 37 years thousands of users have endorsed lu So easy to use. The first Jar proves its magic worth. CREMA BELLA AURORA Removes 1 Whtten * - FrecUes I TtieSUn 1'or sale at all good drug stores Stillman Co., Manufacturers, Aurora, 111., 1'. S. A. By DR. REBECCA PARISH (Below) The Story Of Tivo Beautiful Maid ens Who Were Stricken With A Mysterious And Hopeless Disease en thread of joy, and everybody who know the girls was appalled. However, the mysteriously strick en maidens were dulled, and so apathetic they did not realize, even, that some unaccountable thing had happened, some blow had fallen! So, both girls were taken away one day, to a Hospital—the only place that promised a ray of hope. Unmoved, the two were taken on the journey—fated never to return —and they were left in the strange surroundings, with the doctors and nurses. They took no notice of anybody, anything, spoke no word! Nasal feeding had to be employ ed. Both had to be bathed like babies, dressed and undressed, put to bed at night, and gotten up in the morning, taken out on the lawn or on the porch, and brought back again, ever listless, eternally list less. All examinations were resisted, no word of response. “Dementia Praecox" was the ominous verdict, made thus early. And the lovely twins lost their youth and beauty, rapidly. All vivacity, vitality, even, were gone, just as if the vibrant spirits had departed. What had happened? What is dementia praecox? Why and wherefore? Ts there no pre vention, no avoiding? What are the earliest symptoms? Dangers? Progress? Treatment ? It remains to this dav one of the most baffling of diseased condi tions. What is Dementia PraeDeinentia is insanity character ized by loss or serious impairment of, intellect, will, and memory, “de” is negative and “mens”, mind. Oh, “negative mind” indeed! Prae cox means early, or “precocious” so this is particularly a youth af fliction, tho it does strike even in the thirties. Apperceptive dementia is the fi nal stage, marked by great mental weakness. Adolescent insanity is a term used to include a large range of mental disorders which occur in early life, marked by melancho lia, sclf-absorbtion, and terminating in a characteristic mental weakness of an emotional nature. The term includes primary dementia. Catatonia is a form where the patient passes into melancholia, mania, then dementia and physical decay. Hebephrenia is a sort of clinical form of dementia praecox, coming on after the onset of puberty, and marked by rapid deterioration, hal lucinations, absurd delusions, sense less laughter, and silly mannerisms. It is also called adolescent insan ity. Schizophrenia: A strange, puz zling word, isn’t it? And it is more puzzling than it sounds, too, for it is just another term for demen tia praecox. It represents a cleav age, or groove, a separating, divi ding; splitting or fissuration of the mental functions. How strange ly true, and tragic! What is the real cause? That is undetermined to this day. How shall we prevent dementia praecox? We do not know. How to detect early? No one can do this. “Then,” you say, “this is poor comfort, to read about it, but be helpless to do anything.” Yes, that is true. Keep youth normal, happy, busy, self-controlling. Treatments Much progress, however, has been made in treatment. “Shock thera py,” means, thro some extreme to “shock” them out of this condition. Malarial inoculation is sometimes efficacious, benefitting by violent chills and .fever. Insulin, a convulsant drug, low ering sugar content, has been very helpful. In one group of 106 pa tients treated by insulin, 59 were helped, materially. In another group, 78rz recovered. Yet, some doctors sav insulin effects are exaggerated. Why, if only one pa tient recovered, it would pav to try it! True, relapses can and do re cur. after apparently successful in sulin therapy. Some cures are not maintained, naturally; too much inherent damage has taken place. Metrazol: This is a new chemical compound. Listen — “Penta-methvlene-tetrazol preparation” with an action somewhat similar to cam phor, stimulating the heart. Metrazol is being extensively and inten sively tried. Dangerous? Yes. But a hope, where there is despair. It is now claimed that these are thus obtained. Some cases respond to insulin, some to metrazol, more ca ses to the combined use. Metrazol is less expensive than insulin. Camphor-metrazol treatment is sometimes employed. Now, in cases unaffected by other methods of treatment in dementia praecox cases—and in other years we have tried surgery, vocational therapv, and electricity — a pro tracted shock has frequently proven to be the thing. This condensed, protracted shock, consists in pro voking a convulsion in a comatose patient, with a small dose of me trazol, during the fourth hour of coma, when tho patient, is just on tho verge of a convulsion, a late attack. This is called “an induced seizure”. Shock therapy must never be un dertaken except by scientists. And the patient must be under the con stant eye of doctors and nurses, dur in" tho treatment. “Simply speaking,” some one says as to metrazol, “during tho sleep and shock, we deliberately produce slight injuries to the brain cells, and by destroying the domi nating pathological colls, we assist tho dominating healthv cells to break thro, and prevail over the diseased cells. To “overcome” pro ducing or restoring normal person ality does not sound simple — but sounds true! Some patients improve as much in two or three treatments, as those treated over an extended period. And, too, while early treatment is always to be desired in any case, eases of several years standing re spond many times to the shock treatment. Dr. Sakel, of New York, one of tho most experienced men along this line, has the theory that there is an amnesia, (forgetfulness) of the psychosis, produced. God grant, these unfortunate patients, may be able to “forget”. Isn’t it all strange, hard to comprehend? Patients are counted “recovered”, “improved”, “un-improved” or “so cially adaptable” the latter meaning they can be absorbed back into society. The Cost At the Government estimate of the cost of earing for mental cases, over-head, buildings, etc., the per diem for the twins, Mary Lou and Mary Lee, for thirty five years would amount to enough Io edu cate scores of youth todav. No re turns, no hope of relief—$20,001 each. Think of that, just for hu(Continued on page S") Manila, Avgust, 1939 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 19 Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell in “Fast and Loose” [ Quarts section i AIR-CONDITIONED love scenes are the newest boon to better motion pictures. Edwin L. Marin, a young film director imbued with new ideas, thinks so and has adopt ed air-conditioning exclusively for the love scenes he directs-. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Marin directed the new mystery comedy, “Fast and Loose,” starring Robert Montgo mery and Rosalind Russell, and opening soon at the Ideal Thea tre. “As ironical as it may sound,” Marin explains, “it is not as plea sant as it may appear on the screen for Robert Montgomery to attempt to make love to Rosalind Russell while they swelter beneath their make-up in front of the intense heat of the powerful studio lights. “Such a state of affairs can and does take place every day while a picture is in production. When the sound stages are stuffy and without the proper ventilation to regulate the temperature it is only common sense that love scenes filmed under such circumstances cannot be as convincing as those filmed in com fortable surroundings.” To make the job of love-making in a scene more comfortable to the participants, Marin always consi ders the screen sweethearts first. Before the close-ups are filmed, he checks all the sound stages, confers with the air-conditioning engineer and follows his advice on the most suitable setting for “clinches.” Tie avoids the older stages, those converted from the era of silent pictures, and selects one of the sev eral most modern stages that are perfectly air-conditioned before he permits the sets for the close-ups to be constructed. Whenever the best air-conditioned slant's are not available because of other companies working on them, Marin rearranges his schedule and shoots around the close-ups until tht'V are available. As the love scenes between Mont ; gomery and Miss Russell in “Fast and Loose” were in a comedy vein, , the temperature of the stage was set at 67 degrees. Marin explains that different stars require varied stage temperatures for their love scenes. Greta Garbo, a devout outdoor girl who has no fear of the weather, usually does her famous scenes in a temperature of 65. The sound stages for Joan Crawford and Myr na Loy average 70. For Norma Shearer, the stage is cooled to 71 • degrees, while Jeanette McDonald and Nelson Eddy for their close ups in “Sweethearts” chose a cool 66. gARGES carrying cameras, record ing equipment and microphones, and hauled by tugs, traveled stead ily ahead of a canoe manned by one small figure paddling franti Mickey liooney and Jo Aim Suj/ers in "Huckleberry linn coming toon at Ideal Theater. cally down the broad Sacramento River. A hundred tons of camera equipment thus filmed Mickey Rooney, paddling an old-fashioned Mississippi River canoe. This was one of the sequences filmed on location on the river for “The Adventures of HUCKLE BERRY FINN,” Mark Twain’s classic sequel to “Tom Sawyer,” with Rooney as tho redoubtable boy hero aiding a runaway slave to es cape into a free state. The Sacra mento served for the Mississippi, with one of its steamers used in the race to save the life of the negro, Jim, from a lynch mob. Quaint old buildings at the river town of Isleton, built in served for the village of Twain’s book. The picture soon at the Ideal Theatre. Director Richard Thorpe moved Mickey, Walter Connolly, William Frawley and the rest of the com pany to the location for more than a week before interiors w completed at the Metro-GoldwvnMayer studio. The original story of the boy aiding the slave, the two mountebanks into whose clutches they fall, the absurd comicalities mixed with thrills and heart throbs that ensue, was faithfullv follow ed. Connolly and Frawley play the “King” and the “Duke” respective ly. Elizabeth Risdon is Mickey’s benefactress, the Widow Curtiss. Lynne Carver and Jo Ann Soyers play the heiresses for whose sake Mickey exposes the swindlers. Rex Ingram is cast as Jim, the slave, 1860, Mark opens and Minor Watson, Victor Kilian and Clara Blandick have important supporting parts. J HE rapidly growing ranks of the screen’s Western stars are join ed for the first time by Nelson Eddy in “Let Freedom Ring,” ro mantic and pulse-stirring drama of American pioneer days at the turn of the ‘60’s. Based on an original story by Ben Hecht, who wrote such out standing successes as “The Front Page” and “Scarface,” and directed by Jack Conway who filmed “Too Hot to Handle” and “A Yank at Oxford,” the new picture tells the story of the power of the press in a small frontier town and of fight between farmers of the 1860’s and ruthless railroad interests. Nelson Eddy appears as a young Harvard law school graduate, and a cast of epic proportions was cho sen to fill the prominent support ing roles, headed by Virginia Bruce as the proprieties of a Western cafe. Victor MeLaglen, recently seen in “Gunga Din,” has another powerful role as the Irish railroad foreman whose fist fight with Eddy in a mountain cave provides one of the thrill highlights of the story. Lionel Barrymore is seen as Eddy’s father, leader of the farm faction. Edward Arnold, fresh from his su perb portrayal in “Idiot’s Delight,” is east as the Wall Street railroad tycoon. Guy Kibbec portrays a crooked judge, Charles Butterworth a saloon pianist, H. B. Warner a gambling house proprietor and Raymond Walburn the town’s news paper publisher. Eight songs are heard in “Let Freedom Ring,” with the baritone star singing “Dusty Road,” “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling,” “Pat, Sez He.” “Where Else But Here,” “Home, Sweet Home,” “My Coun try ’Tis of Three” and “Love’s Se renade.” Miss Bruce joins Eddy in two of the songs and a male cho rus sings “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad.” (Continued on page 31) Lighten Your Complexion with Yorcoliz .1 Wax Cream. the Skin Bleach Benutifier. Mercolized Wax Cream will do much toward aiding your skin to pearance. Just smooth it on at night like cold cream to flake^ off the dull, ^darker of bleaching and'bc'autff'ying'widt 'siercoHzed Wax Cream. 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They began to play at running after one another and jumping about the bran ches, and began to pluck the fruit off them and eat it. The day passed and night came on. A cold wind began to blow and rain began to fall. The little monkeys all settled again on the leaves of the Yanari-palm. There they sat, pressed close one to the other, shivering with cold, and they said: “We really can’t go on like this. Of course we must build ourselves a house — a nice house, with walls that won’t “Say, Mother— that's my powder!” JOHNSON’S BABY POWDER is made of fine talc and is an excellent dry lubricant for in fant skin. It reduces prickly heat and chafing. SONGS FOR A CHANGING VOICE By CAROLYN WILSON LINK Star Boarder He lives with us; he sleeps; he eats our food; Sprawls in our chairs, and sputters in our shower; And sometimes, even, in a mellow mood, He speaks with us to pass an idle hour, Spreading his lurid life for our applause With fluent but well-expurgated tongue, As one who in the prime of life will pause To cheer the idiot old, the half-wit young. He Goes Calling He has congealed unruly waves with tonic; Listed to port, fedora rides the swell; Shirt, necktie, socks and kerchief are symphonic; His trousers break on just the current bell Over ridiculous great puppy’s feet. He’s the snake’s hips; he Ts the cat’s pajama; He knows the answers confident to meet Impromptu leads in life’s most cogent drama. He sheds a gruff good night and slams the door. Our eyes meet, and say silently, “There goes With belted back and unsupported hose, The sum of both our dreams—and how much more!” You figure income tax, I darn a sock; Our immortality strides whistling down the block. May / Cut In? Man among men, at ease, but keyed to go, He stands among the stags and looks them over, Taps out the tune with parent-leather toe, Starts, hesitates and weighs, retreats to cover. And here and there, some babe in arms who dances, With careful finger wave and piping voice, Over her partner’s shoulder sidewise glances, Waves, looks away, and hopes to be his choice. While one who has loved him long in much despite, And wiped his nose and clipped his fingernails, Forgotten, leans across the gallery rails, Saying amazed farewell to him tonight, As he, correct beneath his father’s vest, Steps out to flutter some poor female breast. let the wind blow through and a roof that won’t let the rain come through. We really must build a house!” Morning came. The rain ceased. The sun rose and dried and warmed those little monkeys. And the little mon keys began to play and frolic, jumping about the trees and chasing one another; then they began to pluck the fruit off the branches and eat it. Night again came on. The wind began to blow, the rain began to fall. The little mon keys gathered on the leaves of the Yanari-palm, sitting pressed close up, one to the other, and talking about their house. And they said: “Of course, everyone knows ice must build a house!—a good house, that will last a long time, that the wind can’t blow through and the rain can’t trickle through. We’ll build a house, a good strong house!” * * * If it is now night, then the little monkeys are all sitting on the leaves of the Yanaripalm, shaking with cold, pres sed close to one another, and talking about their house. If it is now day and the sun is shining, then the little monkeys are jumping about the trees, chasing each other, plucking the fruit and eat ing it. JOHNSON’S BABY POWBEH Botica Boie, Distributors We also have NOVELTIES in BUCKLES and DISHES of genuine MOTHER of PEARL. Come and see them at our store No. 460 Calle Dasuiarinas MANILA BUTTON FACTORY, INC. Manila, August, 1939 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 21 WOMEN ABROAD By Pia Mancia In Finland £1STEN to this bit of news about a remarkable Finnish woman: Vera Helt, one of the best known Finnish women, is famous not only in her own country but outside hei‘ country as well. She was born in 1857, first studied to be a teacher, then became a woman factory in spector. Her personality and tact and good-will made her especially capable for the work. It was na turally assumed that some the employers would be none too pleas ed to have a woman making in quiries as to working conditions among their employees. Vera Helt understood the situation and she used her wonderful power to win confidence both from employers and employees. During her work as factory in spector she went several times to foreign lands to study working con ditions there. She studied social hy giene and the laws for the protec tion of the working class, and ap plied what she learned in her own country. When she resigned in 1933 she was able to present a material exhibition of her work in the form of various appliances, such, foi' in stance, as those safety appliances for protection against accident, for occupation and social hygiene, endemis diseases, social welfare, child welfare, fire protection, etc. The life of Miss Helt has been a very long working day, as besides her social work she has found time to write and publish many books and articles in journals. When a teacher for many years she publish ed Christmas journals for children, and as factory inspector a large in vestigation on conditions of seam stresses, on the standard of life of working people and a book on citi zen-knowledge. At present she has just f'nished a large book on work ing men’s protection, welfare work and social hygiene. In Cuba Here is a woman making news again: During the absence of the Cuban Minister in Paris, Dr. Flora Diaz Parrado, Secretary of Lega tion, is acting as charge d’affaires. They say also that she is doing the job so well that it may not be the last time a woman will hold the dis tinguished position. In America Something now about distinguish ed wives of distinguished men is quite in order. The first we shall mention is Mrs. William O. Doug las, whose husband (only 40) is the most recent associate justice appointcc, “one of the youngest ever to hold that august position.” But we started to talk about Mrs. Douglas who is a very lively young woman with a great and arid enthu siasm for new interests. She does not forget, however, even in her eagerness for new things and her liking for activity and sports that she is the mother of Mildred and six-year-old Bub. The former, by the way, she aids in her Latin les sons, the latter in his bike-riding at which sport sl.e is quite an expert. It is said that this air of infor mality and youthfulne'S is much liked. The next we shall ‘ gossip” about is Mrs. Stanley Reed, wife of the most recent court appointee before Douglas: here we find a very dig nified personality whose hobby— can you guess?—is research in co lonial history. It is not a mere use less hobby either—the French gov ernment once decorated her for her work in tracking down records of French volunteers in the American Revolution. What about the beautiful family woman who plays golf dutifully FUHrCOlfif INTERNALLY A slight cold can very easily develop into a very serious ail ment if it is neglected. Many people believe a cold is not dangerous and do nothing about it. Actually, if left to develop, a cold is likely to be one of the most serious of all human ailments. Any doctor will tell you this — and will advise you to treat a cold internally the mo ment you feel it com ing on in order to stop it before it has a chance to become serious. DON’T NEGLECT A COLD! That’s danger ous. And don’t experiment with treatments which may be unsafe or of little value. That’s danger ous too. A cold is an internal infection and must be treated in ternally for best results. That’s why, at the first sign of a cold, Individual tablets wrapped in cel lophane for your protection. for HEADACHES, PAINS, COLDS with her husband every morning and spends the rest of the time with her children when they are free. Last to be mentioned but not the least distinguished is the intellectual Mrs. Frankfurter, poised, carefully groomed, gracious, reserved. These “new” supreme court wives are “young” and show their keen interest in the world on which their husbands’ decisions are leaving so deep a mark. In England From England we hear about the appointment, for the first time in the history of Cambridge of a wom an professor, Dorothy Annie Ganod. It is, however, not to be won dered at that she received this ap pointment because she has shown only brilliant work throughout her scholarly career. She was a fel low of the Royal Anthropological Society, famed for her archeologi cal discoveries in the Balkans, where only recently she found 50,000-year old caves where she gathered inter esting data about the pre-historic ice men. you should take one or two tablets of Cafiaspirina with a glass of water. If necessary, repeat this dose every two hours. Easy to take, Cafiaspirina acts quickly to stop your cold — puts an end to the discomfort and fever .which ac companies it. Remember when you feel a cold coming on, take Cafiaspirina. It’s the quickest, safest, most effective way to stop a cold before it has a chance to become dangerous. If your cold isn’t relieved in twenty-four hours, then see your doctor. Be prepared — Keep a carton of Cafiaspirina at home. You save money when you buy the carton First American Saint Here’s news exalting not a liv ing “woman abroad” but a dead one — Mother Seton, who may be the first American saint. We quote her story from the well-told account by Sigrid Ame: On a hot June day in 1809 a beautiful young woman with large, dark eyes, led a band of nuns and some children in an ox cart jour ney of 50 milts from Baltimore to Emmitsburg, Maryland. The young woman was mother Seton. She had been Elizabeth Bayley Seton, a belle of New York. Her little band, members of her new order of sisters of Charity, was on its way to start a school at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains on a 230-acre tract that was just given to her. That is the story—or shall we say the beginning of it. For eleven years she worked on her Ammitsburg-Vallev school and from this work has grown the whole system of American Catholic parochial school, orphanages and hospitals. * * * Since her death, American Cath olics have been petitioning for her elevation to sainthood. Much ma terial has been gathered on the work of charity and piety of this remark able woman and forwarded to Rome. According to the “rules” in this matter of attainment to sainthood, it will be necessary to prove to the church’s satisfaction that three mir acles have been performed through Mother Seton, and to find that every action which it is possible to trace was in the church’s tradition. Those who arc espousing the move have high hopes for her early bea tification especially since the new Pope has recently blessed her cause. Voltaire cured himself of smallpox by drinking 120 pints of lemonade! At one time in his life, Rembrandt believed that all his bones were melting away. He feared the day when he would collapse in the street because they had completely disappeared. * * ❖ To conceal his grave phy sical condition from the country, President Cleveland had cancerous ulcer re moved secretly from the roof of his mouth while aboard a moving yacht. 22 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1939 AT HEADQUARTERS JHE “speech-making” period, which is one of the most im portant phases in Mrs. Lim’s ca reer, has started again. First there was the convocation of the U.P. Pharmaceutical Organization, then the illustrated lecture on the Fili pino women at the Fort William McKinley Woman’s Club, with an audience headed by no less than Mrs. Weldon Jones. Mrs. Jones re marked that she was glad this op portunity came at the beginning of her stay here, so that she had a clear perspective and better under standing of the Filipino women right away. On the 18th of this month she was again a convocation speaker, this time at the Pampanga High Schcool. At their last meeting, the MWC donated to the Federation a coffee pot, a tea kettle, a water kettle, a dipper, and a big spoon. The ladies have always been handicap ped by the lack of these materials when they prepared tea and. coffee, and realizing that the NFWC’s own funds (not the Public Welfare’s) have been all used up to keep the projects going, they lost no time in shopping for us. Judge do Jova was the guest speaker at this meet ing. Mrs. Josefa Jara Martinez no tified us that Mr. Georges Thelin, acting chief of the General Inform ation Section of the International Labor Office in Geneva, is looking Like Little Angels are babies after they have taken (gBSEEHB) CASTOIUA the safest remedy for constipation, sour stom ach, diarrhea, and con vulsions. It is mild, has a pleasant taste. Above all, it REGULATES. Sold at all drugstores Made by BOTICA BOIE ------- Formuln — Inf. Senna 15; Pump. Seed 2.2; Worm Seed, 1.1; Sod. bicarb. 0.9; Roch. salt, 2.8; Flav. c.s. to 90 cc.; Alcob. n.in.t. 3%. Officers of the Port Lamon Woman’s Club, Surigao. forward with great pleasure to meeting Mrs. Escoda, and will give hei’ all the help he can during her stay there. Mrs. Martinez has writ ten to this office about Mrs. Escoda’s visit. At this time of writ ing we think she is already in Eu rope. Continuing our foreign news: The NFWC has just accepted the invitation of the American Wom an’s Association of New York City to become one of its reciprocal clubs. This means that their mem bers who may be travelling this way will be introduced to us with a card, and in return they will welcome our members with two week’s guest privileges in their twenty-five story building. Wo told them that our headquarters do. not have housing facilities, but we shall be willing to arrange for these ac commodations for any of their mem bers coming here. So now, if any of you clubwomen plan to make a trip to New York, let us know and we shall give you the necessary identification. The NFWC was the recipient of other donations last month. While these gifts were not as practical as the utensils given by the MWC, yet they are of utmost historical value. Mrs. Concepcion Felix-Rodriguez who has kept the auto graphed pictures of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt and Mrs. Ellen B. Lolingcr (first president of the MWC) for * the past 27 years as part of her personal remembrances from these remarkable women leaders, donated them unselfishly to the NFWC with the belief that here at the headquarters more wom en could see them and share with her the admiration and gratitude for their pioneering work in this country. At the last meeting of the NFWC Board of Directors, the resignation of Mrs. Cadwalladcr as treasurer of the NFWC was accepted, and Mrs. Mercedes de Jova was unani mously elected to take her place. Mrs. Cadwalladcr became a mem ber of the board of directors. Mrs. Valentina Aquino of Welfareville was the guest speaker of the nursery teachers at their last conference meeting. While these Saturday conferences are primarily intended for fie nursery teachers only, they have been found to be so interesting and so helpful that other members of the staff attend them as often as possible. Miss Francisca' L. Magalong, the new field worker of Pangasinan, is here for observation and training. Pangasinan is the only province who has always managed to sup port a field worker out of the club’s fund. IN THE PROVINCES LAGUNA:— Literacy work is still attracting volunteers, and this time it is none other than Mr. Jose M. Maceda, a former teacher of Pagsanjan, who wrote to us for instructions and materials. With eighty one gra duates, the Canlitbang Woman’s Club had their first graduation in Dressmaking, Flower Making, and Home Craft. The classes, which were conducted by Miss Natividad Trinidad, of the NFWC staff, were given absolutely free to the women as part of the welfare work of the club. Much of the success of this project is due to Mrs. Pilar Valmonte, president. We feel very sad about the death of Mrs. Gertrudis B. Mancse. president of the club in Bag, which came to our notice just recently through Mr. Vedasto R. Manese. ILOCOS NORTE:— Nothing is more welcomed than reports about successful financial campaigns, which seem rare these days. Clubwomen, however, are nev er afraid of financial handicaps and like the proverbial ideal house wives, they can make a peso go a long way. We are very happy to hear from Mrs. Mercedes Pena, president of the club at Sarrat that not only was the last benefit a very gainful one, but the Bu reau of Health has found their Puericulture Center worthy of being aided and they have just re ceived a check from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes. This has en couraged other individuals in the province to likewise give their bit for a worthy cause. * * * BULACAN:— Conditions have greatly improved, but there are still some clubs who “forget” to report to us the results WITH OUR CLUB WOMEN of their elections until one of the old officers receives a letter and remembers to tell us she is not in office anymore. This was the case in Paombong where the elec tion took place in April, but we knew about it just now. The new officers are: President, Mrs. Leonor IS. F. Gatchalian; Vice-President, Mrs. Margarita D. Lindavag; Secretary, Miss Elena Pahati; Asst. Secretary, Miss Encarnacion Gatmavtan; Treasurer, Mrs. Pilar G. Pasco; Asst. Treasurer, Mrs. Mercedes G. Suerte Felipe; Board of Directors: Mrs. Damasa ,T. Gon zales, Mrs. Anisia S. J. Capili, Miss Mercedes Borlongan, Mrs. Severing P. Gonzales, Mjss Emilia Valencia, Mrs. Marcela Gonzales, Miss Romana Manas. Miss Enriqneta Calayag, Miss Pascuaka Salamat, and Mrs. Mercedes G. Suerte Felipe. BOHOL:— To be different the women of Carmen called their club organized not very long ago “Carmen Wom en’s Association” instead of “Car mon Woman’s Club.” Mrs. Ama lia C. Gallardo, president, reports that the club has a little fund saved for a Puericulture Center, and the municipality has something likewise, but these put together is still not sufficient, so we advised her to start the other loss expen sive projects in the meantime. TARLAC:— The club in San Manuel which has been inactive for some years, was recently re-organized. We d6 not have yet the list of the new officials, but we are expecting this soon from Mrs. Rosario Atencio, secretary, who wrote us for a copy of a model constitution for their guidance. PANGASINAN:— So far Miss Maria C. Magsano is still the No. 1 provincial club woman in the country. And no wonder—there is hardly a town in her province without a club, active and helpful to the community. She is always teeming with ideas, and this reminds us of the NFWC’s own Mrs. Escoda. Miss Magsano’s latest brainchild (and take it from us—they are all good) is the hold ing of periodical meetings in the different representative districts. We have not received her official report on this as we go to press, but wo understand that the first Manila, August, 1939 HOME JOURNAL 23 one has been held. In these meet ings she invites all elub presidents in the district together with all the members of the club in the town where the meeting takes place. IN MANILA NURSERY CLASSES—Aver age enrollment: Gral. Geronimo ................ 28 Tondo ................................ 128 Singalong ........................... 41 Economia ............................ 30 Punta.................................... 30 Meisic .................................. 42 Pasay No. 2 ...................... 38 Pasay No. 5 ...................... 42 Sta. Ana ............................ 31 Malacafian ...................... 83 a.m. Malacanan ...................... 50 p.m. Sta. Cruz .......................... 98 Paco .......................... 7 @ P.14 Punta .......................... 13 @ P.12 McKinley .................. 9 @ P.16 Pasay ........................ 10 @ P.17 Sta. Cruz .................... 9 @ P.18 San Nicolas ................ 15 @ P.19 Quiapo ........................ 10 @ P.15 Velasquez .................. 14 @ P.20 Singalong .................. 27 @ P.12 Malacanan ................ 9 @ P.16 DimasMang ................ 16 @ P.23 HOMECRAFT — Average attendance and work ac complished : Sta. Cruz—6 1 beaded handbag 1 crocheted cape Urban—6 1 pair of baby’s boots G-agalangin—4 the Woman’s Club. However, Mrs. Lim conferred with Dr. Aguilar and Dr. Belmonte and this misun derstanding was cleared up. It was agreed to follow the usual plan of having the same group of women undertake all the community work in that district but with separate funds solicited for the Puericulture Center and for the Woman’s Club. A diet kitchen and a homecraft class was started by the Sases Woman’s Club. The elub in Bil bao was reorganized. Only the homecraft class has been opened here until proper facilities can be provided for the nursery class and diet kitchen. New officers are:— Bilbao:—President, Miss Emeli na Masongsong; Vice-President, Miss Celerina Navarro; Secretary, rectors: Mrs. Pilar Enrile, Miss Celerina Quicho, Mrs. Antonia Zorrilla, Miss May France, Miss Gua dalupe Bizon and Mrs. Crispina Tabuena. Velasquez: — President, Miss Otilla Herrera; Vice-President, Miss Marcosa Reyes: Secretary, Mrs. Gliceria Clemente; Treasurer, Mrs. Encarnacion G. Ocampo; Auditor, Mrs. Irinea Samson; Reporter, Mrs. Marciana Hernandez; Board of Directors: Mrs. Teresa Pasion. Mrs. Esperanza So, Mrs. Felicidad de Luciano, Miss Obdulia de los Santos, Mrs. Dominga Evangelista, Mi’s. Encarnacion Simon, Mrs. Primitiva Caig, Miss Carmen Magaloneo and Mrs. Pilar S. Galicia. LITERACY CLASSSES AND READING CENTERS Board of directors, Mainit Woman’s Club, Surigao. Mrs. Epifania Mariano; Treasurer, Mrs. Consuelo Cabral; Sub-treas urer, Mrs. Fe Lopez; Board of Di rectors: Mrs. Carolina Parce, Mrs. Dominga Mayontc, Miss Josefa E. Quintia, Miss Jacobina Ibanez, Miss Juliana Ruiz, Miss Consorcia Buenafe, Mrs. Leopolda F. Herrera and Mrs. Florencio Cruz. ^Sta. Cruz:—President. Mrs. FcPresident, Mrs. B|ta|^^tary, Miss Place Pasay Singalong Balut Paltoe, Sta. Mesa Bambang Urban Gral. Geronimo San Nicolas Intramuros Malate Paco Enroll ment 11 40 11 17 27 17 20 19 18 20 14 10 32 Age Range 12—52 10—76 10—38 9—39 12—11 21—51 21—60 20—42 20—79 19—51 9—11 18—15 10—70 Malate ............................ Quiapo ............................ Urban ......... .................... Pandacan ........................ San Nicolas .................... Katubusan ...................... La Helena ........................ Sases ................................ BalicBalic ...................... Balut ................................ Dimasalang .................... Velasquez (new) ............ Total Average Enrollment the 69 San Nicolas—6 49 1 man’s sa 34 Pandacan—9 67 1 baby’s i 37 1 knitted 28 Singalong—9 27 Sta. Ana—5 26 1 pair of 44 3 beaded 19 McKinley—7 64 2 beaded 14 Pasay—6 46 Quiapo—10 Main emphasis was made in teaching of patriotism to the child ren. An experiment has been start ed by giving milk to the children during recess hours. Those who can afford, contribute one centavo each and they all get a glass of milk every day. This is being done in the following classes: Gral. Gero nimo, Sta. Cruz, Economia, Balic Balic, Paco, Quiapo, Malacanan, Pandacan, Punta, Malate, Singa long and Sases. Mrs. Valentina Aquino of the Wclfareville was the speaker of the month. A new class was open ed in Velasquez and others will be opened in Bilbao and Tayuinan. 'fhe nursery class in Bilbao which has been temporarily closed will be opened and a now class will be started in Tayuinan. I knitted lady Tondo—13 1 sport dress 1 evening dres Punta—8 BLOCK HOUS 11 io WOMEN DIET KITCHEN— Average AnrnllmAnF nn/1 PHHOIltOj enrollment and contnbution: nurses * - Sta. Ana .................... 7 (7? P.14 (>f wJ v \S^0^8 V a bro * , * ?bandD-rV.n t’eJevaU^Je Dea^aof *V'cb Jeb the ** \eeves a° >wis» dre«^o to »»be puH« d skirt. ^e ««^e°on - *’ett, > o^°r* \eated \on?> { , crOcU ‘yoke- * } * poXels- this coin £° jlr ’Venwd P aeH * ® * " od * « « the «« * > * M°te7 peeveslength ** JOAN JOY HODGES oPc TER^°S sk^ of '?coe7„t *' £ an* Pa"“r, n>« *e,£»U be *<r the «tO%he c^Je over-s*!r caSe, it nS "■•••"J"."5"..... .'■s.i"-"“S." s ’•••■ • „„.a. - * sat der^rt£RMESTO of over^ 26 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1939 Cooking, USE THAT CAN OPENER ^ILEN there is “nothing to buy” in the market, the housewife has no other alternative but to use canned or packaged foods. Canned foods with the exception of the most commonly used like low-grade salmon and sardines, arc still considered luxury items, be cause of their high prices. But used wisely and with other foods, they sometimes prove less expensive than fresh or homemade ones be cause there is no waste to them. In our own home, we very sel dom market for Sunday meals, re iving chiefly on our stock of can ned goods which have been bought at Saturday bargain sales in the groceries. We buy canned soups by the dozen when these are sold on the bargain counter and we save as much as thirty centavos or two or three centavos per can. A can of condensed soup, diluted with an equal quantity of water, will serve eight with small portions. Wo usually serve these soups with crackers or with fried bread cubes to “extend” their filling capacity. Twenty centavos worth of soup bones will serve even as many as ten persons but at the end will cost more because of the other in gredients and the fuel, and the soup made will not be as delicious. Here are some of the recipes using canned foods that we have FOR ALL SHORTENING PURPOSES IN THE MODERN PROTECTIVE CARTON Egg Noodles and Vienna Sausage Cook egg noodles (or macaroni or spaghetti) according to the di rections on the package. Drain and while hot, add J/2 cup butter. Mix well. It' cheese is available, V2 cup, grated, may be added and the mixture heated in a deep saucepan until the cheese melts. Stir with a wooden spoon while the mixture heats. Place on a platter and de corate the top with V ienna Saus tried and found delicious. The can ned foods used are available in all towns (except perhaps in the very small ones). Most of the recipes are for what we may call “comp iny dishes” and you had better clip and file them so that you need not worry to death when unexpect ed visitors drop in on you and stay for meals. Canned Vegetable Soup with Dumplings You may consider canned soups without any trimmings already fit for company, but sometimes for very special guests, try this com bination of vegetable soup and dumplings or meat balls made with deviled ham (locally known as pot ted ham), of all things! Use one can of vegetable soup and one can of bean soup with ba con and dilute with equal quanti ties of water. Or, use one can of vegetable soup and one can of to mato soup or one can of tomato soup and one can of beans with 4 tomato sauce diluted with one can of water. Bring this mixture to a boil, then drop in the moat balls made with 1 can of deviled ham. one eg" (beaten slightly) and % cup of fine bread crumbs (or bizcocho). Serve this soup piping hot with crackers. Simple Yet Splendid Desserts By BETTY BARCLAY Did you know that the fruit dessert, so popular today when everyone is diet conscious, is an old, old custom? In England, Eleanor, Countess of Leicester, in troduced oranges as a dessert in the year 1290, when juice squeezers | or extractors were unheard of and a glass of orange juice would have been a novelty. Fruit desserts have played an important part in the food habits of.many countries. They originated and were most used in warmer climates favorable to fruit produc tion. With the cultural develop ment of many fruits, such as oranges, lemons and grapefruit in this country, and modern high speed transportation, these delici ous natural foods so favorable to health have become available to all. This year when citrus fruits from California and the southern states are more plentiful than ever before and within the reach of every pocketbook is an opportune time to serve them in a variety of ways. The Orange Ambrosia pictured is a simple dessert to prepare and an excellent balance with a dinner rich in calories. Orange Ambrosia (Serves 6) 6 oranges, peeled and sliced % cup powdered sugar % cup grated coconut Arrange orange slices in serving dish; sprinkle with sugar and coco nut. California oranges are pre ferred for slicing since they are flrm-meated and virtually seedless. Two orange desserts somewhat more elaborate than Ambrosia yet easy-to-make are an Orange Spanish Cream and an Orange Shortcake. These recipes are new and recently tested in Betty Barclay's kitchen. They are excellent. Orange Spanish Cream (Serves 6-8) 2 tablespoons gelatine 2 cups milk % cup sugar 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten % teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon grated orange peel 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel * 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 cup orange juice 3 egg whites, stiffly beaten Orange segments Seedless grapes Soak gelatine and milk together for 5 minutes. Put in top of double boiler and heat. When gelatine is dissolved, add sugar. Pour this hot mixture slowly over slightly beaten egg yolks. Return to double boiler and cook until • thickened some what, stirring constantly. Remove from flame and add Balt, grated orange and lemon peel, lemon and orange juice, stiffly beaten egg whites. Let stiffen in 9-inch ring mold. Unmold on serving plate and All center with orange segments. Des sert will separate into a clear layer and a layer of creamy sponge. Orange Shortcake (Serves 6-8) This is one of the best fresh fruit shortcake recipes we have tried. Do not omit the orange sauce; it adds immeasurably to the success of the whole. 2 cups sifted, all-purpose flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt Vi cup sugar 4 tablespoons shortening Mix and sift dry Ingredients. Cut in shortening. Beat egg in measur ing cup and fill to the % mark with milk. Combine dry mixture with eggs and milk, stirring quickly until a soft but not sticky dough is formed, adding more milk if neces sary. Turn out on lightly floi”-ed board and knead for a iew seconds. Divide dough in half and pat each gently into an 8-inch layer pan. Bake at 425° F. about 12 minutes. Put layers together and spread top with segments or slices from 6 oranges, sweetened to taste. Serve with sauce made with: 1 cup orange juice 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons shredded orange peel age which have been browned in a little lard or margarine. Creamed Salmon Salmon is delicious when served as salad with chopped onion, to matoes and French Dresing, but try serving it with a cream sauce. Empty contents of one can of salmon into a colander and pick out hones. Pour hot water over the salmon, drain thoroughly, then sprinkle with calamansi juice — Manila, August, 1939 W OMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 27 this to remove that “fishy” odor that many do not like in canned salmon and sardines. Flake the meat fine. Make cream sauce: Mix 2 ta blespoons margarine and 2 table spoons flour and 1 teaspoon drv mustard. Add to 1 cup milk and heat in the top of a double boiler or in a saucepan placed in a larger saucepan with boiling water. Add flaked fish, season with salt and pepper and bring to boil. Serve with fried potato chips. This dish is even better made with tuna, which is more expensive than and not as widely available as salmon but more delicate in fla vor, like chicken compared to beef or pork. Fruit Salad with Cream Dressing “Extend” the contents of a can ’ of fruits for salad by adding 1acatan bananas, apples, pears, pa paya or avocado, cut up as large or as small as the fruits in the can. To prevent bananas and ap ples from turning black, sprinkle with calamansi juice. Be sure to drain the canned fruits thoroughly so that the salad will not be wa tery. Place the fruits in a large bowl and add the dressing, made with a cupful of home-made or bottled mayonnaise to which one cake of cream cheese or half a jar of cream cheese has been added. Mix well with two spoons and be careful not to mash the fruits. Potato-Mixed Vegetable Salad Potato salad becomes colorful and more attractive with canned mixed vegetables added to it. Cook po tatoes, skin and cut into cubes. Drain thoroughly a can of mixed vegetables and add to the potatoes. Mix with mayonnaise. Vienna Sausage-Potato Salad Make Potato Salad with a little mineed onion and sweet pickles. Moisten with mayonnaise. Place in the center of a platter and deco rate with grated carrot. Around the platter arrange by three’s or four’s browned Vienna Sausage. Asparagus Salad with Fish Sauce Mix I cup mayonnaise with 2 tablespoons chopped mixed pickle. 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 chopped hard-cooked egg and V2 ( * »P flaked canned salmon or boiled shrimps, which have ben shelled and cut into halves lengthwise. Place this sauce in a small bowl in the center of a platter and arrange asparagus, drained, around it. The tips of the asparagus should point outwards. Asparagus Open Sandwich Split, but do not break apart, finger rolls. Butter and toast. Open one can of asparagus tips and drain thoroughly. Blend 2 tablespoons of butter with 2 tablespoons of flour and add 1% cups of tomato juice. Heat until thick. Pour over the buttered rolls, then over it, place four as paragus tips, two on each half of each roll, and top with more sauce. Peas and Cauliflower Clauliflowcr is, comparatively speaking, an expensive vegetable. Here is one way of serving a head to many persons: Separate cauli flower into flowerettes and cook in salted water until tender. Drain and add to one can of canned peas, which have been heated in their own liquor, drained and buttered. Spiced Fruit Punch 1 cup sugar IV2 cups water 2 sticks cinnamon 12 whole cloves The Kerosene Refrigerator Exclusive Distributor in the P. 1. The Refrigerator you hear about, but never hear. RLANGER ALINGER [ Baguio • Dagupan - Lucena - MANILA - Cebu | Bacolod - Iloilo G INC. 4 cups pineapple juice (canned) 1 cup orange juice % cup calamansi juice Boil sugar, water and spices. Strain and add to fruit juices. Mix. Pour over a large piece of ice. When cold, serve. Deviled Eggs 6 hard-cooked eggs 2 teaspoons prepared mustard 2 cans of deviled ham Cut hard-cooked eggs in half lengthwise. Remove the yolks and mash. Add the mustard and ham. Refill the whites with this niiture. Cereal pudding % cup cream of wheat % cup sugar y2 teaspoon salt 3 cups milk E Heat milk and add cereal, sugar and salt slowly, stirring all the time until thick. Cover and cook over boiling water in 10 minutes. Grease a mold or an empty round can (like that of coffee) and place the cereal in it, flattening the top. When cold, unmold and serve with chocolate sauce. Chocolate Sauce 1 cup sugar 1 cup water 1 cup cocoa 1 teaspoon flavoring Mix sugar and cocoa in saucepan and add water sowly, stirring so that no lumps will be formed. Cook for 2 minutes. If desired, milk may be used instead of water. Pour this sauce over the cereal.. Good for breakfast or as dessert, espe cially for children. Now that there is Chocolate (Continued on page 33) 28 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1939 Household Hints Why Do You Feel Tired? D° you feel tired after performing the morning’s household chores? It is safe to bet that you do, un less you are one of those excep tional women who are as strong as an ox (pardon the comparison) and can work all morning and still feel as fresh as when they got up. Two scientists who have been studying fatigue for years give sev eral causes for it, especially for that tired feeling housewives com plain about after a morning’s work. Mosso, a pioneer in the study of fatigue, says that fatigue is not due to the amount of work or the kind work that one does but to the way he or she does it. His theory about fatigue is a very in teresting one and bears describing quite in detail. “Exercise and not rest strength ens a muscle,” he says. “Work and you will be strong. Be strong and work will not make you tired.” He explains this in this way: Dur ing work, certain substances are created in the muscles which it is the task of the blood to wash away. If you work too hard or too long, these substances gather in such quantities that the blood stream can not handle the load. The muscles become clogged, stiff, and painful, and may even be weakened. Strange to say, however, the small quantities of these substances produced by mo derate and not prolonged exercise do not have a proportionately small bad effect upon you, but one that is quite the reverse. They stimul ate you to better action just as cer tain drugs are beneficial if taken in prescribed small doses but arc harmful, even fatal, if taken in large amounts. Thus it is that the muscles or brain may be benefited by work, and—because the blood feeds as well as washes—may be built up, made stronger. Besides this, it seems to be true that the system develops a resistance to these fatigue substances very much as it deve.ops a tolerance of drugs or a resistance to disease. Succes sive doses of work, gradually in creased, vaccinate you, so to speak, against the ravages of more strenu ous labor. Another fact discovered by Mosso is that several light loads do not tax the muscles so much as one very heavy one. This holds true whether you are digging a ditch or adding up figures. Four light spadefuls of earth do not tire one so much as the same amount taken in two spadefuls. A column of figures added in three sections is not so taxing as one done as a whole. llow cun the housewife benefit from these discoveries about fa tigue? She should not be too enlliiisiastic about her work (wrongly enihusiastic, we should say) and do too much in the beginning, if she It Is Not The Amount Nor The Kind Of Work That You Do But The Way You Work That Makes You Tired is not yet used to too much work, or push a muscle when it is tired, for work done by a tired muscle is much more harmful, says Mosso, than a heavier task done when the muscle is fresh. It is economy to rest before you are aware of fatigue. The average woman doing even light housework would profit by a rest of fifteen minutes after every hour or so of work. If she is not strong, or if she is in the midst of some special task like housecleaning, a rest at the end of every hour or less is advisable. If she is merely doing the dishes or the beds, she may need only to sit down for a few minutes and listen to the radio or do the household accounts for a change and in order not to waste time. But she who does really tax ing labor should lie down on a couch or sofa, close her eyes, take a deep breath, and letting it out, sink as deeply into the cushions and oblivion as it is possible for her to do so. The general rule, and .this ap plies not only to the housewife but to every worker, physical and men tal, is that frequent and short rest periods are better than one long one. This is especially true in vigor ous repetitive work, as that of the housewife. For instance, a house wife who has to dust and polish six or more chairs should rest for a while after finishing one chair rather than rest for * a longer period of time after she is through with the six chairs. The time required to complete the job may be the same with or without pauses, but there will be no sigh of relief and none of those painful cramps when st periods. Be efficient! Use FastWorking SAPOLIO Cake or Powder Concerning this rule that fre quent and short rest periods are better than one long one, Mosso found that if the amount of work is reduced or cut to one-half, the rest required is only one-quarter of that required for the full amount of work. For instance, if four hours of strenuous or continuous housework in the morning requires four hours of rest in the afternoon, then recovery will be equally ac complished by two hours’ work and one-half hour’s rest, two hours’ work and one-half hour’s rest, in rotation. This means that it is bet ter for the house'wife to postpone some of the housecleaning for the afternoon instead of doing it all in the morning. Applying this rule in our own household, we have found out that the maid does a much better job (more thorough and in better spirits) if she is made to clean only two rooms in the morning and two rooms in the afternoon than if she is required to do the four rooms either in the morning or in the afternoon. Rest should mean complete relaxa tion—preferably lying down—but most of us will have to be content with snatching a few moments in our chairs. Even this is better than not having any rest at all. Dr. W. Beran Wolfe, director of the Mental Hygiene Clinic of the Community Church of New York, classifies fatigue among women into three types. One is physiolo gical, and is due to physical eases (and the most easily remediable) such as auto-intoxication, glandular trouble, fallen arches, improper food (when you are tired, eat), improper clothing, sleeping habits, working too soon after an illness or child-birth, etc. The second type of fatigue is due to inefficiency in the methods of daily work — doing things in the old, hard way instead of taking ad vantage of modern methods and using tho head to save the heels (step-saving kitchen tires the houscSAPOLIO Trade Mark Rendered to the Rescue "uXnds are rou^h-y"our back tired—your arms aching. Switch to SAPOLIO — cleans and shines Sa is kind <o h/ods ■>>" ““ wife less than one that is not). But the chief source of fatigue among women, Dr. Wolfe says, is psychological. Most women hate housework—they consider it degra ding or humiliating. They would rather go out and work and hire somebody to do it for them. Then there is the other type of woman, the opposite, who may be called the perfectionist. She wears herself out trying to accomplish the im possible; she is the ideal housekeep er who makes everyone miserable by wiping up footsteps. Other psychological causes of fa tigue are the lack of variety in work, an unsatisfactory emotional life, suppressed desires, unhappy marital relations, etc. “A lot of women are tired be cause they want to be—not con sciously, of course, but sub-con sciously. And I have never found that hard work was what makes people tired. If a woman who works hard is over-tired, it’s usual ly her attitude toward her work, not the work, that does it,” con cludes Dr. Wolfe. Dr. Wolve does not agree with Mosso that rest is the cure for fa tigue. “More often it’s more work that is the cure—more work and greater variety,- not rest but a change of occupation or attitude,” he says. From his experience with women patients, he has found out that inducing a woman to take the right attitude toward her work, to reconcile herself to conditions or to change them or to straighten out an emotional situation, brings about a cure. Now here are some practical sug gestions : Arrange your kitchen equipment (stove, sink and work table) so that you need not take many steps from one to the other. If kitchen is one of those old-fashioned large ones, use only one end or o ic cor ner of it, grouping the equipment in a step-saving way. Eliminate as many physical conditions that cause fatigue, such as poor lighting, poor ventilation, very high or very low stove or table. Make a schedule of work and fol-, low it instead of performing house hold chores haphazardly. Plan what to do each hour of the day, includ ing rest periods. It is better to do a little cleaning up each day than a general clean ing up once a week or once a month. Better to divide the work throughout the day, with rest per iods in between, than to concen trate it in the morning or in the afternoon. Perform your work in the most comfortable position and in the most comfortable clothes. Do not wash dishes or prepare food in a squatting position but do it on the table. Do not try to do more than you can. For instance, if yon are giv ing a dinner party, do not finish all work in one day. Do some a day or two in advance. Your menu must be chosen according to the time and money at your disposal. Manila, August, 1P39 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 29 HOLLYWOOD ON. . . (Continued from page 17) ings are followed by as many thor ough rinsings. She likes a lively rather than gentle massage and scrubbing. A spray is used for rinsing and carries on until there is no doubt about the disappearance of soap. Halfway through the rinsing a glass of warm water and lemon juice is poured over the hair. After the hair is set Bette set tles under the dryer with a good book because she has found her hair stays in better condition when al lowed to dry slowly. * * * Speaking of softer and curlier hair, Dorothy Lamour has an easy method of putting an added dash of allure into her long dusky tres ses. While playing the role of a slave girl in a scene for Paramount’s "Man About Town”, Dorothy wore her hair down her back in all its full glory. To give it an added “kink” without resorting to any thing as radical as a permanent wave or a session under a hot dryer, Dorothy braided her long tresses tightly and let the braiding do the curling. Brushed out after a half hour of confinement in the braids, her hair was ready for the camera’s eagle eye and it gave a naturally wavy effect. * * * Zorina, one of the world’s most graceful women, now in Hollywood to star in the film version of “On Your Toes” for Warner Bros., has studied dancing since she was of kindergarten age, but insists that any girl can learn to be graceful by observing a few simple rules. When one is sitting she should forget pose, but remember repose, says this celebrated dancer. Any girl is at her best while sitting per fectly still. She should cross her ankles, not her knees, turn the body slightly in the chair, and keep hands in the lap. Since an animated figure makes for an animated personality. Zo rina believes when a woman is on her feet she is more attractive when moving. Naturally the movement must be graceful and dignified, never fluttery and awkward. While walking Zorina recom mends an erect carriage with a free swing of the legs from hips to toes, graceful use of arms more than gestures of the hand, and the poise that comes from perfect balance. When one is standing still, the figure is at its best in slight or full profile, never square on from the front. The hips should be at a slight angle to the person or group addressed, one knee slightly bent, the weight of the body thrown com fortably forward on the supporting foot. * * * Rosemary Lane, noted for her well-proportioned figure, keeps thighs flat with a daily exercise which simply consists of drawing one knee up as high as possible while remaining in a standing posi tion, then stretching leg out before her and lowering it slowly to the floor. She repeats with each leg a dozen times. * * * GOSSIP Joan Bennett, who has the flair for adding unusual accessory notes to her costumes, has been using flo wers—both real and artificial—in interesting ways this season. On dinner outfits consisting of differ ent colored blouses and skirts, she often wears suspenders fashioned with artificial flowers, sometimes of one color and sometimes mixing them in gay array. She particular ly likes fresh flower necklaces and bracelets for her formal gowns that are reminiscent of the 1900’s and for some of her afternoon ensembles. Camellias, gardenias, carnations, violets or larkspurs are her favorities for these. If she happens to wear a wide-meshed snood in the evening, Joan ornaments it with real roses. An evening bag she Guard Your GLAMOUR KEEP YOUR UNDERARM DRY - - - You probably won’t detect that stale perspiration odour in your clothing, and your friends won’t mention it. There’s only one way to be sure that you don’t offend. Keep the underarm dry! Odorono does more than merely stop perspiration, odour...it checks underarm perspiration itself—send ing it to other more exposed parts of the body where it may evaporate unnoticed. Thus Odorono protects both your reputation and your clothing! Odorono was formulated by a physician. Its use over a period of twenty-five years proves the abso lute safety of checking perspiration in the small area of the underarm. ODO-RO-NO recently purchased is in the shape of a flower basket in white crepe, the top made up of purple hya cinths, tiny forget-me-nots and pink and yellow roses. Irene Dunne with a party at the Del Mar Club wore a stunning din ner gown in a leaf print on a green background. It had little puff sleeves, completely covered shoul ders and skirt that fell in an en chanting fullness. The girdle was of tissue-weight green calf-skin. Accompanying her gown was a wide coin bracelet, conch shell bag in green finely pleated grosgrain rib bons, green sandals and a sable bolero. Dancing to Anson Week’s lilting rhythms at the Ambassador Hotel’s Coconut Grove, Dorotihv Lamour was in a printed gown of chiffon with small white flowers on black and fuchsia bands. Her gown had a very full skirt with red crin ed ging the decollete, which was low in back, and hem and lined the bustle drapery. A diadem of American Beauty roses was the gown’s only ornamentation. Yolanda, of the world famous dancing team of Veloz and Yolanda now appearing at the Coconut Grove, lunched in the outside patio of the Wilshire Brown Derby in a Cezanne green linen reefer coat trimmed with six large pearl but tons. Under it was a brown col larless dress with plain bodice and slim skirt. A Cezanne green mesh turban ornamented with a simple gold ring and topaz brooch and brown linen accessories completed her ensemble. Hedy Lamarr is going to adapt her native hat worn in “Lady of the Tropics”, for everyday beach wear. It is a large white silk straw with miniature peaked crown trim med in cord silk of green and pur ple. The cord runs through slits in the crown, tying under the chin. Lightness of the straw combines with the wide brim to make it an excellent warm weather fashion. Brightening her sheer black en semble, Myrna Loy wears a triple strand of twisted pearls with match ing earrings, surrounded by green leaves which sweep forward onto the cheeks. For cotton evening dresses, Elea nor Powell wears a Schiaparelli necklace of gypsy beads. The five Strands are in pottery shades and knotted by a clip of the beads which is removable and may be worn as a lapel ornament. Cool note to dark dresses is the popular white linen jacket. Lana Turner wears a scalloped jacket trimmed with red silk braid and military gold buttons over a sailor dress of navy linen. White linen hat copied from the “gob” hat, white linen bag embroidered with a red anchor are unusual accessory notes featured by the actress. Candy striped corded silk is the striking combination chosen by Norma Shearer for a formal house coat. Cut with fitted bodice, wide, floor-length circular skirt, the red and white stripes meet in a point ed design on the skirt. The M.G.M. star wears the coat which features starched labels for her role in “The Women”. * * * HOLLYWOOD’S REAL MYS TERY WOMAN Don’t Get The Idea It’s Garbo Be cause It’s A Very Different Sort Of Actress HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—The world thinks of Hollywood’s mystery woman as Garbo, but Hollywood thinks of her as Marie Wilson. Film wiseacres know that she’s either the most naive and mellowwitted soul ever allowed to wander by herself, where she might come to harm—or else one of the keen est, shrewdest women ever to face a camera. One can always start an argument in filmland by saying, “Is Marie Wilson really dumb or dizzy or both, or is that all an act f” When that question is spoken, a dozen people will spring up to bat tle the issue, with supporters of the two principal theories about equal ly divided. (Continued on page 36) 30 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1939 Bringing Up Children PROBLEM CHILD 0O you have a problem child in your home? If so, you will be interested in these “tactics” that other mothers of problem children have found effective. Jealous Brother The mother of a three-year-old boy punished and even reasoned with him when he pushed, slapped or snatched toys from his baby bro ther but this did not help much. The mother then realised that he hnd been the center of the universe for the whole of his three years and therefore found it hard to share his belongings, his nurse, his pa rents with the new member of the family. .Some form of jealousy was therefore the result. She realized that a jealous child needs plenty of love and attention from his parents and that he needs to be convinced in deeds rather than words that they still care for him. So, for half an hour each day, while the baby was somewhere else, the mother gave him her undivided attention to show him that his interests had not been for gotten for the baby’s and that he needed not fear a rival. In the evening, the father did the same, playing with him, before he was put to bed. This treatment did won ders. Wall Marker Punish the child who marks walls, break things, etc., but it you stop there it won’t get either you or your child very far. He will still mark walls and break things. One mo ther provided her son with paper, paints, crayons and an easel; an other bought for her son a car pentry set. Make the child under stand that there is a right as well as a wrong place to draw or to break. If he persists in ignoring your instructions, you’ll have to re move all drawing materials until “he is old enough to know how to use them.” Sometimes children seem habi tually and wantonly dectrnetive, and ordinary methods fail with them. Such behavior may be caused by deep resentments against parents or brothers and sisters. If these exists they should he looked into carefully. Onlv bv helping such children to ward better relationships can real improvement result. Afraid at Night Children outgrow nighttime fears best if these are not treated as shameful and cowardly but as some thing to be outgrown gradually like last year’s clothes. A mother has found out that leaving the door of the nursery half open, or the light in the hall shining ail through the night, or a flashlight under the pillow, helped to bring peace and security. Another mother made the period of preparation for bed happy and unhurried for both her and the child. After the lights were out, she told a story or just recounted the day’s doings. This proved wonder fully soothing to the child. Playing with Matches It is useless to spank a child when you see him playing with matches or to hide all matches from him. Fire fascinates children and they find it great fun to make it. One mother instructed her child in the right method of striking mat ches, at the same time explaining to him the danger of burning him self or setting fire to somethin?, the curtains, for instance. Then she made him the house’s official “light er”, making it his duty to light the TESORO JEREZ-QUINA LEGIT1MO Stop worrying... This health restoring tonic is indispensable foi nursing mothers. It is highly re commended to im prove the nervous system, and is an excellent prepara tion for general debility, especially for convalescents. (3D Nothing like it for restor ing vitality Insist on this Bottle REFUSE ALL SUBSTITUTES! J. B. VICENTE COSIN Sole Agent Read How The Parents Of Problem Children Are Dealing With Them candles for the dinner table, the stove and his parents cigarettes. Another mother made her children get over their love for fire by teach ing them how to make a bonfire and a campfire in the yard and allow ing them to burn the rubbish swept from the house every day. They got midly burned, got'smoke into their eyes and smudges on their faces, and in the end, got cured. Now they are through playing with fire. The Question Asker How fortunate are the parents who have children who insist upon acquiring knowledge at first hand —which educators tell us is the best way for anyone to learn, but most parents are impatient and do not answer their children or if they do, thev do it in a cross way. Perhaps the reason why most pa For loss of appetite, TESORO JEREZQUINA answers the need. It sti mulates and aids digestion. TESO RO J E R E ZQUINA is an ex tract from the juice of selected grapes and qui nine. It stands out because it is the best. Try it today I (3D Most in de mand through the year round rents scold their children when they ask questions or don’t answer them is that they do not know the an swers or do not have enough ima gination to make them up, as one parent did. Children sometimes ask the most silly and embarrassing questions! The parents of a very inquisitive boy hired a young man, working his way through college, to answer their son’s questions. But not all parents can afford to hire an “an swerer”. Nor to buy a set of encyclo pedia or nature books. One father solved this problem by taking his son to see the thing about which he asked the most questions or was most interested, which, in this case, was trains. He took him to a rail road yard and there he asked his questions from the foreman who knew all the answers. The Child and His Faults The scientific way to deal with any of the child’s undesirable traits —quarrelsomeness, teasing, bully ing, selfishness, dawdling, forget fulness, disorderlines, disobedience —is to search out and remove its cause, and then to replace it with some incentive appropriate to the child’s age that will incite him to better conduct. Substitution and diversion are better than suppres sion or nagging. For instance, punctuality at meals may sometimes be made more attractive than late ness by keepin? a record chart with recognition for a high punctuality score. Failing this, it sometimes helps if parents allow the action to bring on the unpleasant results that logically ensue if the children do not step in to avert them. For in stance, if Juan is very careless about his belongings, leaving them around instead of putting them away, try confiscating them. But be sure to look for to cause of his carelessness —perhaps he does not have a place where to keep his personal belong ings. It is almost impossible for pa rents not to order their children to “stop that”, yet by doing so thev make it harder for the habit to sink into disuse. Further. nagging re minds the child of his power to annoy and it offers him an ex cellent opportunitv of fretting more than his share of the limelight. When Tchaikovsky was away from home, he suffer ed such loneliness and homesickness, he lost his ap petite and could not sleep. Manila, August, 1939 WOMANS HOME JOURNAL 31 THE NEW RUBBER BALL (Another Story For Children) ONCE upon a time there was a new rubber ball that wanted to play. He could roll and he could bounce, oh, so high! But there was nobody in the house to play with the rubber ball, so down the steps he rolled into the yard, where the rooster and hens and ducks and turkeys lived. And he stopped by the side of Mr. Speckled Rooster and asked him to play ball. “I can roll and I can bounce, oh, so h-i-g-h. Don’t you want to play?” But Mr. Speckled Rooster would not. He flapped his strong wings up and down, up and down, and crowed as loud as ever he could: “Cock a doodle doo, that would never do! Cock a doodle doo, cock a doodle doo!” And off he proudly strutted down the garden path. Next, the new rubber ball stopped by the side of Mrs. Hen and asked her to play ball. “Come, play ball with me,” said the new rubber ball. “I can roll and I can bounce, oh, so h-i-g-h! Don’t you want to play?” But old Mrs. Hen would not. She ruffled up her breast feathers with a shake, shake, shake, and cackled as loud as ever she could: “Kut, kut, kut, kut, I’m no nut! Kut, kut, kut, kut, kut, kut, kut!” And off she walked down the garden path behind Mr. Spec kled Rooster. Next the rubber ball stop ped by the side of old sister Duck and asked her to play ball. But old sister Duck would not. She wiggled her tail feathers with a wiggle, wig gle, wiggle, and quacked as loud as ever she could: “Quack, quack, quack, quack, go back, go back! Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack!” And off she waddled down the garden path behind Mr. Speckled Rooster and old Mrs. Hen. Next the new rubber ball stopped by the side of old brother Turkey Gobbler and asked him to play ball. “Come, play ball with me,” said the new rubber ball. “I can roll and I can bounce, oh, so h-i-g-h! Don’t you want to play?” But old brother Turkey Gobbler would not. He puf fed himself out with a puff, puff, puff, puff, and gobbled as loud as ever he could: “Gobble, gobble, gobble, I’m no marble! Gobble, gobble, gobble, gob ble, gobble!” And off he stalked down the garden path behind Mr. Spec kled Rooster, old Mrs. Hen and old sister Duck. Next the new rubber ball stopped by the side of Buster John’s black kitty and asked him to play ball. “Come, play ball with me,” said the new rubber ball. “I can roll and I can bounce, oh, so h-i-g-h! Don’t you want to play?” “Of course I will!” mewed Buster John’s black kitty. Then he jumped and away he ran right after the new rub ber ball! Oh, what a fine time they had playing together! The new rubber ball rolled and There are a number of medicines that have become famous. They have become famous because they are good medicines. They have been tried by millions of people all over the world and found to be really help ful in getting people weil. 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MOVIE SECTION (Continued from page 19) Nelson Eddy, Virginia Bruce in a scene from “Let Freedom Ring” Laid against eye-filling and pic turesque vistas of the Far West, the story of “Let Freedom Ring” centers about Steve Logan, young Harvard law school graduate, who returns home to a small Western farm community of the 1860’s to find his father, Tom Logan, and other pioneers expecting him to lead them in their fight against the encroachment of the railroad, a fight led by Wall Street Tycoon Jim Knox and his Irish foreman, Mulligan. Believing trickery the only way to beat Knox’s unscrupulous me thods, Steve pretends to see the justice of the railroad’s stand and is promptly considered a Judas by his friends, including his childhood sweetheart, Maggie Adams. Aided by “The Mackerel,” saloon pianist, rolled, and bounced and boun ced, oh, so h-i-g-h, and Buster John’s black kitty stood on his hind legs and bounced the Steve kidnaps Underwood, the town’s newspaper publisher, and starts printing and distributing broadsides which stir up the rail road “hunkies” against their bosses. Infuriated, Knox and Mulligan lead a pose into the hills to seek Steve’s hideout. The latter lures Mulligan into a cavern where his press is set up, and challenges him to a bare knuckle fight which shall determine whether Mulligan for swears allegiance to Knox and bring his workers over onto the side of Steve and the farmers. Licked in fair battle, Mulligan keeps his word, Knox is driven out of town and Steve reveals the role he has been playing in secret to insure the return of the law and order which now prevails. ball with his paws and chased it all over the yard. And this is the end of this story. 32 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1939 Guide To Charm What Do You Carry In Your Handbag? THE other day we were fixing up our face in the ladies’ room of a downtown soda fountain when an other woman came in and started rummaging into her large handbag for something we could not at that moment tell what. After several minutes, she emptied the contents of her handbag all over the dress ing table. “Ah, there you are!” she exclaimed and pounced on her lip stick and started making over her lips. “No wonder she could not find her lipstick!” we exclaimed to our selves. For on the table lay an assortment of objects, to wit—com pact, a package of cigarettes, a pac ket of matches, an address book and a small pencil, a fountain pen, handkerchief, several cards, keys on a ring, orange stick, change purse, hairpins, comb and two other things wrapped up in paper (perhaps a bottle of nail polish and If your lipstick gives you that glar ing painted look —it isn’t Tangee! For Tangee can’t paint. It isn’t paint. Instead, by its magic Color Change Principle, it brings out your own natural loveliness. Orange in the stick, Tangee changes on your lips to the one shade most becoming to you. Makes your lips live with youth ful alluring color. Use Tangee to• day. Your friends will approve. | SEND 4PIECE MAKEUP SET I of miniature Tnngre Lipstick, Rouge . Compact, Creme Rouge and Face Pow■ der. I enclose 25 etvos. HJ | Address.................................................... | City...................... Country................... I MAIL TOJ P. O. Box 1345 I Manila I I I I I I I I I a bottle of acetone). Do ladies’ handbags really hold or do ladies’ ready carry those many objects in their purses'? When the woman was gone, we opened our own bag and took an inventory of its contents, which were lip stick, compact, three keys on a ring, pencil, small notebook, an extra folded handkerchief, two or three newspaper clippings and four of our cards. Sometimes we carry a fountain pen but since ours is not leak-proof, we do this only when we really need it. When our handbag is quite a large one, we stuff into it the small things that we buy. We asked ourselves: Which of these objects do we not need to carry in our handbag when we go out? Right then and there we de cided on the compact, which we never use anyway even when our face is as shiny as newlv-bought patent-leather shoes, and the keys, which we can just safely leave at home. We could also throw away the newspaper clippings which were old. From that day on we took to no ticing the handbags that girls and women carry. We peep into them and take note of their contents when they are opened. Riding in the bus or in the streetcar, we no tice that working girls’ handbags bulge as if they must contain all those “extras” that girls who stay away from home for long periods of time need. We know that some business girls carry even small to wels in their handbags. We know of two or three who stuff their lunch sandwiches into their handbags. When you pay for your fare in the bus or streetcar or when you pay for your purchases in a store, others are likely to see the inside of your handbag when you open it to take out your money purse. Is the inside of your handbag “pre sentable”? We mean, is the lining clean and the contents nothing to be ashamed of? Do you carry a very dirty powder puff or hand kerchief in it which you are asham ed to show? Good grooming should be applied to handbags too. In the first place, your handbag should look clean outside and inside, especially when it is made of some white or light colored material that shows dirt easily. Handbags made of real leather should be brushed or clean ed with leather cleanser; those made of zapon or fabrikoid should be cleaned (according to directions that accompany them) usually with soap and water or with alcohol. Always wipe or brush your hand bag before you go out even if it is not soiled. The lining inside should be brush ed frequently to remove dust and dirt. If it is washable, it should be brushed with soap and water. It is a good practice to empty the contents of your handbags once in a while and throw away those that are useless. Things do accu mulate in handbags and before you know it, you have stuffed them out of shape. This brings us to another point. Handbags should look as they look ed when they were in the store or as their manufdcturers intended them to look. While in the store, a handbag is stuffed with soft paper to keep it in shape. That is how it should look when filled with your personal belongings. The beauty of the shape of too many handbags ‘s spoiled when the handbags are over stuffed with knick-kacks until they bulge out of their original shapes. This is especially true with hand bags made of soft leather or fabric. An envelope, flat handbag looks ugly when bulging. If you must carry many things with you when you go out, choose a bag that is capacious or one of those threedimensional bags with flat bottoms. When you have a lot of shopping to do, better carry a shopping bag or a carry-all. Handbags should be taken care of properly. This includes not only not over-stuffing them out of shape but also cleaning them inside and outside regularly. Leather handbags becomes moldy when not used frequently or when the weather is damp, so they must be brushed frequently and rubbed with a preparation that preserves leather. Your handbag is a part of your costume and as such should be chosen to match your dress and the other accessories in color and ma terial. For example when you are wearing dark blue shoes and belt, your handbag should be dark blue in color too, preferably of the same material as the shoes and the belt, like leather or suede or linen. Il is not always possible to match the material (unless you have a bag lor every costume) but it is not difficult to match the color. One good rule to follow when buying your accessories is to buy them all together—shoes, belt and handbag. You know of course that accessories should offer a contrast to your frock or match one color of it or the color of its trimming. For ex ample: You are wearing a white frock. Colored accessories are call ed for. You can choose any of the colors of a vari-colored printed frock and match it with accessories. If you cannot afford to buy sev eral handbags, a black one and a white one will take care of all your dresses. Be sure, however, to have matching belts and shoes. There are so many cheap hand-' bags that you are tempted to buy more than you need. It is better to have a few handbags of good quality and simple designs that last long than many of imitation leather or synthetic materials that wear out quickly. Do not buy handbags that have pleats or bows or other de corations that make them look cheap (the cheaper the handbags the more decorations they have, we have noticed). Expensive handbags, you have probably noticed, are ra ther plain, relying mostly on high quality materials and stitching for smartness. Last but not least — be careful about putting things yon will be ashamed of. into your handbag. Ac cidents do happen and you might lose your handbag. Be sure that should somebody find your handbag you would not be ashamed of some thing in it when it is returned to Manila, August, 1939 WOMANS HOME JOURNAL 33 “SPIRITS DEPARTED” (Continued front page 18) man care! I am thinking of the Filipino girls and boys $40,000 would help thro school and col lege ! And the money cost is the least of it. Think of the years of an guish of parents—hopeless anguish, as the years lengthened, and Mary Lou and Mary Lee grew more and more demented! Think, too, of the high school classmates — wondering thro the years, what it was all about—as they went their own happy way. into life and .joy and usefulness. Truly, the loss to society was a tra gic loss. Even the cost in discouragement to the young nurses who, thro the years gave faithful, efficient serv ice, caring for the two deteriora ting girls, now grown into old, de teriorated women, as they grew into “womanhood”. No, into wom en’s bodies, but bereft of the spirit of joy that characterizes growth into womanhood. No! The money cost is least of all! Such patients, schizophrenias of long standing, constitute the great est percentage of the patients in psychopathic institutions. From re cords of a Cleveland Hospital, (10 years), only 5% of these cases have been discharged as improved, even. The young doctor who admitted Mary Lou and Mary Lee to the institution when they were fifteen, loft the hospital, and had a big, busy, eventful life in lands afar, with helpers and patients, and me dical and surgical services up into the millions. Life was truly rich. Thirty five years later, the doc tor returned to visit. “Show me Mary Lou and Mary Lee.” And they came! Gray rompers, gray fa ces, gray hair, gray lives — Oh, worse than gray lives! Mary Lou does not even know her name. Neither doos Mary Lee. It is hard for the faithful nurses, even, to toll which is which. The doctor took a hand of each. “Oh Mary Lou and Mary Lee, do you remember me?” No slightest glimmer of mind, of recognition. And the doctor could see no sem blance of the youthful twins, any distinguishing feature. They have lost their identity, even, their in dividuality: they are just “The De mented Twins.” ASHES TO ASHES (Continued front page 15) cried, her voice was shrill and harsh. “I know that you take it yourself, the same as I!” “But I. . .” “Lucien, don’t you see that I’m desperate? I know you understand me well enough. I know that you take it too. I know, because I’ve been stealing from your supply right along whenever mine gave out. 1 had to, Lucien, or I would have died!” The Marquis passed his hand wearily over his forehead. Now he understood. “I think I know what you mean, Adrienne, but you can’t have stolen any from me, be cause—I don’t take it. Probably it belonged to one of the servants. I’ll ask them immediately. Of course I'll help you, if I possibly can.” He turned to leave the room. Adrienne grabbed him by the arm. “No, Lucien, it didn’t belong to any of the servants—it was yours! You kept it in that small silver chest up on the mantelpiece.” The Marquis stood as one bereft of all his faculties.' His brain began to whirl, his whole body shook con vulsively. The unspeakable horror of this disclosure appeared to him in its enormity. He saw’ his wife’s face before him, as she lay on her death-bed, he relived the agonizing ceremony of the cremation, the cold formalities that accompanied it, the purchase of the silver chest, in w’hich he had placed her ashes. A laugh that sounded like a moan escaped from his throat. Suddenly every thing went black, and lie sank un conscious to the floor. It took the Marquis nearly a year to recover from the shock. However he remained cloistered in his villa, and he is there today. His friends have heard vaguely that he sends Adrienne Olivier a white rose every morning. Not in memory of their tender relationship, but because for him she is the grave of his wife. USE THAT CAN. . . (Continued from page 27) Sirup in a tin can, hot or cold cocoa is no longer a great bother to make as before. Here are the recipes: Hot Chocolate Flavored Milk Place an unopened tin of eva porated milk in hot water and boil for 10 or 15 minutes. Empty con tents into a saucepan and add % tin chocolate sirup and a little salt. Add 2% cups of hot water and stir the mixture with a wooden spoon. If desired, this hot drink may be beaten in a batidor. Ice Cold Chocolate Flavored Milk Put the contents of 1 tall can of evaporated milk, J/2 tin of cho colate sirup and a small piece of ice in a bowl and beat with a wooden spoon to thoroughly mix the milk and the sirup. Then add 2y2 cups of iced water and stir again with the wooden spoon. If a shaker is available, make the drink in it. Do not add ice to the finished (Irink as it will melt and make it too thin. For Children and Grown-Ups— There is nothing more tempting and refreshing than the juice and fruit of luscious, ripe California Oranges— This is offered you in the famous tru-fruit beverage royal tru France It is lightly carbonated, making it a popular thirst quencher and refreshment— A product of the SAM MIGUEL BREWFRY famed for high quality products 34 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1939 Health Page ORTHODONTIA and CHILDREN’S DENTISTRY By Dr. Nieva Erana JUST what is Orthodontia? This is a question commonly asked and which seems to be a very simple one. However, it is not so easy to explain in a sentence or two and it is, therefore, the object of this article to give the public a gen eral idea of what it really is. According to the definition of Dr. Edward H. Angle, one of the foremost pioneers in this particular branch of dentistry, Orthodontia is that science which has for its object the prevention and correction of the malocclusion of the teeth. Now, what is malocclusion? Let us first disregard the prefix mal and delve into the meaning of the principal word. Occlusion is the normal re lation of the teeth to one another when the jaws are closed and any deviation of this normal relation YOUNG LADIES AND MATRONS ARE IN NEED OF— CERVEZA NEGRA HEALTH AND EXTRA ENERGY THE ORIGINAL £ GENUINE MACKESON'S MILK STOUT IMPORTERS TRBRCALERR Invaluable for athletes in training, because it not only tones the muscles but renews the energy expended in vigorous and sustained exercise. FOR SALE AT ALL GROCERIES ship is termed malocclusion. An erroneous interpretation of Orthodontia by the laity is that it deals with the straightening of crooked teeth. Many are lead to be lieve that it is purely mechanical consisting merely of the construc tion of appliances and their inser tion into the mouth with the pur pose of moving the teeth to the position desired. Orthodontia is not concerned alone with the full-grown teeth that are maloccluded as seen in the mouth, but it is largely de pendent upon the principles of growth and development of these teeth together with the surrounding bones and tissues. As a matter of fact, Orthodontia and Pedodontia, which is, broadly speaking the care of children’s teeth, go hand in hand. Teeth begin to develop as early as TO MAKE ADULTS SAFE FOR CHILDHOOD EVERYBODY should have a health examination once a year. Most people won’t do this and go to the doctor only when they are ill. Self-protection is not a sufficient motive. But it is a fine trait of Americans that they will do for the sake of children wha/t they won’t do for them selves. That is why the movement for the voluntary health examination of adults is spreading through the advice of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the experts on child health. Many children get diseases through intimate contact with adults—with parents or grandparents, nurses or ser vants. Tuberculosis can be given to a child by a kiss. Sev eral of our serious diseases like syphilis are more likely to be transmitted to children by adults than by other child ren. Periodic medical examinations with chest X-rays, blood tests and other laboratory tests, make it possible to detect in early stages diseases which might be spread among children—to say nothing of the better hope of cu ring the adult himself. Westchester County, New York, has made great pro gress in this respect. There the medical society has adopt ed a plan of semiannual examinations for all adults who come in contact with children, particularly teachers, nur ses and servants. After each examination an official health card is issued to those wfio have no serious physi cal handicaps or evidence of communicable disease. The slogan for Westchester parents when hiring household help is “Require a health reference as well as a character reference.” And those who seek work where there are children are being told that many employers will ask them to show their medical health card. You can hardly ask a favorite uncle to show a health card before he hugs the baby. But he ought to be eaisly persuaded that it is his duty to the family and to the new generation to go to the doctor once or twice a year and be pronounced a safe as sociate for childhood. —Woman’s Home Companion. the sixteenth week of the embryonic stage. This development progresses as the fetus is formed and consti tutional as well as external factors influence these particular organs that are in the process of assuming the position intended for them in the max'lla and mandible or the upper and lower jaws, respectively. Considering the fact that it is a pro blem of growth, it is adviceable that children should begin visiting the dentist as soon as the baby teeth are erupted. It is the common tendency to dis regard this set and to attach no im portance whatsoever to them as the contention is that they will be re placed by permanent ones anyhow. Be that as it is, still it is the decidu ous set or the temporary teeth that act as a guide in the eruption of the permanent ones. Therefore, it is very essential that the preceding set should be well taken care of so as to retain them in their proper places till it is time for the per manent ones to erupt. Otherwise, if any of them is lost prior to the proper time, perversion or the im paction of the permanent teeth will result because the space intended for the permanent set will be closed due to the propensity of the existing teeth to slide backwards or for wards, whatever the case may be. In other words, periodic visits to the dentist by the children will act as a preventive. With the modern trend of the times, the care of chil dren’s teeth has become an impor tant phase of- dentistry and it is being accorded the consideration due it. We are living in an age of pre vention and the maxim—"An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure” holds true in this case. However, prevention in connection with the dental science is hardly a definable word as the oral cavity is a field that changes continuously. Subsequently, the dentist is per petually faced with different condi tions in the mouth of the young, the middle-aged, and the old. Granting that the baby set has a mild form of malocclusion, it is of vital importance that this should be attended to at once as the tooth germs of the permanent set develop posterior to the temporary teeth. In cases such as this their modifi cation should be resorted to imme diately. There are cases that need orthodontic attention as young as two to three years of age. It should not be inferred, though, that ortho dontia is exclusively for very young patients. Children’s teeth have to be pro perly cared for as any existing ab normality produces a psychologic effect on the child not to mention any ill effects on his health. Even the speech is known to be impaired by malocclusion. Therefore, the care of the teeth is of vital impor tance in the maintenance of a healthy and normal development of a child. Manila, August, 1939 WOMAN'S HOME JOURNAL 36 RESOLUTIONS Passed and Approved At The Last Biennial Convention Of The NFWC Resolution No. I ^HEREAS, it is the intention of the National Development Com pany to establish new factories, in line with the new economic policy of the government; WHEREAS, the establishment of more factories in Manila and its environs will draw to the city more people from the provinces, and thus aggravate the economic prob lems in the city; WHEREAS, t h e government should aim at a more or less equit able distribution of population and industries; WHEREAS, one of the causes of social unrest in the Philippines is the lack of suitable work of the farmhands, especially during the off-season; and WHEREAS, in the event of War, factories located in the city and its environs will fall easily into the hands of the enemv; therefore BE IT RESOLVED, as it is hereby resolved, that the FEDE RATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS in convention assembled, February 1939, respectfully urge the Pres ident of the Commonwealth, the Secretary of Finance and the Man ager of the N. D. C. not to estab lish more factories in Manila but instead to erect their new ones in the towns where they contribute to alleviate the economic sufferings of the people; and be it further RESOLVED, that copies of this, resolution be sent to the President of the Commonwealth, Secretary Roxas, and Manager Gregorio Anonas. Unanimously approved by the women in Convention, Februarv 18, 1939. Resolution No. II WHEREAS, in the Philippine Ar chipelago, no public trade school for women has been existent since the establishment of the Bureau of Education; therefore BE IT RESOLVED, as it is hereby resolved, that this Seventh Biennial Convention of the NAT I 0 N A L FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS of the Phil ippines do herewith urge and re quest without further delay, the establishment of three women’s trade schools under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Education, such schools to be established as follows: one in Northern Luzon to extend and improve the trades now exist ent among tribal women; one in the Southern Islands, presumably in Zamboanga or Cotabato; and one in Manila, the capital city; and be it further RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution be sent to the President of the Commonwealth, the Secret ary of Public Instruction, the Di rector of Education, and members of the National Assembly. Unanimously approved by the women in Convention, February 18, 1939. Resolution No. Ill WHEREAS, it is well-known that Filipino Women are the intel lectual peers of their country-men, a fact which has been proved time and again by the valedictory and other scholastic honors which they receive in the High Schools, Col leges, and various types of govern ment examinations; and WHEREAS, Filipino Women are demonstratedly of executive ability, intellectual growth, and a spirit of cooperation in the various positions which they are now oc cupying; and WHEREAS, pre-Spanish Phil ippine tradition and our present customary laws accord a place of honor to the Filipino woman, and STARS of HOLLYWOOD Hollywood stars know that popularity depends largely on an attractive smile which only brilliant, flashing teeth can produce. You, too, can have teeth that glisten when you smile. Just use Kolynos, the BRIGHTEN your SMILE with KOLYNOS WHEREAS, the Commonwealth government has failed to recognize the ability of the Filipino Woman, as shown by the fact that no im portant executive positions are held by women; and WHEREAS, the President’s so cial justice policy should apply to women just as well as to men; therefore be it RESOLVED, as it is hereby re solved, that the National Federa tion of Women’s Clubs in conven tion assembled, February 1939, re quest the President of the Phil ippine Commonwealth to appoint more women to important govern ment positions, and be it further RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution be sent to the President, members of the National Assembly, the U. P. President, and cabinet members. Unanimously approved by the women in Convention. February 18, 1939. modern scientific dentifrice recommended by thousands of dentists because of its unusual, scientific cleansing action. Kolynos cleans teeth better, safer and is more economical to use. Try Kolynos. ECONOMIZEBUY the LARGE TUBE KOLYNOS the antiseptic DENTAL CREAM Resolution No. IV ^HEREAS, the Philippines is in need of more and better citi zens; and WHEREAS, educated mothers are the ones best qualified to bring up an enlightened citizenry; and WHEREAS, working mothers often suffer economic privations during their maternity leave and are thus forced to limit their off spring; therefore be it RESOLVED, as it is hereby re solved, that the NATIONAL FED ERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS, in convention assembled, February 1939, request the National Assembly to pass a bill giving fem ale government employees on mater nity leave, half of their compensa tion during the period of the leave; and RESOLVED FURTHER, that copies of the Resolution be sent to the President of the Commonwealth and members of the National As sembly. Unanimously approved by the women in Convention, Februarv 18, 1939. Resolution No. V ^HEREAS, under Act No. 2633, as amended by Acts Nos. 2905 and 2988, the National Aid that may be given to Local Puericulture Centers can not exceed the amounts of funds raised locally by such Puericulture Centers; WHEREAS, in pool’ localities such Puericulture Centers can not raise much money locally and, un der the present law, can neither ob tain much aid from the National Government; WHEREAS, it is the Puericullure Centers which have little or no funds that are most in need of National Aid in order to enable them to function regularly and effi ciently in their maternity and child welfare work; BE IT RESOLVED, as it is hereby resolved, to petition the National Assembly to amend the existing laws regarding the grant ing of National Aid to Local Pueri culture Centers so as to permit the granting of more substantial Na tional Aid to centers which, for lack of funds, are most in need of such aid; BE IT FURTHER RESOLV ED, that certified copies of this resolution be sent to the National Assembly to His Excellency, the President of the Commonwealth; to the Honorable, the Commis sioner of Health and Public Wel fare; and to the Director of Health, for their information and such ac tion as they may deem proper to take toward the early passage of the amendment sought. Unanimously approved by the women in Convention, February 18, 1939. 36 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1939 HOLLYWOOD ON. . . {Continued from page 29) There is universal agreement, however, on one thing. She is cer tainly one of the sweetest characters the film town has seen. She is laughed at and loved, and hasn’t an enemy m a city where it is hard to avoid stepping on the tender toes of sensitive people. Few peo ple in ail Hollywood fail to brighten up, warm up and smile when Marie comes in sight. Her charm as well as her ap parent dizziness register strongly from the screen. When Warner Bros, were all set to give that title lead in ‘‘Boy Meets Girl” to Joan Blondell, the public set up an awful howl. The studio had never realiz ed its little blonde, curly-haired, brown-eyed comedienne—she of the wide eyes, enormous lashes and va cant look—had so many friends. By public demand via tens of thou sands of letters, Marie got the part. Her newest picture is “The Cow boy Quarterback”, in which she costars with Bert Wheeler. Just pre viously, Marie played an eccentric role in “Waterfront.” She has been kept very busy, in fact, not only at Warner’s but on various occasions as a borrowed star at other studios. Mystery woman Marie does not hail from Moronia, nor Stockholm, nor yet Batavia nor the interior of China. She was born in Anaheim, California, a little town in the heart of the sugar-beet country, August 19th, 1916. She went to grammar school there, then private schools in Sewing, embroidery and crochet cottons that are a joy to use. owing to their resistance and their supple, silky Finish. Lasting satis faction is ensured by reason of their uniform strength.undimmed brilliance and unequalled dyes. Marie Wilson—Hollywood’s Mystery Woman. Los Angeles and Hollywood. It was in the Cumnock School for Girls that she began acting. A tryout brought her a part with the Bever ly Hills Players, and a screen test got her a contract with Warner Bros. It was almost as simple as that. Four years have gone by, and a lot of film has raced through the ca meras, but still Marie has never let her hair down and confessed her dizzy off-screen characteriza tion, so like her comedy parts on (he screen, is an act. Maybe we'll never know. Maybe Marie wants the act to last all her life. Or maybe, as some people contend, she isn’t acting! HOLLYWOOD STAB ASTUTE BUSINESS WOMAN SELECTING Madeleine Carroll for the part of a big business execu tive in “Are Husbands Necessary?” her new picture at Paramount, was not such a very far-fetched ma neuver. at that. For the blonde star is regarded as one of the most astute business minds in the film colony. Her management of her career, of her wide and diversified busi ness interests on both sides of the Atlantic, and of her personal bud get might well be considered a model plan of executive administration. Miss Carroll owns 12 residence and business realty properties in England, of varying values and des criptions. She owns a hotel in Bor deaux, France, villas on the Ri viera and in Spain, and in this country a big apartment house in New York and a half-interest in a building contractoring firm in Los Angeles. Her books for the past year re veal a loss of one single property —the villa in Spain that was de stroyed in the recent war. Her personal budget is exem plary nomv hersel I) corn a p onlx from the standpoint of ccoand efficiency. She limits f to $.'),000 per year. limit as it may seem to ree this fact with so glamorous sonality, Miss Carroll spends one-fifth that sum on her wardrobe. She employs only two servants, a man and woman, who double in the .jobs of chauffeur-gardener, cook and housekeeper. She never entertains lavishly. Her single extravagance, if it is that, is her annual trip to Europe. In her career, studio bosses will tell you that she has as much na tive shrewdness in bargaining over terms and stories as anybody in the industry. Madeleine Carroll fits just as well behind an office desk as she does in the scenes she’s filming at present with Fred MaeMurray in the romantic moonlit nights on the beach at Bali. CLOTHES PRESENT FILM PROBLEM Nowadays, Sags Joan Blondell. It's Harder To "Characterize” Wtli Them JJOLLYWOOl). Calif.—It’s harder to say it with clothes these days. Especially on the screen. So, at any rate, says Joan Blondell. But she’s always trying so in Warner Bros. “The Kid From Ko komo,” Joan does a certain amount of characterization with costume. Tries to say in that way as well as otherwise that she’s a former bubble dancer who now has no vi sible means of support. "When T turn coquettish toward Wayne Morris, a few times in the picture, that can be shown in the selection of clothes, of course,” says Joan. “The red silk pajamas I wear in the one scene, for example, are pretty obvious! “But, by and large, the situation regarding clothes has changed so much today that about all you can show very plainly are extremes of circumstances or character. If you’re very poor or very wealthy, very modest or vice versa, the clothes you wear on the screen can indi cate these facts. “A short time ago, however, one could pretty well indicate much subtler differences. That was be cause a stenographer then wasn’t able to dress so nearly like her boss’s wife as she does today. “Today, a clever working girl is able to dress so well, and yet so inexpensively, by careful choosing and good taste, that she’s hard to ‘place’ by a glance at her clothes. “In the same way, character is harder to judge by clothes, because, first, there is a wider choice today in what one may wear in good taste, and second, nearly everyone has access to one of the many influen ces which improve taste—point out what’s good and what’s bad by cur rent standards.” Joan says she will never forget what a famous director told her about clothes on one of her first pictures at Warner Bros. She wad to portray a poor girl. Said the director: “Don’t let the wardrobe depart ment give you a fur eoat to wear. Not even a coat with a fur collar. Not even a cheap one! Sometimes a piece of rabbit fur turns up that photographs in a picture like real (“rminc, so I won’t take a chance on a poor girl wearing fur in my pictures. “Don’t let the hairdresser make your hair too perfect. Perfect waves cost money. Don't lot them give you dresses of silk or satin. Sometimes lights do funny things to cheap silks and sometimes they look better than a Parisian model on the screen. “In short, wear clothes that look smart but cheap. The kind you see in store windows for $4.98. And don’t tell me you can't get 'em for that. I've looked into store win dows." Manila, August, 1939 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 37 FEMME FATALE {Continued from page 9) Connecticut, was merely “Leonora Leonard’s daughter, you know—and isn’t it too bad she takes after her lather’s side of the family •” Susan was intelligent enough to realize that you couldn’t brush aside an attitude like that, not even with a diaphanous, mink-bordered sleeve. But she had not reckoned with Jessie Stebbins. Miss Stebbins re turned to Cape West just thirty-six hours before the Leonards return ed—and thirty-six hours, in a town like Cape West, is time enough for any rumor to travel, and to thrive lustily as it travels. Miss Stebbins, in gossiping to her friend, Cora Atwood, about her voyage, had said, “Oh, yes! And Paul Hayden was on board—the famous novelist, you know. Oh, I’ve met so many interesting people, my dear! Well, I meant to tell you: You know, we’ve always thought that Susan Leonard wouldn’t ever set the world on fire—such a quiet girl. Well, this Paul Hayden quite lost his head about her. He said that Susan had—a sort of myste rious lure. Susan! He said there wasn’t a word for it in English. He said he had to talk about her in French.” Cora Atwood, twenty years be fore, had spent a whole summer in Grenoble. So now, although she was astonished, she managed to look knowing. “A femme fatale,” she murmured. “I suppose that’s what he meant,” said Jessie Stebbins vaguely. But Cape West didn’t let it go at that. The rumor about Susan was enhanced by repetition. Someone said: “My dear, some novelist on the boat fell in love with her—fell simply madly in love with her!” Someone else said: “Well, you wouldn’t believe it—but every man on the boat was mad about her— and it seems this famous novelist was threatening to throw himself overboard! Well, there was quite a scandal, and it was all hushed up. It seems he said that she was a regular femme fatale.” Cora Atwood happened to be giv ing a party on the night that fol lowed the Leonards’ return. By this time the rumor about Susan had assumed remarkable proportions, and even the most skeptical were awaiting Susan’s arrival in some impatience. Cora Atwood’s daughter Marjory, who had gone to school with Susan Leonard, voiced the opinion of the more skeptical group. “It stands to reason,” she said candidly, “that it’s a lot of baloney. And that’s all it is. Well, look; you can’t ex pect me to believe that a person can change all in a few minutes—that a person nobody ever looked at would all of a sudden have grown men t h rowing themselves off boats—” “I don’t know,” said one Tom Brett thoughtfully. "You just take and put a girl in that sort of Old World atmosphere and let her sort of mellow around for a few months—” Thus the ebb and flow of the adolescent verdict. But so, less naively, did a more adult opinion center about the prodigal’s return. Susan arrived—wearing the hon ey-colored dress, which, it must be admitted, brought out the amber flecks in her hair and the loveliness in her dark eyes. Tom Brett drew a long breath. “Funny,” he said, to no one in particular, “that I never saw it be fore !’ He got the first six seconds of the first dance. The Manhattan Re velers were dulcetly playing Oh! You’re Unbelievable! The enormous ballroom of the Atwoods’ old house was bright with russet-headed chrysanthemums, with floating, gaily tinted skirts, with the gleam of white shirt fronts. Tom Brett looked deep into Su san’s eyes. “This is absolutely swell!” he said. Then a tap on his shoulder cut short his new-found MOTHERS IN MANILA GIVE CREDIT TO QUAKER OATS appetite. It makes rich red blood, creates stamina, keeps you fit and vigorous. Every member of your family will bene fit by a daily diet of Quaker Oats. Try it for the next 30 days. Economical and easy to prepare. Cooks in 2]/2 minutes after the water boils. . . and tn many other homes in the Philippines, too! Quaker Oats is aa invaluable food dur* ing convalescence. But it’s just as neces sary day after day to continued good health and strength. It supplies an abundance of the precious nerve-nour ishing Vitamin B that curbs constipa tion, offsets nervousness, creates sound REFUSE 1 SUBSTITUTES Look for Ina Miss R. E. Harper says: "It’s remarkable what Quaker Oats has done for my patients. 1 always urge them to eat it daily for I know of no better food to maintain health and strength." • ...QUAKER OATS, YOU SEE, REPLACES USED UP ENERGY, k RESTORES VITALITY. IT IS JUST THE THING FOR CONVALESCENCE YOU'RE ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY NOW. ALL YOU NEED IS NEW STRENGTH, AND QUAKER OATS WILL GIV YOU THAT OH, NURSE, I FEEL SO MUCH STRONGER, THANKS TO YOU AND QUAKER OATS. AND WHAT A DELICIOUS FOOD TOO/ beatitude. Susan drifted away un der skillful guidance. She looked up, a little puzzled. Jack Warren was no callow collegiate—like Tom my Brett. Jack Warren still a ba chelor at thirty, was Cape West’s synonym for a good marriage. Young girls, returning from their respective boarding schools, went through a yearning for Jack War ren as automatically as they had gone through measles, and bra ces on their teeth. The'r older sisters, making out their party lists, began: “We’ll ask Jack War ren.” If Jack came out of the stag line to honor you, maybe your life wasn’t made—but your evening was. Young married women, with that sinister blight not quite out of their systems, exhorted their husbands: “Now you take a man like Jack Warren. They satf he has some kind of date every night in the week! He doesn’t want to stay at home and read an ol 1 newspaper—” “Listen,” this paragon was mur muring. “I'm going to engineer this so no one can cut in. Here’s old Sandy Young. You don’t want to dance with Sandy when you can dance with me?” He did not wait lor an answer. With all the ease of an old campaigner he led her through French doors to a terrace bathed in the traditional moonlight, "I’ve been hearing terrible things about you,” he said. “You have?” “Yes. 1 think it's time I took you in hand, young woman. Mind?” Susan smiled at him absently. She leaned against an ivory-white pillar and looked at the way the mink fell over her wrists, making her hand seem frailer than it was. “Well, would you?” he was ask ing ardently. “Would you mind?” Susan shrugged. "I’m going to leave that,” she said, “to your ima gination.” She was proud of the shrug. As far as she knew, she had never shrugged at anybody in (Continued on ne.rt page) 86 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1939 FEMME FATALE (Continued from page 37) her life—nor ever left anything to anybody’s imagination. She felt a little giddy. She had known the handsome Jack Warren all her life, and he had always been very matterof-fact. Once he had told her it was cold, and once he had told her it was hot, and once he had told her that the Princeton team had a pret ty good chance that year. He had never opened one of these moving picture conversations. “I wonder,” he was saying, “if you’d let me drive you into town some night this week. There’s a ra ther gay new place just opened in East Fifty-first Street.” It was the accolade. A date with Jack Warren. All the stars should have shot across the sky. The evening remained calm. “I don’t know,” said Susan. “I’m going to be terribly busy. You know I’ve just got back and I’ve promised to help Miss Kirkpatrick with a project for the library.” Jack laughed. “Adorable!” he said. Susan stared at him. “Miss Kirkpatrick!” he went on. “A project for the library!” Now Susan was really beginning to taste her power—it was like the first taste of champagne. “But I meant it!” “You couldn’t have meant it. No woman could. But it’s a new method of being mean—I admit it. Susan, I—” There was an interruption here. “Susan! Oh, Susan!” “Yes, Sandy?” The newcomer’s face was eager. “So here’s where you are!” he said. “The music’s beginning again—and you promised me this one, you know.” Susan laughed. She could not re member any promise, but it was pretty thrilling to be reminded of promises she had never made. * * * “I don’t understand it,” said Su san. A month had gone by since the Atwoods’ party. It had been an eventful month for Susan Leonard. For the first time in her life she had known what it was to be that center of exeitement — a popular girl. Each day began with some sort of pleasant little bombshell— this morning it had been a box of gorgeous red roses from Jack. While she was having her break fast, there was a frantic phone call from Sandy. The mail brought a sheaf of invitations. Tommy Brett drove over in his new car. She al most forgot an important appoint ment at the hair-dresser’s.... She was a popular girl. Well, she should have been on the crest of the wave. She remind ed herself of that indubitable fact. Very few people see their dreams come true. Yes, and everybody had thought she was going to end her days helping Miss Kirkpatrick in the library. They’d had that down in the class prophecy: “Susan LeoPart of the fun in having a children’s party is tp have something different to offer your little guests. Here is a decorative dish, Harlequin Dessert, that comes in three colors for each serving, and is not only tasty but healthful. It uses Royal Puddings, made with arrowroot, which digests quickly and completely. Both children and adults like the fine home-made flavor and smooth texture of the Royal Puddings, Chocolate, Vanilla and Butterscotch. The arrowroot makes them creamy and smooth, and helps them to cook quickly. They can be prepared and cooked in six minutes. The Harlequin Dessert uses all three flavors, to make an unusual dessert. Just prepare the three packages of Royal Puddings in the three different flavors according to the directions on the box. Then chill. Fill parfait or sherbet glasses with alternate layers of each flavor. This will many eight servings. nard, who has shone on so many school committees, will be doing very useful work for her commun ity.” Other girls would be outdazzling the klieg lights in Holly wood, or getting themselves married to handsome bank presidents, but she, Susan, would be doing very useful work for her community. Well, she was certainly having a satisfactory little revenge. Certain ly there was no comprehensible rea son for that taste of ashes in her mouth, for that nameless feeling of disillusionment and despair. Perhaps she thought, it was only that she didn’t understand what had happened to her. “I certainly don’t understand it!” she said, even more emphatically. Miss Jessie Stebbins, who was at that moment putting a third lump of sugar into her tea, looked cu riously self-conscious. But Leonora smiled, and put down her silver tea pot with a little air of authority. Leonora was even more ravishing than usual, in lilac-colored ruffles, and she was aware of that fact. Now she was even beginning to en joy her role of mentor—at Susan’s age, she had not been so naive. “My dear,” she said, “men are only a lot of sheep. I’ve told you that.” “Yes, but—” “And you should know that no thing succeeds like success, my dear!” Leonora looked thoughtfully at her handsome young daughter. It really would be rather nice, she de cided, if Susan were to marry Jack Warren. The Warren fortune had remained so wonderfully intact, and ns for the Warren social position— it was a veritable rock. Susan, as Mrs. John Pendennis Warren, would hold the social destiny of Cape West in the palm of her hand. And then Leonora herself could travel, perhaps—as a charming young widow without visible encum brance. Leonora- walked across the room and regarded herself in a mir ror; she tried the effect of a lilac silk ribbon, tied in a little bow on the top of her head. “No-o,” she said reflectively. “No, not quite. ... Susan, why are you mooning around like this? Jes sie, can you understand what’s got into the child?” Susan smiled at the gentle little spinstei’ apologetically. “It’s really over my head,” she explained. “Here I’ve been kicking around Cape West all my life, and every body thought I was just another good egg. Jack — Sandy — little Tommy Brett. They used to dance with me because their mothers told them to, or something. Oh, it wasn’t as bad as that, I supose, but just the same I wasn’t any thrill in anybody’s life — one of the world’s surplus women, that’s all. But now—ever since wo got back from Europe—” Susan paused here, and looked at them doubtful ly. “Do either of you believe in black magic?” Then thev told her. “It’s a legend,” said Leonora, smilin". “Sometimes that’s the best thing that can happen to a girl.” “I started it.” said little Miss Stebbins apprehensively. Susan looked wildly from one to the other. “Do you mean to say,” she cried, “that I’ve been trading on—on a man who was only sorry for me—a man whose reputation really matters! Oh, this is simply impossible! Why didn’t anybody say anything to me?” "Well, they have hinted about it,” said Leonora. "But you aren’t really a very subtle person, Susan —the hints went right over your head.” "Once a dope,” said Susan, “al ways a dope?” “No,” said Leonora, “but you just aren’t very subtle.” “But that part of it doesn’t mat ter,” cried Susan desperately. “What matters is what he’d think— Paul Hayden. A man who doesn’t even live in the same world, and a fool girl who’d be low enough to take advantage of his—his—oh it’s disgusting!” “I wouldn’t say that. It’s not as if you’ll ever see him again,” said Leonora placidly. “You met him on a boat—and people you meet on boats don’t count. Don’t you agree with me, Jessie?”’ Miss Stebbins looked very un happy. “Well, now, that’s the fun ny thing—that’s the very thing I was bringing myself to lell you. I had it from Cora Atwood.” “You had what from Cora At wood ?” “Why—we are going to see him again. Paul Hayden. He’s on a lecture tour—and lie’s coming here to lecture at the women’s elub. Cora Atwood’s made all the arran gements.” Miss Stebbins could not bear to look at Susan. She looked at Leonora. “Cora said she was going to give a tea for him too.” Leonora turned to her daughter. “Well, Susan! You’ll just have to carry it off with a high hand!” Susan went upstairs to her room, and read a passage in Sentinel which she had particularly liked. “And she walked in honor,” Paul Hayden had written. “Newer in all his knowledge of her had he found anything that did not ring true, anything that was in the least sec ond-rate or shoddy. This was what he had found most admirable about her.” Susan closed the book. “He'll never know I didn’t start that < story,” she thought. “If Mrs. At wood says anything to him — oh. and she will!—he’ll think I’m con temptible. and he wouldn’t have any mercy on someone he thought con temptible. a cheat and a liar.” Leonora opened the door. “Su san,” she said, her eyes rather frightened, “Mrs. Atwood has just phoned. I couldn’t say we wouldn’t go to her party—” “No,” said Susan dully, “no, of course not.” “Susan—” “Yes?” “I’ve been talking it over with Jessie.” Leonora came and sat on the edge of the bed. “You really must listen to me, dear. I know the world—and T know Cora Atwood,” she added decisively. “Yes.... Well, mother?” “Well, it’s this way: Cora At wood wouldn’t mind making you look—well a little ridiculous. Cora’s been a bit jealous, Susan. T happen Manila, August, 1939 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 39 to know that for the last ten years she’s been hoping Jack Warren would marry Marjory. And ten years is a long time in any woman’s life, my dear.” Susan dug her nails into her palms. But she waited for her mo ther to go on—saying nothing. “Well,” said Leonora, almost happily, “there’s one thing you can do to save you from any possible embarrassment. Cora Atwood won’t dare to say anything if you’ve announced your engagement to Jack before that dreadful party of hers. Don’t you see how it would tie her hands, dear? People don’t tease en gaged girls about other men. And if you don’t see that for yourself, you’ve got just to take my word for it,” she added desperately. Susan nodded. She thought over what her mother had said. She spent the next twenty-four hours thinking it over. After all, it was one thing for a novelist to work himself up about “honor”—an other thing for a girl to live the rest of her life in a town which smiles, slyly, over the mention of her name. Susan walked slowly down the elm-shaded street, in the direction of the Atwoods’ house. She was wearing her new black-velvet suit, which had a dashing, eighteenth century look about it, and a little black-velvet hat pulled smartly over a gleaming wing of dark hair. She walked slowly. Paul Hayden’s train would have arrived about an hour ago, and the reception committee from the women’s club would have led him—a meek, lecturing lamb— to Mrs. Atwood’s door. Susan clenched her fists. It was going to be terrible. Even Leonora had deserted her—having taken to her bed with a bad cold. Susan was just coming over Leonora’s words of advice when the object of that advice suddenly materialized. “Hello, beautiful!” said Jack. “Wherever you’re going, hop in and I’ll take you there.” “I’m going to Mrs. .Atwood’s tea —the tea she’s giving for Paul Hayden.” Jack smiled at her. “Well? I still want to take you there.” It was an imperial command. Very few girls could have resisted Jack Warren himself—or his ear, his wonderful car shaped just like an alligator’s pear. She seated her self beside him and he threw in the clutch. “Now what?” he demanded. “What are you smiling about? You’ve got the most mysterious way of smiling—I don’t mind telling you that it bothers me.” She looked at him somberly. “It’s the way I’ve been smiling all my life,” she told him. “Don’t hold it against me—I was darned dumb not to see it before.” He put one hand over hers for a moment. “Susan, I’ve always known I’d cut out all this playing around when I met a girl who meant something to me. And you’re the one, Susan. You know that. Darling—how about it ? Can I go out and ring bells?” Susan met his eyes, “You’ve got to explain it,” she said doggedly. “You’ve got to explain why you want to go out and ring bells!” “Silly child,” he said indulgently. “What would I have to explain? Don’t you think you’re sensational enough for the last of the War rens? Why! Hasn’t poor old Sandy Young almost lost his mind in the last couple of weeks? Doesn’t every man for miles around turn pale every time you come into a room ? Why, Susan, my girl— you’ve got everything!” “Well, then, I always must have had it,” said Susan. “Why, sure!” “Only there was something the matter,” said Susan, “with the— with the eye of the beholder.” “I guess that’s right,” he admit ted uncomfortably. She remembered what Leonora had said. If she were engaged to Jack Warren— “I’m going to tag right along,” he said, following her up the At wood steps. “You know you’re going to take me on eventually—so why not right now?” Susan drew a deep breath. There was nothing wrong with Jack War ren. Of course he was incredibly conceited, but he had something to be conceited about. No, there was nothing wrong with him—there was something terribly wrong with her. Then, looking suddenly over the shoulder of Cora Atwood’s agitated servant, Susan caught a glimpse of a familiar face—a shock of unruly fair hair, the familiar little gesture of a slender hand. She had known all along what was wrong, she thought. She had simply not ac knowledged it to herself. It didn’t matter that Paul Hayden belonged to a different world—it didn’t mat ter w'hat Cora Atwood might say to humiliate her. She looked at Jack Warren. He was smiling at her, complacently. “I’m sorry,” she whispered. “But —it’s no, Jack!” She left him, stunned and agrieved, to acknowledge the knife-edged flatteries of her hostess. The little buzz of talk died down in the room as Mrs. Atwood brought Susan to the guest of honor. Miss Jessie Stebbins nodded and smiled reas suringly. But, thought Miss Steb bins, what if the man didn’t even remember poor Susan? “I don’t have to introduce you to Miss Leonard.” purred Mrs. At wood. “Do I, Mr. Hayden?” Paul Hayden took Susan’s hand and smiled into her eyes. “No,” he (Continued on ne.rt page) Dependable! For a blood enriching tonic beverage, choose the delicious and refreshing CERVEZA NEGRA SAN MIGUEL Young mothers and mothers of young children know how dependabe it is to give strength and vitality— Brewed by SAN MIGUEL BREWERY 40 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1939 FEMME FATALE (Continued from page 39) said, “that wouldn’t be necessary.” Mrs. Atwood laughed. She tap ped the novelist’s arm in a fashion that was meant to be arch. “In fact,” she said, in a loud, clear voice, “we’ve heard a story hete in our little town—that you were the first person to realize that our Su san was a femme fatale i Susan released her hand. It had suddenly become icy, almost numb. Then she heard Paul Hayden’s voice; it seemed to come from an immeasurable distance. “I admit,” he was saying gently, “that it was Miss Leonard who brought me here—not the oppor tunity to lecture to the women, Mrs. Atwood.” “Oh,” said Cora Atwood, smil ing bitterly, “Oh, of course!” “Well, that’s twice,” said Susan, as she walked with Paul Hayden down the elm-shaded avenue. “That’s twice you’ve saved me from —from being a fool. But as for what you think—” “Miss Stebbins had a word with me,” he said. “She explained the situation.” “Well, that’s something,” mutter ed Susan. “I’m sorry if I’ve caused you any embarrassment. I know how you must have hated it. But—I was telling the truth to Mi's. At wood. I wasn’t so keen on lectur ing at the women’s club!” “That,” said Susan unsteadily, “doesn’t make sense.” “Sense doesn’t come into it, Su san. I couldn’t get you out of my mind, that’s all.” Susan went directly—almost des perately—to the point. “You didn’t say that—at the captain’s dinner— because you meant it! You said it because — because you were sorry for me.” He looked at her gravely. “I’ve remembered ever since how you looked that night—so proud, Su san! It has haunted me. No, dear, you’re perfectly right, I didn’t know the word for it—in French.” “But then—” “But then—I suppose I was afraid of taking a chance. You’d rather avoided me, you remember. But when Mrs. Atwood asked me to come to your own home town— Who was that?” Susan looked thoughtfully after Jack Warren’s car, which turned the corner and vanished. “That,” she said, “was a man named War ren.” “Well! He’s obviously in love with you! I could tell by the way he looked at me.” “No,” said Susan, shaking her head. “He’s in love with a legend.” “Well, I’m not in love with any legend,” said Paul Hayden, almost savagely. “And, look here, isn’t there anywhere we can go for a lit tle privacy? I’m in love with you, darling. I want to tell you about ty. And I know several words for it—in English!” WITH OUR CLUB WOMEN (Con tinned from page 23) Visit to organizations on behalf FACTORY SERVICE Name of Factory Helena Katubusan Feltman Grand Total No. of Service Davs .............. 12 4 4 20 No. of Cases Registered ........ 91 31 54 176 New .............................. 50 17 27 94 Old ................................ 41 14 27 82 No. of cases attend Clinic .. . 341 81 112 534 No. of cases attend Home ... 8 6 3 17 Nursing care ................ 4 2 1 7 Given Advice .............. 4 4 2 10 Total Cases attended ............ . 349 87 115 551 No. of Cases Referred ........ 33 10 13 56 of eases As a general rule, poverty, an undesirable condition, implies doing without so many of the necessities of life that the individual is un able to maint|ain himself or his family in health and vigor, the con dition becoming severely more acute in old age. I mentioned in my pre vious reports that there are women in the factories at the age of from 60 to 80 years old who still ma nage to work to keep body and soul together instead of going out into the streets to beg, a trait in these old people which elicit the greatest praise. One of these honest, hard-work ing women is B. A. 80 years old. She works in Katubusan Factory and earns about P2.00 a week if she does not get sick. But with her age, one could not expect her to'he strong enough to be submitted to a week’s strainuous work in the fact ory. She complains of backache, (her spinal column now is inclined to follow the figure of a beautiful “C”) dizziness, headache, etc. Even under such trying difficulties, she would not like to quit working. She is a widow with no children or relatives of any sort. I once hinted to her the idea of entering the hospital for the aged and the infirm but she is too sensitive to give up her personal dignity al though she is already very old. She says she has struggled in life for vears and she must die fighting. But we could not just fold our arms admiring her, “OH! what a wom an. Hats off to her.” I took her along with me one day to the Associated Charities. Mrs. Ilagan prepared to give her rice. Did she accept it? You bet she did but she only returned to Mrs. Hagan for allowance aftei’ she got sick and has not been able to earn anything. Whether to send a patient home or not when she becomes ill in the factory is sometimes a problem that needs some consideration. The other day, the temperature of J. A. 17vear-old worker in Helena, rose to 39.6°c at 9:00 A.M. I was sending her home but she refused. Here is her reason for disobeying. She earns P.40 a day. She spent P.05 for transportation that morning and would spend another P.05 for the return trip making a P.10 for her expense. If she went home at 9:00 o’clock that morning, she would have been paid less than P.10 equivalent to less than % of a day’s work. It would of course make no sense forcing her to work when her health did not permit it but on second thought, a cen tavo to her means a hundred pesos to the rich. Well, I went to see Mr. Carreon, the general supervi sor of the laborers to talk the mat ter over. I got what I wanted. I put her to bed in the clinic and gave her a sponge bath and an al cohol rub. I kept her warm. At noon the temperature lowered to 37.8’e. She felt better at 2:00 P.M. and went back to work until 4:00 P.M. She went home after that and was paid a whole day’s work. The next day was Sunday and she had enough time to rest. The following clinic day, she was already well. When the children force them selves into gainful occupations in stead of going to school, they are prompted by circumstances which are beyond their power to control. Illiteracy is not uncommon among child laborers and proper home training is difficult, if not impos sible. F. U. was only 13 years old when she started working in the Helena Factory. She has other two young er sisters to support and they are all illiterates. Their mother died 11 years ago and their father mar ried almost instantaneously after the death of the wife. The second wife was not sympathetic towards the children so that they (the childdren) had to live with a poor aunt in the city. The aunt died a few years ago leaving the children to live independently. The father who is in Pangasinan never writes to them. We will not allow these girls to continue to be illiterates. Miss Picar can take care of them. These illiterates and other illiterates miv eventually learn how to read and write through the help of different organizations campaigning for li teracy but the problem remains that new ores will sprout sooner or later as long as poverty prevails and as long as there are parents, total of who are as cruel, irresponsible and as negligent as the father of F. Speaking of illiterates, I am re minded to say something about N. V. a 17-year-old girl laborer at the Helena factory. She goes to work from 4—8 P.M. and earns P2.00 a week. She has been doing this for the last four veal’s and she is now in the third year high school. Her little income takes care of her school needs and those of her wi dowed mother. Frequently, the laborers have troubles in their love affairs but infrequently they could be left alone to solve their own problems in an intelligent way. I am pick ing up the cast of Aurelia P. of Katubusan, for instance. For the last six years, she lived with Antonio B. as a common-law wife. Recently, the pair had a very bad c ash, which ended in a break in their relationship. The trouble started like this: The man was caught several times by the wom en making love to his married sis ter-in-law. When the woman called the attention of the man about the matter, he was infuriated and mal treated her. The woman became bad ly ridiculed by the changed attitude of the man towards her. The trouble became more serious when the brother of the man who is the husband of the woman in question began to hate her, and said bitter words against her. At first, the man’s brother believed that the wife and his brother were guilty but later he was convinced by false reasons that they were innocent, hence the trouble with Aurelia. Aurelia could no longer swallow a'l the bitterness so that she finally decided to live separately with her mother in an other house. She is decided not to live with him again. Her problem now is to get her share of all the belongings which they bought and used jointly when they lived as man and wife, like tables, sewing ma chine, aparador, etc. Both of them work in the same factory and each earns as much as the other. Lo- • gicallv all these things must be di vided equally between the two should they both decide to part from each other. And then the debts which they incurred during that time should be paid by both of them equally. The man claims that the woman does not own any thing and that he never has any debt. Then came my part in the dra ma. After hearing the side of the woman, I also gave the man the chance to be heard. His first ap pearance to me scared me very much. He has big arms, husky body, broad shoulders and fiery eyes. Had he turned out wild, I should have been helpless except for the rescue that the electric bell could have brought me if some one heard it ring. For tunately. I found out that he was not very hard to handle although he flatly denied his guilt. I made him understand that he must never Manila, August, 1939 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 41 live with Aurelia again unless he marries her. No definite action has as yet been taken about the case. New develop ments may yet arise which will lead to the proper solution of their pro blems. In the meantime, A. is very sick at heart and the matter has so af fected her that she often falls un conscious while at work- Last week, she was not able to work and the poor woman missed two meals. She came to me starved and I brought her to the Associated Charities for emergency relief. She was given five kilos of rice. If things will not be straightened out 1 have thought of transferring her to the Helena Factory so that she will be entirely separated from the man. I am also convinced that A. loves the wife of his brother and I believe that the best thing to do is to get A. out of San Nicolas where they all live. I may ask Dr. Ongsiako, General Manager of Katu busan Factory, to help me fix this case. Careful steps must be taken otherwise we will be creating more trouble than the original one. (Factory report by nurse-coun sellor) . MY “SWAN SONG” (Continued from page 14) felt then that she “belonged”, she fought as hard as the rest of the Federation soldiers for the campaign towards suf frage. How many times she had to write and rewrite slo gans, catching captions, tell ing injunctions which for her, because she was a timid crea ture, took the place of soap box orating. And she enjoy ed the work, and the strug gle, as well as admired the indefatigable women-leaders who gave every ounce of their courage and energy to the enterprise. And the letters of club women which she had to wade through, sort and classify and out of which she was to form interesting and compact club news, — this letter-reading was so full of adventure for her! Here was a woman ask ing the Federation to help her because she was interested in teaching illiterates and was getting no cooperation; here were leper-women campaign ing the other women to vote “yes” in the plebiscite; here was a parent in the province looking for a daughter lost in Manila; here was a civicminded citizen offering un solicited contribution for the Federation; here was a Fac tory-clinic nurse telling of her heart-breaking exper iences with the workers. When the Club News was re cently taken away from her so that she could work on something else, there was a pang in her heart—she felt as though she were going away from so many close and dear friends. But she had other interests, so why worry particularly about that one? She still had her little bits of news on women abroad, succulent mor sels of gossip and stories about the customs, thoughts and doings of women all over the world. It was like a ka leidoscopic cross-section of the Noon or Night Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup, Tomatoes Stuffed with Chicken or Fish Hot Rolls Rice Pudding Cocoa All of Campbell’s Soups are condensed — to serve four or five persons, just add an equal amount of water to each tin of soup. You can Always Depend on OUPS LAREL_______________ world of women which she was to depict and the helpful notes from which she was to draw her materials were instructive as well as sig nificant. One could readily see why they would be instruc tive — anything from which one could learn anything new serves to instruct. But the significance of these notes was more important than their instructive value. They show ed women everywhere work ing for a common cause— the emancipation of mankind, and of the whole mass of hu manity. In the midst of war and hatred, ugliness and bru tality I was glad to present woman, as calmly working and striving for a goal of per PROVIDING nourishing meals need not mean cook ing for hours. Many a delicious luncheon or supper can be prepared in just a few minutes by those who depend on Campbell’s Soups for a wholesome hot dish. The menu suggested here will assure the success of a simple meal, for Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup is a sumptuous affair. It’s made of thick, rich cream, so heavy it is hard to pour, to this is added tender mushroom slices, enough to crowd each spoon ful, and it is seasoned to perfection. fection that had nothing to do with slaughter and rapine and violence. All this I am giving up.... because “my eyes are bad, and the going up and down the stairway is bad for my heart, and for my own good I should rest. ...” But Pia Mancia is grateful, and from the bottom of a heart that is sad only because good-byes are sad, she says to “her” Journal, “God speed, dear one, and all the best of luck in the world!” The philosopher Kant breathed only through his nose when out-of-doors. He would allow no one to talk to him on his daily walks. 42 Manila, August, 19S9 HEADLINES (Continued from page 2) of Justice Abad Santos and Justice Jose Laurel, showed that the Consti tution will be extensively rewritten ....The abolition of the court of appeals and the establishment of a circuit court of appeals in each of the regions into which the Phil ippines will be divided was reported to be seriously considered by admin istration and legislative leaders. July 23: Four persons were kill ed and 15 rounded when terrorism flared up in Shanghai after several months of peace. The terrorists were reported to be Pro-Japanese .... Great Britain and France join ed last night in denouncing reports they had started appeasement nego tiations with Germany. French of ficials characterized the reports as mainly Nazi propaganda.... Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo declared that he is out of politics and contrary to rumors does not intend to run for any elective position. ... President Quezon astonished his hearers at the Rest House at the Quezon National Park at Atimonan, Tayabas, when he said he will not run for re-elec tion “if they whole world asks me to.”.... The bill providing for the repatriation of Filipinos from United States and Hawaii to their homeland was sent to the White House for President Roosevelt’s signiture. July 24: Prime Minister Cham berlain read the text of the CraigicArita agreement at house of com mons and declared that Great Bi’itain is not taking Japan’s side against China, does not recognize Japan’s sovereignty over the occu pied Chinese territory, will not ac cede to devaluation of Chinese cur rency, will not refuse to grant cre dits to China. Great Britain, how ever, recognizes the actual situation in China and will not block Japan’s measures to maintain public order in the regions in China under her INSURANCE FIRE—MARINE AUTOMOBILE—ACCIDENT—PLATE GLASS WORKMAN’S COMPENSATION Atlas Assurance Company, The Employer’s Liability Limited Assurance Corporation, Ltd. Continental Insurance Co. Orient Insurance Company Insurance Company of North America E. E. ELSER, INC. GENERAL AGENTS Corner of 13th and Boston Streets—Port Area Telephone 2-24-28 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL RENOUNCEMENT By ALICE MEYNELL I must not think of thee; and, tired yet strong, I shun the thought that lurks in all delight— The thought of thee—and in the blue Heaven’s height, And in the sweetest passage of a song. O just beyond the fairest thoughts that throng This breast, the thought of thee waits, hidden yet bright; But it must never, never come in sight; I must stop short of thee the whole day long. But when sleep comes to close each difficult day, When night gives pause to the long watch I keep, And all my hands I needs must loose apart, Must doff my will as raiment laid away,— With the first dream that comes with the first sleep I run, I run, I am gathered to thy heart. control.... England was in an up roar when it was disclosed that a British government official had dis cussed with a German representative the question of big disarmament loan to the Nazis. Members of Par liament openly opposed European appeasement policy credited to Chamberlain and were expected to request that there should be no “peace” talks with Germany without Parliament approval.... Dr. An tonio Sison, dean of the U. P. col lege of medicine, was appointed by President Quezon, director of the Philippine General Hospital.... Jorge Vargas, secretary to President Quezon, issued a formal statement to the effect that if the pfresent- Gyear term is not shortened to 4 years as contemplated in a constitutional amendment, President Quezon will not run for re-election, hut if the term is shortened to 4 years, he will consider it his duty to run for re election to obtain a vote of confi dence from the people.... The Japanese-American “gentleman’s agreement” limiting imports of Jap anese cotton piece goods into the Philippines which would expire July 31st was extended to one year more. Jiily 25: A United Press canvass of leading Conservative, Liberal and Laborite members of the English Parliament brought a unanimous admission that the Anglo-Japanese agreement denoted an important British strategic retreat in East Asia.... The United States dis agreed with Great Britain when ad ministration officials said the United States does not intend to re cognize that Japan occupies a “spe cial position” in China.... Some officials anticipated that Americans in China would be the next objects of displeasure on the part of Jap anese militarists. This contention was based on the increasing num ber of incidents involving American citizens in China.... A scheme to tax Pl.10 per picul of sugar locally milled was being prepared and would be presented at the special session of the National Assembly. July 26: President Roosevelt to day nominated Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Sayre to be the third American High Commissioner in the Philippines to succeed Paul V. McNutt, newly appointed Fede ral Security Administrator .... Manchukuo today placed unspeci fied portions of its territory under war footing owing to continued trouble on the Manchukuo-Outer Mongolia border.... Japan in creased her sea and man power by creating a new sea squadron and calling naval reservists to active duty... Political dissensions in Spain reported. Many Spanish fac tions were reported vigorously op posed to the Falangists and were joining forces to prevent Interior Minister Suiier from assuming pre miership. Gen. Franco was expect ed to face a crisis in his cabinet. The cause of current dissension was said to be Count Ciano’s insistence that monarchists in Spain be crushed. July 27: The United States ab ruptly terminated friendly 1911 Japanese-American treaty of com merce and navigation. Newly ap pointed AHC Sayre handed the note of abrogation to Japanese Am bassador Horimouchi in Washing ton. The note, written by State Secretary Cordell Hull, gave six months notice ta Japan. The Jap anese considered this an unfriendly act.... The United States house failed, for the third day, to reach the bill which would amend the Philippine independence act. . . . Filipino officials reported to be highly pleased w’ith the appointment of Francis B. Sayre as AHC in the Philippines. July 28: The Japanese newspa per Kokumin considered the organ of the Japanese army and ultranationalistic elements, in an edito rial today urged abrogation of the nine-power treaty “without further ado” in retaliation of United States abrogation of the 1911 treaty of commerce.... Japan would not take the initiative in arranging for a new commerce and navigation treaty with the United States, the Japanese press reported today.... Exclusion of aliens from the retail trade in Manila public markets was sought in a proposed ordinance un der consideration by the munici pal board.... British residents liv ing outside of the Japanese block aded British concession in Tientsin received letters warning them to eva cuate the place under threat of death. July 30: British, heartened by the United States abrogation of the 1911 treaty w’ith Japan, asked the Japanese authorities to lift the blockade of the British concession in Tientsin.... Immigration and tariff experts todav believed the United States abrogation of the 1911 treaty with Japan misht result in the levying of higher duties in tea and luxury items imported from Japan and passage of discriminat ing legislation regardin'? Japanese trade, residence and travel.... Na val and military activity in a large part of Europe increased as the con tinent faced the month of .'li'nist when a new crisis had been widely Manila, August, 1939 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 43 predicted.... The French govern ment launched 80 decree laws in cluding one for the paying of cash bonuses for babies to increase the nation’s birth rate. July 31: Fifteen thousand Jap anese staged a demonstration in Tokyo in front of the British em bassy following two large mass meet ings during which speakers accus ed Great Britain of evading the spirit of her recent agreement with Japan.... 'Admiral Leahy, who was scheduled to retire tomorrow, urged the completion of all air bases in the Pacific.... A plan of the Manila municipal board to dislodge aliens from the retail trade in the city fizzled when City Fiscal Mabanag ruled the municipal board could not enact an ant-alien measure.. . . Prime Minister Chamberlain an nounced in the house of commons today that British and French mili tary experts would go to Moscow ....A mayor flood disaster with large losses of life and property swept Hopeh province in China.... A Japanese spokesman stated in Tientsin that the Japanese won’t include the United States in Jap anese anti-British movement. August 1: The United States house of representatives approved and sent to the senate the bill to amend the Philippine independence act.... Representative Crawford, of Washington, charged the Phil ippine Commonwealth of “misus ing” the $27,000,000 annual coconut oil excise tax refunds when speak ing in the house against approval of the Philippine economic bill.... Serious border fighting was resum ed between Hungary and Rumania, each side charging the other with “provocation acts”.... The 14 young men convicted in the alleged whosale criminal attack on Mareelina Garcia last August were set free by Judge Potenciano Pecson of the court of first instance following a re-trial in which the vietim chang ed her story, saying it was her mas ter who attacked her. August 2: Francis B. Sayre, newly appointed AHC in the Phil ippines, said in a press conference that the question of postponing Philippine independence would not be before the United States unless and until the government of the Philippines asked Congress to con sider the pact providing for com plete independence on July 4, 1946 . .. .Twelve bodies were found dead and thirty-two were reported miss ing as a result of the sinking of a motorship at Catbalogan. Only thirty-six were known to have been saved.... Congressional experts predicted that sugar legislation would precipitate the bitterest bat tle of any single commodity ques tion when the United States con gress reconvenes next January.... An official disclosed today that Bri tain had notified Japan that failure to halt the anti-British demonstra tions in North China was a viola tion of the understanding on which the Anglo-Jananese conference at Tokyo was nasod.... The Nazi The Macaroni Family By BETTY BARCLAY The leading shapes of this wheat food, — macaroni, spaghetti and egg noodles are popu'arly called THE ENERGY TRIO. Housewives plan to change the ways of serving popular foods in keeping with seasons. So let’s not forget our friends, The Macaroni Family, now that warm weather is here. Macaroni, spaghetti, egg noodles and the other members of this popular family that are such favorites in other seasons can be turned into dozens of excellent summer dishes. This wheat food being bland W1R blend naturally and tastily With vegetables, with fruits and with meats to make a well-balanced main course dish that is easy to prepare, healthful and filled with the elements needed for body sus tenance in every season. Any way this food is served, will prove a pleasing change in the menu. What more can one ask for? As a change for the popular potato salad, why not serve a Macaroni Daisy Salad? Have you tried egg noodles as a cereal or as a dessert; or luscious spaghetti with butter? The folks will like them all. Here are three summer recipes that you will find particularly pleasing. The manufacturer of your favorite brand of The Macaroni Family will gladly supply you with additional recipes on request: • Noodles with Fresh Fruit % lb. egg noodles Fresh fruits in season 1 cup cream Cook egg noodles in boiling, salted water, till tender and drain. Chop slightly with edge of a saucer. Mix with fruit cut in small pieces. Serve hot or cold, as a cereal, with cream. This is particularly good for children and relished as a dessert by your most fastidious dinner guests. press today observed the world war’s 25th anniversary with renew ed attacks on the democracies, par ticularly Poland and Great Britain. August 3: The United States senate today approved the Phil, economic bill with changes as pass ed by the house last week. The cun-ent law permits the oil and Spaghetti al Burro All housewives plan at least one hot dish daily. Here’s one that is easy to prepare and a family favor ite for luncheon. % lb. spaghetti % cup butter % cup grated cheese Salt and pepper Cook spaghetti in boiling salted water till tender and turn onto a hot platter. Add seasoning and butter. Stir till all strands are well buttered and sprinkle grated cheese over all. Excellent with roasts, chicken or fish. Macaroni Daisy Salad Inasmuch as the average Ameri can family seems to have a grow ing mania for salads, try this one as a change from the popular potato salad. % lb. elbow macaroni 1 green sweet pepper 1 dill or sweet pickle Salt and pepper 4 hard-boiled eggs 1 large ripe tomato 1 medium onion, chopped fine % cup French dressing or mayonnaise Cook elbow macaroni in boiling, salted water till tender, then drain. Mix with green pepper, cut into small pieces, with tomato, sliced or chopped, with pickle, chopped fine, with 2 hard-boiled eggs, diced, and with onion. Season with salt and pepper, then mix all well with French dressing or mayonnaise. Serve on ' four crisp lettuce leaves, with an egg daisy on top and garnished with parsley. The egg daisy is made by cutting each of the two remaining boiled eggs in half, using one half of the yolk for center of the daisy. Cut the white halves into strips making a rosette representing the petals of the daisy. sugar tax money to go into general funds of the Philippine government ....The labor and agrarian situa tion in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, took a serious turn when 450 pub lic works workers and 48 tenants in two farms declared a strike, the first because of reduction of salary, the latter, after unsuccessfuly demand ing subsistence from their land lords.... Utmost precautions were being taken to insure secrecy of the forthcoming Anglo-French So viet military conversations.... Re liable sources in Tsingtao informed the Associated Press that the first signs were beginning to appear of what may develop into an antiAmerican campaign in the Japan ese-controlled areas in China. A ugust 4: Prime Minister Cham berlain told the house of commons today that Great Britain may find it necessary to send a fleet to the Far East “in certain circumstances”. He indicated that Britain would have taken a much firmer stand against Japan from the very start of the Tientsin negotiations it if had not been for the critical Euro pean situation.... A high Japan ese government official said today that Japan was being forced toward an outright military alliance with Italy and Germany because of the United States’ abrogation of the 1911 treaty of commerce and Bri tish resistance in North China on the current question.... German troops believed to total between 100.000 to 160,000 were reliably re ported to be concentrating along Poland’s western frontier, according to the Warsaw correspondent of the News Chronicle.... Mrs. Carl Tan gier, wife of a formei- millionaire Prague textile manufacturer, leap ed to her death with her two sons, from the 13th floor of the Congress Hotel on Michigan Avenue. Langier used to own a plant in Czecho slovakia which was taken from him when the Nazis took over the former republic. Friends of the Langiers said the familv had been worrying about the possibility of having to return to Prague. They had enter ed the United States with a sixinonth visitor’s visa. August 5: The Japanese war of fice today expressed “extreme irrita tion” over British Prime Minister Chamberlain’s statement in the House of Commons that Britain might find it necessary to send a fleet to the Far East “in certain circumstances.” .... Italy report* ed joining Germany’s clamor to force to force Britain out of Gibral tar. .. . Philippine officials in Washington today awaited the signitures of the Philippine aconomic adjustment bill by House Speaker Bankhead and Majority Floor Leader Sam Ravborn, after which President Roosevelt would sign tho measure.... To raise the standard of efficiency of the officers and men of the Philippine Army and the Philippine Constabulary to the highest level possible, President Que zon recently appointed a board of appeals headed by Brigadier Gen eral Vicente Lim.... The German army neared its peak of strength today as tens of thousands of re servists were called into training during the past three days. August 6: Anti-American move reported spreading to Central Asia by an American missionary who ar(Coutiuued ou page 46) 44 Manila, August, 1939 NOEMI (Continued from page 6) in that lovely way of hers and said that he was the owner of the restau rant where she worked. He had seen her waiting for the bus near the place and he had offered to take her home. But the flowers, we wanted to know. Noemi merely smiled. From that day, she always came home in the large, shining car. It stopped before her house with a soft purr then backed away swiftly and noiselessly the while we looked on. There were more paper bags filled to overflowing with fruits this time. There were no more dresses wrapped in pink paper; they-came in huge boxes. And one day, Noemi arrived late but with a wrist watch of exquisite workman ship on her left wrist. The Chi nese sometimes brought Noemi him self although he never went inside the house perhaps because Noemi’s sister was sick of tuberculosis. A month afterwards, he suggested the transfer of the sick woman to a sa natorium and he himself paid for her hospitalization. Mutely, we all tried to stifle the horrible suspicion which insisted on cropping up, saying within us that if Noemi fell in love with a middleaged Chinese, it was perfectly all right. She had a right to choose her future husband. And if he did not at all resemble the young man we had mentally picked for her, it wasn’t his fault. He certainly acted as if he were in dead earnest about Noemi. And there we let the matter rest. We hesitated to go further. Six months later Noemi came to see Father. I remember it was around three o’clock in the after noon and that she had a white dress on with frills around the square neckline and about the short, puf fed sleeves. I remember how she had stood at. our door, a strange helplessness in her eyes. The child ren were trying to solve a jig-saw puzzle nearby and when Father saw how Noemi wanted to talk with him alone, he sent us upstairs. “Did you notice how white she was?” asked my younger sister. “That was because she had a white dress on, silly!” retorted Tito who had the greatest loyalty for Noemi. Scraps of conversation strayed to us while we went on silently solv ing the jig-saw thing. Noemi’s voice was low and husky, sort of tortured and terribly frightened. “No, you cannot sue him now"> Father was saying. “You have come of age and are entirely responsible for your own acts.... ” There was a short stricken silence after that. “I didn’t know,” Noemi said in a dead voice. “I didn’t know.” The rest of the conversation was drowned in a blare of music as Tito tuned on the radio and hummed the song that was being played. He had learned a new step and he drag ged me from where I sat, then whirl ed me into a dance. Nita laughed loudly as I stepped upon Tito’s advice for, I wanted to know. Mo ther looked around to see whether the children were within listening distance then whispered hurriedly, We also have NOVELTIES in BUCKLES and DISHES of genuine MOTHER of PEARL. Come and see them at our store No. 460 Calle Dasmarinas MANILA BUTTON FACTORY, INC. WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL A LETTER FROM MRS. MAUD N. PARKER 311 Bay St. Santa Cruz, California June 20, 1939 Miss Minerva P. Guysayko Editor, Woman’s Home Journal Manila, P. I. Dear Editor and club women of the Philippines: I have just finished reading your 13th anniversary number for May 1939, and want to congratulate the Journal, its officers, and all club women of the Philippines on the continued success of their good work. I have read the Journal from its first copy to the one just received and I look forward to its visits like those of a good friend. It brings me news of the prosperity, success and hopes and the fine work of friends and former co-workers, of happy weddings, new babies and all the joys that an old friend brings, with now and then tears at the passing of some dear one who has helped to carry on. I have so enjoyed the lovely pictures of flowers and children in the covers of the Journal that I have made a scrap book of them to look at in rainy days. The Journals I send to Salinas to be distributed t’o the club women there for I know that these women of the Philippines are homesick for news of the home land and loved ones there and the Journal will give them pleasure also. The President of one of the clubs wrote me that they were subscribing for the Journal but my extra copies will help to reach more readers. Just nine years ago to-day, I left your hospitable shores earned in a stretcher, by my dear nurse friends of the Philippine General Hospital, to an ambulance, thence the steamship President Johnson headed for home. It seems only a few days ago, time passes so swiftly, but the cool, bracing climate here, and the care of loved ones, have lifted me from stretcher to cot or the chair from which I now view the world while others carry on. - In your “Ten year’s ago, today” feature, I note you say, “Mrs. Maud N. Parker, who has been closely identified with the elub movement in the Philippines, reviews the historical growth of the Philippine Women’s Clubs from the Spanish times t.o the present.” I am still as deeply interested in your clubs and all their activities as-when I was in the Philippines, and from the Journal and other’ papers sent me here I follow every detail of the work. I wish there was some way to get more publicity here in the United States as to the work of Philippine women. American women here are interested in hearing what the women of the Philippines are doing and ask me many questions about the work. I had hoped there would be some club women at the Philippine Exhibit at the Exposition at San Francisco who could properly publicize the work of the club women of the Philippines and show the progress they have made in their work. Mr. Parker and I plan to visit the Exposition this summer and I hope to meet old friends there and if my health permits I will see the Philippine exhibits from a wheel chair. My home garden here in Santa Cruz is just full of lovely flowers of all kinds and how I do enjoy them. I wish I could give a bouquet to each of the club women who so kindly sent me flowers while I was in the Philippines but as I cannot do so I shall pass them on to those who are here in memory of the many lovely bouquets that helped to make me happy while I was with you * all in the| Islands. Please extend my congratulations to your officers and club women for the good work they are all doing and many thanks for the Journal which I enjoy so much and may it continue to go forth and bring hap piness for many, many years to come. Sincerely your friend and co-worker, (SGD) MAUD N. PARKER By BETTY BARCLAY If you wish to serve something out of the ordinary, the following recipe will fill the bill. Lemon frozen cream proves a delightful change to those who are accus. tomed to servings of chocolate, strawberry or vanilla. I present It as the star recipe for this first ice-cream month. This cream contains healthful milk, eggs and lemon juice. An ideal dish for the child who will not eat eggs or drink milk, or for anyone who needs the vitamins of the healthful lemon. If you wish to be particularly "different,' * the cream may be served in a lemon cup or basket. Cut lemon peel half-way down fruit in strips. Remove pulp. As each shell is filled with frozen mixture, place it in freezing tray until ready to serve. Or serve in the usual manner. Lemon Frozen Cream 2 eggs, beaten until lemon-colored % cup sugar Add sugar gradually to egg until mixture becomes a thick custard like consistency. Combine with: % cup light corn syrup 2 cups top milk (or 1 cup milk and 1 cup coffee cream) % cup lemon juice 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel Freeze in refrigerator tray a * lowest temperature until stiff. When frozen, remove to a bowl and whip with an electric or hand beater until light and creamy. Re turn quickly to freezing tray. Finish freezing. This one stirring is all that is needed. Hold at mid dle control for serving. Makes 1 quart. Serves 6-8. This may also be made in a crank freezer. toes and we were still laughing when Noemi bade goodbye to Fa ther. What did Noemi come to ask legal “It seems the man she goes with, has a wife in Amoy and another who lives in a beautiful home in one of the aristocratic suburbs of the city.” “Is that all?” I asked impatient ly. “All she has to do is to stop going around’ with him!” Mother smiled sadly. That was just the trouble, she explained, Noemi could not stop “going around with him”. She bad to marry him. It was the only decent thing to do.... You cannot hide a thing like that in our street. Not when we knew one another so well or when it in volved a girl we had set above all the rest. There was a scene in Noemi’s house shortly after her con sultation with Father. She had written to her mother in the pro vinces and there was a lot of cry ing done when she arrived. Noemi went outside to regain her bearings while her mother moaned loudly in a shameless sort of way inside the house. Noemi wiped a tear away from her own eyes, then as she turned to go in, saw a group of us watching her from the window. She smiled and waved but we were too busy looking at her to remember to wave back. • The people used to run to the Manila, August, 1939 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 45 window to watch Noeini pass by in the mornfhgs. She would hear the rapid clatter of feet as we looked out and stared at her. She would cast a swift glance at us, then meet ing a row of merely curious faces, she would walk away very rapidly. She made a pathetic figure—so ut terly humble and so desirous of the love we had bestowed upon her once very freely. Shortly afterwards, she stopped working and stayed in the house, sewing lace-edged tiny dresses. We could hear the sewing machine going practically the whole day. And once or twice, I caught Noemi sing ing softly to herself in a happy sort of way. I mentioned the incident to Tito who grunted—“and why not?” But that was months ago. Since then, we have lost interest in Noemi. Her baby died shortly after birth and with it went the last vestiges of a beautiful dream Noemi des perately clung to. I saw her one afternoon after her confinement and could not help a surprised ex clamation which escaped me upon seeing her drawn white face and a body which sagged carelessly. “Everything will be all right soon,” I tried to be comforting, but I knew my voice was obviously in sincere for I realized it was not going to be the same all over again. We could not very well rebuild what had gradually been torn down as easily as all that. Last night, a zarzuela was pre sented by a group of individuals on an improvised platform in front of our house. Chairs and wooden benches were placed by eager spec tators long before the performance. Strangely enough, Noemi also brought her seat along and placed it alongside one of the benches. It was a brave thing to do, my brother commented later on. A pitifully brave thing. You see, when the women realiz ed Noemi was going to sit with them, they stood up in outraged dignity, moved away as far as they could and made audible remarks about certain people not knowing where they belonged. Noemi look ed at the departing women shyly, made an attempt to laugh uncon cernedly then wilted. And Valentin’s wife—she who stood in the rain while her chosen mate pondered whether it was right to take her in at last or not, drew her shawl closer to her shoulders, spat to her right, as Noemi ap proached, then turning towards the other women, said loud enough for many to hear: “Sit with her? Who do you think I am!” The curtain was raised just then and attention was promptly shifted to the stage. I looked back after the first act to ascertain if Noemi was still in her place, but noticed with a start that someone had kick ed her chair into the street and it lay unnoticed with the dust of the road. Noemi was nowhere. LITTLE FILLERS WITH A PUNCH . When cutting flowers, al ways use a sharp knife and cut stems in a diagonal fash ion. Add fresh water each day and keep in a cool place at night. Large flowers are prefer able to wear at sporting events. At luncheons flow ers shoud harmonize or contrast-With the ensemble. Milady, marching down the avenue in her tailored suit, wears her posies on her right lapel. A slow oven is from 250 to 350 degrees; moderate oven, 350 to 400; quick or hot oven, 400 to 450; and a very hot oven runs from 450 to 500 degrees. To roast meat, heat the oven to the higher tempera HEINZ TOMATO KETCHUP Makes Good Food Better THE rich flavor of delicious, ripe tomatoes and rare spices, places Heinz Tomato Ketchup in a very spe cial position among condiments. A perfect compliment to meat and fish dishes, it is favored too, for additional seasoning of salad dressings and sauces. It takes so little Heinz Tomato Ketchup to give zest to foods, it is both inexpensive and economical. HEINZ Chili Sauce, Fresh Cucumber Pickles, OvenBaked Beans, Peanut Butter, Minced Meat, Sand wich Spread, and any of the other Heinz varieties are suggested for use in your kitchen. HEIN Z SZVARIET,ES ture given and keep the heat at this degree for fifteen minutes. Then reduce the heat to the lower tempera ture for the remainder of the period as given. Too much flour will make a cake dry and crumbly, bread solid and heavy, sauce thick and pasty. Too much liquid will make a cake that falls easily. Custards usually whey or curdle because they are cooked at too high a tem perature or too long a time. Milk that is a little sour may cause curdling of a custard. When it is necessary to make sandwiches several hours before they are to be used, they may be wrapped in paraffin paper or a slight ly dampened cloth or placed in a stone jar. IS ANY WIFE. . . (Continued from page 7) goes through life harbouring secret resentment against her lack of luck in the marriage lottery, never suspecting that it is a lottery in which there are no glittering prizes to be won. Happy marriages do not happen. They are made, and they must be made by the people concerned. There is no magic spell cast over them as they stand before the altar. If only wives would realize that great truth they would soon lose that look of per petual disappointment which labels a woman as married far more conclusively that does her wedding ring. 46 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1939 HEADLINES (Continued from page 13} rived in Peiping from Shansi pro vince.... British anger seen in Chamberlain’s warning that Britain might re-inforce her Far Eastern fleet. . .. Sources close to the gov ernment predicted War Minister Itagaki’s early withdrawal from the Japanese cabinet as a result of younger army officers’ disatisfac tion over Itagaki’s handling of the proposed military alliance with Ger many and Italy. The younger of ficers had been demanding imme diate conclusion of the Rome-Berlin-Tokvo military alliance.August 7: British protest on Tientsin ignored as “showdown” between Great Britain and Japan at the next full meeting of the AngloJapanese conference in Tokyo near ed.... President Roosevelt today signed the Philippine economic ad justment bill with newly appointed AHC Sayre, Vice President Osmena and Resident Commissioner Elizalde present. .. . Furthering their drive to blockade the China coast, the Japanese navy announced today the closing of the port of Haimen, 250 miles to the south of Shanghai. Nippon naval officials told all treaty consuls that all third powers should evacuate the port “which was destined to become an area of hos tilities” .... Senator Pittman, chair man of the senate foreign relations committee, declared in Washington today that “unless the attitude of Japan toward Americans in China changes materially for the better, Congress would authorize retaliation measures during the next session which opens in January, 1940”.... A baby girl with her heart complete ly exposed on her breast was born at a small maternity clinic in Tondo. Tho child was reported normal in all respects except for her exposed heart. August 8: President Quezon issued a proclamation convoking the National Assembly to a special session of five days to consider the amendments to the constitution re quired in the Philippine economic adjustment bill just signed by Pres ident Roosevelt .... Philippine ATTC Sayre took his oath of office at noon today in the office of the secretary of the interior under whom Philippine affairs are con ducted.... The agrarian troubles in San Fernando, Pampanga, came to a heul when a watchman of the farm of Benigno Toda at barrio San Jose, fired at a group of 100 socialists, wounding two.... Gen eral Franco reported to have temporarilv abandoned plans to restore monarehv in Spain. Newspapers re ported Franco wanted to restore exKing Alfonso to the throne on con dition that the king recognize the national council of the Falange Espaiiol as supreme authority. August 9: Sources close to the Japanese government disclosed to day that the fate of the cabinet of Premier Hiranuma was hanging on July 26, 1939 Mrs. Pilar H. Lim President National Federation of Women’s Clubs of the Philippines 1132 California Manila, P. I. My dear Mrs. Lim: We are very grateful for the opportunity given to the Philip pine Red Cross by the officers and members of the National Federa tion of Women’s Clubs of the Philippines, and especially to you, the President of this Federation, to submit material for the July issue of your excellent magazine, which does great credit to the club women of the Philippine Islands. The National Federation' of Women’s Clubs has come to the fore-front in welfare work, and deserves recognition for the good it has accomplished. The Red Cross is grateful for the support of the Federation and the interest actively shown in its activities. Verv sincerely vours, CHARLES H. FORSTER Manager Members, board of directors of the San Francisco del Monte Woman’s Club. (Courtesy, Mrs. Gallardo). the bitter internal battle involving the question of joining the ItaloGerman military alliance. The situa tion was reported very tense.... Two of the three persons accused in the Fugate murder case—Urbano Oro and Patricio Gamus—were sen tenced to life imprisonment.... Germany stepped up her military program to bring Nazi prepared ness to a peak in mid-August, while the government-controlled press con centrated upon the most vigorous anti-Polish campaign since the Dan zig tension developed last April.... Philippine officials in Washington understood today that President Roosevelt has not given up hope of making a trip to the Philippines next year. August 10: Unconfirmed reports said a plot to assault British Am FOR OCEAN PEARL BUTTONS Made in Manila COME TO OUR STORE AT 460 Calle Dasmarinas MANILA BUTTON FACTORY, INC. bassador Sir Craigie and Imperial Household Minister Masudaira was thwarted when two members of a small patriotic organization who had allegedly admitted the plot were arrested.... Polish radio stations broadcast in Polish and German a warning to Danzig Nazi leader Al bert Forster to be moderate in his speech before an anti-Polish protest meeting in Danzig. .. . The case of Maria Corazon Rafael, the heart baby, attracted the attention of the world of science all over the world. Researches revealed that only ten cases similar to that of the Tondo heart baby were reported. The fa ther refused offers to exhibit the baby at the World’s Fair in New York. August 11: British authorities de cided to surrender to the Tientsin authorities the four terrorists whose alleged complicity in the murder of a Chinese started the Anglo-Japan ese dispute over Tientsin.... As semblymen visiting Albay urged the people to pay their taxes promptly ....Heavy fighting between Jap anese troops and Chinese guerilla forces reported outside of the In ternational Settlement in Shanghai ....The impression was going among the British and Polish quar ters that the German celebration of the World war battle of Tannen berg, starting August 23 and cul minating with a speech by Hitler on August 21, might be the signal for overwhelming Nazi pressure on Poland, backed by 2,000,000 mo bilized German troops. August 12: Baby Maria Cora zon Rafael, the famous heart baby, was reported very seriously ill... . Sotomatsu Kato, Japanese ministerat-large in China and head of the Japanese delegation to the AngloJapanese round-table conference re jected proposals of the British am bassador, Sir Robert Craigie, for the resumption of the conference, according to Domei, the semi-offi cial Japanese news agency, which stated that Sir Robert’s latest in structions from London did not touch the currency question, whereas Japan wanted a simultaneous agree ment on the Tientsin police question and the currency dispute.... The eve of the second anniversary of the start of the Sino-.Tapanese war in Shanghai was ushered in with vio lence. . .. Choosing his words care fully, President Roosevelt said in his press conference that if an ac tual war crisis developed in Europe or in the Orient, he would imme diately call Congress to a special session to enact legislation to pre serve the United States neutrality on the basis of international law. August 15: Prior to departing to Tientsin, General Muto, repre senting the Japanese military in North China, gave a press state ment saying the conditions in Tient sin in the future “will teach Britain the right course she would adopt in China”. ... No more European re fugees will be permitted to settle in the International Settlement in Shanghai.... Maria Corazon Ra fael, the famous Tondo heart baby, died of broncho-pneumonia at 5:25 a.m. today. Her body will be pre served and kept in the maternity clinic of Dr. Castillo who brought her into tho world.... 14 persons were killed when the Pan-American Airways plane crashed while landing in the harbor at Rod de Janiero.... Vatican intervention in the Euro pean deadlock was reported im minent. Byron, to avoid obesity, measured h i s wrists and waist daily and if he found the slightest increase, he im mediately took a strong dose of Epsom salts. Manila, August, 1939 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 47 “And The Mother Prayed... By M. C. Serrano CECILIA knew that it was use less for her to win him back now—even with the birth of their child! Paulo had gone too far, almost beyond her reach. “It is my fault,” she sighed, as she fumbled for a few fagots be hind the kitchen. “I have always allowed him to come home late at night without as much as raising an admonishing finger.” That was the thing: Cecilia loved her husband much too much that she could afford to keep her hurt feelings to herself and never had the courage to apprise the husband, especially when he began to twitch his lips—and his face becomes funny — while making useless ex cuses for him to step out nights. And the usual gag that he pulled on her was that the manager could not trust anybody but him in the accounting of books. “A difficult task,” he complained no end. But to hear the gullible neigh bors’ gossips, it was too much for her. Of course, she could not be lieve what was said of her hus band—more that he is a part of her inner self now. God, she al ways muttered to herself meaning fully, “I could not believe every word of it.” “There is no such other woman for him,” she said to herself, when ever the thought of her husband’s perfidy comes to her mind. Not even when she saw Paulo with an other woman at Quiapo one Friday morning, she but dismissed the ob noxious thoughts that crowded her mind. “Why,” she said, “it is mere coincidence. Maybe they were class mates before and it is so inevitable that they should take notice o!f each other.” But Paulo never knew... Lately, however, the recurrent failures of Paulo to come home the whole night made her tremble with vague apprehensions. Her faith nevertheless told her that she was just imagining things. Following nights, she could not repress the ideas that coursed through her brain. And with each thought that after all Paulo was a human being, liable of committing acts not within his temper, she could only pray the more: “Lord, tell me that he doesnt’ mean to harm me at all.” And yet, as if to aggravate the burden of her sufferings, Paulo but saw his family occasionally, sometimes once a week, giving Ce cilia practically little to have soul and flesh together. One such time of his comings, she told him: “Paulo, don’t you think you are working yourself too much?” To which he replied bluntly, heartlessly: “I know what I am doing.” “I know,” she said simply, “but you are a part of myself now that I cannot afford to see you go as tray. Is it true what our neigh bors ...” The mere mention of their neigh bors’ put everything to a stop. Ce cilia only knew what happened next when she recovered from the stun ning blow that she received from THE SOAP OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN her husband. And now were streaks of blood dripping from her mouth while her child was crying at her feet. “Paulo, how could you have done this to me?” she sobbed. Only the crying of her child answered her. * * * * WHY DOCTORS GROW GRAY Shelley was a hypochon driac. He once thought he had caught elephantiasis — of all things!—from a wom an passenger who had sat beside him in a stage coach. The idea worried him for weeks and even a thorough examination by his doctor failed to convince him that his fears were groundless. * * * Laurence Sterne, author of “Tristram Shand y,” thought that every laugh added to his life, so he laughed each day until he cried. He said that his lungs benefited by the process as much as by the air they breathed. —Kathleen Maaterson “GOD,” Cecilia said with break ing heart, “I know you will do something for me.” With this, Cecilia kissed the feet of the Black Nazarene and with tear-wet eyes wended her way out with the bundle of her young child of the crowded church. * * * LAST week I saw Cecilia in mourning. Her neighbors told me that her husband died of stab wounds at the S^n Felipe cabaret following a quarrel with a bailarina. ike ikui J Sntfmk arut Cfcoh. No other charm a girl can have counts more than a soft, smooth skin. So many Camay girls who have won romance will tell you “Camay is the soap we use to help us keep lovely.” They huve discovered no other soap quite gives the rich, fragrant Camay is gentle, but thorough tool And because Camay's clean leaves the skin refreshed, se it daily complexions luxurious Bath of Beauty. Camay wonderful help to er loveliness and romance. Follow the of thousands of s who say, "If beautiful you wish to stay, begin today with Camay." Get three cakes now I Topping Tips By BETTY BARCLAY The simplest dessert may be turned into a festive dish by the use of an attractive and appropriate topping. If you have never realiz ed this, glance at the above illus tration of two dishes of rennet custard — dressed in their “com pany finery.” A dish of rennet custard, by the way, is the answer to a mother’s lament about the child who will not drink milk. Without the trouble of baking or boiling, this inexpensive eggless dish may be prepared in the cool of the morning and placed before the family at noon or night. For “company dress” use for a topping such foods as preserved fruits, jellies, whipped cream, chopped nuts, crushed cookies, diced fruit, sauces, or marshmallow whip. Follow the recipe below, choose your favorite topping — and you have the answer to your hot weather dessert problem: Vanilla Rennet Custard Set out 4 or 6 dessert glasses. Warm one pint fresh milk (not canned or soft curd) slowly, stir ring constantly until lukewarm. Test a drop on inside of wrist frequently. When comfortably warm, 120° F. — not hot, immedi ately remove from stove. If desired, add small pinch of salt. Stir vanilla rennet powder into milk briskly until dissolved — not over one minute. Pour at once, while still liquid, into individual dessert glasses. Let set until firm — about 10 minutes. Chill rennet custards in ice box. Serve in same glasses — and don’t forget that “topping.” 48 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1939 IO Years Ago In The Journal ^RAWING the curtain of memory aside, we peer again the back-chamber of past events to find out what was happening ten years ago this month. And this is what we see: Two charming American girls, the Davis cousins, attractive mistresses of Malaeanang, giving their opinion on the education of women. Both ladies believed that a woman who did not expect to become a professional along a definite line of endeavor did not need to go to college. “Travel is a better investment for a girl than a college education,” they said. Their attractiveness, poise and the tact and charm they showed during their stay here might prove that their opinion was right. The next scene shows us a picture of China’s industrial woman as depicted by Miss Kyong Bae-Taung to the representatives of the Pan Pacific Conference. It portrays the Chinese woman-worker, her pro blems, her status, the salary she received, the free schools provided for her children and for herself. It was a peace-time scene, neither very at tractive, nor very pleasant, yet full of promise and hope. Today we hear more of China’s women-soldiers than of her women-laborers. Ten years from now maybe the scene will shift back from one of desolation and despair back to serenity and sanity. Yet, look, there’s a changeless, eternal picture—the dream-picture of a model wife. Here, according to Ten Years Ago, was what that won derful creature, rare than the extinct passenger-pigeon of America, look ed like: “She is the charming and fetching kind warranted to run smoothly over rough roads and to climb all the matrimonial hills and not puncture a tire in the finances and be just as good for a long run as for a more stroll.” In other words, she was supposed to be a game person who would take a man for all he is worth, for his good as well as his bad qualities, and would not blame anyone if she got the wrong end of the deal. And indeed, gentle reader, would not such kind of a wife be good for modern Today, and even ultra modem Tomorrow? We should say. But it was not all woman and her worries and ideals that proved interesting to the women then. For instance, there was that old Uniform Law, which was the subject of much discussion in legislative and educa tional circles. Some people wanted to go on with it, others wanted it re pealed. Let us reminisce. In the University of the Philippines, for instance, we could see again white-uniformed coeds along the halls, looking immaculate and well-groomed, but extremely uninteresting. What a difference • there, is in that almost drab picture from the one presented now by the color fully garbed young girls tripping up and down the U. P. hall or going through the Rizal Hall corridors in gayly-colored sandals of variegated styles! With the young men the difference does not seem to matter so much: Khaki then of one style; white, brown, grey, today of all styles— yet somehow one did not seem to feel as sorry for them as one did for the girls. We almost forgot to say that we were glad when the Uniform Law was repealed. We see dear Dr. Parish lecturing on health then in the same ear nest way that she is doing now. Interested as ever in the children of the country she was teaching them how to be strong and how to keep strong; she was giving them rules of the Health game which would stand them well in any game of life. And life has, indeed, many games, as ten years of it will show. Our Journal of ten years ago had pictures of the Yangco twins, happy with their brides, whom they were taking with them in their tour of America. Whiff....ten years are gone and with them are gone too the famous twins as well as their kind benefactor, leaving two lonely young women to nurse the memory of an eventful and adventurous life with their extraordinary husbands. Let’s pull the curtain down now—there’s nothing more to see. Myrna Loy, seen studying her script, wears a dress which is excellent for business girls. From Cover To Cover (Continued from page 1) reproductions of paintings or por traits by well-known Filipino art ists—so we looked around for a painting of the President. We were told that the Free Press was using the reproduction of the painting done by a New York artist which hangs in Malaeanang Palace, so that was out. Fernando Amorsolo had done a portrait of the Pres ident but this is now in the Man sion House in Baguio, so that too was out. Just when we were about to give up we remembered having seen President Quezon’s picture at teh U. P. Alumni Hall. We hur ried there to verify and was ela ted to see this full-length portrait by Pablo Amorsolo, brother of the more well-known Fernando, which you now see on our cover. The painting shows the President in his gown when the degree of doctor of laws, honoris causa, was confer red upon him in 1938 by the State university. In this issue you will find a let ter from Mrs. Maud N. Parker whom old readers of the Journal will remember as the author of many delightful stories for children which appeared in this magazine about ten years ago. Her address is given and we hope old friends who have not forgotten her but have not written to her because they did not know her address, will write to her soon now that they know it. Another old contributor to the Journal and former resident of the Philippines where she made numer ous friends like Mrs. Parker is Dr. Rebecca Parish, now at 1843 N. Alabama, Indianapolis, Indiana. She is writing again for the Jour nal, as you may have noticed, from her articles in the last two or three issues and from the one, Spirits Departed, in this issue. The story of the two sisters, twins, which she tells, is true to life. She came to know about them when she recently visited the hospital whose staff she was a member of before she came to the Philippines in 1906. Of course she has changed the names of the twins and does not give the name of the hospital, for ethical reasons. With this issue, we are going back to the old practice of report ing the elub news by provinces. We believe that this is more comprehen sive and more convenient in check ing up at a glance the activities of the clubs, in the provinces and in Manila. When we see the names or the pictures of the women we have in terviewed for our WITH US sec tion in national magazines in Amer ica we feel proud for having met and talked with them. Some have written in our autograph book and given their respective home addres ses. When Mrs. Jim Marshall’s ar ticle on Chinese and Filipino serv ants appeared in Collier’s, we read it with more pleasure and interest because we have met the author. And when we saw La Meri’s fullpage picture in the July issue of the American magazine, we told those who would listen, “I have in terviewed her.” Some of those whom we have in terviewed make second trips to Ma nila. There was Violet SweetHaven, who recently came back and stayed just long enough to interview President Quezon, we understood from newspaper accounts. She came and went away by air. If one is to believe the biogra phies of authors, writers are born not made. Josephine Bentham, the author of our foreign short story, FEMME FATALE, for instance, confesses that she was only six years old when she composed a poem on a large piece of wrapping paper. These are the two lines she still remembers: The cow is feeding in the pas ture wild— He is as gentle as a child. Like most successful writers, she started first as a cub reporter, then became a free lance writer. She has written a play which was pro duced on Broadway. 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