Married But Happy By Virginia Lynch Mazwell, vague rumors of Billy's new infatuation. The girl was the diminutive Russian toe dancer whom they had both met at the carnival given for the benefit of the community centre. It was Charlotte who had insisted that Billy take a lot of tickets for the affair. For she had been elect: ed chairman of the committee and she wanted to show a good result from her work. Billy had accompanied her to the carnival. And she had introduced him to the charming little Russian dancer, who bobbed her black head in time to the rythmic music as she swayed her lithe body around the platform. Billy had been fascinat- ed from the start. And Charlotte bad been secretly amused at this strange new emotion that had seized upon her passive husband. Things had taken a different turn during the past few days. Women at the club had begun to talk. And it piqued her to know they were taking the little flirtation seriously. "Billy, dear," sald Charlotte at breakfast two days after the situa- tion had become so maddening, "I'm. going to ask little Sonia to bave dinner with us this evening. It must be very lonely in this coun- try for her, with no friends who speak her language. Don't you think it would be awfully nice?" _ Billy glowed. "Splendid, my dear. I should like nothing better." "Then I'll telephone her this morning and ask her for dinner this evening." At ten o'clock, when Billy had left for the office, Charlotte was ringing Sonia at her tiny studio apartment in Greenwich Vfllage. The girl seemed startled at the invitation. In her country there should have existed a noticeablo enmity between the two women under similar circumstances. This, indeed, was a strange country, where the wife would ask the other woman to dine at her home. "And I'm going to ask you to bring a man with you, dear," said Charlotte in her sweetest voice. "Not that I want to deprive dear Billy of your charming company. But I do think it will be such fun watching my dear husband writhe with jealousy when he sees the chap's attentions to wou. Don't you think it would be fun, Sonia?" Sonia thought it would. So she Promised to \ \ Core had been hearing at Charlotte's bun- galow with the handsomes. man she could find in her world. At seven o'clock Billy was eager ly waiting for their guests. Groomed immaculately, he stood on the veranda, ready to greet -the couple, while Charlotte puttered about the kitchen. She heard their voices, their mingled greetings. Then she came forward to greet the little dancer who had caused 86 much ugly gossip in the small community, Introductions w "Dinner is almogt ready," Char lotte announced. "I'll call in Just a moment." Sonia's dark eyes sparkled and danced as they mat Billy's. Charlotte gave Sonia's friend a sweet smile in her most charming manner. It was Ivan, another of the Rus- sian dancers in the company, whom Sonia had selected to accompany her. And Charlotte used this fact to good advantage. In a few mo- ments she was calling musically from the kitchen for Ivan to come help make their famous native salad dressing. Billy said he could do it, but Charlotte insisted he keep Sonia company on the porch. Ivan proved charming company. He told Charlotte of his hobbies and of his native country. To- gether they got the dinner ready. Then Charlotte broke in upon the tete-a-tete conversation which Billy seemed to be enjoying, when she flung open the porch door and called to them that ome couldn't really live on love. Billy gave her a savage look and ignored the remark. But Charlotte had already gained a point. She could see Billy's thoughts in the ex- pression around his mouth. e knew that it was against his code for a wife to carry on a flirtation, regardless of how fascinated he might become with another woman. Charlotte was exquisitely polite and solicitous of Sonia. She made ipnumerable suggestions for Billy tc make the little girl comfortable. It almost seemed, to Billy at least, as if Charlotte feared Sonia might leave early and take her charming friend home with her. That, in- deed, to all appearances, would have been quite disappointing to Char lotte. And she did not fail to see that this impression was being reg- istered on her husband. Sonia was hurt by Ivan's lack of attention. It was to Billy She turned, again and again, for a light for her cigarette. To Billy she turned to pour her some refresh- e exchanged. ing Without a Maid 3 chill breezes blow out- W doors the new bride begins to. plan interesting little dinner parties. The maid problem will always be difficult. Even when one can afford the high wages maids are asking, thé mald is very often incompetent. Jn many instances it is a better. plan to serve 'dinner without a maid unless one is fortunate enough to find a maid who knows Bow to serve well. There are many women who sim- ply give up entertaining because of the maid problem. Yet this is not necessary if the dinner is well planned with an eye to the hostess herself serving withodt having to leave the table. It you are planning to give a maldless dinner, do not attempt 80uUp as your first course. Soup is relished In cool weather, but it / must be kept at the right tempera- ture and carefully watched if ft would be just right. 1t 'she elects one of the more eas ily prepared and served dishes to for Fire Ek Autumn the Governors it is almost an indispensable ser- vice to the hostess who plays the role of maid as well. The tea wagon is rolled up to the hostess' side, and on it there are extra portions of butter, extra rolls, ice water, etc., so that there is no necessity for leaving the table during the meal. The second shelf of the tea wagon holds the main dishes of the meal, such as plstter of meat, two vegetables and a salad. It is less work to prepare individual salads before the guests arrive and keep them cool in the fce chest. But where space does not permit of this arrangement, the hostess will find it very handy to chill her salad plates and pre pare the salad in one large bowl to be served at the table, The small plates and cocktail glasses, after the first course, are gathered toward the hostess, who may set them on the lower shelf of the tea wagon. She will find it then convenient to place the main dishes about the table. Some fami. lies prefer to have the host or hostess serve each plate, while others prefer the method of pass- ing the various dishes from one to the other. Only after the main part of the meal is over will the hostess find it necessary to arise. It is then she removes the soiled plates to the tea wagon and carries them out with those of the first course. On her return trip to the dining room she carries In the dessert, mints and demi-tasse cups. It is a coun- venient custom and one in good taste for the hostess to ) Jour coffee at the table.from .an electric per. Salator or from a porcelain or silver po With a little plan; the new hostess need oa red difficult riatter to serve a without sacrificing her owa comfort. Prevention Day from nibbling m beyond the reach of child des. ang : b AMERICAN BEAUTIES--Miss Anna Hamlin, of the Present Season, Is the Daughter of Mr. Washington, D. C. Her Father Has Been Reserve Board for Several Years. ment. But it was with an unwill- ing hand she gave up Ivan to Char- lotte's charm. One could not fail to see that the Russian. was en- tranced by the graclousness of his American hostess. He expressed the feeling openly to Charlotte, and each time nis words grated on Billy's nerves. Sonfa was annoyed. Charlotte alone was enjoying the situation she had created. Sonia insisted upon going home early. And she left with snapping black eyes. Once she was decided- LUDyIgnL Harms & Kwing. One of the Most Attractive Debutantes and Mrs. Charles S. a Member of the Federal ly rude to Ivan. The glamor of the little romance was of'. Billy had seen Sonia in her ugliest mood. Charlotte had seen the sparkle of his eyes turn to dul' glass. She had won, And she knew it. "Fo Be Continued.) Appetizin MONDAY TUESDAY Breakfast Stewed Figs, 0 ice, Boiled Rice, Vopr Be Muffins, Graham Rolls, Tea. Cereal Coffee, Luncheon Luncheon Fried Liver Creamed Beef, with Bacon, Fried Macaroni, Toast, Apple Sauce, Coffee. Dinner Meat Loaf, lacaroni, Beets, Lettuce Salad, Apple Pie, Demi-Tasse, Breakfast Cold Beverage, Dinner Lamb Stew, Buttered Carrots, Dumplings, Cup Custard, Cookies, Tea. WEDNESDAY Breakfast Fo Seventh Ti hy Warm Biscuits, Coffee. Luncheon Spinach with Poached Egg, Rolls and Butter, {Stewed Tomatoes, Rye Muffins, Cocoa. Dinner Roast Beef, Lemon Cake, Cereal Coffee. THURSDAY FRIDAY Lemon Cake, Cereal Coffee, Dinner Roast Beef Hash, Baked Green Potatoes, Peppers, sh, Sweet Potatoes, Stewed Fruit, Tea. Dinner Herring, Breakfast Creamed Codfish on Toast, Strawberry Jam, Tea. Cereal Coffee. Luncheon Lima Bean Salad, inach, Rolls and Butter, Orange Salad, # Bean Soup, Baked Potatoes, Fruit Whip, i-Tasse, Tea. - g Menus for the Week SATURDAY Breakfast Pancakes, Jelly Muffins, SUNDAY Breakfast Sliced Peaches, Fried Liver, Toast, Coffee. Dinner Celery Roast Lamb, sh, Mashed Potatoes, Fruit Salad, Demi-Tasse. Supper Salmon Salad, Green Pepper Gamish, Warm Biscuits, Ice Cream, Luncheon Fried Ham, Fried Sweet Potatoes, Cookies, Demi-Tasse, Dinner Breaded Veal Cutlets, Cauliflower, cas, Sliced Bananas, Cereal Coffee, Lingerie Fashioned from Summer Silks HE shops are offering thelr last bolts of Summer silk just now at remarkable bar gain prices. And the woman who keeps an eye of thrift on her ward- robe needs will do well to look into the purchase of some of these color ful silks for the new underwear which may be made at home. One does not need to be an ex- pert in the art of fashioning dainty lingerie to design and construct the newest garments. Never before have they been so simple in line and trimming. Silk canton crepe that fs durable enough to withstand many tubbings may be purchased for $1.50 a yard. In quantity one may find a more attractive price. The silk comes in orchid, pink, blue, green and yel- low, and 1s fashioned by some of the better shops into charming bits of finery. For a nightie, one requires three and one-quarter yards of the silk and enough lace to trim the neck- sleeves. The amount of brought down the side to fashion the sleeves of the gown. 'This sim- Ple garment is completed by sew- ig up the underarm.seams with narrow French seams, then finish- ing the neckline and sleeve ends with ribbon binding, lace edging or Household Hints WHEN grape juice is spilled on & tablecloth, spread the spot at once with salt." The stain will' -be more easily removed and laun- dered. Try removing spots from your bathtub with olive ofl. The of} is sprinkled on a flannel cloth and the 8POt rubbed with this. Warm turning back and hemstitching into the new tailored effect. < Step-ins are quite as simple to make from the silk. The new gar- ments depend much upon their ria- terial and color rather than on lavish trimming for beauty. Fold your material in half lengthwise and sew up the side seams. The folded side of the garment will be the bottom. The bottom is slit at both sides, leaving a small joining at the centre. These slits are fin- 'ished in the same edging which is used for the top and are the "step- ins" from which the garment orig- inally derived its name. There are charming sets of lin days. They are comprised of three pieces and make a splendid gifs % My Secrets of Charm By Marilynn Miller. ¢ Woe can I do," writes the girl of a thousand woes, "to make myself beautiful? 1 feel so awkward. 1 1m very conscious of my hands and feet. I am inclined to be thin and wiry and I certainly lack the thing cautitul women call poise." What shall this girl do? The irst thing she needs to do, if she would 'cultivate charm and beauty, is to change her mental attitude. + Ot course, while she believes her- self miserably homely: she will re- flect this opinion from her own thoughts. And others will .be quick to gather the same impres- sion. Forget yourself, my dear. That is the first advice I can give you. But you will ask how can you for- get yourself. The method is simple enough if you will follow it. You must learn to love some par- ticular hobby, And beware of your natural tendency to mope about the house. That won't do. You must select some sort of sport that will take you out in the open. Something that will make you for get your worries. > Perhaps you do not like golf. Try to learn it. Try associating on the links with friends whom you like. And you will find a natural inclination to like the game they like. These are the glorious days outdoors, when the first tingle of cold penetrates and makes us keep moving to be comfortable. Do you like tennis? Then why not cultivate this as your sport hobby? Tennis playing is excellent to make one forget awkwardness. You simply must give yourself up to the game to do it well. And in this way you will find yourself forget- ting your arms, hands, legs, hips and the other awkward parts of your body which you tell me abou: in your letter. There is one exercise I know which dramatic teachers give their students when trying to teach stage poise. I think it is the best method for making the arms and Lands graceful. You stretch your arms out from the shoulders as nearly horizontal as you can pose them. Then bring the arms above the head, clapping both hands together several times. Grandma's Good Night Story the back door of his father's old stone house and ambled down through the barnyard until he came to the pasture Where the horses were nibbling the grass. "Oh," he cried as he rubbed his eyes. "What in the world has hap- pened to dad's pony? She isn't the Same. Something's wrong." Johnny tiptoed forward toward the grazing horses in the field. Was he seeing things, he won- dered. Or was it really true that one of the horses had great white Strides all around its black, shining Y. Jee BROWN walked out "Gdodness me," cried Johnny in alarm as he came close to the strange-looking animal, "I wonder what has happened to Dover. He used to be dad's pet horse and now look at him, Striped all over like a crazy quilt." Johnny was starting to run back toward the house to tell his dad about the strange change that had come over Dover, when he came upon Billy Harmon sitting on an old stump whistling to some birds in the tree overhead: "For goodness Fake, Billy, do you know what's happened? One of dad's horses has changed colors. He's striped all over with white." "Think I'm crazy enough to be- lieve that?" agked Billy with a grin, "I'll go see for myself. I believe you're having a day dream, Johnny." But sure enough, when Billy got out to the pasture he saw the same strange sight. There stood a horse striped all over with white. They stood and watched him for a mo- ment, then Bly hag a bright idea. "lI know what's happened to him," he cried out. "He's been down by the new fence that Mr. Smithers painted yesterday, and I Will You Have E have been warned that there will be a coal short age this Winter, and many of us are wondering just how to cope with the situation. Civilization progressed in the days before man knew there was such a fuel as coal. . But now, with our furnaces, we are dependent upon it. Yet we can do something in the way of substitution. We can at least burn less coal. # Ofl stoves, electric heaters, gaso- line stoves--any number of other heaters are on the market to cope * with the Let the arms falls naturally to the sides, then wring your hands vigor ously from the wrists. This exer cise brings the circulation to a quickening at these parts, and with it comes a certain life force which we are unable to explain. Try this exercise every day for several weeks and I am certain your con- dition will improve. You will find that you will be able to use your arms more gracefully because they have become limbered up. Have you ever tried practicing holding the tea cup gracefully? This in itself is splendid exercise for those fingers that simply do not kiiow how to he graceful. Practice makes perfect in this art. Lift your tea cub as gracefully as pos sible every day when at the table, Aside from the pretty grace of bee ing able to sip tea with ease, lift ing the tea cup is excellent prac- tice for taming the "butter fingers™ that are ungraceful and unbeaue tiful. Your feet? Stand with feet toe gether. Jump once, twice, three times into the air, snapping your Jeet together while you are in the air. Sit on the floor of your room and draw your feet toward you, then bush them forward. Repeat this movement "several times until you feel the blood tingling. 'Wring the feet from the ankles as I have de- scribed the wrist movement above. Be careful of your posture, When you go for your daily walk, which must be part ¢f your exercise if you would cultivate a graceful body, be sure to hold your head high, your shoulders well back and your hips comfortably back. This is the posture which science claims to be most conducive to Lealth. And, of course, good health means beauty. One is a comple. Dent of the other. Never permit your chest to fall in while walking, This posture will give you a slouchy appearance. And although some of the flappers will insist upon strike. ing this pose, it is anything but graceful. Forget yourself and indulge free. ly in your sports. The results will be well worth your effort. For yon will have achieved a certain mag- nctism that radiates personality and charm. : s'pose he leaned against the picige ets and got those funny stripes." "But he must have leaned againsg that fence on both sides," said Johnny with a puzsgled frown. "You see, he's got the stripes all over him. I don't see how he could get those stripes on head and his Joga ,and body at the same me." "That's true" 1 Bilt thoughtfully. ote Tour dad about it." They hurried back to the house and came upon Johany's dad Just getting ready to start out plowing. Johnny rushed up to him and took his father by the hand. "Dad, something's happened to Dover. He's Ot strange white stripes all over him. Billy says he must. have been leaning against the new whitewash on the picket fence." Johnny's father burst into of laughter. 8 peal "I forgot to tell you about that," he explained as he walked out to the pasture fleld again with the two children. "That's not a horse at all. It's called a zebra. I got him from the city to put him in ho circus next week. It'll cost a dime to look at him then. But I See you ane had 'the first look for _.The two boys looked at each other in amazement, an it isn't Dover? Johnny "Of course Bot," - laughed Mr, rown. ali, will be the more important come sideration. 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