RN N A N DOES JAZZ Beatrice Fairfax Defends Syncopated Music, but Warns Against the Evils Too Often Accompanying It. By Beatrice Fairfax. 1 Who occupies a unique position in the writing world as an author- ity on problems of love. HAT a weight of catas- ,trophe, tragedy, vulgar ity and heartless indiff- erence is laid at the door of jazz! That the entire world is jazz- mad; that America in {ts every hard, crude, superficial aspect is expressed by the loud strains of this syncopated music; most serious of all that homes are be- ing disrupted, our young people unfitted for love and happy mar riage--these are a few of the ac- cusations against which jazz is called to defend itself. On the other hand jazz is highly praised. It's called Ameri- ca's folk music and a great and original contribution to the art of the world. Rumer reports that jazz will before long be heard in that home of classical harmony, the Metropolitan Opera House. Jazz is nothing more or less thar syncopated time in dance music. It's ragtime--a weird, discordant, yet musical, effect ob- tained by beginning a tone on an unagcented pam of a measure and ending on an a2cented part. But how inadequate such a definition is to suggest the bliss produced by the "snappy" strains that keep so many thousands of feet twinkling night and day. The mad wave of excessive drinking, with wild joy rides, petting parties and similar evils, which it is claimed is undermin- ing our young people, has not necessarily any connection with Jazz. Rather, it's an aftermath of the war. Last year Sheila was gayest of the gay. To-day's she § hope- less sufferer in a public sani- tarium. Sheila's gayety all be- gan after her long day at the department store ended. Then, hardly waiting to swallow a hasty, cheap meal, she waquld dress in her tawdry finery and rush to the bright "jazz palace." How she loved the lure of the music, the twinkling feet! Sheila never lacked partners, for sne Was pretty, lively and young. When the last strain of the music( died away Sheila would steal back to her bare little room for an'hour or two of sleep be- fore her alarm clock summoned her to another long day behind the counter. The gray morning hours were the time when she felt the full reaction of weari- ness - and despair. Even the memory of the music and danc- ing of the night before hardly &ave her energy to drag herself to her work. &- year of burning the candle at both ends in this man- ner, Sheila's health broke. "Tuberculosis!" pronounced the specialist. "Any family? Any relatives?" Shatla was asked. She shook her Shella wacn't bad she was Just young--and she wanted and heeded her share of fun and laughter. In some clubs where only the sons and daughters of the rich congregate to dance to the strains of jazs, conditions are permitted which are offensive to 800d morals. In these organfza- tiong it's not the jazz but lack of law enforcement, due to lax morality on the part of the elders, that countcnances, if not encour- ages, drunkeness and licentious- ness among the * "We have sacrificed this en- tire generation of our young girls," declares a well-known _ writer, referring to the lurid con- ditions eo prevalent and" which he attributes to lack of prohibi- tion enforcement and the after- math of war. Jazz in itself is not immoral. Those who condemn it are but echoing an older generation who solemnly declared when the waltz Was introduced that it would ruin t love, marriage and morals. | halls, | clean, bright, entertaining and Yet now the waltz generally is recog- nized as harmless. Jazz has brightened many young hearts, brought young peo- ple happily together, aided Cupid in selecting life partners as well as partners for the dance. Overindulgence in jazz, lke over-indulgence in all the good things of human life, is undesir able. But in its time and place Jazz is a merry, harmless pas: time, fine exercise, and a potent means of bringing young men and girls together in happy mood, which is essential to love and successful marriage. Once upon a time vaudeville was a synonym for vulgarity. No joke was too low for the music To-day our vaudeville is universally popular. We can, it we will, do the same thing for Jazz. Let's lift it from the mire of its evil environment and glve it the freedom of fresh, whole- some surroundings which tts merit deserves. Young people rightly crave and demand good times, free opportunity for social enjoyment. To suppress this craving which fs part of Nature's business of finding life mates is to drive a tremendous primal force into dangerous channels. So Jet's keep our jazz and give it a good house- cleaning. Our young folks are starting this fine crusade without waiting longer for help from their elders. New standards are slowly form- ing. The pendulum is swinging back. Worth-while girls every- where are, if need be, sacrificing social life rather than submit to prevalent degrading social condi- tions. Young men will quickly fall into line when they find girls are In earnest in not want. ing the petting party, the drunk- en orgy, the promiscuous kiss. "A merry heart acts like a tonic," say the physicians, A merry heart is dear to youth. Above all, a merry heart gives the gay, glad courage we all need. And certainly jazz brings a mer- ry heart. So let's open our hearts and homes to jazz and banish the evils that have too often acs companied it. CORRECT MANNERS 14, fhe » rele Awe Ro 35 WS Rg Ie they could meet--the girl of twenty-eight or thirty years ago H strangely they would look to each other, these two, if - and this damsel of now that everybody is hopping on so hard! It is more likely that instead of BOTH saying "my: gracious," this girl of ours would say something much stronger--""my word" being one guess at it, and By Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman. How to Eat Celery. EAR MRS. BEECKMAN: D A friend and I had an argument about the cor rect way to eat celery. She says it is not correct to put the salt on the table cover when 'plates are not provided for that purpose, and I say it is. 1 wish you would settle . this for us. (2) Is it proper for a girl to show her 'hopechest and its contents to the young man to whom she is engaged? F.C. B. YOU lose! It is not correct to put salt on the table cloth. To begin with, it doesn't look neat, and then too the salt is difficult to remove when the table cloth is crumbed. The salt should be put on the bread and utter plates, if they are on the table. If bread and butter plates are not served, the salt should be put on the edge of ver Fate is In front of you the o. (3) It is quite proper for \y gin to show the contents of her chest to her flance. It is not, however, good taste for her to show him her trousseau, When Eating Salad. DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN: When one orders a salad and no fork is served, fs is proper to use a knife? (2) When one orders spa. ghett! and is unable to eat it the Italian way, is it proper to cut it? AN INTERESTED READER YOU had better make known your wish for a salad fork whether you are in a restaurant or in a private home. I hate to Jictute your progress with a pr five! Of her hair, her silhouette, her pose, her cigarette, her figure FASHION FADS | AND FANCIES eee By Mildred {ANGEABLE as Woman's C Mind--Is the shaded taffeta that is very smart for dance frocks. With a draped bodice and extremely full skirt, such a frock has a charmingly youthful sim. plicity when trimmed merely with several sprays of padded, silken flowers, one at one side of the waistline of the bodice, and the others posed diagonally across the front of the skirt. 2 Stiffly Starched--Are the prim white collars. effectively worn with the season's' flannel; twill, or kasha tailored frocks. One of the newest styles stands quite wide from the neck and has slits cut all around so that a narrow . silk tie can be drawn through. Flashy and Frivolous--Are the newest, sheer chiffon stockings designed for evening wear fof those bent upon attracting atten- tion. These conspicuous hose have a row of rhinestones, start Ing at the ankle and winding in snakelike effect. . Laughing Up Her Sleeve--Is no longer difficult for the weil gowned woman for never, in ( again, Foxy "Bobby. the other the only one who would be ex- herself perfectly with that gracious-word. What would thirty years ago think, anyway, her short petti, her long silk legs, as natural as a Greek girl's? She of nineteen-twenty- would probably think her a rare cu What would Right-Now think of DRAWN BY NELL BRINKLEY riosity and a fright. thirty years ago! Of her enor mous rolls of hair, her stiff back, her long gloves, her lack of any feet and legs at all, at all, her tiny waist with her blouse half as long in the back as in the front, her pose as of a straight line that had been bent in the middle with pride, ing lace skirts, her tight corsets, her and slang? She would think her a /. Dan is the only one who both of them lovely indeed! FOXY GRANDPA'SSTORIES her tiny ear-drops, her yards of swirl- unreal figure, her lack of smoke rare curiostly and a fright! would think neither of them funny, and --NELL BRINKLEY. ADVICE TO THE] LOVELORN THE SORCERESS CIRCE. from rather a muddy stream which we 'were crossing. I stopped him and said: "Don't drink that water, Bobby. It doesn't look very clear to me. Wait until we compe to a spring. It's risky to drink any water that hasn't. been boiled unless you know. all about it. Remember that." . . "Yes, sir," sald Bobby promptly. + "One of the first rules in the army is not to drink water until it has been tested. This prevents much illness." : "What was that story about some beautiful lady giving people Something bad to drink in a on, Otros," 1 leughed. "Please tell me about her Grandpa," sald . "Circe was very beautiful but just as cruel and bad as she was " IL started. Ba knelt down to drink 4 Bunny who was listening intently. "That I don't know, "I laughed." But I do know she could do some- thing else." "What, Foxy Grandpa? asked Bobby." What tricks did she do?" animals." "Ugh!" said Bobby, making a face. wry "But rag met her match t By Beatrice Fairf, Renewing a Friendship. EAR MISS FAIRFAX: Last Summer I met a a young man whom I saw nearly every week for three months. When I left he asked me to write, which I did. He called me up and thanked me for my letter. Since then I have not seen nor heard from him, but I have seen his broth- er several times, and he always tells ne that his brother asks about me. - Will you please advise me how to renew our friendship? 'We were no more than friends. FLORENCE. JF your friend is lMving in the same city in which you live, write him a note inviting him to come and see you some eveni Taking SECRETS OF HEALTH AND SUCCESS By Charles A. L. Reed, Da Former- President of the Rr. can Medical Assoclatio Care of Chapped and Sore Hands. NE of the most annoying 0 of Winter conditions is the tendency of some hands to chap. In these cases there is a ten- dency for the hands to crack, es- pecially in the bottom of the deep folds at the knuckles, or to be- come inflamed, with a tendency to form crusts in different areas. Hands of this kind generally have dry surfaces at all times. The natural oily secretion is de- _ ficient. The moisture that comes in the inflamed area and that which forms the crusts is not the natural oil of the skin or any oil at all, but a sort of sticky ooze from the exposed blood ves- sels--a condition called eczema. It is easy to see that if the oil on the surface is already too scanty, the use of soap or even of water will only wash it away and thus make bad matters worse. In view of this fact the prob- lem of keeping the chapped, cracked or eczematous hand clean, sometimes becomes a dif. ficult problem. In the majority of mild cases the washing of the hand in tepid water with as little soap as pos- sible, followed by the immediate application of some emulsion of oil, in the form of a "cream," will be all that is necessary. In more pronounced cases it may be better to follow the ad- vice of Glaze, the great French dermatologist. He advises the patient to avoid toap entirely: and * provide himself with oil of sweet almonds or olive ofl. He suggests that ft be applied from a shaker, of the kind used by barbers to sprinkle liquids on the hair. A liberal quan- tity of the oll is poured into the palm and thoroughly but gently smoothed and worked into the skin of the hands; this done, a small portion of the yolk of an egg is added, and the two briskly worked into an emulsion, exactly after the manner of lathering the hands with soap. The addition of a few drops of water aids at this stage, 3 ing a thin. creamy white to dark suspension, according to how badly the hands are soiled. The parts, rinsed now with cool water, are left soft and clean, without visible oiliness when dried. This generally overcomes the eczema, In certain cases, however, even after the cure of .the eczema, there remains a persistent dry- nes with tendency to chap. In these cases, Glaze advises that after working the oil inte the skin, instead of using the egg yolk, to employ a mild soap, using just enough, to- gether with sufficient water, to produce a milky saponified emule sion without lathering." Copyright, 1983, King Features Syndicate, Ina. WHEN DID IT HAPPEN? f > 8reat Italian painter, live? --- 1--Frificls Plaké, AméFlean physicist, invented an early form of J 3laphone