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"What I hate about women is that they seem to thins my office reception room is a room” Businessman speaking. had turned misgynist the ‘veek he lmeniewed several dozen women for a Job.

"She has no consideration Ivr anybody. Look at that napkin." Complaint was a young hostess, whose house is beautifully managed, but who is far from being a fuss- ‘widget.

"Women are always dllbllill" at their faces and fiddling with their hair.” Speaker was u highly suc- cessful professional ivomrn. slightly soured cn her 0\\ll sex-

Itomarks like llial have become so common that tvc have been wondering ii rev-it is brewing“ liuvc we, in our -.iiixicly' lo b: teaullllil. iureoizcn our manners? 1- cad .1‘ atzraoling by the per- l. 3.10M oi our make-u , are w; doing our best to lose frien ‘ and aienale people The interesting fact. is that no one is lukewarm cn this subject; everyone lius emptiatic fleas and at least one pet halo.

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Top oniplaint 0f all good house- kcc-icrs is lipstick on napkins. The ccvfsc uncars look shookink. and sometimes they are none too e853’ to ivssh tut. Since the best Dart - givers are often those who ta e , most pride in their possesssiofls, the moral is plain. The guest who wants to ice asked again blots her lips neaty with iiicial tissue before she comes to dinner. This imall lire- caution also prevents the telltale nxl on glass and spoon, embarras- sing to the perpetrator and often repellent to the attractive mun on her right.

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would be guilty but we hear caus‘ ic ccmments about guest tcues gaudily besmeared with

crimson and ocher. There seem to be women who don't lmow that only a Washed face should be pre- senied to a tnwel.

Unpoviiihr, too, are the guests who sprinkles powder everywhere; the one who borrows such personnel aocesstries as crmb. lipstick, and rouge; and the one who arrives just a trifle late and then, while the hostess fidgels, sits down for ccmplele and leisurely hairdressing and make-up.

If you want to make people keep their distance. cur research shows that the euro-fire way is tn BMW your rials. Even the nsll-blters themselves don't like to see any- one olsc do this. Another way to insure empty space around you is to douse yourself with so much

perfume that the odor sufftccatlrlws e ry e around. And pref-nil Y ezftiyexiace will turn away from " Y?" it“: "gflilui. m,- old-fashionelrl eu- quettc still frown On any face-fix- isig ouside the dreSslnfi mom: bug poyiuar sentiment. is n lHl/ur 0 tcuclilng up shiny noses and hale lip,- whenever necessary. Alwityb, though, the gesture should be light pretty. and casual, and r ‘fan- ity and lipstick should be as bright and clean and beautiful as You want to be yourself.

‘llow To Eulrange A Man

Men, as a. rule. are tolerantpf milking-up in public. "They like no lLsllliS and don't cavil at the means. But they draw the line at some things. No. 1 objection-we bcw our heads in shame for our insensitive sex-is hiiirwmbinz in ubla: And one man added, “es- pecially at a restaurant table."

Four Rules To Mind

Riulc Ono is the golden one "Do unto others-J’ Be as fastidious and considerate in the presence of others as you wculzi like tliefn to be in yours. For cxnnple, you may shudder at the idea of moistening a mascara brush with salvo; but do you think nothing of ienvinl I large lipstick print on sane cherished law's cheek? DO W" omb your hair over public wash- bcwls, fail to wash the ta: after a bath, leuve used paper totvels and tissues for someone else to pick up

Rule Tw0.is this: Since make-up 1.5 intimate and rsonal, narctlse it as far as poss ble in private" Use a lastin powder-base that will keep yuu loo ing flawless for hours- Find a lpstick you can depend 0n. Choose a hairdo that clays put.

Get yourself together before You o out. If you kn:~w that you are bathed, brushed. and powdered- not a hsr or a strarp out of place- ycu wonn have the desire lo pat and pull and touch up her: and there.

Rule Three is simple courtesy. If yf-u must make zepnirs in pubic, chose a moment when no mic is talking to you. And do it Cami-lily. Undertake no basic job, and don't screw up pour features.

Rule Ffltll‘ trains you to a ‘ii-aw belief in yourself. Do nothing w give away your doubts and quakes. 1mm to do with-zut such nervmis mannerisms as hair-fuaublng, face fuming. powceir-dabbkig. Set the stage, and then leave i: alone. Make yourself pretty; then forget your appearancefunly in this way can you have the unselfconscious charm so much more powerful than acre bcauty-Gelected.

Christmas Greens And Flowers

Santa Claus with a. slei h full of fresh lowers makes a 3a a cen- trepiece for a Chriswnu table White carnations, yellow ptmpons, red roses, s-napdragons and African daisies are n. festive choice- and l "roadway" holly or ngrimt evergreens down the centre of the table will add to the Yuletide sDirlt. Even if you can't get homo for the halide at the lust minute. Wu con wire e f ‘s favourite flowers and plants so t th may enlqv them during the, season. sivered angels, streamlined rein- deer. white oily leaves and bfllht‘; ly I

lirrod cones are on of flieonoveltles designed to Mid a gay touch to Chriltmcs.

Follow These Rules When Addressing Christmas Cards

IN ADDRESSING Christmas cards, many questions are bound to arise with regard to correct form. The following tips on addressing Christmas cards will, therefore, be welcomed by all who have cards to send. '

Christmas greeting cards fall into two general classes, formal and in- formal. If you use printed or en- graved cards for formal use, the title Miss, Mr., or Mr. and Mrs. should preferably appear above the greeting. For balance: “Mr. and Mrs. Frank Russell wish you l Men- ry Christmas," rather than "A Mer- ry Christmas from Mr. and Mrs. Frank Russell."

Whose name should come first, flu husband's or the wife's! Gen- erally, the hulbnnd‘: name cones first. On informal cards, signed in ink, it is quite proper to sign, “Bill and Shirley," or Bill and Shirley Adams, depending, of course, upon how well you know the acquaintance.

A married woman, whether her husband is alive or not, should be addressed with “Mrs." prefixed to her husband's full name. Every card sent out should bear a M12, Mrs" or Miss prefix. Failure to use

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this prefix is an Iipnrdonable breach of courtesy.

Do not address a divorcee by her maiden name, unless such name has been established by legal procedure.

John Robertson may be c busi- neu associate of yours, to whom you want to send a Christmas card, but you do not lcnow his wife. What shall you do in a case of this kind? It is quite proper to send your card to Mr. and Mrs. John Robertson, al- though, on the other hand, it is equally proper to send the card in his name only. It adds a little of the personal touch to learn the home address and send the card there, although directing the card to a business address is quite proper.

Some question u to the proprio- ty at sending out Christmas cards may cuter the minds of the family in mourning. By the same token, some question may arise as to the sending of Christmas cards to them. If the bereavement is very recent- within a month-it may be better for the family to omit Christmas cards. And cards to be sent to the family should be selected with considera- ble care.

Superstitions About Christmas

SIGNIFICANT meanings surround Christmas, according to superstitions believed in various parts of the world.

(1 In Holstein, Mistletoe is not only supposed to be a cure for all green wounds, but will insure success in the chase and give strength to the wrestler.

1L Early Norsemen believed for cen- turies that the Mistletoe would give protection against both bodily ail- ments and evil spirits.

(L A person who is born on Christ- mas will have power to see and com- mand sphits, according to a Scottish belief.

(L French peasants believe that babies born on Christmas have the gift of prophecy.

l1 If a baby is born at sermon time on Christmas Eve in Middle Europe, it portcnds that someone in the house will die within the year.

11 Daughters born in the Vosges, France, on December 25 will be win, witty and virtuous.

(L A baby born on Christmas in Silesia will become either a lawyer or a thief.

(L Girls in the ancient Duchy of Swavia seldom missed the oppor- tunity offered by Christmas to look into the future at their future hus- bands. On Christmas Five they would go to the woodpile to draw sticks. If a girl pulled a thick stick, her hus- band would be stout; if a long stick, he would be tall; if a crooked stick, he would be deformed. They would determine the business of their fu-

ture husbands by dropping melted lead into a pan of cold water. The molten metal would form various shapes in cooling, and thus resemble the insignia of his occupation: ham- mer shape, a carpenter; shoe shape, a cobbler. Every piece of lead re- sembled soine occupation to the old wives.

cl, A maiden in Switzerland who ac- cepts-: bunch of Edelweiss at Christ- mas also accept he IIID who prol- fers it.

IL All animals in the German Alps can speak on Christmas Eva.

IL It is believed in the Netherlands that nothing sown on Christmas Eve will perish. Even coed lawn in the snow will live.

11 A Bohemian wife will die within n year if she burns a Christmas cake. (l, To insure an abundant harvest in Denmark. some of the bread baked on Christmas is kept until sowing time, when it is mixed with the |eed. l1 I_t is said that bread baked on Christina: in England never be- comes moldy.

l1 Ashes must not be thrown out on Christmas day in some sections of Europe, for fear they might b; thrown into the Saviofs face.

(l, Some families in Scandinavia place all their shoe: together on Christmas. This will cause them to

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Christmas Tree Industry ‘Aim-s to Please’

A highly developed industry, Christmas tree production aim to satisfy all typos of clutomers. Here a ivorlsmnn after bundling Ml bee: according to aiu and grade i: ww- ing the bum to coon lengths. In cities wharrceilingl are high, as in old communitieo, taller tree: are desired. For modem low-ccilinged living rooms, only Indium ‘m; shorter aim find ready market. The man popular kind o] Chricr. mu fr“ is the fir. II i; generally preferred because it undo lo hold in needles longer than any u)“; evergreen tree. Sprucu, pines, hemlock: and red-cedars on Ibo used u Christmas tron.

CHARM 0F CHRISTMAS

THE chief charm of Christmas ll it: simplicity. It is a festi- val that Appeals to everyone be- cause QVITYOHI can imderstand it. A genuine fellowship per- vades our common life-a fellow- ship whose source is our common share in the world's greatest Life which was given to the whole

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‘Story of Christ's Birth be: Baux in Franco, villa f lhlllhlrds, puts on one :f the dramatic Christmas celebrations in the world, and hu done" it you-lg for over a thousand you-g, 7h. aunts act‘ out thmiiolo Bethle- em l . on h M ' arm in“ lbw it: David" ti’... mi oxen. Thousands of vilitcn can. every Christmas m u; n. ‘h. event.

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Christmas tree candles date back to the very earlielt tin-loo in tho Christian era. The Yule candle, of goodly size, lighted early Nativity celebrations. The lighting of can- dles is indeed a universl religious and national custom. Candle light- ing featured the Norse mid-winter festival of the turning of the nun. The Jewish Feast of Chanuckah or Lights is also celebrated similarly at the same season.

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Romans exchanged giftl during gay celebrations. But giving of pru- enis of course goes back much up lier. The Romans, however, gave it clearer identity as s part of their festival program. Christmas boxes and cards of today have a link to the ancient Roman festivities. In France, gifts are distributed to dil- dren New Year's eve instead of Christmas. In England, Germany, Italy, and most everywhere else, the custom is like in the United States. Santa comes a-vlsiting at Christmas.

Christmas wreaths

In ancient times the Tcutons re- garded holly as a symbol of good luck. The custom was widespread of hanging evergreens in the inte- ,rior of dwellings. Later-the legend was widely circulated that all grow- ing things blossomed and bore fruit the night of the Nativity. Holly came also to symbolize the crown of thorns worn by Chrllt. The Puri- tans, however, iegarded holly and mistletoe decoration! as pagan in nature, and they therefore were out- lawed.

St. Nicholas rides Wodcn’: mm on Christmas eve in Iolland. There the children put up their wooden shoes in the chimney corners as a stop signal for the merry fellow. Children of France followed the cus- tom by placing their shoes for Boli- liomme Noel by the hearth. In Enl- lend and the United States, boys and girls improved on the idea by hang- ing up stockings. These can hold more gifts.

Christmas Imam:

- The Puritans predicted the dilap- pcarancc of Christmas carols and did what they could to discourage the custom of singing thorn. Bu! it lin éhrgwn more and more n part of the istmll tradition which began in only Christian days in Home. The French Noel, do to the Elev- enth century, and the rmun Wail:- nacliulicdcr, have the um: origin.

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Nation's Christmas Bill Set at $62 per Family;

Toys Cost $183,000,000 You're paying a part of this bill: Santa's middle men predict a $183,000,000 national toy hill this your, which would be about the lame a: wan lpent last year to lpread char among the youngsters.

The array around American Christmas freon this season, includ- hg w", will cost sack family an average of $62.60, according to re- liable surveys.

There's another aide to it. Be- tween 200,000 and 800,000 persona In hing added to the nation's pay- rolls during the holiday rush, and the turnover should raise total 1939 n10; for ti‘: ycaigito at lent ‘fast yes a v0 me nearly ,- 000,000,000.

Camel Diltributes Gifts

To Children in Syria Christmas gifts are presented by a camel in Syria. The youngest carnal which actmmpanied the Wise Man is called the Camel of Issue. It performs the tank each year of distributing presents.

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Mefry Christmas Also Famous As Yea_1"s N0. 1 A Danger Season

I ou want n lrul merry Christina's be m; {but the Irivolityy o the lemon doc-m’! tum i: {m tragedy. ha Notional Safety Council pflblll out 0m the Holidays an Illa mu Januroul l of the your, ro- plau with lune “alum, homo cocldcnll, burm and lulls. Kup time "ma." in mind and you'll live la no flu now your: DON'T give children dangerous toys, or toys with sharp points. If they operate with electricity, be lure you supervise their use.

DON'T decorate the tree with lighted candles unless it's absolutely unavoidable. Carefully wired elec- tric bulbs are much safer.

DON'T place the tree near a ltove or fireplace.

DON'T leave a lighted tree un- guarded at any time; you must be on the lookout for fires.

DON'T use a rickety, unsafe lad- der in decorating the tree.

DON'T place Giristmns enfidlol near the tree, curtains, paper wreaths or other decorations. DON'T overlook the opportunity to make your tree fire-resistant. Ac-

cording to the UDIUC“ forests!‘ service, you can do it this way: Divide the weight of your tree by four and buy that many pounds of ammonium sulphate. Dissolve it in water, one and a half pints to each pound of ammonium sulphate. Cut, the and of your free trunk on a‘ diagonal, put lomc solution in a jar‘ and nick the diagonal butt into the‘ solution. Add solution u the tree‘ drinks it up. i DON'T be excessive about Christ-l, mas "spirits." i DON'T leave toy: exposed when people can trip on them.

DON'T have your tree in the, house after it becomes dried out. i DON'T allow stop: and sidewalks to become lw h cold vmitliu.

DON'T drive carefully - unless you want to live and enjoy 1941. -

City of New Orleans Likes I ts Firework: In Christmas Season

lng under intense‘ ‘ heat. Outside ao- tlviiiel are out of the question. . _. Y. wminolay July.‘ r f 4 festivities out of the question, it val easy to bo- gin celebrating Chrllhnu, instead, with the firing of lkymckots, Roman candles and firecrackers. Once Mart- ed, there was no stopping ll. Shooting starts several weeks bo- fore Christmas, and ovary night the tumult increases. Parents consist- ently caution their children to nvc the firecrackers until the twenty- Mth, because lady won't get my more. The boys and girls refuse to believe this prophecy, but fool that Providence will not allow them f0 3o crackerlcu. Even the almost pennilela have firecrackers, but the more wealthy win the envy of oflierl with their H, _ ‘rockets. ‘ Enthusiasm in not limited to the young boys, but it is shared by the entire family. Boys and girls parade up and down the streets at night, making a racknt with tin trumpets and "instruments" they picked up on the way. They ring door-bells, then run away with joyful laughter. The sky ls lighted up with rockets and firecradrerl beat a constant staccato. The tun begins again the nut morning, with greater enthusiasm than ever. Although a boy may have bnnkrupted himself the day before, firecrackers have taken a great drop in price. Ha must have a new Iupply because they an cheap. Now the juveniles grow reckless. Whole packages o! firecrackers go off at one full blow; thou who were firecracker boy: yesterday are lkyrockct boys today. As night comes on, the streets sum ubluo with c!- plosivu and colored rockets. The second morning after dis-ist- mu the meats are strewn thick with burned pieces at fireworks; but the air is clear. The aerial odor of- firework: iragain replaced by tho perfume omchriliau ma.

Sugar and Water-Stops Fall 0] Christmas Needle!

It's any in nap the‘ fall of Christ- rnn tree needles. Sow of! a pct-Mi of the tree's hue-enough cu fin sh wood will be expound. Se! I allow an 0d water beneath the been of e tree, in which the bale should be immersed. A to of sugar should be added to the vu- hn '11s: ivntd- piovidh hooded moisture nndtthe nag: nourishes

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Troplcal Ghnstmas on thelslandsin Hawaii IT’! uking a lot to “Ne! peach born in temperate latitudes to get lteamed up about Christmas in the tropics. But to children born on islands in the middle of the Pacific, Christmas is still-Christmas, writes iArminu van Tempski in Cosmopoli-

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On the outlying islands in Hawaii, Christina is ’ ’ in on horse- back, Ind the jingle of panlolos‘ spun replaces the imagined tinklo of Santa's marry sleigh bells. On Christmas eve some inner part of m0 wait: and listens all night for the tramp of horses‘ hoofs, the ring- ing of Ipurs, rich Hawaiian voices singing above resonant guitars and guy ukulclol; for cowboy serenad- Qrl, riding from ranch to ranch.

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