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Help For
Allergy
Sufferers
By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D.
MOKE and more people these
days seem to be suffering from al
lergy or pversensitivity. One rea
son, of course, is that we know more
about allergy.
In recent times a number of drugs
called antihistamines have been pre
pared. These drugs neutralize his
tamine, which is formed in the body
in excessive amounts in patients
suffering from this allergy or over
sensitivity. These preparations have
been helpful in treating a large
number of patients with a variety
of skin disorders. The drugs are
given by mouth, as a rule, three or
four times a day
Skin Condition
Following an injection of peni
cillin, some patients develop hives,
or a skin condition known as ery
thema multiforme. Nineteen pa
tients with these disorders were
treated with either pyribenzamine
or benadryl, which are anti-hista
mine drugs. In 14 of the 19 patients
treated the conditions cleared up in
from two to three days. Two of the
patients, who were not benefited by
either of the drugs alone, were
given both together, but were not
In one series of cases, 37 patients
with a skin condition called atopic
dermatitis were also given these
preparations. Atopic dermatitis is
a skin inflammation which develops
from contact with substances to
which the person may be sensitive.
In order to keep this condition un
der control, the drugs must be given
over a longer period of time, that is,
from one to three months. Of 20
patient* treated with the pyriben
zamine, three were freed of their
symptoms and 14 were greatly im
proved after two to three months,
while two were not helped. Of the
12 patients treated with benadryl,
four were cured in one month, six
were improved, and two were not
helped. Of five patients given both
drugs, one was improved and four
were not helped.
Taking the Drug
In some patients, the taking of
the drug only at the time the con
dition flares up may keep the skin
free from the rash.
Dr. Grant Morrow treated 27 pa
tients who had itching around the
lower bowel opening. Seventeen of
them were given pyribenzamine,
eight were given benadryl, and two
were given both preparations. Eigh-.
teen of these patients were either
cured or greatly relieved by this
treatment.
Some doctors believe that, for the
relief of itching, pyribenzamine is
better than benadryl. Furthermore,
they feel that reactions to the pyri
benzamine seem to occur less often
in many cases.
It must be remembered that these
preparations are not cures. They
only give relief from the trouble
some symptoms, and they must al
ways be taken under a doctor’s su
pervision.
What Are You
Serving For
Thanksgiving?
By ALICE DENHOFF
A LOOK at the calendar serves
as a reminder that holiday time,
starting off with Thanksgiving, is
fast approaching. Turkey is all very
nice, but more than one family we
know is splurging with a beautiful
roast, which, because of high cost,
has become somewhat of a rarity.
Folks insist that a beautiful pig
roast of beef or pork or lamb has,
for them, a real holiday air. After
all, the first Thanksgiving saw' plen
ty of venison, wild* hare and other
meats, as well as wild turkey;
Goose or Duck
How about goose or duck, a
“must” in many* families, we’re
told? If you find these two meats
too rich, what with the other good
holiday fare, you might leave out
the stuffing that captures the
gTease. Instead, rub the cavity of
either duck or goose with powdered
ginger. Roast at 18 min. to the lb.,
pouring off the fat frequently. This
makes a dry, digestible bird every
one will enjoy. If you want stuffing,
bake it in a dish on the side. The
addition of one c. of fresh cranber
ries to your usual stuffing recipe
with H tap. majoram makes a nice
viianfo.
A fine stuffing for duck, in the
bird or on tha side, is made with
fruit and brown rice. Ssute one c.
finely chopped celery in 2 tbsp. ta
ble fat for 5 min. Then combine with
2 c. cooked brown rice, % tsp. salt,
2 tap. grated orange rind, one c.
diced orange pulp, one c. pitted,
eooked, coarsely cut prunes and 5
crumbled shredded wheat biscuits.
Tosa ingredients lightly. Enough to
stu/T crop and cavity of a 5-6 lb.
duck.
A toast pork platter garnished
frith pickle-fUled onions and clus
tara of apicod crab apples makea
mighty good holiday, fare. Have
backbone loosened tipm riba of loin
of pork at market Season maat with
salt and pepper. Place fat aids up
in open roasting pan. Insert meat
thermometer into center of thickest
part of meat being aura bulb dots
not not on bona. Roast nt SSO F.,
allowing SO min. to lb., or until ther
momotor registers US F. Peel large
oniera, scoop out a little of the eon
twOtoil until tender. Fill centers
with sweat pickle relish, arrange' on
platter with the meat, with the
spiced crab apple*
* your Zkauksgimg ^Party *
THANKSGIVING CALLS for YOUR best silver, china and glass on your fine Irish linen tablecloth. For an unusual
centerpiece, how about fruit and autumn flowers in a gay toy wheelbarrow, nut* and raisins in a tiny one?
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By mARIUN CLYDE mcCARROLL
house ?
Not that Thanksgiving isn't al
ways a party, even though there's
just the regular family circle gath
ered around the dinner table.
But in an increasing number of
homes. Thanksgiving is becoming
a day to gather in guests either for
dinner or for a buffet supper in the
evening. People who may be far
away from tjieir own homes and to
whom being invited out for Thanks
giving. would mean all the differ
ence between a homesick holiday
alone and a happy one with warm
--—
interested in getting tne neip ot a
new book titled “The Complete
Party Book,” by Alexander Van
Rensselaer, which is designed to aid
the hostess in planning every detail
of such an event from issuing the
invitations to working out the
menus and providing the recipes for
them, decorating the table, and se
lecting, from a vast variety, games,
stunts and other things to do that
will keep the guests enthusiastic
ally entertained from start to finish.
There are even hints on the easiest
way to clear up the debris after the
guests have departed.
Besides offering ideas for birth
day parties, wedding anniversary
parties, showers and other more
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iftivy > n
HIRE COMES THE TURKEYI Ideas for your Thanksgiving party abound in
a new Party Book, from which this and the other sketches are taken.
hearted friends. People who may
be newcomers in town, and who
would gratefully welcome in in
vitation to a neighbpr's for Thanks
giving evening as an opportunity to
get acquainted with other towns
people. People who have suffered
recent misfortune or bereavement,
who would find solace in congenial
companionship on a day that would
otherwise be one of bitter mem
ories.
If you are contemplating any spe
ttal party, either forThanksgiving
or for any other time, you may be
usual kinds of celebrations, the book
has a miscellany of suggestions
for unusual any-old-time parties.
There’s the “Advertising Party,”
for instance, and the “Inside Out,
Upside Down Party”; the “Sinners’
Party" and the “Superlative Party”
and the “As-Ycu-Were Party,” as
well as numerous others. .
Games for parties fall into four
separate groups, according to
whether you want the guests on
their feet or sitting down, lively or {
-quiet. There are active games, dra
matic games, oral games and pencil-1
A "MARRIAGI PROPOSAL" COMPITITION, in which a prize ia awarded to the
moat convincing suitor, is one of the stunts suggested in the Party Book.
ind-paper games. There are stunts
that cover a wide range of activities
from “magic” to guessing games.
Altogether, the book has every
thing you need to make your party
a success, no matter what the occa
sion. With its help, you can’t miss.
Nervous Mother Needs an Outside Activity
By UAKKI CLtVtLANU rtU. ]’
NQT everybody can sing: well. ]
But practically everybody can de- ;
velop some special interest or hobby ;
from which he or she may gain con- ‘
Siderable satisfaction and become
a happier person that is easier to
live with. .
“Dear Dr. Myers: Since I wrote (
to you last, I am much improved ■
and thought perhaps some other !
mother might benefit from this let- ]
ter.
“I read your bulletin entitled, ,
‘The Nervous, Jittery Mother.’ The ,
paragraph which speaks of an out
side interest for a nervous person :
appealed to me, for my doctor ad
vised the very same thing.
A Hobby Helps
“I think a hobby helps, too. My
hobby is singing. All my life, ever
since I found out I had a pretty
good voice, I longed to be a singer,
but I was married and vocal lessons
cost so much; so I never got a
chance to use my talent until .sev
eral months ago. I was asked to
sing with an orchestra and they
liked me enough to have me sing
the same song three times. I also
sing regularly in our church choir.
Then I have another opportunity
to join the Moose Glee Club being
organized.
“I would like to pass this bit of
advice along to women who get
bored with their house work. When
they are doing sdme chore, like
scrubhingtar washing dishes, if they
would only ''sing while they work
they would find it fun instead of
drudgery. I used to be self-con
scious about people seeing me as I
t’orKed outside, wow when 1 go out
o wash windows or work in the
ard, I just start singing a favorite
ong, and I never think of myself
,t all, or about any neighbors.
Got Some Rest
“I was interested in your article,
Summer Schedule for Children.’ I
lid what you suggested. Jimmy re
axed every afternoon from 2 to 4.
rhen I got some rest, too. I would
ie down then myself. Jimrfiy played
o hard when he was up that I am
ure the rest did him worlds of
rood.
“I also have my work strictly on
chedule, which is a wonderful help,
dy doctor advised it. I used to be
vorking all the time and wondered
iow other women ever got through.
Words of the Wise
Ideals are like stars; you will
not succeed in touching them
with your hands, but, like the
seafaring man on the desert of
waters, you choose them as your
guides, and following them you
will reach your destiny.
—(Carl Schurz)
Don’t part with your illusions.
When they are gone you may
still exist, but ypu have ceased
to live. — (Mark Twain)
With most people, doubt about
one thing is simply blind belief
in another.— (G. G. Lichtenberg)
' Animals whose hoofs are hard
ened on rough ground can travel
any road. —(Seneca)
*Now I know. They must follow a
schedule, too. I have spare time now
to read to our boy and play with
him. The whole family is happier
and I am so glad we adopted a child.
If we were younger we would like
to adopt another one.”
This mother’s Idea about follow
ing a schedule is good, but some
women are so constituted as not to
adapt themselves well to a schedule,
especially if they worry over fail
ure to keep right on the dot. Indeed,
some mothers waste needless nerv
ous energy at fretting when they
don’t get the baby or tot to bed
right on the minute. Schedules can
have great values when used sen
sibly.
Answering Parents* Questions
Q. We have two children, 6 and 3
respectively. Should one always ex
pect the older to give up to the
younger?
A. No, but most parents do.
Train each child to respect the own
ership of the other child. The big
gest need is to protect the older
child from the barbarism of the
baby. Violent quarrelling and jeal
ousies thus may be reduced.
Q. When the physician finds no
physical cause for bed-wetting in a
child over four or five, what should
< his parents do?
| A. Try to ascertain the psycho
1 logical causes and whether he feels
secure emotionally. Help him get
himself to the toilet often enough
to keep dry. Never shame or punish
him for his being wet but cele
brate his successes for being dry.
“Some Psychology of Bed-wetting”
may be had in a stamped envelope.
(Cotrrlskt, 1141. Kin# r«h
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ANOTHIR OAMI OUARANTIID to liven
up any party ia called “Oppoaites."
It calla for quick wita and poise.
rood tor Thought
To make garlic bread to serve
with a casserole dish and green sa
lad supper, mash a clove of garlic
until it is entirely disintegrated.
Mash it into three or four table
spoons butter or margarine. Cut a
small loaf of French or Vienna bread
into thick slices, but do not cut en
tirely through to bottom crust.
Spread garlic butter between slices,
and heat in moderate oven until
very hot and crust is erisped.
To pep up creamed vegetables,
add one tablespoon prepared mus
tard to two cups of cream sauce;
add vegetables and dust with pa
prika before serving.
For a delightful sandwich hilling,
combine almonds and tuna hsh with
mayonnaise and lemon juice to
taste*
A delicious accompaniment for
chicken or bam is apple fritters.
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A Little Smoked Picnic Ham
*****
Cook it with a Delicious Orange-Mustard Giaze
By IDA BAILEY ALLEN
“WOULD you like a good piece
of smoked ham?” asked the Chef,
| unwrapping a package. “Voila, here
j it is.”
I “But this isn’t really a ham, Chef;
it’s called a ‘smoked’ picnic—”
“Ah, oui, but it is made from
pork, processed and smoked exact
ly like ham, only it is taken from
the shoulder instead of the leg. It
is much less expensive, and you can
buy them in different sizes, any
where from four to seven pounds.
Plenty for a family dinner with
some left-over, besides the good
ham liquid to use for soup.”
“Let’s have it glazed,” I suggest
ed. “As it’s a whole piece of meat
it will look more attractive than a
shank of ham, and it goes farther,
too.”
The Pressure Cooker
“Here’s a chance for me to use
the pressure-cooker, Madame. That
will make it more quick and more
tender. What kind of glaze shall I
put on? Shall it be the cranberry
glaze, the spiced honey glaze, the
pineapple glaze, the molasses
glaze—”
“Let’s have the new orange-mus
tard glaze,” I suggested, “and be
sure to cook some yam-sweetpota
toes, too. They’re my favorites with
smoked pork.”
“There are still other kinds of
not-expensive smoked pork our
readers can use,” remarked the
Chef. “I think it is a good idea to
buy one every week when the gen
eral marketing is done. Then when
the fresh meat is used up, there is
the smoked pork ready to cook with
out going to the market.”
i “And if our homemakers will also
buy at the same time the root vege
I tables which they can cook and
serve with the smoked pork, they
can manage to go to market only
twice a week. This is. a very' £00tl
time saver.”
“The smoked shoulder of pork
without the bone, which they call
cottage roll, is also an economical
cut for a small family,” observed
the Chef. “It can be cooked and
glazed, or it can be boiled with cab
bage and vegetables.”
English Style
“I often slice it to broil or fry, or
to cook English style,” I said. “That
is when you put the sliced ham in
a big baking pan, cover with sliced
raw potatoes and onions mixed with
salt, pepper and 2 or 3 tablespoons
flour, pour in milk to cover and bake
slowly for an hour.”
“Excellent; and I think we can
use the dry skim milk in place of
whole milk in making it,” remarked
the Chef. “That is a big saving; it
costs less than half as much per
quart. And I have another sugges
tion. For most families it is too ex
pensive to have ham and eggs even
once a week. Now they can slice
this cottage roll of pork and make
a good dish of smoked pork and
eggs which has the same taste.
Then there is also what is known
as the smoked jowl square. Do they
use much in this country, Ma
dame?”
In the South
“Yes, especially in the south. It's
made from the trimmed jowl of pork
cured and smoked like bacon,” I ex
plained. “It’s very fat, so it's best
boiled with a big pot of beans or
black-eyed peas which need fat for
seasoning. Smoked jowl is also good
cut up and baked with beans coun
try style.”
“Another good budget dish with
this smoked jowl would be to slice
and fry it, and serve with cream
gravy on your American biscuits,”
added the Chef.
So no matter whether you buy
expensive smoked ham or the less
expensive cuts of smoked pork, you
can enjoy that appetizing tantaliz
ing flavor that’s popular at every
table.
TOMORROW'S DINNER
Chilled Grapefruit Juice
Glazed Picnic Ham
Mashed Yam-Sweetpotatoes
Escalloped Tomatoes
Celery and Carrot Stick? Biscuits
Coffee-Gel Whipped Topping
Lonee or lea jmhk i^niioren/
All Moaturomonlt Aro Lovol
Kotipo So/vot Four
Glazed Picnic Ham
Order a smoked picnic, ham.
Cover with boiling water; add 2
tbsp. mixed pickle spice and sim
mer until tender, about 2 hrs. for a
4 or 6 lb. ham; 3 hrs. for a ham from
5 to. 7 lbs. (Or pressure-cook .at 15
lbs. pressure. In this case, first
cover with cold water, bring to a
boil and discard the water. Then al
low 12 min. a pound, using only 2 c.
water.) Remove the skin from the
ham. Cover with a glaze and bake
45 min. in a moderate oven, 375 I'\
Orange-Mustard Glaze for Ham:
Combine JJie grated rind 1 medium
sized orange, 2 tbsp. orange juice
and 1 tbsp. table mustard with *,4 c.
dark corn syrup. Spread over the
ham; press in whole cloves if de
sired, and bake in a moderate oven,
350 F. until well glazed, from 30 to
35 min.
Mashed Yam-Sweetpotaloes
Plain-boil or preslure-cook 8 me
dium-sized, well scrubbed yam
sweet potatoes in their jackets. Peel
and put through a potato ricer. Add
2 tbsp. butter or margarine, 2 tbsp.
top milk, *2 tsp. salt and H tsp.
pepper. Beat until very light and
fluffy. Serve in place of mashed
potatoes.
Coffee-Gel
Soak 1 envelope unflavored gela
tin 5 min. in % c. strong cold cof
fee. Meantime bring 1\ c. strong
coffee to boiling point. Add c. su
gar and U tsp. vanilla. Stir into the
gelatin. Stir until dissolved and
turn into a mold or custard cups to
stiffen, which have first been rinsed
with cold water. Chill from 3 to 4
hrs. To serve, unmold in glass
dishes, and top with whipped cream,
or dry skim milk topping.
Dry Skim Milk Topping: Measure
c. cold water into a deep qt. bowl.
Add 1 tbsp. lemon juice. Stir in
c. non-fat dry skim milk from the
package and beat vigorously with
an egg beater until the bowl is al
most full. Then beat in 2 tbsp. su
gar, a few grains salt and a few
drops vanilla. This will keep its
shape for 5 or 6 hrs. in the refrig
erator.
TRICK OF THE CHEF
For a very interesting flavor in
whipped dry skim milk topping, add
a little fine-chopped shredded co
coanut when serving.
LOVE’S PERILOUS PATH
ASjjwMjJwiiJWHwi"; By ADELE GARRISON
. * * *
As Lillian Engages Faith in a Game of Checkers,
Junior Questions Mudge About Dicky's "Accident"
Synopsis: Little Faith Graham, wh« baa
already breakfasted heartily in bar mother.
Madge'*, Hotel Lantfleld mite, now Inti
mate* openly that the would like to ahare
the breakfast of her grown-up couein. Mary
Vsritsen, theatrical star, but Madge refuaaa
her permission. Faith’s face falls momen
tarily. then brlghtene aa ahe thinka of a
scheme to get around the ruling. “But my
daddy will have breakfast- when he coats.
won'Vbe ?“ she 0aks.
MARY chortled at Faith’s appar
ently artless question, but the rest
of us kept our faces mirthless. I
guessed that Junior and Roderick
were sitting in brotherly judgment
upon her, and disapproving of her
attempt to get around a prohibi
tion.
"And I thought that old Machia
velli shuffled off this mortal coil
some centuries ago,” Mary said
musingly.
“Who’s Mac—” Faith began, but
I cut her short.
"Never mind that now,” I said
firmly. "I want to know why you
asked that question about Daddy's
breakfast?"
She eyed me shrewdly, wonder
ing, I knew, how far she could go.
Feels Sorry
"Why,” she said artlessly at last,
;“I feel so sorry for my daddy get
ting hurt, and I wanted to make
sure he would have some nice hot
breakfast. And you know he always
wants me to sit close to him when
he eats, and he always—”
She broke off abruptly, evidently
thinking it unwise to finish with the
true statement, "gives me anything
I like of his,” and 1 took up the dis
agreeable task of necessary disci
pline.
"I do not think your daddy will
wish breakfast here,” I said. "He
most probably had it at the hospital
He will not wish anything before
luncheon. And, Faith, you are tc
have nothing more to eat until then
And no pancakes until tomorrow
morning. Do you understand?”
She gave a grotesquely deep sigh
“Yes, 1 understand,” she said
“and I won’t say anything more
about eating. But I do think un
derstanding grown-ups is the hard
est job there is in this world.”
Her voice was so dolorous that ]
caught her up in my arms an<
"But you know, don’t you, that
all too toon you'll be a grown-up
yourself.”
Stood Erect
Her eyei brightened, and aha
wriggled from my armi, stood erect
and declaimed her answer.
"Will I ever make my youngsters
toe the mark and mind their p’a and
q’a?" aha said gloatingly, and Lil
lian cams to my rescue.
"What about a game of checkers.
Faith?” ahe asked. "You beat me
the last time wo played.*
“Oh, goody, goody, Aunt Lillian,*
my small daughter gurgled ecstati
cally, for according to her father
aha "would rather play checkers
than eat, ‘believe it or not.'"
I saw Junior and Roderick ex
change a "prison fashion” colloquy.
Then Faith’s cousin rose and cams
over to her aide.
“I’ll kibitE for you, Bratess,” he
said. “Where’s the checkerboard?”
Lower Drawer
“In the right hand lower drawer
of my desk with the checkers,” I
told him, and in another minute
Lillian and Faith were facing each
other across a small table in the
window alcove, and Junior had
turned my chair around until its
high back was between my small
daughter and myself. Then he
perched upon the arm of it, and
spoke softly in my ear.
“Old Rod will keep Faith’s atten
tion riveted,” he said, “so you
needn’t be afraid she'll overhear.
But can’t you give me the real low
down on this?
“I know Dad,” he said. “He never,
never would have an accident with
his gun. Somebody shot him. Isn’t
that right?”
(Continued tomorrow)
Odd Facts
A will left by a recently deceased
Florida man stipulated that his
daughter should share in his estate
equally with his pons only if she
divorced her husband, whom he dis
liked.
From the cheese trade in Wiscon
sin comes word that cheese can now
be aged in 60 days instead of six
months by being bombarded with
the rays of an arc lamp.
Begin Now
Wrinkles
By HELEN FOLLETT
SAGGING tissues and weakened 0
facial muscles are the fore-runners
of wrinkles. That is why one cannot
start too early to keep one'a portrait
young and fair. It can be done.
There are women of seventy whose
faces carry no pleats, tucks or
creases. They got an early start, in
the good looks game. They used
creams freely. They tapped and
patted their sacred complexions.
They respected the common laws of
health, ate wisely, got plenty of ~
sleep, exercised daily, one way or
another.
Also, they never acquired the bad
habit of talking with their faces,
lifting the eyebrows to form rail
road tracks from one. side to the
other, frowning, squinting, pulling
down the mouth corners. Facial
acrobatics are senseless. Many wrin
kles are the expression of emotions,
and sometimes the emotions are not
pleasant ones. So, one might say
that one way to avoid furrows and *
gullies is to keep s\*4et. ”
Soothing Emollient
I After washing your face at night
i —and it doesn’t matter whether you
are twenty or sixty—dry it with
gently pats, apply a soothing emol
lient, rubbing upward and outward
with the balls of the fingers. Be sure
to include your neck. Then slap
briskly. The purpose of,that treat
ment is to make the blood streams
dance. One job of the blood streams
is to bring nourishment* to'those
very cells.
Wide Circles
Harsh methods, like sending the
finger in wide circles over the
cheeks, only add to the general wear
and tear that goes on, especially in
middle life. Movements must be
quick, brisk, gentle, stimulating.
If you give your face s thorough
soaping and rinsing affright and
apply a creamy cosmetif, all you
need to do in the morningis to apply
cold water to bring refreshment and
good coloring. If the skin is oily, an
astringent can be applied after
ward. Witch hazel will serve this
purpose.
Dip pads of cotton in witch hazel,
slap on the skin, let it dry. .
The Stars Say
For Thirdly, Ifl^ember 18
By GENEVIEVE KEMBLE ^
THIS should prove to be an unu
sually intriguing and eventful da',
probably arriving by virtue of
ideal, strange, unique and glamor
ous. There are subtle undercurrents,
imbuing the affairs with a tone of
the mysterious, inexplicable and
challenging. While sordid or regu
lation business matters may thrive,
it is likely that the purely personal
may manifest in romance and curi
ous experience in *hich the element
of charm, magnetism and allure are
paramount. Parties, social functions *
and cultural interest* are bound to
afford much pleasure and ba subtly
profitable.
For the Birthday
Those whose birthday it is may
anticipate a period of the excep
tional and novel, in which affairs of
an obvious and sordid flavor may
not hold appeal. There ara under
tones of beauty, charm, glamor and
glitter which could be put to good
account in a thoroughly practical f\
manner, as creative drives, ideals
and skills are happily stimulated.
Intuition, “hunches,” unusual forces
and faculties could develop in home
or business in realistic and work
able expression. Personal charm
and magnetiem could prudently ba
“turned on” to a justifiable denoue
ment.
A child born on this day may pos
sess much talent of an out-of-the
ordinary scope, with peraonality,
glamor and subtlety of intriguing f
importance.
Beauty Bargain
Hang wool dresses and sweaters
in an airy spot before putting them
in the clothes closet. Wool is quick
to absorb body odors.
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fashion in r hyme and reascrf
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By SUM TfUttU* '
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Thii taffeta gown - * i1
With a velvet bond < • 1
Has o velvet stolen
Most .obviously planned .-4 1
For entrance drantatic, ’ i
Applauding hand! 1
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