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TAKE ONE or two tablets of Ex-Lax before retiring. It tastes like devious chocolate. No spoons, no bottles! No fuss, no bother! Ex-Lax is easy to use and pleasant to take! 2. YOU SLEEP through the night . . . undisturbed! No stomach upsets. No nausea or cramps. No occasion to get up! Ex-Lax is a gentle laxative. It acts overnight — without over-action. O. THE NEXT morning you have a thorough bowel movement. Ex-Lax works easily, without strain or discomfort. You feel fine after taking it, ready and fit for a full day's work! Ex-Lax is good for every member of the family— the youngsters as well as the grownups. At all drug stores in 10(! and 25c1 sizes. Try Ex-Lax next time you need a laxative. Now improved — better than ever! EX-LAX THE ORIGINAL CHOCOLATED LAXATIVE SONG POEMS WANTED TO BE SET TO MUSIC Free Examination. Send Your Poems To J. CHAS. McNEIL BACHELOR OF MUSIC 4153-V South Van Ness Los Angeles, Calif. By Ruth Corbin Some Delicious Recipes That Include This Hea Ithfu I Fru it {All recipes kitchen-tested ) Apple Muffins for lunch! Yum . . . yum . . . Billie Burke is stirring up the batter. Be Ybur Own MUSIC Teacher LEARN AT HOME to play by note. Piano. Violin, Ukulele, Tenor Banjo, Hawaiian Guitar, Piano Accordion, Saxophone, Clarinet or any other instrument. Wonderful improved method. Simple 39 A. B. C, No "numbers" or trick music. Cost averages only n few cents a day. Over 700,000 students. FRFF ROOK Write <oday lor Free Booklet and Fre riMLEi DvvIV titration Lesson explaining this method Tell what your favorite instrument i and write name and addres; Instruments supplied when needed, cush or credit. U. S. School of Music, 1193 Brunswick Bldg., New York City Demonin detail, plainly. THE apple is unquestionably the favorite American fruit. Since the beginning of time it has been an important item in the diet. In the early days the Egyptians regarded it as a fruit endowed with healing power. There is an old saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." It is at least SO per cent right for apples are rich in vitamins A, B and C. They are valuable for their laxative properties and they make excellent between meal snacks for children. Since apples are available the year round at a price well within the range of most pocketbooks we are apt to overlook their value. They are quite adaptable, lending themselves to any number of unsuspected ways of preparation besides the well known and luscious baked apples, apple fritters, etc. You will find some old favorites and several new ones among the following recipes. APPLE PIE 2y2 to 3 pounds cooking apples 1J4 cups sugar 1 tablespoon Hecker's flour y2 teaspoon cinnamon or nutmeg 2 tablespoons butter Line a pie pan with pastry and fill with thinly peeled and sliced apples. Add sugar, flour and spices mixed together. Dot with butter. Moisten edge of bottom crust with cold water, cover with top crust. Press edges together and cut a few slits in top crust for steam vents. Bake in hot oven (500° F.) for 10 minutes and for 30 minutes longer at lower temperature — 400° F. Brushing the top with slightly beaten egg white before cooking will give it a glazed surface. Serve with cubes of cheese, or, for a change, just before serving time put thin layers of cheese over top crust of pie, put in moderate oven or under broiler until cheese melts and becomes lightly brown. Serve while cheese is warm. APPLE SALAD CUPS Remove cores of 6 medium-sized apples, do not break bottom "part of skin. Dig out apple meat leaving shell just firm enough to hold filling. Combine apple meat with 1 cup cottage cheese moistened with salad dressing. Refill. Serve on lettuce; top with a spoonful of salad dressing and sprinkle generously with broken walnuts. Red apples are best for this salad. Wash skins well before using. APPLE SOUFFLE Stew 3 cups sliced apples in Vs cup water until tender. Mix % teaspoon each nutmeg, allspice and cinnamon and ^2 cup sugar with 2 egg yolks and beat well. Pour apples over this. Beat salted egg whites until stiff and fold into apple mixture. Turn into Pyrex casserole and bake in moderate oven — 350° F. — IS minutes. Serve hot with plain or a very new hard sauce made this way . . . chop 54 CUP cranberries, add 1 tablespoon sugar, let stand Yz an hour or longer. Cream 2 tablespoons butter, add few drops orange 10 Silver Screen