The United States, according to figures made public, is now spending considerably more on' improving the complexions of women than on the endowment of education. The national bill for cosmetics and face powders amounted last year to £16,000,000. Chewing gum is costing the nation another £11,000,000. The bill for ■ chocolates exceeded that for liquor in the days before Prohibition. The highway of youth is the path of pride; Its way to achievement stands clear and wide. Xo effort for wasted youth could atone— The highway of youth is for youth alone. Cultivate energy, manners, and mind, And avoid the snares where the bypath* wind. (Sound lungs are essential, their health assure, Remember Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. ■ , ' — —<^H[AdvM
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Evening Star, Issue 18281, 22 May 1923, Page 1
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117Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 Evening Star, Issue 18281, 22 May 1923, Page 1
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