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Evening star., 1923-10-15
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MLv5rRATeD 1y GsAc Rah1,ao

This one is going to be short and
pithy. 1t is in the nature OF a per-
sonaI confession and. being human.
like to step on the gas when passing
my own lesser achievements.
We have talked about answers to
prayers and getting the things we
want. Ruth is very bitter because her
prayers never seem to be answered. I
agreed that I was bitter, too. And
then-suddenly stopped to think
My prayers have been answered.
I have gotten what I wanted.
Quite often.
And here's the humiliating truth
most Of my worst troubles have come
from getting what I wanted! For I'm
always wanting something that will
land me in the deuce of q mess IL
get 1t. And being quite a nagger
at fate. I'm all too apt to get it..
Right there the fun begins!
It's well to consider that. We're
so apt to think we can plot out our
own lives perfectly. And perhaps we
can. But here's the point-We can't
plot out all the other lives on earth.
The thing that might work out quite
nicely IL we were alone on a desert
isle raises Cain when we try to put
II over in a crowded world. Some
body always gets in the way-or you
get in somebody else's way.
So I've grown rather shy about max
ing specific demands on fate. I'm
Evening star., 1923-10-15
Imaginary Neuralgia.

Some morbid folk who only oc-
casionally take a glance at this dis
appointing column persist in think
ing that 1 persist in thinking that
rheumatism" is all Imagination. I've
never thought so. have merely as
as rheumatism" consequently. there
can be no remedy or method which
will cure 'rhuematism. l have tried
to communicate to the readers mind
the idea that the term rheumatism"
doesn't mean anything and covers a
When anybody contents himself with
the notion that he has a case of
rheumatism" he is simply throwing
up his hands and refusing to help
himself. when anybody purports to
have a remedy or treatment that is
good for rheumatism he is trying to
delude his clients or himaelf.
BY Imaginary neuralgia" I mean
aches or pains which are mistakingly
called neuralgia. For example, in dis
tricts where the Anopheles breed Of
mosquito prevails and malaria is con-
veyed by the mosquito bite, a pain
in the brow called throw ache" Is
often mistaken for neuralgia whereas
1t is malaria. Again. in many cases
of syphilis the victim suffers from a
kind of forehead pain which occurs
usually at night and Is often mis-
dition likely to be mistaken for
neuralgia is the headache or pain in
the head which persons with chronic
lead poisoning often have. The pro-
longed or recurrent character of the
head pain in all three of these dis
eases favors the common mistake in
diagnosis or rather self-diagnosis.
Occasionally a neuralgia sufferer
retains such vivid memory of the
pain that painful impression per-
sists long after the actual neuralgia
has ceased, q reminiscent sensation
which Is about as good as the neu-
raIgia itself. This Is truly imaginary
neuralgia-the pain is real but there
is no neuralgia there, If you under
stand me clearly.
A nerve can lie. When a nerve
gets the habit of lying one Of the
best ways to reform it Is to inject
into the nerve either a dose of pure
alcohol or a local anesthetic-some-
thing like truth serum" This meth
cd of treatment Is now frequently
employed by physicians with excel
lent results in very obstinate facial
neuralgia The relief of pain obtained
by a skillfully injected dose of abso-
lutte alcohol in facial neuralgia en-
dures for months or years, sometimes
two or three years.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
Fashions and the Stout Person
BY ANNE RITTENHOUsE.

Nobody loves a fat man. they say,
but there must be very goodiy
army of dressmakers, designers, cor
set manufacturers. lingerie makers
and those who purvey their wares
who dearly love the fat woman; be-
cause if the species were extinct
their business would be ruined. so
while they tell the fat woman how
to look slender they would hardly
want to show her how to be slender.
From the merchants point OF view,
of course, they are not fat-they are
stout No one ever heard OF rat
wear" but every one knows tnaI
stout wear means clothes OF an
sorts designed for the woman VINO
is about ten inches too expansive to
be perfect thirty-six. Stout
originally meant brave. and hence
sturdy. 1t was a matter of polite
ness that it first came into use. The
French woman of similar proper
tions is politely called "a little too
strong"-''un peu trop forte"
"Corpulent, stout. fat, plump,
squad. full, lusty, strapping. boune,
ing. portly, burly, h, well hn,,fe fea' Wei sfc
These are some of the synonyms for
the same idea; there is none that
might be suggested as a possible
tactful substitute for the over
worked stout" Imagine trying to
sell stylish pumps"
Whether or not the present mode
is favorable to women of this species
is a moot question. Some insist that
the straightness of line and scant-
ness help the illusion of slender
ness. Others insist that too ample
hips can be better hidden beneath
the gathers of bouffant skirts. All
seem to agree that fashion favored
the fat woman when the very short
skirt went out. Short skirts are re-
turning, but one may still wear long
ones without appearing dowdy.
This much is certain-that the
fashionable ideal of the hour is
slender. as bustless as it is hipless.
The beltlessness that Is everywhere
favored by women of real smartness
calls for line of body that was
never more pencil-shaped. So when
the fat woman essays to hide her
extra pounds she sets as her ideal
not the moderately thin woman but
the woman who is actually skinny.
She doesn't tone down her too ample
curves-she must eliminate them.
The long sleeve is unqueStionably
better for the stout woman than no
sleeves-and great deal better
than the sleeve that seems to
shorten the arm by cutting across
midway between shoulder and ell
bow Black, of course, is the heavy
womans best tone-and this, COM
bined with white. has come into
enormous importance.
Sketched is a gown of the sort
Evening star., 1923-10-15

Have you received an invitation to
the Color Cut-out Halloween party?
Well. here is one.
Betty and Billy Cut-out are busy
as beavers making scarecrows. COB
Inns. ghosts, witches and tack-o'-
lanterns. You should see the clever
costumes that they will wear. Betty
is going to help Natalie make a
beautiful orange black gobolink dress.
Alice Cut-out and Tom Cut-out and
all the rest of the children will be
there in masquerade.
Think what fun 1t will be next
week when they put up the party
decorations. Imagine how many
pumpkins and red apples they will
have to get! And all the doughnuts.
cider: popcorn balls. ginger cookies
and lollypops they will have.
If you will look for the color cut
outs every day, you will find complete
instructions on how to plan a Hallow-
cen party of your own. There will
be directions for making all the
beautiful costumes. favors and deco
outs every day and learn how you can
arrange a complete doll Halloween
party in a hat box.
A Party Invitation.
Somebody slipped up beside Betty
Cut-out on the playground at school
one morning and whispering. Don't
tell" dropped an envelope into Bettys
pocket. It was Natalie Clipper, who
Betty Cut-out thought was the pref
tiest little girl in her room.
"Oh, thank YOU" cried Betty, draw
ing out the stiff white square There
was a Halloween sticker on the fiap
which made her shrek with joy. In
side was a picture of a ghost and
verse that asked Betty to a party on
Halloween night.
II invited you early" Natalie con-
fided, because I thought maybe you
would like to help me plan my special
dress-up costumes"
Here is Natalie. her mind just full of ideas
for the funniest. spookiest Halloween party
you ever saw. Color her hair brown and her
face and hands pink. The school dress 10
green and white and she wears green half
Evening star., 1923-10-15
The Guide Post
By Henry van Dyke
Music as a Defense.

Thou wilt compass me about with
songs OF deliverance.-Ps. 1927.
The counterpart to this psalm Of
repentance and Joy Is the gospel story
Of the prodigal son. And in both
there Is music and dancing"
This verse carries with 1t g. picture
and an idea.
It suggests company Of friends
Joining hands and singing around the
son that was lost and Is found.
Their songs are his guard; they
surround him like a wall.
Pure music Is protection to the
soul
II any one is merry. let him sing
and the little devils who are always
waiting to spoil every pleasure by
perverting It to evil, will fly away
like bats from a cavern where torch
is kindied.
Good music is a defense against bad
thoughts.
But the time for joyful music is
not when the prodigal Is in the far
country, wasting his substance in
riotous living or feeding on husks
among the swine, but when he comes
to himself and goes home.
Yet in some churches the doleful
music Is enough to discourage any
returning wanderer.
have never sung. and will never
sing, q hymn about hell.
II you believe in 1t, surely it's
nothing to sing about.
(Copyright.)
Evening star., 1923-10-15

Ears.
An ear is lecture as part Of the
And as a part of speetch its noun,
1t helps you to look naturel
And keeps your hat from sliding
down.
The cleener you keep them the better
they look
And the better they proberiy werk,
But 1t don't matter how good you can
Wen 3 people tawk Chinese or Terk
2 ears are enuff for enybody
without axuilly being too meny.
o the elefunt has the biggest ears
And the ant has fhe smallest, IL eny.
You can pick up a rabbit by the ears
Without causing mutch serprize
But IL you did that to baby
Its hole family would brake out In
cries.
Never push pencils in peoples ears
Or stick your mouth into them and
shout.
o il we could ony choose our own
They'd be less libel to stick out.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
The Wounded Young Bob
White.
Suffering is often wrought
Just because OF lack of thought
-Earmer RroWn's BOY

The hunter. who had wounded one
of Bob Whites children and had given
all the family such a terrible fright,
did not return to Farmer Browns
land. Farmer Browns boy was keep
ing too sharp watch. You see that
hunter knew that were he caught
actually hunting on that land he
would be arrested. for that land was
protected by signs forbidding all
So the hunter went elsewhere and
gave no thought to the Bob Whites
on Farmer Browns land, save to re-
gret that there was no chance to
kill some of them. Il hit one of them,
anyway" said he to himself. as he
and his dog hunted in other fields.
And from the way in which he said
it you would have known that he
was glad he had not missed alto
he had wounded one of those harm
less birds. Yes, sir, he was glad.
This sounds very deadful. In a
way it is very dreadful. But that
boy, was not naturally cruel. You see
it was all thoughtlessness. He loved
the sport of hunting. He loved to
make a good shot. 1t never entered
his head to think Of those he shot
at as having feelings exactly like his
own. He didn't think of that wounded
Bob White as suffering pain and
fright Had he thought of it in this
way he would have been greatly
troubled because he had wounded one
of them.
Meanwhile the poor little wounded
Bob White was suffering. His back
had been badly torn by the cruel shot.
He was a very sick-feeling young
bird He felt too badly to even
worry about himself All he wanted
was to keep perfectly quiet He felt
SO badly that he didn't really care
what did happen to him.
But if he didn't worry about him
self his mother and father worried
about him enough to make up for it.
You see they understood that, though
the danger from the hunter was over,
other dangers were increased. The
yong Bob White couldn't fy 1t
Evening star., 1923-10-15
The Diary of a Professional Movie Fan
BY GLADYS HALL.

pictures when you see them, and we'll
see whether we agree or not.
You can challenge my ideas with
your ideas and If you don't agree with
me about performances or certain
actors in certain parts, you can
write and tell me so, and you must
also tell me why so. If your letters
are sufficiently to the point. I'll print
parts or them and they may bring
other opinions from other sources.
what do you think of the idea?
Please let me know.
Adele.-I understand that Colleen
Moore's real name, given her in bap-
t1sm by her sponsors in the same, is
Kathleen Morrison. At any rate, tina I
is the name she used in the II Dos
of her recent marriage ceremony to
John Emmett Mccormick.
Edna T. Michigan.-I would say
that Carmel Myers is of the faith OF
synagogues; yes. I don't know about
Norma Talmadge, So you have race
preJudices Oh, Edna, don't be mar
row minded.
No, Florence X. Y. z. (what ORDERLY
initials you have, my dearD, 1 don't
believe that Mary Pickford's "Ro-
sta" and Pola Negri's The Spanish
Dancer viii be exactly the same
story" but they are both founded, as
have IT, on the same play, Don
Cesar de Bazan." 1 don't know which
one will be the better; probably de-
pends somewhat on whether you in
cline Mary-wards or Pola-wards.
(All rights reserved.)
Evening star., 1923-10-15
Coffee SQUARES.

Cream half cupful Of sugar with
the same quantity of butter, adding
one well beaten egg, half a cupful
of strained black coffee, a pinch Of
salt, half cupful Of milk and two
teaspoonfuls OF baking powder sifted
with two cupfuls Of flour. Beat thor
oughly and then stir in half a cupful
of Toured currants. Pour into a we'll
buttered square pan and after sprin-
king with cinnamon and powdered
sugar, bake in moderate oven for
three -fourths of an hour. Cut when
cold into small squares.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
I've Another Announcement tt
Makef

1t must be the autumn breezes that
are giving me so much pep. I'm just
full of announcements and ideas. and
things. Last week or so I told you
that l was going to be a little oracle
answering all the questions asked me
within the scope of my probably
humble powers. and now I just had
an idea that you might like, with
more or less regularity, for me to
give you some little reviews of the
pictures l have seen-first nights and
that sort of thing.
OF course, I've been doing this right
Evening star., 1923-10-15
BEDTIME STORIES By H Tsss.ssn assnss.

might be some time before he would
be able to fly. UntH he could fly he
would be in constant danger of being
found by one of his enemies. Then
he would be helpless.
I shall have to stay right with
him." said Mrs. Bob White to Bob
White in a low voice. You take the
others away. Two of US will be less
likely to be found py enemies than
If we all stayed together. You will
have to keep watch. If you see Reddy
Fox or Old Granny Fox or Old Man
Coyote or Jimmy. Skunk or Redtail
the Hawk you will have to do your
best to keep them away from here.
Just as soon as we can We'll try
to get safer place"
Bob White nodded. Get to the
dear Old Briar-patch if you can. That
VIII be the safest place I can think
of" said he. Peter Rabbit is harm
less and no one else is likely to try
Evening star., 1923-10-15

This is an odd time to begin writ
ing about screens for the windows"
l think I hear reader exclaim.
why. we took ours down and put
them in the cellar two or three weeks
ago"
Yes, but you see il you had been
using the new kind of screens l am
going to tell you about. you wouldn't
have had to take them down at all
And because 1 may forget in the
spring to remind you Of them. I am
going to tell You now, and you may
clip this out of the paper and keep
1t until another season.
1 wonder If you have heard about
them! They are the last-and by far
the best-word in screening. Why
didn't anybody think of this before!
They roll up like a window shade.
dear women, instead of being rigid,
unwieldy affairs OF size and stiff
ness. They are flexible, pliable
side of the window casing, and they
wind up into snug roll at the top
exactly like shade. When you want
to water the flower boxes or shake
rug out of the window. you do not
have to shove up framed screen
or push it out from the bottom un
the case of a easement window. You
merely roll up your screen as far
as you want it to go, shake or water
or call to a neighbor. and then roll
down your screen again.
But the best part Of these new
screens is that they never have to
be taken down in the fall and put
up again in the spring. They are
rustless, the makers declare, and they
go up to stay up-tucked out Of sight
during the winter behind the valance
and hidden by the casing. To be
sure, they are not found in depart
ment store Easements and they are
expensive because they must be made
to fit into the castings of your win
dows-made to order-but 1 ask you
If they do not bring a glitter of COW
etousness to your eyes?
The manufacturers also make fiat
porch awnings that roll up like
shade-no pulleys or ropes, no hooks
at the side-oh, they know how to
make us comfortable, do these modern
Evening star., 1923-10-15
Yorkshire Mullins.

Stir into two cupfuls of sifted -four
a pinch of salt, three well beaten
eggs and two scant cupfuls of milk.
beating with an egg beater until the
batter Is full of bubbles. Half an
hour before the roast beef Is to be
served, pour little Of the dripping
from the meat into a hot shallow
pan containing number of hot
creased muffin rings and all with the
Yorkshire batter. Serve when nicely
Drowned as q border to the roast.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
Lemon Sponge Pie.

Cream one cupful of sugar and one
heaping tablespoonful of butter to-
gether, add a small pinch OF salt. the
yolks of two eggs and the Juice and
grated yellow rind of lemon. Stir in
two rounding tablespoonfuls of flour and
a. large cupful of milk. Finally add
the well whipped whites of the two
eggs. Pour the mixture into a pastrv-
lined pan and bake it until it is set
and delicately Drowned on top.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
Cornmeal Griddle Cakes.

Mix two cups of white cornmeaI
one cup of flour, one teaspoonful OF
salt and, two teaspoonfuls of kakine
powder. Add two eggs, well beater
togther. and mix with one pint OF
milk. Beat the batter vigorously and
lard and another pint of milk. The
batter will be~thin. The cakes musi
be cooked on hot, well creased
griddle. and must be turned carefulIy.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
AND THEIR CHILDREN

making costumes fashioned after the
customs of different nations. I help
them by getting prints showing the
different costumes, providing them
with the necessary material, and get
ting them stories about the particular
nation they are interested in at the
time. Through this doll dressmak-
ing they have acquired personal
touch in their study of geography.
Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1923-10-15

along, in a way, without asking the
rest of you whether you liked it or
not, but just taking it for granted
that you have, thought I'd mention
it, and then, if there are not too many
dissenting voices. I'd go ahead.
For instance, there is the one did
on "Rosita," Mary Pickford's new
picture, few days ago. And then,
this week, am writing what I think
of Lillian Gish, in 1.-The White Sister"
When / see IF Winter Comes" I'll
5ot down my ideas on that and then
, fhere's where the fun comes in) you
scan write me what you think of the
Evening star., 1923-10-15

tured will appeal to the home sewer.
for 1t Is very easily fashioned and
can be made very quickly. The pat
tern comes in sizes sixteen years, So.
3s, 40, AZ, A and 46 inches bust meas
ure. Size 36 requires rs yards of
40-inch material with l 3s yards of
5k Inch ribbon for the bow.
Price of pattern Is cents, in post
age stamps only. Orders should be
addressed to The Washington Star
Pattern Bureau, 22 East 18th street.
New York city. Please write name
and address clearly.
Evening star., 1923-10-15

Prices realized on Swift & Conn
pany sales of carcass beef in Washington
u e., for week ending Saturday, October I3'
1873, on shipments sold out. ranged from 10 90
cents to 1870 cents per pound and averaged
1894 cents per rpound.--Advertisement.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY M d.
Noted Physician and Author.
Boracfc Acid Myth.
Noted Physician and Author.

/ have cataracts. I have been to
specialists, without encouragement. I
have bathed them with boracic acid
and hot applications. am hoping
and anxious.-Mrs. S. B.
Answer.-Operation is the only
remedy l can suggest for cataract.
In certain cases hot applications may
be advisable, but that Is a problem
for the oculist to consider in the in
diVldual case. Boracic (now called
boric) acid solution is a mild, non
Irritating antiseptic solution COM
monty used when an antiseptic is
needed for the eyes. 1t has no other
purpose and can have no effect on
the strength of the eyes or eyesight.
The Battle With Tuberculosis.
You mentioned several times a
book How I Cured Myself OF Tuber-
disease did not keep the address nor
the price Of the book. VIII you
please give me the information?-
Answer.-It Is a suggestive fact
that I did mention perhaps a dozen
times pamphlet which is a reprint
Journal Of the Outdoor Life for June,
1921. How 1 Won the Battle with
Tuberculosis in My Own Home" and
that scores and scores Of readers now
fighting that battle insisted on giving
the thing some such title as YOU do.
Mr.. Stocker won the battle because
he followed his doctors advice. He
didn't cure himself" The reprint
may be obtained by sending cents
to the tuberculosis Society Of Detroit
street east, Detroit, Mich. Residents
of Wayne county may obtain the
reprint free.
Copyright 1921
Evening star., 1923-10-15

Aviators say that every city and
town, when seen from the air, has a
distinctive color,
Evening star., 1923-10-15

II SHALL HAVE TO STAY RIGHT
WITH HIM." SAID MRS. BOB
WHITE IN A LOW VOICE.
to crawl in among those brambles.
I'll keep watch, my dear. Yes, indeed,
I'll keep watch. Meanwhile, don't
worry any more than you have to-"
Bob spoke to the rest of the flock
and then led them over toward the
Old Pasture. The wounded young
Bob White felt so badly that he
didn't even notice the whirr of wings
as his brothers and sisters followed
their father
Copyright, 1923. by T. w. Burgess.)
Evening star., 1923-10-15

WHITE FUR.
that takes from the new mode only
what is best adapted to the woman
who is fat-whether or not she is
fair and forty besides. Black cloth
and white fur-fastened at the side
with a curved white bone buckle
circular fullness at one side of the
tunic-bodice crossing and fastening
at the side-these are the elements
Of the mode which have been cleverly
welded in the frock shown.
tCopyright.l
Evening star., 1923-10-15
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AMl or"ecdSf
u Worthheton
An Attractive Blouse.

x1H RS0K0NIIFC O1UUSV'
The vogue for the jaunty little tie
blouse still continues to prevail. and
is expected to last throughout the
winter season. The smart one pic