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Evening star., 1924-09-23
Low Blood Pressure.

Hypertension. or high blood pres
sure. is as common now, in the ton
neau (Which is the modern drawing e
rooml. as ncurasthcnia or liver COM
plaint and nearly every fool knows
low it should be treated. Hypoten-
sion, or low blood pressure, is not SO
popuiar get but VIC newspaper doc
tors haven't turned our hand to it
seriously. Give US time.
| fatter myself that readers with
the high blood pressure obsession have
found little comfort in this column.
The theme OF most Of my learned dis
SertationS on that subject has been
that there is no such disease as hyper
tension. or high blood pressure. Sure.
That would be my position, naturally.
Almost always I begin by asserting
fatty that there is no such disease as
the one / am about tc talk about.
The idea is to sharpen the readers
, interest and catch his attention-a
practice in these days Of crime and
scandal. But, seriously, there is no
such disease as high blood pressure or
low blood pressure. When the blood
pressure is too high or too low it is
merely symptom or one feature of
some disease. Probably low blood
pressure is found in more disease
conditions than high blood pressure
is. Still it must be clearly under
stood that neither high nor low blood
pressure is an entity in itself that
can be intelligently or effectively
treated without a diagno osis of the
patients disease. We have blood
pressure quacks a-plenty, both
Evening star., 1924-09-23
DOROTHY DK'S LETTER BOX
Heart-to-Heart Talk to Husbands and Wives
About Opening Each Others Mail-Shall
She Marry Her Tightwad Sweetheart?

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Evening star., 1924-09-23
Tired Eyes.

SO many serious eye troubles result
from such preventable small troubles
that every one should know a little,
at least, about the care of the eyes.
An eye specialist said recently that
reading by a bad light. or wrongly
placed one, or reading in jolting
conveyance, caused the sale of three
out of every four pairs of glasses.
And I shouldn't think he exaggerated.
Yet, in these nervous days" it is
almost impossible to expect any one
10 ride for an hour in trolley or sub
way, and do nothing but sit in silent
meditation, Besides, it is the only
tiEc many of us have for reading.
Eut at least We should avoid reading
small type on the trains and the
trelleys-that'S possible, even when
newspapers can be read only then.
The reasonably large type of a we'll
printed book will not hurt the sight
it is always possible to close ones
book or magazine when the light is
dim, or to shift One'S posi,ion so
tlmt the light comes properly over
the shoulder, full on the page, not on
the face. If you wake with a waxy
secretion around the eyelids, it shows
hat opthalmia may develop, and you
should ask your doctor for a prescrip-
tion. Hell probably prescribe a nj
trato of mercury oinment. If this
Evening star., 1924-09-23
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Note Book
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Ny ventrilloquizm book came SAITH
day on account Of me having ansered
advertisement in the Boys All
Erround Magazine and sent 10 cents
for it, and stayed up in my room all
morning studying it and practicing
how it sed to do. the name Of 1t being
VentrilloQuiZm in One Lessin by Prof.
Presto 10 Cents. And went down. to
try 1T on ma, and she was in her room
taking things out of one draw and
| putting them in another, saying.
Well. Benny. you're a stranger, ware
have you bin all morning?
Q. up in my room getting reddy for
luntch, 1 sed. And j started to per-
tend to be looking out the window
voice coming from out in the hall
| saying, Hello, hello, is Mrs. Potts in
there?
Sounding jest like it. and ma start
ed to reed a letter saying, This is the
| most peculiar letter from your Ant
Fanny, I cant seem to make out
| weather she wunts me to go and visit
her or weather she Expects to come
and visit me.
Me making the ladys voice come
from out in the hall agen saying.
wunt to see Mrs. Potts rite away i'm
| meeditly, its very important, ware is
she?
l cant mako he'd or tail OF this let
| ter, Fanny never did know wat she
wanted to say and even wen she did
know nobody elts ever did, ma sed.
! Me tawking like a venrilloquist agen
| saying, | cant wait all day, my time
is valuble, wares Mrs. Potts. wares
| Mrs. Potts?
| Q Benny for goodniss sakes how
| can 1 concentrate on this silly letter
| with that squeeking going on? ma
I sed, and / sed, Well G wizz, ma, who
do you think it is?
Who do I think wat is? ma sed.
| Izzent this letter aggervatfng enuff
| without you trying to drive me COM
pleetly out of my mind? she sed. and
i sed, Well gosh, ma, holey smokes,
do you meen to say you knew it was
me all tho time?
o, leeve the room vile I have q
| fragment Of sents left, ma sed-
| Wich I did, wondering il I could
get eny of tho fellows to buy the
ventrilliquizm book for cents.
Evening star., 1924-09-23
THE GUIDE POST
Penalty for Dismay.
by Henry and Tertius Van Dyke.

Be NOT dismayed at th<nu lest I dis
nsoy thee before Hem.-Jer. IL.
One aspect of the great choice which
every one is called on to mako is
contained In this word to the young
prophet Jeremiah. And SO also /,
the inevitable outcome Of tho wrong
choice: To be afraid OF man ratbeY
than to fear God Is ultimately to be
made ridiculous before tho world
Men In tho mass ara continually
fntimidatfng tho individual with No.
cial conventions and mob judgments.
but in the end they despise the snfn~,
less acceptance of their dictums.
The one man who il universally
respected is the man who, without
fear or favor, carries in his conduct
and thinking the marks Of the clean
fear of God And he is the one man
who finds in himself an indestruct-
ible peace.
The trouble with most Of us is tha.
realize this truth.
We would rather be popular now
and let tomorrow take care Of itself
than be unpopular today and wait TO
be respected.
Tho young man hesitates to nnd.,-
take Gods call to difficult service he--
cause he trembleS at what men viii,
say.
Like jeremiah. he may be shy.
looking for lodging place in some
vast wilderness
But let him beware lest his disr,,v
(of whatsoever sort it be) make him
disobedient to God, so that he ends
up as a coward, a knave, or a fool
before the very men Of whom he is
afraid.
Copyright, 1924.)
Evening star., 1924-09-23
HOW TT STARTED
By JEAN NEWTON.
The Proofreader.

Today every. editorial room and
every printing Office of significance
has its proofreader. who is employed
to do nothing else but read the proofs
OF the material which, goes through
the office, line for line and word for
word, to correct mistakes in typog-
raphy. matter or punctuation
But there was a time in tho hts
tory of printing when tho proof
readers Office did not exist and his
work was supposed to be done some
how as the proofs went through the
hands OF the various other workers.
Then came the man. tho nrst record
ed proofrcader. Giovanni Andrea
who created the job for himself
In the year 1850 tho large printing
firm in Rome by which Giovanni was
employed published what up to that
time was their most pretenttous
volume Andrea an employe in the
pressrooms, handling the proofs as
they were about to so to press called
attention to the fact that they were
still full Of errors A score OF work /
ers had passed on the sheets and had
not detected them. So Giovanni
Andrea was commended for his
sharpness and made Official proof
reader-and the first OF his craft!
Copyright, 1924.l
Evening star., 1924-09-23
What TodayMeans You
Libra.
BY MARY BLAKE.


Today's planetary aspects are very
beneficial and stimulating, and. while
they encourage a certain degree of
conservative aggreSSiveness in both
business and commercial efforts, they
are more conducive to success in do
mestic and personal affairs Those
who marry today are almost sure to
secure that happiness they both seek
Those who are in love, but have not
yet formally given expression to these
thoughts, can put the matter to a
final test without fear or trembling.
Those to whom q child is born will
find comfort and solace
A child born today will have a nor
NAL babyhood and childhood and will
grow up to be a healthy, normal man
or woman. Its character will be
founded on principle; its disposition
sunny and self sacrificing; its mon
tality quite up to the average This
child will be one of those who give
cheer and comfort to parents and
pleasant association and companion
ship to those brought into contact
with it. While always keen to re-
sent wrong-and it will possess a
highly developed sense of justice-it
will always be amenablo to love and
affection and will forgive readily.
It's success along material lines may
not be exceptional, but It will shed
sun rays wherever IL Is and the world
will be the better for its sturdy ex-
ample of simple faith and duty.
If today is your birthday. you very
often grumble and complain or the
meager success that, SO far, has at
tended all your efforts. If you anal
we yourself, will you not find that
your condition is largely attributable
to your unWillingnesS to serve, where
as you expect others, as well as cir
cumstances, to serve you.
In the old days kings ceased to
make service their first consideration
Instead. they demanded the service
Of others. Thus they wrote their
own DOOM Neither human being nor
animal which ceases to servo lasts.
Great service. generally speaking,
brings great reward He or she who
Is ambitious to succeed must learn
how best to serve, how best to be
fitted to earn high rewards, how, In
short. to be useful beyond the ordi-
nary.
There is scarcely a single door
leading to success which cannot be
opened by the key of service. A too
current business phrase used to be
Soak 'em." The modern version,
and a much more workable and
rth-while one is Serve EN-
Well known persons born on this
date are: James F. Dana, scientist:
Elihu B. Washburne, statesman; Sara
Jane (Clarke) Lippincott, author; AL
exander Davidson, inventor; James
Carroll Beckwith, artist; william De
Witt Hyde, educator.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1924-09-23

one of the foregoing, for instance,
you would have a long search before
you found anything on the map of
England or France that looks like it.
But in Holland there was a little
village bearing this name, and per
sons who emigrated from this place
to England. perhaps in some in
stances direct to America, quite nat
urally adopted its name as their fam
lily name after the change.
Dutch family names on the whole
are of much later origin that Eng
lish. Many of the first Dutch set
tiers in America, for instance, bore no
real family names, but still used sur
names descriptive of their occupa-
tions or pecuilarities, and these de-
veloped into true family names In
the new country.
Copyright, 13oIl
Evening star., 1924-09-23
BEDTIME STORIES 2, 2! szsss;S szesszo"

looks pleased over it Yes, sir. he
actually looks pleased. I must find
out more about this"
So when Farmer Browns boy and
BowSer the Hound and Unc' Billy
fossum went up the Long Lane some
one else also went up the Long Lane.
1t was Reddy Fox. While Farmer
Browns boy and Bowser kept in the
moonlight in the middle of the lane.
Reddy Fox trotted along softly in
the black shadows at one side lust
before they reached the BARNARD
Reddy had stolen near enough to see
clearly who it was Farmer Browns
boy was carrying
Unc Billy Possum" exclaimed
Rsddy Fox under his breath. .Unc'
Billy Possum! They must have
caught him down in the cornfieId,
Bowser must have caught him and
shaken him to death. 1 wonder what
Farmer Browns boy will do with
him. 1 wouldn't mind having him
myself No, sir, I would mind ha,y-
Ing him myself. I think TIL hang
around awhile, and see what Farmer
Browns boy does with him. My, how
rat Unc' Billy looks! Just looking at
him makes me hungry"
SO Reddy hid where he could
watch. That wasn't very difficult.
Parboil young chicken cut into
keep in the black shadows, and there
were plenty of black shadows. He
saw Farmer Browns boy stretch
Unc' Billy on the ground and heard
him tell Bowser the Hound to watch
him. He saw Bowser sit down be-
side Unc' Billy and Farmer Browns
boy go into the barn. The instant
Farmer Browns boy disappeared
Reddy moved over a little nearer to
Bowser and Unc' Billy Possum. He
still kept in the black shadows.
Reddy was thinking hard and fast.
IF I can get Bowser away from
Unc' Billy Possum perhaps I'll have
a chance to get Unc' Billy myself" ;"
thought he. 1T is worth trying, any
way"
Copyright. 1924. by r. W. Burres.)
Evening star., 1924-09-23
DAI1O L Nl1A y BY EDNA KENT FORBES

trouble is neglected, it will cause the
eyelashes to fall, SO vanity, if moth
ing else. should send you to your
physician.
Merely tired eyes need bathing.
either with weak salt water or weak
borac1c solution, or even plain, pure
water. Alternating hot and cold com
presses will relieve temporary tired
ness, and hot and cold congresses of
weak tea are even more effective. A
temporary swelling will respond to
this treatment. Many eye troubles are
caused by an upset liver.
Leonie-Any slump in the general
health, especially that affecting the
nervous system. will always react on
the hair and cause it to lose it's vi
tality. There are people whose hair
will appear to be lifeless and lie fat
to the scalp on days when they are
not feeling we'll; and then on a fol-
lowing day, when they have recovered.
the hair hair will show instant re-
sponse to the Improvement.
If the hair continues to be lifeless
it shows that the nervous system
needs to be built up. You can help
somewhat with a good tonic and a
daily massage of scalp, but the gen
eral health will have to be improved
before the hair will be fully bene-
fitted.
Evening star., 1924-09-23
Complete Wardrobe for Mourning
RY MARY MARSHALL.

Going into mourning as means OF
showing your bereavement is getting
10 be something of luxury. The
question is not SO much whether you
approve of mourning as whether you
can afford it
To the weIl-bred American woman
there is something preposterous
about putting on black at all If 1t is
not done consistently and complete
1y-- If you have ever lived in France
YOU probably recall the slap-dash
method with which mourning Is
sometimes donned by middle-class
women there. One observer recently
remarked that quite the most charm
ing widows bonnet and veil she had
seen lately in Paris was worn with
brown sweater! 1t is no uncommon
sight to see widows in deep and
heavy crepe wearing light stockings.
Simply, these women cannot afford
to set everything new, but that does
not prevent them from following the
tradition of going into mourning.
This sort of thing is offensive to
American taste. 1t isn't done. Co
ing into mourning here usually means
everything new, from shoes and
stockings to hair ornaments and ear
rings.
Dull black kid slippers or pumps
are the best selection, and with them
nothing lighter than thin transparent
black silk stockings. Any of the dull
ribbed fabrics of the present season
are appropriate for frocks, with the
dull crepes leading.
The sketch shows a frock of black
seorgette plcated down each side and
left perfectly fiat and straight at
back and front. The hat is of black
felt with "A binding around the edge
and "A folded band of crepe around
the crown. The handbag is of black
crepe with grapes and a leaf for
trim ming, and the choker collar is of
black fur with ends of crepe crossed
and drawn through a crepe ring.
There is a ruching of crepe around
the top of the collar. Black suede
gloves of elbow length would be
Evening star., 1924-09-23
Scotch Breakfast Rolls.

Rub together four cupfuls of -four.
two teaspoonfuls Of cream of tartar,
one teaspoonful of baking soda, one
teaspoonful of sugar, and little
salt. Moisten with sweet milk and
mix into a very light dough. Roll
out lightly to the thickness Of an inch
and cut into three-cornered shapes.
Bake In q fairly quick oven. If for
tea cakes, use tho game mixture with
little butter rubbed through and
DaRe6 thxn4GA ina leYe.
Evening star., 1924-09-23
Southern Chicken Pie.

Parboil young chicken cut into
small pieces, some of the thicker
pieces being cut in halves, and add
eight small white potatoes, Stir into
half cupful of sweet milk one heap
ing tablespoonful of -four and one
tablespoonful of butter. Make a rich
crust of biscuit dough, grease a deep
pan and line tho pan with crust
Season the chicken with salt and
pepper, add tho thickened milk, put
into the crust and add an upper crust.
Add dots Of butter and bake in .
Evening star., 1924-09-23
Hodge-PodN..

Cut into small pieces one pound of
lean stewing beef and place in a large
pan with one quart of water. Bring
to the boil and simmer SLOWLY for one
hour Cut two onions, one carrot, one
small turnip, and three pounds OF po-
tatoes and one stalk of celery in small
pieces. Add them all to the meat, ex-
cept the potatoes Season with pep
per and one teaspoon of gravy. a lit
tie salt and simmer for another half
hour. Lastly stir in the potatoes and
again simmer for half an hour.
Evening star., 1924-09-23

Bornethtng in one hand. Now and
hon he held It up to look at it,
Reddy had heard Bowser chasing
2obby Coon in the Green Forest
rhen he had heard him over in the
Aornfield. So Reddy guessed right
&Avay that Bowser had caught some
kne and that the thing Farmer
browns boy was carrying was that
Some one.
TT isn't Bobby Coon" said Reddy
o himself. 'Tt isn't big enough for
bobby Coon I would like to know
Vho Il is am surprised that
.armer Browns boy would allow
Esxsa.- to aAn mEona H4AopQk
Evening star., 1924-09-23
Baked Lentil Cakes.

Wash one cupful OF lenti1s in sew
eral waters and soak them in water
for 12 hours. Boil them until soft but
not pulped. Drain, then add two
tablespoonfuls of melted butter. one
tablespoonful of sugar. one-fourth
teaspoonful Of salt, the yolks of two
eggs beaten, and half a cupful of
chopped nut meats. Make into neat
round cakes, lay them on buttered
tins. and bake in q hot oven for a
quarter Of an hour. Sprinkle few
chopped nut meats on top ana serve
hot.
Evening star., 1924-09-23

please let me hold my little cousin,
Aunt Kitty begged Betty. It'll hold
her SO very carefully"
She's pretty big" said Aunt Kitty.
She's getting almost too heavy for
me, but II you're very careful you
can carry her in and put her in her
little chair"
Betty carried the little visitor to
her cunning chair and then ran to
find a rattle for her to play with.
Color the baby's dress pale pink
and make the little bonnet to match
The chair should be colored a pale
blue and the dress underneath the
tray is white. The socks are pink.
Now cut a slit in the chair along the
dotted line and you can put the baby
in its chair.
Copyright. 1e24.S
Evening star., 1924-09-23
Reddy Fox Interested.
Your misfortune. IL is plain.
Happily may prove my gain.

II just happened that Reddy Fox
was over near tho end of the Long
Lane when Farmer Browns boy and
Bowser the Hound entered it from
the cornfield on their way home. 1t
was bright moonlight, and Reddy
could see them almost as clearly as
if it had been daylight But they
didn't see Reddy. You see- Reddy
was standing in the black shadows.
Farmer Browns boy was carrying
Evening star., 1924-09-23
SCOTCH BROTH.

Soak 4 ounces barley IN
quart cold water overnight;
next morning drain. put into
soup kettle with 1 onion, ] tur-
min. and 1 carrot cut into
slices: add a few green tops OF
celery II obtainable and 1 table
snoonfuls Of oatmeal: cover
with q quarts Of boiling water
and simmer gently half an
hour. then add salt and pepper:
strain and serve.
Evening star., 1924-09-23
bistorp of Dour Same
By PHILIP FRANCIS NowLAN.
TYNDALE
vARiATioNS-TindaiI, TyndaII, Tin
dell.

RACIAL oRIGIN-Dutch.
SoURcE-A local name.
A good place to look for the mean
ing of your name. If 1t is not an
obvious one, and you have no his
torica1 records on the subject at
hand, is in a gazetteer.
You are not certain to find it there,
OF course But such large proper
tion of our family names have been
developed from the names Of places
that the chance is a very good one,
provided you have some clue in the
nationality of your ancestors.
If your name happens to be any
Evening star., 1924-09-23
VEGETABLE HASH.

One-half cup chopped cooked
carrots, 1 cup chopped cooked
potatoes, Y cup chopped cooked
turnips, 9 cups chopped cooked
cabbage, / cup chopped cooked
beets, 2 tabIespoonfuls beef fat,
4 cup milk, salt and pepper.
Melt the fat in a frying PAN
When sizzling hot pour in the
above Ingredients spead evenly.
cover and cook slowly Il hour.
Fold. turn and serve.
Evening star., 1924-09-23

Earliest known English public
swimming pool was advertised in
London. May %, 1742, to be open and
that -waiters attend daily to teach
or assist gentlemen in the said Swim
uni1s hath 4saxa0NiSe6
Evening star., 1924-09-23
GINGERBREAD.

Ono cup Of molasses, y cup
Of sugar, II c>p Of butter. II
cup of milk, 2 eggs, 1 table
spoonful of ginger. 1 teaspoon
full of allspice, cups of hour,
1 teaspoonful of soda Serve
with whipped cream.
Evening star., 1924-09-23

Milk contains. in round figures, 81
per cent Of water. 4 OF protein. I e
fats. AZ Of sugar and trac<3oA q
mineral matter.
Evening star., 1924-09-23

The truly strong and sound mind is
the mind that can embrace equally
great things and small things.
Evening star., 1924-09-23

This is hat Of plain color that
sounds the new fashionable note in
it's shaded trimming. There is a
shaded ribbon that is put about the
crown in pleats, with a peak in the
front. An ornament of the same deep
tone as the deepest coloring of the
ribbon appears in front. The color
ing Of the hat is in the wood shades,
with the ribbon touching deep orange
rather than the sepia tones
Evening star., 1924-09-23

< Has wife a right to open husbands letters and
.. -..-. r. W. A.
Evening star., 1924-02-07
Oanny's Great Fright.
Awfulness In sonethinS new
10 chieay but . peint Of view, !.


The great man-bird was as we'll as
ever. The broken wing had been
mended. Dandy Meadow Mouse didn't
know how. but he did know that It
was 50. 30 once moro he became used
to the noise Of the engine and began
to enjoy flying. He wondered what
KIND or place the great man-bird
would pick out to spend the night In.
He was sorry that he hadn't had q
chance to say goodbye to Trader the
Wood Rat and to his good friend. Bob
White. But you know that flight had
been great surprise to Danny and
Nanny.
Late in the afternoon the great
aviator had saved some Of his lunch.
and this he put just in front Of the
we're living. II suppose" said he,
that II / want to keep you I ought
to hoasd shut H", you inside si that little CUP
sir don't like to do 1t. Per-
haps II I leave plenty OF food for
you you will stay. Anyway, hope
so; yo, d,SnI, ! SHeI,tainly I, should miss you II
AS soon as all was quiet Danny and
Nanny came out Of the little cup
board and fairly stuffed themselves
with the food the aviator had left.
When they could eat no more they
took what remained into the little
cupboard where their nest was and
hid 1t there. They took every crumb.
Then Nanny went back to her babies.
Danny had nothing in particular to
90: He didn't have to go, hunt for
food because he was already SO
stuffed he couldn't eat another crumb.
Nanny didn't need his help in taking
care of the babies. In fact, she pre-
Danny didn't know what to do with
himself. which is very bad state
to be In. He poked his inquisitive lit
tie nose into every nook and corner
OF the great man-bird. Then he
climbed up and looked down.
II believe I'll go out and see what
Kind of a place this is," muttered