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Evening star., 1926-02-16
What Tomorrow Means to You
BY MARY BLAKE.
Aquarius.
BY ROBERT CULLEN.

Tomorrow's planetary aspects are
quite favorable, and presaSe not only
condition of optimism but an ener-
Getic attitude toward things in gen.
eral. Full advantage should be taken
of such influences, and if you have
been awaiting good opportunity for
the carrying out of some radical
change, or for the initiation of any
new enterprise, it would be difficult TO
find more auspicious occasion. The
signs al favor travel. but are very
ominouS in regard to all that savors of
speculation or risk. In the evening very
benign influences will prevail. and
Indicate success for all family or
social reunions.
Children born tomorrow will. un-
less given proper nutrition and plenty
of fresh air. be subject to much sick
ness during their infancy. The signs
preSage. however, d happy issue out
of all their troubles, and Il healthy and
strong majority. In character they
will be straightforward. and will never
learn to disguise their thoughts by
words. They will always call "a spade
spade, and are bound to offend many
by their bruSuueness. They will have
little artistic sense but Will prove to
be extremely practical, and be gifted
with an ineXhaustible fund of COM
mon sense lHeN VIII become SOOu
men and women. though they may not
attain any degree of material success.
If tomorrow is your birthday. YOU
are something of a failure. but are
very happy in constituting yourself
as an advisory board for all your
friends and associates. You can al
ways suggest u remedy for all their
ills, but can never find a cure for
your own. You are a living exponent
of the doctrine, DO as | say. not as
l do" You are ever critical of your
friends, and always counseling them
to be what YOU are not, and TO do
what is numbered among your signs
of omission. You, however, persuade
Yourself. although in doing SO. you
fool no one, that you possess all the
virtues.
Your home life is not very happy, as.
while very imperfect yourself, you
preach perfection to others, and,
while wholly selfish and self-centered
you exhort others to learn to be un-
selfish.
Well known persons born on that
date are: William f. Smith, soldier
and engineer: Rose Terry Cook, au-
thor; John n. Galleher, Protestant
Episcopal Bishop of louisa ma !;
Charles McBurney. surgeon; Josephine
Dodge Daskam, author; Donald Brian,
actor.
Evening star., 1926-02-16
FOOD AND HEALTH
BY WINIFRED STUART GIBBS.
Food Specialist.

If only there might be a general
getting together on the part of nutri-
ton specialists for the purpose of
raising a united voice! Several
things might be accomplished thereby
one of the mast important perhaps
phrased somewhat in this wise: AS
you value your health. go to your
physician and your dietitian before
you try to go on a diet"
Going on u diet is the popular
phrase for going on more or less of a
dietary ride. The overweight wom-
an goes on a diet to reduce: the thin
one goes on'a diet that she may take
on flesh; the, victim of rheumatism
goes on diet to stop his pain, and
SO on.
One might even with propriety go
back of this bit of advice and say.
before allowing yourself to reach the
place where 1t is necessary to go on
diet. learn what a normal diet is. That
such procedure naturally acts as
preventive is fairly well known. The
wise and safe use of foods as d cura-
tive agent is quite another matter.
w hat are some of the diSordered
conditions in which diet may help?
Obesity we have already spoken of
Diet may accomplish much for this
condition, unless there is some eyi-
dence that endocrine or other glands
are not in good working order. As
DR.. Russell and Mr.. Wildor of the
Mayo Clinic express it: The real
problem here is not why Mrs. Jones
keeps fat on her small diet, but why
Mr. Jones remains thin in spite of his
big appetite"
Most authorities are agreed that
there is still much work to be done in
the determination of such questions
as this. They are also agreed that
one should not begin a reduction diet
without a thorough overhauling by a
physician. The fashionable craze for
ton for the silhouette, is probably do
ing untold harm to the general health
of the race.
Another condition in which diet is
almost a specific is diabetes. This is
so long subject that it can be only
mentioned in passing, so far as this
short discussion is concerned.
Epilepsy is another condition where
radical methods of dietary treatment
sometimes seem to be in order. For
example, we'll known physicians have
given epileptic patients diets in which
the energy was practically all fur
nished by fats. This and other expert
ments, however. in the dietary treat
ment of epilepsy are still frankly in
the experimental stage, and no layman
should even attempt to formulate
special diets for the epileptic.
Coming to the more common dis
orders and those more commonly
treated by the home dietitian. we find
at the head of the list, constipation or
inactive intestines. Such a diet ma y
he hard unless, in it's administration, it
is in the hands of some one who
knows what he is about. Take the in
dividual who has an obstruction III
the intestinal tract. II such a one
eats large quantities of bran, it is
practically sure to pack" and gather
in some one spot, setting up trouble
some irritation.
Evening star., 1926-02-16
Clues to Character
Lack of Self-Control.
BY J. o. ABERNETHY.

How often you hear the remark,
''IIe has a brilliant mind, but loses
control of himself SO easily" The
result is, he blasts his chances for pro-
motion, particularly as an executive.
This type lacks the natural faculty of
self-control, which, if he would cult
vate, might put him in a position
where he would double his salary.
Self-control, that happy faculty of
never closing your head" even under
the most trying circumstances, cannot
be overestimated in evaluating a
mans success qualities. When strong,
this faculty gives one poise, GOODNESS
and mastery of self, so desirable in
every business and profession. Self
control makes for preciseness in
speech and action, correct behavior,
and close attention to details of busi-
ness and science.
You may know them by these signs:
When there will be a fullness at the
outer corners of the mouth, which
seem to rise and form hill Slightly
above and below the closure. IT self
control is small, there will be a depres-
sion in this region.
Copyright. 1926)
Evening star., 1926-02-16
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

When a mother asks me If 1t IS
possible for her to mark" her baby
by the power of horrid sights which
she sees or unpleasant experiences
which frighten her it gives the great
est satisfaction to be able to assure
her that she has no such power and
that nothing which is purely external
can possibly affect her child.
1t is not so easy when a mother in
all sincerity says: 'If l practice hard
a. the piano can 1 make my child a
musician" One would like to tell
her that such an ambition can be
gratified. but the truth is that, de-
spite ones most valiant efforts, un-
less the child comes into the world en-
dowed by its inheritance with such a
gift the mothers efforts will go for
nothing. In the matter of talents
there is so little chance to know what
ones child might be. since it has gen.
erations behind it of persons of every
type. that in many cases the mothers
efforts might seem to bear fruit just
because after such efforts the child
became a musician. What probably
happened is that the mother, loving
music, wanting her child to be a musi
elan has turned all her efforts after
the child was born to fostering such "A
talent: and the force of environment
never do.
1t is a blessed thing that mothers
have no power to mark their children.
Why should a child bear all through
its life the curse even of a minor de-
formity which was induced by a. scare?
Why should a child have its face
Scared because a mother forgot and
put her hands to her face when she
saw some horrible sight? And yet
there are persons, who in all solemnity
will assure a mother that she mustn't
touch herself when she is frightened,
because then the child will bear a
mark Our looks, or lack of them, do
child comes into the world with
some deformity, or with facial blem-
ishes, there is no reason for the
mother to feel to blame. She had
nothing to do with it. No matter what
she has thought; no matter what she
saw during the nine months of her
pregnancy, her child is unaffected by
it. The child Will always be the sum
of the strongest hereditary influences
derived from both its father and
mother. What the child is depends
on what his father and mother, his
grandparents, and their parents and
SO on. are and have been. The
mothers part is to endow the child
with a strong body, to keep her own
temperament peaceful and serene, so
that she will be patient mother. and
to give her child. after birth, the best
possible environment, so that her de-
sires and hopes for it may have some
chance of coming true.
Evening star., 1926-02-16
My Neighbor Says:

Do not keep pineapple in the
ice chest where other foods are
stored. The food will absorb the
odor of the pineapple.
Before serving soup or beef
tea to a child or invalid take a
piece of tissue paper and draw
it two or three times over the
top This will remove every
sign of fat, which is usually
found so Objectionable to in
valids.
Rugs should not be shaken.
Instead hang them on clothes
line and beat them with a cane
beater kept for the purpose.
II a skirt is much splashed
with mud or stained along the
hem it should not be brushed
until the Stains are completely
dry, prompt treatment while
the mud is still wet only caus-
ing the dirt to sink into the
material. If brushing does not
eliminate the marks when the
material is dry. sponSing with
denatured ether should be tried,
this method succeeding ad-
mirably both with serge and
cloth costumes in dark colors
as we'll as lighter fabrics.
If hooks for bathroom. kitchen
and pantry are dipped in enamel
paint there will be no trouble
from iron rust.
To make a starch that will
not stick. stir a pinch of boraX
into boiling water and add it to
the starch, with a few drops of
blueing.
Evening star., 1926-02-16
The Hairbrush.

The first function of a hair brush is
to clean; when that is understood
there will be less scalp trouble. for
then people will take better care of the
brushes and combs they use and never
allow them to get dirty. The second
function is to stimulate the scalp,
gently, not too hard. Hard brushing
does more harm than good.
The hair brush should be made with
closely punched, long. flexible bristles.
When you use it, you should feel the
bristles against the scalp-if the brush
is thin" the bristles may not reach
through thick hair to the scalp; ii the
bristles are too soft, they'll bend and
clean only the surface of the hair.
Some brushes have wire br1stles
with rounded ends so they cannot tear
the hair or scratch the scalp. These
have the advantage of being easy to
clean but the disadvantage of not
cleaning the hair so well as the regu-
lar hair bristles.
Some brushes are made of splints of
horn, very fine and quite flexible:
these wear well, wash well. clean the
hair and are very stimulating to the
Evening star., 1926-02-16
Slapping Hands.

Il slapped her hands and She slap
ped back. What can l do"
1t is better not to slap her hands.
When a little child reaches out and
touches something it is not done with
mischievous intent. The little one is
verifying his eyesight. investigating
things about the world. growing physi-
calIy and mentally as he stretches his
hand and mind. He touches precious
things and must be warned against
doing 50, or he tries dangerous eX-
periments and must be protected.
When you forbid him TO touch a
thing you usually do SO with dramatic
emphasis. You turn your whole at
tention upon the child and his deed.
Most children enjoy being the center
of attention, and, as they know moth
ing about the rights or wrongs of the
situation, get all the fun possible out
OF it.
He touches the coal and YOU say,
Evening star., 1926-02-16
Our Children-By Angelo Patri
BY DOROTHY STOTE.

NO, no" loudly and thrcateningiy.
He studies your face, and then tcuta-
lively reaches again toward tho
bucket. Be careful. Remove cEert
trace of expression from your face.
and, if YOU can conveniently, do some
little thing about the room. raising
and lowering the shade, and place
yourself near him.
Casually, without looking in the
least Interested. draw hin aNav. Wipe
off his hands and aSl him if the ca
had her milk yet. or if the butcher
! boy brought any bones Tor the dog. a.
you wash his hands. Give him new
playthin@. ii bubble pipe or !. striu-
of wee bells. 1t is wise 10 have sone-
thing like this in reserve.
You do this because it is fatal L.
| call UP Il strong emotional protest
against being separated from the coal
hod. once the memory OF the Goa! j
burnt in with emotional force YOU Will
have II hard time to remove the trace.
He VIII go again and acain 70 the Goa
and fight as III the beginning.
If YOU slap his hands you stir
anger, and that i Il powerful emo
ton The child viii work himself
into q rage if he does not flare III
| into one Immediately. Then lie Will
strike back. If you slap him again
the scene shifts Ills attention IS
centered. not on the coal. inl on the
battle. the dramatic struggle be
tween your force and his. You have
called up the primitive child. and he
will strengthen the emotional back
ground for the coal hod just a gen
eratioRs power You can readily
see that YOU do not hurt him suffi-
ciently to compel him to stop. It is
but a sharp warning to cease. If he
does not take the warning and enters
into a battle of Slaps. where are YOU
then? You would not beat him into
helplessness.
Study his touching interests and
| try to meet them by keeping the
things you prize out of the way and
giving him a basket or draWerful Of
the junk he loves. Do Your best 10
avoid making any set habits OF touch
ing any one thing and defying YOU
to stop him Ignore his challenge.
turn his attention TO something else,
and remove. if possible. the object
that is causing the trouble. II YOU
cannot remove it altogether, change
its location and disguise its form.
And do not mention it.
tCOpyrIght. 1890
Mr.. Patri will give personal attention to
inquiries from parents and school teach
ers the care and development OF chill
! dren. Write him IN care OF this paper.
inclosing self-addresscd. stamped envelope.
Evening star., 1926-02-16
Chicken Timbale.

Free the remnants of chicken from
skin and fat, run through the chop
per. season we'll. then molsten with
stock or a tomato or cream sauce and
one beaten egg to each cupful OF
chicken. Butter plain mold and line
with macaroni which has been boiled
and kept in a bowl of cold water until
needed. then dried on a towel fili the
center with the prepared chicken,
cover the top with macaroni, and
steam for an hour. A white or to-
mato sauce should be served with it,
or the creamed celery may be poured
around the base of the mold.
Evening star., 1926-02-16
HEALTHY CHATS BY EDNA KENT FORBES.

scalp: but again, they do not cleanse
the hair of dust and surface oil as
the closely punched hair bristles. A
good brush for very thick hair COM
bines both kinds of bristles.
Forget that old saying about a hun
dred strokes a day being a cure for
all hair ills. 1t isn't. it would induce
a lot of ills if the brush happened to
be dirty and used 50 much. Brush
the hair. yes, and daily, but never
mind counting strokes. Brush till
your scalp feels stimulated and then
stop. Too much brushing induces too
much oil, and that means too frequent
washing. But some brushing, some
thorough brushing. is necessary every
day. or rather every night, to cleans
and to stimulate.
And don't forget to give your hair
brush a weekly bath with soap and
hot water and a drop or SO of antisep-
tic in the rinse water.
Evening star., 1926-02-16

An unfortunate dumb man of j
Was conversing with signs that he
So exceedingly )
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Note-'It serves you right for
talking so much,' was probably what
his wife said to this unfortunate dumb
man when he informed her what had
happened What was it? Complete
the limerick and you'll see. The an
swer and another "Puzzlick" will ap-
pear tomorrow.)
Yesterdays "Puzzlick."
There was a young lady named Park
Who swan out to sea for lark.
When she started to drown
And kept going down,
My word.'' she cried out, "ain't it
dark"
Evening star., 1926-02-16
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
How Can the Too-Humble Girl Make Frends?
Must She Disclose Her Prematurely Gray
Hair to Her Fiance Before Marriage?

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Evening star., 1926-02-16

a collection of little porcelains. or any
other small art object. or for books
or china. The section Immediately
below is fitted as desk and the front
drops down to make a writing shelf.
Below this are the drawers. Offering
an opportunity to store away cloth
ing, household linens. or any small
objects which might clutter the living
room, such as bridge score pads,
chessmen or old magazines.
And a final virtue-no living room
could possibly be ordinary under the
influence of it's stately presence.
Evening star., 1926-02-16

Sivcly for ornament. Paris IS show
ing such trimming III Fascinating
ways. Sometimes as many as five
ball buttons are seen on each wrist
OF Il gauntlet glove. The buttons are
as large as those used on a frock and
would measure approximately one
inch in circumference. They are not
inconspicuouS. either, for they may
be of glistening brass. like gold
spheres in richness. In every instance
the buttons are ornamental in them
selves as we'll as forming trimming
Sometimes these are set on one side
of a godet of contrasting kid with
false buttonholeS stitched on the
glove. as if the buttons actually We're
through them. Sometimes the gaunt-
Evening star., 1926-02-16
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN.

This modern secretary cabinet Of in
laid mahogany is a Heppelwhite de-
sign. AS a furniture investment it
ranks high. for it has beauty, dis
tinction and versatility.
The bookcase top might be used for
Evening star., 1926-02-16
Buttons, Bands and Partisan Gloves
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

The latest whim of fashion in gloves
is to have them trimmed with buttons.
These buttons have nothing to do with
the fastenings. They are used exclu-
Evening star., 1926-02-16
A Prisoner.
Be suspicious. or mayhap.
You II be the victim of a trap.

Of course. it isn't nice to go about
always suspecting that things are not
what they appear to be- 1t isn't nice
to be suspicious of the people around
YOU. OF course not. But. just the
same. Mocker the Mocking Bird is
right in warning not to be altogether
unsuspicious. What he means is
that it is just as foolish to 90 about
thinking that no one can do you
Evening star., 1926-02-16
"Puzz7;cks"
-Puzzle-Limericks.

An unfortunate dumb man of i
Was conversing with signs that he
Evening star., 1926-02-16

Mr. Patri will give personal attention to
inquiries from parents and school teach
ers on the care and development of chill
dren. Write him IN care OF this paper.
inclosing addressed. stamped envelope.
Evening star., 1926-02-16

let's flare without any contrasting
godets let in. The buttons start from
the wrist bone and are placed at in
tervals up the gauntlet toward the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-10
Speaker Luncheon Guest
Photo By Harris & Ewing

Morris, Mrs. H. r. Offutt, Mrs.
George M Mattingly, Mrs. Arthur
Donnelly. Mrs. Joseph p. Cullen,
Mrs. j.. O'Rourke, Mrs. =. Lehman,
Mrs. E. j Hincke1, Mrs. NJ. Mckay,
Mrs. e. M. Barry, Mr. and Mrs. S.
A. Gatti. Mrs. Evans, Mr.. Vincent
Mr.. and Mrs Efsenhart, Mrs. NJ. J.
Goodwin, Mrs. Thomas Petty. Mrs.
A. j. Scullen, Mrs. Charles J.. Cas-
sidy. Mrs. Maurice r. Doran, Mrs.
Joseph B. Stane1y, Mrs. REGAIN. Mrs.
Thomas CantweIl, Mrs James Ryan,
Mrs. NJ. Martin, Mrs James Maher,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hurley. Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Miller, Mrs. William Ahern,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mullen, Mrs.
Thomas F. Finnin, Mrs e. ). Lewis
nitzer and Mrs S. d. Bronson.
Mrs. Royal s. Copeland left yes
terday for Chicago, where she wilt
spend a week, stopping off id New
York for several days before re-
joining Senator Copeland in their
apartment at Wardman Park Hotel.
CALIFORNIA SOCIETY
PLANS BANQUET
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willbrandt
and four California Congressman
will be the speakers at the dinner
to be given by the California State
Society on Saturday, April II. at
the Hamilton Hotel in compliment
to the retiring president of the or
ganization. Representative Arthur
M. Free. James H. McLafferty, of
California, assistant to Secretary
Hoover of Commerce, will be toast
master. The Californians who will
make addresses are Representative
Clarence F. Lea, Representative
Philip D. Swing, Representative
Allen c. Carter and Representative
Henry C.. Barbour.
Additional names of those hav-
ing taken tables for the benefit
bridge to be given by the Con-
gressional Unit of the Neighborhood
House on Monday afternoon at 470
\ st. s. W.. are Mrs. Lindley H
Hadley. Mrs. Charles DENLY, Mrs.
J. Gilbert Nettleton, Mrs. Samuel
.Herrick, Mrs. Thomas w. Phillips,
jr., Mrs. William E. Hull. Mrs.
Samuel Arentz, Mrs. Wilson Comp
ton, Mrs. Parker Corning, Mrs.
Frederick Davenport, Mrs. J. w.
Summers. Mrs. Louis T. McFadden.
Mrs. o. f. Keller. Mrs. James G..
Strong. and Miss Virginia Caldwell.
Miss Clara Sproul, is president of
the unit. Mrs. c. c. Kearns. vice
president, and Mrs. A. f. 3.
Stephens. secretary.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-10
MRS. IAENEEN HOSTESS
AT SECOND OE "TEA TALKS"

Mrs. Charles S. Dencen. wife Of
Senator Deneen Of Illinois. is enter
tanning at tea this afternoon for
some fifty guests who have been
asked to hear talk on the high
caste women of Indian by Mrs.
Rose r. Anthem, Of Chicago who
is visiting Senator and Mrs. Deneen.
Mrs. Anthem lived in Indian for
many years and has an interesting
background and viewpoint. At the
tea table will he Mrs. James T..
Mann and Mrs. Wilson Compton.
Mrs. Deneen had similar party
Yesterday when Mrs. Anthem spoke
and when Mrs. Jesse n. Metcalf
and Mrs. Theodore w NOyCs.
Miss Lucy Porter, daughter OF
Representative stephen G.. Porter.
has with her Miss Violet Grubb.
of New York, why will be her
guest for a week Miss Porter will
entertain at dinner on Monday
evening for Miss Grubb.
X i:
Much interest is being shown ir
the concert to be given by Boris
NJ. Lang, Russian pianist at the
Mayflower Hotel on Thursday after
noon at 4:30 O'Clock. Women prom
nent in official, diplomatic and res
! dental circl are acting as
patronesses. and adding their names
TO the list of boxhOldcrs.