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SUB ROSA
By MIMI.
Self.Consciousness.

Readers sometimes write asking
questions such as these:
when / meet boy on the street
and he stops to chat, what's the best
thing for me to talk about?'
I'm going to a dance with new
man tonight, and I'd like few hints
about conversation. After the weather
has been exhausted ] find mysei1 at
loss for something to interest him.
when talking to older people is 1t
well to mention books and plays--or
just to discuss their health"
II am not at all self.conscious, Dut
l want to talk about just the right
things and whenever l meet people
my mind IS full of what | ought 10
say. Consequently, don't talk very
we'll"
These queries always show me more
clearly than anything else just how
selfconscious the writers are.
1t won't do them any good to mem
oriZe aids to conversation. 1t won't
clear up their difficulty for me to sug
gest new topics for them when they've
finished with the weather.
What they must do is cure that state
of mind which makes them so self
conscious.
The girl who Is completely mistress
If every situation--slways at her
ease--has no need Of lists Of topics for
conversation.
She talks along just as calmly and
naturally as she would to a member
of her own family.
She doesn't feverishly plan what
she will say when her escort has
stopped talking.
She knows that something will oc.
cur to her--that she will find some.
thing to interest both of them.
And this ease in her manner puts
her companion at peace. lie responds
to that natural happy-go-lucky man
ner of hers.
They get Internationally inter
ested-in discussing something to-
gether. And she has made just the
sort of impression she wants to make
You girls who want to know what
to talk about are displaying the worst
form of circumstances.
OF course. if your minds are con-
stantly full of fear for the silence
that is sure to come. you're not being
your natural selves.
You're laughing forcedly. you're
straining desperately, you're clutch.
ing eagerly at the slightest converse
tional opening. and you probably
make your companion just as nervous
and uneasy as yourself.
The thing you must all learn Is to
keep your mind calm and steady.
This can only be accomplished by
good deal .of mental control. How
you acquire that depends on your dif.
ferent temperaments.
The one thing you must get out OF
your minds is the idea that by memo
lizing words you'll be able to give the
effect of self-possession.
Only by acquiring a poised state of
mentality will you be able to keep up
a bright, interesting conversation,
which has no need of notes to keep 1t
going.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06
Costumes for Golf Enthusiastics
BY MARY MARSHALL.

sort of smartness about the costume
Of the we'll dressed woman who plays
golf. The American tennis player
may look to Paris for suggestions In
dress, but it is to London that we
usually go for ideas concerning the
right sort of golf clothes.
Just at present costume especial
ly liked by the English golf enthusi-
asst consists of a stockinette suit with
straight, quite short Jacket, single
breasted, that does UP straight down
the center with numerous small but
tons. There are just dozen or these
buttons on most of these suits. The
collar is the conventional notched va
riety. Sometimes these Jackets are
worn with all the buttons fastened
leaving short Y in front TO display
the collar and tie of the blouse be-
neath, but more often only the low
er buttons are fastened. Sometimes
a narrow leather or cloth belt is worn
with this short jacket. The skirt is
short, but no shorter than any other
sort of skirt, and made with inverted
pleats at the side or with enough of
a flare at the side cores to provide
room enough The wrap-around
skirt for golf seems to have had its
day.
separate sport Jacket of stockin-
cite of much the same description
may be worn with separate skirt. and
the shirt beneath may be tied with a
mannish four.in-hand or the more
comfortable open V in front.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06
People Versus Doctors.

Why in time, inquiries woman. don't
you tell us what that health exami.
nation" you recommend consists Of?
Then maybe we'd get it instead of
paying a fee to hear Eat spinach.
wave your arms and don't worry
about yourself. - Family doctor?
There amt no sech animile any more.
II you don't shy so everlasting at
symptoms, what a lot Of good you
might do just telling people whether
they need a doctor or whether they're
just symptoms of being alive"
People are Certainly queer-some-
times think they're as queer as doc
tors. Now, have devoted myself
exclusively for several years to the
mission of trying to interpret med
ical science for the layman, and lay
problems for the medical man. / fiat
ter myself I'm a fairly proficient lit
tie explainer; l am rather proud of
the cracks and peepholes / have made
here and there in the great wall of
silence and mystery which for ages
stood between the profession and the
public Yet / am reminded every day
how futile are my feeble assaults.
How earnestly i have tried to make
people understand that II is impossible
to diagnose minor ills or mai or diseases
by mail or, in other words. TO deter
mine what is the matter with a cor
respondent. Many readers do under
stand that. But many more seem to
think, as does the correspondent
quoted, that 1t ought to be possible
to diagnose good health, or, in other
words. to determine that there is moth
ing the matter. merely from the eli
ent's complaint. What lot of harm
I might do just telling people whether
they needed a doctor, when as mat
ter of fact could only guess about
the state of their health.
1 have tried the policy of telling
everybody. regardless of the state of
the health, TO consult physician. and
this only makes 'em mad. / have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06
My Neighbor Says:

When making omelets allow
one tablespoonful of cream or
hot water for each egg.
Butter which has become
spoiled by heat can be made
tasty as ever if soaked for two
hours in cold water in which
pinch of carbonate of soda has
been dissolved.
Parchment shades. If they are
shellacked and vanished. may
be washed with white soap and
water. A little furniture polish
applied after washing helps to
brighten them.
When making cake, measure
your -four after sitting 1t. This
means economy in -four and
light cake. Too much -four
causes the cake to break open
while baking. Don't use infe
rior butter; it is poor economy.
Don't melt the butter, as this
will change the flavor and tex
ture of the cake. Don't allow
cakes to cool in pans unless the
recipe specially calls for it.
Such cakes are sure to be damp
at the bottom.
To remove a blot of ink or an
incorrect figure or letter. if an
eraser is not handy use a piece
of sandpaper pressed tightly
over the finger. Rub this gen.
thy on the spot till it disappears.
Rocking. chairs like to travel.
To prevent this. glue a narrow
strip of velvet on the part of
the rocker touching the floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06
Your Baby and Mine
Good Teeth for the Baby.

When the baby's first wee teeth
appear the mother feels that their
appearance and the time OF their ar
rival is due solely to how successfully
she has fed the baby from birth. In
truth, 1t begins much farther back
than that--in prenatal days. The
diet of the mother during the months
Of pregnancy is in large part respon-
sible for the strength and normality Of
the baby's teeth.
All things work together for the
perfect whole, so that if the mother
Is feeding herself correctly she will
escape most of the ills due to her con-
dition and she will furnish the babe
the necessities for a healthy body and
all its attributes. q
An adequate diet for the prospective
mother Is also an adequate one for the
whole family, so thai there Is no more
work In feeding ones self properly; 1t
merely demands little thought.
Here are the foods which, if the
mother will see that they appear in
her diet daily will keep her in splen-
did health:
Begin the day with a dish of whole
grain cereal (oatmeal, cracked wheat,
| unhulled rice or barley orange juice
or other fruit, butter toast and cup
of cocoa.
For lunch-Fresh vegetable salad,
or an assortment of hot vegetables,
whole wheat or graham bread. but
tered, and cocoa or milk.
Dinner-Small amount of meat, fish
or eggs. vegetables, whole wheat or
graham bread, fruit salad, or q salad
OF lettuce or fresh green's of any kind,
a starchy dessert (tapioca. cornstarch
Or bread pudding) or fruit in some
form. Cocoa or milk to drink.
This menu offers vegetables twice
day, fruit twice a day, milk three
times and sufficient starch so that the
mother may not suffer from nausea,
which is sometimes due to a lack of
starchy foods in the diet
The prospective mother does not
| need a great quantity of meat and she
liz far better to leave heavy rich pas
tries and all kinds of fried foods alone,
| All kinds of vegetables ars fine and
the Summer season offers them in
such abundance and variety that there
| is no need for the mother to eat the
same things to the point of distaste.
There is lot of bunk about a
mothers food fancies during this pc
riod and her "hankering" for certain
Goods, usually ones which do her no
good. She can put out of her mind
such senseless approximations that the
baby needs these foods. Because of
| the general feeling of nausea the
mother usually Graves sour foods; but
| IL she will make an effort to eat SEN
| sibly, sanely and wisely there is small
doubt that she will forget such
cravings. She can satisfy this desire
with fresh fruits.
| 1t is upon some such diet foundation
as the above that the baby is able to
| build those white shining teeth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06

affirmatively. The corporate faith of
the church is a great deposit guaran-
teed by centuries of experience, a rich
heritage of truth and knowledge which
the clergy and laymen of each genera
ton are obliged to pass on to their
successors.
Beginning with Christ for Chris
tians and with the prophets of Israel
for Jews, the teaching of their re-
spective churches expands till it in
cludes the whole of life. Their curric-
ulum is rightly described an "the most
heart gripping and inspiring In the
world
Oratory is not nearly so requisite
as instruction. Millions of nominalIy
religious people Of all ranks could not
define the simplest articles of their
creed If asked to do So
Their ignorance cannot be ended by
exhortation, still less by denunciation.
1t needs the Illuminating qualities
of history, of reasoned thought. of
minds stepped in the best philosophy
Of religion and loyal to its spiritual
and ethical elements.
Greenwich, Conn
Where did Gains wife, the me-
chanics and the people who needed a
city come from. as Genesis states
that Adam, Eve and Cain were the
only persons living Genesis ", 16D?
Answer--The early cha piers of Cen
esis give primitive acd popular expla-
nations of the beginnings of things.
Historical accuracy. as we understand
it, was then unknown.
The aim of the author was not to
impart mere information, but to show
the hand of God in the origin and
development of men and nations.
Adam means man In the generic
sense. Eve means life, or the source
of life, and so is an appropriate and
generic term for mother. Cain means
begotten, that is, the first born-' 1t
lends vividness to the narrative to
visualize them as individuals.
The land of Nod means the land of
wanderings, and many there are who
dwell in it. 1t was probably on the
east of Eden, but the axact location
is unknown. We cannot say who
was Gains wife, nor do we know
who were associated in founding the
first city. THE story related the transit
ton from a nomadic to settled form
Of society.
The early writer was more interest
ed In what these people did than where
they came from. Significantly enough,
he connects the dawn of civilization
with the first murderer.
1t must not be inferred, however,
that he therefore regarded civiliza-
ton as an unmixed evil.
If the first city mentioned in the
Bible was built by the fraticide Cain,
the last city mentioned there is the
foundation of Christ as Son of God
and Son of Man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06
HOW 1T STARTED
BY JEAN NEWTON.
The Engagement Ring.

We did not always receive rings,
girls, as an engagement token. For
merly handsome bracelet was con-
sidered just as appropriate as the
ring for the token of betrothal. But
now the ring--the solitaire, in fact
reigns alone. History is constantly
repeating itself: and this return Of
the ring simply indicates that an
other revolution of the wheel has
been completed.
The first engagement token was the
Gimmal ring. This name was taken
from the Latin gemmellus, which
means Joined, because the ring was
made in two separate bands. each
with little teeth cut along the inner
edge by which they were notched to-
gether The custom was to divide
them at betrothal and put them to-
gether again when the bride and
groom walked together to the altar.
Although the use of platinum and
the solitaire are comparatively new,
old as the hills Is the distinctive ring
that represents the acme of romance
to the girl who wears it. For, as any
girl in this blissful state will tell you.
1t Is quite enough to be engaged!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06
$50 YEARS AGO TO-DAY

Story of the U. S. A.

empire. or to make our ruin more con,
plete, the issue only can determine.
LEBANON, Conn. August s, 1776.--
Gov. Jonathan Trumbull of Con
necticut says what he thinks abou.
Lord Howe's peace proposition and
does not care who hears him. II re-
ceived Connecticut's copy of Howe's
manifesto by the last post" he says.
Lord Howe tells us that pardons
shall be granted, dutiful representa-
tons received, and every suitable en-
couragement given for promoting
measures conducive to establishing
legal government and peace, in pursu-
ance of his majesty's most gracious
purpose.
"Who began the war? Who with
drew his protection? Who refused to
hearker TO the most dutifui and hum
BILE petitions? Who invaded our
rights? Is not the appeal made to the
Supreme Director of all events? Win
1ot the Judge of all the earth do right ?
Doth not pardon presuppose guilt ?
Are we guilty of want of duty and al
legiance? Could anything but tyran-
ny, oppression, injustice, cruel war
and desolation. have driven us to cast
off our mother country"
copyright. 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06

house, or how many houses she may
decorate, she always feels the urge to
do at least one room in grasscloth.
The roughness of the hand-woven
grass gives it shadows and highlights
which make it a charming and salts
flying background for interesting fur
nisfings.
Grasscloth can be purchased in
plain and two-tone color effects-jewel
blues. straw yellow, silver grays.
FURNISHED gold--and in Japanese land
scape patterns as well. Large scenic
motifs, such as the one sketched,
make splendid wall panels.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06
Peach Media

Use tall glasses, or stem glasses
for this dessert. Dish up mould of
ice cream and put 1t in the glass.
Add a generous portion of fresh
sliced peaches to which sugar has
been previously added, or half of a
canned peach. Pour over this some
of the syrup. Top with whipped
cream and a maraschino cherry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06

Dear Ann,
When Marjorie went shopping for
a golf suit she found two she liked.
One had a broad band of wool en-.
broidery. around the bottom of the
jumper and the other was plain. And
Marjorie wisely realized that the
former would cut down her height.
and make her seem tiny, while the
latter would help bit to increase her
stature.
Yours for wise choices,
LETITIA.
(Copyright 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06

Municipal Judge Mary B. Grossman
will preside over Cleveland's new
Morals Court which begins function
ing in September. She is the first
woman in the country to preside over
such q tribunal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06

questions from readers are answered daily
by DR. s. Parkes Cadnan president of the
Federal Council of Churches of Christ in
America Pr Cadman seeks to answer in
the trends of thought in the many letters
which he receives.
SEVILLE, Long Island.
Would it not be a good idea to call
Mothers day Parents day, and SO
broaden it's scope and meaning?
Answer--Yes, especially If the day
emphasizes the duties of parents as
well as their rights.
Good parents deserve the praise
lavished upon them, Bad parents are
frequent enough to restrain indis-
criminate elogies. Every parent
should remember that his or her re-
lation is no casual circumstance, but
one of life's most solemn obligations.
1t demands clean bodies, balanced
minds, a keen sense of moral re-
sponsibility, all the good judgment
the father can muster. supplemented
by the mothers finest instincts.
Let the day be dedicated to these
matters and it cannot fail to benefit
home and nation. Meanwhile Faith
er's day comes on the first of every
month with the bills.
New York City.
Do you think it wrong for a
Christian woman with a very mod
crate fixed income to increase that in
come by specializing on the Stock Elk
change?
Answer-There is nothing wrong in
the transactions of the Stock Elk
change when properly conducted. On
the contrary, it fulfills a public de-
mand by connecting surplus capital
with legitimate investments. 1t also
acts as a business barometer over ex-
tended periods of time, the careful
observation of which is as useful for
trade as the registrations of the
Weather Bureau are for farmers and
sailors.
But if the questioner is tempted to
buy stocks on margin or to speculate
in hazardous securities for the sake
of high rates of interest, there is a
strong probability that she will
diminish instead of increase her In
come, and she may also lose her
capital.
Upon the surface her problem ap-
pears to be like that of the lost lamb
on the midnight mountainside where
hungry wolves howl and prey.
I advise her to be content with her
moderate income. Small as it is, It's
all her store, and if more is needed
It should be obtained in ways which
do not risk her little fortune.
Newark, N. J.
Is there not a real difference be-
tween preaching and teaching? And
do we not need to make more use of
the teaching function of the Church?
Answer answer both questions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06
Peaches Southern Style.

Down where the peaches are grown
a favorite way of eating or serving
them is sliced raw with sugar and
cream. Or stewed peaches with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06
HOME NOTES
By JENNY WREN.

To have had a room with it's wall
covered in Japanese grasscloth Is to
decide never to live without 1t. No
matter how many times one may
change the decorative scheme of her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06

play golf? An account of a tennis
tournament is never quite complete
without a description of the costumes
of the woman players. We rather ex-
pect the woman who gains distinction
on the tennis courts to have dis
tinctive manner of dress. The world
is interested to know which of the
great Paris dressmakers has the
honor of making clothes for Helen
Withstand one of the great designers
has taken trouble to announce that
he does not retain Suzanne Lenglen
as a mannequin.
Clothes worn by golf players never
cause so much stir. Is it because
very smart clothes are incompatible
with the sedate game of golf or be-
cause women of marked chic are more
inclined to play tennis?
There is, however, a substantial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06

PARIS.
why is it that there is more fashion
interest in the clothes of tennis play
erB than in the clothes of women who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06
EVERYDAY QUESTIONS
Ans,Oered by DIR. s. PARKES CADMAN

Questions from readers are answered daily
by DR.. s. Parses Cadman president of the
Federal Council OF Churches of Christ in
America Pr Csdman seeks to answer in n
the trends of thought in the Many letters
which he receives
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06

Newark, n. J.
Is there not a real difference be-
tween preaching and teaching? And
do we not need to make more use of
the teaching function of the Church?
Answer answer both questions
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-18

REALTORS I
OFFICERS \
II. C. THoRMAN .PresIden,
p. Z. GRAGG -. Vice President
ALFRED w. ROHDE. Secretary
N. II. WHITE ........ Treasurer
CHAS. ]. RUSH. Executive Sec'y.
DIRECTORS
Thurman Barrett
Loren W. Benton
ii. L. Dickinson
i. ii. Etheridge Jr.
L. Z. Ffte
p. E. Gragg
b. C. Irish
]. L. Lytie
X. w. Patton
E. N. Requa
Wallace Rogers
Alfred w. Rohde
II. J. Shearer
ii. c. Thorman
N. II. White
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WIN. BeuhIer. els Gunter Bldg.
Busby Building Corp, Fredericks-
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Cleve N. Chadwick, 22o Beden
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