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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
Our Children By Angelo Patri
Copyright. 192e.l

and then she cries and can't do any.
thing at all. I've tried whipping her,
because the teacher said ] ought to
punish her when her work is not
done In school, but 1t doesn't seem TO
help"
1t never will help. The child was
set to slow time. She must be helped
to work In her own rhythm. II she
is allowed to do less work in the
recitation period or study time than
her fast neighbor. she will do that
which il assigned her In better spirit
and with intelligence. 1t is impossi-
BILE for d child geared to do three
examples in long division in 80 min
utes to do i've. Tell her that three
is enough. Never mind about the
fast child. Let him do the Ave. Each
must work to his fun capacity and
stretch little at that.
The slow child will apparently
work more rapidly when his work ID
adjusted to his speed because his mind
Is free. He will make fewer errors.
and have a better understanding Of
what he il doing all round. Adjust
the work to the child, and do not
try so hard to make the child fit the
time schedule.
Copyright 1926,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
Slow Time.

Slow Time.
Each human being is set to a GER
tain time. He moves at his own rate
and no other. If forced to lag be-
hind It or speed ahead OF 1t, he Is I'M
easy and unhappy and cannot work
effectively. Most OF us strike a rate
that we find comfortable and prac-
teal, hut few Of us are either SO
much faster or so much slower than
the rest of the group that we ind II
difficult to adjust ourselves. The adj
iustment ought to be made during the
early years. Childhood Is the time for
setting the time.
Not that one can make a speedy
child slow or a slow child rapid. but
that one can instruct the child as to
his rate of speed and help him At into
the scheme of things at his own speed.
The fast child has little trouble. Peo-
pie are not impatient usually because
one arrives ahead OF time, although It
sometimes has disadvantages. But
the slow child il prodded and pushed
and scolded and punished until he
loses the serenity Of mind which must
be his II he Is to get anywhere worth
while In any task. i.
Young children OF the slow sort will
display their quality In dressing in the
morning. They viii take all day and
tomorrow to get their stockings on
unless we boost them along The best
thing to do is to take seven minutes
and put one stocking on while he
tries to get the other on at the same
time Fasten one garter while he
fumbles about the other. Put in three
buttons to his one. You set him a
rate Of speed. a. certain standard OF
time and work which he knows moth.
ing about. Keep all irritation out of
your voice andNyou manner as you
help him, but move swiftly and stead.
ily, without fuss, without fumblinR.
Your work Is his standard.
When he Is a bit older try setting
the alarm clock to ring at the end of
is minutes. by which time he is to be
dressed. II he beats the clock it is
an occasion for family rejoicing. a re-
ward of star on the calendar. an s.x.
ira. spoonful OF jam on his toast. Re
ward and praise stimulate the slower
children when scolding and pushing
slow them down.
Here Is Mary, She's 10 and In
the fourth year. She is q, good child,
but she is dreadfully slow. She does
not finish her work on time and she
doesn't get anything like as much
done in a. day as. she ought. The
teacher shakes her to wake her up,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
How Much Should You Weight

Am a string bean? Am / a butter
ball? Am l a, bathing beauty?
IL you are bathing beauty, In all
probability correct weight for height
is yours. If you are string bean, 1t
is likely that a little more flesh would
turn your figure into the ideal one
for your build. If you are butter
ball it is very likely that your weight
IL too much and that you give the APP
pearance Of q dressed-up sofa pillow.
The ideal weight is enough flesh to
cover the angular bones and supply
the body with reserve force and beau
tiful contour. but not enough flesh to
stifle the heart action and merge into
fat shapelessness.
How can / tell what should weigh?
Health tables have been compiled
from statistics taken from examina-
tons of thousands Of men and women
and Kaverages computed for age and
height. These tables serve as a sort
Of health guide. Too much variation
either way is warning. Excessive
overweight is a danger signal, but so
is excessive underweight.
Normal weight is very likely to be
accompanied with normal health.
The present weight and height ta-
bles only serve as kind of measure
by which person may. get a line on
his or her correct weight.
Individual builds and heredity will
govern the weight to some extent. For
instance, o large.boned, tail woman
should weigh more than a tall, deli
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
His Ideal Girl
BY FLORENCE DAVIES.

Forty.eight famous men describe
My Ideal Girl" thanks to the enter
prise of certain newspaper writer
That ought to make good reading,
but ii won't be especially useful to
the girl who wants to be somebody's
ideal girl
II isn't going to do a bit of good
to find but the kind OF girl that
Douglas Fairbanks thinks Is perfect,
IL the man you are interested in hap-
pens to. be John Smith or George
Brown.
:. That is why all the rules that were
ever written on How to Be Happy
Though Married" don't do much
good. The only book that will help
Mary Smith Is one which. she will
have to write herself. and the title of
1t will be How to Be Happy Though
Married to John Smith"
A good many women waste lot
of energy trying to be an ideal girl
for some one who doesn't exist, in.
stead of starting in to find out about
the ideals Of the men with whom
they have chosen to hve
And that's not all. These same
girls try to tell themselves that the
men they have chosen to live with
must fit molds which were never
made for them.
But James husband takes her fish,
ing" they argue. And Bob always
takes Betty's mother to the theater. I"
Yes. but the trouble il. Mary, that
you didn't marry James husband: you
married John. How about that?
What's the use Of trying to make
him over into Bob?
Obviously the way TO be somebody's
ideal girl Is to be ideal to that par.
ticular person. not to a person you
picture In your mind.
In word, about the best way to be
anybody's ideal Is to begin by accept
ing him. not trying to make him over.
It's personal equation. Rules won't
help. As the uplifters would say, it's
q situation where case work Is needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
Furs From Russia by Plane.

The Russians at Moscow are now
planning to bring furs by means OF
planes from the most inaccessible
parts of Siberia. The cost will be rer
paid, for the trade with America alone
is worth $5,000,0 900 a year. At present.
during the nine months Of the year
when the northern rivers are Ice
locked, dogs and reindeer must be the
carriers. Three new air routes are
therefore to be opened between Arch
angel and Siberian points and the
distant frontiers bordering the Arctic
Ocean. The airplanes. furthermore,
viii serve to carry the supplies re.
quired by the traders and trappers.
and it is planned to use them to link
the lonely peninsula of Kamchatka
with the nearest railway points of the
mainland. Already in Russia Central
Asia the plane makes il possible 10.
travel from Bokhara to Khiya in a
few hours, instead Of the fortnight or
more required by toiling caravans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
Marbles for Rusty Nails.

Once I had a. bag of marbles and
Pete had a pocketful of rusty nails.
Pete convinced me that the chances
were / would soon lose most of my
marbles anyway. whereas there were
any number of things l could build
with the nails, and presently Pete had
a dandy bag Of marbles, and had
pocketfulN of rusty nails. Inspired by
the prouts to be made in merchandis-
ing atmosphere, Peter entered the
plumbing business and is now a rich
man. Had Pete had a fence to white
wash no doubt would have served as
the crew. at a nominal fee, such as
my pocketknife.
When I get tired grow sarcastic.
What makes me tired much of the
time, II think. is the way every big
and little man who has food.
medicine, poison. jimcrscks, shelter,
soap or raiment to sell, feels priv
LEGGED and competent to instruct the
publici in hygiene and. sanitation.
Each apurports To be- a. health
authority; Il not novel kind of I'M.
licensed doctor.
The corner grocer wants tn treat
you for rundown condition or lack
of pep, anefnia, goiter or insomnia.
The shoe man gives you an x-ray
examination anu ulSCONcI0 IAaL yOut
rheumatic is due to sagging of from
one to four arches in your foot. The
soap man instructs you in general.
household and. personal sanitation.
The miiknan teaches nutrition. In
deed the person that neglects the
germ-killirg. bodybuilding, blood
nurifving nerve steadying possibili-
ties of his goods has to be content
with legitimate profit nowadays.
The real money IS in the shokum.
People. want the. hokun and they
are willing to pay a good price for 1t.
Presenting upon the happy cifcum-
stance that most of the population
have had no instruction in physi-
ology anatomy, hygiene. the purvey.
ors of the holxuna have q free hand
and give great play to the imagina-
ton Of the guy who writes + Tor
them.
Any psychologist or anatomist will
tell you that the human hide has
no pores, ~ that IL, no openings or
passages through which anything
may enter the body. Yet thousand
cosmetics or stniiet accessories purport
10 do things TO or through your pores.
And the supporting costs 3 pretty
l..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
EVERYDAY QUESTIONS
An..ee,sd by DIR. S. PARKES CADMAN

negro lags far behind in educational
matters.
often wonder what the leaders
who established our democracy would
say about these conditions, and also
what defense we who reap the
harvest OF their herculean labors
could offer for our shameful neglect
The actual basis Of our existence
as self-governing democracy IL
found in the declaration that all are
created equal and born with the right
to life and the pursuit Of happiness.
Yet, next to open, habitual sin,
ignorance Is the heaviest curse that
rests upon any nation. and where II
Is wiilfuliy incurred 1t becomes a pro-
life source of vice. No amount OF
word juggling can save us from the
injuries which such ignorance In
fIicts on all ranks and conditions un-
less we take prompt and effective
measures to remedy the undeniable
evils the questioner indicates.
Kennebunk, Me.
The statement has been made by
a Chautauqua lecturer that the
amount Of money actually spent In
the United States for Smokes" Is
more than the combined expenditure
for both religion and education.
Is. this true? And II 80, can a
Christian consistently be a user of
the weed and thereby be contributor
to this great waste when the need for
upaift in our communities Is so great?
Answer.-Though / cannot vouch
for these statistics, there Is no good
reason to question the accuracy. IL
approximately correct, they may well
give pause to excessive users Of the
weed"
Tobacco may be, as Charles Kings
ley declared It was, the. hungry mans
food and the lonely mans companion.
but surely 1t should not interfere with
the industrious mans efficiency.
OF course. some part of the expense
Of this habit reyerts to the govern
ment in the form of taxation. But
it's slaves, like those Of drink. inJure
themselves and the community.
AS for a Christians consistency.
this should be sought in his general
conduct rather than in a single sump-
tuary habit.
Many non-smokers are undesirable
citizens and many smokers are most
useful and honorable citizens. Avoid
strong sweeping judgments based
upon feeble premises.
(Copynxht. 1897
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
Clear the Track /!

SO many strange stories are circu.
lated about the abundance of buffaloes
in the far West that 1t Is hard to
know what to believe, but ii is appar.
emily well established that hunters
could shoot 100 head In day very
easily. The destruction of course, was
utterly foolish. as nobody could eat
100 buffaloes in year. The carcasses
were generally left for the jackais to
pick over. Even In later times, when
the first transcontinental trains ran
over the plains, the buffaloes were so
numerous that they woNld congregate
on the tracks and stop the trains.
Now what do you know about that |?
Answers to Saturdays Questions
/. The deepest shaft ever sunk into
the earth did not 90 below 4 miles.
2. The rock crust Of the earth Is
probably not over 100 miles thick at
most.
s. The earth is about 5000 miles
thick
4. Scientists do not believe the in
terror of the earth is liquid.
5. A fault in n rock is line of
weakness along which tension occurs.
6, Craters and volcanoes may be
present on the moon.
Copyright. 1926.h
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
NY NeighbOr saya:

Al felt blackboard eraser H.
best for cleansing the top of
the kitchen stove. II grease
gets on the stove it should be
rubbed over the top OF the stove
while 1t is still hot. The eraser
Is much more satisfactory than
q cloth and It keeps the hands
from getting soiled.
Net curtains that are hung
with rod both at top and bot
tom need no ironing. LAunder
them In the usual way and
hang on rods. The curtains
dry smoothly and the edges are
even and straight. = If there Ii
a top beading pinch with fingers
when half dry In pieats.
Al brilliant luster. can be given
to mahogany bedsteads by wfp.
ing them with a cloth wrung,
out Of cold water and rubbing
to a high polish with q dry
cloth. The rubbing should be
continued till the polish comes
back to the wood and you will
be delighted with the, result.
Bacon can be made to 60
twice as far IL after cutting on
the rind you dip each rasher in
-four and fry quickly. This
prevents the bacon running to
fat.
You should, after baking. re
move every particle OF clean.
dry -four from the board and
put 1t into the dredger. This
! will come In very useful when
preparing meat for stewing or
fish for frying.
All vegetables should be put
on to cook in boiling water.
This holds the major portion OF
the mineral matter and starch
within.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
Buttermilk Biscuit.

Measure two and one-haif cupfuls
Of -four before sitting, add two table,
spoonfuls OF baking powder, one
tablespoonful Of lard or butter, one
fourth teaspoonful of salt, and one
cupful of buttermilk in which soda
the size of a large bean has been
flour as possible to roll out, then
bake In quick oven. This makes II
biscuits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
"Puzzlcks"
PuzzIe-LiHsericks

There once was a lad Of -,
An inquisitive sort of a -,
Who said II will --3
II a string has o 49,
And he very soon found that it --5----'
1. Capital Of Mesopotamia.
s. 2. Boy.
4 3. Observe.
q Insect that carries pollen.
5. Possessed.
MOTEL may be that the Sesopo-
tamian insects differ from those in
other parts of the world, but at that
the boy In question should have
known better-and he will in future,
as you'll agree after completing the
limerick. The answer and another
"Puzzlick' will appear tomorrow.
Saturdays "Pnzxlick.'
al little boy living in hatcher
Sat down upon powder and matches;
For the seat Of war
He bankers no more.
Though reinforced well with some
patches.
fCopyright 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
Delicious Cookies.

Cream together two cupfuls of
sugar and two and one-half cupfuls
Of butter. Add a tablespoonful Of
sweet milk, three well-beaten eggs.
and enough -four to roll. After they
are cut the desired shapes. spread
on top the following MIXTURE Whip
together three fourths of cupful of
granulated sugar, one teaspoonful
of cinnamon. half a cupful each of
dates and raisins and nut meats. and
the stifily beaten white OF one egg.
Bake until brown in q hot oven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY. M. D.

penny of your good money mot minel.
Life, strength. energy, vitality, pep;
ambition or courage does not origi-
nate in the nerves or In the nervous
system. Nerves are merely lines OF
communication, not power conveyors.
Nerve centers are switches or refiec-
tors OF nerve impulses or stimuli.
How, then, can any food, medicament,
beverage or remedy of any sort re-
store lost nerve energy or anything
like that? How can anything In q
mysterious package, all wrapped with
hokum, give one more pep. vitality,
strength or nerve power than bread
and butter or meat and potatoes? q
Copyright. 1925
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19

HANDKERCHIEFS FOR THE
NECK ARE NOW A FAD FOR THE
EVENING AS WELL AS FOR
SPORTS. A PARTISAN RECENTLY
WORE AN EMERALD GREEN SAT-
IN HANDKERCHIEF WITH AN
ALL-WHITE GEORGETTE FROCK
EMBROIDERED WITH PEARLS
AND SILVER BEADS AND SLIP
PERS OF SILVER.
turning laden with Americans from
Summer holidays abroad. For the
best dressed girl, by general consen-
sus of opinion among flrst-class
passengers, was a girl down in the
third class whom hundreds of eyes
had observed from the upper. She
was sturdy young woman from one
of the northern provinces of Ger
many, rare blond of the sort so
seldom seen among the native Amer
lean stock. Despite sun and weather
the skin Of her hands and wrists, neck
and forehead was of marble wilderness
that contrasted with the clear mot
Ting of rose tints on her face.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
Ginger Frappe.

Boil crushed ginger root In the
usual sugar and water strip. When
richly favored with the ginger root
the hot sirup should be strained and
allowed to cool. Then the juice of
three lemons and two oranges is add
ed to each quart Of the heavy ginger
strip. When ready to serve nearly
may. be allowed to each glass Of the
frappe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19

daily by DR.. s. Pafkes Cadman, preai-
g in chpss re DE- cdns s
70 a1sMer INQUIRIES that eppear % Re
sS 81 me isad Z. q 1ecsTsI
Youngstown, Ohio.
II all the sins we are commanded
not to commit are committed by the
body and not by the soul, ID 1t not
just to consider the body responsible
for those sins?
Answer. -Decidedly not. Your ques-
ton assumes that the body Is indie
pendent Of the soul. This assumption
Is entirely false and would be re.
jected by nearly every school OF
thinkers known to me.
The body of itself cannot be either
moral or immoral because It Is nom
moral; the mere instrument OF the
SOUL, and doing whatever It does as
such an instrument. One needs his
tongue in order to tell q lie, but 1t
is not his tongue that lies. The lying
spirit within him uses the tongue Tor
that purpose.
The proof Of this assertion Is in
the fact that we can lie within and
also be living lie without even while
the tongue is silent.
Harrisburg, Pa. Il
Do you not think that the illiteracy
of the United States is a menace to
its political safety? IS
Answer. The question Is well put
and its emphasis rightly placed. Few
civilized countries in the world have
as large q number or percentage OF
illiterates as this republic.
Not q few Of the internal conflicts
we endure are directly traceable to
this ugly fact. 1t alarms our states
men. clergy. educators and intelligent
citizens everywhere. The earlier types
Of immigrants came from northern
and eastern Europe and brought with
them either "a desire for knowledge
or respectable educational acquire
ments.
They established schools and col.
leges, the public press and other cul-
tural agencies. The struggle for
genuine learning in countless Ameri-
can homesteads before the Civil War
is a Homeric tale. 1t largely ex.
plains the predominance of men and
women who rose from obscure cir
cumstances to widespread and de-
served influence in church and state.
But in the rush and tumble Of
pioneering life the mountaineers OF
the Eastern States were forgotten,
with the consequence that they formed
an unassimulated element In the ma
tional character. Nor Is their splen.
did human material yet appreciated
as 1t should be by more fortunately
situated citizens.
With the large inflow here OF the
| Immigration which began 35 years
ago illiteracy was increased on al
sides, The proportion of illiterates
among aliens is now six times that
of native-born whites. The call to
nationwide military service for the
World War showed that Is out OF
every 100 of our enlisted men could
not write a letter or read a newspaper
in English. Notwithstanding sacrifi'
4cial efforts made by members of his
own race and by not few States, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
Eggs in Ramekins.

Stir the yolk of an egg with table
spoonful of cream or milk and little
butter and salt. Pour into a small
sized ramekin and put in a hot oven.
Add a little salt to the white and beat
stiff, and when the yolk has set pile
the beaten white on it and return to
the oven to brown. Serve in the rame-
kin This is one serving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
OK Eye Eggs.

Slice some bread III inches thick.
Trim off the crusts and hollow out a
place in the middle of one side. Dip
the bread in melted butter. Break an
egg into the hollow, being careful to
keep the yolk whole. Salt and pep
per the egg. Bake on pie tins in
quick oven. Serve hot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
Corn With Tomatoes.

Cut the corn from the COB, spread
4. layer In q baking dish, season, put
on q layer OF sliced tomatoes, season,
and so on with alternate layers, sea
soning each layer with salt, pepper.
and little sugar. Then fiji the dish
with rich milk In which a little soda
il dissolved, and bake for one hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
What Do You Know
About II?
DaiIy Iscience Duestions.

Daily Science Questions.
/. Are American buffaloes now
extinctY
3 Where are penguins found?
5. Are prairie dogs really
dogs?
4. Where did the wild horses
Of the Southwestern States come
FROM
5. Are rocs now extinct?
Answers 10 these questions In
tomorrow's star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
INDIAN PUDDING.

Three pints milk, three-quarters
cupful molasses, half cupful
suet chopped fine, two table
spoonfuls meat, one tablespoon.
full flour, half teaspoonful salt.
Scald milk, molasses and suet,
add flour and meal, wet with
little cold milk. Cook till like
cream, then pour in buttered
pudding dish and bake two
hours, stirring occasionally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19

= One mOtnef says. -
Children share with grown people
a liking for free choice, even to the
books they shall read. Before vaca-
ton begins place on special shelves
the books appropriate for my children,
making the range as wide as possible.
In addition make library lists of
dozen books or more. They can find
these books on the open shelves, and
decide which one they care to take
out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
By FANNY y. CoRY !

Miss Evelyn Barlow, London s only
woman aiictioneer, is specializing in
the sale of etehings. foreign ceins and.
flne prints
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
White for Summer Evening Frocks
By MARY MARSHALL.

PARASITIC best dressed woman
on board-who Is she? This question
lately received rather surprising
answer on board an Atlantic liner re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19

FISH cHoWDER.
Fry three slices slat pork cut
into dice and boil four POTATOES
and one onion cut UP is min
utes. Add to pork one quart
hot milk and one pound cod
cheeks. Boil 10 minutes longer.
Butter. pepper and salt after re.
moving from fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19

VEGETABLE HASH.
Use two parts cold boiled cab
bage to one part each cold boiled
potatoes and beets. Chop veg
etables separately and mix.
Season with salt and pepper.
Reheat in butter.