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Evening star., 1926-02-26
The Tense Child.

Look carefully at the child before
you. II his body is tense. set to work
to ease the tension before going any
further. Tense nerves and muscles
mean blocking Of the flow OF energy
and cessation Of activity. A child
can do nothing worth while under
tension.
1t Is necessary for child to know
this. Often teacher says, up tall y
and Immediately the little figures be-
come rigid. The heads tremble under
the tension as the straining children
strive to hold them stiff1y erect. The
arms are like iron rods, the hands are
stiff and lifeless. the step is jerky.
There Is no rhythm, no swing any
where. Children cannot do good work
in that state.
Teach them to relax as they work.
When you see them bent into stiff, an
gular poses, sing to them, turn on the
Victrola. recite a swinging poem, sug-
gest ease and rhythm in word and
manner and deed. Let the body ride
free if you would have good work.
Slumping is not sitting at ease. Tell
the children to let the seat carry them.
Let the seat feel their weight instead
of their pressing down on 1t. Sit free
Of the desk in front and rest lightly
against the back. so the backbone
sways and the head is as free as lily
on it's stem. Listening should not be
rigid work.
1t will not do to nag all day about
posture. but you car subtly suggest
it again and again. Keep all tension
out of your voice and manner. A
nerve control that Is indicated by
Evening star., 1926-02-26
When You Buy Service

Often we forget that we aren't get
ting full value out of certain things
unless service comes with them.
Many housewives appreciate the value
of service, and they will buy only
from stores which render II. There
are many things which we purcha so
that require service occasionally TO
make them useful and to keep them
in good working order.
No matter what sort of a radio set
YOU buy. there's one thing you will
want, too. and that's service. You
Will buy your set at store which
will take your battery for rechargins
or repair and replace parts. Radio
buyers have learned that some stores
maintain a regular trouble" depart
ment. They have men who will call
at your home to find out what IS
wrong with your set and then Ak it.
This is but one example of buying
service with an article.
Every automobile dealer maintains
service station. What good would
1t be to buy car and after running
1t for while learn that you'd have
to send it back to the fctory to be re-
paired. Automobile owners and buy
erS value service so highly that good
service station nearby or in town NAV
decide their purchase. all other things
being equal. Farmers feel the same
way about farm implements. such as
tractors and gasoline plowers
Service should be considered when
you're buying your vacuum cleaner
A careless maid may burn out a fuse
or tear off a connection II YOU wish
to use the cleaner Immediately, it $
a convenience to be able to drop in
at store and get the part you need
or have the dealer send up a man to
put your cleaner in shape. The same
Is true of all electrical equipment
Evening star., 1926-02-26
ODD FACTS ABOUT YOURSELF
BY YALE S. NATHANSON, b. Sc, NJ. A.
Department Of Psychology, Unperstv Of Pennsylvania

not start to walk when other children
OF the same age were already toddling
about. This youngster was 18 months
of age. She had been crawling for
some months, but somehow seemed
to lack the courage necessary to stand
erect and actually walk. Every meth
cd was tried, but the infant could not
master the fear Of stepping out alone,
unsupported.
One afternoon the baby,s father
walked into the room and as he en-
tered removed his coat. He sat down
for few moments, then arose, walk
ed over to the table In the center of
the room and removed his cuffs 1.-THE
detachable kind. now somewhat out
of vogue). placing them upon the
table. The baby crawled over to the
table from the corner of the room.
slipped the cuffs over her wrists and
began to walk.
Evidently there was an association
between the cuffs and walking, for
| she stepped out with the greatest con-
fidence and really walked For a long
| time afterward the only way the
child could be induced to walk was by
permitting her to wear the much
needed cuffs.
That is what we call associating
some act with some other sensation.
We all do it in our everyday actions.
Stop and think over some which are
peculiar to you. They are indeed in.
! teresting.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
Our Children By Angelo Patri

locked jaws and clenched teeth is not
control. but repression, and the re-
pressed teacher makes an irritable and
disorderly class.
When things press too hard upon
you. when you feel that il just one
more child raises his hand to say.
Skip a line?" you will commit mur-
der, turn away and look out of the
window and tell yourself that you are
riding the storm like a sen gull. Tell
the story to yourself until you can
smell the sea and feel the great rhythm
Of the sea underneath supporting
YOU. buoying you until you float free.
Then turn back to the class and ig.
more the fact that Becky got out Of
her seat and that Patsy spoke right
out loud. Maybe they needed to and
you could, II you wanted to. gobble
them up. Instead you smile at them
wisely and they subside-wfthout ten
Sion, For tension Is contagious. So
lis relaxation and rhythm. Choose.
1t is no easy matter to eliminate ten
sion from the classroom. 1t cannot
be done to the hundred per cent stage,
but it can be approached and at times
accomplished to Il high degree. Just
go gently. tread softly. keep your
head riding free, and the children will
initiate and acquire the attitude.
What Is true of the classroom is
quite as true Of the home. The fam
lily must learn how to save their en-
ergy by sparing the tension. When
the muscles of the neck and shoulders
set, when you feel your teeth press
ing hard, when ySd hear your voice
rising and your temper going. there
is tension all along the line, and the
child catches the mood and the DAM
age Is DONE Loosen up.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
Last-Minute Treatments.

Well suppose you have to go out
unexpectedly and you have been too
busy to keep your appearance up to
what you think is your best. What
can you do in few minutes, perhaps
while people wait for you (Which al
ways makes you nervous and turns
your fingers into thumbs), to improve
your looks the most in the least pos
sible time?
vigorously for half minute. This
alone Is often stimulat ting enough to
make the hair attractive and glossy
when it has seemed rather dead.
Comb it. using the fine tooth part Of
the comb, for this puts it neatly in
place and sets 1t much better than
the coarse end of the comb.
i so much for the hair. For the face
/fhere are several quick eatments.
I think the best is to spread layer Of
cold cream over the skin, and, without
even taking time to massage it in,
wash 1t off again with hot water and
very soapy tace cloth. he combi-
nation of the cream. ;hr &c the wet
ness and the soap o.. ou, half
formed wrinkles. be-: 4 I'd up II o
the face, make ro: md
alive. If the eyes are tir'- {. wig ~
the cloth from the :. .- NJ Il ":ld L =.
II over them for a momen: ms re =
and refreshes them and Ike III n!
bright.
Now rinse with cold water. Neither
9he face cream. the hot water nor the
Evening star., 1926-02-26
HOW 1T STARTED
By JEAN NEWTON.
The St. Bernard DOG.

Even people who are not dog lovers
are familiar with the massive, mild,
kind-eyed affectionate dog. the tradi-
tional companion of the fireside and
the children's friend. which is called
ST. Bernard. We may not be able to
distinguish a collie from a Russian
wolfhound, but we do know a St. Ber-
nard.
And the history of the St. Bernard,
in which lies the origin of his name. is
in keeping with his character of the
most beloved of domestic dogs, for this
animal was bred for the special pur-
pose of bringing succor to humans!
The race was originally developed from
an unknown strain at the hospice of
St. Bernard in the Alps, whose monks
have for centuries maintained the
elers lost In the terrific snowstorms
common there.
The Mona Stery of ST. Bernard is in
mountain pass of the Alps east of
Mont Blanc and 5000 feet above the
level Of the sea. 1t is II miles from
Aosta in Italy and 80 miles from Mar
tigny, Switzerland. Founded in the
year 962 by ST. Bernard de Menthou,
from whom the dogs whose breed was
developed there take their name, 1t is
still in existence, having been found by
a visitor shortly before the war to be
occupied by 20 Augustine monks with
Z assistants. whose special mission
was to use their famous dogs to aid
| travellers lost in the snow. At that
time the hospice was entertaining
10000 to $4,000 guests a year. who
contributed only a small part of the
cost required to maintain 1t.
Besides rescuing travellers in dis
tress the St. Bernard dogs are used
to test snow tracks and the safety of
ice bridges. The keenness of scent
ing and the ability of the native ST.
| Bernard to track is said to be equal
to that of the best bloodhounds AL
though they are very hardy animals,
| the breed was twice threatened with
extinction during the middle of the
nineteenth century, once by a pesti-
| lence and again by an avalanche,
which carried away all but three of
the monks dogs. However, you can't
keep a good breed down and the st.
Bernard has survived to be the savior
of the mountain pass as well as the
guard of the household and the pet
and playmate of children.
Copyright. 1926.)
Evening star., 1926-02-26
CHAPTER v.
The Invitation.

It seemed an unusually long morn.
ing. Martha was lying on the couch
in the living room leaflng through a
maSazine, when at IL o'clock the tele-
phone rang. She went to answer 1t
with q thrill of expectation. Anything
was better than stagnation In the
apartment. Perhaps Emily Westcott
was getting up a foursome or bridge,
or It might be Este1le Brainerd with
tho suggestion that they take in a
matinee.
She took the receiver on the hook
with tho thought that at least some
thing was going to happen. and then
there came to her across the wire
cheery hello in a lazy voice and In a
flash her depression vanished.
Good morning. she returned
quickly, her voice suddenly warm and
cordial, her breath little uneven.
"I hope 1t is good morning with
you." Perry said with laugh. Its
anything but that with me. DID you
ever see such a day."
Never" laughed Martha.
"Well. you sound CHEEKY enough.
Perhaps you'll let me infiict myself
upon you this afternoon. l need some
thing or some one to buck my morale.
Let's go to see one of the revues and
have tea somewhere afterward. What
do you say"
THAT sounds amusing. But why
not have tea with me afterward?"
provided we have tea together,
nothing else matters. Shall l call for
you then a little before 2?''
That will be very nice"
Martha turned away from the tele-
phone with a feeling Of guilt. I'm
pulse, augmented by Johns attitude
of last night and this morning, had led
her to accept Perry's invitation and,
more than that, to invite him to the
apartment for tea She had never
done such thing before and it
troubled her. But, in spite of that
fact, she was stirred, excited. She
looked forward to seeing Perry again
with all the anticipation Of girl In
vtted to the theater for the first time
in her life
AS a matter of fact, it was not so
much Perry, the man. who stirred
Martha; 1t was what he represented
to her He stood for the things she
had thought lost forever. He made
| her feel that she was still young, still
desirab BILE. He was willing to give her
the small but important attentions
While she was eating a solitary
lunch she heard Johns key in the
lock, and again that feeling of guilt
swept over her. Was she being fair
| to John? Would he be angry with her
| II he knew the truth? Perhaps she
ought to tell him before he left. Then
Evening star., 1926-02-26
WHEN WE co SHOPPING
BY MRS. HARLAND II. ALLEN.

such az washers. irons. Erills. etc.
Some stores may be able to sell things
at a lower price than others simply
because they don't render service.
You have learned that service is
| worth the price If you are reasonably
charged for 1t.
It's a distinct advantage TO buy
carpets and rugs and furs at stores
| which will repair, clean and store
, them. Many stores will give a Serv-
| ice guarantee or agree to store them
| for a year free of charge when you
buy them at the end of the season.
| Some stores have extra facilities for
your use, and 1t is wasteful on your
part if you don't use them.
If you are buying an article to be
shipped you may be buying service,
too. Most stores will not only wrap
the article and ship 1t, but they will
also pay the carriage charges and
guarantee its delivery. 1t Is certainly
| worth something to all Of us to know
that the articles we buy will be de
| livered In good condition. In many
cases price may be secondary con
sideration. simply because service Is
so important "A factor
If you're buying anything which
| will require service to keep it in sat
| isfactory use. don't forget that fact
| Nnefl you make your purchase
Every once in a while store will
| hold sale of radio sets, vacuum
cleaners. lawn mowers, etc, and put
low price on them. Yet in the end
! they may be the most expensive
| things you have ever bought They
may cost you a small fortune to keen
| In use. It's advisable to demand
service and expect to pay for it
Service seldom costs as much as :,
| lack of it does. Nothing's cheap
that's useless or too expensive tc
maintain. Patronize the stores which
will serve you as well as sell YOU
Evening star., 1926-02-26
BEAUlY CHAlS BY EDNA KENT FORBES.

cold rinse takes much time, and the
cold rinse is so important l wouldn't
advise you to omit. For 1t too brings
blood up to the skin, draws UP loose
muscles and wipes out tired lines, Civ
ing you animation instead of weari.
ness.
Then clean the nails quickly, push
back the cuticle with an orange wood
stick and polish them hard with a
buffer. A high polish will cover a
large number of manicuring errors.
Mrs. George D.-You can soften
hard water with small bag of bran or
oatmeal for bathing the face and neck.
You can also do this with "A few drops
OF ammonia, but this can be so easily
overdone that it Is best not to depend
upon it.
Rain water is used often by people
living where they cannot get anything
but hard water.
Proud Misunderstanding the hair
around the scalp instead of straight
downward will encourage ringlets in
the baby's hair After you have
washed the baby's head each day.
form the hair into ringlets as it is
being dried. If there is any tendency
IL curling at all. this will be the only
raining necessary.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
SUB ROSA
Wasted Years.

when left high school," said thS
business girl. Il :ust refused to 30 to
| college. although my parents we're
anxious that I should 90. I was de-
termined to make money Immediately,
and after a few weeks I got . Job
with q publishing house.
| 1T was only a small Arm. and they
didn't pay very good wages. i start.
ed out as a clerk-just general
worker with no special job.
| For six months 1 did tho dulleet,
most, uninteresting things in tho
world. My superior was the most
| finicky, particular man 1 ever mot
be perfect. If l mtsspelled one word
| when I wrote a report of my days
work to him the report had to be done
all over again,
"One day he announced that he was
going to let me do proofreading, and
| was awfully pleased. The job seem
| ed so much more dignifed than that
| of errand girl
Still, my salary increased by only
81, and my boss was fussier than
| ever. / worked myself to the bono in
that place. and when left l was
| making only SIT q week. l loft be-
cause the money was too little.
Inside of three months I landed q
| job with a newspaper, got a good sal
airy to start with and went on making
| more and more cash until today I'm
getting a salary that many men
would be proud of.
II often laugh at the old days and
wonder why on earth l stuck down
| there in that little old publishing
house. Wasted years of my life and
haven't got a thing to show for 1t"
There are probably many of you
| business girls who feel that you're
! wasting your time and effort ON an
| ill-paid job. But are you?
The B: G. above doesn't seem to
| realize that she learned more about
her particular line OF work in those
years Of drudgery under the "fussiest
| employer in the world" than she might
have gained from years of college.
Underpaid as she undoubtedly was.
she was gathering knowledge and ex
perience from her Job calculated to
| make her eligible for a better posi-
| ton In the world outside.
Just because she had such a meticu-
lously careful boss she formed the
And her accuracy probably helped
| a great deal in putting her where she
| Is today.
If you're working on a job that pays
you almost nothing and is giving you
| nothing in experience, by all means
quit 1t. But If you are gradually be-
coming a more poised, efflcient woman
| hang on until you think you're good
| enough to look for something big.
| While you're still at the beginning
| of things make believe you're serving
| an apprenticeship, as they used to do
| in the old days.
| When you've mastered your chosen
work go out and demand a big price
| for 1t.
| IIovesick.-Forget him by all means
and look around for somebody else.
| The surest cure for an old heartache
| is a new love affair.
| Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1926-02-26
Let's ALI Yawn.

Well, let all yawn. Open your
mouth real wide. Make a fist of
your hands. Raise them to the
level of your neck by bending your
arms at the elbows and yawn. Yawn!
Yawn! Yawn!
If you haven't yawned yet, repeat
the exercise and you'll find yourself
with your mouth wide open yawning
for all you're worth.
Did you ever sit in a street car or
other public places and watch some
one yawn? It's contagious. 1t doesn't
take long before the exercise has
spread about and every one is yawn-
ing.
This IS caused by the fact that
we associate some particular act with
4 certain feeling. There Is a pleas
urable feeling of rest which comes
from yawning. We are all familiar
with 1t, 50 when we see some one
yawn or even talk about or mention
the word we follow suit.
This can be carried into other
fields. That is why we smile when we
door the reverse. If you do not
feel particularly cheerful and well,
stand in front of mirror and smile
broadly. You are apt to feel more
jovial Immediately.
The story is told by noted psychol-
ogist of a bal who caused them
considerable worry because she did
Evening star., 1926-02-26
My Neighbor Says:

A blanket pinned to a line on
the porch is an excellent pro-
lection from strong sunlight or
wind, If one has no porch cur
tains. 1t Is safer than a screen,
which is apt to blow over on
the baby's carriage.
The flavor of cocoa is i'm.
proved by sprinkling a little
cinnamon over the top just be-
fore serving.
When parsley Is not obtain
able for garnishing, use the
tips from celery or finely sliced
outer leaves of brussels sprouts.
A slice of lemon rubbed over
the hands whitens and softens
the skin.
If you have quantity of
milk and wish to keep 1t fresh
for several days, scald it, put !
in sterilized bottles with steril-
lied shoppers, cool and keep
near the ice.
Strips torn from sheets rolled
tightly into little rolls and pin
ned up come in handy. Ban
dages average from 21s to 8
yards in length. very narrow
ones being best for toes and fin
gers, wider ones for arms and
legs. Bandages should always
be rolled and pinned until
needed.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
Clues to Character
The Walk.
BY J. o. ABFRNETHY.

The walk, peculiarly, is expressive
or character. AS a person walks, SO
will be his character. If the life prin-
cipal is slack, and it's manifestations
lax, the walk is slipshod, dragging,
shuff1ing and loose. .jointed. A walk
full of snap and vim indicates a char
acter full of energy and power. A
shiftless, tagging, dragging walk is
found to he the natural gait of an
inert, shiftless person. An abundance
Of life magnetism keeps every muscle
taut and renders the walk light and
springy.
A walk full of short steps, sharp
turns bespeaks a short, curt, uneven
and Unbalanced kind Of character A
smooth, gentle walk denotes a sweet,
gentle, harmonious character. A shut
fling walk. and stubbine the toes, indi-
Gates that those who possess these
characteristics rarely ever attain any
thing worth while in this world. Slow
walkers think and live slowly. A
nippy. dainty, affected step bespeaks
just this kind of character. This per-
son is not sincere. lie is cunning
| and tull of false pretense. Beware of
him
Evening star., 1926-02-26
Thousands find vigorous
health in these vitamins!

WHEN people have too few vitamns, they lack
energy, become easily tired have less resistance to
disease. When the vitamin deficiency is pro-
nounced, they actually fall i'll of such diseases
pelagra. ber-beri scurvy and ricketts, Gin children)
And without any vitamins at ALL human beings die
That is why cod-liver oil is so often prescribed
by physicians for people who apparently not i'll
at all. That is why cod-liver oil is considered
important the health and growth of children. For
good cod-lver oil is the richest known of
the essential fatsolube vitamns. These are the
vitanins that raise resistance to disease, protect
children against rickets and insure the proper
development of tooth and bone structure. No
wonder many thousands find vigorous health
and energy in good cod-liver oil!
But it is important that you should choose oil
which really contains all the vtamins it is sup
posed to have. For the vitamins in codiver oil
easily lost in the process of preparation, packaging
and transportation.
Squibbs Cod-Liver Oil is refined and packaged
under special, exclusive process which preserves
its vitamin potency. One pint of Squibb's Cod
Liver Oil is richer in vitanin than 1900 pints of
grade whole milk than 100 pounds of the best
creamery butter!
To be safe, insist upon Squibb's Cod-Liver Oil.
At drug stores everywhere.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
Bistorp of Dour Same
Bf PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAN.
WALDECK
SOURCE-A locality, also q given
name.
RACIAL ORIGiN-Dutch or Gar

Here is a family name which may
be either Dutch or German in its
origin. The only method In which to
be sure in the individual case is to
carry back a genealogical tracing to
the point where the decision can be
made.
In most cases. however. it may be
safely assumed that the family name
Is of German origin.
The word "wald-eck" has only one
meaning, whether you trace It back to
Holland or Germany. forest oak"
Thus, 1t ID easy to see that in q great
many instances 1t was first used as q
surname with reference to the place
from which the bearer came, or,
rather, the place in which he dwelt
for such a description would have but
little meaning except to persons who
lived in the locality and were familiar
with the place referred to.
In many instances, however, the
name was used as a given name. 1t
was by no means an unpopular one in
the Germany Of several hundred years
ago, at the period when family names
were being formed, and It Is still to be
found as q given name In that coun-
try, though not so frequently as in the
past.
(Copyright, 1o26,)
Evening star., 1926-02-26
DAUGHTERS OF TO-DAY
By HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR

she would have nothing to regret
afterward.
These thoughts were rushing through
her mind when he appeared in the
doorway.
I'm Off" he said curtly,' as always.
Better plan to get out for a walk
this afternoon. You women hang
around the house too much. No won.
der you're bored.
I'm going to the theater," Martha
returned evenly.
That's good" he said indifferently.
Have a good time. I'll be back to-
morrow In time for dinner"
That was all. He did not evtnce
the slightest interest in her plans. 1t
made no difference to him where she
went or with whom, and as she heard
the door slam behind him revolt
surged up in Marthas heart. SO that
was the way he felt about It! Well. In
that case, she was justified in doing
what she pleased. She would take
| what the gods had to give her and
with no qualms of conscience either.
She was trembling a little as she
rose from the table and went to her
room to put on her hat. 1t Was partly
| from nervous excitement and partly
because she had caught a look of pity
| In Hilda's eyes as she had left the
dining room. John never bothered to
be polite before the servants, and Mar
ina mated to be humiliated before
them.
Copyright. 1920
| Continued in Tomorrow's Star1