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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
Have You an Obsession ?

| no" chorus all the girls to whom
the question is put, ''of course we
haven't an obsession. What an idea!
| AS a rule, most of them think an
obsession is a morbid sort of thing
a continual brooding and talking over
| something not quite healthy. -
| But they're wrong. I'm not speak
| ing Of that kind of obsession at all.
| I'm talking about the strange little
mental kink that sets perfectly nice
girls on a single track from which
| they're unable to get away.
Hundreds of girls get an obsession
| about some particular man.
| When Estelle got the air from Ken
| meth she promptly developed an ob'
| session. She could think of nothing
| else--and she drove her friends nearly
wild with her incessant winking ana
| complaining over the hard lot Fate
had dealt her.
People took to avoiding her society
because of her everlastingichant, and
| it isn't as if I'd done anything to make
| him mad. ia always tried to be nice.
| He was Just mean-deliberately cow
ardly. / hate him. I'm glad he's
gone"
Over and over she'd repeat that
dreary dirge, and her friends Whis.
pered that Estelle had lost every Dit
of attraction and charm in her OBJ
session over Ken. .
Other girls get hipped on the sub
ject Of the tough life their parents
| lead them.
Jennie can very seldom talk about
ANYTHING for any space OF time with
out giving her little patient sigh and
suddenly launching into an account OF
| the latest atrocity committed BY her
harsh and unyielding mother.
She's got so she doesn't realize how
this one matter dominates her whole
life-she isn't aware of how entirely
her conversation is given up 70
rather unpleasantly personal subject.
She sees nothing. hears notnlng,
| being done her by cruel and unsym-
pathetic couple of parents.
Then there are hundreds of maidens
who can talk of nothing but their
social success.
They have got beyond the point
where dances and parties mean pleas.
ure and fun to be giggled over and
happily relived--they live IN state
of mind where the only thing that
counts is the number of dinner invi'
tations they receive in week.
Thev iealously watch the activities
of their friends-mentally appraising
the value Of this or that rush -
listening with narrowed eyes and wor-
ried lines to the news that Dolly Par
kins has been asked to three proms
in one week. hoping again and again
that each year will bring bigger and
better crop of admirers and dates.
They lose all sense of proportion and
the social thing obsesses them.
Heaven help the poor kid who gets
obsessed by money. Besides making
herself the most unpopular creature
in the world she has such a rotten
time worrying about the blamed old
cash, hers is the most unenviable lot
of all.
All of which is to remind you not to
let your particular interest in life
carry you beyond the bounds Of COM
nonsense and balanced thinking-not
to let one person. one trouble, one
pleasure. one hobby dominate your
life and conversation so that you lose
charm and personality.
Copyright 1920
Mimi will be glad TO answer any INQUIRIES
directed to this paper provided stamped,
addressed envelope Is inclosed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

special dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 25.--In a
week which has seen the highest
money rates Of the year, the stock
market, moving as usual by groups,
established mixture Of gains and
losses. with neither really predominant
ing.
The 5k per cent figure on call loans
prevailing in the first half Of the week
was followed by an advance to 6 per
cent. This was a striking occurrence.
because 1t could not be attributed to
any important drain upon New York
bank resources. 1t came too early to
set down to preparation for the end
of-the-year settlements. These scarce
~ ever become serious factor until
the closing week OF the year.
If the per cent money rate does
not denote a greatly reduced supply
IT money or the expectation of a de-
fciehcy, what Is its significance? Wall
Street has been debating this question
all week, and has commonly answered
1t by saying that the banks are not
anxious to see a big speculation at
his time. Partly, then. this may have
been defensive measure aimed at
the stock market. Partly, however,
t seemed to be a warning to slow up
with the new security issues, which
have been pouring upon the market
for the greater rart of 1926.
Bond Market Quiet.
The bond market has come to more
Of a standstill than the stock market.
which has had q number Of interest
ing moves to liven 1t up. The invest
ment community Is loath to believe.
N view OF the strong position of the
Federal Reserve and in view OF the
annual return flow Of money to the
principal centers. which is to start
after the first of the year, that the
present rise in rates Is anything more
than temporary. 1t. is laying its cal
culations accordingly, and Is not
pressing bonds for sale.
In this connection the higher prices
reached during the week by a num-
Der Of old line preferred stocks come
in for attention. These purely in
vestment issues are quoted around
the highest Of the year. 1t is another
piece Of testimony to the willingness
If capital to accept what. by com.
parison with other year-ends in the
past, is low return. 1t is not con-
sistent with any idea that higher
money has come to stay.
Motor Mergers Denied.
Merger rumors affecting the auto
mobile companies have been emphati-
cally denied. The strength shown by
some Of the motor shares probably re-
fleets the hopeful view taken with re-
card to the motor industry, at least In
he early months Of 1927.
Buying of the railway shares has
found encouragement in the continued
Increase In dividends and the antici-
patton Of more. A week ago 1t was
Louisville and Nashville; this week 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
EAT AND BE HEALTHY
Diaah Days Daily Talks on Die,
The Right Food Is the Best Medicine

Sarily more generous, but that does
not mean tha. the mother must fool.
ishly stuff herself to appease her
hunger. Her food must nourish not
only herself but her unborn baby.
What she eats must supply the es-
sential elements for herself and her
baby. If the mother foolishly eats
knick-knacks and even coolies of
starch. sugar and fat foods, which
In moderation are good in themselves,
she will satisfy her hunger, but she
will not be furnishing either her baby
Or herself with the foods which make
or health and strength.
The mother needs lime for her
baby's bones and teeth. And she must
furnish this lime or Nature will take
Il from the mothers bones and teeth.
Decaying teeth need not be the
mothers penalty for pregnancy. The
mother needs iron for her blood and
to nourish her baby through her
blood.
First of all, the mother must have
quart Of milk a day. This will sup.
ply the lime. Then there must be
sufficient iron. Egg yolks are rich
in iron and an egg a day should be
taken. Plenty of fresh vegetables and
fruits are essential. Whole grains
should be used in cereals and bread.
stuffs.
Proper diet in pregnancy is most i'm.
portant for both mother and child.
d. Z. B.-Why is wholewheat bread
better than refined white bread? Ans.
Because entire wheat contains the
bran. outer layers and germ in which
are the mineral salts, lime, iron, phos.
phorus, etc, and the vitamins. Re
fining removes these valuable ele-
ments, leaving only the starch center.
Readers desiring personal answers to their
questions should send self addressed. stamp
ed envelope to Dinah Day. care of The Star
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
YULET|DE SPIRIT
|SSEEN|N MARKET
christmas" Dividends I'm
part Upward Trend to
Stock List.
By the AssociatAd Press

By the AssociatAd Press.
NEW YORK, December 25.--Exten-
sive readjustment of speculative &C.
counts, usual at this time of the year,
impaired much irregularity to the
stock market this week, but the bull
ish influence created last week by the
unexpected announcement of u $780,
100000 stock dividend on United
States Steel and subsequent Christ
mas dividends" by other corporations
was still in evidence. Higher call
money rates, due to the enormous de-
mand for holiday currency, and the
departure of many traders for extend
I'd week end trips had a tendency to
restrict trading.
Trade news was mixed in charac-
ter. For the first time since last jan
uary freight car loadings showed "a
decrease in comparison with the same
week the year before. A slackening
also occurred in steel mill operations.
but this was regarded as seasonal; on
the other hand, retail holiday trade
was reported to be breaking all rec
ords in volume and a firmer under
modify markets.
Atchison was again the leader in
the rail group, crossing 40 to the
highest price ever recorded in ap-
parent anticipation of a special divi.
dend distribution early next year.
Erie common and first deferred ad
vanced to the highest prices in a
decade of expectations of an early re-
sumption of dividends on the latter
stock. New York Central and some
# the other issues turned sluggish on
he denial of dividend rumors affect
ing those roads.
United States Steel lost much of the
ouoyancy which developed after the
dividend announcement, but received
good support. Other Steels were
Iuiet. Motors were in brisk demand
Turing the week on merger rumors. in
which practically every company of
consequence was mentioned. but no
authority could be found for any of
he reports in circulation.
Oil shares held firm, the publica-
ion Of a number Of favorable earn
ings report offsetting the ordinarily
diverse influence of another increase
n crude production. Texas Pacific
Land Trust achieved the distinction
IF being the first stock on the New
York Stock Exchange to sell above
81 900 share.
Pools were again active in a num-
Der, of specialties, with new peak
prices for the year or longer being at
aimed by Baldwin. the Collins & Ak
man issues, Nash Motors. Julius Kay
ser, common and preferred, and sew
,ral others.
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Homework and Beauty

Housewives write TO me with special
problems, usually how to keep their
hands nice Not SO many write as
used to five years ago; even in this
short space of time, household con.
veniences have increased SO that
there is a noticeable difference in the
complaints about dry hands and
cracked f1ngernails.
The greatest inventions. | think,
have been the various kinds of auto
matte dishwashers. And the washing
machines that do most of the laundry
work. Yet, with all these. the hands
that do homework must soak in soapy
water more than is good for them, or
must get themselves full of dry dust
and full of stains from handling vege-
tables.
The housewife must learn to work
with gloves on. There's no other way
to keep her hands soft and white and
clean and well manicured. Once she
can wash dishes as easily with rub
Der gloves as with her hands bare
she need not worry whether she has
an automatic dishwasher or not. And
she can do a great deal of laundry
work, and all scrubbing of paint and
floors, with rubber gloves They
should be heavy and several sizes toe
large. so they can be slipped on and
off easily.
other homework and gardening
and silver cleaning can be done with
white cotton gloves having leather
finger protectors, or--for simple work
IKE sweeping and busting, ordinary
cheap white cotton. Whenever these
gloves get dirty they can be soaked
clean without any washing in hot
water and soap fakes.
II silver cleaning is awkward will
the canvas gloves that are ideal fol
gardening-or painting the house. Of
painting your car, or any such work.
use old leather or kid gloves. Silvel
polish or powder is extraordinary!
penetrating. and it certainly play
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
HIGHEST MONEY RATES OF YEAR
MARK FINANCIAL SITUATION
Six Per Cent Charge Apparently Warming
to Banks to Slow Up Flood of New
Security Issues.

was Reading. Here were two old-line
carriers. noted for their extreme con-
servatism in the past. deciding to pay
out more to their shareholders. 1t
seemed to foreshadow more liberal
policy all along the line. the assump-
ton of the attitude that the roads
have been brought up to the prime
of physical condition. and that there
was no longer any incentive to keep
on year after year piling up treasury
SURPRISES.
Most Shares Tagging.
Outside of the motors and rails the
greater part Of the list has been lag
ging behind. At no stage of the up
ward movement, which began in the
middle Of October and lasted until
the middle Of December, was there
any suggestion Of the public taking
an interest in the way It did last
year. But the suddenness with which
the market f1attened out and came
down so abruptly in the daily volume
Of transactions showed the disappoint-
ment of professional Wall Street with
the way things were going. The turn
ing point came as the market refused
to enthuse over the 40 per cent
United States Steel extra. Thereafter
other dividend increases began to fall
make as to whether the very high
level Of Stock Exchange prices had
not discounted these items of favor.
able news.
The markets hesitation may have
another reason besides the high
money rate and the lack of inspira-
ton in dividend announcements. 1t
may also reflect a genuine desire to
await better line upon next years
business. This desire is quite under
standable after the way in which
highly optimistic predictions mad
during the last few years toward the
end Of December have proved disap-
pointing.
Cotton Trade More Optimistic.
Perhaps 1t is too early to conclude
from the recovery which has occurred
in cotton that the cotton trade has
turned the corner. But this weeks
action Of prices has given more
ground for hope than has been fell
for some time OH this score. The cot
ton market knows the very worst
possible regarding the seasons pro-
duction and the excess supply invo1v-
ed. 1t has gathered increasing sup
port from trade sources, which seems
likely to last, and, in the distance.
there is the possible substantial re.
duction In the new area to be planted
and in the new crop to be turned out.
The rise in French francs has been
checked around the Accent level. ap-
parently with the full approval If not
with the help Of the French govern
ment. New York is only moderately
interested in the three-cornered OPP
Grafton by which Berlin has been
drawing gold from London through
the use of credits set up by the sale
Of German securities in the United
States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
c. & o. NET INCOME UP.
Figures for November and for II
Months Show Marked Gains.


According to reports from Rich
mond. gross revenues Of the Chesa.
peake and Ohio Railway Co. for No
vember totaled 1858 an in
crease Of $7S6,013 over November OF
last wear. Operating expenses showed
a decrease of $91.999 in it's total of
81, 1853, 965, as compared with the same
month in 1895.
The net railway operating income
was $3.347,913, an increase OF $3.50. 144
over November, 1925. The net income
after all charges for the month of
November was 81 1862, 080, an increase
Of 1896 400, as compared with the net
income of the same month In 1925.
The operating ratio is 66.4 per cent,
as compared with 71.9 per cent. de-
crease Of SIS per cent over the same
period last month.
For the IL months ending Novem-
her 30. the railway company shows
gross revenues Of 1912. 160.630, an in.
crease Of 1882. $50; operating ex'
penses were $S3,501, 963. an increase
of $1,283,522; net railway operating
income was $50, 705.573. an increase OF
III. 74S. O67. The net income for this
period, after all charges are taken on
il S26, 4O5. 1872, an increase OF $S,l2b.'
S19. compared with the correspond
ing period in 1925. The operating
ratio is 6s.4 per cent. a decrease of
AZ per cent over the same period
a wear ago.
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Wraps for Home Use i'm Winter
BY MARY MARSHALL.

like breakfast jacket. A jacket Of
this sort would not, of course. do for
formal wear. You would not think
of wearing ii at the theater or res
taurant and hardly outside your own
home save for quite informal oc-
caSionS
The sketch shows a jacket of this
sort made of black reversible MORE
or satin with colorful embroidery at
back and front. Suck jackets are
sold in some of the shops either for
breakfast or dinner jackets and you
may easily find one that would be
quite appropriate for informal eve
ming wear. Some of these are fur
trimmed and some have sleeves and
collar edged with ostrich.
tCopyrieht 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
Washington Layer Cake.

Cream six teaspoonfuls of butter
with one cupful of sugar. Beat the
whites of three eggs until stiff and
add them. Sift one and one-half cup
fuls of flour with one teaspoonful of
baking powder and one eighth tea
spoonful of salt. Add one-haif cup.
full of milk and one teaspoonful of
vanilla and beat until light. Bake in
a moderate oven for 20 minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

1he sleeveless, low neck evening
gown has no terrors for the woman
who lives In a. modern steam-heated
apartment or a tightly built. small
roomed modern house where an even
summer heat prevails But it takes
"a strong constitution and some for
titude thrown in to pass your eve
ming in such light raiment in spa
cious country house where dining
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
CHEAPER MONEY SEEN.
Moody Looks for Lower Interest
Rates After January !.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, December 20
Moody's Weekly Review says, in part:
''The monetary outlook continues
very favorable. Bank loans are be-
coming smaller as compared with de.
nosits and this is better indication
than the movements of call money
rates, We look for quite sagging
tendency of interest rates after the
first week of January.
"The rise in bond prices since the
middle of September is partly sea.
ssonal. but this year the advance has
been extra large. Doubtless 1t re-
fleets the unusual volume of new
capital seeking investment.
"Trade returns are becoming more
mixed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
Flannel Cakes.

Scald one and one-haif cupfuls of
Indian meal in three cupfuls OF scalded
milk. Add four tablespoonfuis of but
ter and when lukewarm add one and
one half cupfuls of white -four, one
teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoon.
fuls of sugar and one-half a yeast cake
dissolved In one-fourth cupful Of luke
warm water. Let the mixture rise
overnight. In the morning cook like
griddie cakes. Serve with maple
sirup,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
PLUM PUDDING.

Mix Il cup -four with l tea
spoon cinnamon and ~ teaspoon
cloves; sift mixture over / cup
raisins. ] cup currants. Z cup
sliced and stoned dates, ! cup
chopped nut meats, a pound
sliced candied orange peel. Stir
until thoroughly coated. Dis
solve l teaspoon soda in table
spoons hot water and add / cup
molasses; stir until foamy, then
add cup finely chopped suet
and | cup sweet milk. Add fruit
mixture and enough more -four
to make stiff batter and steam
5 hours. Serve with lemon
sauce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
THE BUSINESS OF GETTING
AHEAD.
Factors i'm Business Profits.

The success of a private business
enterprise is measured in annual
profits.
Frequently merely keeping busy is
not enough to bring success. The
wise merchant or manufacturer will
ordinarily decline proffered business
at prices which do not assure an ade-
quate profit. Special circumstances
warrant carrying on individual trans
actions at a loss either to close out
slow.moving inventories or to attract
customers to store SO that they will
buy other articles which can be sold
at q profit.
However, many small business men
fail each year for unwittingly accept
ing business at prices that entail no
adequate profits. This weakness Of
method springs from bad accounting,
from inability to determine costs ac-
curately.
Compensation and Profit.
Sometimes the corner grocer man.
who resists the competition of the
chain stores, stays In business because
he confuses compensation for his own
services with profits. The individual
sometimes Is able to hold out against
the chain store by performing all the
labor himself. with the assistance of
I1GIIlUEIo VI lahIhy, HOt4G Va WHOHi
draws a salary. II the apparent profit
Is enough to support the family, he Is
satisfied. According to adequate book,
keeping, however, the remuneration
would be, strictly speaking. salary :
and not profit. In the well managed
partnerships, the working partners
make both salary and profit. A fair
way of determining what the salary
should be is how much the business
would have to pay a hired man to
replace q partner.
There Is no widespread agreement
among economic authorities as to
what profits are, although the mat.
| ter has great practical significance
for tax purposes and sometimes for
determination of the legality of divi.
dend declarations of directors OF cor.
porations.
I'm the generally accepted sense of
the term" says the Standard Daily
Trade Service, in commenting on the
situation, profits constitute that sum
| which Is left over. at the end of any
given period, after all the expenses
] OF business have been paid.
Definition Is Elastic.
mo definition could be more elastic
and certainly no item in the profits
account possesses more India rubber
qualities than expenses What one
concern considers as legitimate oper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
Stumng for Duck.

Take three-fourths cupfui of cracker
crumbs, one.half d cupful of shelled
peanuts finely chopped. one-half a cup
full of heavy cream, two tablespoon
fuls Of butter, a few drops of onion
juice and a little salt and cayenne
pepper. Mix well in the order given.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
CHEESE FONDU,

CHEESE FONDC.
Scald cup milk and add l cup
bread crumbs from center of
stale loaf, l tablespoon butter,
u teaspoon salt, dash cayenne
and Il pound grated cheese.
Stir until cheese melts, add
beaten yolks eggs. take from
fire, fold in beaten whites, turn
into buttered dish and bake in
hot oven. Serve Immediately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
Haxe You Been Stung Yef?

Some men have to get Etung good
and hard before they learn to be eau.
tious In making investments. Before
you invest-investigate!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

A sunfish weighing 500 pounds was
recently stranded on the rail of an At
lantic liner after a huge wave had
washed over the vessel during a
storm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

ONE OF THE MORE ELABORATE
SORT OF BREAKFAST JACKETS
THAT SOME WOMEN WEAR
OVER EVENING FROCKS AT
HOME TO- PROVIDE EXTRA
WARMTH ON CHILLY EVE
NINGS. 1T is BLACK REVERSE
BILE MORE OR SATIN WITH
COLORFUL EMBROIDERY ON
THE BACK AND FRONT.
rooms are draughty and the only
coy place in the living room is
within high back chair before the
open fire. One way out of the diff
Guilty is to give up conventional
evening dress during. cold weather
the other is to wear some sort of
wrap. Shawls even of the lighter
sort provide considerab BILE warmth
and many women make use Of some
lighter sort of evening wrap even
indoors. You may see women at the
theater or opera sitting throughout
the evening with ermine ior ve.vet
cloaks about their shoulders.
In some of the big country houses
the problem is tften solved by means
of little dinner jacket. This is not
the mannish sort of tuxedo jacket
that was offered by some of the
French dreSSmakers a season or so
ago, but a more ornate little garment
that might look at first sight more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

GOLDFISH ON TOAST.
Soak Goldfish in cold water,
then boil 1t until you can pick
it into small pieces. Bring about
l pint milk to boil. thicken
with tablespoons flour. / egg
beaten. small piece butter. Stir
cooked fish into a thickened
cream and serve with mashed
potatoes. Add l teaspoon sugar
to cream and use cream recipe
for dried beef.
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Prompt Action.
First Mortgage Loans

Lowest Rates OF Interest and COmmissioh
Thomas J. Fisher & Company, Inc.
738 18th street.