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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-24
Women Who Have Important Tasks
i'm Government Service
BY ALICE ROGERS HAGER

tuting a corps that soon became n
model throughout the country, and
carrying on until we'll after the
Armistice. 1t was not easy work, as
many wounded We're brought to the
Barracks Hospital from overseas.
and Captain" Brueggeman was on
call night and day, even sleeping
withsa telephone beside her so that
emergency calls would come through
directly to her.
While she was still in the midst of
winding up the corps affairs. VIII
Hays, at that time chairman of the
Republican national committee.
broadcast the word to have each
State, for the first time, appoint a
commltteeWoman. Missouri was the
one State to elect. rather than APP
point, and Mrs. Brueggeman nomi-
mated from the floor. without either
her knowledge or consent beforehand.
was Overwhelmingly chosen commit
teewomah. She left the same night
for New York State to study meth
DDS of party organization there.
With that much ira lining. Mrs.
Brueggeman went back to Missouri.
organized the Republican women of
the State. went as delegate at large
to the National Convention that
nominated Mr.. Harding. and several
times made trips to Marion to re-
port progress to him.
In the Summer of 1921, she was
vacationing in New Jersey when
she received long distance call
from the White House, asking her
to come to Washington at once to
become a Commissioner for En-
ployes Compensation. At first she
refused. but finally she consented to
take it for six weeks. At the end
Of that six weeks. however, she was
appointed chairman of the Commits
sion by the President, and she has
held that place ever since. having
been re-appointed by Mr. Coolidge.
The importance of Mrs. Bruegge-
mans work is seen in the fact that
the Commission is responsible for
the administration Of compensation.
either in the form of medical and
hospital care, or of money, to any
civil employee or member of the
Naval Reserve, in any part of the
world where he or she may be serv-
ing the Government, and that there
are almost 100000 of these civil en-
ployes. 1t is upon the prOmptness
and efficiency of the Commission that
the relief, and sometimes the life,
of such an employe may depend,
especially in such a far-off disaster
as the Japanese earthquake, for eX-
ample. Mrs. Brueggeman states that
from 1000 to 5000 cases of injury
are reported to the Commission every
month, and each of these must re-
ceive the same careful consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-24
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Pom was reeding the paper and ma
was wawking around blowing aust,
and we could heer Mildred Jones prac-
ticing on her banjo next store, ana
pop started to rattle his paper saying,
zee gods, how does that gerl ever TX
peXt that thing to get better II she
keeps on picking at it?
Not So loud, Willyum, you know
how thin these walls are, ma sed.
Their not half as thin as l II De II
I haff to stand much more of this. pop
sed even louder. If a man cant reed
his paper in peece i'll his own nome
wat can be do? he sed
He can at leeSt make less noise
about it, shh, shh, for goodniss sakes'
shh, they'll heer you, do you Wunt
them to heer you? ma sed.
Nuthing would give me greater pleZ-
zure, pop sed as loud as enything. Iee
gods. does she call that music, wy don't
she take it out in the middle of field
someware and scare crows with It in
sted of keeping taXpaying sltiZens
from enjoying their hard erned news
papers. zee gods. he sed.
O Willyum, shh. for goodniss sakes,
shh, ma sed WITCH Jest then the door
bell rang and ! ansered 1t and it was
Mrs. Jones saying, Benny. would you
mind asking your father kindly not to
tawk so loud. Mildred is trying to con-
rentrate on her banjo lessin and she
finds it utterly impossible with that
loud tawking going on.
Yes mann. III tel him. I sed. Wirh
7 went in and did. IA ndpop made me
bring him the big dictionary and he
started to reed words out of it as loud
as he could reed for about minutes
and then he got his hat and went out
and slammed the frunt door and open
ed it and slammed it agen about 4
tirJ,oc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-24
Your Baby and Mine
RY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.
A Starvation Diet.

Mrs. A. X. writes:
II wonder IL you will give me
little advice on what to feed my =
month old baby. She weighed almost
pounds at birth and now welghs
only 13. I know that she is unoer
weight, but am at loss what 10 'rs
next.
IT nursed her until months of age,
hut she did not gain as she should,
but | kept trying to improve my
milk. When | tried to alternate
breast and bottle I lost the breast
milk entirely. I began deNtrose ana
milk and water. At first she gained
and then was quite sick. The doctor
prescribed for her and she got well
ollickly, but does not pick up. now
give her IA ounces OF water, 10 VI
milk and 3 tablespoons OF Marley. 1
am at a loss as TO what 10 give hei
next. | have been told not TO cnahse
her formula in hot weather, but IL
worries me terribly that she doesn't
gain. How can L chahse hei Aoi
mula?
"What should 4 baby Of % months
old weigh? She weighed POUNDS
at BIRTH"
Answer.-It would be absolutely I'M
nossible for YOUR baby to make any
gain on the formula you are now us
ing. She needs at least hall as much
more milk than she is getting TO sup
plv her protein needs. and she needs
sugar to make up for the lack Wheh
YOU dilute the milk so much
Every three days add ounce OIL
milk and subtract / ounce of the wa
tor until YOU get to the formula "a
milk. 8 water and 3 tablespoons
of some kind of sugar, malt, corn
sirup or cane sugar. Please write
for leaf1et on "Weaning and Feeding
which will give more definite lnfor,
nation. sending a self-addressed ana
slammed envelope with your request.
If the baby shows any disturbances
of digestion hold the formula at those
proportions until the attack is over.
IF the bowels become very loose, re-
turn again to a lower formula ana
then proceed upward cautiously when
everything Is we'll again.
Remember that baby or THIS age
having tatken milk for three months
should not find it difficult TO dlGes1'
and the sole reason she is raining 10
gain is because she is not getting
sufficient milk in the day. You are
only giving | ounce for each pound
of her weight, while ia ounces IN
the cases of undernourished children
ounces) is necessary to supply theif
needs and put on weight.
Give the baby orange juice dallN
or canned tomato juice beginning
with teaspoon Of either, ana al
luting the. orange juice one-hai1 WIN
water), and when you get the leanet
it will show you how to proceed with
the rest of the babys diet.
The older baby should weigh ABOUT
26 pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-24

girl or woman who must needs
dress on what the editors of
women's magazines politely call
Limited income One simple little
evening frock may be made to do
duty for many, many occasions
without looking over-worked If you
have a number of scarfs to go with
it. A dark street suit will look like
several If you can alter the color
scheme by means of a different scarf
from time to time.
Don't be afraid to arrange your
scarf. 1t is a mistake to leave it
all to hazard. For street wear the
French woman adjusts her scarf
with considerable precision, draw
ing it closely around her throat and
usually tying it securely into posi-
ton or attaching it with one of
those large pins that are especially
designed for that purpose. Some,
cleverly allows one end to hang
over the shoulder-or she may
thrust the end of the scarf into
pocket of her suit Jacket and let II
loop downward for little distance.
But the favorite scarf for the suit
among Parisians is still the square.
This shape is also sometimes used
in the evening. The sketch shows
the way in which a yellow chiffon
square scarf was arranged as an
accessory to simple little evening
frock. The ends of the square
were fastened over the right Shout
der with flower shading from
yellow to orange. The other scarf
shown in the sketch IL of quite diff
ferent shape--qufte long and mar
row. This Is n more satisfactory
shape for the scarf made of heavy
fabric like brocade or gold lame.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-24

Leila Marsh, Tho had Arrays been
accustomed to idlcness, is left arithout
money! Because she is inexperienced,
she is forced to take q position as
1ddy's maid 1cith rich and beautiful
T0mGn. Mona kingsley. In the fam
liz are Richard. Mond-s husband. and
Barry, the son. Barry persecHfes
Leila qrith his attentions and Mona
0mnses herself 6y humilidting the
girl Richdrd 4chO has learned long
ago that Mona does not tore him. be-
aims by pityinu Leila and ends up bU
l0ring her. Barry finally makes up
his mind that he must hare Leila at
all costs and decides to marry her.
TO his dmosement. she refuses him
scornfnHy and later Mona discharges
her. During all this time Mona has
been flirting 1cifh a UOun0 bdchei0r.
ROhdh Cameron. 1rhO is Infatuated
rith her. she has been lcddin0 him
on because Of her nridity for ddm'rd-
tom. but Mt a Long island house
party he finally pcrsnndes her to rnn
awny with him. Among the guests
is a uouno girl. F,1tsie Lang. "ho.
rhem she discovers Ronny's infdtud-
ton for Mona, shoes her scorm
openlu This bOthers R0nnD more
than it SHOuld. ana on me idSt aug,
inst before the eiOpemenf. he redHSfS
that he is making a mistake. ON
the 1rdy to the city there is an acct
dent and Mona is killed. In the
meantime change has come o1er
BdrYy and he gets a job selling bonds.
lie and Richard 90 up to the c0nh-
try to play golf orer the reeh end
that Mona is at Long Island. ThcY
reach home Sunday niOht to receive
the nelrS of her dcdh. In the mean
time, Ieila has taken q position as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-24
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY. Nj. ID.

siderable amount of poison or waste
matter can be "sweated' out through
the skin by any form of bath. That is
physiology subject which few lay
men have had the privilege of study
ing.
My Chicago correspondent asks
where get proof for the aSSer
ton quoted above. One meets the
proof here and there and everywhere.
My st. Paul correspondent is a case
in point.
Let some of these administration
lists bring forward a little proof to
uphold the morbid theory that makes
them sick. When | made the asSer-
ton that there is no such thing as
poisoning by something reabsorbed
into the blood from the intestinal cav
ity | had carefully Gombed the scien
tific evidence first. Now | may add
that this morbid notion, and the mis-
chievous maltreatment 1t leads to, is
responsible for Il vast amount of I'M
necessary sickness.
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Auto Mental Intoxication.


A Chicago woman urges mo to cor
rect the following assertion. which /
recently made here:
There is no such thing as auto
intoxication,' if by that YOU mean
poisoning of the body by something
eahSorbed into the blood from the in
testinal cavity. That IS Just a refined
ul,ackS Invention. and the best proof
] can cite IS TIE Well known fact that
thousands of people enjoy the best OF
health have the best compilations and
live long ard prosper, although they
have Il bowel movement only once OF
twice a week.
That just can't be 50. my Chicago
correspondent insists, for she has
studied her own body. and she has
learned a few remarkable things from
experience ana actual practice on her
self, She AYERS. Then this Chicago
critic utterS IA remarkable remark.
She soemnly informs me that
"chronic diseases are made by the
accumulation Of the feces in the cells
Of the system and there is no getting
away from ii.
| fear my Chicago friend has a
bad case of auto mental intoXication.
In fact. I think all alleged autointoXl-
cation is mental. not physical. 1t
doesn't happen. but the notion or
fancy that such a thing occurs Ger
family in lures the victims health.
4 st. Paul woman mentions that in
spitn of playing tennis every day,
eating plenty of fresh fruits and veg
etabIes and drinking at least SIX
glasses of water daily she has a
bowel movement only once or twice
q week. She enjoys excellent health,
but she wonders whether this infre-
ollencv will in time iniure her health
and whether she ought to do any
thing about it, | should advise her
to forget il and 60 on with her game.
A New York woman asks what 1
consider the cause of autolntoNlca-
ton. whether I ascrihe it to Intestinal
indigestion. faulty elimination, starch
poisoning. OF lack of some essential
mineral in the food. II sounds as
though my New York correspondent
has been reading some mail order food
Specialist" bait. At any rate she has
all the glib but meaningless phrases
down pat.
Faulty elimination" in the nos
trIm and quack lexicon. covers a
multitude Of real and imaginary com
plants. In fact, if physiology and
pathology have any weight. IL is IN
% out Of 700 instances a very poor
guess. Faulty elimination" is a
phrase that helps the physic business
a lot. Ii is worked With great sue
cess by the proprietor Of the bath
establishment. The average physio-
logically uneducatcd customer falls
for the faulty elimination" bunk
nearly every time. II Is one of the
most mischievous notions cherished
ty folk who like to dabble With their
own "doctoring." Mind. please. | do
not deny that eNertion may he in
sufficient in some disease conditions.
though ] do deny that the skin Is an
exrretory organ of any practical I'M
nortanCe. and do deny that any con
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-24
CHAPTER L.
Leila Sees the News.

On the morning after Mona's death
Leila was on her way to the subway
! station when she stopped ut news
! stand to buy paper. She waited
| until she was seated in the train to
open it and the first thing that flashed
| before her eyes was the name Kings
| ley.
MRS. RICHARD KINGSLEY
KILLED IN MOTOR ACCIDENT"
Conscious that her heart was beat
ing wildly and her hands shaking,
Leila read through the account to
the end. The Kngsleys were of
enough prominence socially to make
! the story worthwhile and almost half
a column of space was devoted to it,
| When she had finished. Leila folded
| the paper and gave herself up to her
thoughts. Mona was dead, killed in
| a motor accident. and Ronny Cameron
was driving. They We're on their way
home from a house party. and Mr..
Cameron had sustained serious inju-
ries. When questioned he was unable
to give any lucid explanation as to
| how the accident had occurred.
| Like Richard, Leila could not Wis
| ualiZe it. She could not believe that
Mona was gone. When she reached
! the office she knew at Il glance that
Mary Brandt had seen the account
ana, as 1t was still early, the two
women sat down to talk about it.
II feel simply daZtd,' Leila began.
1T seems incredible. You knew her.
didn't yok? OF courSe~-Well. then, you
know how beautiful she was. and how
she loved life. She wasn't still a mo-
ment. If it hadn't been for the fact
that she was always careful of her
health she couldn't have stood it."
"Who was this young Cameron"
Mary asked. Did he come to the
house often? She had great many
admirers. didn't she? 1t has always
been rumored that she and her hus-
band had very little to do with each
other"
Leila felt the betrayin color creep
into her cheeks and for a moment
she avoided meeting Mary's sharp
eyes. When she did look up Mary's
lids were narrowed slightly, but it
was impossible to read her expression.
When she wished to Mary could look
like a sphinx.
She did see a great deal of Mr..
Cameron" Leila admitted
What type of man is Mr.. Kings
ley?' Mary persisted you've never
said much about him.
Leila opened her mouth to speak,
but no words came. The next mo-
ment she felt the hot tears pressing
against her eyelids. Desperately she
struggled for self-control. but in the
interim Mary went on talking.
Don't feel that I'm probing YOU
out of idle curiosity. / just wanted
to know about you. But you needn't
say anything. more. I think under.
stand. You love him, don't you?"
Leila's head went back proudly.
The tears glittered on her lashes, but
her gray eyes were unashamed
Yes, | love him. / was shocked at
first. but since then I've had a chance
to think things over. You see, / be-
gan by being sorry for him: that
was after / realized how unhappy he
was Then he was SO kind to me-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-24
Ny Neighbor Says:

Keep salt and pepper shaker
on the kitchen range. 1t Is
handy when seasoning foods.
1,ncircle n new broom with a
section of stocking leg. 1t will
wear longer.
You should wash and clean
thoroughly spinach, dandelions
or beet GREENS. lettuce and
celery as soon as delivered. Then
cover with clean cloth and put
where it is cool. They will keep
longer and are ready to use at a
minutes notice.
After frying onions pour a
little vinegar into the frying
pan, let it get hot and it will
remove all smell from the pan.
To remove paint from aprons
soak the spot in a little paraffin,
rub it thoroughly till the paint
is removed and then wash In
the ordinary way.
Hot. sharp vinegar will readily
remove mortar and paint from
window glass.
The way clothes are hung on
the line to dry has much to do
with ironing. Skirts hung by
the band instead of by the hem
dry in better shape and have no
speaks that must be ironed out of
the bottom. Straight pieces. such
as towels. napkins and lunch
cloths. are much more easily
ironed if they are placed
sauarely upon the line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-24

THE AFTERNOON SCARF OF
LAME IN ROSE, BLACK AND
GOLD SHOWN ABOVE IS FAST
ENED AT THE LEFT SIDE
WITH a GOLD ROSE. BELOW
is a HANDkERCIIIEF SCARF
FOR EVENING WEAR. 1T IS
CLEAR YELLOW CHIFFON AND
Is FASTENED on THE SHOUL-
DER WITH \ FLOWER SiIAD-
INC; FROM YELLOW TO ORANGE.
either if YOU like-but if YOU want TO
follow tho very latest fashion wear
them both together.
You may have noticed that while
some women are followers of the
fashion Of wearing scarfs others
have not taken up With the scarf
at all. Some women have dozens of,
SCarfs as a necessary part of their
Wardfob2S-and others do not boast
a. single one. They are not an alb
solutely necessary part of the pres
ent day mode but they are very
helpful-and most useful to the
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He offered to help me. / must have
loved him long before I realized it.
but it wasn't until the day l left that
l really knew"
II certainly started something when
I sent you to the kingleys. didn't I?'
Mary said thoughtfully. Little did
Mrs. Kingsley think when she asked
for An unusual lady's maid that any
thing as dramatic as this would hap
pen"
1T wasn't as If she cared for him"
Leila said softly. eff she had this
couldn't have happened
Mary did not answer. She was
studying the situation from different
angles. If she had dared she would
have pressed Leila further where
Richard was concerned, but she felt
that the girls pride would make her
reticent. What Mary wondered was
whether Richard cared for Leila. Ac-
tually she didn't see how it was posi-
BILE for any one to he near the girl
and not care for her. Her beauty was
so rare. so much lOvelier in it's way
than Mona's because it was UNIQUE
Then, too. any one but n fool would
recognize the fact that Leila was not
made of ordinary clay. She was as
good as Richard Kingsley save for the
barrier of money.
Copyright. 1890
Continued in tomorrow's Starr
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HOW 1T STARTED
By JEAN NEWTON.
ITO Shoe the Goose. ?"

When people undertake 4 dlHlcuit
and profitless task they are frequently
referred to rs trying TO shoe the
goose.
The phrase IS an old one. its author
hsinc John shelton Of fifteenth and
early sixteenth century fame. SHELTON
said that the attempt Of the laity
10 reform the clergy OF his time was
about as mad scheme as II they at
tempted to shoe Wild geese. III IL in
his old work, "Colyn Cloute," which
has survived through the centuries
for the dedication Of scholars of our
day, that we find these lines.
what hath laymen to doe,
TIE gray goose TO shoe?"
tCspyriEht. 1892
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Mrs. Bessie P. Brueggeman.

Mrs. Bessie P. Brueggeman. chair
man of the United States Employees
Compensation Commission, holds a
unique and interesting position in
the Government service, not alone
because of her exceptional work. but
particularly because, where most
women spend years Of preparation
before their opportunity comes, hers
came without any previous planning
or training.
Her home was in ST. Louis. but
she was educated at Radford Acad-
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envy, near Boston, with nothing more
serious than her debut in St. Louis
society in mind. But even during
what she calls her frivolous years."
she was inclined. more or less
vaguely, to an interest in civic at
fairs and social service.
With the entry of the United
States in the World War, Mrs
Brueggeman felt the call for service
keenly, but had no definite idea how
she might serve her country until
the captain of the Red Cross Motor
Corps of st. Louis sent for her and
told her that Washington had asked
to have her form a special motor
corps to serve the Washington Bar
racks. just outside ST. Louis. That
was real challenge, and she rose
to it with complete success, insti-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-24
Scarfs as Part of the Wardrobe
BY MARY MARSHALL.

The silk scarf is still one of the
foremost Of fashionable accessories
and the buttonhole or shoulder flower
was never more in vogue. Wear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-24
Frozen Bananas.

Put into a freezer three cupfuls Of
cold custard. one Cupful of whipped
cream. and one half a Cupful of sugar.
Force enough ripe bananas through
"a fruit press or q sieve 10 fill the can
to within two inches of the top. Flavor
to taste with lemon juice and add
more sugar if desired. Remember that
cream does not taste as sweet when
frozen as it does when warm, so be
sure TO add plenty Of sugar. Freeze
as usual
Melbourne is to have an apartment
house completely equipped with wire
less. electric cleaning and heating. in
Generators and many other modern
OnVenienCes
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Copyright. 1867

3. Whlrvind off the Farce Islands.
6. Ancient inhabitant of Britain.
Z. Out of.
8. One who trayels~
IS. Is erect.
Is. A diphthong.
Is. Decrease.
II. Song like
is. Myself.
10. Kind of Vessel
"a. Exist.
&c. Mother.
80. Correct.
81. SuffoCate in water.
80. Prefix: again.
80. Point of the compass.
"a. Famous violinist.
SO. Mobiles.
Al. Gold heraldry).
43. Himself.
a.. Observe carefully (abbr).
As. Pronoun.
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across.
!. Exclamation.
5. More peculiar.
Q. Act.
10. Device for climbing.
IL. Eleven ROnan).
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IA. Kind of meat.
10. Engineering degree.
90. Street (abbr.).
81. Looked.
%. Chaldean city.
%, Hebrew month.
25. Note of the scale.
PC. Mount (abbr.)
q. Point of the compass.
20. Thus.
80. Proposition.
80. Printed notice.
81. Stylish.
IS. Spanish definite article.
81 Manuscript tabbro.
49, Begins again.
80. Proposed international Language.
40. Negative.
Az Call of a horse.
As Unit of gefmplasm.
as. One who does not work.
Al. Trounces.
/. Farewell.
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3. Fastener.
4. Egyptian genius OF the body,
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Clergymen of London's fashiona BILE
churches have decided to double their
fees when the bride is Is minutes
late at a wedding ceremony.
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Continued in tomorrow's Starr