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Evening star., 1927-05-16

baby was sitting in the middle of the
floor looking serious at nothing in
particular, and Joan was standing in
front of the mirror looking serious at
herself, and she was twisting her head
like saying mo" kind of slow, and /
said: Are you arguing with your
self? Why don't you pick ON me. as
usual?"
Joan said: "oh, just look at my
hair!' And / said: "All right" And
looked at it. and / said: "Well,
what's the rest of the trick?"
She said: II just hate it when it's
this way" I said: do it up some
other way, then. Don't stand there
being mad at yourself" She said:
How else can I do it up? It's too
long for short hair and it's roo short
for long hair" And said: "I'll ad-
why pick this afternoon to worry
about it,"
Joan said: "Well, IL enroll this
week for the university extension
course I'll hate to start attending
classes looking like an oil mop"
said: Are you going to school to
learn something, or do you intend to
spend your time being so beautiful
that the boys will begin wearing hats
again so they will have chance to
tip them to your" She said: II sup
pose you would like me to go among
up-to-date college students wearing
goggles and a Mother Hubbard?"
And said: Weren't we talking about
hair?"
She said: "y.-.-ell, just look at It,"
And / said: ST already have. What's
wrong?" And she said: "What's
wrong? Why. I've been letting it
grow for several weeks, and now it's
at that horrible betwixt and between
stage" I said: Don't worry yet.
You may not go to school," And she
said: ''Why not?" And I sa I: well,
you know how broke am. You said
yourself that you would have to win
that prune contest prize to 'ord the
tuition"
Joan said: "I supnose YOU think
L not capable of winning the prize?"
And / said: "I didn't say so. But If
the judges show poor taste and give 1t
to somebody else, why you won't need
to worry whether your hair would get
vote of confidence from all the coed
chasers or not She said: We'll,
I'm going to win it," And it is funny
how women can have that much con-
fidence in themselves and still stop to
worry about their hair. If they were
as good as they think they are, 1t
would not matter II they were bald.
Evening star., 1927-05-16
Self Activity.

Self-activity is the only kind of
activity that profits child in the long
run. One job that he selects and car
ries tt rough by himself without sug-
gestion. without help or interference
Of others, will educate him more,
strengthen his intelligence more, than
a host of imposed lessons.
We are too likely to think that we
know what is best every hour of the
child's working day We arr uncon-
scious of the fact that 1t is our own
tastes, our own codes, our own atti-
tudes, we are offering the child. We
are quite unconscious many times
that the child could do far better If we
allowed him to search within himself
for the clue to his daily growing, in
stead of taking over our secondhand
ideas and trying to fit them into his
program.
Sometimes we are funny in our ef-
forts to give the children the very
right things.
what are you going to do with
that bit of goods. Sallie?"
II thought I'd make me table
scarf. 1t would go well with my cur
tain"
ooh, wouldn't. I'd make that into
a lamp shade If / were you. 1t would
go well in the library. Don't you
think so? Much better than in your
room, Sallie."
"All right, I'll make it into lamp
shade. 1 guess I'll make it tall, like
a lantern. And I'll shirr it full and
line it with rose-color gauze, and I'll
trim it with that bit of gold braid ]
took off my old cushion"
"Oh, wouldn't If I were you. I'd
make it fiat, wide like bowl. Put
the silk on plain. Stretch it tight.
You'd like it lots better"
Think 1 would? like shirring on
lamp shades"
mo. Plain is much better. And
Evening star., 1927-05-16
Teeth.

Unless the toothache thumps loudly
for attention, teeth are not likely to
be thought about at the dinner table.
OF course, in modern homes teeth
get their toothbrush drill and daily
ration of toothpaste. But teeth in
relation to food and food in relation to
teeth are not given much thought.
These outposts to the long, red canal
are put there for a purpose. That
purpose is to crunch and grind food
and put it in condition to be swal-
lowed.
Without good teeth able to do their
work, indigestion is likely to follow.
While the teeth grind the food, the
saliva in the mouth gets in its work.
Starch foods particularly need the ac-
tion of the saliva for good digestion.
For this reason crisp bread and rolls
are best to eat, because they invite
chewing.
The same thing applies to whole
wheat products. Because of their
fiber, they are more likely to be
is in this way mixed with the saliva.
Also, of course, the wholewheat
products furnish a large measure of
lime, phosphorus and vitamins neces-
sary to good health and the making of
good strong bones and teeth.
A proper supply of lime is neces-
Sary to the formation of good teeth.
Also the state of health must be
good. for lowered bodily resistance or
the presence of poisons in the blood
may cause the teeth to decay.
The principal source of lime Is
milk. The presence of this mineral
salt in such abundance is one reason
why all growing children need quart
of milk a day.
So avid is the body for lime that If
the eXpectant mother does not supply
enough for her own needs and those of
her coming baby, nature will take the
lime from her teeth and from her
bones. The prospective mother needs
a quart of milk a day.
Eggs, vegetables and whole grains
are also rich sources of lime. Other
foods which aid in tooth building are
a@w fruits and veg tahies, particu
Evening star., 1927-05-16
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.
will .miraculously be saved from the

will miraculouSly be saved from the
consequences of unhygienic living.
Fortunately, the sort of habits that
keep the body in the pink of condition
now are also the ones that l;,y the
foundations for continued health and
good looks. The habits that cause
facial wrinkles and awkward figures
in the 20s and 30s are the very ones
that dim the beauty of the teens.
The habit of squirting and nervous
twitching of the facial muscles, for
instance, is unbecoming to the young
girl, and will surely bring premature
lines about the eyes. A slouching pos
ture makes even youthful figures look
old, since the forward sag of the head
causes double chin, the STOPPING
shoulders make the chest look hollow,
and the inclination of the pelvis makes
the abdomen protrude, producing the
well known S-shaped figure that is
both unbeautiful and unhealthful.
Correst habits of diet in the teens
will prevent troublesome beauty prob
lens later. The no-breakfast fad
should not be followed by growing
girls. On arising in the morning one
should drink one or two glassfuls OF
hour later the first meal of the day
should be eaten. 1t should include
fresh fruit, cereal, milk, bread and
poached egg, or some other protein
food that is not fried. Cream cheese
with chopped oates in it is good dish
for breakfast.
Luncheon for the teen-age girl may
include glass of milk, salad, baked
macaroni with cheese, nut bread and
fruit Her dinner should be a sub
stantial meal, consisting of soup, some
meat or meat substitute. starchy
vegetable, two succulent vegetables,
like cabbage. onions, beets, tomatoes
or carrots; bread, salad and pud-
ding such as prune whip.
Plenty of outdoor exercise Is needed
to promote normal physical develop
ment. Gymnasium twice week does
not provide enough exercise for the
growing girl. A four-mile walk or its
equivalent should be taken daily.
tCopyright 1927
Evening star., 1927-05-16
The Useful Bath Brush.

The bath brush, preferably with a
long and slightly curved handle,
serves two useful purposes. With it,
you can scrub your shoulders in back,
q feat otherwise only to be accom-
plished, and that badly, by many
twistings and squirmings. With it,
too, you can stimulate the pores of
the skin and give yourself an excellent
imitation of Turkish bath.
Bath brushes with long handles are
as cheap as half a dollar in sales, and
the very best kind are two dollars.
Every housewife knows that the best
household brushes in the end are
always the most expensive in the
beginning; therefore. pay as much as
you can for the brush you use on your
own skin. Keep it. like your tooth
brush, just for yourself, and every
week scald it with hot water and an
antiseptic, and hang it in the air to
dry.
During the first days Of its use, you
may dislike the feel of the bristles on
your skin. You'll get over this, and
end by appreciating the friction. Use
plenty of bath soap, and scrub the
skin, especially in the place between
the shoulder blades, where large dark
pores appear. Scrub your elbows hard
later rub a little cream into them,
after the bath. Scrub your feet thor
oughly, too; the friction of the brush
Is good for them and helps keep down
callous skin. The feet are treated so
unnaturally these days that the ordi-
nary washing they get in the bath is
not enough.
I'd never suggest using the bath
brush on the face. The skin here is
extra sensitive; any brush used should
be soft and finer than a bath brush.
This is for cleansing and stimulating
the skin of the body, making the pores
fine. drawing the blood up to the
surface, doing away with the black
heads that come from careless wash
ing.
Miss K. M.-Dorien.-Miss M. S.
You are all too stout, and If you will
Evening star., 1927-05-16
DEAOl OI1AlO BY EDNA KENT FORBES

diet by taking less of all starchy or
sweet foods. your lessened weight will
bring about the changes in your
figures you all desire.
In choosing becoming colors, aim
for those nearest the color of the eyes.
the next choice is that of the hair.
Babe.-If you wear clothes with
simple lines and no confusing trim
mings about the throat and shoulders.
you will appear to be much simmer
than YOU are
Evening star., 1927-05-16
Lessons in English
By ". L. GORDON.

Words often misused: Don't say
your plan corresponds with my
IDEAS" Say. ito my IDEAS"
Otter misprounced: Gondola. Ac-
cent the F'gon," not the do"
Often misspelled: Apostrophe; note
the phe.
synonyms: Necessary, essential,
indispensable. paramount, primary,
vital, most important.
Word study: use word three
times and it is yours" Let us in
crease our vocabulary by mastering
one word each day. Today's word:
Reaction; response in feeling or con-
duct; reverse or return action. "In
the reaction from her passion she felt
very weary"
Evening star., 1927-05-16
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Ma was sewing on her sewing ma
chine with pins in her mouth and l
sed, Hay, ma, can / have party on
my next berthday?
Sufficient unto the day is the evil
ware of, your berthday is a long way
off, ma sed.
Well can I have one maybe? I sed,
and ma sed, Don't bid your bridges till
you come to them, we'll discuss it wen
the time arrives.
Well enyways think Ill write down
a list of the fellows and gerls Id in.
vite if had party, sed.
WITCH I started to, and after wrote
down all the. names l knew I started
to make up some more, saying, Hay
ma, if you was giving a party would
you invite fellow by the name of
Soapy Snitzen?
Well, I must say it's not very
palatable name, but names are ony
axsidentS of berth and we must judge
our trends by their faces and inner
caracteristics and not their axsidental
names, ma Sed.
Well how about fellow named Lin.
seed Googely? sed
o my goodniss, ware do you ever
pick up children with sutch names?
ma sed, and sed, Well G wiZzickers,
ma, If Soapy Snitzen is all rite why
couldent Linseed Googely be? You
sed not to Judge enybodys name, sed
I'm not judging it, I'm meerly mar
yelling at it, ma sed, and l sed, Well
would you invite a gerl by the name
of Picka Pockits?
Now how could you know eny sutch
a gerl with eny sutch name? ma sed,
and sed. / dident say l knew her,
ma, was ony jest wondering wat to
do in case l did know her.
And do you meen to sit there and
say you don't know eny of those crazy
names you mentioned? ma sed, and
sed, DO you meen+ Soapy SnitZen and
Linseed Googely? and ma sed, don't
know wat / meen, your enuff to drive
a persin dizzy, go on out SO those b )ys
will stop wisseling for you.
WITCH I did.
Evening star., 1927-05-16

gagements to interfere with regular
outdoor exercise and sufficient sleep
at night? Are we giving skin and
hair the daily care that alone can keep
them healthy and beautiful?
The girl who can truthfully answer
"No" to the first two questions and
eyes" to the last one is to be con-
graduated on her foresight. Many
young people are contented to live
only for the present hour in the en-
tirely groundless belief that h..y will
never grow any older and that they
Evening star., 1927-05-16
Laughing Around the World
WITH IRWIN S. COBB.

were entirely cut off from communica-
~tion with the mainland. As dweller
in populou3 city, this fact to him
seemed of grave concern.
He spoke about 1t to the local patri-
arch, a grave, kindly, gnarled old man.
How on earth do you get along
for perhaps months and months with
out getting a single word f-o~1 the
outside world?" he asked.
The villager spat and thought. Then
he made answer:
well, they don't hear so much from
us, neither"
(Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-05-16
EAT AND BE HEALTHY Y
Dinah Days Daily Talks on Diet
The Right Food Is the Best Medicine

larly those with fiber, such as apples,
celery and cabbage. These act as
cleansing agents, because their fiber
causes chewing.
Sweet pastry desserts are bad for
the teeth. If eaten at night, a par
ticularly good tooth brushing should
take place, so that the sugar will not
remain in the mouth and ferment. Be-
sides. the sticky sweet affords a good
feeding ground for evil bacteria,
which will cause the teeth to decay.
Good teeth may be hereditary. But
they come from the fact that grand.
mother ate foods rich in lime, which
made good teeth. Let the mothers
safeguard their own teeth and their
children's teeth by proper food.
Good teeth help good health. Good
health helps good teeth
Renders desiring personal answers to their
questions should send self addressed. stamped
envelope to Dinah Day. care of The Star.
Evening star., 1927-05-16
Thinking Ahead.

"It pays to think reads a ubiqui-
tous advertising slogan with which
many newspaper readers are familiar.
BY adding a single word to this terse
sentence we may make a motto for
beauty of all ages, but espe-
cially for girls in their teens. 1T
pays to think ahead should be their
watchword.
The practical application of this
beauty slogan demands that we stop
to consider the result of the habits
that we have now. For example, are
we eating the kind of food that l. 1kes
the complexion poor and the figure
stout? Are We allowing social en-
Evening star., 1927-05-16
Bavarois of Bananas.

This is made by adding four sifted
bananas to a custard made with three
eggs and one and one-half pints of
milk. Sweeten, flavor with vanilla
and strain in one ounce of gelatin
melted in three-fourths of gill of
water. The whites of the eggs may
be beaten to a stiff froth and stirred
in just before the mixture sets. Put
into ramekin cases when nearly set
ting
Evening star., 1927-05-16
HOME NOTES
By JENNY WREN.

Have you ever noticed how some.
times single piece of furniture will
clarity the character of a room which
has before been rather doubtful?
In this particular living room the
Spanish atmosphere was not particu.
larly striking until the vangueno, or
desk, was added.
The walls were rough plastered,
Evening star., 1927-05-16

The career of Nine. Suzuki, the Jap
anese woman who was rated the rich
est in the world until financial difficult
ties recently overlook her, is all the
more exceptional when It is understood
that in Japan women are not supposed
Evening star., 1927-05-16
Suffering on Both Sides.

A deep-sea fisherman, not profes-
sional, but sportsman, was aft big
specimens along the pleasant coast of
Nova Scotia.
His guide landed him one day upon
the rocky shores of small, wind
beaten settlement of houses. Making
inquiries among the natives, the Wis
itor was shocked to learn that in the
Wintertime it often happened during
spells of especially rough weather
that the inhabitants of this isolated
har for week after week on end
Evening star., 1927-05-16
OUR CHILDREN By Angelo pa,ri

I'd put green under 1t gives much
better color to work by. Yes. put
green under. 1t would be better with
out any trimming. "A soft ruche is
nice around the edges. Far better
than braiding, think. Don't you?
Really?"
MN. If you thing so. It's all
right. Guess I won't cut it today.
Wait till later"
A month or so later somebody asks:
What did you do with that bit of
goods, Sallie? Thought you 5ere go
ing to make something of it,"
"Oh, am. Mother wants shade
for the library out of it. I'll make it
some time when get to 1t. I've been
awfully rushed. Can't get minute"
No child will work happily if his
i'd > are wiped out and another's
substituted. The only work that
grows under his hand is the work
that his mind conceived, his own
hands executed in that image. Again
and again we crush a child's aspira-
tions by tossing aside his plans and
putting our own in their places. Ours
may be perfectly good, far better than
Eis-for us, not for him. The crude
idea worked out in his own crude way
Is the thing for him.
The psychologists call 1t self-activ-
ity. You may be calling 1t "giving
him his own way" There is positive
good in letting him have his own way
about his work most of the time.
Evening star., 1927-05-16
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Dissects the
D0teIess
Sheik.
If You Aren't Popular With Girls Perhaps It's
Because You Dress Like Scarecrow, Dance
Like Bear or Give Monologues.

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be h the R ny h but he pnes for @ % os e Of @ bee en 5 asas
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for
something
Perhaps the
condescending
call
to favori When
her and that gratitude should
female intellect
Of IT.
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to the and they
won't work. DOROTHY
Evening star., 1927-05-16
One Mother Says:

One MOCner says:
The children in our block have or
ganized a neighborly system of loan
ing their books and magazines in reg
ular rotation on the order of travel
ing library. In this way each child
gets the benefits of all the publications
without the necessity. of subscribing
for or buying them all.
tCopvright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-05-16
DIARY OF A
NEW FATHER
BY BOB DICKSON.

Sunday Night.
This afternoon I was sitting here
reading the paper and smoking two
bit cigar that fellow at the office
gave me yesterday on account of him
having had such poor judgment about
the prize fight Friday night, and the
Evening star., 1927-05-16

Great Salt Lake, in Utah, has been
the source of scientific study and
Speculation for years because of its
peculiarities. 1t is one of the most
picturesque spots in America. The
lake is 80 miles long and varies be-
tween 20 to SO miles wide. 1t is fed
principally by four big rivers, but has
no apparent outlet save evaporation.
The lake is decreasing in size every
year and contains a large per cent of
saline matte:.
Evening star., 1927-05-16

THE KENTUCKY LOG CABIN DE-
SIGN Is MADE BY APPLYING
PLAIN GOODS CUT AS PIC
TURED ON A CONTRASTING
PLAIN BACKGROUND SQUARE.
FELL DOWN THE TURNED
BACK EDGES INDICATING
WINDOWS AND THE TRIM OF
THE CABIN.
Evening star., 1927-05-16

log cabins dotted the country? What
ever the reason, the name is appro-
pirate, as it suits the period when
Evening star., 1927-05-16

A to me
society
maxi a
Evening star., 1927-05-16
WOnen's
Oldest
hygienic problem now solved
new and different way-true
protection. Dispose of it as
easily as tissue
BY ELLEN J. BUCKLAND
Registered Nnrss

T<HE old-time sanitary pad" is
i fast becoming a rarity. Millions
are discarding it as needless hazard.
"KOTEX," new and remarkable
way, is now used by 8 in 10 better
class women.
/Discards as easily as tissue. No
y laundry. No embarrassment.
It's fye times as absorbent as ordi-
nary cotton pads!
You dine, dance, motor for hours
in sheerest frocks without a seconds
doubt or fear.
1t deodorizes, too. And thus stops
all danger of offending.
You ask for it at any drug or de-
partment store, without hesitancy,
simply by saying "KOTEX."
Do as millions are doing. End
old, insecure ways. Enjoy life every
day. Be sure you get the genuine.
Only Kotex itself is "like" Kotex.
K q 7 g 4
No laundry-discard like tissue
Evening star., 1927-05-16
Prices realized on Swift & Company
tCopyright. 1927,

sales of carcass beef in Washington. d. c..
for week ending Saturday. May IL. 1927, on
Shipments sold out ranged from 400 cents
TO 2I 90 cents per pound and averaged 17.2o
cents per pound.--Adyertisemen
Evening star., 1927-05-16
tCopyright 1927

tCopyright 1877
Mr.. Patri will give personal attention TO
inquiries from parents or school teachers
on the. care and development of children.
@ stamned tns rsT
Evening star., 1927-05-16
Log Cabin Design for Patchwork
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

The log cabin design is a favorise
for patchwork quilts. Perhaps it is
because the pattern has several yari-
ations and so most persons know one
or the other design. or it may be that
the name itself has a certain fasci-
nation, for do we not all of us associ.
ate patchwork quilts with the pioneer
days OF America, when picturesque
Evening star., 1927-05-16

This the most surprising have heard in long time for in these
look the mouth They take what Lady Luck
closely Anything halfway good youth who finds himself
with himself find
Evening star., 1927-05-16


put the value on looks that do mans first demand Is that girl
the WALL though endowed all other charms
Evening star., 1927-05-16


spebnd but fate has cursed her with tub hgue and ao
meeting her be homy original
lin him
Evening star., 1927-05-16

o a man in
cnwe aven and horn immaculate linen well pressed to
assembling
with like
Evening star., 1927-12-02
U. S. May Ask Fund
To Build Prison
For Leper-Slayer

The Government may find itself
in the peculiar position of having
TO build a prison to house one pris-
oner as the result of a 10-year SEN
tence imposed on a leper for MUIR
der. and whose disposition now is
before Attorney General Sargent
and Surg. Gen. Cummins.
The situation comes out OF the
sentencing of Edward Payton, an
inmate of the Federal Leprosarium
at Carville, La, to serve 10 wears
for the murder of Lloyd Richard
son, another leper. In passing SEN
tence, the judge stipulated that he
should serve 40 years in an instl-
tuition tu be selected by the Attor-
nev General" but an investigation
discloses no quarters in any insti-
tuition in the country suitable for
iepar murderer.
Surg. Gen. Cumming contends
that no building at the Leprosa.
rum can he utilized. and 1t is prob
able that Congress will be asked to
appropriate funds for the construc-
lion of a building at Carville in
which the prisoner can be held.
Evening star., 1927-12-02
KIWANIS CLUB BACKS
70 ORTHOPEDlC CASES
6s Children and 2 Adults Being
Treated Under Director of
Local Group.

A total of 20 orthopedic cases-6s
children and adults-are being treat
ed under the direction of the Washing
ton Kiwanis Club, Radford Moses
chairman of the clubs orthopedic and
welfare committee, reported at lunch
con and business session in the Wash
ington Hotel yesterday.
Three new cases have been under
taken within the past month, Mr..
Moses stated. The total number of
cases treated under the clubs direc-
ton since it first became interested in
the work in 1923 is 204. The lnstruc-
tive Visiting Nurses Society has been
cooperating in the treatments.
NJ. Moses described case No. 2" n
young crippled boy, who could not
stand when first taken over for treat
ments in July. 1923. but who now. as
result of the treatments, is able to
walk quite well. Efforts to further
improve his condition are now being
made.
William S. Quinter, president of the
club, presided.