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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19
DIARY OF A
NEW FATHER

Tuesday night.
We went to bed last night without
Joan noticing that the baby was suck
ing his thumb in spite of her, be
cause the cardboard she had tied
around one arm had slipped. When
we started to bed told her / would
see that the baby was covered, and
she didn't know that / knew the baby
had his thumb.
But when we woke up this morn
ing she looked over at his bed and
she said: well, would you look at
that" And I said: why, the card
board slipped" And she said: Didn't
you know that last night when you
covered him just before we came to
bed?" and / didn't say anything.
Joan said, well, / know what I'm
going to do tonight. l am going to
button him up in his baby bunting;
it hasn't any arms / said. That S
a dirty trick" and Joan said. We'll,
certainly don't intend to let him ruin
his teeth and mouth forever, just for
what little comfort you and he can
get out of his thumb while he's a
baby
So this evening / had to watch her
dress him in the baby bunting, which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19
Haste May Help or 1t May Waste
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

unseen force were driving us with
lash.
Usually II Is ourselves who hold
the whip hand. 1t is we who take
life as a horse on the race track.
| urging ourselves on with feverish
| haste. There is something exhilarat-
ing about 1t But since it works
like a two edged sword as we'll as
| gallant steed.% hte swath we cut
may be ruthless. Motorist speed Ia
| the most destructive of modern ex-
amples, for to it can be laid loss of
life Of riders and of pedestrians.
Speed in performance of tasks is pro-
| ductive and practical, for work
| quickly dotfe is generally well done
| and there is more joy in the doing.
-~@ Quality of Work.
Please notice that mention Is made
of the work being done quickly, not
left undone or sighted. It is when a
task is done "after a fashion" in
order to end it at definite time or
| get II out of the way within a stated
period, that haste is undesirable in
| accomplishment 1t is indeed true
that speed may imply either accom-
! plishment or failure to accomplish
we'll and merely to be used to finish
| badly done Job. But when work Is
we'll done in either instance that
which is done in shortest time is more
| satisfactory.
Household Tasks
This is peculiarly true in respect
| to the various branches of housework
! There is not only satisfaction but &C.
| tual JOY in rapid accomplishment
| And, what is more. things completed
| in good shape and in short time have
what we might call flair" about
| them. The French appreciate this in
| their gowns. They get effects which
| other nations copy because they work
without the hesitation of amateurs
Hesitation and vacillation are two of
| the greatest barriers to rapid execu
ton of a Job Therefore 1t is because
the good worker Is the sure worker
that rapidity and perfection of work
can be coupled. Housewives should
strive to get this sort of speed. Surely
they do the tasks in the homes re-
peatedly. They should acquire that
rapidity of perfection of the French
| costumers.
In the Kitchen.
When It comes to cooking, rapidity
aids perfection. A woman who mixes
| her ingredients with speed has a light
ness of touch that is essential to
good cook. The woman who stirs
| batter slowly or even average quick
ness is apt to have sturdiness in the
| way she handles the spoon that
presses the ingredients together
rather than mixes them with
feathery lightness. If you have not
considered this idea before, think 1t
over now and try it out the next time
you make baking powder biscuits or
cake. pastry, or anything that must
be stirred or mixed with knife, fork
or spoon. Again let me refer to the
French, for their chefs are reputed to
have no superiors. Watch one of
them make a salad. Notice the deft-
ness in making the dressing and the
marvellous lightness and rapidity with
which he losses the salad when mix
inE it.
Two Aspects.
And so we find that speed liz house
work and in home tasks has a two
fold advantage. 1t aids perfection and
ii allows more time for diversions,
rest, or the pursuit of any favorite
study, philanthropy or occupation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19
EAT AND BE HEALTHY
Dinah Days Daily Talks on Diet

turn into digestive menaces and un.
appetizing connections In fact, the
poor vegetables can lose all their vital
qualities, the mineral salts and Vita
Minis and retain only their fiber.
Vegetables should be cooked in their
jackets or unpeeled as far as possible,
They can be thus baked, steamed or
boiled. II they are peeled, they can
be cooked en- casserole and the Juices
Will remain with them. Or they can
be steamed. If they are peeled and
boiled. they should be cooked in as
little water as possible. SO that it will
be absorbed into the vegetables atEfhe
end OF the cooking period. If they are
peeled and boiled. and water still re-
mains at the time the vegetables are
tender. the vegetables should be drain
ed and the water saved either for use
in soup or In A. sauce to dress the
vegetables. If properly cooked and
.appetiZinEly served, the family will
love and eat vegetables.
The cheaper cuts of meat have as
much nutr1mAnt as the expensive
ones. BY slow, gentle cooking, en-
casserole. or in a stew, the meat fs
, made tender and can thus furnish pro.
tein for adults.
Pastry and cake, which can coca
sionally grace the table for adults. car
be tasty delight with no hidden in.
digestion, or 1t can be soggy and all
primed to cause a stomach.
The cook Ii the QuArtermaster of
the commissariat, dispensing health
and good cheer, or-alas, maybe indi.
gestion!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19
NY LEE PARE.

This afternoon / had 4 ideer to sell
my old broken baby cartridge to Mrs
Spreckels on account OF her being
the only lady | know that owns q
baby. and / went up to her house
and rang the bell and she came to
the door with a thing over her hair
like ladies wear to help them vile
they are busting, and she sed. Why
It's Benny did you wunt to see me,
Benny? -
Yes mann. sed. Jest standing
there, and she sed, Well wat is 1t. I'm
bizzy busting and / ixpect company
In little vile.
Do you Suppose you think you'd be
l sed.
A baby carridge? You mean for
little Winfield? But little Winfield
has carridge, you know, Mrs.
Spreckels sed.
Wen | thaWt maybe you mite wunt
another one jest to have q exter one
III 1t was cheep enuff, Id sell YOU this
one for about 25 cents because its
no use to me because haven't got
BABY or enything to put In it, /
sed
25 cents, GRACIOUS, that's ,cheep
enuH, l must say | mite use it in
niA cuiCI scfICys Is IT. a. RO0Q OneT Mrs,
Spreckels sed.
Well, Its all rite considering its
condition, I sed.
It's condition, wat do you mean ?
she sed and | sed, Well, the handle
is little bent and wheels are off,
But they could be put back on
agen, couldent they? Mrs. Spreckels
sed, and sed, L CESS they could IL
you had them, ony haven't got them,
and besides athatsit hasent got mulch
paint on ii and theirs few holes
In it.
q goodniss graycious it must be a
reck. Benny Your terrible boy. iii
never get my busting done before
my company comes, O deer. Mrs
Spreckels sed.
And she quick shut the door and
went home feeling verse insted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19

probably was what gave the inventor
of the strait. Jacket his big idea.
and we put him to bed and hurried
out and closed the door and stood
there waiting, and we weren't disap-
pointed.
| didn't know he had such lungs.
Mrs. Stewart. who lives across the
hall, came over after the first Is min
utes and wanted to know what was
the matter; she said she thought he
must have fallen out of bed
After the first half hour / wanted
to go in and pick him up. but Joan
said he would tire himself out any
minute now. and for me to leave him
alone; she didn't intend to give in to
him. 1t was another 80 minutes he.
fore he stopped and then Joan said.
There! Didn't ! tell you? He has
decided 1t isn't any use" and / said,
wait a while" and two minutes later
he was rested enough TO start all over
again, only better, because he had
been rehearsine
Well, ! was actually getting used
to it by that time. but Joan was be-
ginning to get nervous, She said.
DO you suppose he will keep this up
all night?" and / said. Sure. he WILL
Does he bother you?" and l pretended
was reading the paper. although |
couldn't hear myself think. and Joan
was walking UP and down and around
and getting more and more nervous,
and finally she dashed into the bed
room and 'unbuttoned the baby bunt.
ing and said, There, darn it, and the
baby put his thumb in his mouth and
shut up, as If absolutely nothing had
happened
was about nutty myself. but /
wasn't going to let Joan know it, and
1 said, That's right give in. Run in
and pet him as soon as he cries: he
will be the czar of this house If you
don't show some force of chara cter."
Joan said. Give in? Who has given
in? I'll fix him tomorrow If the
baby is stubborn, l know where he
gets it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19

times they were quite large--large
enough to hover over the breakfast
eggs. of the entire family.
Today very quaint and faithful cop
les of the old hen-on-nests are made
to adorn the breakfast tables of the
frivolous minded.
We recommend them as both prac-
teal and interesting. When not en-
gagged in their prosaic work of keeping
eggs warm they can always be relied
upon to furnish a bit of local color to
the living room of early American am
billions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19


Tiffin, Ohio.
Have we any information about the
tombs of Adam and Eve? The bury
ing places of other patriarchs such as
Ahra ham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses are
mentioned in the Bible,' why not
those of aourffirst parents?
Answer-Despite announcements TO
the contrary, the grave of Adam, like
that of Moses, Is unknown But the
mother of the human race is repnted
to have been buried outside the City
Of .Jiddeh. on the way to Mecca, the
sacred center of Islam and the seat
of its Kaaba.
For5xmany centuries Ewes supposed
resting place was aayisited by count
less. grave worshipers who were
outra geously robbed by its custodians.
since the rise to power of the Wahabi
tribe of Arabia, however. grave ,wor-
shining has been forbidden 4 bysS Ibu
SAUDI. the reigning chieftain. and the
nrofitahle revenues derived from this
superstition are now a thing of the
past. ~
Perhaps you are sufficiently inter
ested. to make a. pilgrimage to Jiddeh
and md for yourself the last resting
place OF. our ancestral lady. whose
dust Ia said to be In the keeping of
the Moslems. But IL you are Chris
tan or a Jew, earnestly advise you
to remain at home, read a good com
mentary on the Book Of Genesis and
digest what 1t has to say about Adam
and Eve By so doing you Will avoid
an absolutely useless and somewhat
dangerous quest and maintain your
standing as soundly sensible member
OF the community.
~ Washington, D. C.
win YOU kindly give me the code OF
a true sportsman?
Do YOU think that a spirit of sports
manship contributes anything Of real
value to the progress of civilization?
Answer-The best code of honor and
conduct of a sportsman known to me
| is that promulgated by the Sports
.manship Brotherhood, which provides
that he shall
/. Keep the rules;
.. Keep faith with his comrade and
play the game for his side;
IA. Keep himself fit;
/ 4. Keep his temper;
s. Keep from hitting man when
he Is down: g.. -.
e. Keep his pride under in victory;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

old loose gloves that have been thor
oughly cleaned inside and outside
Cut off the tips of the glove fingers
and open the palms Of the gloves In
allow ventilation. Next morning re
move the gloves and wash the hands
in corn meal and water Dry and put
on a skin lotion.
The third enemy to hand beauty Is
careless manicuring. Remember that
the fingers must be soaked for Ave
minutes in warm. Soapy water before
the nails are trimmed or the cutiCle
pushed down To loosen the cutiCle
push 1t down gently with an orange
wood stick the end of which has been
wrapped in a wtsp of cotton dipped In
cold cream.
tCopvright Tp"Tl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19
Keeping Hands Pretty.

The chief enemies to the beauty OF
the hands are too much water expo
sure to the wind and weather and
wrong manicure methods. Hands that
are in a very poor condition are so
usually because all these enemies have
been allowed to make their depreda
tons unchecked. Washing dishes and
clothes. roughens and reddens the
skin; going without gloves makes 1t
tanned or freCkled and cutting the
nails and pushing down the cuticle
while the skin is dry spoils the appear
ance of the hands and causes hang
nails.
1t is with the first enemy that the
housewife usually has the most trou'
BILE. A certain amount of washing
and cleaning is absolutely necessary
about the home, even where modern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19

Z. Keep stout heart In defeat;
accept it with good grace; and
&. Keep a sound soul and clean
mind in a healthy body.
My opinion Is that the complicated
mechanism which we call civilization
may break down under its own weight
unless It is supported by the free
masonry of genuine sportsmanship.
The spirit sof fair play for all and a
sporting chance for the underdog are
essential today in every walk of life.
No real sportsman can be a bad
Christian or a.. bad Jew. Charity,
chivalrs.s tolerance and vigor are the
qualities of the muscular believer who
is entitled to call himself q sportsman
and who practices his duty to his
neighbor.
1t is happy omen that movement
has been started In America, backed
by such men as Matthew Woll, Owen
d. Young, Henry Breckenridge, Louis
Stoddard, Devereaux Milburn,s and
many others, the object of which is
to foster the, spirit of craftsmanship
throughout the world. May their tribe
increase.
Newark n. j.
Christianity processes to cure any
thing, but is not temper a constitu-
tionaI thing? Is it not hereditary, a
family falling, matter of temperar
ment, and can that be cured?
Answer-If have anything to say
about the wording of your question,
it is not in the spirit of adverse
criticism but as a means of develop
ing an answer. Take the word ITEM
kad
for there is such q thing as good tenn
per. Take the word "cure." Chris
tianity does not cure" in the sense
that dose of medicine cures. In
making these comments / merely
1uggest that the right phrasng of a
problem is one step toward its solu-
ton.
Your question therefore is this: Is
not bad temper hereditary, hence
constitutional? How, then, can it be
cured?
The hereditary element is probably
confined to the inheritance of a set
of susceptible nerves, but the observa-
ton by children OF parental outbursts
exercises a more vicious influence
than heredity In fact. a great deal of
ao-called hereditv Is nothing more
than the pressure of early associa-
tons, plus present environment. To
term these heredity is nonsense. Yet
there are people who seem to think
that nearly everything runs in the
blood. ...
/ do not attach much importance to
the claim that bad temper is inherited.
More often 1t IL sheer habit and whole
families indulge in it,. True, there are
peppery dispositions, but even these
can be controlled by consistent dis
cipline. Correct conduct is a fine art
which primarily depends .on our
possessing its governing principles.
Make9sure of their possession and of
a desire to attain the best, and ugly
displays of temper will disappear not
| to return. They are not insurmont-
| able; they are injurious and they bene-
fit nobody.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN.

When ,great.grandmother was a
child every- breakfast table-at least
every genteel breakfast table--was
graced by a glass hen-on-nest. They
were intended, very appropriately, to
keep the breakfast egg warm. Some
times they were small, just large
enough to hold one egg. and some.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19
7 Homemade Remedy
Stops Cough Quickly
Finest cough medicine you ever used.
II Family supply easily made.
Ii Saves about 81. 4

You might be surprised to w
know that the best thing you w
can use for coughs, Is remedy vi
which is easily prepared at home III
in just few moments. It's cheap, Il
but for results 1t beats anything l
else you ever tried. Usually stops 4
the ordinary cough or chest cold |
in "A hours. Tastes pleasant--chil-
dren like it.
Pour 21a ounces of Pinex in a
pint bottle; then fill it up with
plain granulated sugar syrup. Or
use clarified honey instead of sugar
syrup. il desireS, Thus you make a
full pint--a family supply-but
costing no more than a small bottle
of ready-made cough syrup.
And as a cough medicine, there
is really nothing better to be had
at any price. 1t goes right to the
spot and gives quick, lasting re-
lief. 1t promptly heals the mem |
branes that line the throat and air |
passages. stops the annoying throat. /
tickle, lOosens the phlegm, and soon l
your cough stops entirely. Splen- II
did for bronchitis, hoarseness and
bronchial asthma. II
Pinex is a highly concentrated III
compound of Norway pine extract
and palatable guaiacol, famous for
healing the membranes. III
TO avoid disappointment ask NM
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Guaranteed to give absolute -
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19

Speed may be a virtue or 1t may
be a fault. If put to the right use,
1t rebounds to the credit of a person
and to the excellence of the work
done. If put to the wrong use. II
Is full of dangers, both to the person
hurryipg at the wrong time or in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19

81 Go aboard railway train.
%, One who plays a certain instru
ment.
30. Prefix: again.
80. Dries out moisture
IS. Fish with rod. hook and line.
81. Island in the Mediterranean.
SO. Utter heedlessly.
40. Ancient.
IL. Hollow stalk
a.. Propel a boat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19

1t doth appear that the. married
men need just as much advice on
matrimony as do the old bachelors,
says the Office Boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19
AND THEIR CHILDREN.
A Spelling Game.
One Mother Saws:

One Mother Says:
A game that mother can play
with her children while she is about
her work is a three letter word-chain.
She begins by spelling a three-letter
word, as, for example, cat. The next
in turn must spell three.letter word
beginning with the last letter of her
word That would be t. and he
might spell tim. Then, the next ones
word would have to begin with IN. ;"
And 80 on, around and around, never
using the same word twice, each in
turn spells a three.letter word that be-
gins with the last letter of the word
Just preceding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19

In 1913 Germany had only 1876
woman doctors, while at the present
time there are 1897 registered woman
physicians in that country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19

Readers desiring personal answers to their
questions should send stamped. self address.
ed envelope to Dinah Day, care of The star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19

SPEED is OF VALUE TO THE
HOUSEWIFE IN COOKING AND
IN OTHER WAYS.
the wrong place and to those with
whom he or she comes in contact.
Here in America we are what is
sometimes called speed or
speed crazy" We rush from one
thing to another as If q second lost
would signify failure. or as If some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19
EVERYDAY QUESTIONS
Anacered by DR.. S. PARKES CADMAN

Questions from readers are answered
daily BIZ Or. S. Parkes Cadnan, president
Of the Federal Council of Churches Of
Christ in America Dr. Cadman seeks TO
answer Inquiries that appear to be rep
reeentative of the trends of thought In
the many letters which he receives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-19
BY ELLEN J. BUCKLAHD
ReKtt6eypd .Rsyss


Rexisseyed Nsrss
OLD-TTME sanitary methods
~ bring unhappy, fretful days.
Now the insecurity of the hazardous
sanitary pad" has been ended.
You wear sheerest gowns, meet
any and all social or business ex-
actments in peace of mind any
time, any day.
This new way is called "KOTEX"
:. Ave times as absorbent as the
ordinary cotton padl
~ Discards as easily as tissue. No
laundry. No embarrassment.
You ask for it without hesitancy
simply by saying "KOTEX" at any
drug or department store. Proves
old ways an unnecessary risk. Be
sure to get the genuine. Only Kotex
itself is like" Kotex.
KOT G <
No iaundry--discard like tissue
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-29
The Attack cn Trial by Jury.
(New York World. !


 Trial by jury in criminal cases is guaranteed Ey the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution; it remains to most people what Blackstone called 1t, the glory of our egal system. Yel in tn course of series of lectures at Cornell Prof IT. L. McDan of Columbia has just demonstrated how Prohibition is loosening, defacing and cir eumventing it. Whether the grossest form of it's circumyenton will continue is question upon which the Supreme Court VII probably soon have to pass
 Reckless Prohibiticn.sts would like to see jury trial In liquer cases done away with: they do no hesitate to attempt statutory attacks upon it in some States. But i'll practice most of the scarp ng is done by official prosecutors all over the United States. They object to jury trial because it is cumbersome and makes eases pile up end lessly Hence they under pressure to discard all cases where there k the slightest doubt as 10 the anality of the evidence and send to jurses only the few where proof is unmpeachabe They are abetted in this by many accused persons, wnc bargain and fence with prosecutors and plead guilty on condition Of receiving mere fine The latter escape jail sentences delay and publicity. and. if bootleggers, promptly resume that trade About 90 per cent of liquor convictions in Federal Courts are now on pleas of guilty
 But the grossest and most dangerous circum- ventlon of jury trial is by injunction and pad locking No jury is needed to issue an injunction for the padocking of building involved ill an alleged violation of the liquor laws. The Federal Judge passes himself on the prosecutors alega- tion that the building is a common nuisance and issues the writ alone. In theory this is supple mentary to criminal action against the user or the building Actually it is alternative to it. The prosecutor resorts to it to avoid the use of a iury which he thinks would be likely to acqu.t The alleged lawbreaker is in effect fned--if the building is costly the virtual fine may be appaii- ingly large As Dr. McBan pointed out at Cor nell and as The World has previously pointed out this is q criminal process masqueradng as civil action It is an effort to replace the fine-henored verdict of a jury by single auto cratic iu,ge.
 Prohibition enforcement is dealing other DioWs Iaganst trial by jury. number of States, like Kansas, permit the confscation of property--such as motor-cars alegedly used to carry liquor without it. But the gravest offense is this use or rather misuse, of the injunction. Some or the lower Federal Courts have upheld it. But, as Dr. McBain pointed out Federal Judge J. w. wood rough in an important recent decision has held that it involves an unmistakable violation or the constitutional right of trial by jury, and is not allowable. His reasoning is strong It remains to be seen what the Supreme Court will say on this fundamental issue.