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Evening star., 1927-10-04
A Working Day.

One would imagine, to hear some peo.
pie talk, that the fathers and mothers
OF this generation are the last ones to
work in this world With them all
necessity for work ends. They believe
that work is to be done under the spur
of necessity only. To think OF work
az being a joy is a foolishness. I've
had to work all my life and my chill
dren are not going to-
What are you going to do about 1t?
II YOU look back upon the history of
the world, you will find that some one
has always had to wash the dishes and
some one else provide the stuff that
goes on them. So far we have been
unable to find a way of living that
does not call for work Of some sort.
| SO much for the practical necessity for
| work.
Everybody knows that everybody
| Csc must work. These children now
growing up will have to work their
way through. Instead of keeping
them in idlencss. instead of allowing
| them to grow up with unframed minds
md hands, wouldn't it be far more de-
, Mt of us to prepare them for the
task to come? We keep great boys.
boys who have attained full physical
growth, sitting on school benches.
| where they are doing nothing but
troubling the school and keeping other
children from working. We are allow
ing them to pass the stage where
work is a happy understanding TO
where dreaming in the sun is happy
solution of an impossible situation.
Every child is entitled to as much
education as he can use. 1t is not
educating boys and girls just to hold
them on school benches. We must
provide work for them, real work that
satisfies them with its tangible COM
pleteness. There are children who
cannot do school work in books beyond
the middle grades of the school. They
ought to be given an opportunity to
develop along whatever lines their
gifts indicate. Intelligence grows by
work, and it dies with the lack of it.
Some people cry aloud at the sug.
sestion of child's working. They
cannot see the difference between
work that creates intelligence and
labor that kills it. They cannot see
that an intelligent worker cannot be
| exploited and an unintelligent one
can be and is exploited.
Education should lead child to
complete usefulness. To me that
means that each boy should be ex-
pected and aided to grow into man
| VINO VIII De aDle I'd ldhc Cdlc VI lNe
people-himsef, his wife and three
children. That much is to be expected
Of him. And each girl should grow
into the woman who can mother three
children. help the husband carry on.
administer his home and his income.
Or each of them should be prepared
to do the equivalent Of that.
They should be about their business
early. l would keep a close eye on the
children in the schools to see that each
of them is getting full working day
out of his life, full day of growth. /
want to know what the child can do
today that he could not do yesterday.
! If he is headed toward doing. / am
Evening star., 1927-10-04

tired OF carving
cd
doubt he the children
Evening star., 1927-10-04
Getting Results in Illumination
BY LYDIA lie BARON WALKER

Of the bulbs can be washed. and this
must be done with care. Use cloth
wrung from hot. soapy water I'm which
a little washing soda has been dis
solved. The soda brightens the glass
we'll Wipe the glass with a clean.
drv cloth. and finish polishing with a
soft outing flannel towel.
Gas globes can be washed like any
piece of glass. and replaced when thor
oughly dry. 1t must be remembered
that globes that flare upward. whether
for gas or electric fixtures. gather dust
inside more than outside. so wash well
within. Shades that are convex get
l,rtv on the tops easily, "f course. If,
these shades are large they must bog
washed with great care. for they arr
made fragile and thin in order to
radate the light best.
Steam Cleaning.
Iamp chimneys can be cleaned mpst
easily by holding over steam SD that
il steams up into the chimney. and
touches the outside all around. also.
Wine with dry towel and polish with
another or use paper napkin ca us
sue paper for polishing.
Gas burners should he cleaned oc-
casionally so that the full power%comas
out without clogsing. Lamps That are
full of oil burn most brilliantly. and
wicks should he kept smooth and even
by wiping daily with a soft rng or a
piece OF tissue paper or paper napkin.
Concerning Colors.
Re careful not to dim a.slight too
much bv using a thick shade or a
color that does not radiate, light we'll.
GRAY and blue should be avoided be.
cause of this reason have seen
gray japanese shades linef with white
glazed paper that cast ttBa light down
excellently. while the gray paper soft
ened the light through 1T. The rays
through blue are unbecnmng, so this
is sufficient reason to avoid it in lamp
shades.
Rehectors add decidedly to illumi.
mating powers OF any light. They can
be used to advantage in kitchen and
halls and the bulb be- of low wattage,
or the gas or lamp he turned lower
than is possible without using re-
fiector. Candlesticks often have re-
f1ector attachments. A novelty in can
dlesticks comes from Europe. These
candlesticks consisf OF painted metal
stands or sticks with large glass tubes
for protection again inst draughts. They
are practical as well az unique.
Green Shades.
Green is a grateful color to the
eyes: therefore green shade for lights,
especially reading lights. are excellent.
If green glass is glazed inside with
white the rejecting power of the IL
Illuminating unit is increased for work
ing, while the Tight rays are softened
for the room. Green can be used as
background color in decorated
shades. 1t dims light without appa.
rently radiathg an unbecoming light
if dark green, is chosen. Light green
gives a sickly radiation. If used for
the outside !of silk shades. it should
have a blush rose lining.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
Beautiful Teeth.

Recently many readers have in
quired about methods and means for
whitening the teeth.
In the first place. good teeth are
not white. but rather gray pink or
pearl color Dead teeth, like dead
bone may be white. 1t is an esthetic
question whether it heautities teeth
to bleach them a deadly white. but
from the viewpoint of hygiene and the
preservation of the teeth the dentists
seem to frown on this practice. A
normal persons lips are never car
mine; the lips become carmine only in
such grave states as prussic acid
thydrocyanic) poisoning, carbon mon
oXid poisoning and so on.
Beautiful teeth are, of course, sound
or apparently sound, even or regular.
free from stains or discoloration. and
clean and glossy, but not white. When
the teeth are bleached to an unnatural
Whiteness, the effect is rather dis
pleasing 20 the eSthetic sense, because
il invariably suggests artifice. Not
that there is any good reason why a
woman shouldn't use carmine on her
lips or any other little trick that beau
tifies-provided she does ii artistically
that is, so skillfully that the fake
doesn't advertise itself to every OBJ
server. In the way OF dental display.
everybody likes to see beautiful teeth,
but nobody likes to be reminded that
the exhibit is artificial in any degree.
DR.. Joseph Head suggests for the
removal of green stains that cannot
he kept off the teeth by ordinary
brushing, a drop or two of tincture of
iodin on a wet brush, followed by
drop or two of aromatic spirits of
ammonia on the wet brush to re-
move any remaining dark stains and
heighten the bleaching effect. This
may be followed by a rinsing with
peroxide, one part, diluted with two
or three parts Of water. The iodin can
be used two or three days in success
sion. and for a child it can be repeated
twice a week. For an adult, the iodin
can be used every day.
An old standby for polishing and
Frightening the teeth is willow char.
coal. which may he used nearly dry on
the brush once or twice a week
The chlorine solutions, familiar as
antiseptics, are useful for bleaching
the teeth.
Many dentists advise the use of com
mon table salt. sprinkled on the brush
and swashed in between the teeth DIR.
Head. who, by the way. is first an
NJ. ID. doctor Of medicine) and then a
ID. d. S. doctor of dental SURGERY as
all specialists IN this field should he.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
DOROTHY DlX'S LETTER BOX
XNorr;ed Wife Whose Absent Husband Is a Poo,
Letter. Writer-How Can Woman Revive
Mans Love, Once 1t Is Lost?

with husband VINO Is away
- writes an average OF once
ardent at Tunes VIII
from
feel hurt when write MN for
advic write him regularly weh ne
no -A>->AoN''
on
him oftener for no
and the children
the strongest
belief
a o his tenderness
foolish who ever plays
that silence Is
a the kddies
if
take him as he is and
make the best of him. eccentrcltes and all
beyond anything else and who would rather
worried
is he
along and decide family problems
a
correspondent DOROTHY x.
DEAR back
II
in while
ALL miserable without him. How can get
is while
make fall him
he of
dead things DOROTHY DIX
Evening star., 1927-10-04
SUB ROSA
ny MIMI.
Lofty Laura.
ny FANNY Y. CORY.

| Laura thinks she's madly in love:
! She talks IA great deal about II ana
wishes every girl in the would conio
| be as happy as she is.
! Donald is the man she's captured
| and he is responsible for her present
state of bliss.
| Her conversation is entirely CON
cerning Donald, his family, her lam,
! ily, their plans for the iutufe-an"
so on. Here's the way she raiho'es
on: A,, =
Yes. my dear. Donald really has
wonderful position for such young
| bov. And when you consider that ne
never been to college either - really
rather remarkable. -.
Eyes. | think I'll get along with ms
| family all right. They're Hulte hice'
really. Nothing exceptional in the
way OF a name or anything. Just nice
| middle. class people. But we II a'i
manage to be happy together, care
| say. ,s.
"Of course. shall furnish the house
az much with things my parents nav
given me as possible. Dona 10 mas -
| few ideas about the place, but oon
mink I'll let him monkey around 100
,,uch He really hasn't the money TO
do things the way I'd want them'
| And he hasn't had chance 10 uhder'
stand decorating the way l Go.
Poor Donald feels he can't support
49,. in the stvle to which I've been
accustomed, but / tell him IL ai'
nonsense. He's going TO give my
nnite nice little home. l think. Ana
,,;s ring isn't so terribly small.
think he does very well.
On and on she goes with more news
about the joyful ceremony 10 lahe
n,sce-more details about WHAT n.i
generous family is going 10 contrsn
ute to the comfort of the neWiS"euS'
and more profound condescehsioh io'
Donald and his family. >.
To do her justice she hasn't tne
faintest idea how patronizing she Is
~ the man she's going to marry.
don't think she realizes at all now
sbe sounds. but the fact remains that
the attitude is there or she Wouloh
talk that waN. - ,o,,a
II che we're whole .heartedly In love
with Donald. admiring him. adorlng
hin, she couldn't possibly speak OF
him in that slightly amused manner
You have the feeling when she
speaks of him that she pltleS ana
scorns him as much as shes S supposeu
TO love and admire him.
That attltuOo OIL HSl > 10 "1'
She ought to recognize 1t herseI.
She can't make a success or ner
marriage if she's going into 1t with
condescension that even ID. VIII no.
tice some day.
Marriage ought to be founded on
a basis of mutual admiration ana re-
spect. Even with such a basis, IL
verv often totters dangerously on the
brink of disaster.
Then what chance has marriage
to which the lady in the case con-
tributes a large amount of condescen'
sion and pity?
In time Donald will come to resent
her patronage and then the great wars
will have started and peace and hap
piness will have fled.
Also IL Laura, the lofty, starts IN
by looking down on her husband. her
marriage isn't going to bring her the
Joy that comes from living with the
man who has your love. respect and
admiration.
If you feel that your love for Tom.
Dick or Harry il ever so slightly
tinged with patronage. don't try to
make go Of marriage. 1t won't
work.
tCopvriRht 1877
Nip,; will Ia ulad IN npsuer snv innuiries
Evening star., 1927-10-04
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, NJ. ID.

suggests for those who really desire
dentifrlce that doesn't scratch the
enamel as does precipitated chalk in
most dentifrices, this formula: Magne
sium peroxid. parts: sodium perbo-
rate, 3 parts: pulveriZed soap, l part.
Or the perborate Of sodium may be
used alone favored with little win
tergreen if desired. 1t makes an
agreeable antiseptic froth that gives
out free oxygen. and in the presence
of acid secretions it makes an alkaline
peroxid of hydrogen mixture in the
mouth. Sodium perborate, by the way.
is an excellent remedy for trench
mouth" Wincent's agina)-make a
paste of the powder with water, spread
it over the teeth and gums and hold in
the mouth for five minutes, once day
for a week.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
Uneven Flounce.

The skirt founce which gives a
graceful flare to the simple frock is
capriciously feminine this Fall MAX
ing an uneven instead of straight
line.
The up-at-one side founce with its
gathers centered at the highest point
is particularly suited to the formal
afternoon or evening dress and is
often balanced by shoulder jabot or
the shallow side. 1t is one of the ex-
pressions of the mode for asymmetri-
cal lines.
(Copyrght 1927
Evening star., 1927-10-04
AFFLICTED WITH
CONSTIPATION
50 YEARS
Kellogg's ALL-BRAN
brought relief in
two weeks!
Copyright. 1927

Read Mr.. Weller's sincere tribute
to the power Of ALL-BRAN in re-
lieving this dread disease:
'T have been constipated for the last 30
years. Have taken stuff from all over the
world without any result. A couple Of weeks
ago ! got a package of your ALL-BRAN.
Have taken two spoonfuls with sugar and
milk at every meal and ever since am not
constipated any more"
G. WELLER
South San Francisco. Cal.
Constipation leads to. more than
forty serious diseases. Don't let it
begin its deadly work on you.
Headaches, pimples, spots before
the eyes, dizziness-all are tell-tale
symptoms.
Kellogg's ALL-BRAN is guaran-
teed to relieve constipation. Eat
two tablespoonfuls daily-in chronic
cases, with every meal.
Kellogg's is 100% bran-100 %
effective. Delicious with cream or
milk-and add fruits or honey. Use
in cooking. Served and sold every
where. Made by Kellogg in Battle
Greek. Recipes on package.
Evening star., 1927-10-04

through which the light shines is kept
spic and span. If electricity is the
Illuminating agent, only the outside
Evening star., 1927-10-04
Lessons in English
ny w. = GORDON.

Words often misused: Do not say,
sT hadn't ought to 60" Say Il ought
mot"
often mispronounced: Rancor. Pro.
nounce rang-ker. not ran-ker.
Often misspelled: knead Ito press).
Synonyms: Becoming, befitting.
romely, decorous, graceful, suitable,
worthy.
Word study: Use word three
times and it is yours" Let us in.
crease our vocabulary by mastering
one word each day Todays word:
Stimulate. to rouse to activity; ami
| 'inste. I'VE must do something 10
J stimulate interest"
Evening star., 1927-10-04

More than 100000 buildings were
erected in Sydney, New South Wales,
in the past year.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
Hominy Turnover.

Mix together one pint Of cooked
coarse hominy. one cupful of milk
one teaspoonful of salt. two we'll
beaten eggs and one tablespoonful of
fat. Turn into a frying plan in which
the fat has been melted. Stir until
hot throughout. Let cook until a
golden brown on the bottom. then fold
like an omelet and serve on a hot
platter. This is suitable for the main
dish al sumner or luncheon
Evening star., 1927-10-04
A Useless Maid.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
Mrs. Bizzy-I had to let the new
maid go. She neglected the children
when / attended my club meetings.
Mrs. Milde-Is that so?
Mrs. Bizzy-Yes. Positively. she
couldn't have thought less of them IL
they were her own.
Evening star., 1927-10-04

Mimi will be glad TO answer any inquiries
directed to this paper, provided stamped.
addressed envelope is iDclosed.
Evening star., 1927-10-04

The homemaker who wishes to get
the most illumination from her light
ing fixtures sees To il that the glass
Evening star., 1927-10-04
OUR CHILDREN By Angelo patri

satisfied. IL he Is headed toward get
ting by, I want to know more about
it.
Evening star., 1927-10-04

Mr.. Pstri will give personal attention to
inquiries from parents and school teachers on
the care and development of children Write
him in care of this paper incloslng stamped.
addressed envelope for reply.
fCopyrirht 1877
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02
Sir Thomas Upton.

The headline on a dispatch from
London, just printed. reads Upton
to Retire" The first glance at this
text causes tremor of apprehension.
Sir Thomas Upton to quit the yacht.
racing game? No more challenges
for the Americas cup? But no. that
is not the meaning of the headline.
Sir Thomas has decided to retire
from active control OF the Upton
Arm. accepting the post of life presi-
dent and retaining the honorary
Craftsmanship. but leaving the active
executive work to another. This
probably means that Sir Thomas will
devote himself more definitely to the
Job of lifting the cup All America
will welcome him on his next trip.
Indeed, he will get a rousing cheer
II he should succeed in winning the
trophy. For he is recognized here
as one of the best sportsmen in the
world, and If ever man deserved
success after a long endeavor it is
this blithe Irish baronet, who has
tried so often, has failed so CALAMITY
and has in every contest squared up
to the highest principles of fair play
and good fellowship.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

swim when crossing the Channel?--
A. The estimated distance covered
by Miss Ederle when swimming the
English Channel was between 40 and
az miles.
.. What was the Federal income
tax rate on incomes Of 81 900 and
$4,000 In 1928, and what per cent Of
the population filed personal returns?
H. r. 7.
A. The personal exemption to single
persons in 1923 was 81 900: to mar.
ried persons. $4,000. provided their
net income was not in excess OF IS, 600,
in which case the married exemp tion
was $4,000. The rate ~ tax was per
cent on the first 1000. The ppr cent
Of population which filed personal re.
turns was e.94
Q. Did the supply Of lamb increase
or decrease during resi- NJ. M.
A. The Department Of Agriculture
saws there we're ass. 900. or 4 per cent,
fewer lambs and sheep on feed for
market on January 1, 1927. than on
January /. 1928.
o. What IL the special process or
finishing medium used In making the
shine on patent leather?--A P
"A. Patent leather shoes sre given a
varnish composed If drying oil. veKe-
table black and Prussian blue. Three
coats are applied and a finishing coat
to give the polish.
q. Are there natives of tn. warm
sea islands that can kilt a shark under
wsterf-G. W. r.
A. An authority on sharks saws
that II Ia claimed that the natives of
the South Sea Islands swim under
sharks and with daggers like knives
stab and kill them
Q. How many congressional medals
were awarded for services in the
World War. and to what State was
awarded the largest number of these
medAls?--J. J. McF.
A. The total number of congress.
sional medals awarded for services in
the World War was 90 The state Of
New York was awarded the greatest
number, Ia; Illinois, 10; California and
New Jersey. each.
Q. We're the minstrels of the Mid.
die Ages much thought Off. W. W.
A. 1t il said that the minstreIs Of
that day were usually 1T question.
able virtue and honor. and laws were
enacted TO repress them. They were
called shadow or rowing men"
and under the Law they were not per.
mitted to inherit property, to collect
debts or to take part in Christian
"a craments.
q. Please tell me IL John Bur.
roughs, the naturalist. IL dead; and IL
so. the date OF his death?-A. J. T.
A. John Burroughs died on March
FL, 1921.
When IN d0ubt--dsk Hdskin. He
Offers himself as forget for the
questions Of our readers. He agrees
to iwrnish tdcts for all soho ask. This
ia large c0ntruct--one that hd4
never been filled before. IL roHId he
possible only in Washington. and onIsf
TO one tchO has spent a lifetime IN
locating sources Of information. Has
Kin does not kn0tr all the things that
people AJAX him, but he knoWs people
trho do kno4r. TRY him. state yovr
question briefly, torite pldtnIy, and
tHclose 2 cents in stdNpps for re-
turn postage. address Frederic !.
Hdskin. Director. The Evening StdY
Information Bureau, WGshin1ton,
ID. c..
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School Landscapinp.

| A marked difference OF opinion has
developed between some of the citi.
| zens and District officials regarding
plans for the Improvement of the pub
lie school grounds of Washington. An
| official proposal for the employment
oversee the installation and main.
tena nee OF lawns. tree and shruhhery
borders around the school Fairgrounds
and along the approaches TO school
buildings has met with a protest from
committee OF the Fedora ton of Citi-
zens' Associations. II IL urged by the
| latter that the school Fairgrounds are
so small in area there is not SUFFICIENT
space to play. and that they be merely
graded and drained for recreational
purposes.
An unfortunate condition prevails
here in respect to school play spaces.
Indeed, few OF the school buildings of
the District are so planned and 10.
Gated as to permit proper and suitable
landscape development. Some of them
are planted squarely on the building
lines, with the sidewalks immedia tely
adjacent. In some cases the play-
grounds are merely back yards" in
closed within walls. In only excep-
tional cases, and those of recent con.
struction, are the school approache
susceptible of decorative treatment
and the play spaces adequate even for
recreational uses.
Just at present there is a complaint
against the disposition in Congress to
refuse sufficient funds for the exten.
sion OF the school plants and the main
tenance OF the teaching force on a
proper salary scale. 1t is not, how
ever, inappropriate. even in the face
OF this prospective stringency of APP
preparations for the vital essentials
OF the school system, to urge that con-
sideration be given to means for the
future development of the school
plants along the lines of the Commits
sioners' suggestions to give them at.
tractive settings.
There should be no issue on this
score. The people of Washington
ought to ind0rse and work for all
measures that will make the school
system completely satisfactory in ap-
pearance as well as in educational
efficiency.