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The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-04-21
BY Edgar Lee Masters.

But it is an absurd mistake to sup
pose that there is a fundamental hos
pitality between the creative gift and
the thinking gift. Every poem comes
out of an intellectual synthesis, how
ever unconscious il may be; Lindsay's
thinking is done unconsciously, and
sometimes it is well done. 1t is crea-
tive thinking or visioning. Ii is not
that thinking which can plan and exc
cute an essay on Christianity and then
turn to a poem like the ode to the
West Wind; or the thinking that
can appraise men and their art as
Goethe did it. But it is the thinking
that visions and appraises in the sub
terranean caverns of the unexplored
mind, and then takes wing in the sun.
light when the dawn of the creative
impulse arises. He may fail, but only
in so far as all genius fails for want
Of judgment, This lack Michelangelo
pointed out as the great handicap of
gifted men, because it leads to wrong
artistry and wrong aesthetic, and
therefore to falsity. 1t is not to be
expected that a poet as powerful as
Lindsay will always be successful in
setting down the many things that
press upon his hand for expression.
He is to be judged by his best work,
just as Shakespeare is to be judged
by Hamlet" and not by Titus An
dronicus."
To quarrel with what he does and
The way he does it is a spiritual of
tense to be severely condemned. 1t
can do him no good because he can
not be changed. 1t does him harm be-
cause it makes him self conscious,
and the beauty of his art has been its
freedom and its spontaneity, its sin
cere absorption in the possessing vi
sion Of his own genius without regard
to the figure he cuts before his audi.
ence.
If any criticism could help Lindsay
it would be that which would put him
and keep him in possession of his
individual powers, and therefore en-
sure their further and more perfect
fruition.
The preface to COLLECTED Poems,"
which runs to great length, shows
that he has needed the critical scrib-
blers who have attacked him, for he
undertakes to Justify his work and he
almost promises to make amends. He
takes pains to prove that he is not
Jazz poet, whereas he might have
something to say on the subject of
Jazz music in its relation to the music
of the future, as well as on the sub
ject of the beauty and originality of
Jazz music as it is today. 1t is prob
able that If the jazz music of today
had reached the consummate artistry
of The Chinese nightingale" and
Evening star., 1927-11-04
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

Mrs. F. c. w. writes: "Your column
has been very helpful to me and I
never miss reading it. have all your
leaflets and they have been my con-
slant guide and are producing excel
lent results. May I avail myself Of
your kindness in answering puzzling
question? How can an 11-month-old
baby be taught to drink her milk from
a cup or glass? She drinks her or
ange and prune Juice in this manner,
and water very nicely, but she refuses
milk except from bottle. Is it wise
to force the issue or is she too young?
Answer am SO happy that you
are having such excellent results with
the leaflets. 1t is difficult matter
when a child has always had milk
from a bottle, suddenly to change the
method of administering it, and the
only successful method must neces-
sarily be gradual one. Give the baby
at each feeding a tiny bit of milk from
cup. Use different cup, perhaps
from the kind you have used hereto
fore, which Is associated solely with
water or prune or orange juice.
would insist that this be taken first
If 1t Is only q tiny amount, a tea.
spoonful or so, just a swallow, the
baby will hardly refuse. Even if she
let's 1t run out of her mouth, don't be
discourag ged, but continue offering it
first at each feeding. After you are
successful with a small amount, in
crease the quantity. Eventually you
can manage one feeding in this man
ner. and later two, and so on. This
may take few months, but you are
starting early, which is right
Evening star., 1927-11-04
Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

November 4, 1805.-The board of
school trustees today prepared a me-
| mortal to Congress suggesting the au-
| thoriZation of a lottery to raise money
| for the establishment of a university.
| The board, at the same time, agreed
| upon a plan for starting elementary
schools. Thomas jefferson was re-
Gently elected president Of the school
board and has accepted, as far as
other duties of paramount obligation
will permit"
November 4, 1S14.-A letter signed
'Publius" and addressed to President
Madison, Is printed in the Federal Re-
publican today. 1t contains the term
white House" as applied to the
Presidents house.
This is the first appearance in print.
as far as known, of the designation,
White House" mx
November 4, 1S59.-The 9Evenng
Star today refers to the organization
of the Potomac Base Ball Club. the
first in the city and the pioneer base
ball organization in the South. Up to
this time the novel game has been con-
fined to the Northern and Eastern
States, but 1t is rapidly gaining in
favor all over the country.
November 4, 1870.-The first weather
bulletin of simultaneous observations
was telegraphed to more than 20 cities
today.
November A, 1sS6.-President Cleve-
land held reception at the White
House today for members Of the
French delegation which brought Bar
tholdi's famous statue of Liberty En-
tightening the World" as gift from
France for erection in New York har-
Evening star., 1927-11-04
OUR CHILDREN By Angelo patri

him able. Then what?
Usually there is field in which
he can shine. II, Is not the field his
people would have him enter. They
feel humiliated by his position in life
and say-and perhaps believe-he
could do better IL he would. The
thing to do is to allow the child to
grow in the one or two ways he can
grow and accept the fact that he Is
as he Is. That Is the hardest task
mothers and fathers have to face. The
disappointment Is hard and bitter.
Personal pride, family tradition, fam
lily ambition are wounded to the
quick. The easiest way out Is to fol-
low the child.
IL you have a child who continually
balks at his work. who does not play
we'll, who has poor health and bad
manners in spite of all you can do:
If you have a child whose teachers
are constantly sending home bad re.
ports Of him, consider we'll what way
you take.
If he fails in school work, why keep
him at 1t? That dulls the intelli.
gence he has and delays the develop.
ment of what gifts he has. 1t Is
poor child. indeed. who has no gift.
Search for the gift of the helpless
child and direct him toward It's de.
velopment, no matter what road It
takes. so long as it is a happy and
useful one leading to his goal.
Mr.. Patri win give personal attention 70
inquiries from parents or school teachers
on the care and DEVELOPMENT of children,
Write him in care of this paper. inclosing
self-addressed. stamped envelope for reply.
Evening star., 1927-11-04
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, nj. ID.
whole extremity demanding amputa

ton.
Many physicians who have en-
countered a considerable number of
cases of thrombo-angiitis obliterans de-
clare they have not seen case in a
| non-smoker. The best authorities are
agreed that excessive smoking Is the
cause of the disease, although they do
not believe that tobaccoism Is the sole
cause. It seems that some underlying
or predisposing factor must be con.
cerned, perhaps some hereditary fac
tor, for certainly the great majority
of heavy smokers never have the dis
ease. DIR. Samuel Silbert, New York.
found II per cent Of 155 patients with
this disease lost at least one extremity
| within a period of five years, and in
a careful study of $50 cases he has
never seen thrombo-angiitis in a man
who was not a habitual smoker. DIR.
Willy Meyer, New York, reporting a
large series of cases q few years ago.
said the same thing.
Among the remedies that have been
employed to give more or less relief
are suINutaneous injections of Ring
er's solution "a salt solution), admin.
istration of insulin, operation on the
lumbar portion of the spine, deep X-ray
treatments, injections of hpyertonic
salt solutions into the veins, diathermy
and therapeutic exercises as suggested
by DR.. Leo Buerger.
Unlike the gangrene from ordinary
arterioclerosis, this trouble occurs in
men under middle age.
OF course, the first essential is to
stop all use of tobacco-though it Is
much more effective to prevent the
disease by moderation.
Evening star., 1927-11-04

In spite Of this. however, they COM
planned, 1--WE are forbidden by our
physicians to eat these foods. Why il;
this" While it is true that the foods
mentioned are neutral in their final
ash. it is also true that with certain
individuals peculiar conditions exist
that make it not only desirable but
necessary to cut down on these foods.
This form of sugar. for example, may
act as gastric acid, or 1t may cause
fermentation, and such conditions will,
of course, retard the efforts Of one try.
ing to set right the conditions of
acidosis.
AS for alkaline foods, here are some
outstanding examples: Apples. bana.
mas, lima beans, cabbage, carrots, eel
cry. lemons, lettuce, melons, oranges,
peaches, potatoes and turnips. This
does not by any means exhaust the
list, but will serve as a guide as to
types Of food. Finally, remember that
the acid-forming foods should be eaten
in proper proportion at the same time
and in general these are all meats
white bread, eggs and fish.
(Copyright 1927
Evening star., 1927-11-04
Helpless Children.

Out Of each hundred children born
some are helpless. Not obviously
helpless. They grow to school age
with some trouble to their parents
and to themselves. Perhaps they do
not talk as clearly or as soon as
the bright child across the way. 1t
may be that they do not walk as
early as most children. Possibly they
walk and talk early, but find difficulty
in learning health habits and good
manners. Maybe they have tantrums
and many illnesses in quick success
sion. And it may be they grow along
to school age as smoothly and happily
as other children.
Soon there comes a note from the
teacher. The child is disobedient or
inattentive or disorderly. He is cau-
toned and sent to school as usual.
A week or two goes by and another
note comes, saying there is no i'm
provement. Again the child Is eau.
toned. Perhaps he is punished.
Father and mother try their hands
at teaching him to read and find it
hard work. HE won't pay atten-
ton" He is pushed ahead from grade
to grade by the momentum of the
school and the grim determination
Of his mother. BY and by he comes
to a full stop. He is left back and
he stays back.
Then begins the long series of dis
cussions and conferences and changes
of teacher and changes of school. All
end the same way. The child is as
he was in the beginning. He is
coaxed and praised and blamed and
rewarded by turns and all to no avail
Everybody thinks he could do so well
IL only he would try.
There Is no use in thinking that.
Children who can do things we'll love
to do them. They cannot be prevented
from doing them. 1t is the helpless
CHILD who does not do. He is willing,
but he Is not able. All the coaching,
all the begging and pleading and
promising in the world won't make
Evening star., 1927-11-04
Orange-C -Coconut Cake.

Cream one.half a cupful Of shorten
ing and add one cupful of sugar
gradually. Add two we'll beaten egg
yolks and then one-half a cupful of
orange juice alternately with one and
one-half cupfuls Of cake -four, one and
one-half teaspoonfuls Of baking pow.
der. and one-fourth teaspoonful of
salt, which have been sifted together.
Fold In the egg whites, which have
been beaten until stin. Bake in
layers in a moderately hot oven. Put
an orange filling. Frost the top and
sides with boiled icing and sprinkle
thickly with coconut. An orange
filling may be made with two table.
spoonfuls of butter, one-half a cupfu,
OF sugar, three tablespoonfuls of -four.
one cupful Of orange juice and one
egg.
Evening star., 1927-11-04
VARIATION SHOWN
| IN MARKET CHANGES
Increases in Vegetables One Fea'
ture in Quotations-Pork Lower,
Local Dealers Report.

Increases in the prices of one variety
Of vegetables and one class of meat
and reduction in the price of pork
are quoted by retail dealers at Center
Market this week.
Tomatoes, which last week sold at
from 10 to Is cents a pound, are SELL
ing generally at 20 cents pound
straight. Corned beef, which sold for
from Is to 35 cents pound, continues
to bring the same top price, but the
minimum price is 3 cents pound
higher than it was last week.
Pork chops are selling at from 35
to 40 cents a pound in place of 40 to
IS, last weeks prices. This reduction,
it is pointed out, is in line with re-
duction in wholesale prices near the
first Of the week.
Price quotations are as follows:
Fruit-Alligator pears, so to 70
cents each; grapefruit, from 10 cents
each to two for 25 cents; seckel pears,
3o cents a box; Bartlett pears, Az
cents a box: usual variety of grapes,
20 cents a box; California grapes, 10
cents pound; honeydew melons, so to
IS cents each; plums, IS cents a box;
pineapples, generally SO cents each,
and apples, S cents each.
egetables-Tomatoes. 20 cents a
pOuIu, new pOtdtOeS, U Gouiluo 1oA 80
cents: string beans, 20 cents pound;
new cabbage, cents a pound; out-of-
door cucumbers, 10 cents apiece; car
rots, three punches for 25 cents; tur-
nips, cents a bunch; eggplant, from
Is to 25 cents each; Okra, 35 cents a
quart: beets, 8 cents bunch; Summer
squash, 20 cents a pound; peas, 25
cents a pound.
Baking and frying size chickens, As
cents a pound: stewing size. 40 cents
pound; ducks, 40 cents pound.
American cheese, 45 cents a pound,
and imported cheese, from 10 cents to
81 a pound; eggs, 60 to Is cents a
dozen; butter, SIS to 65 cents pound.
Meats-Veal roast, %, 35 and 40
cents pound, depending on the grade:
lamb shoulder, 80 cents a pound; best
grade porterhouse steak, 65 cents a
pound; sirloin, SIS cents; round, 45
cents; prime ribs, 40 cents; chuck, 80
cents; three-eornered, 35 cents; corned
beef, 1S to 35: pork chops, 35 to 40;
beef liver, 20 cents; veal outlets, 60 and
65 cents; breast Of lamb, Is and 20
cents; calf's liver, home dressed, 80
cents to 81 a pound; lamb chops, SIS
and so; lamb leg, 35 and 40, and round
roast, 35 and 40.
Evening star., 1927-11-04
Smokers Gangrene.

Heavy cigar smokers are subject to
q painful condition which physician
cannot distinguish from angina pee.
toris.
An insurance man figures that by
smoking one less cigar daily for a
period of years f.. still. this Is
another reason why a man with a
family to support should affect pipe
If he is going to use tobacco. A man
without life insurance is selfish to
smoke at all.
Today, fellows, I cordially invite you
to show whether you are man enough
to worry through the day without re-
sort to tobacco or other narcotic, and
then when the day is over, if you've
proved you can do 1t, I'd be happy to
have you as a guest at little smoker
I'm giving this evening. Bring your
pipe along. I want you to meet
thrombo-angiitis obliterans, the best
of all reasons why smokers should con-
stantly try this test to determine
whether they have the habit or the
habit has them. Surely the smoker
who mixes smoking with business.
work, play or eating cannot say he
has the habit.
Thrombo-angiitis obliterans Is just
as unpleasant as the name sounds.
1t is a chronic insidiously obliterating
inflammation of important blood yes.
sells in the legs, characterized by pain,
redness, swelling of the legs and feet
too often dubbed rheumatism" or
maltreated by amateur foot specialists
as flat feet"), and necrosis and ulcer.
alton in spots or gangerene of the
Evening star., 1927-11-04

Now that we are we'll into the
Autumn season it is time to think OF
Winter meats. The fact that Thanks.
giving comes soon makes it seem de.
sirable to save the first turkey until
that day. Families where turkeys and
other delicacies are served frequently
inevitably lose some of the zest that
comes from the Thanksgiving dinner
that offers a spice of novelty.
To go back to meats. I have
served skirt steak stuffed and baked
like a roast. This cut Is something
like the flank, only narrower and
longer. 1t is near enough to the
flank to have the muscle f1bers about
the same degree of tenderness, or
rather toughnessi
For this reason skirt steak lends it.
self very well to stuffing and the long,
slow cooking which we know as brais-
ing.
Notice that we have prune juice for
one breakfast. The old-time joke about
stewed prunes loses it's point when a
number of delightful dishes are served
from this fruit. For instance, a small
glass of prune juice at breakfast is a
delicious appetizer. as we'll as a con-
veyer of important mineral salts.
Then notice that we have a prune
souff1e or pudding the same day for
the luncheon dessert.
Eggs are now getting expensive and
it is for the individual housekeeper to
Evening star., 1927-11-04
DAILY DIET RECIPE
Snow Squares.

Egg whites, six; granulated sugar,
two-thirds cup; flour, one.half cup;
salt, one.eighth teaspoon; cream of
tartar, one-half teaspoon; vanilla, one
half teaspoon: grated cocoanut, two
cups; pulverized sugar, two cups, and
hot water. four tablespoons.
MAKES ABOUT SO SQUARES.
Sift -four and sugar together three
times. Then add cream of tartar and
sift again. Put salt into egg whites
and beat stiff. Add sugar and -four
mixture gradually. Add havoring.
Bake in square cake tin, in a thin
sheet. Bake in slow oven 600 degrees)
about 35 minutes. Cut in one and
one.half inch squares. Make icing by
gradually adding hot water to pulver-
lied sugar. Dip squares in icing then
in grated cocoanut, covering them
completely.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe contains protein in the egg
whites, energy or fuel value in the
flour and sugar. The cocoanut furn.
ishes some lime and vitamins A and
B. Should not be eaten by one wish
ing to reduce, and only in great mod
Grafton by normal weight and one
wishing to gain.
Evening star., 1927-11-04

we have been frightened in the dark
by loud and strange noises or were
punished by being placed in a dark
room or listened to ghost stories or
otherwise associated danger with
darkness. Fear of darkness Is almost
universal, because these practices are
found everywhere.
Moreover, because we cannot see a
pitfall or a lurking enemy in the dark,
we have to be especially careful. This
tenseness of caution and expectation
is conducive to all sorts Of imaginative
fears. Every shade and shadow takes
on the form Of some goblin or tramp
and we are frightened by the crea
lures of our own imagination. The
child is told that the spooks are
abroad in the night under cover of
darkness. And we wonder why he
is afraid Of the dark.
We are afraid of the dark because
we have been taught to be afraid
and because there is greater actual
danger in the dark in that we cannot
see the source of harm in time to pre-
pare a defense, as we can in broad
daylight.
Evening star., 1927-11-04
WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO
BY DIR. MEHRAN X. THOMSON.

We are born with the ability to fear;
we acquire the specific fears. We
come into the world afraid of only
two things, a noise and falling. BY
the time we are grown up we have
hundreds Of fears: fear of losing our
jobs, our friends, our reputation, the
fear of death, etc.
There are also freakish fears: fear
of open spaces, of closed spaces, of
narrow passages, of going, up or down
stairs, fear Of dirt.
Given the two major fears with
which we are born we add all the
rest through association by the proc
ess technically known as "condi-
toned reflex" If you present a kit.
ten to a very small child his natural
tendency is to reach for it. But if at
the moment of presentation you cause
loud noise he will transfer his ma
tural fear Of the noise to the kitten
and be afraid of the kitten.
The fear of darkness belongs to this
class. Watson and others experiment.
ing in this field failed to find evidence
of a natural fear of darkness.
We are afraid of the dark because
Evening star., 1927-11-04

decide whether she uses them twice
a week, as have. If reasonable
economy has been exercised through.
out the week, such as in the purchase
of inexpensive cuts of meat, there
seems to be no reason why the family
should not enjoy one or two servings
Of eggs week. Remember that the
children should have one every day.
In glancing over a list of foods in
season during this month we find
quite a variety with which we may
vary the dishes indicated in the
menus. For example, among vege.
tables are artichokes, string beans,
broccoli, sprouts, celery and okra.
Pumpkin Is at hand, ready for pies.
Various kinds of mushrooms add con-
siderable variety in the form of
creamed soups. broiled on toast, and
even baked with potatoes by way of a
main dish. f-..
Evening star., 1927-11-04
FOOD AND THRIFT IN THE HOME
HOME NOTES
By JENNY WREN.

Quite the most complete silver serv.
ice imaginable is shown here. This
little table follows carefully the de-
sign of a Sheraton card table, with a
fiat leaf which stands up against the
wall.
The drawers are sufficient to house
a full set of flatware, and the coffee
service in the same design makes a
suitable decoration for the table top.
The fat silver rests in deep grooves
Evening star., 1927-11-04
Apple Canapes.

Slice brown bread rather thin and
spread with soft butter. Core some
tart apples. but do not peel them,
then slice them onefourth inch thick.
Saute in cooking fat and arrange on
the brown bread. Sprinkle lightly
with sugar and set in a hot oven for
few minutes. Just before serving
drop a cream cheese ball sprinkled
with paprika onto each apple ring.
Evening star., 1927-11-04

One Mother Says:
Here is the recipe for bread which
my children like very much: Soak
overnight one large cup of washed
raisins and one cup of cracked
wheat. Mix one teaspoonful of salt
and three teaspoonfuls of baking
powder with a cup of whole wheat.
Stir in one-half cup of English wal
nut meats. cut fine. This mixture is
added to the raisins and cracked
wheat. One tablespoon of cooking oil
and one egg are added to the batter.
Pour into a well creased pan and bake
until brown or until the edges fall
away from the pan.