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Evening star., 1927-05-13
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

One of the chief joys of the crepe
hangers is terrifying young mothers
about the second Summer Don't
wean the baby, keep on nursing him,
because you know-the second sum-
mer,"
The main reason for the fears Of
the second Summers is the danger
of diarrhea. This danger is intenSi-
fed by heat; by the erupting of
teeth and by the wrong diet, or at
least diet which is not carefully
supervised. These are real dangers
and they can all be averted, not by
continuing to nurse the baby, but
by care and attention to the things
which viii help avert the dangers.
Prolonged nursing leaves a child
open to malnutrition, for mother s
milk in the latter months of lacta-
ton is deficient in some of the ele-
ments of nutrition. Too often also
the mother who continues to nurse
her baby well into the second year
is the same mother who makes up
what he lacks at the breast by gem
erous helpings from the family table.
and this type of badly fed child
naturally will be more susceptible
to the infections which cause diarrhea
than one more carefully fed.
Adults find that during intensely
hot weather they tend to satisfy
their appetites with liquid rather than
solid food. And yet these same
adults will continue TO ply the baby
with the same amount of food as in
cold weather and then wonder why
he becomes i'll. Be as sensible with
y I~ryse. snt 1nnf
are with your own, dilute the milk
with boiled water; lesson the amount
of cereals and breadstuffs. Give
soups and fruit juices and more wa
ter and thus repIenish the body fluids
which are being depleted by perspt-
alton.
Since the chief cause of disturb
ance win always be food, compli-
Gated by heat and teeth, one must
take additional care of the baby
food. Cereals must be free from
"wigglers." Buy cereals in clean,
air-tight packages and keep them in
the ice box. Boil all the milk the
baby uses, even If you are sure OF
it's cleanliness. This is especially
necessary in those homes in which
there is always an insuff1ciency OF
ice to keep the milk. All milk con-
tains bacteria, the certified milk less
than pasteuriZed and pasteurized
less than raw milk. Unless this milk
is kept very cold from the time it
| leaves the dairy until it is given to
the baby these bacteria will grow
and multiply until they may become
real menace. Boiling destroys the
bacteria, and the addition of orange
or tomato juice to the baby's diet
will offset the use Of boiled milk.
| SO the dangers OF the second SUM-
mer can be overcome by cleanliness
Of all food used. by boiling the milk
keeping the baby cool, and cutting
down on his food during the hot days
Evening star., 1927-05-13
BY EDNA KENT FORBES

or cold cream on the place at once
and take a corn file, which is a large
emery board made just for treating
the feet, and rub off the yellow cal
Ious skin under the soles of the feet
and on the other toes. II the corn
isn't very big you can file 1t off in
stead Of shaving 1t off.
A mixture of drachms or flexible
coliodion and Is grains OF salicylic
acid is excellent to paint over corn
to stop the pain.
JOANNA B.-The spot Is one of
those stubborn liver stains, and the
best way to get rid of it is have a
skin specialist scatter 1t for you. IL
YOU have not tried a simple bleach
yourself, you can do this first and
| this should not be anything stronger
| than the juices from vegetables or
| fruit. Cucumber or lemon juice make
| simple skin bleaches. Never expert
ment yourself with caustic bleaches.
as you may scar yourself.
| MARCHESA J.-Continue to use
| the tweezers for the superhuous hair
or go TO a specialist who does this
! sort of work. Peroxide will bleach
| the fine hairs for you.
Evening star., 1927-05-13
BEAUTY CHATS
Corns.

Never neglect corn. If you start
treating it soon enough you may
cure it permanently and go ever
afterward with healthy, comfortable
feet. Neglect it for a time and though
YOU may cure the corn temporarily
it will certainly come back to plague
YOU. Those of you who are grown
up have probably one or two such in
termittent corns; the best we can
do is to see that our younger broth
ers and sisters and our children fare
better.
If a corn comes, you can be sure
the shoes you are wearing most OF
the time don't fit. Pressure on the
toes causes the corns and nothing
else-unless you happen to be wear
ing very badly fitting and roughly
darned stockings. Wear corn pad
until you can have the shoes
stretched if they are tight; and when
YOU buy a new pair, buy different
make and one that gives you more
room. Remember, though, that too
loose shoe can cause a corn as well
as one that is too tight. Our shoes
are being made better and better all
the time, but we still fit our feet to
them rather than the shoes to our
feet. The best you can do is to avoid
exaggerated pointed and high heel
styles.
To cure the corn, soak the feet In
hot, soapy water 20 minutes, and
shave off the swollen and softened
hard layers of skin with corn
knife. or a razor blade, first dipped
in peroxide to make it antiseptic
Shave only the hard skin and be
careful not to cut yourself. Rub oil
Evening star., 1927-05-13
The Removal of Moles.

A mole is pigmented birth
mark" spot, blemish or lesion
usually present at birth. NIoIes vary
in size from a pinhead to ones hand,
in color from yellowish to very dark
brown, almost black, and in depth or
thickness from a thin fiat patch
scarcely above the level of the sur
rounding normal skin to a thick.
rough, warty mass in which there
may be n number of coarse hairs.
OF course, the cause Of moles Is 1r-
known. This fact gives superstition
full play, and so as a rule the more
ignorant a person the more positively
he can tell just how mole happens.
Here, indeed, is q kind Of universal
intelligence test: An individuaps in
telligence varies inversely with his
credulity toward yarns about mark
ing" an unborn child. Although moles
are "eongenitai is, present at
birth--they may not be noticed or ep-
parent until a year or two after birth,
and in most cases they are first
noticed several weeks after BIRTH
They may change from smooth to
thick, warty surface or from plain to
hairy moles after several years, but
they do not grow in size, and they
last for life unless surgically removed.
The popular impression that mole
is likely TO turn to cancer" in time
is founded upon the fact that certain
types of moles, particularly black or
blue pigmented moles and moles of
any color that are much elevated
above the skin, do tend to develop into
malignant or cancerous LESSONS even
tually. But as a rule a simple brown
| mole is not at all likely to become can
cerous at any time in life, unless
by ill.advised or unskillful attempts
at treatment the vicious effect of pro-
| longed or oft-repeated irritation is
| added to the site or presence of the
mole
| Often people with moles ask what
| they should put on or try for the pur-
| pose of destroying or removing them.
| No one except q qualified physician
and surgeon should attempt to treat
| a mole in any situation or in any cir
| cumstances.
| The physician and surgeon-every
physician is a surgeon by virtue of his
| medical training and his medical de.
gree-has at his command several
methods of treatment, and it is nice
| technical problem for the physician
| and surgeon to select the method
which is most appropriate for the in
dividual case, both from the surgical
| and cosmetic points of view.
In some instances surgical excision
| Is clearly the best treatment. This
| is particularly so when there Is any
indication of malignant tendency, and
a series of X-ray treatments for the
scar should follow surgical removal
in such cases.
For cosmetic results one of the best
methods now available to the physi-
clan and surgeon is diathermy, by
desiccation of just the right degree
to produce moderate dehydration, not
actual cooking, but only dehydration.
| In skilled hands this is unlikely to
Evening star., 1927-05-13
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Saturday, May IA.

Kindly stars rule tomorrow, accord
ing to astrology, which finds the con-
ditions auspicious for most of the
earth activities.
This is read as a fortunate day for
starting on ocean voyages and Tor
water journeys of every sort.
Astrologers foretel for 1927 a
record year for European tours, while
the Orient will attract an unusual
number of visitors.
Japan is to benefit from trade and
is to come under a planetary govern
ment that is most fortunate, it is fore
cast, although it will also suffer from
extraordinary events.
Women should benefit from the
aspects, which make for success and
happiness for them.
This is a lucky wedding day, since
it carries the promise of long associ-
alton without danger of divorce.
Theaters and other places of amuse-
ment are to profit greatly and, as
world problems increase, desire for
entertainment is to grow in the United
States.
Under this sway romance fiourishes
and this should be a red-letter day
for suitors.
Music and art are favorably directed
tomorrow and all the aspects appear
TO promise immense progress in the
United States.
Dancing is subject to influences
making for a fine physical develop
ment and will become even more popu-
lar than it has been, it is foretold.
Persons whose birth date it is have
the augury of-great success, in which
friendship viii play an important part.
Children born on that day probably
will have pleasant, prosperous lives.
Boys born under this sign often seek
seafaring life.
fCnnrright 1927
Evening star., 1927-05-13
New Importance Given to Hens
BY MARY MARSHALL.

I.enief of Paris has made frock
of light blue georgette with hem OF
seuuins in a deeper shade of blue.
A much admired French frock or
black taffeta has its hem covered with
glittering black sequins.
These applied hens are practical as
well as ornamental, and the woman
who must solve the problem OF max
ing last years frocks do for this may
re eioice that all such liberties may be
taken with hens. An amazingly sfnatl
amount of material may be fashioned
into "a frock when a deep hem of con-
trasting color may be added to exc
out the skir. II your last Springs
frocks seem a trifie too short to mt
into the picture this season, then all
YOU need to do is to add an applied
hem of some sort, using the same
material TO give q decorative touch to
some other part of the frock so that
YOUR work of piecing out does not
seem too obvious.
The transparent hem serves as an
important bit of compromise. Fash
ion suggests longer skirts, but we
still like the effect of the short skirt.
If the skirt length is produced by a
wide transparent net hem with the
line of the short underslip showing
beneath then we may wear our new
long-skirted frock with greater COM
fort.
Downright, 1927
Evening star., 1927-05-13
DELI INlL C1O1G1LO w. BURGESS

a tree with a head and it's walking.
Who ever heard of such a thing? Who
ever heard of such thing?"
That's just what / see, Danny" I"
said Peter. $50 you needn't bite me
after all. OF course, it can't be so, but
if we both see it, it must be. 1t can't
be. but it is.''
With one accord Peter and Danny
moved over to the other side of the
tent. They had to believe that they
saw what they saw, but even when
they were right over there 1t was
very difficult to believe.
''Such a neck! Such a neck" whis-
pered Peter.
''It has two short horns," said
Danny.
"And its front legs are longer than
its hindlegs." whispered Peter. "And
| just look at that tail! Isn't that a
/ ridiculous tail?"
TITS no more ridiculous than that
neck" asserted Danny Meadow Mouse.
However do you suppose he eats?
| That neck looks to me as If it were
more or less stiff. l don't see how he
| eats and / don't see how he drinks
and I'd like to know what he Is"
| Lets ask him." said Peter.
| (Cor,yright 1927
Evening star., 1927-05-13
Laughing Around the World
WITH IRWIN 8. COBB,

was apparently enraptured with
American life.
''The climate is gorgeous" she wrote.
land there is physically wonderful
race of people here. We live out doors
most of the time and the social life
brings one into contact with the whole
people. I have fallen in love with
Nah Jong."
my Dear Daughter" came back
the answer on the next steamer, 81
want you to enjoy every liberty pos
sible in this world and to move as an
equal among all people but from the
tenor of your last letter / think you
should come home at once. We dc
not wish any Cinnamon in our family
Father
Evening star., 1927-05-13
Localized Badness.

A case of general badness is very
rare among women, but localized
badness is fairly common. This al
lection is known as alopecia areata.
The hair falls out in patches, leaving
the scalp bare. Frequently TINS form
of badness appears i'll middle me
after a severe illness, mental shock'
like the death of loved one, or worry
and nervous strain. The cause seems
TO be some local trouble of the nerves
that cannot be cured by external ap'
ulications alone. Constitutional treat
ments must be taken under a physl'
clans direction if a real cure IS
sought
In addition to the general building
up of health, removal of the cause or
worry or a readjustment of ones
philosophy to meet the changed con-
ditions, local treatments are helpful,
A stimulating tonic should be rubbed
into the scalp after the massage three
times a week. Here is simple recipe
TO use: One-half ounce olive oil, 15
drops oil Of rosemary, four ounces
cologne water, ene-haif ounce tincture
of chinchona, one-half dram tincture
cantharides.
Before the semi.monthly shampoo
the scalp should be given a hot oil
treatment with equal parts of olive
and mineral oils applied to the scalp
and allowed to remain on an hour or
more before the hair is washed. Pure
CASTLE soap shaved and melted with
water should be used. Rinse the
lather off well with clean, warm
water and then rinse hair and scalp
in clean, fairly cold water. A bath
spray or shower is excellent for rims
ing the hair An effective stimulat-
ing treatment may be given by dous
ing the scalp with warm and cold
water alternately for several minutes
The professional hair specialist
sometimes paints the bald spots once
Evening star., 1927-05-13
Jots From Geography

The Gulf Stream. a geographical
oddity, is a well defined current in the
Atlantic Ocean. The color of the Gulf
Stream is in marked contrast to the
dull green of the ocean, being a deep
blue. The Gulf Stream moves in a
northeasterly direction, after passing
through the straits of Florida. The
hot current makes the Bermuda
Islands semi tropical in their nature.
Between these islands and Nova
Scotia the stream is 60 miles broad,
1000 feet deep, and moves at a rate
of three knots an hour.
Evening star., 1927-05-13
Banana Charlotte Russo.

Peel and cut three or four bananas
into fingers, and line the bottom and
sides of a small plain charlotte mold
with them. Mix one heaping table
spoonful Of powdered gelatin with one
cupful Of milk, dissolve carefully, add
two tablespoonfuls of sugar, and half
teaspoonful of vanilla extract, then
fold in one cupful of whipped cream.
Pour into the prepared mold. Set
aside until firm, then turn out and
serve with the sliced bananas.
Evening star., 1927-05-13
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, MI. ID.

leave any scar. In some cases coagu-
lation, actual cooking, by diathermy,
is preferable. These methods usually
are painless or nearly 50, and conse-
quently no anesthetic is required.
Simple electrolysis is suitable for
small moles especially those contain
ing hairs. Fulguration, or sparkling.
is preferred in some cases.
Freezing with carbon dioxide snow
safe only in the hands of physician
and surgeons exceedingly satisfac-
tory in many cases of rather large
moles.
Evening star., 1927-05-13

and may be good for some cases, but
it is better to have treatments by an
expert than to run the risk of apply
ing the wrong methods at home by
oneself. 1t is often advisable to shave
the first fine down that appears on
the bald spots in order to strengthen
the new hairs.
Many failures to obtain satisfactory
results in the treatment of alopecia
areata are due to not keeping up the
applications and the constitutional
regimen long enough. If the bald
places are not covered in a month or
so one should not become discouraged,
but should persevere until results do
show The causes of this condition
are often deeply rooted, SO that it is
not reasonable to expect a rapid
cure.
fCopyright 1927
Evening star., 1927-05-13
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
On Leaving Home.

The thought of breaking the home |
ties and leaving home to settle down
into a bachelor apartment Is an allur-
ing one to many girls.
1t sounds so adventurous to say one
is leaving home for good-living by
oneself, earning ones own living, liv-
ing ones life, free and untrammeled.
Girls bv the dozen write to me, ask
ing what strong arguments they may
use to convince their old-fashioned
parents that only by living alone will
they achieve success.
Well I'm not an old-tashloned
parent, myself-I'm not parent at
all-but it would take the strongest
argument in the world to convince
me that a girl is better off living away
from home than when she's right un-
der the old parental wing.
When a girls parents hinder her.
| progress in the business world, or cut
her off from her friends, or make her
miserable with eternal prohibitions OF
| this and that, I can understand her
wish to leave the home, and some
| times, in certain cases, / have advised
| that move.
| However, the majority of females
| who decide to fly from the old home
stead have perfectly good parents
with normally ordinary ideas about
! the way girls should behave.
| The girls admit this themselves, but
| they persist in saying they could live
| freer, fuller lives if they We're alone.
| By this they can only mean that
| they could smoke more cigarettes
away from mothers eye-could drink
| IL
dare to--and would probably be able
to see boys more often than mother
| would permit.
/ That is really what the average
| girl means by more freedom when she
! talks of it so glibly.
| Wait till she tries it. She'll find out
/ that for every new freedom she gains
by leaving home. there is a new limi-
| tation attached.
| Take the matter of finances. 1t
sounds rosy to have a charming little
| apartment and cook sweet little meals
in it.
But the charming little apartment
eats up cash, and so do the delightful
meals. The young lady who has set
out in search of new freedom finds
that she gains it at the expense of
pretty clothes and shoes and bags
for a stenographer's salary can't do
everything, and rent and food bills
| have to be paid before expenditures
on frocks can be made.
| Then this business of running your
own sweet little place sounds charm
| ing on paper, but pans out not SO well
in real life.
! It's bitter blow, having to come
home from the Office and work around
| "a messy apartment, untouched since
you left it. Very different from the
return to a well-ordered household, ar
ranged and directed by mother.
And there'll be a difference in the
meals, too. A difference in all the lit
| tie personal comforts home has made
| you used to-and independent exist
ence makes you do without.
| Take my advice and stick to the
comfort and restfulness of home as
| long as you can. Nowhere else will
you find such a satisfactory existence.
IF your parents prejudices get in
| your way, work on your parents,
don't leave them.
tCopyrght. 1927
Evening star., 1927-05-13

Hens have recently assumed new
Importance. A hem is no longer just
turning up Of the raw material of
the skirt-sewed down as inconspicu-
ously as possible. Hens now are EN-
phasized, even made of contrasting
material in contrasting color. None of
the dressnakers this season have ig~
nored the decorative possibility of the
hem.
Taffeta frocks with full skirts are
finished with transparent net hens
Evening star., 1927-05-13
Down With tho Yellow scourge!

When a new game starts anywhere
on this earth it crosses land and sea,
defying death. and wings its way to
all foreign lands. The best of them
become pestilence sooner or later and
with the one exception Of draw poker
all of them are doomed at last to
perish.
A young woman came up to San
Francisco from New Zealand to attend
a Californian co-educational univer-
sity. She sent glowing letters to the
folks in the far away island home and
Evening star., 1927-05-13

n
WHISPERED PETER.
'sThoss little eyes of his are piggish.
They are so"
"And look at his tanr' exclaimed
Peter, who is always interested in
tails, because he has such a funny
little tail of his own. Just look at
his tall 1t is just such a good-for-
nothing little tail as Farmer Browns
pig has"
Now. Of course, it wasn't very polite
of Peter and Danny 10 sit there max
ing remarks about Bigmouth the
Hippo. But if he heard, he didn't
mind. In fact, he didn't pay any
attention to them. So after while
Danny and Peter moved along.
out of force of habit Peter suddenly
sat up to look this way and that way
You know, he is always doing that out
ON the Green Meadows and in the
Green Forest. lie did il now in the
animal tent of the circus Then he
dropped back to all four feet and
poked Danny. Bite me, Danny,
said he.
Danny started at Peter as if he
thought Peter had gone crazy
whats that?" he demanded
Bite me, Danny Meadow Mouse,
Bite lnev' said Peter.
"Why should l bite you?" demanded
Danny.
Because want to know if I'm
awake" answered Peter. IF you bite
me hard enough TO make me jump
III know l am awake.
.'Talk sense, Peter; talk sense said
Danny. "Of course, you're awake"
"Ten,' said Peter tell me II you
zee what / see," and he pointed over
TO the far side of the animal tent.
Danny looked. Then he, too, sat
,lp and stared. My. how he did stare,
FINALLY he looked up at Peter and in
Dannys eyes was the same unbellef
that Peter felt There can't be any
such thing as / see,' said he. There
! hinply can't be any such thing. It's
Evening star., 1927-05-13
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

a week with tincture of cantharides
or iodine. While such applications
are helpful in many cases, l do not
recommend them for home use be-
cause there is danger of burning the
scalp. The new antiseptiC, called
mercuro.chrome, is a substitute for
iodine that does not burn the skin
Evening star., 1927-05-13
LADY Fingers.

Beat the whites of three eggs until
stiff and dry, add one-half a cupful
of powdered sugar gradually and
continue beating. Add the yolks Of
the eggs beaten until thick, pinch
Of salt, one-fourth teaspoonful of va
nilla, and one.third cupfuI of flour.
Bake in lady finger tins. sprinkle
with sugar and bake for 10 minutes
in a moderate oven.
Evening star., 1927-05-13
NANCY PAGE
Peter Selects Good Looking
Suits and Togs
By FLORENCE LA GANKE.
BY FLORENCE la GANKE,

"Why is It, Peter, that some men
cannot wear double.breasted suits?
Now, I always like you in yours.
Its a matter of height and build,
Nancy. A man who is short and
heavy looks heavier; but string
Evening star., 1927-05-13
Peter Asks Danny to Bite.
Fiction ne'er was half so strange
As things that Nature, doth arrange.
Mother West Wind.

Peter Rabbit and Danny Meadow
Mouse were staring open-moutched at
plymouth the Hippo. Spotcoat the
Leopard had just told them that Big
mouth at home is sometimes called
the River Hog. ''That's a good name
Cor him." whispered Danny to Peter.
Evening star., 1927-05-13
WHAT Do YOU KNOW ABOUT
YOUR OWN LOCALITY!
Test Your Washington and Nearby Regions OF
Maryland Virginia
TODAY'S QUESTIONS.
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

A. 70.
ribu of Potomac?
settler sfrom
branches the Potomac River unlte
the
of Valley?
Civil fought WITHIN the
of the OF
Answers on
Evening star., 1927-05-13

had had no chance to compare her
husbands golf togs with those of his
neighbours until today, when the
country club formally opened.
His clothes were quiet, but she liked
them. He wore a single-breasted sack
coat with plus four knickers. Golf
hose and tie harmonized with l1nick-
ers. He wore tan brogues and soft
tan felt hat.
tCopyright. 1927
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