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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29
DIARY OF A
NEW FATHER
BY ROBERT Il. DICKSON.

Monday night.
| came home little early this eve
ming and Joan was out in the kitchen
and she said, Would you mind run.
ming over to the grocery store and
getting a package of cereal for the
baby" and / said. What happened
TO the box you had Yesterday" and
she said. Il had had that in the
house for ages. and I'm bit afraid
it isn't good any more. want to
cook some for his o'clock feeding.
So | put my hat on again and ]
went over to the store. and when L
walked in there was Harry whatever
his last name is, and he used TO he
the soda clerk al the corner drug
store. I said Hello. Are you work.
ing here now?" and he said Yes
and I said, Wen, l can't shake YOU
for cigars and cherry phosphates any
more, then, can l?'' and he said. No.
/ guess not" and he said, What
will you have?" and / told him the
cereal. and he went and got it.
| said, How much?' and he said.
rs cents Want to shake for it,
and | said, Shake dice for gro.
ceries?" and he said, Sure. The boss
is out. This amt no house game
anyway. I'll pay for your package
If | lose, and I'll keep the profits II
L WIN, ana SalQ. w ell. ali I1SUt'
He said Il only have two dice and
no dice cup. so We'll shoot craps, and
two points out of three wins" and !
said, Let her go" and he said. Your
dice first. Thirty cents or nothing
for the package of cereal"
So | warmed the dice up, but / did
not get them hot enough, | guess,
because rolled a four and then
seven. and then Harry rolled two
sevens, on account of him being bet
ter acquainted with the dice. ] guess.
and he said. Thirty cents. Make 1t
sixty or nothing" and | am no piker,
and | said, IAN right"
So he rolled a seven and then an
eleven. and he said sixty cents. A
dollar twenty or nothing" and | am
no piker. and | said. IAN right"
Well, minute later he was saying
'Two.forty or nothing" and a
minute after he was saying, -Four
eighty or nothing?" and | am no
piker. and / said, "Oh, all right; |
can't lose forever" and he got the
four-eighty and | got out of there,
and | looked at myself to be sure /
had my shirt. because | certainly can
lose forever, and / do it most of the
time. too.
Well. / went up to the apartment
again with that doggone cereal, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29
THE MYSTERY OF PARIS
By Sarah Pan Rensselaer,

blouses fascinated him-and, 80 we have
the present smart costume blouse because
of his powers of INSTALLATION.
All these inimitable artists travel con-
stantly-and. from the lowliest object to
the most exalted, they get their inspira-
ton. From the Arabian desert at sun
set came the color that has been 20 much
in vogue in hosiery for these seasons past.
From the court costume of lovely Span
ish queen came the stitchery Of the new
cuffed gloves. And, yes. from the dane
ing girls on our own stage came the first
Rief undertakings. On, and on and on,
I'd infnitum.
The making of fashion is an absorbing
task-but it takes its creators far afeld
into strange lands among strange people
--oftentime into the hazy past just Tor
that elusive will-o' the wisp-an idea,
1t may interest you to know that Kayser
was first with the new desert shade in
HOSIERY with the new GLOVE
stitchery-and, the first brief styles in
UNDERWEAR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29

VIII this encourage their growth? ~
How can l make my neck look short
CT? 90 l weight about 100 pounds. Is
that too skinny? l eat plenty of veg
etabes and but little meat. ! have re-
solved recently to go to bed at Q o'clock
every night and have been doing SO.
Is there anything that will make ones
fingers taper? ALOHA.
Answer: % The wrinkles are
doubtless due to the dryness Of your
skin. Use cold cream for cleansing
your face each night before washing it
with soap and water. Please send a
stamped, self-addressed envelope for
my leaf1et on Care Of Dry Complex
ions" Perhaps you do not have
enough milk, butter and other fats In
your diet. t2l think you will outgrow
this defect If you build up your gen
eral health. Wear low-heeled shoes.
Take plenty of outdoor exercise. t3)
Yes. a. Perhaps your neck looks long
because it is too thin. Choker beads
will make il seem shorter. If your
hair Is shingled behind. that, Of course,
makes your neck seem longer. 81 You
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29
Answers to Today's Test
Questions.
/. Thomas Jefferson.
:. To Alexandria.

/. Thomas Jefferson.
2. To Alexandria.
3. A high, rocky island in the
Potomac River about one mile
and a half below Great Falls.
4. Lesser scaup.
S. Because it was completely
surrounded by water-James
and Tiber Greeks, the Washing
ton City Canal and the Potomac
River.
6. In 1873.
{. AS far as Conococheague
Creek, Md, 81 miles above the
present site.
S. This is ''catch" question.
The correct answer is, Nobody
knows" 1t may well have been
a Spa niard. for 1t is known that
Spanish navigators explored
Chesa peake Bay and some of its
western rivers beginning about
1850. II may have been
Frenchman since Capt. John
Smith In 1903 met q half breed
Indian and coniectured that his
father was French. Smiths map
and account of his voyage indi-
cate that he passed by the site
of Washington in June, 1908, al
though some historians dispute
this Capt. Henry F'leete,
trader from Jamestown, is
known to have visited the site
about 1881.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

forgot to give your height so l cannot
Judge your correct weight. If you are
over feet inch tall you are too thin.
girl of your age needs ten or ten
and one half hours of sleep each night,
90 One inherits the shape Of ones nm
gers, but they may be encouraged to
taper a little by a gentle daily mas
sage. LOIS LEEDS,
Bleaching the Hair.
Dear Miss Leeds: % How can I
make my hair a golden blond? ! have
tried various beaches, hut have not
obtained n natural looking color. 2)
How can | make my rouge have nat
uTal, shiny appearance on my cheeks?
pATSEY MAE.
Answer: If II were possible to make
dark hair into lovely golden color,
n great many girls would have theirs
changed. The fact is that bleacfed
hair never does look like a natural
blind The camomie tea rinse seems
to come the nearest to giving that de
sirable hue. however. Brew one ounce
of the dried camomile flower In one
pint Of boiling water. cool and strain
and use as n final rinse after your
shampoo. Results are gradual. (2l Try
the paste rouge and rub little cold
cream into the skin first.
LOIS LEEDS.
Reducing Baths.
June: EPSON salts baths are of lit.
tie value for reducing. Dieting and
exercise, however. will bring results.
The salts soften hard water and may
be used In the proportion of half
pound to a tubful Of hot water. No.
CASTLE soap does not encourage facial
hair. Use it like any other kind of
soap Use a commercial freckle To-
ton to bleach Your skin.
LOIS LEEDS.
tCopyrght. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29
Carrot Marmalade.

Take three cupfuls Of chopped car.
rot, one and one-half pounds of sugar,
one large lemon, four oranges and one
quart of water. Run the raw carrot
through food chopper with the
orange and lemon, using the coarse
knife, or else slice thinly with a sharp
knife. Mix with sugar. let stand over
night, then cook until it jellies. The
white part of orange gives II slight.
~ bitter flavor which is good with the
carrot. If you do not like this favor
peel the orange very thinly, then cut
the yellow part into tiny strips
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29

Paris and Fashion are synonymous.
Every answer to every question of where
does Fashion originate is answered by
Paris and, in the same breath with
the names Of Patou, Poiret, Vionnet,
Chanel, Reboux, etc That's supposed
to satisfy all curiosity on the subject
but it never does-at least, not with me.
One always visualizes these Kings and
Queens of Fashion enthroned in their
establishments and creating out of thin
air the fashions that are to revolutionize
the mode with each successive season.
The little scene is almost true but not
quite. The Kings and Queens do not
stay at their courts but they and their
ENJOYS roam the world-for ideas. Paris
is not the source of Fashion-rather this
world we live in is.
While in Africa, Reboux saw a comely
African belle in her dress headgear and
with her infinite imagination saw an
adaptation of this outlandsh affair for
the modern smart woman. Poret in
Russia was beguiled by group of peas
ants working in the field. Their rakish
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29
Complexion Troubles.

Dear Miss Leeds: ~ | have been
greatly worried by the appearance OF
laugh wrinkles at the corners of my
mouth. | am only 13 years old. ]
use soap and water to wash my face
every night and twice week | use
cold cream for cleansing. My skin
is inclined to look dry and AS If II
were cut up into little blocks after /
use face powder of which | use only a
little. (2) | am a little knockkneed.
Can this be remedied? 3) ! brush
nv eyebrows with vaseline every day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29

Mprd Warren and Sally Bates. ttCo
sisters of ,ridely different personality,
decide 10 take long sea trip. Tom
Bates hates the idea Of losing Sally.
and she breads leaning him Nyrd
doesn't care rerp much UhGt her has
band thinks. but he Iores her. The
ship sails. By the time the tiCo girls
reach Paris Sally has begun to absorb
some Of MUrd'S sophisticdtion, par
ticulGrlv after an incident tcith a GER
tain Mr.. Britton. scho has paid ASST
dmous attentions to Myrd They are
bound for BuenoS Aires. Sally sees
an interesting man on the tender that
takes them ont to the ship For the
first time in her life she is attracted
By some one aside from her Husband
MIRO sees the change in her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29

sdderation in planning a hallway, for
IT il there that the greatest oppor.
tunity for color is afforded. Linoleum
is very often chosen for the hall floor
in even the finest homes these days,
and II is highly satisfactory. 1t is
durable and can he had in an i'm
mense variety Of colors and patterns
This hall has pale green walls and
the linoieum tiles are black and cream
color
An Oriental rug spread down on
this floor adds rich color note. The
only furnishings are q pa II Of tall
wrouEht-iron ivy stands, the square
little Spanish chair with it's red vel
vet covering and a carved oak table
with iron supports over which is
NUM- Z small tannstrA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29
WHAT Do YOU KNOW ABOUT
YOUR OWN LOCALITY?
knowledge of Washington Nearby Regions of
Maryland Virginia.
TODAY'S QUESTIONS.
BY DONALD A. CRAIG


the hrstP n Washington?
of
nd VIII Is
in the water around
s. IA
President WASHINGTON have located
the white Who of
Answer on his Pageo of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-29
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN.

This hallway has been given q
colorful Spanish flavor by carefully
chosen furnishings and decorations
The floor is always an important con.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-08
Contradicting Croesus.

From the New York Herald-Tribune.
Poor as we are and rich as Mr.
Charles r. Flint is reputed to be, we
beg to differ with his diagnosis of the
disease Of which the multi.millionaire
is the symptom. Incidentally, it would
be interesting to know why Americans.
who are proverbially shy of public
expression at home, SO often expert
ence a loosening of the tongue in
London. Can you tell me-" he was
asked in that city, "why multi-mil-
lionaire like yourself, after he has
amassed millions, goes on increasing
his collection instead of retiring and
enjoying life?" A leading question, If
ever there was one, to which a legiti-
mate reply would have been. None Of
your - business" But Mr.. Flint was
in London. SO he said, smiling: Sure!
There is only one reason, greed" And
he stuck to 1t. His interrogation sug-
gested other more complimentary
explanations, but he insisted, smiling
again: mo; it is pure green greed"
This Is a little difficult to believe in
view Of the careers Of typical Ameri-
can multi-millionaires. Charity on the
grand scale, to be sure, is not incom-
patible with the possession Of a pro-
nounced acquisitive instinct. 1t might
even be considered to be an expression
of such an instinct, as marked humil-
ity is often a cloak for self-conceit.
But what shall we say Of such multi
millionaires as Henry Ford or Thomas
A. Edison or the late e. H. Hartman,
none Of whom is best known for his
charity? Is or was greed their pri-
mary motivation? The mere posing
of the question prove its absurdity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-08
Weanon-Rearing Permits.

The man who shot two others to
death in an Office building in New
York Tuesday, and, as it is now indi-
Gated, drove a third out Of the window
to fall and cause the death Of a
passerby below, used two pistols,
which later, on the advice of relatives,
he threw into sewer, whence they
have since been recovered by the po-
lice. It is thus clear that he went to
the conference which resulted in the
tragic quarrel prepared to slay. 1t is
reported that he has told the police
that he had a permit TO carry a re-
volver, obtained when he was q mem
Der of the American Protective League
during the war.
This statement. IL true, partially
answers the question which was
raised in these columns yesterday in
comment upon the case, as to how
the slayer was able to arm himself.
With such a permit he probably was
able to buy a weapon without the
least difficulty, though in what city
is not clear. But why should such a
permit, issued ten years ago in time
of war, be valid now. and why should
it be effective for multiple armament?
Nobody needs two guns, even If one
is necessary.
A permit to carry a weapon should
not be perennial, justifying indefinite
personal armament. II the permit
system 10 adopted as q means Of
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carrying immigrants directly to the
Midwestern farm lands without their
passing through the large cities of the
East, which now tempt the immigrants
to settle in urban domiciles, instead OF
opening up the farming country.
Canada wants farmers.
Far-seeing "militarists" also consider
the strategic Importance of a trans.
continental route far beyond the inter.
national boundary, so that if and
when the next war breaks out be.
tween the States and the British
Empire, the British troops can out.
flank American defenses. and attack
us from the rear-a forecast which
in the light of our experience of more
than a century Of unguarded 5000
miles Of boundary, strikes both Ca.
madam and American friends as lu.
dicrous. Still, strategists will be
strategists.
The political feature Of the North.
west situation Is the complete domi
nance of the Progressive party by the
farmers. The provincial Legislatures
OF Alberta and Saskatchewan are said
to be more thoroughly in the hands
OF the farmers than ever was the
North Dakota Legislature. Hence
State backing is given to farmer CO.
operative handling Of grain, and now
both the Progressive and Liberal par.
ties must hear the voices of their
masters, the agriculturists, in the de.
velopment of shipping facilities.
1t is estimated that the Hudson Bay
route can be completed for Sc 1000, 900
while more than $4,000 900 repre-.
SantQ the N0Cf n date re 1of ,,<
Of the road which today runs from
the Pas, on the Canadian National
road, at the crossing of the Saskatch.
evan River. That great river is nav.
igable far into Alberta, and it is at
flood during the Summer. when it re-
ceives the melted SHOWS of the Rockies.
The Canadian National Railroad has
never yet been a profitable invest.
ment. because the country it pene.
trates has not yet developed. While
it now pays running expenses, it does
not cover interest charges in it's $780,.
100000 investment. The Hudson Bay
road will be feeder to the National
North of the Saskatchewan there
Is an inconceivably extended region
which has never even been explored.
1t is wild country, with few inhab.
itants besides Indians and Eskimos,
and not many of them. What are it's
natural resources cannot even be sur
missed. 1t will never be an agricul.
tural region, but nobody knows it's
possibilities in minerals. Already oil
has been found near Fort Norman,
at the mouth Of the Great Bear and
the Mackenzie Rivers, and gold and
other minerals are believed to exist.
In 1776 Samuel Hearne succeeded in
crossing from Hudson Bay to Copper
Mine River, but few men have been
hardy enough to follow his footsteps.
(Copyright. 1927. by Paul v. Collns.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-08
The Blends Protest.

Letter to the Editor of the New York warld.
In recent edition of your paoer
there appeared an article in which e.
well known business man had allver-
tised for stenographer and Clearly
stated that he was looking for a h1Di
nette, not blond. The reason ASH
his preference, he said, was that
through long years of experience he
had discovered that brunettes were
the most efficient and reliable. In my
opinion, Sir Business Man, you have
sadly misjudged many a blond. They
not only look we'll in evening gowns,
on the beaches, in business apparel
and also in conducting business over
desks. but can do as much and more
in the line of business All this hinges
on one small word, eff" "If you are
capable of selecting the right type Of
young lady,
BY that / mean, do not employ a
blond, or for that matter any girl,
because she is pleasing to the eye or
because she has beautiful eyes and
can use them to advantage, but some
one who, though young. is sensible;
who. although not beautiful, makes a
neat appearance and knows her work
OF course, there are exceptions in all
cases, and because Of your long ex.
perience you should have ascertained
this fact. No doubt you have, but are
unwilling to admit it. I am not writ.
ing this because 1 am a blond-far
from it-but because / like to see
credit paid to all who deserve Il, and
most blends certainly do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-08
PHILOSOPHERS
BY
GLENN FRANK

There was a time when the COM
narrative study Of religions was only
a course in college which men studied
as thew studied the lore Of the lords
of ancient empires.
II was a far-off thing that did not
touch them save as a deliberate in
tellectual adventure.
Today. however, when the race has
turned nomadic again, thanks to eX-
press trains, ocean liners and air.
planes, men are constantly coming
into contact with alien religions.
In halliday tour of New York
man may pass the chapels, mosques,
synagogues, temples and cathedrals
of most of the living religions of the
world.
The tone and temper Of our time
will be affected more than we are
likely to think by the spirit in which
men meet these alien religions.
Robert Ernest Hume. in a compact
and clarifying little volume on THE
Worlds Living Religions" suggests
six ways in which men may and do
meet religions other than their own.
First, we may condemn all religions
as the ugly offspring of superstition.
bieotry, heredity. or ignorance.
Second, we may uncritically con-
denim all non-Christian religions, If
the Christian religion happens to be
ours.
Third, we may uncritically condemn
all non.biblical religions, if the Chris
tan religion happens to be ours, TAX
ing Judaism under the wing Of our
tolerance because our religion grew
out of its soil.
Fourth, we may uncritically con-
denim all religions save our own,
whatever our religion may bean
attitude as common among Hindus as
among Christians.
Fifth, we may say, with charity
but without discrimination, that all
religions have much good in them,
and that each is probably best for
it's own followers.
Sixth, we may say that all religions
have much good in them, but that
the good Is very unequally distributed,
that there is a best religion, that the
world needs to choose the best.
I suppose that the last attitude is
the attitude of the vast majority of
fairly tolerant Americans.
This is the attitude that makes mis-
sionaries:
And this attitude, we must remem-
Der, is being taken by the followers
Of religions other than our own.
'In studying Western civilization"
says prominent Hindu pamphleteer,
81 have felt that there is something
wanting. This something India has.
If we want to avert all future wars,
even the possibility Of war, we must
humbly sit on a prayer-rug, instead
Of always rushing about in motor
cars"
I present these six attitudes as a
measuring-rod for our religious hospi-
talities and hatreds.
(Copyright. 1927
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manner from himself clocks down
upon him."
Second, he seems, in some cases. at
least. to resent the use Of the brain
as q tool.
Third. he harbors the conviction
that no one else but himself is a
| 'workingman."
He is, in other words, the victim Of
a threefold complex" as the psychol.
ogists call such mental states.
| The snobs of the world have made
him suffer. Perhaps it ought to be
added that they can make any one
suffer cruelty.
In the town where the writer of
| these lines was born there was no
high and low. Jim, the barber, was
exactly as good as George. the banker
if he was.
| The way to labor's millennium is by
way of the strike Of the individual-a
strike against certain ways of per-
sonal thinking.
| The honest laboring man ought to
get it out Of his head, because one
writes of education and breeding at
| times, that he Is knocking, in subtle
way, the aforementioned laboring
man.
Nothing could be farther from the
| truth.
He should not hold it against pro-
fessional men that they earn their
living in the best way they can, in
| the way that comes most natural to
| them. That Is what the laboring man
| is doing.
He should not believe that because
a man works in a white collar and a
| silk tie he is not really working.
There are thousands of mental Ia
borers who put in hours of endeavor
| far in excess of those licked off to the
credit of the bricklayer.
They, too, are workers.
Just to show that our heart was in
the right place, we decided to engage
the services OF plumber, to seek an
opportunity to shake his brawny hand.
THAT ought to set us right with
the world" we innocently told our
self, still thinking about that anec-
dote.
The workingman was at work in
| the basement when we got home from
our own individual labor.
Hello, Mr.. Murphy we said.
Hello. young man" responded he.
We held out our hand and he
grasped II, ana We shook Solemnly;
but we could see, from the look in his
eyes, that we had rather surprised
| him.
What did the man want us to do?
Take off our tweed suit and don
overalls, before we dared to shake
hands with him?
! Murphy, old top, we refuse to do it.
We accept you as you are, and you
will have to take us as we are.
If you knew the vast respect we
| have for any one who can build, or
hew, or man-handle pipes, or do any
OF the thousands of jobs you chaps
do. you would feel more at home with
us. Where there is respect, there
ought to be liking. And there is, on
one side. So how about forgetting
about the white collar, and the trick
tie, and the overalls, too?