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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
The Child You Have.

what can do to make my boy like
NV naighbor's? That child loves to
study. He is as gentle hammered ASA
girl. And polite. You should see MIN
receive his mothers friends. Mine
won't study unless somebody sits on
his feet. He never speaks when ne
can roar. He never shuts a door when
he can bang it behlnd MN. re neNel
accepts what anybody says as long as
he has breath and they have patience
for an argument.
His father and l are good man
nered people. We went through col
lege without much. showing from the.
faculty. We have some consideration
for our friends and neighbors. Why
have we such a bOthersome lad! Some
how we feel cheated and put upon.
Seems as if we deserved a better style
of son than we got
Even when he was an infant in
arms he yelled and kicked and refused
TO take maps regularly, refused to sit
patiently on a rug and play with his
rattle. as all we'll behaved children
ought to do. When we had company
he was always at his worst. The fam
ilv think we don't know how to raise
a child and we're doing our very best.
Now. what can we do to make him
like the well behaved children or the
group?"
Nothing that I know about will
make one child like another. II by
some uncanny accident l should hap.
pen upon the information, I would
take it away from the habitation OF
childhood and reduce 1t to its elemen-
tary particles and cast 1t again into
space. Nothing so dangerous as the
process of making one child like an
other can be permitted to introduce it.
self on this earth
You see, everybody would use it. 1t
would be so easy to live with children.
for, of course, the process would re-
duce them to the simplest and lowest
terms imaginable. They would rise
and go on with the daily routine as
one man, eat and play and sleep again,
regimented. So easy for the grown
ups and so disastrous for the children
and the race.
The safety, and the progress which
is the safety of the race, depends upon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22

raise a baby for nothing, did your"
and I said, mo, but you depend on
your five-foot shelf OF baby books for
most of your advice; why didn't you
look up chapter on thumb sucking?''
and Joan said, "Oh, charge the $3.50
against the baby's board bill. and let's
get busy and fix his thumbs"
So had to go out to the drug store
and get some adhesive tape, and when
came back Joan and Hilda had the
baby all ready for bed and we cut off
some tape and put it around his
thumbs and watched him, and he just
yawned and closed his eyes and we
put him to bed and closed the door.
and he started crying right away. He
cried all the time we were eating din
ner But Joan wouldn't let me go in
to comfort him.
I said, IT think it's cruel to do that
to little tiny baby" Joan didn't say
anything. l said, There's no way In
the world he can get ahead of you.
He has to accept whatever mean,
dirty, low-down trick you do to him."
and Joan said, There; he's stopped
crying at last. Go in and see what's
happening" and / said, What can
and l went into bedroom and the baby
was lying there with his eyes closed
and the tape was still on his thumbs,
all right, but he was happy because
he had found that his first two fingers
were just as good as his thumb and
he had them In his mouth instead.
I told Joan and she said all right,
he could suck his darn little thumb
clear off. for all she cared, and she
hoped / was satisfied. because I had
done everything + possibly could to
hinder her,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
WINTER
BY ID. c. PEATTIE.
Flower Advancement.

These gray Winter days we seek
to brighten the dining room table with
dollhouse flowers. often giving our
selves the pleasure of putting two or
more kinds together. Everybody
knows that some colors are harmo-
NOUS, some discordant, though views
are changing. and just as we have
become accustomed to the discord in
modern music so that it does not
sound like discord, 50 1t Is now con-
sidered that blue and violet or lilac,
or various shades of the rcd end OF
the spectrum, may make charming
combinations, although our grand
mothers would have been shocked to
see pink, shrimp pink, lilac and Grim
son together.
Back of it all there lies a consider
able science. If the six broadcast
colors. red orange, yellow, green, blue
and purple. be arranged as divisions
of wheel, and then each Of these
subdivided into several spokes. II will
be found that in general colors OPP
posite each other on the wheel are
harmonic by contrast. Blue is thus
the complementary color OF orange,
yellow of purple, green of red. How
beautifully the last mentioned har-
monize we all remember at Christ
of the same color harmonic by anal
ogy. But as the first and seventh
notes In the octave are discords. so
the first and sixth shades on wheel
of "a hues are generally discordant.
The practical exceptions to this
theory are chiefly explained by the
degree of brilliance. Brilliant orange
zinnias would not look well mixed
with the tender blue of forgetme-nots,
though blue and orange are compile
mentary colors, nor would a glaring
scarlet harmonic with bright orange;
both colors are too noisy. On my
orange .colored maplewood table stands
now a soft, burnt-orange jar, on
soft, rich, blue cloth. In the jar
rambe a few twigs Of bittersweet,
with little scarlet berries, each with
It's surrounding bracts of old gold.
All the colors sound theoretically,
daring, glaring, gaudy as shawls at
a Spanish bull fight. The success OF
the combination depends upon the
graduations of brilliance. They are
several high points of color-the blue
cloth, the orange jar, the scarlet ber-
ries; but near each of them is some
intermediate or softer color, pulling
the whole into rich, harmonious
chord.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22

The vogue of end tables has brought
many interesting shapes, styles and
finishes of them into prominence. In
deed there is q bewildering array
from which to choose. and each with
its favorable points. And so it be-
comes a part of the work of the home
decorator to browse around among
those on display in the shops and be.
come acquainted with models, so that
she chooses wisely for her own rooms.
perhaps she may be successful in find
ing what fits her needs soon, but it
takes fairly good knowledge of what
is to be had to select quickly. A
glimpse at some of the good features
may prove helpful before starting out
in search of one.
+ There are end tables so decorative
that they add grace of line and beauty
of contour to furniture against which
they stand, whether the article is a
davenport or a chair For instance,
there Is the double-shelf Tyre end
table. The Tyre supports the center
of the top edge, which is siX-sided, five
of the sides making the broken semi
circle, while the sixth forms a straight
lend" to rest close against the chair
or davenport. This table is but one of
many that supply shapeliness to
abruptly ending arms of furniture.
Trough Tables.
The trough table is a delightful
model. 1t may have a rectangular or
q semi-oval top or the Semi-circle may
have sections cut off to form angles
These trough tables are narrow, to
conform to the style, as the container
for books forming the lower shelf can
not be very wide. Such a table, what.
ever the shape of the top, appeals to
book lovers. 1t is an acquisition to
be desired in any library and in most
living rooms.
Features.
The end table has come to supplant
the larger davenport table to a sur
prising degree, though there are in
stances where the latter is the one to
be used without question. A reason
for this balance in favor of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

Mrs. H. L. BIN another column
in a newspaper / read the letter of a
mother who resorted to biting and
scratching her small child in order to
correct these habits in him. To me
this seems prepoSterous that a mother
wiuld have it in her heart to do such
a thing. These methods are not above
animals. Animals sometimes resort
to such methods with their young, but
human beings! We are supposed to
possess higher brain faculties. Such
methods would soon instil in the child
the idea of revenge and also kill the
old biblical phrase of returning good
for evil. Children pick up these things
very quickly and initiate older per.
sons. We are supposed to be molding
their characters when we are correct
ing them, and thus teach them the
right thing to do. Lots of these habits
are better ignored and then they are
soon forgotten.
What is your idea on the subject
of such crude punishment, Mrs
Eldred? Your column is always in
teresting and instructive and never
miss 1t.
Answer-It seems to me that the
whole answer to such a question is the
manner in which II is done If the
HlOlHer mas punishment IN NINA she
will be vindictive and ugly If she
intends instruction and correction for
the child her manner will be entirely
different and it is then possible that
she may teach the child the effects of
his acts without causing him to be
revengeful.
To explain further. If a small boy
bites his smaller sister he may have
no idea that he has hurt her and
wonders why she cries. II is true that
he may dislike the small baby because
she has taken his place in the house
hold, but he actually does not know
that he has made her suffer. If
the boys own hand is put into his
mouth and he is told to bite down on
1t, he will Immediately learn that this
hurts. If he persists in doing this
again even after he has found out that
he Is hurting his small sister, then he
needs punishment, or being banished
from the family presence until he has
decided to be good.
l agree with you perfectly that a
mother who slaps at child when he
slaps at her, or bites or scratches him
(Which seem to me inconceivable for
a loving mother) Is teaching him moth
ing but more cruelty. That is not
instruction; 1t is purely vicious and
such a mother would inevitably rear
brood of cruel and vicious children
who would take out on others the
spirit of cruelty engendered by their
mother, and which could not be vented
on her because she had proven her.
self too strong for them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22

music from the living room and the
masked dancers.
If he were any Judge of women.
JessiCa wore a mask. He doubted 4.
she really knew what she wanted But
it was the thing 20 do this or that.
One followed the general trend OF the
times. Young people were like a lot
Of sheep. and IL one differed from the
rest, It was necessary to wear a mask
to conceal the fact from the others.
You say I must help YOU" he said
patiently. but don't know what else
l can do. I've tried subtlety, and
sarca SIM"
Have you tried authority" Mauda
asked suddenly. sitting up straight
and wiping her eyes. He fancied he
caught a sudden idea cleaning In her
eyes.
Authority, what good would that
do? can't forbid her to marry
Raymond Townley. Shed laugh In
my face" =
Authority and force. That's it,
Maude said excitedly. They're the
only things left!'
Mark stared at Maude. He won
dered if the worry about Jessica had
affected her mind.
II don't know what you mean"
Jessica had time to think things over,
if she were separated from this man
for a time. she'd come to her senses.
''I said thought so. One can't be
sure"
We'll, it's worth taking a chance.
Jessica is 81 the second Of November.
She's planning to be married on
Christmas eve."
IT didn't know she'd set a date"
well, she has. It's now the middle
of July. We have over three months.
You'll have to carry Jessica off by
force, Mark. don't know where you
can take her. You'll have to figure
it out. But II we can get her away
from her crowd for time, II may do
the trick. Anyway, it's our only
chance"
Mark gasped. He was sure now
that Maude. II not crazy. was GER
tainly not herself. OF all the wild
and idiotic ideas this was the worst.
And delegating him to. handle such
Job. He had been willing. and stu
was, to do a great deal for Morgan
Bartlett. but there was such thing
as carrying situation too far. He
would do anything within reason, he
had already proven that. But Maude
certainly couldn't be. serious and In
her right mind when she suggested
that he kidnap Jessica and hold her
against her will. The idea was pre-
posterous!
(Copyright. 1927
Continued in Mondays Starr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
Our Children By Angelo Patri

the children who are different. Those
who are regimented will do little to.
ward the growth of the ideals and de.
sires of their forefathers. Cheer up IL
you have one that resents routine and
quiet and sleep and sloth. For him
there is great hope.
Take the child you have and be
thankful. / am not saying that the
gentle-manered. acQuiescent child Is
not a treasure. He may be. But
am begging for chance for the noisy.
lazy, i'll hammered. dirty, argumenta-
tive child. who seems to have been
born for the discipline of his parents.
There is somewhere within him a quail.
ity that. If you can draw II to the sur
face to become a permanent force In
his life, will make him a leader, q con-
structive being. who will carry a
score of the easy.going ones in his
right hand and another score in his
left, while he totes the town on his
back. Give him chance.
He may seem like a scourge to your
soul just now. Hold your own with
him. Gaze at him with solemnity and
the humorous twinkle that always lies
in the bottom of wisdom. II you value
him, don't try to swap him of with
the neighbours. You'd lose out IL you
did.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
BEAU L Lf1Al 10 BY EDNA KENT FORBES.

Nor need you neglect your figure.
That, at least, you can keep girlishly
young to the last day of your life.
Diet will do 1t. Don't get stodgy;
don't get a fat stomach; don't let your
hips grow big. You may have huge
family of children; il makes no differ
ence. You can, if YOU will, Keep your
figure slim and young looking, even
when 1t gets old enough to have lost
its spring and elasticity. I've seen 1t
done, so l know it isn't impossible.
Keep your hands young. Keep your
nails young. That is just ordinary
good care, and you know all about 1t.
Keep your mind and imagination
young. That probably is most i'm.
portant of all.
NJ. A. P.-Your shiny nose comes
from digestive troubles OF some kind,
and the skin Is trying to relieve your
system in this abnormal way. Try
eating less of rich CT sweet foods and
drink plenty of water between meals.
A small piece of chamois will absorb
the oil SO thoroughly that you will not
have to powder your nose anywhere
near the number of times you are
doing 1t now.
A Reader-Your weight of SO pounds
is less than 1t should be for a girl of
II, but you do not need exercise to de-
velop you at this time. Increase your
weight by taking olive oil three times
day-a tablespoonful in same
amount of grape juice. or. better still,
take cod liver oil all through the Win
ter months.
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smaller type has little to do with the
cost, though naturally the little table
can be had for much less. There are
two excellent causes for the shifting
of preference. In the first place,
space is saved, and, in the second,
the end table is portable, while the
heavier one is a fixture because of it's
size and weight.
Space Conserved.
There are few rooms in apartments,
for example, where space is not at
premium. Furniture has to be quelled
in order to get any idea of spacious
ness in the living room. To have the
davenport set far enough out in the
room to permit of a davenport table
standing behind it is Objectionable.
Moreover, the table cannot stand
against the wall with the davenport
before it. Then the table is hidden,
and it really should be seen because
of its excellence. Also such an ar
rangement is extremely awkward and
without any trace of good interior
decoration. Granted that the sofa can
be before a fire or at right angles to
the fireplace or in any such outstand-
ing prominence, then by all means
use the davenport table, but not other
wise. Choose the end table, there
fore, when you should conserve space.
Many Uses.
AS the smaller table is easily moved,
it can be used in a double or triple
capacity. 1t can be drawn before
davenport or chair and be used as an
afternoon tea table or one on which to
set the tray containing after-dinner
coffee served in the living room. Or
it can take the place of an occasional
table, to be used for whatever pur-
pose desired.
The adaptability Of the end table
can be easily recognized not only for
its many purposes, but because it is
equally at home by the arm of an
easy chair as against the arm of a
davenport. In either instance the
long, straight side of the table should
be against the arm of the furniture
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
Stuffed Potatoes.

Bake a number of rriedium.sized
well shaped potatoes. When soft cut
off the ends and scoop out the pulp.
Mash the pulp and season with cream.
salt and pepper and a little chopped
parsley. Beat with wooden spoon
until very smooth and entirely free
from Jumps. Replace in the potato
shells. Stand upon end in a creased
pan with a piece of, butter on top of
each. Bake in a quick. oven until
nicely Drowned, Just before serving
stick into the top of each potato a
sprig of bleached celery leaves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
NV Neighbor Says:

Don't forget that a badly kept
lavatory or bathroom is a danger
to everybody in any home. 1t
should once a week be washed
with water, to which a little
carbolic or other disinfectant
has been added.
Orange fiavoring is delicious
for buildings and custards. Save
the peel of oranges, preferably
of tangerines, dry it in the oven
and then store in tins for use.
When seasoning soup use
whole pepper and spices, put
ting them in after it has boiled
up.
Save waxed paper that comes
around bakers bread, cereal
and cracker boxes. 1t is useful
for keeping sandwiches moist
or to try the fiatiron on.
Chuck roast, which Is cheap,
will make an appetizing dish If
the bone Is removed, the meat
rolled and tied with a string
and then roasted.
Never throw away bones left
from a roast or shoulder. Put
them on in cold water and If
cooked several hours a very
good soup may be obtained with
the addition of diced vegetables.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22

Mark Burton rehirns from abroad
because of q letter received frose
Mdude Maynard, the aunt of his tcGrd,
JessicG Bartlett. JeSsicI is about to
inherit the principal Of her fathers
estate, and 4Mdude is afraid that a for
tune-hunter named Raymond TOtcn-
Icy Is preyin0 on her affections. Al
though he himself Is seriously in
terested in ,cOmdn, Mark drops his
otcn affairs to attend to JessicG's. He
makes Inquiries, and discovers that
Tolcnley is a thorough cad. But Jes-
stcd is self-1Cilled. She announces her
engagement to RAY, and seems deter
mined to marry him. Mark DISCOVERS
another side to her, and tries to tCin
her confidence, but she discoperS the
ruse and is furious. 1t is then that he
forces her to listen to a feto plain
facts. He asks her to tcdit Just one
year, but she refuses scornfnlly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
DIARY OF A
NEW FATHER
ny r. y. DICKSON.

Friday Night.
When l came home tonight Joan
said, II called up the doctor today and
asked him how to make the baby stop
sucking his thumb" and l said, did
you forget that 1t costs $L50 when he
gives you advice over the telephone?'
and Joan said, What II it does? It
costs IS when he makes a house call,
so you're $3.50 ahead"
/ said, What did he give you for
my $1.50?" and Joan said, HE told
me to wrap adhesive tape around the
baby's thumbs" and / said. How
much tape does he throw in with that
advice to make 1t $3.50 WORTH"
Joan said, You didn't expect to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
Care of Steel Knives.

Knives may be bought made of ordi-
nary steel or with the steel blades
which are practically stainless. Stain.
less steel Is somewhat higher in price,
but it will repay you in the saving of
time, and they will always be bright.
After cutting acid foods any kind of
knife should be rinsed off. A large
cork is very useful for rubbing ordi-
nary steel knives. and even for scour-
ing or cleaning kitchen utensils. 1t
fits nicely to the hand and should be
large enough so that the fingers can
be kept out of the cleaning substance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
Scallops With Spaghetti.

We have spoken several times of
the delicious flavor of scallops cooked
as they are near the sea. Lightly
cooked and served with a cream sauce,
scallops are much more delicate than
when fried in butter and served with
a tartar sauce. In preparing this par
ticular dish have ready a small serv-
ing dish of hot cooked spaghetti.
Place the creamed scallops in the
center of a fat serving plate and ar
range the border of the spaghetti
around the scailops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
Shrimp and Eggs.

Wash one can of shrimp. and cut
four bard-boiled eggs In thin slices.
of butter, and add one tablespoonful
Of flour. When well blended, add
one and one-half cupfuls of boiling
water, one teaspoonful Of curry pow.
der dissolved in cold water, and one
teaspoonful of salt. Stir until smooth
and thick. then add the eggs and
.shrimps. When well heated. serve
on toast.
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Across.


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peds.
g. Cripple.
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IL. Seize with the teeth.
10. Point.
IA. A number.
16. Ancient pistol.
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20. Railroad (abbr.).
81. A diphthong.
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25. Measure of capacity.
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80. Donkeys.
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80. Upon.
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Al. Grow old.
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AZ. Negative.
49, God of war.
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5. Changed place.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
Whitefoot's Good Luck.
Some people are forever stuck
Because they're always out of luck.

You see, Whitefoot does believe in
luck. He knows that no matter how
carefully he may plan thing, or how
much care he may take in doing a
thing, chance, which is only another
word for luck, may upset everything.
1t may, make things come about en-
tirely different from what he had ex-
pected.
Now Whitefoot considered that it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
Gift Flower Pots.
One mother says:

One mother says:
1 like to encourage my children
either to earn the money to buy gifts
or else to make their own. as the gift
then means a giving of themselves.
My 7-year,old son made gifts for his
grandmother and aunts out OF coffee
cans. He painted them black with au~
tOmobile paint. Then he cut designs
from colored paper and pasted them
on the cans, thus making -ery pretty
flower pots, which he presented, con-
paper will make 1t withstand moisture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22

was had luck which had led him to
the house Of Bobby Coon. He hadn't
started out to go TO Bobby Coon's
house. He hadn't even known where
Bobby Coon lived. He had come over
there looking for a new home for him.
self. and he had run up into BObby's
house to get away from Whitley the
Snow Owl. Then he had been fright
ened almost to death when he dis
covered that Bobby Coon was there.
Now that house of Bobby Coon's
might not have had any place in
which a Mouse could hide. But 1t did
have Up near the top was a small
onening into a hollow branch. an
onening which with a little work