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DIET AND HEALTH
BY LULU HUNT PETERS, M. d.

Diphtheria is very serious disease.
oftentimes fatal unless the antitoxin
is given very soon. 1t Is caused by a
germ known as the Klebs-Loeffier bacil-
lus, after the discOverers. When this
germ settles on the throat Of a suscep-
tible victim it Immediately begins TO
multiply. AS germs reproduce them
selves by dividing every 20 minutes, you
can easily see that within very short
time, unless they are checked, there are
millions of them. The germs remain
located on parts of the throat. and they.
with the reacation in the membrane,
become visible to the eye ais grayish-
white patches. Their poison-a very
active poison-is absorbed by the blood,
and 1t Is to this that the fatal effects
are mostly due. 1t is not believed that
many germs get into the blood
II, however, the membrane happens
TO extend into the windpipe, this may
cause death by strangulation, unless an
artificial tube Is inserted to breathe
through.
If the patient recovers, It is because
his body has manufactured a defense or
antitoxin which neutralizes the toxin
But do you dare risk waiting for that?
Now we'll come back to the Schick
test. This test consists simply Of an In
lection of tiny bit of the si,x1 sileria
poison-not the germs themselves-into
the skin of the forearm. II you are
naturally immune to diphtheria, YOU
have an antitoxin already in your own
blood, which Immediately neutralizes the
toxin, so there is no more reaction on
the site Of the injection than there
would be from an injection Of the same
| amount Of pure water. II your blood
does not contain the protective anti
toxin. there is little area Of redness
and swelling which gradually subsidies
within a week or so, without making
you Ill in any way.
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Schick Test, Antitoxin and Toxin
Antitoxin.

A few years ago, after lowering my
resistance by lack of sleep, writing
ahead so / could go on my Summer
vacation, some sort of .unfriendly germ
took advantage of me and settled In my
throat, producing great soreness and
vicious-looking membranous patches on
the tonsils.
"Migoshl" / thought. as examined
1t. rs 1t possible / have diphtheria at
this late stage of the gamer" Then
had an immediate release from my
anxiety when I remembered that a
Schick test which had taken, with a
large number of nurses and doctors
who were attending a lecture on the
subject, was negative. That meant
was immune to diphtheria.
Now, then, the Schick test Is merely
test to see whether or not you are i'm
mune to diphtheria. More later.
Toxin -antitoxin, known as t. a. t. In
medical parlance, Is a treatment for the
prevention of diphtheria. 1t Is not a
test, nor is 1t treatment for diphtheria
itself. More later.
Diphtheria antitoxin Is the treatment
and the only scientific treatment--it is
an immediate antidote-for the disease
diphtheria itself. And 1t is also treat
ment for its prevention in those who
have been recently or are being exposed
to the disease, as nurses and doctors
and those who are caring for cases. The
t. a. t. Is also a preventive treatment
as told you, but 1t takes a much Longer
time for the patients own cells to de.
yelop the resistance or anti-bodies
against the disease, and in these cases
defense is needed right away.
Now / will tell you something about
diphtheria. Then you will understand
more fully.
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Charging for Your Services.

Some professional women have diff
Guilty IN making any charge for service
rendered 10 friends. Such an attitude
is both foolish and iTnpracticable a
fair charge is. or should be. expected.
Hesitation in making such charge
may be misunderstood 70 signify lack
Of confidence IN ones own ability or an
unprOfesSional or amateurish attitude
toward ones work.
No matter what your work may be,
you have undoubtedly established some
rate or fee for the work you perform.
For example, you may have q set fee
for public stenography. painting por-
traits, writing short stories. pulling
teeth. handling legal matters or deco
rating home. If your friends engage
you TO render professional service. faiI
fee is your regular fee.
First Of all professional or, for that
matter, a business woTnan's time is one
Of her creates. assets. No fair-minded
person would ask her TO sacrifice hei
time gratuitously any more than she
would walk into q friends store, select
soEae article which she liked and thRr
attempt 20 walk OF with 1t.
Professional women rightly couni
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Everyday Law Cases
May Photographer Use Customers
Picture for Advertising?
by THE COUNSELLOR.

Henry Douglas ordered several photo
graphs of himself from the Kelly Por-
trait Studio. After they were taken,
Douglas was surprised to learn that one
of his pictures was on display In case
in front of the Kelly Studio. He in
formed the concern that his picture was
to be removed at once.
The portrait concern was loath to
comply with Douglas request. Douglas
was one of the city's wealthiest resi-
dents. Advanced in age. he had few
pictures of himself and disliked being
conspicuous. Deciding that the display
of the portrait was Of considerable ad-
vertising value, the portrait concern
disregarded Douglas request.
Douglas filed suit to restrain the use
of the picture by the photographer.
The latter's defense consisted of claim
that as the negative belonged to the
company, its use by them could not be
restrained.
The court ordered the company to
discontinue using the picture, stating;
"The photographer who uses the
negative to produce other copies for his
own use, without authority. is abusing
the power confidentially placed in MS
hands. The bargain between the Gus
toner and the photographer includes,
by implication, an agreement that the
prints taken from the negative are TO
be appropriated to the use Of the Gus
toner only"
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, NJ.

thus detained was given blocks to play
with" One Of the best ways 70 measure
intelligence is by means Of blocks. {"
and the scale Is based on exact knowF-
edge OF what person Of given age will
or can do with the blocks when he
sees the examiner do It.
Any moron knows that II one would
learn TO dance it is necessary to observe
the dancing instructor and follow his
steps as nearly as possible This Ii
merely a familiar test of intelligence
OF course one may learn to dance with
cut personal instructor, by following
instructions in a book It is still
test OF intelligence. Or one may learn
by seeing another dancer do it. Still a
test OF intelligence.
Routine school examinations are not
good test Of intelligence-more often
they merely test memory or endurance.
1t would be better for intelligence IL no
such examinations were required. Any
teacher who Is reasonably competent
knows as wen as such examinations
can show whether a given pupil Is
proficient in the subject in question.
and when We impose suficient conf
dence in the teacher TO intrust to him
the instruction of the child we might
consistently leave to the teachers good
Judgment the decision about promotion
at the end Of the term. Indeed. this
system Is now in effect In some Of the
best schools n the country.
II formal tests or examinations are
OF any value az all in grading school
children. 1t would seem that psyche
logical intelligence tests by the Binet-
Simon scale or similar methods are the
only kind worth the trouble.
tCOpvright 1881
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Straight Talks TO Women About Money
BIZ MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN.

their talent and time their stock In
trade. and one who attempts TO walk
of with either is In about the same
light as the gratuity seeker in the store.
Misunderstanding may conceivably
arise. Some folks persist in thinking
that a dollar may be used TO purchase
So worth Therefore fee or rate OF
pay or commission should be set in adj
vance. without appearing unduly mer-
cenary, the woman may mention casu-
ally that her fee for such q service Is
this or that amount. and ask whether
IL viii be agreeable.
There are a few ''sponging" or para
site creatures who may pretend to take
offense, but those who value competent
service and able work win certainly not
balk at paying a fair price for either,
II they oblige friend by giving her the
work TO perform, they are rightfully en-
titled TO their dollars worth. but should
not expect TO cash in on friendship.
Many professional women would prefer
TO pass up service for q friend If 1t
will tend to debaSe the value OF their
own work II is necessary 10 adopt a
Arm attitude from the start, because
once one makes concession there may
be a never-ending procession to ones
door
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Intelligence Tests.

Human nature Is generally endowed
with an inferiority complex which makes
those who happen to be below par in
any way, physically, mentally, morally,
socially, financially, yearn for the unat-
tainable. equality. Parents who suspect,
fear or know their children are inferior
offer more or less resistance even to the
grading Of children In school. and many
abuses creep in where school superin-
tendents or principals are too intent on
currying favor with the voters.
If such prejudice exists against the
necessary grading of children in the
schools, how much greater Is 1t when
there Is an honest attempt to determine
the l. @. Intelligence quotient. mental
age) of all the pupils in a school.
In one community where this was
attempted some of the indignant moth
ers published letters of protest. and
curiously enough more than one OF
them took particular exception TO what
they call a silly or foolish question TO
ask a 12-year or a 15-year child. The
question was a perfectly fair and proper
test. 1t consisted of short story tell
ing how a mans body was found cut
into several pieces and the coroner con-
cluded he must have committed suicide.
Certainly 1t was an absurd thing TO
ask. but that is the very reason the
story was used-to see whether the
child recognized the absurdity in 1t. II
the protesting parents object to the
morbid suggestion in the story, that is
silly. The perfectly good reason for the
story Is that a normal child IL years
old will see the absurdity in it, whereas
a person with less than 1l-year -old
intelligence will not.
There was some newspaper hunor
recently concerning q Chicago police
plan to round up a lot of suspicious
characters and subject them to obSerya-
ton in the pSychopathic institutions
The humoriStS made much capital OF
the report that some notorious victim
Evening star., 1928-04-09
Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD 4. CRAIG.

April Q. 1s9S.-Maj. Andrew Ellicott
was restored to his position as chief
surveyor of the Federal City in an
order issued by the City Commission
ers today His assistants returned to
duty with him. Maj. Ellicott began
the work of laying off the new city
ing been suggested by President WASH
ington. But toward the end of last
year his relations with the Commits
sionerS became strained and finally on
January of this year he notified them
that he would leave the service of the
city May /.
His decision to quit followed the
receipt of a letter from the ComTnis-
sionerS expressing disappointment at
the slow progress of the surveying and
intimating that errors had been made
in the work.
The situation became so tense that
on the 18th of last MONTH without
waiting for Mai. Ellicott to resign. the
Commissioners discharged him and his
corps of assistants. including Isaac
Briggs, Benjamin Ellicott and George
Fenwick About a week later Presi-
dent Washington came to the city on
a brief visit and conferred with the
Commissioners and Maj. Ellicott, with
the result that he suggested that Eli
colt and his assistants continue the
surveying of the city. President Wash
ington asked the Commissioners In a
letter whether an accommodation
under all circumstances is not to be
preferred to an open breach and a
newspaper justification which viii in
evitably follow"
1t is understood the Commissioners
told the President that Maj. Ellicott
had been lacking in respect to his su-
periors, but the major assured the
President that he had meant no dis
respect
Evening star., 1928-04-09

that Spring coats would be furless--as
a matter Of variety If nothing else.
Then. too. the unfurred coat offered
greater opportunity for the dressmaker
or tailor to show his skill--and careful
finish. The furless Spring coat was
not launched with any idea of making
1t less expensive. because the cost OF
the necessary fine workmanship would
make this impossible.
And some of the Spring coats have
been furleSS and women have liked
them. Others have shown fur on the
sleeves but not on the collars. Where
the fur collar is lacking long scarf,
attached or attachable to the coat. has
often been substituted I have seen
most attractive tweed coats with long
ScarfS of silk edged with band of the
tweed.
One reason for the present revival
of the furlesS coat depends on another
revivalA-that of the separate fur scarf.
1t has been long time coming-and
for a time 1t seemed as If American
women at any rate wouldn't take 1t up
at all. But that was because American
women wore coats in preference to
suits or coat frocks. and because there
was usually fur on the collars OF these
coats.
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taste In the architectural arrangement.
Perhaps you do not care for much
color in the walls and II so you would
probably like hall such as this con-
structed with a floor OF copper brown
tile, the woodwork finished In the
natural effect, and the walls tinted in
o light shade of sand. This would be
dignified, of course, but might not ap-
peal to some one else who must have a
colorful home. For him, there Is the
scheme with floor In henna shade
tthe stairs being finished 10 match)
the woodwork in a dark blue-green
paint; and the walls painted In rich
shade of yellow.
For those who do not feel at home
without green In the house, there is the
scheme which includes a green fiooi
and stairs, pale yellow walls, black
woodwork (dulD and touch OF Chi.
nese red in the way of occasional chairs
or a table and chair.
Copyright. i92s.1
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With Tomatoes.

Salad-Cut the tomatoes in thin
slices and put a layer in salad bowl.
Add a little French dressing and
sprinkle with finely chopped capers.
Then add more tomatoes and continue
the layers until the dish Is full. Some
people like little finely shaved Spring
onion as well as or instead OF capers.
Tomato Savory-Pick out sound. firm
tomatoes, cut off the tops. and remove
the pulp. FIJI the centers with some
shelled shrimps mixed with a little
mayonnaise. A more economical dish
Is to use some bread crumbs and sea-
sonings with the shrimps and moisten
the mixture with q little fish stock
favored with anchovy, and bake in q
buttered dish.
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Filling and Frosting.

This Is a cake filling and frosting ir
one. Have three layers of white cake
cool and ready. Whip one pint OF
double cream which has been vel
chilled. When well whipped, fold In
the beaten white of an egg. quarter
of a cupful of very finely chopped o:
ground nuts and a teaspoonful OF fia-
Voring. Put between layers and on tor
of the cake. This cake should be eaten
the day 1t Is made. as 1t win not keep
we'll
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Home i'm Good Taste
BY SARA HILAND.

A bit severe, you might at first Judge
this hall: but with such surfaces as
have been selected. there are many pos
sibilities for bringing out colorful and
rich effects.
Then. too. there is mystery about
an attractive door: and lack Of fur
nishings is made up for by excellent
Evening star., 1928-04-09

One Mother says:
When baby gets tired of all his toys
I take a pint milk bottle and put a
bright-colored candle, piece OF candy
or a spoon in it, then place the cap on
tightly, and he will play for an hour or
more trying to reach through" the
glass to obtain the object.
fCopyright. lp.Sl
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OUR CHILDREN By Angelo pa,ri

Louis wiped his face on his dirty
sleeve and said he would.
II mother washes and trims you up.
should you get q morning star? And II
your mother Is in the hospital and you
can't help yourself much, ought you to
be cast into outer darkness? Isn't
there some way out?
(CopyriKht 1881
Evening star., 1928-04-09

A GRAY KASHMIR COAT HAS AP-
PLIQUES OF MATERIAL AND
PIPING OF DARKER GRAY. AND
A DETACHABLE SCARF WHICH
CLAMPS AT THE BACK. BELOW
YOU MAY SEE HOW 1T IS WORN
WHEN ATTACHED. AND AT THE
LEFT THE EFFECT WHEN THE
SCARF Is LEFT OFF.
April But we have become so accus-
toned TO seeing fur in some form or
another all the year round that the
question now is one merely of style.
We know that the lighter kinds Of fur
may be placed on a coat so that 1t viii
not add uncomfortably to its warmth.
Word went forth early in the season
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Fur Trimmings for Warm Days.
BY MARY MARSHALL.

To have ftir--or not to have fur--is
The Soliloquy of the woman who buys a
Spring coat this season. Once We
should have considered any sort of fur
trimming ON a Spring coat as quite
out of place~-especially il the coat
wasn't bought until after the first of
Evening star., 1928-04-09

The 100000. 900 tickets issued by one
railroad OF England last year would. II
placed end 10 end, stretch distance Of
2,022 miles.
Evening star., 1928-04-09

Prices realized on Swift & Company
sales of carcass feef in Washington. u. C.
for week ending SATURDAY A0ril = 1928 on
shipments sold cut Faagegi fror1 1880 eenfs
q - 90 cents ner naungt aud averaged l9 90
Senfs Isrr nosIfd - -A3gpF ti@prseuf.
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DREAMED DRIED BEEF.
Wash, scald and drain and
turn dried beef into a rich cream
sauce. Evaporated cream may be
used, reducing 1t one~half Make
IL lust as you would with milk.
Evening star., 1928-12-17
for SISTER DOROTHY"
Exquisite Gifts of TOjgetries
Will Please

Shopping problems vanish at our stores
where lovely gifts suitable and ap-
propriate for Christmas presents are con-
veniently displayed with price tags at
tached.
Fiancee Toilet Set, SITS.
Compact and Lipstick)
Karess Toilet Set, $500.
Compact and Face Powder)
Quelques Fleurs Toilet Set, $500.
Bottle Of Extract and Double
Compact)
Violet Sec Set, $1.50.
(Soap, Talcum Powder and Toilet
Water)
Electric Curling Irons, 79c to $&9e.
Electric Marcel Irons, $1.S9 to $3.49.
Evening star., 1928-12-17
OLD WOMEN RULE
AT NAVAJO AGENCY
Girls Work Is Planned With
View to Eventual Invest
ment With Power.

A land where old women rule and
where the nineteenth amendment was
in effect long before it was incorporated
into the Constitution exists beneath
the Stars and Stripes officials OF the
Interior Department were reminded yes
terday, when the report of Supt. H. H.
Kneale of the Northern Navajo Agency
was received and made public. The
agency is in the Arizona-New Mexico
country.
In preparation for ruling in later
years, the Navajo Indian women learn
to work early in life, the superintendent
said in his report, adding that every
member of the Navajo family works"
Work Basis of Life.
Especially is this true of the women"
he wrote. They herd sheep. They
cook. They wash and repair and
fabricate garments. And with all they
card and spin and dye and weave
eternally. You visit them and sit down
to talk half hour, but their fingers
race on with the work in hand all the
time of the visit as if their very life
depended upon completion Of the task
before them.
"The children herd sheep and are
forever engaged in some useful occupa-
ton. They take on sense or RESPONSE
bility about the time they are weaned
and seldom lost it in after life. The
men herd sheep, occasionally one is
found weaving; they knit socks for
themselves; they hunt horses-an end
less task; they haul wood and water:
they visit the distant trading post; they
hunt cattle; they are the farmers
preparing the soil, repairing irrigation
structures, etc.; they build hogans.
Every one IS busy and busy all the time.
THE woman is the power on the
Navajo reservation. Some man may
pretend he is an authority and set him
self up before the whites as such, but
almost invariably back of this aSSump-
ton of authority is some old woman
who rules, and with rod of iron.
Seldom Know NeighbOrs.
There is no Navajo community life.
The immediate family sticks together.
The old grandfather and grandmother,
the father and mother, the sons and
their wives, the daughters and their
husbands, and the children form lit
tie group-a common flock in which
every member of the group has an in
terest. The head of this group is the
grandmother
Supt Kneale's report pointed out that
some families do not know other FAM
Evening star., 1928-12-17
Splendid Recipe
TO Stop A Cough
That "HangsOn !"

The best cough remedy that N
money could buy, can easily be w
made at home. It saves money III
and gives you the most reliable, III
uuick-acting medicine you ever Ill
used. The way it takes hold of Ill
stubborn coughs and chest colds, HI
giving immediate relief, is aston
ishing. II
Any druggist can supply you with
2h ounces of Pinex. Pour this into II
a pint bottle, and fill up with plain II
granulated sugar syrup or strained II
honey. It's no trouble at all to mix, H
and once used, you will never be
without it. Keeps perfectly and
tastes good-children like it.
1t is surprising how quickly this
homemade remedy loosens the /
germ-laden phlegm, and soothes and /
heals the infamed membranes. At A
the same time, it is absorbed into
the blood, where it acts directly on
the bronchial tubes, and helps the II
system throw off the whole trouble.
Even those severe coughs which fol-
low the "fu", are promptly ended. II
Pinex is q highly concentrated II
compound of genuine Norway Pine,
containing the active agent of creo- III
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Nothing known in medicine is HI
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Do not accept a substitute .-Sss~
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Evening star., 1928-12-17
New House Ventilating System Tested
Hourly to Determine Success of Method

This system takes outdoor air,
washes it, cools or warns it, to bring
it to the proper temperature and
humidity. This air Is then pumped
into the House chamber through the
ceiling and the exhaust removed
through the floor. There is a separate
exhaust for the galleries and sep
arate supply and exhaust for the DEM
ocratic and Republican cloakrooms.
The temperature is being carefully
watched in a series of tests to show
how the apparatus works. 1t puts
72,00O cubic feet of fresh air per min
ute into the chamber. The entire
Evening star., 1928-12-17

The proposal of Senator McNary now
pending before the Senate rules COM
inittee to defer action on enlarging the
Senate chamber until there was an OPP
portunity to observe the effect OF the
new ventilating system in the House
has drawn increased Nation wide at
tention to this new system.
Members of the House generally are
much pleased with the operation OF
the new method OF Ventilation tnuS Tar,
and the Office of the architect OF the
Canitol is keeping chart of hourly
performance in testing out the new in
Stallation.
Evening star., 1928-12-17
Grid Stars Honor War Heros.

Just before the annual game at Glas-
Cow, Scotland, between Ireland and
Scotland, the players and officials of
the Irish League foot ball team visited
the National War Memorial at Edin-
burgh Castle. A wreath in the form of
an irish harp with one broken string,
and bearing the inscription: I'm Glor-
ious Memory of Our Fallen Comrades" /"
was laid at the entrance of the
Memorial
Evening star., 1928-12-17
ON MISSION FOR ITALY.

CoNTANTINOPLE, December II up.
This city radiated q new Turco-
Italian friendship with the arrival yes
terday of Mussolini's assistant secretary
for foreign affairs, Dino Grandi, who
proceeded to Angora today for a three
fold purpose. According to competent
circles his first object will be to obtain
commercial advantages for Italy in view
of Turkeys wholesale revision of the
negotiations on the exchange of popu-
lations and thirdly to persuade Turkey
to recognize Zogue as King of Albania.