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KEEPING MENTALLY FIT
BY JOSEPH JASTROW.

| The world belongs to the ablest, and
humanity is redeemed by the exception
ally great.
Psychology approaches the problem
more soberly and tries to make out
the nature of genius. When the gifted
have been raised to their highest
values, there seems some element be-
yond degree that separates high talent
| from genius The stroke of genius, the
flash or spark of inspiration, is mere
| figure of speech; but the notion that
genius represents favorable departure
from the ordinary human makeup, that
it operates less consciously, and achieves
better than 1t knows, is not wholly fan
tastic. BY magnifying talent. you don't
quite reach genius. and the world owes
| much to its geniuses.
On the other hand, 1t Is easy to
overdo this factor of originality and de-
Walton. to think of 1t in mystic instead
of ineligible terms of psychology The
supermindS are men of exceptional
talent of the same order as other talent
ed men. but with an added touch or
| fair that leads to more extraordinary
results. We do not cease to honor su-
perminds or to offer them a measure of
hero-worship in admiration of their
powers. But that very admiration es-
tabliShes an understanding to compre-
bend greatness when We see it.
The recognition of the part played
by master minds in human history Is a
tribute in keeping with modern under
standing. They are no longer demi-
gods or heroes. but men like the rest
of us, but with those exceptional gifts
that leave their mark on human prog
reSs. From the earliest to the latest
stages of civilization we owe much to
the SllpermindS
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came engaged in an argument WIN
male teacher, and threw an aIgeora al
him with intent to assault. For TINS
breach of the peace he was eXpe!ieo
from school until his father compelled
him to apologize to the teacher ana the
local board of education.
Up to this point the only good oeeo
the lad had ever performed was Inc
rescuing of a boy who had fallen on
a raft in the river. Somehow mas
always been a mystery-the youngster
contrived to graduate from high school
and ioin the crew of sailing boat. II
wasn't long before he had the captain
running errands for him.
During his absence from nome ms
parents were unable to locate him.
Having conquered the small worlds IN
which he had moved, he decided to
extend his area of operations. and OBJ
tanned a job as counterman in one
armed lunch room One day his father
visited the city in which the son
worked BY the merest accident he
entered the restaurant and was aston
ished to see his offspring drawing coffee
for the customers.
What in the world are you doing
here, SOM" inquired dad.
Il beg your pardon, but you have
made mistake" said the boy. Il never
saw you before"
II know my own son." replied the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-05
Iced Tea, Chocolate, Coffee.

When making iced tea, the tea for
this drink should be fresh each time il
is used, and the best flavor is obtained
If it is poured hot over chopped ice. II
this seems to be an extravaganza use
of ice. the tea may be made long
enough before serving time to become
cold before pouring. 1t should how
ever. never be left standing on the
leaves while cooling, as this process ex-
tracts the tannin and thus renders it
undesirable in taste and effect.
Iced chocolate is very desirable bev-
erage for warm weather. Since it has
as a base, milk, it may serve to add
nutritive and caloric value to a light
Summer meal which is often the most
desired type to serve.
Coffee to be iced should be made
stronger than for ordinary hot coffee. It
it better to be made fresh, although
coffee left over from breakfast may be
used for lunch. Cream is always used for
iced coffee, and whipped cream on top
is a decided addition
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fCopyrigllt. 1921
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

Mrs. E. H. writes: Il have a Az
month old daughter who is happy and
healthy. I am regular in all her habits
and consequently she is an exception
ally good baby. When she cries search
for the trouble, and even now she is
learning the power of smiles, for she
finds crying gets nothing for her I
do not start things I cannot continue
and that saves lot of difficulty
Gould you tell me what to do to
make friends visit respect my wishes
in regard to the baby? l like to see
them as I have few recreationS, but l
do not go often, as they make the baby
cross and fuSsy. They are oldfash-
Toned in their ideas and, though l have
explained to them that I do not want
the baby handled and played with, as
soon as / leave the room they pick
her up.
ON my last visit / stepped out to
see new baby and in few minutes
they had her up playing with her. AS
a result she spit up some of her food
and got so cross ! had to put her to
sleep outdoors What can l do?"
AnsWer.-One solution is to insist
that they visit you. In your own home
YOU could keep the baby strictly to
schedule and refuse to let them touch
her. AS guest you are more ham,
pered and too many mothers are so
| half-hearted in their remOnStranceS
! that no one takes them seriously. Just
| to say Il wish YOU wouldn't handle the
| baby. I don't think it Is good for her, "
| isn't enough You have to come out
| fat-footedly with: please do not touch
| the baby, no matter what she does. II
| YOU do / shall have to take her home,
because she isn't used to being handled y
I don't believe the most thick skinned
person would have the courage to go
| against such an order, do you?
| The tactful management OF relatives
| and friends is always problem The
| young mother hasn't the courage OF
| her convictions. She lets older persons
ride over her and change her young
ideas and insist that babies have to
be handled. and their poor backs get
tired and all that sort of stuff, and be-
cause she is young and inexperienced
| she almost believes them
All young mothers can keep this
| principle firmly in mind. The average
| baby gets all the exercise he needs
when being bathed daily, changed fire.
| quently, turned from side to side during
long nap periods and being left on a
bed, with clothes loose and feet free
| and unhampered to kick and wave his
arms at will. Any extra handling
| simply contributes to nervousness, ir-
ritability and actual sickness. A baby
passed from hand to hand cries. A
crying baby annoys the mother, who
needs him as the one way of quoting
him. Real trouble begins right there
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Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

September 5, 1864.-ThiS morning
several more refugees from Richmond
reported at the Provost Marshals Once
here. Within the past week the num-
Der of refugees arriving here from
Richmond has considerably increased
They are mostly aliens. Upon taking
the oath of fidelity they are released.
They all repeat the tale OF hard times
in the Confederate capital. They say
there Is no employment there for
mechanics outside of government shops.
The steamer Daniel Webster arrived
here today from City Point, Va, having
left there yesterday morning at 10
o'clock. She brought up the Army mall
and a few passengers. At the time OF
her departure all was quiet at the front,
with the exception of some slight Skin
mishing between Union plckets and a
body of Confederate Cavalry, which
made its appearance near ReamS Sta
ton. The pickets held their ground and
the Cavalry fell back.
An order to proceed with the draft
In the District of Columbia is expected
at any time now. Everything is in
readiness to begin the drawing. A
statement of the local enrolment has
been prepared, showing the deficiency
existing in the various wards and dis
tricts on September l. The original
quota of the District was 2910 men, on
which there was credit up to Septem-
Der l of G85, leaving 2,225 men to be
furnished.
The statement shows a total enroll
ment here of 23,606 men, of whom 1904
are white and STOP colored. The en-
rollment by wards is as follows: First,
1890; second 1880; third. 2,100;
fourth. 1850; fifth, 1880; sixth, 1920;
seventh, 2700. In Georgetown, COM
prising the eighth and ninth districts,
the enrolment is 1851; in the tenth
district. 275; in the eleventh district,
outside the city limits, 1860; in the
twelfth district, comprising GieSboro
and UniontoWn, l,500.
Since the first of the month some
recruits have been received, for which
the District will be given due credit.
They will reduce the deficiency some
what.
Refugees from the South recently
arrived here report that Atlanta has
been occupied by the Union Army of
Gen. Sherman. They say Richmond
newspapers contain accounts of battle
at Atlanta August 81, in which the
Union troops were at first repulsed, but
finally drove the Confederates back with
heavy loss.
In a letter made public today. ex-
Secretary of the Treasury Chase denies
that any personal differences exist be-
tween himself and President Lincoln.
The letter also puts an end to rumors
that Mr.. Chase is a party to a plan to
withdraw denomination for the presi-
dency from President Lincoln.
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way. ,.I .
couple of dollars and the clothes on his
hack. He was reduced to his last quar-
ter when he sought and obtained Joo
as "bouncer" in a joint frequented Dy
that class of citizens known as the
underworld" One had to be tough
to manhandle folks who were them
selves adeptS at the art OF swinging
blackiacks and pulling triggers. AS
usual however, the young man ruled
with a mailed fist.
One night, two gentlemen OF uncer-
tain professions began to argue with
pistols When the smoke cleared away,
"the shooting of Dan McGrew" had
been duplicated. The young bouncer
sprang at the slayer and knocked MN
cold" as the boys say. The police ar
rived, and all present were arrested,
including, of course, the bouncer who
had captured the killer. For several
years he pursued e mad career, and
there was scarcely a day that did not
provide a fund of adventure.
We met him in G street the other
day. He wore a conservative straw hat,
a dark blue suit, black shoes and a
blue how tie. He expects to live In
Washington as the representative OF
large business organization. He has
wife and three children, and is inter-
ested in Sunday school work at home.
This narrative has no moral to teach.
1t indicates, though, that men headed
for a life of banditry do not always
reach there.
Labor day evening a motor party
passed a wrecked car in ditch. How
do such things happen?" inquired one
of the men. The driver turned to look
at the crippled machine. and minute
later was himself in ditch.
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He used to be the toughest guy in
our home town. Which is saying a
good deal, considering the fact that we
had some real tough ones. When new
boy moved into the neighborhood the
tough guy constituted himself COM
mittee of one to administer licking TO
the stranger, so there would remain no
doubt as to his status in the vicinity.
The nice folks agreed that the
scrappy youngster would probably be-
come a yegg or a road bandit. and
wasn't it just too bad, because he had
elegant parents and two lovely sisters
who would live to witness the family'S
eventual disgrace.
The tough kid was captain and man
ager Of the base ball team, because no
one had the temerity to question his
right--or even left. He contrived to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-05
Country Schools.

Children grow best in the open along
with the growing things. They
thrive best with the creatures of the
earth about them, in close touch with
them. If I were the emperor of all
the world I would carry the children
out into the open places and let them
grow there as nature intended them
to grow freely, without pressure or
haste or imposition.
Of course, I should have the Wisest
and best of teachers and the finest of
schools and if the parents were the
right kind, understanding and wise,
I'd let them live nearby.
We build very costly schoolhouSes
in the cities. Some of them are so
handsome that the community cannot
afford to maintain them and pay good
teachers and supply fine equipment
and material for the children. A school
building can be lovely as dream and
yet cost little, comparatively. So these
schools which 1 hope will dot the
world one happy day shall be simple.
And they will be in the open, far from
the great cities.
There is a serenity and a delibera-
ton about natures growing plans that
exactly suits the growth Of children.
There is soothing rhythm and an alb
sence of all haste about natures meth
DDS that harmonic with the spirit of
childhood. And there is a stern
standard of rightness underlying the
whole scheme that braces the charac-
ter and puts a bit of rigidity into the
spines of little people.
Out in the hills in pleasant county
in England there is a school for ailing
and crippled children. Summer or
Winter, day or night, these children
are in the open air They work and
play and study and live in the open
The buildings are sheds, one side free
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I ".
subjects in the curriculum will the
voices rise.
To nearly every child there is some
bugaboo in the form of a study, unless
is be to the young prodigy who knows
everything and is bugaboo in himself.
Many parent listens to these walls
and does nothing about it, assuming
that there is nothing to be done but
grin and bear it. Not so with the par
ents who have the genuine welfare Of
the child at heart, who can recall,
in their own childhood, some hated
subject that was suddenly Illuminated
by new light cast upon it.
Perhaps the child's inability to master
a subject comes from a real lack in his
makeup, not to be too greatly despaired
of if some other very strong aptitude
appears, to make the balance right. Or
it may be from the fact that the side of
the subject most capable of inspiring
him has never been illumined, that it
is still in darkness, which nothing is
being done to relieve. If such is the
case, there is very definitely something
that can be done about it, although
what it is may not yet appear to the
teacher, nor to the parent, until a sort
of analysis of child'S leaningS is con-
sidered.
In this the parent, better than the
teacher, is able to tell what really en-
cages a childs interest, for it may be
something entirely beyond the scope Of
prescribed studies. Anything that has
to do with boats may thrill little boy
who thinks he would like to be naviga-
tor some day, like the great explorers of
history. 1t may never have occurred
to him that mathematics and such ad-
venture are in any way linked. Through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-05
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Thursday, September 6.

Good and evil planetary influences
will conflict tomorrow, according to
astrology, which reads in the stars
many forbidding omenS of Ill luck.
There is an aspect of promise for
those who work with their brains. The
sway should be helpful to lawyers,
teachers and writer's.
New leaders are to arise in science
and art before the end of the year,
which is to bring many surprises as
the Autumn merges into Winter.
Tomorrow is not lucky day for con-
structive work of any sort, and much
that has been laboriously built may be
torn down.
Both the material and the intellec-
tual field may be affected by this posi-
ton of the planets, which has an icono-
elastic effect.
1t is wise to protect the mind against
suspicion and peSsimism while this con-
figuration prevails, for the inhabitants
of the earth are progressing toward
tremendous achievements, aStrologerS
declare.
Under this planetary government.
peace plans will flourish. but there is to
be much bloodshed in distant lands, as
we'll as in one not far off.
It Is fairly favorable day for push
ing small projects or personal plans, but
it is not suspicious for launching large
enterprises.
Those who till the land may be sub
ject to encouragement and diSappcint-
ment at this time, when those who
occupy places in the sun will fail to
comprehend pressing problems.
Storms and even earthquakes will
mark the Autumn, astrologers predict.
as reflections of the fermentation Of
public thought
Mexico may suffer from a frightful
ebullition of nature, as we'll as from
internal political troubles, it is foretold
Persons whose birth date it is may
have rather disturbed year. marked
by changes and uncertainties Men may
find woman friends or relatives espe-
cially helpful.
Children born under that sign should
be accurate in all they do. These sub
jects of Virgo have maximum of
talent and energy. They succeed equally
well as flnanciers or as artists.
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over the cards are picked up, and for
nearly half an hour you sit idly be-
cause the cloth, silver and napkins have
to be arranged.
Now just look at the illustration and
see what some ingenious person has de-
vised. 1t is table top. equipped with
small. low ball feet. and when placed
on bridge table the rim of the tenn
porary top will be even with the bridge
table top.
Can't you just see how this simplifies
matters? Everything in the way of set
ting and serving may be done on this
top in the kitchen and then brought in
and placed on top of the bridge table
What bridge lover wouldn't welcome
such an arrangement? And it is equally
as delightful for the hostess. for she
knows that by using this method of
serving she is giving her guests the
largest amount of pleasure.
(COpyrght, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-05
OUR CHILDREN By Angelo pa,ri

to the sun and air. Only the oper-
ating rooms have four walls. I saw
the light snow drift across their beds
and noticed the rosy cheeks above
the blankets.
On the edge of the Roman Forum,
on the very site of Nero's palace. l
saw a school where children lived and
learned in the open, no roof above
them save the blue sky. Flowers lined
the terraces, pets of all kinds were
Struggled in corners about the place.
The children wore the scantiest cloth
ing and the sun had Drowned their
bodies TO the color of fine bronze.
More beautiful children l have never
seen. Happier children l have never
seen. They laughed and danced and
worked and studied out Of books, but
they were free to pillage the gardens
and I'LL my arms with gray iris and
yellow roses and poppies that were
smothered in golden wheat. How 1
wished l could transport that school,
garden and pets and flowers and little
buildings. America needs such schools.
We have some. I know one in the
mountains of New York. Here the
children live in the country and while
they learn to use books they learn to
stretch their Spines in the leisurely
grace and strength Of young pups. !
know of another one set on the edge
of the desert in Arizona. Can't you
think of the quality of quiet strength
and peace and power that these chill
dren will imbibe out of the spirit of
the desert.
Hill or valley. mountain or desert,
in prairie or on the sea, the ideal place
for school is out in the open. That
is where children belong. That is
where free children are bred.
Mr.. Patr will give personal attention to
inquiries from parents and school teachers
on the care and development of children
Write him in care of this paper, incIosing
stamped, addressed envelope for reply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-05
Passing of Sun Parlor.

Either the glass of the sun parlor.
so called, must be scrapped now and
neWfangled glass that admits the ultra
violet installed, or the ugly old sun
parlor is doomed to extinction. In the
first place, no one remains at home to
take the sun these days, except in
fants and invalids, and they deserve
all the ultraviolet the. situation affords.
In the next place, this sun porch or
Solarium always has been a snide any
way.
Granted the designer or builder had
some vague notion of admitting a bit
of sunlight; granted the housewife, or
maybe the househusband, dreamed OF
well, dreamed of something that re-
CURED bright ray OF sunshine stream
ing in-you know what / mean. But
this is all hooey, for as soon as the
ambitious young-1 say young humor-
ously-couple moves in and sets about
furnishing and decorating the new nest,
good-by sun room. There amt gonna
be no sun beating in there If the careful
housekeeper can prevent it; no, no ray
of sunshine shall get to the dewdads
inside If the busy hired man can get
his awnings and things up early
enough in the season.
I1OIlcoLly, IldFc W lduBIl--1 uO IIlOot
OF my laughing in my sleeve-at the
funny inquiries in the mail every day
this time of year. Here is the old sun
doing his proudest and squandering the
ultraviolet everywhere IN vastly greater
abundance than we can get out of any
kind of machine at any price. Yet
every day readers are asking about this
and that ultraviolet lamp and whether
l think it would be wise investment.
and so on. Next to the extreme meas
ures taken to exclude sunlight from the
sun parlor think this popular quest
Ing for expensive machine ultra
violet is about the greatest hygienic
irony of the times.
Then somebody discovered ways to
make glass that will transmit a con-
siderable part of the ultraviolet rays of
sunlight. But this glass is prohibitive
in cost so far as equipping the sun
room with 1t or even window is con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-05
Ginger Pears.

Wipe eight pounds of pears that are
not too ripe, remove the stems, quarter
them, and core. Cut the pears into
small pieces. Add four pounds of
sugar and five or six pieces of ginger
root one or two inches long. Let stand
over night. In the morning add two
lemons cut in small pieces rejecting
the seeds, and cook until thick. Watch
the mixture carefully to prevent stick
ing and scorching. Do not let it cook
so long that the rich amber color
is lost. Remove the fruit when it be-
comes clear, then concentrate the
juice. An asbestos mat under the
kettle will prevent sticking. When the
juice is thick replace the fruit, heat it
thoroughly, pour into hot clean jars,
seal, then store in cool place.
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Orange Biscuit.

Sift two cupfuls of flour with three
teaspoonfuls of baking powder and one
teaspoonful of salt, mix, then rub in
six tablespoonfuls of butter. Add one
tablespoonful of grated orange rind
and half cupful of milk. Pat out
onto Toured board and cut into tiny
biscuits. Place on each biscuit a small
lump OF sugar dipped in orange juice
and bake in hot oven. The dough
may be prepared several hours before
hand, rolled and cut, then placed in
the refrigerator.
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Teacn nlgn school,
where he played
half back. He us
ually moved down
opposition like so
much chaff. In his
Junior year ne fell
in love with a
beautiful girl of
II who was being
rushed by a score
of other lads, who
had the good sense
to retire in his
favor. BY this time
he was a regular
SWashbuclsler and
staggered rather
than walked.
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