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Finger Nails.

When a child bites his nails. We
may be sure that something is troubling
him. II may be no more than the
right answer TO an example or how TO
get permission TO 60 10 the movies 1t
may be other kinds of worry. No child
bites his nails when he is heartily,
wholesomely happy. He bites them un-
consciously.
4 remind him again and again. but
the next minute his finger Is in his
mouth"
"Ellen's fingers are pitifui but no
matter what say she goes right on
biting them. have punished her. re-
warded her. painted her finger ends
with bitter aloes. all TO no purpose;
she even bites them in church"
But she never bites them when she
Is eagerly busy. The boy who is play
ing ball isn't biting his fingers for that
hour anyway. The girl who is skating
or riding a horse or shoveling snow
isn't biting her nails for that time.
No child bites nails when he is happy.
His fingers seek his mouth for comfort.
I've asked the children why they do
IL and they say they don't know. Ellen
says she doesn't even know she is
doing ii. What can you do with a
child like thzt?"
Children like that are telling the
Truth. They do not know why they
bite their nails and neither do I.
know when they bite them-during
times when their minds are working
hard and the consciousness has re-
treated into the seclusion Of its deeper
recesses. Blu. why, when that happens,
the child Is uneasy and comforts him.
self by biting his nails? No. ! don't
know.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-16
Cummerbund Effect i'm Frocks
By MARY MARSHALL.

| was told precisely what four plus
was and just how 1t differed from the
usual knicker-but why plus" and
why four? My supposed authorities
neither knew nor cared to know.
At least We have the satisfaction OF
knowing that bloomers were named
after the pioneer suffragist, Amelia
Bloomer, though as 1t happens she was
not the first woman to wear EN-.
I heard the other day for the nrst
time the word "cummerbund' as applied
to women's fashions: Some one spoke
Of one OF the new frocks from one OF
the prominent French dressmakers as
having a "cummerbund effect-JuSt
like that, as If every one knew just what
a cummerbund effect was.
Well. as I discovered, the word Is OF
Persian origin and was used originally
in Persia to indicate wide sort OF loin
cloth worn by the natives. As used in
present day fashions it indicates wide
straight application of the material ex-
tending usually from above the waist
line to little below the hips
In the frock spoken Of this band was
made of the shiny side OF satin while
the rest of the frock save for the deep
cuffs was made OF the other side. Some.
times. as you know. the cummerbund is
made OF opaque silk while the skirt
portion and bodice above the band are
Of georgette or chiffon.
But who I wonder. first called 1t a
cummerbund?
II you have little girl or know a
little girl for whom you would like to
make a new frock. send me stamped.
self-addressed envelope and let me send
you the sketch. diagram pattern and
working directions for little frock
that in my estimation is one OF the
most charming models offered for late
Winter and Spring. The pattern Is
quite simple and may be adjusted to
suit any measurements. 1t would. IN
fact make an attractive house frock
for yourself.
tCopyright. 1881
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-16

eyes of the departed were upon me.
still ! forced myself not TO perceive
the bitterness OF their expression. and
gazing down steadily into the depths
Of the ebony mirror. sang with loud
and sonorouS voice the songs OF the
son OF Teios. But gradually my songs
they ceased, and their echoes. rolling
afar of among the sable draperies OF
the chamber, became weak and undis-
tinguishable. and SO faded away. And
10! from among those sable draperies
where the sounds of the song DEPART
ed there came forth q dark and unde-
fined shadow "A shadow such as the
moon, when low in heaven. might
fashion from the figure Of a man: but
1t was the shadow neither OF man. nor
Of God. nor OF any familiar thing.
Ard Quiyering awhile among the
draperies OF the room, 1t at length
rested in full view upon the surface OF
the door OF brass. But the shadow was
vague. and iormless. and indefinite.
and was the shadow OF neither man nor
God-neither God OF Greece. nor God
OF Chsidea, nor any Egyptian God.
And the shadow rested upon the brazen
doorway, and under the arch OF the
entablature OF the door and moved not,
uOC spoke ally NOIA, UdS tiEiC utSaHIC
stationary and remained.
And the door whereupon the shadow
rested was. II remember Alright. over
against the feet OF the young Zoilus
enshrouded. But We, the seven there
assembled. having seen the shadow as
II came out from among the draperies
dared not steadily behold II. but cast
down our eyes. and gazed continually
into the depths OF the mirror OF ebony
And at length !. Oinos. speaking some
low words. demanded OF the shadow
Its dwelling and Its appellation. And
the shadow answered.
Il am Shadow, and my dwelling Is
near 10 the Catacombs of Ptolemais
and hard by those dim plains OF illusion
which border upon the foul Charonian
canal that leads TO the abode OF the
dead"
And then did we. the seven. start
from our seats In horror and stand
trembling and shuddering, and aghast:
for the tones In the voice OF the
shadow were not the tones of any one
being. but OF q multitude OF beings
and varying In their cadences from
syllable 10 syllable. fell duskily upon our
ears In the well remembered and famii.
lar accents Of many thousand departed
friends.
Yea. though I walk through the
valley Of the Shadow" says the Psalm
OF David
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-16

To make crumpets sift half a pound
OF Hour with q pinch Of salt into a dish
Beat half an ounce Of compressed Yeast
cake and teaspoonful OF sugar 10 a
cream. Melt one ounce of butter In A
pan, add half pint OF milk and make
II lukewafm. Add this TO tho yeast
gradually, Pour into hole IN tho cen /.
ter Of the -four and mix well together
An eee may be added with the milk n
desired. Cover the dish with a cloth
ana leave In a warm place 10 rise for
one and one~half hours, Warm grid.
die. grease II and drop spoonfuis of
the mixture onto II. Brown f,rst one
side then the other, Serve hot. Take
nve minutes To cook,
This mixture may also he uses In
make mufsins. but they ahould he
cooked inside creased mutY.n rings
placed on the creased griddie, Half All
The rings with the mixture. brown on
one side. then remove the rings turn
me mnfIins and brown the other side
which will take about 10 mlnutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-16
Uncooked Diet.

Often the simplest aids prove to be
the best, but 1t Is human nature TO put
more faith in expensive cosmetics ana
complicated beauty treatments than In
Inc easy, homemade ones. There are
lew beauty seekers who -ealize that as
commonplace a thing as a breakfast or
luncheon menu may hold the solution
~ their beauty problem. When ex-
'crnal applications fail to clear the
complexion a change of diet may cure
lie trouble.
Today am going to give some un-
cooked menus that are good for MI
iady's complexion. In planning meals
o. raw foods one must, OF course.
choose what Is palatable and digestible
without cooking. Some foods are de-
licious raw while others are not fit to
cat until cooked.
One meal day. either breakfast
or the midday lunch, may be COM
posed entirely OF raw products. Those
VINO work away from home may find
IL most convenient to choose lunch
con as the time for trying out the un-
cooked menus. Foods that are edible
IN the raw state are usually very rich
III vltamins. They also help in pre-
venting constipation. For these rea-
sons tney are real beauty aids because
lhey promote general health.
The variety Of foods that may be
eaten raw is wider than most people
imagine. Daily products such as
whole milk. buttermilk. cream, but
ter and cheese with nuts. prunes.
dates, raisins and figs form the back
bone of the uncooked diet. Fresh
fruits must be included as well as
vegetables such as lettuce, cucumbers.
tomatoes. new peas, carrots, celery
turnips and cabbage. Some people like
raw potatoes. also raw eggs beaten up
with milk. Grains of a certain kind
are tasty In the uncooked state. Here
ere some menu suggestions:
Knocked Breakfasts.
One-An apple: dish Of rolled wheat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-16
Cheese Peppers.

Put one small can Of green chill, pep.
pefs In water and wash cut the ssojs
then cut In htrips Gut one half a
pound VI cheese Ia cubes about one bv
onrshalf inch IN sixe Wrap The strips
OF pepper around the pieees Ut cheese
and dip IN batter made with two
beaten esgs. the yolks and whites heat
Oh separately. then mixed aud thick.
ened with about three tahlespoentlls Of
-four. Aaute IN . frying pan until
brown. Serve hot with tomato catsup.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-16
LITTLE BENNY


We was having histry in skool today
and herd kind OF rolling noise in
back OF me and termed around and
1t was Pubs simkins making 3 empty
apools have u race down his desk. and
kepp on looking back watching him
and Sam Cross ieened across the lie 10
watch too. and Miss Kitty sed, BENNY
Potts are you paying the slightest at
tenti0n 10 wat I'm saying?
Me quick ternlng around and saving
Mam2 Yes nam.
Charles Sinkins and Samuel Cross
are you paying attention? Miss Kitty
Them both saying they was, and Miss
Kitty sed. Good. Id be glad 10 h.er I,
II ! Wasent sorry 10 be obliged Ia do,,hi
1t. No doubt Benny Potts can Tell ms
wat I've Din speaking about IL no, hin
paying sitch close and undivided atten-
ti0ii. hhe sed
Ponady Leon, ! scd. Me hurry nm
Trying TO think Of wat ellis sho,,t MIN
and Miss Kitty sed. Wen. who was nr
aud wat did he do? VISA 's
lie was foffiner and he dlscoyered
! sed. ''''N"'
Very ixplicit ! must saw. Il shows
staIe attehtion hut not to me, Miss
KITTY SEQ, No doubt Charles simklns
can answer the question with crate bril-
iianey. she sed,
MANI Fnds ssd. And he got up say
and he set sail "''"'~'
very nice OF him. Samuel Cross will
now give us the result of his attention,
she sed.
10 you meen about Ponsdy Leon
Sam cf0sa sod. and Miss Kittv ssd
Precisely. and Sam sed. lie dident du
enytiiihs I'll after Coiumbiss did.
ana you won't do enyihlnp al, YOU
nave remained half an hour after the
CLASS 10 dlhmisned. and neither will
Benny ahd Charles. Miss Kitty nrd
wien We didfnt, not having enythins
sieai,ii 10 do anyways ony that wasent
mulch VI a consolation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-16
Junior rurs,

One et the biggest OF little .slrl thrills
Is the time when she Acquires 4 set ~
fNra,
The fashion. however. Il not \ 81
Frustrated one. especially II the neck
piece Ii '',ippet" which folds elasei>
around her throat aud has little dan
Cling tails ON one end, The nun, too,
has q luniar look with its russies At the
edges, Juvenile h,rs are mostly cunes,'
white lamb, muakrat. beige earacM Or
American opossun,
.Ats--. .~-. tcesssisaA leaa.k g4A ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-16

Tha bpanlsh government has al
ready expended tia,000,000 an build
inss for the Spanish American EKpo.
alton 10 DO held IN seville neat year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-16

New words are coined and old ones
are reapplied to new developments of
fashion and almost never Is any record
20 be found of where or by whom these
applications we're first made. spent
some time one day out of sheer curl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-16

take a p'Aip whiSN pleasant ,astMA
tablet,
faeeS Coll Compound ~ >oSA a =
>lAeSs ta,uS ~ ave, il dSsSaS SsSp'
pesSlAls TIA, IL San kae>k a ><,ld 90;
samrls,eh IN 4 lew AeMS sat II
acesl Aud thege mat a sseSle asSst-
sae<s On heart, head. ~ stomach II
- sela BY every ar0SStst isE saS ~
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Willie Wills
-
ny KQsEaT CULLEN.

''T'hh reason I've got on my Sunday
pants IL because l put dozen eggs IN
The pockets 81 my ever day pants no
] wouldn't have 10 carry the sack an
fel OF Of my stills on the way home"
..~~- nfjenSfisht I6s6L
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MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

with chopped dates and cream; glass
of warm milk.
Two-Grapefruit: beverage made
Of grape juice. hot water and honey;
raw oatmeal with raisins and cream.
Three-A banana: eggnog made OF
raw eggs whole milk, little vanilla
and brown sugar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-16

One-Cream cheese and chopped
figs and dates: vegetable salad made
OF lettuce. grated carrots and celery
with a dressing made Of equal parts
Evening star., 1928-02-12

picion, and they become involved. and
neither side will yield or compromise,
There Is great wastage Of capital and
OF time in these needless controversies.
Many instances are Of record Of court
costs and lawyers fees amounting to
more than the value OF the items In
dispute. Bitterness Is engendered. Feuds
are formed. Sometimes political fac
tions are created. and when the cause
Is traced back to the originating cir
cumstances the pother appears az
wholly disproportionate.
It would have been interesting to see
old Michael Foley and John ID. Rocke-
feller. sr.. in contact over such mat
ter. John d. at the beginning of this
argument was still In active business.
He had become accustomed to buying
and selling without regard to the feel
ings Of those affected. Having chosen
his Pocantico Hills location he could
not conceive how anybody would want
to hold on to q tract If he could sell.
but he wanted to fix the price. Michael
Foley was quite content to remain a
small-Scale dairyman. He did not wish
to be merged with the big estate and
he wanted and he held for many years
his right Of easement. He paid for 1t
in hard feelings. and now his son clears
up the whole matter with sensible
bargain and pronounces the younger
Rockefeller "a fine fellow" and this
celebrated case Is closed through COM
mon sense and mutual accommodation.
even as most disputes may be.
Evening star., 1928-02-12
WHAT TO DO WITH MURDERERS
BY FREDERIC J. H4SkIN.

than to have one innocent man de-
prlved OF Ifs are reminded that mis-
taxes are rare, that courts give every
chance to the accused, and that often
death-bed confessions Of guilt are made
by those who are incohcrent, or by
those who lied once when another was
punished, and who, probably, are lying
again.
Robert E. Grove. States attorney Of
Illinois, says: Il urge capital punish
ment for murder not because / believe
that society wishes TO take the life of o
murderer. but because society does not
wish to lose its own. ] advocate this
extreme and irrevocable punishment
because the punishment Is commen-
surats with the crime. It is the finality
OF the death penalty which instills fear
into the heart Of every murderer. and
| 1t Is this fear Of punishment which pro-
tects society. Murderers are not pun
ished for revenge"
The testimony Of Louis 4. Lawes. the
warden whose duty II was recently TO
put woman to death. Is worth noting.
Il am not asking that we abandon q
scheme OF punishment that Is In success
full operation" he says. we have capi-
tai punishment and have had 1t for gen.
erations, yet we have high homicide
rate In shameful contrast to the rest
OF the civilized world. The deterrent
effect OF law seems not TO depend on
the uglineSs Of It's threat, but rather
on the certainty and celebrity with which
the threatening gesture reaches home "
1t is pointed out that the Michigan
murderer OF little girl was sentenced
TO life imprisonment within o few days
after his capture and that the public
was spared narrowing and expensive
trial. because in that State there was no
capital punishment to flght. On the
other hand. the Judge who was instru-
mental In obtaining such swift justice
publicly stated his regret that his State
did not permit the death penalty.
At the present time there are 8
States where capital punishment Ii re-
tanned absolutely. 80 where the court or
jury may choose between II and life i'm
prisonment and 8 where 1t has been
abolished. Two Of the States where
capital punishment has been abolished
provide II for second offense. such as
the killing Of guard In prison The
States that do not provide capital pun
ishment are Maine. Rhode Island. Mich
i9an. Wisconsin. North Dakota. South
Dakota, Kansas and Minnesota.
Evening star., 1928-02-12
isible only when the bi,l is held to the

visible only when the bi'l Is held to the
light.
Any one caught by the police with
such . damaged note is arrested unless
he can tell where he got it. Arrests are
to continue, 1t Is announced. until the
culprit is found and sustains heavy
punishment. At first glance such slight
mutilation would appear not worth no
ticing. Americans use and circulate
bills that have had all sorts Of little
things done TO them. by either accident
or design. It Is unlikely that any one
over here would get in the least excited
to discover that a pin had been stuck
through the eye OF Andrew Jackson or
Grover Cleveland or Washington.
Franklin. Michael Hillegas Benton. or
some Indian chieftain. The circulatory
value of the bill would certainly not be
impaired. although such action might
be a technical violation of the law.
Perhaps. however. such an act is con-
sidered much more heinous in older
countries. which cling more closely to
ancient superstitions. There come at
once to mind black magic" stories. III
which small wax figure of him on
whom curse was desired Is twisted,
subjected to ordeal by fire
and to pin-prieks In vital or tender
spots. The fact that Renal is a living
person. and q possible belief that rs
such he is vulnerable to the "evil eye"
or other such nonsense. may have
aroused the lately emancipated. but
conservative. Turks. How
ever. one would think that Kemal him
self would be the last to fret over any
such ridiculous!y superstitious evi-
dences OF dislike or antagonism.
Evening star., 1928-02-12
Half a Million Thanks.

Under q new operating practice just
going into effect, Central" at the tele-
phone Office says THANK you'll" instead
of repeating the number asked for.
Main 5000," asked the subscriber
under the old regime.
"Ma-an fife thousand" repeated the
operator few days ago.
Main 5000" asks the subscriber un-
der the new regime.
THANK you'll" replies the operator. as
custom now ordains.
There are some six hundred thousand
calls every day through the various
washington telephone exchanges. For
every one of these calls now there Will
be cheerful Thank you!" and this in
lection of so many cheerful stimulants
into the veins of the city should have
the effect of improving morale, light
ening the burdens OF the day. smooth
ing frowns from worried brows and
otherwise making for a bigger. better
and happier existence. In case OF
doubt the operator will say, What
number. please?" and upon restate-
ment of the numerals she will repeat
her Thank you'll"
The change Is not due altogether to
a desire on the part Of the telephone
company to bring pollyanna atmos-
phere to the National Capital. 1t has
been found that years OF experience In
using the telephone have resulted In
making subscribers more familiar with
the importance Of distinct pronuncia-
ton. In fact. many have acquired the
telephone lingo. and for Nine" they
say "Ny-an" and for Five" they say
Fife" 50 that operators have little diff
Guilty In distinguishing between confus.
ing sounds. Thank you!" is also de-
signed as a time saver. and 1t is ex-
pected that connections will be made
quicker by the fraction OF a second.
But suppose We forget these utili-
tartan motives and take Thank You!"
as IL Is given. 1t calls for one thing
only, You're welcomed"
Evening star., 1928-02-12
Tert: Lord. I behepe: help thou
mine unbclic(" (St. Mark, fT.2D.
"Bclicf i'm Cod"

Belief i'm God.
"There's not a man that lives that
has not known his Godlike hours. u
Thus wrote some one long ago. Articu-
late or inarticulate. somewhere. some
time in life. every man feels the con
sciousness of the presence OF God IL
may be In utter loneliness and In hours
OF pain and grief: again 1t may be In
the midst of thronging crowds where
life Is tense and its issues seemingly
confused There Is something In human
nature that reaches out after the divine
As the wise man put 1t, "The eye Is not
satisfied with seeing. nor the ear with
hearing" Mo more tragic statement
could be made concerning any one than
that contained In Holy Writ. without
God and without hope In the world. u
While the strife Of tongues confuses
Us. while the doctors of the law are
propounding their theories concerning
the deeper things of life and the rela-
ton they bear to God. the average man
of us is working out his own creed
MS own philosophy and his own saliva
ton. DR.. Fosdick says somewhere that
"the great men Of the earth were great
because they had the capacity to be-
lieve greatly"
We are remembering again today one
Of the mightiest figures that rise upon
the horizon OF history-namely. Abra-
ham Lincoln. While he belongs to lis
OF America. the peoples of the world
generally claim him. He stands in ma
jestic bronze in London, facing the
Parliament buildings. even as his figure
stands in almost every town. city and
hamlet in this country. There Is some
thing about this homely and ungainly
figure that has fascinated the minds OF
men the world over. The sheer majesty
Of his English in his Incompatible ut
.erances constitutes In itself an Ameri-
can classic. Where once he belonged to
q section of the Nation. today he Is
acclaimed in every part of 1t. AS he
fecedes in history his figure grows more
colossal and his fame more universal
Biography succeeds biography. and the
story Of his picturesque and colorful
life Is increasingly read and studied
The controversy concerning his religious
beliefs goes on unabated. and yet each
new biography makes more conspicuous
his unfaiIing and profound religious
convictions. That like the Master OF
old. he was "a man of sorrows and ae-
quainted with grief" Is conspicuously