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BRAIN TESTS

In a book by Harold z. Burtt the
following type OF test Is suggested for
the measurement Of ability to follow
directions.
The person taking the test Is given
group Of words and Is instructed to
mark each word with q number, the
number used depending on the conf
bination OF certain letters which ap-
pear in the word. This tests not only
the speed Of the comprehension Of the
instructions, but also the quiekness OF
the perception Of the particular letters
in each word.
Allow three minutes for the reading
and carrying out OF the Instructions.
(a) II word contains neither A.
nor l. mark IL with q 0.
(b) II word contains A and I, but
not L, mark 1t /.
(c) II word contains A and L
but not I. mark II 2.
ld) II q word contains I and L, but
not A, mark 1t 3.
(e) II 4 word contains Just one oi
these letters mark Ii 4.
I'd II word contains al three
mark 1t 5.
/. Beard. Q. Palaces.
2. Liganient. I. Egypt
3. Partisan. .. Creature.
4. Chorus. Q. Caiisthenics.
5, Pitiftil. 10. Medieval.
Beard, 4: iiganaert, 5. Partisan, 1;
chorus, o: pitifui, 9: palaces, 2; Egypt
o; creature, q; calisthenics, 5; faedie-
tConyrirh,. 1898,
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/. In the middle Of the palm?
2. Well across the hand, the end
curved down on the Mount Of Luna?
8. With the end curved upward to-
ward the little finger9
4. Forked at the end?
S. In straight line, neither curved
nor forked?
6. In three branches-one straight.
one up, one down?
Answers.
!. Unless you change your mental
ways. by middle age your brain viii be-
come insignificant and you will be a
shiftless, vacillating. weak-natured indi-
vidual, always nuisance to some one.
2. With your practical sense, your
fine brain. your power OF imagination
and your literary tastes you should cul-
tivate your ability as writer. Rhythm
and color especially appeal to you and
you are decidedly Bohemian.
8. You love money and you have q
decided talent for acquiring it, though
your methods may not always be COM
mendable. You scrimp to save nickel
and are invariably TO be found at bar
gain counters.
4. A combination of the practical and
the imaginative gives you versatility;
also, 1t gives you duplicity. You have a
strong leaning toward theatricals, with
ability for the stage. You are always
good actor.
S. While you love money and proprie-
torship, you are not avaricious. Practi-
cal, common-sense ideas rule you. You
lack imagination and vision, but have
fine balance and poise.
8. A flexible, versatile brain. Bust
ness acuuen. poetic imagination and
mental calm are so well combined that,
II you have ambition also, you viii be
sure OF a successful and happy career.
(Copyright. 1881
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Today in
Washington History
By DONALD A. CRAIG.

May is, I7s5.-The City Commissioners
| .oday notified James Greenleaf that url-
less the money due In part payment for
| the city lots purchased on the INSTALL
ment plan by the Morris -Greenleaf Syn
dicate Is paid without further delay
| they will take legal steps. MIR. Green
leaf, in association with Robert Morris
Of Philadelphia, reputed TO be the
| wealthiest man In the United States,
contracted two years ago to purchase
| q large tract OF property In the Fed
eral City In expectation OF . great rise
in land values, due to the tide Of Inn
lieved would set into this country and
from which they believed the new city
would greatly benefit
Mr. Greenleaf was confident that he
could float large loan In Holland to
finance the enterprise, but has been
disappointed In this. Mr.. Morris was
to be silent partner, taking on his
account one-third of the city lots, but
not assuming any responsibility FOR the
loan.
BY the terms OF the agreement the
Commissioners sold 5000 city lots to the
syndicate. The conditions as 70 credit,
building and selling were set forth In
the agreement. The price TO be paid
Was sou per AOL Oh I'll average oA Ot%O0
square feet each, to be paid In seven
annual instaiiments without interest.
The syndicate agreed TO erect 20 houses
Of specified size yearly for seven years.
No title was TO be given by the Com
missionefs unless ell the terms were
first complied with. In. these particu-
lars the Commissioners intended 10 lift
the transaction above mere specula-
tive venture.
Nevertheless, as far AZ the purchases
were concerned. 1t was essentially q
speculation on q very large scale. II
the outcome had been success, or II
II should stili Unexpectedly turn out 70
be success. Messrs. Greenleaf and
Morris would be praised for their busi-
ness shrewdness. But the demand for
city lots has not euualed the expecta-
ton. The city has been growing very
slowly, and the Commissioners have be-
| gun TO lose faith In the ability OF the
syndicate to meet its obligations
It Is feared that the real estate bub-
BILE has burst. so far as the Greenleaf-
Morris Syndicate Is concerned, and that
the hope OF realizing money from this
source which has been entertained by
the City Commissioners Ii doomed TO be
unfulflled.
|
London will add rs double -decked
onnnibuses. fitted with pneumatic tires,
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Imagination in Shoemaking Art
BY MARY MARSHALL.

I always been q little different on the
two sides and the old-fashioned button
1 shoe was decidedly different
These new ASynlmetrical shoes show
a decidedly different treatment on the
| two sides. One pair Of shoes may be
almost entirely OF kid on the inside
| and almost entirely Of snakeskin on the
| outside. The sandals differ as to the
arrangement of the marrow bands of
Snakeskin-not much, but enough TO
make them show that they are In line
with the new fashion,
In spite of the undoubted pre-
eminence of American shoe nnanufac-
, turers, the fact remains that the most
important style changes still ernanate
from the custom shoemakers Of Paris,
and it is also interesting to note that
at least three of these influential French
ShoemakerS are women.
When / asked our French correspond
ent as to the most important material
used by these Shoemakers she wrote
back as an answer: Imagination.
Originality and imagination are surely
the important stock in trade of such
producers as HellStern and Perugia."
They have never been content to work
along the beaten trek, and In making
shoes for their exacting clients they
have employed Hindu brocades Of pure
gold, heavy Chinese silks, as well as
lizard, crocodile and various reptile
skins. Edith, one Of the most important
makers Of fancy afternoon and evening
shoes, uses galuchat---a leather that is
so expensive that jewelers. use it in
combination with precious stones.
This weeks pattern diagram Is for a
pajama set suitable for negligee or
beach wear and has been chosen be-
cause requested by number of readers.
The pattern is fairly simple, but the
garment may be made as original as
you like. simply by the use OF unusual
materials or trimmings. If you would
like a copy, please send me your
stamped. Self-addressed envelope and /
will send 1t to you at once.
tCopyright. 1881
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Pride Of ownership Is very real In
centive In life. What Ii free to ell Is
enjoyed by none. We crave to secure
some special privilege, some recognition
1t adds to q mans self-respect II ne
can own things.
Wealth, beyond ones needs, serves
the purpose OF satisfying the. boarding
instinct. The extreme Illustration Is
that OF the miser who boards his money
and gets pleasure and satisfaction not
from spending it but in playing with It,
assuring himself that 1t really Belongs
TO him. He derives pleasure from see
Ing It grow.
Money Is not the only thing that Is
boarded. We hoard q great many
things--furniture. books. stamps, coins.
old rags. Almost everything Is boarded
by somebody.
Some Of the animals are also hoarders
and misers. The squirrels gather nuts
and bury them In the ground. They
hide them away from other squirrels
against the day Of need. The common
dog also has the habit OF boarding
bones. After he has eaten all he can.
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pilferine.

II d with 4 distinct shock that par
efits discover their children pilfering,
taking change from handy purses in the
household, bringing home odd pencils
and extra pads, changing on err
rands, "mooching" chewing gum and
chocolate from the candy store.
ing a short while in this stage. It may
be but day or two that they find Joy
in helping themselves to what they
think they would like to have. Tt may
be q month or two. But 1t may last
for year or two, and that Is very hard
on the parents and family of the af-
fiicted child. One does not rest well
nights knowing that a child Is engaged
on Robin Hood sally.
What makes children do this? I wish
I knew. But I don't. Sometimes IT
seems to be trace Of race-old Gus
tom, q reminder Of the days when man
what he wanted and held 1t as long as
he was able. Then, again, It seems as
though the child was wanting something
he could not have for one reason or an
other, and the hunger for this one de-
sire Of his heart drove him to satisfy
| It in other ways. And once In while
| It seems to be a sort Of disease Of the
mind, for which we try to find cure
and rarely succeed.
have found that some pilfering chill
dren can be cured by the simple method
of reason. One explains the implica-
tions and the sure results Of stealing
and that Is the end. But always feel
those children needed little help. They
would have stopped Of themselves.
Another set Is helped by having an
allowance and knowing that they can
buy about everything In the line OF
| sweets and gum and minor entertain
ment without being called to stern ac-
count.
Another group Is helped by having
temptation removed and the occasion
for pilfering lessened. An allowance
an afternoon job, the money earned to
be used for personal expenses under easy
supervision, an appeal to pride and
affection guides the child right.
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OUR CHILDREN BY Angelo patri

For the child Who u In his early
teens and stall dwells In this childish
phase Of growth something must be
done TO get him to wish 10 cure him
self. All the imposed order Of society,
all the punishment and all the preach
ing will not take hold and change fiS
conduct until he wishes-wishes with
the down deep part Of hirnself-to be
different. He may say he wishes to
change, but by his conduct you must
Judge his wishing. He may be quite
unconscious of the deep-down wish to
steal, but IL he steals habitually, know
that 1t Is there, and proceed by all
| means in your power to help him to
know that and to wish to change it. =
It helps to give him an honor coin
to carry in his pocket for D time. show.
ing 1t to his guardian every evening and
talking bit about the adventures Of.
the day in relation to his failing. When
he keeps the coin IN his pocket for a.
| time, present 1t to him. :
Put coin on his table and agree
with him that he Is to allow It TO re-
| main there, saying each night az he.
drops OF to sleep, II win keep my hands.
| from stealing" over and over, Ike a.
prayer, until he falls asleep.
] Anything that will make him con :.
scious Of the trouble and wish to cure.
, 1t viii help.
Copyright. 192e)
| Railway passenger rates In Germany
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WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO
By MEHRAN X. THOMSON.

he buries the rest. The bee Is . busy
hoarder.
The bees store more honey than they
can use In a season. The human ami
NAL will store away more wealth thar,
he can possibly use. Here Is case Of q
precaution in nature for the preserva-
ton OF the species that has gone be-
yond the point OF necessity. 1t may be
that only those who were expert hoard
ers survived. The present generations
are descendants of those who had this
instinct to an abnormal degree.
We hoard because we are born with
q boarding instinct that Is widespread
in the animal kingdom. The instinct
itself doubtless developed as q means oi
protecting life and to aid the individual
in hts struggle for survival and su-
premacy.
tCopyright. 1880
Belgrade, Jugoslavia, Is replacing Il
cobblestone and mud streets with as
rhat
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One mother says:
This Spring we decided to buy new
croquet set, and 1t has been q source OF
great pleasure to the whole family. 1t
used to be q source OF much annoyance
to me to have the children so out doors
after their midday maps and come In
looking as though they had never had
fresh garment on. Besides being a
quiet, clean game, in which . number
Of children can participate. II Is also
fun, and teaches fair play and sports
manship.
Copyright. 1ses.)
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.AsymmetricAi shoes. they call them
which merely means that they are Diff
s5erentiy trimmed on the different sides
In D. way OF course, ell pairs Of shoes
are symmetrical. Left shoes are not
like right shoes IL for no other reason
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Compartmented.
The modern business woman loves t
be neat and systematic as well as smart
and so a bag with q place for every
thing satisfies her desire to have every
thing in its proper place. Cosmetics. pa
pers, bills and change-all of these have
separate little pocket.
The bag comes in black or navy blu'
pin seal for street, blond or gray or tar
box calf for little more informal sport!
wear.
tCopyrisht. 1881
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DOROTHY DIX's LETTER BOX
Shall She Select Slender or Stout Man for Hel
Mate?--Attitude of the Real Lover-Problem
of the Widow Who Works.

YEAR Should girl choosing her husband pick out for
stout Which the better
general faithfulness2 ANXIOUS MATTY.
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How VERY Difficult TO Reprove Is
The Fool behind you In the Movies
Who Reads the Titles all Aloud
You cannot Swear before the Crowd,
You Cannot Tear him Limb from Limb:
There are Too Many just like Hint
tGopsright, 1881
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Railway passenger rates In Germany,
may be raised to meet wage increases
totaling 10000, 900 marks annually.
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London will add rs double -decked
onnnibuses. fitted with pneumatic tires,
thiA year.
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personally prefer them hefy the sort that
interest in food and would do credit to
husband
things than figure
be that tyou shou second thought.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-17
Welcome Light Touch Is Seen
In Antics of 'Bossy" ellis

there comes chance 10 rise above
the humdrum and hokum Of life to
laugh at something or somebody. The
nearer We are to the situation of mirth.
the better, but even II the distance is
great. there is no matter. So there s
the community OF Newburyport The
mayor of that burg Is Just now pro-
viding both misery and mirth--the one
for his home folks and the other for
the reading public. Like Artemus
Wards kangaroo, ellis Is for the mo-
ment, most amooSin' cuss'."
oh. WELL" says the Portsmouth
Star. these early days of 1928 are Sc
rious and weighty days. There is
lighting in Nicaragua, there are seri-
Gus doings In Congress. there are por-
tentous public problems without end
The air iS overgrave. And into this
thought-compeliing atmosphere breezes
'Bos*Y' Oils. He provides the comic
relief In the daily scene and makes
life less tense
review OF the mayors activities Is
presented by the Texarkana Gazette,
with the cheering words: We offer
the seasons greetings 10 Mayor Gillis.
May he continue To provide news in n
lighter vein. 10 be sandwiched In be-
tween the stories OF Nicaraguan battle
and congressional cables
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ceivable motive for the crime. The child
was not kidnapped for ransom. The Inn
pulse to commit the fiendish deed was
apparently spontaneous after he had
taken the little one into his car with
the intention. he AYERS, Of taking her
home, although as fact she was in
sight Of her home at the time. His con-
fession is inconclusive on this point.
Michigan has no capital punishment
law-.has, indeed. had none for many
years. The utmost penalty Is imprison-
ment for life Thus the insanity plea
will in this case not avail to lessen the
maximum punishment that might be
inflicted. The most disquieting feature
Of the atrocity is the suggestion that
this horrible deed was the result,
through example. of that other crime in
California. still fresh In public memory.
1t is not to be doubted that these
bizarre and fiendish deeds prompt one
another, yet. although In this instance
there can be no greater punishment
than life imprisonment. insane imita-
ton should not be rated as an excuse
to spare the fiend from the maximum
penalty provided by law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-17
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day

Senate opposes shut down OF indus
tries. but Fuel Administrator Garfield
signs the order. declaring our allies and
Army's needs require drastic action
Country rs n whole protests strongly but
will accept the decision. Governors of
various States periodically respect edict
without reference To the wisdom OF IT,
In q statement explaining the
act. Garfield says the most urgent thing
In hand Is to get supplies to our troops
and our allies, Says literally hundreds
OF ships loaded with war goods cannot
sail because their coal buukers are
empty. Worst weather We, for
the A. +. +. In France. Con-
gresham Tinkham tells House that
allies expect no military decision before
1919 or 1920 and they are relying on
the American Army to turn the tide
Of war against Germany. A
mutiny among submarine crews at Kiel
German naval base. Is reported In
which 80 officers are said 10 have beer
killed. Understood that the men OBJ
jected 10 being drafted for submarine
duty because the number Of u-boats re-
turning 10 German ports Ia decreasing
monthly Naval experts say
that Germany cannot afford To divert
her submarine campaign Ia send
U-boats to American waters. rs has been
rumored
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-17

@. Where was the Land OF Goshen1
m. L. l..
A. This is a matter for debate. H.
Is not improbable that the Hebrews
used the term to designate the whole
country between the Brook OF Egypt
tWadi ell Arish) and the Nile Delta.
O. What proportion of the popula-
ton Is color blind?-D. r. NJ
A. About per cent Of the popu-
lation suffers from this defect in vision.
Usually. even color blind people can
distinguish orange-red and blue-green.
O. What kind Of a fish Is tn. SKIM
back?-A. w. ID.
A, This Is local name in the Missis-
sippi Valley for fish. one OF the most
common OF the carp suckers fCarpto6es
cyprinus), otherwise known as saiIfsn,
quillback. etc.
Q. What IS meant by a normal CROP
II. S
A. The Department o. Agriculture
crop correspondents are asked each
month the percentage OF a normal crop
that they expect. At the end O! ire
season they report the yield per acre
Technically normal crop Is that Yield
IN the crop correspondence mind a.:
Vac bhAtC itpO. - are uldQe. ne az
vantage OF reports on the percentage
OF normal crop Is that any intentional
or unintentional distortion o. the truth
Is eliminated BY comparing the con-
dition reported on each date with VIA.
the same group OF men reported or the
same date in previous years.
@. To how many Of the Mississippi
food sufferers has the Red Cross given
reconstruction aids. V.D
A. More than $50 900 persons have
been helped, in addition 70 the e-ner-
gency relief extended. The Ped C-cs
expects also to have 70 feed approxi-
nately 100 600 persons this Winter vi.
cannot manage for themselves.
@. When did National Thrift week"
originate?-J. j. W.
A. The thrift movement had rs in
ception in Scranton. Pa. in 1914. The
first thrift week celebration took place
in Bradford. Ohio. the following yesr
The National Thrift Committee vas
organized in 1917 under the stress Of
war conditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-17
Frebugs at Work.

Although Washington is a city Of
comparatively small fire losses. 1t has
always been felt to be the part of
wisdom to keep it amply provided with
means of fireeghting. The well equipped
and large fire department is an insur-
ance against loss, preventive agency
that fully repays the cost in terms Of
fires that do not develop beyond the
stage Of initial ignition.
The experiences of the past few
hours, during which Washington has
been the scene of an unprecedented Sc
ries of separated and evidently incen-
diary fires, fully prove the value of the
Capitals extensive, well manned and
ably directed fire department. Even as
1t was. the situation required assistance
from outside of the District. With fires
occurring at brief intervals during the
night. each calling for numerous pieces
Of apparatus. it was necessary to sum-
mon aid. The local department was
competent TO cope with any one of
these outbreaks. or with two or three
together, but with half a dozen blazes
occurring within a space OF four or five
hours. any one OF which might. with
neglect, spread to encompass a wide
area. the entire local department was
brought into service and reserves of
protection were necessary.
That these fires were incendiary is
indicated by clear evidence. Extending
Ill the way from Tenth and B streets
TO Fourteenth and W streets. they are
suggestive Of q maniac purpose rather
than o calculated attempt to cause q
general confagration, unless the motive
was that of robbery under cover of the
general excitement. Had these fires all
been started within the business area
and at about the same time, within a
space Of two hours. plain attempt to
infiict heavy loss upon the Capital
would have been revealed
The highest credit belongs to the
members Of the local department. for
their services rendered during these
past few hours. When called upon for.
repeated responses TO alarms. and to
frequent shifts Of station. working With
the growing belief that q frebug was
at large. they labored most efficiently.
Some Of them were severely injured in
the earlier fires. Fortunately no lives
have been lost. and. although the prop
erty damage is In the aggregate con-
siderable. 1t Is by no means as heavy
as would have been the case had any
one OF these blazes gone beyond control.
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receiving public accepts the results as
assured in advance. for the barrier Of
doubt has been broken down by the
achievements Of the past quarter CEN
tury.
With human flight achieved and now
constantly practiced. with radio linking
millions together in simultaneous inn
pressions. with the motion picture cou-
Piled with the radio flashing upon the
screens in homes. with the voice and
the vision OF the speaker reaching the
listener and the beholder in one i'm
preston. truly. with all the sophistica-
ton that these successive accomplish
ments have engendered. there is reason
to pause to express appreciation of the
miracle-working services Of the men
Of science.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-17

Another fisn6ish crime has been
eoiyed by the arrest and the confession
of Il man VINO killed and dismfmbefed
D child Of fPs years at Flint, Mich.
The body of the child had been found
in "a shocking condition Of mutiiatioa
and poSses were searching the country
side for tas slayer when suspicion
fastened upon reputable resident u
D nearby town ia consequence Of ths
ksBtlfestion of his motor car as one
that had been observed near the heene
~ the crime, When taken he Wa rse"
neniz<c by g man VINO assisted him In
pulling the car out u the mud, and
when confronted with evidences III his
guilt ne acknowledged the st,omiDabis
deed. After his arrest public fury
sssnlst him developed snd IL was nfsss
ssry 10 spirit him away " uis security
Df tns fs,Ate penitebtisry,
There Is q suggestion that the man Ia
mentally irresponsible. There Ia, indeed
o hint IN his confession that bfoodiDs
pssr the Hickman s.xoetty In Cslifornia
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