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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23
Everyday Psychology
Making Choices,
By On. JESSE W. sPRowLs.

How do we make our choices? II
we knew. We might be protected
against a lot of our poor judgments
and hasty decisions.
According to approved psychological
doctrine, we possess seemingly in
definite number of neural patterns. "
A neural pattern Is an inference;
maybe it's q fact. Anyway, modern
psychology says that a neural pattern
is a nerve path in the brain tissue
itself.
If we Gould see all these patterns or
paths, they would look like so many
tracks running into the railway yards
of an. large city. And We are always
constructing new paths for totally new
experiences.
Paths have a purpose. They carry
our ideas, which are nothing other
than generalized notions. 1t seems that
we get the habit of dispatching these
ideas over appropriate or customary
paths. The net result is that we do
not usually make choices, but merely
shift a new idea over on the track we
built for the notions that look most
like 1t.
This description may seem too me-
chanical for a reasoning animal such
as man. but the plain fact is that 1t
fits the human mechanism very well
and in most cases makes for efficiency.
For it saves time and annoyance in all
unimportant matters where elaboration
would finally make no difference.
But still We do make choices. We
do so only when we are confronted with
some unusual situation. Figuratively
speaking we look our system of neural
patterns over long enough to try to
see just what would become of the new
idea if we were to shift it to this or
that track. We are then merely guess
ing. trusting more or less to luck.
At other times we hesitate or delay
the choice long enough to build a new
path. This might we'll be called ex-
perimental thinking. It possesses an
advantage, because we take time to
weigh matters carefully.
Before you make an important choice,
look your neural paths over.
(Copyrisht. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
: Do Your Knitting.

There was q time when women used
to spend great deal Of their time
knitting, but after they stopped sewing
socks for soldiers the knitting needles
grew rusty. The women have other
things to do and there are plenty of
machines to do the knitting trick.
But we can still do some tatting with
our thoughts. We can weave our
fancies into a proper pattern and
crochet consciousness SO that 1t won't
about well-knit body, but we ought to
hear something about a well-knit mind.
The gray matter Of the brain is not
all formed and set like the skull on the
outside, but Is in q pliable condition
ready TO be rnolded according to a
model. Our thoughts are not fixed
like the plan of q house, but are so
many strands Of raw material which
can be arranged at will. It's up to us
10 do our own knitting.
The whole business Of being brainy
consists in just this knitting. When
you recognize a friend at a distance,
note the point of story, or get the gist
of an argument, you are knitting the
fabric of thought. II you don't do that,
you lose the thread Of the argument
and everything else.
The opposite of a well-knit mind is
the kind that unravels here or tangles
up there. When q person has such a
loose and tangled mind, we speak of
him as being scatter Drained" Such
mind goes from one thing to another
without rhyme or reason. Instead of
following the main line it runs off on
the switches; instead of sticking to the
main road, 1t sneaks into every high
way and byway until it is lost In the
woods.
Knitting and rafia work are done in
some schools, believe, where the
children are taught to work their hands
according to a pattern. But the whole
point in going to school is to learn to
do this sort of weaving with the mate
rails in the mind.
OF course, there are lots of contrap-
tions which do better work than these
youngsters can turn out, and there are
plenty OF adding machines which can
beat the best of the boys in the bank
when 1t comes to summing up column
of figures. But what is good for ma
chimes may be bad for people, who
should do their own knitting.
The best goods are handmade. The
best pies are homemade. The best
thoughts are self-made. You and ]
must do our own knitting when 1t
comes to the thoughts we are to have.
We have feelings to weave into good
taste, ideas to knit into thoughts, and
impulses to crochet into action. We
don't want any loose ends in our lives,
so we must get to our knitting.
(Copyright, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23
After Vacation.

Unless one has kept indoors alto
gether ones complexion Is likely to
need some special attention and bleach
ing treatments by the end OF the Sum-
mer season in order to restore 1t to Its
original smoothness. Rough skin. tan
and freckles appear when the skin has
been exposed to sun and wind.
Even the most carefully planned Sum-
mer vacation will leave its mark on
milady's face and neck, and since
sleeveless, backless frock. as we'll as
bathing suits have been exposing the
arms, shoulders, back and neck to the
suns rays, her after-vacation beauty
treatments are by no means confined to
her complexion.
Neck. arms, shoulders and back usually
need bleaching treatments when the
face does, at this season. While 1t is
natural for the arms and neck to be
they should not be allowed to. become
too different in color.
It is a good plan to include in ones
holiday expenses visits to q beauty shop
for O series of thorough treatments to
bleach and refine compilations, arms,
shoulders and hands that have been
freckled, tanned and roughened by ex-
posture. Or the same treatments may be
given at home regularly. For this pur-
pose you will need a good cleansing
cream or oil, skin food or tissue cream,
a bleaching lotion or pack, skin tonic
and mild astringent; two small turk
ish towels; o small towel rubber band
or swimming cap to protect the hair
from the creams; two pads made from
clean absorbent cotton moistened with
witchhazel to sooth and rest the eyes.
The successive steps in the bleaching
treatment are as follows:
First. Apply a cleansing cream or
oil to the face and neck, using an up
ward, light, rotary movement. This
softens and removes dust, CRIME and
makeup from the skin. Wipe of the
cleansing agent with piece of absorb
ent cotton, tissue square or soft piece
Of cheesecloth.
Second. Wiring out a turkish towel
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23
ONLY TIE SPEC
lMCULAR INSPIRE s

or q transatlantic flyer the world beats
a path to his door and tries to peek
through the keyhole.
For the benefit of those who want to
know personal matters concerning our
heroes, why not a QUESTIONABLE as fol-
lows: How did you meet the girl frleno
you are going to marry? What did you
say It? What was her answer? What
did her father say when you told him?
What is your income? List it in detail.
Where are you going to live? If you
are going to rent an apartment, how
much do you expect to pay? II buying,
how much will you spend on your
home? What is your favorlte fruit?
Does the prospective bride like prunes?
How much do you intend to spend for
furniture? Where are you going to
spend your honeymoon, and If so, why
not go to some other place?
BY answering these questions, the
famous young couples might escape
those who pursue them.
o. Henry's literary attack. was sue
cessful because it dealt with ordinary
rnortals. "Bagdad-on-the-Sub was
nothing more than sharp reflection of
the time and the people Of swirling,
mad city. Occasionally an enthusiastic
soul exclaims that another o. Henry
has been discovered. There is a tenn
porary wild scramble to see the new
genius, who, unfortunately, proves TO be
q dud. o. Henry was a shrewdly silent
observer. He was always a spectator in
the audience. He stopped, looked and
listened with the result that his work
will live forever and remain among the
classics. And yet one thousands per-
sons might tell one thousand stories
equally entertaining and as chock full
of human interest as the famous writer
himself
A highly respected man unconsciously
tod one the other night. o. Henry
might have related 1t.
when was young man." said the
teller of the tale, "I met young wom-
an Of talent. It was raining. 1 obtained
an umbrella and asked If might escort
her to her home. She agreed, though
reluctantly. She was strangely silent
as we walked for many blocks through
the dripping night. Finally we arrived
at the door of an apartment building
situated in side street, where she said
she lived. noticed that she was un-
commonly nervous. and after a few
words bade her good-by and turned
to leave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23
ne FOLLOWED AERl

ing and had no money with which tc
pay it.
herself in the profession she had
chosen. Her funds were depleted.
"Of course, it sounded like 'baloney.
The average person would have said
was being taken In Somehow I had
faith In her story. 1t proved to be true
The landlady had threatened to lock
her out that night and she had nc
place to go.
Even though it was unconventional
offered to let her have the money to
pay her rent. I said, I am not giving
this to you. It is merely loan. When
you are able you may pay me back.
She took the money and wept as she
placed 1t in hCr purse.
GO ahead and laugh if you will. The
girl was interested in interior deco
rating and art. met her several times
afterward, and we had dinner together
She showed me samples OF her prog
ress Then she disappeared.
"A number of years later met her
in another city. She had become en-
gagged to a man Of excellent character
and was earning $4,000 year at her
profession. do not need to say that
she repaid me the sums had ad-
vanced."
We wonder If o. Henry could have
devised q better yarn.
X X X y
A small car rolled rapidly through O
one-way street in the Northwest section
the other night. Suddenly there was a
crash and the small car turned COM
pletely over. The driver dragged himself
through a window uninjured.
How did you happen to hit that
.,tI,ar caro" innIIired a man who has
tened to the scene of the accident.
Hit him!" exclaimed the driver
"Why, that car hit me-"
This was good for q chuckle. as the
car he had hit had been parked for the
night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23
LITTLE BENNY
BIZ LEE PAPE.

Me and pop started to take o wawk
before suppir, ma saying, Now II you
cant be back promptly by half pass 8,
kindly don't start.
That reminds me, my watch Is at the
jewellers, he's treeting it for backward
ness, pop Sed. imagine its meerly Q
trif1e shy, he sed, and ma sed, Well
that won't be any excuse, because while
you have a tung in your he'd and others
have "a watch In their pockit, you can
always find out the time.
Ill keep asking, ma, sed.
Ony / forgot to till we had wawked
pritty long ways and then I asked a
fat man with thin mustash and he
sed, The time, certeny. And he took
out his watch saying, Its exackly half
pass 6.
q wiz, pop. half pass 8, then we're
just on time, ony were not home yet,
that's the ony differents, sed.
And we quick started TO wawk home.
me saying, o well, maybe his watch is
wrong, I'm going to ask somebody elts.
Wich I did, asking short man with
brown shoes, and he looked at his
watch saying, Its precisely 20 nlinnits
tot.
Good mite, pop, wich is the most cor
rect, when they say precisely or when
they say exackly? I sed, and pop sed
That's one of the questions that has
puzzled wise men throughout the ages
Well, I'm going to ask agen just for
good luck, I sed. WITCH did, asking
q middle size man with glasses, and he
sed, The correck time Is 81 Hinnits
and 30 seconds after 9,
Jimminy, pop, he must be rite, he's
| the ony one mentioned the seconds,
sed So herray, we're still erly, ] sed
and pop sed, BY gellies so We are, her
ray.
| Proving all you han to do is keep
on asking for advice till somebody
tells YOU the kind you wunted to get
And anyways suppir was about q half q
| hour late on account Of things net be.
| ing done vet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23
Fur-Lined Coat Has Advantages
BY MARY MARSHALL.

lining was second rate and likely to be
This season, though some women
choose fur-lined coats because they
cannot afford the sort Of fur coats
they would like to have, many smart
women choose fur-lined coats IN aool-
ton to fur coats, realizing that 1or
some occasions the fur-lined coat mas
advantages all its own. And the iur
used is so soft and fiat that 1t adds
hardly any more bulk to the coat than
silk lining.
The fur usually chosen is stenciled
kid fur, though any of the soft nat furs
may be used. Sometimes there Is no
other fur about the coat, but often
there are generously proportioned Guns
and collars Of fox or some other long
haired fur. The sleeves of these coats
are usually not fur lined because a
silk lining makes them slip on and off
with greater ease. They are given
needed warmth by means OF WOODEN
interlining.
II have q fur coat that is little
worn but that can be made over salts
factorily into q hip-length coat. Are
coats Of that sort going to be fash
ionable this Winter. Will they be APP
propriate for afternoon or just for
sport swear?"-Mabel G.
Shorter fur coats are spoken OF as
most likely to be smart this Winter. l
have seen many attractive new models
of this sort and they are suitable for
afternoon as well as for sports wear.
This weeks diagram pattern shows
how to cut and make a simple neglige
that needs no sewing-only a little help
from the professional hemstitcher. If
you would like copy of the diagram
with directions for making and sketch
of the original. please send your stamp
ed, self-addressed envelope to Mary
Marshall. care of tits paper, and 1t will
be forwarded to you.
(Copyright, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23
sings a very Sentimental" song passably

sings very SSuA1AeAVaA eoiAS poS'oS4J
well.
Sentimental" Songs Are Popular.
The "sedimental" song Just can't be
escaped these days. Buddy Rogers
sings In some of his newest Aims.
Whenever you hear such dialogue as
Young man, think you're beginning
to like me-" you can be pretty sure the
answer will be, I'D like to see the chap
who wouldn't fall in love with q girl
like you" Which means that % girl
like you" or some like tune will be
launched forthwith.
I'd hate to think of the chaos If all
the writer's in the country were sud-
denly forced to burst into song!
The village Is enjoying q spell OF
news quiet, aside from the facts that
Merna Kennedy and James Hall are
being watched for symptoms of their
declaring a three-day intention to we'd
which is q custom of this part Of the
country, and crowds forming before q
village show place to watch Joan Craw-
ford impress her hand and footprints
in wet cement.
Dull Days for News.
Lindbergh turned down this honor,
although man trailed him with a
tray of moist mortar and sand for an
entire day, He also turned down our
offers of screen fame. Carmel Myers
and her husband entertain Max Steuer,
famous S500-a-minute attorney-this
place is full of $500-a-year directors.
It's o dull day for news in the an
nails Of moviedom.
Copyright, 1929. by North American News.
paper Alliance.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

In hot water and hold it over the face
and neck until 1t begins to cool. Have
another towel ready to apply. Steam
the face in this way two or three times
Third. Mix a heaping teaspoonful of
skin food, cold cream or tissue cream
with enough carbonate of magnesia to
make smooth paste. Spread this over
the face and neck. Cover the eyes with
with the witchhazel pads and keep the
eyebrows covered so as not to get the
bleach on them. Leave the pack on the
face and neck for half an hour or more.
Fourth. Remove the pasteewith a
pad of absorbent cotton or a tissue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23
HISTORIC LIARS
Casanova One in Million Who Could Lie and Cheat
Way to Happy Old Age.
BY =. p. GLASS.
BY J. r. GLASS.

Waldstein. And so eespent his last
years pleasantly in authorship, the best
fruit of which was his celebrated
memoirs. Dying at 70. he retained
until the last. according to Janin, "his
marvellous instinct for vice and cor
ruption."
Perhaps his only useful service to
mankind was in eliciting a historic
repartee from Voltaire. In 1850 he
visited Halter, the naturalist in Bern.
Switzerland, and then went to the home
of Voltaire in Geneva.
He had heard Halter speak dispar-
ingly Of Voltaire. but now Voltaire
praised Haller. Casanova remarked:
''You render Halter justice. I lament
that he did not exercise equal justice
toward you"
"Ha! Ha! Hal" laughed Voltaire.
HE thinks LII of me and I think well
of him? Perhaps we are both mis-
taken"
(Copyright, 1880
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23

ing. 1HlS III 1LSSlI
was probably not
unusual, but I de-
cided to follow her.
She did not go into
the store, but stood
in the shelter Of
the doorway.
she was en-
barraSSed W h e n
she saw me ap-
proach. I inquired
why she had not
gone directly to her
apartment. Tears
came to her eyes,
real tears, a n d
then she told me
the truth. S h e
owed her landlady
thea yrrookc' I01n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23
Ny Neighbog. Says:

If a pinch of powdered sugar
and a pinch of cornstarch are
added to egg yolks when making
an omelet it will not fail.
To cut radishes to represent
tulips score the red skin to form
five or six petals reaching from
tip almost to root. Loosen the
radishes under the petals and
put them in cold water until the
petals stand out.
A quick method. Of making
French dressing Is to put all in
gradients into a small jar. screw
the cover tightly and shake until
the dressing Is thoroughly mixed.
The strong flavor of fowl may
be absorbed II celery Is diced and
put into the dressing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23
A Sermon for Today
Thistle and Cedar.
By REV. JOHN Il. GUM.


"The thistle that was in Lebanon
sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon,
saying, Give thy daughter to my SON
to wife Kings 14:9.
This bit OF Old Testament symbolism
suggests several things to think about
concerning marriage, things that should
be thought about before marriage takes
place.
The thistle and the cedar are very
diverse growths. Between them there
Is nothing in common, no compatibility.
And this is something that should be
very carefully considered when mar
riage Is contemplated.
Marriage calls for mutual fitness, as
well as mutual love. Where mutual
fitness Is lacking, marriage can scarcely
be harmonious and happy. Two OPP
posite natures may learn to adapt
themselves to each other where love
prevails, but even then 1t Is difficult
thing to do. The better time to think
of this is before, and not after, mar
riage.
Young people thinking of marriage
should consider we'll whether they are
temperamentally suited to each other,
whether they can walk together agree
ably, whether their ideals blend, wheth-
er they can harmonic their aims and
purposes.
The Cherokee Indians have an i'm
pressive marriage ceremony. The man
and roman join hands over running
water, to indicate that their lives are
henceforth to flow In one stream.
The Bible warns Christians: BE We
not unequally yoked together with I'M
believers" For any two people to be
unequally yoked together in marriage
Is one of the greatest misfortunes that
could happen to them.
A thistle and-cedar marriage promises
no good to either the one or the other.
There can be no real and helpful
partnership between a man and woman
who are as wide apart as these two
growths Of the forest.
Unrealized ideals, disappointment,
unhappiness, incompstibility. divorce, a
generally miserable mess of life-all
these things we may well expect when
the thistle and cedar marry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23

The son of distinguished former
resident Of Washington will be married
today. Naturally the public is inter-
ested in the nuptials. Fame exacts
enormous tax. Ask Col. Lindbergh.
He knows. A Babe Ruth enjoys the
privacy of a goldfish. Gene Tunney
escaped prying eyes and information
seekers by hieing himself to Europe
after retirement. Celebrities are penal
lied without stint.
Men of wealth no longer stimulate
the imagination, and they are seldom
annoyed about their personal affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23
Green Grape Jam.

Supply equal parts of sugar and un-
cooked grapes. Cut the grapes in halves
and remove the seeds. Add to the sugar
enough water 70 moisten and boil until
it hairs. Then drop in the grapes and
cook until the fruit is clear and trans
parent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23
Daily Diet Recipes.

CARROTS ITALIENNE.
Sliced carrots, 2 cups.
Tomato catSup, 2 tablespoons.
Grated Parmesan cheese, l table,
spoon.
Butter, ! tablespoon.
SERVES FOUR PORTIONS.
Wash, scrape and cut young
tender carrots in croSs-wise slices.
Either wrap carrots and all sea-
soningS in vegetable parchment
paper and steam until vegetable
Is tender, or steam the carrots
until tender without the paper,
and then add seasonings.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes fiber, lime,
iron, vitamins A and B. Can be
eaten by normal adults of aver
age, over or underweight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23

square and pat on a mild astringent
such as witchhazel. Apply skin lotion
or a mild bleaching lotion such as the
following and allow it to dry on the
skin: Two ounces cucumber juice; half
an ounce simple tincture benzoin;
ounce cologne water: ounce peroxide
of hydrogen; ounces rosewater. To
make the cucumber juice peel and cut
little water. Strain the juice and add
to 1t tablespoonfuls of the cologne
water. Put the juice in large bottle,
add the roSewater and peroxide and
mix we'll Add the benZoin and the rest
of the cologne water. Shake well.
(Copyright, 1890
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23
MOTHERS
AND THEIR CHILDREN.
Frightening House.

One Mother Says:
In the Fall when I take the children
for an outing in the woods. we. take
home souvenirs to make the house
cheerful during the Winter. Bitter
sweet gathered before the frost is
especially lovely, for then IL has green
leaves as well as gorgeous berries. Deli
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23

NAsNN ~
photographer tried
to snap a picture
of the elder ]. p.
Morgan, who swung
his c an q n q
knocked the CAM
era for a row OF
shantieS. Few men
are as militant.
Wealth is so COM
mon today that
the mere possess
sion of it fails to
rouse us. Only In
dividual and spec
tacular achieve
ment inspires us,
and whether a
man Is a Slugger,
1890. @~@lSA~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23

The idea used to be that If one
couldn't afford a fur coat and stu
needed something very warm, then the
next best thing was to get fur-liped
coat. At best 1t was a makeshift. q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23
The Sidewalks of Washington
BY THORNTON FISHER.

after walking a few feet something
caused me to look around. AS did so
the young woman fastened into a small
delicatessen near the apartment build
iuo This in ifealf