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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-16
Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

February is, 1851 is
filled with rumors. today, concerning
violent opposition" in the peace con-
ference to proposing at this time any
plan of settlement between the Free
and the Slaveholding States.
The radical wing of the Republican
party, both in the peace conference
and in Congress, appears to be bent
upon the experiment, which some be-
lieve to be dangerous, Of belittling the
troubles Of the times and relying upon
the next Congress to find the means OF
maintaining the authority Of the United
States over the seeded States. These
radical Republicans are being criticized
by some persons for relying also upon
the people of the border, Slaveholding
States to aid in upholding the Federal
authority. under circumstances that they
would find the institution of slavery
likely to be disposed of by Northern
majority Of two-thirds or three -fourths
Of the States. according to the terms
Of the Constitution.
The issue between remaining in the
Union and joining the seeded States
is still undecided in Virginia. All eyes
are still turned today upon Richmond.
where the Virginia convention Is being
held.
The contract for the erection of the
building in which to hold the inaugural
ball has been awarded to MeSsrs. Angus
and Lewis. The building is to be erect
ed in the rear of the City Hall and
will run parallel to that building. The
length of the dancing saloon will be
$50 feet and the width so feet. Ad-
joining this and opening Immediately
into it will be the supper room, which
will he IF fha Sauop lpnOth
The height Of the dancing room sa-
loon will be % feet and the main en-
trance will be through the vestibule of
the City Hall building. The room Or
dinarily occupied by the Common Coun-
Gil and the courtroom will be used on
the night Of March 4 as dressing rooms
for ladies and gentlemen.
The contractors will employ between
rs and 100 men to get the work done
In time for Mr.. Lincoln's Inaugural
ton,
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Demand Easily Packed Little Hats
BY MARY MARSHALL.

The nomadic habits of present-day
women Of fashion has a direct bearing
on fashions In millinery. Years age
when q woman of social Importance
made three or four deliberate and
carefully planned adjournments q
year-spent her Winters In town and
her Summers at her Summer home
with possibly a trip South II her health
required 1t, and had week or so to
look forward to every house party-in
those days milliners might make hats
that required hat box each and had
to be carefully wrapped or padded In
tissue paper every time they were
moved.
But in these days, when women OF
wealth and leisure fit from town to
country. from Seashore to mountains.
from Northern Africa to Paris, from
Atlantic to Pacific on a few hours
generalization, large hats that require
many hat boxes and elaborate packing
simply won't do at all They might
do for the Sedate, middle-class folk
who stay at home most of the time,
but for the birds of passage who to
a great extent set the fashions they
are out Of the question.
This season more than ever before
there has been a demand for light,
easily packed little hats-six or seven
of which may be slowed away In one
hat box. One or two broad-brimmed
hats may take place Of honor in the
box, but the others have to be the
sort that can be folded up and fitted
into the room that remains.
Many Of the new hats have no Innings
whatever Sometimes they are made
on a very lightweight net founda-
tion-with appliques Of felt or silk to
give them substance. There are little
turbans made from a yard of wide silk
or wooden ribbon, unlined save for E
facing of ribbon round the edge, ar
for Southern wear a variety of litt'
hats of linen or cotton that are As
comfortable to wear as they are con-
venient to pack.
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amount of criticism and correction
brought no improvement.
One day she came home from kim
dergarten fairly bursting with enthu-
SiaSm.
When asked about her zeal she ar
IDENTIFY replied. Il wrote my name lots
and lots today for Miss Wilson ant.
she smiled and said 1t was ever so good,
and now I'm going to practice and
practice and have the best in the class
Then Miss Wilson will hold 1t up and
tell all the little girls and boys how
good it is
"A teachers praise" thought I, "has
kindled all this enthusiasm in little
Shirly"
Needless to say I decided to try this
phrase method" myself and after COM
plimenting the child time or two when
I did find her room in order, I found
that she had practically overcome her
disorderlinesS
(Copyright 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-16
Cake Custard.

Cook like any custard, mixing one
cupful Of sweet milk with one egg, one
tablespoonful of gelatin and half q
cupfal Of sugar. Chill, then add some
sweetened whipped cream. Flavor to
taste, then chill again. Bake any de-
sired cake in a sheet pan. Let the pan
nodded in. When serving, cut the
cake and custard into pieces Of the
same size. placing the cake on platter
and topping with the nodded custard.
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Everyday Psychology
Occupational Psychology.


Some years ago a number of self
styled employment experts went the
rounds of the men who employed large
that they were able to take the square
pegs" out of the round holes" In
other words, they said that, with the
aid of few simple tests. they could
tell who was fitted to do what, and
why.
Busy men are gullible. They went
in for the idea. And the employment
experts CD reaped a harvest. One or
two of them became enormously rich.
Then came the war and the so-called
Army tests. There were extravagant
hopes on the part of large number of
would-be psychologists. In an hours
time men could be sorted after the
fashion Of vegetable or fruit grading,
and assigned to the proper unit. So
they said.
It Is hard to estimate the injustice
of the whole movement for the en-
ployer as we'll as for the employees
For there are a great many deluded
employers still. The employees have
always known better, but their protests
amount to nothing as rule.
Why have the occupational psycholo-
gists failed? Because they forgot all
about the emotions and the feelings of
men. Perhaps they purposely over
looked them. If so, not without good
reason. For there Is no valid test of a
persons emotional traits, aside from
actual living human situations, with all
their hopes, fears, ambitions and dis
appointments.
Even If the dominant tendencies for
given individual we're charted, they
would still be unknown in a quantitative
sense. The feelings and emotions have
way of hiding themselves, even from
the consciousness Of their possessors
And. therefore, the purpose of these
feelings remains matter of specula-
ton rather than matter Of practical
application. We can know only in 8
general way that man Is satisfied with
his work and its prospects. When the =.
is known, We may expect him to be ar
efficient employe.
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le doesn't want any "fussy" furniture,
lowered wall paper or pink curtains.
No boy could object to furniture built
along the lines of the chest of drawers
shown in the illustration. for it is dis
tinctly for a mans room, and would
demand such colors and fabrics for
decoration as would be impossible to
use In a girls room.
Oak is the wood from which this
piece has been built, and large bed
or pair of small ones, small table, desk.
wing chair, footstool and bridge lamp
for boy.
The bedspreads and draperies might
be made of India prints or English
linens with Jacobean designs.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-16

Since Samuel Goldwyn has chosen the
lovely Wilma Banky, Lily Damita and o
host OF other beauties who have become
world ido,s, his ideas on sex appeal are
Of paramount Importance.
If you are affecting the dignity of
long locks. take stock Of your admirers
and question whether or not the list
could be increased by . visit to the
barber.
Above all, don't take my word for it.
Remember that the autocrat Of movie
dom DEGREES that sex appeal is the pre-
rogative OF the cropped-hair lady.
Heads galore have been falling in
Movieland today. There has been a
general housekeeping at the Laemmle
institution. so the story goes. And be-
fore Winfield Sheehan left for New
York the heads Of two executives on the
William Fox lot went into the basket.
Both gentlemen expected to be making
talkies with that particular firm up to
the day Of their retirement. They had
just 10 minutes notice.
In a business which moves as fast a.
the cinema profession 1t Is necessary to
make changes rapidly. And the CREATE
economy lies in buying out the contra
OF man you no longer want. To kec
him in the studio in a position of a.
thority might jeopardize valuable or
put.
SAYS Bleenie:
There once was leading lady,
Hair white as snow.
Who used to play mother parts
Long. long ago.
Now with red hair and lifted face
She's still making dough,
Hoofing in a cabaret
Woophie, let's go!"
tCopyright, 1929. by North American News
paper Alliance)
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Pillow PLAYS Lullaby.

New hope for the sleepless is prom
ised in a musical pillow that has just
appeared in Europe. Outwardly there
is nothing to distinguish it from the
ordinary pillow, but inside Is . species
Of music box. which. when wound UP,
will play for half an hour. The music
is very soft and tinkling. and is guar
anteed to soothe one to sleep in . nat
ural way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-16

This weeks home dreSsmaker's help
consists of sketch and directions for
making a number of attractive little
collars and cuffs, the originals having
been made from coarse curtain scrim
simply worked with mercerized twist
in color to match or harmonic with
the frock. If you would like a COPY
of this little help. please send me
stamped. self-addressed envelope and
I will send it to you at once. without
charge.
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the filling. Evidently it has become
rough at the edges so that 1t catches
the food particles. It Is very important
that you should be able to remove all
the food with your toothbrush every
day. Explain your difficulty to the
dentist and he will remedy 1t, I am
sure. LOIS LEEDS.
.~ , Weight and Age.
Dear Miss Leeds: Has age anything
tc do with ones weight? I am S feet
inch tall, IA years old and weigh 100
pounds. Is this correct?
QUESTIONABLE.
Answer-Yes, indeed, age and weight
are related. You are four pounds below
the average weight for your age and
height. If you were Is years old and
5 feet inch tall your correct weight
would be about Ill pounds. AS one
grows older ones weight should increase
until the body is fully mature, even
when the height remains the same.
LOIS LEEDS.
Weak Feet and Moccasins.
Dear Miss Leeds: Does wearing moe
casins help weak arches? 1t seems
as though the feet would get more exer-
else In moccasins than in ordinary
shoes. ANXIOUS.
Answer.-There are so many degrees
of weak feet that their treatment
should be undertaken by competent
foot specialist after a careful examina-
ton. In some cases shoes with a GER
tain amount of stiffness at the arches
and counters are required; others Gas
we'll as normal feet) need a flexible
arch. In general, I should say that
wearing moccasins may be advocated in
some cases part of the time. The right
sort of corrective footwear will, how
ever, permit the feet to get enough
exercise in walking. Special exercise
done with bare feet may also be re-
quired. We wear heels on our shoes
because the heels break the shock COM
ing down on hard floors and pavements.
Heelless moccasins would not be suitable
for general wear under modern condi-
tons. Another drawback to wearing
moccasins Is that they usually do not
fit snugly at the heel, thus permitting
the heel of the foot to slip and turn.
If your arches are weak, consult an
orthopedic surgeon and get his advice
on the type Of shoes you should wear.
LOIS LEEDS
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0Aokl40 "ooAAo
ton had ever wit
messed.
tt he Inaugural
ton of the unas-
Stunning leader OF
the Union Armies,
the most distin-
guished citizen OF
the country during
the postwar pc
Rod, attracted a
re cord breaking
crowd to the Cap
ital.
Cots were packed
into every available
space In hotels and
houses, and hun
dreds of visitors,
unable to find
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MOTHERS
AND THEIR CHILDREN.
Value of Praise.

One mother says:
Little Shirly. who is S. often did her
tasks carelessly. If anxious to get out
to play she would leave things wher-
ever they CHANGED to land. Shoes were
left In the center of the floor and
dresses were thrown anywhere.
I often found the little blue and white
room in tragic disorder, and any
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Home i'm Good Taste
BY SARA HILAND.

There is often a discussion when it
comes to the furnishing Of the boys
room: and no wonder! For somehow
mother gets the impression that the
boy doesn't care what color scheme is
carried out or what furnishings are
put in, and II sister is to have new
set of furniture. the old one she had
might just as well be put in brothers
room.
Whereupon brother takes his stand,
and rightly, too, to make it clear that
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and then. They will certainly not re-
appear on your facet Electricity is not
usually used to clear large areas of skin,
because 1t is tedious process. The
electric needle must be inserted into
each tiny hair root. When the multi
pie needle is used the process is speeded
up, but the results are not likely to be
so satisfactory. I think it would be
fairly expensive for you to have both
legs freed from the hairs and would
require many visits to the operator
The use of good depilatory is more
practical in your case, think. 90 The
average weight for your age and height
as between 1T and 100 pounds 80 You
tshould consult the dentist again about
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Ulysses S. Grant.

Associated Press Feature.
+ Ulysses S. GRANT laid aside his
- inevitable cigar" long enough to
ride to the Capitol in an inaugural pro-
cession that was the greatest military
AiepIov Wochipc-
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Banana Delight.
DOROTHY DIX.

Slice six bananas and cover them
with one cupful of sugar. Pour over
the juice of two lemons Top with
whipped cream and red cherries, using
one bottle Of cherries and one pint
OF cream to make the whipped cream
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(Copyright, 1927

Across.
I. Scandinavian myths.
6. Rather than.
8. Shallow.
IA. Commonplace discourse
is. Rented.
16. A dance.
10. Estates passing by descent.
81. Behold
%. Plumber.
"a. Greatest amount.
Is. Put on.
26. Malayan dagger. y.
%. One drop.
20. Moistens.
80 Spike of corn.
80. Fled.
80. Feminine pronoun.
"a. Fuel suppliers.
81. Frugality.
Al. Gilded bronze.
AZ. Highest point.
43. Abundant.
As. Inhabitants of Grecian island.
46. Fish spawn.
Al. Beam.
40. Framed.
so. Scrutinize.
So. Fifteenth century collar.
81. Slave.
81. Ailing.
So. Tropical plants.
60. Ocean swell.
81. Thus.
81. OF the morning.
Ga. Neuter pronoun.
IS. Relating to the birds.
Ct. Took precedence.
SO. A deep gully.
20. Accommodates
H.. Village in the Netherlands.
70. Put up with
Down.
I. Incandescent particle.
2. Defensive covering.
3. Move.
4. A tree.
5. Have semblance.
6. Imaginary cordials.
z. Part Of the eye.
8. Bunting-like fabric.
8. Prov.
10. Possesses.
IL. Upon.
IL. Cleaning.
Is. Water birds.
49, Butt.
90 Sticky substance.
%. Having two brapches.
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Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

March u, 1858.-T'his being District
day in the House, several measures re-
lating to Washington and its envrons
were introduced -.
Montgomery County citizens presented
a petition, signed by A. B. Davis and
others. setting forth they are engaged
in agriculture and in the transporta-
ton of country produce to Wash
| ington City, and they feel deeply the
of their labor Is not on an equality in
the Washington markets with that from
other places near Washington, due to
the fact that they have to pay tolls on
the roads and on the bridges into the
Capital City. They refer to the liberal
ity of Congress in providing free roads
leading into Washington from other
sections, and they ask specifically that
the plank road leading to and from
Montgomery County be made free of
| tolls.
Vigorous efforts are being made to
bring the owners of property in Wash
ington to see the good which will come
to the city If they submit gracefully to
the proposed new tax to be used for the
erection of permanent new school build
every one. A journalist says on this
subject:
I'VE are very sure that the owners of
real estate in the District of Columbia
will cheerfully accept the proposition of
Senator Brown Of Mississippi (author of
the school tax bilD to be taxed 10 cents
on every 500 for school purposes, in
addition to the tax to the same they
now pay. No community can make a
better investment than in paying liber-
ally for educational purposes, provided,
as here, the money raised for such ends
be judiciously expended.
I'VE regard the school plans of Sem
ator Brown as destined--if sanctioned
by Congress-to do more for the future
Of the District of Columbia than any
| measure with reference to it that has
so far been brought forward in either
branch OF Congress. To compass its
enactment will require the active exer-
tons Of all interested in its success who
may have opportunities to say a good
word for it now and then in the right
place.
I'VE, therefore, have urged our fellow
citizens of the District of Columbia not
to lose sight of Senator Browns school
bill at any time, under any circum-
stances, until it becomes a law. That
| united and earnest endeavor will make
1t a law sooner or later, no doubt"
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NOT PASSED
BY CENSOR
Paint the Pyramids.
BY DEWITT MACKENZIE.

One of the finest rough houses of
the World War was staged by Aus
tralian troops in Cairo early in 1915.
And it was some show! Cleopatra
wouldn't have recognized the place had
she returned for the Aussies' old home
week
The trouble really started in small
way over girl. but it quickly assumed
the proportions of real menace. There
was open mutiny, and for three weeks
the Nile laved the shores Of the city
of tribulation. The situation was so
fraught with danger to the army and
to Cairo that tn ePharaohs must have
turned in their tombs, if perchance
there are any of these ancient rulers
who have not been dug up and carted
away for the edification OF the curious
The matter was very wisely hushed
up at the time. Indeed, even after
all these years shall get no vote of
thanks from anybody, much less from
my many good Australian friends, for
harm now, especially since I am writing
about only a few hundred men from a
force of soldiers whose dashing bravery
provided one of the epics of the war.
Before telling Of the rough house.
it is only fair to can attention to fact
which perhaps many people have not
recognized. Everybody knows, OF
course, that the Australians were two
listed, fearless fighters Of whom the
enemy frankly was afraid. Nothing
under the sun could stop them in an
attack except death. But everybody
knows also that the Australians chafed
under military discipline, and that is
what wish to try to explain in a word.
Australia is still close to har pioneer
ing days. She is filled with the type of
he-ren who made history in Americas
West not so many years ago. The Aus
tralian dislikes restraint as did the old
timers of Virginia City, U. S. A., who
wrote their names on the barroom floors
in lead to show their independence.
This characteristic in part explains the
Cairo imbroglio.
1t happened that considerable num-
Der of men from the wide-open spaces
of Australia had been landed in Egypt
from the East and they were waiting
to be transported to the battle lines in
France. They were bronze faced. strap
ping 6-footers, who were more used to
their saddles and plains than they were
to cities and irksome military restraint.
The show started one night in a
house used as. a billet for Aussies next
to the Bristol Hotel, in the heart of
Cairo. Australian officers were quar-
tered in the Bristol Some soldier SNUG
gled a girl into the billet, which was
rather asking for trouble.
Another Aussie claimed that his
sweetheart had been stolen and there
followed glorious free-for-all fist
fight, in which everybody took part.
Then with dash and abandon worthy
of great cause, these wild men smashed
their furniture, virtually dismem-
bered their house and finally set fire
to 1t, Just to celebrate a job we'll done.
Naturally, the Australian command
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in the adjoining hotel took action. Sew
eral hundred Aussie soldiers were pa
raded before the hotel and stern
edict was issued that they were to let
the ladies of Cairo alone. Worse, the
pay of the soldiers was stopped.
Now, when you talk to an Australian
like that you want to smile. The troops
looked at each other out Of the corners
of their eyes for a moment and then
with one accord they rushed their off,
GERS quarters. There was bit of mess.
of the rioters were rounded up. These
men were contaminated and they
challenged no more orders.
The rest Of the outfit, however, total
ing several hundred, distributed them
selves about the city and hid from
the military police. For the most part.
the truants found refuge in native
cafes, where they proceeded to have
high old time. It was a common occur
renee for an Aussie to steal girl from
a Greek or some other habitue of these
places. Frequently a fight followed
with the result that many people were
injured and some establishments were
wrecked.
The Greeks and natives finally began
to take revenge. They declared war on
Ill Hell III uLlllOrH1. IL was unsafe IOr
soldier to be on the streets after
dark; more than one got knife in
his back
This sort of thing went on for about
three weeks. Finally the Australian
command got the affair in hand, the
soldiers were bundled aboard a ship
and started off to France, where they
could find plenty of fighting to engage
their attention. That pleased them,
because they were aching for scrap
Apropos of this incident. the cities of
Egypt provided the authorities a lot
of anguish during the war. There was
more viciousness to the square inch in
the underworld of Port Said, for ex-
ample, than could be found in score
of Western cities. Port Said wasn't
called the Sink hole of the East" for
nothing. 1t wasn't merely ordinary
immorality-if one may be permitted
the expression-but downright filth that
permeated the underworld.
When I was in Egypt, not long after
the Aussie show. found that a rigid
military regime was keeping troops away
from these evils.
(Copyright, 1929, Associated Press)