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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18
Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

July Is. Washington is in q
state of great excitement tonight on
account of reports that are coming
across the Potomac River from Virginia
OF 8 sharp clash today between the
advance column Of Gen. McDowelrs
Union Army and the secessionists under
Gen. Beauregard at Bull Run about
nine and one-half miles from Fairfax
Court House In the direction of Manas-
sas Junction.
Thousands Of conflicting rumors about
the fighting are in circulation through
out the city, but apparently no serious
impression has been made yet by Nc
Dowell upon the secessionists' entrench-
mentS at Bull Run, 1t is reported that
the total Union loss up to 5 o'clock this
afternoon was about 80 killed and
wounded.
Military authorities here believe that
the diSlodgement of the disunion troops
from their works at Bull Run can only
be a matter of a few hours. with such
an Army as Mcdowell commands. al
though the sacrifice of life may be great
before it is accomplished.
According to the latest reports re-
ceived tonight, the fighting was opened
by Shermans battery, which suffered
loss of two or three men killed and
many horses.
1t was the advance column, COM
manded by Gen. Tyler, which first came
in contact with the secession troops.
Gen. Tyler appears to have withdrawn
his men temporarily back out of range
from the secession entertainments and
bush defenses. 80.
Later the disunion troops essayed to
cross the creek and to charge the
Union Infantry with fixed bayonetS
They were confronted by the men Of the
seth New York tIrishD Regiment and
the 10th New York (Scotch) Regiment.
who drove them back over Bull Run to
their works. The Union regiments suf-
, fered considerable loss. most of the
killed and wounded being men Of the
seth New York. The secessionists are
also believed to have suffered severely
in killed and wounded. In driving the
secessionists back across the creek the
New York regiments used their bayo-
nets.
Gen. Mcdowell is reported to be rest
ing tonight at or near Centerville and
to be hurrying up reinforcements from
his rear. Heintzleman'S column is re-
ported to have reached Centerville to-
night.
1t is believed that Gen. Beauregard is
likewise being heavily reinforced. and
that a battle on a much larger scale will
take place in a day or two ct this
point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18

are than you in other than material
prosperity.
Social differences among relatives Is
the commonest cause for uuarrcls or
at least strange and distant feelings.
Your common blood relation puts you
theoretically on the same level. And
yet you occupy different social and
financial levels. This rankles. You
feel that you are as good as the other
fellow. You have common heritage
You are more likely to resent this sort
of disparity than one that exists be-
tween you and some stranger You as
sumo that the stranger had q better
start or is In different class.
or relatives who are in the same So
clal and money class. quarrels are not
lacking for quite other reasons. Cne
OF these is that We expect q lot rnore
from our relatives and get less, than
from others.
Moreover. We are likely to interfere
too much with the personal and strict
ly private life and conduct of our rel
atives. We do this usually from q
sound motive. We are interested in
their welfare and want them TO sue
coed. However laudable the motive. all
interference in personal matters Is re-
Sented
Giving advice is In the same class
and Is a common cause for ouarrels
among relatives. Neither advice nor
| interference of any sort is relished
They are relished less by relatives than
by strangers. The reason for this is
that the relative feels that he is as
good as YOU are by virtue Of that very
relationship
Borrowing money is the surest
means of quarreling with your rela-
tives.
Copyright 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18
BY SARA HnAND.

Too many times wsrdrobes are merely
spaces in which to hang long rows OF
dresses, coats or suits, with. perhaps,
a shelf above for hats: only II you were
lucky could shoes be put away In neat
order.
In the Illustration. however, is shown
the way in which an ordinary wardrobe
may be divided. and thus become more
valuable than in its original condition.
Instead of having the pole extend en-
tirely across the opening. it has been
shortened to take care of the necessary
number of garments in the least possible
space. This takes up about one-third
OF the room in the wardrobe. The mid
die third has shoes racks in the lower
part, and their top makes a dressing
table. above which has been installed a
mirror.
The other third has been given over
to English tray drawers for lingerie. and
the ordinary type of sliding drawer,
with knob. The top shelf may be used
for hats and storage space.
With wardrobe such as this few
pieces other than bed and a chair
would be required in a room
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18
MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

CFind an art director who can design
a scene where everything is young ano
strong. Find an artist who can smile
a subconscious smile. Some OF these
scripts are fourth dimensionalD
Shooting directions further read
Then she opens the letter and we read
a purely modern love note"
The studio in question bought the
story. story will doubtless appear
with the young lady's mama in large
letters on the screen.
Super bathrooms came to America
via the movie. De Mile gave the world
the super bathtub. His lates5 creation
is of block crystal 1t has a bath salts
fountain. A delicate Jet Of water plays
on a crystal cup filled with fragrant
salts. A second fountain below releases
the perfumed water.
Publicity as It is done In HOLLY WOOD
informs me that Carl Laemmle has
gone in for chickens on G large scale
Hts modern hennery now has 10000
hens. with a capacity for 100000
eggs, in ~ units Of about 5000 each.
II you know your Hollywood, zach
hen probably punches a time clock
every morning; has a laying schedule
all made out Tor her; Is subject to the
lights. camera action of movieland lots
Is probably promoted on an ef1ci sacy
basis, and probably has a theme tone
inspired by Shakespe;.re's lay en-
MacDuff."
Hollywood is Just full Of original
klucks.
tcopyrisht, 1929. BY the North American
Newspaper AllianceD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18
BY EDNA KENT FORBES

ing plenty of oil into the nails also.
Whenever your hands feel very harsh
give them a generous massage with oil
and wear gloves through the night. The
honey-almond lotions dry quickly with
out leaving any trace of oil on the
hands. so they are valuable for quick
applications between jobs. They also
help a great deal to ward off extreme
dryness that cannot help but result
from constant immersion OF the hands
in water. Use generous sized dress
shields to protect your dresses from per-
spration under the arms.
B. F-As you are still passing
through the years when you are chang
ing rapidly, some features will appear
to be more prominent than others, but
all this will be different when you
have fully matured. Occasionally boys,
and girls. too, grow and mature evenly,
but most Of them are like yourself,
with one part Of their bodies growing
faster than the rest or one feature ma
turing faster than others. For instance,
your nose will not be so prominent
when your cheeks fill out. so there Is
nothing to be done about 1t but await
further development.
Miss Information above also ap-
plies to your difficulty of being appar-
emily overdeveloped at Is years. which
will be all right in another few years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18
BEAUTY CHATS

In even five minutes day you can
do wonders in keeping youl skin and
your hair and your hands young and
attractive. The chief difference between
the nice looking, well groomed woman
and the rather haphaZard, careless,
nondeScript woman is that one looks
after the details of her appearance and
the other one does not.
Take an extra five minutes day to
your dressing and do these things: Rub
face. neck, elbows with cleansing cream;
take this off with warm water and soap
as you battle or as YOU wash. Less
than an extra minute is used. but the
skin will look fresh and smooth and
moist after the cream. Remember to
give Yourself cold rinse at the end of
the Washing that takes no extra time.
And If your skin is getting f1abby, use
witch hazel or some such aStringent
Use this also If you have large pores
When your skin is dry or does not
look nice. rub in very little bit of the
finest quality vanishing cream you can
buy. Cheap vanishing cream is bad for
the complexion. but a very, very fine
grade is all right. Then powder rub
the powder well into the skin and in
few minutes powder & second time. III
powder, for the second powdering
look quite natural.
Brush your hair hard for two min
utes. This is not only good for the
scalp, but also it makes the hair glossy
and easily combed and arranged. Pol
iSh your nails with buffer and powder
before washing the hands and also go
around the nail edges and under the
nails with a bleach. This is all washed
of as you wash the hands; 1t takes an
extra minute. At the end two strokes
of buffer bring up the polish again
and cream around the nails gives them
a soft, smooth finish.
Mrs. M. R-Heat the cream over
again by placing the Jars in very warm
water When the cream has been re-
duced to OIL add about a scant quarter
Of a teaSpoonful of borax and beat the
mixture together until 1t forms again
into a creamy mass.
Trixie--As you have your hands in
water most Of the day, you should give
the skin a treatment every night. rub
bling into 1t as much oil as the skin will
take up. giving special attention to the
skin all around the nails, and massag
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18
Blackberry Roly-Poly.

Cook one quart of blackberries with
half cupful of water, then press
through a sieve to exclude the seeds.
To the pulp add one and one-half cup
fuls of sugar and let simmer until well
reduced. Keep a part hot for a sauce
and cool the rest. Sift together three
times three cupfuls of flour. three level
teaspoonfuls of baking powder and half
a teaspoonful of salt. Work in half
a cupful of shortening. then mix to a
dough with milk or water added to the
beaten yolk of an egg. Knead slightly
and roll into a sheet one-fourth inch
thick. Cut into or 10 pieces longer
than wide. spread with the cold black
berry mixture and roll over and over.
Brush the top of each with the white
of the egg slightly beaten and dredee
thickly with granulated sugar. Bake
for about half an hour. Serve hot with
the blackberry sauce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18
Everyday Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE w. sPRowLs.

Between 40 and IS the average indi-
vidual is balanced on knife edge. The
slightest change in the direction of the
life forces may tilt a buoyant success
into the pit of dismal failure. A sense
of age and of waning powers readily
creates serious disappointments and
their still more lasting mental relatives
known as defeats.
In all This the body and mind work
together n such perfect time that the
individual appears to age lot in q
surprisingly short time. It's q real
period Of storm and stress" More
important by far than that of the is
to 20 year period, to which so many
psychologists refer as the one and only
age of instability.
The vast majority of base ball stars
are through at 40. To be sure. q few
may continue to warm the bench for q
year or two, ostensibly against the day
when a few well aimed speed balls may
win a pennant. But actually sentiment
alone demands waning respect for
these old-timers.
Happily, life is not all q matter of
muscle and nerve. There are employ
ments that call for more than mere
physical resiliency. In some lines OF
endeavor and achievement the mental
conservatism that goes along with
dwindling muscles and stiffening joints
amounts to a balance wheel for enthus-
iasms and unstudied expectations. 1t
is not true that hindsieht is better than
foresight; /. e.. hardly. Rather. in the
! case OF financial affairs, for example,
foresight is only as good as the hind
sight. This means that years do tell,
or rather foretell.
So while the 40 to 45 year period
rings down the curtain for certain acts.
it appears as a prologue to acts still to
be staged, still to demand the applause
Of the groundlings.
Grow old along with mel
The best is yet to be
The last Of life for which the first was
made"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18
BRAIN TESTS

This is INSTALLATION test, best ex-
planned by giving a simple example.
Imagine. chessboard of several
hundred squares with q chessman
resting on certain square. The chess
man is pushed one square forward ::
two to the right; two forward, and
two to the left. Where does it then
rest in relation to the square from
which 1t started? Answer: Three for
ward.
Allow three minutes to answer those
which follow:
% Chessman moves two to the left:
three forward; one to the left. two
backward one to the left: two for
ward; two to the right. three for
ward. Where does 1t stand in relation
TO the original square?
~ Chessman moves one to the left;
two forward; three To the right; one
forward; two to the right; two back
ward; one to the left; three back
ward; one to the right; two backward.
Where does 1t stand in relation to the
original square?
~ Chessmar moves one to the right;
two forward one to the right; three
backward; three to the left; one for
ward; one to the right. Where does
it stand?
~ Chessman moves one to the
right: two diagonally to the right and
backward: two straight backward; three
diagonally to the left and forward; one
forward Where does 1t stand?
go All diagonal moves; two to the
right and forward; two to the left and
forward; three to the left and back
ward: four to the right and forward.
Where does 1t stand?
Answers.
% 2 left: 6 forward; (2) right and
back. 49, Original. "a Original.
80 ! right; forward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18
Compromise Ideas in Waistlines
BY MARY MARSHALL.

they look more gacerful and more fem
mime If they wear clothes that indicate
a waistline. Meantime French women
cling tenaciously to the we'll defined.
well nodded hipline and some one has
spoken of the new dresses with hip
yoke set below defined. almost normal,
waistline as compromise between the
French taste and the Anglo American.
American women say, we would like
to get back TO the normal watstline."
and the French dressmaker replies,
Certainly. Madame, but smartness de-
mands we'll outlined hipline.
OF the newest dresses seen in Paris
it is said that for evening the tendency
seems 10 be toward fairly closely
nodded bodice as we'll as the distinctly
nodded hipline. Sometimes this re-
suits in a princess effect with skirt full
ness spreading below from line mid
way between waist and knees. For day
time wear the tendency is toward the
still closely defined hip section and the
normal or nearly normal waistline with
a more loosely bloused bodice section.
This weeks Home Dressmaking Help
gives diagram pattern and directions for
making the new step-in short drawers,
which has been requested by number
Of readers. II you would like copy,
please send stamped, self-addressed
envelope to Mary Marshall, care of this
paper. and it will be forwarded to you
at once.
Copyright, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18
Ginger Watermelon Rind.

To each pound Of watermelon rind
cut into one-tnch squares add two
quarts Of water and one ounce Of slaked
lime. Let stand in the lime water over
night. Drain and let stand from one
TO two hours in fresh cold water. Drain
well and boil rapidly In one quart Of
ginger tea, adding one ounce Of ginger
to one quart of water for IS minutes.
Drain and put into strip made BY
using one pint Of strained ginger tea
with one quart of water and one and
one-half pounds Of sugar. Cook until
tender and transparent. or for about
one and one-half hours. After boiling
for half an hour. add half q lemon
sliced. Place in shallow pans to cool,
having the rind we'll covered with strip.
When cool, pack. cap, clamp and proc
ess for 10 minutes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18
WHY WE DO WHAT WE Do
BY MEHRAN X. THOMSON, Phi. ID.

Are you at peace with all your rela-
tives-rich, poor and indifferent? If
so, you are the exception that proves
the rule. Most people have numerous
opportunities for falling out with their
relatives.
There Is every inducement for rela-
tives to quarrel. These are economical
social and most PSYCHOLOGY cal.
If your relatives are richer than
yourself, you have too much self re :
spect and pride to be very friendly for
fear they will think you are after their
money. On the other hand, If you
are the man of means among your kin
folk you dare not be over friendly lest
they think you are trying 10 show off
and to pstronize them. Your pres
ence is Irritating It makes them teel
inferior. They are too ready to find
excuse to tell you how much better they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18

HOLLYWOOD, Calf. July 1S.-The
Hollywood relative is one of the comic
angles of the industry. Armed with
megaphone he struts about the set
while q patient and efficient assistant
does the work of directing the picture,
Important in the extreme, the rela-
tive reads manuscripts or interviews
staff applicants. making notes the while
on a pad. These are later hurled into
the waste basket to make place on the
desk for the report of some subSecretary
who has also interviewed the victim
and who has something telling to say
on the subject.
Now and again-and with frequency
and a persistence which is admirable
relatives are inspired with scenario III
spiration. They are no longer Satlsf1ed
to sit at q desk in a charningly ap-
pointed once. collect q pay check and
make vague designs with pencil on
the sheet Of blank paper before them.
A tremendous yearning to see their
names flash across the screen as au-
tf1orS Of some great pictures comes in
siStently So they write great opus.
This is turned over to one of the ONCE
staff members TO turn into scenario.
But the relative collects on the story
and gets the screen credit.
Some excerpts from master work
written by young Hollywood authoress
whose brother is chief executive on one
OF the largest lots in the industry give
q vague idea of the quality of many
Of these works.
The scenario runs In part:
when her mother looks at her she
does not see her mother. and when shC
looks at her mother her mother dos
not see her. This is done two or tn -
times to bring out the terrific tension
between them"
And again: THE reality and unhap-
piness of this overworked poor woman
is too much for her"
Still again: Everything in the scene
looks young and strong. Donald is
gazing intently at Julie Catching her
hand, he kisses It vigorously. AS ne
does this Julie subconsciously smiles.
The moons rays beaming on Julie en-
phasize her happiness and beauty"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18

II your windows do not, run up
easy-rub paraffin on the win
dow cords and you will notice an
improvement.
The handle Of a bamboo rake
is very likely TO split if used con-
stantlv. Reinforce 1t by putting
a round stick inside the hollow
handle and winding 1t with the
sticky tape used by electricians.
A discolored vinegar cruet may
be cleaned by cutting up a po-
tato and putting small pieces
into the cruet Shake until 1t
is clean.
The most practical way TO
make quilt is to tack the ALL
ing into thin unbleached cotton
cloth. Make a slip cover like
pillowcase and tie it at end with
tapes. The cover may then be
easily removed and washed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18
Date-Nut Pie.

Mix half a cupful of sugar with one
fourth teaspoonful of salt and one ia
blespoonful of cornstarch and stir grad
ually into two cupfuls of boiling water.
When the mixture begins to thicken,
add one package of dates which have
been seeded and cook to a pulp. Add
one cupful of broken nuts and put into
a baked crust. Serve with whipped
cream
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18

French dressmakers have commented
on the fondness of Americans for the
raised waistline. and the eagerness of
the American f1apper to draw her belt
up 10 a normal waistline may have had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18

X-ray apparatus which may be car
ried in a suitcase was recently per-
fected in England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18

PRINTED FOULARD DRESS WITH
THE NEW CLOSELY FITTED YOKE
EXTENDING FROM NORMAL
WAISTLINE WELL BELOW THE
HIPS.
something To do with the final change
from the long established low waistline
% which French derssmakers have chung
tenaciously.
Englishwomen as we'll. as American
women seem to bS more eager for the
isfined normal wsistline and one French
dressn1eker ascribes this to the fact
that American and English women are
usually broader shouldered and less
roundly proportioned. They realize that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18
Nv Neighbor SAYS:

Copyright, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18

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