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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24
Teasing Is Cruelty.

Teasing children is a form Of cruelty
1t does as much harm IL not more than
beating children. When child Is
teased to tears and rage his emotions
are disturbed, deeply disturbed, and
that is a serious matter, indeed. It is
altogether too heavy a price to pay for
somebody's ill-advised amusement.
Holding little child against its
struggles for freedom brings on vio-
lent rage. There is a primitive instinct
within every one of us that is stirred
TO wrath and violence when we are
bound and made prisoner. It is the
sort of rage that shakes one to the very
foundations and leaves its traces long
after the storm has passed and is SEEM
ingly forgotten.
Offering something to q child and
then Withdrawing it beyond his reach
again and again may seem very funny
to the person engaged in the lofty en-
terprise, but 1t is irritating to the child
He gathers his forces to reach for the
object. his whole physical being is in
tent upon reaching and getting. only to
be thwarted repeatedly. This brings on
very unhappy, stormy feeling that az
fects the child's nervous equilibrium for
hours--it may be for years afterward.
Calling q child by some name that
he dislikes reduces him to helpless
weeping: 1t hurts his Self-esteem. II
makes him feel his helplessness. He
feels disgraced. Ones name is a sym
boil for his personality and anything
that touches the raw. 1t reaches to
the spirit Of the child and 1t suffers
Such needless suffering Is surely cruel
Telling tales about child before
others when the telling embarrasses
him greatly is another form of teasing
that hurts. 1t makes the child long to
run and hide himself from the jeers
and the smiles. That desire is born OF
fear, the fear of being hurt, of being
made to feel small. Of being thought
unfit. That fear takes root and warps
the budding personality. What fun can
there be for anybody at such q price?
Teasing is too expensive. 1t injuries
the spirit Of a child. 1t robs him OF
growth and power. It eats his courage
and shakes his faith in himself. 1t is
| cruel. And the price is shared by the
teaser. 1t costs him the regard OF the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24
Everyday Psychology
By DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.

There are lot Of people who imagine
selves
Impossible. Freud is right for oncs
anyway, when he says, HE that is
silent with his lips, tattles with his
finger tips"
Thinking is inaudible speech. Speech
Is audible thinking. Any original act
Is the direct result of original thinking
Speech is the proving grounds for
thoughts and action.
When a person talks to himself he
Is testing his thoughts. He is trying
TO nnd out how his thoughts might
stack up in the minds of the imaginary
persons he is addressing. He is trying
to find out whether or not his Thoughts
are practical.
Speech is sometimes something more
than test of thoughts. It's test
OF actions STAN to be performed. When
man entertainS some doubts about
what he can accomplish he talks the
possibilities over with the man with
whom he would like to do business
In such cases his speech may be q
threat an invitation, a compromise. In
any case 1t is action in the making.
There are those who do nothing but
think. They become harmless philosU-
piers.
There are those who do nothing but
talk. They become either clowns or
nuisances, depending on what they talk
about, and when and where they do IL.
There are those who only act. They
do no original thinking. They are
human puzzle boxes, the suspicious
characters, sometimes feared, some
times admired.
Thought, speech and action consti-
tute q trinity. A balanced individual Is
the one who puts them together in
the proper proportions. The least i'm
portant Of the trinity Is speech; thought
and action have the same weight.
tcopyright, 1922
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24
HE HUMOROUS


1t by the application Of thought? And
he does. Think of the possibilities
when he begins to muse over his annual
Christmas card.
He did not play on his name this
year, but for downright originality We
believe his card deserves honorable men,
ton. The card" Is actually a blotter
such as commercial establishments fire.
quently send out or place under doors
Tor advertising purposes. On the
smooth side in the left-hand upper cor
ner is picture Of the gentleman and
his wife. On the right are the words ::
Free offer!!! For a limited time only
we are giving away to our special friends
fine assortment of Yuletide Greetings
and Best Wishes. Therefore, kindly let
us send you at our expense the follow
ing old tavorites: A Wish that you may
have Very Merry Christmas, together
with Heartiest Greetings for a Happy
New Year" The name Of husband and
wife are appended. followed by whole
sale Dealers In Good Cheer" The bot
tom line contains the address and tele-
phone number. Originality!
+ *
A friend Of ours possesses the unusual
name Wish. Think what can be done
with it. And he did. This is his card
to his friends:
What's the name, again?
Fred Wish"-you chortle my name In
glee,
And What do you wish?" you say
to mel
What does Fred Wish? He wishes you
A Jolly Christmas and New Year, too.
These are the wishes Fred Wish is
wishing:
Luck in hunting and luck in fishing,
Luck in business and cards and love,
May you and fortune 20 hand In glove.
May life be always tasty dish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24
Gaining Weight.

Dear Doctor: About q month ago I
received one of your reducing and gain
ing pamphlets. have tried hard to
gain, but all in vain. I just cannot. I
am rs pounds underweight. Would you
advise me to take cod liver oil or tab
lets? Please advise me. MISS G."
The first thing that one who is un-
derweight must do is to have an exami-
nation by competent physician to see
II there Is any organic disturbance as
the cause OF the underweight, Miss G..
II there Is one, before you could hope
| to gain 1t must be corrected. Have you
done that? In the absence of any or
ganic trouble, gradually increasing the
diet until perhaps as much again is
taken as was taken before, plus more
sleep and rest, and more time spent in
the open. will eventually cause a gain.
Yesterday I met friend whom I
hadn't seen for years. He used to be IS
pounds underweight, as you are, and
ne told me he gained his needed pounds
by following doctors advice to eat his
usual amount at each meal but to take
two good sized pats Of butter instead of
one. and then follow the meal with two
teaspoonfuls of olive oil and a glass of
buttermilk and cream. half and half
In two months he had gained the IS
| pounds.
Let's count the extra calories he con-
sumed. Three extra good sized pats of
| butter, 800 C. Ga pat the size of a Level
teaspoonful. 100 CO.; SIX teaspoonfuls of
| olive oil, about ounce, 200 c.; 4 ounces
| OF buttermilk, 40 c., and ounces OF
| ordinary cream, 200 c., total. 24O, and
taken three times q day would be TO-.
And remember 1t was in excess of what
he used to take. (After he got to nor
NAL weight he was able to hold 1t with
out taking so much extra)
1t might not be wise for one to try
to increase so much. but gradually that
amount could be worked up to. Not all
| could manage the excess butter and
| oil, especially the oil, for free oil fire.
quently upsets some sensitive stomachs.
Cream, however, which is an emulSified
oil, can be take by most all. Those who
do not like buttermilk could just as we'll
have ordinary whole milk with their
cream combination.
Nuts give combined oil land good
grade Of protein or building food :,
which also Is non-irritating to most.
One ounce of nut meals is equivalent to
200 c., so this is an excellent gaining
food. Egg yolks are also excellent gain
ing food, for they are high in iron and
oil. have known many who gained
their wanted pounds by taking glass
OF orange juice with an egg yolk. or
their meals. A glass of orange juice is
100 G. and one egg yolk is 50-the Whole
egg Is rs Csc this adds $50 to 525 g.
Thoroughly ripe bananas Goo c. to one
medium sfZed) are also good gaining
food. Then many extra calorieS can be
tucked in during the meals by the addl-
ton OF more butter to the vegetables.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPR.

had lot of money lately and :
dident wunt to ask for any more on
account Of being too much chance OF
not getting 1t, and pop was smoking
and thinking and ma was looking al
the funny page with q serious express
sion, and I sed, @, I wish had 8
cents.
That's a naturel wish, wish I had
some money myself. pop sed. I could
do with few hundred dollers very
nicely just now. he sed, and ma sed
So could I, heehee. and pop sed, Your
complaint is common one, Benny
Just tell me Of somebody who duzzent
wunt money If you wunt to serprise
me, he sed.
Well @ wizzickers, I'm not trying to
SerpriSe you, I'm just trying to tell you
I sed, and pop sed, o, that's diffrent
DontSyou think you've had a good deel
Of money alreddy this week consider
ing the small amount of money in the
world and the large amount Of boys?
he sed.
My goodness he must think we're
made of money like q national mint
MA sed. He awt to realize there are
thousands OF poor people who axually
need the money that he skwanders like
a carefree butterfly.
Well gosh, bet the poor lady that
I was going to give the cents to for
Xmas needs 1t all rite, I sed. Holey
smokes, sed, and pop sed, What's ali
hat, do you axually fneen to say YOU
intended to give it to a poor womanf
Sure did, sed. and mad sed, What
Door woman, my lands? and sed. She's
O. poor lady that cant see very good, SO
she has to wear glasses and q old red
shawl.
Where is she2 pop sed.
Sir? I sed, and pop sed. O. there's
sir in the woodpile, is there? Where
Is this objeck of charity? he sed.
She's in the little candy store in
back Of our skool, I sed.
You lose, pop sed. Is there any
other game you wunt to start? he sed
No sir, sed.
Wich there wasent
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said that she was merely passing on
some of the nice things that her own
mother had done for her.
The dessert for the children might
have been ice cream, but since the
grown-ups were having plum pudding,
Aunt Nancy made gelatin plum
pudding for the children. She put two
tablespoons unf1avored gelatin to soften
In one cup cold water. She shaved one
and one-half squares or ounces of
baking chocolate and added 1t to two
cups Of milk heated in a double boiler.
She added one cup sugar and a little
salt. When this mixture was hot
enough to have a scum over the top
she added softened gelatin. This mix
ture was cooled and when partially set
she put in one cup of dates and one
cup chopped seedless raisins. Three
stiffly beaten egg whites were folded in.
This was chilled in a rounded bottom
mold and later unmolded and served
with cream sweetened slightly and
favored with vanilla.
Fruit salads may be desserts Write to
Nancy Page, care Of this paper. inclosing
q stamped. self-addregsed envelope, asking
for her leaf1et on salads
(Copyright, 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24

The humor Of the court jester Of b,
gone days often gained much of its
piquancy from the fact that 1t made a
butt of the monarch. But we must
allow that Triboulet, famous fool of
Francis 1--who was, by the way, one
Of the most gallant and chivalrous
sovereigns in French history-was a
first-claSs wit.
A few examples Of his humor will
prove this.
A nobleman of exalted station suf-
fered considerably from Triboulet's jests.
In anger he threatened to have him
whipped to death. The jester expoStu-
lated to Francis I.
do not fear" sail the king. eff
any one were bold enough to kill you
should have him hanged an hour
afterward."
"Oh, sirel" said Triboulet. "Could
you not arrange to have him hanged
an hour before?"
In 1910 Charles v, Emperor Of Spain
and Germany, sought permission of
Francis to pass through France on his
way from Spain to quell q revolt in
the Netherlands. Although Francis had
received hard treatment from the en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
By WILLIAM BRADY, M. d.

temerity to imply is there, all right
Maybe the grafters who make a fat
thing out of it would call it legitimate
graft.
Hokum, bunkum and graft. The
l1okum is the very idea that disinfect-
ants are necessary in the schools; the
bunkum is that when disinfectant is
to be used it must be proprietary ar
ticle, not plain chemical compound
or mixture.
There is no more need fer disinfect-
ants or deodorants In school than there
Is in the home.
Ordinary cleanliness and ordinary
cleaning with ordinary cleansers will
meet every possible requirement in
school as it does in the home.
Heaven pity the children so unfor-
tunate as to attend a school where q
spray is used or the air impregnated
with some mysterious odor.
(Copyright, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24
OUR CHILDREN
BY ANGELO PATRl

child. He turns from the one who
hurts him without cause and does his
best to shut him out of his life. He re-
members what happened to him long
after the teaser has forgotten. And
long after he has forgotten his scars of
memory make themselves felt. Teasing
costs too much.
. fashion does not eat we'll. Nor can
he digest his food we'll Fear in any
form, anxiety, worry. irritation, kills d.
gestion and therefore checks growth
There can be no excuse for it.
or course, we do not mean that q
child is not to be chaffed, or laughed
at, or tossed about among friendly
bantering words. We mean that he is
not to be subjected to cruel, selfish
teasing. There is a vast difference be-
tween the spirit of the two and the
child is quick to sense It,
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The Sidewalks of Washington
By THORNTON FISHER.

What more, I'm asking you, could Fred
wish?
Another example where name and
originality are displayed with effect.
y y
Life hasn't been easy for a certain
lady over 10 years Of age. And vet the
hope of youth springs in her heart and
her friends are legion. A few years ago
death claimed her only child, daugh-
ter, whom she raised to charming worn-
anhood. Each year she forgets her
grief to send individual sentiments to
delivered this one from her. The lines
were written by her:
1--WE lot of friendly neigIibors
Whom ] do not often see,
But, just the same, I've downright proof
That they have not forgotten me-
For the postman smiles these days and
says:
Cards for Mrs B. today.
II this keeps up our "Uncle Sam"
Will simply have to raise my pay
And as read the friendly lines
My heart goes pit-a-pat--
who'd ever guess that JOY could spring
From such little thing as that?
So here's a heartfelt greeting,
To you and yours glad New Year,
And may this little card from me
Add bit to your Christmas cheer.
m. j. B."
Somewhere in this womans heart
there is youth and song.
\ X y 4
Another friend of ours sends kilograms
instead OF cards. Every year his greet
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-peror on previous occasion. he grant,
ed the request.
Soon after this he saw Trlboulet
Scribbling on piece Of paper
what are you doing?" he asked.
II am writing q name on the regis
ter of fools"
Whose name?" inquired Francis.
THAT of the Emperor Charles, who
is committing the folly of intrusting
his safety to you by passing through
your kingdom"
But how If let him pass safely?"
Then" retorted Triboulet,, II shall
substitute your name for his"
The jester was present at a meeting
OF the council of state, which was dis
cussing French invasion of Italy. The
discussion largely conferred about the
choice OF the road which the French
army should take.
Gentlemen" said Triboulet, "there
is something much more important than
that to consider"
What" replied a grave councillor,
us more important than the road by
which our soldiers will enter Italy?"
THE one by which they will leave It
again" retorted the buffoon.
tcopyrlRht. 1927
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DOROTHY DK'S LETTER BOX
Folly of Encouraging Grating Brother-Sha11
This Lad Let His Symapthes Rush
Him Into Marriage?


port his parents and my parents that enough as we have BABY
limited
ents 70 notes which always pay and GENERALLY ep him out the
trouble which continually getting into What
do thinkP MARRIED
TO his lazy, good fornothng brother
greatest possible can because
him his shilesnes
he lives.
should be made
MAKE know That they
always
through life parasites taking
further the burdens Of already
Of family pride
sacrifice his wife and his children well himself
De sort OF weakness prevents
sisters the the
there will be left to borrow
sweetest the world months
He beats her and she crying
married right gutter
cause not working
way to make living
and Support ian Any ae S Don't let your smas with
regreting. = -
would jumping married
give her that And
to be hungry. ~
Instead marrying the police They stop father
from chassing Don't
And 5 don't let any girl rush you into marriage Many %
life weeping himself his DOROTHY DIX
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DIET AND HEALTH
BY LULU HUNT PETERS. M. d.

cream sauces, cream on desserts. etc.
and taking larger amounts Of each fooo'
vitamin B, the anti-neuritic and ap-
petite-stimulating vitamin, should be
looked out for by. the fruits and vege-
tables, and the whole-grain breads and
cereals.
Cod liver oil is also an excellent gain
ing food. 1t is 100 G. to the Tablespoons
full. Cali oils count practically 100 q.
to the tablespoonful, except mineral oil.
which is not absorbed and so is not
counted) If you can take cod liver
oil, I would advise that rather than
the tablets, for while these have the
vitamin D (the vitamin which is neces-
sary for the proper Qualification of the
teeth and bones, and hence is, known as
the anti-rachitic vitamin), they do noe
have any value In calories.
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hA6C W W DCOIES
of friends over the
wire. Just another
method of drawing
their attention to
the fact that he is
thinking of them
on Christmas day.
Certainly it is eX-
pensive.
\ X X \
Tonight S anita
Claus will visit the
great ocean liners
pressing through
t h e d ar k n e SIS
Christmas on the
sea is an expert
ence that comes to
I e W We those
oh r0ar1 xx,fkIn 49,.
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One mother says

One mother says:
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas at
our house without popcorn. But last
year instead of making popcorn balls
made popcorn cake and the children
enjoyed 1t more than they did the balls
and 1t was so much prettier and easier
to eat I used my favorite recipe for
popcorn balls, but instead of shaping 1t
the usual way nodded the mixture
in generously buttered round angel
cake pan. turned the cake out Of the
pan as soon as it was nodded and while
the strip was still little sticky I deco
rated 1t with tiny red cinnamon can
dies When the cake was put on the
table stuck large red candle In the
center and the effect was quite lovely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24
Dreamed Sweetbreads.

Place the sweetbreads in cold water
with little salt for one hour, then
drain. Put into q saucepan, cover with
boiling water and boil very slowly for
rs minutes. Drain, and when cool sspa-
rate and remove all membrane. Cut
into small pieces and reheat in cream
sauce. Serve hot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24
Lemon Chiffon Pie.

Separate three eggs and beat the
yolks with half a cupful of sugar. Add
the juice of one lemon and the grated
rind and stir until smooth, then cook
in the. upper part Of double boiler
until thick. Cool, then beat the whites
until stiff, then beat in half a cupful
Of sugar. Carefully fold in the lemon
custard. Bake and cool a pie crus,
and fill it full of the lemon mixture
Return to slow oven for 10 minutes
to set.
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DAILY DIET RECIPE

STUFFED VEGETABLE CUPS.
Vegetable cups, 6.
Diced bacon, 2 tablespoons.
Green pepper, 3 tablespoons.
Dried bread crumbs, cup.
Water or stock, IA cup.
Salt, IA teaspoon.
SERVES 6 PORTIONS.
Raw tomatoes. pepper or cooked
onions or turnips may be used.
Scoop out center Of vegetables to
make a cup. Season inside of
cups with salt. Cook bacon and
chopped green pepper slowly for
about minutes until lightly
Drowned. Add bread crumbs,
liquid (Which may be vegetable
water, meat stock, milk or plain
water). salt and the pulp from
the scooped centers. Mix together
we'll and fill the vegetable cups.
Sprinkle bread crumbs over top.
Place on a pan and bake in a hot
oven Is to 20 minutes.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes fiber, little fat
and starch. Can be eaten by
normal adults of average or un-
derweight. Lime, iron, vitamins
A and B present. If tomatoes are
used, vitamin G will be present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24

B. c., Hamilton, Ohio.-Other Is re-
quired in comparisons when objects of
the same class are compared, otherwise
1t should be omitted. "Volstead has been
accused Of creating more lawbreakers
than any other man in history" Is the
correct form. The giraffe Is taller than
any other animal (same class of objects
compareO. The giraffe is taller than
any man different classes compared)
(Copyright, 1922
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24
PARKER HOUSE ROLLS.

One quart boiled milk. butter
size of an egg, n cup sugar, ]
cake of yeast, a little salt Mix
thoroughly into 2 quarts OF -four,
let stand in warm place until
morning. then add y teaspoon of
soda, dissolved in a little water,
end raise again. Knead about 4
O'Clock again to have warm for
supper. Cut into BISCUIT end
raise again, then bake 20 minutes
in a moderate oven.
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AOA AAAoAf AAA0AC va
less in keeping
with the character
of the sender.
Others have had q
humorous touch.
We never real
lied until a few
years ago how val
liable an unusual
name is around
Christmas, particu-
larly If ones mon
ECKER Is the name
of something. We
are closely related
to q gentleman
named Mutt. Can
you imagine what
the owner of that
$685. 49, L. ~w,4Ak
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responsibility Of navigating. It is
usually a large and happy family of
Ioiks that gathers aroung the Yule tree
The small passengers receive as MANY
presents as their brothers and sisters
ashore and the holiday spirit loses none
OF Its gala aspect because Of being
spent On the high seas.
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NANCY PAGE
Christmas Plum Pudding
Steamed or Chilled.
BY FLORENCE La GANKE.
BY FLORENCE La GANKE.

When the Page family gathered for
Christmas the grown-ups sat at one
table for the Christmas dinner and the
small children of all the families were
at their own little table. This was set
with Noah's Ark and animals for the
centerpiece. Last year the children had
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pIuM PuDDING

One cup bread crumbs, Y cup
suet. chopped fine; u teaspoon
soda. 1s teaspoon cloves, IL tea
spoon. cinnamon, 70 teaspoon
salt, ! teaspoon baking powder.
"a cup molasses, l egg, % cup
milk, 4 tablespoons raisins. ia
blespoons nuts. Mix all the dry
ingredients thoroughly; add the
raisins and nuts chopped fine.
Break the egg into the molaSses,
beat well. Mix with the dry in
gradients. Fill a well buttered
pudding mold half fun. Cook it
in the top of a double boiler.
Steam IL hours and serve with
yeIow sauce. Recipe serves four.
Hard Sauce Cream together /
hcaping tablespoon of butter and
u cup sugar. Add teaspoon boil
ing water. Beat until light and
smooth and flavor with vanilla or
lemon TO taste.
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Who Should Trim Christmas Tree9
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

There are two distinct and different
ideas in families about who shall trim
the Christmas tree The idea of one
group is that the older folk should do
1t and that the glory of their work
should burst upon the little folk when