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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-04
LITTLE BENNY


Pop was smoking and thinking and
ma was looking at the avyertiEements
In the Sunday paper, saying, Fox neck
peeees so dollers formerly 80, just
imagine.
Why should imagine anything like
that? pop Sed. And anyway, wee gods
dident / just get furriers bill for 80
dollers for having your fur neckpeeee
manicured and shampooed? he sed.
Why yes. my goodness I'm not even
dreaming of getting another one, at
leest this year, ma sed, and pop sed,
That's fine, then you can cut that av-
vertiSement out and reed it to me next
year.
And he kepp on smoking to himself
and ma kepp on reeding the ads, say
ing, Imported Frentch evening slippers
Ia dellers werth %, my lands but that's
reasonable.
There's nuthing reasonable about get
ting more evening slippers when you've
alreddy got a whole cloSit paved with
them, pop sed.
have no idaer of getting any. was
just remarking on how cheep they
were, ma sed. and pop sed. 0 well, in
that case their probcrly quite reasona-
BILE.
should say, just fancy, ma sed. And
she kepp on looking. saying, Imported
hats designed by Coshay, original mod
els % dollers each. Well now that's al
most unherd of, the last Coshay mod
els saw were 4S dellers. she sed.
] think / saw some in the and 10
cent store, but of corse they mite Of
been designed by Woolworth, pop sed.
The point is, thawt you got 2 new
hats last week, he said, and ma sed. So
I did merseV nuthing is ferthor from
my mind than buying a new hat.
Well then for Peet sake why brighten
me like that? pop sed, and ma sed,
Well for goodness sakes cant I have
my usual Sunday plezzure of reeding
the ads?
Cant have the remnants of my
reason meanwhile by taking q wawk?
pop sed.
WITCH he did, me going with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-04
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
Feminine Intuition,

There's a lot of hokum about this
matter of feminine intuition. but that
isn't saying that such a thing doesn't
exist don't think it's mind reading,
clairvoyance or anything like that. But,
still, these fortune tellers and mediums
nearly all are women, aren't they?
A man may be able to predict the
weather, tell which horse viii win and
which stocks go up, but women aren't
interested in such trifles. They have
their inside information, but it's OF
different sort.
If I break right into the subject. I'll
say that WomanS intuition has to do
with human moods and motives, espe-
cially those OF men. A woman can dis
guise her mood and conceal her motive:
that is, from a man, and she is foxy
when 1t comes to reading the weather
indications Of the masculine heart. She
has to be.
Take the simple but important mat
ter of love. A man can't conceal his
fondness from the object of it. for the
girls face reflects it like a mirror Of
course, the man may try to be indiffer-
ent, but even that gag will give him
away.
Mean wear their hearts upon their
sleeves. Hence girl can see that
heart before the sleeve with the arm in
1t is passed around her waist The man
words, for the circumstantial evidence
is against him.
It's the masculine mood and motive
which the clever woman can spot just
as easily as she can tell whether a frock
will look well on her or not. She may
not be able to cope with man when it
comes to science, but she can beat him
all to pieces when it's a matter of mind
reading.
Perhaps it was the Cave Woman who
began this business of intuition. She
practiced 1t on her mate, and ever since
then, even now when women live in
apartments, they have made use of the
ideas of the cave. The woman can look
at man with X-ray eyes and get some
inside information every time.
The gift of intuition has come down
to US naturally. Women can't tell why,
but just the same they know a mans
moods just as well as they know his
favorite dishes. The ability to get a
new hat out of friend husband may de-
pend upon this. And what wife wants
to miss that trick?
Women are so wonderfully educated
in these days that they may be letting
their intuitions get little rusty. But
the wise habit is still there and needs
only a little practice to make 1t work
all right
We hear a lot about this television,
which is the science of seeing as well as
hearing things from a distance. You
are supposed both to hear and see your
party.
Well that's an old one. Woman was
on to that invention long ago. Her in
tuition is her long-distance sight.
(copyrisht, 1929
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ST believe" wrote Henry M. Stanley
in his autobiography, that the soul OF
every human being has its attendant
spirit-a nimble, delicate essence, whose
method of action is by n subtle sugges-
ton which it contrives to insinuate into
the mind, whether asleep or awake. We
are too gross to be capable of under
standing the signification of the dream,
the vision, or the sudden presage, or of
divining the source of the Fremont
ton, or its import."
Stanley was a practical man, a man
accustomed to face difficult facts hard
headedly. The man who had the cour-
age and the wisdom to find the lost
Livingstone in darkest Africa" and
whose explorations resulted in the dis
covery of the source of the Congo and
the founding of the Congo Free State,
was not easily impressed.
To throw q fuller light on an epi-
sode in which Stanley figured and which
will here be described, 1t must be ex-
planned that though his career began to
attain remarkable phases in the United
States he was born In Wales and he
might not have crossed the seas had his
childhood not been peculiarly tragic.
He was born out of wedlock, was
never acknowledged by his mother, and
spent considerable portion of his boy
hood in an orphan school. These cir
cumstances contributed to his seeking
but Is. 1t was due to his adoption by
New Orleans merchant that he ac-
CURED the name Stanley.
With the advent of the Civil War,
Stanley became a soldier in the Con-
federate army. He was captured by
Northern troops at the Battle of Shi-
lob and was informed at Camp Doug
las, Chicago.
One morning in April, 1862, after the
usual work of the camp had been fin-
lshed, he lay talking To a fellow pris-
oner, named Wilkes. while gazing over
the great room, which provided their
quarters. Nearby were several groups
OF card players, Stanley had Just made
some comment upon these poor fellows
and their attempts to beguile the
tedium OF Imprisonment, when he felt
light stroke uuOn the back of his
neck, He became unconscious.
The next moment he felt that he
was back in Wales, $500 miles distant
A vivid vision came to him in which he
saw his old village of Tremeirchion. In
a triee he was In the bedchamber OF
his Aunt Mary, whom he had not seen
for Ave years.
This good woman seems to have been
the only one who had been sufficiently
kind to him in his unfortunate, or
phaned childhood to have held his warm
affection. Perhaps 1t was this bond
that now brought his spirit back to
Tremeirchion.
His aunt was in bed and. he thought.
desperately sick. She was wan and
wasted and sorrowinR.
Stanley perceived himSelf-but he
was the boy of other days, not the
young man who was now a prisoner at
Camp Douglas-bowing his head to
listen to the woman's dying words. She
was regretting that she had not been
tenderer with him in his childhood I'M
happiness. She had wished 10 be, but
she had not been able.
The boy.that-he-ha been spoke. He
said;
II believe you, aunt, 1t was not your
fault, nor mine. You were good and
kind 10 rae, and knew you wished to
be kinder; but things were so ordered
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Elbow Care.

Elbow Care.
It's really only the careless woman
who lets her elbows become dark and
ugly. 1t is easier to beautify the elbows
than any other part of the body, and
it can be done in less time. The treat
ment in practically every case is as fol-
lows:
To begin with, scrub the elbows. Give
them a Though going over with hot
water, soap and small hand brush.
Keep on scrubhing till you feel you
have scrubbed practically all the dirt
out OF them. Then while the skin is
still hot rub 1t with almond oil or a
very thick massage cream. You must
be sure, however that the cream is
made from vegetable oil, as either
cleansing cream or ordinary inexpensive
face cream Is no good
AS you have dried the skin a bit by
the scrubhing you will and 4that,it takes
up quite lot of the cream The more
you rub, OF course, the more cream it
will absorb. After five minutes wipe
of what remains on the surface of the
skin and repeat this treatment every
night until your elbows are i'll good
condition again.
Otherwise there Is no treatment nee
essary. If you are dressing for the eve
ming and have no time for a lengthy
massage, scrub the elbows as before with
soap and water. then rub in the same
foundation vanishing cream that you
use on your face. Powder thickly and
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Today in
Washington History
81 DONALD A. CRAIG.

November 4, 1861. Wilkes Booth,
the distinguished American actor, APP
peared tonight in the role of Charles de
Moor in THE Robbers" Schiller's ia
nous tragedy, at Fords Theater. He
was supported by Harry Pearson, G. G..
De We're, Sidney Wilkins, Annie Waite,
Mrs. Chapman and others.
The two prisoners who escaped day
before yesterday from the Old Capitol
Prison have been recaptured and
brought back. They are John E.
Hudgins, Confederate deSerter, and
Frank Walton, Union substitute de-
serter They made their escape be-
tween z and o'clock in the evening
by cutting the bars of their window on
the second floor and letting themselves
down by means of a rope made from
their blankets. 1t is supposed that they
brlbed the sentry on duty at the time.
They succeeded in getting out of the
city, but when they reached BladenS-
burg they were ordered to halt by the
guard. Hudgins refused to stop and
was fired at. The ball struck him in
the right kneecap. The leg was so bad
ly injured that amputation became nee
essary. DR.. C. M. Ford took off his leg
above the knee after he had been
brought back to the prison. 1t is
thought he will recover. One of the
Sentries at the prison has been placed
under arrest, and the whole affair Is
being investigated.
The strike of mechanics and laborers
employed on the Treasury Building eX-
tension was resumed at noon today.
The men struck two days ago in con-
sequence of the issuance of an order
which, it is alleged, will cut down their
wages. They returned to work in con-
siderable numbers yesterday afternoon
on the understanding that Secretary of
the Treasury Chase would give an an
SWer at once to the committee which
had presented their grievances to him.
1t appears, however, that the commit
tee misunderstood Secretary Chase in
regard to the time of giving his reply.
After waiting for it in vain yesterday
the committee sent a communication to
Mr.. Chase and was informed that he
did not expect to reply for several days.
The men went to work IS usual this
morning. At noon they were informed
that they would be expected to take
only half an hour for their midday
meal instead of one hour, the usual
time. The men objected to this and at
once formed line and marched to
Temperance Hail. where they held an
impromptu meeting with John A. Ross
as chairman and John J. Gray as sec
rotary.
1t was announced that Mr.. Pray, one
of the men who figured in their meet
ing yesterday, had been discharged
Resolutions were at once adopted de-
claring that they would not return to
work until Pray is reinstated.
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oTE THE SIX VARIATIONS OF BLANKET STITCH PICTURED

Blanket stitch is one constantly used
for utility and decorative purposes. 1t
is buttonhole stitch taken wide apart,
used in groups or fancy arrangement. 1t
is not made in solid lineS as buttonhole
stitch must be in order 70 supply Suffl-
cient resistance to constant friction of
wear. 1t will be seen that the name in
each instance is descriptive. When the
stitch is used for buttonholes 1t acquires
this Technology and, while identical
in formation with blanket stitch. it is
beautiful only when made in straight,
close rows.
Blanket stitch acquired its name from
its use fer finishing raw edges of blan-
ketS. AS the textile does not fray
readily. there was no occasion to make
the stitches close, and they were more
decorative when set apart. After plain
blanket stitch was we'll established its
adaptability to fancy work" became ap-
parent. and variety was given the
hitherto plain, practical stitch. until
now 1t is one of the most widely used
embroidery stitches.
Some OF the various ways in which
the stitch is given diversity are pic
tured. The needleworker should decide
upon one style for her embroidery and
use it consistently throughout. This
does not mean that but one style can be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-04
A Sermon for Today
Decision and Action.
By REV. JOHN R. GUM.


"Then consulted with myself. and
rebuked the mobiles and the rulers. -
Neh. vi.
Here was a difficult situation with
which Nehemiah had to deal. Before
he acted he consulted with himself.
thought the matter through. Then he
proceeded with promptneSs and vigor,
not the least deferred by these mobiles
and rulers against whom he had to
take action. He was not given to haSty
decision. but when once his mind was
made up nothing could move him. His
action on this occasion was only one of
many which reveal him as a man of
decision and determination
1t was gigantic enterprise in which
Nehemiah was engaged-to rebuild and
re-esta blish the waste city of Jerusa-
lem, which had lain in ruins for nearly
a century The neighhoring Samari-
tans might mock and cry, What do
these feeble Jews? Will they revive the
stones out of the heaps of rubbish
which are bufned?" But in the hands
was bound to be carried through.
Men of the Nehemiah type always
carry through the projects to which
they set their hands. They cannot bear
to sit still among unexeeuted decisions.
We wait to hear of their achievements,
confident we shall not wait long. Caesar
may spend anxious hours in elaboration
before he decides to cross the Rubicon,
but we know that he will not suffer
many hours to elapSe between the de-
cision and the execution. The POSSIBLE
ity or the means may not be obvious to
us, but we expect such men to execute
their decisions promptly and success
fully. whatever rivers or obstacles may
lie in their way.
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that you had to be what you were.
II also dearly wished 10 love you, but
I was afraid to speak OF it. lest you
would check me, or say something that
would offend me. feel that our part
ing was in this spirit. There is no need
of regrets. You have done your duty
to me, and you had children of your
own who required all your care. What
has happened to me since was decreed
should happen. Farewell"
The boys hand clasped the wasted
hands of the sick woman. He heard her
murmur a farewell. The next moment
Henry M. Stanley awoke on his cot in
Camp Douglas.
All about him everything was as it
had been before an invisible hand had
dealt him that light blow on the back of
his neck. He looked at Wilkes and
asked, What has happened?"
Wilkes was surprised at the question.
What could happen?" he said why
do you ask? You only ceased speaking
to me q moment ago."
Stanley explained that he thought he
had been asleep-for quite while.
He could not shake off the strange
feeling that his vision had given him.
Later he learned that on that day, April
16, 1862, his Aunt Mary had been sink
ing toward death. She died the next
day April II.
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used on one article, but that changes
must be introduced artistically. For
example, no change should be made in
j the stitch while working it as a fin
ishing for edges. unless the changes are
at stated intervals or in repeated
sequences.
When used to bind edges of textiles,
the stitch must be suited to the weave.
For example, textile that trays easily
requires a short, rather close blanket
stitched edge to prevent the travelling
of strands. Occasional longer stitches
may be introduced for variety, and
grouping can also be used provided the
distance between groups is slight.
A non-fraying textile, such as blanket
ing, felt, broadcloth, etc, requires no
use a wide stitch. In the stitchery
use a wide stitch. In the stitching
much diversity can be utilized.
When the stitch is used in the body
of a textile, it can be made without
regard to it's weave. If the parts out
lined by the stitches are to be cut out.
as in several kinds of fancy work. close
buttonhole stitches must be employed
II the textile remains intact, the
stitches may be as far apart and as
high as looks well in the embroidery
medium employed.
Copyright. 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-04
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
By WILLIAM BRADY. NJ. D.

carrying q trade package rather by his
or her eVerted feet and inelaStiC step
than by a downright deformity or a
clumsy hobble. Not until the victim
falls under the influence of some per-
suaSive foot specialist" and gets stuck
with a pair Of props does the char
acteristic fatfoot hobble betray the &C
tual deformity
The third or hospital stage is per-
manent, fixed fiatfoot and once the in
dividual with the Main street kind
starts fooling with arch supporting de-
vices it won't be long before he will
have q hospital size case to attend to.
OF course, too many readers know
from rather lucky experience that the
adoption and wearing of arch props
need not necessarily ruin the feet for
me to attempt to promulgate such a
warming. But just the same ! know
that any foot trouble which seems to
get better while arch props OF any kind
are being worn would get better as
quickly or more quickly If the same
care were given and the props omitted.
The surgical treatment of permanent,
fixed, absolutely fiat feet usually calls
for series of individual nodded braces,
but this is strictly a surgical problem
and no sensible person would aCtempt
to carry out surgical treatment on him
self or permit any other than q compe-
tent surgeon to do it.
How can one tell whether the feet
are only functionally fiat Main. street
stage) or rigidly fiat (hospital STAGE ?
That is quite simple. Stand barefoot
on the floor. Raise yourself on your
toes. II you can do this, the normal
arch of the foot is restored by the eff
| fort-your ffatfoot is flexible, func-
| tional, and still amenable to proper ex-
ercise, proper footwear and general at
tention to hygiene If you can't raise
yourself up on your toes, you're hos
| pital case of rigid f1atfoot, and props or
similar monkeyshines without prelimi-
nary surgical correction, cannot help
| YOU
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-04
My Neighbor Says:

Instead of beating the egg
yelks and whites together when
making a pumpkin lie, beat the
whites stiff and fold them into
the mixture just before baking
If ene-half a teaspoon of bak-
ing powder is added to tomatoes
just before adding milk when
making bisque, it will not eurdle.
To prevent milk set in an out
side ice box from freeing, tie an
old magazine around the bottle.
This win prevent its freezing in
the coolest weather.
Long cooking In q double boiler
to prevent scorching, care in
measuring q seemingly small
amount of grain to q pint of
water, and the addition of a
pinch of salt to take away the
sickening fiat taste are points to
be remembered in making CEREAL
gruels,
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The Sidewalks of Washington
By THORNTON FISHER.

demonstrated by the experience of an
other fellow who clambered over tho
social barrier after he had once been
rejected by the people" as the law calls
those who obey its mandates. "A long
time ago became associated with sew
eral men whom I regarded as honest
fellows. I think they were when VIC
met. Our organization promised much,
and as a matter of fact we did begin tO
prosper. The greed for more dough and
faster started the mess. One of the
men decided to play as near the dan
ger line as he could, and he induced the
rest of us to join him.
Before long we were indicted and
convicted. Boy, hope you will never
know the humiliation of being shaekled
to a bank burglar and removed to a
penal institution. Fortunately, my term
was short one-ShoFtef than those
served by the rest. However, as far as
the public was concerned, I might as
well have served 40 years rs two. The
stigma was on me.
"The warden was an excellent type Of
man, and upon my release talked en-
couragingly to me. My boy said he,
you are going back into the world from
which you came. You are going to find
1t cruel for awhile. Many of your So
called friends will no longer recognize
or accept you. Don't let this fact excite
bitterness or a desire for revenge. There
are many men back in prison because
they sought to get even with the soci-
ETY. that put them here In the first place.
Face the world. Give 1t the best you've
got, and here's luck to you
with that he shook my hand and
placed a small bill in It.
1T is a question whether entering or
leaving prison is more distressing. Some
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DAILY DIET RECIPE
CALIFORNIA DRESSING.


Olives, f. salad oil, one fourth
cup; lemon juice, one tablespoon:
orange juice, one and one-half
tablespoons; onion juice, one tea
spoon.
DRESSINGS AND SAUCES.
Chopped parsley, one-half tea
spoon; salt, one-third teaspoon:
mustard, one-eighth teaspoon;
paprika, one-eighth teaspoon:
chilli sauce, one-half teaspoon.
SERVES FOUR PORTIONS.
Cut olives in thin slices, put In
small glass jar. Add remaining
ingredients, cover tightly and
shake very thoroughly. Chill I'M
til needed and shake again before
using.
DIET NOTE,
Recipe furnishes some fat,
much lime. iron, vitamins A, B
and C. Can be eaten by adults of
normal digestions who are Of
average or under weight, and by
these wishing TO reduce II non
fattening mineral oil were sub
stituted for the salad Oil.
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Food Garnishes.

To cut gherkins for a garnish, select
small cucumber pickles of uniform size.
With a sharp knife cut them length
wise into slices thin as paper without
detaching the slices at the stem end,
then spread out the slices into fan
shape.
To fringe celery for garnishing, cut
pieces of celery into tWo-inch lengths
FOR this purpose the stalks should be
fairly thick, but tender. Fringe each
end to within quarter of an inch of
the center. Drop into ice water con-
tanning slice or two of lemon and let
stand until they are curled. II desired
fringe one end only.
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LAMB STEW.

One and one half pounds lamb
from the shoulder, 3 table
spoons lard, 3 cups boiling water,
/ small onion, 2 tablespoons salt.
Va teaspoon cloves, / cup tomato,
z potatoes, II cup diced carrots.
Cut meat into two-inch pieces.
Place the lard in a frying pan
and when hot ado he onion cut
fine. Allow to brown. Add the
meat and brown. Add the polling
water and cook one minute,
Pour into q saucepan and let
cook slowly for one hour. add
the potatoes cut in cubes and the
carrots. Cook fof 20 minutes,
add the tomato and the salt and
cloves. Allow to boil 20 minutes.
II stew is not thick enough mix
2 tablespoons of flour with little
water and pour into the stew.
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ployer 1t was the best thing ever did.
I did not change my name. I became
engaged to a fine woman, to whom Il
also told the truth.
That was many years ago. Out OF
my deepest night came a marvellous
happiness. am still with the firm and
have two wonderful kids. Look at these
pictures"
He drew q small leather contairler
from his pocket and pointed proudly to
the wife and youngsters. Somehow, the
day was better for having met him.