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Beautifying Baths.

There are so many sorts of baths
Shat the woman who wants a bath a
day for beauty As we'll as ordinary
cleanliness. is often perplexed by the
number and variety of the packets and
bottles offered her for the purpose.
Let's consider the various simpler
sorts of identifying baths only. For a
district where water Is hard. or for
skin which is dark and dough. let me
suggest oatmeal or bran baths; prefer
ably oatmeal. For bath. large table
spoonful of ordinary coarse oatmeal
should be put into a square OF cheese
cloth and the four ends tied loosely
over each other. This bag is dropped
into the water and squeezed until as
much of the milky contents come out
as you can get. l know woman who
uses these bags as wash cloths. rub
bing them with soap and using them
to wash face and body. rinsing OH the
sickness afterWard. Oatmeal soothes
1rritationS. makes hard water SOFT and
bleaches the skin.
Recently. corn starch baths have been
advertised a lot; pouring little starch
in the water, which Sottens 1t, bathing,
and ending the bath feeling that the
skin is smooth and silky. Some of the
starch adheres TO the skin. SO the bath
also provides the bath powder!
There are Turkish baths which clear
the skin of impurities. make 1t deli
ciously fine, and which are good for
rheumatic troubles. There are cabinet
baths. an imitation of them. which can
be taken at home. giving the skin five
minutes or so of profuse perspiration.
You can learn 10 scrub your skin all
over with soap and thick brush. in a
tub of hot water. to stimulate it to
throw on waste and to become more
than ordinarily clean. My personal
: feeling u ttat@sny. bath which drains
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22
WORLD FAMOUS STORIES
CORDING A BEDSTEAD.
BY JAMES M. BAILEY.

The top cords are frightened in an
other way, and you now proceed to
that. You first put one foot on each
rail- which spreads you some and as
you do it the frightful thought strikes
you that If one of these feet should
slip over, nothing on earth would pre-
vent you from being split through
to the chin.
Then you pull up the first rope until
your eyes seem to be on the point
of rolling out of their sockets, and
the blood in your veins fairly groans,
and on being convinced that you can't
pull it any further without Gripping
yourself for life, you catch hold of the
next rope and draw that up, and grunt.
The you move along to the next, and
pull that up. and grunt again.
Just as you have got to the middle
and commence to think that you are
about through. even if your Joints
will never again set as they did be-
fore, you some way or other miss the
connection. and find that you have got
to go back and do it all over.
Here you pause for few minutes
of oracular refreshment, and then
slowly and carefully work your way
back. You don't jump down and walk
back. because you are afraid to spread
out in that way again. You sort of
waddle back, working the way inch by
inch, and with consummate patience.
A man thus stretched across the bed
stead never becomes so excited as to
lose his presence of mind. 1t would be
instant death If he did
Then he goes over it again, wad
ding and pulling, groaning and
granting, while his wife moves around
with the lamp, and tells him to take, it
easy. and not scratch the bedstead
any more than he can help, and that
she can't tell which creaks the most,
he or the bedstead. And after he gets
through she had the audacity to ask
him to bring in the feather beds. :
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When a flying officer leaves his quar-
tiers and bids his wife good-by he
simply says, We'll, I'll see you soon. :"
She knows she will. So why worry?
She seldom goes to the door to see him
take off.
Considering the average of $50 per-
sons that are killed daily in automobile
accidents, she knows that the odds are
in favor Of friend husband turning up
for dinner in day or two.
In an old book seore recently we ran
across a volume of THE Complete
Letter Writer" In 1t were models of
letters for every occasion. There were
the formal. stereotyped samples of how
to apply for job and how to acknowl-
edge an invitation to a social function.
There were notes of sympathy and let
tiers of introduction. Great stuff. And
yet not long ago an employer official
OF a large concern told us that he ap-
praised potential employees by the
unique manner in which they phrased
their letters. Thus he was able to
choose those with initiative.
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Terry Cloth for Beach Wraps
BY MARY MARSHALL.

cloth as it is more often called-is as
worthy of its new distinction as the
homely old sort was for its humber
business. You have but to see the yards
and yards OF gayly colored and figured
terry cloth displayed on the store
counters to start deyising ways Of max
ing use of it.
Many of the new coats designed for
wear over bathing suits are made of
this material, and a charming beach
coat OF green jersey is lined with it.
Velveteen is another cotton material
that has received recent promotion
Once it was regarded as a Shoddy sort
of imitation of velvet. Now Redfern
uses 1t for afternoon coats and Vionnet
has made one of her most attractive
evening wraps out of this cotton fabric.
This weeks circular gives sketches
and directions for making some of the
simpler of the smart fancy stitches used
to trim the new Summer dresses. II
you would like a copy. please send me
a stamped. self-addressed envelope and
will gladly send it to you.
(Copyrisht, 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22

BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN.

Don't throw good money after bad"
or THE first loss is always the easiest"
Spectators rarely get rich and stay
rich, because there is no end to gam
bling. Easy money invites one to get
more, and of course ultimately one
loses everything. Folks do not quit
when they are ahead, and they refuse
to quit when they are, behind before
they make up their losses. In short
they run about a vicious circle and
finally meet ruin.
The way you made the money you
have today is the best way to make
money in the future.
If you have a business. a profession
or a trade, you know how long 1t took
you to acquire the experience, skill
and reputation essential to success.
What chance would an outsider, with
out any one Of these three factors, have
of making good?
Speculation offers the same chance to
the inexperienced and unskilled trader.
The truth is you cannot get back
what you have lost. What you can do,
however, Is hold on to what Is left, and
start building anew. The experience
may have been costly, but why increase
the cost?
Just as early lessons help most We
are always hopeful woman spectators
will get their baptismal loss in the
stock market before they have substan-
tial amounts to play with, or before a
financial loss will jeopardize their fu-
ture. All the talk in the world is never
as beneficial as personal experience.
1t will be some time before some of
us get back what we have lost, but we
will get it back by safer and Surer
route. We will have barred the way to
further losses, II We are wise, and have
forgotten than most ruinous Of all mi
RACES: Easy Money.
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CJsmes NJ Bailey. 1s41-1ss4. founded the
pa angur many Humorous sketches he was the
author Of Life in Danbury," The Danbury
News Mans Almanac" They AL Do It,"
etc.)
It Is little singular why your wife's
mother will persist in sleeping on a
don't think so much of this until you
are called upon to put it up, which
event generally takes place in the eve
ming.
The bedstead has been cleaned in the
afternoon, and, having been soaked
through with hot water, Is now ready
for putting up.
Your wife holds the lamp and takes
charge of the conversation. The rope
has been under water several times in
the course of the cleaning, and, having
swollen to a diameter greater than the
holes in the rails, has also got into
fit of coiling up into mysterious and
very intricate forms. You at first Won
der at this, but pretty soon wonder
ceases to be virtue, and then you
scold.
The thread which has been wound
around the end of the rope to facilitate
its introduction i'll the holes has come
Off. and you have to roll 1t up again.
Then, after you have pulled it through
eight holes. your wife makes the dis
covery that you have started wrong.
The way that rope comes out of those
holes again makes your wife get closer
to the door.
Then you try again, and get it tan
gled in your legs.
BY this time you notice that this
Is the smallest bedroom In the house.
and you call the attention Of your wife
to the fact by observing:
why on earth don't you open the
door? Do you want to smother me?"
She opens the door and you start
again and she helps you with the
lamp. First. she puts it on the wrong
side of the rail, then she moves it so
the heat comes up from the chimney
and scorches your nose. Just as you
need it the most you lose sight of it
entirely, and turning around. find her
examining the wall to see how that
man has put on the whitewash. This
excites you, and brings out the
perspiration in greater profusion, and
you declare that you will kick the
bedstead out of doors If she doesn't
come around with that light. Then
she comes around.
Finally the cord Is laid all right.
and you proceed to execute the very
delicate job of Tightening it. The lower
ropes are first walked over. This
is done by stepping on the first one
and sinking it down, hanging to the
head-board with the clutch of death.
Then you step with the other foot on
the next line, spring that down, lose
your balance. grab for the head-board,
miss it, and come down in a heap.
This is repeated more or less times
across the length of the bed. the only
variety being the new places you bruise.
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lost customer-and a lot of trouble
too"
\ Il \
A writer asks If we appreciate the
number of Indian names attached to
the counties and parishes of the States
of the Union. A brief research reveals
a surprising number.
Michigan aboundS with them. Among
Michigan counties are Lenawee, Man
istee. Nenominee, MisSaukee, Ogemaw,
Osceola. Shiawassee, Tuscola and
Waslitenaw.
louisiana has some strangely named
parishes, as follows: Natchitoches,
Ouachita, Plaquemines and Tangipahoa.
In Maine are counties named Pc
nobscot, Piscataquis and Sagadahoe.
Some Of these may not be Indian
names, but they are tongue twisters.
\ 4
There are hundreds of Army women
In Washington. None is more philo-
sophie than the wife of an air officer
Stations like Boiling Field are COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22
Everyday Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE w. SPROWLS.
Personality.

When some human being began to
compare other individuals with him.
self, or to make distinctions among in
dividuals, the problem of personality
was inaugurated. That must have been
many centuries ago. In fact. 1t was
the first social problem awaiting man.
when he stepped out of the kingdom
of animal-kind to the more respectable
class called humankind.
During all these centuries. very lit
tie has actually been accomplished in
the way of answering the problem. A
host of theories about the origin or
cause of personality has Of course. been
offered. Some say that the very stars
influence personality. Others say that
climate will account for individual diff
ferences. Still others hold that man
has been said that the glands of in
ternal secretion hold the key to the
solution of the problem. Still others.
mindful of the many failures of the
past to solve the problem. say only
that personality Is the biggest fact
and the biggest mystery in the uni
verse"
This problem of personality is still
being tackled with enthusiasm by
psychologists. They know that per-
sOnality is the central problem in the
whole science of psychology. If they
knew how to account for individual diff
ferenceS. how to reduce those differ
ences to law. they would have genuine
science of human nature.
Science Is just in its infancy in re-
gard to the age-old problem 1t has
just begun to classify its facts. Two
outstanding classifications seem pretty
likely to stand the test.
Each individual has an ego or secret
personality. This hidden personality is
what every one thinks of himself.
At the same time each individual
has a public personality. The public
personality is what other people think
the individual Is.
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n e n n
turned to Father Duffy and inquired
And what would you be, your rev.
erence?"
I'D be an Irishman," was the clergy
mans quick reply.
\ y \
Universal traffic regulations are IA
vored by local motorists. There Is no
city in this country visited by so many
out-of-town motorists. The other day
a New York car turned on a red light
and collision was barely avoided.
Washington officers are patient and
1enient with the tourists. Unfamiliar
with our regulations, visitors mistakes
are overlooked.
A car filled with visitors sped around
a downtown circle going to the left.
A Washington driver was compelled TO
pull sharply to the right. An accident
might have resulted had not the Dis
trict man possessed the wit to recog-
nize the foreign" tag in time to escape
X X 4
A woman entered a bus. She handed
the driver a $40 dollar bill. The driver
was unable to change it. After a de-
layed search the lady extracted q coin
and inserted it in the box
Making change is the bane of the
merchants existence. Neighborhood
storekeepers are frequently requested
to cash checks. Refusal or inability to
do so may result in the loss of a per-
manent customer.
'tJust the other day young woman
ordered a soda" said one merchant,
land when 1t was set before her handed
me $50 bill. This was not the first
time, and had changed large denomi-
nations for her before. l became tired
of the practice and yet didn't want to
offend her. However, I told her that
I couldn't change the bill.
She said, Well, I'll have to leave
the soda I probably pulled an awful
bonehead play when said was sorry,
but I couldn't help it. She left the
drink and walked out. I have probably
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22

party clothes. Her dress was of figured,
printed chiffon made with a cape COL
lar which had the same circular cut
as the two peplums which were set on
a circular skirt. The whole effect was
fiuttery and soft. Her mother allowed
her to wear two or three simple brace
lets, but no other jewelry. Earrings
and necklace or pendant were kept for
the days when she would be older and
more sophisticated
Her wrap was of velveteen. 1t was
a simple, Straightline coat with bow
at the back.
Her slippers were of patent leather
in black and her stockings were the
lighteSt of sun-tan shade.
What do you suppose the refreshments
were at this party? Cake was one of them.
Write to Nancy Page, care of this paper, IN
closing a stamped. self-addreSSed envelope,
asking for her leatiet on standard cakes.
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III u IL u z . iii"
themselves. 1t is
a world to itself.
Daily these women
see their husbands
take to the air.
Only too familiar
with the hazards
of the profession,
they do not fret.
It's all a part of
the game. Their
men will return.
Each household
is concerned with
the veal of an
other. Engaged in
a common bust
ness, they seek the
companionship of
their own ne0nle
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Exercises for Thighs.

At this time of year my mail usually
contains many requests from readers
for exercises that will improve their
figures before the vacation season
arrives. There are all sorts Of more or
less conspicuous defects that become a
source of embarrassment when milady
donS her one-piece bathing suit.
Among these defects is thinnesS Of
the legs above the knees. One of my
readers once referred to this condition
as "bowlegged thighs" The calf may
be well formed and the hips in grace
full proportion. but the legs seem bent
outward above the knee. OF course,
the upper leg bones are not really
crooked; this effect is the result of
lack of muscle. The remedy is found
by gaining weight and exercising the
legs. 1t Is the girl with naturally wide
hipbones who complains of thin
thighs. In trying to keep her weight
down, so that her hips will not become
too fat, she becomes underweight.
Below I am describing a few exer-
ciSes that are designed to bring into
play the muscles that pad the upper
part Of the legs. Remember, of course,
that the purpose of exercise is to
stimulate circulation. 1t Is the blood
that carries food for growth and re-
pair to the muscles, but if you do not
eat enough good food, the blood will
not be able to nourish the tissues. In
other words, do not expect to build
up any parts of the body by exercise
If you are existing on a reducing diet.
Exercise walk around the room,
raising your knees as high as you can
at each step. Continue until slightly
tired. Rest.
Exercise squat down on the floor,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22
DAILY DIET RECIPE
CREAM FILLING.

CHEAM FILLING.
Scalded milk, two cups.
Corn starch, one tablespoon,
Butter. one tablespoon.
Salt, one-fourth teaspoon.
Flour, one-fourth cup.
Granulated sugar, three fourths
Eggs. one or two.
Vanilla, one teaspoon.
Whipped cream, one cup-if
desired.
MAKES TWO AND ONE-HALF
OR THREE CUPS.
Mix flour, sugar, salt and corn
starch thoroughly. Slowly stir
into this hot milk. When we'll
mixed. cook over hot water and
stir until mixture thickens. Cover
and cook Is to 20 minutes longer
to cook starch thoroughly. Add
the butter. Remove from hot
water and mix in beaten egg
gradually. If whipped cream is
to be used, one egg is enough-if
whipped cream Is omitted. use
two eggs. Stir we'll while adding
eggs to avoid Jumps. Cook again
over hot water one or two min
utes until egg is thickened. Cool.
Add fiavoring and, IL used. add
whipped cream. Three-fourths
of this amount Is sufficient for
filling a Washington cream pie.
The rest could be used in sherbet
cup garnished with whipped
cream for another days dessert.
Cream filling could be used in
cellars.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes protein, sugar,
some starch. Lime, iron and Wit
amins A and B present in the
milk and eggs. Could be eaten
by normal adult Of average or
under weight.
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Cookies.

Cream half cupful of butter, add
one cupful of sugar and three eggs
one at time. beating we'll after adding
each one. Then add one teaspoonful
of vanilla and four cupfuls of flour
Sifted with two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, cupful at time until all is
used Add half teaspoonful of salt.
1t may be necessary to add more -four
as very stiff dough is Required. Using
your hands, roll the dough into a loaf
the shape and size of a rolling pin
Wrap in heavy waxed paper and put
morning, using q sharp knife, slice the
loaf as thin as possible. and bake On
ungreased tins about 10 minutes IN a
moderate oven - s.2....-.
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NANCY PAGE
Wear White Pique and
Green Flannel.
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

Mrs. Lacey found it possible to keep
some similarity in the clothes of her
three young daughters, even though
Claire was fast getting into the lean
and lanky teens. In the outfits which
they wore on Decoration day she had
achieved the touch of similarity in the
tiny frill which edged the opening near
the center front. starting at the neck
line and extending down 3 inches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

knees bent out. hands on floor. Stretch
the right leg out behind. Keeping the
hands on the floor. throw the left leg
out straight behind and at the same
time bend the right leg up. Repeat
the stretching of the legs alternately.
Exercise Squat down with arms
folded on chest, spine erect. Throw the
right leg out straight in front, heel on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22

There is no material which proves
more generally satisfactory for beach
wraps than terry cloth-one of the
numerous materials which once were
looked upon simply as serviceable sort
of bathrobe fabric
Every season sees the promotion
of some once humble material into
the realm of smartness. One Spring
day not many seasons ago, calico awoke
and found itself not only famous but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22

" e r e exchanging
compliments. Said
the Englishman to
the French m a n,
''If you weren't a
Frenchman, what
would you rather
be ?" The man of
Fran &c beamed
and said. II would
much zee prefer to
be ze Englishman.
And you, monsieur
Ito the English
mani, what would
you prefer to be?"
"Ah," aid the
English m a n. &C
Fl e n C h man, of
course"
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Trying to Get Back What Is Lost.

We know some specializing women
who are now trying to get back what
they have lost in the stock market.
Unable to realize they have paid the
price of experience, rather than suffered
i'll luck, they are determined to recoup
their losses. Unfortunately they have
merely adopted course which in time
will probably augment their losses.
1t is trite to recall such platitudes as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22

The dresses Of Judith and Pam were of
white pique. Claires blouse, which was
a tuck-in,4 was of the same material.
All three girls had green f1anel coats.
The berets Of the two young girls were
of green flannel. But Claire had
close fitting black felt hat to match the
black flannel skirt which went with the
tuck-in blouse. All three girls had the
sleeveless dresses which are SO COM
Portable for young folks to wear in the
Summer. And this Summer they are
more than comfortable, they are smart.
Claire was as excited as she could be.
She was going to her first evening
party, and had her first young miss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22

Miss Aggie Moon wuz 81 years ole
before she knowed ther wuzn' no Dan
Cupid.
Most parents seem to think that
If they tide boy over till he's big
enough to go to school it's up to his
teachers to mold his character an keep
him out o. Jail.
Only one little diamond found after
all the canned salmon that's bein'
opened these days is purity slim pickin'.
You bet went to the circus. We're
only young twice." said Tell Binkley,
fifty, this mornin'.
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bEAUl4 O1AlS BY EDNA KENT FORBES
dirt and waste from the skin is quite
sufficiently identifying.

SufncienUy beauttfying.
Reader.-There is nothing to make
your hair a darker shade except that
Of dye.
M. A. B.-Your age of SO years
should not mean anything when it
comes to growing a good head of hair
II your scalp is in a healthy condition
you can grow hair at any age. and If
the scalp is not healthy. youth counts
for nothing at ALL either. You did not
say what you use as shampoo, but
l presume you are careful not to use
strong soaps. since your hair is a pretty
shade OF gray.
You cannot hasten the grazing proc
ess any, and there is nothing to be
done about the switch to keep it from
turning yellow. Massage your scalp
every day to keep 1t loose from the
bones and the blood circulating in 1t.
Continue the oil treatment before the
shampoo. and trim of any broken ends
regularly.
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The Sidewalks of Washington
BY THORNTON FISHER.

Father Duffy was chaplain of the
famous seth. Once in France he
was in the company of an English
man and a Frenchman. The last two
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Lessons in English
BY W. L. GORDON.

Words often misused: Do not say,
THE number of sales increase each
year" Use the singular verb in
creases" when number" expresses a
unit.
Often nispronounced: Indictment.
Pronounce indictment, second i as, in
die" accent second syllable.
Often misspelled: Diplomacy; note the
acy.
Word study: use word three times
and it is yours" Let us increase our
vocabulary by mastering one word each
day. Today's word: Forfeit (verb) to
lose by error, fault or offense. He
forfeited his own self-respect."