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The Sidewalks of Washington
BY THORNTON FISHER.

shop on Fourteenth street is doing his
best to maintain the traditions of
barbering. He has six chairs. On the
mirror before each chair is the name
of the operator. Thus. the customer
knows that when he sits in a certain
chair Bill will serve him, or perhaps
Pete. But you scarcely ever hear a
patron say. Now Pete, give me one
like you did the last time and re-
member that hickey have on my
chin"
No. there is no longer that chubby
spirit between the shaver and Shavee.
X X x
He sauntered into used-furniture
place and walked up to an old litho-
graphed copy of Washington Crossing
the Delaware" His clothes we're shabby
and he might have enjoyed a good meal.
He wanted the picture and inquired the
price. From his pocket he took two or
three dollars, which he handed the
owner, who wrapped up the treasure
for the stranger. AS proud as though
he had purchased a Sargent he left the
store. Several visitors chuckled. We
do not know why.
X 4 X
Several men were talking in the lobby
as a good-looking young fellow entered.
One of the group knew him and greeted
him. The stranger was attired in
tuxedo and swung cane. He appeared
to be dancing master. After few
words he left.
Who was the sweet thing with the
baby face?' asked one of the men.
For moment there was silence.
Then the friend of the stranger said,
only a young fellow who knocked
down 10 planes during the war" Which
was true.
y X
ModeSty may not always be the badge
of a hero. but it is seldom that gen.
uine courage and Boosting pull in the
same harness. Not long ago we lunched
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Face Masks.

When face packs and the various
types of astringent clay or medicated
mud were having popular vogue, many
women, for the time being, were de-
lighted with the results. Pores were
cleansed quickly. fiabby skins frightened,
and the effect was a transformation in
less than an hour.
One woman I know never went out
socially without giving herself one Of
these treatments. Hers was the kind of
skin that was very dry and needed to
be fed with creams or oils instead of
being further dried out with clays and
aStringents. II took many months of
special care before she fully recovered
from this indiScriminate skin treat
ment. Mud packs draw up the skin
until a skin that is already dry natu-
rally feels much as if it were in a wise
The dryness that follows cannot be
overcome for days after using any
amount of cold cream. The treatments
are stimulating. but in my opinion
their stimulation does not offset their
drying quality. While the skin is drawn
together lines disappear, but the fact
that they do dry up the skin so, in my
opinion. will only make the wrinkles
deeper in the end. which is exactly what
happened &c the woman alluded to.
A gentler means can be found to
cleanse and stimulate the complexion.
One of these is the spreading of damp
ened laundry starch over all places
where there is much soil in the pores.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-30
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Thursday, January 81.

Benefic aspects will dominate tomor-
row, according to astrology. which finds
the planetary government most for
tunate.
The rule again is promising for all
who till the land, and farmers should
rejoice the seers declare.
While there are signs read as fore
shadowing more floods in the Spring
and extraordinarily severe weather as
the Winter ends, agriculture is to bene-
fit ultimately before the close of 1929,
it is prophesied.
Now is the time for the aged and
older persons of both sexes to pass
on to the coming generations what is
best of their knowledge and experience,
astrologers declare.
Through science and invention such
rapid progress is To be made with the
closing of the third decade of the
twentieth century that there must be
elimination of all except the best be-
longing to the past.
In music, art and litera ture the
necessity of preserving what marks
supreme attainment will seem to en-
courage reactionary policies. the seers
declare, but in realty the chaff is be-
ing WinnoWed from the wheat.
fQNEI NC CoECNldAAy
fetal, Both newspapers and magazines
should profit.
Banks and bankers will profit greatly
through cooperation. and many i'm
mense consultations will take place, it
is fOretold.
Under this sway of the stars NOR
chants and manufacturers should take
little initiative, for by waiting they will
gain much, aStrologers fortell.
In most legislative bodies those who
make the laws for the people will meet
many disturbing questions. the seerS
prOgnosticate, and Congress will furnish
more than one national sensation.
Neptune and Mars elevated in the
ninth house seem to presage for the
United States confusion and anXictleS
in connection with foreign affairs
Persons whose birth date it IS have
, the augury of a year of rare good
fortune. Money matters will be salts
factory for men and women who wise
~ conduct their financial affairs and
avoid extravaganza.
Children born on that day may be-
come prominent in public affairs.
| Both boys and girls are likely to
achieve unusual careers. They may
have certain ups and downs. for they
will be inclined always to play for big
stakes and to take many chances,
but they will be usually lucky.
Copyright, 1929
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Your Baby and Mine
One Mothers Questions.
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

Mrs. c. D. writes: do you think it
necessary to dress children up in the
afternoon in good clothes? Aside from
the increased laundry stack, especially
in Summer, the mother cannot help
hindering ard restricting the child S
play.
Some think clothes may develop q
sense of beauty. but sometimes l think
many mothers make children. especially
girls. clothes conscious, so that when
grown their demands are eXorbitant.
do you not think the present day
tendency that places so much en-
phasis upon child training fails to take
into consideration that the mother is
altogether overworked already? Aside
from her functional duties as house
keeper, cook, SeamstresS. financier,
buyer, nurse. and so on. she has her
duties as wife and mother. and she
may want some time to herself. Aren' t
many mothers sacrificing too much,
with the result that they will have no
reserve ready when their children leave
them? Then they will go on identi-
flying their lives with those of their
children, which is one of the bases OF
the tragedies of all family conflicts.
Have you an answer to this?"
Answer-There is small ceremony
and beneficial habit to be established
in cleaning up for dinner. AS all
children's clothes are pretty much Of
the same type. this does not mean
dressing up; it just means that they
should be used to coming to the eve
ming meal freshly washed or bathed
and in clean suit or dress. This same
suit can be worn the next morning.
Clothes can be dainty and colorful
without being "dresS-up" clothes. Ger
tainly a child can become accustomed
to ugly clothes as well as artistic ones,
and one need cost no more than the
other
The present day tendency is to make
good habits automatic as early as posi-
bic. so that they can be forgotten. The
tendency is to help the child to be self
reliant. feeding himself. clearing up
his toys. playing alone-all the things
that make him independent of the
mother. This training pays rich divi-
dends. and inevitably one of them is
greater freedom for the mother.
doubt if the present day mother, with
her baby habited to four-hour feeding
periods and sleeping most of the night
has the faintest idea how much more
time she has and how much easier her
work is than the mother of past
generation. Naturally rearing children
is never a voorhees, task, but We are Civ
ing more mental and less physical en-
ergy to 1t.
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Delicious Baked Beans.

Cover with cold water three pounds
of small navy beans, place over a
slow fire and boil until tender but not
soft. Heat bean pot by filling it with
cold water and letting come to the
boiling point over slow fire. Cut in
slices one pound of lean salt pork with
the skin left on. Cover the bottom
of the jar with salt pork and fill in
with beans. Continue using layers of
beans and pork until all are used,
leaving the last layer q top. of slices
of pork. Add one tablespoonful of
mustard, some salt anu cupful OF
maple strip or granulated sugar. Keep
boiling water on the stove to add to
the beans as needed to keep the water
lust showing For a successful result,
do not let the beans boil over. One
hcur before the finish. take the cover
off the jar and bake slowly. The
beans will be whole and light brown.
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Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

January 80, 1864.--Word came from
the White House today that President
Lincoln is preparing another order to
call out 100000 troops to serve for three
years or for the duration of the war
to be effective March 10. The States
will receive credit for as many men as
have enlisted or been drafted into the
service prior to March / and not hereto
fore credited
1t will be recollected that call for
100000 troops was made by President
Lincoln last October. The new call for
100000 men. which is expected to be
made this week, is understood to include
the former 100000, being in effect
call for 100000 additional men for the
Union Armies.
The volunteer enliStmentS are esti-
mated by the War Department to be at
about the rate of 1000 men a day.
The plan, as 1t is generally under
stood, IS to keep in the field an army
of about 100000 men, so that the war
may be brought to as speedy an end as
possible
Two more farms have been added to
the FreedmenS estate, on Green Heights
These new tracts contain about 900
acres in the aggregate and are being
prepared at once for cultivation. Lieut.
Col. Green proposes in the Spring to
grow vegetables there for the use of
the Army hospitals in and near the
Capital City
The War Department today received
from Brig. Gen. John A. Rawlinc, chief
of staff of the Union Army operating in
East Tennessee, news that the fighting
and military maneuvers in the last few
days have destroyed the Confederate
hope of regaining a foothold in that
section. He says that the Cavalry
under Gen. Sturgis achieved a decided
victory over the Confederate Cavalry
yesterday near Fair Gardens, about 10
miles east of Sevierville. and that Nc
Cooks drove the Confederatas about
two miles after stubborn fight fasting
from daylight to 4 pm. at which time
the division charged with sabar and a
veil and routed the enemy from the
field, capturing two steel rifled guns and
over 100 prisoners"
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Charming young woman said. IF I
am married l will want man singers, all
of them tenors." UnconsciouSly she
paved the way for an argument. Most
women do prefer tenors. Why is 1t?
Perhaps it is the plaintive tone or
the suggestion of romance that the
tenor voice provides. Whatever 1t is,
the tenor wins the hearts Of the women.
The other night we listened to a
tenor and a bass singer. The basso
sang in deep. almost Sepulchral tones,
Asleep in the Deep" 1t was hot
stuff" as the boys say for when he
reached the lowest note he was 20
fathoms below the surface of the
water. We couldn't imagine the tenor
rendering the same number.
A tenor then followed, and sang
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes, "
which is distinctly piece for a tenor.
OF course a high male voice is more
suggestive of gondolas. blue lagoons
and exotic nights. What could pos
sible be more enhancing for girl
than a Summer night with a boy who
can thrum ukulele and sing tenor?
Unfortunately our voices, like our
faces, were wished" ON us. The poor
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DEAO Of1AlS BY Edna KENT FORBES

Rub in the starch as you would any
clay and leave it on for half hour to
dry and cleanse. Wash off and mas
sage as much cream into the skin as
it will take up, for even starch will abb
sorb all the skin Secretions for the time
For stimulation use very cold water or
ice. This serves a double need as it
closes the pores. tones the skin, and
when made a daily habit. makes the
skin so firm it needs no strong astrin-
gents.
Bert L. NE. BID. F. Sc. c.
M-The girl II years of age, feet 3
inches in height, should weigh about
118 pounds; however, since she is still
developing, some pounds more or less
do not matter.
The girl of 18, height feet inch,
should weigh l13 or lis pounds.
The girl who is feet z inches, at
18 years of age, and with large frame.
will be normal weight between 100 and
1875 pounds.
At 18 years. height 5 feet Al inches,
weight should be 100 or 122 pounds.
The condition causing dandrlff is no
doubt making the gray hairS-really
dead hairs in one so young. Work
some warm crude oil. or any ointment
with sulphur in it, into the scalp the
night before the shampoo. and lather
several times to get it all out of the hair
the next day.
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TIE FIRST GAVE. Man
| ttab A BASS VOICE,


simply stick him on the end.
If we have espOused the cause of
the bass it is for the reason that. if
We sang it would be with a bass voice
with which nature endowed us.
X \; X
There are still some old-fashioned
barber shops in Washington. The sort,
you know. that display shaving mugs in
a cabinet. On each one is the name
of its owner. Some of the mugs arc
highly embelliShed. There are some
very elegant ones to be seen. The day
is gone, though, when mother gave
father a shaving mug for Christmas.
He can no longer enter barber shop
and feel a proprietary interest in the
establishment. Most of the time he
doesn't know the name of the tonSorial
artist who serves him.
There was a time when all the neigh
borhood gossip was exchanged through
a mountain of lather. Unless it is
neighborhood barber shop a strange
silence prevails among the patrons and
BARRIERS. One owner who operates a
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HOLLYWOOD, Calf, January 3d.
Lila Lee and Sophie Tucker have been
renewing old-time friendship these last
few days
They have been notwithstanding about
the time both travelled over a vaudeville
circuit, Lila as Cuddles Edwards and
Sophie as the Coon-shout sensation of
the moment.
Since that time Sophie has gone in
for friendships in the British ariStoc-
racy. big success in blues singing, and.
finally, as the acollade of success, the
making of a sound picture. And Lila
Lee, having been picture star. married
to James KirkwoCd, mother of a small
Kirkwood, having gotten divorce and
returned to the world of movies again,
hes found herself the victim of the
foulest kind of Hollywood rumor.
Some vicious person. or persons, has
circulated the rumor that Lila is in her
thirties, than which there is no more
terrible movie scandal. The lady in
question Immediately had her mother
dig up a birth certificate and make
some handsome affidavits. or whatever
you do in such circumstances.
These being accomplished and duly
published, the former Cuddles Edwards
faces her detractors with smile.
Sophie Tucker is facing the world with
brand-new face, so everybody's happy
The joys and sorrows of Hollywood have
a decidedly indiyidualistic flavor. you'll
grant.
What type of laughter are you? De-
eide before you read this, because after
ward you may be convinced that even
your own mother is mistaken about
you:
Robert Milton, who deserted Broad
way to produce motion pictures, has
come to some decisions about the char
acter of persons as revealed by their
display of humor.
In all seriousness. Mr.. Milton has
come to the following laughology con-
illusions. (The weird word is his own
Heartily laughers execute their mirth
with the eyes and whole body as we'll
as the vocal cords, and they are usually
generous and sympathetic.
THE man who laughs in his throat
with an almost straight face is usually
shrewd and cautious and not always
overly scrupulous in his methods.
Those inside laughers whose shak-
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Everyday Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE w. sPROWLS.

The colored boy who runs the eleva-
tor in the building I call home recently
handed me a fresh idea about exercise
On telling him that ! usually walked
up to my Seventh Heaven" for eXer-
cise he informed me that stair climbing
was not exercise. I wanted to know
what it was. Wear and tear" was his
reply.
What of this terse reply? Do we not
these days take too much exercise of
the wrong kind? Do athletes, on the
average, live longer than the fellow
whose only labor is the round of ir-
ritating concerns and duties?
OF course, when one begins to talk
about exercise he runs the risk OF say
ing something that isn't true. But
hazard the suggestion that nothing
short of individual experience can die
tate the quality and quantity of ones
ways of keeping physically fit. It might
be we'll to remember that old Dame
Nature built machine capable of per.
forming under the stress of excitement
and during brief periods of emergency.
She never intended, however, that this
machine should be driven to the limit
most of the time.
After trying everything from the easy
"Setting-ups" to tennis and bowling,
I find nothing to take the place of
fairly vigorous daily two hours on the
pavement between the traffic of busi-
ness and that of the night hawks"
A walk in the evening between and
10 has something to offer to the man
who will keep it up. The air is best
then.
Naturally there is psychological side
to this business of taking exercise. ANY
exercise should be mental rest Ones
play should utilize the abilities that are
not usually exercised. If you have any
thing of Importance to think through
try walking alone-in the night Slip
out Of the capsule of daylight into the
all-enfolding night. This allows the
great unconscious to get in its best ticks
For reasons that none but a psyche
analyst can give. our best thoughts
come with the night with our flights
from reality.
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Every book lover can tell, Immediately
upon a persons opening volume.
whether he is fond of books or not The
book lover passes his hands over the
covers in q careSsing way before parting
them, and this same touch is always
present. He does not flip the pages over
carelessly but turns them with dizziness
and decision. as if there were matters of
Importance to be disclosed on each sue
ceeding page. He balances the book
carefully on one palm while with the
other hand he turns the pages.
If the volume is large. he does not
attempt to read or even skim the pages
without resting the book on a table.
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Cheese Ramekins.

Mix one beaten egg with three
fourths cupful of milk, dip eight rounds
of stale bread into this and lay on a
buttered platter. Heat one-fourth cup
full of milk and add three-fourths
pound of sliced cheese. Season with
salt and a dash of red pepper. and
when the cheese is melted, pour it over
the bread, place in the oven and bake
for seven minutes. or until nice brown.
Serve as soon as taken from the oven.
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Scalloped Cabbage.

Slice the cabbage quite fine as for
slaw. Drop into boiling sailed water
Cook until tender Drain in a COL
ander. While. draining, prepare a white
sauce with two tablespoonfuls of -four,
two tab!espoonfuls of butter, and one
cupful of milk. Cook until quite thick.
Stir the cabbage into the sauce. pour
into baking dish, and spread over
the top scant cupful OF finely rolled
bread crumbs which have been stirred
into melted butter. Bake in a slow
oven until the crumbs are nice brown.
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Home in Good Taste
BY SARA HILAND.

A low tea table which may be used
at the side of a chair or sofa or in
front of the fire is one which is apprc-
ciated by the furnisher of the home in
good taste.
If your room is one that has furni-
ture Of sturdy construction similar to
that of the early English times. the
table which is shown in the accom-
panying illustration will have par
ticular appeal for you as an important
addition to yuor living room.
This is of oak with a band of cary
ing around the apron, and of especial
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assuming man who
said please" and
Thanks to the
waiter. Crossing F
street at Four
tenth he scam
pered like a scared
rabbit. He might
have been one who
lived in the secur
ity of civilized re-
treats. In his eyes,
however. you might
have read some
thing of his char
acter. For many
years he h a d
stalked wild ami
mails in the African
jungleS. He had
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importance is the way in which the
size of the top may be doubled.
Beneath the top are two leaves, which
slide out at the end and up to level
with the top, making it twice the
length. thus providing an excellent
table for teatime, for it would hold a
generous sized tray and make an extra
table unnecessary.
The illustration shows the table with
one end pulled out and the other left
beneath the top Without the leaves
extended it would be appropriate for
books, flowers and ash tray or dec
orative cigarette box
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1850 may DC JQol
as romantic as his
tenor brother, but
he can't say it
with music. We
have no doubt that
the first cave man
who crawlcd from
his crude abode
possessed a bass
voice. also whiSk-
ers. In fact, most
men who wear
whiSkers sing bass
If they sing at all.
Who gets the
least credit in a
male quartet? The
bass. 1t requires
four to make up a
nun RI Of rnnA ill.,
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miraculously escaped death on scores of
occasions. He had fought in two wars
and bore the scars of conflict. None on
short acquaintance would ever know it.
X x
In a restaurant this sign is conspicu-
ously posted: We do not cash checks
even if they are good"
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Copyright, 1929
MENU FOR A DAY.

MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST
Stewed Prunes
Oatmeal with Cream
Bacon with Eggs
Popovers, Coffee.
LUNCHEON
Baked Sausages
Fried Apple Sauce
Hot Corn Cake
Rice Pudding
Waters, Tea.
DINNER
Mushroom Soup
Beef Loaf. Tomato Sauce
Baked Potatoes
String Beans
Butterfly Salad. French Dressing
Steamed Fig Pudding, Foam Sauce
Coffee.
POPOVERS
Two cups flour, one teaspoon
salt, one-half teaspoon soda, one
teaspoon cream of tartar sifted
together. Beat separately whites
and yolks two eggs. To two cups
sweet milk add yolks, then slowly
Sift in flour so as to make smooth
batter. Just before putting into
pans, fold in lightly beaten
whites. Bake in hot oven 80
minutes. Serve Immediately.
RICE PUDDING
One egg. well beaten; one cup
cooked rice, two cups milk.
Sweeten to taste, add handful
raiSins, little nutmeg, and bake
slowly one hour. Serve with
hard sauce.
BEEF LOAF, TOMATO SAUCE.
Chop fine one and one-half
pounds round beef, mix with little
chopped onion, salt and pepper;
bake about ! hour and pour over
the following sauce. Stew 10 min
utes one-half can tomatoes, one
half small onion and strain; cook
one tablespoon butter and one
tablespoon flour until smooth.
Then add tomato; season with
salt, pepper and sugar if liked.
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A WOMAN WHO DELIGHTS IN
BOOKS SHOWS 1T IN THE VERY
WAY SHE HANDLES A VOLUME.

Having done this, he first opens the
book midway, spreads the pages out and
then turns to the beginning or to such
portions as he wishes to read Should
the volume be thick one, the strain on
the binding is relieved by putting an
other book under the front or back cover
when raising 1t.
A mother can help her children TO
keep their books in good condition by
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Painting on canvas is said to have
been known in ancient Rome