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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-15
Child's Overweight.

''My little girl is years old and
weighs over 100 pounds. She is tall and
large framed. She is a very healthy,
happy and busy child and good eater
Of all foods. I have Petersized myself
and lost IS pounds. so know how to
balance the diet. ETC.. and feel that my
little girl is rightly fed. She had her
tonsils and adenoids removed when
about 8 years old and has gained flesh
since. Some hint at thyroid trouble.
Do you think have to fear that and
have her examined for it? Should she
have swimming, skating and dancing, or
would you let it go with just the regular
exercises? ANXIOUS MOTHER"
Your little girl is probably overweight
for the same reason that you were over
weight, Mother, and that she is over
eating for her needs. Yes. she should
have swimming, skating and dancing
If she can, and increase her other phys
ical exercises, too. OF course. 1t is al
ways wise to have check-up by q
physician occasionally, whether there is
any symptom of disease or not. SO
would have her examined. With your
experience In reducing your own weight,
ycu will know how to reduce hers.
It is important for fat child to have
her weight reduced, for overweight, as
well as underweight. makes children
more susceptible to diseases. Besides
the fat child is at disadvantage with
her playmates and may be made un-
happy from their iibes.
1t Is very important in reducing chill
dren's weight that only candies and
other sweets. starches and fats are lin
tied, for the full quota of growth foods
should be taken every day.
Striac Gravidarum.
Since the birth of my baby. I was
left with whitish lines on my abdomen.
VIII these marks ever disappear?
MRS. c."
Those lines are known as striae gra-
vidarum. (Striae means lines or stripes
and sravidarum means pregnant) They
are due to stretching of the skin and
thinning out of the under layer, with
the formation of scar tissue. Once they
have appeared they viii always remain.
Striae gravidarum can largely be pre-
vented, according to McPheeters, by
persistent daily massage of the abdo-
men, begun around the second or third
month Of pregnancy, with some lubri-
can't such as cocoa butter or oil. ut
is the massage that is effectively Then
the abdominal wall should be supported
by properly fitting support. It must
not be tight, however, for wearing tight
supports predisposes to the weakness of
the abdominal wall.
Exercise of the trunk muscles, espe-
cially those that are taken lying on the
back-by raising the legs or the body
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-15
A Sermon for Today

Text: II thought on my ways. and
turned my feet unto Thy testimonies"
-Ps., cxix.59.
Life is road, and will tell you the
name Of that road. The name of that
road is-Consequences.
The chief difference between the wise
man and the fool is that the wise man
looks ahead, while the fool goes blindly
OH, following his bent wherever it leads
without regard to consequences.
Don't be a fool Take a look down
life's road and mark well its courses.
For, make no mistake about 1t, we live
in an orderly universe in which every
act is followed by consequences. Be
wise, therefore. and before entering
upon q course. look long and thought
fully down that road called Conse-
quenceS, from which there is no return.
Il thought on my ways" The rea-
son men go wrong is because they do
not stop TO think on their ways. No
man ever starts out deliberately TO 60
TO jail. Yet our jails are crowded, and
thousands of others are headed in that
direction. Among all the men who are
today wearing the convict's skull cap
and uniform OF stripes, you cannot
find one who began his evil course ex-
pecting to land where he is. Every one
of them is where he is because he
failed to look down life's road and mark
the consequences Of his course.
i thought on my ways" Then what?
And turned my feet unto Thy tes-
timonies." That is what every man
would do, If only he would think. Pro-
vided, of course. he thinks soberly and
clearly. and long enough to see the
ways Of life with regard to consequences.
But woe to the man who never stops
TO think, and never seriously considers
his WAYS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-15
Red Is Approved by Style Makers
BY MARY MARSHALL.

feel more content when they wear black
or navy blue or neutral tones. biege and
gray because, with them, wearing these
less splendid colors always Is affectatton,
just a concession to the anemic preju-
dices of civilized society, which bids
you find some more sophisticated way
OF making yourself conspicuous than
merely by wearing colors that hit the
spectator between the eyes.
There is cause for real rejoicing to
these women when information comes
from Paris that Patou or Chanel or
the Miller Soeurs have given their sane
ton to red. Several times at least in
the lifetime of every woman the ban
against the wearing of bright reds is let
down for the benefit of the women
who are never so happy as when wear
ing it. Heaven help the poor man who
has a similar fondness for crimsons and
scarlets! Even the ox-blood suits. so
called, that we're talked about three
years ago were comparatively sedate
brown. and hardly any one actually wore
them.
For women reds have been sanctioned
for evening and to some extent for
sport and resort wear for the past sea-
son or so. and this Spring there are
ruby or cherry reds. fraise- de-bois or
wild strawberry as well as coral and
geranium TO be seen in the collection
of such redoubtable dress authorities as
Patou. Chanel. Goupy and the Miller
Soeurs.
An apron that will protect the back
of the frock as we'll as the front is the
only sensible sort of wear-that sort or
a snock-and in warm weather smocks
are sometimes progressively warm. This
weeks circular gives the diagram pat
tern for trim little two-way apron
that I am sure you will like. If you
would like copy of this. please send
me your stamped. self-addressed en-
velope and will gladly send it to you.
tCopyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-15
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

When the child who is past infancy
begins to waken at night and scream in
terror, it is time for the mother to ask
herself few pointed questions. All
kinds Of things can be wrong and one
can best come to an intelligent conclu-
sion by eliminating each thing until one
arrives at the right answer.
First of all one must consider the
child's surroundings. Too warm or too
heavy bed clothing will so restrict a
child'S free movements and so affiict
him with sense OF oppression that
after struggling to move and get away
from this load he wakenS, screaming
with fright.
Another condition which would affect
the child in the same manner would
be the presence of enlarged adenoids.
These might so effectually shut Off she
child's ability to breathe that he, too,
would suffer from sense of suffocation
and waken in a nightmare of terror.
These are both physical causes Of night
terrors and are the first to be looked
for.
The child who plays to the point Of
exhaustion will be poor sleeper and
possibly a dreamer. His dreams will
take the form of his daytime expert
enceS, and in the case of a nervous,
timid child these might be quite enough
to give him a real nightmare. Few of
lis are aware of all the frightening eX-
periences to which children are subject
during day. Few of us pay enough
attention to what we say to the child,
who, because Of his limited knowledge,
Is all too gullible, even though what
we say may seem to us the height Of
absurdity
Parents threaten children with the
terrifying consequences of their mis-
deeds. hoping either to brighten them
into good behavior or to make them so
cautious that they will stay out Of
danger. Instead. We merely fill them
with nameless fears of everything about
them-the dark. the stairs, animals
motor cars, things that burn or fall,
everything that must OF necessity be
met with every day In the childs life.
He may be taught caution without
being intimidated. He may have some
normal experiences with natural haZ-
ards and find out what happens. He
will learn better to take care of himself
and then his nights won't be made
hideous with dreams of the dangers
which he is unable to escape. The
sound of an auto horn outside Of the
window may be sufficient to send the
sleeping child into a frenzy of terror,
because horns have come to mean
danger.
We cannot be obliSious of the after
effects of horrifying or terrifying stories
read or told at bedtime. Bedtime should
be a happy time--a time of intimate
condolences between mother and child
that shall send him to bed with COM
forting feeling of security.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-15

When a patient comes complaining Of
hay fever out of season We have every
right to suspect something. There are
altogether too many goofs hanging
about panning the doctors all Winter
because no one can cure Winter hay
fever. When I enter the Senate I'm
going to introduce a bill making 1t
misdemeanor for any health resort to
record as cure any case OF alleged
hay fever just because the sufferer finds
relief while sojourning in the resort.
That doesn't necessarily signify that
the resort has anything to do with abe
case; 1t doesn't even signify that the
guest had hay fever.
A doctor reports case that illustrates
these observations. A man aged 80
consulted the physician In September
for relief from hay fever, which he had
suffered for nine months. The trouble
had started in January. with running
nose, pronounced irritation of the eyes
and nose and feeling of fullness In the
head. These symptoms grew worse and
worse until the poor fellow was in con-
slant misery. with a clear, watery drip
drip from both nostrilS. I certainly
sympathize with such sufferer know
he has no pain at all, yet 1 know how
he yearnS for more adequate cusS words
particularly delicate or fine work. drip
drip. and to leav home without hand
kerchief is not misfortune at all, but
dire tragedy.
AS with most alleged colds" the pa
tient felt better while outdoors. I can
understand that, too. Outdoors some
times a fellow can let her drip, If he is
travelling with the wind. Treatment by
family physician and a nose and throat
man gave no relief. Then he went TO
another city and took some sort of light
treatments which helped him consider
ably he thought, though only tempo
rarily. A day or so after his return
home-drip, drip again. He spent the
month of July at Summer resort at
the seaside. He enjoyed complete free
dom from the trouble while he was
there.
The patient had never had any other
allergy, such as asthma, hives, eczema,
migraine, and there was no family his
tory Of such conditions. He had never
noticed any trouble from any kind OF
food or from contact with animals,
plants and the like
The doctor made 81 skin-scratch
tests with food proteins. animal emana-
ton. etc. and the patient reacted to
only one. parrot feathers. Yes, Watson,
the patient has been keeping pet par
rot for the last two years He was per-
suaded to part with Polly and two days
later he was free from all symptoms
and never had any return of the trou-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-15
DIET AND HEALTH
BIZ LULU HUNT PETERS, M. d.

and walking on all TOURS also strength
ems the wall and helps to make an easier
labor. Obstericians are now having
their patients begin active exercise OF
the abdominal wall two. days after la
Dor. while the patient is still in bed.
These are continued after the patient
gets up. and are increased. They not
only help prevent the relaxation of the
abdominal wall but they help the uterus
to go down to its normal size and keep
1t In its normal position.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-15
My Neighbor Says:

Save all meat skewers for
Spring housekeeping time. They
are excellent for cleaning corners
and grooves in woodwork.
Rub a chicken well inside with
a lemon cut in halves before put
ting it on to cook. This will
make the meat white, juicy and
tender.
Moths will not come near
clothes sprinkled with turpentine.
Send soiled neckties to the
laundry TO be cleaned. 1t costs
very little, and they look like
new.
Rub your kitchen sink occa-
sionally with kerosene. It keeps
1t In good condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-15
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. d.

BILE 1t is fairly evident that the tenn
porary relief the patient ascribed to
the light treatments he had taken In
another city and the relief he expert
enced while staying at the seashore were
due to the fact that he left pretty Polly
at home.
I never had much love for parrots.
not since a neighbours greeted me at
every appearance with loud cries Of
"Quack, quack!" yet hope no reader
will assume from this narrative that
you can always cure hay fever by kill
ing the parrot. cat. dog or canary. OF
course this patient never had hay fever
at all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-15
Autogiros for Market,

That light autogiro planes will soon
be marketed has been announced by
Juan de la Cierva, inventor Of the nov
Ell windmill" type of craft. In recent
tests at HANDLE Airdrome, England, a
two-seater model developed 30 horse
power. The new model is similar to the
large autogiro In which De la Cierva
recently made a successful 1,500-mile
tour Of Continental Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-15

Although the contest was announced
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If you are user of O.Cedar Mops and
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particularly helpful. Remember, you do
not have to buy any O.Cedar Product
O.Cedar Mops and Polish are at
department, grocery, hardware, drug
and other stores everywhere. O.Cedar
Corp'n, Dept. No. 2, Chicago, Ill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-15
Golden at First Wedding.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lovelock Of
Lyneham, England, recently celebrated
their golden wedding by attending the
marriage of their youngest daughter
When 9 years old Lovelock started to
work as a bird scarer. receiving 81
cents week. and when married was
being paid $3.50 week, which was re-
duced to $2.25 two weeks after his mar
rage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-15

There are some women who may be
persuaded to wear red any season. All
they need Is Just little persuasion
something to break through the thin
veneer OF their inhibition against max
Ing themselves conspicuous by wearing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-15
Observe these easy rulesi

Contest closes May 31st. Midnight of that
date Is the latest post.mark acceptable.
Address Contest Editor, Dept. No. 2,
O.Cedar Corp'n, Chicago, Ill.
Unnecessary to buy O.Ccdar Products
to enter contest.
Put name and address at top of each
sheet. Write only on one side of sheet.
In case Of tie for any award, full
amount will be given to each of tying
contestants.
Winners will be announced at earliest
possible date-but prize money will be
mailed winners as soon rs judges make
decisions.
Judges are Katharine III. Fisher, Direc-
tor of Good Housekeeping Institute;
Della T. Lutes, Housekeeping Editor of
Modern Priscilla, and Cora F. Sanders,
Associate Editor of Woman's W0rId. Their
decisions will be final.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-15
|DorothyDix|
What
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Personal
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Discusses
Its
Dual
Nature
Proper Pride Is Stay and a Brace and First
Aid to All the Virtues, But There is Foolish
Pride That Rides to Fall

quality that much making and
mdong There is the decent pride that keeps
backbone teyfsh that
walking the straight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-15

This brightest of all rainbow hues. APP
parently their circulation is improved
they are better natured when they wear
red. These women with their primitive
fondness for red are inclined to think
that 1t is bit of affectation on the part
Of other women who explain that they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-15
AUNT HET
BY ROBERT CULLEN.

Il wouldn't live in a big city for
nothin', big an slow as I am. Ever
time I have to go through revolvin'
door I spank myself"
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-25
Exit Last Survivor OF
Mexican War

Edgar. last survivor OF the Mexican war, died d
few days ago at the age OF 90. having lived for al
years after the close Of that struggle.
Brakeman. last survivor OF the Revolution, lived Ss
years after the surrender Of Cornwallis.
Hiram Cronk fought In the war Of 1912, and re-
manned on earth for full 90 years after the signing Of
the Treaty OF Client.
Survivors Of the war between the States are few
in number. though it has been only IS years since
hostilities ceased; a few years more and the last OF
the heroes OF the Blue and the Gray viii have been
returned TO the dust.
Science has added some II or Is years to the av-
erage span OF human life. but most Of this gain is
to be credited to the babies; with the adult popula-
ton. the Biblical allotment Of three score-years-and
ten continues to just about fill out the average term.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-25

Chatty was in a church which
vas holding a midday comfort"
service, q half hour withdrawal
from the world.
The little sermon was very short,
to Chatty 1t was very impressive.
The young minister took as his
text a verse from the first epistle
general Of John: IF we confess our
sins, He is faithful and just TO for
give us sins. and to cleanse US
from all unrighteCasneSS.n
1t was q very simple talk. but
straight from ths shoulder.
TO be sorry for wrong done is
good said the minister. But to
be sorry and confess it to the
wronged one. Is to make the sorrow
evident. and to remove the aus of
failure from our minds.
Chatty thought it over very care
fully. She had confessed TO Billie
and felt much better. as far as Bill
lie was concerned. Never had she
felt so close TO her mother, as after
she had told that best or friends
all the evil that was in her heart
and from what CHASTITY error she
had been saved by the accident.
She had felt some se~lf-respect
when she told -1r. Van Mugs she
was sorry she had disgraced her
self in public.
But there were other wrongs she
had not confessed And something
seemed to pursue her as an evil in
fluence, something prevented her
getting a job. something was in the
wa yof her complete rehabilitation.
Chatty began to think-dimly and
with difficulty. because Chatty was
not accustomed to thinking clearly
or herSelf-that the fault must IL
altogether with her. Not only in
what she had done-but IN what
she was not now doing.
Nightly she wished for Billie ~
talk Il over. There was her mother.
but Crafty shrank from telling her
mother more about her troubles:
her Ill health. too little money. not
enough work, anxiety.
II have to fight this out for nv
self" Chatty determined. sturdiiy.
Gradually there grew I'D in Chat
tvs mind the idea Of self-sacri-
flee.
She had done many evil things.
Reforming herself and not doing
them any more. was as good as far
as 1t went.
But It didn't 60 far enough.
III she was really to stand clean
and clear before the world. the
Judgment OF which Is as harsh as
~ Is. often. unfair. Chatty realized
she must make what r~eparation she
could.
It was not enough TO tell Billie
and her mother or the harm she
had done; she must tell those she
had harmed.
Chatty shrank from this conclu-
sion as from a blow in the face. TO
tell Agnes she had stolen her diary?