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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

WHY'S mother says to him: when
Mary Jane comes over you must play
nicely with her. You must give her
any toys she wants to play with so
Mary James mother won't think you
are selfish child"
In consequence, Willy looks forward
with very little pleasure to the advent
of Mary Jane. He is tunable to greet
her joyously and boisterously and drag
her into the next room to play in the
manner that Is quite satisfying to chill
dren and generally much less so to
their mothers. Instead, he is weighed
down with the responsibility Of being
an unselfish host with the eyes of his
mother and Mary James mother fast
ened upon him watchfully and critically.
1t is too much for Willy and so he re-
fuses to bulge from his mothers side
and stares at Mary Jane belligerently.
L . In order to prevent consciousness
one must cease imposing adult behavior
upon the child. He'll learn it soon
enough by imitation, and assume It
when his own desires dictate that he
express himself joyfully in the presence
of others. The child will say, Hello"
and "Good-by'' If he has always heard
these expressions upon arriving and
leaving, instead of only when he is
prompted to say them.
It Is better to ignore the child's timid-
ity than to crystalline it by naming it.
If no reference is made to what is or
is not expected of him, his self-con-
SciouSneSS is erased. If he wants to stay
out of the room let him stay out. If he
refuses to talk, let him be silent. So
long as we center attention on his
behavior he is bound to remain tinid.
If he stays in the room with strangers
and they do not force him to speak
TO them he finds his fears allayed. They
aren't SO terrible after ALL He may
even venture to go near them and look
at them. Eventually his timidity in
their presence will evaporate.
The timid child really suffers. In
stead Of shaming him we should feel it
entirely our fault because we have given
him artificial standards Of behavior
which he is too young to adopt without
| self-consciousness. Our daily conduct
Is q pattern suggestive enough for the
child to follow and he will adopt 1t II
We do not force II upon him,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
Fur Triangles
For Warmth

English women this Spring have been
buying little padded Innings to wear
with their loosely woven tweed Spring
coats. These little Innings take up very
little room and are worn only during
the colder weeks of Spring and then
kept on hand when the coat is to be
worn on holiday trip to some cooler
climate. The idea Is one that might
we'll be adopted by women in this coun-
try.
Separate fur collars seem to have en-
joyed greater vogue in Paris than in
this country this Winter. Perhaps this
is because French women are so Fn1Sh
more economical Aside from the con-
ventional fox scarfs that are worn over
the two-piece suit jacket or over frock
without coat, there are all sorts Of
little fur "parureS" to give compile
ton to coats and frocks. The French
woman who counts her francs carefully
reasons that after all it Is the fur that
makes a coat more expensive. It is,
therefore, better to get coat with fur
that can be worn for other occasions
as well.
One of these fur collars Is in the
form of a kerchief scarf-a modified
sort Of triangle which extends In point
down the back, Is drawn snugly over
the shoulders and fastened with q
buckle at the front. It Is lightweight
Summer ermine edged with darker fur
and Is most effective when worn with O
black coat or when used In warme9
weather over frock without wrap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
French Women Use
Brown Sea Salt

Almost anything in the way of food
products Is obtainable in this country
nowadays, and it may be possible to get
the sort of brownish sea salt that
French cooks use in preference to the
refined white sort.
To the old-tinne American housewife
who gagged the purity Of food by its
wilderness and took it for granted that
white eggs, polished rice, white flour
and white sugar were all better than
brown eggs. brown rice, whole wheat
-four and brown sugar, simply because
they were purer white. this brownish
salt would naturally have been unwel-
come But such prejudices have passed.
and I know at least one dietetic
specialist who believes that the French
have derived real benefit from their less
"pure" seasoning salt, which contains
iodine and other ingredients known to
be needed, as well as actual salt" or
sodium chloride.
| OF course, with a varied diet like
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
Melancholy Child's Mind

have, and while this lack may show
itself in one child merely In loss OF
weight or languor or dullness or nervous
ness. another child may be simply
gloomy or 'grouchy'' as result.
1t may be the fault Of diet-too much
of some one sort of food. too little OF
another If you are not quite sure about
this. ask doctor. Sometimes too much
sugar makes one tempered instead
of sweet.
Many children are unhappy or ap-
pear to be merely because they ind It
works. Nancy Anne realizes that If she
comes home from trip to party with
the announcement that she didn't have
good time. and that she didn't like
what she had to eat and was rather
shabbily treated-the chances are that
you will do something to make up" to
her for the good time she missed.
If she smiles and gurgles as Emily
Jane does then mother will never come
to her with special caresses, saying.
What makes my little girl so sad?"
Sometimes she is punished for her
but with the punishment
comes the attention which she finds 50
necessary to her self-esteem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10

extremely difficult to wear with smart
ness.
SO gradually, very gradually, street
costumes have become longer. The I'M
seen hand of fashion seems to be pull
ing them down to cover our knees COM
pletely. So in many Of the new cos
tunes We find skirts that have wan
dered down to that ugly line that cuts
the leg midway between knee and
ankle. American women dislike it in
tensely because, for some reason or
other. American women as a rule have
less slender calves than French women
The skirt that ends at the thickest
part of the calf gives an impression of
thickness. while the skirt that Is short
enough to show the tapering above the
calf is more becoming. And Ameri-
cans. as every one with wide-open eyes
may have discovered, have, as q rule,
rather nice knees.
Perhaps the knee-length skirt is done
for, and perhaps there is no way back
to the graceful full-length skirt but
through a period Of transition. Half
an inch, half an inch onward, until
finally we arrive at skirts as long as
they were at the opening of the present
century. But women are not following
fashion with the docility of the six
hundred and-as far as skirt lengths go
they may make a bolt back to the
shorter skirt before the march has gone
much further.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
TOYS CHANGING Children'S World
nv BETSY CALLISTER.

T0nIE-HONORE traditions in toy
land have gone tottering to the
ground. Dolls no longer smile
out to us with their limpid
brown or blue glass eyes. with
cheeks as round and rosy as tomatoes
and soft silky hair laid in ringlets:
Dolls In fact are no longer dol-faceo
at all. They have individuality, per-
sonality-and you can never tell pre-
cisely how the next doll you meet Is
going to look at you. She may have
a roguish smile, look of naive amaze
ment, or a pathetic pout She may be
dressed like a Russian peasant or
French mannequin-she may be pretty,
picturesque or ugly.
One never knows about dolls now
adays--in fact, one never knows about
any of the toys that are considered up
to date. The toy dog may be so realistic
that you whistle to it when you first see
it, or it may be frankly grotesque, mace
Of green painted wood with orange Spots.
The essential thing seems to be to make
TOYS that are surprising. And like the
chiIdren's books that are most success
full. they are made with one eye for
the child and with the other for the
fond mother or doting aunt or up-to-
date young grandmother who Will prob
ably buy them.
One woman ! know with the courage
of her convictions has had lot TO say
recently about the harm that may come
from what she calls ugly" toys. All
toys, she thinks, should be prettyI,even
If prettiness may seem like inslpldness
to the adults who have to buy them.
Many important first Impressions come
from toys-and If toys are ugly children
get into the pernicious way. Of admiring
,,ol,, tloiurS And so somehow as this
woman explains, children acquire the
habit of liking falsehood rather than
truth and deceit rather than candor.
on the other hand, one might argue
that these new toys are amusing and
that thus they develop in the childish
mind a sense of humor that viii be OF
those limpid-eyed dolls with the rosy,
bullying cheeks that We thought so
pretty when we were young were just
as grotesque and just as far. removed
from truth and candor as any Of the
new toys Of q more modern sort.
copyright, 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
Questions and Answers

I should like to know how TO keep
green vegetables green while cooking
them. I have eaten peas. string beans
and spinach in hotels and restaurants
when It has been really pleasure TO
look at them. But they never look that
way when cook them. Is there some
knack to it?-E. M. w.
The secret Of keeping bright, fresh
color in green vegetables while cooking
them lies In the use of speck of bak-
ing soda. This is added when the
water boils. Another aid is short,
quick cooking period Long cooking
makes vegetables dark in color. Some
experts do not advocate the use of soda
because it has tendency to destroy
some of the vitamine content. Its oc-
casional use will, however, probably
not do any harm In the average, varied
diet.
Will you tell me how to make a good
rabbit? I have never been able to
achieve one-the results nearly always
being q tough, stringy mess. What
kind Of cheese should be used, and how
long should it be cooked?-M. L. p.
imagine that your difficulty prob
ably lies in the fact that you try to
cook the rabbits too quickly All cheese
dishes require slow cooking to keep the
cheese smooth. Too quick heat q
too long cooking makes the CHI
tough and indigestible.
Try the following recipe: Melt two
tablespoons of butter. add one table,
spoon Of -four and stir until well blended.
Then stir In one cup of milk, one cup
Of finely cut American cheese, one
half teaspoon salt, the same Of Worees-
tershire sauce and q good dash Of
cayenne pepper. Stir constantly over
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
Use Old Silk Stockings

died to match the little frocks with
which they are to be worn. One
might be scarlet-another bright blue,
and no one will ever guess they were
originally stocking tops.
If you like to make fancy sachets.
pincushion tops, handkerchief cases
and dainty accessories for the bureau
and dressing table you should cut of
the good ends of silk stockings and
dye them or tint them to the pastel
shade you wish. F1esh-colored stock
ings will take any light tint salts
factorily, you know. Cut the back
seams and press the pieces and you
will find them excellent to use for
foundations for the lace tops you wish
to use. az,
Even the worn parts OF silk stock
ings may be used to advantage. Cut
them into fiat even pieces and use
them for busters. They should, Of
course. be washed in hot water and
soap to make them quite clean and
then used to dust fine furniture or
for polishing after furniture has been
treated with furniture oil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10

Every mother wants her child to
make a good impression. Even the
tiny baby Is talked to chidingly when
he cries and refuses to be good" in
company Unless she goes warily, this
same child will develop such an ad-
vanced case of timidity. crying when
strangers approach. refusing to go into
strange houses or speak to: or even
play with other children, that it be-
comes q real problem.
Timidity seems to me to be just a
by-product of consciousness, and
it is the mother of the family that
develops such condition in a child.
The small baby is gazed at for long
months and is unaware that anything
is demanded except to stare back. Then
he smiles at his mother and the next
time grandma or Aunt Nellie comes to
visit he is expected to smile at her.
When he arrives at the Handwriting
stage he is compelled to wave bye-bye
at every visitor, and when he begins
to talk he Is expected to say, Hello
and "Good-by," whether he feels so
inclined or not.
Some children may accept these adult
forms and ceremonies complacently
Others rapidly develop consciousness
of self that results in timidity. The
child fears strangers. He dislikes the
formality that attends their coming and
going Moved by no inner desire to
greet them or dismiss them, he can only
avoid doing so by hiding behind his
mothers skirts, or crying when he is
brought into the room. Then his
mother quickly excuses his conduct by
saying: Ned is so timid with strangers.
He is afraid to open his mouth"
Having discovered that being afraid
to open his mouth makes it unnecessary
that he open it, Ned lives up to his
reputation as tinid child. If he is
forced to speak, and punished, derided
and shamed because he is tirnid, all his
fears are intensified Obviously one only
makes the timid child all the more
tinid by thrusting upon him the duties
which self-consciousness has led him
to avoid.
The child who refuses to play with
strange children may have been driven
to this state by his inability to rise to
his mothers expectations. In prepara-
ton for the coming Of Mary Jane,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10

our own we can manage to get along
very nicely, thank you, without the
French sea salt, still it would be an
interesting little adventure in cookery
to get bag or box or can of it
whatever 1t comes inland use it to
season the soup and the ragout and see
whether by any stretch Of the imagina-
ton we could tell the difference in
flavor. And so il I cannot manage to
buy any here in some one of the little
grocery stores that cater to the French
housewives, I shall ask the next friend
going abroad to bring me back a box or
a bag or can of it by way Of a
fnen1er1tO. ~ ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
Every normal child is under normal

Every normal child is under normal
conditions happy. There. is no such
thing as a child in congenial surround
ings in normal, mental and physical
condition being melancholy. One does
not inherit melancholy or sadness as
one inherits a pug nose or tendency
to freckle. That Is an important mes
sage that modern psychologists have to
teach the modern mother.
Why Is 1t, then, that Emily Jane Is
as merry as q cricket, while Nancy Ann,
her sister, Is so depressed? Nancy Ann
Is even more robust than Emily Jane
and we have never shown the slight
est Partially. They receive the same
food, are dressed alike, 60 to the same
school, and sleep In the same room.
What can be the matter with Nancy
Ann, unless she has just naturally in
herited Greataunt Genevieve's melan-
choly disposition-or at least the family
tendency in melancholy that was SO well
developed In Greataunt Genevieve's
disposition?
Possibly Nancy Anne needs more
sleep. A great many children do not
receive as much sleep as they should
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10

DoN'T throw away your old silk
stockings. There are ever so many
ways Of making use of them. They
may be made into rags" for rugs
but really such rugs are better when
made of cotton or wool and it is quite
O task to cut the old silk stockings into
strips for braiding or weaving. And
there are many better uses for them.
Old silk stockings may be made into
little caps for children-providing they
are not worn at the top.
Cut the tops of the stockings off long
enough to make q cap that will pull
down we'll on the child's head. Do not
open the back seam, but gather up the
stocking where it has been cut of to
form the top of the cap-the gathered
ends being on the wrong side. This
may be covered on the right side by
a pom-pom made Of wool yarn.
These caps are just the thing for
playtime or for wear when motoring
or on the shore when slight protection
Is needed. Attractive little caps can
be made Of fiesh-colored silk stockings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10

in natural gray-are the seasons
choice.
So much for the general utility coat
that every woman needs for early
Spring days. An evening wrap for
Spring and Summer should not be
overlooked for this you may choose
between satin and chiffon velvet, or If
you want something quite light you may
prefer some one of the little chiffon
ably at Southern resorts.
tCopyrisht, 1921
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new shades that are in favor Just now.

new shades that are in favor just now.
At any rate, it gives one more range
because there are deeper, more luminous,
more vibrant shades to be found In the
sunset than In the rainbow or brick Of
ice cream, and there are also shades
and tones of the most delicate-with an
endless blending Of tone against tone.
From Paris comes word that soft
"tobac" browns have been chosen by q
great many fashionable women for their
sports ensembles this Sprmg-with sun
set colors for more formal wear--also
the interesting bit Of information that
ruby red is now taking the place Of
LACQUER red in the new colered woolens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
Pastel Colors Are
Now Called Sunset

pASTEL tones that have come into
prominence every Spring for the
past few years have been variously
designated. They have been called
fiower-petal tones or rainbow colors by
the more poetic-by others they have
been called candy colors and compared
to the tones found In Neapolitan brick
Of ice cream.
Recently have heard them described
as sunset colors-and that seems to be a
more appropriate designation for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10

A check for $4,000 in recognition of
her 30 years of public service was
handed by the mayor of Southend,
England, to Mrs. M. Lamb, j. p, wife
Of Commissioner D. G. Lamb Of the
Salvation Army High Council
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10

a slow fire until the cheese is melted
and the mixture slightly thickened.
Serve at once on hot plates with toasted
crackers or thin toasted bread.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10

AT THE LEFT THE CANARY COLORED COLLARLESS CASHMIR
COAT SHOWS EDGE OF CREPE CHINE FROCK OF THE SAME
COLOR. THE FROCK IS TRIMMED WITH FINE TUCKS THE
SPORTS COAT OF BEIGE TWEED AT THE RIGHT is WORN
AROUND THE SHOULDERS LIKE CAPE THE TWOPIECE
FROCK BENEATH is OF BROWN AND YELLOW CREPE.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-06

the line and backf1eld of different ALI
American selections this year. Next
week we will select "our" All-American
eleven.
Jaysees Lose Opener at Duluth Fl to 10
In game that was tightly played
throughout. the Duluth Junior Col
lege basketball team scored a 81 to 10
triumph over the local JaySeeS on the
Denfeld High school floor in Duluth
last Saturday. The contest formally
opened the season for the northern
division of the Little Ten.
GouZe and Smrekar as forwards led
the local attack, which did not seem
to function properly in the first half.
Ely could not work the ball down the
floor as effectively in the first period
as they did in the second half and this
cost the locals victory. Gerzin of
led Duluth's attack, to give the locals
the tip off but the boys did not seem
to get their plays started quick enough.
Several rough spots which came up
in the encounter will be polished off
this week and the boys will take the
floor Saturday evening determined to
aVenge the defeat at the hands of the
Hibbing Jaysees, who will play here.
Gouze with three field goals and Smre-
kar with two lead Ely's scoring attack,
while Winter of Duluth with five baS-
kets was the Zenith City's luminary.
Duluth used Stalling game in the
final moments of play and hung on to
their two point lead which gave them
victory. Ely outShone their rivals in
accuracy caging seven out of eleven
free throws while Duluth connected
with but one out of six.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-06

with great interest by folks residing
in the more tllickly populated regions.
Methods employed by the early
trapper in securing his pelts differed
greatly. In many instances the wild
before death finally brought relief
Days OF agony accompanied the
springing of trap that slowly tor
tured the animal to death and little
concern was given the poor animal
other than the value of his hide.
However, time has changed the
methods of trapping fur bearing an
imals and the more humane side of
the situation has entered the mind of
the average trapper. Sets are now In
vogue that tend to relieve the animal
of pain and suffering as rapidly after
springing the trap as possible. Such
sets are built so as to drown
or strangle the animal.
There Is no question but that an
imal life has a sense of feeling, per-
haps just as pronounced as that ex-
perienced by the human system Any
one who has followed the trails of the
trapper and watched the animals fight
for their life after being securely
caught by the leg with steel trap
know that the animal suffers ire
mendously when allowed to remain
alive for several days in such con-
dition
The trapper who kills his catch as
soon as possible and otherwise prac-
tees good sportmanship when the
trap line certainly deserves credit for
his kindness and thoughtfulness to-
ward the helpless creatures that pro-
vide him with means of procuring
money for his family needs.
Wild animals are intelligent and
possess thought and feeling Why
add to their suffering by cruel trap
ping methods?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-06

to include Superior and Quetico nat
ional forests and to be dedicated TO
continued friendship between Canada
and the United States, in memory OF
service men of both nations
This Minnesota plan, already ap-
proved by the Louisville Legion nat
ional convention, was endorsed by
Canadian Legionnaires at their Regina
convention. Both Canadian and Am
erican Legionnaires will urge their
governments to set aside the Superior
and Quetico forests as an international
memorial park. Stafford King is the
Legion national chairman charged
with the fllrtherance Of this plan.
which has been given countrywide
publicity.
DR.. Helen Hughes Hielscher OF Man.
kato is the only Minnesota woman TO
receive recognition in appointments
announced by Mrs. Donald Macrae,
national president. DR.. Hielscher has
been made member Of the legis-
lative committee for three years.
DR.. Hielscher brings to her work a
knowledge of the needs of the dis
abled servicemen, gained as national
rehabilitation chairman in 1923-24,
when she surveyed all hospitals where
ex-servicemen were being cared for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-06
LEGION NOTES

Minnesota's Legion state commander
Earl v. (Pat) Cliff of Ortonville and
Minnesota's Legion conservation chair
man, Stafford King of st. Paul, re-
Gently returned from participation in
the dominion convention of Canada
Legionnaires at Regina, Sask., where
they conveyed the greetings of Amer
lean Legionnaires.
They also sought support for the
plan Of Minnesota Legionnaires to
create an international peace park
along the Minnesota Canadian border,