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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-10

rs there, then, a wisdom of the
spirit, or are there invisible beings sur
rcunolng us and prompting us that can
look INTO the seeds of time and say what
grain is good?', Or is it all illusion?"
This was the query of John Town
send Trowbridge, the noted writer OF
stories for boys, following his expert
ence with the mediumistic Mrs. Alonzo
e. Newton.
One day Trowbridge's friend, Benja-
min P. Shillaber, the humorist-older
folks will remember him as the creator
OF MRS. Partington" to him of
Mrs. Newton. Mr.. Newton, a magazine
editor, was friend of Shillaber's. That
was how he had learned of Mrs. New
tons powers. He offered to introduce
TroWbridge, who was interested in this
sort OF thing, to the Newtons.
The introduction followed. Trow-
bridge found Mrs. Newton to be a small
woman, Of "a Singularly sympathetic
nature, generously impulsive and, like
her husband, earnestly religious" Dur
ing her manifestations she seemed to
be in a semi-trance, with her eyes
closed and her face wearing a rapt ex-
preston. Her accomplishments were
such as to make deep impression upon
Trowbridge.
There was, for instance, the evening
when, while under "the influence" she
saw around his head Something like
the halo of a saint"
"Oh," humorously said Trowbridge.
Il question the appropriateness of a
halo about my head"
She replied 1T is not a halo. It
is more like a planetary ring-one of
the rings thrown off from the sun in
the formation of planets"
She paused moment and then went
on: Now it is no longer q ring, but
1t all breaks up and comes together in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-10
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Me and Pubs Simkins was standing
OUTSIDE the grocer store, and who went
In Win a little empty baskit but the
peWCy looking new girl that just moved
INTO the corner house, me saying, c.
neers our chance to meet her.
How? Pubs sed.
Easy, sed. and he sed, Well how?
| and 1 sed, When she comes out with
the baSkit full of stuff, you pretend to
"trip over something and bump into her
ana make some of the things spill out
of the baskit, and then Ill quick pick
them up for her and then all we half
10 do Is wawk alongside of her and
lnterduce each other. Its cintch, I
sed.
Maybe 1t is for you, picking things
up, but how about the one doing the
humping? Pubs sed. G WIZ she wont
even wunt to be introduced to me, he
sed, and sed, Sure she will. Every
gerl likes to be ipologized to, and you'll
have good. excuse to ipologize to her.
All rite, you can have it, Ill do the
picking up, PudS sed, and I sed, No
sir nuthing doing. we got it all nice
and arranged and whats the use Of ;lp-
setting everything now.
That's just it, you wunt me to do ell
the upsetting, Pubs sed. Well toss up
for it, that's what we'll do. Have you
got cent? he sed.
No, I sed, and Pubs sed, Neither have
I, had one this morning.
had 3 yeStidday, what goods that
to us? Sed. G wizzickers look at her,
I sed.
Meening the bewty looking gerl away
up the street, Pubs saying, Heck, she
must of came out while we was argew-
ing, and me saying, Well we cant run
after her and then bump into her, it
wouldent look axsidental enough.
Maybe it wasent a good ideer any
ways, Pubs sed.
Wich maybe it wasent.
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articles on a table. Allow the guests
to study what is there for two or three
minutes. Then push all the articles
together to make a small heap and
cover it with silk hat. An old, even
battered one, is most reminiscent of
Lincoln'S hat. Guests should be sup
piled with pencils and paper. Give
them 10 minutes to answer the follow
ing questions:
What is under Lincoln's hat?
How many articles are there?
How many colorS did you see?
How many materials or substances?
ttextlless, glass; pottery, etc..
To what kingdoms do they belong?
CAn1mal, vegetable or mineraD.
How many things can you name?
Please answer by writing them down.
Were there duplicates of any articles?
And, If so, what were they?
The hostess should have prepared
the things so that there are some Strik-
ing colors, various kinds of materials
and two or three duplicates. If leaves
or flowers are included, it is easy to
have two alike. Two spoons or two
handkerchiefs may be used.
Wee silk-hat penwipers and needle
books make unique favors for men and
women, respectively. The hat can be
made OF black silk or felt, with flannel
for the inside sheets. Log-cabin boxes
OF candy are suggested for prizes, as
well as books or pictures on Lincoln,
There are also numerous articles
brought out just for occasions" Al
handsome prize for a woman would be
bag having a log cabin embroidered
in colors on 1t.
(coDyright. 1eso)
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His son then spoke. He said: 81
would rather be 20 than any other age
l have all of life ahead of me. I am
going to take course in engineering
am going to be married to one of the
sweetest girls In the world" And there
you have portrait of three different
persons.
\ X \
Here's one. An old woman who lived
near the frontier during the war with
england possessed a marvellous pro-
pensity to learn the news and frequently
made inquiries of the soldiers on one
occasion she called to one of the de-
lenders Of our rights and said, Whats
the news?"
Why, my good lady," said a soldier,
the Indians have fixed a crow-bar
under Lake Erie and are going to turn
IL over and drown the world"
On, mercy, what shall 1 dol" and
away she ran to tell her neighbors of
the danger and inquire of the minister
now SUCH a calamity could be averted.
why" said he, you need not be
aiarmed-we have our Makers promise
GnaC he VIII not again destroy this earth
Il know that" replied the old lady
lies nothing to do with it. It's them
plaguey Indians"
X X **
Laugh this of. Mohamet at 20 mar
RED a wife of 40; Shakespeare's Ann
hathaway was years his senior; DR..
Johnson's lady was twice his age at
Cnelr marriage; Howard the philanthro-
plst was % and selected a wife of So:
ana Mrs. Rowe, the authoress. was Is
years the senior Of
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own am living my youth again in
the spirit of my grandchildren"
The next speaker was a man 40
years old. He said: 81 have arrived
at the finest age of a mans life. I
have just begun to learn what the
world is all about. Still having illusions,
have learned how to separate the
genuine from the unreal. 1 have
learned something about my fellow
beings I didn't know 10 years ago.
Although not having arrived at the
slipper age, am more content to re-
main home with the family than I was
a few years ago. I still have years
ahead of me in which to accomplish
things.
Just few years ago when the phone
rang was afraid that it wasn't party.
Now when 1t rings I'm afraid that it is.
! have learned, too, what friendship
means. 1t means more than merely
spending money on good time, to be a
good fellow. dare say have no more
than a half dozen friends in the true
sense-friendS who tell me the truth
about myself And what a thing that
is. Yes, I would rather be 40 than any
other age"
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Everyday Psychology
Why You Like Comic Strips.
BIZ DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.

If you are an average human being,
you like the comic strip. And also if
you are an average human being, YOU
never stop to consider why.
The vast majority of all human in
terests are centered around the univer-
sal search for pleasure and its universal
opposite, the avoiding of pain. Keen
this one psychological principle before
you, and you have the reason for all the
"funnieS" or Comics that ever found
their way to the newspapers.
The comic strip represents in exag-
gerated terms something you want
something that the exacting laws of
cause and consequence have generally
denied. What you really want is to get
rid of restraints and the necessity for
suppreSsing your feelings.
The characters in the comics do all
this for you with surprising ease, They
set aside most of the ordinary laws of
nature and social decorum.
BY way of the funnies you can get
a black eye every day, and be ready
for fresh encounter tomorrow. You
can tear the motor out or your car and
keep on going. You can spend money
as extravagantly as you please. You
can be ever so stupid and still be the
hero Of the situation. You can dis
regard all the laws Of grammar and
spelling. You can handle valuables
without the slightest regard for their
values. You can talk with dignitaries
with saucy abandon. You can coniure
up every conceivable magic in time of
trouble. You can travel with incredi-
BILE speed, fight with entire immunity
to arrest, eat without fear of after
maths, speak your mind on every
occasion.
Sum It all up, and you have one word
that will explain the funnies: Escape
(Copyright, 1901
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-10
SUB ROSA
By MIMI.
Well Chosen Words.

The other day I was in a large
restaurant where it was so noisy as to
make 1t almost impossible to eat. Some
OF the rumpuS came from the heavy
crockery, but more Of it came from the
cackle OF human voices. All spoke at
once, so that the conversation sounded
like a pack Of flrecrackers in an old
wash boiler.
just why do we talk when all other
ANIMALS are dumb? I suppose it is
with the desire to communicate by
getting another persons ear. But q
lot OF talk Is due to our desire to ex-
press ourselves, or let off steam. The
result Is vociferous noise with a faint
trace Of conversation.
1t may seem strange, but in this age
OF talk, which makes magpies and par
rotS Of us all, there are so many people
who think they can't converse. They
write In for Hints on Conversation. !"
They realize that talk is cheap but
conversation precious. They feel that
it's the quality, not the quantity, Of
talk that makes conversation.
To talk well you need a good outfit
OF words so that what you say will have
range. If you live in a small COM
munity you know how you are likely
to fall into q jargon of colloquial terms.
You use these the way the Indians used
wampum as the medium of exchange.
What you need for the exchange Of
ideas is something more valuable, for a
word fitly spoken is like apples of gold
IN pictures of silver, as the Bible says.
You choose your word the way q miner
Of gold picks out the nugget.
The kind of vocabulary you need
doesn't have to be a large one II it is
fine. A word is like shoe; 1t fits your
idea the way the shoe fits the foot
Some words are so small that they
pinch the mind, while others make our
talk loose and sloppy.
We hear Of q person who made a
speech In q few well chosen words, and
If your words are of the choice variety
you can get along with comparatively
few of them. Your vocabulary should
be like work basket with Just the
right needles and threads. Then you
can talk as neatly as you sew.
Listen In on q good talker and you
Will see that she converseS as prettily
as she crochets, because she has the
right stuff and knows how to work
1t. You'd think the pattern was print
ed in, blue for her to follow.
You can do the same, If you'll only
make a business of it. You can make
your little vocabulary do q song and
dance for you. That's what folks want
to hear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-10
BEAUTY CHATS BY Edna KENT FORBES

ly be larger than the average all over
when fully grown up.
Mary Lee S.-There should be no
difficulty in having your sisters teeth
Strengthened, even though she Is 10
years of age. She will probably need
to wear specially made bracing Of laced
gold wires which will not be uncom-
Portable after a short time, Such
braces are easily adjusted and removed
whenever necessary, when eating, or
overnight If there is the least feeling
of discomfort. 1t may take six months
or even year before her teeth are
Strengthened, dependent upon how
badly she needs to have the work done
It would be great loss to have any
Of her teeth extracted merely because
OF the crooked tendencies, as all of
them can be adjusted If you find the
right dentist and have sufficient
patience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-10
Home in Good Taste
BY SARA HILAND.

Are you lover of things reminiscent
of the hoop-shirted days? If so, you
will be charmed with this delightful
little reproduction of an early type
of lamp.
The standard is of wrought iron and
the bowl is of pewter, while the shade
is of parchment paper with a fasci-
mating silhouette of very prim little
means of her victoria.
She may appear very calm, but once
that tea starts brewing and the little
cakes are brought forth, don't you
think she will change a little bit and
not wish to miss her share of the
choice news which always seems to
be in the air at these little tea parties?
lamp such as this would be attrac-
tive for the living room, perhaps on a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-10
Consultations.

Be consoled if you are the owner of
a pug noSe The women with small
noses can look young to the point of
being ingenue so long as they like; a
small nose makes a young profile. II
you've large nose, you've just got to
have a grand manner and the dignity
ana the height to go with 1t, but If
you've small nose you can just be
simple and young. It's much easier
Wear your hair bobbed, don't wave
1t II 1t shows no desire to wave, don't
be afraid Of hair parted down the
middle, Of occurrences In hair dress
ing. In clothes, in colors. Wear low
heel shoes, wear simple straight up
and down tailored suits, wear sports
tweed coats and big fur collars that
roll up around your face and little hats
made on plain lines. Wear knitted
jumpers with skirts, and blouses under
them that show tailored stiff cuffs and
collars, and ties, mannish fashion. Aim
effect.
If your face is full your hair a little
Wavy. or If wave Is becoming to you,
your figure round, then affect a more
feminine style, but still keep youth
rather than smartneSS as your object.
The simple tweeds and sports coats of
tne daytime are good for you, too, but
you have more latitude in afternoon
and evening dresses. The frills, the
floating panels, the chiffons and laces
that the thinner, straight HAIRED girl
looks badly in, are yours-yours is the
girlish, not the boyiSh type. But even
you, having a small nose, cannot wear
the sophisticated gowns, nor the period
gowns. that the taller, dignified woman
can carry.
You'll be glad of your small nose,
the small ears that go with such a nose,
and your small features in later life,
for you will always look young.
M. K-Bleach the hair on your legs
with peroxide, and wherever there Is
one that is too dark after the others
are bleached use q safety razor on it,
so you may clip 1t on and not leave q
stiffened short hair to start q run in
your sheer silk stockings.
r. W.T. Is possible you have reach
ed your height as many Ptrls and boys
grow that way, attaining all their
height first, then beginning to develop
all over. You will not appear to be so
tall after you have had few years Of
maturing, and this means that your
cheeks will grow plump also. Your
weight of l25 pounds for your height
OF feet inches, is all right at your
oge OF i6 years, for you must be
making rapid changes and will like
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-10

a single mass; and there is another ring
forming
She described the successive forma-
ton Of four or five such rings, each Of
them condensing into a planet. When
Trowbridge asked for an Interpretation,
she said:
your mind is the sun and the rings
are a series Of books you are to write,
all connected, belonging to one system.
The first will be written very soon and
the others will follow"
Trowbridge, it happened. had no such
series of books in mind. Not long after.
however, he was Unexpectedly called
upon to write a serial story for a maya
zine. 1t went over so we'll that he re-
| introduced the same characters in a
sequel. This also met with fine recep-
ton. Thereafter he wrote three more
sequels. The five books constituted the
famous Jack Hazard" series.
Trowbridge himself admitted that
the apparent verification" of Mrs.
Newton's prophecy may have been
merely coipcidental." However, the
lady supplied a more startling mani
1estatlon to which the same classical
ton could not be applied.
He had planned to take a Summer
trip to the White Mountains with q
DR.. Harris OF Worcester. Mass. Hav-
ing received from DR.. Harris a letter
relating to their plan, he handed it to
Mrs. Newton. Passing into her Gus
tomary semi-trance, she said presently:
Harris"
But all arrangements have been
made-they cannot be changed" re-
piled Trowbridge
You will not take the trip with
him." she insisted. They (the spirits)
say so. They do not explain why
But'-here the lady shuddered-"I
see a strange thing! A horrible thing!
A man hanging by the neck!"
Trcwbridge couldn't see how this
vision could relate to himself or DR..
Harris. Mrs. Newton insisted that it
did.
A few days later the author read in
a Boston paper an item describing the
suicide Of DR.. Post. a dentist of VIII
liamantic, Conn, who had hanged him
self to a bedpost. Still later he re-
ceived a letter from DR.. Harris.
Il find shall not be able to take the
White Mountain trip with you," it said,
"for the reason that my assistant, whom
I expected to leave in charge of the
office during my absence, has been
called to Williamantic to take the place
OF DR.. Post, who lately committed sui
eide"
Perhaps this is another case of CO.
incidence, but it must be admitted In
Justice that the arguments against CO.
incidence are more convincing than the
arguments for it-supposing, Of course,
that Trowbridge truthfully related the
circumstances, which we are bound to
believe he did.
(Copyright, 193O)
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MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

are neglected soon show IL In rough,
coarse skin, ugly nails and broken
cuticle.
If great-great-g randmother had an
oily skin, she just accepted it as part of
her fate. If the modern girls skin is
oily, she uses a good cleanser, followed
by an astringent pack. If she has
freckles or complexion blemishes. she
knows half a dozen safe and reliable
beaches and efficient treatments that
she can use. If she has unwanted hair
on her arms or legs, she uses a mild
depilatory cream once Of twise a week
and keeps the skin of her whole body as
smooth, clean and dainty as a baby's.
II her eyebrows and lashes are blond
she deity darkens them. If she is nat
urally pale, she applies a bit of rogue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-10
MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.

Stewed prunes, oatmeal with
cream, sausage cakes, corn muf-
fms, coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cream of potato soup, egg cro-
quotes on spanich, crisp rolls,
pineapple sponge pie, tea.
DINNER.
Tomato bisque, broiled ham,
burg steak, brown gravy, mashed
potatoes, baked stuffed peppers,
Waldorf salad, squash pie, cheese,
coffee.
CORN MUFFINS.
Mix and sift together cup of
cornmeal, "a cup of flour, 2 tea
spoons OF baking powder and /
teaspoon of salt. Add gradual
ly "a cup of molasses and "a cup
OF milk and beat thoroughly, then
add well beaten egg and table
spoon of melted butter. Bake in
hot buttered gem pans IS minutes.
PINEAPPLE SPONGE PIE.
Beat the yolks of 2 eggs and
add Is cup of sugar, a grating of
lemon rind, l teaspoon of lemon
juice and 113 cups of canned
shredded pineapple. Fold in
stiff1y beaten egg whites, turn into
a pie plate lined with paste and
bake until firm in the center.
STUFFED PEPPERS.
Wipe carefully and crate into
small pieces fresh mushrooms
and fry slightly in a tablespoon
OF butter (there should be a cup
full when cooked. Add u cup of
cream, 2 tablespoons of soft bread
crumbs, II cup of chopped CLAIMS.
beaten egg yolk and "a tea
spoon Of salt. Remove seeds and
veins from 6 bell peppers, par
boil in a little sailed water and
fill with this dressing. Bake in
an earthen serving dish 40
minutes and haste occasionally
with butter and water.
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Golden Corn Cake.

Measure three fourths cupful of corn
meal and Sift it with one cupful of
flour, one-third cupful of sugar, one
teaspoonful of baking soda, two tea
spoonfuls of cream of tartar and one
teaspoonful of salt. Add one cupful of
sour milk or sour cream, one egg well
beaten and two tablespoonful of melted
shortening. Mix well, turn into creased
pans and bake in hot oven for IS
minutes. If baked in little pans shaped
like ears of corn, yellow corn meal Is
good to USE
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of the correct shade to harmonic with
her skin tints to her cheeks and ear
lobes
But the question is, Does she spend
a great deal of time fussing with her
cleansing creams, her astringents. her
manicuring, her deordorants and her
makeup? Yet, but not more time than
Observation-Disclosures spent arrang-
ing elaborate coiffures and getting her
self barricaded inside her whalebones
her heavily Starched camisoles and
chemises. her beruffled petticoats and
hoopskirts.
The modern girl or woman of today
can slip into her two or three simple,
straight-hung garments in two minutes,
and when she emerges from her room
she is not only dainty, sweet-smelling
and lovely to behold but she Is COM
Portable, free and ready for any kind
OF activity and fun, able to breathe
properly, stretch her arms without
splitting a seam and Jump q mud pud-
die or fence without assistance. Truly
the modern girl is healthier and better
groomed, and she has more fun and
freedom than great-great-gran
ever dreamed of, with her ability to
take part in the healthful outdoor sports
that are within reach of every girl in
this modern day and age.
(Copyright, 1930)
School children in Rowan County,
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the man to his wife when she fell in
the. river-"Youn find ground at the
bottom, my dear"
X X r
"I don't want mother to marry
again." said small boy.
why not?" was asked with surprise
Because" said he, 1--WE lost one
father and / don't want the trouble of
becoming acquainted with another"
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her husband. Mar
garet Fuller mar
ried the Count
D'Ossili, 10 years
younger than her.
self, and the i'm
mortal Jenny Lind
is said to have been
8 or 10 years older
than her husband.
And these are what
are called in COM
mon parlance chap
by marriages"
. = y y
A good deal of
the consolation Of
fered in the world
is about as solacing
as the assurance IF
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life, letmeg iveyoutwo rules. :.
GONE: Wear the colors that
suit you best;
TWO:Keep those cclors fresh
and new and vital,
just as you keep your
thingscleanand dainty.
"The slightest loss in hue, the
least deviation from the orig
inal tint, spoil the effect ).
and, of course, the charm that
the gown or frock brings.
shave found that the allure
that lies in color is protected
by Lux. Repeated washings
leave things color-fresh and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-10

TLOTHES, clothes. clothes!
NClothes in courtship!
Clothes after marriage! How
steadily the note runs through
all my correspondence with
women" says Elinor Glyn,
"and how much of a mystery
clothes still seem to be!
"Yetit really shouldn't be a
problem >. when you realize
why clothes are so important.
"You know that you look
best in certain colors. There is
the clue for it is color that
makes clothes charming, allur-
ing, expressive Of you.
$50 if you would be success
full in romance or in married
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Perfect Boiled Icing.

When your boiled icing is ready to
spread onto cake, add small amount
Of butter to the icing and allow it to
melt through by light stirring. This
will keep the icing from hardening and
taking OF, no matter how old it gets.