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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
Your Baby and Mine


Inevitably linked with the question,
What shall feed my child?" goes the
next more important query, How can I
get him to eat it?" Seemingly the raw
enous appetites with which all chill
dren should be blessed are fictitious
The usual child In the usual home
where there is always enough food and
sometimes too much, is more often than
not completely Indifferent to his meals.
The oyerfed baby may drink regu-
larry only part Of his bottle feelings
and cannot be lured to take more The
child of 2 or thersabouts, who plays
hard all day and should logically be
half starved, finds meals a bore and has
to be driven to them
If there we're only one reason for the
existence of such conditions, it would
be simple enough to right it, but there
are as many reasons as there are chill
dren end homes Each one has an eff
feet ON the other. and this effect is very
hard to trace down and correct.
Recently / listened while a fond
aunt harped on the theme of her
nephews appetitelessness. She exhib-
tied an actual pride i'm the methods be-
ing used to induce the child to eat She
did admit that. when possible she
stayed away from his sisters home for
the constant reminders and promises
and threats all through a meal did get
on her nerves. If the childs lack OF
appetite is caused by some physical
reason, then all such methods simply
postpone the day of cure. II they are,
as one could readily guess, just psyeho-
logical ones. encouraged by the family s
ridiculous performances when he didn't
eat. then there can be no cure until
the family opens its eyes and sees It.
self
The picture Of the grandmother run
ming about the house after the boy a
plate of food IN one hand and a spoon
in the other, cornerihg him and teas
ing him to take Just ore more bite "for
| grandma" IS so absurd that one won
defs how the family can fail to see it.
And this has been going on for seven
| years.
we have a leahet outlining the usual
| psychological and physical reasons for
lack of appetite. If you wish to OBJ
| tain II, send with your request a self
| addressed, stamped envelope to your
| Baby and Mine" department Of this
| newspaper In addition, might re-
mind mothers that vitamin B is called
the appetite vitamin, for 1t has a direct
effect upon the appetite, Vitavose, a
wheat germ sugar product, and yeast in
/ various forms are rich in vitamin B
which is found in milk, vegetables, eggs,
internal organs diver, kidneys and
sweetbreads) and in whole grain
| cereals
When the child is markedly without
desire to finish his bottle or consume
ordinary amounts Of food, 1t is we'll to
make an effort to provide additional
'''"''''" 3 tnsone or the other of the
40 I0Inls. For the small haby give
yitavose with the fofmula or yeast ed
uainistefed three times daily; for the
older child, liver, eggs and whole-gfain
! cereals Drown rice. Whole barley, whole
wheat, cut oats) are calculated to give
additional impetus TO Q lazy appetite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. b.

TO telephone the fire department and
to have a rescue crew come Changing
up to the door. Is it not time that
the hospitals, through their an4bulanceS,
and the health departments, by renting
or .oanihg ifhalatofs to obstetricians
and midWives, should take over this
service?
The distinguished authority on re-
suscitation hasn't told the half of it,
1 can testify. There are a lot of doc
tors in the country today, some of
them very important men in their own
estimation, who simply do not know
how to resuscitate anybody. Such doc
tors are the ones who so gladly pass
the responsibility in these emergencies
to the fire department, the police, or
to anybody who is ready 10 rush into
the picture.
A medical man who takes more than
the usual small pride in his expert
ence" naively described how he had
tried letting his engine idle while warm
ing up in his small garage one cold
morning with the garage cclosed and,
by George, he Just managed to get to
the open air and that was all! AS
matter of fact, the doctor had not done
any such foolish. experiment at all-he
had been slightly gassed with carbon
monoxioe, and that narrow escape
taught him the danger. Obviously no
one who knows the terrible abruptness
of that form of death would willingly
engage in any such experiment.
The inhalator mentioned by Prof.
Henderson is merely an infiatable bag
in which air or oxygen and carbon
proportions for the victim to tnhale,
while Sehafer's method Of artificial
respirs ton is being used. A mixture of
a or 8 per cent Of carbon dioxide in
air or oxygen is much more powerful
stimulA1t to the Victims breathing than
is pure oxygen or air alone Carbon
dioxlde in the air we breathe is the
natural stimulant of respiration. II is
particularly essential in the institution
OF breathing in the newborn. 1t is
probably the explanation for the bene-
fieial Results 6f flouth-to-miouth IN
suf1ation in establishing respiration in
the newborn. The expired air contains
4 to per cent of carbon dioXide.
Such inhalators should be kept avail
able wherever it is likely that there
may be victims Of drowning, gassihg,
smoke aspllyXiation or poisoning to
resuscitate Some communities still
have those antiquated and dangerous
lung motors or breathing machines,
which in the name of humanity should
be junked and replaced by inhalators.
The breathing of an atmosphere of
oxygen with per cent carbon dioxide
helps the victim of fhonoXide asphyxia-
ton to blow of or eliminate from the
lungs the poison. So it is excellent
treatment, even where breathing has
not actually ceased.
Anyhow, it is a disgrace to the pro-
-
faculty when these cases are turned
over to the well-meaning but crude
efforts. of firemen. A hospital that has
to call in firemen to render first aid
is poor excuse.
Copyright. 1930)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
stumpy Is Upset.
Whoever truly e IN need
Will hfid that Nature taketh heed.
Jerry MuskfNt.


While stumpy, the three-legeed young
Muskrst. was afraid of the snow be-
cause it made his presence known to
his enemies, he enjoyed It, too, after
a fashion. He liked to sit beside the
open water, where he could dive in ct
the first hint of danger, and watch
what went on about him. 1t was sur
prising how many people NE saw. 1t
wasn't that there we're more about. No,
that wasn't it. 1t was because against
the white snow they were more readily
seen. Blacky the Grow. Sammy Jay,
Tommy Tit the Chickadee, and Slatey
the junco he saw nearly every day.
Several times he saw Peter Rabbit long
before Peter came near enough to
speak. Twice he saw Reddy Fox at a
distance. He was quite satisfied to
see Reddy at a distance. And of course
all these little people saw him.
"I don't see how any one can hide
when all the world Is white / mean
I don't see how any one can hope to
keep from being seen unless hiding
under or in something" said he.
Brown coats never were intended for
a white world"
"Trle,' replied Jerry Muskrat.
quite true. But there are people who
have white coats, and a white world
Just suits them. That reminds me, one
Of these is a fellow you had best watch
out for
''Who Is hep" asked Stumpy.
Shadow the Weasel" replied Jerry.
HE is a little fellow, but it would be
jus. like him to attack you If he should
discover that you have but three legs,
and unless you could get him into the
water am afraid you would not have
much chance"
st saw him once last Summer and
he wasn't white; he was. brown" said
Stumpy.
"Iie has changed his coat, or Mother
Nature has changed 1t for him since
then" said Jerry. at was brown in
the Summer but 1t is white now. 1t is
as white as this snow The only thing
about him not white is the tip Of his
tail. This is black. Watch out for him.
He is dangerous any time Of year, but
more so now than any other time be-
cause he is harder TO see."
Stumpy promised that he would
watch out and then promptly forgot
all about Shadow the Weasel. You see
Shadow was a rare visitor to the Smil-
ing Pool and those living there seldom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
WINTER

There is one Christmas decoration
about which even the most conscien-
tious need have no qualms I speak
OF the mistletoe, plant parasitic on
other plants, especially the most USE
full trees. Buy all you want of it.
The more you buy the better the
health of the orchards and forests.
once had college professor who
found something to complain of in the
purchase, of mistletoe. AT this rate
the plant. he said would soon be ex-
tinct OF this there Is not much dam
ger, though it is possible, in the East
ern United States, that it might be
practically exterminated. However, the
pine forests of the Western States are
ridden with mistletoe, and when that
supply gives out the apple farmers of
Normandy will be delighted to send us
their mistletoe, and prepay the freight
charges, too.
In my library are several rare books
that tell the story of mistletoe, but
none of them offer convincing explana-
tions as to why we kiss under the
mistletoe. I find, however that an
ancient volume, entitled Golden Cab
met of Secrets" falsely purporting to
have been written by Aristotle, states
that a true love powder" can be
made in this wise: Take" says the
ancient recipe, "elecampane, the seeds
or flowers, vervain and the berries of
mistletoe. Beat them, after being we'll
dried in an oven, into a powder, and
give 1t to the party you design upon
in a glass of wine and it will work
wonderful effect to your advantage"
am sure this is a certain way to
win your girl, and mistletoe is common
just now, but, of course, If you
haven't any seeds of elecampane the
charm won't work and you are simply
in bad luck. In that case / would
suggest trying the magical properties
Of two dozen Iong-stemmed roses or
some florists lady's-slippers in a bed
Of maidenhair fern, the whole to be
marked Merry Christmas" and paid
for with Uncle Johns Yuletide check.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
An Overweight Blonde.

Dear Miss Leeds: % My IRir is fair,
but is turning darker. Should I use a
blonde rinse to brighten it?
(2) am II years OLD, 5 feet l inch
tall and weigh 100 pounds. have tried
reducing by dieting and exercise, but
without success. Shall try a reducing
medicine?
(3) What colors are becoming. 1 have
fair skin. l.. A. L.
Answef-Q) You may use the juice
Of one lemon in pint of water to rinse
your hair after your shampoo with cas-
tile soap. Leave the rinse on for 10
minutes, then rinse it off in clear
water. Avoid strong bleaching rinses
because, after number of applications,
they will make your hair dry. duh and
brittle.
(2) Do not think of taking any feauc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
Everyday Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE W. sPROWLs.
Foggy Weather.

My morning papers report an unusual
number of local automobile accidents
for the previous evening. Three killed,
eleven injured, to say nothing of numer-
Gus minor collisions.
Why? A heavy fog hung over the
region during the evening in question.
Many drivers do not seem to know
that f0ggy weather has psychology all
its own. Its a simple matter, however.
Anything seen in a fog seems to be
farther away than it actually Is That's
because the fog obliterates the details
of the observed object And, of course,
when the details are obliterated you nat
urally judge that the object is far away.
In other words, foggy atmosphere plays
the part of mental substitute for re-
moteness.
If you have ever driven a car in
foggy weather you must have noticed
that approaching machines appear all
of sudden. You think they are driv-
ing fast. When you finally get your
proper bearing ON their distance from
you, they instantly seem to be about
twice as large as they actually are.
That's because you misjudged their
speed, and also because you were unable
to see the surrounding objects that give
you the customary clues to their Size
Mental confusion is the resultant
accident.
Copyright. 1900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

ing drugs without a doctors prescrip-
ton. Such large degree of over
weight is probably due to some inter-
nal condition which may be corrected,
so my advice to you is that you see a
doctor about it. Perhaps you have not
given dieting and exercise a fair trial
for a sufficiently long period to obtain
results.
go 1 shalt be glad to mail you my
leaflet which tells what colors and
styles of clothes are becoming to diff
ferent types, If you viii send me a
stamped, self addressed envelope for it.
You forgot to mention the color of
your eyes. If they are. blue, deeper
shades of the same color are most be-
coming. burt you should avoid green's
unless you want your eyes to look green
also. Browns. beige, peach, rose, rust,
wine, black and cream are usually suit
able for the blonde. LOIS LEEDS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
LITTLE BENNY
81 LEs PAPE.

Ma was looking at her list Of the
people she has either bawt presents for
already or still has to, saying to pop,
P. Willis Hinkle had a very good arti-
Gle in tOdays paper. He says the crate
part about Christmas is that IL gives
us a chance to be RELY charitable with
out giving offents. In other werds he
says the idea way Is to give all we can
to the people who RELY need 1t, and
then we'll be doing reel good insted of
observing Christmas in. name 0ny, she
Sed. just happened to think Of that
seeing your cuzzen Gerties name here
on my list. The poor woman has had
such a hard time with 2 such perfeck
children and such an ifnperfeek hus-
band. ma sed. Its a golden time Tor
me to be a living proof Of P. Willis
Hinkles ideer, she sed.
I'm with you, pop sed. I think we
awt to give her a nice little sum of
money. There's ntithiflg like money
when your poor, and in fact many rich
people seem to place a certain value on
it too, he said, and ma sed, think it
would show more thaWt and attention
if I gave her something more definite
that she RELY needs. For instants
Hookbinders has a sale Of clothes trees
for 8 dUllers and 30 cents and there's
nlthing like nice clothes tree for
keeping poor familys house from look
ing still poorer by having clothes and
hats dragging around homelessly in
stead of neetly hung up. And speek-
ing of clothes I think Ill get Mrs.
Hews an evening shawl. I know she
just happens to want one, fortunately,
and can get RELY smart one for 80
dollers and 40 cents, ma Sed.
But zee gods the Hewses are rolling
in money and old Hews just made an
other killing On the stock market, pop
Sed, and ma sed, Certeny, that's just
why she won't appreciate anything that's
not RELY nice and little expensive.
Help aid sucker, pop sed. And he
got behind the sporting page and ma
Kepp on making marks On her list.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
By Thornton
". Burgess.

thought Of him. He wasn't what might
be called regular enemy. The very
next morning Stumpy climbed out on
his favorite tusSock and, after q look
all around to make sure that all was
safe, began to make his toilet. He was
combing his fur with the nails Of his
one front paw and thinking how peace
full and safe everything was when he
saw q Mouse come out of a little hole
stalk of goldenrod. AS the Mouse sour
ried along, making a pretty trail Of fine
footprints In the snow, he passed or
started to pass what Stumpy had taken
to be a little lump of snow. He had
noticed it when he had flrst climbed out
on the tussock.
Just as that Mouse was opposite that
little lump 1t came 10 life. Yes. sir,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
Chocolate Pudding.

Crate or break into small pieces two
cakes of unsweetened chocolate. Take
one quart of milk, and after taking out
one eupful in which TO dissolve the
chocolate, boil up once. add the choeo-
late and boil all once. Take off and
let cool Beat until well mixed the
yolks Of five eggs, including the white
of one, and make very sweet. Pour the
chocolate on the eggs, place over the
fire, then stir until it thickens. Take
off quickly, add a teaspoonful of vanilla
and brown in the oven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
Use of Picot and PIeating
BY MARY MARSHALL.

while the jabot rufie on the bodice Is
made from a straight strip of mate
rial shaped into v formation In the
pleating.
The idea Is q good one to carry out
in q new dress, but even more helpful
in fenlodeling an old dress. The pleated
lounces may be made from contrasting
material of matching color or from the
same material in contrasting color. A
black or navy blue crepe de chine might
be effectively remodeled with pleated
hounces of black or navy blue georgette.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
Home in Good Taste
By SARA H1LAND.

The banister-back chair is one Of
the aristocrats of the Early American
period, being made at about the same
time as the more, simple slatback and
Windsor chairs. II you are in search of
an odd chair to give your living room
a more homelike appearance, you
would do very well to select one of
this type.
AS a chair to be used with desk
or at the bridge table, this will be
found very pleasing, and being Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18

new dress because of the help afforded
by these specialists. On the chiffon or
georgette dress edges that would other
wise have to be finished very carefully
by hand can now be run through the
hemstitehing machine in few minutes.
It is usually possible to have pleating
done at the small shop where the hem
stitching is done, and this, too, may be
made TO serve as a short cut in home
dressmaking. The sketch shows a new
dress that makes use of both picot and
pleating. The founces on the skirt are
picot finished at the lower edge and
pleated at the top, and the ffill at the
front Of the bodice as well sleeve frills
are also finished and fulled in the same
way. The skirt f1ounces call for straight
lengths OF material. Those used on the
sleeves are straight, but slightly short
-ened toward the inside of the arms,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18

sturdy construction it may also be
placed In prominent position where
it will receive hard usage. Not so with
some of these dainty little chairs with
the spindly legs, which are lovely to
look at, but which terrify lis when
they are called upon to hold q visitor
of very large proportions. No one knows
yet why big man or woman invariably
selects the very smallest and most
delicate chair in a room.
The illustration shows the chair In
combination with q small pedestal
table and kerosene lamp which has
been wired for electricity. The chair has
cane seat. but is equipped with a
loose pad of lattice pattern arniire.
(Copyright 1897
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
Indian Pudding.

Add half cupful Of cornmeal gradu-
ally to one quart of scalded milk, stir
ring constantly. Cook over hot water
for IS minutes, then add three-fouFths
eupfHl of moIasses, one teaspoonfuI of
salt, one-fourth cupful of butter, two
beaten eggs, half a tsaspoo11ful of Gin
namon and a pinch of ginger. Trans
fer to a buttered baking dish and over
the top gently pour one cupful of cold
milk. Bake for three hours in a me-
dunn oven. Serve with hot whipped
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18

1t came to life with an abruptness that
was startling to say the least. There
was a squeak Of fright from the Mouse
and that was all. A slim, trim little
person in a white coat had bounced on
him with a flerceness dreadful to see
1t was so sudden and so wholly I'M
expected that Stumpy was so startled
he fell over backward into the Laugh
ing Brook with q splash. When he
ventured to put his head out of water
for a look he was just in time to see a
rapidly moving tiny black spot against
the white snow. He guessed what 1t
was. He guessed it was the black tip
of a tail.
THAT must have been Shadow the
Weasel, and he was sitting right there
all the time" gaSped Stumpy.
He was right. That is just who 1t
was.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
should stick TO His Fire

Speaking Of the resuscitation Of the
newborn, Prof. Yande1I Henderson says:
ut is really rather ludiefotis that all
over the country today doctor who
has on his hands nom breathing new
born child has no better recourse than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
ABE MARTIN SAYS

The only time to catch Mrs. Lafe
Bud at home is when the gang plays
bridge at her house.
1t must be tough to be everwhelm-
inly elected as a wet am then have to
siphon of lot o. home brew an cap it.
(Copyrisht. feSoJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18

Nothing has done more to simplify
me work Of the home dreSsmaker within
recent years than the work of the pro-
fessional hemstitchers and pleaters.
Every small town now boasts at least
one small shop where this sort of work
is done promptly, efficiently and mex
pensively, Often days of work are
taken off from the task of making q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
Spanish Poached EGGS.

Take a green pepper, cut out all the
seeds, cut up in small pieces and fry
the pepper with some chopped onions
and parsley and pepper and salt.
Poach some eggs, add some tomat5 to
the other ingredients and pour all over
the eggs on toasted slices of bread.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
THE STARS
DAILY PATTERN
SERVICE
Two Ways to Make It!

You1l like this slender model I'M
mensely. It's a lovely patterned creepy
wooden in exquisite dark wine red color
ing
The low placement Of the circular
skirt hounce joined to the upper part
of the dress In diagonal outline gives
the figure a charming heightened line.
The narrow tie belt holds the dress
mugly to the figure at the natural
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX

NEAR MISS ptx-The matfnony
- girls could taught how 70 harne their dispositions
that causd by the ht-andskp marriages
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18

waistline Being adjustable, 1t may be
worn at point as best suits its wearer.
The miniature view shows how utter
~ chic it is with cape collar for Sun
day nights" and smart restaurant wear.
Transparent velvet, metal chiffon,
canton crepe and crepe TI4arocain are
lovely fabrics for its development.
Style No. 800 is designed Sor sizes
IA, 16, 10, 20 years, SO, 80 40 and az
inches bust. Size 80 requires 81
yards OF 39-inch material with rs yard
of 32-inch contrasting.
We suggest that when you send for
your pattern, you order a copy of our
large Winter Fashion Magazine. 1t
should be in every home for Of course
every woman wants TO look her best
without great expense, and this book
points the way. 1t also contains excel-
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For a pattern Of this style, send is
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