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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
Everyday Psychology
BIZ DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.
Mental Unemployment
(Copyright. ls30.)

Unemployment always has been and
always will be a problem. This is be-
cause industry has its ups and downs
They are to be expected. If a person
can economic here and there, he can
usually tide over the lean periods. A
great deal depends on ones attitude
ones psychological makeup.
OF all the forms of unemployment
mental unemployment is by far the most
devastating. There should be some way
70 md work for unemployed minds.
But. again, the problem is squarely up
to the individual
1t has been estimated that very few
people use more than one-fifth of their
potential mental energy. l can easily
accept the estimate.
Spend one hour each evening with
the proper sort of books for six months
and you will acquire the equivalent OF
q grammar school education. Work at
1t for two years and you will have the
equivalent of high school education
Keep 1t up four years and you can
take your place beside almost any bach
elor OF arts. so far as disable information
is concerned.
There's lot of wealth lying idle in
the public libraries. Salvage that and
you salvage yourself.
Another thing-the human brain is
Strikingly similar to the muscles of your
arms, modern educational theories to
the contrary. The more you use your
brains the more powerful they become.
There are those who have become
alarmed about the future of the human
race. Their contention is that we are,
as a race, actually losing ground mem
tally; that we have EXCHANGED the
aristocracy of mental aggressiveness for
the democracy of mental acquiescence.
(Copyright. AAAnl
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almost indefinitely. One woman en-
ployed this method of preserving limo
leum so that at the end OF 20 years the
pattern showed no wear and the moor
covering looked like new.
Either varnish or a little butchers
wax should be resorted to in the case OF
hardwood floors that look shabby at the
threshold or where the lines of house
hold travel lead
II window shades have started to tear
at the edge little adhesive tape in a
narrow width will help to prevent fur
Their damage.
Window hangings which have become
badly faded can be immersed in home
solution of dye, if they are of cotton or
linen variety whose lightnesS of weight
does not preclude their being handled.
housewife whose home is done in the
Italian manner dips her curtains every
year. They are of dark-brown shade
and take the color evenly. A dye that
S slightly uneven will hardly be de-
tected in a hanging of this nature. The
folds conceal the deficiencies
Discrepancies that would be obvious
on bedSpread are unnoticeable there.
Unless one has had some experience
with the dye pot, the advice of an ex-
pert should be sought before trying any
valuable pieces.
Electric light cords should be watched
for worn places, as there is genuine dan
ger If the casing becomes badly broken.
The insurance companies can attest to
many instances where such careleSsness
resulted in conf1agration. There, again,
a small piece of adhesive tape is useful.
1t can be touched with crayon colors to
make it the right shade
(Copyright, l930)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
Household Methods
Makeup Box.
BY BETSY CALLISTER.


There is a good deal of talk and
schemtng nowadays to make one room
do the duty of two. In many small
houses and apartments it is a necessity
Or at least a great convenience-to
turn the daytime living room into an
occasional sleeping room and of course
a great many women who work, live in
one room, in apartment house, hotel or
lodging house, and make thre- or four
rooms of this one.
The powder table and powder box,
although they were developed at a time
when the ladies who used them had
plenty of room-for they are distinctly
associated, in origin, with some of the
great court beauties of France-are the
aids of the girl who would make her
bed room an attractive living room and
a convenient dressing room.
For these powder tables and powder
boxes are large enough to contain all
the paraphernalia of makeup needed by
any woman. The boxes are Just as
convenient. They lack only the stand
ard or base of the powder tables. Their
capacity for holding creams and lotions,
powder and rouge, is just as great. And
the powder boxes are more convenient
than the tables because they can be
placed on any table when you use
them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

February 10, 1S61.-While the peace
convention, in session here, continued
its efforts today to find a solution for
the troubles that are disrupting the
Union, word was received of the in
auguration of Jefferson Davis as Pres
ldent OF the Confederate States OF
America, and of the progress of Abra-
ham Lincoln in his Journey toward
washington for his Inauguration as
President of the United States March 4.
The peace convention again failed to
reach vote today on any of the plans
suggested as means of preventing, at
least. the secession of more States, in
Guiding Virginia, from the Union. The
delay seemed to be due to the activities
OF certain State delegations that are
evidently determined to prevent any
plan being adopted that may satisfy
virginia and the other border slave
States.
With much interest and deep con-
Germ, news was received over the cleo
trio telegraph wires of the Inauguration
OF PRESIDENT Davis at Montgomery, Ala,
yesterday. Thes ceremonies we're de-
scribed as the "grandest pageant ever
witnessed in the South"
I enter upon the duties of the Of
fice to which 1 have been chosen"
said President Davis in his inaugural
duuAeSS, Win the nope that the De-
ginning OF our career as a Confederacy
may not be INSTRUCTED by hostile OPP
position to our enjoyment of a Sepa-
rate existence and independence, which
we have asserted and with the blessing
of Providence intend to maintain"
Mr.. Lincoln, PreSident-elect, con-
tinuing his progress toward this city,
was met with enthusiastic demonstra-
tons everywhere his train stopped be-
tween Albany and New York City
Speaking to an immense throng at
PoughkeepSie, Mr.. Lincoln said:
i don't say that in the recent cleo
ton the people did the wisest thing
they could. Indeed, don't think they
did, but I do say that, in accepting
the great trust committed to me, which
do with a determination to endeavor
to prove worthy of it. I must rely on
the people of the whole country for
support, and with their sustaining aid
even !, humble as I am, cannot fail
to carry the Ship of State safely
through the storm.
Il trust that in the course shall
pursue, I shall be sustained not only
by the party that elected me, but by
the patriotic people of the whole coun-
try"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
LITTLE BENNY
BIZ LEE PAPE.

was sitting on Pubs Simkinses steps
tawking to him about diffrent subjecks,
and I sed, met the gerl in the corner
house, her name is EMMY Star.
Tell me something don't know, Pubs
sed, and I sed, Why, G, do you know
her? and he sed, Sure do, she came
around twice to borrow the lend Of
some onions and things.
G, that's just how met her, onV it
was eggs and things, I sed. G, she's
certeny pritty all rite, amt she? I sed.
How about all those long black cerls?
sed
teeth? Pubs sed. She certeny can Dor
row, though, cant she? he sed, and
sed, o well, CESS If her mother sends
her 1 CESS she has to go.
WITCH Just then who started to come
UP but EMMY Star with her little bas-
kit. me saying, G, heer she comes, and
Pubs sed, Good mite and she's going to
borrow some more, she's got that little
baskit. G WIZ my mother told me to
tell her no in case she tried to borrow
agen and good mite I don't wunt to
tell her no, I'm going in the house and
II she IIIlRS JLiS uGll SOLAlCUOAy CLIO CdLl
tell her no, he Sed.
WITCH he started to, and sed, Well
hay, wait, she's libel to ask me to get
it from my house If she cant get 1t
from yours, and I'm Suppose to tell her
no too. I'm going in with you, I sed.
WITCH quick did, and we hid behind
the door in the frunt room and waited
a long while and then the doorbell
rang and the Simkinses cook went and
opened the door and wawked back agen
saying to herself, never seen the beet
of that mailman, he could ring the bell
10 times day and he wouldent bring
me a single blessed letter.
Proving it was ony the letter carrier,
and me and Pubs went out agen and
EMMY Star wassnt anywhere in site.
Pubs saying, Aw heck bet she was
ony going to the store. G WIZ she
mite of stopped and tawked to us, he
sed, and sed, Aw heck.
And we kepp on sitting there feeling
verse insted of better
Proving its not good to get too sis
picious, especially at the wrong time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
WINTERTIME .
BY d. C. PEATTIE.

It is the contention of some that
every place has its genius loci, its par
ticular spirit, something that huns,
unheard. even in Summer air at noon
time; that ooZeS out from the walls
OF many houses that rises up from
the ground like mist on an Autumn
evening. Thus it is obvious what Is
the genius loci of the spot in Rouen
where Joan of Arc was burned: to this
day we hear the wailing of the crowd,
the shouting of the English captains,
the tolling of the cathedral bells, the
cracking of the faggots about the slim
girl at the stake. 1t is a spot with
genius loci. Europe, in almost every
square inch. is deep as velvet in this
sort of quality. In America it is rarer,
If you mean only the more obvious sort
of feel" the rich historical association.
But there is a subtler sort of genius
loci in the Virginia woods, in Winter,
for instance. 1t does not reside IN
historical associations alone, though
one can easily catch a ghostly glimpse
of a scarlet Colonial coach vanishing
down an old wood-road, or fancy the
phantom guns of the Civil War.
If you want to see finer trees, you
can go to California; the rivers are
grander in the Middle West; farms are
more coy and landscapes more land
scapish in New England. To me the
something that is silvery and sadly
beautiful breathes out from the Viz
ginia woods. down the Potomac, toward
Fredericksburg and never more so than
in the very season when nobody pic
MICS and scatters tin cans.
The cry of the signal crow the creak-
ing Of two old trees that, rubbing to-
gether, have worn each other raw, the
running of a little brook underneath
its coating of ice. the rafting of the
yam-pods, hanging silvery and empty
on their vines, the melancholy form
of Virginia cedars. the russell of beard
grass in abandoned meadows, half
blanketed in lgering SHOWS, the twirl Of
quiet smoke from q countryman's
chimney-they are all but part Of the
genius loci of Virginia.
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for two hours. The others gave him a
like amount of time.
OF the five busts completed, the sculp-
tor is loudest in his praise of the one
of WickerSham. Next to the last of the
series to be completed, Simone regards
1t as probably the best of all.
OF the five who sat for him, probably
the one who aroused in him the great
est enthusiasm was the venerable
Holmes. When I asked for his impress
sions of the famous iurist, Simone could
only stretch out both hands in an en-
phatic gesture and say:
''Marvelousl Simply marvelous!"
Included in his exhibit at the Ma
tional Gallery of Art, in addition to
these five prominent Americans. will be
a bust Of Mussolini, Edward Spafford,
one-time national commander of the
American Legion; Howard Chandler
Christy and others. All but four of
the 81 pieces to be exhibited we're made
by Simone since he first came to Amer
lea two years ago.
The Italian sculptor, who served dur
ing the entire war as volunteer pri-
vate and wears the Croix de Guerre
has IS of his monuments erected in 26
different cities throughout the world
One of his most famous Is the war
memorial monument to the Alpines in
Italy, unveiled by the King of Italy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
OUR CHILDREN
BY ANGELO PATRI.
Children's Pattern.

The teacher becomes the pattern for
all the pupils in the class Nobody else
! has such influence over children be-
tween and 10 years of age as the
teacher. MY techer says" is the
thunder from Sinai. How careful the
teacher must be to merit that trust
to carry that responsibility truly and
bravely! How conscious she must be
OF 1t, lest, unaware, she furnish the
A little girl had very sore hands
They were chafed and raw from ex-
posture to water and frost Her mother
could not imagine the reason, because
the child had warm gloves, her hands
were carefully washed, dried and DOW
dered. AS they became tender, then
sore, the care and attention were
doubled. Still the unhappy hands AL
ways the child had a very happy atti-
tude toward it all. She seemed to enjoy
the condition. One day her mother
cried as she bathed and tended the
frosted hands.
Don't cry about it. mother. I like
them that way. My teacher has reddel
knuckles than mine-oh, much redder
like my hands to be like hers"
The secret was out! This teacher had
| a difficulty with her hands. The chalk
! dust cracked the skin, and in spite OF
all her care the knuckleS were often red
and angry, with little cracks showing
through. The child discovered that by
wetting her hands and exposing them
10 the frosty winds she Could have red
knuckleS, too.
Usually the children copy the right
things, but don't overlook the fact that
anything the teacher is, does, lives, is
copied by her admiring group. ANY
little manneriSm, any trick of speech,
OF gesture, of temper, is noted and
copied by one or more Of the watchful
little ones.
Lovely hands make their impression
Little girls-and little boys, too-long-
ingly admire the we'll kept hands OF
their teachers. And If the dear teacher
lays her hand IN benediction upon some
toWseIed head the Joy is unbounded
The teachers voice is the standard
for the children. If it is pleasant and
f1rm and clear, they will copy it. If il
is loud and harsh and unpleasant, they
Will copy 1t to an infection It is ALWAYS
easier to copy the unframed person
than the cultured one.
the teachers speech is the standard
OF the class. If the teacher speaks we'll
II her words are chosen with care. If
her manner of speaking is direct and
interesting, the children will ACQUIRE
just those qualities.
A sweet-temperad teacher is a host
In herself. The children are never un-
certain, never moody. They will take
on the serenity of the teachers mood
the moment they enter the class room
They will be patient with each other
and courteous in their attitudes. But
| let the teacher be Of uncertain temper
and the whole atmosphere takes on q
charged tension and trouble is imnniS
nent.
The teacher Is the children's pattern
She is their leader, guide and authority
How careful, watchful, reverently re-
sponsible she must be! =
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Low GuIOTCSuleIlC OOI1NlLooAOLis
And the last is Patrick j. Hurley,
Secretary of War.
These five marble portraits were
made by Simone within the space Of
about one month. Soon these f1ve,
along with 40 other works of the sculp-
tor, are to be exhibited at the National
Gallery of Art in the United States
National Museum.
Simone, who has been decorated
three times by the King of Italy, has
been in Washington only since the first
of January of this year.
He came here for the express pur-
pose of making busts of those high in
the official life of this country. Each
of the five national figures whose buSts
he has completed sat for him.
justice Holmes posed three hours at
different times while Simone fashioned
his likeness in clay. Gen. Pershing sat
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MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE
BY MOLLIE MERRIcK.

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, February Il
CEAN.A).-Edward Marshall, operate
baritone, will probably be Bebe Daniels
leading man for her forthcoming pic
ture.
When you stop to think of the type
of thing Bebe Daniels was doing a few
years ago and the type of leading man
she had, this seems unusual. But talkies
nave changed things somewhat.
Marshall, who Is famous for the role
OF Othello in the Verdi opera, which is
considered one of the most dificult sing
ing roles ever written, Is scheduled to
replace Walter Wolfe. originally chosen
for the part.
Walter Wolfe is a triae more roman
nc-looking than Marshall, although
Honywood's makeup men can put any
type face they wish on an actor, and II
the job is too difficult for them the
plastic surgeons are called in, the actor
given another nose, or another pair OF
ears, or a tuck taken in his chin, OF
his eyebrows lifted-and away they 60!
Walter Wolfe came to Hollywood fresh
from musical comedy successes on the
Eastern Coast. He Is under contract tc
the Shuberts, 1t seems. And they sud.
week, the rumor goes, when the first ap.
proaches were made for the ''Dixiana'
lead. At any rate, whether it happened
precisely this way or not, the 81, 900 pei
week was q bit thick for even a good
baritone.
Grand opera stars have been accus.
toned, in the main, TO glory but very
little spare cash. The Metropolitan and
Chicago opera companies count pennies
~ NH fc at -
headliner. And these children of fame
are accustomed to hard work, years Of
disappointment and the minimum of re-
a1uneratton. Movie salaries are Heaven.
sent for them.
Both the Hammersteins-Arth anc
Oscar-are sunk to the scuppers ir
stage beer this week. Casks upon cask,
OF the dangerous-looking mixture have
been hauled into the two studios where
they are making Viennese pictures.
Vienna means uniforms, beauty, walt;
music and beer. think should have
begun with the beer. The two musician,
IN the case are Friml and Romberg-
and both of them put a genuine beer,
touch into their VienneSe airs.
But the extras claim they deserve al
extra fee. When you sit and quaff tn,
sort Of suds served out these days a
stage beer you're earning your money.
John Murray Anderson, brought OH
OF New York for the sole purpose O
giving the Paul Whiteman revue some
thing different, seems to have beef
worth the rather fat salary it requires
to get him here.
We have had at various times junsl
touches in our celluloid. The mos
dramatic angle Of jungle life is tn
drum-beater who sends messages aheal
through the wild. He Is the TELEGRAPH
system of the Dark Continent
Anderson's concept of him is mad
in q dance with Jacques Cartier. Tn
dancer, his entire bod. coated in
cleaning films of graphite. stands upo
. huge drum, q headdress of feather
eeveral feet high upon his head. H
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
Famous Cinderellas-GOO and Bad
Queen Christina of Spain Married Tobacconists and
Made Him a Duke.
BY ]. P. GLASS.

This is the story of a male Cinderella.
The first time Queen Christina Of
Spain saw Frederick Munoz he was
trudging along a high road leading into
Madrid. Her majeSty'S carriage passed
him. Her handkerchief dropped out,
and Munoz, picking it up and running
after her, restored it.
He was %, tall and handsome, in the
uniform of a private soldier. Christina
regarded him approvingly in the mo-
ment before her coachman started his
horses again.
AS for Frederick, he thought nothing
of this incident. He could not guess
what romance it had opened for him
Christmas husband, King Frederick
VII, died shortly after. His widow,
having never loved him, did not mourn
him. For the time being she was the
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ruler of Spain. for she had contrived to
get herself appointed regent during the
minority Of her daughter, Isabella II.
Still young, still beautiful, she had
fallen in love with Frederick Munoz in
one brief encounter. OF course, the
youth would never dare to make love to
her. She decided to woo him.
This bizarre romance proceeded in a
little tobacconists shop kept by Fred
erick's father in an obscure street of
Madrid. Heavily yelled, Christina went
to the shop at hours when young Munoz
would be there.
On the fourth night she asked him to
accompany her to the end of the street
AS they prepared to part she suddenly
uncovered her face.
The audacity of the steps by which
Christina made the poor private soldier
her husband aroused admiration. First
she had him discharged from the army
Next she commissioned him an officer
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in her bodyguard, where she could have
him always near her.
Her infatuation soon was noticed.
Some Of her ministers were for inter-
ferring, but others were not. Spain
was, IN fact, rent by political factions,
and there were many ambitious persons
who wished Christina deposed. These
felt that her intrigue with a common
soldier would ruin her.
Those who favored interference set
afoot conspiracy against Munoz. The
queen heard of it. A few hours later
in the presence of a few trusted init
mates she married him. That he might
be of rank approaching her own, she
created him Duke of Rienzares.
MunoZ, happily, was a really fine
character. From the start his sole con-
Germ had been loyalty to serve his
queen. Christina so loved him she
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
Ny Neighbor SAYS:

Slices of fish should be turned
often while being broiled. Broil a
whole fish first on the flesh side
until done, then broil on the skin
side until crisp and brown.
Those who do much sweeping
will find that a piece of velvet
glued to the part Of the broom
handle on which the hands rest
will prevent blistering of the
hands.
To remove stain left by choco-
late ice cream, sprinkle the spot
with boraX and soak the cloth in
cold water, then in boiling water.
Small rugs may be made to look
like new If washed with "dry"
sudS applied with a scrubbing
brush. Shake out excess water
from the brush before starting.
Wipe the rugs dry with clean
cloths.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
Savory Baked Ham,

Soak ham overnight in cold water
to cover. Wash thoroughly and place
In a kettle and let cook for about Ave
hours Slowly, or cook in a pressure
cooker for about one hour Let the
ham cool in the water in which 1t was
cooked. When cool remove the outside
skin and rub brown sugar over the sur
face of the ham. Stick with cloves
place In a baking pan, cover, and cook
slowly for an hour.
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started Vaccinations to make him king
But he refused to let her go on.
Il have no concern with courts and
thrones" he said. 81 am no politician
Wen both be unhappy if you carry
things too far"
Civil wars in Spain brought Christina
much unhappinesS. She had to fee tc
France. Through all her troubles, how
ever, she was certain of domestic hap
piness. The duke, despite his humble
birth, had all the attributes of a gen.
tleman.
She gave him several children, to
whom he was a fine parent. When he
died, not long after the close of the
Franco-Prussian War, he was sincerely
mourned by every one.
Christina died in 1878. Just a few
years before the birth of her great
grandson. Alfonso XIII. Peace had been
restored and she had returned to Spain
(Copyright, 1930)
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BY ERNA KENT FORBES

massage cream you buy for this is god,
for just ordinary cold cream is useless.
1t is almost impossible to massage
without using something oily, SO again
we come to almond oil-merely because
massage motions are more effective if
the skin Is well fabricated Otherwise,
massage by slapping the face with a
patter.
Blue Eyes-Continue to massage with
the cocoa butter, and do not heat the
oil, as you have been doing; the only
heating needed is enough so the palm
when passed over it will take up little
of the oil. should think you were a
bit underweight for your arms to need
filling out, and 1t would then be an eff
fective and quicker method If you built
up your general weight. Drink a quart
of milk every day or take tablespoon
ful OF olive oil in an equal amount Of
fruit Juice three times day to put on
weight
Brown Eyes.-I do not think there is
anything to be done about your eyes.
Apparently what you are bothered about
is merely natural characteristic.