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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
Everyday Psychology
By DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.
Your Writing STYLE.

The outstanding fact about any indi-
vidual Is his style. Style itself is a
combination Of habits. You have a
style for everything, including table
manners, salutations, handShakes, hand
writing. A persistent style has often
been taken as an indication of char
acter, but that isn't always the truth.
Many OF our consistent styles are con-
sistently superficial. No one style re-
veals ones character, temperament or
personality. Character Is too complex
to be deciphered by single activity.
In studying handwriting you win
make better Roadway II you first &C
count for the superficial and accidental
factors. And what are they? II posi-
bic, hunt up and study some samples
Of your handwriting when you were
learning to write. You may be able 70
trace some Of your persistent and SUPER
flcial writing habits back TO q favorite
teacher. You will find that imitation
and imitation alone was and still Is q
factor Of some importance in your style
of writing.
Some people are consistently slow and
deliberate, others consistently fast and
careless, with all sorts of in-betweens
and combinations. GraphologistS call
this time factor your dominant tempo.
Your dominant tempo Is natural. After
you have explained the accidental fac
tors In handwriting, the chief Of which
Is imitation, you are then ready to study
the forms that ones dominant tempo
dictates in the use of the pen and
pencil.
What is the chief factor in your writ
ing style? The same thing that gives
individuality to everything else you do
your dominant tempo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

The blue Of her eyes may be accented
by her sapphire or turquoise earrings
and necklace. Ruby eardrops and
beads may repeat the rich color of her
hips. Pearls, rhinestones and other
precious or semi-precious gems may be
used effectively in earrings.
The shape OF these ornaments should
be thought of in relation to rnilady's
facial contour. Long. slender eardrops
tend to make a wide face seem simmer.
Large hoops in the ears are becoming
to slender faces. Necks, too, must be
considered. Very long earrings tend to
make short neck seem shorter, but
they may be very becoming to long
necks.
Earrings are not now the heavy af-
fairs they used to be, that stretched
and sometimes tore the tender lobes.
Fortunately the barbarous practice Of
piercing the ears has been abandoned
and the modern earring does not need
to be hooked through a hole in the
flesh. It is light in weight, too, so that
there is no danger Of dragging the
lobes down out of their normal posi-
ton. Earrings nowadays may appear
large and massive, but in reality be
light in weight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
Ears and Earrings.

In recent years ears have been COM
ing in for larger share Of attention
than they formerly enjoyed because
many present-day coiffures allow at
least one of them to show. Their
beauty depends almost as much on
their color as on their size and shape
Pale ears and red ears are equally I'M
attractive, but the former condition is
easier to remedy. at least externally by
the use of little rouge and pink face
powder. All that can be done for red
ears. however, Is to powder them and
conceal them as much as possible under
the couture
Ears should not be neglected, even If
they are usually kept out Of sight. II
Is a good plan to rub the outer parts
with cleansing cream or oil, then wipe
it off with q soft cloth instead of try
ing to clean them with a thick face
cloth and soap. Dampen the soft cloth
and give the ears a second wiping.
While applying the cream massage
gently all around the roots of the ears,
roll the edges of the ears and the lobes
between the fingers. Avoid irritating
the delicate skin inside by picking at it
with sharp instruments. Hairpins and
other hard objects should not be
pushed into the ears with the idea of
cleansing them. The canal of the ear
is self-cleansing since the skin grows
rapidly and tends to push out the dead
scales mixed with wax, as required.
Sometimes the wax does accumulate too
much, causing temporary deafness, in
which case q physician should be con-
suited. Any suspicion of trouble in the
ears should receive prompt medical at
tention.
A daintily formed ear with shell-pink
tints really needs no adornment. Ear
rings are fastened to such ears not
to make them more beautiful, but to add
a desired color note or to make milady's
face appear broader or more slender.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
SUB ROSA
BIZ VIRGINIA vANE.
Parlor Sheik.

Parlor Shelk.
Dear Miss Vane: What would you
do with a friend like this? I met him
about two years ago and we have been
seeing each other steadily since that
seems fond of me, but in all the time
we have known each other he has never
once suggested taking me anywhere
not even to movie.
; I like to have good time. don't
mind a bit having him come to see me
most of the time, but 1t seems to me
he ought to want to entertain me once
in a INDEPENDENTLY when he tells
me about taking other girls to various
places.
Do you think I have a right to ex-
pect some better treatment from him?
T like him better than anyone else, but
I am tired of his attitude.-M. E. T.
Either the young man is thoughtless
and careless or he's just plain selfish.
There is no reason in the world why
he shouldn't have invited you to some
sort of entertainment long before this.
Good manners should have prompted
him to do so long ago.
It's customary for the young modern
male to talk a good deal about the
gold-digging propensities of the pres
ert-day girl. And very often this sort
of conversation makes girl sensitive
on the subject of invitations to dances,
shows, etc She is afraid that If she
shows herself too eager to go out, she'll
Immediately be taken for a gold-digger
and held in contempt by the man she
admireS.
There's a vast difference between
gold-digging and expecting the per-
fectly normal amount of fun usually
offered by admirers The average boy
Of good breeding wouldn't dream of &C
| cepting hospitality time after time
/ throughout whole two years without
once Offering in return an invitation
! of some sort He'd feel uncomfortable
knowing how little he'd done in return
for all he'd accepted from you and
your family.
There can be no doubt about it that
such careless young man ought to
have a severe jolt. 1t is frightfully
| difficult to breach a subject of this
/ sort, but M. E. T. should gather her
courage and make the fatal speech If
she's ever going to be happy with her
| favorite admirer. He should realize
that her home is not a club, and
/ that she is not merely a cosy domestic
| little soul who supplies him with food
and drink ana a restful cheap evening.
Perhaps tho easiest thing to do M,
| would be to announce brightly that
there is a show in town which you're
dying to see. Or that you have a par
| ticular yearning to go to a certain
dance to which all the other girls have
! been invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
Put Beauty Into Child's Sewing
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER,

Most mothers are relieved of the task
OF teaching their little girls how to sew,
as in almost every school there are les
sons in sewing taught during some OF
the years the little folk are in attend
Iance. In olden days plain sewing was
not so taught. Each girl was expected
| to know the rudiments, how to hold the
needle, how to take the principal stitch
es, such as running, backstitching, over
casting, etc., even up to buttonhole
stitchery. Then schools took up the
fine art of embroidery and great pride
was taken in the samples of stitches
put in decorative array and simple pat
terms on canvas. The canvas with the
neat array of stitches were termed a
sampler These samplers are priced to-
day as if they we're needlework pictures.
Often they are in the original mahog-
any frames.
It seems pity that the practical type
Of sewing has entirely superseded this
sampler variety. It would be such
pleasure for child to have the fancy
work of samplers in some form revived.
with the beautiful colored yarns used
to make the birds in trees, quaint
houses, flowers all abloom, etc. And so,
while it is not one of the actual neces-
sites of sewing, it could remain one of
the enjoyable features to be cultivated
in the little girls by the mother.
There are many times when time &C
tually hangs heavy on the hands OF
little folk In later years most of these
upgrown children in the rush of activi-
ties will look pack with wistful long
ing to these very times when every mo-
ment was not overcrowded. But now,
while these moments exist, mothers can
help while away the tedious moments
by having an assortment of beautiful
N1yifh
stitch patterns printed in colors whose
very decorativeness will make the little
fingers itch to set to work to transform
the canvas and colored yarns into the
gay pictures.
Instead of having the completed de-
signs considered as samplers, as in old
en- days, put practical note into the
use. to conform to the present-day urge.
Have the picture, when we'll worked,
made into a little tray to stand on the
childs or the mothers bureau. The
glass will protect the stitchery and the
child will feel well pleased with her
youthful achievement. At another time.
and with larger design, the finished
embroidery can be made into a tray
for the dining room or for the after
noon tea table. If a ship or butterfly
design is wanted, send cents in
stamps, with a self-addressed and
stamped envelope, 10 LnlS paper. be
sure to say which is wanted, as each
design Is cents. Each should be
worked in any one color of yarn in
silhouette on cross-stitch canvas.
The fascinating Mother Goose design,
"The Dish Ran Away With the Spoon"
will appeal to little folk. If a child
helps mother to embroider this design
on material for kitchen curtains, she
will begin to take interest in making
the home attractive, which is the root
OF home decoration. The outline stitch
in which the design is embroidered is
one Of the simplest of all embroidery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31

On a visit to Bern, in Switzerland,
Nine. lie Brun, the celebrated French
painter, came upon painting Of cat
that delighted her.
This Is the work Of real artist"
she said Il should like to meet him"
She thus was introduced to Gottfried
Mind, whom she later called the
Raphael of cats" She paid him the
greatest compliment from one artist to
another-she bought one Of his pic
lures. Thereafter whenever she went to
Bern she always acquired another.
Gottfried Mind was an eccentric. His
home fairly sWarmed with cats. The
most repulsive strays he saw in the
street were at once sure of a refuge
with him. He owned dozens of cats at
one time. 1t took all his spare money
to buy them food. He liked to paint
them. Having plenty Of models always
on hand, he pictured them in every
conceivable attitude, singly and in
groups. He was, in fact, a painter Of
cat portraits. In his pictures they actu-
ally lived again.
His fame spread year by year. Even
royalty came to buy from him. He
might have associated with the most
interesting and influential people in
Bern. However, he did not care to do
30. He treated humans boorishly while
exhibiting the greatest tenderness for
his pets.
His few visitors, entering his studio,
found him sitting with his favorite pussy
on his knee, while her kittens scam
pered over his shoulders. His favorite
was Mimette. If she picked his lap
for resting place, he would sit an hour
rather than disturb her.
On Winter evenings when he could
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
Your Baby and Mine
By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

Management of small children in
their play situations demands tact and
absolutely unbiased fairness. It Is so
easy for mothers to put the burdens Of
unselflshness on all the older children
in the family that they allow the
younger ones to flourish unchecked as
the grabbers. It Is equally dif1cult for
mothers to step outside Of the situation
and let the children settle their dis
putes among themselves. We have q
leaflet on the subject of How to
Manage Children's Quarrels," which
offers suggestions the mother may fol-
low. The usual self-addressed, stamped
envelope, inclosed with each request,
will bring this leaf1et to any reader.
The following letter is such a helpful
one that 1t should encourage mothers
to make use of some of these successful
methods:
Mrs. M. H. writes: ST have taught
my four little daughters to make their
own decisions, to be independent, to
think and act for themselves, to tell
the truth, to play fair and obey. I do
not try to settle their diSagreements.
If did would never be sure who was
in the wrong. Instead have made q
few simple rules.
Whoever owns q toy has the abso-
lutte Say so" about It, as to whether
her sisters may have it. I have heard
one refuse to give up her toy and her
sister would run to me. would tell her
pleasantly that she would have to ask
the owner; the toy did not belong to
me, and couldn't lend anything which
was not mine.
More often than not the owner
would decide to lend it, sometimes be-
fore she was through playing with 1t.
Children like to be generous If given
the chance.
IF the toy belongs to the family all
OF them together having to share 1t,
then the first one who starts playing
with 1t may have 1t until she starts
playing with something else. Even the
baby, years old, must play fair and
follow these rules.
eff they cannot agree without help
and begin to quarrel separate them.
After few minutes of playing alone
they are glad to come back to their
companions. The separation is punish
ment for the child who feels herself in
the wrong, and for the child who is
right the peace of playing alone Is ap-
preciated. At any rate I am not a
nervous wreck trying to settle every
I'VE have found, too, that all of the
children do not enjoy the same stories.
The older ones like long ones and baby
likes short ones, SO their father and I
take turns in telling them stories; one
night read or tell stories to the little
one and he to the older ones and vice
versa. Everything goes so smoothly now
but we wonder how soon they will
begin to feel grown up and able to make
all their own decisions-and we will be
less necessary to them"
This last is for the modern parent
the goal toward which she is straining.
Undoubtedly when it does come few Of
us really enjoy it. Being useful to our
children gives us a definite place we
dislike relinquishing. So far you have
met your problems so wisely I should
keep on in the same way and expect
future problems to evaporate or else be
met and solved as they arise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
LITTLE BENNY
BIZ LEE PAPE.

was bizzy up in my room and ma
called upstairs, Benny, come down here,
I wunt you to do something for me.
Heck, errand, Ithawt. And called
down, Well gosh ma, G, ma, do you
meen rite away? I sed. I'm awful bizZy,
I sed.
Q yes I Suppose you're doing some
give you Just minnits, ma sed.
And after about minnits she came
up and looked in my room, Aren't you
through that important werk yet? My
lands look at the rubbish. Don't tell
me you're cleening out your closit by
some impossible miracle? she sed.
I'm not exactly cleening it out, I'm
looking for something in it, sed.
Well my goodness If you haven't
found it by this time it must be amung
the lost causes, because there's nuthing
left in the closit, ma sed. What on
erth are you looking for? she sed.
A ny swatter, I Sed. know its
around somewhere because I put it
somewheres myself. It's that swatter I
made out of long rubber bands tied to
the end of a stick, Sed.
But my lands haven't seen a fiy for
weeks, what on erth do you wunt a fiy
swatter for at this time Of year? ma
sed, and sed, don't wunt it at this
time of year, just thawt I better look
Tor 1t so Id know where it was next
Summer.
Well then let me tell you that even
II you did find it you wouldent know
where 1t was next week, much less next
Summer, ma sed. Now by the time
you get everything neetly back in that
ciosit it will be too late for you to do
what I wunted you to do for me, she
sed.
Feeling like consolation even with
out me knowing what 1t was.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
FOOD PROBLEMS
BIZ SALLY MONROE.
Artichokes.


Artichokes-the French sort-are a
little unusual, and they always add tone
to the meal where they are served. If
you want to do something a little diff
ferent. therefore, serve artichokes.
1t is always interesting to me that
anything so utterly simple and uncom-
plicated in taste should have gained the
reputation artichokes have gained
among epicures as great delicacies. For
you know they have the reputation of
being delicacies. Their taste is so
subtle, so delicate, that epicures take
great pleasure in them. It's just that,
I suppose. It takes a rather cultivated
taste to appreciate them to the full.
One artichoke is allowed for each
person to be served. Soak the arti-
which salt has been added-two table
spoonfuls of salt to two quarts of cold
water. Then drain them, place them
in a big kettle, side by side and close
together, and cover with boiling water
Add tablespoonful of salt to a kettle
of water. Cook for about 80 minutes,
until the stems are tender when you
pierce them with fork French cooks
usually add Glove of garlic while
the artichokes are cooking. Some cooks
add tablespoonful of lemon juice, some
add little olive oil.
When the artichokes are tender lift
them carefully from the kettle, drain a
minute and serve. They are served with
some sort of sauce, which is laid beside
them on the plate. They are eaten leaf
by leaf, the point of the leaf being
taken in the fingers, by which the fat
end is dipped in the sauce, and then
bitten OF with the teeth. It seems q
most primitive way of eating, but it Is
the correct way.
Drawn butter. Hollandaise sauce, may
onnaise, are all served with artichokes.
think Hollandaise is best with hot
artichokes, although rich drawn but
ter is also good.
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not paint Mind sat by his fire and cut
out cats from chestnuts These had a
big sale and helped to provide his pets
food.
In 1909 there was what was thought
to be an epidemic Of madness among
the cats Of Bern. The police set out
to kill all Of the animals Mind was
terribly upset. How could he save his
pets? Every one in the city knew his
house was full of them. 1t would be
the first place the police came.
He bade good-by to all but Mimette
For her he would defy the authorities.
He hid her until danger was past
More than 800 cats lost their lives in
the massacre. To his dying day the
painter never forgave 1t.
Many budding artists brought their
work to him for his opinion. Those
who happened to paint cats and did so
poorly we're in bad luck. He would
have nothing to do with them, no mat
ter how talented they might be In other
directions.
(Copyright lS3o)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
MENU FOR A DAY.

Breakfast: Baked Apples, Cereal
with Cream, Bread Omelet,
Honey Muffins, Coffee.
Dinner: Tomato Bouillon,
Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pudding,
Mashed Potatoes. Boiled Onions,
Cream Sauce; Celery, Pear Salad,
Nut Fudge Roll, Coffee.
Supper: Shrimp Salad, Hot
Rolls, Pickles, Apple Sauce Cake,
Cocoa.
BREAD ONTELET
Pour ! cup of scalded milk over
! cup of bread crumbs and let
stand until softened. Beat 6
eggs separately, then together,
and add the soaked crumbs, l
tablespoon of melted butter and
pepper and salt TO taste. Cook
In two portions, turning when
nearly done.
NUT FUDGE ROLL
Beat 2 eggs until light.
Gradually beat in cup sugar,
then add / cup thin cream alter
nately with 2-3 cups flour
mixed and sifted with Ia tea
spoon salt and 3 teaspoons bak-
nix PO6htl. AdNOI WIFI bCd~
spoon vanilla. Beat until very
light. turn into an oblong pan
lined with CREASED paper and
baka in a quick oven. Turn out
on a sugared paper, trim of the
edges. spread with fudge filling
and roll.
Fudge Filling-Put 1-2 cups
brown sugar In saucepan with
/ 1-2 tablespoons butter, table
spoons milk. square of chocolate
grated and Ia teaspoon salt.
Boil until a soft ball can be
formed when tried In cold water,
remove from the fire, add 1-2
cup chopped nut meats and beat
until creamy
APPLE SAUCE CAKE
One and one-half cups sugar,
egg well beaten. 1-2 cup short
ening, l-2 cups warm UNI
sweetsned apple sauce mixed with
teaspoon soda, 2 level teaspoons
cinnamon. ] teaspoon each cloves
and allspice, 2 cups -four mixed
with Ia teaspoon salt and / tea
spoon baking powder. Ia cup
raisins. It is best cooked In o
tube pan In q slow oven.
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Salad Dressing.

For fruit, vegetable or fish salads
spoonful salt, one-fourth teaspoonful
dry mustard, one-fourth teaspoonful
paprika, one-fourth teaspoonful celery
salt, one-third cupful sugar, three
tablespoonfulS flour, one-half cupful
vinegar, one-half cupful water and one
tablespoonful butter. Beat eggs and
add dry ingredients. Mix carefully and
add vinegar and water. Cook in double
boiler until thick and creamy. Stir
frequently. Add butter, beat. Cool and
chill.
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a school, church, a hospital, depot,
and so on until had whole conmu-
nifty. Then 1 found pictures of the
same age people with their wraps on
as had previously cut out. All these
pictures gave to my two little children
on rainy day, and showed them how
they could make their family do what
ever they wanted them to do. Daddy
goes to work, brother goes to school,
while baby plays on the floor and
mother cooks the dinner or washes the
dishes. This game appeals to their i'm
aginations, and they spend many happy
hours with their paper family.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
DAILY DIET RECIPE
sALTED NUTS.

Almonds, peanuts, pecans, wal
nuts, BTazil nuts can be used.
Blanch almonds by covering
shelled nuts with boiling water
for 20 minutes. Strain, press
nuts between fingers and brown
skin will slip off. Peanuts should
be put on fiat pan in the oven for
a few minutes. The skins become
dry and can be rubbed of be-
tween the hands. Put nuts in a
wire strainer and plunge into hot
vegetable oil which will cover
them. Peanuts burn easily-just
have the oil barely Simmering-
325 degrees r. Almonds will
stand hotter fat-abcgt 335 de-
Rrees F. Pecans and walnuts still
hotter fat (35O degrees F.) but
should be left only minute as
they are very tender and contain
considerable oil themselves. When
nuts are nearly as brown as you
wish them lift out wire baskets, let
drip a few minutes and then
drain nuts on brown paper to alb
serb excess oil. Shake on enough
salt. Nuts will brown q little
more after removing from fire be-
cause Of heat they retain.
DIET NOTE.
All nuts are high in protein
some contain q coed deal of fat
also. Lime, iron, vitamins also
present. Can be eaten by normal
adults and older children who
win chew them properly.
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important to children. should be con-
sidered less dignified than being a clerk
through college spends her afternoons
and week ends taking care of children
without any loss of social standing
There are also jobs in playground work
and in childrens camps.
If none of these ways Is open to you
suggest that you call on q good chill
dren's specialist, q physician. and ask
his advice. Also ask the head nurse at
some hospital that has many children's
cases. Sometimes q preacher or priest
or rabbi can make q suggestion.
know one girl who, unable to do
any of these things, makes a living