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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10
Ordinary Children.

I like ordinary children quite as much
as I do the extraordinary ones. re-
ioice when I discover star, but there
Is something very wholesome about the
rest Of the group. Their cheerful ac-
ceptance of life, of lessons and teachers.
and marks and games. ana dlsclpIne
gives one a feeling OF stability. the
country is safe so long as It rests on
that foundation. No matter how great
the leader, he can do little unless he
has the great body Of the ordinary folk
along with him to do the work.
Ordinary children are very happy.
They are not troubled by the growing
ambition Of the stars. Their nervous
systems and their digestion leave moth
ing to be desired. Their appetites are
keen. An ordinary boy eating his din
ner is q sight to make the aged and
toothless laugh with delight. The ordi-
nary girl going about her daily routine
is q very comforting person to have
about the house. No moods, no great
heights and no great depths disturb her.
Evenly she goes on her way, ana carries
with her charm for ragged nerves ana
vague aspirations whose essence Is Bit
terneSs.
If YOU have Just ordinary children.
rejoice. Don't covet the neighbor's
extraordinary child, who leads all his
classes and is to enter college while
stiH in knickers and shell-rimmed specs.
Thank your stars for the sturdy. three
meals-a-day child. He Is as likely TO
become a useful, highly respected mem
Der of his community as the genius.
There was a boy in one Of my classes
who moved along placidly enough. He
was red-headed, and once in a while
In the ordinary boys style got into q
fight. Sometimes he won and some
times he did not. He took passing
grades and was graduated at the END
of the list. That didn't seem to trouble
him at all. He went to college and was
the same ordinary lad, passing along
with the great group, graduating this
time well up in the middle Of the class
list. He Is one of the highest authori-
ties in q department of law, none bet
ter. Just an ordinary man doing
extraordinary work.
But the great body of children &c
through school as ordinary children
They are graduated from high school,
and college as ordinary children. They
90 out into life Just that-ordinary folk
Why wish them to be anything elsei
Next time you. are worried about what
your child Is to do to distinguish him
self, look about you at the people II
the street, in the train, in the church
theater, wherever you see them a,
work or at play, and remind yourseli
that you are one of these. You are ar
ordinary human being. without CLAIM
to genius, without claim to distinction
Aren't you happy?
Few extraordinary people have thu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10
Dainty Ear Lobes.

There was time when milady's ears
were always so completely concealed
that the question of their beauty re-
ceived little attention. But today, when
many Of the smartest coiffures expose
the lobes of the ears, another problem
has been added to miladys beauty pro-
gram.
In the first place, the question arises,
Just what Is beautiful carp" The
answer is that shapely ear which is a
dainty shell pink is the ideal for q
woman. One might think that the ap-
pearance of the ears is, after all, mat
ter scarcely worth special attention. But
there are many women whose only real
claim to beauty is dainty pair of ears,
and realizing this fact and making the
most of this one feature has been the
means of changing what might have
been an ugly duckling into a really
attractive girl or woman.
A woman may have pretty, girlish
face, but If she has been careless about
her ears they often present pale, fab
diets all the youthfulness shown in her
face There are many who go so far
as to say they can judge woman's age
by looking at her ears.
If the ears have pale, parched look
they should be nassaged with a good
cream. Before the massage steam the
skin slightly by holding over it cloth
wrling out in hot water. When using
the cream, massage with a gentle cir
cular motion all around the base of the
ear, and then 60 from the angle to the
Jaw up to the outer corner of the eye.
After wiping on the cream pat on some
skin tonic.
In applying makeup and powder to
the face milady should not neglect the
ear lobes. Sometimes little pink pow
der or even the faintest touch of rouge
on the lobe of the ear adds just the
right touch. This treatment is espe-
cially desirable when earrings are worn,
because such ornamentation naturally
draws attention to the ears and they
must be made TO look their very best.
Letitia: Apply little cold cream to
your lips before going out of doors and
you will keep them from becoming
chapped and rough in appearance. Yes,
many lip rouges have a creamy base
which is beneficial to lips such as yours.
Remember, however, that makeup for
the lips must be applied very carefully
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10
A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK

friend and servant, willing to risk the
displeasure of T. r. himself that they
might be pleased.
There was the time, for instance,
when Archie had the measles. Every
day Charlie would slip upstairs to his
room and report to the boy how MS
most priced possession--a pony--WaS
faring. One day Archie said that ne
must see his pony--wouldnt Charlie
make it possibleP Charlie SAID ne
Next day while the family was at
lunch. he slipped over to the White
House stables. He went to the stali
occupied by Archies pony and bridled
the animal. To the White House he
led him. Stealthily he struggled the
pony into the mansions elevator and
up to Archie's room.
Archie was in bed when Charlie led
the pony in, but when he saw MS pet
he let out whoop and dived for him.
The little pony was completely upset
thud that brought the family rushing
pell-mell upstairs.
OF course, Charlie came In Tor a
reurimand. But later T. r. told him:
''No one but you, Reeder, would have
thought Of doing that for the boy"
It was Charlie who of1ciated at the
burial of Black Jack, the children's pet
dog. And he can point out now the
MAGNOLIA tree on the White House
grounds where the Roosevelt pet lies
buried.
There's one pleasure in the future
the old man has promised himself.
princess Alice recently chideq him for
his neglect of Paulina, whom he has
never seen.
Charles going out soon to see II she
Is a real Roosevelt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10
SUB ROSA
BIZ Mini.
Playing for Keeps.

When I was a kid the boy next door
wanted to play marbles with ma SO l
bought a few gay agates and began 20
shoot. But before knew it the boy
had won all my marbles and hao
nothing left but tears. had been play
ing for keeps, not for fun.
We can have the for-keeps principe
in other things and can learn TO play
the game for what 1t is worth. A glrl
may go into teaching with the ioes 1nat
she'll hold the kids down in their
benches for a year or two and then
marry. It's better to teach as though
YOU were going to follow through until
you get your pension.
Or il NAV be a Job which girl gets
and holds with the idea of something
better later on. She plays that job for
fun. and soon finds that they don't
want her in the game any more than
bows wanted me when l refused TO play
for keeps. -.
we ought to play seriously when 1t
comes to the game of hearts. If you
think YOU can win a mans heart and
then give it back to him at the end OF
the game, you aren't playing for keeps
at all, When you get that heart, you
ought to want to keep 1t.
Lots of girls throw their hearts into
the ring the way / did with my mar
bleS when didn't know what the game
was like. They may not flirt in the
cheap sense of that term, but they do
give the impression that they expect to
get the heart back after the man has
shot 1t out of the ring and wants to put
1t into his pocket. You can't blame him
if he accuses you of playing for fun.
Marriage is ring where the hearts
should keep out unless they are willing
to stay welded. Engagements can be
broken with honor, but it isn't the same
with marriage. A wedding ring which
is broken and soldered up again by
some other man is an ugly looking thing.
marble which has been in more than
one game and is all knicked up is no
beauty.
We live in a sporty age, where people
60 through the motions Of love and the
forms of marriage without realizing that
they should play these old games for
keeps. We're so busy keeping dates and
darting hither and yon that we don't
have time to realize what it's all about.
We are playing lot of games for fun.
We should play the game or keep out
of the ring.
(Copyright, l93ol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10

Perhaps the instantaneous success
that greeted Evangeline Adams, the
astrologer, when she removed from
Boston to New York, was due to an
incident that occurred on her first
night in the metropolis.
She stopped at the Windsor Hotel:
The proprietor, Mr.. Leland, himself
showed her to suite and, when she
had decided to take 1t, asked her to
read his horoscope. Weary from travel,
she suggested the next day would do
as well, but he said that 1t would be
Friday, "a hard-luck day." so she con-
sented to give him reading.
Quickly she told him that danger of
an unusual nature was confronting him.
It might come before the morrow was
past. Twice before, she said, he had
been under similar conditions
THAT can mean only one thing" said
Leland-"flre. I've been through two
hotel fires"
He said good-by and opened the door
to walk into the corridor. It was filled
with smoke!
The windsor Hotel fire was famous
for many years. Many persons lost
their lives, including several Of Leland's
own family. Miss Adams escaped tc
safety and to fame.
Many persons will say that clairvoy-
uAACCs AIOb dobAOAOByS CAuOACQ 41Sk " pre-
dict Leland's misfortune.
Susan B. Anthony, whose labors fol
temperance, the abolition of slavery
and woman suffrage are a part Of his
tory, once was ordered from Philadel-
phia to Atlantic City for her health
She took with her her niece, who acted
as q sort of companion-nurse. They
went to hotel and obtained comfort
able quarters.
One morning Miss Anthony arose con.
siderably agitated.
"I have had a terrible dream" she
said. THE hotel was on fire. I was
being burned alive. It was awful
Her niece sympathized, but Mis-:
Anthony could not seem to shake OF the
terror her sleeping experience had in
stilled in her.
I'VE must pack at once" she said
land go back to Philadelphia"
They returned to Philadelphia more
precipitately than they had come. The
very next day Atlantic City suffered q
great conflagration. Eleven hotels arc
miles of boardwalk were destroyed
Among the hotels was the one in which
Miss Anthony had been stopping.
MRS. Mary A. Livermore, a cotem-
porary of Miss Anthony, like her active
in the temperance and woman suffrage
causes, and additionally famous because
of her work as an agent Of the United
States Sanitary Commission in the
Civil War, had an equally startling ex-
perience of premonition, though It die
not have to do with fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10
Fashions of Today
Brides Accessories.
BIZ MARIE sHALNEER.

If the bride is fortunate enough to
possess lace veil she is sure to wear
it, but the simple tulle veil is always
the most becoming. The latest idea
is to have it dyed the exact tone of
the satin which has been chosen as
the most becoming to the bride. The
more simply it Is arranged the better.
A cap of tulle Or lace may be made
and to this the veil Is attached. An
other arrangement is to attach the
veil to .bandeau, while still more
picturesque idea is the three strands
Of orange blossoms in coronet fashion.
Clusters Of orange blossoms nestle
against the ears.
The brides slippers are very often
made of the satin of her gown. Other
wise they are dyed exactly to match.
The opera pump Is invariably chosen
and a pearl buckle or orange blossom
ornament is the only trimming. An
other new idea is to have the cob
webby stockings also dyed to match the
shoes.
Long gloves will be worn by the
bride unless her sleeves are full length
and here again they must match
exactly. The bridesmaids gloves are
Of the pale pastel tone of the frock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10

eyes by the NERVOUSNESS Of its trim
ming.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, the
difference Is far less Obvious nowadays
If a well dressed woman wears hat
that entirely suits her costume only the
most discerning observer knows
whether it cost much or little. To be
sure, much time and thought have to
be spent to find just the right hat from
among the hundreds Of inexpensive
ones that are spread before US. And
once having become accustomed to the
superior quality of expensive hats it is
extremely difflcult to content oneself
with the more ordinary sort.
The hat in the sketch shows the new
combination of felt with linen-a type
of hat that has thus far not appeared
In really inexpensive versions. The felt
is extremely light and soft and the line
Of lighter linen that frames the face
adds enormously to its becomingness.
Every one who is interested in the
new fashions is talking about the new
jabot trimming, which adds so much to
the effectiveness of a dress or blouse
This weeks circular shows how to make
very smart jabot arrangement from
three small squares of fine linen edged
with lace, chiffon or georgette. If you
would like a copy please send your
stamped, self addressed envelope to
Mary Marshall. care of this paper, and
it will be forwarded to you.
Copyright, le30)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10
SPRINCTIME.
By y. @. PEATTH.

The snow, lingering secretly In shady
hollows in the hills; the brooks. run
ming very cold, trimming among the
alder roots; the days. lengthening out
by little more and little more; sun
sets more tender and mornings less
meek; Spring flowers in the carts of
the vendors on the city streets; in the
woods no flowers at all, except the
skunk cabbage's bronzed hoods pushing
up through ignoble mud into the cool
and wandering airs, and little alder
though, almost, they committed fault
these are Spring.
I know the marsh where the first
red-w1nged blackbirds sparkle amid the
ruins Of the cat-tail turrets, the ruSted
blades and lances of their leaves.
know their most particular and intimate
song with which they greet each other
as they make way through the track
less paths Of the marsh and the sky
and the water plants. I hear them
tumbling their notes out like bright
stones plopping unsteady out of a bottle.
I know the hill and hollow where
the leaves Of onion grass are suddenly
rank and greening up. 1 know the
wind that goes to the male flowers,
seeking their pollen, whispering for
It: that goes to the lonely, small hazel
bush that is older and harder than 1t
looks; to the bursting sacks Of the
jumpers dotted thick as abandoned
farms on the hills; to the pussy willow,
the maple and alder and elm.
The first day of Spring comes when
you want it to. It came when you had
Spring fever; it came when you got out
your straw hat; it came on St. Patrick s
day; it came on Easter; 1t came when
Jenny kissed you. 1t came like an army
in the night-lake an invisible army
1t came in the ringing laughter of the
blackbird, and the moment when the
alder dangled Its catlxins in your eyes
and yet you never saw them. 1t is here
already, unlocking the doors and throw
ing open the windows, airing out the
stuffy apartments of Winter, whose
lease has expired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.


Pop was smoking and thinking in his
private chair and sed, Us fellows was
tawking about getting up club today.
pop.
Sociability is the salt Of human reia-
tionships, pop sed
Meening 1t sounded like a good ideer.
and / sed, The ony thing Is. about a
clubhouse to meet in for regular meet
ings.
Every ambitious enterprise presents
its initial obstacles, pop sed, and / sed
Yes sir. Puds Simkins was willing to
donate his house. ony they expect to
have a lot Of paperhanging done sooi.
and 1t mite make it too hard for the
.paperhangers, sed
So it mite, pop sed. It mite even
Iced to strike Of the paperhangers
union, followed by q sympathy strike of
the paste workers and scaffold bilders,
he sed.
Sam Cross was willing to leeve lis
have his house, ony his big sister is
going to be married soon, and every
thing has to be quiet around there, I
sed.
Did you say married or berried9 pop
sed, and I sed. Married, and he said.
Quite so, go on with the story.
And Skinny Martin would be willing
for us to meet in his house, ony he says
they mite move soon and we wouldent
wunt a clubhouse that's going to be
moved out of any time, sed.
Naturally not, pop sed. The men,
bers mite all catch colds from drafts,
for one thing. the way moving men
leeve doors open in the pursuit Of their
trade. And as far as your own house
goes, although of corse nobody has
preached the subject as yet, 1t is equal
ly unsuitable as a clubhouse because
the rafters and Deems are ony garan-
teed to support weight Of 10 Thousand
tons, wich would make It impossible
for the members to invite guests. Al
though as say, nobody has mentioned
the topick so far, he sed.
Wich nobody did.
Meening me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10
Ny Neighbor Says:

When upholstered furniture be-
comes worn and shabby, slip
covers Of gray cretonne or glazed
chintz will give it the appearance
Of new furniture.
To clean the top of greasy
cookstove, rub 1t with a wooden
cloth dipped in vinegar.
Most silk lamp-shades may be
successfully washed with luke
warm soap-suds. Dissolve soap
flakes thoroughly before adding
them to the water and use a
very soft brush to apply the suds
to the shade.
To make barley water with
pearl barley, wash one heaping
teaspoonful of barley. Drain.
Then add a pint of cold water.
Boil gently for hours. There
will be very little barley left
and the barley will have swollen
and become soft. Add sufficient
boiling water to make It q pint
again. Add a speck of salt, then
strain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10

Travelling through the West, she was
sitting in her car one day with her
mind idle except for thoughts Of her
lectures-she was one Of the greatest
woman speakers the world has known
when suddenly she heard a voice
urgently addressing her.
Jump to the other side Of the car"
it said. "Jumpl tunnpl"
Whence had the voice come, whose
was it? Mrs. Livermore did not know,
but she did not hesitate. She leaped
as the voice directed.
Instantly the side Of the car where
she had been sitting was crushed In
and completely demolished.
There had been a side-swiping. But
none of the other passengers could
have warned her and, indeed, none had.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10

Three tablespoons butter, one-quarter
cup flour, six tablespoons sugar, one
cup milk, Juice and grated rind of one
lemon, four eggs, one-half teaspoon
salt.
She washed lemon, then grated rind,
being sure to get only the yellow part.
Then she extracted the Juice.
The butter was melted, to 1t was
added the flour and the hot milk.
Nancy cooked this over the fire until
thickened. Then she poured 1t slowly
over the egg yolks which had been
beaten with the sugar The lemon
Juice and rind was added next. This
mixture was cooled. Then Nancy
folded into it the egg whites beaten
until stiff and dry She turned the
mixture into buttered pudding dish and
baked in slow oven for IS to 40 min
utes. Sometimes she set the dish In
a pan of water as 1t baked.
The pudding was served at the table
from the pudding dish. A favorite
sauce was made of an egg white beaten
stiff and combined with six tablespoons
powdered sugar, the grated rind and
juice Of one orange.
Nancy has other desserts Write TO her
care Of this paper, inclosing Q stamped
self-adqressed envelope, asking for her leaf
(CopyriEht, 1900
Nearly 10000 American motor We
hicles were received into Argentina last
| year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10

DANK. trust company insur-
- ance' Office manufacturer
one and all they let her 60. They didn't
tell her the real reason. And she never
suspected "B.O."-body OdOr.
Finally an employment manager had
a frank talk with her. She went away
from that interview in tears. But she took
the 0dUice given her. Today she has steady
work-steady advancement. She knows
the easy way to avoid offending now.
ItneUer pays to take chances with DO"
We don't know when we offend because
we quickly become used to an ever
present odor. But even on cool days our
pores give off quart of odor-causing
waste, says science. And others instantly
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tractively treated recessed window.
Because the view from the windows is
a delightful bit of rolling country there
have been no glass curtains. The over.
draperies are of embroidered linen and
hang from beneath a wooden cornice
board, thus doing away with valance.
A luxurious down-hlled cushion has
been made to fit the window seat and
covered with velvet in color TO match
the predominating shade in the dra-
peries.
Bookcases installed at each end
might have made this window even
more attractive. These would turn IT
into such delightful little reading
nook
Copyright, 1930.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10
Home in Good Taste
By SARA HILAND.

There are persons who feel that a
recessed window mars a room because
Of the irregularity It causes, but IN
reality it lends individuality and
should, therefore, be welcomed. With
a little ingenuity the recessed win
dow may become one Of the most i'm
portant parts of the room-next, Of
course, TO the fireplace, which has
never retreated In favor Of any other
item of architecture.
In the illustration is shown an at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10

was under three administrations.
Mckinley took him there to act as bell
boy. Roosevelt kept him as footman
and guardian of his children. Taft
held him for one year, after which, at
Charles request, he found place for
him In the State Department. He has
been there 20 years in all.
It was while keeping watchful eye
over the Roosevelt children that the
faithful old man found most pleasure
In his Job. He taught them all to ride
q pony anS later q bicycle. Alice,
Teddy, IT,; Archie, Quentin, Kermit and
Ethel all found In Charlie devoted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10
OUR CHILDREN
By ANGELO PATRI.

peace and happiness that ordinary peo-
pie have. If a child does his days
work, if he plays hard, sleeps well
passes his grades fairly well, he Is an
ordinary citizen. Be content with that
and do not make yourself and the child
unhappy wishing he was something else
"a movie star or what you wish. He u
better as he is.
(copyrisht, le3o.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10

to which one teaspoonful of boric acid
has been added. Dry the ears thor
oughly with soft cloth and apply a
little zinc ointment or boracic salve.
In time you will be free of blackheads
in the ears, but remember to wash and
dry your ears thoroughly, using q little
friction. LOIS LEEDS.
Mr.. T. r.: Protruding ears that stand
too far out from the head may be re-
lieved to a great extent by slight sur
gical operation. Consult your physician
and he will refer you to q reliable plas-
tic surgeon who will explain the method
and treatment. LOIS LEEDS.
CCopyrisht, 193o)
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MOTHERS
A Parlor Trick.
AND THEIR CHILDREN.
One mother saws

One mother says:
If you can provide your child with
some little trick which you frst play
fun in trying it upon his friends One
very simple little stunt requires only
a small feather, which may be picked
from the seam of pillow Say to your
child: IF you stand up on q chair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10

A LICE ROOsEvELT's old footman
"A Is tucked away in q corner of the
State Department at washington act
ing as personal messenger to Francis
White, Assistant Secretary.
Charlie Reeder in those days had
the reputation of being the fastest"
footman In town" He was White
House servant for IS years. Snd in that