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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-12
THE SCAPECOAT

The good old patient weather gets
SWatted on the nose; we all stand up
together and blame it for our woes
"A punk east wind is blowing" some
ancient gaffer signs; land so the tears
are flowing IN streams from both my
eyes. The east winds surely hurtful,
1T gets me, neck and knees, and 7
possess shirt full of painful maladies
When other winds are whistling I'm like
a three-year-old; I'm full of vim and
br1stling, my step is free and bold.
But now the east winds whining across
the dismal plains, and all my inner
lining Is shot with aches and pains. 4"
I hear my friends complaining, they
call for the police; whenever 1t is rain
ing their agonieS increase. They have
rheumatic twinges and every form of
ache in all their bones and hinges, and
so their tempers break. We're feeling
gay and festive when sunshine is on
deck, but Pluvius gets FESTIVE and makes
our lives wreck" So they denounce
the weather, that foe of all the race,
and call, from Threats of leather, for
sunshine every place. The scheme is
truly splendid; it soothes the souls
despair, and no one is offended-the
weather doesn't care. The weather
does its knitting, Indifferent, serene,
ana cares not for the INVITING of those
VINO think 1t mean. Though ugly things
be spoken, dour things designed to
smart, no tender heart is broken-the
weather has no heart. Perhaps some
fellows ailing because his diets wrong;
II good sense were prevailing he might
be well and strong. And he should
cuss his folly, which seems to be a
shame; but cries, in melancholy, "The
weather is to blame"
WALT MASON.
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Today in
Washington History
By DONALD A. CRAIG.

July IL, 1S61.-Senator Andrew John
son Of Tennessee was serenaded here
tonight by large assemblage Of Mis-
souri, citizens who are now in Washing
ton. They procured the services of
Dodsworth's Band and were accompa-
MED by the list New York Volunteer
Regiment. Speeches were addressed to
Senator Johnson, lauding his efforts to
support the Union in Tennessee and
pledging him the esteem and support
OF every Missourian."
After responding with a few words to
those who came into his residence,
Senator johnson stepped out upon the
porch and addressed the crowd in the
street. He said the circumstances made
1t impossible for him to reply as he
would like or act as his Judgment
prompted in his home State, since "in
Tennessee, as in most of the seeded
states, a reign of terror has been got
ten up"
I'm the South or Southwest" he
added, Ito be a Union man is to risk
the loss of life, property and all that
is dear to man."
Senator johnson told how Tennessee
has raised troops to aid the Southern
Confederacy, but he insisted that the
majority of the people there were not
anti Union and declared that IF the
privilege of free speech had been al
lowed in Tennessee she would still be
In the Union" He expressed the opin-
ion that "the time will come when the
Stars and Stripes will be unfurled from
every court house and crossroads in
the State"
AS Southern Democrat who stands
Tor the Union, Senator johnson briefly
reviewed the course of his party, and
particularly of the Democratic organi-
cation in the South. He declared that
the Southern Democrats had made 1.-The
election of President Lincoln an excuse
for breaking up the Government" The
Democrats, he declared, had a major
ity in Congress and Mr.. Lincoln could
not have appointed his cabinet, a for
elgn Minister or consul. or even drawn
his salary, without their consent"
Senator Johnson said he favored any
plan that would restore peace and har-
mony to the Nation, but he doubted
that peace could be restored without
resorting to armed force now He said
the present war was not "a war Of
North or South, but for the Union. -
He urged his audience to stand by the
flag until its authority is again recog-
ntzed all over the land"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-12
Everyday Psychology
Mental Breakdowns.

What are the signs and symptoms of
mental breakdowns?
/. An inability to make yourself at
home with your memories. Confusion
is the result. Hysteria is the name of
the breakdown.
2. An inability TO recognize the pass
ing of time, the location of familiar
places, the identity of familiar faces.
Discrimination is the name Of the
breakdown.
3. An inability to make yourself at
home with your friends and neighbors.
Introversion is the attitude. Dememtia
praecox Is one of the announcements
that a psychiatrist might make. De-
preston might be another name for the
breakdown.
4. An inability to make yourself at
home with yourself. This is merely a
case of exaggerated moods. Moods en-
larged upon and repressed to the point
of forgetting that you had them. A
psychiatrist would call this case of
dual personality.
But why enlarge upon mental break
downs?
Take the opposite attitude. Let the
past be past. Keep yourself in touch
with the here and now. Recognize the
fact that society exists in its own
right. Don't take yourself too seriously
Copyright, 1900
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. ID.

the dental profession sanctioned the
Idea and assured me that the title has
little or no trade value for a dentist.
But the majority of dentists who COM
mented at all about it were indignant
l venture to prophesy that the dentist
will become real doctor before many
years. practicing in his special field
He should be trained as a regular doc
tor right now, for certainly he as
sumes the responsibilities and enjoys
the same rights the physician does.
AS an instance of the evil that comes
from the careless American custom of
granting to anybody and everybody
the trademark Doctor" listen to this:
Dear DR.. Brady:
After II days of orange Juice diet
and then starchless diet l had lost
20 pounds and my health l went to
a man known as DR.. -. I thought
he was an M. D. because he calls him
self Doctor" cannot sleep
l formerly weighed 118 pounds
Sleeping powders gas pins
ana needles temperature after
moons sweat at night.
This so-called Doctor nv
nerves all shot TO pieces come
to my rescue Just one of
many victims of a fakey doctor" ex-
plotted by certain unprincipled interests.
AS things are now. one must be on
guard whenever anybody purporting
TO be doctor" appears on the scene.
Copyright, 1900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-12
Answer: Here are Helen's questions:
Q. How can a girl be popular2

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by whom they think ~ ~ " ~
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Pepen age and Rsther she has gone party or not Many
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p % TX s wig Ss ca. P her up .ssas hound and avoid her
AP % % 's sd f BONE hey PET s s and
How vol. old should a sas. girl be to
% sPfasfs s You T ns he 5 aaS yS
Sss5 E isay y os 9s 5 % ss9 an 6 Ses' before
marriage e0s the better
SaSa 4 a not ss y F have no claim whatever on each
SS RsE ssy Esay s as Ss that isn't
I'LL he always looking
4 1s yoa and puts your wishes above his
Ees % v 4ssR any g %sias. the world and s...u,.
Suspicious y @ you can 90 WI" prevent
understanding dating will they be
A Yes. If they lack ar aregr
se * o s ' n n sss .s the Ss ss % 10 years There
BS tell beforehand whether any man "of o T qFf
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Historic Wisecrackers of the Table
g. Beau Brumme Employed Rudeness As Part Of System:
Snubbed Duchesses and Princes .s
By p. GLASS.
BY J. p. GLASS.

The famous Beau Brummell made a
cult of being audacious. Much of his
wit scored heavily because it was
breath-taking.
1t was the fastidiousness of his dress
ing that attracted the Prince of Wales.
afterward George ", to him. But his
impudent tongue caused him to become
fad.
Ladies of quality thought themselves
highly honored If he entered their
opera box or deigned to eat at their
tables.
That his pose was Systematically fol-
lowed was proved by his conversation
with Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope, the
niece of William Pitt. Let her tell the
story:
"Brummell was no fool. recollect
his saying to me in Bond street, riding
with bride between his forefinger and
thumb, as If he held a pinch of snuff
Dear creature! who is that man YOU
were talking to just now?'
Why, I answered, that is Col
"'Col what?' said he. in his peculiar
manner, who ever heard of his father?'
II replied, And who ever heard Of
George Brummell's fatmer?
All, Lady Hester he rejoined. half
seriously, who, indeed. ever heard of
George Brummells father. and who
would have ever heard OF George Brum-
nell himself II he had been anything
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Who Shall PrescribeY

An emergency is sudden unexpected
occurrence and for that reason it is
more or less alarming. Be it the COL
lapse OF some one in a crowd, from
cerebral hemorrhage, diabetic coma or
angina pectoris, or the collapse of a
building, or riot, or an outbreak of
war, or terrible earthquake, or food,
or famine, or plague, there is inevitably
cry FOR the doctor. When you say
doctor under such circumstances you
mean doctor. There is only one kind
of doctor you mean then.
But now look on the comical side of
the situation. A sudden commotion.
rs there doctor present?" Why, of
course. There are a dozen or two
present, to wit, three or four chiro-
practors, school teacher who has the
soundest legal right to his degree of
Pm. D., several optometrists, a chirop-
odist, few dentists, the local veterinary
and sharp fellow who has just lately
come by" the degree of LII. D. and
now always appends it to his name
when writing stuff about food and
health. Try to imagine these doctors"
hurrying to the aid of the victim of
angina pectoriS or diabetic coma. Or,
better, try to conceive hundreds and
thousands OF such doctors" answering
the call of the country in time of war
1t is all very well of course to address
Phi. D., a d. D.. an LII. D. or any
other individual with an academic doc
torate degree as Doctor" 1t is all
wrong to let Tom, Dick and Harry
pose as Doctor" for business purposes
1t leads to much needless confusion
and sometimes to disaster. The use of
the title as a trade symbol or badge
ought to be restricted to honest-to-
goodness physicians, for the welfare of
the public.
Some time ago I appealed to the
dentiSts-who certainly have every legal
right to the title of doctor-to show
good example to all the other near
doctors by voluntarily relinquishing the
trade use aof the title. I am proud to
say that a number of leading men of
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/ but what he is? If I did not imperti-
nently stare durhesses out of coun-
tenances and nod over my shoulder TO
a prince. I should be forgotten in a
week and If the world is so silly as to
admire my absurdities, you and l may
know better, but what does that sig
nify?'"
AS a guest, Brummell was apt to do
the most bizarre things. At a dinner
party he helped himself to the wing
of roasted capon stuffed with truf-
hes. Tasting it, he decided it was
tough and taking it up in his napkin
he called TO a dog, Here, Atonsl try
If you can get your teeth through this,
for Ill be damned If canl"
At another party he asked:
Who is that ugly man standing by
the chimney piece?"
why, surely you know-he Is the
master of the housed"
How should / know" said Brum-
nell. II was never invited"
A fellow diner asked him why he had
broken off his engagement to GER
tain young lady.
What could I do, my dear fellow"
he retorted, but cut the connection?
1 discovered that Lady Mary actually
ate cabbage"
The Beau's audacity kept him going
quite awhile. But he died in poverty,
an exile from England
(Copyright, le30)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-12
Dandruf.

Dear Miss Leeds-I am wondering If
you could help me with my trouble.
I'm a young lady of % and have an
awful lot of dandruff and my hair is
so oily and so thin. Could you tell me
what to do and whether there is a good
tonic for this kind of hair?-TROU-
BLEED.
Answer-A good recipe for oily hair
and dandruff is made of one dram
qulnlne bisulphate, one dram tincture
cantharideS, two ounces alcohol and
enough bay rum to make 10 ounces.
Apply to scalp and massage thoroughly
for 10 minutes. This lotion may be
applied every other day.
When hair is in such a condition as
yours, 1t is often an indication that
ones general health is not up to par.
So the first step is to build that up.
For more detailed information in re-
gard to the care of the hair and SCALP
itself won't you please send a stamped
self-addressed envelope with a request
for my leaflet on the care of the hair?-
LOIS LEEDS.
Dear Miss Leeds-I am greatly trou.
bled with perspiration in the arm pit
What can I do to overcome this? 90
Also my complexion has terrible pim-
pies What can l do to get rid Of
these?-JUNE.
Answer-Q) Wash the arm pits well
with soap and water both night and
morning, and after drying thoroughly
sponge them with lotion made of two
ounces of witch hazel and one table,
spoonful of bicarbonate of soda. Bath
ing the armpits in saltwater solution
is also helpful in overcoming excessive
perspiration. Two or three times a
week lotion made purposely to check
perspiration may be applied There
are several reliable products of this type
on the market, or you may mix one
half ounce of formaldehyde with one
pint of water and apply it to the arm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-12
LITTLE BENNY
By LEE PApR.

I'm still reeding volume 2 of Sidney
Sly, Detecktive, and this afternoon
some lady In a black dress rang the
doorbell, saying, Are you Mrs. Pottses
little boy? I'd like to see your mother.
Tell her I'm the representative of the
Helping Hand Association, she sed.
Me thinking, All ha, a MYSTERIOUS
stranger in a black drses Sidney sly
on the trale. And the lady sed, Don't
stand there gawking, cant you ask a
lady to come in and be seeted?
Come in and be seeted, sed
WITCH she came in the frunt room
and was, and I went out in the hall and
put my cap on away down over nv
eyes like a detecktive and snuck out in
the side yard and climbed I'D and
peeked in through the back window at
her, and she was sitting there hooking
on the carpit with one toe like some-
body in hurry, me thinking, All ha,
g1lty actions.
WITCH just then I lost part of nv
ballents and banged my he'd against the
window and she quick looked and saw
me, and jumped down and put my
cap on backwards and termed nv coat
collier up and wawked in the frunt
room again, saying to her, What name,
please?
Now this is terrible, and I'm in such
nuIIy- the lduy sea- L COlQ you 10 say
the representative of the Helping Hand
Association. Here, I'll give you a card,
would you mind giving it to your
p7other immeeditly, she sed.
/ wouldent mind, ony I don't know
where she is, Sed, and she sed. Why,
izzent she home?
No nam, sed, and she sed, Well
then for goodness sake why dident you
say so? and sed, You dident say you
wanted know.
Well I must say if I had a child like
you Id have his he'd examined before
went any fertilizer, the lady sed.
And she went out mad and put my
cap on sideways and followed her about
blocks, keeping behind steps and
things, and when ma came home
showed her the card and she sed she
was glad she was out.
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~1F YOU PLEASE" SAID PETER,
WHY DID YOUR FAMILY GIVE
UP COMING NORTH?"
became rather sad looking. do you
ever see any of those two-legged crea-
lures called Men?" he asked.
''Of course" said Peter.
"Of course" said Jerry Muskrat
Then you have seen the reason that
my family gave up coming North" ex-
planned Egret.
You mean that those two-legged
creatures hunted the members of your
family with terrible guns, don't you?"
said Peter.
Egret nodded. That's it," said he.
Did they hunt the Egrets to eat?"
continued Peter.
This time Egret shook his head.
"No," said he, mot that l know of.
They hunted us for something else.
Do you see these fine feathers on my
back?"
Both Peter and Jerry nodded. I'VE
were talking about them" said Jerry.
"Never have we seen any feathers like
them"
'They are beautiful" said Egret, "but
they very nearly put an end to my
family. Yes sir; they very nearly put
an end to my family. When think
Of it, it Is a wonder TO me that a
single Egret is alive now. 1t was for
their beautiful feathers that the Egrets
were hunted by those two-legged crea-
lures with terrible guns. They wanted
our beautiful feathers. Those were ter
rible times, terrible times! They were
before my day, but I've been told about
them and can't bear to think of them.
When I think of the thousands and
thousands of young Egrets that starved
% death in their nests it is a wonder
% me that single Egret is alive today. -
Peter Rabbit looked at Jerry Muslrat.
and Jerry looked at Peter, and in the
eyes of both was a puzzled expression.
what made them starve to death?"
said Peter after while
THE two-legged creatures with terri
bic guns that wanted the feathers of
the fathers and mothers" explained
Egret. You see, it is only in the nest
ing season that we have these beautiful
feathers, which are called plumes. So
the hunters would wait until the nest
ing season Then they would seek out
Sae nests and shoot the old birds as
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of black broadcloth. White satin lined
the bolero. The skirt was fiared and of
even length. 1t had yoke effect which
gave the new silhouette.
But the fascinating newness was in
the blouse. It was of white satin. The
neckline was quite high and fitted
closely because of the yoke The sleeves
were exceedingly full, shocked at the
top anG gathered into a narrow cuff at
the hand. Martha said that she felt
quite dramatic when she wore this frock
and Nancy could see this might easily
be so.
Another sketch in the same letter
gave Nancy an idea of a new coat which
Martha had just purchased It was of
brown soft tweed. The coat was beau
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tifully tailored, plain and simple in the
extreme. 1t was made large enough SO
that Martha could wear it over a suit,
Attached TO the coat was the tiny
cape which Martha explained was held
there by two small buttons under the
collar. The cape was detachable. This
made the coat almost a two-purposed
one, but in either event. Nancy was sure
the effect was extremely smart. Trust
Martha for picking out that kind
Clothes like these call for trim figures.
II you bulge in spots write to Nancy
Page, care of this paper, inclosing q
stamped, self-addressed envelope, ask
ing for her leaf1et on Reducing"
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REnFTME GT0PTEG By Thornton
- AA'A@ ~ - ". Burgess

they brought food to their young. Then
of course, the young would starve to
death. Oh, it was terrible, terrible! So
the Egrets stopped coming North be-
cause there were only few of them
left. They sought out the most difficult
places in the Far South wherein to
build their homes. But even there the
feather hunters followed them. Finally
when there were only few left, the
hunters stopped coming"
OF course, Egret didn't know it, but
the reason the hunting stopped was
because those who loved the birds
secured the passage of law protecting
the Herons and forbidding the wearing
Of their wonderful plumes. 1t was true
as Egret had said, that only a few OF
his family were left-so few, indeed
that for time it was feared that there
would soon be no more Egrets left.
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A WHITE LINEN HANDKERCHIEF
WITH WIDE PINK BORDER HAS
THE NeYTE EMBROIDERED IN
PINK Al ONE CORNER. THE
WHITE LINEN HANDKERCHIEF
HAS THE NAME IN GREEN AP-
PLIQUED LETTERS AND THE
HANDKERCHIEF SHOWN BELOW
THIS SHOWS A LARGE LETTER
CUT OUT OF COLORED LINEN
AND APPLIED TO WHITE LINEN.
drivers framed and placed for your in
gpection inside the taxicab Just know
ing the names of people with whom
We do business gives us a sense of con-
6dence and security.
And now the girls whom you pass
on the boardWalks or on the sands of
your favorite watering resort are wear
ing their names written on their hand
kerchiefs. To be sure, it is only the
first name or sometimes merely the
initial, but there they are and some
times the names follow the lines of
the girls own signatures, which helps
II you know anything about graphoIogy.
If you want TO be very up to date
you must follow this fashion. Use the
f1rst name only or possibly a shortened
form by which you are usually known,
as Peggy or Bah or Dot. Write it
about twice as large as you would when
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Broiled Eggplant.

Pare the eggplant, cut it into slices
a quarter of an inch thick, dust the
slices with salt and pepper, haste them
with melted butter or olive oil, anc
place them in a wire broiler. Broi
over a coal fire until Drowned on one
side, then turn and brown the Other
side. This will take at least five min.
utes. Serve on heated platter with
either sliced tomatoes or tomato catsup
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The New HANDKERCHIEF
Mode
BY MARY MARSHALL.

There is a certain satisfaction in
n knowing the names Of the people you
come in contact with in your daily
rounds. At the ticket windows in many
railroad stations there is a neat sign
giving the name of the agent on duty.
In some banks the name of the teller
Is given on small metal plate outside
his cage and at chain grocery stores one
Is informed by neat signs that Mr.. Nc
Curdy or Mr.. Smith is in charge. not
to mention the Identification papers of
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NANCY PAGE
Martha Buys New Clothes in
Women's Mecca-Paris.
By FLORENCE LA GANKE,
By FLORENCE LA GANKE.

Martha was one of Nancy's regular
correspondents these days. In every
letter was a sketch or two of clothes
seen in Paris. Nancy studied them
avidiy. She was quite impressed with
a Sunday evening outfit which Martha
said she had just purchased
The skirt and the small bolero were
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SALMON sOUFFLE.

Three tablespoonfuls butter.
one-half caIpful milk, one tea.
spoonful salt, three tablespoon
fuls -four, three eggs, one cupful
salmon, one pinch cayenne pep
per. Mix butter, -four, milk, pep
per, salt together and cook as for
white sauce, then remove to back
of stove and add beaten yolks
and salmon. Fold in beaten
whites Of eggs, put in buttered
dish. Bake one-half hour.
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Egret's Sad Story.
The iDdy to make a SorToD last
Is constant thinking of the past.
Mother West Wind.

Egret the White Heron was making
his first visit to the Smiling Pool. He
had told Peter Rabbit and Jerry Musk
rat that this was his first visit to the
North, but that once upon a time, so
ne had heard, his family used to come
North regularly. That sounded to Peter
Rabbit like story, and you know Peter
dearly loves stories.
If you please" said Peter, ''why did
your family give up coming North?"
Egret looked very serious. His eyes
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smothered Chicken.

Take two nice, we'll dressed chicken
and cut them open in the back. Place
them in deep pan and salt and pepper
them we'll. Spread on each chicken
one tablespoonful each of butter and
flour, and pour on two or three pints
of boiling water. Put them in the
oven and cover closely to keep in all
steam. When tender, remove the cover
and Let them brown slightly and servo
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Frozen Tomato Salad.

Rub No. can of tomatoes through
sieve and season lightly with salt,
pepper, and paprika. Then add a cun-
ful OF water and a tablespoonful of
tarragon vinegar or plain vinegar and
freeze. Serve on lettuce leaves, Mayon-
naise is good to use with this salad for
change.