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that is something to be encouraged even
at the cost Of few mishaps.
am not saying that mistakes and
failures are good things. They are not.
and we need not make too many of
them If we are wise. But / am saying
that perfection is not of this earth.
The lectures on child training, the
books, the rules and the whole machin.
cry of education become a counsel Of
perfection, a standard to be coveted.
No child ever attained the standard
and none ever will.
Then do not be discouraged II now
and then the children get into awk-
ward situations. If they forget to say
THANK you" at the crucial time; II
they forget the right answer when the
superintendent is in the room; II they
giggle or weep or take an unexpected
attitude in the presence of strangers
they are still good children, still human,
still to be causes for pride.
If they are as good as they can be-
let us be cheerful about the rest. We
are all a little less than perfect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-13
WavY Hair.

Dear Miss Leeds: Is wetting the hair
with water each morning injurious to
it? What can use in place of water
to keep my fluffy hair down and in
place? BETTY.
Answer-Wettlng the hair every
morning with water is apt to make the
hair too dry and in time harsh and
brittle. Massage your scalp and brush
your hair every night and morning.
Steaming the hair once or twice a week
will not harm it. Just wiring out a
towel in very hot water and wrap it
around the head or hold your hair near
the steam from the kettle of boiling
water tbut not close enough to scald
your skim. When the hair is steamed
or moistened with the vapor arrange
your waves into place with your comb
and fingers. This is, of course, for
naturally wavy hair. A light oily lotion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-13
OUR CHILDREN
BIZ ANGELO PATRI.

When you hear lecture about train
ing children, or when you read book
about child culture, you are likely to
sigh and murmur, IF only my children
could be trained like that! What is
the matter with me and them?"
There is nothing the matter. You
and the children are in the great group
of the human family whose chief char
acteristic is being just a bit less than
perfect. Not one Of us is hundred
percenter. The best trained child falls
from grace the day the minister calls.
The best hammered child asks the very
wrong question of the august guest.
WHY not know that this is what is
bound to come true and go on cheer
fully?
Does Sammy take overtime to dress?
So does Susie down the street. Is your
Helen poor in grammar? So is the
deans son. Does Mary Louise bite her
nails? So does her Sunday school
teacher. You cannot imagine why a
child of yours should be like a house
afire. Neither can the doctor see why
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-13
W. Babies
FRET

There are times when a baby is
too fretful or feverish to be sung
to. sleep. There are some pains a
mother cannot pat away. But
there's no time when any baby
can't have the quick comfort of
Castoria! A few drops, and your
little one is soon at ease-back
to sleep almost before you can
slip away.
Remember this harmless, pure
vegetable preparation when chill
dren are ailing. Don't stop its use
when Baby has been brought
safely through the age of collie,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-13
lful choice, and especially lovely

youthful choice, and especially lovely
for early Spring.
For formal afternoons select chiffon
in black, dahlia. purple or plum shade.
Fishnet in black or purple also is in
teresting.
Gypsy red silk crepe, bottle green
crepe marocain, Havana brown crepe
silk, and independence blue wool crepe
are fashionable combinations.
For a pattern of this style send IS
cents in stamps or coin directly to The
Washington Stars New York Fashion
Bureau. Fifth avenue and Twenty ninth
street, New York.
We suggest that when you send for
pattern you inclose 10 cents additional
for copy of large Fashion Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-13
White Som Stock.

Cut four pounds knuckle of veal or
four pounds of fowl from the bone and
into small pieces. If fowl is used, clean
and disjoint it first. Soak in three
quarts of cold water for one hour. then
add one onion sliced, three stalks of
celery chopped, one tablespoonful of
salt, one-fourth teaspoonful of white
pepper. and one bay leaf Bring grad
ually to the boiling point. skim, then
simmer for four hours. Strain through
a double cheesecloth cool, then remove
the fat. Use to enrich soup.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-13
Manle Macarnons.

One egg white, beaten stiff; one cup
shaved maple sugar one cup ground
pecan meats, one-eighth teaspoon salt.
Add the maple sugar gradually to the
stifhy beaten egg white and continue
the beating. Add the salt and ground
nut meats. Drop in small spoonfuls on
buttered baking sheet and bake about
IL minutes in moderate oven-350
degrees. Do not remove the macaroons
from the pan until they have cooled
somewhat or they will stick and break.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-13
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

| If possible. You may not be able to do
| this at first. It is not as easy as 1t
| sounds, but remember practice makes
perfect" and daily practicing OF this
simple exercise will accomplish wonders
with weak ankles. In addition to this
exercise try to walk on your tlptoes
around the room, keeping your polse as
long as possible. The rotary motion Is
also beneficial for ankles defective in
strength. Sit erect and point the foot
with an upward curve, describing a
circle not with the leg so much as with
the foot. bringing all the muscles into
play. Do this with the right foot, then
with the left foot, alternately, in order
to rest the muscles, but persist in this
daily practice, no matter whether you
feel like it or not. Another exercise
that you may take regularly is to rise
on the toes, count five, lower the body
until the heels almost touch the floor;
repeat eight times, touching the floor
with the heels only on the eighth count.
Repeat the same exercise, but rise on
the heels. A strong solution of salt
water is great strengthened of weak
ankles This may be used after the ex-
ercise period. Battle ankles in the salt
solution, using one cup of salt or sea
salt in two quarts of water. The salt
bath may be followed by an oil rub and
massage. LOIS LEEDS.
Mrs. H. L. O-Yes, indeed, do think
that there is a lot of hope for you. I
shall be pleased to mail you my beauty
leaflets on the subject If you will write
me again and inclose a self-addressed,
stamped envelope for mailing. In the
meantime, have thorough physical ex-
animation by your physician to find out
how you stand on the health scale
Then set about improving your defects
in the right way. Ask for my leaflets
on How to Lose Weight, Throat and
Neck" and Color Schemes" I have
not the space to reprint the treatment
and exercises again at this time. Thank
you for your good wishes.
LOIS LEEDS.
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COTTAGE PUDDING.

One egg, one-fourth cup Of
butter, one cup of sugar, one cup
of milk, two and one-fourth cups
of flour, one-half teaspoon of salt,
three rounding teaspoons of bak-
ing powder. Mix and bake like a
cake and serve with lemon sauce.
Lemon Sauce-Beat together
until foamy one egg and one cup
of sugar mixed with a scant tea
spoon of -four. Add nearly a pint
of boiling water and butter the
size of a walnut. Let it come to
a boil. Flavor with lemon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-13
Lemon Cereal Pudding.

One and one-ha1f cups cooked wheat
cereal, three-quarter cup sugar, one
quarter cup lemon juice, one tablespoon
butter, one egg, well beaten.
This pudding should be made soon
after breakfast if leftover cereal Is
used for the cereal should be hot when
mixed with the other ingredients. Mix
all together well and mold in individual
molds, rinse in cold water. Bake in a
moderate oven for about 20 minutes and
let stand until cool. Chill in the re-
frigerator, and serve unmolded with a
lemon sauce.
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THE STARS
DAILY PATTERN
SERVICE.
Stirring Molds Hips.

A picturesque mode in dipping side
mem achieves graceful length in black
SILK crepe that is quite as popular with
the debutantes as the dignified matron.
1t moulds at bodice and hips, indicat-
ing waistline by shirring at either
underarm seam and at center front.
The collarless neckIine is finished
with applied self-fabric band that
merges into side flares at either side
OF the skirt. The front and back OF
the skirt is also cut circular.
Style No 157 comes in sizes Is, IS,
20 years. SO, 80. 40 and AZ inches bust.
In the 36-inch size Az yards of 39-inch
material is sufficient to make it.
Midnight blue crepe de chine is very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-13

or brilliantine may be used to keep the
hair in place Moisten the palms of
your hands with the lotion and stroke
your hair, then brush your hair thor
oughly for several minutes. A fine
spray may be used to spray the bril-
liantine on your hair, if you wish
Very little is needed, however, as too
much oil will make the hair too greasy
and It will not stay in wave or curl.
LOIS LEEDS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-13

Mary H.--A pronoun must agree with
its antecedent in person, number and
gender: Each of us had her turn at
the Wheel" is the required form.
Defect, both noun and verb, is pro-
nounced de-FEKT, not DEE-fekt. 1t
means the lack or absence of some
thing essential to completeness; fault;
blemish; flaw: imperfection: as, ILL
breeding is not single defect; 1t is
the result of MANY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-13

diarrhea, and other infantile IFS.
Give good old Castoria until your
children are in their teensl
Whenever coated tongues tell of
constipation; whenever there's
any sign of sluggishness that
needs no stronger medicines to
relieve. Castoria is pleasant-tast-
ing; children love to take it. Buy
the genuine-with Chas. H.
Fletcher's signature on wrapper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-13
Weak Ankles.

Dear Miss Leeds: I enjoy your coll
umn and now come to you with my
beauty problem. Could you suggest a
few exercises for strengthening weak
ankles? SUNNY.
Answer-One of the best exercises
for strengthening the ankles is to stand
on the tips of the toes and stretch
upward until every muscle in the foot
and ankle responds, counting up to 100,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-13

One mother says
When my Riddles grow tired of their
toys, as they viii during the long shut
in days, have devised a new game for
them to play. use two old catsup bot
ties and four jar rings and we have a
game of indoor horse shoe, playing it
with the same rules that the men use in
their outdoor game. Twelve jar rings
win provide lovely game of Ring
Toss" using any convenient hook or
peg. IF none is in sight my Riddles OBJ
tain an excellent one by turning a
chair upside down and using the legs.
(Copyright, 1901
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-13
CHOCOLATE BLANcMANGE.

Add one-half cup of minute
tapioca, one-half cup of sugar
and three-fourths teaspoon Of
salt to three cups of hot choco-
late or cocoa and allow it to cool
Is minutes. Then remove from
the stove, flavor with vanilla and
pour into glass dish. Serve
cold with cream.
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GRAHAM GEMS.

One cup of sour milk, one egg,
two tablespoons sugar. little salt,
one heaping teaspoon of soda,
graham -four to make good batter.
Have gem irons hot and well
creased. They bake quickly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
GILL GETS WINNING
START AT EDGEMO DOR
Club Tennis Champion Defeats
Burgwin, 60 and e., in
Defense of Title.

Comdr. c. c. Gill, u. s. NJ, who was
runner-up in the recent veterans ma
tional singles tennis championships,
won his flrst-round match in defense
of his Edgemoor Club title yesterday,
defeating H. H Burgwin. Go, 60.
Six flrSt-round matches and one
second-round encounter we're played
yesterday.
Competition will be resumed this
morning at 1920 o'clock on the Edge
moor courts. The remainder of the
second-round matches will be played
and as many third-round tests as
possible.
Yesterdays summaries:
First round-Comdr. Gill defeated
Burgwin, 60, 60; G. M. Raynsford
defeated Walter X. Bachrach, 60,
60; Stanley Thompson defeated H.
H. Hathaway, Ga, Ga; Colin F.
STAN defeated King Mallory, 81,
60; Capt. A. j. Gore defeated @. E,
Dawson, e., 6-3: o. A. White de-
feated Jerry Drown. 6-1, "a.
Second round-R. H. Callan defeated
Robert Tracey, 8-6, 6-3
1890 am, second round-Colin F.
STAN VS.. Hickey Willis.
IL am-Frank Taylor VS.. Stanley
Thompson, Comdr Gin VS.. Edward
Gamble. jr., and w. N. Woods VS.. j.
A. Purinton.
2:30 pm.-Joe Rutley VS.. o. A. White.
p.m.-Capt. A. J. Gore VS.. w. P.
walker.
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PADDLERS' MARATHON
TO BE STAGED HERE
Washington Canoe Club to Sponsor
First Affair of Kind in D. C.
on September %.

Washington Canoe Club will sponsor
September % what is believed 10 be the
first canoe marathon ever held in the
District. The course will be from that
clubs headquarters on the Upper Po-
tomac TO the Hams Point bell buoy
and return, a distance of approximately
8 miles.
The race will be padded in two divi-
sions, one-man single blades and one
stock model 17-foot canVaS-covered
canoes. The single blades entrants will
start from the Washington Canoe Club
at pm. and the double blades COM
petitors a half hour later. There will
be an entry fee of 81 and prizes of gold,
silver and bronze plaques, mounted on
mahogany, will be awarded those nm
ishing first, second and thind in each
class.
1t will be one of few races which
have been arranged here in recent years
for canvas canoe racers. The wooden
racing canoe has largely occupied the
spotlight among paddlers here for some
time.
Arrangements have been made for
the fleet of the Sailing Club to start at
80 pm. in an effort to equal or better
the time of the paddlers.
Two canoe sailing races, arranged for
the recent Washington Canoe Club Re-
gatta, which had to be postponed be-
cause of failure of the wind, will be-.
sailed next Sunday afternoon at /
o'clock. The start will be from the
Washington Canoe Club
A meeting of the Sailing Club to ar
range for its championship next month
will be held next Wednesday night at
the ONCE of r. A. Bogley, Hibbs Build
ing, at o'clock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
arthur Vest Is Crowned King
Of COLOred Horseshoe HurIers

NEW colored metropolitan horse
~ shoe champion was crowned
~ yesterday when Arthur West
defeated Ceola Frazier in the
grand finale of the second annual tour
nament sponsored by The Star.
The finals we're staged on the courts
at Vermont avenue and u streets be-
fore large gallery that witnessed four
games of expert pitching. With the
elimination of Marshall, Virginia run
ner-up, excitement was rife when
Frazier and West paired of for the de-
Gliding contest.
Both players had made a hit with
the gallery, but Frazier, because Of his
youth and outstanding personality had
won the favor Of most fans.
The first game was tame, West win
ming it $40 The second was
knockout" The Kid" started with a
double ringer and put the crowd into
an uproar He ran up 16 to 0 before
West got started. But from this point
it was a battle with ringers galore
clacking on the pegs. 1t was any
bodyS game Wnen west Iougnt MS way
to within four points of the lead. But
he had burned himself out temporarily
and with the score 40 to SO Frazier
tossed three ringers to take a well
earned victory. The crowd sent up a
cheer heard blocks away, even West
smiling his admiration of the youngster.
West went after the deciding game
in deadly earnest. however, and at least
two of a frenzied gallery were pulling
with him--his wife and mother. AS
darkness lowered over the courts, he
piled on ringer after ringer to Subdue
the gallant youth from Georgetown,
so to So.
A RTHUR A. GREENE, general chair
"A man of the colored tournament,
announces that the Twelfth Street
Y. M. C. A. will send picked team
to Baltimore next Saturday to play
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
II. S. Too Precise,
Yachtsmen Aver

NEWPORT, r. l., September ID
IN CC.P.A.). - you Americans"
declared an eminent British yacht
ing authority, go too close to
extremes" His reference was to
the various labor and time saving
appliances with which Enterprise is
fitted, appliances that make for such
things as perfectly fitting sails, that
indicate pressure and so forth. In
other words, his protest and the
protests of other spokesman, self
constituted and otherwise, for the
challenging party are protests
against the application of mechan-
ical efficiency to a racing yacht. 1t
is inferred, indeed it is definitely
stated, that such efficiency violates
the spirit of pure amateurism.
But does il? To be an amateur
is It essential that one be Slipshod,
careless, neglectful, unscientific?
When a man employs all legitimate
processes by which his chances of
success In a sport may be increased
is his amateur standing blemished?
Is it transgression of the code of
an amateur and a gentleman to go
in for a game with the single idea
of winning that game fairly? Surely
in a contest involving nations no
one would expend time and energy
and money with any other purpose
In mind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21

~ Cd AND STREAM is In receipt
- of a ,;9 from Tom Grant,
well known local angler and
sportsman. 1t seems that Tom
is a member of the Amalgamated Truth
Tellers' Association, of which Luther C..
Steward is president. Last week Grant
was out of the city and ran across a
good fish story, and being, as he says,
/ an earnest member of the aboye-men-
toned organization, he sent in the
following:
september Is, 1880.
Hon. Luther c. Steward, president,
Amalgamated Truth Tellers Associa-
ton; president, National Federation Of
Federal Employees, 10 street. Wash
ington, D. c.:
Dear Mr. President: AS an earnest
member of the A. It. T. A. (from which
undoubtedly has sprung the current
phase alta boy am compelled to
make the following report to you in your
oficial capacity, and ask for immediate
action by the Executive Committee, COM
posed now, I believe, of yourself, ex-
oficio; william Ullman, Ed Brashears,
| Strickland Gillian, Graham Nichol and
James F. Murtsugh.
Coming across on the ferry yester-
day, from Pennsville, N. j., to Newcastle,
; Del. Cboat left at 1890 noon), my car
/ was parked alongside that of one OF our
members, who gave me the grand hall
/ ing sign. The member is Fred A. Gosner,
1 SIT West Adams avenue, Pleasantville,
IN. J. (His Alta number failed to get,
but he gave me the grip and showed
/ me card countersigned by yourself and
/ Treasurer Strickland as a member In
| good standing) He opened the con-
| versation by reproaching me for letting
| non-members fish out the good bass
/ from the Potomac I assured him that
/ Brother Peter Wagner of Rockville, Md,
! now in Paris, took a 4L2-pound bass
/ up near Blandy's shack at Violett's in
July, weighed in the presence of wit
/ nesses who watched the take. Brother
/ GoSner then reported the following,
which, believe, should be placed on
the record-then the practice investigat-
ed by a special committee, to be named
at the White House by our honorary
member, H. Hoover, of California.
Brother Gosner's business is that Of
light trucking through New Jersey,
Delaware and vicinity. In the course
of business he reached Southern Della
ware and while waiting for his men to
load a haul, dug few large worms and
tried a nearby stream, succeeding in
landing several good bass. A local
urchin (non-member) displeased with
the appearance of an out-of-town con-
tractor, feeling which we share an
nounced that he was going to show
Mr.. Gosner a new trick He left his
hickory pole, glancing contemporary
at brother Gosner'S bamboo rod, wound
every quarter inch, and departed, re-
turning shortly with toy balloon (coloI
immaterial) and small live mouse
Using the latter as bait he attached the
balloon about six to eight feet above
the hook to the fish line cotton, be-
lieye). The mouse padded violently or
the surface of the water and was al
mostly Immediately struck by large
bass who took the bait and balloon be-
low the surface in a fash. The urchir
soon landed his bass and using the same
equipment and a mouse-relationshi
TO FIRST bait not given--landed another
He. then boosted that the local bss'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
Wins Memorial Rouuing Trophy Consdpe Mitchell Final
Shoe-P Pitching League Formed
By Stars of Metro Tournament

holder; Magee, Casper, Ed Pesrce and
Pete McCurdy.
Georgetown, Washington-Roy VIII
son, Westby Andrew Tallmadge and
the two Davidson brothers.
Plaza. Washington-Earl A. Crane.
Hubbard Quantrille. James Staht Will
liam Greiner and Vic Riston.
All matches will be played on Sun
days Where will be determined at
Thursday nights meeting to which all
interested pitchers are invited.
Each team will meet the others once.
In team match each player will meet
all the others on the opposing side and
the total difference in points scored
will determine the winning team.
The tentative schedule follows:
September 28--Maryland VS.. Park
View, Arlington VS.. Fairfax, George
town VS.. Plaza.
October 5--Maryland vs. Bancroft.
Park View VS.. Georgetown, Fairfax Va.
Plaza.
october 13--Maryland VS.. Fairfax.
Arlington VS.. Georgetown, Park View
october 1s-Maryland VS.. George
town, Park View vs. Fairfax, Arlington
VS.. Plaza.
october 26-Maryland VS. Plaza, Ar
lington VS.. Park View, Fairfax VS..
Georgetown.
THE opening weeks play in the Treas
i ury League has indicated the new
organization will be q big success.
The inaugural victors we're Public
Health No. /, Miscellaneous Tax Unit
(Internal Revenue) and Public Health
No 9 The vanquished were Public
Debt, Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing and Administrative Division (In-
ternal Revenue).
Leading the ringer throwers we're Tall
bolt. Public Debt &c. Kingsbury, Adj
ministrative Division, "a; Ross, Public
Debt, 90: Panholzer, Public Debt, 26.
and Glascock. Public Health No. Q, and
Bean, Public Health No. 1 %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
:FAVORITES WINNERS
(. IN BUREAU NET PLAY
,Trana, Johnson and Weiss Gain
/ Semi-Fnals in Veterans Once
Tournament.

, Most favorites came through in the
opening days play of the annual United
states Veterans Bureau tennis tourna-
,ment Yesterday on the Potomac Park
courts. The tournament is sponsored
by the Employees Welfare Association
of the Bureau.
M A. Erana, C. johnson and Weiss
seeded first second and third respec-
lively all gained the semi-flnals put
.Hsger, seeded fourth, met an unexpected
defeat in the second round, losing 10
KELSEY The scores we're Ga, So.
Erana will meet Kelsey and Johnson
will face Weiss in the ssmi-finals TINS
morning at 9 O'Clock on the Potomac
Park courts. The final will be played
this afternoon at o'clock.
Yesterdays summaries.
First round-Erana defeated McCray.
SO. So. Litschgi defeated Tague,
So, rs; Kelsey defeated Hollis, GO.
6-3: johnson defeated Pratt, rs, s.
,6-2 Weiss won by default; Mcdonald,
Hall and Hager drew byes.
Second round-Erana defeated Litsch-
ri, Ga, So: Kelsey defeated Hager,
i6-4, So; johnson defeated Hall, 6-3,
,6-3 Weiss defeated Mcdonald, 6-4,
81