davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
Insulin for Appetite.

I am still concerned about the poor
skinny people. While like em plump
say is or 20 per cent more SUBJ
stantial than the carics lures of recent
fad and fashion-still tn eothers appeal
to my sympathy q quality which
many readers would never suspect ]
have. Some four hundred viii remem-
Der Cat least think thsy WILL because
they wrote me about it) that I sug-
gested q course of insulin treatment
as a kind OF last resort where 1t might
be imperative that such a fragile crea-
ture put on a little flesh. Perhaps ]
failed to make it clear enough in that
article that one must Cd to ones physi-
clan for insulin treatment. Any good
doctor, however, can instruct any in
telligent patient how to administer in
sulin to himself
There is still current in the profess
sional mind q notion that insulin is
not safe for any other than diabetic
patients. This notion is no longer ten
able. Insulin is perfectly safe for any
person to whom the physician may care
to give it.
Speaking of this, DIR. Nellis B. Fos-
ter recently wrote:
why so many physicians seem to be
afraid Of irlSulin Is beyond my compre-
hension. A normal person can take
from to 10 units of insulin with no
notable effect From 10 to 90 units a
couple times daily is an ideal way to
stimulate the appetite"
Then the author goes on to tell about
a youth who had survived very severe
siege Of pneumonia, but after the ILL
ness remained physical wreck; he had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
THE DISMAL FACE

The face that's gloomy and detected,
the symbol of despair, in which all
trouble is reflected, won't get you any,
where. It is handicap forever, to any
mortal man, and it will spoil your best
endeavor, and queer your nobleSt plan.
When I 60 forth to buy spaghetti, at
Johnson's corner store, find that wor-
ries mean and petty have made his
spirit sore. His face Is clouded up and
dismal, his voice is full of signs, and
grief, abnormal and abySmal, Is brood
ing IN his eyes. He wants to tell me of
his worries, chronicle of gloom, of
business slumps, commercial flurries,
that threaten him with doom. The at
mosphere is most depressing in john
sons corner store; and so leave him
there, confeSsing that I'll go back no
more. Thus he affects a lot of pa
irons who hate to see him cry; and
blooming brides and busy matrons go
elsewhere when they'd buy. This
johnson Is man of merit, his virtues
wide and deep; but people simply can
not bear 1t to see him stand and weep.
And so they go to Thomas Teeter, whose
store is three doors down; his smile is
sweet and growing sweeter, he never
wears q frown No doubt he has his
daily troubles, like every other wight,
but ne dismisses them as bubbles, and
registers delight He says that trade is
growing better with every passing hour;
but yesterday he sold sweater, today
q sack of flour. His face Is round and
pink and jolly, and he is somewhat fat;
and If he has some melancholy, he
keeps it in his hat. WALT MASON.
Copyright. 1897
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BIZ LOIS LEEDS.

glasses very badly. viii you please tell
me how much boric acid powder to use
to pint of water for an eye wash? I. G.
Answer. % The fact that your eyes
have always been baggy underneath in
dicates that there may be some physi-
cal disturbance which is the underlying
cause. Have you had physical exarni-
nation recently and do you get sufh-
cient amount of sleep and also daily
exercise in the fresh air?
The egg-white treatment to which
you refer will help to tighten the flabby
skin under the eyes. Before using the
egg cleanse the face with a cleansing
cream or oil. Remove first the tissue
square and then wash with a mild soap
and tepid water. Dry and apply
tissue cream, patting it around the eyes
very gently. While the skin here needs
to be massaged with food creams you
must be especially careful not to stretch
the skin still more. So apply it by pat
ting gently with the tips of the fingers
When the massage Is completed wipe
with pads of absorbent cotton moistened
in witch hazel. Allow this to dry on the
skin. Now you are ready for the white
of egg mask. Separate the yolks from
the whites and beat the whites slightly.
Apply to the wrinkled parts with a
small brush of camePs hair. Let 1t dry
and when the first coating has dried
put on a second coat. When the second
coat is dry paint on the beaten yolk of
the egg and allow It to dry. Leave on
for at least 20 minutes. This treatment
not only helps greatly in smoothing out
the wrinkles, but it also tones and
tightens the skin.
In removing the egg mask use tepid
water and soft cloth. If the skin is
inclined to be tender soften the egg
first by using cold cream or oil. After
the pack has been removed dry the
skin and paint on a mild astringent or
skin tonic. This treatment may be
given once a week In addition always
apply tissue cream at night and in the
morning pat on a mild astringent or
skin tonic before applying powder base
and makeup.
ca Use one teaspoonful of boric acid
powder to pint of tepid water. Use
this three times q day If possible. A
saltwater wash is also good for tired
eyes: use pinch of salt to a cupful of
tepid water. LOIS LEEDS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
OUR CHILDREN
By ANGELO PATRL.

loud. 1t will make the teachers task
well nigh impossible. Until she gains
the confidence of the children she
makes no progress.
Then why not prepare the children
for school? Begin by telling them all
its good points. Take them to visit the
school. Let them watch the children
there at work and at play. Let them
become acquainted with the teacher.
Let them learn the plan of the building
and accustom them to find their way
about it.
Prepare the child physically. II his
teeth need attention, have them cared
for months before school opening. Have
all the vaccinations done well before
time. If tonsils or adenoids are trou-
blesome, have them treated before the
child goes to school. It is most unwise
to- wait until a child enters school and
then begin long series Of treatments,
each of which is more or less of shock
to the child.
SEND the child to school in health,
mental and physical, and you have set
the stage for success. Send him there
in fear, ailing in body or in mind, and
you have set the stage for certain fall
ure. The success or failure OF child S
school life is set before he enters, not
afterward The school works on what
the child brings to 1t. It never adds to
his original equipment 1t modif1es and
changes and leads, but 1t cannot add to
what the child is.
Then help the child all you can. Send
him to school in shape to profit as
much as possible by the instruction he
receives there.
(Copyright, 1e30.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BIZ WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.

no appetite and nothing tempted him
Then he was given 20 units of insulir
before breakfast and before dinner and
the result was miraculous. He became
ravenous.
When I reported here, q few months
ago, the uniform gain in weight OBJ
served among a number of patients In
hospital for mental and nervous dis
eases when they were given insulin,
threatened to set up a little clinic oil
my own, just to provide insulin treat
ment for the trails of the community
II the brethren do not snap out of IL
and heed the demand of these trails
for insulin treatment, I'll carry out this
threat, so will
The authority above quoted said fur
Their:
.. have no patienee with the
aIl-too-comnon custom Of the physt-
clan administering the inSulin This
plan never works, as no physician Is In
position to keep an appointment at Q
definite time every day, week on end
And there is no need for it. There /,
always some one in a family who car
be taught how to give q hypodermic
injection. Children of 10 years do II
beautifully and are as meticulous about
technic as a surgeon"
OF course, DR.. Baker is speaking OF
the use of insulin in diabetes. but thu
safety of the medicine for weak, under.
weight persons who have not diabetes
Is fairly evident.
In my clinic shall have an assist.
ant on duty all the time, in a special
room with sign over the door, New
patients received here, also old patients
who are too dumb to learn"
Copyright, 1900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
Preparation for School.

Fear Is one of the fundamental causes
of school failure the fitst term. The
little children are afraid of school.
Many Of them have not been prepared
for the new world they discover in the
class room. They walk in dread and
sit in terror for days on end. That
kills all hope of growth. Until that
fear is banished the child gains moth
ing.
"You wait until you get to school
The teacher will beat you good. She
won't let you move" Just wait until
the teacher sees what bad child you
are. She'll put you in the black closet
and you won't get home any more.
IF you don't behave in school the
teacher will pull your ears out"
One such speech is enough to send
child to school in mortal terror. We
have had children refuse to move once
they reached a bench. Some of them
have refused to touch pencil or bit
of paper. They feared that If they did
so they might make a mistake and the
teacher would do them harm in some
way or other. We have had children
who refused to speak for months on
end because some one had told them
that If they said words the wrong way
the teacher would cut the end of their
tongues. Such cruelty as that Is still
practiced in America.
Fear causes children to Stutter 1t
makes them stupid because neither eyes
nor ears can function under such fear
as some of them feel It will make
children vomit the moment they enter
the building 1t will make some of
them historical, restless, Tightly and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
SUB ROSA
Smuggled Entertainment.


Dear Mimi: am girl of Is in the
second year of high school. go with
the older girls, but my parents do not
approve of it, because the older girls
have dates and don't. have q host
of boy friends, but my father does not
allow them to call on me.
MY parents allow me to go out fire.
quently, but warn me not 10 make en-
gagements with boys. How can a girl
have a good time with girls who go
cut with boys when she is alone? feel
as though 1 were imposing on my girl
friends.
Mother would rather had my COM
pany at home than slip out but father
is firmly against 1t. l want your ad-
vice on what to do"
1t is bromidic to say you are very
young-but you are! The future holds
plenty of opportunities for friendship
with boys. Wait q few years.
The girls with whom you associate
are older than yourself. They are,
therefore, entitled to wider social privi-
leges than are you. You are trying to
live beyond your age.
Form more friendships with girls Of
your own age and you will not feel left
out of things.
BY all means obey your parents.
Until you are permitted to entertain
boys in your own home do not attempt
to meet them elsewhere. Naturally,
your mother prefers that you have your
company at home rather than sneak off
to meet them! But she is only choosing
the lesser of two evils!
Your parents have your best interest
at heart. Years of experience in the
world have shown them how to protect
you.
Their strict guardianship of you Is
doubtless one of the reasons for your
popularity with boys. The thing which
is hard to get is most valued. The more
difficulty boys find in making an en-
gagement with you, the more they de-
sire it.
Girls who grow up slowly have the
longest period of fun and popularity.
Those who try to dress and act beyond
their age are soon thought older than
they really are-and are considered
passe long before the normally growing
girl has even begun to have her social
fling.
Don't worry about boys for q while
When your time comes you can enjoy
your freedom with all your heart.
Copyright, 1e30.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
Points to Watch.

There are various things for you to
watch about yourself to keep your looks
at their best. One point is your eye
brows. If they are sCraggly, If they
grow out of a nice line, making a
patchy, uneven, too thick curve about
your brows, keep them trim with tweez-
ers. There is no excuse for ugly eye
brows, for every woman can manage
tweezers and every woman can keep
her eyebrows In good shape.
Suppose hairs grow III a dark shadow
above the upper lip. Pull out the most
prominent ones with tweezers and wipe
over the whole part of the skin there
once each day with fresh peroxide of
hydrogen. This will bleach the dark
fuzz so 1t won't show so much and it
will also kill the weaker hairs and gen.
orally make that ugly shadow disap-
have to keep this up for more than a
week or two. then you'll be free of one
blemish for some months.
Then there is your complexion. Large
pores are unsightly, but they will APP
pear on even normally well kept skin.
When they do on yours, try hot COM
presses TO clear the skin of powder,
cream or makeup and then ice rubs to
close the pores tightly. A daily ice rub
will work wonders. 1t need not be more
than a few minutes each day.
Blackheads can be cured by yourself.
Press them out of the skin after you
have softened the black pore first with
cream and then with applications Of
hot towels. Get a watch key or a reg
ular comedon extractor Il believe that
| is what they call them), so you do not
break the skin, and after you have re-
moved the blackhead use ice to shrink
| the pore that has been badly stretched
/ by the waxy substance that makes up
! this facial defect.
1 have only suggested few points.
| You win find others perhaps.
| Miss Forbes herewith extends her
| thanks TO the person signing herself
merely "A Beauty Lover for sending
several interesting suggestions that will
| be q great pleasure To pass along to all
the readers of the Chats very shortly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
BIZ SARA HILAND.

A pole screen as shown in the ac-
conlpanying illustration comes to us
from the eighteenth century English
cabinet makers and 1t is just as charm
ing and interesting today as 1t was
then.
OF mahogany, the tall, slender pole
with its three feet, weighted to keep 1t
from tipping, supports an oval, square
or heart-shaped shield.
Inside of this shield the ladies of the
eighteenth century used to put their
fine bits of needlework, for there 1t
could be displayed to the best advan-
tage and be well protected.
Today we find the same use for 1t,
and aside from needlework, we some
times use fine pieces of materials, espe-
cially those which are unusually inter-
esting to us. Perhaps a piece of great
great-grandmother's wedding dress or
shawl, a lace fan worked into the shape
Of the shield or piece of Chinese en-
broidery that may have been brought
to us from abroad.
DOWNRIGHT 1901
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
Commodore Mutt Lost Faith in Women When Mis- Warren
Married Gen. Tom Thumb.
j GLASS.
By J. p. GLASS.

1t was at this moment that Commo-
dore Mutt unexpectedly arrived. He
surveyed the lovers SuSpiciously and
then went to the room of Barnum, who
was reading in bed.
Mr.. Barnum," he said petulantly,
docs Tom Thumb board here?'
The Snowman paid no attention TO
this dig and begged him not to be fool
iSh, but the little man went to bed in q
very bad hunor. He felt better the
next morning, though, and returned to
New York on Monday his usual self.
On Wednesday the general came into
Barnums Office.
"Mr. Barnum," he said, 1T want
somebody to tell Commodore Mutt that
Lavinia and 1 are engaged. Thsren be
row when he hears of it,
do it yourself, general" said Bar
mum.
The general shuddered. 81 wouldn't
dare" he said. He'd knock me
down."
Barnum undertook the task In, con-
junction with Lavinia. When they
broke the news to the commodore, he
turned pale and choked. Then he
turned on his heel, brokenly saying to
Lavinia as he departed, II hope you
may be happy"
Barnum tried later to persuade the
commodore to pay court to Minnie War
rem, fourth of his dwarfs.
II would not marry the best woman
living" he replied. IT don't believe in
women"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28

the Green Forest. Impy decided that he
wouldn't go in there. 1t would be much
nicer to go travelling along the edge of
the Green Forest. Somehow, now that
he had to decide which way to go, he
didn't feel as fearless and bold as he
had felt at first. Finally he turned to
the right. Had he turned to the left,
he would have headed toward the Old
Pasture. But he didn't know that. You
see, he didn't know anything about the
Great World.
he suddenly felt as if he had left all
safety behind him. Always there was q
chance to dodge out of sight in the old
stone wall. Running along the ground
is q very different matter. Impy would
scurry along for q few feet, then sit up
abruptly and look and listen. Anxiously
his eyes would search for something to
hide under in case of danger. The far
ther he went the less he wanted to see
the Great World and the more he
wished that he had remained some
where near the old stone wall He was
too proud to go back. So there was
nothing to do but go ahead.
Presently Impy discovered that there
was a rail fence with some bushes
growing along It, He climbed up on a
lower rail. This was better Somehow,
he felt more at home. Presently he
climbed up on top rail. Then he felt
very much up In the air, indeed. When
he reached post, he hoped up on the
top of it and sat there. The Merry Lit
tie Breezes of Old Mother West Wind
ruffled his hair. He suddenly felt care
free and happy.
81 must find o place to sleep for the
night" said Impy to himself. There
must be a place somewhere around
where a little fellow like me can be
safe: If can just find a safe place to
spend the night, that is all I ask"
Presently Impy came to fence post
which looked very much like the other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Pop was smoking a cigar and look
ing at it between puffs as If he wasent
positive whether he liked 1t or not and
ma sed. Well, Willyum, there's many
true werd spoken in jest.
Speek a few for me, pop sed, and
ma sed. About the baby's tooth,
meen. You remember the other day
you sed If the baby herd some kind
of stirring music such as the Frentch
IMarsellaise, it might induce the tooth
to come through. You happened to
suggest it in a kind of a flippant way
but / thawt about 1t later, and this
afternoon stopped in at Gladdises
house and explained the theory to her,
and we tried it out, ma sed.
Ultra modern dentistry. zee gods,
pop sed, and ma sed, We dident think
the Frentch Marseliaise would DO be-
cause its too militerIy and mite
sound as though we were using force
insted of suggestion, and we certeny
dident wunt to brake the babys SPIRIT
lust for one tooth. So we looked all
through Gladdises hawking machine
records till we came to Waiting at
the End of the Road, so we tried that
to give him q mental pickture OF his
patient mother and grandmother walt
ing with outstreched arms for the tooth
to appear. But Willy dident seem to
feel any specific reaction. In fact he
dident even wake up, so we tried TIL
the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold to
suggest that we would be patient in
definitely and in that way perhaps
werk on his little concients and then
we put ON that wonderful song from
Madam Butterfly where the little jap
anese gerl is sitting by the window
singing to her falts lover that she is
still waiting for him, and low and be-
hold the little angel woke up with a
proud happy laff, and it was out at
last. 1t certeny speeks well for his
taist in music. think we awt to at
least go to the movies to celebrate, she
sed.
Uinh thew did
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
Saving to Buy and Buying to Save
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

idea, even though at times she seems a
bit penurlous.
The woman who saves to buy con-
siders the correctness Of her purchase
and its excellence, its necessity Cor its
craved luxury and its entire suitable
ity. She knows what she wants. and
finds out what she can get 1t for. She
studies the various makes and their adj
vantages over others during the time
while she Is saving to buy. Before she
has the money laid aside she has de-
termined what make to get and why If
it is q household article. IF 1t is a
costume or other wearing apparel, she
watches the styles and buys the best
and probably an advance style, so that
it will remain in vogue as long as pos
sible.
The woman who buys to save" goss
about the purchasing In an entirely diff
fcrent way. She watchts sales and gets
bargains. She often saves one-fourth
to one-half the original selling price.
She learns to know values, for without
such knowledge she cannot be certain
of her wisdom in selections of her
actual saving. She buys when she sees
what she wants or when she knows she
will want the article At some time in
the near future. She Is always on the
lookout for reductions, and always Is
looking ahead for future requirements
1t is true that she is often tempted to
purchase because a thing is so cheap
that 1t seems pity not to get it. Her
slogan is Watch the chance" and be-
cause of it she has to learn to curb her
desire to buy just because things are
being sacrificed. She has to learn val
ues and the good points of makes, ETC.,
or she cannot get the most for her
money
Whether a woman saves to buy" or
buys to save" a knowledge of what
the market has to offer and of values.
is essential to true thriftiness. She
should learn the advantages and disad-
vantages of the methods, what to
guard against in each, and then follow
her predictions in her choice of one
or the other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
Salmon Pie.

This is q delicious dish. Skin some
slices Of salmon and cut them into
fillets. Line baking dish with good
short pastry and cover it with layer
Of salmon, mushrooms and butter,
pounded to cream, moistened with
milk or cream, and, of course. seasoned.
Lay the fillets of fish on this, add dots
of butter, cover the whole with another
layer of pastry, and bake It, Canned
salmon can be used for this. If the dish
is to be eaten cold, dash of vinegar
will be an Improvement, sprinkled over
the fillets before covering the pie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
My Neighbor Says:

Wash chamois In tepid soap
suds. Use one or two changes
of suds until the chamois is per-
fectly clean. Rinse in tepid
water. Squeeze lido not wring)
and hang in the sun. Snap it
and pull 1t until it is perfectly
dry.
When cleaning gloves, ribbons,
etc, with gasoline try this way:
Take a pan or pail of hot water
out of doors and warm the gaso-
line by placing the can in the
water. Then take a piece of
white soap and after wetting
with gasoline whatever is to be
cleaned, apply 1t and use the soap
and warm gasoline as If it were
water. The warm gasoline is
much pleasanter for the hands,
and with the soap washes cleaner.
Kerosene lamps should be filled
every day and the chimneys
washed once week. To insure
a perfect light, let every lamp
have a new wick once month,
and just before lighting rub the
body or stand of the lamp care
fully, so that all the smell of the
oil is removed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28

Saving to buy and buying to save are
two methods of thrifty financial man
agement practiced by homemakers. The
combination is the maximum of prac-
tical economy. It is seldom found in
any one person, although there are ex-
ceptions, of course. The woman whose
slogan Is saving TO buy Is assured that
hers is the best, and Is uually frank in
criticizing the other method as tending
to extravaganza The woman who
buys to save Is equally critical Of the
method she discards, as one likely to
cultivate scrimping
Looking at It impartially it is easy
TO discover the good in each and also
how it has to be handled lest 1t does
have the tendency suggested above.