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BY DIR. GUSTAV sToLPER,

~ ERLIN. Dissolution of the
- Reichstag has created a state
of confusion in all the German
IL political parties, particularly
those of the center and the
right, with new elections only few
weeks away.
The right is disintegrated. If that
was one of the aims of Chancellor
Bruening's policies, he has achieved it.
The German National party, which is
the party of DR.. Alfred Hugenberg, did
not survive the final vote on the gov
ernment's taxation measures. On that
vote 1t split
During the fight for a referendum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27

The Kaiser read some Bible extracts
part from the Old and part from the
New Testament. Then he preached a
sermon and repeated the Lords Prayer.
He omitted the customary finale apo
stolicum. It was a very short and salts
factory service-it could not have occll-
pied more than one hour. Moreover,
there was nothing but plain Bible
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DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX

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GORDON.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-18
Today in
Washington History
By DONALD A. CRAIG.

January IL, 1S61.-All those political
| leaders in Washington who have been
earnestly endeavoring to find a way
to end the trouble of the times with
out destroying the Union of the States
are deeply interested in the movement
which Virginia has inaugurated and
which many believe will solve the prob
lem and remove the fear of hoStilities.
This plan is to induce both the seced-
ing States and the general governr' ent
to abstain from hostilities until the
border slave-holding States can demand,
in fraternal spirit, of all the author
tiles of all the rest of the States that
they consider in a national convention
the existing condition Of the Union and
remedy the evils by the adoption OF
the Crittenden proposition or whatever
else may prove satisfactory to those who
simply want to secure, for all time TO
come within the Union, the institution
of Southern slavery against unconstitu--
tional entertainments on the part OF
the general government.
The news from the South, received
within the last week. indicates:
THAT South Carolina is already
tired of the position in which she now
stands and is seeking support IN other
Southern States.
2-That there is still chance that
the popular vote in Georgia and Ala
bama may be against following South
Carolina out of the Union.
3-That Arkansas refuses to hold
convention on the subject until after
Mr.. Lincoln's Inauguration, March 4.
4--That Tennessee has determined to
refer to the people whatever her con-
vention may do, which cannot be done
until after March 4.
5-That North Carolina is not likely
to act precipitately.
6-That Virginia has accorded to her
people the right to pass Judgment by
popular vote upon any action taken by
her convention, and is at the same
time engaged in urging plan under
which the whole trouble may possibly
be accommodated without destruction
of the Union.
THAT Maryland Unionists are firm
" opposing the plans Of Southern SYM
pathizers to involve that State in the
secession movement.
8-That Missouri has decided that
whatever her convention may do shall
be duly submitted to the people Tor
ratification or rejection.
Optimistic observers here hope that
the plan of the Southern extremists, to
draw the whole South out of the Union
before March 4. will fail and that the
delay will afford time to solve the try
ing problem.
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MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

world" that the headwaiter of an ex-
elusive Hollywood club should have.
The walls are chastely done in gold
stenciling on the green. The awning
which shelters the celluloid gentry from
the elements and curious humanity is
green and orange stripes. There is just
smack of nouveau art in the orange
paint about the street doors, but that is
soon done away with In the restraint of
the room itself.
There is one great danger in this
glorious seclusion-movie great were
made by the masses. The peering and
pushing and surging of gutter crowds
established Mary Pickford, Norma
Talmadge, Constance Talmadge. Cor
rhine Griffith. Bebe Daniels, Gloria
Swanson and others of the upper crust.
They are beautiful idols of beauty
hungry public. A great portion of that
public. which made them had no way
of measuring the extent of their art
or their lack of art They had not been
given an opportunity Of forming basis
of comparison.
Today they are hearing different and
better entertainment 1t would be
stupid to deny that already this public,
quick to learn, as all American groups
are, has sensed difference between
beauty of face and ability in perform
ance. The most foolhardy thing the
movies can do is to isolate themselves
too completely from the public which
made them.
And this say with the fullest per-
sonal sympathy for the distressing eff
fects OF lack OF privacy which they have
endured in the past. It has been a
| torment goldenly rewarded, however
The ultimate irony would be a state of
magnificent isolation and relaxation
and with a loss of demand from the
sidewalk groups that have been the
corner stone of movie art in the past.
Ina Claire, lunching at the Embassy
Club with group of New Workers, in
Guiding Arthur Hammerstein and Dor
| othy Dalton, wears the navy blue which
| Is the badge OF Smartness in Paris this
season.
Her frock-and ladies the world over
| will be interested to hear this-was
midway between knee and ankle; was
straight all around; was absolutely I'M
trimmed, save for tiny points Of white
bastiste flower, very fiat, worked on the
left shoulder.
A small hat of navy blue felt, nodded
to the head, but with 21a-inch brim
turned down all around, was worn
Black broadtail topcoat, full length, and
silver fox fur.
The most interesting thing about Ina
Claire at the present telling is the fact
that she has maintained her Manhattan
entity absolutely. The colorful gags of
Hollywood's sartorial ways have not
polluted her chic.
| Copyright, $780, by North American News
paper Alliance)
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LIGHT OF MY WAY
Disproportioned Emphasis.
By JOHN r. GUM.

"Esau was cunning hunter .
Esau despised his birthright. Genesis,
xXv.27-34.
We generally think of Esau as a
failure. That estimate of him is cor
rect, considering what he might have
been and might have achieved. His
birthright as his fathers eldest son en-
titled him TO succeed his father as head
of the family and manager of the FAM
lily estate. But he despised his birth
right, and sold it to his brother Jacob
for mess Of pottage. The business
of his fathers estate did not concern
him so much as hunting and having a
good time. Sports were his main at
traction, not business.
Esau's trouble was a disproportioned
emphasis. He wasted too much time on
sports. He put pleasure before business.
His brother Jacob was very plain,
likeable as he was. Yet Jacob far out
stripped him. The reason was that
Jacob applied himself to business, while
Esau wasted himself on trifies.
We say Esau was foolish, and yet
many of us are foolishly repeating his
mistake. Equipped with Drawn and
brain and capable of doing something
worth while, we occupy ourselves with
things altogether unworthy of us. In
the course we pursue there is the same
sort of disproportion as If one should
build a factory to manufacture air
planes and then manufacture noUhing
but paper kites. ) Not that we mean
wrong, but we put the accent on the
wrong things.
No man has learned to live until
he has learned how to properly dis
tribute himself, how to rightly proper
ton his emphasis Do not waste your
self en- trifiesss When you give your
best, let 1t be for the sake Of the best.
Make the most Of what is most worthy.
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LITTLE BENNY
By LEE PAPE.

NY cuzzen Artie was around at my
house yestidday, and after supper ma
sed o goodness my tweed coat is still
around at the tailers and I may wunt
to wear it tomorrow morning and !
wont have it. Suppose you boys go
around to Mr.. Kats and get my tweed
coat for me, she sed. And ask him
why he dident send it, she sed.
Mr. Kats being the taller that presses
things for people, and sme and Artie
went around, and Mr.. Kats sed he did
ent send it because he forgot. Being
Suppose to be bum reason whenever
use 1t for anything, and he folded up
the coat and put it over my arm, say
ing, Now be careful, its nice and
pressed.
And about half way home I had a
ideer. saying. Hay. let's both put the
coat on at the same time and pertend
to be Siamese twins.
WITCH we did, each putting a sleeve
in one arm and buttoning the coat
around us, and it came all ways down
to our feet and ony our beds stuck out,
feeling funny as anything and proberly
looking even funnier, judging by the
way everybody pointed at us and LATED
and we went in the house and had a
fearse time getting up the steps to the
living room, and ma herd us pritty
neer falling down and she came out to
the top of the stairs saying. Well my
lands upon my werd. now izzent that
terrible my newly pressed tweed coat
Now Willyum just wunt you to come
and look at this, she Sed
WITCH pop did, starting to laff like
anything, and saying, Haha, that's a
screen, whats happened to your sents
of humor? he sed. and ma sed, know
what's happened to my newly pressed
tweed coat, that's enough for me- I sip
pose If it was your overcoat you'd still
think is was funny, she sed
Most assurantly would, pop sed, and
ma sed, All rite. Boys, take my coat
off and both get into the overcoat with
the velvet collier that's hanging up down
there on hanger just the way it came
from the pressers, she sed, and pop sed,
Nuthing of the kind. lay off for Peet
sake. A jokes no good when It's re-
peeted and we've all had our fun now,
he sed.
1 haven't, but I've called your little
bluff, anyway you big buffer, ma sed.
And she unbuttoned her coat of of us
and gave us each smack.
Being werth It,
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A f1ecked tweed in Spanish red col
oring reflects further Spanish note in
throw scarf neckline that uses plain
wooden in blending tone. The scarf col
lar is cut in one with applied band at
left side of dress that gives the figure
charming height. A belt of the plain
wooden indicates fashionable youthful
raised waistline.
The skirt achieves its fiared fullness
through circular godets inserted at front
and back
It's a semi-sports type that expresses
new chic femininity that Paris DEGREES
so smart and important at moment.
Style No. 119 is designed in sizes 16,
10, 20 years; So, SO, 40 and AZ inches
bust.
1t makes up most attractively in
black canton crepe, worn so extensively
for all-day occasions.
Other interesting ideas for its devel-
opment are bottle green faille silk crepe
black lustrous crepe satin, orange red
nat silk crepe, Jacquard silk crepe In
burgundy tones, dahlia-purple faille
silk crepe, plum shade in plain wool
crepe and midnight blue fiat silk crepe
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 fol
pattern you inclose 10 cents additional
for copy Of our new Fashion Maya
zine.
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life, Arthur says, and he wouldn't for
the world have me wear anything that
would cramp my style. So here you see
what you seel"
And she brought out one-piece
bathing suit in jersey. 1t was backless
down to waist. A narrow strip at neck
buttoned and held the front waist part
in place. The color Of the suit was
turquoise blue.
For dress-up occasions, Agnes had a
number of Summer dresses in crepe de
chine and in printed silk. Her pet one
was made of eyelet embroidered batiste.
It was in the pure white. 1t
had a ripping bertha that extended
over upper part of arms, giving the eff
feet of short cap sleeves.
Her hat was a scoop brim affair, SIM
ply trimmed with band of grosgrain
ribbon. The straw was a fine Leghorn.
Nancy noticed that most of the
clothes were of pure white, but that
there was always contrasting color.
That means reducing Write to Nancy Page,
seif-addressed envelope, asking for her leaf
let on Reducing"
(Copyright, 1s3O)
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not talk to you. unless you let me know
first"
"All right. he need not" said Mr..
Harper, just before banging the re-
ceiver on the hook II simply wanted
to give him an order to handle person.
ally" he said. However. know sew
eral firms that will handle the matter
as we'll"
And somebody else got the order.
y X X X
A famous after-dinner speaker said
Where I used to receive from three
to four invitations a week to speak, ]
do not get one month. was kept
busy adding to my stock of stories to
meet emergencies. but during the past
few years 1 have ceased bothering about
them. We fellows with somewhat of a
reputation used to perform gratis, but
the comedians of the stage have taken
our place. Their fees run anywhere
from $3.50 to the sky depending upon
the mans reputation. Why, Just the
other night. an organization paid a
female musical star 81 900 just for sing
ing three songs. She wasn't in the
place more than half an hour. All we
received was some chow and a place
ner entertaining has become highly
commercialized
X
An inventor who has made fortune
visits Washington frequently. In dis
cussing his success. he said: at have
Away made it a point to work on sim
pie devices-the sort that will simplify
our daily functions. The simpler the
better"
Then he handed us an excerpt from
DR.. Conwell's Acres of Diamonds. -
We are pleased to print It'll
Il spoke thus referring to devils
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Walnut Meringue Squares.

Cook half a cupful of water and one
and one-half cupfuls OF sugar in a
smooth kettle until the sirup spins a
thread when dropped from the tip Of a
spoon. Remove Immediately from the
fire and add five marshmallows cut in
small pieces. Pour gradually. while beat
ing constantly, into the beaten whites
of the eggs. then add two tablespoon
fuls of shredded cocoanut and one
fourth teaspoonful of vanilla, and one
cupful of English walnut meats chop
ped. Roll some rich pie or puff paste
to one-eighth inch in thickness and cut
into two and one-half inch squares. Ar
range on a baking tin and spread with
the meringue mixture, piling it slightly
in the center. Bake in a moderate oven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-18
Time and Occasion for Jewelry
BY MARY MARSHALL.

of dull gold do not wear those of a
bright gold at the same time. There are
exceptions, however, in the case Of or
naments in which two or more metal
tones are combined in the same piece.
Another rule that is we'll to follow in
the evening is this: Wear bracelets with
earrings and ring or two with a
necklace Never wear all four sorts of
trinkets at the same time.
This weeks Help for the Home Dress
maker gives diagram pattern and direc-
tions for making a cold-weather sports
cap suitable for a child or young girl.
1t is very easy to make but decidedly
effective If you would like copy please
send a stamped self-addressed enve-
lope to Mary Marshall, care of this pa
per and it will be forwarded to you.
(Copyright, l930D
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Everyday Psychology
BY DR.. JESSE W. sPRowLs.
Seeing Color.


Until the days of Charles Darwin
naturalists supposed that animals were
not able to see colors. When Darwin
figured out that we all have an animal
ancestry, he opened the way for a lot
of theoriZing, which has kept the nat
uralistS busy ever since.
Two Of the questions brought up
we're:
/. Why do flowers have colors?
2. Why are some lower animals able
to change their color to correspond with
that of their surroundings?
Night-blooming flowers are usually
white. blooming flowers are usually
some other color. Various insects carry
the pollen seeds from one flower to an
other. thus causing fertilization.
Putting these facts together. the nat
uralistS have long held that the flowers
know their business. They attract their
favorite insects and trade them taste
of honey for their pollination services.
In order to do this, they grow color
that may be seen by the night-fying or
| day-hying insects, as the case may be.
preservation is the answer in
brief.
Rabbits that live in the North are
brown in Summer and white in Winter.
The chameleon will change its color in
a few minutes. The naturalists have
concluded that it is an advantage for
some animals to look like their sur
roundingS. preservation is the an
swer in brief.
Bees have been put to the test. Set
up several strips of paper representing
different colors and different hues. Put
honey near one of them. Bees will soon
learn to go directly to that particular
color or hue for food. This means that
they can distinguish color. BY this SIM
pie method the bee has demonstrated
that it not only sees color but that it
can make finer distinctions than some
human beings can.
(Copyright, 1900
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thrust forward. This is not the needed
cooperation. 1t Is for the owner and
homemaker to confer with the decora-
tor as an expert on whom they rely
to solve their problems.
1t is for the decorator to confer with
the owner and homemaker, not alone to
get their views on particular schemes
but to come to better understanding
Of their natural preferences, their in
herent likes and diSlikes, their prede-
Lotions as to colors and their natural
bents. For instance, a library may
mean room set with bookcases for
volumes used as backgrounds, or 1t may
mean room in which books are friends
and companions. Each type of decora-
ton can be attractive and beautiful,
but they would be widely different
This is but one example of divergences
that must be completely handled after
knowing what is expected as the result
OF all the hard work the decorator
must do.
Copyright. 1sSo)
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Pimples Under the Skin.

Dear Miss Leeds-O Could you tell
me what causes hard and red Jumps to
appear on my forehead and the side OF
my nose? They do not come to a head,
but are very hard and sore. CD Is a
commercial soap all right to use on a
tender face? r. u;
Answer-u) The humps under the
skin are a form of acne and are caused
by a sluggish skin or improper diet.
Be especially careful about your diet
and also try to tone up the skin through
bathing and massage. Exercise in the
open air will also do wonders toward
waking up a sluggish skin. At night
give your face the following treatment:
Cleanse thoroughly with cold cream.
Wipe off the cream and wash the face
with soap and warm water. Leave a
thick lather on for a few minutes and
then rinse we'll. Dash on some cold
water, dry carefully and then pat in
skin tonic made of l ounce of rose
water, ounce of cologne water and 80
grains of sulphate of zinc.
90 The soap you mention is 7ery
good. However, If I were you I would
try some pure milder soap for a time
to see if it helps toward remedying the
condition of your skin.
LOIS LEEDS.
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MILADY BEAUTIFUL
By LOIS LEEDS.

Four ounces Tactic acid, two ounces
cerin, tiny pinch of borax. If this
proves too strong for your skin. dilute
with more elderhower water or rose
water. Yes, lemon juice may be used
as a bleach also.
CD In order to reduce your legs you
will have to go through some relaxing,
shaking, stretching and kicking exer.
cises every day. Give about an equal
time to each. It may take several
months before you notice any decided
improvement. but If you keep up this
program every day a gradual improve
ment will be sure to result. If you
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One mother says:
The best of children at certain period
of their lives have some destructive
habits which are very irksome to u
parents. 1 try to point out all sorts o.!
natures beauties to my children-th,
velvety texture of flowers. how beau,
tifully they are constructed and how
impossible it is for our clumsy finger,
to fit the pieces together correctly.
Also, I try to explain to them how
much labor is involved in the con-
struction of simple article of furniture
and take them with me on observation
tours through our local factories.
(Copyright. is3o)
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Ny Neighbor Says:

The oven temperature must al
ways be uniform when baking
cakes. Opening and closing the
oven door changes the tempera-
ture.
Divide the time for baking cake
into four periods: First quarter,
cake mixture begins to rise; sec
ond quarter, rising continues,
cake begins to brown; third quar-
ter, finishes rising and continues
browning: fourth quarter. finishes
baking, shrinks from side Of pan.
China may easily be mended
with white paint such as artists
use in oil painting. Put 1t on as
you would glue and allow 1t to
stand three or four days before
washing the china.
A piece of gum camphor placed
inside q piano will keep moths
away. 49,,
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How to Bleach FreckIes.

Dear Miss Leeds-I would appreciate
it a great deal if you would help me
solve the following problem: % Is
milk good for erasing freckles? If not,
what is? Mine are dark and I hesi-
tate to try any of the patent medicines.
How about lemon juice?
CD My legs have been getting very
stout. 1 massage them with my hands
every night, but 1t doesn't seem to help
any. What can I do to make them
thinner? 80 have a number of tiny
pimples under my skin. They are on
my nose and cheeks. How can re-
move them? A. N. X.
Answer.-G) Sour milk or butter
milk is often used as q bleach for
freckles which are not of the stubborn
variety. 1 suspect, however, that yours
are rather stubborn, and the following
bleach proves quite effective for these
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HOLLYWOOD, Calf, January Is
(NANA)-The Hollywood schism is
at last complete The mighty-meaning
in this village those of the higher finan-
cial ranks-have established their revolt
against the autograph hunting bour-
geoisie who have in years past thronged
the sidewalks and staircase of the main
street cafe where the famous were prone
to gather.
Now, safely secluded in a club some
three doors away, maintained by the
same restaurateur and supplied by the
cuisine of the abandoned cafe, the
cinema great order their lettuce hearts
and lemons in peace.
That is, it is peaceful so far. The
apple-green purlieus of the Embassy
Club are cool and spacious; its par
quetry floor is shining in virginia. splen-
dor; its headwaiter has that intimate
air, that sort of You and against the
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know her, what I now say to you, Your
wealth is too near to you. You are
looking right over it: and she had to
look over 1t, because it was right under
her chin"
Said the inventor: "I have kept this
in mind during my entire career IN the
field of invention. have found that
there is more to be gained in supplying
small things to the public than in try
ing to devise machines The great mis-
takes youngsters frequently make Is In
overlooking the simple deYiceSP