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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26
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After the Christmas Festivities
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

In America we might well follow the
example set by England and reserve the
26th of December as holiday. For the
benefit of the tired shop girls and trades
persons the idea deserves consideration.
For the good times Of family it would
be a delight to preserve Christmas day
for the home, and give the next day,
the 26th, over to outside festivities.
AS it is now, December 26 business
starts up as usual, with every one weary,
to begin special sales, or to attend them
if purchases at first reductions are to
be made by prospective buyers. And so
the nervous systems craving continued
relaxation get frayed by the sudden
plunging into routine work again. What
joy it would be if only one more day
could be allowed in which to have pleas
ures, though Of a lesser degree than
those of Christmas day, and one In
which to gather up ones energy for
finer and better work.
In the home 1t is well for mothers to
consider the 26th of December as a
rallying day for little folk. They need
to be humored as much today as yes
terday, and perhaps more. But this
time the freedom from discipline can be
supplemented by soothing atmosphere
if the mother will only allow herself the
pleasure of having the day continu-
ance of the Christmas holiday. She can
cater to the family best by so doing and
make home more enjoyable for her
family and herself.
Copyright, I930)
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atty against the personality In front
of you to make that person see some
thing you see.
If you haven't that quality don't try
to sell any goods whatever. II you
have that quality you don't need any
copybook naxims or rules to help you.
You will have no consideration for
your customer. You'll think you have
because you win be so sure what you
have will be good for him. But that's
not consideration: that's the desire 70
convert. If you have that it Is no use
to tell you to work hard, because selling
goods won't be work. It win be such Q
natural expression of your personality
that it will be pleasure.
The good saleswoman differs from
the great preacher or the great teacher
In one way. Usually the great teacher,
however well he may think Of his ideas,
has very low opinion of himself But
the good saleswoman as q rule does not
suffer from this inferiority complex. She
thinks fairly well of herself, so she
isn't afraid Of people. That helps her
to go out into the world and convince
people that certain cake Of soap y Of
vital Importance.
A really good Saleswonaan o. sales
man Is likely to be pretty conceitsd.
Girls having problems In connection
with their work may write to Miss
woodward, In care Of this paper. for
her personal advice.
(copyrisht. ls3o,)
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Chateaubriand, the French soldier
statesman and writer, went to Rome as
the Ambassador from France in 1928
A warm friendship grew up between
him and Pope Leo XII, and this resulted
when his holiness died in an unusual
bequest to the Frenchman. OF his first
audience with the Pope, Chateaubriand
wrote:
Leo XII, a prince of noble presence
and with a countenance serene yet sad
was clad in g simple white soutane. No
pomp surrounds him. His cabinet is
quite plain. almost without furniture
He eats almost nothing. He lives, to-
gether with his cat, on little "polenta"
"a thick porridge Of barley or chestnut
meaD.
This cat of the Pope's, it developed,
was named Micetto Chateaubriand de-
Scr1beS him: HE Is a large cat, red
dish gray in color, streaked with trans
verse bands, born in the Vatican in the
Gallery of Raphael, and brought up by
Leo XII himself"
Micetto, the Ambassador says, was
very sweet tempered, like his owner.
Many times when the FTenchman was
admitted to the presence of the Pope
he found the cat resting in the loosely
hanging lappet of his masters robe
No human could enjoy such intimacy
as this. "I looked upon it with envy, .
says Chateaubrtand.
His heart was completely won by
Micetto. . He showed his interest sc
much that the Pope was gratihed. His
health was rapidly falling at the time
Not long after he died. And So
ION the death Of the successor OF St
Peter" writes Chateaubriand, II In
herited his ownerlesS cat"
Soon the Ambassador gave up his post
and returned to France. He took Mi
cetto with him to Paris. Fame was his
from the beginning. He was known Is
"the Pope's cat" and was held In great
honor by piouS souls.
Chateaubriand was devoted TO his pet
"I endeavor," he writes, ito make him
forget he Is an exile from his native
land, to forget the Sistine Chapel IND
the sunlight Of that cupola Of Michel-
angelo where he could take his prone
nades so far above the earth"
Life In Paris, Micetto found, wa
more luxurious than In Rome. There
was, for one thing, greater variety o.
foods. But doubtless he often wa
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in spots that need not be accepted pas
sively. This beauty problem. which is
far from being rare, IS called alopecia
areata and, II taken in time, 1t may
often be cured by vigorous measures.
AS In all such conditions, the very
first thing TO do Is TO build UP ones
health. Anemia, poor circulation, under
weight and, in fact, anything that de-
presses ones physical vigor may be an
underlying cause of falling hair. Fevers
and prolonged illness, shock or mental
strain also have an adverse effect on
hair and scalp.
Local treatments for badness In spots
may be had at any beauty shop or at
home. They begin with a hot oil treat
ment. The hair is divided into many
small strands, each of which is given a
good brushing. The oil Is applied to the
scalp as warm as can be borne without
discomfort. A mixture of equal parts Of
olive oil and castor oil Is frequently
be used alone. Steam the head with
hot towels and then shampoo. If the
hair Is dark, tar soap makes q suitable
shampoo.
The next step is an antiseptic, stimu-
lating treatment. The bald spots are
painted with tincture of iodine after the
scalp Is perfectly dry. The painting is
repeated the next day and a third ap-
plicatton Is made on the third day. A
blister will form, which in time will
scale on. This treatment iS usually
enough to stimulate the hair follicles in
the bald spots If they are not entirely
dead.
Daily scalp massage must be given to
improve the circulation so that new
hairs will have adequate nourishment.
The hot-on treatments should be re-
peated before each shampoo. If the
scalp Is dry, as Is often the case In such
conditions, the following ointment may
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26
stumpy Gets Warning.
Pass on O warning when you may
Jumper the Hare.

Life was so quiet and peaceful under
the ice In the Smiling Pool that
stumpy, the three-legged son of Jerry
Muskrat, gradually forgot that there
was anything TO fear. He forgot that
there were such things as hungry enc
mics who would be glad of young
Muskrat for dinner. He couldn't know
that certain folk were hungrier than
ever in this cold weather, for the sim
pie reason that they seldom had enough
to eat. You see, storms and bitter cold
weather made hunting difficult, and
among those who ate meat full stom-
achs were seldom known. Only those
who slept all Winter or who, like Happy
Jack the Gray Squirrel and Chatterer
the Red Squirrel and Striped Chip
munk, had stored UP food in the days
of plenty, knew what IL was not TO be
hungry. The family of Jerry Muskrat
should be included with these. While
they had not stored much food they
had stored some. But they didn't need
to store food. They had but to swim
out and dig up roots IN the bottom OF
the Smiling Pool or a few fresh-water
dams, And the weather, you know,
made no difference to them.
So, living so quietly and peacefully,
Etumpy forgot that there was anything
for young Muskrat to fear. 1t seemed
to him that no one in all the Great
World could be safer. Thus he wasn't
prepared for the warning brought him
by Jumper the Hare, and even when
he had received that warning he didn't
take It seriously. He had climbed out
on his favorite tuSsock beside the open
water Of the Laughing Brook just above
the Smiling Pool. There was an alder
swamp there and Jumper used TO come
down for an occasional visit. He was
waiting Gdght near that tusSock when
Stumpy climbed out.
Hello, Stumpy!" said Jumper. Tive
brought sou some news"
"I hope 1t is good news" replied
6tumpy with grin.
That Is for you to say" Jumper
said. who do you think have seen?'
Il haven't the least idea. Who have
you SEEM" asked Stumpy.
Little Joe Otter" replied Jumper.
StumpG was startled. He had seer
Little Joe Just once and that was II
the late Summer, when Little Joe had
passed through the Smiling Pool on his
way to the Big River. He had stopped
only long enough TO catch and eat 9
trout and had paid no attention II
Gtumpy or any Of his brothers and sis
terS. At that time of year fish were
plentiful and Little Joe was quite salts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26
All Sorts of Clever Trimmings
BY MARY MARSHALL.

type Of dress, trimming has come back
into favor, but the home dressmaker
is now quite likely to ignore it too
much. She has acquiTed the habit of
making dresses in short order and she
begrudges the time needed to make
other embellishments. Actually, of
course, some of the Smartest French
dresses are severely simple, but theirs
is simplicity that is extremely dificult
to attain. A great many of the new
dresses on the other hand are definitely
trimmed and the wise home dressmaker
should take advantage Of this fact
without, Of course, overlooking the i'm
portance of well constructed founda-
ton.
There are all sorts of clever trim
mings that you may easily copy at
home to give this becoming note OF
femlninity. The twisted ruche shown
today was used on a charming black
taffeta dress of the informal dinner
late afternoon sort. The short sleeves
were trimmed with the ruche made
from deep rose chiffon velvet. To
make this ruche, which may be used on
sleeves, at the neckline or on the skirt
Of new dress, you will need to cut
transparent or chiffon velvet into strips
two inches wide. Then fold them SC
that the edges meet and lap a trifle In
the center This will give you q strip
Of velvet about three-quarters Of ar
inch wide, with edges Tapped at one
side and plain on the other side. Nov
with a double length of sewing silk Il
match the velvet. run q gathering
thread through the center of the strip
Draw up the thread so that the ruch.
ing is a little more than half as lonG
as 1t was before gathering. Twist thG
elsewhere on the dress, lacking Il down
inyisibly here and there TO keep4t from
twisting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

be rubbed in every night before the mas
sage: One ounce lanolin, one ounce
petroleum. and five drops oil Of sweet
lavender flowers
Sometimes instead Of actual badness
in spots the hair just loses its color In
places. A streak of white or gray NAV
appear among the normally colored
hairs, and this usually happens during
middle age, when restoration Of color to
the faded parts is scarcely to be exc
pected 1t is, Of course, better to have
white hairs in these spots than no hairs,
as they may be tinted with hair dye
to match the rest of the couture. When
there are Just few white hairs above
the temples or scattered in small groups
throughout the hair, 1t is often possible
to canouflage them with the aid Of q
special kind of pencil sold by mantfs
facturers Of beauty aids for Just this
purpose. The color Is harmless and
washes of during the shampoo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26
Your Baby and Mine
By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

II there Is one thing which fills the
mothers with q secret satisfaction 1t Is
her offSpr1ng's display Of a pleasing
selection of good manners without
| prompting. What so often happens is
that despite constant lecturing and
the childS knowledge of what to do, he
exhibits shocking manners In the cru
cial situation.
have q childhood remembrance of
one child who always did the proper
thing. She was any mothers ideal
come to life. She never forgot to say
Thank you" She curtSied with the
left foot behind and the skirts held out
In the manner 1nculcated by con-
scientious dancing school teacher. She
never failed to ask each adult How
are you?" quite as II it were of some
interest to her. thought her terrible,
and in inarticulate protest against such
perfection my own manners in her
presence were 1nsuferably bad. Some
thing rebelled at this machinery of
mannerliness as exhibited by this para
gon and held up as a model. When
small children act like little hoodlumS
In my presence often wonder what
secret idol they may be smashing def
antly.
Manners are dificult to paint on a
child, yet many mothers work valiantly
to do just this. You must say Thank
you You must not forget to say How
do you do?'" The children forget the
lessons when put to the test, and they
stand tongue-tied or make ugly faces
in an endeavor to put the right phrase
and the right situation together.
Instead we have to keep this ma
chinery in action every day in the
don me, please" "im glad you came"
I'm happy to meet you" are mechani-
cal phrases, but adequate expressions
Of what we wish TO say. If children
hear them constantly they are not self
conscious about their use. The words
beome part Of the whole situation, and
one is not complete without the other.
Our leaflet on Etiquette for Boys
and Girls" likewise outlines the man
ners which are in vogue today. Any
reader may obtain this leafiet by send
with her request to the your Baby and
Mine" department of this newspaper
The stilted phrases, the old-fashioned
servility Is out of place IN 1880, and
while children no longer say Eyes,
ma am" or Eyes, sir" neither do they
utter curt Eyes" or "No" when spoken
TO, but reply with just as polite but
not so servile, Yes. Mrs. Towne," or
mo, Mr.. Blake"
Children may be familiarized with
these symbols Of good manners by tax
ing their small share Of the RESPONSE
bility Of guests. A child will seldom
be shy II sent to open a door, and
saved the critical presence of his
mother he viii remember to greet the
guest with ease.
Table manners are taught from in
fancy. The small child looks about
him and copies what he sees, truism
which seldom comes home TO his par
entS until strange eyes are focused upon
him and they see him being the per.
feet little copy-cat Of their own vul-
garisms, which they would hide from
the public gaze.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26
Everyday Psychology
Self.Analysis,

0NAA-4AAA0Ay S4Hs
The one big problem in everyday
psychology is to ind out how to an
alyze yourself. At least, that's what
literally hundreds are seeking informa-
ton about.
In order to get at this problem you
must train yourself to look at your
self as if you were some one else. That
takes time and effort. You may have
to carry on your experiment for years.
Much depends upon your willingness
really to look at yourself. It Is very
often painful experience. AS you 60
along you will soon discover, however,
that you are an interesting somebody.
The first law Of learning, which Is in
terest, then goes into action.
You will in all probability soon un-
earth the fact that your ignorance OF
yourself Is a homemade commodity
And then the way will begin to open
up for you. Little by little, you will
get peep at yourself from behind the
screens. You made these screens. And
you made them for a purpose. The
purpose was to keep other people from
seeing your real you. This puts you
right in the midst of your problem.
Once there, you begin to find a solu-
ton.
Inc dLlSWefS BSueId1Iy SPSdkIl8S u
this: You have been putting on false
faces so long that you have acquired
the habit of taking them for pictures
Of your real self. In other words, you
lost track Of yourself by continually
trying to renake yourself. Your screens
or false faces are, of course, merely
wishes which you have continually tried
to make over into realities. In order
to make them seem as hattering and
as real as possible to yourself, you COM
pare them with your estimates of your
neighbors. In order to find out what
you are, apply to yourself the catalogue
Of faults you find in other persons.
(CopyriRht, 19S0.)
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LITTLE BENNY
BIZ LEE PAPg.

Pop was smoking and thinking and
ma sed, The New Yeer Is neerly here
Willyum, and I haven't herd you men,
ton your annual resolution about cigars.
Meening to stop smoking them, and
pop sed, 8 things are not being done
alone this year, drinking argewing and
making New Yeer resolutions. So if
you'll keep me company by resolving
to stop playing bridge Ill take my an
nual flyer in cutting out tobacco he
sed.
But Willyum my goodness there's
nuthing harmful about bridge, but
smoking taints the breth and discolorS
the teeth and sets a bad example for
the young, ma sed.
And what does bridge do, wee gods
what does bridge do? pop Sed.
Its relaxation, ma sed, and pop sed,
Yes, it relaxes the pocketbok to a
meer shadow. And Furthermore it re-
lakes the feet so that young -cupples
kick each other black and blue under
the table, and 1t relaxes the temper so
that elderly cuppleS bark at each other
like dogs on opposite sides Of an iron
railing, ne sed.
How rediculiSs, ma sed. You know
very well that smoking is bad for the
nerves, she sed, and pop sed, And
bridge is bad for the tenth. It con-
stantly causes you to grind them at
your pardner. It has been estimated
that enough enamel has been ground
OF of bridge players teeth in one year
to supply all the elefants of Africa with
new tusks every nIunths. And fertilizer
more bridge imparts steely glitter to
the eyes that makes 1t dangerous for a
bridge player to visit an insane asylum,
he sed.
o hush, If you wait for me to sware
of bridge you'll have to wait some time,
ma sed.
Well, in the meantime Ill smoke, pop
sed.
Wlch he kepp on doing with q sattis-
ned expression.
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related to the preacher or the good
teacher.
There are people in the world who
are consumed by a desire to convert
others to some notion or other, it
doesn't matter what. You may be one
of those people. Your notion may be
to make q new world, to build up an
ideal country, to give every man Job,
or it may be merely TO convince some
body across q counter that the cake of
soap in your hand Is better than any
other cake of soap in the world.
Behind all these activities Is the same
push. the same thrust of your person.
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Green Forest" replied Jumper. He
was playing on his slippery slide at q
place where there is a spring and open
water such as you have here"
What Is 9 slippery slider" inquired
Stumpy.
Jumper did his best to explain how
Little Joe Otter dearly loves to slide,
and for this purpose makes o slippery
slide on a steep bank where there is
open water at the bottom into which
to plunge at the end Of the slide.
did he swim under the ice?" Stumpy
asked.
Il didn't see him do that, but he can
I am told he travels long distances I'M
der the ice," replied Jumper.
Stumpy began to look exactly as he
felt-uneaSy. I'm that case" said he,
He could swim under the ice Of the
Smiling Pool right to our house"
Certainly" replied Jumper. What
Is more, he Is sure to pay you q visit
sooner or later. He will look over every
foot Of the Laughing Brook from the
pond Of Paddy the Beaver deep In the
Green Forest to the Big River into which
the Laughing Brook flows. He always
does. 50 take my advice and keep an
eye open for him"
(copyright. 1900
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NY Neighbor Says:

When making bread and butter
pudding, sprinkle each slice of
bread and butter with grated
coconut instead of curTantS, and
strew some on the top. This will
make a change from the ordi-
nary pudding and will be found
very tasty.
Do not scrape a frying pan; It
is liable to burn afterward. In
stead, rub well with a hard crust
81 bread and wash in hot water.
Japanned articles should never
be washed in hot water, as the
japan is likely to wash of. Use
lukewarm water and soap.
Steaming Is a good way to cook
vegetables, as 1t reduces the loss
of minerals and vitamins. 1t is
also economical because you can
cook several different vegetables
at a time.
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This is Just one Of
those old notions
that haven't any
truth in them at
all. The first quail
ity you need to
sell goods Is quite
different. It is the
ability to make
people do as you
say; In other words.
to convert people
to your ideas
The good sales
,--a~~ L. -T---Ia.
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topping it with the mound Of cranberry.
That made an attractive serving.
She had this for lunch. For dinner
them with mashed potatoes and formed
them into cakes. These were sauted
until golden brown. She served these
with leftover gravy heated kissing hot.
With this she served the outer stalks of
celery. which had been cooked in boiling
sailed water, small amount, and then
dressed with cream or top milk. She
steamed the squash second time. The
plum pudding was reheated and served
with q tart lemon sauce. All in all, the
than second appearance Of the Christ
mas dinner. ,ss...sa4ss-,ss. s.s...l.s
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looking dish partly filed with cranberry
sauce, some rolls which had been heated
once and were rather discouraged look
ing. partially eaten plum pudding.
How would the Miller family ever eat
this food, which did not begin to have
the appeal on the day after Christmas
that It had on the day itself?
First, she took the cranberry Jelly
out of It's messy dish. The mixture was
small mounds with a teaspoon.
Then she took her carving knife and
found she could get few slices of cold
turkey.
She split the rolls, sprinkled them
lightly with water and toasted them.
On each toasted half she put butter and
then spread a thin slice Of turkey meat,
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DLO 4VAL ~ OANAAZO v. Burgess.

fed with them. Now it was different
Stumpy remembered that his father
had warned him that both Little Joe
Otter and Billy Mink were dangerous
in hard times, and although there were
no hard times with the MuskratS, he
suspected that there might be with
other folk.
Where did you see him?" asked
Stumpy.
Along the Laughing Brook up in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26

Since Christmas is a day for merri-
ment. the day after it should not be too
much of q slump In good times. In
England the 26th of December is as
much q holiday as is the 25th but 1t
does not SAVIOR Of the religious festival
or home celebration. It is q day to
enjoy sports and amusementS of all