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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-15
Everyday Psychology
81 DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.
Do You Know :

Do you know:
/. That rapid calculators are gener-
ally poor mathematician?
2. That gifted boys and girls are usu-
ally above the average in height and
weight?
8. That two expert chess players may
play a game by merely, visualiEing a
board and the pieces and by announcing
to each other the mental moves they
make?
4. That small children are often
peevish because they are dressed too
heavily? Children can stand more cold
than adults.
S. That the bulk of the worlds work
is done by men OF less than average
intelligence?
s. That you can estimate the intelli-
gence Of a person by the number OF
uses in giving his decisions? Dull peo-
pie are strong on maxims, such as "A
bird in the hand" Marry in haste, re-
pent at LEISURE" etc.
z. That your judgment about the
makeup OF other people Is more accu-
rate than your judgment about your
8. That women form judgments about
other people more quickly than do men
and just about as accurately?
8. That there is no truth in mental
telepathy?
10. That most of your dreams have
some connection with your present
physical circumstances? If you 20 to
bed thirsty you will dream of taking a
drink of water.
IL. That nervous people worry more
about the past than they do about the
future?
IL. That necessity is the best incen-
tive to work? Most people have to be
driven. Work is not law of Nature.
Copyright, I930)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-15
LITTLE BENNY
By LEE PAPE,

Ma was sewing in her room and I
was asking questions without expect-
ing ansers, and the doorpell rang and
1 looked out the window and who is it
but the bewty looking new gerl from
the corner house, me thinking, @. her
ray, I'm going to meet her at last.
And I Sed, Its that little gerl from
the cornor house, ma she's carrying a
little baskit.
Good, ma sed. Her mother must be
sending back the GREEN and eggs she
borrowed when I went to nav her a
social call so she wouldent seem SO
much like a stranger IN the navber-
hood, of all the peculiar times to bor-
row GREEN and eggs, well I'm glad to
see she's so prompt, anyway, ma sed
And went down and opened the
door and the bewty looking gerl sed,
I'm EMMY Star and my mother wants
to thank you for the GREEN and eggs
and she wants to know if she can have
little lard and a cup of rice.
And she came in the hall and I went
up agen, saying, Hay ma, she dident
bring anything back, she wunts to Dor
row some lard and rice.
Well of all the unherd of things I
ever herd OF, ma sed. The woman is
just a professional borrower, but she
dlRzent need to think I'm a perfes-
sional lender, she sed, and I sed, But
G, ma, its not her fault.
Meening the bewty looking gerl, and
ma sed, Well, Suppose there's no use
nerting the childs feelings, but anybody
with cast iron nerve like that should
be put in a museum under ether. o
we'll, you can get the things from Nora.
WITCH went down the back stairs
and did, and the ,bewty looking gerl
was still waiting in the hall, me saying,
NV mother saws certenV hero thew ore
and she sed, know what she said, I
herd her.
Me thinking, G, good mite, gosh. And
sed, Why, what, she dident say any,
thing. I meen she dident meen any
thing, and she sed, o that's all rite, Id
half to hear lots worse than that be-
fore 1 stopped coming to ask for things,
you awt to of herd some of the things
I use to hear before we moved here,
she sed. Good by, please to meet you,
she Sed.
Being how we got acquainted.
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MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE
By MOLLIE MERRICK.

to wondering how some Of the girls got
by the censor.
It seems Gilbert Roland is being be-
sieged with offers from producers other
than the ones with which he made his
recent talkie debut as leading man for
Norma Talmadge.
The young Latin is said to have given
such slick performance that bids from
other studios are under consideration
by his producers. Should they decide
to farm Gilbert Roland olt-and this
Is frequently done in movies, players
often earning far more from other
studios than their original contracts
provide-the team of Talmadge-Rola
would be broken up for the time being.
When this farming-out process takes
place the player does not receive the
added salary. It goes to the producer
holding his contract. The player re-
ceives exactly the stipulated sum he
signed for.
John Boles, under contract to Uni
versal, has been farmed out repeatedly
since his singing success In Desert
Song" When he was discovered to
have one Of the best recording voices in
talkies the demand for him was imme-
date. The company holding his con-
tract made more money out Of him on
other picture contracts than they prob
ably would making pictures with him
themselves.
And to show you how closely we are
treading on the heels of New York sue
ceSses, Pathe will not announce their
list Of productions for the seaSon-be-
cause they want to pick UP current sue
ceSSeS and make them into celluloid
while they are hot, so to speak.
By binding themselves to a definite
something new and different, they say.
A chat with David Burton, the New
York stage director, revealed some inter-
esting things Thursday.
He tells me that pictures like Maui
ghaIn'S The Circle" will be produced
in celluloid with full faith that the
public diScernment, steadily growing
| with each talkie released. has come to
demand the best stage literature.
When producers first toyed with the
talkie idea they were afraid of lines
which carried much cleverness. Now
they welcome them. In the mouths of
players trained to give them full sig
niflcance they become delight to the
audience and do not take from the eye
appeal OF the picture in any way what
soever.
One Of the best-sellers of the week
was pulled by vaudevillian to a friend
Eastward bound.
Keep away from Jimmy Durante, +"
ne called as the train pulled out. HE
might give you the parrot fever"
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Your Baby and Mine
By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

The first rule in the feeding of
| children is that all new foods must be
introduced gradually - by degrees -
slowly. The same rule applies just as
forcibly to all changes in the formula.
| Suppose the baby is accustomed to
whole milk. For some good and sufii-
cient reason the mother decides to
change his diet to dry or evaporated
milk. Or. again. a change from Tactic
acid to sweet milk may be in order
Under any such circumstances the
| change in the food must be made
gradually. Any abrupt change in diet
may result disastrously.
Substitute one bottle of the new food
for one of the old. In two or three
days try another bottle of the new
| food Without digestive upset or tenn
per tantrums the baby can be induced
to like this new food we are offering
him, and in week or two the new
food will reign supreme.
| Mrs, T. E. H. wants to change from
Tactic acid to sweet milk now that BABY
is one year old. She fears too long
use Of Tactic acid milk will cause rick
cts. Her badly is likewise sensitive to
egg and breaks out if it so much as
touches his face. Eating it makes him
very i'll.
The use of Tactic acid in whole milk
serves the purpose Of helping baby di-
gest this strange food. At one year Of
age baby should need no such crutch
to his digestion, and for that reason
only it is unnecessary to continue the
Tactic acid milk. However, there would
be no more danger of ricketts, with Tactic
acid milk than with any other milk
formula. ricketts, comes from constant
feeding of a deficient food, as well as
from q diet that lacks all the necessary
additional foods and the cod liver oil
Cor direct sunlight) which baby should
have his first year.
In changing to the sweet milk, It is
wiser to begin by giving one cup of the
sweet milk with breakfast In two or
three days give another cup with the
noon meal; then the afternoon cup,
and later the going to bed cup.
Eggs are often distressing to young
children, and it is usually the white
that is the offending element. The
white of an egg is almost pure protein,
and all kinds of proteinS cause sensi-
tive persons to suffer eczema, hives.
asthma, etc. AS most children get all
their protein in the form Of milk, whole
grain ceralS and meat, the white isn't
really necessary to the diet. The yolk,
though, is rich in iron and in essential
vitaminS, and it appears so commonly
In all kinds of foods that it is a great
nuisance If 1t must be excluded from
the diet.
Start with one!half teaspoonful of
sofe-cooked or hard-cooked yolk mixed
with some other food. Give this daily
over a long period until you are certain
1t causes no disturbance. Then increase
to one teaSpoonful. II one increases the
amount cautiously and continues 1t
long enough the child should build UP
an immunity to the offensive element so
that he no longer reacts to it. The yolk
of an egg three times a week is then
enough for the average child.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-15

Everywhere in fashionable circles
smart women are appearing in frocks
with the heightened hem and nodded
waist and hipline, which dates its new
ness.
In the afternoon model illustrated in
printed crepe silk nat hips are espe-
cially pronounced through the softly
Swathed treatment of the girdle with q
looSe-hanging drape that contributes
length to the figure
The skirt, with deep fitted upper
part, Is heightened with q circular
hounce Of diagonal movement that alSo
tends to give length.
The bodice is slightly bloused, with
q one-sided rever In jabot effect that
detractS from the breadth beautifully.
Style No. 400 comes in sizes Is, IS,
20 years, SO, SO, 40, 20, A and Is
inches bust.
It's an excellent model for crepe satin
In the new dark brown shade so en-
tirely hattering. Cut the rever, scarf
collar and girdle with drape Of the re-
verse of the crepe.
Black silk crepe with rever Of egg
shell crepe Is fascinatingly attractive,
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
Tor copy OF large Fashion Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-15
Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

February Is, IS61.--A peace plan
which, it is hoped, may be the basis
OF settlement between the cotton
states and the non-slave States OF the
North, was reported to the Peace Con-
Vention here today by the special COM
mittee that has been at work on the
subject for several days. While its
terms have not been made public, II
is understood it is compounded of sew
eral Of the plans heretofore offered
by various persons, and that it applies
the principle of the Missouri COM
promise north of $3.50 and popular
sovereignty south of that line.
The members of the Peace Conven-
ton have been in constant consultation
with Representatives. in Congress from
their States and are said to have de-
rived some encouragement as to the
successful outcome of the present eff
forts from that source. Every effort
committee through the convention be-
fore the end of the week.
IL Is reported that assurances recent
ly nave been received that no attack
Will be made by the SeceSsionists on
Fort Sumter or Fort Pickens, and that
as soon as Jefferson Davis shall have
been inaugurated President Of the
Southern Confederacy, he will send a
Minister to Washington with power to
negotiate with the Federal Government
concerning various matters in dispute
However this may be, it is stated here
by the military authorities that Maj
Anderson feels himself secure in his
position at Fort Sumter in the harbor
Of Charleston, s. c., and that, if he
should be aSsailed, he can hold out
long enough for succor to reach him.
Although optimism prevails in a few
quarters, Washington is filled today
with rumors of violent opposition in
the Peace Convention to any settle
ment. The radical wing of the Re-
publican party seems bent on the dan
gerous experiment of pooling the
Importance of the crisis and relying
on Congress to provide means to main
tain the authority of the United States
in the seeded States, also upon the
people Of the Slave-holding border
States. like Virginia, to aid in uphold
ing the authority of the Union in the
cotton States. Persons who are most
conversant with the situation do not
believe they can rely on either.
Meantime there are extremists on
the Southern side in the Peace Con-
vention who seem equally bent upon
wrecking it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-15

1t is customary at the present time
for girls to have either hope chests or
dover chests. BY whichever term they
are called, each is the receptacle for
articles which would be or are to be
used as part Of the girls marriage por-
ton. Just what should 60 into such a
chest is not always appreciated by those
who would fill them. This is not sur
prising for with the years ideas change,
and contents vary and terms shift.
First Of all 1t is interesting to know
Just Nhat is the difference between the
two named chests. A hope chest is a
box or chest in which a girl before she
is engaged puts away such things as
she makes, or which are given to her
and which she would like to save in
case she does marry. The things are
the sort that would help make her
home attractive or her trousseau more
handsome. At first there is no definite
plan about the kind of articles. They
may be ornaments, linens, embroidered
towels, scarfs, bags, ETC., motley as
sortment.
The name, as it will be seen, is de-
scriptive. The girl hopes to be married,
and she therefore prepares for 1t in a
way that Is sanctioned by custom. This
is intriguing to her and of such interest
to her friends that they occasionally
present her with articles. expressly for
her hope chest. Eventually she has a
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The Sidewalks of Washington
BY THORNTON FISHER.

he would accompany and escape. The
chief was willing to gamble. He as
signed the man to the task. The last
we heard of him he was still on the job.
and woe betide any suspicious looking
character who might hover too close to
the money bag. SO far the employer
has won.
X X
A Western banker acquaintance en-
ployed q colored man who once had a
bad record. While the family was away
the man was told to sleep in and guard
the house. He might have walked away
with everything, including the grand
piano. Instead he slept under it one
night. He had been tipped OF that
burglary would be attempted About
o'clock in the morning a window was
stealthily raised and the dark form of
man appeared. The colored man did
not challenge the intruder, but pulled
the trigger of a rifle. The figure top
pied out, and when the police were
called the wounded man was found 70
be notorious house breaker. We can
gamble in other things beside money.
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that you mention is harmless and may
be used as directed. LOIS LEEDS.
Anxious-The left-side part will be
is of shoulder length, you may wear
the back hair twisted into a low coil
and pinned at the nape of the neck.
Or you may arrange low roll of hair
from ear to ear and divide the back
hair into two parts after tying 1t Sc
curely. Now cross the two strands and
pin them under, forming a fan-shaped
bun on each side where the hair is di-
vided into two parts. This is an at
tractive way to dress hair of shoulder
length. CD You are an ashen blond
and may wear dull brick, rust. reseda,
dark and medium green. medium tan
and warm browns, silver gray, pale yell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-15
DAILY DIET RECIPE

Maple Whole Wheat Cookies.
Pulled wheat, cups.
Butter, 3 tablespoons.
Butter or substitute. "a cup.
Brown sugar, % cup.
One egg.
Baking soda. II teaspoon.
Whole wheat -four, % cup.
Maple fiavoring, u teaspoon.
Makes About "a Cookies.
Crisp the pulled wheat gently
in slow oven, stirring into them
three tablespoons of butter.
Cream butter or substitute and
sugar together. Add beaten eggs.
soda, -four and maple iavoring.
Beat well. Just before baking
time add the crisped pulled
wheat. Drop mixture by table
sheet and place them far apart,
sheet and place them far apart
as they spSead great deal. Very
fragile when cooked.
Diet Note.
Recipe furnishes protein, starch,
sugar and some fat. Much lime
and iron present, but vitamins
have been damaged by action of
the baking soda. Can be given at
dessert time to children 6 years
and over. Can be eaten by nor
NAL adults Of average or under
weight. ~
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low. peach, bronze green, medium and
dark blue, turquoise and peacock blue
for evening. LOIS LEEDS.
Miss M. B.-With medium brown
hair, blue eyes and light complexion,
you may wear dark and medium blue,
wedgewood, sake blue, turquoise and
blue green, dark and medium green,
bottle, bronze and English green, dark
warm reds, wine. garnet and ruby. dark
and light yellow, peach, amber, dull
orchid, warm taupe, pink violet, pale.
pink and rose. deep cream. ivory and
eggshell CD Use touch of raspberry
or geranium rouge. LOIS LEEDS.
M. S. CT shall be pleased to mail
you my leaflets on beauty exercises
and care of the hands that you re-.
quest If you will comply with the rule.
Please write me again and inclose o
self-addressed, stamped envelope. as
am unable to mail them otherwise.
LOIS LEEDS.
Miss v. B. or Curious Miss-Please
send me q self-addressed, stamped en-
velope for my leaflet on the subject. ]
have not the space to reprint the treat
ment again at this time.
LOIS LEEDS.
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One brilliant, star-swept night it was
our privilege to stand on the broad.
stone terrace in front Of the gambling
casino at Monte Carlo. Below in the
placid bay could be heard the strains
of a popular American dance melody,
Tea for Two" coming from French
man-o'-war. The officers were enter
tanning. Small boats were putting out
from shore containing eXquisitely gowned
women and handsome escorts.
on to the right, the Grande Corniche
road wound its way through the mystic
rious hills. Inside the casino, dull, listless
faces surrounded sinister, green-topped
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-15

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, February Is
N.A.N.A.I.-What does Hollywood ex-
peet in its chorus girls?
Here are few Of the newly listed
requirement.
Age limit, 20 years.
Height limit, feet inches.
Weight limit, ITO pounds.
Figure, almost perfect.
Experience must include, tap, toe
adagio, hula, gypsy, Russian ballet and
ensemble.
About 400 applicants a day come to
one the largest studios, despite this
rigid eligibility ultimatum.
Then one drops into a movie and gets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-15
NANCY PAGE
Peter Tries His Hand at
Making a Garden
BY FLORENCE La GANKK,
BY FLORENCE La GANKE.

Now that they were settled in the
new home, Peter was UP to his old
habits. He wanted to have a garden.
Here 1t was February, but he was deep
in seed catalogues and believing, against
his Judgment and experience, the tales
they told Of marvellous roses and gor-
geous strawberries. His immediate con-
Germ was the vegetable garden. He
asked Nancy what she wanted to grow
in it.
Asparagus, lettuce. spinach, peas,
beans, both string and lima; beets,
squash, corn, caulifower, carrots, toma-
toes, parsley" Hold on, Nancy;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-15
Pineapple Tapioca.

Add pinch of salt to two cupfuls OF
boiling water and cook in it one and
one-half tablespoonfuls of quick-cooking
tapioca until it is transparent. Add
four teaspoonfuls of lemon juice, two
thirds cupful of grated pineapple and
one-third cupful of sugar. Cook until
thick. Remove from the fire and add
half a teaspoonful of vanilla extract as
it begins to cool. Serve cold with
whipped cream.
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PSA4NASAG 0 OVCk IL
A man who had
stuck up banks GER
tainly knew no
tr de. Suddenly
the boss had an
idea. He would
give the ex-prison-
er a job Of guard
ing the company's
pay roll when the
messenger went to
the bank to obtain
the cash.
Right there he
opened wide the
door of opportunity
for a crook. Every
M o n day $4,000
was taken from the
bank to the COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-15

hold on. We don't own a truck farm.
We won't have room for all those"
Perhaps not, Peter, but can't you do
intensive gardening, or whatever it is
they call it-you know, plant a second
variety as soon as the first one Is
through yielding2"
well see, darling; we'll see. You
rrsan rotating crops. But I am not a
;agician, you know, and I haven't
much time to spend wedding, but I'll
try"
.This book tells me that a deep,
sandy loan, well drained, is best. To
that I am to add well rotted horse ma
nure, rakings from the lawn. They say
should have put all that in last Fall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-15

IdDlCo WLlCIC CkOu-
piers were engaged
in raking in the
houses winnings.
Such exotic pic
lures linger long in
the memory of
those who have
been permitted to
enjoy them.
BY our side stood
a man who had
just finished a long
vigil at one of the
tables. He had lost
heavily. In a few
days he would 60
back and try des-
perately to regain
his fortune.
NT0n xyO11 lynNxsy -
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Decidedly Feminine Fashions
BY MARY MARSHALL.

This weeks illustrated circular shows
how to make a charming collar and
cuff set from a 27-inch square printed
scarf of silk or cotton. II you would
like copy, please send your stamped,
self-addressed envelope to Mary Mar
shall, care of this paper, and it will be
forwarded to YOU
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-15
Copyright, 1e30.l
Cake Crumb Macaroons.
BY RUBY HOLLAND.

Two egg whites beaten stiff, one cup
powdered sugar, two-thirds cup cake
crumbs and one teaspoonful almond fla
voring. Add the powdered sugar grad
ually to the stiffiy beaten egg whites
and continue the beating. Fold in the
cake crumbs and almond extract. Drop
in small spoonfU'7 on buttered baking
sheet and bake about 20 minutes. Makes
three dozen macaroons. This recipe af-
fords good way for using up left over
cake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-15

The two-piece cloth suit which a
Few years ago was usually identified
with mannish or boyish fashions ap-
pears this Spring in the most feminine
Interpretation.
To be sure, the materials of some of
the smarteSt Of these new cloth suits
are the fine, closely woven materials
used by mems tailors and they are often
finished with the conventional tailoring
characteristics of mems suits, but there
the similarity ends. The longer, slight
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and relied on commercial fertilizers at
seeding time or whereabouts. think ]
had better put in some air-slake, lime,
because this soil was formerly sod soil
and they say in this book that such
soil is apt to be sour.
"And they say potato hook makes
the best all-around garden tool. BY
Joye, I'll get one tomorrow"
with all this talk of vegetables. Nancy
had better plan some salads to use these
freah greens. Write to her, care OF this
paper, inclosing . stamped. self addressed
a61veiope, asking. for her Salad Leahet DO. .
Copyright, Is30)