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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15
SUB ROSA
Tear Bombs.

Tear Bombs,
These gas bombs are things left over
from a great war when bullets we're
not bad enough for the fighters. The
| one kind of gas which Is now used
in little scraps is that which makes
people cry. 1t is the tear bomb.
suppose this crying gas has. its place
| in the world, but 1t isn't pleasant to
think about, is it?
Now, there is a kind of tear bomb
which friend will explode now and
then with the idea of getting some
sympathy. When those we like and
love are in real trouble our tears spring
forth naturally without the aid OF any
bomb. But there are times when for
all our tenderness of heart we Just
can't sympathize with people.
OF course, there are hard-hearted
people who have no tears for another's
woes, not even the tears of crocodile.
You may perhaps have met a person
in whose soul 1t was too cold to snow.
But most OF us are ready with the
sprinkler when there is really a fire.
The reason why we can't get UP any
sorrowful enthusiasm is because the
injury or grievance isn't real or big
enough If a girl gets deep scratch
on her leg we can feel sorry for her
the way we cannot when she has
run in her stocking. We don't weep
with her when the slot machine holds
back the chewing gum and keeps the
cent. but We are ready to grieve If she
has lost her purse.
We know that women are supposed
to get as much out of a good cry as
men do out of a good laugh. So We
have sad and glad shows, tragedy and
comedy. Some of the producers of
films seem to think that there is
market for their tear bombs the way
they put sob stuff on the screen.
Perhaps our eyes are supposed to
wink, but there are limits to our sup
ply of tears. The sad show must have
an air of reality about 1t or we'll sus-
pect that the studio where it was filmed
was just trying to get up a good cry
for us.
Blu have you ever noticed that it is
easier to weep with those who weep
than to laugh with those who rejoice?
They say, Laugh and the world laughs
with you, weep and you weep alone"
but more often it's quite the other way.
1t is easy to release sympathy, but not
so easy to check envy.
If your girl friend loses her Job
you can feel sorry for her, but If she
gets raise that doesn't come the way
of your pay envelope it's hard to laugh
and rejoice with her.
What we need is a bomb full of
laughing gas which will make us SYM
path;ze with JOY and success in others.
The really noble character is one which
is happy when other people are having
good luck. The joy bomb is the thing
we need.
Copyright. 1s30)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15

Unfortunately there are beauty seek
ers who fail to realize the Importance
of keeping powder puffs immaculate. II
is not nearly so unusual as it should be
to see some girl or woman reach in hel
bag for q powder puff which is badly
soiled. Then, instead Of tapping hel
face lightly with the puff, she fairly
mops 1t. Such treatment grinds dust
and CRIME right into the skin until it II
not surprising that milady's pores be-
come coarse and clogged and eventually
produce blackheads.
In addition to using the puff daintily
with light patting motion, every girl
and woman should make 1t point to
keep her puffs meticulously clean
Whether the puff is large one such
as is used for busting powder after the
bath or tiny affair which fits into the
compact, 1t should be discarded when
soiled. Every one realizes that it does
not take long for the puff which is used
frequently during the day to become
grimy. In most cases this does not
mean that the puff must be thrown
away; 1t can be washed. 1t should be
washed in warm water with white SOAP
flakes, just as one would wash a deli
cate garment. A little powdered borax
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

The intelligent mother learns by her
experiences. When she finds certain
method isn't working, she stops using
1t and tries something else. The unin-
telligent or unobservant mother does
not question her own method but
blames the child for not reacting prop
erly to it. She grits her teeth and says,
III make that child do so-and-so or
know the reason why" Such a policy
Is doomed to failure, for the baby has
more tricks up his sleeve than the
mother ever thought Of Here are two
intelligent mothers making good use Of
their experiences:
Mrs. r. w. M. says: my neighbor
and I have babies of similar ages,
slightly under and over l year. We
have found a method of getting baby
to accept cereal which he has tired of,
and that is to add either prune or apple
pulp to 1t, so that the flavor is changed.
Another is to add one drop of vanilla
to it.
1--WE also found that the addition of
little milk to Sieved carrots made
made them go down easier.
IT note what you said about laughing
when baby spit up his food (not spit
up, Mrs r. M. w. / said when
he choked on it,, but when my baby
does this I think it intentional and I
40 TOL lduSH. i just give MIN announcer
bite and If he splits that out stop for
the time and do not give him any more.
I laugh at him when he chokes and pat
his back, and he laughs, too He drinks
from cup and has never had bottle
since weaving.
IT never give him a new food at
night. This meal. I think, should be
free from strain, and new foods some
times are refused. l try new things in
the daytime, for he sleeps better II sup
per is happy meal.
Now few questions, please. When
may we stop sieving the fruits and veg
etables? Can we offer mashed instead
of baked potatoes? We have electric
stoves and the ovens are high-power
units. Cooking one potato daily adds
greatly to the bill"
You have come to some wise de-
cisions, especially about having the
night meal a happy one, free from
strain. How many tired babies. after
being held on their fathers or mothers
lap, refused foods, scolded for wanting
what is put before their noses. 90 to bed
crying and miserable!
After IA months one can begin Offer
ing mashed and unsieved vegetables
and fruits. Note baby'S reaction to them
It depends on baby-how well he swal.
lows the coarser foods and how active
! they make his bowels. Boil potatoes in
the skin, for this preserves the min
erals, which are close to the skin. and
is cheaper than baking. Reserve baked
potatoes for days when other foods are
being baked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15

be necessary to boil the puff unless one
has some skin infection, there are those
who do so, and it is a good plan.
In the boudoir of the dainty woman
one will be sure to find generous sup
ply of powder puffs, for she would not
think of getting along without several.
1t is good plan also to keep jar full
of powder applicators made from abb
sorbent cotton. AS these are discarded
after being used just once there is no
danger of soiling ones face or injuring
the skin because of a soiled puff. Some
women use these cotton puffs entirely
when at home and only resort to the
regular puff when necessary to renew
their makeup when away from home.
There are many good puffs on the
market, however. They have wide
range in price, material and size. For
those whose purse is limited it Is far
better to choose an inexpensive puff
which will permit the purchase of sew
eral, for it is practically impossible al
ways to have dainty puffs unless the
supply is adequate. 1t is also wise,
when putting in a supply of powder
puffs, to make sure they can be washed.
Some will become so hard after launder-
ing that they are practically useless, but
If one buys wisely one will find plenty
of medium priced puffs which will be
just as fresh and fluffy after being
cleaned as they were when purchased.
(Copyright, 1s3o.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15
A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLUMMER

an accurate gauge of public opinion in
his district. There is an Illustration il;
her own experience to prove this.
The Norbeck bird bill seemed to af-
feet powerfully the imagination of the
woman groups in her district. Although
she heard no opposition to it, she says
she received a constant stream of let
tiers urging her to support it. And long
after the bill had been passed and
signed and had become law, she con-
tinued to receive appeals urging her 10
support it.
She sends a copy of the Congres-
sional Record to every public library in
her district, but she will smilingly tell
you:
1T cannot venture to hope that crowds
are now elbowing their way to these
libraries in an eager effort to find out
what stand have taken on the tariff
bill"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15
NV Neighbor Says:

DO not cook soft-boiled eggs
over the fire. Put them in pan
of boiling hot water, remove the
pan from the fire and let the
eggs stand IN it 8 to 10 minutes.
Cooked in this way the whites
of eggs do not become tough.
To remove stains from your
fingers make solution of a tea
spoonful of lemon juice in a cup
of warm water and rub it over
the stains.
To protect paper when clean
ing paint use a piece of heavy
cardboard about IL inches square,
moving it along as you wash the
painted surface.
Ink accidentally spilled on ia
BILE linen may be quickly and
easily removed if the Juice of a
ripe tomato is rubbed over 1t i'm
mediately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15
The Stars
Daily Pattern
Service
Smart Jacket Dress.

The smart woman today just can't get
along without several jacket costumes.
The enc Illustrated is probably one
of the most popular outfits of the sea-
son. because of its youthfulness and
slenderness.
1t is in fattering yellow beige and
brown wool jersey in knitted weave.
The long-waisted bodice Of dress just
pretends a hip yoke belted at raised
waist line. The becoming neck line is
completed with jaunty bow tie Of brown
grosgrain ribbon.
The curved line of hip, emphasized
by scanning, terminating in point at
center front, adds considerable length
to the silhouette. The fullness in skirt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15

10 a 0lVlre tight,
{ h e n something
must be wrong
with you.
Her enthusiasm
Is boundless. Size
has been around
Washington now
almost a year-tne
time when the ar
dor OF many newly
elected members of
Congress begins to
cool.
But if the en-
thusiasm of the
great Common
er's" daughter is
beginning to wane,
no one as yet has
observed 1t. In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15

legs and the stretcher, which, by the
way. is attractive, are of aluminium.
The lamp Is of the same combination
of materials and the shade Is of parch-
ment. bound top and bottom with a
painted wooden hoop in q color TO
match the stem of the lamp.
For the waiting room of a profess
sional mans office one or two tables
and lamps such as these would be very
attractive and are easily taken care Of,
which cannot be said of more elaborate
ly designed pieces.
OF course, the rest Of the furniture
should have leaning toward modern
design, in order that there may be har-
mony In the scheme as a whole.
(Copyright 1901
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15

usf195 CHOICE
smade for her the medical profession Surely fthey find
Kotex absorbent best-even in the dangerous oper
atoms it cannot fail to be best for constant use.
Wby smart women prefer Kotex
Il is significant that out of 10 in smarter circles
today Kotex They find that it permits freedom and
Pose hard acquire otherwise That's because Kotex reay
fits. Ii is designed you see, conform shaped at the
corners and tapered.
And here is the reason many women first began to
Kotex: it is easily dsposable. That fact alone has
helped to change the hygienie habits Of millions of
women the world oYsel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
By LOIS LEEDS.

may be added to the final rinsing water.
In the Summertime 1t is good plan
to lay the puffs out in the sun to dry,
for it is. well known that the rays OF
the sun are powerful germicide, and
such drying will leave the puff in fine
condition. When thoroughly dry 1t may
be shaken lightly and its ffuffiness will
be restored. Though it should hardly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15
Home in Good Taste
By SARA HILAND.

Modern design is especially favored
for accessories for the home and Office
In the sun room of the house we find
1t most appropriate. for tables, lamps
and flower stands of this design are en-
tirely in keeping with the type of the
room.
In the illustration is shown a table in
which there is no wood. The top Is of
composition similar to marble, and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15
CINNAMON BUNS.

Mix two cups -four, four tea
spoons baking powder and one
teaspoon salt. Add one tablespoon
sugar and rub IN four tablespoons
shortening. Stir in three-fourths
cup of milk or enough to make a
soft dough. Place on Toured board
and roll one-fourth inch thick.
Brush with two tablespoons
melted butter and sprinkle with
a thick layer OF brown sugar, one
teaspoon cinnamon and one-half
cup seedless raisins. Roll up like
jelly roll, cut down in slices one
half inch thick, and place close
together in well-greaSed pan.
Bake 80 minutes. Remove from
pan as soon as done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15

Beat one egg, add one cupful of milk,
then add the dry ingredients. Put into
a creased pan and sprinkle over the top
hree-fourths cupful of bacon cut in
small pieces. Bake in moderately hot
0Ven
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15
APPLE PANDOWDY.

Fill buttered baking dish two
thirds full of sliced apples.
Sprinkle with sugar mixed with
O little cinnamon and salt, add
one-half cup Of water. Butter
the edges Of dish and cover with
good biscuit dough. Bake %
minutes. Serve with sweet cream.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15
Bacon Corn Bread.

Sift together one cupful of corn meal,
one cupful of flour, three teaspoonfuls
of baking powder, half teaspoonful of
salt and one tablespoonful of sugar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15

The Jordan Valley, more than thou
sand feet below sea level, is one of the
lowest spots on the earth's surface.
The fish and the vegetation there are
characteristic not of Asia, but of Africa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15

Chat with Ruth Bryan owen for Is
minutes about her job, and If she
doesn't convince you that being Rep
resentative in Congress is closely akin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15

is concentrated at front with inverted
plat at center and at either side, with
back perfectly slim and straight.
The jacket Is lined with the plain
crepe de chine that matches the plain
jersey that is used for the collar and
rever facing.
Style No. 1875 is designed in point at
| Is, 20 years, 36, 38, 40 and AZ inches
bust.
Hunters green wool jersey, black
| silk crepe, with bodice in eggshell shade
crepe satin; midnight blue wool crepe,
with crepe de chine in aquamarine
blue, and Spanish red canton crepe,
with beige, are smart ideas.
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 whsn you send for
pattern you inclose 10 Ggnts additional
for copy Of our ne%e Fa&5sion Maga-
zine. a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15

II oTEX absorbent has replaced sur. Ru
n gical cotton in $50 of Americas
great hospitals! Surgeons used IN mil
lion pounds of Cellucouon absorbent
wadding last year. That is the equiv y
alent of 100000 sanitary pads!
Hospitals realize that comfort is most s
closely related TO health during the -
use of sanitary Protectives. Then is -
when women must have perfect ease #
of mind and body. And Kotex as
sures such ease. SS%
This unusual substance. S
Kotex absorbent sSI
Remember that CelIucouon 10 not cot. 81
eon-it is celluIose product which,
for sanitary purposes, performs the same functi'
softest cotton but with times the absorbeng.
1t is made up of layer on layer of the thir
softesr absorbent tissues each quick, CON
sorbent in itself.
These many air-oooled layers make Kotex not
but lighter, cooler to wear They also permit adju
the filler according to individual needs.
AS one hospital authority puts it: "Kotex alb.
notieeably free from irritating dust. which means
hygienic comfort"
To women who still make their own sanitar
cheeseeloth and cotton, these facts will be Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15

The last few months have been sea-
son of adoption--the next few months
will, to most women, be a season of
adaptation. Since early Autumn we
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15

Nearly 100000 pairs Cs feather leg
gings were made In France last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15

stead. 1t seems to be increasing.
This striklngly handsome woman can
still visualize each city and each little
village in her district; can still 'pic-
ture the stretches of Everglades land.
with the farmers out working under the
SUM-" and can still see her fishermen
In their boats on the blue water"
And she believes more firmly now
than she did the day she arrived in
Washington to take her oath that:
IF anything should go wrong with
my people, it will be my fault, for they
have trusted me-"
Her male colleagues in the House re-
gard her activities with interest. Some
smile when they hear of the innova-
lions in congressional work she prac-
tices. Others frankly applaud and wish
tnwardly they had the energy she has.
But their opinions mean little to her.
She thinks her colleagues are splendid,
and. though she has never heard them
express the same conception of public
service that she holds, she has seen at
expressed in their lives"
1t pains her that visitors go away
from the galleries in the House disil-
lusioned by the apparently casual and
irrelevant procedure in that chamber.
She thinks there should be some way
to aoquaint them with the vast amount
OF work really done.
But while Mrs. owen believes in and
Is interested tremendously in her job as
Representative. nevertheless she realizes
keenly that all Is not wonderful and
beautiful. Her sense of humor is quick
to detect fallacies.
For one thing, she realizes that a
Representatives. mail is not necessarily
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15
LUNCHEON.
CORN MUFFINS.

One egg, one-half cup corn
meal, one cup flour, one teaspoon
baking powder. two tablespoons
granulated sugar, one cup sweet
milk. two tablespoons melted
butter, salt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15
MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.

BREAKFAST.
Stewed Dried Apricots.
Oatmeal With Cream.
Poached Eggs. Bacon Curls.
Corn Muffins. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cream Dried Beef on Toast.
Waldorf Salad. Cinnamon Buns.
Tea.
DINNER.
Tomato and Barley Soup.
Broiled Hamburg Steak.
Brown Gravy.
French Fried Potatoes.
Dreamed Turnip.
Endive and Grapefruit Salad.
Mayonnaise Dressing.
Apple Pandowdy. Coffee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15

Kotex absorbs (by actual test) FIVE times
quicker, five times greater, than an equal
amount of surgical cotton. It takes up
Is times its own weight in moisture
and distributes that moisture evenly, not
all in one concentrated place.
Forperfect daintiness, Kotex deodor.
lies completely and thoroughly.
Kotex may be worn On either side
doesn't bare to be used in a certain
specified way. That makes adjustment
easier, protection safer. Any way you
use it, Kotex is always comfortable
and safe.
Since it is so easy to buy Kotex and
the price is so low, no woman need
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15
Your Baby and Mine

Copyright, 1880.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-05-10

the money from the fight may amount to
SS5, 900.
After leaving the gym, Rod calls Lyia.
She begged him to come to see her at once.
She tells him that she must marry Reggie.
because his father and her father arc all
tangled in an affair with Wolf. and that II
her father incurs the bankers iII-will, IL
will disgrace him.
Rod declares that she will not marry
Reggie and starts 80 leave after threaten
ing that Well may have to settle with
him.
s. Rod tells Lyia that something serious
is liable to happen to Wolf, after she tells
him that she must marry Reggie in order
to save her father from disgrace, the Al
derman Steps into the room. He warns Roo
that he must not interfere in his AFFAIRS.
Rod tell. him defiantly that he will not
allow Lyla to sacrifice herself for even
her own father.
After Rod leaves, Alderman Durant tells
her that the only reason Wolf has mos
harmed Rod again Is because he asked
him not TO- and tells Lyla OF VOLTS at
tempt to take her friend "for n ride"
She promises to marry Reggie, and her
father sets the following Sunday for the
wedding.
Rod makes his way to the office Of the
federal agent whose interference saved his
life the night Wolf tried to kill him. He
tells the agent that he wants to get Wolf
out Of the way, and that he Is sure Wolf
sells liquor In his cabaret the Swamp Hut
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-05-10
CHAPTER x

Wolf Sensed that Rod was about
to leap at him He brought his gun
up on level with the youths stom-
s.ch. On his face there was an eX-
preston of malicious ferocity. At
that dramatic instant the door of the
Mushroom opened, and heavily
built man stepped out Of it. and be-
tween Wolf and Rod before he no.
ticed their presence.
At this unexpected interference
Wolf ierked his hand out Of his
pocket. and wheeling on his heel,
strobe hastily down the hallway.
The heavily built man peered af-
ter him curiouSly. whats eatin on
that bird?" he asked Rod.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-05-10
beating into his numed consciousness


} Rod sighed in great relief. II think
that he was q trifle angry about
something" he told the man face
tiously. His questioner shook his
head as though he thought both Rod
and Wolf were crazy, and went
stamping down the corridor.
Rod paused irresolutely. Should
be go back to the prohibition agents
office or should he 60 on downstairs
in the elevator? He shrugged his
shoulder and walked to the eleva-
tor entrance.
AS he left the building he watched
closely for Wolf but his elemy had
disappeared. As Rod walked along
the bustling downtown streets. he
was wondering what he should do
now. Seemingly he had done all in
his power to eliminate his enemy. IF
the raid Saturday night was success
full. VOL might find himself in deep
er trouble than even he figured.
With Wolf safely IL jail, Alderman
Durant would be freed from the I'M
welcome alliance. and Lyla would be
free to marry Rod.
As he thought of the girl his heart
beat faster and sudden resolve
came into being. He had been walk
inf aimlessly. but now his steps
quickened. Cutting across the heavy
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-05-10

THE agent gives him badge showing that
he Is . member OF the prohibition depart
ment. and they arrange to raid Wells place
Saturday Eight after Rods AEht.
When he leaves the office. he bumps into
Wolf. Wolf asks Rod what he is doing In
the Federal building. Rod laughs and
makes fIippant reply which enrages his
enemy. Wolf shoves his hand into his
pocket and pointing his gun ut Rod, Is
about to shoot rs Rod taunts him.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY;