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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08
BY J. P. GLASS.

Gen. Grant was a great horse lover,
but it was dog who was the ami
NAL pet of his last days This was
POnto. a magnificent st. Bernard, born
at Chamounix, in the shadow Of Mont
Blanc, the highest mountain in France.
Gen. Grant came upon him during his
trip around the world. He was then
only fuzzy little puppy with wabbly
legs, Being about to return to the
United States. the traveller bought him.
Dogs were barred from the trans
atlantic steamship cabins. They were
supposed to be shipped In the hold,
close to the butchers quarters, where
1t would be easy to feed them. Perhaps
the general could have obtained a spe-
ctal dispensation, but he did not wish
to risk refusal Of the privilege of keep
ing the puppy in his quarters. so he
slipped Ponto into his pocket and went
aboard ship apparently dogless.
When the captain found his authority
had been Haunted he was peeved, but
he did not dare do anything about It.
In America Ponto became his mas
ter's constant companion. He led a
happy life, as any dog would whose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08
What Neighbors Say

what would our high-born neigh
bors say, If they knew this, If they
knew that?" we ask ourselves, from day
to day, while feeding soup bones to the
cat. 1t Is the great unwritten law, the
estimate our neighbors make, when we
do something coarse or raw, when we
indulge in bonehead break. A million
statutes have been framed to guide us
through this vale of woe, but often we
are not ashamed If we should lay some
statutes low. And the DEGREES of solemn
courts don't seem to bother us at all,
as We pursue our foolish sports, and
make the ordinances fall. Our lawns
are ragged, on the blink, we have neg
will the neighbors think?" our wives
reproach us, good and strong what
viii the stately Johnsons say, when
they look DER the garden fence, and
see our lawns all gone to hay, with
weeds In patches, strong and dense?"
And so we make the mowers clink, and
pull the weeds we long let slide; we
would not have the neighbors think
that we are short on decent pride.
We'd like to wear the ancient shoes,
the suits we've worn for many Springs,
the hats of faded, dingy hueS, because
there's comfort in old things. But then,
what would the neighbors say, what
dismal stories would they tell? So we
wear raiment glad and gay, and shoes
that fairly make us yell. The neighbors
are the moral force that governs every
native town; they keep us from the
base and coarse, they keep our souls
from sagging down. We hesitate upon
the brink of some course, vicious or de-
PRAYED; we ask, What would the
neighbors Think" We answer that, and
We are saved WALT MASON
Copyright, 1900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08

Rooms reflect the spirit and character
Of the persons who occupy them, unless
they are decorated or arranged by some
pants, or who inpresses upon the rooms
his or her own ideas of decoration.
The fine interior decorator either
treats the rooms of a house imper-
Sonally, putting in them the correct fur
nishings for the type of architecture of
the dwelling or the style designated by
the owner, or else he studies the tastes
and ideas of the owner and family who
are to live in the rooms, and instiIls in
them as much as he can of the charac-
teriStics of these persons. If the dec
orator does over the rooms impersonally,
he Cor she) leaves the rooms to take on
the characters of the occupants when
they live in the house.
The home decorator has an advantage
over the professional in this one par
ticular,, of knowing the traits of those
for whom she decorates. At first, when
the home Is new, the articles have been
chosen to reflect the character of the
young couple. Each has been glad and
ready to get furniture and furnishings
to suit the other. The combination Of
the things is made also to suit both, and
so the home has the atmosphere that is
right to begin with.
Later on, when children grace the
home, there Is the nursery to furnish,
and still later the bed room of the first
born. These rooms are done to reflect
the spirit Of childhood. The character
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08
Couture for Straight Hair.

Dear Miss Leeds-Q) My hair is
straight and I cannot afford to have
1t curled. How can I arrange it, eSpe-
c1ally while it is growing?
cd Here Is the way / care for my
face every night. Is it all right? First
cleanse my face with cold cream and
wipe of the excess with a clean cloth.
Then wash it with soap and water
then rinse first in warm water and
then in cold water. Then I try to
press out the blackheads and battle
the skin in boric acid solution. Last
of all I pat on witch-hazel. I let the
boric acid solution and the witch-hazel
dry on my face. have enlarged pores.
(3) Do boric acid and with-hazel
close up the pores so that it will be
hard to get rid of the blackheads?
90 What is the quickest way to
get rid Of blackheads?
FUSS BOX.
Answer-(1) Try this couture: Part
your hair in the middle or on one
side and brush 1t smoothly back from
your forehead. Have the part run
well back over the crown of your
head. Divide the back hair into two
equal strands and fasten them with
wire clips. If your hair Is long
enough, cross these two strands and
arrange each one into a bun back of
an ear If hair that is being allowed
to grow is waved slightly it is much
easier to arrange into q becoming
couture than perfectly straight hair.
My leaflet on heatlesS curling meth
DDS will tell you how to make your
own waves, so that the expense of
curls need not worry you. The leaf1et
Is free to my readers who write for
1t and inclose a stamped, self-ad-
dressed envelope with their requests.
CD You are making mistake in
your nightly cleansing program when
you battle your face in cold water
and then press out the blackheads.
Cold water is astringent in its effect
and 30 closes the pores which should
be open when the blackheads are to
be pressed out. Continue using the
cold cream first, then wash with warm
water and soap. Wiring out face
cloth In fairly hot water and hold it
against your skin to steam the pores
open. Then lather thickly with soap,
leaving the latter on until it dries
Tincture Of green soap Is especially
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08
BEAUTY CHATS BY EDNA KENT FORBES.

at home, no one wants to use them.
Instead. women spend large sums of
money which they can't really afford
on expensive bleaching preparations.
Mrs. E. D. S.-When giving your hair
henna pack it should be Shampooed
first, and then while moist apply the
henna, which should be made into a
paste with water and applied very hot.
To do this, separate the hair into con-
venient strands and apply the paste
with brush, beginning toward the
roots and working out to the ends.
When all hair has been cared for, tie a
cloth over all of it and let the paste
remain on for q half hour. Rinse of
the paste and then shampoo again just
as II you had not done 1t previously.
Egyptian henna is the best for coloring.
June-A white powder would make
you appear to be very pale, since your
skin is light and your eyes green
gray Use a cream shade that has the
least pinkish tint. Your weight Is cor
rect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08

is not developed enough for anything
more to be expressed
When the little folk grow older, there
is masculinity to be brought out IN
boys rooms, and a daintiness of fem
intnity in,girls' rooms. Then. as the chill
dren show decided tastes and have ideas
Of their own. those that can be made
helpful in decorative ways should be
stressed
For example, boy will either be &C
tive in some special sport, or show me-
chanical tendencies, etc. Ships may
adorn the walls, for one fond of boating,
whether girl or boy. Books and APP
pointments for study lend themselves
well to a students room. These hints
indicate how characteristics can be fea-
tured in interior decoration.
The main rooms of a house reflect
something of each person. The musical
instrument for one who plays, books for
those with literary tastes, easy chairs
for the comfort of all are included, and
pervading the entire room is the spirit
Of the homemaker, for she it Is, above
all others, who has the most to do with
that room. If she has an artistic bent,
the room will be beautiful. If she is
orderly, the room will have everything
in its place. The room may be cold and
untnvtting, or coy and welcoming It
Is for the home decorator to impart
to the rooms of the house that individu-
atty of her own and the members of
her family that viii make the home
attractive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08
LITTLE BENNY


We was starting to eat supper and
ma Sed to pop. Congratulate me, Will
yum. I'm now a full fiedged legal driver
with an ofiicial license Or in werds
of one sillible, I successfully passed my
examination for q drivers license, she
Sed.
am torn between emotions Of plez-
zure and serpriSe, pop sed. II had q
NEEDLE with me Id cheerfully pin II on
you. Did you pass with flying colors,
or did you meerly pass? he sed.
Well Ill tell you. ma sed. Everything
went of without the slightest hitch un-
til it came to the last test Of all, witch
was to tern completely around without
hitting the cerb. The street Is fairly
wide and 1t seems easy enough when
you think of 1t, but when you're axually
trying 1t with an eagel eye examiner
rite there beside you and your license
hanging in the ballents on a thread.
the street Shrinks to the proportions
in my particular case was that my frunt
tires rubbed against the cerb with one
of the most unwelcome sounds ever
herd. ma sed.
Then you couldent Of passed, pop
sed, and ma Sed, Perhaps q meer man
couldent of, but a woman izzent so cas-
lily discouraged. AS soon as the exam
liner Sed, You hit the cerb. madam,
had my anser all reddy for him In o
long winded form, and every time he
weakly tried to interrupt he found
was still tawking. What do~you meen.
hit the cerb? sed to him. Do you
meen to tell me you've been examining
heer for weeks and perhaps munths
and don't know the diffrentS yet be-
tween hit and slight Craze? I sed.
Is it possible that this Is your life
werk and still you cant tell hit from
gentle rub? I sed. Do you wunt me
to think that you're the kind of a man
who would raise a CRATE hullybaloo
and accuse a stranger Of hitting you
when all he did was family brush
agenst you? ! sed Whats the use Of
having werd like hit in its proper
place in the dictionary II you're going
to openly use it insted Of Craze and
touch and feel and skim and rub and
brush? I sed to him. And I still had
plenty in reserve, but just then a kind
Of a CLASSY look came into his eyes
and he sed, You'll get your license
madam, Geese firing.
Proving ladies are stronger than men
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08
Your Baby and Mine
BIZ MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

There is a particular age at which
children experiment in the use of all
kinds OF words. When the child goes
out to play, sometimes even before that,
he hears words used by adults which i'll
become his childish lips. In our dill
gent efforts to end the use of such
words we are inclined to do just the
things that encourage instead OF dis
courage them.
If the word is a good one. we APP
plaud its use: if it is a swear" word
we become highly excited, tremendously
upset. and highly denunciatOry. Where
on earth did you hear that word? Now
march right upstairs and wash out your
mouth with soap. That horrid, horrld
word has dirtied your sweet little
mouth"
OF course soap isn't pleasant, but the
impression made upon the child by his
mothers actions are far more lasting
than the taste of the soap. He finds
that a cannon cracker in his mother S
ear is mild compared with his use of a
good round darn" Why should we
act in a manner that will cause the
child to repeat the word for the sake
of its impression upon u.s. when we
really want to stop his using it?
One young man of six was an ardent
user of swear words. In fact he used
them so constantly that the Mortified
neighbors refused to allow him to play
with their children. Naturally his
mother made every effort to end the
habit. She scolded. she shamed, she
threatened, and spanked, but he could
not be trusted The more emphasis she
laid upon the desirsbility of never,
never saying such things, the more
frequently he said them.
One day he was invited to party.
His mother told the hostess frankly.
Now you send him home the very
minute he says a bad word. / won't be
Iurt at all. He just must be punished. "
so off he went bright and shining,
and a half hour later he was back
again. Without one word of question
ing his irate mother took him over her
knee and administered sound spank
ing. Then she marched him upstairs TO
bed and as she closed the door and he
got his breath he said, between Sobs,
THE darn party amt till next week"
Why should parents keep on using
methods which prove so useless? The
very moment that a child begins using
words that are not for children's lips
say quietly, you must talk with words
that you understand. You don't know
the meaning of this word and SO 1t is
silly to use it." Pretend indifference, or
even actual lack OF understanding VI
what he says. The word then, no mat
ter what it is, becomes meaningless to
the child. If some other child uses 1t
tell your child that he doesn't know
what he is talking about. He is little
boy using words that adults use and
not knowing what they mean.
Don't get excited about the word.
Don't do anything dramatic like wash
ing mouth out with soap. All such
methods simply make the word that
much more attractive, that much more
thrilling to use, and just habit does
the rest. without even wanting to, or
meaning to, word like that becomes
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BEDTIME STORIES By Thornton .~..a..

couldn't run much longer. No, sir, he
couldn't. He was getting very short
Of breath. He painted. His legs ached
His heart felt as If it must burst. Yet
all the time Bobby felt sure that there
was a refuge, a place of safety, If only
he could think of it.
They never have caught me, and
they won't this time" he kept saying
over and over to himself. Each time
he said 1t he seemed to gain new cour-
age. I'm fool them. I will! I will!
They are not going to catch and kill
me. I'll fool them yeti"
To fool that dog Bobby had tried
every trick of which he knew. Now
and then one Of these tricks gave him
wee bit of time to get his breath
and a little rest. But that dog was
wise in the matter of tricks, and in
the end that wonderful nose of his
worked out the trail and Bobby was
forced to run as before. Once he
crossed the trail of Lightfoot the Deer
He had q glimpse Of Lightfoot bound
ing away as only Lightfoot can, and
he followed Lightfoot for a short dis
lance, hoping that that dog would pick
up Lightfoot's trail and follow that
He knew that Lightfoot could easily
escape should the dog do this. But
that dog had been taught to follow one
scent only, the scent of a raccoon, so he
refused to be led away by the stronger
scent Of Lightfoot the Deer.
Once Reddy Fox bounded out from
behind stump and ran beside Bobby
for short distance.
Lead him OF and give me time to
get my breath, Reddy, and some time
I'll do as much for you" begged Bobby
"All right. I would like bit of exer-
fsfe Il ~
that dog or those hunters"
So Reddy dropped back and waited
for the dog TO come up. Then in plain
sight In the moonlight he trotted of t.
one side, sat down and grinned at the
dog IN the most tmpudent manner. The
dog didn't so much as look at Reddy
He wasn't interested IN Foxes. He was
hunting Bobby Coon. He meant to
catch Bobby Coon and he would let
nothing distract him from his purpose
So there was nothing Reddy Fox could
do to help Bobby Coon. Reddy SHOOK
his head sorrowfully.
Poor Bobby" said he. IT fear some.
| thing dreadful viii happen to him. II
I could help him I would. I guess nc
one can help him. He'll just have Il
help himself. Poor Bobby Coon"
Now, Bobby had been running in 9
big circle, so that at last he found him.
self near the edge Of the Green Forest
| where he was in the habit of leaving II
to go over to Farmer Browns woodshec
for his dinner each night He caught 8
glimpse Of Jimmy Skunk in the moon.
light. II only Jimmy would use thai
little but powerful scent gun of his or
that dog! 1t was then, right then, thai
Bobby was inspired Into his MIND
| flashed an idea. He knew just what Il
| 90. Just where to 60 to be safe. If only
his breath would last little longer! Il
only he could keep ahead of that dos
Tor just few minutes more!
That dog had been gaining Now hi
was dangerously close But Bobb,
seemed to find new strength. The iopt
he had been holding fast to so long be.
came certainty. He knew now that he
would fool that dog and he would foo
those hunters.
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Ready for Autumn.

My correspondence always goes In
seaSonS-this special bit OF the season
almost every one wants to get rid of
sunburn quickly. OF course, If you've
been wise and used the various much
advertised oils for burning very quickly
without turning red and without the
skin peeling of Gin other words, If you
have used coconut oil, sold under vari-
Gus fancy names) then your problem IL
easier For fine, healthy bronze pales
evenly and there Is only . short period
when you seem to have the complexion Of
an ultra-brunette, with blonde hair, or
when you look a little liverishl
As long as your tan Is becoming, do
nothing about it. When 1t becomes q
little too yellow, use vanishing cream
and hghtish flesh powder. If you
will mix a few drops of liquid rouge
with ordinary white vanishing cream
you'll produce a fiesh-pink preparation
which will help neutralize the yellow
and which is also good for q naturally
sallow skin. Then the lighter powder
viii seem to go better with your COM
plexion. Also, you must experiment
with colorS in rouge, for one shade will
make you seem darker than another.
On the whole, avoid the orangy reds, at
least until you have normal skin
again.
on is very good for getting rid Of
tan, since 1t lubricates o skin that Is
too dry from the sun. And certain
creams are observation-disclosures cream, and
peroxide cream and cucumber lotion. I
prefer homemade cucumber lotion to
a bought one, unless 1t Is of very excel
lent quality. You can do . lot of
bleaching using the skins of tomatoes
on your face and arms, or using lemon
juice, or slicing up cucumbers and cook
ing them to pulp and using this.
Neither cucumber nor tomato Is dry
ing, yet, being cheap and easily made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08

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Splendid for the thrifty woman who
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For instance, this fascinating model
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08
MOTHERS
Charm Against Crying.
BY ROBERT CULLEN.
AND THEIR CHILDREN.

All small children get unaccountable
fits of crying. Perhaps they have hurt
themselves; maybe mother spoke too
Grossly or brother teaSed at q moment
when teasing could not be well borne,
but whatever the cause there are times
when crying is hard to stop. For just
such occasions I bring out q small
round peppermint dron and pop it into
the tiny mouth without word Of ex-
PLANTATION. The magic has been donel
The crying ceases and smile spreads
over the baby face and all Is happiness
again. Explain it If you cant can
not, but know 1t works, not only with
my children but with many others
have tried 1t on.
(Copyright. 1930)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08
Household Methods
BY BETSY CALLIsTER.
Silk Lampshades.

The silk lampshade is always in STYLE.
Just at present. several other kinds Of
lampShade are more In the vogue. But
silk lampshades have now, as always.
their defenders.
You can vary the silk lampshade tn
flt the room where you wish to use it,
That Is doubtless one reason we like IL
80 well. Just buy silk of the right color
and the problem Is settled.
The decorative screw top may be used
to hold the silk lampshade in place. It
is not so much used, perhaps, as it was
season or so ago. But IL Is very good
looking, and often adds just the finish
that q shade needs. So If you like
decorative tops, by all means use them.
saw an attractive one the other day
for childs room-a dog, barking so
obviously that you could almost hear
him, made in brass. Another that
struck my fancy was a tiny ship, sails
fun spread, sailing eternally on the top
OF a shade depicting q marine scene.
Always have on hand soft brush to
clean silk shades. That Is about the
only implement that cleans them prop
erly. for it gets the dust out from be-
tween the folds and gathers of the silk.
You can produce an interesting effect
by covering shields for side lights on
the walls with the same kind Of silk
used for shades for table lamps.
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master was lover of horses and the
outdoors.
failed. The time came when he could
failed The time came who he could
no longer go driving or walking.
Ponto missed their excursions might
ly. However, he was faithful to his
master. Almost always he could 30
found in the sick room. His silent
sympathy was a great comfort TO the
general
The dogs grief over the death Of his
master was poignant For a time Mrs
Grant thought he, too. would die. She
asked friend to take him to his coun-
try place in the mountains. The
change was beneficial and Ponto grew
better. He was unlucky, though, in the
matter of masters. No sooner had he
grown to intimacy with his new one
than the latter died.
When the dead mans will was read
it was found that he had taken good
care to provide for Ponto as long rs he
lived. Also he had set aside a sum Of
money to provide for the dogs burial
and the erection Of monument over
his grave
Ponto lived several years before the
time came for the erection Of the
monument.
Copyright. 193oO