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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07
Everyday Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE W. sPROwLs.
Handwriting and Vacations.

The psychologists have gone so far
nowadays as to say that It's possible 10
tell what you are cut out for, by merely
examining your handwriting. No mat
ter what vocation you follow, they think
they can tell whether or not you have
selected the proper calling.
School teachers write with formal
hand-moderate capitals, rounded let
tiers, etc. Those who are cut out to
teach hard subjects write poor hand
generally. They also eXaggerate the
capitals Those who teach the exact
sciences seem to show their habits OF
accurate thinking by a tendency to
print instead of write.
Court room lawyers seem to have
what is called vital" hand. The vital
hand also applies to preachers and actors.
In other words, those who follow the So
called dramatic professions tend to
make a lot of gestures. These gestures
crop out in the handwriting in terms of
a certain boloness which denotes energy
and determination. Such writing is not
always easy to read. Signatures are
often indecipherable.
And then there is what might be
called an adventurous" hand. Such a
hand may be almost anything but al
ways legible. It's mixture of neatnesS,
accuracy and boldness. It's a refined,
vital type.
What about these observations? 1t
would appear that there's just about
enough truth in them to make the sub
ject interesting. Ask any one how he
happened to become lawyer, engineer,
preacher. or school teacher. and he is
pretty likely to say he got there by acci-
dent. Ask the graphologiSt, and he
will say that choice of vocation is a
question of some inherent temp rament.
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no child thinks he has been to party
unless there is ice cream.
But you won't need to have any
further food for your child when he
gets home"
Nancy thought she detected relief in
the voices of some of the mothers and
skepticism in others. But she stuck to
her guns. She believed in simple life
for children.
For her menu Nancy planned nice,
mealy baked potatoes with creamed
chicken. She had tiny sandwiches of
entire wheat bread with shredded let
tuce filling-no mayonnaiSe. There was
plain vanilla ice cream, a simple birth
Gay cake and orange juice to drink.
Those who wanted it haq cocoa as well.
Nancy considered cutting the sand
witches with an animal cutter. Had she
done this she would have put animal
crackers upright in the soft frosting
of the cake and had the vanilla ice
cream nodded in animal shapes.
At each chiid'S place was gayly
wrapped package. Here, too. Nancy car
ried out her belief that uniformity was
better than originality. Each package
was wrapped like its neighbor, so that
no child had a chance to feel that he
had been neglected or favored. In each
package was small book with story
written for a Skye ar-oid. Then there
was little crepe paper basket with
few peppermint candies IN it. And the
children had as good time as they
would have had if Nancy had Spsnt 10
times as much on Joan'S party.
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be so soft in tone that they are artis-
tic. Woven "hooked-rug" carpets show
plaid patterns. In most instances how
ever, plaid designs come in floor OIL
cloth and are on the general order of
patterns found in the wall papers, as
described. These are useful for bath
rooms and kitchens and back halls
Plaid upholstery material is not so
much in the forefront. 1t is smart, but
so modern in its trend that it has to
be used with certain decorative styles.
1t is not so comfortable to general dec
Grafton as the wonderful historic de-
signs than which there are no more
handsome textiles for upholstery pur-
poses.
This does not hold when it comes
to furniture Slipcovers. Plaids are a
welcome change from stripes. They are
smart without being obtrusive, as the
upholstery textiles strike one as being,
We are accustomed to check hang
ings since ginghams have been pop
ular for many years But in these
hangings for curtains, etc, the tile has
been in evidence rather than the plaid,
as now found. One must be careful to
select plaids of soft harmonious hues
that will fall in attractive folds for
this use For cushion covers any of
the plaid textiles are good. AS for blan-
kets, there is~a perfect craze for plaids
in them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. d.

Our European medical colleagues
handle the truth more careleSsly than
we do here in America. Every new
drug or medicine that comes out of
France or Germany is, if the introduce
tory blurb is taken at face value, a vast
improvement on the older preparation
it seeks to displace. But the sad story
is always the Same-after a season or
two of popularity the new and invari-
ably more expensive thing is displaced
by a StiN. newer and still more expen-
sive one Tlich, if you believe the blurb,
has all the desirable qualities of the
preceding one, yet none of its drawbacks
or untoward effects. These untoward
effects somehow, are never mentioned
while the article is in vogue with that
part of the American medical profess
sion which eagerly takes up all the new
things thus introduced. The harmful
only when the new improvement arrives
on the market
And so it is with the medical knowl-
edge emanating from Europe. Doctors
and specialists over there have a naive
way of ''pronouncing" things thus and
SO, much as the great legendary con-
SultantS did in the earlier days of
American medical history. At least this
is the impression we get on this side Of
the ocean.
A French doctor has discovered a
new disease. closed car neuritis. He
describes this as cervico-brachial meek
and ARM neuritiS, and he says it is
quite common in drivers of closed cars,
but it does not occur in drivers of open
cars. There it is, the dogmatic Euro
pean pronunciamento-yo simply can't
have cervico-brachial neuritis unless
you drive a closed car-with a window
open beside you. What's more. the
French doctor declares the trouble is
invariably in the left side. never in the
right-for most automobiles have left
hand drive and the driver keeps the
left window open to thrust out his arm
for signaling to drivers behind. You
see, we are leading up to the etiology of
the disease. to wit, the draft or cur
rent of cool air entering the open win
dow strikes the driver right on the left
side of his neck.
Ironical, call it, for I have just
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07

driven 5000 miles in closed car.
through all kinds of weather from
freezing to rorrid, with the left window
open most of the time, and I have
pain in the neck-the right side.
Many good doctors have argued bold
ly if not rashly, with me about the
theory that current of cool air strik-
ing the left side of the face of a driver
of closed car with the left window
open may account for facial neuritis
This is an ancient conception, but
firmly believe it is not so.
I believe this alleged closed car neu-
ritis is equally hypothetical If the
doctor would only concede that drivers
of open cars sometimes suffer from the
same sort of pain and that the trouble
occasionally occurs on the right side of
a person who drives with the left win
dow open. one might accept the theory
with more confidence. But the cock
sureness seems suspicious-I think he
is trying to make a convincing case. ]
doubt the draft or cold air has any,
thing to do with it. I believe the
trouble is attributable to the position
the driver holds the arm in while driv-
ing. to strain.
1t is stated that diathermy mira
red (radiant heat) and massage treat
mentS give the best relief, and in this
I agree with the French doctor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07

Plaids are enjoying a decided vogue
in decoration at the present time. There
are plaid wall papers, plaid upholstery
textiles. plaid furniture-cover fabrics.
plaid floorcovering designs, plaid hang
ings, plaid cushion covers, paid blan-
kets, plaid luncheon sets and napery,
etc. While too much plaid in any one
room is confusing, it is possible to use
the motif in a number of ways in a
room to make it up-to-date and re-
tain its restful decoration. Some at
tractive ways of using the motif are
suggested.
Plaid wall paper and wall treatment
are seen to good advantage in bath
rooms They are a modification of the
tile, which may be suggested in the al
formation of dark and light hues in ad-
joining squares. Or, again, the plaids
may consist of sharply outlined squares
with disconnected lines forming smaller
squares inside each larger one. Some
of these papers are excellent also fol-
kitchens. The self-toned plaids in tex
tile effects supply a plain background
that is well suited to chambers and
some halls, though seldom main hall.
The paper must be very high grade, and
it should be embossed plaids for main
halls.
Plaid floorcoverings may be woven
textile The heavy linen woven rugs
with the design alike. on both sides can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07
Back to the Long Sleep.
AS nature meant so let things be;
For who is there as wise as she?
Farmer Browns Boy.

Nimbleheels the Jumping Mouse, one
of the seven Sleepers, had been awak-
ened in the middle of Winter He had
been found sound asleep in his Winter
home in a hollow stump by Farmer
Browns Boy. so sound asleep that it
was if he were dead. But the warmth
of Farmer Browns kitchen had wax
ened him. Now, Mother Brown had
declared that he must be taken out of
the house, and she was very firm
about it.
When mother says a thing she
means it," thought Farmer Browns
Boy, 80 it will be of no use to tease
her to allow me to keep NimbleheelS
in the house. I'll have to take him out
in the barn. I wonder if he will go to
sleep again out there. Perhaps it will
be warm enough out there to keep him
awake. Anyway, there is nothing else
to do"
So Farmer Browns Boy prepared a
box for Nimbleheels. In it he placed
some cotton waste and pieces of paper,
enough to make big comfortable bed.
The top he covered with fine wire
screen, so that, Nimbleheels couldn't
get out and no enemy could get in
toNharm him. In the box he put a
dish of water and some corn and buck
wheat. Then he took Nimbleheels out
to the barn and put him in his new
home. Nimbleheels at once began to
explore. He examined every corner of
his new home. This done, he drank,
and then settled down to make good
meal.
This isn't SO bad" thought Ninble-
heels. 1t wasn't. The barn was rather
dimly lighted, for the big door was
kpnt rIOcad There tho =
odor of hay He liked both the dim
light and the smell of the hay. The
latter gave him a home feeling. for
Nimbleheels had cpent much of his life
in or on the edge Of q hay field. Hav-
ing finished his dinner, he inspected
the bed Farmer Browns Boy had ar
ranged for him.
This won't do at all" said Nimb1e-
heels to himself, for lack of any one
else to talk to. mo, sir, this won't
do at all. 1 must get to work at once -
So he set to work to pull apart the
cotton waste and tear up the paper
The latter he tore into little pieces.
1t took long time to tear up that
paper. When Farmer Browns Boy had
looked in the last thing before clos
ing the barn for the night Nimbleheels
was still at work.
That night the weather turned very
cold When, in the morning, Farmer
Browns boy went out to the barn he
was worried. He was fearful that MINI
bleheelS might not have been warm
enough. The first thing he did was
TO look in the box. He could see Moth
ing of Nimbleheels, but there was a
sort of big ball of cotton and torn
paper.
Probably he is in that" muttered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07
Artichokes With Sauce.

Pull off the hard outer leaves and cut
off the top about one inch down. Tie
each artichoke into a compact shape
and boil for about AS minutes in sailed
water to which lemon juice has been
added, about one teaspoonful to each
quart of water Remove the artichokes
from the water, turn upside down to
drain, take off the string, remove the
choke from the center and serve with
sauce made as follows: Cream half a
cupful of butter, beat in three egg yolks
/ one at a time and cook and stir over
| hot water until the mixture thickens.
| Remove from the fire and add one
! fourth teaspoonful each of salt and
pepper two tablespoonfuls of lemon
juice and half cupful of boiling water
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07
A Sermon for Today
Watch Your Spirit.
BIZ REV. JOHN r.. GUM.

Watch Your Spirit.
"Take heed to your spirit. NAL,
ills.
One should watch the health Of his
spirit just as diligently as he watches
the health of his body Neglect the
body, and soon it will become clogged
up with poison and cease to function
properly. Neglect the spirit, and you
will suffer a corresponding result in
your spiritual being.
You see man who has become mo-
rose, morbid and peevish, or, perhaps,
cold, hard and unrelenting. He was not
always so. You remember him as he
was in former days, when he was
bright and cheerful. warm hearted,
generous and responsive. You mark the
change that has come over him, and
you wonder what has happened to make
him so different.
The trouble is that he has neglected
the health of his spirit Likely the
change has come about gradually. He
may have been thrown into an I'M
happy environment, or he may have
suffered some unhappy experiences.
But that is no excuse When the body
is apt to give all the more attention to
the maintenance of its strength and
efficiency. And likewise, when we find
ourselves in an uncongenial environ
ment, or unusually tired of any sort of
depressing or vexing circumstances, we
need to be all the more on our guard to
keep our spirit in healthy condition
and right attitude.
The trouble with your man is that he
neglected to do this. Instead of mas
tering his circumstances, he allowed
them to master him. Perhaps he didn't
think, and has been unaware of the
change that has been taking place in
his mental attitude and disposition.
Nevertheless the charge is so pro-
nounced that he has become a source
of amazement to his friends and aSsoci-
ates.
We all need to take heed, lest some
thing like this happen to us. 1t is
something that may happ2n to us very
easily. and before we realize it. Right
now it would be we'll for each of us to
check up on himself, and see whether
he is keeping his mind and heart in a
healthy state.
What about the disposition you were
displaying today to those around you
in the Office, in the store, in the shop
in the home? Take look at yourself
in the. mirror. Do you see any change
in your facial expression? Better look
out about that. If you want to keep
that good disposition, better watch your
spirit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

After supper pop was reeding the
paper in the living room and ma came
| in with her new hat on, being one OF
the new kind of ladies hats fitting away
back on their heds like babies hats, and
ma started to wawk around waiting for
pop to notice it.
WITCH he dident on account of not
seeing anything but the paper, and
after a while ma bumped rite into it
AXIS, IDENTIFY on perpose, and he SEQ, Hay
blow your horn. will you?
WITCH Just then he noticed her new
hat, saying, For Peet sake.
1 thawt you'd be serprised. ma SEQ,
What do you think of it, whats your
candied opinion? she Sed.
Icky wicky hatty, pop sed.
Now what's the Sents of that? ma
sed, and pop sed, 1t looks to me as II
you're dressing up for your 2nd child
hood. so I thawt Id better try little
baby tawk on you.
Now Willyum I'm serious, I wunt to
know just what you think of this hat,
its the very latest stile, ma sed.
Pity itty liddums, COO COO, pop sed.
Willyum p Potts, do you wunt me
to get angry? ma sed, and pop sed,
Hatty watty momsy. peep peep.
WITCH just then the bell rang, being
my sister Gladdis and Harvey, and they
started to come up stairs, pop saying.
Wait till Gladdis sees you all dolled
up for the baby parade, she'll die laf-
fling
WITCH Just then Gladdis came in and
what did she have on but little red
hat just like mas ony verse, looking
as if it either never had any frunt
to it or elts it had fell off, pop saying,
zee gods am 1 dreaming all this?
know exackly how you feel, Harvey
sed, and pop sed. I need air. or at
leest exercize, lets go, around to the
bowling alley till the baby show is over.
Meening while ma and Gladdis was
looking at their new hats and Harvey
sed With plezzure and relief.
WITCH theV did
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DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX

Not
~ love with girl and she with but had mis-
of
Shall her? G. j.
1t
her to reun to
married wife
a of
stick dynamite
touched off,
the her the darling her heart
will back with quotation
OF many girls prove
mann to baSt of his cono among the ladies and shed vanity Door
girls letters most unfair
poetic romantic and she kick out thinking herself
letters back to her SO that she can destroy them DOROTHY
NEAR
- AS
Lately that greatly
with that did respond to
feeling
happiT DISTRESSED
progaive of popping the
when
they refused suitor that's that
gets because there
Iorn
with health fair intelligence make but it the
gods themselves make love. DOROTHY DIX
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gave me encouragement, and so 1 de-
cided to write to you for help.
MRS. M. D. S.
Answer. Il am happy to help you
with your beauty problems. my dear
Soak your finger nails in warm oil for
several minutes at bedtime. First
cleanse them with a little oil or warm
vaseline to remove the surface CRIME
and dust then wash them in warm
water to which you may add one hand
full of cornmeal or oatmeal. Scrub your
nails thoroughly and dry well. Take a
little freshly warmed oil and massage
your hands with your finger tips for sew
eral minutes and steep the finger nails
in the oil. Press your cuticle back
gently with an orangeWood stick
wrapped with a wisp of cotton wool.
After the skin has been thoroughly
massaged with the oil wipe off the eX-
cess and slip on pair of old, clean
cotton gloves. This will prevent the oil
from rubbing off on the bedding during
sleep. The skin and nails need this oily
lubricant regularly In the morning
wash and dry your hands thoroughly
and apply little glycerin and rose
water lotion. Every time you have your
hands in water use a little of the lotion
and press back your Cuticle with the
towel. I should like you to have my
leaflet on the care of the hands and
arms, as it will help you in detail with
your beauty problem. Please write for
it and incloSe Self-addressed, stamped
envelope so that l may mail it. Sec
ond: Yes. there is a home treatment
that you may give your hair and scalp
every night for a week or two and then
! less frequently afterward. Brush your
| hair and massage your scalp every
night and morning for several minutes.
| Wash your hair at regular intervals
with a mild liquid soap shampoo.
Rinse we'll and dry. Before your hair
is quite dry. however, apply little of
the following scalp tonic and finish
drying your hair by massaging it with
the tips of your fingers: One ounce
olive oil, one ounce cologne water, five
drops tincture of capSicum, 80 grains
boric acid, four ounces bay rum. Ask
for my leaf1et on the systematic care
of the hair when you write again. The
warm-oil treatment that you may give
before the shampoo is given in detail
! there. LOIS LEEDS.
A Readar-PleaSe write for my leaflet
on the systematic care of the hair. In
close a self-addressed, stamped envelope
so that I may mail it. In the meantime
give your hair and scalp a shampoo
with mild soap liquid at regular in
| tervals. Two or three times a week APP
ply the following astringent, tonic to
your scalp: Two ounces witch hazel
one ounce cologne water; one dram
borate of soda. 80 grains boric acid, six
ounces bay rum, Is grains salicylic acid
| Dissolve the boric acid, soda and sail
cylic acid in the witch hazel, add the
cologne water and finally the bay rum
Shake we'll. LOIS LEEDS.
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A modish peplum dress of fiat crepe
silk, gracious and lovely in every de-
tail. 1t favors the youthful plaits across
the front of the skirt. They are stitched
to a depth just above the knees so as
to keep the silhouette slender.
The cowl drape of the bodice is soft
and pretty. The long sleeves are also
given soft touch through frill below
the elbow.
A light navy blue fiat crepe silk made
the original model.
Style No. 3005, may be had in sizes
16, 18 years, SO, 38, 40, and AZ inches
bust.
Printed fiat crepe with the sleeve
frill of plain crepe in blending tore
is attractive.
Creepy woolens may also be used for
it's development.
You will see one attractive style after
another as you turn over the pages of
our new Spring fashion book.
Styles for children or the miss, the
matron, the stout-and a series of dress
making articles. 1t is book that will
save you money.
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.
Be sure to fill in the size of the pat
tern. Send stamps or coin (coin pre-
ferred). Price of book, 10 cents.
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DA1A - AA'AA ~ - ~ LIZ w. Burgess.

Farmer Browns Boy, and began TO
carefully open it. He half expected
Nimbleheels to jump out, but Nimble-
heels didn't. At last, buried deep in
the cotton and paper, he found Nimble-
heels curled up tightly, his long tail
wrapped around him. Gently Farmer
Browns boy touched him. How cold
he felt He didn't move. With many
misgivings, Farmer Browns Boy lifted
Nimbleheels out and held him in one
cupped hand. There was no sign Of
life. His little body felt colder than
ever.
II fear this cold weather was too
much for hirl," mourned Farmer
Browns Boy. "I wish mother had
allowed me to keep him in the kitchen.
Poor little chap"
And right then Farmer Browns Boy
remembered something He remem-
bered that when he had found Nimble-
heels in that old stump he had ap-
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Watching Dress Left-Overs
BY MARY MARSHALL.

To make the pattern for the apron
follow the diagram. Alb measures "a
inches, BIZ measures 3 inches. BIC
measures IL inches, B-J measures 81
inches-J-A measures 3 inches. BE is
Z inches. FIG is S. A straight line con-
meets G and E, and a deep curve
connects c and G. CD is inches. III
is 3 inches and HI is Z. curve line
connects H and K, almost touching l.
Strings are attached at *. Then 3
sections like a-b-d-c-are cut-a-b on
a fold of material The measurements
for this are: alb 6 inches, &C, 10
inches, bid ii inches
The apron may be bound around all
these sections, or hemmed. Little
pockets may be placed above the top
skirt section. one at each side.
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NV Neighbor SAYS:

A good sauce for stewed fruit is
made by boiling one-half ounce
of very fine sage in one pint of
milk till so tender that the grains
almost disappear.
To remove marks on paint
which have been made with
matches, rub them with lemons,
then with whiting and finally
wash with soap and water.
Always use bread crumbs to
cover articles to be fried.
Cracker crumbs absorb the
grease.
Linoleum looks better and lasts
longer if given an occasional
rubbing with flannel cloth
dipped in kerosene. All dirt or
stains will be removed in this
manner.
Grass stains can easily be re-
moved from linens, cottons or
from white stockings by rubbing
with molasses before washing.
Copyright, 1879
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Oyster Curry.

Melt in hot pan one-fourth cupful
of butter and cook in it one grated
onion, one chopped apple and two ia
blespoonfuls of curry powder until the
onion is a golden brown. Add two
tablespoonfuls of flour, stir to a paste.
add the liquid from a pint of solid
oysters. stir until thick add half a
cupful of thin cream with salt to taste
and stir until the whole boils Add the
oysters, cook until the gills separate and
crinkle and pour all into a border
formed by two or more cupfuls of hot
boiled rice on small platter. Garnish
with cress and thin strips of sweet red
pepper.