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When Child Asks Why.

Certainly there is lot OF hooey
marketed these days in the name Of
psychology, especially along the line of
child training and mental hygiene.
Most OF the hooey emanates, think,
from authorities, experts or special
lists" who have never had any kids of
their own but who know, nevertheless
all about the management and upbring
ing of children. These wise birds begin
by knowing just all the psychological
wrinkles; give them enough rope and
an audience Of amateur or hypothetical
parents and first thing We know they're
teaching EN- all about health and the
treatment of common ailments.
One of the best bets of these latter
day psychologists is the rule that you
must never tell a child he must do this
or he must not do that unless you eX-
plain the reason for the command or
prohibition. This is good rule so far
as 1t applies TO idle or thoughtless
nagging. If the nagging parent has to
give a reason for every nag, well, the
nagging won't go on very long, because
the honest parent or guardian will feel
ashamed of himself when he realizes
he has no good reason for 1t.
The trouble with this glib popular
psychology is that the few sound Scien-
tifiic principles on which the whole
structure is built are carried TO absurd
extremes by both practitioners and their
followers or clients.
Recently I said believe temperate
smoking by adults neither injuries
health nor opposes longevity, but any
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white, blues and green's in all shades,
orchid, old rose and most shades of
pink. Pure gray and a blue which
is the color of your eyes should be
very becoming.
CD Your weight is correct for a
16-year-old girl of that height. If
you are older than that you are under
weight.
go 1t is natural for certain amount
OF hair to fall out, and new hair is
growing in continually. Always give
your scalp daily massage massage
both morning and night would be even
better-and also brush your hair at
least 200 strokes every day. using a
brush with long, fairly stiff bristleS and
brushing the hair upward and outward
to the very tip ends. If you feel that
your hair is falling out SO much that
it is getting thin, please send a stamped.
Self-addressed envelope with a request
for my leaflet on Care of the Hair,
as you will find more detailed help
in it than space permits one to give
here. LOIS LEEDS.
Copyright, 1917
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Fancy Heart and Dart. Sandwiches
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

sized cooky cutter. The sandwiches
should be made and the crusts already
cut off before the fancy shaping.
Put the tip of the heart cooky cutter
in one corner of a sandwich. Press
down firmly and evenly. When this
heart is cut make another by putting
the tip of the cooky cutter in the cor
ner of the sandwich diagonally across
from the first one. Press down on the
cutter firmly, and when the cutter Is
removed a second heart sandwich will
be made.
An irregular portion of the sandwich
slice will remain. Cut this across IN
the middle (see diagram, and you will
have two darts. One square sandwich
will thus make four fancy sandwiches,
two hearts and two darts. These give
a pleasing variety and in types we'll
suited to be served together.
In making the sandwiches 1t is adj
visable to spread the bread before cut
ting. as thinly sliced bread tears in the
process. The work is simplified If one
slice of bread is spread with soft but
ter and cut, and the second slice is
spread with the filling mixture before
cutting; or the second slice may be
spread with mayonnaise and afterward
very lightly spread with the mixture.
Sandwich filling must be sufficiently
adhesive to hold both slices of bread
firmly together.
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| agencies and stood in line. She got a
lew days work as an extra-part Of
Dig crowd. She was sitting outside
waiting when somebody came out and
asked, Anybody here got a smart new
evening gown with a cap to match?'
Yes she said. She had bought q lot
of new clothes before she left New York.
And SO she got days work with a
crowd of people dancing at a ball. And
after that she got more odd Jobs on
account Of her clothes. And that's all.
She was friend Of a friend OF mine in
the East, and when she got broke she
came to me and I gave her this job.
l think she might make a good waitress
after a while"
Its very kind Of you," I said, ito
try to help her"
you bet it's kind" said the head
waitress. Because do you know what
Will happen as soon as she's thoroughly
trained? She'll leave this place pronto
and hike over to Hollywood boulevard
and get job in one of those cafes. The
big idea is that she'll wait on some big
movie magnate or big director. He'll
fal for her profile and give her a job.
Ihats what every waitress tries to do
If she can"
l have read many story about girls
who got their start In the movies by
1C4s "oiIiCSSeS III CARES Wnere ther
beauty caught the eye of director, but
have never been able to trace one of
these stories down. It's one of the
fairy stories We all like to believe. II
just isn't So
This idea of catching the eye of the
producer by being a pretty waitress has
become such a nuisance that In the
restaurants Of some Of the studios they
make 1t a rule never to hire a pretty
girl or one under 80 years old. When
they eat their food they want to be
waited on and not vamped.
Copyright, 1897
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N A T u II E. S
C. HID r E n
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
Illustrations by Mary Foley.
TUMBLE BUGS,
Coleoptera.

NIX thousand years ago the ancient
Egyptians watched the scarab
beetle roll a ball to his burrow
~ backward. They named him the
sacred beetle and worshiped him
as an emblem of fertility and resur-
rection.
We call them tumble bugs" or pill
rollers. Their calling is that Of scav-
engers. When hunger assails one, with
out previous experience in Tying or
walking, he raises his short wing cases;
unfurls the long slender flying wings
and goes with unerring instinct to the
place where the scent he caught upon
the breeze directed him.
His broad, fat, shovel-shaped head is
used to push the food about. His semi
circular mouth, fitted with six sharp
teeth, is convenient for cutting and
saving the rough fiber. With his short,
elbow shaped front legs armed with
five teeth on the edge, he rakes the
material with swift movements TO MS
mouth. The food is selected with deft-
ness and dispatch. 1t is passed under
the highly polished abdomen to his
hind legs. Spinning the pellet with
skill and dexterity, he soon has per-
feet ball which grows to the size OF an
apple. ~
He now turns his back upon the ball
and lowers his head, raises the long,
slender, claw finished hind legs and
grasps the ball about the center. Using
his short front forelegs he walks nome
pushing the ball backward.
root or a pebble makes travelling
slow, and steep hills are difncult 70
climb. A deep rut may cause him much
trouble. If he cannot dislodge the
ball, he flies away and gets a friend
to help him out. With lowered heads
and a mighty push, they soon have the
ball on its way again.
The banquet hall Is now built. It
must be large enough to roll the ball
into and have room enough for the
owner and a guest, If one should insist
on staying. The door Is closed with
twigs, and for two weeks, day and night,
he sits and eats.
After mating the mother beetle makes
a pill of food and rolls 1t home. She
goes into the room to see that no in
truder has entered. Then she rolls the
ball in and closes the door. She pulls
the ball to bits and makes several pear
shaped forms. Into the top Of each OF
these little pears she makes tiny
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Everyday Psychology
BIZ DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.
Soul of Psychology.

When it comes to the question of just
how old psychology is, one mans answer
is about as good as another's. For psy-
chology has had lot of beginnings
It would take a stable volume or two
to give even running account of them.
My own feeling is that psychology
began long before the race had lea. ned
to write, or had even considered the
possibility of preserving the products
Of human speculation. Certain it is that
this thought was preserved in the form
of traditions for centuries. Then came
written language and Libraries, per-
petuating some of this speculation about
human nature.
What was it that constituted the
central point In the unwritten history
of psychology? 1t was the soul And
from that something psychology took
its name.
Back in this distant past, men were
concerned with two worlds instead of
one. They wanted to know what
became of them after they were dead;
death Is one of the wonders that
created psychology Specifically, the
questions were: What is the nature of
my soul? II man dies, shall he live
again?
These question, ever asked and never
answered, have gone laundering down
the paths of the centuries, creating
one religion after another, Ohe psy-
chology after another. Psychology,
despite repeated attempts to do so,
has never been able to throw these
questions aside They are human ques-
tions, profoundly affecting in subtle
ways the conduct of men. And psy-
chology, whatever else 1t may be called,
is the science of human conduct.
(CopyriEht, lo3I)
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STUART
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And that is exactly what
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Ask for Plough's Favorite
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world for 25c.
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"Oh, no." said. "Everybodys got to
learn some time or other. What did
she DO before she was a waitress?"
We'll. that's it. That's just why I'm
trying to help her out and give her a
chance. She's had an awfully hard
time. She used to be model in New
York. She made a swell salary"
You needn't go on" I said. "She
came out here TO get work in the
movies"
The headwaitress smiled and nodded
her head.
The place is damned with them"
she said. They come out here in regi-
ments. Isn't there any way to stop
them?" she asked. Not one in thou
sand gets in
I said And those who do get in
have had some special experience or
they are relatives Of somebody big in
the company or they have some special
drag"
Now, this girl here-Lilly is her
name-took grand photograph She
came out here and applied to all the
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LITTLE BENNY
. ~ LEG PAPE.

This afternoon none Of the fellows
was around, and I wawked around the
block to see il could see any. WITCH
dident. and I thawt, G., think Ill
just keep on wawking around the block
to see how many times I can wawk
around without getting tired.
WITCH started to do, and was Just
going around the 5th time feeling
fresher than ever, thinking, G, maybe
I'm CRATE long distants wawker with
out knowing 1t, and ma looked out of
our front door just as was going pass,
saying, Just in time, wunt you to 60
on little errand for me, Benny.
where, why, G, ma, do you meen rite
away. I'm bizzy, sed.
Bizzy doing what, where are you 60
ing? ma sed.
Around the block, sed
Wen Is that of such worldwide i'm
portants? ma sed, and sed, Yes man.
the next time I go around that will
make times.
:. Well what of It? ma sed, and sed
what OF it, G wizzickers holey smokes
II go around enough times I'm libel
to brake a record.
Well II you go to the store for me
you'll still be wawking, wont you? ma
seq. Does 1t make any difference wich
direction 1t is? she sed.
Certeny it does, good mite, I sed, and
ma sed. Then 1t will have to make a
olHrence, now you run around to the
store this second and get me a roll of
white binding tape. here's the money.
wien did, wearing me out so much
that ! stayed IN the house and red my
new !yberry book, being Paul Peppys
Trip to Africa.
Proving nuthing makes you so tired
as DONG something against your will.
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cradle and lays a yellowish-white egg
the size of grain Of wheat. The tip
end of the pear is left open. Twigs are
placed to prevent 1t from closing and to
insure ventilation.
Ten days later the egg matches and
the baby grub finds the food, then
greedily eats it until he Is an ugly, fat
grub with a hump on his back. He
sheds this skin and Is in a golden, trans
parent one through which the wings
and legs may be seen. Four weeks later
he has another suit which turns darker
and darker until 1t Is ebony black and
very hard
In August, when the days are hot and
dry the young beetle longs for the sun
shine. Unless the rains beat upon this
little pear-shaped house. he will perish.
The rains do come and dissolve his
house and he walks out and sits in the
sun. Soon he is hungry. the breezes
tell him where the food is to be found.
and he flies away and makes q ball, just
as his parents did before him.
(Copyright, 1919
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09
Ny Neighbor Says:

When cooking canned tomatoes
always add little sugar. This
removes some of the acidity and
gives a better flavor.
Make sure that the ground IS
we'll saturated with water when
setting out plants in July. II the
plants are being taken from the
seed bed in your own garden, wet
them down thoroughly SO that a
considerable amount of earth will
adhere to the roots. Shade them
after they have been set out and
they will not wilt badly. If the
plants have large leaves, remove
some of them or cut them in the
middle. removing the end.
Scrubbing brushes will last
twice as long II they are given an
occasional wash in a strong solu-
ton of salt and water and allowed
to dry in the open air.
To clean q white or 1ight-ool-
ored felt hat, brush well to remove
all dust, then cover with q white
powder or French chalk. Let
stand for several hours, then
brush off and hat will look Ike
new.
Copyright, 1919
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
using it twice a week. as 1t is a mil,

using 1t twice week. as 1t is mild
but very effective treatment.
After the mask has been removed,
dry the skin and pat on a mild as
tringent or skin tonic. There are many
good ones on the market. or a mild
one may be made rs follows: Four
ounces rosewater, one dram boric acid,
one dram tincture of benzoin, two
ounces witch-hazel. Add the benzoin
drop by drop to the rosewater, dissolve
the boric acid in the witch-hazel, add
the two solutions together. Apply with
absorbent cotton and let 1t dry on the
skim.
Problems Of a Blonde.
Dear Miss Leeds-D My hair Is
very blonde and my eyes are a blush
gray. What colors are suitable?
(2) / am feet inches tall and
weigh 1913 pounds. 1t this correct?
90 My hair is always falling out
when comb it. What will stop this?
BLONDY.
Answer-G) All black is very effec-
tive for . pure blonde type such as
you are. You may also use cream
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09
Eye Wrinkles.

Dear Miss Leeds-Some time ago
read your answer to a query on how
to remove wrinkles under the eyes.
You advised a mask of white of egg
and then the yolk. keeping 1t on for
20 minutes and then washing off with
warm water. I have tried this. but
kept the mask on overnight. Will this
injure the skin? Also, will 1t be all
right to DO this twice a week instead
of the once weekly you advised?
"STENOG."
Answer-You may keep the mask on
for an hour or more if you wish, but
I would not advise you to wear it all
night. However, there is no harm in
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Croutons.

Cut some stale bread into slices
about one-third inch thick and re-
move all the crust. Spread with but
ter. cut in cubes and bake in the oven
until delicately Drowned. If preferred
these cubes of bread may be fried
in deep fat or sauted in just enough
fat to keep them from burning Add
to the soup at time of serving, or
pass in separate dish for each one
to help himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09

Every one who makes fancy-shaped
sandwiches regrets the customary waste
apart from the crusts which must be
cut off even in the regulation triangu-
lar, oblong or square sandwiches. These
crusts afford plenty of bread crumbs for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09

c ! e q Fly confused
and mortified by
her mistakes. I
said nothing, but
directly the head
waitress came to
the table and said:
I'm sorry your
waitress Is making
mistakes, but she
has only been here
a few days. I'll
give you another
waitress, II you
80. II -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09

When the Lackawanna Railroad be-
gan running trains over 155 miles of
electrified tracks in New Jersey 1t
marked Americas first adoption Of
3.O00-volt direct current for the rail in
Stallation
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Movie Star or Waitress.

In a little tea room the other day,
the girl who waited on me was excep-
tionally pretty. But she got my order
wrong She forgot the butter. She was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09

Many States have no educational re-
quirements for those who would en-
ter the legal profession and only IL call
for the equivalent of two years in college
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09
OATMEAL COOKIES.

OATMEAL COOKIES.
One cup butter, one cup sugar.
two cups oatmeal, two cups white
-four, one egg. one teaspoon bak-
ing powder. one teaspoon CHINA
mon, one-half cup cold water.
Roll as thin as possible.
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SALAD.

Two cups chopped cabbage, two
green peppers, chopped; one
small onion, three bananas, ones
half cup salad dressing. Sprinkle
cabbage, peppers and onions with
one teaspoon salt and let stand
one hour at least. Combine with
cut bananas and salad dressing
seasoned with mustard and sugar.
(Copyright, 193lD
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The Woman Who Makes Good

WOODWARD
started pho
the highest in America = =
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BEEF ON TOAST.
Make a medium thick cream
sauce. When boiling put into
sauce a cup of finely minced roast
beef, one teaspoon poultry season.
ing, pepper and butter. Pour
over hot buttered toast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09
Use KleeneX
Each tissue is destroyed after one use -.
germs are never carried hack to your face

"TOULD you deliberately
w expose yourself to disease
germs7 You wouldn't think of it!
Then why take chances with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09

and hay fever. It's so soft that fri
tation is impossible.
Kleenex is the modern, safe tissue
beauty experts advise to remove
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09

SACdIiSAllS SICdIIlS dIlu Cos
metics. Also practical and
handy for manicuring, in
the nursery, for applying
medicine, for busting, pol
ishing, bandaging, etc.
You buy Kleenex in
convenient packages, Is
cents, so cents and $1.00.
At drug, dry goods and
department stores.
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Doughnuts Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Shrimp and Salmon Salad
French Dressing
Bread and Butter Sandwiches
Sugared Fresh Strawberries
Oatmeal Cookies
Iced Tea
DINNER.
Bouillon
Fried Pork Chops
Dreamed Potatoes Boiled Onions
Cabbage and Pepper Salad
Cocoanut Custard Pie
Coffee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09

NIX thousand years ago the ancient
Egyptians watched the scarab
beetle roll a ball to his burrow
backward. They named him the
sacred beetle and worshiped him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-29
MID-CITY CITIZENS
ASK SAFETY LIGHTS
First Fall Meeting Seeks
More Traffic Signals
i on H Street.

Resolutions requesting the director OF
traflc equip the area covered py the
Mid-City citizens Association with ade-
uuate safety devices were adopted last
night at the first meeting Of the season
by the association.
A resolution petitioning the director
Of trafflc to continue the tratr1c signal
lights westward on H street to the IN
tersection at New York avenue was
adopted. Trafic lights were also re-
uuested at the intersection of Vermont
avenue, Twelfth street and r street.
Stop signs were asked for Twelfth ana
NJ streets, Ninth and K streets ana
Fifth and L streets.
The association agreed to participate
In the Halloween parade being spon-
sored by the Washington Chamber OF
Commerce and Board of Trade and aP-
pointed the following Committee on
Arrangements: Samuel W.. Cockreu'
chairman; M. T. Pines, vice chair
man: Mrs. M. T. Pines, r. Pines, G.
Urciolo, Mrs. A. Wynn, Mrs. N. H.
Smith, DR.. r. T. Evans, E. Brandstrat-
ter, A. F. Ashton, @. Bowman, Miss E.
L. Grosvenor, Mrs. E.. w. HUH, Mrs A.
J. Driscoll, A. 9. Smith and j. Schrott.
Judge Robert z. Mattingly of the
District Police Court commended the
association for its community interest
and cited civic improvements. A. j.
Driscoll, president of the association,
conducted the meeting, which was held
in the Thomson School, Twelfth and L
streets.
william H. Richardson, Mrs. E. w.
HUFF and Judge Robert e. Mattingly
were appointed as a Nomination Com
nltttee and @. Howard Huntington, j.
Gier and H. F. Ashton we're appointed
Is an Audit Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-29
BY the Associated Press.

BY Jne ASSOClaIed RreSS.
CHICAGO, September 29.--Mrs. Irene
Castle Mclaughlin did not wear yell
low lace beach costume and yellow knit
slippers when she visited the pigsty of
William Schroeder, a Wheeling, III,
farmer whom she accused Of being cruel
to his pigs.
This was brought out during yester-
days hearing Of Schroeder's appeal
from a $40 fine assessed in a lower
court on Mrs. McLaughlin's complaint
that Schroeder didn't do right by his
pigs.
Il wouldn't wear a costume like that
to a dog f1ght-not that 1 approve Of
dog fights" the North Shore society
woman and champion of friendlesS ami
mails said in response to a question from
Schroeder's attorney as to the kind Of
clothes she wore when she made her
investigation of Schroeder's pigs. In
fact. she wore overalls.
Schroeder denied his pigs got any,
thing but the best of treatment. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-29
DANCER ADMITS USING OVERALLS
TO SEE HOW PIGS WERE TREATED
Mrs. Irene Castle Mclaughlin at farmers Trial for
Cruelty Is Vexed by Questions on Garb.

described the food he gave them and
said it would tempt the most jaded
pig appetite you ever saw"
What else did you feed them?"
asked Mrs. McLaughlins lawyer.
Minerals" he replied.
"Are tin cans minerals?" interposed
Mrs. McLaugl1lin THE pen was lit
tered with them"
"Those," said Schroeder, were but
tercups."
Judge John Prystalsk indicated
there are cases he rather would hear
than the Mclaughlin Schroeder feud.
A Jury is to decide Schroeder's fate.
The worst punishment he can receive
is a 5000 fine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-29

envy eleven. who played on for two days
without telling any one he had received
chest injury Thursday he collapsed
at practice.
Brought to a Nashville hospital over
his protests that he was call right" doc
tors found pneumonia had developed.
He died today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-29

Modern highway construction has
been the means of bringing education
to all the people. No longer Is there
illiteracy because of the inaccessibility
Of the school. IExcellent consolidated
schools are taking the place Of the little
Inadequate one-room school house.
Highways and highway transportation
have made this possible.