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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. ID.

a person on the spine high up between
the shoulders with the closed fist as
rapidly as possible when he is choking
on anything.
Similar percussion on the prominent
veterbra just above the level of the
shoulders stimulates the heart. These
are reflex effects.
A sharp tap on the patellar tendon
two inches below the point of the knee
produces q kick Of the leg. This Is the
type of refexeS. The doctor taps the
patellar tendon to observe the state Of
the reflex-if there Is any serious injury
or degeneration of the conducting tracts
in the spinal cord, the reflex Is lost.
This happens most commonly in loco
motor ataxia. For the normal patellar
reflex it is essential that the sensation
of the tap or taps be carried along the
sensory nerve into the spinal cord and
that area of the body, then the motor
impulse which contracts the thigh
muscles to produce the kick must be
carried back down its tract or channel
in the cord and out along the motor
nerve to the thigh muscles.
Another reflex which laymen rarely
know is the pupil reflex. The normal
pupil widens in the dark and contracts
In the light; also it enlarges or dtlates
when the individual looks at anything
at q distance and contracts when the
eye regards anything within q foot or
Copyright, 1919
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
AUTUMN
BY d. c. PEATTIE.

It is mysterious why people let poets
poorish and middling good poets-set
their taste for them in the beauties Oh
natural things. Such lot OF love mas
been metrically lavished upon hepatlcaS
and buttercups and celandines, lesser
and greater. and dandelions and wild
roses and other blossoms praised IN the
r-common- flower that-growest pc
side-the-way manner and sweet-dalsy-
thou hast-taught- be brave straln'
Such poems are favoriteS with people
who really do not like poetry.
Where is the poet that Will sing me
a song for the cotton-grasS, that Seoge
that is no grass. but pale panner OF
silk flung out on the winds OF Autumn
A japanese artist could do Wonoers Win
its stately, slender stems; 1tS nne-spun
heads already half dispersed upon the
air. all in the supdued, restrained ele-
gance Of its marshy setting.
Then there is beard-grass. or broom
sedge or blueStem grass, with us me,
woolly argosies loosed on the breeze, lts
soft, rich, foxy-russet leaves and wry
stems. going shoulder to shoulder all
over our Autumn fields.
There is the intricate beauty OF the
Sphagnum MOSES, like the patterns
seen in fossils, with their subtle grayS
and gray-greens and silvery greens, IKE
the lights on green velvet in motion.
There are the glistening wonder works
of the oak gals, the translucent, In
credibly swift growth in rainy Autumn
woods of the tremulas
To have great poets there must, as
Walt Whitman said, be great audiences,
too. When people do not wish any lon
ger to drop a tear in the eye OF the
first hepatica, poets will cease to try to
draw tears
What I love best in Autumn is the
way that Nature takes its curtain, as
the stage folk say. The banners OF the
marshes furl, droop and fall; the forest
leaves descend in golden glory; the ripe
seeds drop; the fruit is cast aside. So,
with slow chords, in imperceptible, fine
modulations, the grand concerto OF the
year draws to its close, and when the
silence comes, you can scarce distin-
guish it from the last far-off strains Of
the wood winds and the horns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18

~. While that was going on she took
small salary and kept on with the
work. Now she's SO years old and he
Is so. He has become q big success
again, and she makes 500 . week as
his secretary and Is worth twice that.
But she still Is only his secretary. She
wants no bigger title
She has been in love with him for
all these 30 years, but she has never
discovered it. He knows it, and, in an
obscure way, 1t moves him and makes
him do better work. But he has never
been in the least in love with her.
Yet he's the kind Of man that falls
in love easily.
Don't pity her. She's a remarkably
happy woman. The worst disaster
that could happen to her would be
to lose her Job and have to work for
some one else. No matter how in
teresting the new job might be, no
matter how big the pay, no matter
how indulgent the new boss, she
would be miserable.
When she was little girl she had
father whom she had to cater to and
whose moods she had to watch just
as now she watches her boss. Any
other kind of employer would not sat
isfy her. She had the habit of fitting
herself into her fathers moods, and
she needs q moody, selfish boss A
kind one would make her unhappy.
She has to make sacrifices, otherwise
she feels she's Of no use in the world.
Copyright, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
The Refexes.

It may interest folks who are always
asking where get the ideas for these
daily health talks to know that / got
the idea for this one from the paper.
A lady, exasperated beyond endurance,
wrote to the editor TO demand why in
tarnation some second-rate stores per-
nitted saleswomen to address customers
as "dearie" or my dear"
We have counter irritation in our
line, too. For instance, pain In the
southwest corner does not always mean
appendicitis. Now and then, to the
surgeons chagrin, 1t proves to be pleu-
risy or beginning pneumonia - the
nerves that supply sensation TO the
body surface playing q little joke on
doctor and patient. 1t Is very annoy
ing to O surgeon TO cut In and fnd
everything around the appendix all
serene. and then have the patient go
on through regular pleurisy or pneu-
monia. Some patients have very little
consideration for q doctors reputation
or professional pride.
A dozen pairs Of spinal nerves, called
intercoStal nerves, which means they
are between the ribs, supply sensation
tC the skin of chest and abdomen. The
sixth and seventh intercoStal nerves
supply sensation to the skin over the
stomach; they emerge from the spnal
cord high up between the shoulder
blades. Right up there where they
come out Of the spine Is the place to
apply mustard plaster TO relieve dis
tress felt in the region Of the stomach.
The stomach itself has no feeling.
Sorry, but this Is true. 1t doesn't alter
the fact one iota that you have often
felt a pain in your stomach. You just
think you've felt it there. The pain or
distress you felt was actually in the
front wall Of the abdominal cavity.
Stomach ache" can't happen.
It Is an old tribal practice TO thump
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
LITTLE BENNY
ny LEE PAPR.

Me and my c,lzzin Artie was taking
q wawk just taking a wawk, and some
lady all dressed up like q red cross
nerSe was standing outside the bank in
back Of o little table selling red cross
stamps, being a bewty looking lady
with lot Of little white teeth, and me
and Artie stood there watching her q
while, me saying, Do you think she's
really q train nerse?
wed soon ind out If somebody got
hert In q axsident around here, Artie
said.
And we kepp on waiting, ony no
body did, and said, I tell you what,
Suppose you pertend to faint and fall
rite down In front Of her and see what
she does, and Artie said, Like fun, do
you wunt me to miss everything? and
/ said, You wont miss anything, and he
said, Why wont I? How am I going
pretended to be tainted? he said, and
I said, Well I'll tell you all about It
Afterwards, and then you wont miss
anything.
Nuthing doing, you pretend to faint
and Ill tell you all about 1t, Artie said.
Not seeming like such q good Of q
ideer, and pritty soon had another
one, and I quick stuck my hand over
one eye and went up TO the table, say
LIB, nay @o0Js OWtChiB SOcu'
Goodness, whats q matter? the lady
said, and said. Something just blew
in my eye, will you take 1t out please?
I couldent take 1t out, mersey, you
better 60 to drug store or doctor or
somewhere, its too bad, the lady said,
and said. Sure you can, lady, I'll pull
my eye wide open and you can look
rite in and see what it Is.
WITCH started to pertend to do and
she said, Stop, stop that inmeeditly,
Ill screen, stop it.
on wawking, me saying, o yes, she's a
train nerse all rite, If she's train
nerse I'm erster's eyebrow, and Artie
saying, If she's a train nerse I'm q flea
on top Of the north pole.
Meening she wasent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
Changing Weather.

It is convenient to dress the children
In one sort of clothing throughout the
season. The heavy underwear goes on
In November and the wool dress, the
flannel blouse, the storm overcoat do
duty day by day. 1t is Winter and time
for Winter clothes.
Houses are heated and schools are
superheated The children are uncom-
Portable in the dry warmth and protest
against the heavy clothes. II don't need
a heavy overcoat; my sweater Is all
need"
what? In the dead Of Winter?
Put that overcoat on and don't let me
hear another word about it. You ought
to be thankful that you have such q
good coat. There are thousands Of little
boys who have none this cold day."
That Is the last straw. No child likes
to hear about the poor child who has
no coat and would like his. The first
thought is to give it to him and well
come. He is sick to death of hearing
about him. And the sweater Is enough.
Usually the child Is right. The dis
lance to school is short. The weather Is
mild The school Is heated. The
sweater is light and warm and the over
coat is heavy and smothering. Less
clothing will do.
Instead Of dressing by the calendar,
dress by the temperature and the
weather. The children will not take
cold If they change to warmer coat
on a bitter day, nor will they be Ill II
they lay aside the heavy clothes on q
warmer day. We have extremes Of
weather and temperature. The chill
dren must be dressed to meet what
comes, not what tradition lays down
as normal. A child does not feel IN
accordance with the date. He feels
actual conditions, and these are likely
to change daily.
"But would you let child change
to a lighter weight Of underclotheS be-
cause the temperature rose several de-
grees In January?" I certainly would.
Wouldn't you open q window II the tenn
perature rose over the comfort point in
the house? Why should the children
suffer discomfort when a change Of
clothing will make them easy?
School people see queer things. One
little boy wore rubbers all day long in
school, wet weather or dry, because, his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
Butterscotch Pudding.

Blend three-fourths cupful OF white
-four with one cupful OF cold milk until
smooth. Heat two cupfuls of milk in a
double boiler, pour some of the hot milk
into the flour and milk, return the
mixture to the double boiler, stir until
thickened, cover and cook for IS min
uteS. Meanwhile, cook one and one
half cupfuls Of brown sugar with three
tablespoonfuls of butter and half tea
spoonful Of salt for i've minutes over
direct heat and stir constantly. While
hot add to the mixture in the double
boiler, beat well, gradually stir this
mixture into two or three beaten eggs,
return to the double boiler cook for q
few minutes. remove from the fire, add
half a teaspoonful Of vanilla and chill.
Serve with plain or whipped cream.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
DAILY DIET RECIPE

WAFFLE CINNAMON TOAST.
Bread slices, 20, about AXIS
inches; butter, 10 teaspoons;
brown sugar, 6 tablespoons; Gin
namon, 2 teaspoons.
MAKES 10 SMALL TOAST
SANDWICHES.
Out bread into thin slices, re-
move crustS and butter the
slices. Combine sugar and Gin
namon, allowing, one teaspoon
cinnamon t. every three table
spoons Of sugar. Spread half
the buttered slices with this
mixture, then top with the re-
manning buttered slices, putting
the buttered sides together and
leaving the unbutterep side ex-
posed. Arrange thin toast sand
witches or a preheated waffle
iron, lower the cover and toast
until crisp and brown. Delicious
for breakfast, lunch or afternoon
tea.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes starch, sugar,
some fat. Butter and brown
sugar furnishes much lime, iron,
vitamins A and B. Can be given
to children years and over.
Can be eaten by normal adults
Of average or under weight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18

Every morning my mother waves her
arms to stretch her abom1nable mus
cles.
A surfeit is an apron worn in the
front.
Macbeth rode vaulting horse which
threw him, but because he had a1nbt-
Dtion he went right on riding.
Mineral wool is the shearingS from
a hydraulic ram.
Religious fanatics went out into the
desert and sometimes builded high col
umns on which they would spend their
lives in order the better to commute
with God.
II 1t were not for Nine. Curie and her
husband there would be no radio to-
day.
(Copyright. is3i)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
Oatmeal Cookies.

Cream half a cupful Of fat with one
cupfu Of sugar, then add one beaten
egg. Sift together one and one-half
cupfuls Of white -four, half q teaspoon
full Of salt and two teaspoonfuls Of Gin
namon. Add with half a cupful of
milk to the egg, sugar and butter mix
ture. Add half teaspoonful Of baking
water, then add one and one-half cup
fuls Of fine oatmeal which has been
mixed with half a cupful OF chopped
nut meats and one cupful Of chopped
raisins. Mix well. Drop by teaspoon
fuls onto a creased baking sheet and
bake to golden brown in fairly hot
oven. Remove from the pan while hot.
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ing. She has worked for him now for
80 years. She was so interested in
him that she felt all his moods and
quivered like q violin string to every
thing he felt. And she would adjust
her personality to his mood.
If he lost q contract or had a quar-
rel with his wife, he would be in
raging temper. Then she would calm
him. She would talk about interest
ing little things In q quiet way. She
would discuss aspects Of the business
that she knew were pleasant to him.
Often he was unreasonable. But
she remained serene because she was
always able to find an excuse for
everything he did that was wrong.
Once his business went to pieces.
She continued to work for him while
he tried to build 1t up again. During
that period she worked for nothing.
She refused absolutely to take a penny.
Later he made that up to her.
His business began to pick up slow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
Tomato Cocktail.

Boil one quart of canned tomatoes
with two stalks of chopped celery, half
green pepper chopped, and one and
one-half teaspoonfuls Of salt for about
5 minutes. then RIB through O sieve
fine enough to keep back the seeds. To
this add two tablespoonfuls of tomato
catsup, one teaspoonful of onion pulp
and one teaspoonful Of horseradish.
Stir well and put in a cold place to
chill. Beat before serving, pour into
small glasses and use as the first course
at dinner or q luncheon.
Mountain dwellers in Donegal, Irish
Free State, are reviving bog ore mining.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
OUR CHILDREN
By ANGELO PATRI.

mother said. II he did not wear them
every day he would forget when it
rained and get his feet wet. A little
girl wore q heavy sweater In class room
because she might 60 out Of the class
room and get into a draught and take
cold. This Is o school building kept at
20 In class rooms and SO in halls and
play yards Another child wore long
sleeved underwear throughout the hot
test weeks of the hottest Spring we ever
experienced because underwear must not
be changed to lighter weight until Dec
grafton day. Decoration day brought
frost, but the underwear was changed
right on schedule time.
Clothes are for the children's con-
venience and comfort. They ought to
be selected according to the weather,
not by the calendar. They ought to
make O child feel 1T, trim, ready for
work. Cut and color and weight are to
be considered and child'S taste con-
suited. Ones clothes are such per-
sonal matter.
(Copyrisht, 1s3i.)
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Wells With New Millinery


and fur is sometimes used to provide
inst the touch needed to give q hat dis
tinction. Barunduki with its tones Of
brown, cream and black makes small
bows on one hat and leopard skin forms
a narrow band en- another. A small
ouill-shaped piece Of fur provides a
novel ornament for still another new
hat
Copyright, 1919
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.

o1bG<AxAE <O L.
Persimmons.
Whole Wheat Cereal with Cream.
Scrambled Eggs.
Hot Corn Cake. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Tomato Bisque.
Vegetable Hash.
Toasted Corn Cake. Rice
Bavarian Cream.
Waters. Tea.
DINNER.
Bouillon.
Broiled Lamb Chops.
Glazed Sweet Potatoes.
Dreamed Caultfiower.
Waldorf Salad, Mayonnaise.
Caramel Pudding. Coffee.
HOT CORN CAKE.
One egg. two tablespoons sugar.
one tablespoon butter, melted;
little salt, two cups sweet milk,
two cups cornmeal, two cups
flour, one teaspoon soda and two
teaspoons cream of tartar. Bake
three-quarterS hour in moderate
oven. Bake 1t in cup cake tins
and serve hot.
RICE BAVARIAN CREAM.
Soften one.half ounce gelatin
in one-fourth cup cold milk, add
one-fourth cup hot milk, and stir
over boiling water until dissolved.
Remove from the fire, add one
and one-half cups cooked rice and
one-half cup sugar; stir over iced
water until the mixture begins
to thicken, add one-half cup
blanched and shredded almonds,
two teaspoons vanilla and one
fourth teaspoon lemon. then cut
and fold in one and one-han cups
cream, beaten until stiff. Place
on ice until Arm.
CARAMEL PUDDING.
Melt one cup sugar to q cara
mel, add slowly one quart scalded
milk, stir until well blended, re-
turn to the double boiler, tticken
with one-third cup cornstarch wet
with one-fourth cup cold water,
add one-half cup sugar, two
squares melted chocolate and one
half saltspoon salt, and cook q
few minutes longer. Serve cold,
either with or without whipped
(Copyright, 1917
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o pretty good pay
envelope and a
lot of Self-satis-
faction.
He was q sue
cessful publicity
man, an d S h e
started to work
for him when she
was az years old.
She was never a
pretty girl, but
she was compe-
tent, good-naturec
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18

Y YEILS have been making . rather
hard fight for recognition, but
W little by little they are gaining
ground and before long they
may be as generally worn as
they were before the war or whenever
II was that women considered q veil an
ell but essential adjunct TO . smart
street hat. But with wells as with 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
Apple Chutney.

Apple chutney sometimes proves to
be a failure. To insure success, use
good vinegar, otherwise the chutney Is
apt to turn sour or become moldy. An
other reason for mold Is that the bot
ties may not have been well corked or
covered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18

. many other old fashions that have been
revived recently, there is a difference!
We are willing to wear the veil II FASH
ion approves, but we will insist on
wearing It in a modern way.
With many Of the new French hats
wells are an iIiseperable part OF the
trimming. You put on the hat and the
veil goes on, too, falling gracefully over
the forehead and extending either q
little below or little above the tip OF
the nose It is taken for granted this
season that wells should be brief and
there is very little chance that the old
time full width wells will come back
into favor at least for some time TO
come.
Speaking Of wells, have you noticed
how simply most of the new hats are
. trimmed? Ostrich feathers here and
there for those who like them, but usu-
ally a simpler, more compact sort OF
trimming. :,
Gre ribbon is used in small bows and
knots or is used as bands. MORE rib
bon is coming forward as rival to cire,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
The Boss Was Her Idol.

This is the story Of a girl who de-
voted her whole life to hernboss. And
she wasn't his mistress or anything of
that sort. What she got out of it was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18

Farmers Of Belgium have learned that
the decrease in crops this year was due
to the use Of lesser chemical fertilizers
and the planting Of cheaper seed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
The Woman Who Makes Good

HELEN WOODWARD,
career tvpst
the highest paid business iconren tn America.
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B ALAN Ed 3 END
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Evening star., 1931-06-15
DEAD PAIR IDENTIFIED
AS SEA FOX VICTIMS
Lillian Kempt, Actress, and Robert
Johnston, Entertainer, Found
ON Long Island Beach.
~ tha Associated Prem.

By the Associated Press.
RYE, N. Y, June 15.-Two bodies
washed ashore In Long Island Sound
were identified last night as Of Lillian
Kempt, ~, an actress, and Robert
Johnston, an entertainer, members Of
q yachting party of eight lost with the
auxiliary sloop Sea Fox May 2S.
The actress was identified by her
father and her husband and Johnston
by Kenneth Stewart, New York re-
porter.
The bodies were found near the Rye
bathing beach yesterday. They left
only three missing in the Sea Fox
tragedy, the cause of which has never
been explained. The 35-foot craft Is
supposed to have been blown up dur
ing q storm after 1t left City Island
for q week end cruise.
Three others from the Sea Fox pre-
viously had been found. They were
Mrs. e. Marcie Snedden, wife Of Donald
Snedden, owner Of the 35-foot auxiliary
sloop; Doris Dewey, psychologist, and
Robert Mendenhall, employed in the
Statistical Department Of Columbia
University. Mrs. Mendenhall, Mark