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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28
Nobody Likes Me.

4NVVOAy AAAAANS ~A@N'
Nobody likes me. I'm not going to
20 to school any more"
why, Mollie. What thing to say"
''I don't care. It's true"
'Why don't they like your"
'I don't know. They never ask me
to play with them. They go of by
themselves and talk, and If I go over
to them they ten me to go away"
"But don't you ever play with them?"
when I do they fight with me. I
try to tell them how TO do things and
they get mad and walk Off
"Why don't you just play? Not
bother whether they do it right or not?"
eff they do it wrong? Am I going
TO let them do it wrong?"
Mollie managed to go through the
grade school and enter high school.
Here as before, Nobody likes me-" The
teachers we're mean. They gave her
bad marks "just because" They al
ways gave her the back seat and some
body else the front seat. The girls
were mean, too. They wouldn't let her
have an Office In any society. Voted
against her II she was nominated.
Didn't invite her to the parties. And
the boys were just as bad.
After many scenes and arguments
and chickering's Mollie was graduated
from high school and got position in
an ONCE where there we're four other
girls. Again, Nobody likes me. I'm
telling them to do right and they won't
listen to me and they're jealous" Soon
the complaint extended to the boss.
He doesn't like me. Never looks at
me. Why doesn't he like me?"
MoIlie lost one job after the other
and always she walled, Nobody likes
me-"
WELL said he Aunt Jane one day,
briskiy as a clear-eyed aunt would say
it, IT can't say as / blame them"
"Why, the idea, Aunt Jane. What
do you mean you don't blame them?
Am I not as good as anybody"
Not by long way. You are SO
busy thinking about yourself that you
never have time for anything else. You
don't do anything for anybody but
yourself. You don't see anybody but
yourself. I should think that you'd be
so tired Of yourself that you'd be glad
TO look at somebody else once in q
while.
"You haven't helped your mother q
particle since the day you were born
/ blame her for that. She ought to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28
LITTLE BENNY
M LEE PARE.

was standing out on the frunt steps
after breakfast feeling sorry 1t was get
ting near time to go to skool, and pop
came out on his way to the Office. and
he looked up at the sky, being all
blue, and smelt the air, being just
warm enough and just cool enough and
not too windy, saying, zee gods what
day.
@, its all rite, amt IL, pop? sed.
All rite? pop sed All rite duzzent
begin to Express it, This Is a day that
calls for superlatives. such as marvel
liss. sumptuous, magnificent and intox-
icating. Its a day for pagan sun wor-
shippers and wild wood nymphs to
Jump on and of of merry 60 rounds
In delirious abandon. How can you
colby remark that a day like this is
meerly all rite? This is a day to run
bare footed in the grass and sing like
a berd. This Is a day to Irvine wild
flowers in your hair and MARBLE of
springtime. And alas, to think that on
day like this I'm going sedately to
werk insted of tripping litely to the
woods to write bewtiful imperishible
verses to the clouds and the breezes,
he said.
Well @, pop lets do It, I sed. You
stay home from work and Ill stay home
from skool and let's go out to the park
and the trees and everything, sed
Now you're getting practical, pop sed.
feer you'll never be a poet. True
poets like me stick to their day dreems
and trudge sadly of to werk with a sad
smile on their lips and a lovely song
in their harts. Now go in and get your
cap and your books or you'll be late
for skool. he sed.
Well G, pop, how about the swell
day and everything? sed, and he sed.
Ill tell you more about it this evening.
And he went down to the Office and
went to skool just the same as II 1t
was the bummest weather We ever saw.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28
By LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

Portable lights were once q necessity,
or at least of such convenience that
they were counted among the regular
household equipments. The crndest and
earliest of these portable lights were
flaming sticks of wood. These devel-
oped into torches of many varitieS in
the course of their evolution. They
we're for use out of doors. Matches Of
today are infinitesimal torches OF the
earliest type. Besides being inadequate
lighting elements, matches are unsafe TO
carry about as sparks of the burning
wood sometimes fall and ignite inflam-
mable material disasterously.
Candles are from their very nature
always portable lights because they can
be carried about in suitable candleSttcks.
They are most similar to torches. al
though the ancient oil lamp in which
the wick fioated on the oil was good
second. From these types of portable
lights to the modern electric candle
there is a long line of development.
These electric candles are the last word
In portable lights. They are made to
closely resemble candles. They are fit
ted with batteries as flashlights, which
Ia reality they are-faShlights de luxe.
Like the Boy Scout flashlights, they can
remain burning or only fash at will.
To this day regulation candles re-
main IN use as portable lights. They
are not now so costly as TO prohibit
their common use, as was the case in
the Middle Ages. Candles retain their
popularity largely because Of their deco
rativeness. Their long slightly irreg-
uIar surfaces with their tapering tips
are interesting. The ability to carry out
color schemes by them in Illuminating
elements and the charm Of their flick
ering light, with It's fiattering becoming
illumination. has never been excelled.
Add to this the fact that the light Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28

Meadows from there. The next day he
was back there. For long time moth
ing happened. Then he heard the
scream Of Whitehall and instantly he
was alert. He heard Whitehall call
again and then he saw Mrs. Whitehall
appear above the bushes some distance
to his right. She came, slximming the
tops of the bushes where he lay, and
then began to mount into the air. He
saw her catch a Mouse that Whitehall
dropped to her and then she returned
the way she had come, dropping down
into the bushes at the point where he
had seen her appear.
Reddy grinned. He waited for few
minutes. Silently and with the great
est care he stole forward. He reached
the place where Mrs Whitehall had dis
appeared. He was more cautious than
ever He came to little opening. The
ground was wet and swampy. Peeping
out from the bushes. he saw beyond
q little Undiscovered mound Of dry
ground. With eager eyes he looked that
mound over. He saw no nest and at
first no sign Of Mrs. Whitehall. Then
he saw, caught in a bush. q long feather.
Reddy grinned again. He knew now
where that nest was.
(Copyright, 1881
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28

A group Of men Is raising Q fund to
help the unemployed. All kinds OF
schemes are being used to add to this
fund. Among several things. / per
cent Is being contributed each week
by all employees of some Of the large
organizations and by employees of the
city. That money Is being used to
create work for men who are out Of
Jobs.
Do you notice what I said? said
the people contributed the money and
men get the jobs. In other words,
none of this money Is used to help,
women get jobs. Women contribute
a lot Of the money In the public
library 30 per cent OF the contributors
to the fund are women. And not one
cent Of their contribution Is used to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28

portable, that it can be moved and
shifted to suit the most fastidious de-
mands and its popularity is found to be
based on q sure foundation. Its mod
ern rival, the electric candle, cannot
cope with all these elements, but its
convenience cannot be denied.
OIL lanterns are now unitarian port
able lights only. There has never been
found anything that would exactly take
their place. They are not ornamental
that is, the types found today, and
which are indispensable for trainmen,
ships, etc. Once the oil lantern was
made in fine designs of wrought iron
with engraved and colored glass lights.
These portable lights are sought today
as fixtures for electric illumination in
halls especially. They, like the torches
of antiquity, may also be used for out
of-door illumination, not as the light
ing elements, but as fixtures for the
uItra-modern electric bulb which IS
conveniently manipulated with switch.
No longer is it portable, but its deco
rative features are appreciated now as
in times past.
In dwellings of this era, in which
electric light switches are conveniently
positioned in walls, portable lights are
not so needed as of old. However, they
continue to be in demand, as instanced
In the novelty electric candle and in the
continued use of candles, lanterns and
flashlights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28
Perfection Oysters.

Use three or four large oysters for
each person to be served. Make q thick
white sauce and TO each cupfll Of the
sauce add q quarter OF . cupfW OF
finely minced soiled ham or deviled
ham. Season with little lemon juice
and celery salt Coat the oysters with
this sauce and let stand for several
hours. Roll in crumbs. beaten egg and
crumbs again, and fry in deep fat until
q golden brown. Serve on thin rounds
of sbuttered toast with tomato rarebit.
Tomato Rarebit.-Place two table
spoonfuls Of butter In q frying pan or
grill pan and saute two mild onions,
finely minced, In it. Add one cupful of
spicy tomato sauce and ne-fourth
pound Of American cream cheese and
stir until the cheese Is melted. Season
to taste. Spread this mixture on thin
rounds Of buttered toast and sprinkle
with chopped pistachio nuts or minced
parsley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28

Reddy Fox said nothing 10 Mrs.
Reddy about what he had discovered In
regard to the nesting place Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Whitehall. He first wanted to find
that nest. He was sure that it was in
the Old Pasture. He was just as sure
that It was near the lower side. Know
ing the Old Pasture as he did, he felt
that with this much to 60 on he ought
to be able to find that nest.
He didn't go down there at once and
openly begin hunting for it. He was
too crafty for that He didn't want
Whitehall and Mrs Whitehall to suspect
that he was in the least interested in
their affairs No, sir, he didn't want
that. He wanted to find that nest with
out himself being seen in that neigh
borhood. He wanted to be sure that
there were young in the nest before
he took any chances of being seen.
For q while he was content to keep
watch from that big nat rock where
he liked to take q sun bath. He hoped
that Whitehall would again drop food
to Mrs. Whitehall. Then he would watch
more closely, so as to see just where
Mrs Whitehall appeared from and dis
appeared. 1t did happen again. AS be-
fore, Whitehall called as he drew near
the lower side of the Old Pasture, and,
as before, Mrs. Whitehall came up from
back of some small trees marking the
boundary of the Old Pasture. AS be-
fore, Whitehall circled until he was di-
rectly over her and then dropped what
he was carrying. It was q small Rat
this time. AS before, Mrs. Whitehall
turned half over and caught the Rat
in her great claws. Then she glided
down Just where she had appeared.
Reddy grinned. He was satisfied now.
This Is going TO be easy" thought he.
There will be no trouble In finding
that nest now"
But Reddy was mistaken. Smart as
he is he sometimes forgetS that others
may be and are quite as smart. Neither
time had Whitehall flown directly to-
ward that nest. He had begun to call
long before he reached the Old Pasture.
Mrs. Whitehall had at once quietly slip
ped from the nest, hurried along on the
ground under the bushes for few feet,
then taken to her wings and flying low
had almost brushed the tops Of the low
bushes for some distance before mount
ing above the treetopS. She knew that
when flying low that way she couldn't
be seen from any distance. When she
returned to the nest, it was in the same
manner.
So it was that Reddy Fox spent q
lot Of time hunting In the wrong place.
He went over every foot of ground Just
back of those young trees along the
edge Of the Old Pasture, but not q sign
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28
Mock-Chicken Salad.

Boil a shank of veal and one pound
Of lean pork until tender, then cut in
dice. Add an equal amount OF chopped
cabbage and celery and four hard
boiled eggs, chopped. Mix with the fol-
lowing dressing and serve on lettuce:
To make the dressing mix to paste
with two well beaten eggs one table
spoonful each OF mustard and salt. half
q teaspoonful of pepper and one table
spoonful OF sugar. Add one cupful Of
vinegar slowly Cook until thick and
smooth. Thin with cream before using.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28

The skirt Is circular and gored at the
front. a clever means Of slenderizing
the figure.
style No. 3040 may be had in sizes
is. 10 years; 36, SO, 40 and ~ inches
bust
You'll be agreeably surprised when
you find out how utterly simple it Is to
fashion It,
For Summer or resort this model
would be stunning in Powered chiffon,
eyelet embroidered batiSte or pastel
crepe silk.
Size SO requires yards 39-inch, with
"a yard 39-inch contrasting.
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.
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 q series of dressmaking
articles. II is a book that will save
you money. Price Of book, 10 cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28
NANCY PACE
Small Girls Are Helped
by Visits Away.
By FLORENCE La GANKE.

Joan was the most excited youngster
alive. She was going to spend the week
end with her beloved Aunt Mona. 1t
is quite true that Mona was not really
her aunt, but a lifelong friend of Nam
cys. She was employed in a downtown
bank Her family lived In another town,
so she had her own apartment. 1t was
to this apartment that Joan was going.
Aunt Mona came for her at o'clock
on Saturday afternoon. Joan had her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28
OUR CHILDREN
By ANGELO PATRI.

have made you help. You expect
everybody to wait on you. You expect
everybody to stand aside for you. You
think that you are so bright and so
handsome that the world should stop
to salute you. Now that you know
that the world will not, I should think
you'd get busy and hate yourself"
It came so hard and so fast, with
such unexpectedness, that it penetrated
the crust of selfishness that had formed
about the girls personality and she
wept as she had not wept in years
Sincerely. 1t took few years of effort
aided by trained teacher to help her
out of her predicament. but she got out
This Nobody likes me" has a mean
ing of its own.
Copyright, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28

So see a doctor first and find out If
there is anything underlying physical
cause for the condition. Take regular
exercise out Of doors every day and get
plenty Of sleep.
OF course, the skin itself needs spe-
cial care also. At night. after first
cleansing the face thoroughly, massage
some tissue cream into the skin under
the eyes. Great eare must be taken
in this massage so that the tissues are
not stretched. Massage the cream in
very gently with patting movement
of the fingertips, working from the
nose outward. Leave the cream on
overnight and next morning after wash
ing In cold water apply the following
astringent, allowing it to dry on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28
My Neighbor Says:

Chopped figs, dates, raisins or
prunes added TO boiled frosting
for white cake make delicious
dessert.
For duh and specked mirrors
take a small portion Of whiting
and add SUFFICIENT cold tea 10
make a paste: rub the glass with
warm tea, dry with q soft cloth,
rub a little of the paste well on
the mirror and polish dry with
tissue paper.
It Is so much better 70 use
cold water than hot for scrubbing
floors, as 1t does not soak into the
wood so readily. and consequently
dries sooner. The scrubbing brush
should always be moved up and
down the. boards with the grain
Of the wood. not across It.
A brush dipped in salt water
should be used in cleaning bamboo
furniture.
Copyright, issi)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28
Pouches Under Eyes.

Dear Miss Leeds-Could you please
advise me what to do for the tender
skin under my eyes? 1t is sallow and
puffy. Each night I put cold cream
usder my eyes. but it does not seem
to help my trouble Thanking you in
advance and hoping you can help me.
A CONSTANT READER.
Answer-Such pouches under the
eyes are quite often an indication that
the general health is not up to par.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28
Pockets for the Small Girl
BY MARY MARSHALL.

for her possessions as 1t Is for her
mother to need q handbag for hers.
The apron In the sketch Is provided
with Q most attractive sort of pocket.
It Is made of Turkish toweling, of white
or color, the rough surface of which is
the plain-tone gingham of the apron.
There Is detail pattern of the
pocket. though of course 1t isn't as big
as the real one. You can easily enlarge
it. Just following the general outlines
OF the sketch. The important thing is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28
To Protect Floor.

A piano bench Is heavy, and when
moved around scratches q hardwood
floor. If you will put an ordinary
thumb tack In each of the legs. you can
slide the bench around without scratch
ing the moor. You win also find that
II you will put q thumb tack In each OF
the rockers on your heavy upholstered
rocker, you can also move that around
when cleaning without scratching the
doogs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28
ILL A4fAA ~ L OANAIO ". Burgess.

Of q nest did he see. BY and by he
began to suspect that he had been
fooled. He didn't like to admit It. Most
people don't like to admit being fooled
But when he did admit 1t he stopped
wasting time there looking for that nest
and, being crafty. tried another plan.
He hid right there He crept under
some thick bushes where he could see,
but was not likely to be seen. and there
he remained for the greater part Of
day.
He didn't even see the whitetails that
day, for he couldn't see the Green
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28

to keep the outline simple, with angles
and straight lines rather than curves.
This is easier to cut, and it also makes
the pocket more practical, for 1t gives
better space and fewer little crannies
where crums and dust may collect.
You can devise other animals besides
the small dog in question If you want
Just remember the general necessity
for straight lines instead Of curves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28
Give But Don't Get.

I don't know why there Is such =
difference between men working IN
groups and men working alone. have
nearly always found that men with
whom I worked were enormously kind
Some we're little tiresome on the sub
ject of golf, but they were kind and
considerable. Many Of them were very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28

small bag packed at 9 o'clock that
morning. When it came time to say
''good-by," her small cousin, Peter. was
on hand. Aunt Nancy babe her good-by
in groWn-up fashion, with never so hui
initiating a command as Now, be
good girl and don't bother Aunt Mona"
No, indeed, Nancy knew better than
that. She treated the trip casually and
was amused to see how well Joan re-
sponded.
Aunt Nancy had decided that her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

skin: One and one-half ounces rose
water, eight drops tincture of benzoin,
one-half ounce toilet alcohol. After the
astringent has dried on the skin ap-
ply a powder base and powder.
LOIS LEEDS.
E. B.-You arc about Is pounds I'M
derweight and it is quite likely that
whatever is causing you to be under
weight is also the reason for your COM
plexion being so marred with black
heads. The boric acid does not dissolve
the blackheads-it merely acts as an
antiseptic to soothe the skin and help
prevent any infection. Please send
stamped, self-addreSsed envelope with
a request for my 1eaflet on the treat
ment of complexion ills, as it will give
you in detail just the help you need in
order to gain the clear, f1ne-texture
skin which every girl of 81 has a right
to have AS your skin seems to be
sensitive avoid strong astringent. You
might find that a mild commercial
skin tonic is better than strongly
astringent toilet water or ice. Plain
witch-hazel and rosewater in equal
parts make very effective mild astrin-
gent or witch-hazel used alone.
LOIS LEEDS.
L. M-Many women whose hair is
white have trouble in keeping it really
white instead Of yellow. The following
shampoo is especially good for hair Of
that type: Crate two ounces of pure
CASTLE soap and mix 1t with one-half
ounce of potassium carbonate and three
ounces Of water. Melt in a double
boiler until soft. Mix one ounce of
glycerin, five drops oil of lavender and
ten drops of bergsmot and add
the resulting lotion to the other
ingredients. Blend thoroughly. Thin
with more water if desired. Use a little
of this lotion for each shampoo. To
the final rinsing water add few drops
of French bluing. In drying the hair
avoid strong heat; gently rub the hair
with Turkish towels. LOIS LEEDS.
(Copyrlght, 1879
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28

willing 70 give any
bright woman a
chance to prove
what she could
do. Yet when
men work in large
groups they seem
TO change altogeth-
er. They become
unfair to women.
Lock. for instance.
at what is right
now happening in
one Of our largest
riffae
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28
SHORTCAKE.

TWO cupfuls sifted bread -four,
one heaping teaspoonful bak-
ing powder, one tablespoon
full sugar. Sift into your mixing
bowl and work in a piece of but
ter the size of an egg, as for
one crust. Beat one egg lightly
in a cup. Fill with sweet milk,
add a speck Of salt and turn into
a bowl. Mix soft and divide into
two portions. Roll out and put
one piece in a round tin, butter
the top and put the other piece
right on top Of that. Bake in
quick oven. Split and spread
with butter and one box Of fresh
strawberries, washed, drained and
mashed, with four good cupfuls
of sugar. Spread between and on
top.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28
To Remove Lint.

A sponge Is the best brush TO re-
move lint from clothing, especially from
smooth fabrics which seem TO hold lint
and threads as If glued. Use q dry
sponge, of course. It Is light and takes
up little space when carried in q travel
ing bag. q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28
THE STARS
DAILY PATTERN
SERVICE

It's new when It boasts of just the
merest hint of femininity, as marks this
captivating dress.
It is carried out IN crepe printed silk
In dark ground so suitable for imme-
date wear and smart for street for
Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28

Nearly 200 people, including clerks,
Kitchen help. walters, mattresses. fire.
men and watchmen, now have perma-
nent homes in the English houses of
parliament
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28

Following . local tradition that the
cactus brings luck. a bride at Warsaw.
Poland. carried one Of the prickly plants
instead of orange blossoms.