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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03
Everyday Psychology
NJ DIR. JESSE w. sPRowLs.
Reversed Effort.

The more you demand of yourself, the
less likely you are to achieve 1t. This
is in effect the law OF reversed effort"
incidentally, it's proof that we have
another mind, an unconscious mind,
that somehow seems continually to be
at odds with the conscious mind.
This law explains lot of things. For
example, you can't recall a name when
you try your best to do So Quit trying,
and the law Of reversed effort will
awaken the unconscious memory that
serves you well. You might even try
to keep from recalling the name. The
effort sometimes brings the answer.
Perhaps you have found it hard to
go to sleep. Then you began counting
sheep. A mere superstition! I have
yet to hear of a person who can go to
sleep that way. Next time rely on the
law Of reversed effort. Just think about
keeping awake, and you will soon switch
into reverse-reverse effort. Your I'M
conscious will take up the burden of
contradicting your conscious mind. And
you will lose that consciousness-m
sleep.
(CopyriRht. leSl)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03
LITTLE BENNY
BIT LEE PAPE.

Ma was reeding q book with green
cover this afternoon and part of her
neck itched and she scratched 1t so
hard with one finger male that she
made a red scratch, saying, Owtch. I
must Of filed my males little too sharp,
Is there q mark on my neck, Benny?
G, yes, its pritty neer bleeding, l sed,
and ma sed, think III put a touch OF
iodine on it.
WITCH she did. making it look even
verse than it was. and after supper
pop noticed 1t, saying. For Peet sake
what happened to your neck?
She ran q male in 1t, I sed.
What? OF all the tmpossible-the
boy must be crazy, pop sed, and ma
sed, Well no, he's rite, in a way, hee
hee.
What have you been doing, hammer
ing males with your neck? pop sed, and
ma sed, No, just scratching my neck
with q male, hee hee.
well II you think a bonehedded ac-
ton like that is funny. go ahed and
laff, pop sed. zee gods the idiotick
chances some people are willing to
take with their own helth, he Sed. and
ma sed, o my goodness Willyum. don't
take on so, it was my finger male. hee
hee.
Well that's even verse, how many
times have I warned you about going
around with your males looking like
something out of Chineeze opium
den ! and now look what happens,
you've got yourself all slashed to rib
bins. pop sed, and ma. sed, I never
herd such inauguration in my life, my
lands such q fuss over an innocent
little iodine mark, the ideer.
Me thinking, G, their both mad now.
I better 60 up in my room before they
remember who started 1t.
WITCH I quick did insted Of asking If
I could 90 out w',i'" before I went
to bed like I intended o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03
SPRINCTIME
BY ID. C. PEATTIE.

Only country people notice that time
in Autumn, after frost. when the wild
persimmon ripens. But even the
country folk are a bit cblivious to the
moment when it flowers. Bees and
botanistS (both curious crotchety fell
lows) are the principal animals who
observe this small phenomenon. But,
crossing an old field, I passed under a
tree without noting its identity, and
looking down saw the strange little
four-pointed, creamy, tubular flowers
upon the ground. I picked one up and
held 1t on my palm, remembering my
old teachers remark that the flower
that has evolved into the plan-of-four
symmetry is at the end of an evolu-
tionary alley and can go no further
(since the next stage in reduction, the
plan of three, is sacred to another and
rival branch of the Towering plant
subkingdom, the lilies, irises, palms and
orchids.
So the persimmon flower. with its
sweet, gardenia- like odor, has not only
come to the end of its rope in evolu-
ton, but it has come a long way from
is our only representative of the strange
tropical family, the ebonies. Trees
and shrubs with very hard, dark wood,
there are about 275 members of this
family, distributed fer the most part
in Asia and the bigger South Sea
islands.
There is always, for me. particular
fascination in any plants, In our
modest District fora, that have strayed
in from the tropics. whether recently,
as casual waits. or long ago In the
course Of geologic time.
In the class CT the modern gypSieS
that have stolen in from the lands
under the earth's belt, there are q am
remembering only random few the
spiny amaranth and the wormseed.
and the great spider-flower. The
kudzu vine is another of them, and
its relative, the hyacinth bean, and
sometimes around old dooryards in
Virginia you find the tree-of-heaven,
the ide-of India, and the rose-cf-
China, which also come from swarthy
climes. Several times the velvet leaf,
the cypress vine. the balloon-vine and
apple Peru have been found, all OF
them happy-go-lucky wanderers from
the tropics, and around the railroad
yards occasionally even cotton and
castor-oil plants have established
themselves for a few brief months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03
Veal Pot Pie.

The ends OF ribs or neck or knuckle
may be used. Cut the meat into small
pieces and remove the fine bones. Cover
with boiling water, and skim as it be-
gins to boil Add one chopped onion.
one teaspoonful of salt and one-fourth
teaspoonful of pepper for each pound
of meat used. Simmer until thoroughly
tender. Rub one tablespoonful of flour
smooth in little cold water. Add half
cupful of cream. some water or milk
and one tablespoonful of butter or other
fat. Serve with dumplings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03

While not many women neglect CIV
ing their faces regular treatments to
preserve the youthful contour and pre-
vent wrinkles, there are many who
never give arms and hands any special
care. Yet hands and arms show tell
tale signs of age just as much as the
face and there Ia nothing which de-
tracts more from o well groomed ap-
pearance than @ pair Of undernour-
ished, scrawny arms with horny ell
bows or, what Is just as bad, arms
where the fat has been allowed TO
accumulate In punches" rather than
in graceful curves.
Giving arms and hands O weekly
massage will do much toward mold
ing these parts of the body into grace
and beauty. For those whose arms
have been neglected the treatment
may be given three or four times
week at first. The first step Is to ap-
ply q light cleansing cream TO the en-
tire arm and hand. Beginning at the
shoulder work the cream in gently
with the fingertips using long, light
rotary strokes. Leave the oil on for
several minutes and then remove with
pads of gauze which have been dipped
In q mild skin tonic. Next wiring out
q Rood-sized Turkish towel In hot
water and wind 1t around the arm,
starting at the shoulder and going
down to the fingers. Repeat the hot
applications two or three times, after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03
Machine Stitch i'm Trimming
BY MARY MARSHALL.

frock of white cotton mesh has three
rows of machine stitching around the
lower edge of the skirt. 1t gives .
smart finish and provides 3 little BODY
to the edge of the skirt that carries
out the line of the slightly flaring skirt.
The lower edge of the overblouse Is also
provided with three rows OF stitching.
The belt is stitched. The edges OF the
short sleeves and the breast pocket are
also finished with stitching and the
small sailor type collar Is completely
covered with stitching.
Short packets of linen or silk crepe
worn with sleeveless dresses are often
finished round the edges with rows OF
machine stitching and scarf collars at
tached to some of the new longer coats
are completely covered with lengthwlse
rows of stitching.
The jacket frock in the sketch shows
another interesting use OF machine
stitching. The skirt is Of skipper blue
linen and the blouse and jacket are
both of while linen. The pockets OF
the jacket are covered with blue stitch
ing, which is also used around the
lower edge of the rather short sleeves.
on the belt and on the clever nat
collar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03
NANCY PAGE
Don't Tempt Children With
Tantalizing Glimpses
nv ~ onwNrr "a MANwr
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE

Baby Ann or "Anndy" as her father
called her was taking her first steps
She had to catch hold Of any support
that presented itself and in moments Of
panic she never remembered that moth
er had said, mo. no, don't touch"
What was q foolish command from her
mother compared to a bad fall and a
bumped head? One day Lois saw her
baby just rs she started to clutch the
tea cloth which hung over the edge
Of the table. In a flash she saw the
cloth with its cargo of dishes and
glasses pulled to the floor. She cried
out so sharply, Ann, take your hands
OIL" that the baby was scared, let go
the cloth and fell, hitting her head with
Q nasty bump on the sharp table leg.
Lois was so ashamed.
Right then and there she made up
her mind that her child meant more
to her than things" But she loved
her bric-a-brac, her pretty table run
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03
MILADY BEAUTIFUL


bow. Continue massaging the entire
arm until the cream has been abb
sorbed. Wipe on any surplus cream
with tissue square and again apply o
towel wrung out in hot water. Dry
the skin and pat on hand lotion such
as the following: TWO drains white
gum tragaoanth, six ounces rosewater.
ten dropes simple tincture of benzoin,
one ounce glycerin, onehalf teaspoon
full pow ered borax, six tablespoonfuls
hot water, two drains cologne water.
Soak the gum in the hot water until
perfectly soft. dissolve the borax in the
roSewater. Mix the two solutions to-
gether and add the benzoin drop by
drop. More rosewater may be added
II necessary to thin the lotion and a
few drops of white rose extract or any
favorite perfume. This lotion will keep
the hands soft and white II used reg
ularly during the day after washing
and drying them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03
Toast Sticks.

Discard the end slice from q fresh
loaf of bread. Spread the bread well
with creamed butter. Cut crosswise into
very thin slices and remove the crusts.
Lay a slice on a damp cloth and, be-
ginning at one corner, roll we'll to the
opposite corner, putting on extra but
ter at the end to fasten well. Do this
with each slice. Place the rolls in q
shallow pan; put under hot fame,
turning the rolls until evenly toasted
and brown. Serve hot with soup.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03

which the skin should be dried thor
oughly.
The next step Is to apply q coed
tissue cream.
II the skin needs bleaching select
cream which has bleaching properties
also, such as one containing lemon or
cucumber Beginning at the shoulder
massage the entire arm paying partic-
rect way to massage to elbow is to
place the thumb CT one hand In the
inside joint just opposite the elbow
and execute a circular massage with
the flrst two fingers over the bent ell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03
Baked Trout.

Wet one tablespoonful Of flour with
a little cold tomato juice. Salt three
and one-half pounds Of trout and let
stand for several hours. Place the fish
in a dripping pan with one can OF
tomatoes, one onion cut fine. one piece
of celery root, one tablespoonful Of
butter, and bake for half an hour.
Strain the juice, and, just before send
ing to the table, thicken with an egg
yolk and add some cream and table
sauce to taste.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03
M odern Laundry
Expert Explain s.
met Bag System"
Tells How Manhattan
Saves You Money BY
Saving Your Clothes

Present day laundry methods,
which preserve clothes as well as
clean them, are far superior to the
old home method of rubbing and
scrubbing, according to Mr.. E. F.
Wesley, chief of the Research De-
partment of Manhattan Laundry.
Mr.. Wesley attributes a large part
of the Manhattan Laundry's sue
cess to their Net Bag System.
Manhattan's famous Net Bag
System of washing, as described by
Mr.. Wesley, follows: First, the
clothes are assorted according to
their color and material and placed
in individual net bags which bear
the customers name and contain
only that customers articles. Safe
in the nets and protected from all
metal or other hard surfaces, the
clothes 20 into the washers. Here
they are subjected to the gentle
cleansing action Of swirling hot
suds which penetrate each garment
and loosen every particle of dirt.
Only the purest of Palm Oil soaps
and soft, filtered water are used,
after first having been inspected
and tested by the Research Depart
ment. Many rinsings of fresh,
clear water follow, removing. every
trace of dirt. This thorough care
in washing is'one reason why Man
haitian laundered clothes stay new
looking so much longer.
Customer Praises Net Bags
In q recent letter to the Man
haitian Laundry, Mrs. z. r. d.
writes:
". But the one actual fact
that pleases me most 10 that
the clothes do not show as
much wear as they did when !
had my laundry done at home
:. It is indeed pleasure to
recommend you :"
This letter is typical Of the many
received by Manhattan from salts
fied customers throughout the Dis
trict Of Columbia and Virginia.
3-Day Collection and Delivery
Quite another Manhattan feature
which has found great favor with
Washington housewives is their B.
Day Collection and Delivery Ser
vice. In this highly developed sys-
tenn your clothes are collected one
day, laundered to your order the
next and delivered to you promptly
the afternoon Of the third day. For
instance, if your clothes are col
lected Monday morning they are
delivered Wednesday afternoon;
called for Tuesday, back home
Thursday, and so on. No delay.
No worry. And there 10 no addi-
tional charge for this extra service.
Services to Fit Every Need
Manhattan offers the housewife
q wide selection Of economical ser
vices - from Complete Finished
Family to individual piece work.
There is a service to fit every need
and purse, and every service re
ceives Net Bag Care-which saves
you money by saving your clothes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03
Chicken-Spinach Soup.

Wash, pick over and cook two quarts
of spinach, then drain, chop and rub
through a sieve Add one quart of
chicken soup, heat to the boiling point,
add two cupfuls of white sauce and
season with salt and pepper Serve in
bouillon cups topped with whipped
cream, sprinkled with chopped parsley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03

There is nothing really difficult
about doing nice machine stitching. 1t
requires nothing more than patience,
precision and a little practice. If you
are planning to make any Of your
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03

ners, too. The only solution Of her
dificulty was simple-put away the
tantalizing objects until Ann was old
enough to know that certain things
were not for her. not even in times of
danger. This did not mean that Lois
stripped her house - no, indeed. She
them, with the result that the children
never learned a respect for inanimate
things She meant that Ann should
learn to leave pretty and fragile things
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03
"Choose Your
Own CoIors!"
DEGREES Paris
And Tinfex Offers %
O Enfroneing Colors
To Choose Front

ssIet the combination of
oolors you wear express your per-
sonality" is this seasons mandate
from the worlds fashion center.
"But, above all, be colorful!"
1t is SO easy to follow this
most sensible mode with Tintex!
In next ton no time any item
in your wardrobe-frocks, stock.
ings, undertakings, sportswear-
may be made to bloom with any
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There is no home .tinting
or dyeing task that Tintex will
not do beautifully, easily and
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See the Tintex Color Gard
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Counter-hen follo,U the fashion.
THE TINTEX GROUP
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TIMEX Blue Boz - For lace trimmed
silks tints the silk, lace remains
original color.
Tintex Color Remover - Removes old
color from any material 90 il can
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Nhisex-A bluing for restoring white.
ness to all yellowed white materials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03

NCONNIE, where on earth have you
been? I want you to mind the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03
Services to Fit Every Need

Manhattan offers the housewife
o wide selection Of economical ser
vices - from Complete Finished
Family to individual piece work:
There is a service to fit every need
and purse, and every service re-
ceives Net Bag Care-which saves
you money by saving your clothes.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-11
O YOU TELL ONE
GRANDPA WAYBACK SAYS

The Pathfinder: If PoEce de
Leon had found that fountain of
youth there would be more safety
pins today than automobiles.
The chief objection to the school
Of experience is that it thinks up
a c course every time you are
ready to graduate.
A large family is no more trouble
than a small one. The kids just stay
a little dirtier.
My candidate for the poison ivy
wreath is the fellow who up and asks
you for a loan just as you are fixing
to ask him for one.
Revenge is about the most expen-
sive luxury known to man.
The reason most people quiet down
as they grow older is they have more
to keep quiet about then.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-11
DUMB RONALD

Lustige Kolner Zeitung, Cologne:
Elsie-I don't love Ronald any more.
Last night + wanted to show him how
well / could whistle and as / pouted
my lips to WHISTLE
Molly-Well?
Elsie-He let me whistle.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-11
NO GUARANTEE

Plain Woman (wishing to have her
portrait painted: Do you guarantee
satisfaction?
Artist: No. madam. I only paint
likenesses.-Tit-Bits.
ONE OF THEM
Mrs. Nagger: 1t says here in the
paper that there are six million slaves
in the world today.
Hubby: Huh! No one can tell me
there aren't more married men than
that. Pathfinder.
EVIDENCE
MY wife has been away for six
| weeks"
But why should that make you
look SO downcast?"
II wrote her every week and said I
spent my evenings at home. She's
back now and the gas bill just ar
rived. It's for twenty-five CENTS
Passing Show.
WHY, WILLIE.
Capper's Weekly: WHY don't our
canary sing any more, mother?"
asked little Willie.
Because it is melting, dear"
A minutes silence. then
Mother, l wish Aunt Mary would
mott"
II only the filler who climbs over
fifty feet a second could teach the
art to late corners who sit far from
the aisle.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-11
N NO A v

Boston Transcript: Johnny - Pa.
what is a philosopher?
PA man with good liver, heart,
stomach and bank account.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-11
RIT DID SHE

bVJ UID NHE,
Mother: Willie, you have been
very naughty after promising to
obey me
Willie. That's nothing. You once
promised to obey dad.-Pathfinder.
Correct this sentence: He is such
a great man." said the critic. that
he never seems dumb even in a news
reel
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-31
Daily Worker Campaign 1Opc
on Way to Goal; Schedule
Demands 1ObcMore This Week

Up TO last Friday. the campaign
for 5000 l2-month subscriptions to
the Daily Worker had brought in 439
years Of subs, or 81 per cent of the
goal. On Saturday we received TAO
months of subs or so years, making
the total 4se years or almost ten
per cent of our goal. Two weeks
ago we were 3 per cent on the way
to the goal one week ago we we're
six per cent on our way, and now
we have reached ten per cent A
steady progress, as you can see, but
still very little INCREASE In the
PACE Of the campaign.
This week we must speed up the
pace. By5 the end of this week we
must havs at least 20 per cent of
the 5000 52-month subs.
This week Is the final week of
preparation for the big Kentucky
strike of $4,000 miners led by the
National Miners Union. This week
is the last week for all the workers
to rally behind the biggest and the
strongest fight put up by the work
ers Sirce the bosses wage cut and
starvation program was let loo}s. This
week is the big week TO riase sub
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-31

scriptions and unite all workers.
Below is the table for last week up
10 Friday, The New York District,
you will notice, is in the lead vith
AZ years of subs d2.s per osat al IT,
quota.
Chicago is next with 70 ysare 81
subs. or 90 per cent Of its eHcSa
Detroit follows with 10 years Of subs
or i4.2 per cent of its quota Then
comes Cleveland with years Of suhs
Some Of the other districts have 80
far been dead weight In the tai
Of the procession, More was to hare
been expected from California, the
state Of Mooney and Billings, wfaicl.
has sent i'll two years OF subs 80
far More was to have been expected
from many other districts.
This week, the week before the big
Kentucky strike, must be the record
week of the drive. Organize more
Friends OF tho Daily Worker groups.
Only one such group was added last
week More action on the section
and district readers conferences.
And speed the challenges OF the units
and districts and mass organizations,
Here Is the table Study II and see
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-31

SALISBURY, Md. Dec. 29.-Three
poor whites will be used as goats for
the sham Investigation" into the
lynching Of Matthew Williams, Me-
gro worker, here December 4, while
the officials and business men Of the
city who engineered the lynching will
go scot free.
This information was sent today
to the International Labor Defense
by an Investigator who has been
making 4 study Of the lynch terror
launched against Negro workers on
the eastern shore Of Maryland.
The three whites, all brothers. have
been arrested and will face the grand
jury appointed to whitewash the
chief lyrchers. Some Of these grand
jury members are reported to be
leaders Of the lynch gang which
threw the wounded Negro worker out
Of hospital window, hanged him,
dragged him through town, and
burned his body in forty gallons Of
gasolins.
Williams. according to the !. Y. ..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-31
LID. Exposes Neev Whiteevash
Attempt OF Maryland Lynchers
Investigators Find Rope Used in Lynching of
Matthew Williams Came from Fire
Department

investigator, demanded the increase
in pay promised him by his boss.
When this was refused, an argument
began and Williams was wounded by
his employer. Defending himself,
he accidentally killed the naanufao-
turer. On his cot in the hospital,
before he was lynched, he said:
"For nine years was working for
Is cents an hour. I was promised q
raise. Then my boss refused 1t. I
might Just as well be dead as go on
working all my life for IS cents an
hour
Other facts unearthed by the IL.
D investigator are:
That the rope with which williams
was hanged came from the Fire
House Of Salisbury.
That 40 feet from the tres on
which the lynch gang hanged Will
lianls was poster with a picture Of
Jesus, asking help for the poor for
Christmas"
That no preacher IN Salisbury
even mentioned the ghastly lynching
in his sermon on Sunday, two days
later.
That on December the Salisbury
Times admitted leading Salisbury
citizens took part in the lynching
when it stated: "The paper today
is emitting the details Of the demon
stration here last night for the OBJ
vious reason that every reader OF
our paper has had an opportunity to
learn of them first hand by eye wit
nesses."
That A. Murray Phillip, Wiconnico
County sheriff, witnessed the hang
ing, feebly suggested that the body
be turned over to him, but took no
action when it was dragged to the
Negro section OF the town and burn
ed. Later he failed TO remember a
single person whom he had seen or
talked to that Aight.
That while the chief Of police
merely argued with the lynchers at
the front door, small group of them
entered the side door of the hospital
mhindered, and were told by the
head nurse: IT you must take the
Negro, take him quietly"
That merchants in Salisbury arc
still bent on suppressing Negroes who
demand more pay by further lynch
ings; This isn't the first lynching
or the last" said a merchant.