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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PARE.

Ma has been looking for her diamond
ring again for abcut days, not wunt-
ing pop to find it out on account Of
him always teezing her about not
knowing where she puts it, and when
she came home this afternoon I sed,
Good news, ma, found your diamond
ring.
o thank goodness, thawt it was
RELY gone this time and I'm sure your
father has just been on the brink Of
noticing its absentS, ma sed. Where
on erth was it? she sed. I've looked
myself def dunn and speetchless and
I couldent find it. she sed.
1t was in that kind of high pink
looking thing on the dining room
mantel peece, sed.
OF corse, the flower vase, ma sed. I
put it in there so carefully that I'm
sure I never would of remembered it
again, she sed. Where is it? she sed.
Heer it is. sed taking it out of my
pants pockit. and ma put it on her
finger quick, saying, What relief, III
half to give you a nice little reward
I don't want any reward, I Sed, and
ma sed, Can 1 bleeve my ears? You
must be changing your intire caracter,
she sed, and I sed, I was just thinking
it was darn lucky that pink thing got
broke.
Got what? ma sed, and I sed, 1t
was RELY Nora's fault. I got mad at
her and threw a folded up napkin at
her and she lodged like a cowerd and
it hit the pink thing, and even then
it mite not of broke If 1t hadent Of
rolled and fell of, and it mite not of
broke even then if it hadent of hit
the back of chair on the way down,
and If I hadent of picked the peeceS
up so careful mite never of saw your
diamond ring and it mite of got swept
up and thrown cut forever, sed.
My good flower vase that everybody
admired so much, I don't know what
awt to do to you for that ma sed.
Why don't you tell pop? sed.
Being a good anSer under the cir
cumstanees, and herd the fellows
yelling and argewing outside and I
went out feeling lucky.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23
Cards, Gifts and Letters
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

warns to hearts, and tea is simple
dish to serve. Nothing is nicer To
serve with it than hot buttered toast
with a few small homemade cakes or
rich cookies. Or If one has cinnamon
toast it is enough in itself with the
tea. Such simple refreshments are
easy to prepare also. So cost and
trouble need not hinder any one from
the pleasures Of entertaining ones
friends.
It is more often, however, that the
distant threads of friendship are lost
rather than those close at hand. 1t
takes an interchange of letters between
Christmas seasons to make the strands
of affection bind closer. A 2-cent
stamp, a sheet of letter paper and an
envelope, plus few moments to pen a
little note are all that is required to
strengthen these friendships.
See that your desk is supplied with
stationery in note and letter size and
that there are correspondence cards.
Have bottle of ink and pens handy
and penholder that suits your hand,
that balances the way you like 1t to do.
Or, better still, have your own fountain
pen, but do not forget the ink bottle.
The pen needs refilling often when you
are a good correspondent And don't
forget the stamp box and its ready sup
ply of 2-cent stamps.
When you are tired from being on
your feet, rest them, if but for or 10
minutes while you pen the miSs1ve
which will bind friendship closer. Then
don't forget to mail it, Send it off Just
as quickly as you have the opportunity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23
Everyday Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.
Postwar Revivals.

History teaches that every war of any
importance is followed by some sort OF
revival. We are just now in the throes
of a postwar revival. We have gone
through war that left tremendous i'm
pressionS on the minds of the American
people.
One phase of the present postwar
revival may be studied pSychologically
We are going through revival of learn
ing. 1t seems that everywhere people
are clamoring for knowledge. They
want to know more about the world in
which they find themselves. They even
go in with enthusiasm for the abstrac-
tons of Einstein's theory of relatively
That's one thing that puzzles even
Einstein.
The late war succeeded in upsetting
about every settled conviction we had
about humanity in general and its place
in the scheme Of things generally. And
we are doing what puzzled men have
always done. We are turning to the
stars to find out what they can tell us
about this old world. Astronomy is to-
day popular science.
Another popular interest has to do
with what might be called the material
of life. Men want to know what they
are made Of. Hence new interest in
the life sciences, such as biology, chem
istry. psychology.
All in all, the present revival is a
renaissance in popular information as
to the where, what and how of living
things.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.

the gallon jug at ones feet would
solve that other grave problem. how
to keep the weight of the clothes of
your toes. Even when you can man
age to get your feet warm by other
Xpedients-which we will elucidate
preSently-there is always the battling
problem Of keeping the blankets tight
ly tucked in around your neck or ears
without pulling them up from their
anchorage at the foot Of the bed OF
dragging down faulty upon your toes.
Youngish and middle people
who suffer with cold feet often find
an iodin ration brings about great i'm
proyement-not quite so promptly as
the gallon glass water bottle, perhaps
but, say, after the first months ration
Write In, everybody who fits the Symp-
toms, and we'll send you the partieu-
lars and directions for taking your
iodin ration-if you spare us clippings
ask for what you want and incloSe a
stamped envelope bearing your ad-
dress.
Mature persons who enumerate cold
feet among the divers little factors
that prevent them from getting ASLEEP
nights should make 1t an invariable
rule never. never to go to bed nights
without Initiating their bellows. Six, OF
10 slow, even diaphragmuls of air, wher
you first ease yourself under the COW
ers, all done as though you had no
chest at all. will reduce the high blood
pressure, equalize the circulation and
warm the feet and distinctly favor re-
taxation and sleep. When doing this
lie on your back with knees fiexed and
one or both palms resting on your
stomach; pretend your upper chest is
paralyzed all breathing through open
mouth; strive for slow, even rise and
fall Of body, without straining or toe
much effort. The only effort Is in the
imitation of the bellows: defiation &C.
ours purely from elasticity and calls
for no muscular effort at all.
(Copyright, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23

a finish for the hem on fine linen OF
silk lingerie or blouses. II Is easier for
the beginner than rolled hem and just
as effective. Merely fold the edge of the
material in q very narrow hem and
haste. Then I'LL the needle with fine
embroidery thread and take your
blanket stitches so that each one goes
over the entire hem, giving neat little
row Of stitches running across the mar
row hem.
One-two-three stitch Is merely a vari-
alton of blanket stitch and we suggest
using it to give an easy, effective finish
for dress of jersey or fine wool. Us;
fine quality of worsted threaded in q
coarse darning needle. There are sew
eral variations on the usual one-two-
three stitch. The first one shown here
consists Of three fairly long stitches OF
even length, followed by three shorter
stitches then three longer stitches and
so on to the end. The second variation
consists of a short stitch, a medium
sized stitch, one little longer and one
quite long, followed by a descending
arrangement of the stitches. The thirc
variation consists of four stitches Of
graded lengths done so that you begir
with the longest and end with the
shortest and then begin again with the
longest. A fourth possible arrangement
consists Of a long stitch followed BY
two shorts, then a long, followed By
two shorts and so on to the end.
Copyright. 1879
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23
Remedies for Cold Feet

Early in December a New Jersey
reader submitted this timely and home
" suggestion and, while / haven't tried
It personally, ] mean to when 1 get
old enough, and meanwhile heartily
recommend it to all our readers who
SufIer with cold feet. In my own case
the suffering comes on along toward
reluctant to make any commotion at
all more than he makes accidentally
while creeping up to bed in the dark
especially If he has been reading the
latest mystery yarn. Let our New Jer-
sey friend carry on:
Since cider and vinegar are COM
monty sold in glass jugs holding a
gallon, these jugs are available every
where and are commonly thrown away
when empty. II old people, cold people
and sick people will NIL such a jug
with hot water when about to retire
they viii find that as warmers these
glass jugs beat any rubber or metal
water bottles and will keep a bed
warm until noon the next day. first,
because they hold larger quantity Of
water and, second. because they may
be filled with water near the boiling
point. Such q hot jug anywhere in
the bed makes the whole bed snugly
warm. 1t is fine, too, for stiff joints
! am well. but to climb into ice-cold
sheets makes me feel like an icicle and
I just curl I'D and shiver and stay
cold. being afraid to straighten out
and relax. But with my good old
water jug bed is the warmest spot I
know and, with my feet nice and
warm, I enjoy the blast Of cold air
coming In through the wide-open win
dows.
This Is from an old adnirer who
has tested many Of your iconoclasms
and can testify that your health
science Is o. k L. D."
Another feature about this New Jer-
Sey idea that appeals to me Is that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23
Your Baby and Mine
by MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

Despite page-long rehearsals Of her
baby's various ailments, mothers I'M
varying comment at the end of her
letter is: But he is a healthy little
fellow" One wonders what health
means to most moth:rs. Does it mean
just plumpness?
Health is first Of all an absence of
disease, but it Is more than that A
healthy baby is one who is making con-
slant weekly or monthly gains in
weight, increases in height, and appre-
ciable changes in development. There
is no standing still for the healthy
child, there is a noticeable forward
movement
The healthy baby shows his appre-
citation for living in a hundred ways.
His legs and arms go like windmills, his
eyes are everywhere, his joyous wrig-
glings and cooings, his instant response
to whatever comes within his line of
vision indicate that he Is alert to every
kind Of bodily sensation.
He has bright eyes that sparkle and
shine. He has an unblemished skin,
with or without color in the cheeks,
but the satin, smooth skin that adver-
tises babyhood and Astounding health
His hair will be lustrous and strong,
whatever its coloring. Lifel,ss, strawy
hair goes hand in hand with lifeless.
muddy skin and lackluster eyes.
The healthy baby will have strong
muscles that help him to hold up his
head at an early age and in due time
sit with his back like a little ramrod,
disdainful of artificial supports.
Teeth will appear at the proper time
and afterward at regular intervals.
The baby will struggle to sit up. work
valiantly to pull himself to his feet
all well within the limits set for such
activities.
The healthy baby will have a good
appetite (unless persistently overfed)
citing. There will be a desire to sleep
and. after the sixth month the healthy
baby will probably sleep from to 6
without waking, or at least from 10
TO 8. He will do this only If he has
been let alone at night and his good
sleeping habits encouraged.
Health, one can see, Is far more than
just fat. Health is q constant change
and an uninterrupted Joy in living and
all the activities which constitute it.
The blessing Of good health can only
be conferred by two healthy parents.
With such a heritage it remains only
for the parents to take their job Of
rearing healthy baby as seriously as
such a precious responsibility demands.
Health isn't to be had for the asking,
or the wishing It means attention to
the thousand and one details Of proper
feeding, regular hours, consistent air.
ings, daily bathing, and then, to hold
this all together and make baby's day
something besides just a machinelike
routine, lots of love, and patience and
understanding to bind baby's physical
and mental health into the perfect
whole Of real happiness in being alive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23

Among my possessions was Q bat
tered car. I fixed that old bus up so
that whenever desired I could make
it wheeze and stop completely dead.
"There was never anything seriously
wrong with the car. A child could have
fixed 1t. My theory was that most
people know q little something about
an automobile; that most Of those ]
would run into would know enough to
fix mine.
80, in running around over the dis
trict to get votes, made it a practice
to put on my automobile gasping act at
the most strategic points. Then I would
appeal for aid and always got 1t. The
voters were eager to display their knowl-
edge Of mechanics.
AFTER the car was fixed I would
congratulate the voter or voters on q
knowledge of mechanics, casually men
ton that was running for Congress,
and pass on.
"Of course, I may be wrong in saying
that this was one of my most effective
campaign tricks. But can't quite
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23

even IL you did know you have hard
time getting chance to do It.
know a dozen teachers who would
rather be stenographers because that
work would bring them into more ac-
tive contact with people. But they
don't do it because teaching is more
certain and they like the long Summer
vacations.
think they make a mistake The
long Summer vacation does not repay
them for the boredom OF nine months
work they hate. II won't say anything
OF the poor children under them be-
cause that's a large subject that doesn't
belong here.) AS for the certainty Ct
their jobs, the girl who prefers safety
above everything else has to pay for 1t
by lot of dreary work.
The real question is how you are to
find out what you would like best 70
do? Well, think 1t over some Sunday
morning when you are just walked up
from a good sleep. What would you
do il you got no pay but II you did
get lot Of honor for your work? What
would you do II all kinds of work were
equally honorable? For instance, II
cooking a dinner were considered as
fine as being tennis champion--f
sweeping a floor were done in as pleas
ant company as golf-if keeping a set
of books was as highly honored az
writing book. II all those IFS were
true, what would you love to do with
your time? The answer to that may
lead you to business success.
Girls having problems in connection with
OF this paper for her personal advice.
Copyright. 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23
Billy Mink Decides to Travel.
II you find life becomes a bore,
You need change and nothing more.
BILLY Mink


Life sometimes does become a bore
to even such active little folk as Billy
Mink. Doing the same things over and
over becomes tiresome. Nothing seems
really worth doing. Things that were
fun are fun no longer. What is needed
then is change of scene. Perhaps 1t
is because most of them have a change
twice a year that the feathered folk
are usually so happy. They do not stay
long enough in one place to become
bored.
Billy Mink had been feeling out of
sorts for several days. Hunting over the
same old hunting ground day after day
had ceased to be interesting, He was
tired of familiar scenes. Each day was
too much like every other day. There
was nothing rev, nothing exciting.
Il need change" said Billy, talking
to himself. Eyes, sir, need change.
1t is long time since have been away
from the Green Forest, the Laughing
Brook and the Green Meadows. I want
to see something new. I want some
excitement. There is no sense in stay
ing around here at this time of year.
Travel! That's what need. Let's 60"
He started right then and there. That
was all there was to 1t, He had made
up his mind to 60, so of he started.
MRS. Billy that he was going. You see,
he didn't have to pack up or take any
thing with him. He didn't have to walt
FOR q train or a boat or an automc bile,
as you and would have had to do.
No, sir, all he had to do was to decide
in which direction TO go and then start
He was running along the Laughing
running. He followed the Laughing
prO0k HaaPor and daAnar iV1tn the Green
Forest until he came to the pond of
Paddy the Beaver. He climbed up en-
the roof of Paddy's house to rest and
look around. The scent of Beaver came
up to him through little air holes in
the room. He thought of Paddy and his
family held prisoners there by the ice,
and pitied them. They didn't ask his
happy and contcntsd and, Ike Jerry
Muskrat and his family, considered the
Ice blessing. But Billy Mink turned
UP his nose at the thought Of such
quiet life.
1T must be dull, terribly dull down
there" thought he. 'I don't see how
they stand it. I couldn't. Let me see,
where shall go from here? I believe
I'll 60 up along the edge Of the Great
have been that way. There ought to
be good hunting. Anyway, never have
starved yet and don't believe will
there"
After q bit Billy started on, follow
ing the Laughing Brook above Paddy's
pend, for he knew that the Laughing
Brook came down from the Great
Mountain.
Cav, Cav! What are you doing up
here and where are you bound? Look
out or you will be lost" cried Blacky
the Crow.
Billy looked up and grinned. He
knew that that was a little joke on
the part of Blacky. He couldn't amagine
himself getting lost. I'm going travel
ing" said he. i've got the wander
foot"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23
Baked Fudge.

Place two squares of bitter baking
chocolate and half a cupful of butter
in an aluminium bowl, place the bowl
in hot water and when melted add one
cupful of sugar, one-fourth teaspoon
ftll of salt, one teaSpoonful of vanilla
and two beaten eggs. Beat well, then
add one cupful Of nut meats cut rather
fine and mixed with half cupful of
pastry -four and half a teaspoonful Of
baking powder. Spread one-fourth inch
thick or less on a well creased paper
lining or q baking sheet Bake in a
moderate oven until toothpick comes
clean from it, or for about Is minutes.
This should be very rich and tender,
with no crust at all. Before removing
from the oven sprinkle with grated
sweet chocolate, and just as soon as
melted take out, let cool long enough
to set the chocolate, then turn out onto
a wire cooler Cut with sharp knife
into inch squares.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23
Oyster Loaf.

From square loaf Of bakers bread
cut of the top crust carefully in one
piece and take out all the inside Of the
loaf close to the crust. Have ready a
quart of oysters scalded sufficiently to
plump them. and put them in the loaf
just as you would prepare scalloped
oysters, using cracker crumbs and
oysters alternately together, with but
ter, pepper, salt and hot milk mixed
with the liquor drained from the oysters
before scalding. Bake for half an hour
in q medium oven. Leave of the top
crust until the last 10 minutes. Serve
very hot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23
Raisin-Prune Conserve.

Soak one pound of prunes overnight
In enough water to cover Add one
cupful OF sugar in the morning, also
one package of seeded, not seedless
raisins. and several slices Of lemon.
Simmer until the mixture is of the
consistency of marmalade. Stir fire.
quently. Remove from the fire, mash
out the prune seeds and pour the con-
serve in jars. This keeps well in the
refrigerator and Is a good homemade
lam for those who do not have much
fruit for preserving If mixed with
peanut butter and thinned with little
cream, it makes q very tasty and nour-
ishing sandwich for the school lunch
box.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23

IOUT.
The average girl has a lot Of energy
and wants to do something with 1t.
The reason she seems so reluctant at
her desk or counter IS that she's being
that bores her.
There's some kind of work every girl
would enjoy doing.
If she could find that work she'd be
happier.
If she could find that work she'd
do it we'll
II she could find that work she'd
make more money.
But there are two bitches on this
idea. One is that most girls don't
know how to find out what they are
really fitted to do. The second is that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23
Cottage Cheese Loaf.

Mix one cupful of cooked kidney
beans with one cupful of cottage
cheese, half cupful of ground peanuts
one cupful of bread crumbs, one cupful
Of boiled rice, one tablespoonful Of
chopped onion, one tablespoonful Of
savory fat or drippings, one cupful of
tomato juice, and salt and pepper to
it in q slow oven for IS minutes. Serve
the loaf with a medium thick white
sauce, to which may be added two
tablespoonfuls of minced sweet red
pepper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23
Veal Pork Rolls.

Chop about one pound Of cooked veal
and half pound Of cooked fresh pork.
Mix well together, adding half cupful
Of cracker crumbs, and salt, pepper and
sage to taste. Add two tablespoonful
of milk in which two tablespoonfuls of
butter have been melted, and moisten
Form into rolls, dip them in beaten
egg and roll in cracker crumbs and fry
q delicate brown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23

OF Representatives
was discussing this
S u b ject. Talk
shifted to their
first campaigns for
Congress and the
methods they en-
ployed.
One Of the most
amusing S tories
was told by O
member from the
Middle West, now
serving his sew
enth term as q
Republican.
"I had no money.
Ny opponent was
wealthy. 1t was
up to me to Try
~A"Al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23
Spanish Rice.

Slice three medium-sized onions and
cook them until tender and slightly
brown in half a cupful of melted drip
pings. Remove them from the fat, add
half cupful of uncooked rice which
has been carefully washed and dried,
and brown 1t. Then add the cooked
onions, three cupfuls of canned to-
matoes, three green peppers cut into
mixture into a baking dish and bake
until the rice and the peppers are
tender
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23
What Do You Do Best?

Most girls think that If they had
chance they could do better at some
other job. And most girls are right.
II q girl is doing the work she is fitted
for she will do it we'll and she will like it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23

It's a false notion
that most people
are so lazy that if
they had a chance
they would never
do any work at all.
If that were true
no one would do
that hard work of
playing tennis. And
no one would drive
a car eight hours
a day on what is
called n Measure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23
BEDTIME STORIES 81 y r sSse1.,

what kind of a foot Is .that?" de-
manded Blacky looking puzzled.
Billy grinned again. Well" said he,
IF I had wings like you suppose
would say that have the wanderwing. :"
Black chuckled. II get YOU" said he.
You mean that you feel that you just
must go somewhere"
That's it," replied Billy. 81 Just
must"
when will you return?" inquired
Blacky.
when I get tired of travelling" re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23
Copyright. 1919
My Neighbor Says:

When cooking asparagus do not
cover the utensil in which 1t is
being cooked. Cooked In this way
the natural color Of the asparagus
Is preserved.
Place mirrors in q position
where the sun will not shine on
them. Heat causes the quicksilver
on the back Of a mirror TO crum-
BILE.
When grease has been spilled
on grass mating cover the spot
tnickly with powdered chalk and
moisten with q few drops Of ben
zine. When this has evaporated
brush of the chalk and the spot
will have disappeared. Do not
bring q light into the room until
the benzine has thoroughly evapo-
rated.
When your shredded coconut
Is dry and hard. put it in a small
sieve and steam for a while, then
cool.
tCopyright. 1872