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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18
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so that the wind will scatter them for
a long distance and at least some of
them will fall where there Is room to
grow 1t really is quite simple when
you think of It,"
so it is" replied Peter. 80 it Is. I
guess old Mother Nature has a good
reason for everything she does"
And l guess that your guess Is abso-
lutely right" retorted Chatterer, and
started off through the tree tops about
his business.
Presently Peter started on. He didn't
pay strict attention to where he was
going for he was still thinking about
what he had learned in regard to trees.
A familiar odor brought his attention
back to his surroundings. He wrinkled
his nose. 1t wasn't pleasant odor.
Jimmy Skunk has been around
here" muttered Peter. II haven't seen
Jimmy for q long time. I thought he
was asleep. Anyway 1 didn't think he
would come way over here in the Green
Forest. He must be around here some
where right now. I would like to see
Jimmy"
So Peter began to hunt for Jimmy
Skunk or some trace of him. That odor
seemed to be just In one place. When
Peter got a short distance from it in
any direction he could no longer smell
that odor. Yet with all his hunting he
couldn't find trace of Jimmy Skunk
Still Peter didn't doubt that Jimmy
was somewhere about. IT can trust my
nose" said Peter.
All the time Peter was being badly
fooled, for Jimmy Skunk wasn't in the
Green Forest and hadn't been there.
(CopyriGht, lssl)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18
LITTLE BENNY
81 LEE PAPE.

This afternoon had to 60 around
TO my sister Gladdises house to give
her packidge, and sed, Hows the
baby?
Asking more out of politeness than
curiosity, and Gladdis sed, we'll, he has
a little cold, and / suppose mother will
have a duzzen fits when she hears of
1t. That's the way she Is about the
baby so you must be sure and tell her
its positively nuthing serious, she sed.
Sure, I Sed.
And tonite we was eating supper,
and ma sed, Was Gladdis home this
afternoon, Benny?
Yes mann. 1 sed, and ma sed, How
was the baby? and 1 sed, o yes, G, /
forgot
Forgot what. why, what do you
meen? ma sed looking nerviss.
o, its positively nuthing serious,
sed
Benny Potts, what are you tawking
about. is that baby sick, tell me i'm
meeditly? ma sed.
ME thinking, G, she's all excited al
reddy before I've even told her. bet
ter brake it easy. I thawt.
And l sed, Well G, ma, don't get ex-
cited. it could easy happen to any baby.
What could? What could? Did he
have an axsident? Anser me at once.
all day that something was going to
happen, she sed. and I sed, Well G
wizzickers, ma, its positively nuthing
serious.
Do you wunt good hard smack?
ma sed, and l sed, No mann, and she
sed. Then tell me without another bit
of hemming and having what hap
pened to that baby, do you heer?
He's got little cold. I sed, and ma
sed. And what elts, your hiding part
of it from me. and 1 sed. No, amt,
ma, he's just got small cold and Glad
dis sed to be sure and tell you its posi-
lively nuthing serious and G WIZ that's
all I been telling you and holey smokes
all I get is heck.
I'm going to call Gladdis up this very
moment. ma Sed.
Witch she did, and Gladdis told her
the baby dident even have. cold any
more, ony ma was still so nerviss just
a same that pop had to take her to the
movies agenst his will to change her
mind from the subjeck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18
FOOD PROBLEMS
Prunes.
BY SALLY MONROE.

fruneS.
At a hotel celebrated for its delicious
dishes pruneS were recently served for
an appetizer. Fine, large prunes were
selected, and one prune was allowed to
each person. Apparently they were
soaked and cooked in the usual way
only probably not boiled very long. The
stone was removed and the cavity was
filled with foie gras They were then
slightly baked and served each on q
small round of hot buttered toast.
Prune salad Is a delicacy admired
even by those who cannot be tempted
to eat stewed prunes for breakfast. You
will need about three pruneS for each
portion and twice as many orange sec
lions. The orange sections should be
perfectly free from the white skin and
fiber. The pruneS should be soaked and
cooked, but not long enough to make
them soggy or too soft. Remove the
pits from the prunes and sprinkle them
with a little orange juice. Fill holes in
prunes with nut meats. Soak the
orange sections for quarter of an
hour in French dressing. Drain off the
dressing Arrange lettuce leaves on
plates, place six orange sections and
three prunes on each plate and dress
with French dressing that has been
drained from the oranges.
Another good way to make a prune
salad is to fill the holes with cream
cheese instead of nuts Grapefruit or
tangerine sections may be used instead
Of the orange.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18
Everyday Psychology
Cruelty.
BY DIR. JESSE w. sPRowLs.

cruelty.
The psychology of cruelty should be
assigned major place among the lead
ing chapters of human history. At any
rate, good many studies seem to show
that cruelty occupies an important room
in the mental mansion.
Perhaps you have never thought about
it. but there Is certain affinity between
pleasure and cruelty. II you have ever
derived satisfaction from getting even
with somebody, you know something
about the pleasure of cruelty. To be
sure, getting even doesn't always pay
satisfactory dividends. If you are too
persistent, society eventually steps in
and puts an end to your pleasure, known
in psychological terms as Sadism.
Sadism is the mechanism OF getting
pleasure out of inf1icting pain on others.
Back in the Middle Ages a certain
Archbishop of Canterbury seems. to have
derived great pleasure from having him
self punished each day before breakfast
OF course, the archbishop may have
thought he was getting rid of devils.
DevilS were everywhere in those DAYS
and seem to have directed their ma Tor
activities against Sanctified personages.
Nowadays psychologists are telling us
that these devils were merely fictions of
the imagination. Some people are so
constituted that they actually derive
pleasure from being punished. The
mental attitude which invites this pleas
urable cruelty Is known as masochism.
So masochism is the mechanism of de-
irving pleasure from endurance Of pain.
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their days with other people, talking
and Joking and working in q general
atmosphere of alert life, and all of q
sudden they find themselves shut of
into solitude and doing work they
detest
When her husband comes home ut
night the wife Is naturally anxious TO
go out because she hassse nobody all
day; the husband wants to stay home
because he had seen so many people
all day.
Why don't girls learn to be frank
about It? If they want to be married,
why not say so TO themselves at least?
If they dislike housework, why don't
they keep on with jobs they like and
let other people who are more
competent do the housework instead?
Everything Is so awfully mixed up.
Girls who would really love to cook
are ashamed to do so, and are doing
Office work very badly for small pay.
Girls who hate to cook get married and
give up their excellent jobs to turn out
a lot of UNBEATABLE food. So they ruin
their own dispositions and their hus-
bands. Babies, of course, change all
this. but that is a different story and
does not belong in this article.
wind because the habits of pride and
vanity which make woman ashamed
to cook for pay on the one hand, or
on the other, are not going to be
changed by any word of mine.
Girls having problems in connection With
their work may write to Miss woodward
in care OF this paper. for her personal az
vice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18
Straight Talks to Women About Money
BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN.

it of his loyalty, his undivided interest
and his wholehearted effort.
Such a woman usually begins her
traitorous activities at the breakfast ia
BILE. She begins by asking him why he
must be at his desk SO early. She
enumerates other men who leave their
homes at a much later hour.
Next she may ask him whether he
will meet her for lunch. If he protests
the burden of work, she will generally
accuse him of being a slave to his job,
or of lacking the temerity TO assert HIM
self in his own place of business.
Such a woman always inSinuateS to
her husband that he Is being over
worked and underpaid. She will cite the
examples Of other men perhaps doing
the same sort of work. Without COM
pairing also their capacities, RESPONSE
bilities. or other qualities, she will make
an odious comparison OF salaries or in
comes:
If her husband is late in arriving at
home, she will accuse him OF doing
some one else's work, or OF being over
worked and imposed upon.
Frequently we find her airing her
views to any one who cares TO listen. 1t
Is not uncommon to find her expressed
views coming ultimately % the ears Of
her husbands employer, and making for
an intolerable condition.
Such a woman sows the seeds of dis
contentment in a man, and sours his
daily task until every detail of his work
becomes an almost insupportable bur-
den. She deprives him of ambition and
interest. and makes him useless at his
place of work.
She does not always realize the harm
she Is invoking. Usually she believes
she is stirring her husband to proper
recognition Of his rights or claims.
Ultimately the man either becomes Of
less value TO himself or others; or he
becomes entirely useless and Is forced to
relinquish his position. The treason OF
the wife means material loss to every
one including herself. and it benefits
none. not even herself. 1t is a deadly
sort Of conduct.
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lawyers or scientists or teachers.
The other interesting thing Is that
so many girls said that they really
wanted to be housewives. Now you
know as well as I do that few girls
really enjoy housework. Very rare
is the girl who actually gets a thrill
out of cooking a good dinner or making
q bed.
Then why did all these girls say that
they wanted to be housewives? Because
housewife means to them being
married. What they really meant to
say is, What I want most in the world
Is to be married" In order to be mar
ried they are willing to do work which
to many girls is tiresome and dreary
drudgery, that is, taking care of a
house.
Naturally, most girls get their OBJ
jective: most of them are married
Then they start keeping house. And
after they have worked in offices for
some time very very often they find
the loneliness of housekeeping almost
unbearable They have been spending
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18

He had said so rather Scornfully when
Chatterer the Red Squirrel had told
how he had cut the cones just before
they were ready to open and then had
opened the cones and taken OuG the
seeds. That had seemed a waste OF
time and lot of extra work TO Peter,
and he had taken great pleasure In say
ing so. Always he had thought
Chatterer one of the smartest of the
little people in the Green Forest, but
now his respect had suddenly decreased.
However. this feeling didn't last long.
Chatterer has a sharp tongue and he
used 1t. He called him Mr.. Smarty and
pointed out TO him that the seeds in
the spruce cones have wings. When the
cones open on tree the seeds simply
drop out and sail away and trying to
And them would be a job not worth
while. So Chatterer cuts the cones from
the tree and does 1t just before they
are ripe enough to open. Then he
collects them in a pile and at his lei
sure opens them and carries the seeds
of TO one of his storehouses. 1t really
Is q very smart and thrifty plan. Peter,
being honest, admitted 1t.
Excuse me, Chatterer," said he. ST
didn't know about those little wings on
the seeds. supposed they would drop
straight down to the ground. OF course
you are right, and I think 1t is very
smart Of you TO have thought of q way
to make sure OF those seeds. I wonder
what old Mother Nature put those
wings on them for?"
Chatterer was once more good
ed. THAT ought to be plain enough
for even you to see" said he. If those
seeds simply dropped straight down they
would all be right under the tree,
wouldn't they?"
Yes" replied Peter, what of itp"
"And the seeds not used for food
would be likely to sprout in the Spring
and little trees would spring up from
them, wouldn't they?" continued Chat
terer.
"Of course" said Peter. ANY one
would know that"
What chance would they have
crowded together under this big tree
where the sun couldn't reach them,
and where there would be no room to
grow?" demanded Chatterer trium-
phantly. Don't you see it now2 Old
Mother Nature puts wings on the seeds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18
My Neighbor Says:

To prevent cheese from becom-
ing dry and mouldy wrap it in a
cloth with vinegar and keep 1t in
a covered dish.
Keeping your refrigerator free
from unpleasant odors. such as
those given of by onions, fish
and cheese. Remember that milk
absorbS unpleasant odors very
quickly and becomes tainted. So
does butter. Always keep milk
and butter in the coolest part of
your ice box or cellar and you
will have no difiiculty.
A good way to clean oil paint
ings is to cut a raw potato in
halves and rub them over gently
with it. Constantly cut off the
dirty outside of the potato and
wipe away any moisture on the
painting with soft rag. Work
the potato carefully one way, and
with even strokes.
Turnips and beets are improved
by adding one or two tablespoons
OF sugar when cooking.
(CopyriRht. 1912
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18
DAILY DIET RECIPE
SCALLOPED CORN PIQUANT.


Four tablespoons butter, one
tablespoon -four, one teaspoon
salt. one-half teaspoon dry mus
tard. one-fourth teaspoon pa
prika. two cups canned corn,
one raw egg. one tablespoon
table sauce, one and one-half
cups milk.
SERVES 4 OR 5 PERSONS.
Melt butter in saucepan, then
add flour mixed with salt, mus
tard and paprika. When thor
oughly blended, gradually add
milk, stirring constantly. Bring
to boiling point, remove from fire,
add corn, beaten egg and table
sauce. Mix thoroughly. Put into
buttered baking dish and bake in
moderate oven about one-half
hour.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes starch, pro-
tein, some fat. Can be eaten
occasionally because of high sea-
sonings) by normal adults of nor
NAL digestion who are of average
or under weight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18
Potato Dumplings.

Boil five white potatoes and put
them through ricer Add three beaten
egg yolks, two tablespoonfuls of melted
fat and four tablespoonfuls of flour.
Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites
Roll into dumplings and boil in sailed
water for about 10 minutes until they
are light and they float on top of the
water
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18
Novel Toast.

For children who are sick and have
to be coaxed to eat cut their toast
with a cooky cutter in the form of
birds or animals. When the toast Is
nice and brown and buttered, and
served on a pretty plate or tray, ac-
compsnied by glass of orange juice,
it will not fail to appeal to the child's
appetite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18
To Clean Lamp Shades.

Use any standard polishing cream on
soft cloth for cleaning parchment
lamp shades. Wipe gently without rub
bling on only a small portion of the
shade at one time, then wipe of the
cream with a damp cloth. The same
process will remove the dust and smoke
from q wooden lamp shade and from
gilt picture frames.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18

girls said they
would become typ
lists, but what they
really wanted to
be was house
wives.
There are two
things about this
that are interest
ing. 1t Is amazing
that so few of the
girls wanted to do
something big. Few
of them wanted
to be doctors or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18

A woman who is traitorous to her
husbands job is handicapping him so in
LIES race that she is bound to suffer
materially. In every community and
every neighborhood, for that matter,
there is woman who is traitorous to
her husbands job
BY traitorous we mean she is robbing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18

A stunning day dress with loads Of
kharm. Its smart simplicity is so sat-
Styling and becoming.
original. A sparkling enamel matching
shade buckle fastened the narrow belt
At the natural waistline. And, as you
no doubt know, this new shade promises
to be very smart this Spring
The pretts cowl drape of the slim
bodice is very kind, for 1t DISCUSSES
breadth just beautifully. The curved
STAINING Of the skirt, too, has a very
narrowing effect.
Style No. 1884 may be had in sizes
16, 10 years, 36, 38, 40 and AZ inches
bust.
Printed nat crepe silk is also very
good for this model.
Creepy woolens in plain or pattern will
also make up charmingly.
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 Ssries OF dress
making articles. It is a book that will
save you money.
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.
Be sure to NIL in the size of the pat
tern. Send stamps or coin (coin pre-
ferredD. Price OF book. 10 cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18

To buy what one sees, at price that
one can pay at the time, does not, for
the moment, embarrass the purse. But
the articles purchased should serve an
immediate need.
The thrifty way to treat bargains is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18

Peter Rabbit had new respect for
Chatterer the Red Squirrel. Yes, sir.
he did so. He didn't like to admit It,
but 1t was true. To him it had seemed
perfectly clear that If any one wanted
the seeds from the cones Of a spruce
tree the simple and sensible thing to
do would be to wait for the cones to
open on the tree and let the seeds fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18

The most popular of flowers, the rose,
is to be found in almost every country
north of the Equator. More than onqI
hundred species of rose have been de-
scribed and more than, two thousand
varieties are known
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18
MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.

BREAKFAST.
Stewed Apples.
Cereal with Cream.
Cheese Omelet. Date Gems.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Salmon Timbales.
Hot Rolls. Potato Chips.
Brownies.
Tea.
DINNER.
Yankee Pot Roast.
Franconia Potatoes Squash.
Apple Salad.
Boston Cream Pie.
Coffee.
CHEESE OMELETS.
Cook until cheese Is melted
the following: One-half cup
milk, pinch of cayenne, about
one-half cup cheese grated or cut
in tiny bits, one-fourth teaspoon
baking soda. When smooth, add
one-half cup stale bread crumbs
and two well beaten eggs. Mix
all together, pour into hot but
tered pan and brown like any
omelet. Will serve three.
TIMBALES.
One-half cup red salmon, one
cup milk, one-fourth cup cracker
crumbs, two eggs. Season with
salt and pepper and bake in in
dividual muffin tins.
CREAM PIE.
Two eggs, one cup sugar, one
fourth cup butter, one-half cup
water, two cups -four, one tea
spoon cream tartar, one-half tea
spoon soda or two teaspoons bak-
ing powder. Bake in round tin.
This makes one large or two
small pies. When cold, split and
fill with whipped cream sweet
ened and favored; cut after fill-
ing and then frost with same.
(Copyrisht, 1919
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18
DAILY DIET RECIPE
BISMARCK SALAD

Heart of lettuce, l.
Celery stalk, /.
Grated raw carrot, X cup.
Bismarck herring, !.
French dressing, l-3 cup.
Chill sauce, 2 tablespoons.
SERVES 4 OR PORTIONS.
Finely shred small heart Of
lettuce and celery stalk. Combine
these with the grated raw carrot
and thinly sliced herring. Moisten
all with the French dressing and
the chill sauce. Toss lightly with
salad fork and spoon until salad
Is thoroughly mixed with dress
ing, Have lettuce and celery crisp
and cold before cutting.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes nber, much
lime, iron, vitaminS A, B and C.
Can be eaten by normal adults Of
average or under weight. Gould
be eaten by those wishing to re-
duce. If mineral oil French dress
ing were used.
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Housewife .or Typisti

A QUESTIONABLE was given to high
school boys and girls asking what they
would like to do The boys wanted to be
aviators and scientists. Most of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18
Peter Is Badly Fooled.

Zen those who are in wisdom schooled
Are not immune to being fooled.
Peter Rabbit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18
The Woman Who Makes Good
HELEN WOODWARD.

WOODWARD.
a andu
highest
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-18
EARNSHAW IS
GOING STRONG
Big George Turns Back
Indians In Fast
Az Game
By GAYLE TALBOT. Jr.
Associated Press Sports Writer

George EarnShaw, hero Of the
last world series. was expected 20
be a great help to the Philadelphia
Athletics in their quest Of a third
straight championship. but 1t Is
doubtful that even Connie Mack
looked for his big righthander TO
set the sizzling pace he has for
the first two months Of the race.
In turning back the Cleveland
Indians. 4 TO 2. yesterday. Earn
shaw recorded his eleventh con-
secutive victory as against two
defeats. In his last four victories
over western clubs he has allowed
only six runs.
Washington completed its rout
OF the western invaders by scoring
ones In the ninth 10 nose out St.
Louis. 8 70 Z. The victory was
Washingtons twelfth in a row and
its fifteenth out Of sixteen starts.
Rain washed away the only 9TH
er bouts scheduled in the American
league, a doubleheader between the
Yankees and Red Sox at Boston.
In the days only National league
contest. the Brooklyn Robins wound
up their western invasion with a
2 TO 0 triumph over Pittsburgh.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-18
Bluffs PULL
UP NEAR TOP
Houston Within Half Game
OF Loop Leading
Exporters


The Texas League pennant
scramble frightened ND a notch
wednesday night when Beaumont
allowed Houston 10 creep within
half a game Of a Tie for first Place.
Playing the only afternoon game.
the Exporters suffered a shutout
from the fine pitching arm or Bob
Co0ney Of Wichita Falls. | 20 O.
COOney clicked off his eighth VIC
tory Of the season against three
defeats. He Was a double star-on
the mound and AZ bat. After two
had been retired in the eighth. he
singled 10 right and advanced 10
second when earns walked. Allday
singled 10 center 10 score Cooney
with the only run Of the game.
Houston, picked I'D pelnant
Fround with an q 10 2 decision over
Fort Worth Carleton held the Cats
o three hits. and was In front all
the way.
San Antonio had a winning streak
stopped Wednesday night when
thew lost 10 the Shreveport Sports.
s 70 T. Lefty Erickson. knocked from
the mound TUESDAY night In the
first inning. stalked back Wednes-
day night and cot revenge by keep
ing eleven San Antonio hits well
scattered
Al Galveston. the Buccaneers
thanks ~ some excellent nitchinc
from Black HIS Harris. defeated
Dallas 4 70 >. The Buccaneers won
the Dallas series. their first since
an invasion az Wichita Falls the
middle or last Nav.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-18
Meet Is
In Quarter-F Finals

CHICAGO. June Is. p The
fight for the Western Tennis singles
Championship today went into the
ouarter-final round with eight
seeded stars IN the running.
Marcel Rainville Of Montreal.
winner o. Canadss only victory
over the United States III the Am
erican Zone Davis Cup tests. was
paired with Scott ReXinger CT the
University OF Chicago. holder Of
the Western Conference title. at
the TOP Of the upper bracket. with
Herbert Bowman or New York.
metropolitan champion. opposed by
Charles Lejeck Of Chicago.
Harris CoggeShall Of Des MCines,
Ia. defending champion. faced a
tough one In Frank OConnell OF
Chicago. who yesterday eliminated
Leo Leleck. while George Jennings
Jr. holder OF the National Pubic
Parks title. was matched with
George OConnell. veteran Chicago
star.