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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
CIOthe a
Child for
Christmas
+ OOK behind the pictured

OOK behind the picture!
- Just try it in the homes of
folk you know, or take a look in
the downtown district these Christ
mas shopping days.
The well-dressed hurry with
bundles. Children groomed to fend
off cold, laugh at Santa Claus.
But alongside them, rubbing noses
against display windows filled with
clothing, and behind the daily pic
ture Of affluence are the children
OF hopelessness.
Look behind the picture-and
you'll find boys and girls who ask
only that Santa Claus bring them
war mclothing for school.
Thin sweaters cover, but don't
hide, shivering shoulders of these
children.
These are the boys and girls who
await you in the Clothe-a-Child-
for-Christnas plan of The Indian
spolis Times.
lust look behind the picture of
" their own lives and you see
naught of faith. The only faith
they have is being forgotten.
They may wonder why the bow
or the girl standing near them be-
side a store window has a warm,
woolly coat-but they don't com
plain. They know that plants go
unheeded in Poverty Lane.
Nor are they jealous of those of
their own caste who might receive
clothing.
If you can get a pair of shoes
and some underwear for nv
Johnny, I'd appreciate it. I've got
TO put paper in his soles to keep
the wet out and he hasn't any
underwear one parent of the poor
says,
VOU go into the home and see
- your child and his needs and
then you shop for. him, so that he'll
have one warm outfit in the snowy
days ahead.
The relief agencies of the Com
munity Fund can not hope to make
special gifts of clothing to needy
children Christmas time. The
agencies must spread their work
over an entire year.
But your enlistment in the
Clothe-A-Child campaign enables
those agencies to spread their work
of relief over wider area. The
boys and girls clothed in this cam
paign will not need garments for a
year. They know how to make
clothing last, in Poverty Lane.
So look behind the picture and
Join the Clothe-A-Child move
ment by calling Riley 5551.
Twenty one new pledges to
clothe children, bringing the total
children clothed to 143, are listed
below.
Washington Bowling League, Illinois all
Ieys (three bOys).
Block Optical Ladies' league and
WOman's Social bowling league 1.-TWO
EirIs).
Avalon Bowling league. Pritchett alleys.
Auditors office of Indianapolis Stock
yards (bOy and GRID.
Employees of Home Insurance COMPANY
Of New York 1.-TWO children).
Mr.. and Mrs, John S. Newhouse, Cum
berland. Ind.
County Judge (bOy and girD.
Monday Before Christmas.
Delta Rho chapter OF The Phi ri Psi
sorority.
Division of forestry. Statehouse.
Coffee shOD Of Hotel Harrison.
Tau Gamma sorority.
Out on North Capitol Avenue.
Delta Gamma sorority. Butler uni-
Nersitv.
II. J. ROnk. 1901 North Alabama street.
(Other Donors on Page 81
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14

money this year to supply those toys, clothes and
other gifts which will bring happiness and diSpel that
bugaboo. depression.
the right foreground of the picture of the milling
shoppers group gathered around interesting store
window display.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14

the cameras horizon in unbroken line except at Me-
rdian street. block away, wher the traffic sign damned
"east-andwest" pedestrians curb while shoppers
automobiles traversed Meridian street.
The crowds, store officials claim are as big as
Does that sound and look like depression? Hardly!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
JOBS MADE BY CITY

Scores to Be Put to Work on
Repainting Bridge Dron.
Employment for several score
laborers under the made work
program" will be provided by a
painting project started today by
the street commissioners depart
ment.
w. H. Winship, street commits
Sioner, reported to the works board
that several extra men will be
needed to repaint all iron work on
bridges within the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
Handwriting
What 1t May Reveal.
BY MILDRED MOCKABEE.
e 49,.
. ~ r." 0~(

7HHIS unusual capital II" immedi-
ately attracts our attention.
Both because Of its form and its
size, we are led to believe that
the writer Is very self-confi-
dent individual. She probably believes
she can accomplish anything she de-
sires, no matter how little she may
knew about it, Although she Is I'M
doubtedly a very capable person, she
seemingly has tendency to overrate
herself. This will frequently antagonize
those around her, causing much un-
necessary friction.
She has possibly been accustomed to
having particularly nice things around
her. Perhaps she has never felt the
lack of money or its attending COM
forts This may have led her to feel
that the best is her due, forgetting that
it is frequently only matter of chance
that makes one poor and the other
wealthy If she would once stop to
realize how so II any must struggle to
live, her sympaLhies would surely be
greater.
Though she, perhaps, is not gifted
artist, she seems to have true artis-
tic appreciation. This is probably a
result of a natural aptitude and care
full training. H. she does not care to
have a career, she could, at least, de-
velop an interesting hobby by devoting
this appreciation to some positive line
of endeavor.
The ultra-mo1ern would seemingly
attract her most. She displays the
newer idea of simplicity of line in her
writing. Handloom work or weaving
would offer her an opportunity to ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
STAY AWAY FROM MY OWN
SEEDS! HOW DO YOU GET THAT
WAY?" SHRIEKED CHICOREE.

chiefly after dark, though once in q
while they climbed up for some in broad
daylight. They had never happened to
be there when Chicoree had visited the
Sunflowers, so he had not seen them nor
had they seen him. But Chicoree knew
that some one was taking seeds, for
he found the empty cells where seeds
had been, and he discovered on the
backs of some Of the big flower heads
little piles of seed husks.
"Some one has been stealing my
seeds" exclaimed Chicoree the first
time he found those empty cells and
one of those little piles of husks, and
worked himself into a great rage.
Thereafter he visited the Sun1owers
several times day hoping to discover
who was taking those seeds. But he
saw no one and couldn't guess who
it might be.
Now Danny and Nanny Meadow
Mouse had come to regard tn Sc sun
flowers as their special property They
hadn't missed the seeds Chicoree had
taken, because he had picked them out
here and there and mostly from flower
heads at the far end OF the row which
Danny and Nanny hadn't even Wis
tied. Then one morning they happened
to look up to see Chicoree buSily pulling
out and eating seeds from one of the
flower heads just above them. Instantly
they few into a rage and started up
that plant, Nanny leading and Danny
right at her heels. Chicoree saw them
coming and instantly guessed that these
were the ones who had been taking
seeds, and he also flew into rage.
Thief Thief" squeaked Nanny as
shS peered over the edge Of the flower
head to which Chicoree was clinging as
he picked out and ate seeds. Get away
from my seeds!'
"Thief yourself!" cried Chicoree.
'"They are my seeds and you are the
ones who have been stealing them"
mo such thingr" chartered Danny
from a neighboring flower head, there
not being room fer him where Nanny
was. They are our seeds. I found
them and they are ours. The sooner
you get away from here the better for
you. And If you are wise you will stay
away"
"Stay away from my own seedsl How
do you get that way?" shrieked Chic
Gree, growing more and more angry.
He suddenly darted at Nanny and it
was by sheer good luck that she man
aged to dodge. In flash he was back
again and this time he nearly knocked
Nanny of. He was little yellow-and-
black fury. And he had all the advan-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
TALES THAT TABLES TELL
BY ALMA ZAISS.

GIVEN lovely pewter bowl, a match
ing salt dish and pepper pot of
such dtgnified intentions, two crackle-
glass cruets, and salad plates as ample
as desired . what hostess could resist
the temptation to mix her salads at the
table . big, worthwhile salads. with
plenty and to spare for each person?
No pale little lettuce leaf plus a
thimbleful OF filling in this case. That
insisted by the large salad SPOON and
serving fork. and we expect Of it moth
ing less than a stout salad Of mixed
vegetables, or assorted fruits, or perhaps
one having a fish or chicken founda-
ton; even one of leftover roast veal Or
pork combined with crisp diced celery.
pimientoS and olives and chopped pen
per. In which case the cruets could be
accompanied bv O pewter or porcelain
bowl for mayonnaise or Russian dress
ing. and it would be nice to have a
tray OF toasted crackers or cheese
waters.
So much for appeal to the appetite"
We may now encourage more decorative
nominations and recall that the salad
course offers the hostess a most beauti-
ful opportunity to introduce nsw notes
OF color and design into the usual
matched service When all other din
ner china has been removed, one NAV
look forward to a change OF color and
pattern in the new pieces which appear
for this short course. So long as they
are in feeling with the general service,
they may be almost anything one wants.
For example, If the dinnerware Is Of
bone china or one of the .porcelains with
a design In which turquoise and gold
tones are prominent, the salad set NAV
be OF plain turquoise blue or yellow pot
terry; or it may be of colored glass.
preferably pale aouamarine glass that
echoes the turquoise, or amber, which
deepenS the gold tone.
Very decorative for luncheon or buffet
service are the Italian and Spanish pot
terry sets which give generously of both
color and pattern. Often one can find
pottery cruets which, If not matching
go very well with the ensemble and
seem in better harmony with its crude
ness than would more finished cruets
in glass.
Those who have china of a colonial
flavor, say Wedgwood or Lenox ware
will find charming opportunity to use
with it either pewter or silver and an
old pair Of cut glass cruets which-if
one Is discreet about it-can be sep
arated from some ancestors hoard with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
How to Wash and Dry Glasses
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

hot glassware on cold marble or por-
celain to drain, and they rub with a
towel in such way that the towel
twists about stemware until the strain
snaps it.
To understand how to wash glass
ware a person must appreciate that
sudden expansion through heat or sud-
den contraction from cold will break it.
If allowed to expand and contract with
comparative slowness, both these dam
gers are averted. Glassware will with
stand years of careful washing, but it
is liable to break the instant it comes
under the strain of too great heat or
cold.
To wash glassware have the dishpan
partly filled with warm water II the
ware is to be rinsed, have the first
water soapy and add just a dash Of
washing soda. If it Is not to be rinSed,
the soap and soda may be omitted, since
there Is tendency for glass to streak
when washed in Soapy water. Rinsing
water should be of like approximate
temperature as washing water, although
1t can be some degrees hotter, as al
ready the glass has expanded in the
first solution.
containers sideways when putting them
into water slowly. In this way the diff
ferent surfaces are not covered in
stantly, and each has the opportunity
to expand the needed trifie. Never hold
tumblers, ETC., with the cupped or open
part up, and never pour hot water into
the containers, If you would avoid two
Of the commonest ways of breaking
glass when washing it. Do not put
glassware into the dishpan and pour
the hot water over 1t. Have the water
ready and put the glassware into it.
Uss soft brush Tor irregular edges and
Hold the towel lightly, so that it does
not drag or pull on the glass when
drying it. Polish with a second towel.
All surfaces must be rubbed If the
glass is to shine as 1t should to look
its best.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
NY Neighbor Says:

Leftover buttered toast can be
dried in a slow oven and then
rolled and the crumbs are al
ready buttered and ready to use
on escalloped mixtures.
Never roll pie crust immedi-
ately after removing it from the
refrigerator. Take it out of the
refrigerator about an hour be-
fore using and you will have a
better crust.
One cupful Of prunes which
have been soaked overnight,
pitted, chopped and added to
one and one-half cupfuls of
bread crumbs, makes a delicious
stuffing for roast duck. Moisten
the stufflng with cold water.
Itemize the different articles
Of furniture and clothing in your
home. In case of fire such a
list would be invaluable.
Copyright, 193l)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
Everyday Psychology
BIZ DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs,

Fifteen years ago DR.. Sigmund Freud
of Vienna, Austria, was q sort OF
sensation" Such sensations" come
along about four times century. Some
of them are more sensational than
others, Of course.
It may come as q sort Of surprise
to some, to learn that Freud Is being
taken seriously by those who are cast
ing about for a recasting of psychology
This recasting is another thing that
seems to take place about four times
century. In the "shake-up" something
has happened to the sensational" fea-
lures Of the Freudian doctrine.
For one thing the idea Of depressed
desires" is not so sensational as it
once was. At least repression" need
not be regarded as something to worry
about. AS q matter of fact you wouldn't
know you had desire" unless 1t met
with some resistance" somewhere,
some time.
From latest reports, Freud still holds
that "the dream is the royal road to
the unconscious" If the sage of Wen
ma lives long enough, he may revise
that theory, stimulating as it has been
and still is. Those who study Freud
carefully are beginning to say that the
Great Unconscious is not so uncon-
scious as Freud first commended. But
let the recasters settle that!
(Copyright, 1881
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18

koaAeI G2J
months the queens, which have sought
shelter in some crevice or under the
bark of a tree, await the warm SUM-
shine.
One bright Gay in early Spring the
Young queen aVakens and knows she
must hurry and establish her family.
A dead tree or "a fence rail will furnish
her with building material. She chews
the wood she scIapeS from the surface,
mixing it with saliva MANUFACTURED
in her mouth With this well chewed
pellet, she flies tc a tree. and on lower
branch places the foundation to her
children's home The strong paper
pulp mixture will be cemented to the
wood, and on this she builds several
shallow cells facing downward. Into
the cells she cements a tiny banana
shaped egg.
The roof over the cells is now be-
gun and, by the time her first children
are calling Tor food, their rooms are
we'll protected from the weather.
The mother flies here and there,
seeking a juicy caterpillar, a grass
hopper or fly. Her children demand
meat. She removes all the indigestible
parts of an insect and gives her babies
the soft, tender bits. They grow very
fast, and she adds to the rooms, making
them deeper. Finally the fat young
sters fit their room so snugly that they
weave a curtain before their door.
They are still hanging head down. But
now their heads are SO large they can
not fall out of the narrow cell.
The mother has a respite from mar
keting, and she builds more rooms for
her second group of children. BY the
time they hatch and are calling loudly
for food the first children are ready to
cut their way out of their tight quar-
tiers. They are ail daughters and willing
workers. The mother has assistants
who take over the building and mar
keting. From now on she devoteS her
self to the filing Of cradles. The old
rooms are cleaned out and made ready
for the tiny egg
In this city thGie are often 1000 bees.
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When more room is needed the inner
layer is removed, chewed and placed as
an outside layer. To feed thousands of
hungry infants Is no small task Be-
sides, these youngsters must be taught
to clean house and make paper
In the Fall large rooms are built to
house the future queens. There will be
cells a little smaller for the drones.
Each month hornet comes of age.
The last children are princes and
drones. When the cold weather arrives
the drones die. The young queens seek
a sheltered spot not far from the old
home. The busy workers have accom-
plished their work and pass on to their
reward. The great paper home Is de-
serted and empty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18

out undue suffering to the owning rela-
tive. since not many are as yet aware
that cruSts are back again"
1t is not a bad stroke of economy to
plan for a noteworthy salad course.
For one thing it is a most healthful
habit. If the foI egoing foods are not too
heavily INDUCED in, salad is enjoyed
with keenest relish and good physical
results, and desserts may be any little
tidbit thereafter &. Two points to re-
member in these days when the effort
is to make Budgets go as far as possible
without seeming to 90 so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
Does Your Wife
Lead aD0uble Life?
Laundry Expert
Advises Careful
met Bag" Washing
Explains Why Manhattan's
Modern System 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 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 60 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.
Pleased BY Long Wear
In a recent letter to the Man.
haitian Laundry, Mrs. E. r. D.
writes:
%. But the one actual fact
that pleases me most is that
the clothes do not show as
much wear as they did when /
had my laundry done at home
1t is indeed pleasure to
recommend you :"
This letter is typical of the many
received by Manhattan from salts
ned customers throughout the Dis
trict of Columbia and Virginia.
Everything Delivered
in Three Days
Quite another Manhattan feature
which has found great favor with
Washington housewives is their g.
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 is no addi-
tional charge for this extra service.
Many Money-Saving Services
Manhattan offers the housewife
q wide selection of economical ser
vices - from Complete Finished
Family to individual piece work.
There IN q service to fit every need
and purse, and every service re-
eeives Net Bag Care-which saves
sSon money BY saving your clothes.
eaaR eEn1.Rnanh HenR7iahnaA ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
FASCINATION
IS hers except

@ Graceful as Spanish senoritas,
chic as the Parisienne, beauty
loving as the Italian, and alluring as
the Oriental-is the American girl.
But English compilations are the love-
liest in the world. For fourteen dec
AIDES Pears Soap has been the favor.
lite complexion care of Englishwomen.
Get a cake. Watch Pears rich lather
bring the rose-leaf color to your face.
At all drug and department stores
wherever toilet goods are sold, un-
scented, 15s. Scented, q triie more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
DILL 1N1L - 4 OANAAlO W. Burgess

tage, for he could dart in and away
while Nanny and Danny could only
cling to the big plant and dodge around
the stem as best they might.
But they were not bit inclined 70
yield They snapped at him and
squeaked with anger which amounted
to fury, and called Chicoree thief and
robber and all the unpleasant things
they could think of. Chicoree replied
in kind. Although he was one to their
two. he was having rather the best Of
it. for of course he was wholly at home
in the air while Danny and Nanny
were not at all at home so far above
the ground.
It was a most unpleasant quarrel and
such q foolish one. There were more
of those sunf1ower seeds than Chicoree
and all his family and Danny and
Nanny Meadow Mouse and all their
family could eat in q year. Further
more, those seeds didn't belong to any
of them. They belonged to Farmer
Drawn. They were fighting over some-
thing they didn't own and to which
none of them had any real right. Could
anything be more foolish? But quarrels
are foolish anyway and more Is always
lost than ever gained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
Rice Mullins.

Mix together one-half pint of boiled
rice, one-half pint of milk and five
ounces of sifted flour, little at time,
and stir until there are no Jumps. Add
one tablespoonful of butter melted, the
yolks Of three eggs, and pinch Of salt.
Last of all, add the whites of three
eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Bake in
small pans in q moderate oven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
To Mend a Leak.

To mend leak in a tub, bucket or
pan. turn the utensil upside down and
at the leak put a small quantity Of
powdered sulphur. Heat a knife very
hot and apply to the sulphur. This
will burn ard melt. Spread it over the
hole and it will stop the leak for a
needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18
A quarrel ne'er is worth the cost
in wasted time and temper lost.
Old Mother Nature.

~HICOREE the Goldfinch, whom
many people call the Wild
Canary, although he isn't a
~ Canary at all, is very fond Of
sunflower seeds. Having a
roaming dispositions, he knows where
all the sunf1owers grow for long dis
lance around. He knew all about that
long row at the end of Farmer Browns
cornfield. In fact, he liked to think
that those sunf1owerS had been planted
specially for him.
Now Danny and Nanny Meadow
Mouse had been feasting on those seeds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18

A ladder made in England of alumni
mum, z feet long, weighed but 4 ounces
and withstood the test of supporting a
weight of 500 pounds. 1t was designed
for household use and in capacity it
is a great success, for 1t may be carried
about very readily.
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, IASSWARE would last much
longer than 1t does in the av-
erage family If 1t were prop
, erly washed and dried. 1t is
amazing to notice the careless
n which women, otherwise COM
wash this fragile ware. They
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Note-Analpsis OF handwriting is not
pestioGtorS. but ali agree it is interesting
and lots OF fun. The Star presents the
dboUe feature in that spirit.
II you Dish to hoUe your writing
analvsed, send a sample to Miss Mockd-
2-cent sfdmp. 1t wW be either inter
preted in this coLunln or gou. otH -sceipe
ioiiI lind an Interesting study.