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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
Household Methods
By BETSY CALLIsTER-
Soaking Clothes.

Try this experiment if you are not
convinced that soaking clothes Is worth
while: Take two blouses of the same
material that are rather grimy, as
blouses are likely to become after one
or two wearings in a city. Partly I'LL a
basin with very hot water and in this
dissolve q little of your favorite soap
chips or powder or work up good
lather of your favorite bar soap. Then
add enough cold water to make 1t a
little more than lukewarm. Put one
blouse in this and let soak Is or 20
minutes. In the meantime wish the
other blouse without previous soaking,
and compare the amount Of scrubbing
ana rubbing YOU have to do to get 1t
clean with the amount needed with
the other blouse after 1t Is soaked. And
remember, too, that scrubbing and rub
bling are injurious to fine fabrics.
Short soaking in lukewarm water viii
not hurt the finest fabrics. In fact.
even wooden pieces may be soaked
long enough to loosen the sotl-5 or 10
minutes--without injury.
II you wash your undertakings and
blouses in the bath rooi1-as so many
women do now-a-days-you will md 1t
q real convenience to have a small en-
annel or agate pail as part OF your
eouipment. You can put your things
TO soak in this Is or 90 minutes before
YOU want to wash them without having
to monopolize the wash basin while you
do 1t.
(Copyright, 1912
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
Brown Betty.

Pare, quarter, core and slice three
medium sized apples. Melt one-fourth
cupful of butter and pour it with the
Juice of half a lemon over one cupful Of
stale breadcrunibs. Mix half teaspoon
full of cinnamon with the. grated rind
Of half a lemon and one-fourth cupful
Of sugar. Butter baking dish. Put in
alternate layers of apple and bread
crumbs, sprinkling the apples with the
sugar mixture and making the last
layer Of crumbs. Pour one-fourth cup
full Of boiling water on before adding
the last layer Of crumbs. Cover and
ba'.e for 80 minutes, or until the APP
pies are soft, then uncover and brown
the crumbs. Serve with cream or with
soft otlstArd O. lemon sauce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
By LOIS LEEDS.

beauty problem, but there are also
cases In which the weight is normal
while the knees are fat. The remedy
Is regular exercise, especially walking.
Active girls who are fond of hiking
and outdoor sports never have bulky,
shapeless knees. Any exercises that in
volve strong fiexing or rotation OF the
leg at the knee are good for breaking
up the Jumps Of excess flesh.
The very bony knee is usually a
sign of underweight. The remedy Is
simple and obvious. No special exer-
cises ere needed but short walks OUT
doors and simple setting.up exercises
are enough. The knee may be mas
sAged for q few minutes daily TO etirlus
late the circulation.
Knock-knees are q beauty problem
that often troubles tall, thin girls who
have been shooting up rapidly without
a proportionate gain in muscular
strength. They are usually Of an ane-
mic type and their physical develop
ment should be carefully watched by
the family physician. Correct diet, suf-
ficient sleep, plenty of fresh air ana
freedom from worry or mental strain
are important. High-heeled shoes should
be avoided, as they put an extra strain
on muscles that are already overtaxed.
Another defect in the knees that
relates TO posture rather than to the
shape of the joints should be men
toned, as 1t is far too common, es-
pecially with little girls. In this in
correct position the knees are hyper
extended, that Is, bent backward, 50
that the back is deeply followed at the
waist and the abdomen Is relaxed. The
whole effect is very ungraceful besides
being unhygienic.
Children and athletic girls who wear
socks need beauty treatments for their
knees to keep the skin soft and smooth.
Especially in cold weather Is it import
ant to pay attention to little knees
that are exposed to the cold. If the
skin is allowed to become rough it is
harder to keep clean. When the knees
become soiled during the day they
may be cleaned by rubbing with
corn meal moistened with water.
Rinse, dry well and massage
with mentholated SAlve. At bedtime
the skin should have o good scr1lbbine
with warm water and eoAp. Rinse,
dry and massage with little oily cream.
when the skin has become discolored,
&c may be bleached with lemon juice.
MoisNen the knee with water, then
rub on 1t the inside Of lemon. Rinse
well and dry thoroughly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
OUR CHILDREN
BY ANGELO PATRI.

be said about it to any one outside
the class room il at all possible. Once
a mistake becomes public. once a child
feels that he Is publicly branded, he
loses his feeling of co1panionship with
his group and that is most unhealthy
for all concerned in him and his well
fare.
AS the children grow some kind OF
organization should grow out Of the
school so that by the time the children
are of high school age they take care
of this as q matter of course. Even
then they are better able to manage if
wise teacher group Is on hand to
assist
I believe it Is unwiss to give q class
an examination and leave the room
saying, You are on your honor"
Honor Is a quality that requires sea-
soning. A full lifetime Is none too
long for its Towering. To put too Sc
we're o strain upon IL In the early
years of school life is to invite trouble.
And there is q great verse that touches
the heart of the matter: Woe unto
him by whom the offense cometh."
Copyright, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05

A young teacher writes to ask If
children are to be put upon their honor
in school. say no. This idea Is based
upon the notion that cheating must
be guarded against, that children must
be made to feel highly conscious of
the moralities of the class room. This
ought not to be done until the high
school age and then in the senior
classes
In the elementary classes 1t is best
to assume that all children are hon.
est and honorable. They are. The
teacher steadily teaches truth, accu-
racy, honor, in the daily routine. She
does this teaching indirectly, but con-
sciously. She - conscious of what she
ID doing as she instills the idea of
truth, accuracy, or honor, from hour
to hour, but the children, though they
are drinking it In with the air they
breathe, are not conscious of 1t.
Little children are slow to catch
the moralities. They are primitive
creatures to whom right is right and
wrong Is wrong. Black and white are
the only colors they know about when
judging their companions conduct. or
their own. Whole classes have been
set by the ears because young
teacher tried to make the little chill
dren conscious of their conduct by
marking themselves honorable, or dis
honorable. The super-sensitive child
wore herself to a sickbed and the cal
lous one joyfully marked himself high
objectionable without culver.
Little children ought not to have this
laid upon them.
In the higher grades Of the ele-
mentary school the teaching becomes
more direct. Stories of right and
courageous conduct are told them.
Lives of great and good men and
women are discussed. Emphasis is laid
upon the flneness of such characters
but little is said as to the personal
moralities of the children. 1t is better
to take it for granted until some one
indicates that he does not understand
the fine points Of class room ethics and
crosses the line. It Is here that, in my
opinion, many mistakes are made. It
Is most unwise to speak about such
breach before the class, to have the
class In executive session pass judg-
naent upon the mistaken classInAts.
This 10 the private business Of The
teacher and the pupil and should be
kept between them. Nothing should
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05

This model Is especially adaptable
to women with figures . little above
normal.
IT'S the wrapped arrangement Of
the front that does the trick. It
creates a heightened, slimming line.
A gathered floucne low priced pro-
videS graceful flare and at the same
time detracts from breadth across the
front of the skirt.
The surplice bodice Is the best
known means to achieve a narrowing
effect.
small patterned fat crepe silk
with plain contrast will prove most
attractive, economical and useful for
daytime wear
style No. 1905 is designed for sizes
So. 38, 40, AZ, A and 46 inches bust.
For pattern of this style, send IS
cents in stamps or coin directly to The
Washington Stars New York Fashion
Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth
street, New York.
You will see one attractive style after
another as you turn over the pages of
our new Spring fashion book.
Styles for children or the miss, the
matron,, the stout-and a series OF
dressmaking articles. It IL book that
will save you money. Price Of book,
10 cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
Clean those greasy,
dirty hands!

USE Melo. 1t cuts grease, dissolves
dirt. Makes soap and water do more
work. 1t cleans pots and pans too.
Freshens burnt cooking vessels.
Brightens silverware.
In the laundry Melo is indispen.
sable. For before you can clean any,
thing you must have soft water.
And Melo 5ottenS water. Scum does
not form. Then clothes wash white.
Melo prevents the dirty ring from
forming around your bathtub. It
saves soap, too. from = to Is the
amount generally used. Melo can be
purchased at your grocer's. Get a
can-today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
Types Of Knees.

While miladys knees are not so much
in evidence since skirts have lengthen-
ed, they have not gone into complete
retirement by any means, and the
chances for their return to visibility
are not so remote as they may seem.
There are three types of ungrace-
full knees-the fat, the bony and the
knock knee. The fat knee has an awk-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
To Remove Ink.

If ink Is spilled on a waxed floor, or
on hard wood or soft wood, mop it up
quickly with q soft cloth, then rub the
spot with fine steel wool wet in clear
warm water. Finish with q clean wet
cloth, let dry, then apply some wax.
Not q trace of ink will remain If you
work quickly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
Uncooked MINIS.

Fold one tablespoonful Of cream IN
with one pound Of confectioner's sugar,
one-fourth teaspoonful of salt. one
beaten egg white and one teaspoonful of
PEPPERMINT extract. Color If desired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.

MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.
Stewed Prunes.
Hominy with Cream.
Omelet. Oatmeal Mullins.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Clam Chowder.
Crackers.
Pickles. Celery.
Cottage Pudding. Raisin Sauce.
Tea.
DINNER.
Tomato Soup.
Baked Mackerel.
French Fried Potatoes.
Baked Squash.
Pineapple and Nut SALAD
Orange Pudding.
Coffee.
OMELET.
Put three eggs into bowl and
give them IL vigorous beats with
fork. Put piece of butter size Of
walnut in very smooth frying
pan, bake over fire until melted,
but not brown; turn in eggs and
shake quickly over the fire until
they are set; sprinkle with salt
and pepper, roll and turn out on
hot dish. It Is much easier to
make several omelets than one
large one.
CLAM CHOWDER,
Fry out three slices fat pork,
i cut in small pieces. Take out
when done. slice six medium size
potatoes and three medium
onions, also cut in small bits; add
TO fat and cover with water.
Cook 40 minutes, then add clans.
cleaned and chopped. Cook i've
minutes longer, then add one and
one-hah pints sweet milk, salt
and pepper, with a large spoon
Of butter. Let come TO boil.
Remove from fire. Serve hot
with crackers.
ORANGE PUDDING.
Four oranges, a pint of milk,
the yolks of two eggs, a table
spoon of cornstarch and one-half
cup sugar. Put the milk in a
double boiler and let 1t scald,
then add the egg yolks and corn
starch with the sugar and let it
thicken, then turn over the sliced
oranges after 1t cools a little.
Beat the whites of the eggs to q
stiff froth and add two table
spoons of sugar. Put on top OF
pudding in little piles.
(Copyrisht, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05

YOU'D almost think that this lawn was moved
on just one side But il wasn'I Two weeks before
the photograph was taken, half the grass was fed
with Loma-then wet down thoroughly. The other
half was left unfed And you see what difference
this scientific feeding made. The Loma-fed grass is
inches taler-thicker greener and sturdier Use
Iona on your lawn and you'll get the same results
For fOweys-j0r vegetables
Use Iona on your flowers and vegetables-you'll
have bigger sturdier plants, that will mature earlier
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
This home treatment

What Masse advises is an ever-so-easy home
treatment You may know it. All Paris does.
Paris says it's the way TO keep that schoolgirl
complexion" First make lather of Palmolive
Soap and warm water (not hot, that may redden
the skin). Second with your finger tips massage
this into face and throat, working the impurities
out of the pores. Third, rinse off the soap with
warm water gradually colder and colder.
There Isn't that cleanliness delightful? And
isn't your skin refreshingly smooth, rich in color?
Ever since the days of the gamourous Cleo
patra lovely women have been using olive and
palm oils for beauty cleansing. Physicians as
we'll as beauty specialists recommend these vege-
table oils. And it is these-and no other fats
whatever-that make Palmolive Soap. They
give it the natural green color you have come
to associate with the name of Palmoive.
You know, there are-all follower 10000
experts who advise Palmolive. They prefet
Palmolive because of its unique vegetable oil
content. So will you. Use it for the BATH as
well. Ii costs but 10 cents cake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
COURT TEST FACED
|. BY MARKETING ACT
st. Louis Commission Men
Say Order Against Boycott
Hits Business.
BY the Associated Press.

A court test of the constitutionality
Of the agricultural marketing act
threatened today as an aftermath of q
decision by Secretary Hyde, finding
that 40-odd st. Louis live stock COM
mission merchants boycotted Farm
Board co-operatives.
AS a defense against charges they
had boycotted the Producers Live
Stock Commission Association and the
National Order Buying Co., the COM
mission men protested the Farm Board
would drive them out of business.
The Secretary ordered the private
operators to cease boycotting the CO.
operators within five days, and that
they be suspended from operating for
go days within 20 days. However, Hyde
reserved the right to cancel or post
pone the suspension order should the
respondents prove they had complied
with the cease and desist order.
At the argument session here in mid
December, attorneys for the respond
entS served notice they would appeal
an adverse decision to the courts,
arguing the agricultural marketing act
which created the Farm Board was I'M
constitutional in allegedly violating the
commerce clause of the Constitution,
delegating legislative authority to the
Farm Board, and permitting co-opera-
tives to select members of advisory
commodity committees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
Feminine PrOnOun
Omission May Save
Woman Condemned
Attorney for Mrs. Hattie
Evans, Alleged Slayer of
2, Cites Law ''Defects."
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TRENTON, N. j., February 25-Con-
tending that the omission of the femi-
nine forms of the personal pronoun
from the New Jersey execution law ex-
empts women from electrocution, coun-
sci for Mrs. Hattie Evans plans a fight
to save her from the electric chair.
The attorney. Ira F. Smith. pointed
out that throughout the law the mascu-
line forms of the pronoun are used, "he,
him and his" but never she, her or
hers"
In support of his contention, he said,
that the law in effect prior to 1906
which prescribed hanging as the mode
of execution. employed both the mas
culine and feminine forms of the pro-
noun. He also pointed out that the
election laws we're changed to include
feminine pronouns after the adoption
of the women's suffrage amendment to
the National Constitution.
Mrs. Evans is under death sentence
as an accessory to the murders of her
husband, Robert Evans, and Albert
Duffy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
ROUTED K|DNAPERS'
GIVEN CASH SOUGHT
Los Angeles Man Reported to
Have Paid $4,000 After
Thwarting of Bandits.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, February 25.-The
Examiner said in a copyrighted story
today that E. l.. 'Zeke" Caress, betting
commissioner" paid kidnapers 100000
several days after police had frustrated
their plans to cash his checks for
$50, 900.
Caress, his wife, and j. Waca, their
Japanese house boy, were kidnapped last
December 20 from their Hollywood
home by three men. Before they were
released, CareSs told police, he gave the
men checks totaling $4,000 and asked
friend, George l.. Bruneman, 20 &C
company the kidnapers to a gambling
ship and vouch for the checks.
AS the four waited on Long Beach
dock they were questioned by police.
Shooting began and when the smoke
cleared Policeman w. H. Waggoner lay
seriously wounded and Bruntman and
Ralph Sheldon, former Chicago gang
Ster, were under arrest. The two other
men escaped, one of them wounded.
According to information from au-
thor1tatiVe sources" the Examiner saws,
Cares, four DAYS following the kid
mapping, agreed to give his abductors
$4,000. And ne mas paid the sum, all
in cash. The money, given Bruneman
by Caress, was turned over to agents of
the kidnapping gang near the Mexican
border at Tijuana"
Caress, the Examiner said, received a
telephone call ordering him to pay 500
900 or you will receive your wifes ears
in the mail" 1t adds that Caress de-
clines to comment on the cash pay
ment, saying, Il have had enough of it
and will be glad to forget it,
Louis Frank and Ray Wagner, ar
rested recently at Proenix, together
with Sheldon and Bruneman, are
charged with assault to commit murder
in connection with the wounding of Of
ficer Waggoner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
ENDS LIFE TO GIVE
FAMILY INSURANCE
Cincinnati Man Had Policies
for 81, 500, OOO-CaIIs
Act Sacrifice"
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, February Is
Describing himself as sacrifice" that
his family might receive life insurance
worth $1,5OO,O00, Lawrence Ach. As,
former broker and one time associate of
his father in the wholesale millinery
business here, committed suicide last
night.
He was the son of Samuel Ach,
Hamilton County commissioner.
His Cincinnati brokerage associations
severed more than a year ago. Ach
went to New York, from where he re-
turned six days ago to plan his death
carefully. He shot himself through the
head in the downtown office of Max
Stern, a friend.
Ach left four letters, all addressed to
relatives, in which he cited financial
reverses brought on by wild specula-
ton" as contributing cause for ending
his life. The insurance policies, he
wrote, would pay obligations of more
than 100000 and afford future for
his widow and children. He cited large
premiums soon due on the policies as
part of his debts.
One letter, addressed to his brother,
Ernest Ach, itemized his debts and said
suicide seemed "the best way to get
out of life and leave money" which
his widow and children could use for
their future
TRY to think he wrote his widow,
that this is sacrifice we are making
for our children and our children's
future. You are losing me, but in place
of my companionship you are getting
independence for yourself and them"
His brother, Ernest Ach, was told in
another letter that he was sorry ter
ribly sorry, not for myself, but for
those to whom I shall bring grief and
sorrow. But I should have thought of
that when I embarked on that wild
speculation again."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
AUSTRALIAN LEADER
HITS DEBT PAYMENTS
Extremist Labor Premier Blames
Overseas Interests" for Com
monwealth's Plight.
ny the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
SYDNEY, New South Wales, Febru-
airy 25.-"Overseas interests" are blamed
by j. T. Lang, extremist Labor pre-
mier of New South Wales, for "at-
tempting to take the bread from the
mouths of our sons and daughters to
satisfy their Unsuitable greed"
Speaking in the East Sydney federal
by-election, the premier reiterated his
demand for reputation of interest pay
ments on Austria's external debt until,
as he put it, overseas financial inter-
ests extend to this commonwealth con-
ditions of repayment similar to those
accorded Britain by the United States"
He charged that overseas interests
had conscripted Australians sons for the
battlefields of the Great War Aus
tralia was in debt, he said, because she
had tried to help Britain in her dark
days, and the least Britain should do
was to extend a helping hand now.
Mr.. Lang reproached international in
terests for buying Russian wheat and
leaving Australian wheat to rot.
The Lang policy of reputation and
imitation of currency has been repudi-
ated by the Australian federal govern
ment and by every other State premier
Mr.. Lang has steadfastly opposed re-
trenchment and reduction in wages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
LAST ELECTED MAYOR
ENDS TERM IN HAVANA
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, February 25.-When the
clock struck noon yesterday Mayor Miguel
Mariana Gomez, last mayor Of Havana
municipality, handed over the key
to the century and-a -half-old building
used as City Hall and took his place as
an ordinary citizen once more
The City of Havana at that time be-
comes a federal district with mayors
named by government appointment in
stead of popular vote.
Mayor Gomez, son of Cuba's second
President, became Havanas twelfth
mayor four years ago at the age of 81
On the eve of his departure from of
flee he told the Associated Press he was
very happy to have it over with"
The government announced that
President Machado had named as mayor
of the new Havana federal district Tirso
Mera, related by marriage to Clemente
Vssquez Bello, president of the Cuban
Senate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
new RECORD MADE
BY SUPREME COURT
Tribunal Unable to Announce
All Its Decisions in One
Days Session.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The United States Supreme Court
yesterday set what its oldest attendants
believe to be a record and precedent.
1t was unable to announce all the
decisions it had ready in one day and
adjourned to continue the reading of
opinions today.
Ending a three-week recess, con-
fronted by as cases fully argued and
awaiting decision, the court returned
yesterday and disposed of 80.
The most important decision was the
first, rendered by Justice Roberts, hold
ing the prohibition amendment valid.
The court also decided number of
other cases presenting prohibition con-
troverSieS, and dismissed a suit brought
by Alabama to tax the United States
on hydroelectric power manufactured
and sold at Muscle Shoals.
1t refused the request of Connecti-
cut to stop Massachusetts from divert
ing water from the tributaries of the
Connecticut River for use at Boston,
and by 5-to-4 decision held that Mas
sachusetts was prohibited from i'm
posing succession taxes on property
placed in trust by Julia and j. Ran
dolph Coolidge of Brookline, that State,
before the law imposing the taxes was
enacted.
The court also decided that Russian
citizens having claims against the Unit
ed States for compensation for prop
erty taken by this Government were
entitled to have the claims adjudicated
in the courts of this country regardless
of the fact that the present Russian
government has not been recognized
by the United States
States were held to have the right
70 impose highway taxes on that por-
ton of the income of persons derived
from carrying the mails, and that per-
sons who borrow money to purchase
tax-exempt securities cannot deduct
the interest they pay in computing their
Federal taxes.