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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-16
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. d.

think we published here recently
the interesting case OF cure of the
carrier" state another medical friend
reported. After the diphtheria carrier
had persisted in NARROWING virIlent
diphtheria bacilli tas determined by
animal test in spite of all attempts
to disinfect the tonsils, the doctor
finally carried his diathermy apparatus
to the patients home (the patient, of
course, was not i'll, but quarantined)
and there electro coagulated the ton
sis. That cleared up the focus of in
lection and the health department lifted
the quarantine.
One swallow doesn't make q Summer
However, I should have a diathermy
treatment or two, rather than the old
Spanish custom, II thought my tonsil
haroored any kind OF septic focus which
might De responsible for my "rheilma-
tiz' or anything like that.
Good, scientific, conservative. TWEEN
tleth century, humane. skillful and
satisfactory treatment, this diathermy
eXttrpation or electro-coagulation of the
tonSils. and the old-timers who are
still hacking them out with guillotine.
scissors, snare and other crude gadeets
may as well become resigned to quiet
times, for the general public Is mostly
like myself that wayne don't like to
be hurt, we don't care to do any un-
necessary bleeding and we'd rather keep
up and doing while our tonsils are
being disposed of.
Children under 10 years OF age are
out of luck so far as this modern treat
ment is concerned, that is, as a rule.
Here and there a child is so tractable
and well brought up or doctor is so
patient and skillful in dealing with
children, that even a e-year-old
youngster may be successfully treated
with diathermy.
Adults, and particularly those handi-
capped by any ailment or complication
which renders them bad risks for sur
gerry. should submit to nothing less than
diathermy or electro-surgical tonsil
treatment, no matter what wiles OF
arguments the throat surgeons may en-
ploy to discourage them. There are
good doctors in nearly every town now
who provide this boon for patients.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-16
OUR CHILDREN
By ANGELO PATRI.
The Blame.

We are a queer lot. No sooner does
something untoward happen than at
once we must fix the blame. Somebody
Is to blame. Somebody is to be pill
loried punished, made to suffer for the
Ill that has befallen. We spend lot
Of time and energy in fixing the blame,
make somebody very unhappy and
then go our way briskly, as BELTS a
duty-doer.
Now blaming somebody for some
thing requires nicer sense of dis
elimination, a nicer Judgment, than
most people will acquire here on earth.
Indeed it requires an infinite wisdom
Only he who understands the human
heart, knows its weakness and It's great
strength, its trials and its courageous
endurance is worthy to take the seat
of judgment.
A boy makes q terrible mistake I'm
mediately the cry goes up: Who Is to
blame? The school; the parents; the
boy; the church: the victim of the
mistake. Anybody will do so long as
we can fix the blame and forget the
matter promptly. But that will not do.
The blame cannot be fixed, the problem
cannot be solved, so easily.
When boy or girl goes wrong so
that society Is forced to heed and take
steps" blaming anybody helps not in
the least. What We need to do is TO
search for the cause of the child's mis-
take, and proceed to make such an
error impossible for the next child If
that is humanity possible. Forget about
blaming people. Nobody makes such
mistake If he can help it. When he
commits a crime against society it is
because he has gotten to the place
where it was inevitable. We must
prevent his arriving there. How?
all 10 n1,EI
tSter every one of them and see them
safely on their way to self-control,
to self-help. That means that our
supervision Of children will be main
tanned from the time they enter school
until they are self-sustaining members
Of society. 1t means that we establish
schools that will care for every child
as long as he needs care or training. or
education. For some this means but
a few years. For others it means for
the period Of their lives. We cannot
allow children TO be tossed out on the
world before they are able to sustain
themselves there creditably. We cam
not throw the incorTigible child out
and let him take care Of himself as
best he may until the courts take him
in charge. We cannot blame him for
his misdeeds and forget him.
We are always tempted to say, PUT
him out" forgetting that when we do
20 we have TO leave another door open
so that he may come back. He does
not cease to exist as a problem because
we have tossed him out of our i'm
mediate consideration. He Is going to
return-and be blamed.
Now instead of all this-the throwing
out, the failure, the court sessions. the
commitment, let US provide schools
that will take care of every child. of
every condition, as long or as short
q time as is necessary for the safety
OF the child. This means q readiust-
ment Of some of our views, of some
OF our social and legal machinery, but
it VIII have TO come. Better soon than
late.
(Copyright, lsSi.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-16
Everyday Psychology
A Secret Of Success.

Success has many secrets. That's be-
cause the depth Of the human mind has
never been fathomed. And since success
depends upon knowing how to handle
people, you are always dealing with the
unknown.
One secret of success Is to learn to
keep from telling secrets. You can
never gain the confidence of one man
by telling him something confidential
about another.
Your story may be interesting. But
it will be more likely to throw the spot
light upon yourself than upon another.
Men who are worth trying to get along
with are turned against you the moment
secrets. The prospect of having you
around is, to say the least, embarrsss-
ing
What Is the makeup OF the man who
tells secrets and then pretends that he
knows still others? Nine times out Of
ten he is a weakling He is trying to
initiate his debated ego. He Is thinking
about himself instead of about the sue
cess he would like to attain. When he
pretends to possess mysterious tnforma-
tion the mystery he Is trying to conceal
Is not what he knows but how he feels
Mysterious things have always been
fearful things. That's why children are
afraid Of the dark. That's why people
fear the possessor Of mysterious infor-
nation.
II you just can't keep from throwing
light on dark things, you can't help
throwing light on yourself.
Copyright, 1917
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Diathermy in Flu or Grip.

Early in February I received the fol-
lowing note from a physician who has
nad wide experience and gratifying sue
cess according to what his patients
tell mel with the diathermy extirpation
OF the tonsils:
Il have just read your editorial
and thought / would inform you about
a novel experience with diathermiza-
ton of the tonsils during our recent
epidemic of flu
Il have had the unusual opportunity
OF observing number of incipient flu
cases and the effects Of diathermiza-
ton in cases presenting. tonsillitis at
the onset. 1 foolishly did not wear
any mask at the first sittings and con-
tracted the flu myself l know better
now. I wear a mask now.
Strange to say all the cases cleared
up after a treatment or two. Perhaps
this doesn't prove anything, except that
such treatment does not aggravate an
existing acute infection.
las nearly every one here was suf-
fering from some grippe condition I
made it point to get in touch with
patients who had had their tonsils
diathermized in the last few months,
and ! found not one who had con-
tracted the present grippe or flu"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-16
DAILY DIET RECIPE

CREAM CHEESE CAKE,
Zweiback, one package.
Butter, two tablespoons.
Sugar, two tablespoons.
Sugar, one cup.
Cream cheese, one pound.
Flour, two tablespoons.
Salt, one-fourth teaspoon.
Vanilla, one teaspoon.
Eggs, four.
Fresh cream, one cup.
SERVES SIX TO EIGHT POR-
TIONS.
Roll zWeiback into crumbs and
add the butter and two table
spoons sugar, which have been
creamed together. Rub this mix
tuTe until the Ingredients are
thoroughly blended, put in the
bottom of q baking pan pref
erably . spring mold. Cream
the cup Of sugar with the cream
cheese until well blended, add
-four, salt, vanilla and beaten egg
yolks. Mix well and add the
cream. Fold In the beaten egg
whites. Pour this mixture into
the baking pan on top Of the
crumbs. Bake in q very moder-
ate oven (325 degrees r. an hour
or more, until no depression Is
left when touched in the center
With . finger. Cut and serve like
cake, Very rich, but delicious.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes protein, fat,
sugar In large amount very
little starch present. Rich in
lime, iron, vitamins A and B.
Should be eaten in moderation
by normal adults Of average or
under weight.
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DOROTHY DIX's LETTER BOX

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She 1e'dss # s sna
the young brothers getting respect
NY Nerves ths d eanne 1 stay m
have business education and a good job BABE
hm h Senses wdrB S ne snd an Ta there no e g
having life your shattered continuing
to your % il,
n & 9Rs 1 @ & S os5 "a that d
me- that
h @ h i' on s ha'' perfect right make FOR
6 25S as up o ssd % P s think a for e
ne suSect IL s of Rsos st may bgh n ns T
think that when they hur insults at each other other
particle
with T asss ae ass that sRn ny ys 8o with
in ' 1'"l" "'@l
by their quarre would themselves the
DEAR DOROTHY DIX have who married the
darling little girl only little d9 nn than he THEY have oesuiu
other fhey
keep girls Very fond Of
Little G and have d DONE sgS1s9g the g9d could
together if there
divorce least until they their
setting up home playing parents now like ohhdreh
Themselves Children Is and Incapable the love s and
BY marrying FssponSes
and they boy a a . 3 . % .ss spsp along b s5s
nohnS oomnon They ansonio eona lnSy nave
but do not how helped morality
may born - ' DOROTHY
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Spanish? And the next one, Do I do
bookkeeping? mo, don't know Span
ih." say I. land I'm not bookkeeper. "
You should have heard that bird try to
high-hat mel
why don't you stenographers learn
bookkeeping? You'd make more money"
oh" I said, very cold and distant,
like a lady, would I? And may ask
how much your job pays here?"
Well" he says, "twenty-just to start
with"
Well" I said, 81 always get thirty
for stenography alone"
Here's a query for today:
Why does a girl who does bookkeep-
ing and shorthand get less than If she
did Just shorthand alone?" Ask me
another.
Was I married? they asked in the
next place. mop Well, We want mar
RED women only"
Did I live ct homer mo" said.
We'll, we want girls that live at home, "
said he.
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I didn't say a word. I just got up
and walked TO the door and then l
turned and said: Why don't you pay
enough to a girl to live on away from
homer" You should have seen his face.
The prize came yesterday. Everything
was swell and I thought / had landed
the Job when all of a sudden the guy
said: do you wear eorsets2" thought
he was being fresh. But no. His face
was solemn as dry judge. NO" ]
said. WHY" We'll, we manufacture
corsets and we can't hire girls who
don't wear them"
"Oh, is that alp" I said. "I1l begin
tomorrow. I'll buy one today" / said
1t fast, too.
He shook his head sad like mo, no
You wouldn't have the proper enthusi-
asm, I'm afraid"
So yesterday / went by the Office to
see the girls, and put on my best rags,
just TO show Pinky how fine was get
ting along.
Well, here am now, all comfy, with
my rosy little feet in tub Of hot water
My feet are getting bigger and my head
smaller every day. But, baby, counted
my money today, and I have enough for
another month, and, big feet and small
head and everything, I'm glad l quit
that old prune.
Aren't you ever coming back. you
Stacker? KENNEDY.
Copyright, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-16
Cork to Gust Street Cars.

Following thu success of luxurious
buses running on highways out of
Cork, Irish Free State, the city has de-
eided TO scrap all its street cars and
substitute motor buses entirely. The
Dali is expected TO shortly pass a bill
providing for the change Although
Cork has a population of 80 900 and
its suburbs have 10000 people, the
municipal car lines have been operat-
ing at loss for some time There al
ready are q number of buses operat-
ing In the city and 1t is estimated that
more than so additional ones will be
necessary to maintain satisfactory serv-
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that there are as many ways Of saving
trifiin9 sums scarcely noticeable at any
one time. In aggregation they amount
to considerable saving.
1t Is so easy to leave the radio rum
ming just for little while after one is
through the special interest program,
Perhaps you leave the room and fall
to return to shut it of for q little
while. No one Is getting any good
from the program, Then, too, it some-
times happens that the sound is shut
of without the electric current being
shut of The electricity In each in
stance Is being wasted. You may
wonder just why the electric bill Is @
bit higher when the months bill comes
Think Of your radio and during the
current month enjoy 1t but do not
waste the current
This Is true OF electric lights left
burning when no one is In 9 room.
The lights can be turned on any in
slant they are wanted. There need
be no Inconvenience.
In considering gas, remember that
matches are cheaper than gas. Turn
OH gas stove burners when they are
not In actual use even though they
may be wanted shortly. Have matches
handy.
Overdue fnes on library books are
trifies. But they can mount up in the
course Of q year, II one is careless. One
day overdue fines are scarcely worth
considering. but even they, II frequent
will count in the long run. Also unless
one gets the habit OF prompt returning
of books the time when they are over
due grows from one day to many.
One woman gaSped over the fact that
she had SIS cents to pay at q lending
library. She realized that she had
finished reading the volume several
days before she took it back She not
only wasted good part of this sum-
but she also kept the book out of circu-
lation. As she had passed the library
several times during these days, it
would have been no inconvenience to
have taken back the book and saved
her pennies.
(CepYriRht laail
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baby has a fretfuI spell, is
feverish and cross and can't
sleep, let Castoria soothe and
quiet him. Sometimes it's a
touch of collie. Sometimes it is
constipation. Just keep Castoria
handy and give freely for any
OF the above conditions; relief
will follow promptly.
All through babyhood, Cas-
toria is a mothers standby, and
wise mothers do not change to
stronger medicines as the child
grows older. Just increase the
dose of Castoria and keep the
youngsters stomach sweet and
the bowels in good order.
To be sure of getting genuine
Fletcher's Castoria you should
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-16
THE STARS
DAILY PATTERN
SERVICE

Smart sophistication ever delights the
heart of youth with awakening style
consciousness
Who wouldn't at the early age of
8, 10, IL and IA years adore this new
peplum model. 1t has a capelet, too,
It ends in rather an interesting abrupt
manner In flared sleeves, with q pref
thy yoked front bodice.
The skirt is circular.
Style No. 3o71 is so fresh and young
In skipper blue and white bastiste
print.
It's very nice, too, In q printed crepe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-16
A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLUMMER.

His name was Gabriel LejeuneSs. It
was so similar to mine that at An
napolis the upper classmen got the idea
when I was plebe that should mem
orize 'Eyangeline' and recite it at their
pleasure. I did, and recited it so
often that believe could go through
the whole thing right now.
so they called me 'Gabe' But"
and he smiled significantly, mo one
but those in my class ever have nerve
enough to so address me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-16
Glazed Carrots.

Cook six large carrots for IS min
utes in boiling sailed water. remove the
skins, cut into slices, and place In 3
pan. Make q strip with half o eupful
Of brown sugar, ene-fourth eupful of
butter and one=fourth cupful of hot
water. Pour over the carrots and bake
until brown. Basic occasionally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-16

children are happy and
- carefree by nature, SO
when they cry for no apparent
reason any careful mother
worries. No one can always
guess just what is wrong but
the remedy can always be the
same. Good old Castoria!
There's comfort in every drop
of this pure vegetable prepare
ton and not the slightest harm
in its frequent use. AS often as
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date yourself like
/ h a t. Cuckoo i 8
old stuff; it's hay
wire now. Well,
that's settled. Sure
I am. I'm haywire.
And don't I know
it now?
Sometimes I think
these people that
advertise are just
rubbing me. The
things they want +!
One boss wants to
know Do 7 knOW
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-16

WHEN albeT -ulnIleE
speeches would be
a thing of the past
expressed only half
OF his actual feel
ings about this
matter of public
dining, in the opin-
ion of those in
Washington who
know Hell an
Maria"
They say that
u n lie IS he has
changed greatly
since his vice
presidential days
he would like to
see both dinner
and speeches abol-
ished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-16
In Hot Water.

All INV " NN~A'
Miss Kennedy, the stenographer sat
with her feet in large. pail of bot
water, a pad on her lap. With a sense
of Well-being, she wrote q letter to her
friend Bettina Norman. Bettina was
still away, recovering from an attack Of
influenza.
Dear Bettina: Yours received, saying
that I'm cuckoo to leave my Job. Don't
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-16

de chine for best in eorsl-red and
white.
Printed lawn, linen, shsntung, dinity
and rsyon novelties are very effective
ard practical materials
Size 8 requires 2 So yards of 35-inch
or 2 3-s yards 3e-inch.
For q pattern Of this style, send is
cents in stamps or coin directly to The
Washington Stars New York Fashion
Bureau, Fifth avenue and 2eth street,
New York
Our large Fashion Book shows the
latest Paris has 10 offer in clothes for
the matron, the stout, the miss and
the children. Also a series of dress
making articles. 1t is a book that will
save you money.
Price of hook 10 cents
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.. and then we changed
to CHEVY CHASE

"OF COURSE it had TO happen that
the very day we had no cream in the
house, Dad wanted a cup of coffee.
He took it black, but grumbled
something about "a new milk bottle
over at Eds that we ought to have.
Smother Investigated, and found
that Eds family had always used
Chevy Chase Milk. Lately they had
received this milk in the new-shaped
crean-tOP bottle. Mrs. Ed just
swears by it.
CAT regular times it's just like an
ordinary milk bottle that you shake
up before pouring out the whole
milk. But, when there's an emer.
gency. when you need cream, and
need it in a hurry all you have
to do is pour it off the top of the
bottle - using the handy separator
provided. It's easy, simple, and
saves a world of trouble and
embarrassment.
Is. So the next day we changed
to Chevy Chase"
Chevy Chase Milk, District of
Columbia Health Department In.
spected, comes to your table rich,
Wholesome, pure, and delicious.
Hail the familiar wagon, and get
the new cream-top bottle, and q
separator! Or telephone West
Ol83. You'll like the courteous,
efficient service as much as you
enjoy the milk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-16

Girls having problems in connection with
their work may write 10 Miss Woodward, in
care OF this paper, for her personal advice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-16

p ANDOM notes in A Washington Day
~ Book.
Ambassador Dawes recent remark in
London that he longed for the day
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The Woman Who Makes Good

WOODWARD
OF
n
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He once admitted that the walters
gave him his biggest kick" at Wash
ington dinner parties. Washington
hostesses hire additional walters when
they give big dinner party. Night
after night Dawes would encounter the
same walters at different places, each
time in different livery.
A silent friendship grew up between
them and the Vice President. Dawes
would frequently look for a familiar
face among the walters at a dinner
party and reward him with sly wink.
Recently there appeared in this
column an account of how that great
leatherneck''-Maj. Gen. John j. Lee
jeune-got his nickname of "Gabe."
1t was furnished by lifelong friend
Annapolis and one of his greatest adj
mirers. His explanation for the origin
Of "Gabe" was that the general as q
midshipman was so fond of sleep that
his classmates were wont to remark
that unless one of them elected him
bodily from bed in the morning he
would sleep until Gabriel sounded his
trumpet.
The other night Gen. Lejeune, now
retired, came up to Washington from
Lexington, Va, where he is superin
tendent of the Virginia Military
Academy.
Over coffee and cigars the writer re-
minded him Of this story of his nick
name and asked If it were true.
"Al wrong" replied the general, "all
wrong. And I have reason to know"
A little coaxing drew from him the
authentic story
You see," said the general, "T went
to Annapolis from a parish in Louisiana
by the name of Point Coupee. Gabriel
the hero of Longfellow's Evangeline,
wandered around in that part Of Louisi-
ana after leaving Acadia.
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Petty Cash and Extravagances
By LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

Every person who keeps track ct all
Of his expenses knows that money fritz
ters away in small sums until a goodly
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Answer
them
shattered
live in house that nothing battle-ground You have right to
mother find it,
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are always quarreling with one
going with other women, though
know the value of money and is
o give her. She says things before
are getting so they don't respect
as they can, because no one likes
are always fighting. I have tried
but have failed, and it has got
{ stay at home any longer. Both
went away it would help any? I
BABE.
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MAHATMA SEES
I WAR, PRISON
FOR SELF

ONDON. Dec. GNS0
Withholding any warlike declar.
alton for the time beings Ma
hatma M. K. Gandhi announced
today a decision on the possible
renewing of civil disobedience as
part of the Indian independence
movement would be held in
allegiance until he has conferred
with the AlI-India National Con-
gress at Bombay,
A national disobedience cam
paign would not be started, he
declared, without his approval,
but he forecast local disturb
ances, especially in Bengal, as a
result of the anti.terrorism ordi'
nance put into effect by the
British authorities.
The harsh" character OF
these ordinances we're described
by Gandhi as amounting to war
on India" and he said the
Burmese would be justified in
resisting them.
In an interview with the Man
chester Guardian, Gandhi said:
Il would not be surprised to
find myself in prison within a
month of my return to India.
My last words to England
must be farewell and beware.
I came as a seeker of peace;
/ return fearful IF war. I do
not want war, ut fear cir
cumstanceS are driving us
toward it,"