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This Is a Gold Star Letter.

To Dr. Brady: Although you don't
know it, you are a very old friend OF
mine. l read you daily, quote your
teachings on all occasions and strive
always to practice what you preach.
During the past year 1 have often
thought l should like to tell you about
a most exciting incident in my life,
but the mother Of four small children
doesn't often find uninterrupted mo-
ments for correspondence.
So far as rainfall is concerned. this
is often dry country. My husband
felt he was doing his bit when he con-
structed a siX-acre dam on my fathers
farm. / hadn't seen the place for sew
eral months and didn't know that after
the dam had been completed my hus-
band dug hole IL feet deep near a
we'll to keep the dam water from over
flowing into the we'll.
was working in a garden nearby
when my 7-year-old son asked TO go
wading. l gave permission, telling him
he was not to go beyond a certain
point, as felt he would be safe in the
shallow water.
Not long afterward my 5-year-old
daughter screamed that Ellis fell I'M"
He had stepped off into that 1l-foot
hole. l must have stood for several
seconds, then started to run straight
toward him. suddenly realized that
could get to him more surely If
approached from another point. I ran
back through many rods of shallow
water and plunged into the hole and
found him floating just under the sur
face, head down. I have never been
able to swim, and I can't swim today.
My toes were five feet from the bottom.
Yet 1 did not sink I wore an old
fashioned stiffly starched sun bonnet.
1 swallowed much dam water but got
none in my nose. grabbed my boy by
the wrist with my right hand and
somehow turned toward the edge Of
the hole. 1 slapped the water feebly
with my left hand and tried to tell
myself that II 1 hadn't sunk yet per-
haps could stay that way till some
help arrived. had screamed at
daughter to run for daddy before I
entered the hole Then / thought:
DR.. Brady has said that even If child
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-07
A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLUMMER.

Republican nerve until somebody Is
provoked to a scream.
But with 1t all they like him. They'll
confess to you that he has way of
being effective on such occasions, but,
never personally offensive.
1t Is not Senator Pats way to make
knife-like thrusts at his opponent as
Caraway of Arkansas does. Nor does
he resort to the thunder of Joe Robin
son Of Arkansas.
He prefers the honeyed way, the
broad highway banked with flowers, the
with a smile. At all times he Is the
embodiment Of courtesy.
AS Dave Reed Of Pennsylvania. who
frequently ties up with him on the
Senate floor once expressed it: The
Senator from Mississippi has the ability
to charm bird out of a tree"
Senator Dickinson employs different
tactics. Aside from his activities on
the floor of the House. he has been a
chautauqua lecturer on farm problems,
His colleagues in the House regarded
him as one Of the most powerful orators
on agriculture President Coolidge once
recommended him to a Massachusetts
audience as the strongest speaker on
this subject.
He is quick to show his temper, but
he subsidies just as quickly.
Perhaps the late Nick Longworth
described him better when he once said
If Dickinson ever needed an affidavit
that he had been "hell-raiser" for
agriculture he should come to him.
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PIONEERS"
Humorous Tid-Bits From
School Papers.

PEOPLE GO TO AFRICA TO HUNT
RHINOSTRICHES.
grass widow is the wife of vege-
tartan.
An invoice is another name for
conscience.
A mayor is he horse.
To avoid auto-infection, put slip COW
ers on the seats and change them fire.
quently, and always drive with the win
dows open.
Letters in sloping type are in hys-
tericS.
Mussolini is a sort of material used
for ladies stockings.
A monolouge is a conversation be-
tween two people, such as a husband
and wife.
Copyright, 1919
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Your Baby and Mine
Baby May Spit Out First Taste of New
Food.


Food.
Adults accept as commonplace the
fact that they had to learn to like
olives" All new foods are olives to the
baby. He isn't used to the taste or the
texture OF them, and because of this
his first impulse may be to refuse them.
When feeding the baby a thick food,
mothers are apt to place the food in
the front Of babys mouth. When he
rolls this around with his tongue. it is
very easy for him to push it out. He
may be quite eager to swallow it. but
ne isn't given fair chance. Small
Spoonfuls of any thick food should be
put far back on the baby's tongue.
Swallowing is automatic when food
touches this portion of the tongue.
The mother should not show her
annoyance If baby accidentally spits
out the first few mouthfuls Of a strange
food. OF course it does annoy her, for
she has prepared it carefully and
knows bsby should have it. But baby
very easily gets the idea that this is
out the cereal faster than mother can
spoon 1t into him, and he can always
be the winner If he SO desires. 1t is
better, then, not to play that game.
Mrs L. l.. S. wishes would help her
with this problem. MY 6-month-o old
baby" she writes. has never had
cereals or any solid foods. She has had
orange and tomato juice since she was
one month old. Recently 1 started to
give her cereal and she refused it abb
solutely. For several days she has re-
fused her orange juice. Right now she
is teething. Would this cause her re-
fusal to eat?
She weighs 10 pounds What foods
are suitable to her at this age? Shall
l wait for cooler weather to offer
them?"
The leafet frequently offer to
mothers discusses, Diet for the child
from two to II months" In it you will
find the foods, in addition to the milk
formula or musings, that are essential
at this period.
If the baby is feverish. lacks appe-
lite. and the bowels are disturbed, you
may suspect rightly that teeth we're
being cut. During this short period.
scarcely more than a week. it is better
to reduce the regular diet. and most
unwiSe to offer any new foods. If the
weather is hot, make no changes in the
diet.
Do not offer any cereal for a few
days. but permit baby to recover from
her temporary indispoSition and regain
Ter appetite. Then start cereal again,
following the suggestions in the first of
this article. Orange juice. cod liver oil,
cereal and vegetables are all in the diet
of the 6-mOnth-Old child
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Everyday Psychology
By DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.
The Two Selves.

Every one of US has a double SELF
Various names have been given to these
two selves, but for our purposes it will
DO very we'll to call one of them the
'feal" self and the other the mask &"
II we could all throw off our masks. We
would be very much alike. The fact
that we don't throw them off is the big
reason for indy idual differences. So
when you try to study somebody, you
sire really studying his false face.
Mark Twain studied people rather
than books. He tells story OF identical
twins, one of which was drowned in a
bath tub in infancy. No one knew
Which was drowned until the grown-up
survivor decided that he was the one
that had been drowned. The story
passes for literature, because it tells one
fact about the meaning of life: BY the
time we are full grown. we are not sure
which 81 o'Ir selves is the real one. We
continually confuse appearances with
reality, the mask with the real self.
Sometimes, however, the self We lost
arr the psychological bathtub haunts us
like a ghost. Many a man facing this
ghost of his real self resolves thereafter
to be human. But he doesn't get far
before he finds it necessary to retrieve
his mask.
Perhaps it is, after all, the best thing
ID do. Some people appear queer merely
because they behave like human beings.
Copyright, 1919
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LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.
THE WEAKLY NEWS.
Fan thar. MiYAd

Weather: Mixed.
SISSIETY PAGE.
Miss Mary Watkins the famous char
ity werker found q little mouse cawt
in a trap in their back kitchin Wens-
day afternoon, and before anybody elts
had a chance to see 1t and drownd 1t
she quick made Mr.. Puds SimkinS come
in and open the trap and leeve 1t ex-
cape while she stood on top of a chair
screetching.
Mr.. Sid Hunts big brother Fred is
not working at present on account Of
waiting for somebody to give him a
chance to lern motor boat racing.
BIzZNESS OPPORTUNITIES.
For sale or exchanged alarm clock
that hasent ran for years so 1t awt
to be Just about reddy to 60 again
See Shorty Judge any time.
INTRISTING Jacks ABOUT
INTRISTING PEOPLE.
One time Lucky Leroy ShooSter
swallowed q dime, the lucky part be-
ing 1t dident belong to him.
Glasses Magee likes to look UP long
verbs in the dictionary to find out
what they mean In case he ever gets
chance to use them, wich he never does
on account of forgetting them again
rite away.
POME BY SKINNY MARTIN.
Nuthing There to Wash.
have no ambition to be an erster,
think they look like heck,
The only thing in their favor
Being they don't half to wash their neck.
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MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

skin next to the eye. Now with the
second finger of the left hand massage
between the spread fingers of the right
hand with rotary movement, which
goes down and out from the eye.
With the middle finger of each hand,
beginning at the inner corners of the
eyes. follow along the bony cavity just
under the eyebrow. Pause and rotate
at the outer corner of the eyes. then
bring the fingers back lightly across the
eyelids.
Beginning at the inner corner Of the
eyes, use just one finger and make
small circles down each side of the
nose. Then beginning at the wing of
the nose, use the second fingers of each
hand and use the rotary movements up
to the temples. Beginning at the cor
ners of the mouth. use the same move
ments up to the ears.
To lift the lines of the mouth place
the thumb and first finger under the
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N AT u II E S
C. IL ID r E N
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

CIV.
Wax Makers.
HymenOptera,

uOptcTAs
ESTOONS of little wax makers,
- with their ''tummies" facing
outward the Sru little IL W, wax makers as
hive. Twenty pounds CT honey
to make one pound of wax The bee
keeper supplies his bees with as much
wax as he can.
After the wax maker has eaten all
the honey she can hold she climbs to
the ceiling and clings there with her
front feet Her sister worker comes
alcng and hangs to the hind feet of
the first wax maker When the last
workers feet touch the floor, new
festoon is begun. Then the feStoons
swing toward each other and catching
hold by the middle pair of legs they
cling together in a cluster.
BY some special internal eXertion
they produce an intense body heat. In
several hours thin transparent disks
of wax will appear on their abdominal
wax plates. The wax worker new APP
pears. She clips eff the disk with nc"
wax shears and chews 1t up, mixing it
with saliva. To the empty frame she
climbs; molds with trowel-like jaws the
pliable mixture into the we'll known
heXagonal cells. One worker does not
complete a cell. she merely adds her
bAI BOCo DdSh AOl G1uSh
comb Is composed OF double layer OF
these cells. There is one partition as
base and bottom Of each tier.
If the family is small, the wax max
ers also do the cell making. New
wax is used for the fresh honey. For
the cradles and food cells old wax is
used and often 1t is mixed with pollen
When cells are not in use they are
broken down and reused to build other
combs.
Nothing could be more clean and
dainty than the new wax made to hold
the golden honey. The bees are ia
nous for their cleanliness. The nee
tar is gathered from the deep cup of
the flowers, mixed with the acid which
the bee manufacturers before 1t really
becomes honey.
Man has dcmesticated the bee for
his needs There are over 100000 bee
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Muscle Toning,

Every woman realizes that the years
take their toll from her facial muscles
by making them less elastic and less
nrm. But it is heartening to realize
also that the proper form of facial mas
sage Will help keep these muscles toned
and nrm. When possible it is delight
1ui to have this work done by a COM
petent beauty operator, but In many
cases this is impossible, and after a
busy day milady will find that giving
herself facial is not only very rest
1ul. but If given frequently enough. such
treatments are sure to bring a perma-
nent benefit to the muscles of the face.
First wrap a towel abound the hair
10 protect it from the cream and then
cover the face and neck with gener-
Gus coating Of cleansing cream. Remove
This with tissues and apply a tissue
cream to lubricate the massage Begin
the massage by placing the second and
third fingers Of both hands in the CEN
ter of the forehead. Now go back and
forth across the forehead, making semi
circles with the fingers
The next step is to massage the
crows feet or laughing wrinkles around
the outer edges Of the eyes, Hold the
second and third fingers of the right
hand apart and place them over the
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keepers in the United States. Millions
of pounds of honey are used and mil
lions of pounds are going to waste be-
cause of lack Of bees to gather it for
U.S.
Beeswax is an important product and
thousands Of pounds of it are used
in the arts and trades. The little
worker leacs a busy life and during the
rush season she lives only few
months In the old days thousands OF
useless droneS consumed great Quanti-
ties of honey and the tine of the work.
ers to feed the lazy fellows. Today,
man regulates the number of star board
ers and saves quite a bit of the stored
sweet.
Bees have many lessons to teach us.
They do not sting their friends and it is
most interesting to see them work in
the crowded glass hive. No jostling
or quarreling. each about his work and
minding his own business.
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NV Neighbor SAYS:

Mend clothes, especially starched
ones. before sending them to the
laundry, so that when they are
returned. clean and nicely folded,
there will be no need to disar-
range and crumple them for
mending purposes.
Few people know how to hang
sheets properly on the line. Shake
them well while still wet and
hang them with the hens to-
gether and the hem edge pinned
to the line. This prevents whip
ping the corners and lessons the
wear and tear. while the sheet
will need less pulling into shape
for the ironing.
Beef or mutton drippings which
are to be used for pastry should
be beaten to a cream with a
tea-poon Of baking powder and a
few drops Of lemon juice. II this
is done the pastry will be much
lighter.
Copyright. 1881
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Ham a la King.

Saute one large green pepper, minced,
in four tablespoonful of butter. When
tender, add four tablespoonfuls of flour,
and when cooked add two cupfuls of
milk. gradually, and seasoning. Wipe
the fat from q piece of ham from the
end and remove all gristle Cut up fine
and add to the sauce When ready to
serve. add three hard-cooked eggs, cut
UP. and mix all together. Serve on
toast. Serve with a fruit salad.
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challenge for joint debate lat any
time and any place"
such a debate, If it is held-and
dickinson has 'accepted-holds promise
of being an event we'll worth ones time.
both principals are powerful orators,
though their styles of oratory differ
widely.
Byron Patton Harrison, called by
come the Mississippi bearcat," is the
prize batter of Republicans in the Sem
ate. He counts that day lost that does
not find him hurting caustic criticism
at the G.. o. P. and its principles.
His wit. his sarcasm and his logic
are familiar to those who have seen
him in action. He has been known to
keep pushing his finger against raw
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Vegetables Au Gratin.

Mix two or more kinds of freshly
cooked or leftover vegetables, such as
string beans, carrots, turnips or cauli-
flower, and place in a shallow baking
dish Pour over the vegetables a thin
white sauce to which some cheese has
been added Cover with buttered bread
crumbs and bake in moderate oven
until the sauce bubbles and the crumbs
are brown.
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DAILY DIET RECIPE
BURBERRY MUFF1NS.

Flour, two cups; sugar, three
tablespoons; baking powder, four
teaspoons; salt, one teaspoon.
Milk. one cup; egg, one; melted
shortening, three tablespoons;
blueberries, one and one-half cups.
MAKES ABOUT II LARGE OR
Is SMALL MUFFINS.
Mix and sift dry ingredients.
Add milk (fresh or diluted canned
milk can be used. Add we'll
beaten egg and melted shortening
(butter or substituted. Add blue
berries. If speed is used in stirring
muffin mixture texture will be
fine. Bake in creased mufhn tins
in hot oven (425 degrees F. about
Is minutes.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes starch, pro-
tein. some sugar, fat and fiber.
Lime, iron, vitamins A and B
present. Can be eaten In modera-
ton by normal adults Of average
or under weight and by children
IL years and over.
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Coffee Gelatin.

Soften two tablespoonfuls of gelatin
in half a cupful of cold water for FIVE
minutes, then add three and one-half
cupfuls of hot coffee, half a cupful of
sugar and little salt. Stir until the
into a wet mold and leave in a cold
place to set Turn out onto a plate
and serve with plain or whipped cream.
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Beet Roses.

Boil five med um-siZed beets in sailed
water until tende., or FIR about 40 min
utes. When tender, push of the skins
and with an apple corer Gig out mole
in the root end CT the beet. Fill the hole
with two mediums zed carrots diced in
quartar-inch cubes and cooked until
tender. Place the rise on lettuce leaf
and pour over it tablespoonful OF
melted butter. Serve hct.
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Sauce for Fish.

Blend four tablespoonful Of melted
butter with three tablespoonfuls OF
-four and one-fourth teaspoonful OF salt
Add two cupfuls Of milk and stir con-
stantly until thickened. Chop two
hard-cooked eggs and add to the sauce
with one tablespoonful of lemon juice
and pepper to season. A we'll beaten
egg yolk stirred into the mixture after
1t is taken from the fire makes it
richer.
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Carrot Custard.

Beat three eggs slightly. add one and
one-half cupfuls of grated raw carrot
or mashed cooked carrot. three cupfuls
Of milk, one teaspoonful of salt and
three tablespoonfuls of melted butter.
Pour into a creased baking dish, place
on rack in a pan of hot water and
bake in a moderate oven for about one
hour. or until the custard is set in the
center Serve at once. Turnips may
be used in the same way as carrots.
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MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.

Baked Apples
Hominy with Cream
French Toast, Plum Jelly
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Ham Omelet
Pickles, Olives, IceboX Rolls
Chocolate Blanc Mango
Oatmeal Cookies
Tea
DINNER.
Tomato Bisque
Hamburg Steak, Brown Gravy
Delmonico Potatoes
Green Beans
Pepper Salad. French Dressing
Peach Pudding
Coffee
FRENCH TOAST.
Two eggs, one-half teaspoon
salt, few grains pepper and a
little butter, two cups milk and
six slices dry bread. Beat eggs
slightly; add salt, pepper and
milk, strain into a shallow dish.
Dip bread in mixture and cook
on a hot, well-buttered pan until
the under side is brown. Turn
and brown other side and serve
very hot.
CHOCOLATE BLANC NANCE.
One-half cup sugar, one table
spoon cornstarch, two tablespoons
cocoa, one and one-third cups
milk, one-half teaspoon vanilla.
Mix ingredients and cook in a
double boiler until thick. One
tablespoon cornstarch may not be
enough as different brands vary
so. Remove from stove and beat
two minutes with an eggbeater.
Serve cold with marshmallow or
cream. This recipe serves four
(small servings.
PEACH PUDDING.
Pare and cut fine ripe peaches
in halves. Crack a few of the
pits. remove and blanch the
kernels. Butter a deep baking
dish, put in two layers of the
fruit, dredge each layer with
flour, sprinkle generously with
sugar, dot with bits of butter,
then add the kernels and one
cup of water. Place dish over
the peaches. cover with a rich
biscuit dough and bake in hot
oven. Serve with lemon sauce.
(Copyright. 1917
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Harrison the other
day when he asked
the M is S i S sippi
Senator a set of
Questions about
the tariff bill.
dickinson may
be a newcomer to
the Senate. but his
half dozen terms
as a member of
the House have
given him ample
o p por t u n t Y to
know how Senator
Pat reacts to such
things.
SO he proba bly,
we sn't surprised at
all when Harrison
responded with a
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chin; separate them and move them up
each side CT the chin with a lifting
movement to the corners of the mouth.
Repeat the movement. this time going
from the corner of the mouth to the
wing of the nose and up to the inner
corner of the eyes.
To strengthen the muscles at the
sides of the face, execute tiny rotary
circles from the center of the chin
along the side of the face up to the
lobes of the ears. Finally, massage the
neck thoroughly with long strokllg
movements with all the fingers.
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JOLLY POLLY
A Lesson in English
BY JOSEPH J. FRISCH.

N E. G.-"News" is plural in form
but singular in construction. Thus we
say, rs there any news?" not Are
there any news?" Horace Greeley. the
famous editor and reformer, always
insisted that news" was plural. He
once telegraphed a reporter: Are there
any news?" The reporter answered.
Not a new"
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If you talk about the new fashions
for Autumn, you must talk about fagot-
ing because fagoting is one of the old
time dressmaker finishes that has been
revived to give the feminine touch to
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Potato and Cheese.

Mix five small potatoes, grated. with
two slightly beaten eggs, five table
spoonfuls of grated cheese. FIVE tea
spoonfuls of flour and one-fourth cup
full Of milk. Beat until light. Drop
from a tablespoon into hot lard and
fry until they are light brown.
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Cherry-Nut Salad.

Remove the stones from one large can
of cherries and replace them with one
cupful OF skelled hazel nuts. Place with
lettuce leaves on salad plates. Use
either a French or mayonnaise dressing.
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SaYorY Sandwich.

Use about two tablespoonfuls Of chill
sauce to half a cupful of baked beans,
mash the mixture until it is smooth
and spread on brown bread or graham
bread. !,
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THE new Senator from Iowa-white-
haired, handsome Lester Dickinson,
fresh from the House-probably real
lied he would get a rise out of Pat