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Of place. He thought that he had o
voice, and he had spent most OF his
energy training 1t. She also believed
he would be great singer. That's why
she married him. She took him cut of
his job and sent him on tour which
was a complete failure. EEe Is now
making S25 a wee! doing clerical
work. and Is entirely contented at 1t,
but she Is furious and has left him.
She is lonely girl because she de-
spises her husbands people. She says
they eat with knife. And she de-
spiseS and looks down on all the people
with whom she works.
Carmen is a rather homely girl, but
she said to me: II was the only good
looking girl at the hospital, and all the
nurses were jealous OF me- All the
young doctors stared at me. One of
them came up one day and asked me
on with more details, but that was all
there was of that.
She tried being a saleswoman, ana
should have done well because she has
assurance and talks well. But she
hated her customers and was jealous
OF them. And she was ashamed of her
job So she made a failure of that
The poor girl really has vast conceit
and very little sense. But she's not as
unhappy as you might think. She
thinks she's perfect and everybody else
all wrong, and that's a great comfort.
A girl who has a low opinion Of her.
self often works hard In order to sue
coed and to make people think well of
her. But a girl who is conceited thinks
she's good enough as she is.
her may TPts Miss
care OF this paper, for her personal advice.
(Copyrtght. 1870
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A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLUMMER.

Mae-so named by Mrs. Frazier for
University Of North Dakota, where the
Senator made such a name for himself
as an athlete.
He wanted to study law, but at the
request of his mother returned to the
farm when a brother who operated the
property died. Here he drifted into
local politics, first becoming a member
of the township board and chairman
of the board Of directors of the local
school district.
When the Non-partisan movement
was launched in 1915 he identified him
self with 1t. The next year he became
its candidate for governor.
He won the nomination and was
elected by large vote, receiving a still
greater majority when he was reelected
two years later.
In 1920. opposition to the Non-parti-
san program had grown, but in spite
Of 1t he was elected for a third time
The bitterness stirred up In the cam
paign and strife within the -parti-
san ranks, however, helped lead to the
launching of recall election and he
was forced out.
His position as leader Of the Nom
partiSans was unimpaired, and when
two years later he won a Senate seat
his followers claimed the victory was
"a rebuke to the recall and reaff1rmed
the faith Of North Dakotas people in
his integrity"
In the Senate he speaks seldom, but
when he does 1t Is usually with force
and power.
He dresses plainly and cares little
for social life. He works hard at his
job, stunning things that interfere with
his duties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-11
Close Up.

Close Up.
When you wish to teach a child
something that seems difflcult for him
to get, bring him close to you. That Is
little secret that parents and teachers
ought to learn. There is something
about distance that weakenS the trans
ference Of thought. The closer, the
quicker.
This is important where you have
seemingly backward children to teach.
If they are separted from you by the
length of the room, 1t is hard to catch
their eye, hard to reach their ear,
harder still to reach their conscious
ness. They must be brought close up.
The lesson, too. must come close up.
It must be carefully pointed; each
the other in close relationship; few
words; apt illustration; action to follow
the lesson. While the lesson is pre-
sented the backward child, the slow
thinking child must be close to the
teacher, eye to eye, mind to mind.
This means that the teacher-parents
too, are teachers-must be the sort of
person that such a child can get close
to. There are some that are not, and
such must fail utterly In the attempt
to teach. A hard eye, a set mouth,
ETIJUeQ GcSJH anu ClcICuSu IdHuS uIlFS
children away. Though they may be
tied to the spot, they are far distant.
Prepare the lesson for such children.
Get as good a background for 1t as pos
sible Have the story read, the objects
handy, the ideas fresh and bright.
Summon up all your affection for the
child. Renew your desire to be Of real
service to him. Keep thinking about
him until you can feel as he does. or as
near it as is humanity possible. Only in
this state of mind can you get close
enough to touch the hem of his con-
seriousness.
Then choose the time and the place
Many a good lesson has gone over the
horizon without touching the field of
the child's mind because 1t was untime-
ly, or because it was out Of place. When
a child is weary, withhold your word.
Give him a chance to rest. Prepare his
mood. Only when he is with you in
spirit will it be possible for you to reach
him.
Get his attention before you start to
work It is idle to teach one idea when
a child's mind is full of another. His
mind must be warmed to the idea you
wish to present before 1t can enter.
His mind must be friendly and close to
your own.
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LITTLE BENNY
nv Lee PAPE.

We was eating supper and all Of O
sudden ma sed, o shaw, o my good
ness, ! just remembered that forgot
to make an entry in my diary yestid-
day and now another whole day has
gone by and I'm sure wont be able
to remember a single intriSting thing
to write down, o shaw, now I know
I'm just going to spoil my supper think
ing about it.
Let me change the subjeck for you,
pop sed. I was reeding in the paper
that the Duckwar of Squish is expect
ing a half an hours visit from the
Prince of Wales Or is 1t the Squish-
war of Duck? Or can 1t be the Duck
squish of War? he sed Anyway
imagine he'll have his shoes shined and
all his wives fingernales reprinted, he
sed.
I wouldent feel so provoked about 1t
II hadent DISTINCTLY started to make
my daily entry after luntch yestidday,
and then Benny couldent find his cap
as usual and I had to find 1t for him
to keep him from being late for skool,
and then I forgot about my diary as
completely as the tropic SHOWS, ma sed.
1t seems to me that yestidday was a
very intristing day, too, but just in
what way don't seem to remember,
she Sed.
I was reeding in the paper that so
men have been arrested in 10 days by
80 motorcycle pleecemen for going 90
miles an hour, pop sed.
Its the ferst time it ever happened,
I've never let day go by without en-
tering something In my diary, ma sed,
and sed, Well G. ma, If It's so unusual
why don't you write that down for
something to write down, why don't you
write down all about how you forgot to
write anything down?
Well now that's not a bad ideer, that's
Just what Ill do, ma sed.
And she kepp on eating her supper
with q more Enjoyable expression.
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Fitting Out the Kitchen.
BIZ BETSY CALLIsTER.


When the young bride comes to At
out the kitchen Of her new home, how
does she go about it?
II she is wise, she makes out list,
and then submits the list to the best
housekeeper she knows, and to the best
cook she knows, and asks them to strike
out from it everything she won't need,
and add to 1t anything she will need
that she hasn't listed.
After she has bought, in at least
fair quality, all the essentials that her
friends have decided she needs, then
the bride. If she has any money left,
may indulge her taste for some of the
non-eSsentials.
These are many. For one, there is a
tiny chopping bowl. Nobody can say
that you need one of these tiny chop
ping bowls. If you have a big one, and
a good vegetable grinder or chopper,
that will do. But II you have the price
of a tiny one left when you have fin
ished with your shopping, by all means
buy 1t.
There are plenty of other convenient
little bits of kitchen equipment in the
same class. For instance, there is a
special bottle for mixing French dres-
sing-a bottle that may be put on the
tdplc' II S HIdue VI CA1lIeu OI WIllIe
glass, with little engraved band or
pattern on 1t, and it is pretty as well
as convenient.
Lots of things that began as tricky
little toys are now real necessities for
the well equipped kitchen. Apple cor
ers, for instance. And grapefruit knives.
She must have colander to drain
vegetables In. She must have q hair
sieve to strain things through She
should have a coarse wire basket to
hold croquettes and French fried pota-
toes If she is going to do any deep-fat
frying. And she should have tiny
fine wire sieve to pour coffee or tea
through, If need be.
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Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

Baby's weekly gain in weight and his
contentment are the surest indications
Of his health and normal development
II perchance he does not eat every
spoonful or drink every swallow Of the
food allotted to him, his mother need
not worry so long as he sleeps well,
seems happy and continues to gain.
With the usual tendency of young
mothers to borrow trouble, a young
mother is worried about her babys in
ability to drink all the milk she gives
him Here is her tale: IT am trying to
wean my baby and now nurse him only
at night and morning. At 10 give him
two tablespoonful of cereal and his
bottle of which he takes only two and
one-half ounces At 2 I feed him
strained vegetables, and again he re-
fuses all but two and one-half ounces
of his bottle. How much milk should
an eight-months-old baby have In one
day?
II give him cod liver oil twice daily.
but he will take neither orange nor to-
mato juice. How can make him
take it?
He seems satisfied and Is gaining
rapidly. Should I force him to take
his six ounces five times daily? He
sleeps rather well, but sometimes cries
out in his sleep. If turn him over, he
goes right back to sleep. Is that an
unhealthy sign?"
Get him entirely weaned within the
next three weeks. The chances are
that when he Is entirely on bottle feed
ings, he will consume more milk than
he does now. OF course, six ounces five
times daily Is impossible as you are
nursing him twice a day. but when he
Is weaned, he needs 80 ounces of milk.
2 to 10 ounces of water, depending
on whether he has four or five feelings,
and some sugar. That Is, he may have
and two level tablespoonful of sugar
in four feelings; or 80 ounces of milk,
10 Of water and four and one-han level
tablespoonfulS OF sugar in i've feelings.
After 10 months both water ard sugar
should be reduced so that by one year
or earlier baby is getting eight ounces of
whole milk four times a day.
Orange juice may be put with one
Of the bottle feelings. It is an essen
tial food. You may try offering the
bottle first and then the cereal in the
hope that baby will take it that way.
Possibly your method of feeding orange
Juice makes it distasteful to baby Be-
fore trying the method suggested above,
dilute the orange Juice little, so that it
loses any sharp taste. Offer it by cup
or spoon.
Probably baby finds it hard to change
his position, so he wakes and cries and
you change 1t for him. His gain and
contentment are far more stable indi-
cations of his health than this trivial
disturbance at night.
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In looking for apartments, this mat
ter of exposure should be well con-
Sidered. Beware of an apartment with
rooms on one side only. There can be
no draughts of air to clear rooms Of
stale air, and Of the smells that come
from cooking. If you must take an
apartment with windows on one side
only land there are many such apart
ments), avoid those with north ex-
posture only. Rooms in which sun
light cannot send its cleansing and
healing rays are robbed Of one health
giving element In nature.
Those to whom apartments are not
a matter of choice, but Of necessity be-
cause of city life, can be careful about
getting correct exposures and rooms
on more than one side. Given sunny,
airy rooms with all modern convent
ences, apartments can be delightful. 1t
Is almost impossible TO get apartments,
however, that can supply wanted space.
These are rare and command enormous
rentals. Those who live In houses with
only O modest number Of new style
equipments should realize that space Is
their great asset.
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Yellow Wing Shows OF.
Show those you love your very best
Ignore and quite forget the rest.
yellow Wing the Flicker.

yellow Wing take his own advice. He
was just as much in love with Mrs. yell
low Wing as the first time he ever saw
her. Every morning he drummed to
her. Then he called to her. When at
last he had found her he did his best to
show her what a fine fellow he was.
And all the time Mrs. Yellow Wing
acted as II she was bored to death. She
pretended to avoid him. When he few
to the tree she was in she would fly to
another. She would pretend not to
watching him, and down inside she was
admiring him. But not for the world
would she let him know. You see, she
dearly loved to see him show of.
When she few down to hunt for ants
on the ground he would fly down in
front Of her. He had no interest in
ants then. He would spread his tail as
If 1t were thing of beauty, which it
isn't. He would stretch out his wings
so that she might see what beautiful
yellow they were on the under sides.
He would hop about as If trying to
dance, which he cannot do at all. He
would nod and bow and try to strut
All the time Mrs. yellow Wing would
go about getting her breakfast, quite as
il no one was about.
And he talked to her. My, my, how
he did talk to her! He talked In low,
cosxing tones, which really were very
sweet
My dear, am so glad you are back"
he would say. There is no one like
you. I love you my dear"
Mrs. Yellow Wing would catch ants
quite as If she were alone. yellow Wing
refused to be discouraged.
My dear" he would say, "juSt see
my beautiful new Spring coat Have
you ever seen a handsomer one? I got
it especially for you; that Is, Old Mother
Nature gave 1t to me. and I have been
taking the greatest care of 1t just for
you. Don't you think look well in it?
1 think it is even handsomer than the
one had last Spring. Don't you think
SOP"
Then he would strut and bow and
spread his wings and tail and cut funny
little capers and talk to her more softly
than ever.
Mrs. Yellow Wing would only glance
at him when she was sure that he
wasn't looking. Poor yellow Wing If
he could have seen some of those stolen
glanceS and the admiration in her eyes
he would have felt lot better. Yes,
indeed, he would have felt a lot better.
But she took care that he shouldn't see.
Having finished her breakfast, she
would fly up in a tree and yellow Wing
would follow her. Then he would peep
around at her from behind the trunk or
a branch and bow In the grandest man
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he was one of the four Senators read
out" Of the Republican party because
of their disagreement with national
leaders. Changing political currents
restored him to good standing, how
ever, although he continued as one of
the members Of the farm bloc of West
ern Senators.
He has been a farmer, a school teach
er, business man and politician.
Stocky and heavy-set, he was about
the baldest head in the Senate. He
played foot ball at college and was
considered in his day at the University
of North Dakota real hero of the
gridiron.
Among his children are twin girls.
Their names are Unie Mae and VerSie
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and other needlework that would be
quite out of the province Of most Of
us.
The design for cross-stitch work
shown today Is, however, one of French
origin and 1t is not at all difficult to
reproduce either on child's dress or
on a blouse for yourself. It is done
by means of rather fine cross-stitch
work in two colors. You might work
this design on cotton wolfe in peasant
coloring. bright red. blue, yellow and
green. The cross stitches are, as you
see, placed quite close together, and, if
you worked on voile or heavy linen, you
could estimate the spacing for the
stitches by means of the cross threads
of the material.
A two-color scheme in the en-
broidery might consist of black and
cream color on foundation of Nile
green linen. On white linen smart
effect may be obtained by using blue
and black embroidery.
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OUR CHILDREN
BY ANGELO PATRI.

No thought of impotence should en-
ter while you teach this troubled child
His mind Is wide open now, it is merg
ing with your own. It catches the
slightest vibration, and If there is so
much as a hint of impotence or anger
it fees to its refuge and you are once
more outside and your work Is to be
done all over again. And next time 1t
will be harder
Classroom teachers will find this a
difficult matter because, while they plan
and scheme to catch this one child. or
the few like him, the big group Of chill
dren call for attention. Special classes,
well trained teachers, must be provided
for the special child. Surely he is
worth 1t.
(Copyr.ght, 1872
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NANCY PAGE
Children With Colds IsO-
lated and Put to Bed
BY FLORENCE La GANKE.
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

Pamela Lacey was In bed with light
attack of influenza. She found that the
days dragged interminaply While she
was really Ill and miserable she was
fairly easy to take care of, but now she
was irritable, fussy and whining. At
first Mrs Lacey thought that Pamela
had nothing but a bad cold and was
quite content to let her stay around
and mingle with the other children.
But she soon saw the error of her
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crat"
She got the idea as Q child that she
was heroine. Her mother, in spite
OF fine old family. often struck the
child; and she would say to herself, "A
heroine wouldn't cry"
This was fine, but in the course of
her imaginings as she grew up she got
the notion that she was a very great
person. She was not exceptional in any
way, but she thought she was and so
she had a dreadful time holding q Job.
Nothing suited her. She tried nursing
for while, but she was too emotional
and excitable. At is she ran away and
went on the stage. She made a failure
of that, because she hed no talent and
could not believe 1t. Most of the time
she was out of work, but she still con-
sidered herself heroine.
Finally she married Jim, who was
a ticket seller in a Coney Island sort
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He came to the
Senate after a
stormy political ca
reer in q State ia
nous for its stormy
politics. He served
as Governor Of
North Dakota for
two terms, was
elected for a third,
but was recalled at
a special election.
Two years later
he ran for the Sen
ate, took the post
from the veteran
McCumber and has
been in the Senate
ever since.
During the Cool
fr3rxA a %in~
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orders still said. stay in bed" Mrs.
Lacey was at her wits end to know
what to give the child to do. At dusk
the child liked to turn on her flash
light and make shadow pictures with
her hands and fingers.
Mrs. Lacey bought some blunt
pointed scissors, some colored papers
sets of paper dolls with clothes ready
to be cut out. She brought out the bed
tray with its broad working surface,
It's sturdy legs, which raised it from the
body and allowed the child to move and
wiggle as she worked or ate her supper
Pam strung various shaped and size
beads. she tried simple jig-saw puzzles,
but when she tired of all else she would
lie and listen to stories, which her
mother read to her by the hour.
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my DEAR" HE WOULD SAY, JUST
SEE MY BEAUTIFUL NEW SPRING
COAT"
Wing hardly took time enough 10 eat.
He used all his time In love-making
He refused to be discouraged. He tried
to think of new ways in which to at
tract Mrs Yellow Wings attention and
admiration. She gave him no encour-
agement.
Now, all the time Mrs. yellow Wing
was thinking: What q handsome fell
low he Is. I am so glad there was no
other Flicker over here, for now know
that 1t was really me for whom he was
drumming and calling, and that he
thinks as much of me as ever he did.
But it will do him good not TO be too
sure of me. I must be hard to win, so
that when he does know that he has
won me he will want TO make sure Of
keeping my love. And do love to have
him court me. oh, he Is wonderful
love him dearly, and the foolish fellow
doesn't know 1t. Perhaps tomorrow I'll
take notice Of him"
But when the morrow came Mrs. yell
low Wing did just as she had been do
ing. She continued to tease him by not
taking notice of him. And then an
other Flicker arrived in the Old Orchard
"a big, handsome fellow, quite -
handsome as Yellow Wing. And the
instant he saw Mrs. yellow Wing he fell
in love with her and began to make love
to her For a while 1t quite turned her
head.
(Copyrisht, 1917
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Dear Miss Ieeds-Q) I have q very
round face and have short, brown,
straight hair How can I arrange my
hair to make my face seem thinner?
ca Is there any way of removing
moles? 90 What will make eyelashes
grow? a. I am feet III inches tall
and weigh 121 pounds. Am I over
weight? MISS I. r. L.
Answer-Q) Your face will seem
more slender II you do not wear your
hair cut too short. Let 1t grow long
or wear ii In a long bob that comes
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MY Neighbor Says:

Fresh strawberries, with diced,
fresh pineapple, sweetened to
taste, make a very nice filling
for sponge cake or angel food
cake boxes.
White flannel skirts may be
kept looking fresh and new If
they are washed in lukewarm
water and white soap shaved
fine. Do not rub them. Rinse
well. but do not wiring them, and
hang in the shade. Iron on the
wrong side when almost dry.
Things are apt to mildew
quickly If your cellar is inclined
to be damp. so place bowl of
lime on one of the shelves where
the preserves are stored. This
will keep the air dry and thus
prevent mold.
Copyright, 1919
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DAILY DIET RECIPE

CREAM OF CELERY.
Diced celery, 2 cups.
Water, 2 cups.
Butter, l tablespoon.
Flour, ! tablespoon.
Salt. teaspoon.
Eyaporated milk, cups
Hot water, cups.
Pepper, "a teaspoon.
Egg. !.
Minced parsley, / tablespoon.
SERVES SIX PORTIONS.
Cook celery in two cups water
until tender. Water should be
practically absorbed. Make a
white sauce by melting butter in
saucepan, gradually add flour
mixed with salt. When smooth
and we'll blended gradually add
the evaporated milk diluted with
the hot water. Stir sauce well
and cook over hot water about 10
minutes. Then add the cooked
celery. Beat egg and add 1t TO
the soup. Add pepper and cook
two minutes longer. Stir and
watch carefully-do not overlook
or soup will curdle. Serve hot
garnished with sprinkling OF
parsley.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes protein. fiber,
o little starch and fat. Lime, iron.
Htamins A. B and G present. Can
be given to children four years
and over II pepper were omitted.
Can be eaten by normal adults OF
Average or under weight. Valuable
III diet to increase weight.