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Mothers Child.

my boy is q regular mothers boy. He
doesn't want anybody to touch him but
me, his mother. I have to tend him,
feed him, take him out. He won't even
go to his father"
That's just too bad. 1t is too bad for
the mother and too utterly bad for the
child. Soon the mother discovers the
great inconvenience of having a
mothers baby. She cannot go to
market without having a scene with
the baby. She cannot 60 out to an eve
ming of entertainment without another
scene Nobody Is willing to- stay with
the child, because he makes such a
fuss. The older he gets the. harder the
situation becomes for his neither.
All the time it is hard on the child.
The world is full Of people, not all Of
them affectionately inclined toward the
child. He must make his way among
them. He must find friends with whom
he can spend happy hours, In content
ed mood. He must learn how to man.
age when he finds himself among those
who tolerate without loving him. II his
entire experience with people Is limited
to his mother, he is handicapped
grievously.
When baby comes into the family
there are usually numerous relatives
and friends delighted to welcome him.
Begin with the one nearest and dearest,
his father. Train the child to go to
his father and give father a chance to
make acquaintance with the baby and
his needs. That is a good start. Then
widen the circle and take in the grand
mothers, all there are. One will adore
him and one won't care much, maybe.
but let him know them all. Aunts and
uncles come next. Teach the child to
go to them all, to live with them in
harmony II he can. but live with them
anyway. That art of living with peo-
pie is tremendously important in a
child's life.
Teach him TO be tactful. He Is not
TO cary tales: he Is not TO tell Aunt
Min that she is too fat nor inform
Uncle Jerry that his head looks like an
egg, q great big egg. And when he
comes to you complaining about the
way Aunt Caroline speaks to him, lis
ten and say: We'll, WELT How would
you like biscuit with honeyf Sweeten
you up q little after all that. When
you eat your biscuit run down the
street and tell Mr.. Simms that I'll take
two quarts Of berries tonight, please. /"
The family Is the best medium for
educating children TO get along with
people. The child has to get along
with all of them, so he may as well
begin early. Once he masters the FAM
| lily situation he will be about equal TO
| anything else that comes along in the
way Of temperament and character.
Once complained about my uncle,
who had Q most unreasoning way with
children, taxi them by the ears. and
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GVOU know" confided a young
L mother TO q group Of relations
the other day, really feel rather
ashamed of Jean, though wouldn't
for the world let her know. It's not her
fault, poor dear, that she doesn't tan.
But I'm afraid people just won't think
she'd had enough sunshine. Goodness
knows she has. It's just that she has
one Of those thick, creamy skins that
always stay white and won't brown"
A middle-aged aunt In the group
laughed and said:
Funny how things change. I re-
member when you were little girl
your mother used to take you to the
shore and you used to tan in spite of
all her efforts to keep your skin pro-
tected-hoppy hats and parasols and
constant warnings to keep in the shade.
She didn't really mind for her own
sake. She rather thought the sun
was good for you. But she did hate
taking you back to the city with a
skin that was beige instead of white.
And here you're wishing your jeans
skin were mahogany coloredp
It's all true, of course, about the
rapidity of this change from fondness
for lily-white skin to a fondneSs for
really dark skins. It's the health angle
of the thing that is emphasized
now, Of course, for children. And
it's a very wholesome thing, too. One
of the latest health discoveries of i'm
portance Is that sunlight on the skin
actually produces vitamines in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
Hats Are Trimmed
With Many Devices

T>HE new hats have trimming Of
1 many sorts, of many materials and
many styles.
Sometimes perky little flowers of
matching felt are used. Sometimes
flowers are used made Of a thin, gliSten-
ing composition. Hat pins and spikes
Of colored stones are the only trimming
on some of the smart street hats, felt
bows adorn others. Sometimes these
bows are used like Mercury wings-that
is, one Is perched at the edge Of the
brim on each side, and thus used they
give the hat q fly-away look that Is
quite bewitching.
MORE ribbon Is much used. It Is
often drawn through Sits in the briIn
or crown and tied in dashing little bows.
There are all sorts Of feathers, Of
course. Plumes In every stage Of curl
edness are used--long ones that sweep
the shoulder, tiny short ones that stick
pertly up from crown or brim.
Then there are wings on some Of the
trim daytime hats, in iridescent color,
laid rather fat against the brim.
And pompons, from those as big as
walnuts, In which size they are used in
pairs, to really big ones. They need
skillful placing to look right, but skill
fully placed they are as smart as any
thing you can md.
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Tan, Beauty and Health

blood. It's as good to let the sun
shine on your child as 10 force him
to eat liver and take cod liver oil, for
the sunshine provides vitan1ine D in
his body, Just IS Liver and cod liver
oil do.
Now that Summer holidays are over
it Is important to make plans to keep
the nice brown skins our children
and we ourselves-have acquired
throughout the Summer. The only way
we can do 1t, unless we have artificial
sunlight treatments-and those should
be given only with the advice Of O doc
tors just to expose the skin as
much as possible to air and sun.
1t is, of course, necessary to protect
our bodies when We expose them TO
the direct rays of the sun In cool
weather-and glass, which adequately
keeps out cold, also keep out the rays
that brown the skin, or at least most
of them.
Well, there are several weeks before
we must bundle up into warm clothes.
In the meantime we should expose the
skin as much as We can to the
sunlight as
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T HAVE to mention, the rather curl
GUS ways in which one thanks ones
host in Caucasus and Persia. After a
meal, 1t Is only by loud, rasping hic-
coughs, that you can prove to him that
his meal was thoroughly enjoyed and
that you filled your stomach to its
utmost capacity with his incompatible
food To you that may seem very
strange revolving custom But man
ners-like morals-are often a question
of latitude.
Let me tell you Of their bread-baking
system, and some Of the darling little
fruit shops in the villages, generally
owned by old Persian men.
These shops have q tempting dis
play of the most fragrant fruits have
ever tasted. The merchant ssquats
somewhere in the darkness of the back
room One does not see him. He may
be telling his rosary. or chanting softly
the verses of Saadi. The ripe, juicy
peaches, enormous and fragrant. are dis
played on fresh vine leaves. They are
too tempting The mouth waters until
you cannot resist longer, and You tell
"Mirzal ! want some peaches Sud
denly from the mysterious darkness a
huge wooden spoon on q long handle
shoots out to your side. You choose
your peaches and place them in the
spoon. It, disappears. Then chanting
voice tells you the price you are to pay.
You start to bargain. The voice be-
comes angry, and the big spoon with
the fruit disappears. The voice stops
and silence reignS again in the
dark back room. Beaten, you shout
more peaceably "I'll pay thy price"
and the magic spoon IS once more at
your side. You pay the money and take
the fruit. The incident Is closed. You
have your lucious peaches, and the in
visible merchant may again ponder un-
disturbed over the old Persian poets.
The bread In Caucasus, as Ia many
other Eastern countries, looks like
large, round, thin pancake. 1t is OF an
1nleavened dough and is called "lavash; !"
The baker of the village must first OF all
be an accomplished equillibrist OF great
agility, for the bread-baking oven Is
pyramid-shaped hole built right IN the
soil. That is, the hole is large at the
base and narrow at the opening. The
inside is paved with smooth brick; the
top covered with a mat when not in
| use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
Your Baby and Mime
Irregular Eating.

Eating between meals Is q bad habit
Tor children. Irregular foods at Irregular
hours spoil the appetite and cause chill
dren to be fnicky about foods which
they would normally eat with relish.
Fleeing between meals keeps the
stomach In q constant state OF activity,
and stoinachs appreciate rest periods as
much as all other organs of the body.
Children should understand that meals
come only at regular intervals. This
knowledge eliminates the teasing and
whining for something to eat which keep
the mother on edge.
In part this answers the question Of
Young Mother, who complains that her
boy of wants to eat constantly. She
writes: II am interested in your column,
and would like your opinion about my
boy of years. He Is large and strong
for his age and always well.
IT am told he eats too much. He
will eat very hearty meal and in 20
or 80 minutes come in again to say he
is hungry. Then he will eat q large
piece OF bread and butter and jam, cold
vegetables or anything that Is around.
He is quite happy and normal, but he
Goes this every day. I am almost
ashamed Of the amount he eats. Will
you tell me what to do?"
Insist that the boy stay at the table
q full half hour at mealtime. II he
finds that 1t Is impossible for him to
run away and return later to I'LL I'D
the chinks he'll eat all he wants ct each
meal. If he does go away from the table
warn him beforehand that he can't have
any more food until the next meal. If
you live up to this conscientiously It
won't require more than one or two
days for him to learn his lesson.
Rest assured that he isn't hungry, If
he ate a hearty meal hunger would be
impossible in 20 or 80 minutes. Hunger
is sensation which becomes active
only when the stomach is empty. It
isn't possible for the stomach to be
empty in less than three or four hours
after eating. However, the child might
be so uncomfortable after a hearty meal
that more food would, for the moment,
allay that discomfort.
The habit Of eating away from the
table shouldn't be cultivated. The child
will be in school this year and he can't
continue the habit, so it should be cut
of promptly. One can as easily grow
accustomed to stuffing as to starving
ones self. Either habit is undesirable.
We have leaflet on diet From Five
to Eight Years" that will enable you to
Judge whether the child is receiving all
the foods he needs for satisfaction and
growth. You may obtain the leaflet by
sending q self-addressed stamped en-
velope for 1t. Address your request to
Myrtle Meyer Eldred, "Your Baby and
Mine" department Of this newspaper.
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Economies Practiced by ALI
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

who did not hesitate TO buy ermine
and sable coats used to open her letters
with great care so that the lining pa
pers were not torn. Then she would
careN1lly remove the Innings and deity
line her envelopes with the fancy pa
pears. It was pleasure for her TO save
the few pennies that this meant during
the time when lined envelopes were a
vogue. The use Of the inside Of en-
velopes as memorandum slips is a pet
economy of rich men as well as women.
Half sheets Of note paper torn from
letters received in which the second
page Is blank are carefully saved by
another group for their memo pads. In
large business firms the converting of
blank backs of paper for ONCE purposes
is customary. The only difference be-
tween this and the nome economy Is
that the firms have the paper cut and
made into regular note pads. know
one wealthy woman who carried this
economy even further. She wrote all
her short notes on the blank half sheets
torn from her letters received.
A millionaire woman noted for her
philanthropies was wearing simple
krinkly crepe blouse one morning.
"One thing I like about this waist, "
she said to me, "is that 1t doesn't have
to be ironed. I can wash 1t myself, and
WHICH, ~ ID Aly Az 40 AS"@J " "S0A
again."
When travelling the wealthy woman
knows how to economtze in laundry
work even better, usually, than one
whose purse is not so deep.
To be thrifty is never sign Of lack
Of money. The wealthiest concerns are
the most economical. They salvage or
convert everything possible into money
making products. They step into
greater incomes in this way. Saving in
little ways is one method of having
extra to spend on what one enjoys.
Copyright, 1917
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ploma. The study of English will help
you, too.
Violet also wants to be a reporter.
She wants to take a course In Journal
ism. And she asks these sensible ques-
tons:
"Are girls able to secure positions as
reporters other than those Of society
reporters?
"Is feature writing well paid7 Just
how would you get Job as feature
writer?
"Is one with no experience apt to
receive q position on large paper, or
must one work up from positions on
small town newspapers
els 1t true that the average editor
does not consider course in journal
ism important?
"Is shorthand a necessity In news
paper work? What about a chance
for advancement? Isn't It more certain
through feature writing than through
reporting?"
There are q great many girl report
ers on the newspaper. They do not
often work on the police news or on
the financial page, but they work on
all other parts of the paper.
Feature writing is well paid, but
fresh from school, you cannot get q job
Is a feature writer. Most feature
writers are either ex-reporters or have
some special experience in life which
they can write ahout-people who have
Travelled or women trained in some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
Sewing Buttons.

When sewing buttons on children's
clothes or boys or mems underwear
where there will be a good deal of
strain takes special pains to make the
job thorough. 1t is good plan to
place a strip OF tape under the buttons
where that is practicable. Use several
strands of coarse thread. After you
have taken four or five stitches through
the button and the cloth, wind the
thread around this shank four or five
times to raise tS1e button a little from
the cloth and make the fastening
stronger.
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Hospitality as Others See 1t
BY BARONESS TAMARA sTEINHEn.

To begin baking, wood IRE Is started
In the oven, and when only hot cinders
are left and the brick walls are hot,
the baker picks up the nat, round pieces
Of dough and, balancing gracefully over
the hole, he slaps them on the hot walls
of the oven. You may be certain that
it takes a sure hand and eye as well
as steady foot to perform this oper-
alton.
The bread-being so thin-bakes
quickly and IL left too long will drop
down on the ashes. So the baker
prances back and forth, watching alert
ly. The audience-composed mostly of
children-stands by, respectfully silent.
The air Is filled with the smell Of the
baking layash; small mouths are water
ing; round eyes are eagerly following
the ritual movements; some one shifts
loudly "Vahh" ct smells goodJ.
Then turning, the august person will
hand over a crisp lavash. All, that Won
derful taste Of the wood-fire baking
know 1t, for was often in those
crowds of urchins.
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special business or profession, Hko mys
self.
You are not likely 10 get . position
In the beginning on Q big city news
paper. The day Of that Is almost over.
Most editors do not consider . course
in journalism important. It might
help you, however.
Shorthand Is not necessary. Very few
reporters know shorthand. Those who
do are usually sent to report meetings
and that sort Of thing.
A reporter can become . Washing
ton correspondent, city editor, .
managing editor. But only II he Is q
man. II she IS q girl she may become
feature editor. feature writer. for
eign correspondent or q sob sister
Both Nellie and Violet should read
"City Editors Testament BY Stanley
walker in the American Mercury for
September.
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OUR CHILDREN
By ANGELO PATRI.

my mother said in her practical fash
ion: 80? Never mind him. I've had
to get along with him all my life. It's
your turn now. You do the same thing.
You'll meet worse in your time.
Mostly keep out Of his way, but when
yu meet him, get along with him."
Get along with him" is easier in the
end for the child. A mothers boy has
a hard time of it, there being but one
mother to child.
Copyright 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30

Get RID of that old dread of
~ indigestion, and eat without
fear OF distress.
When food ferments; disagrees;
lies like lead in the stomach, it is
a sign of too much acid. The
stomach nerves have been over
stimulated. The quick corrective
is an alkali. Don't resort to burn
ing doses Of Soda-take instead an
antacid that will correct the con-
dition. Phillips Milk of Magnesia |!
A spoonful of this soothing
alkali restores the proper alkaline
balance to an acid-soaked system.
Then the. stomach, liver and
bowels function as they should.
Phillips Milk of Magnesia is
what you need when bad breath or
coated tongue indicate too much
acid. Take a spoonful today, and
for several days, and see how
soon it swcetens the entire system.
Your digestion will be vastly inn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
FOOD PROBLEMS
BY SALLY MONROE.
Crabs in Creole Style.

The Creole delights in chowders Of
all sorts, and none Is more delicate
than this one made Of soft shell crabs.
To make rather more than a quart of
the chowder, put half an ounce of but
ter in q saucepan, and when it begins
to color add a chopped onion, an
ounce Of raw ham, cut in dice; half
a sweet pepper, freed Of all seeds and
shredded with little salt and pepper.
Stir all together until the vegetables are
brown. Then add quart of consomme,
a tablespoonful of raw rice, six ochres
and one tomato, sliced. Let all cook
slowly for half an hour, then add the
meat of three large soft-shell crabs
which have been carefully washed, pre-
pared and minced. Cook i've minutes
longer and serve very hot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30

GARRETT RODE ALONG A HIGH
CLIFF AND FELL INTO THE JAWS
OF A YAWNINd ABBESS.
An epistle Il the wife Of an apostle.
Genius Is an INFINITE capacity for
picking brains.
Shakespeare wrote 'The Merry
Widow"
The dome Of st. Paul's is supported
by eight peers, all Of which are unfor-
tunately cracked.
Christianity was introduced into
Britain by the Romans IN IS BIC.
An example Of hard water Is ice.
ICopyright. 1870
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30

Persons Of moderate means who are
obliged to make ends meet often wish
they were rich and could be free from
such careful calculations If they were
wealthy, however, they would find
themselves having pet economies. The
rich are not reckless about expendi-
lures. Often they are penurious. This
robs their pleasure in abundance. But
there are many trffiing economies in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
WOMEN ARE WISE.
By PEGGY MARTIN
Enmont Reanfp dnfhorifr

Smart women realize that it is neither
sensible nor necessary to pay more than
zse for a fine quality face powder. No
more do they pay high prices for fancy
boxes and French names. They know
that the powder inside Is the most i'm
portant thing. That's why three million
American women are regular users Of
Plough's Favorite Bouquet Face Pow
der. II clings for hours and blends per-
fectly with your complexion. Agrees
with every skin. None finer. Always
ask for Plough's Favorite Bouquet in
the square-shaped red box, the largest
selling face powder in the world for age.
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AA@AAo o. 0eAeA
No, Nellie, you
can't. There's more
hard work than
romance to report
ing. And you can't
learn newspaper
work in an evening
high school. The
best training is
right In q news
paper office. There
are good schools OF
journ a lis m, but
they d m an d q
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which they delight Among these are
some which are worth while for the
moderately circumstanced to remember.
Some of them are amusing. But all
show the intention to make their money
90 as far as 1t can.
One wealthy woman who goes abroad
frequently saves her lingerie and stock
ings that will stand but one more wear
ing, and wears them on shipboard.
When through with them she throws
them away. Then her luggage is empty
OF these things and ready for the new
supply when she arrives in Paris. Here
Is genuine thrift.
Economy in stationery is common
among the rich. One young woman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
Pear Salad.

Mash some cream cheese and moisten
with whipped cream or rnayonnaise. Mix
with chopped crystallized ginger and
mold into balls. Place in halves of
chilled pears and serve on crisp lettuce
with French dressing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
JOLLY POLLY
A Lesson in Etiquette.
BIZ JOSEPH J. FRIscH.

r. D. SIT Is no great crime to
make q trifiing mistake at the dinner
table. If blunder Is made, Just let 1t
pass without further thought. Certain
practices, however, should be avoided.
"Dunking," drinking from q saucer,
putting the knife into the mouth, tuck
ing the napkin under the chin, ETC.,
just simply aren't done.
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NO
DISTRESS
after eating

proved. Things will taste better
and you will feel better in so many
ways.
Also, you will find when your
system is properly alkaline you
are not so susceptible to sickness
and colds. That you are no longer
troubled with constipation, or with
headaches, gas on the stomach.
An alkaline balance builds resist
ance.
Ask for Phillips Milk of Mag
nesia, which is the preparation Of
magnesia prescribed and recon-
mended by your own doctor for
correcting excess acid. Csc and
Soc bottles are sold at drug stores
everywhere.
To avoid the condition of acid
mouth, you should use a milk of
magnesia tooth paste. Your teeth
are worthy of the best dentifriee.
Try Phillips Dental Magnesia,
which contains 75e6 concentrated
Phillips Milk of Magnesia.
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Romantic Girl Reporters.

Nellie writes that newspaper girls
sound so romantic that she wants to
be one. Can she learn how In an eve
Yairu y1iOYa anfonI2 .
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The Woman Who Makes Good


BIZ HELEN WOODWARD
Who
the highest paid business IN America. +
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washes are
so easy!

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UNTIL / TRIED
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