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Evening star., 1932-11-16
Everyday Psychology
Miracles.
BY DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.

It Is often said that the ancients had
more faith in miracles than men OF
our day. This seems to me q very
doubtful pronoumcement that saddles
an injustice upon our ancestors as well
as upon ourselves. We get more from
our ancestors than we are willing to
admit. Especially is this true in the
realm Of attitudes, hopes and fears. The
plain fact Is that we are even today
great believers in magic and miracles.
We are constantly looking forward TO
a favorable turn of events.
Our only question now Is this: What
is the psychological foundation OF be-
lief in magic? find two corner stones.
First, human beings are notoriously
gullible. 1t is much easier to believe
what some one tells us than 1t Is to
reason things out for ourselves. The
most painful work In all the world Is
the work of concocting new ideas.
In the second place we all tend to
worship authority Perhaps our own
frailties cause us to recognize strength
In others which does not actually exist.
Once you get a little publicity, your
announcements on almost anything are
bound to carry weight.
ETave you not noticed that we get our
Jokes, puns, laws, and wisdom from
the men and women who have stood
long in the public limelght. Jokes,
puns, laws, and wisdom are the stuff
out Of which most Of our miracles are
made.
Our readiness to believe in the power
Of the well-advertised is the basis OF
all our miracles.
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will be hole for ventilation. The front
door will be concealed by bushes which
have low-hanging branches. AS rule
the nursery is bare, but sometimes the
floor will have leaves and hair on 1t.
The wedding month for coyotes Is
February. The number Of children Is
usually seven, although sometimes there
are 10. They are born blind and help
less, covered with soft, dark, close, ash
colored fur, and when they open their
eyes nine days later they seem quite
interested in each other. When they
are three weeks old the mother takes
them out in their front yard for .
short sun bath, and they are permitted
to go out alone when they are flve
weeks old.
Their parents now go to find food for
them, and the little babies have short
paths made, where they run back and
forth, watching for them to return.
When they see them coming they make
all sorts of little barks to welcome them
back.
In July they are half grown and Join
their parents each day. In october
they are grown, and the family scat
ters.
Coyotes hunt in pairs, and will aF
tack a much larger animal, knowing
that the two can handle the victim.
Their practice Is to torment the ami
NAL by running after him and in zig
gag movements. The partner rests
while the other keeps up the chase,
until 1t drops from exhaustion.
They are the only animals that bark
continuously. Some say 1t is signal
ing call, others that the animal loves
to hear its own voice. They are al
most mind readers, and are able to
keep 800 feet away from a gun and be
unconcerned about your presence when
you have none
Like the wolf, coyotes have smelling
posts, and they can keep track OF each
other as easily as If they had tele-
phone system.
They are the greatest serenaders In
the world. On moonlight night they
go forth to sing for hours. The leader
of the chorus viii sound the opening
notes, another joins in, and when they
are going strong, you are not sure
whether there are hundred singing
or thousand. If you can get close
enough, you will see one of them step
out from the crowd, take a position on
a slightly raised platform, and pour
forth "heart-rending" solo, Another
takes his place, and another; then all
join In on the chorus or last verse and
break up the meeting for the night.
They never use the same choir loft
two nights in succession.
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Climpses Into Paris Cafes Where ALI
Tastes Are Satisfied
BY EDITH M. BARBER.

Of the rough-coated melons which are
at the height Of their season. Peaches
are plentiful just now and there are
pears and plums and some grapes OF
interesting colors Bananas are seen
everywhere. Most Of them are very
small and some of them very green.
There are still few of the tiny straw
berries in the baskets lined with grape
leaves, which are also used for the large
raspberrieS which remain on their
stems.
Everywhere, al over Paris, are cafes
and cafes. Some Of them serve only
drinks, brooches, cheese and sandwiches.
Others serve "dejeuner" inside. There
are also numerous "brasseries," where
there Is no outside terrace and where
lunch Is an important affair. Some of
them specialize in dishes typical Of one
Of the provinces We found one acci-
dentally in the place Of the little sta
bles" and had a most delicious meal
with AlSatian Specialties-wtth onion
soup "choucroute," Sauerkraut with hot
I cliced hame and 'sausages. There was
the plum tart Ia maiSon-which the
proprietor insisted that we taSte-cof-
| fee, Of course, and a clear white cordial
made from strawberries, Of which, for
! tunately, the tinlest glass was served.
as it was deadlier than 1t looked. We
promised to 60 back when the new
goose liver came in September.
Did you know there Is q new season
! in fois-graS? A brasserie of this sort
serves as a sort Of club, as q number Of
groups of the regular patrons, after they
have finished long lunch. played q
game of cards. You probably know
that everything except the department
stores closes for two hours at noon, for
the ceremony of lunch, for which every
one has good appetite after the petit
dejeuner Of a coffee and q roll or q
piece of bread.
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DELI lV1L O1O1O1LO ". Burgess.

houses as get them. III have to have
a storehouse right near here. Then in
the winter when / want some nuts I
can run over here. Yes, sir, that Is
the thing to do. Those nuts are about
ripe. The first good pinch by Jack
Frost will open these burrs. I must
have everything in readiness before
then
So Chatterer looked all about care
fully. and at last found Just what he
wanted. 1t was an old stump. It was
pretty we'll rotted, but Chatterer didn I
mind that. It was partly hollow, and
opening into this was little hole just
big enough for Chatterer to pass
through easily. The old stump was
only a short distance from that beech
tree, and it was partly hidden by some
young hemlocks growing around it.
1T was just made for me" chucklec
Chatterer. "It couldn't be better. Now
all need do Is wait for Jack Frost
Until he comes I will keep away from
here. Some one might see me and fol-
low me and so find this tree. I don't
believe any one else knows Of 1t, and
I won't have to share these nuts with
ANYBODY. So until it is time to harvest
them I'll Just keep away"
The next day Chatterer didn't leave
his own part of the Green Forest. Rusty
the Fox Squirrel came along and on
his face was a lock of worry. 1T i:
going to be a hard winter" said he.
what do you mean by hard win
ter2 How do you know what the
weather is going to be?" asked Chat
terer, turning aside to hide grin.
Nov you speak Of 1t, do recall
noticing some trees do have none al
ALL" replied Chatterer, carefully plac-
ing a late mushroom he had found tc
dry in tree, for he likes dried mush-
rooms.
Rusty looked at him sharply. "It
doesn't seem to be worrying you any.
said he, suspiciously.
Il don't believe in worrying ovel
what cannot be helped" replied Chat.
terer, hiding another grin. II gues'
we won't starve. There is always some
thing to eat"
"If only could find one tree with
a good crop of nuts l wouldn't worry,
said Rusty. "I have about worn m.
feet out travelling about looking, bu
1 haven't found one yet. Well havt
to work for all we get this year."
work never yet hurt any one" re
Piled Chstterer, and went to look TO
another mushroom.
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Evening star., 1932-11-16
GOOD TASTE TO-DAY
BY EMILY POST.
Famous Authority on Etiquette.

is permitted by the dictionary, but
seldom, if ever, heard In best society.
D. P. Occasionally I dine with
man who has every hallmark Of cul-
ture. He is widely travelled and has
unlimited means, and yet he uses hts
left hand to lift meat to his mouth.
have always been of the opinion that
meat should be cut one piece at
time, and the knife put on the side
Of the plate. then the fork transferred
to the right hand and used to lift
the meat to the mouth. May I have
your opinion? And Is . dessert fork
preferred to q spoon?"
Answer: I have answered this sew
eral times. The useless left hand is
curious American provinciolism on
par with the struggle to eat an un-
manageable salad without a knife. It
is in best possible taste to eat with
your left hand as well as your right
and to use salad knife, If you want
to. and also to use both your dessert
spoon and fork If two implements add
to your comfort (which Is. of course,
seldom.
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Milady Beautiful
By LOIS LEEDS.
Keeping Eyes Young.

We wrinkles are usually the first
to appear and they often come
much earlier In life than tney
IL should. When the upper and
lower eyelids begin to become
dark. creased and baggy. the eyes lose
their youthfulneSs. Many girls allow
their ewes to grow old from eyeStrain
or lack Of suficient sleep, and then,
when the mischief Is done, they be
moan the loss of beauty that a little
foresight could so easily have prevented.
It Is far easier to prevent unslgnCy
discoloration and lines about the eyes
than to correct them, because the sxln
there is delicate and lacks the 1irmness
Of other parts of the face, like cheeks
and brow. One should build up good
general health, have the eyes examined
regularly by q specialist and give them
suficient rest in addition to local treat
ments. Besides the rest the eyes nave
during sleep, they should have To-
minute rest some time in the day.
Pieces of clean absorbent cotton
squeezed out In cold vdtchhazel may be
laid over the closed eyehds during TINS
period Of relaxation.
whether there are eye wrinkles or
not, it Is o good plan to apply an olIy
tissue cream aboutathe eyes every night
Toilet lanolin may be used. II the eye
lids are discolored, mix peroxide with
the cream, using four drops to one tea
spoonful of the cream ana pIenoIng
thoroughly. If the lids are crepey ana
there are crows feet at the outer cor
ners of the eyes, use an astringent To-
ton on the creaaes in the morning. A
simple preparation Of this kind may be
made by mixing one and one-half
ounces of rose water, eight drops simple
tincture of benzoin and one-hah ounce
of witchhazel. Do net get 1t into the
eyes.
Puffy, baggy skin under the eyes
uoints to some internal disorder in most
cases, so that beauty treatments can
not effect a permanent cure. Inc
cause of the condition should be dis
covered with the aid OF a physician.
The local application Of an aStringent
such as the following is often helpful:
One ounce glycerin, five grains tannlc
acid, two ounces cologne water.
When the eyes are tired ana acne
they cannot look bright and clear. II
they are not given rest and relieved
from strain the constant fatigue will
register itself permanently in eye
wrinkles and discoloration OF the lids.
Those of my readers who long for more
attractive, mysterious" eyes should
first see to it that their eyes are COM
Portable, and then they may use make
I'D to enhance their beauty. There is
a wide range of colors in eyeshadow
that may be used to make the eyes
look larger, more brilliant and alluring,
but it should be reserved for evening
wear. Eye shadow in the daytime usu-
ally looks artificial. For blue-eyed types
with pale eyes there is a silver-blue
shadow, and for deep-blue eyes cleo
tric blue may be chosen. Mauve in
Alvery shade or stronger is hattertng
to violet eyes. Green, bronze, light
copper and silvery green are for the
Evening star., 1932-11-16
Guests or Tenants i'm Homes
By LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

Is not altogether with the occupant,
Even an attempt at duplication viii not
give satisfaction to the owner, II 1t was
one of grandmother best serving
dishes" or 'the first gift my husband
ever made me-" that Is gone.
Any guest, or tenant, If asked to
choose between the responsibility OF
caring for such objects and having
something less choice to use, would be
inclined to prefer the latter. The dis
appointment>of the one returning again
to take possession is minimized to the
utmost If a careful elimination Of ire
placeable, fragile articles Is made before
vacating in the first place. OF course,
the careful and responsible occupant
will have exercised every ordinary cau-
ton in using the home of another. and
taken pains to repair any loss that he
may have incurred.
1t is for both owner and tenant TO
consider reasonably that some slight
breakage is a part of wear and tear,
and the replacing Of it by approximate,
If not perfect duplication, is to be ex-
pected. OF course, 1t is not fair for a
tenant who breaks dish Of good quail
ity to put a poor one in its place. A
nice balance of consideration should
be exercised on both sides.
Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-11-16
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX

poRoTHY pIxI woman in early sOs and am very very
and always me his girl M b. But e he IS o smGs dumb $
that e. sns4sn this nss that IT, he j..
dying a real mother to them What shall do? HUMBLE
year. privilege and
the question to your tmoTo lover sen m the dea that those & ua d
you the world to supply the need
TELL him the fact that there
than eTe for nc concluding that ali rotten
fon @ @ pP % po for h % You % cam @ pu Gp mighty Convincing
and he for you at all break
down his sales resistance.
after the they want and haT9 m the nerve to point out
show him what good cook and house
golf together % how happy 6Hg.r they might
your wdower all mother that will
spoil his youngsters to death DOROTHY DIX
YEAR girl of IS to have
involved that whereas yesterday thought
honoF @ release her ensssemsn
give her her freedom9 GEM
and make the gesture offering to release her from the but
because have lost money and cannot give her the
greedy avaious selfish wife He wants wife who loves him
for himself and not his money. DOROTHY DIX
- has one weakness trouble
ffa & even % most @ ate @ bou certa eV @ @ matter no in which are
in II S5 ns up f s % @ ns s @ & R al rS Sh n n & S d
ethics ct iS;'5 but people <
finding ding, out
snSns 5 m 4a great many @ Of the T who COMPLAIN that
@ aSu n6s s M the ' t men 70 Whom ney
They can't be happy until they broadcast all that they know
ONCE knew man whose whole career ruined by gauous
wife w9 S @ a a h s h aS9 big
Msay H9ss pss s @ an
they
their business their with them
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LITTLE BENNY
BIZ LEE PAPK.

Me and pop and ma was taking q
wawk and we started to go passed a
drug store, ma saying, o, that reminds
me, I'm all out Of stamps and have
some letters to write, I'm going to get
them while I think Of 1t.
And we all went In the drug store.
and ma said to the man, I'd like a
few stamps please.
Yes mann, the man said. And he
took q crate big square sheet of them
out Of draw, saying, How many
please?
Well now let's see, this mite be a
good chance to stock up on postage
stamps SO then I'd have them for fu-
ture contingencies instead of always
being out of stamps at the last moment,
now let's see, ma said, and pop said,
There's nothing to see, get flock of
them II you have the urge, and then
you'll have them.
Yes, but Willyum, stamps are so cas-
lily lost or mislayed, and then If you
have an oversupply Of them you're al
ways lending stamps to people and Of
corse nobody ever payed back a bor-
rowed stamp in the histery Of the
werld since the ferst days of the flood
and in these economical times it pays
to watch the pennies SO the dollers will
watch themselves, o, don't know, ma
said.
Well I know, pop said. This lady
would like 10 stamps, he said to the
man. and ma said, No, Just 8, 8 will
be plenty.
And the man tore off 8 and handed
them to her polite, saying, We're sell
ing out a special lot Of Midsummer
Mite perfume at 8 dollers and 10 cents
a bottle, it's never sold at less than
dollers and % cents
MY goodness. I wonder II I awt tC
get some, Willyum, although still
have half bottle of Indian Love al
home, what do you think Willyum:
ma said, and pop said, don't think,
act.
made her walk out by force.
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It is style adaptable to many ma
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UNCLE RAYS CORNER

things, we skim across the border Of
Brazil Here is a mighty land. Once
1t was owned by Portugal. Now it Is
republic, widely known as "the
United States of Brazil"
Brazil is larger than the United
States Of America (not counting
Alaska, but it is not so large as
Canada.
Before long our instruments tell Us
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made is taken for granted. What is not
always considered is the unfair respon-
sibiIity of leaving out for common use
possessions treasured for reasons Of
sentiment, and irreplaceable for such
reason, If broken or damaged. In the
ordinary wear and tear of household
living. something is bound to have suf-
fered before the owner or host returns,
Just as something. perhaps not the same,
would be in less perfect condition If
he or she had stayed on the premises.
If the loss felt is greatly out Of pro-
portion to the intrinsic value, the blame
Evening star., 1932-11-16

Wnen IL Is not q
salad)?" "(5) Does
one eat the skin
Of baked potato?"
Answer to 3, 4 and
5: If you find 1t
edible and want to
eat it, there is no
reason why you
should not. Other
wise, leave 1t.
"(6) What Is the
meaning Of no
cover charge'?"
Answer: M a n y
night clubs charge
so much admis-
sion. But instead
of calling 1t ad-
mission 1t Is called
Evening star., 1932-11-16

beauty to the eyes. 1t should never
give a beaded effect but should be
applied delcately on the under side
Of the upper lashes. There Is a blue
mascara for nght-blue and gray eyes,
black for deep-blue eyes and brown for
hazel eyes. The laShes over brown
eyes are usually dark enough.
Evening star., 1932-11-16

Jtbhl Va . OAo, bdS a
haven't seen it.
I stood on one
of the little bridges
and watched two
barges wait in the
lock for it to fill.
Both of them were
evidently serving
as residences for
the families. The
cabin W in d o W s
were curtained, one
of them with hand
made lace and
embroidery.
On the deck out
side the cabin va
rious household ac-
tivities were going
~ L Il
Evening star., 1932-11-16
Copyright. 1ss2.)
Picked Onions.

Peel four quarts Of small white on.
ions under water. Add one cupful OF
salt and enough water to cover. Let
stand for several hours. Drain and
rinse thoroughly Boil until just barely
tender, drain, then add mixture OF
two quarts Of spiced vinegar and two
cupfrls Of sugar. Seal hot In hot jars.
Evening star., 1932-11-16
Corn Fritters.

NIX two cupflls Of canned corn with
one teaspoonful Of salt, little pepper,
two cupfuls Of -four, one teaspoonf1l Of
melted shortening, one well beaten egg,
half a cupful Of milk and two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder. Drop by spoon
fuls into deep, hot fat and fry for about
three minutes. Serve with maple girup.
This amount makes about 16 small fritz
terS
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meaning SO much for each person who
sits at table. No cover charge means
that you pay only for what you order
to eat and nothing for admission.
"(D Do you pronounce 'mayonnaise'
as it is spelled, or 'myonnaise'?" An
swer: May" should rhyme with SKY.
To pronounce it like the fifth month
Evening star., 1932-11-16

4 a spend in this interesting colony
and its two neighbors-Dutch
Guiana and French Guiana.
Living in the Guianas are about
10000 persons of East Indian blood.
They are brown-skinned folk from is
lands Of the Orient, great many Of
them tracing their families back to
Java. There are about the same num-
Der OF Negroes, along with $4,000 ma
tive Indians, and large number OF
persons of mixed blood.
Outside Of the prisoners kept in
French Guiana there are only about
20 600 whites in the three colonies.
Few Of the whites came with the
thought of spending happy lives in the
Guianas Their purpose was to make
money. Many of them serve foreign
companies which trade with the ma
tiveS
About 10000 black folk in the Gui-
anas are known as bush Negroes. u
They are grandchildren and great
grandchildren Of slaves that escaped
from their masters 10 years ago or
more. Until slaves were set free by
law, the ancestors of these Negroes led
fear-filled. lives in the woods, but they
were freed from their masters, and
that must have helped them to stand
the hardships of the jungles.
While we are thinking about these
Evening star., 1932-11-16

Are you studying about EuropeI
lnow? Uncle Ray has q leaflet on.
I"Questions and Answers about Eu-I
rope" that might be helpful to you.
Just send in a stamped, self-ad-I
dressed envelope care of this paper
and Uncle Ray will send 1t to you.
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uaunk wouldn't come so far from home
but Happy Jack would, and so would
Rusty" Rusty is the Fox Squirrel,
Chatterer's other big cousin. eyes, sir,
/ must take care that those two fell
lows don't suspect anything. Next
Winter when theN see me eating beech
nuts they will wonder where I got
them and I'll make fun Of them for not
having been smart enough to fnd any.
THE first thing to do is to find a
place to store them. It is too far to
carry them back to my regular store
Evening star., 1932-11-16

~ HATTERER the Red Squirrel
was happy. He was seif1shly
4 happy. He had found the only
~ bseca tree in the Green Forest
to bear a good crop of nuts
that vear. All the other nut trees
had few ngts or none at al. Chatteret
looked the tree all over The little
burrs holding those nuts were still
tightly closed But with the first sharp
frost they would open. There would
be more Of those sweet little beech
nuts than he could possibly use. There
would be enough for his big cousin,
Happy Jack the Gray Squirrel, and for
his small cousin, Striped Chipmunk.
He knew it when ne looked tnag tree
over. Do you think he thought OF
them? He did, but not pleasantly.
st must take care that Happy Jack
doesn't see me coming here and follow
me" said he TO himself. Striped Chip
Evening star., 1932-11-16
Chocolate Custard.

Scald two cupfuls OF milk with one
square of chocolate and one inch piece
of cinnamon. Beat thoroughly, add to
two or three eggs beaten slightly with
one-fourth teaspoonful Of salt and one
third cupful Of sugar, strain and bake.
Evening star., 1932-11-16

80" fabric for dress, ! yard $3.50"
fabric for bloomers and q yard $3.50"
fabric for contrasting trimming.
Simplified illustrated instructions for
cutting and sewing are included with
each pattern. They give complete direc-
tions for making these dresses.
All you have to do to obtain q pat
tern of this attractive model Is to send
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and size and mail to The Evening Star
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Several days are required to I'LL orders
and patterns will be mailed as quickly
as possible.
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that we are at the Equator. If there
are people below us, they must be hav-
ing a hot time. but we are more than
a mile above the ground, and the air
Is cool.
Less than two hours after we cross
the Equator we see below us the ANA
zon, river with a length of nearly
5000 miles. 1t stretches almost from
side to side of South America. Start
ing from the Andes Mountains, at
points not far from the Pacific Ocean,
little rivers of water flow down and
down, until they join to form the main
stream of the Amazon and then now
onward to the Atlantic. No other river
of the earth has such a great volume Of
water.
(For Travel section Of your
scrapbook.) UNCLE RAY.