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Evening star., 1932-07-23
If Inclined to Hyperacidity
BY EDITH M. BARBER.

digestion Of q meal. Unless the food
flows out OF the stomach extra acid
remains. After a time we find food
flowing too quickly through the stomach
and acid always In excess.
For this reason the person with an
excess Of acid should eat often. When
1t Is not possible to take food, soda
Is stop gap. Another aid Is olive
oil. Any other bland fat would do as
well. but 1t Is possible to have a little
bottle OF oil In the Office or even In
the pocket to take when that burning
sensation shows that the acid needs
satisfying. Soda and acid work in
different ways, but both Of them are
remedies. The first neutralizes the
the acid, the second retards its flow.
For this reason olive oil or cream is a
good thing to take before going to bed.
Because the acid often irritates the
lining OF the stomach, foods which
are high in flavors and rough in tex
ture are to avoided. No strong sea-
sonings, no coarse foods, such as whole
grains and berries with seeds, should
be taken. For serious conditions, even
the fiber Of raw and cooked vegetables
Is irritating and Straining is necessary.
Acids, such as vinegar and lemon
juice, are, of course, irritating and must
be avoided. Orange juice, though, does
not seem to have i'll effects in all con-
ditions. Some doctors advise its
trial. Sweet fruits, such as prunes,
grapes, plums, sweet apples, sweet
cherries and bananas, are the fruits
always allowed. Bland foods, such as
eggs. fine cereals, custards, cream and
cottage cheese, with soup and ice cream.
are always acceptable. Vegetables made
into timbales or souffles are well taken.
Fish is usually digested well. Meat in
some cases can be taken well in small
quantities There are individual diff
ferences in this respect
Mix in some forms is the standby
IN the diet. Whole milk, buttermilk
and acidophilus milk can be chosen.
The last mentioned has the great ad-
vantage of getting rid Of the toxins in
the mtestines, and for that reason
has double value It may be mixed
with a chocolate syrup or cocoa
beverage If you don't like it in its
original form.
Very sweet foods are to be avoided.
as they are irritating. Candy and
pastries are off the list permanently.
Care must be taken TO get plenty Of
food and of variety which will
supply all the necessary food values.
Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-07-23
A1'AA ~ OASA1O ". Burgess

Farmer Browns Boy had come along
and sat down there to rest. and be-
cause ne had long before found out
that he who sits still often sees more
OF the little Forest and Meadow people
than he who goes looking for them.
He hadn't been sitting there very
long when who should appear but
Grunty'S two friends. Inky the young
Skunk. and GULLY the young Porcu-
pine The latter was fretting as usual.
He waddled along to the edge of the
water and began to drag out certain
water plants, which he ate with evident
enjoyment, although he kept up fret
ful talk to himself even then.
1nky came wandering along. STOP
ping every now and then to look for
fat beetles. until at last he came to
Farmer Browns Boy under the tree.
at one foot. That foot was moved a
little and instantly Inky began to
ytamp and his tail went up as a warn
ing. Farmer Browns Boy laughed
aloud.
You little black imp!" said he. "You
are your fathers own son. But YOU
can't bluff me. No, sir. you can't
bluff me. Your father. Jimmy Skunk,
and l have been friends too long for
me to be bluffed by you. You are such
a handsome little rascal that have a
notion to take you home with me. You
don't belong way over here in the Green
Forest anyway. You must have wan
dered away. I saw your mother and
the rest of the family the other eve
ming and all the youngsters were about
your size"
He spoke in low. gentle tone and
q ho Ho oh
ing out with one hand toward Inky
In moment or two his hand closed
On Inky's big tail and Inky was lifted
OF his feet by his tail. Grunty could
hardly believe his eyes. Why didn't
Inky use that little scent gun Of his?
Because cnce off his feet he couldn't
very well. That was the reason. The
funny part was that Inky didn't seem
to mind being picked up that way.
Farmer Browns Boy talked to him all
the time and presently had him in his
arms and was stroking him.
Then Farmer Browns Boy got up
and walked toward GULLY. AS usual
GULLY ran to an old log near at hand
and got his head under. Then, with all
his little spears, which are called
quills, standing on guard. and with his
tail lsshing from side to side, he bade
defiance to Farmer Browns Boy. The
latter would have liked to catch him
and taken him home, but he couldn't
Go it. No, sir. he couldn't touch GULLY.
He could poke him with a stick but
that was all. He finally had to go and
leave him where he was, but he took
Inky with him.
All this Grunty saw and it settled q
question in his mind "Quilly is the
better armed for defense" he decided.
Not even one of those two-legged
creatures dares touch him."
(Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-07-23

binos in this family. and so the red
blood shows through the body tissue
and transparent shell.
When these snails are in aquariums
and the food is dropped on the surface
of the water, they float upside down and
greedily consume their meal. They are
especially fond of powered liver heart
and hamburger When they have to
forage for themselves in the ponds, they
wait for the food to drift toward them.
In stagnant and sloW-runnlng water,
they may be found from the size OF
pin head to IL inches. The largest
known American species is called the
planorbis magnif1cus, found at Cape
Fear River. near Wilmington, N. c.
Being without gills and breathing by
means of lungs, they must of necessity
come to the surface for air. At this
time birds are eagerly searching for
them. In the water they must be ever
on the alert to creep into their shell
house, where the fish and frogs cannot
enter.
The shells of dead snails may be
cleaned with a weak solution OF oxalc
acid, if collection of shells is being
made. These snails may be kept in an
aquarium, providing enough lime is sup
piled for shell building and to be sure
that there are not acids formed by de-
caying animal and vegetable matter.
/ When white spots appear on the shell
of a snail, it is the sign of shell erosion
and as soon as the shell is penetrated
the snail dies.
Do net feed too freely. and they will
keep your aquarium water plants free
from algae, which sometimes cover
them. They live a long life, but have
difficulty in keeping their tentacles.
which are very long and tender. Cup
pies and other fishes in the water about
them are forever taking a nip, and pref
ty soon your snails have lop-sided
appearance.
Copyright. 1922
Evening star., 1932-07-23
Everyday Psychology
Parental Attitudes.
BY DR.. JESSE W. sPROWY.s.

Parents usually find fewer faults with
the conduct of their own children than
they do with the conduct of the chill
dren next door. If you haven't noticed
this attitude, ask the school teacher
She will tell you the facts. although she
may not tell you why. The why's" of
these indulgent parental attitudes are
very natural. The explanation isn't far
to seek
Parents regard their children as
miniatures Of themselves. You might
as we'll ask them to find fault with
themselves as with their children.
That's something you can hardly ex-
pect of any one All of which means
that parental attitudes are subjective.
The attitudes which non-parents the
neighbors, teachers, etc. have toward
children are Of very different charac-
ter. They are objective. Consequently
non-parents submit very different ap-
praisals of conduct or achievement.
Parental attitudes, it has oeen found,
are sometimes detrimental to children.
Overindulgence has ruined many per-
sonality. Some parents at least would
be helping their children by trying now
and then to take an objective attitude.
tCopyright ,e32)
Evening star., 1932-07-23

tion OF sunshine in north dining
room, and light up what would other
wise be a rather dark wall space.
Lacquer trays are dignifled back
grounds. The magnificent gold and
black lacquer Chinese trays are priced
as BACKGROUNDS. The pictorial deco
rations certainly are intriguing whether
one is sufficiently well versed in Chi
nese lore to understand the significance
or not. In these trayS there may be
the contrast of somber cclor and golden
biilliance, or the mellow gayety of Chi
nese red may act as foil for the gold
decorations But whichever color is
used one can rely upon such lacquer
trays to prove backgrounds de luxe.
Painted trays, antique and modern,
have such wide variety in colors, sizes,
elaborateness or simplicity-and price
that it is small wonder they are among
the chief types of background trays to-
day. The home decorator who uses
painted trays should be mindful of col
or schemes in those she selects for her
dining room Antique painted trays and
replicas of them have tones mellowed
by time or treated to simulate age.
These trays can be used with safety
with most color schemes of dining
rooms. 1t is the modern painted tray,
with its strong and often garish colors,
which can make bright and cheerful
backgrounds fer certain SCmber dining
rooms. or they may be difficult to fit
into the scheme of the room which is
conservative in style.
(Copyright. 1922
Evening star., 1932-07-23

"RAYS can act as decorative back
grounds as well as articles of
service in dining room. The
i trays can be exquisite silver
SalverS, great brass or painted
afternoon tea trays or little individual
service trays and each function as
background.
The vogue of sideboards with backs
so low that they have no ornamental
value has fostered the use of trays in
lieu of the one-time overelaborate side
board tops Since this style of simpler
buffet has prevailed. like simplicity
has come about in the arrangement of
articles on the sideboard. To display
silver extensively in the dining room
except when in actual use in the serv-
ing of a meal is not now considered in
good taste
It is interesting TO note that with
this decline in display of silverWare trays
have become much more in evidence as
part of the decoration of a sideboard.
One cannot quarrel with a style which
has brought to the forefront some of
the exquisite and stately trays which
lend their grace to so many side
boards, and which set off to excellent
advantage the few articles snhouetted
against them.
Repousse and engraved brass trays
form striking backgrounds for black
glass three-piece buffet sets. Or they
correspond to perfection with brass
,andlestlcks holding gay-colored candles.
The brilliance and yellow tone Of the
polished metal gives welcome sugges-
Evening star., 1932-07-23
GOOD TASTE TODAY
BY EMILY POST.
Famous Authority on Etiquette.

which most perfectly serves the pur-
pose of ease. One would lift a cup
without its saucer to hold it under an
urn with a short spigot, or on its
saucer under kettle that tilts Cor the
spout of a tall coffee pot filled very
fulD. If practical, one would pour
from an average tea Cor coffee pot into
cup on its saucer put down on the
tray directly in front Of one. But if
you would like to pour coffee just as
she did, why not tell your fiance that
you would. not because of a right"
way, but because you would like to do it
her way. Surely you could not please
him more, especially since you want to
do what she did, because you know he
thought it the beautiful way.
Copyright. 1920
II you would like leaf1et on the Great
American RudenesS and the Little American
Rudeness, send a stamped, sell addressed
envelope with your request to Mrs. Post
care of this paper.
Evening star., 1932-07-23
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Me and Sid Hunt started to take a
wawk and Sid's little brother Bert
started to come with us against our
will, like he genrelly does, and I wink
ed at Sid, wispering, Let's pertend We
don't even know he's with US, that awt
to discourage him.
And I said out loud, G, Sid, I'm glad
that darn kid brother Of yours dident
come along, and Sid said, Sure, should
say so, that darn kids nuisants.
Hay, what's a matter with you, I'm
here, Bert said.
Me and Sid leaving on We cident
hear him. me saying. Yes. it's certeny
relief to be wawking b. ourSelfs for
a change, aint it, Sid? and Sid saying,
I'll say it is, it's one Of the biggest re-
liefs I've had this week. 1 CESS Bert's
back there now wondering where We
went to, he said.
Like fun I am, I'm rite here, Bert
said, and I said, It's certeny a crate
feeling not to hear his voice butting
in all the time, and Sid said, Just your
voice and my voice, that's all the voices
Cdll Uc IlcdIO dIOullO llSIe, ! III SldO W
say.
Aw, you guys know I'm here all rite,
who you think you're kidding? Bert
said, and said, If Bert was here he'd
just be spelling our whole wawk, and
Sid said, Yes, the darn kid, but he's
nowheres around, lucky for us.
And We stopped and started to look
in candy store window, wishing We
had some money to go inside with, Sid
saying, If Bert was here all this candy
would make him homesick and he
wouldent be able to stand the site
without crying, but as it is he's not
here.
Yes I am too and what's more
could go rite in this store now and get
whatever 1 felt like, because look at
this dime I got from Ant Izzabel, Bert
said. And he took it out of his pants
pockit and showed us. me saying, G.,
hello Bert, are you here? and Sid say
ing Hello Bert, how long you been
here?
I haven't been here, because I'm not
with you and / never was and neither
was this dime, so good by, smarty, Bert
said. and he started to wawk away,
terning around and making faces, and
Sid said, o well, it's werth dime to
get rid of him.
wich it was, especially his own dime.
Evening star., 1932-07-23
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

he says, should practice ideal love and
kindness"
Dear Uncle Ray: I am laughing
up my sleeve at addressing you as
Uncle for I am enjoying the honor
of being in my eighty-first year, and
I judge / am old enough to be your
mother possibly your grandmother in
stead of your niecei But in one of
your corner talks, I noticed a letter
to you from Mrs. Williams, concerning
some robins and it set me thinking Of
a bird experience 1 had when I was a
child.
"One Sunday morning thought
I heard a whippoorwill outside the
cabin we were living in during the
Summer. I crept softly around the
cabin to see the bird. What was my
astonishment when I saw robin red
breast sitting on stump singing
'whip-poor-wilr with all his might.
I slipped into the cabin and begged
my father to come to see it, but he
chided me for telling such yarn
about a robin.
"The next Sunday, the Hastings
Banner contained an article by. the
editor stating that he had seen a
robin which sang 'whip-poor- will.
When my father read this, he turned to
me and said, There. Flora, your yarn
was the truth, all right I tell you,
I walked on air about that time. Later
on, my mother told the editor about
my experience. Yours truly,
That robin, it would seem, was trying
to rival the mockingbird.
Evening star., 1932-07-23

their size. In the end 1t always gets
down to a difference Cf opinion as to
which are the better armed. Jimmy
Skunk and the members Of his family
or Prickly Porky The Porcupine and the
members Of his family.
That was the question that was both
ering Grunty. one of Uncle Billy Pos
sums children. He had made the &C
quaintance of Inky, all-black son Of
Jimmy Skunk. and GULLY, fretful son
Of Prickly Porky, and he had envied
both the manner in which they were
armed. Which ore he envied most he
had found it hard work to decide.
Sometimes it was one and sometimes
the other. You see. he could not make
up his mind as to which was armed the
best.
1t wasn't until Farmer Browns Boy
happened to visit that part of the
Green Forest that the question was
settled. At least it was settled for
Grunty. 1t was one afternoon. Farmer
Browns Boy had come over to see what
was new around the pond Of Paddy the
Beaver, and quite by chance he sat
down under the very tree in which
Grunty happened to be. He had been
hunting about on the ground when
Reddy Fox came along and Grunty
seeing him in time, had climbed that
tree. There he had remained and
Evening star., 1932-07-23
THAT BODY OF YOURS
BY JAMES w. BARTON, NJ. L

Price. Americas outstanding dentist,
and DR.. Charles Mayo, Americas out
standing surgeon, both of whom advised
the removal of dead teeth after the
age of 40. This man was past so.
However, he might use the remedy,
as it would help clear out the poisons
from the system in a shorter time than
if nothing were used; the acute attack
he would likely get relief from his pain
and might be free Of it for some
months.
He pointed out to him. however, that
when infections from teeth or other
sources in the body got to the point
where they were causing neuritis, the
infection had likely been in the system
a long time Infection at first causes
laziness, tiredness, breathlessness on
slight eXertion. but later on begins to
affect the joints and muscles and often
the heart.
Now, this patient and others with
similar conditions may tide over one or
more attacks of neuritiS. or arthritis,
by using large and regular. doses of ep-
som salts, but each attack is bound to
leave its effect upon the Joint. to say
nothing of the effect upon the heart
Fortunately, dentists and doctors
work together in trying to remove in
fection from the system. because in
medicine and dentistry one looks for
the commonest causes first. The COM
monest causes of neuritis are infections
of teeth and tonsils.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1932-07-23


knows all the common suburban
and orchard and meadow birds,
i especially the sorts that will
will come near the house for
feeding He is fairly good on the forest
birds. though a bit wobbly on the
warblers, and sparing on the sparroWs.
But the water birds are, most Of them,
outside his ken. I generally find that
huntsmen, especially the duck shooters
with whose activities I'm personally
out of sympathy, though I'm no re-
former, are better ornithologiStS than
when it comes to the aquatic species.
I would never have seen grebe on
one of the big lakes of Northern In
diana if duck hunter hadn't pointed
it out to me. They generally know their
shore birds, too. very well, even those
that are inedible, for whether they will
it or not, they become naturalistS after
fashion.
Speaking of fashions. the fashionable
place just now for the ornithologiSts who
want TO see our Summer water birds,
those that come to breed. is on or
around Alexander Island. OF late years
all the District bird lovers make Sum
mer trips there. Contrary to what one
might expect Of spot that has be-
come famous for its rails, its Florida
gallinules and its bitterns, Alexander
Island is not distant. In fact, thou
sands of folk who live in Virginia and
work i'll Washington cross it twice
day. 1t is that gravelly fat at the
Virginia end OF the Highway Bridge,
over which one goes flying either by car
or bus or in the old days, by electric
line. Indeed. it is not an island. or. if
it ever was, it has ceased to be one,
the Potomac having abandoned one of
its channels and left Alexander (and
who was he, by the way. that he left
his name on 50 much hereabout?) join
cd to the Arlington district of Virginia.
The lower end of Alexander Island
terminates in Gravelly Point, the upper
in Columbia Island" and at the lat
ter was found a bird new to the fauna
of the District-and it is becoming very
difficult to add a new species to the
list of goo.
The Knot when discovered, brought
the list up to 30l. The knot sounds
from his name like fictitious bird. but
he is better known under the name of
red-breaSted snipe This big bird, large
for his species, at any rate. is not beau
tiful. but he is certainly rare here
about. His usual flight is up the At
lantic Coast to New England, or up the
Mississippi to the country of the North
west. First seen from May 26 to June
3 in 1926 by Edmund Platt and w. H.
Ball, it has been glimpsed often since
in Spring and Fall. A flock of Is was
sighted off Hains Point; one actually
flew over East Potomac Park on the re-
turn trip of this species in August.
and, if you please, in September. 1928.
several were seen standing in water of
an excavation for a building at Four
teenth and B streets
Alexander Island is also an extreme
outlying station fer that beautiful plant
OF the uplands, in bloom now. but be-
coming rare, the snowy campion, which
has almost the charm of some Alpine
flower, with its snow-white, notched
and delicately crowned petals.
Evening star., 1932-07-23
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX

the right to and
/ \ opening
~ invasion his privacy but when get letter ne opens and reads
before he hands it to have secrets that wish to hide
the thrill getting letter for somebody
What about it? WIFE
another persons letter is
individual privacy Is the qualification
curiosity which excuse
settled this question for good and ALL for the law
thing that provoes family
insult "a and rifed envelope
in household Never
willing acrimonious
sen of their and dearest order
another letters
their prying instincts that they cannot
resist.
justify themselves opening each
and should have secrets
Of perfect unity
the contents
reality jealousy
husbands wives each others letters And
this family letters.
THE opens
her mother
sending
somehow they line
take this snaky Of doing it.
really and truly trust each other have
letters
they for matter OF fact nothing
| " DOROTHY DIX.
Copyright,
Evening star., 1932-07-23

stantly moving the preparation Of the
protein food for absorption is begun
by the action Of the gastric fluids.
When we are in good health the
gastric juice is dormant between meals
but as soon as we begin to eat 1t
begins to flow to be ready to digest
the food when it reaches the lower
part of the stomach.
Sometimes the natural action of the
gastric juice is disturbed and We find
that acid is either flowing in too large
or in too small quantities. The first
condition is the most common and
it is known as hyperacidity. The op-
pcsita condition of too little acid IS
known as hypoacidity.
The causes of these conditions are
not always certain. Irregular and un-
wise eating is often a contributing
cause TO hyperacidity. Some physi-
clans believe that a condition of con-
stipation, which produces toxins in the
intestinal tract. which in their turn
cause the alkaline digestive juices of
the intestines to regurgitate into the
stomach, Is contributing cause. In
the first place, they slow up digestion
in the stomach, and more acid is
developed than Is needed for the
Evening star., 1932-07-23


A | of a continued story, am
wv tempted to skip the Saturday
Talk, but on Saturday
like to be free to talk with
YOU Just as though we were together
in room.
For those who have been following
Adventures of the Sea-" 1 may say
that the two sailors who have come
to see Capt. Thompson simply want
to offer their help. In the Monday
installment, the question will come up
as to whether Allen and Roberta can
90 on the voyage to the strange island.
If YOU have not yet started the story,
perhaps YOU will commence on Monday.
Here are new letters on my desk.
The first one I open is from Beatrice
Leonard. She does not tell me how
old she is but should guess IL or
l3. Am I right, Beatrice? To her
letter she adds this postscript:
Il have a big book for our Uncle
Ray's Corner I have it all shell
lacked and covered with those pretty
naners which are inside envelopes"
1 like to hear of readers decorating
their scrapbooks. You know the old
saving, "A thing of beauty is a JOY
forever"
Next come two long typewriter
letters from older folks. One IS from
otto Hirth, who tells me that he was
born in Switzerland. He has not at
tended school over here, but he has
learned to express himself in English.
"Not only children, but all grown-ups,"
Evening star., 1932-07-23

a woman born and reared to sit on a
social throne, and who knew unques-
tionably the right and wrong Of
everything"
Answer-Pouring coffee by hostess
Is not formal way of serving. there
fore the ceremony you speak OF was a
personal one established by your fiance's
mother. mean it might be the most
charming service in the world-just as
the salad dressing made by an old
friend of mine, well know SouthernCr
of another day, was a ritual peculiarly
her own-but both her salad mixing
and coffee pouring, by lady of the
house, are not to be found in the
maxims of etiquette. 1t is always best
art" as well as grace to do that