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Evening star., 1933-08-26
A Sermon for Today
Easy Way Of Life.
BY rev. JOHN =. GuNN.

Easy Way OF Life.
'woe to them that are at ease in
Zion. Amos, VII.
To be at ease In Zion, or anywhere
else, Is to be in a state that will most
certainly lead to woe. The reason why
many people make shipwreck Of their
lives Is that life Is too easy for them. =,
A Greek scholar calls attention to
the degeneration Of the Greek word
easy" Originally 1t meant ito do
things with ease. then it came to
wrong things" ito play the rogue"
Words, like individuals, get into bad
company and suffer deterioration.
Most Of us have q fancy for the easy
life. But the easy life is dangerous
life. It gets us into bad company. 1t
gets us into bad habits. It is apt to
make rogues Of us. It is certain to
lead to deterioration in character.
Picturing the peril of ancient Moab,
the prophet Jeremiah said, Moab hath
been at ease from his youth" What
was the result? Follow the story fur
ther on and you will see. Moab Is
near to come" THE Joy and gladness
Is taken from the plentiful field, and
from the land Of Moab" That is what
too much ease will do for any nation
or any individual
Taking life easy" is a common ex-
preston among us. 1t describes the
manner of life that good many peo-
pie live. and t1at good many more of
us would like to live, If we could. We
would choose the way of ease and
smoothness, the way of physical and
mental comfort. But there is nothing
more perilous than such life 1t pro-
duces mental and spiritual stagnation
and makes one the easy victim of
temptation.
Men labor hard to accumulate wealth,
with the ambition to get on what the
world calls "easy street." But easy
street, even for the strongest Of men, is
a street of many snares. More SO,
perhaps, for the man not accustomed
to it. than for one who has lived there
all his life. Men who have struggled
hard for years and suddenly find them
selves on easy street seem to be par
ticularly susceptible to its temptations.
When men who have toiled and sweated
for long years get to where they can
take things easy, we usually congrat-
ulate them. A word of warning, dip
lomatically given, might be more
| timely.
WOE TO them that be at ease" We
would not be envious of those who live
in ease if We could see the woes that
/ beset them. There is no real living,
and no real achievement, in the easy
| way Of life.
Evening star., 1933-08-26
Uncommon Sense
Eyes Half Open
BY JOHN BLAKE.

7 seems to me that if travel by air
plane becomes as universal as travel
by railroad train, motor car and
i ocean liner, people are going to miss
seeing a great many things that
they should know something about.
1 remember once travelling through
the Canadian Rockies in company with
four men who sat in the smoking COM
partment and played poker through the
whole journey.
Through the Canadian Rockies one
could see the world practically in the
making-in few places are such mar
velous, glacier-roofed mountains. But
the dollar to be made out of hotly
contested pot was far more important
to them.
In Paris before the war, the average
American tourist, surrounded by an old
world civilization which he had never
before seen, was likely to sit in his hotel
and grouse because he could not find
any place where he could get a real
Manhattan cocktail. For such people
as these. travel seems a foolish waste
of money. They will use planes when
they journey in the future. for Mr..
Kipling's rule of For to admire and
for to see" will not appeal to them in
the least.
I once borrowed a steam launch from
q friend and took party down the CO.
lumbia River on duck hunt. They had
been talking about that duck hunt for
weeks, borrowed guns and bought am
munition, and were all excited about it
when we started. When we arrived on
the hunting grounds. they began a
bridge game, which continued off and
on for three days.
There were swarms of ducks all about.
One of them even bumped against the
window of the launch. But my friends
were busy trying to win quarters from
one another and had no time for
hunting.
Far better, if we are going to travel,
to search out ripping brook and fol-
low it to its source, observing its every
turn, than to cruise down the Amazon
or up the Nile and kill" the time en-
route by shooting craps or complaining
about the mosquitoes.
This Is a wonderful world. even that
part of it which we can see from our
windows. But it would give people far
more pleasure If they would take the
trouble to look at it once In while
if only long enough to think about it
and be thankful that it is all-around
them.
Perhaps plane travel will be interest
ing. But viewing the world from three
or four thousand feet up in the air
canont be very much more edifying
than looking at the moon through an
observatory telescope.
Evening star., 1933-08-26
A Little Saturday Talk.
TOW old must a child be before
u he can understand and enjoy
the CCrner2

the Corner?
L i think that most readers in
our CIRCLE are more than 8
years old, but from time to time re-
ceive letters which show that younger
children take an interest. Right now
have before me two letters which
bear on this point. One is from a
mother, and runs:
Dear Uncle Ray: Will you be good
enough to serd my small son your leaf
let telling how to make a Corner
scrapbook? He is tremendously inter-
ested in your Corner, although only 5
years old. Ee is anxious to know your
suggestions for preserving the articles
in scrapbook. Yours very truly.
Mrs. o. I. Mathisen."
I am delighted to have Mrs. Mathi-
sens little son in cur Scrapbook Club,
and hope that as the years 60 by his
interest will grow deeper and deeper
The other letter reads:
Dear Uncle Ray: I am writing to
tell you how I made my scrapbook. I
took red construction paper. l have
only the cover so far, but when / have
time I will put white paper inside On
the front OF the cover is printed in big
letters: MY UNCLE RAYS SCRAP
BOOK. I like to read Corners. I am
7 years old. Yours sincerely,
Viola Hanson"
BY the time Viola sees this in print.
I hope she will have placed the white
paper in her scrapbook, and that she
also will have some of the Corner
stories pasted inside
Speaking Of scrap0ooks reminds me
that we shall have articles il the Cor
ner next wee, which may be helpful
during the coming schcol year Ore of
them will be about Insect Eyes and
Evening star., 1933-08-26

see her When she flys, she reveals
the true blackbird flying characteristic
OF using the tail for steering, and when
she walks she does SO with long, awk-
ward strides
In swamps and marshes the nursery
is built in May. Safely anchored to
reed stems. the swaying basket cradle
is constructed of grasses and lined with
finer grass 1t is bulky affair, roomy
and comfortable, Here three to five
pale blue eggs. with queer marks and
scratches of black and purple. are laid.
Father is always nearby. He appears
to be meditating when doing sentinel
duty, though most likely digesting a
hearty meal of grubs, cut-worms, bugs
and grain.
Farmers have little affection for these
birds Noisy. Gathering greedy rascals"
they call them. Yet they eat hordes of
pests and take only few quarts of
berries or fruit in return for their
service.
(Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1933-08-26

4 4 When she prevents a child
from acting in some way that
displeases her. as she Furnishes him
for disobeying her orders, she con-
siders both courses discipline. So it is.
In my estimation the difference lies in
the fact that it is discipline, but not
good discipline.
Good discipline is primarily training
and education. The child takes a
match, as he has seen adults take
matches. He initiates their action and
lights the match. He lights some paper.
His mother screams, snatches him away
from the flames and Furnishes him Sc
verely, so that he will never, never
touch a match again. She considers
that good discipline. I do not. feel
that the moment a child is old enough
to strike a match he should be shown
how to do it, how to be careful with
matches. how successfully he can ham
die them If we are on hand, how
necessary it is not to use them alone.
Until the fascination of matches has
worn of, we put the box out of reach.
to be sure he doesn't play with them
alone.
We think of the child as often as
we think Of ourselves, and realize that
everything we do all day long, meals
on time, bed on time. baths on time,
outdoor play, on time. is as much disci-
pline as spanking, and far better
discipline It accustoms the child to
orderly, regular habits. His conformity
to the routine we install is obedience,
and its daily observance is good dis
cipline. =.
No one can act in the world exactly
as he would like to act. We are dis
ciplined by a thousand rules and reg
ulations Of conduct that are set up for
the go6dre6 the multitude. The child
Evening star., 1933-08-26

First. Your hand must contain not
less than three and a half primary
tricks.
Second. You must have q card as
high as a queen in each suit. AVOID
this response If any suit has only q
J 10 x holding. :,
Third. Your primary values should
be accompanied in at least two suits by
some lower honor or reinforcing Sc
uuehce such as a jack or feminine so
that a finesse situation will be avail
able if needed to trap an adverse
queen. In other words, in this respect
your hand should be Of the true no
trump type Your partner can trust
YOU for playing chances of this kind
and need not sign of because he has
opened on bare three-and-a-half
primary tricks. with no intermediates
or tenace material.
Duty of Opening Bidder.
The opening bidder is being asked
merely to confirm his opening bid for a
small slam to be reached. He Is not ex-
pected to have anything in reserve
either in primary form, secondary form,
or in low tenace holding With three
and half primary tricks he must keep
the bidding open, and he should do SO
even if his half trick Is in @ j form,
or with a very weak holding in one
suit. Having
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I would, in reply to four no trumps,
bid six. In this situation there Is no
point in bidding four or five no trumps.
Either pass because you did not have a
real no-trump opening bid. or else DID
six no trumps, thereby confirming your
opening bid, even with the very slight
shading illustrated in these two hands.
Your partner. for his bid, must hold
either two aces, king-queen and
king. or else the ace of hearts, king
queen in spades and in diamonds IRE
ferring to hand No. - and at least the
king of clubs. Certainly six no trump
combination. With hand No. 2. partner
is marked with king-lueen of spades,
ace of hearts. king of iamonds-total
so far. two and half tricks. Thus he
must have a primary trick in clubs If
that is king-queen. six no trumps is a
spread; if it is A X X, the hand can be
beaten, but if it is A 10 there will be
a likely finesse to lose only one club
trick. If he holds only the king of
spades. then he has at least ace-queen
in clubs. and the slam is sure.
Tomorrow he will consider openers
acceptance in terms of suit, and then
the grand-slam angle.
CCopyrght. 1933D
Mr. Sims will answer all inquiries on
contract that are addressed to this news
paper. with addressed. stamped envelope.
Evening star., 1933-08-26
MENU FOR A DAY.

BREAKFAST.
Honey Dew Melons.
Prepared Cereal With Cream.
Creamed Clipped Beef.
flashed Brown Potatoes. Toast.
Coffee.
DINNER.
Melon Cocktail.
Roast Chicken. Brown Gravy.
Watermelon Pickle. Celery.
Mashed Potatoes. Green Corn.
Lettuce. French Dressing.
Banana Pudding. Coffee.
SUPPER.
Hot Cheese Sandwiches.
Pickles. Olives.
Sliced Oranges and Bananas.
Brownies. Tea.
HASHED BROWN.
Try out fat salt pork cut in
small cubes, remove scraps; there
should be about u cuptul OF tat.
Add 2 cupfuls cold boiled po-
tatoes, finely chopped; Is tea
I spoonful pepper and salt if need
ed. Mix potatoes thoroughly
with fat cook minutes stirring
constantly: let stand to brown
underneath. Fold as an onelet
and turn on hot platter.
BANANA PUDDING.
One quart milk in double
boiler: Wlrer brought to the boil
ing point add to it eggs beaten
with cupful sugar and stir con-
stantly until it begins to thicken;
remove it at once. If allowed to
stand a moment the custard Will
curdle. If you are unfortunate
enough to have it curdle pour in
about tablespoonful cold milk,
beat rapidly with an egg-beater.
When cool. pour over thlnly-
sliced bananas in a deep dish.
Whip y pint cream. Pour over
top: also drop in a square half
inch of currant or grape jelly.
BROWNIES.
One-third cupful butter, hs
cupful sugar. ls cupful molasses,
l egg. l scant cupful flour, cup
full pecan or other nuts, u tea
spoonful baking powder. Cream
the butter and sugar, add the
molasses and egg, and, lastly. the
-four and baking powder sifted
together. Stir in the nuts and
bake the cakes in small fancy
pans well creased.
tCopyright. 1889 .
Evening star., 1933-08-26
YOUR BABY AND MINE
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

learns this sort of discipline in his daily
life, and he is to be pitied if he doesn't
learn it in the agreeable way which
gives liberty when it curtails one, III
the reasonable way that says, mo one
can do exactly as he pleases. and nets
ther can you" q
The kinds of punishment which We
may devise for infringement OF necesa
sary rules should be few. Children can
be taken away from situations in which
they are naughty. or they can have
the tempting situations removed from
them. They can be brought in to be
washed. to be put to bed. to 60 to the
table, if words are Intellectual. Calm
enforcement of the rule is just as mucis
discipline as letting children disobey
and then spanking them. The average
child needs few other punishments than
temporary Punishment from the family
circle. Let discipline be steady. guid.
ing, intelligent education. rather than
forceful prevention or mean punish-
meut
Evening star., 1933-08-26
Leeway Principle
Comes In,

Here again t h
leeway principle intervenes in most
useful manner First, you allow tor
some shading of the original bid. IN
case your partner has seen fit to bid
when he might have passed. He Is not
Immediately put on the spot because
for some reason known at this point
only to himself he bid no trump on
doubtful hand.
Second. You make it easy to get
into suit-slam instead OF the no
trump slam, should such alternative be
practical, and you leave yourself some
bidding opportunities in the meanwhile
by which to ascertain whether to slam
in the suit or in no trumpS.
Third. You make it safer to ascer-
tain grand slam chances without Jeop-
ardizing your small slams in the
process.
Definite Requirements for Four No
Trump Response.
Since we are now right in the slam
zone and great precision is needed,
make sure that your hand complies
with the following conditions before
you assume the responsibility of bid
ding four no trumpS over one no trump:
Evening star., 1933-08-26
Just in Time.
Putting off things you must do
You almost certainly will rue.
old Mother Nature.

~ EEHAPS that dreaded thing
- that is cutting the grass
won't come over here. Per-
haps We won't have to
move. said Nanny Meadow
Mouse. hopefully.
Perhaps it won't, but p I'm sure 1t
will replied Danny Meadow Mouse.
This is one of the best homes we
ever have had 7 don't want to leave
it." Nanny persisted.
I'VE can make another just as good"
retorted Danny.
But it went be the same" moaned
Nanny. No, sir, it won't be the same" !"
Danny began to lose patience. That
home under the big tussock Of grass
didn't mean SO much to him, anyway.
1T isn't Just matter of home. 1t
IS a matter of keeping alive to have
Evening star., 1933-08-26

The baby's bank I used to view
With interest intense
And think of all a boy miglss do
With heaps Of copper cer<s,
Still, though Old Nici' within m.
breast
The seeds Of envy sowed,
My thieving instincts were represscd
BY that confounded code.
We lack the patience of the saints
As through this life we fare,
We think restrictions and restraints
Are quite too hard to bear,
So. as we take our separate roads,
readily admit
That If we just enforce these codes
They'll help-a little bit.
(Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1933-08-26

BY JAMES ]. MONTAGUE.

Codes.
Time was. when espied pie
Upon the pantry shelf,
Although I never knew quite why,
I dared not help myself.
Down youthful cheeks the teardrops
coursed
As on the floor sat,
For codes were rigidly enforced
AS long ago as that.
In early May always yearned
To run away from school
And get my torso nicely burned
While swimming in the pool,
But in those first bright days of Spring
A wretched time had,
For playing hockey was a thing
The family code forbade.
Evening star., 1933-08-26

T ANDSOMELY garbed in glossy
black and epaulets OF req.
edged with yellow, the rcd
i i wings arrive in the early
Spring, all dressed up in
wedding clothes. They are sociaple
fellows, who love to mix with all the
travelling feathered swains, and reach
the north slightly in advance OF the
shy blackbird damsels.
Even before the leaves appear on the
trees, the military appearing fellows,
are moving about among the Winter
birds.
Somehow you get the impression that
they are ashamed of their voices-they
sing toward the ground. Tails are
dropped to assure balance, both wings
are lifted, and the singers sway back
and forth on supple reeds, as though
rocking as they sing.
As suitor, each is well aware Of
his charms. His dashing epaulets al
ways attract attention, he is a swift
flyer and his family is famous as safe
guarders of home and family. Though
they are well-known bigamists, yet their
reputation for kindness and considera :
tion wins for them several contented
wives. who get along beautifully
together.
A red-wing takes up his homestead
in given locality and this territory is
acknowledged as his own. The female
plackblrds who enter this domain So
with the property.
Father blackbird is kept very busy,
warning his mates to keep quiet when
an intruder comes near, and gives q
louder, firmer note of alarm when dam
ger truly threatens.
The garb of his mates is rusty looking
in appearance, a startling contrast 10
his glossy uniform. Few people realize
they belong to the same family. The
modest pepper-and-salt suit, with its
rusty tinge, is for protective purposes,
of course.
AS the mother blackbird sits on her
nest among the reeds. you can scarcely
Evening star., 1933-08-26
College Hunor

Hello, Marge? Yeah. this is George.
How are you, Marge? That's fine. How
would you like to go to a party next
Friday night? Oh, you got date, huh.
Yeah, I'm sorry. Some other time.
Yeah. Good-by"
Hello, Alice? This is George, Alice.
Are you doing anything Friday night?
Oh, you are. Yeah. Well, good-by."
Hello, Jean. Oh, you're going to be
busy Friday night?"
Hello. operator. What have you got
on for Friday ?"-Minnesota Ski U-Mah.
1/c-Mister, what makes the leaves
turn red in the Fall?
4/c-They are blushing to think how
green they have been all Summer, sir.
Friendly Bootlegger-Looks like rain.
Collegiate-Yes, but y tastes family
like yeAst.-Red Cat.
Evening star., 1933-08-26
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

Songs" 1t may prove of use in nature
study class. I.
Another story coming next week will
tell little about the brains of AMI
mails, and may be- of value to pupils
studying zoology or general science.
Remember that you can JOIN the
Scrapbook Club on any date With q
new school year not far away, this
should be a good time to send in your
name and address. along with a self
addressed, stamped envelope. As have
said ever SO often, please write plainly
so there may be no mistake In the
mails" Allow plenty of time for the
arrival of the scrapbook leaflet which
will be mailed back to you, and In the
meantime clip and save the Corner
articles carefully. UNCLE RAY.
Evening star., 1933-08-26

dren are allowed to make their own
choice. it is usually necessary to give
them some guidance, as nothing is more
important than food selection during
school days. There are still too many
schools where no provision is made for
hot lunches, even when many of the
children live SO far away that they can
not 60 home at noon. Neighbors whose
children live too far away to walk back
and forth at noon, in one instance. ar
range among themselves so that each
mother undertakes one day a week to
drive the children back and forth at
the noon hour.
There are also still too many schools
where haphaZard lunches are served.
Evening star., 1933-08-26

NOt OIily - SOOu
food provided, but
the dietitian helps
the children to
c hOoSe wisely
among the foods
offered. At many
s c h ools younger
children are served
a well : balanced
meal, as 1t is felt
that children can
not alw avs be
trusted, even when
they have been well
trained. as far as
food habits are
concerned, at home.
Wherever t h e
cafeteria plan is
Evening star., 1933-08-26
How 1t Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
"From Hand to Mouth. "

People living from hand to mouth are
a spectacle known probably to every
age and every cline The phrase Is q
popular one in modern speech to de-
scribe thriftlessness, q way Of life that
does not take into consideration the
needs of tomorrow
The allusion to food consumed as
quickly as It comes to hand Is. of
course. obvious. The expression Is not
of modern Inspiration. owing its origin
to the sixteenth century Du Bartas Ia
his famous Divine Weekes- And
Workes.' = ''-'-is7 -
Evening star., 1933-08-26
Food Chopper.

Before fastening food chopper to a
table or shelf place a piece of sand
paper large enough to go under both
clamps, rough side up, on the edge of
the shelf. Screw the chopper up tight
| clamps working loose.
Evening star., 1933-08-26

SHE DARTED OUT OF The SNUG
NEST AND, AT DANNY'S HEELS,
HEADED FOR THE DEAR OLD
BRIAR-PATCH.
any kind OF home. Come on! Let's
get going" said Danny in that funny
squeaky voice OF his.
Listen. I don't hear that dreadful
thing now Perhaps it has gene away
and won't cut any more grass"
squeaked Nanny hopefully.
They listened. They no longer heard
the whirr and clatter of the moving
machine. Farmer Brown had stopped
it to give the horses rest and to look
the machine over. Of course, Danny
and Nanny didn't know that. Being
such little people and the grass being
SO tall they couldn't see off at all. Liv-
Evening star., 1933-08-26
Conquering Contract
BY P. HAL SIMS

Mr.. Sims is uniuersally acclaimed the
greatest liuing contract and auction
player. He waS captain OF the renowned
"Four Horsemen" team, no,O dtsbdnded
and hds ,con "a national championships
since 1924. These articles are based ON
the Sims system, Which includes the
one-oper-one principle uhich the Sims
group of players ,0as the first to employ
and deUelop.
Evening star., 1933-08-26
JOLLY POLLY
A Little Chat on Etiquette.
BY JOS. J. FRISCH
BY JOS. J. FRISCH.

B. CA gentleman opens a door
for strange lady. holds it open with
one hand and lifts his hat with the
other. while she passes through the
door ahead of him. The lady, Of course.
bows an acknowledgment of this
courtesy.
Evening star., 1933-08-26
One No Trump, Four No Trumps.

"HE responding hand can make a
stronger slam-try than the i'm
mediate response of three no
trumpS. I advise the response
of four no trumpS under the
following conditions:
Holding an Original Sims No-Trumper,
Respond With Four.
When your partner bids no trump
and vou hold a hand which fills all
Evening star., 1933-08-26

requirements l q 1
m a kin G a no
trump bid yourself,
a hand on which
you would have bid
a no-trump h a d
t he opportunity
come to you first,
a small slam is
hardly in doubt.
Why not bid it
immediately! Why
bid only four no
trumps when you
feel sure of max
ing six, and wish
the slam to be bid?
Leeway Principle
IT,
Evening star., 1933-08-26

Use this coupon to join the Uncle
Ray Scrapbook Club!
TO UNCLE RAY,
Care of The Evening Star,
Washington, D. c.
Dear Uncle Ray: want to Join
the 1888 Uncle Ray Scrapbook
Club, and inclo5e a stamped en-
velope carefully addressed to my
self. Please send me a Member
ship Certificate, a ieaflet telling
how to make a Corner scrapbook
of my own. and a printed design
to paste on the cover OF my
scrapbook.
NaIne
Street or r. F. D..
SIly ............s..s.
State or Province. ...............
Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1933-08-26

A FEW weeks ago one Of my friends
n told me that she had chosen
II school for her young boys for the
4 \ coming year and had made her
final decision, practically. be-
cause she had found by investigation
that this particular school employed a
dietitian to plan and supervise the
luncheons served at noon Of the all-day
session.