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Evening star., 1933-10-03
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Sunday afternoon my sister GladdlS
left little Willie at our house for ma to
take care of, and me and him and ma
was in the living room and pop came
in and slipped on the loose rug and
waved his arms and legs around with
out quite falling all a ways down, and
Willie started to laugh like anything as
If it was one Of the funniest things he
had ever saw.
Wich maybe it was, and ma said, He
thinks it's funny because he hasn't had
the advantage of sufficient experience
to realize the possible danger. I sippose
some unreasoning people would give
him smack to impress the seriousness
Of. life on him, she said.
! bleeve I'm one of them, pop said,
feeling his knee to see If he had bent
it or anything, and ma said, Well, &C
cording to the principals of the sycol-
ogy of child education you couldn't
have a more mistaken reaction. Abus-
ing a child's feelings is no way to teach
him consideration for the feelings of
others. He must learn through his
little understanding. Now, Willie, lis
ten to grandmother. Don't you realize
that your grandfather mite of fallen
and injured himself seriously, perhaps
even of broken his leg? she said.
Would he haff to wawk on crutches?
Willie said, and ma said, There. now
you see, the gravity of 1t is starting to
penetrate his little comprehension al
ready. Yes, Willie, your grandfather
mite even haff to wawk on crutches,
she said, and Willie said, Well, when
he's not using them can I play with
them?
Yee gods, pop said. and ma said.
Now Willie, that's not the important
question, that's neither here nor there.
Well, wherever it is, will you promise
to leave me play with them? Willie
said. and ma said, will on one con-
sideration, that is if you say you're
sorry your grandfather slipped, and
Willie said. I'm sorry he slipped. don't
forget you promised, when do you think
it will be?
There, you see, Willyum, it's at least
partial victory, ma said, and pop said,
Quite, I hope you wont think I'm
mean to the little fellow but I'm going
to get hammer and tacks and fasten
that rug down this very minnit.
Wich he did.
Evening star., 1933-10-03
Being Sure of Things
BY FANNY 7. CORY
BY JEAN NEWTON.

COZ one thing only am I positive;
" and that Is that I am not sure!
A genius said that. For the more one
knows, the more one knows how little
one knows So to know that one Is
never sure must amount to genius!
In a world full of people who are al
ways so sure of things, SO certain OF
themselves. so positive that they are
"right"-what a relief to find some one
who is mot sure!" What boon to
live with such person!
Doubtless there are faults in the ex-
treme of never being sure. But victims
as we are of so much oversureness, OF
SO many conflicting certainties, 1t Will
take large dose Of unsureness to con-
vince us that that quality is anything
but perfect!
Surely as between the too-sure and
the unsure, safety and wisdom and
charm are en- the side of the latter.
How much damage has been done by
people going off at tangent with half
naked certainties and convictions-how
dangerous advice in certainties founded
on half knowledge or hearsay!
With those who have lived while
and seen much, complacent certainty ID
Immediately suspected. The first quail
ity It suggests Is narrowness. For it Il
easier if your outlook is bounded in very
small space to be sure Of what you see,
than II there are spread before your
vision broad vistas Of sun and shade,
and beauty and sorrow, of much OF
mans history and the good and bad OF
many things.
The broader your background the
harder it is to pin your vision to one
point. The more you have seen and
heard and felt, the more difficult it is
to judge And the wiser the man or
woman, the less likely to be too sure.
Evening star., 1933-10-03

ground Of rufus or tan. The sexes are
marked alike and baby ocelots are spot
ted. The feet are buffy white and
heavily padded. The cheeks are COW
cred with two black lines, while the
chin, throat. breast and belly are snowy
white. It Is the fierce white whiskers
that add SO much expression to the
face of the stealthy hunter.
Like all cats, the ocelot is a night
prowler. The animals travel in pairs,
possibly as company for each other.
Apparently they never assist each other
in times Of stress or to round up prey.
In the densely timbered section of its
native haunts, the ocelot spends many
hours resting on the lower limb Of a
tree, waiting with patience and forti-
tude for the prey to come within its
reach. II the food supply is scarce, 1t
will descend from its watch tower and
visit ranch, where lambs, young pigs
and other small animals are handy. To
add to the wrath of the injured owner,
the ocelot kills more than he needs
and covers his ill-gotten gain by clev-
erly arranged pile of leaves.
On rare occasions, dogs will tree an
ocelot Though the climber can scale
the trees about it, it prefers taking the
open spaces as a battle ground for the
first round with them. Then he craft
lily leads toward the dense forest. where
the dogs cannot follow. Seeing one oce-
lot, you are likely to see the mate and
as they are so much alike. one is often
misled into thinking the first one has
appeared on the scene again.
A dog that has once had wrestling
experience with this cat never forgets
the strong odor peculiar to the larger
feline tribe. and ever after is alert,
when the odor assails his nostrils.
Little Is known Of the courtship and
domestic life Of these handsome crea-
lures It Is known they have lovable
little twins that are born in late Oc-
tober or early November. They are born
blind and have the softest Of fur. COW
cred with dots. and few instances
have been recorded where baby ocelots
have been raised as pets and reared as
bottle babies Unfortunately. the infor-
nation did not 70 beyond the infant
hood Of the ocelot.
(Copyright 1e33J
Evening star., 1933-10-03
DCD A1'AI O1OASAA1O ". Burgess

where he has left the water and follow
his scent. The question Is. has he
gone up or down stream? III try down
stream first. III 60 down this side
until I am certain I have gone far
enough, then cross over and 60 back
up the other side If haven't found
any trace of him when I get back here
I'll feel sure that he has gone up
stream and III do the same thing in
that direction"
Reddy went down stream for some
little distance. wading where he could
and jumping from rock to rock where
he had to. He knew that that Dog
would be likely to find his scent on
some of those stones, but he didn't
mind. Following him would be slow
work at best and to gain time was what
he needed just then.
At last he came to certain place
he knew well. The Laughing Brook
was bread there. In the middle was q
great fiat rock more or less covered with
sticks and brush which had been
the water was high in the Spring. On
one side the water was deep close to
the big rock. then very shallow to the
bank Reddy left the Laughing Brook
and ran back in the woods little way.
Then he doubled back on his own trail,
leaped off to one side to an old log.
ran along this and jumped over to .
fallen tree, the top Of which lay in
the water.
He made his way out on this jumped
down in the water, which was only an
inch or two deep. and waded out to
big stone on the very edge of the deep
water This big stone had just a wee
bit of water flowing over it. hardly
enough to wet Reddy's feet. but enough
so that no scent would be left there.
From this big stone he made a long
leap to the great rock For o moment
he stood looking back up the Laughing
Brook and he was grinning a. he
looked. He could hear that Dog pa
tiently trying to work out that trail.
Then Reddy calmly curled UP in .
comfortable place on that great rock.
He was only partly hidden by the brush
gathered there snow. Mr.. Dog. find
me If you can" said he, and g-inned
egain.
It was an old trick that never yet
failed him.
(Copyright 1o331
Evening star., 1933-10-03
Evening School.
YOT so easy as In previous yeav
! for me to urge you to go to eve
rairau schnal because know

a YOT so easy as In previous yeas
N for me to urge you to go to eve
NJ ming school, because know
1 that, in many places, evening
school opportunities have been
curtaiied to large extent.
I feel very sorry about this, because
If there is any type of education which
ought to be we'll supported, 1t Is eve
ming school work You see, many young
men and women wh0 go to evening
schools are literally taxpayers, most OF
them are self-supporting, and all OF
them are ambitious.
To hit these young men and young
women right between their educational
eyes by doing away with evening
schools is, to my way of thinking,
cruel wrong. And especially cruel, when
so little has been done to cut out use
less things in high schools, and to cut
out the useless boys and girls in high
school who are wasting their time and
the money Of taxpayers in order to
postpone the responsibility of earning
their own living.
If night school is open, hope you
will 60 to it If it has anything in it
you want Some night schools teach
only elementary subjects to people who
have not had very much schooling. But
there are some night schools, especially
in our larger cities with wonderful
technical courses. which help a young
person to know more about the job he
is holding, or help prepare him for a
new job. Such schools have mathe-
matics as related to industry, practical
dress designing, courses in cooking,
courses preparatory for college entrance,
commercial subjects, economics and
fine courses in appreciation of English
literature
The night school is very different
from the day school. You can choose
almost any subject you want, and you
can stay in class as long as you make
good. Often you are not required to
take a subject you don't want for the
sake of taking a subject you do want.
Your fellow students are earnest minded
and you are not tempted by the trivial
tiles of the social world, athletics and
other side shows
Remember, don't disappoint yourself.
If you have a secret idea inside vo,r
head that you really made q mistake
Evening star., 1933-10-03

down. What is normal weight? No
one knows exactly what is the normal
weight for an individual Statistics
have shown that the average weight for
height may be used for a general cri-
terion. 1t has been shown that average
weight for height increases with years
They have also shown that the average
weight for 80, considering height. is the
best weight for persons below and above
that age Below that age it is, there
fore, well to be slightly over average
and if possible, after that age, to keep
your weight at this stage.
The condition Of underweight, espe-
cially In the case Of young girls, al
lows no reserve to be called upon in
emergency. A severe attack of pneu-
monia or typhoid fever will almost in
variably have more serious consequences
when this reserve is lacking. There has
been steady increase in the onslaughts
Of tuberculosis among young girls, some
of whom are naturally thin and some
OF whom have partially starved them
selves to retain or regain that more
Evening star., 1933-10-03
YOUR BOY AND YOUR GIRL
BY ARTHUR DEAN, sc. d.

in leaving school, why not have the
spunk and courage to acknowledge your
error and 60 to evening school?
Parking Babies.
II have a large home with several
unused rooms. 1 thought of minding
babies for mothers who go to business
or want to shop What should I charge
an hour, and what do you think Of
the idea. WILLING TO TRY"
Answer-There is no such nursery
business in your community, therefore
you might try it. Charge about so
cents an hour. In some cases, the
little tots must be put to sleep, be given
light lunch some of the older ones
must be fed. amused through play etc.
Copyright. 1887
Arthur Dean will answer personal letters
boys and sirls concerning their problems:
Address him care Of The Evening Star. and
enclose a stamped t3-cent), self-addressed
envelope.
Evening star., 1933-10-03
AUTUMN
THREE birds that are far COM
moner In Fall than In Spring
around the District are the black
tern the WhiStlinR AVIAN and the
BY d. G. PEATrR.

THREE birds that are far COM
moner In Fall than In Spring
around the District are the black
i tern, the whistling swan and the
yellow rail. do not venture to
suggest why this Is SO; and, Of course,
there is always the possibility that the
records make matters appear that way
through tnoompleteness. In spite Of the
fact that the bird life of Washington
is exceptionally well known. there are
q great many species on which the data
are extremely scant.
Birds that used to be considered rare
have. with increasingly close observa-
tion, been shown to be common-at
least. in tho opinion Of trained bird
observers. No ordinary mortal like our
selves would know most Of these birds
apart What we mean by a common
bird is one which the professional orni-
biologists would call abundant-the sort
of which they usually take little notice.
When an excellent District ornithol-
ogist, like the indefatigable Miss Cooke,
states that the whistling swan Is reg
ular migrant in Fall, it must not be
understood that most of us will see it
in the course Of our daily rounds, as
we see grackles. On the contrary, one
would have, as rule, to go down river
as far as Whitewater to see it. And.
equally important one would have to
know whistling swan when one saw
it, all that whistles is not swan.
The probabilities are that you will,
as I did, mistake our wild swan for a
duck or goose. Though it has white
plumage and black bill with yellow
spots, like the domestic species, 1t does
not possess the graceful carriage of a
common swan, but rather more Of the
compact, even, squat appearance Of
some goose. As for the whistle-if you
can imagine a blast of steam driven
through the Florida Crackers" conch
trumpet, you will approximate the hol-
low. dreary noise of this wild creature
Terms, too, are far from the class Of
popular birds, but though they are much
like gulls. I find them a great deal
more graceful. Gulls are inclined to be
quarrelsome and greedy and. when they
fare well in their scavenging around
cities. logey. quite unlike their agility
where life is stern and wild and beau
black tern, that begins to arrive down
river at this season. has the tireless
strength Of the gull, the grace and
plumage of petrol.
For me, there is no sound in Autumn
50 haunting as the crying of the mi
grant rails or crakes From among
their reeds and wild rice and cat-tail
and bullr,sh, they call perpetually upon
each other-krek, krek krek-krek. as If
constantly to ask Of their companions,
Are you there? Is all well?" But to
hear them I have always found it neces-
sary to remain very still for long time
upon the edge of the marshes. With
confidence that you are a harmless log.
the mysterious calling will con- nence.
1t is a sound never to be 70. gotten.
like the cry Of Hudsonian curlews or
stormy petrels.
Evening star., 1933-10-03
This Question of Body Weight
By EDITH M. BARBER.

than slender" figure which is the ideal
Of today.
This matter of body weight still has
an element of mystery for the nutri-
tionists. While authorities on obesity
state with confidence that overweight
Is merely Q matter of eating. too much,
we all know persons whose diet Is very
low in calories and yet they continue
to gain. We know others even thinner
than our ideal, who devour all of the
foods We like best in large quantities,
but yet never seem to gain a pound.
Perhaps the authorities know more and
have greater interest in cases Of real
obesity, where persons are so to 100 or
about the question Of small excess Of
fat.
In any case, the foundation diet for
every person, underweight or over.
weight, or normal, is the same. There
must be plenty of fruits and vegetables.
some milk, eggs several times week
and some meat or food Of this type each
day. Extra calories are added by fats
in the form of butter, cream or oils, by
sugars in the form OF very sweet des-
serts and candies, by starches in the
form of breads and cereals. The per-
son who is underweight should increase
the amount Of milk, butter and eggs
rather than increase the amount of
sugars and starches enormously. The
persons who is overweight may safely
cut down on the latter foods: however.
both of them must be sure Of adequate
amounts Of minerals and vitamins, as
well as protein. every day. Both Of
them will be wise to formulate a regu-
lar plan and, which is much harder.
stick to it. Neither gain nor loss Of
weight is accomplished in a few weeks.
Persons on any sort Of diet must be
sure of keeping enough roughage in the
daily meal plan for the sake Of better
digestion. Vegetables, fruits and whole
grain cereals supply this most plenti-
fully.
The aid of physician should be
sought If the problem is at all serious
There may be a high or low metabolism
which can be regulated by certain gland
extracts These, however, must never
be taken except under the direction of
a doctor
(Copyright 1933)
Evening star., 1933-10-03
Pickle Recipes From Readers
By LYDIA LIZ BARON WALKER.

matoes, slice and sprinkle one cup salt
over them and let stand overnight.
(The salt should be sprinkled over
layers of the tomato slices rather than
over the top of the quantity) In the
morning drain and chop. use the
coarsest grinder of my food chopper.
To six quarts Of chopped tomatoes add
three pints chopped onions fourteen
medium onions), add one cup chopped
green peppers (about five peppers), six
cups brown sugar, one cup white sugar.
one quart vinegar, one rounded tea
spoon allspice, three rounded teaspoons
cinnamon, one-half teaspoon cloves.
Cook all until tender.
If preferred one may use the mixed
spices which come In small packages
in place of the above given ground
spices Put one small package Of mixed
spices in piece of cheescloth and add
to mixture if substituted for ground
spices. The bag is removed before
bottling the piccaltlli.
(Copyright. 1033)
Evening star., 1933-10-03
UNCLE RAYS
CORNER
Religion Of Old Egypt.

Raising Of Mummy.
EOPLE in ancient Egypt did not
- have books such as we have to-
day, but they wrote words on
long strips of papyrus, a kind Of
paper. These strips were rolled
up when not in use. Some were many
yards long and contained hundreds OF
sentences in the picture-writing used
In Egypt.
Sometimes We speak Of a papyruS
roll q q book" and in that sense we
call q roll containing writings about re-
ligion the Book Of the Dead"
Priests Of ancient Egypt knew the art
of writing. They owned much Of the
land In the country, and were very
powerful They were the ones who
taught the people the things in the
Book Of the Dead"
The priests likewise were the ones
who treated bodies Of the dead and
turned them into mummies. Large
sums were paid to the priest for max
ing mummies Of the bodies OF kings
and mobiles.
Going to tomb where mummy was
Evening star., 1933-10-03
Confession.

I'm excited by tales of adventure;
I love to read yarns Of the sea
In which bellying sails
Are riven by gales,
And the spindrift goes spouting alec.
But find, when cross the wide ocean
And gaze at the smother of foam,
That I'd rather be back
In the little old shack
Which / sometimes refer to as home
I like to read stories of tigers
That hide in the jungle all day
And leap forth at night
To destroy. with one bite
The natives they use as their prey.
I love to imagine I hear them
Creeping. up with q soft, stealthy
tread.
Their eyeballs afame
Evening star., 1933-10-03

~ EDDY FOX is quick to learn
- He always has been that way
n That is one reason he is ac-
i counted one of the smartest OF
all the little people of the Green
Meadows and the Green Forest. A day
in which he learns nothing he counts
as lost When he had tried to change
of with Mrs Reddy and had found he
Evening star., 1933-10-03

doubtedly this mis-
use of the term as
q verb has caused
confusion, and we
should be m or e
careful in the fu-
ture. The express
sion itself comes.
of course, from the
world of wireless;
we started using 1t
in my home in 1926
when we were COM
mencing the study
of contract, usually
with the r a d i o
turned on, espec-
tally at night. The
announcers' stock
phrase seemed so
Evening star., 1933-10-03

were unQerWelBnt,
Perhaps those OF
you who have been
trying to keep down
your pour d a g e
think this Is a
happy state. The
contrary, however.
Is often the case.
While figures are
slender, bones may
be too prominent,
skin may wrinkle
before its time and
energy may be low.
It Is really just
as important to
keep up TO a nor
NAL weight, per-
haps even more so,
than IL iS to kaan
Evening star., 1933-10-03
MENU FOR A DAY.

BREAKFAST.
Sliced Oranges and Bananas
Rice With Cream
Omelet Bacon Curls
Hot Coffee Cake
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Sliced Tomatoes on Toast
Welsh Rarebit Sauce
Baked Apple Sauce
Spice Cookies Tea
DINNER.
Bouillon
Calves Liver With Bacon
Baked Potatoes
Creamed Carrots and Peas
Lettuce Salad French Dressing
Fruit Taploca
Coffee
HOT COFFEE CAKE.
Two cups flour, four teaspoons
baking powder, one-fourth tea
spoon salt, four tablespoons
sugar, three tablespoons fat, one
egg, one cup milk, one cup chop.
ped dates, three tablespoons light
brown sugar, one teaspoon
cinnamon.
Mix flour, baking powder and
salt. Add sugar and. cut in lat
with a knife, add egg and milk.
Mix lust enough to hold ingredi-
ents together. Pour into a shall
low baking pan which has been
we'll creased. Mix other ingred1-
ents and sprinkle over top. Bake
20 minutes in a moderate oven.
SPICE COOKIES.
One-fourth cup butter, one
fourth cup lard, creamed togeth-
er: one-half cup brown sugar,
one-half cup white sugar, one
fourth cup sour milk, one egg,
two tablespoons soda. two cups
-four, one-fourth teaspoon cloves
and nutmeg, one-half teaspoon
cinnamon, one-half cup chopped
raisins. Drop from spoon.
PINEAPPLE TAPIoCA.
Wash we'll one cup pearl tapio-
ca, then cover with two cups
fresh cold water and let stand
overnight. In morning add one
half teaspoon salt and sirup from
pint can pineapple and cook
until tapioca is tender. Add pine
apple cut into small pieces, turn
into mold and chill. Serve with
whipped cream, sweetened and
favored with one-half teaspoon
each lemon and vanilla.
(copyright, 1933.)
Evening star., 1933-10-03
Minute Mystery
Solution to
BLOOD WILL TELL.
/S. n.. (AN

The professor knew that it was
physically impossible to leave
prints of ones own five left-hand
fingers on the PAIN of ones left
hand. It's like trying to scratch
your left elbow with your left
handl
It was later proved the prints
Reynolds found on Linderman's
bloody left hand had been made
by the murderer when he at
tempted to grab q valuable jewel
from the engineers hand.
THE MINDS ONLY
pERFECT VASSAL.-Tnckerman
Evening star., 1933-10-03
For Burns.

A poultice made Of equal parts of
EPSON salts and baking soda is sure
cure and almost instant relief for burns.
Also, EPSON salts dissolved in water re-
lieves redhug bites. =
Evening star., 1933-10-03


Mr.. Sims Is universally acclaimed
the greatest hving contract and auction
player. He ,Das captain of the renowned
-Four Horsemen" team, nolD diSbanded,
and has ,Uor 20 national championships
since 1924. These articles are based on
the Sims system. which includes the
one-oser- principle phich the Sims
group OF players Cas the first to employ
and deUelop.
What Is a "Signoff'?
A SIGNOFF is definitely not
n pass. Unfortunately We have
II all been rather careless in our
\ use Of this expression as q verb.
We are apt to say: "Whyswould
you not let that hand be signed of at
a partial scorer" when We really mean
that the hand should have been passed
at a partial-score declaration. Un-