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Evening star., 1933-07-22
Pleasing the Man
d CLOS sA,nsosa.

EAU1T cohh3es8 aee, q should b,
among our mcgt frequent deaoortsL
S6ueo aako such good uso o8 froGli
1xoIt81 1N4 add q rather substantial mote
to ~ Duumer meals. When the manu-
= 3 10M one, with N iced drink served
~ duE1ng II meal, the fre1h cobbleT.
still 3 N1x1e warm from Its top-stove
Oven, makes q most oatiGfytng after
btt- egpectally when It y one Of the
1iGhtH variety, made not With pia paste,
but accoEdtug 10 this recipe: Pr the
top Ezlaot ro1l until nnaly cxsnhed
enouSh nt6ham cracknrs "a make one
and one-Quart1 cups. Add teaspconful
q baking powder, cne-Quartef teaspoon
1ul on1t, ouo-hA1 cup sugar and mix
vel. Beat IN egg until Nght, add
three-quArtefs cup mix and str into
crockG m1xttlge.
Havs 1sady thsse cups Of peelsd.i cut
fYult. placed n IN even layf h the
bottom of buttered pudding disla. Dot
with butter. Pfinkle with cinnamon
the cobb1sr crust oves the top d The
fruit, making several slaahes 70 allow
the steam 70 come through. Hake for
about - minutes IN 3 moderate oven.
Serve either plain Or With coffee cream.
The crust guggested may sound un-
familiar 70 you. but ~ Il and &c Il It
b not more AA1y and tender than any
other type Of pastry you have ever used
TO top o6 . cob6ler. You can make the
most delicious pie crust for . regulation
pie. you know. By simply mixing 6nely
crumbled crackers-either soda crackers
Of graham wafeys-With softened butter
and sugar and pressing the paste"
firmly over the bottom and against the
stdes Of buttered pie tins. Then put In
ycdr fruit dlling: bake. and cover with
drely rolled crackers 10 one third cup Of
softened butter and one tablespoonful
Of guRaI.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
YOUR BABY AND MINE
BY ,rYE11x HxER mDxzD.

the causes Of his fears. In Q 1mited
number Of cases, they are probably
allied to the physical A distortion Of
the lime balance In the body increases
the acuteness Of the child's remem-
brance Of things seen. More cod liver
oil or sun baths and foods containing
lime may do wonders.
Some children are encouraged to be
fearful by the excessive timidity Of the
adults about them. No matter what
they do. they are reminded Of how
dangerous it may prove to be. Knives
cut. Dogs bite. Fire burns. Waters
drown. Motors kin. The surrounding
world Is full Of peril and the growing
child Is made suddenly aware Of ali Of
these menaces to his safety.
Too much punishment and too ririd
domination make towards of children.
For. In addition to knowing that they
are surrounded by dangers, they are
deprived Of the bulwark of their
mothers protection. She, too, is an
enemy whom they must fear. Mothers
who try to beat courage into their
children are forcing water to run up
The timid child needs allies, not
more enemies. At this crucial and con-
fustng time Of his life, he needs to feel
sense Of perfect security In his home.
Children cling to the mother or to other
members Of the family. because they
need that reinsurance. With these
persons there Is safety.
Chidren's fears must be handled
tactfully. Ny leaf1et, "Commonplace
Fears OF Childhood" covers the subject.
Send . sef-addressed, stamped enve-
iope with your request for It. by this
We should adopt . personally cour-
ageous attitude from which the child
can take his cue, and show the child
now to do things, 30 that they lose
their danger. II we build up counter
walls OF security. we make these dangers
seem less menacinR,
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.AaMAn,,an

IL rings; the underparts are not strong
~ ossided; the legs are short: the claws
long and on the forefeet there are four
visible toes, the hind feet having 1ive.
Father and mother armadillo look
Singularly alike. A few scattered hairs
may be found ON their heads, and the
bony shield on their backs IL black.
Their ears are brown and their toes
yellowish. Besides being clad In shin-
ing armor for protection, these
strange creatures have exceedingly long
claws, which enable them to dig in
rapidly In very hard soil and also 70
give their enemies . very painful wound.
In spite Of the fact that their legs are
q short time, but cannot keep the gait
long. They cannot climb trees and are
20 unfortunate % not to have front
teeth.
Armadillos are night providers. In
the open country and on the most des-
olate wastes you find them travelling
alone. They are furtive and nervous
In their movements, but show no signs
of superior intelligence. Their chief
food consists principally Of ants, and
apparently they find enough Of them,
Is they are plump and contented.
The armadillos are known by the
leaves on their coat Of mail. as the
three the ,"six-banded" and
the ~ntne-banded." The body b pro-
teeted by bony shell made up Of large
sections joined together in the middle
by rings which hinge into each other
cleverly, % that the animal may. with
little effort, roll himself into ball. 30
tight can he close his doors that II
takes strong file to pry open his shell.
Travelling alone very peaceably, with
only the sharp claws for lighting weap-
ons, these creatures are fearless and
unconcerned. Upon occasion they can
dig themselves in and do 50 with quick
ness and dispatch. Their only method
Of communication Is . series Of grrlnts.
They are seen In pairs ct mating time
hnly.
The babies are born in the early
Spring. You may find from to 10 Of
them IN . snug little nursery. As soon
as they are able to care for themselves,
they 60 their separate ways.
It Is claimed that the 6esh Of the
armadillo is well favored and that In
dams and natives are fond Of the meat.
OF course. you have seen the beautiful
baskets made from the shells of these
animals. the long. bo1y tail forming
the handle.
(Copyrisht. 1882
Evening star., 1933-07-22

N from q reader who tells me
N what he plans to be or hopes to
4 be. It seems that the favortte
choices are to become writer
or a scientist. but Just few minutes
ago I opened a letter from boy
Harry Vartanian-who intends to be-
come q doctor.
"If YOU have some clippings about
health" he writes, will you please send
them to me?"
I shall be glad to send Harry dupli-
Gates of Corner health stories, and
want him to know that 1t pleases me
that he is interested In heslh. think
that doctors of the future will spend
Most of their time helping people to
keep their health instead Of treating
disease" Disease must be treated,
1t comes, but the best thing is to pre-
vent it from coming. That Is why
write stories from time to time about
dangers from germs, and about methods
of keeping well.
From another reader comes this
letter:
'Dear Uncle Ray: Can I have the
heard your birthday is on July "a. My
birthday Is on July "A, so would like
to hear all about your life If you please.
And will you please tell me all about
your father and mother. On July "a
will be 10 years old. Yours truly,
"IIBA WtNESTOCK."
A leafiet about Europe has been
mailed to Liba, and wish that also
had a leafiet giving a more complete
account Of my life than what IS IN
cluded on the Scrapbook Club leafet.
So many things have happened IN
Evening star., 1933-07-22
OUR CHILDREN
By ANGELO PATRl.

good, solid food. The foundation Of
It Is cream. eggs, . good custard. The
sugar and the havoring dress 1t up and
make it taste right. They, too. are
good foods A dish Of good, home
made ice cream, with q slice Of golden
sponge cake, will tempt the weariest.
heat-stricken child to eat. And 1t Will
be q good meal at that.
If ice cream Is too heavy for the
child In question, make fruit ice. Chill
dren like this dessert and 1t, too. Is
splendid food for them. The newspa-
pers are full Of fine recipes for these
frozen dishes There are many va
rieties, all easy to make and all OF
them delight the children.
The older children would. like TO
make the ice cream. Let them DO It.
Preparing q dainty food Like an orange
ice or vanilla ice cream pleases Q child.
Boys like to make such dishes as well
as the girls do and often they are
surprisingly good at 1t. II the job
Of making these dishes were turned
over to them they would learn . lot
of helpful things and cultivate helpful
ways. Try 1t this Summer and see
what happens. But make ID priv
ilege. It would be fatal to say, you
have to make the ice cream this Sum-
mer." Be tactfully tempting and they
will fight for the privilege Of furntsh-
ing the ice cream for the season.
Salads are the standby dishes for
hot weather. The more different sorts
you make the better. A salad Oilers
q fine way Of serving carrots and
spinach and the other helpful things,
like string beans. Carrots and spinach
can be made fine and sprinkled on
green's, like wAtercross and lettuce.
The beans can be cooked, cooled and
dolled up with powdered egg yolk,
little weazened capers and . shining
anchovy, or any other dressing that
attracts the eye and the taste that
sleeps under the tongue.
ones, who like to have company. make
the salads Give them the cook book
and help them to find ways OF varying
the directions they md there. Teach
them TO use what they have and to
make it do In the place Of something
the book said. II can't make It. Il
says capers and I have no capers.
mo? Use the nasturtium seeds. They
are fine capers." That's the way they
learn to be resourceful and expert.
Salads and frozen or chilled foods
are life savers during the hot spells.
Don't worry about the lamb chop and
the hot potato, the shredder spinach
and the brown bread. Adjust the meal
to the Temperature Of the day and
you viii succeed. Ia maintaining the
child's health and energy even IN the
(copyrisht, 1o3S.)
Evening star., 1933-07-22
DOROTHY DK'S LETTER BOX
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because want to abrate question between We hav
married years and have Q child Here side:
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A Sermon for Today
ssTAKE the prophets for an example
~ REV. yons \ ouNN.

sSTAKE the prophets for IN example
1 Of the suffering ad1iction, and Of
patience. v.10.
The prophets were men devoted to
high ideals. For the SAKE Of their
ideals they suffered great afnictions.
But they endured these afaictions with
patience. and In spite Of them remained
true to their mission. They were COM
mitted men, and they allowed nothing
70 turn them Aside from that to which
they had committed themselves. With
iSteadfnstneas and patience they pur-
sued their course, unaffected By, either
the cpposition Of men or the difficulties
they encountered. Pointing to their
conduct In this respect, James makes
them - an example for u.
prophets, but We all have oCr place In
the world and our work to do. None
Of US can expect to 60 through this
world and get his work done without
encomtering distractions and hind
RANGES. Go at this life where you win,
and there are troubles to be met, trials
10 b. faced, aflictions to be endured
difficulties to be overcome. However
worthy We may Be, and however worthy
the object for which We labor, We are
bound to suffer some reverses. II We
make anything Of Life, or get anywhere
with our undertakings. We must have
fortitude and patience
It b . hard path that you and !
have TO travel. Sometimes 1t may seem
that I'VE can never make It. But the
same path has been trodden by other
feet. II others have gone this way.
we can. All our battles are such as
have been fought and won before. And
We can win where others have won.
James would have US draw inspiration
from the example Of the prophets. We
need the inspiration Of such examples.
4 u well to 60 back to these ancient
examples, but We can flnd equally In
spring examples among the people all
about rs. One need not 60 beyond his
own town to find men and women who
are Winning great victories, some Of
them perhaps against the most desperate
odds. II e Amazing what many Of
these people endure. Yet their patience
and courage never fail. In spite Of
everything, they press right on. Let
N magnify before our minds these
splendid examples Of patience, courage
and persistence, and draw from them
encouragement and stimulation for our
own hearts.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
MORE TRUTH. THAN POETRY
" JAMES J. MONTAGUE.

That Q nne noble deed had been
done,
Went berserk, beyond any tanning.
And the 6eet left the town, on the
run. F
Thencefrth they were known for Q
great many years,
~ parcel Of rough racketeerA
Today We believe that the gentry
Who delight In such criminal pranks
As nocturnal forcible entry
OF speakeasies, drug stores and banks
Are the product Of this generation;
Many much troubled people avow
That crime, as daily vocation,
Has never been practiced TIL now.
But take a keen glance over histosy'S
page;
You'll ind it has plagued every -.
(copyright. 1882
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Uncommon Sense
The Straight Road
N JOHN BLAKE.

=" other day, to my astonish-
l. ment, saw On . window sign
Of . business establishment the
i name of . man who, supposed,
had retired permanently from
business affairs. The cause Of his re-
tirement was temporary inability TO
understand and obey the command
While Q practicing lawyer he had
run short Of funds and taken those Of .
client, doubtless meaning to return
them when his Temporary difficulties had
been Strengthened out. But he could not
get them straightened out - soon - he
one day the client came in. demanded
the money and grew annoyed when he
discovered that it had gone into the
stock market and remained there.
He got another lawyer-a criminal
lawyer this time-And my former &C.
quaintance, being In such tight place
that he only could plead guilty and
throw himself on the mercy of the court,
did both these things.
For three years he wns In . State
penitentiary. While there he did con-
siderable thinking. And when he came
out, instead Of deciding that there
would be no future for an ex-convict,
moved to . town not far from the city
where he lived and opened . real estate
ONCE
ne made no secret Of his unpleasant
past. When anybody asked him II he
were not the same Mr.. who ag-
ured in . criminal case, he said he was,
but added that he had learned the error
Of his ways and was trying to make IN
honest living. After time people came
to regard him to1erantay.
& He proved . keen real estate man and
made money for his clients. And this
time, instead of using Il htmself, he
made sure that It was paid over into
Gradually hs built up conf,dence In
hinseif, even with those Who knew his
story, and q . criminal past soon be-
comes public knowledge, that Included
practically everybody IN the town where
he had set up In business.
That was more than 20 years aSo.
To-day he has built up . substantial
business, n completely trusted By those
who Do business With him and he's be-
come one of the solid and succeesful
man q ths town.
Hls vile, who stuck 10 him tlruugh
hig truuh1es, y prood q him, but she
talnes no credit for the change n his
ways. She insiats that be changed
them himself and she believss that any
man can scome back even from .
State prison. II he has The 1ntelligence
to turn to the hight and the cooraee 10
face the sneefs end muhs that hard
world always gives to men who have
made serious sm1stakeS
What this man has done, other mep
IN the same circumstance can do. /
know many people believe that term
n prison means future ruin. But 4
hayo soon Gnough casoe " tla6 lind to
~ me thAt this = MT neeennxily
eossssiskk isss.,
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Conquering Contract
.by P. HAL SIMS

trump. two no trump, four no trlimps:
II responder now bids 1lve spades, OPEN
er will bid six diamonds, and now re.
sponder cannot show his clubs except
at seven, which would be . crazy gamble
on the information available to him.
The hand would thus be consigned 70 ok
no trumps, where the slam depends on
the diamond fnesse. However, II re-
sp6nder firyt bids i've clubs, opener win
bid five diamonds, and ON his next bid.
over five spades, raise 10 six clubs, and
now ths diamond finesse VIII BE- for
seven-odd.
A Comment, but Not . lesson, "a Orand
SlAmm1ng.
Incidentally. responder could not be
blamed for going seven clubs on the
hand. He knows his partner has only
five cards IN the major suit, and that
in the red suits he must hold AK and
ace-queen to make up five primary
tricks. Plainly there will be at worst q
simple nnesse against . king Tor the
grand slam.
A Digressioa.
Leaving these slam tries for mo-
ment, I wish to say word about the
rebiddinR Of Q hand ON which you have
opened the bidding as dealer or second
hand with Q bid Of one In suit. A
you know, Q hand thus opened con-
tains natural rebid material In some
form II the partner makes any kind OF
response Consequently, you will unless
partner passes, have occasion to renid
your hand on the next round. II he
bids one no trump. your ''rehid" may be
the freedom from panic with which you
can pass this sign-off, holding .. short
suited hand. Usually, however, you VIII
rebid your suit orsbid second suit. In
most other systems the fact that you
rebid indicates that your hand contains
some reserve value in excess OF what you
needed to bid originally. Your rebtd
therefore gives quantitattve information:
In the Sims system, your actual act OF
rebidding does not necessarily convey
q qualitative bid which informs your
partner further regarding the pattern or
type of your hand. It does not. how
ever, say that you have some high card
without which you could have bid origi-
nally but could not have rebid. The
power to rebid was implied in your
opening bid. BY doing so you merely
confirm the soundneSS OF your original
bid and assist your partner In picturtng
the nature of your hand as regards gen.
eral type and distribution. Reserve
values may be there. but are not prom
ised by the rebid unless that rebad IS
some other-than-minimum response.
The nature Of your rebid may both give
positive information and also convey .
clear negative inference.
(Copyrisht. 1933.)
Mr. Sims will answer all INQUIRIES on
contract that sre addressed to this news
paper with self-addressed stamped en-.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

nv life that should need long book
to tell "an about It," Maybe when I
grow old shall write such book, but
these days It seems that I have too
many other things to do.
Ny father was an inventor. and was
born In Virginia. He made about .
dozen inventions, most Of them having
to do with electric motors. My mother
is still living. She Is descended from
an English family which has contained
several writer's.
Although I do not have space here
to tell much about my life, I like to
hear from readers who feel so "chummy"
that they want to know all about me.
On the coming Thursday afternoon.
I shall once more visit the Enchanted
Island in order to meet readers from
many places who come to the STORY
Cove" between and O'Clock. Ad-
mission to the Story Cove Is free. and
if you happen to be visiting Chicago's
Century Of Progress" next THURSDAY,
be sure to look me up!
UNCLE RAY.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
College Hunor

The newcomer placed his hand on the
shoulder Of the convict before. him and
began the rhythmic lockstep march
back to the jail. He leaned forward Q
little and whispered to the tired con-
,vict as that al there Is to this rock
splitting job?"
HE'LL. muttered the convict, turn
ing his head slightly. Amt II hours Q
Nothing to It" the new convict whis-
pered happily.
Seven days . week q III Had food
tits heaven" mtrmured the nswf
.say!" srovled the convict, .xhsss
id you come from?"
The newcomer sighed. sT-I was 4
college proeeasor. PIT Panther.
-Heyl Yoars taking the sdrss ~
TO get there.
.Thats al right. I want to get thee.
u the worst way."-Wampus.
LAndlady-A professor formerly o.
cupied this room. aiz. He invented an
New Roomer-Ahl I suppose thoss
sputs On the ceiling are the explosive.
LandIady-No. they're the pEofeasor.
Annapolis Log.
r shall now Illustrate what I have
in my mind" said the professor q he
proceeded TO erase the hlackboard-,
Punch Bowl
~srihhies a . nee thinker. isn't her
wen, no editor wjn give him any
thing for his thoughts The ekipper.
.Dariins, ! love you fns yom beauty
Hzad culture" & s.
~Youse wouldn't Id me. would
yuh7 q. jug.
@Am eopd enough for your" sighsd
the fond lover.
mo. .. said the sIri e.ndidly. .ycgrs
e, s J - sazs TO auod ~ ~ sea.aE
Evening star., 1933-07-22
SUMMERTIME
sY D. G. rzArrn
Trumpet Creeper.


TINE trumpet creeper Is one Qf
those Wild flowers that people
often mistake for an escape
being that wild flowers are
weedy, and more herbage than bloom,
and that If q blossom Is really beautiful
1t must have sprung from the gardeners
art. Indeed, I've met two people who
thought that al Wild lowers were
escaped from gardens. Where gardeners
got their flowers they did not know,
but suggested that It might be from
people IN the seed business.
With its great scarlet and orange
trumpets blowing out . blast Of color
from any fence-r0w these days. the
trumpet creeper looks like scmething
strayed from the tropics There = 9
certain tropical splendor, too. about
spikes Of flowers blooming pure and
serene above the oily. marsh-gaseous,
stagnant ponds and bitches. The
Nsard's tail In the quiet swamps and
water lanes looks equatorial and un-
earthly. The sundews, waiting to en-.
trap unwary insects and devour them,
recall the preposterous tales Of man-
eating plants IN countri6 situated near
the old earths belt.
OF distinctly tropical family is the
little meadow beauty, with its elAbo-
rate little flowers delicately picked out
by the airy gold Of its nicely balanced
anthers.
The only really tropicarplants around
the District that grow outside 0f cultt-
vation are tnconspicuous weeds with
one exception. and that ID the Jimscn
weed. It's suGocating odcr proclaims
1t once that Il q poisonous. I've hard
but couldn't afarm, that children, TAX
ing the beautiful colollas into their
mouths for trumpets, have been
poisoned Just by the touch Of the petals
On their lips. But everything about the
plant suggests mystery and death-the
sad. mourning color Of the fluted, vase
Ike dower4 the wicked black and
purple rising. in Hood through the
stem, the black, sly seeds. the hitter
odcw.
everything = = bit too lush. The air
b heavy with heat and moisture, the
herbage. Il fun Of the underworld Of
the insects, st1Anges doWer1 bloom,
strange bird voices cau In the huahed
hot woods, the world seems scarcely
ours any more, 4 but Nature'A and
Nature has turned On u the face a 8
stranger. Although the latter. half q
August and september may Be hot, the
landscape then = given back to hs u
recognizable forms, the rnoult of the
birds b over, the Impressive atmoGpnere
Of thunderstorm VIII vanish away,
honest aster and golden-rod and gny
sundoWer and veryai4 then Appear "A
the WOODS, and The III b1J0D Nun ~
NORTH appeaxs
Evening star., 1933-07-22

For that reason selfish persons are slow
learners. OF course, every one Is more
or less selfish. That's one Of the reA-
sons why you md the enormous differ
ences In ability to learn. A really self
ish person cannot see far into the fu-
ture. He lives In the present. He seems
to be satisfied 20 long as he dreams only
Of self-aggrandisement
6elfishne8 II, Of course. composed of
several factors. One Of these factors
concerns judgment ability to put
facts together. Really selnGh persons
are totally unable to weigh facts. Their
Judgment amounts to nothing. Being
handicapped In this important respect,
they live In . world q mere g1esses.
They are unable to make headway-
they lack the ability to learn.
(Copyright, 1933.)