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Evening star., 1934-06-06
Everyday Psychology
BY DR.. JESSE w. SPROWLS.
Moving Forces.

AO'1us 3UICcS,
WITHIN every individual there
resides sort of living dynamo
which generates energy. You might
call this dynamo your mind The
energy developed by this mental
dynamo is used for various purposes.
just as we now use electricity. These
purposes of the mind are better known
as the emotions; that is, tendencies
to think and behave in ways that
seem to us to be appropriate for the
different situations in which we find
ourselves.
If the country is at war, the
emotion called patriotism is likely
to be called into action. And if you
happen to meet an enemy spy, the
emotion called hate is likely to be
stirred up. The same hate" emotion
is also used IN connection with some
one who fatty contradicts you on
some cherished opinion, although. in
such cases, you may wisely suppress
that emotion.
The important fact about emotional
energy is that it is always active. We
delude ourselves a great deal in this
respect. Mental energy, like all
natural force, is bound to obey the
law of motion. Once set going, it will
find some outlet. If it doesn't operate
in an open way. it will certainly have
something to do in hidden way.
Many sorts of mental illnesses are
due to our conscious and unconscious
efforts to control these moving forces,
to outwit the laws of nature.
(Copyright. f934)
Evening star., 1934-06-06
Natures Children
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY

grasses. Usually the nurseries are on
or close to the ground.
There are four or five eggs. They
are white. with fine specks evenly
distributed over the surface, OF light
brown. Sometimes there will be
sort of blotch of brown at the larger
end
The eggs are found in May. The
babies are covered with down that is
black on the back and underparts.
You will soon realize how industri-
Gus the towhee is. The adults are
about nine inches long. The long
tail and brown plumage soon identity
the bird to you. They also love the
thickets and are seen more often
than most birds busily engaged in
stirring up leaves.
The stout legs and large feet en-
able the bird to stand well. Besides,
it must do lot of digging among
the leaves and rubbish to stir up the
portly insects hidden under them.
The towhee is also a vegetable
eater. Eighty-fve per cent of his
food is vegetables. The Is per cent
which is insects is the meat he de-
sires.
As a singer he does not rate high.
In fact. you are amazed that such a
stout bird should produce such a thin
call note. However, when he is busy
he gives you the impression Of being
very competent fellow, with a
strong constitution and a mind of his
own.
He is not very good flyer, because
the tails and heavy bodies are too
awkward to handle in the air When
he tries to fly any height he looks
awkward. On the ground the birds
are alert and graceful runners.
Their love songs are simple little
ditties. very pleasant to hear and they
do not become monotonous. When
heard in the waste places these birds
like to live in the song has more than
a welcome and CHEEKY sound to it.
When you walk up on the busy leaf
stirrers they are apparently startled
at your presence If you have noticed
ments, you are not surprised that
they did not hear you approach.
Greeting you with his 'chewink.
towhee." one f1uffs his short, rounded
wings and inspects you from head to
heels. If he decides you are going to
stay for while. he flies to a nearby
tree and on the lower limb rests while
studying you. A towhee cannot be
still and silent, too. especially when
he is in love- Soon he throws eau
ton to the winds and sings repeatedly
sweet bird Sling" OF course. you
are convinced he is a charming bird,
and bowling low before him, you take
your departure
(Copyright 1934)
Evening star., 1934-06-06
Little Benny
BY LEE PAPE.

THE laundry lady brawt back the
laundry today and after supper
ma was looking at it and putting it
away in diffrent draws, saying, That s
the last time my laundry enters that
woman's house or hands, I've said it
before and I've meant it. but now 1
sollemly declare it, look at these
broken buttons look at this brazen
skortch mark. This is the last of
that woman as far as I'm concerned
and you're my witness, Willyum, she
said.
I decline the nomination. pop said
Just put yourself in the poor woman s
place, he said, and ma said, I've put
my wash in her place and that
proved to be ample sufficiency, look
at the creeses in this sheet.
Scrubbing other foxes clothes is
one of the most menial and ungrate-
full jobs of life and you cant reason
ably expect it to be performed with
the perfection, in other werds the
loving care and attention to detail,
wich genrelly marks the labor of hap
py workers in more honored profess
sions, pop said.
No doubt, but look. look how these
napkins are folded, they defy all the
rules of geometry, ma said, and pop
said, A laundress slaves in soliterry
confinement over her back breaking
task, and If the result Is good it is
taken for granted but If 1t contains
a few human errers all the malledic-
tons of heaven are pored down upon
the unhappy wretch. So let us make
allowances and be duly grateful that
we are not in her soap stained shoes,
he said.
I can put back the buttons or at
least buttons to the same effect, and
perhaps I can even remove the
skortch, but what am I going to do
with these new wooden socks of yours
that she's sent back looking like chill
drens socks they're so shrunken, ma
said. and pop said, What, those good
English 2 doller socks, why that's
criminal carelessness. that's mex
cusible, I'm not going to stand for
that.
Excuse my apparent merth II ]
seem to laugh, ma said.
L. wich she kept On doing.
Evening star., 1934-06-06
Uncle Ray
Folk of Far Places.
BY FANNY Y. CORY.

HE name 'pigmy" came from
/, Latin word for measure of
distance from the knuckles of
i the hand to the elbow.
No pigmy is as short as
white mans forearm; but Africa has
pigmies who are short enough. Some
of them-full grown-are less than
4 feet in height
Records of olden Egypt show that
the little people were known 5000
years ago. They are mentioned in the
Book of the Dead" the sacred writ
ings Of old Egypt; and it is on record
that King ASA had a pigmy at his
court.
A Greek writer of ancient times tells
this story:
Five men made trip through the
desert of Africa. and at last reached
a plain where they found fruit trees.
While they were picking some of the
fruit. a band of cwarfs rushed upon
them and captured them. The men
were taken to a dwarf village, which
lay beside great river flowing from
west to east"
1t is likely tnat some who read
the words of the Greek writer smiled
because they did not believe what he
wrote; but there is a great river. the
Evening star., 1934-06-06

Niger, which flows eastward through
the Sahara desert, and pigmies have
been found within range of that river
in modern times.
The Kongo Valley, however. is the
chief home of the present-day pigmies.
Almost all of them live less than 400
miles north or south of the equator.
They have yellow-b brown or reddish
brown skins. and their woody hair
tends to be reddish brown.
Living in huts made from tree
branches with the leaves left on. the
pigmies make their living by hunt
ing They carry spears. as well as
bows and rarows, and poison the tips
to be more sure of killing the animals
which they attack.
One animal which they fear is the
gorilla. 1t is against their rules to
eat the flesh of this ape; they never
attack it, and, on the contrary. try to
keep out of its way.
Some pigmies. however. are not
afraid of larger and even more pow
erful animal-the elephant. Carrying
long stick with a poisoned arrow at
one end, a little hunter will crawl to
the side of an elephant and strike
with all his strength. Then, he runs
away with utmost speed, leaving the
arrow in the beast. which may be
killed by action of the poison.
Pigmies live in the woods and keep
to themselves to a large extent. but
they carry on trade with some of the
nearby Negro tribes. They give part
of the game which they shoot to the
Negroes in exchange for grain and
fruit.
(For travel section of your scrap
book
The Surprise Leaf1et" will be
mailed without charge to readers who
send me a stamped. return envelope.
This leafiet contains riddles and tells
how to perform magic tricks.
UNCLE RAY.
Evening star., 1934-06-06
The Old Gardener Says:

Many garden gadgets have
been devised for the use of women
who are real dirt gardeners.
There are special gloves for such
women-gloves which keep the
hands white and soft. There is
a preparation to rub on the hands
to protect them from the dirt if
the use of gloves is not desired.
and there are kneeling pads
made of rubber or leather to save
feminine knees when small plants
are being set out or moved. A
kneeling pad can readily be made
at home by any ingenious wom-
an. and adds much to the COM
fort of gardening. 1t is a SIM
pie matter also to attach a pock-
ct to contain garden shears or
raffia.
(Copyrisht. 1a34)
Evening star., 1934-06-06

Vulnerablei Vulnerablel Ye gods!"
shouted Mr.. Aggressive. II suppose
$50 points would have been all right,
huh? How many times have I told
you that vulnerability might affect
your overcalls or your overbids, but It
should never affect the strength of
your original openings - particularly
the original one no trump"
You wouldn't want me to pass this
hand" snapped Mrs. Aggressive. i've
got-let me see-well. I've got almost
three primary tricks"
Made up Of kings and queen Jacks.
Suppose you manage to bring yourself
to pass that power house Mr. Con-
servative opens the bidding, doesn't
he? And where can they go? They'll
probably get up to the three level at
least, and we can set them. Instead.
you give them 900 points"
We'll, why didn't Mr.. Conservative
double my original one no trump"
Very remiss of Mr.. Conservative,
wasn't It? He wasn't particularly
kind, not to let you know right away
that you probably couldn't make three
no trumps. Next time just you and I
will play in a room lined with mir
rors Then our opponents will surely
tell us about their strength, when the
bidding starts"
You might have passed. I don't
think your hand was so much"
Listen! If ever open the bidding
with one no trump, and you pass, with
my hand, I'll be in jail the following
week for justifiable violence. I ad-
init my hand isn't terribly strong, but
I certainly have a one-raise for you.
The most we should go of on that
bidding is one trick-not three, dou-
bled. And you opened in dealer posi-
tion!" Mr.. Aggressive moaned slightly.
you've often told me that it
doesn't matter where sit, when I
bid one no trump. It's always strong"
Yes, but-oh, well, let it go. 1t
would have served you right if I'd held
Mr.. Conservatives hand. I'd have bid
up to seven no trumps, sure as shoot
ing"
Maybe we'd have made seven no
trumps"
What are you going 10 do with the
ace of hearts? Eat it?"
The Conservatives in the meantime.
have been smilingly putting down 900
points on their side Of the ledger. The
| Aggressives still have their 200 points,
and their game. 1t remains unappre-
ciated, fear, at the present moment,
however.
tCopyrisht, 1934)
Evening star., 1934-06-06

inclined to have only a chosen few
for his companions.
To many the towhee is known as
the chewink BY either name the
bird is interesting. 1t raises its fam
lily from Central California North. 1t
has less white on its wings and the
hind claw is shorter. Otherwise the
bird is much like its cousins in color
and like them in habits.
1t is dressed in black. with mar
gins of roufous. and breast and throat
of black. too. The belly is white and
the sides are tan. The outer primaries
are edged with white, tail black, the
three outer feathers tipped with
white. The female has coat, wings
and throat of bright grayish brown.
Her breast is OF the same color. The
tail is a darker brown and the three
outer feathers are tipped with white.
The nests are made of dead leaves
on the outside walls: with strips Of
bark well woven into them. The in
side is carefully lined with soft
Evening star., 1934-06-06

watching him. but not offering to help
him. The fact is they didn't know
what to do. This was something new
in their short experience out In the
Great World and they felt quite as
helpless as Touslehead himself.
IF he can't swallow it why doesn't
he spit it out?" said one.
did you ever see such greed?" said
another.
You see they didn't understand that
poor Touslehead couldn't spit that fish
out. They thought he still was trying
to swallow it. And so Touslehead had
no sympathy from them. They just
sat around and made fun of him.
At last in the distance there was
harsh rattle. It drew nearer. It was
the most beautiful sound Touslehead
ever had heard. It was mothers voice.
If only she would come she WOULD
know what to do. Mothers always
know what to do. Again. that harsh
Evening star., 1934-06-06
Smart Sports Frock Is for Midsummer
Achievement in Chic Recorded
With Garment as Cool as
Frost on Warm Day.
BY BARBARA BELL.

w YOMEN in whom clothes con-
n sciousnesS is developed to
wv a high degree select their
Y sports clothes with more
care than Is usually spent
In collecting other types of wearing
apparel, for it is an achievement in
chic If you manage to have every
dress In your sports collection looking
as cool as frost on Midsummer day.
Our sketch today shows a triumph
antly simply frock and we venture to
predict that the woman who decides
TO have it will wear it oftener and
with more pleasure than any other
dress she owns 1t is designed to
meet the customary sports events of
the average vacationist and casual
enough to wear informally on other
occasions
This design was inspired by the in
coming fashion for pullovers. 1t is
made in one piece. with rope belt
giving a nautical note to the waist
line. The back has an action plat
down the center The waist is cut
with a kimono-like suggestion, that
gives credence to the predictions re-
garding the return of this sleeve line
for Fall. The facings of the polo
collar are definitely contrasting. When
the dress is white or natural, navy
or brown contrast is used. and the
two-button accents match. When the
dress is of dark solids, such as
brown, copenhagen. navy, nasturtium
and yellow. the facings are white or
natural Brown is the favorite Of the
moment in Summer wash fabrics, sur
passing blue in a pronounced way,
in fashions that are other than nau-
tical.
Among the fabrics that will not be
downed by cottons are silks, acetates
and very sheer wools. Any of these
are as suitable for this frock as other
typlcally American wash fabrics.
Barbara Bell pattern. No. 1349-B.
Is designed in sizes IA to 20 and 80
to AZ. Size 16 or "a. requires four
yards of 35-inch material; one-half |
yard for contrast
Every Barbara Bell pattern has an
illustrated instruction guide that is
easy to follow.
Evening star., 1934-06-06

|OUSLEHEAD. the young King
fisher. was in dreadful trouble
and all because he had been
i greedy. He had caught fish
he couldn't swallow and 1t was
stuck in his throat. He could get it
neither up nor down. The more he
struggled the more frightened he be-
came. What to do? He didn't know.
He no longer wanted to swallow that
fish. All he wanted now was to get
rid of it. and this he couldn't do.
He had struggled so hard that he
was becoming weak. And he was
slowly choking to death. Anyway,
that is the way he felt. If he had
been starving. or even very hungry.
when he had seen that fish there
might have been some excuse for the
situation ne was now in, but he
hadn't needed that fish at all. 1t had
been greed and nothing else that had
got him into this dreadful trouble.
By this time two of his sisters and
two of his brothers were sitting about
Evening star., 1934-06-06
.Conquering Contract
BY r. HAL SIMS.

Mr.. Sims is universally acclaimed the
greatest liuino contract and auction
player. He pds captain OF the renowned
-Four Horsemen" team. soiD disbanded,
and has tDon "a national champion
ships since 1924. These articles are
based on the Sims system, Which
includes the one-oper- -one principle,
Dhich the Sims group OF players pas
the first to employ and deUelop.
Light Opening One No-Trump.
"HE Conservatives won the last
rubber by 1900 points. The
Aggressives have 200 points so
l. far on this rubber-game in.
Mrs. Aggressive dealt today's
hand.
Evening star., 1934-06-06
How 1t Started
By JEAN NEWTON.
Little Said, Soonest Mended."

We have an inquiry for the source
Of this old saying which is still
familiar in modern speech. We some
times hear it phrased, Least said.
soonest mended." And the principle
it expresses is incontestible. The less
said the less there is, indeed, to mendl
The author of the saying Is the
great Spanish author, Cervantes, who
used it in the first part of his Don
Quixote." whose publication date is
1905. Another early seventeenth CEN
tury use of it is by the poet, George
Wither. in whose THE Shepherds
Hunting" we find:
And I oft have heard defended
Little said Is soonest mended."
Evening star., 1934-06-06
Matted Coffee.

Add two cupfuls of strong coffee
gradually to six tablespoonfuls OF
matted milk. and beat until free from
Jumps. Add one-fourth cupful Of
sugar and stir until dissolved. Add
IA cupfuls of milk and half cupful
of cream. chill and serve with cracked
ice. This makes about one quart.
Evening star., 1934-06-06
MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.

BREAhFAS1
Stewed Rhubarb
Wheat Cereal with Cream
Soft Eggs Bacon
Corn Mullins
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Fruit Salad
Cheese Sandwiches
Strawberry Gelatin
Brownies Iced Tea
DINNER.
Cream of Corn Soup
Baked Ham
Creamed New Cabbage
Boiled Potatoes
Tomato and Lettuce Salad,
French Dressing
Rhubarb Pie
Cheese Coffee
CORN MUFFINS.
Mix and sift together cup
cornmeal, "a cup flour, 2 tea
spoons baking powder and l tea
spoon salt. Add gradually "a cup
molasses and "a cup milk and
beat thoroughly; then add we'll
beaten egg and tablespoon melt
ed butter. Bake in hot, buttered
gem pans Is minutes.
BROWNIES.
One-half cup butter, J square
chocolate. grated and melted to-
gether; 2 eggs beaten, l cup sugar
added. then put with the butter
and chocolate generous u cup
-four, l cup chopped nuts, / tea
spoon vanilla. Spread thin, bake
to a delicate brown in hot oven.
Be careful not to overdo. as
scorching spoils chocolate. Very
nice. mo soda required)
CREAM OF CORN SOUP.
A can of corn drained and
chopped fine, put over the fire
with / quart boiling water and
cook an hour. Rub through a
colander and return to fire, with
l teaspoon sugar, salt and pepper
to taste Roll 2 tablespoons but
ter in tablespoon -four and stir
In. Scald / pint milk and add
gradually 2 beaten eggs. When
the butter has entirely melted
stir eggs and milk into the soup
| minute. then pour out into cups.
fCopyright 1p34l
Evening star., 1934-06-06
Dorothy Dix Says
If You Want to Retain Your Wedding Ring,
Keep on Using the Bait With Which
You Caught Your Husband.

GROUP of high school girls what they prevent
themselves from becoming Divorces The asking of
@ @ @ ss seq for 9 d'assi s
~ life ps & marmon % as 1T It's against any Of the oner dangers
will you you That
keeps you on your guard
The trouble with most girls that they into marriage under
wake pettng party that ends And that it
gone rocks they
THESE schoolgirls They by
this
becomes divorces who sail umphanty
into after Soyar matrimonial and they want to begin
@ % e course @ % m he m % So ~ then a
themselves becoming
the give the subject
husband carefully right will
want to take him back to the bargain counter change him for some
hats just hit your fancy for reason you never
explain yourself perhaps won't and you
always love and cherish the while would throw the other the
1 M isn mat matter OF quality M or wearing we or usefulness
DoNT hurry about making your selection of husband
Marriage lasts long time and seems longer when you are tied
on ah IN % common V with b yo @ T Take eu yo % @ or t o nS to look bs
carefully but to shop around the other youths
sight we wouldn't have bet after examine carefully
Don't marry when Young Calf love is the most
will ok ns you % Watt ou an ou
what sort husband want before take for
MOTHER good keep prepare
expect studying medicine
to make nt with Your Soss who
couldn't SPELL couldn't
expect your be satisfied
can't budget decent meal comfortable
finally If keep
exchanging
you your
marriage fishing. always
same lures.
DEAR DOROTHY DIx-Is all monotonous?
tsome uninteresting self when
the morning with fair Of sefrespec the the
sllmped both physically mentally
office Should
line? wonder growing older does not and
rebellion
unhappn? AUDREY.
a
entirely upon
what into it of intelligence and enthusiasm
ONE will complain
~ will find in exharang and thrilling occupation.
sweeping and cooking without putting either brains or heart into
will find that
repetition of food cooked the
without flavor
finds housework interesting makes of it
is symphony witt
preston
DISH that achieved had
sonnet.
working
largely what hemthngs
the world things defect
they ht only for the dumpheap.
think of responsibility child
scubby little to do
waif the hand
trouble with
ALL there for because will
find occupation monotonous
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Oregon Towhee.
Pipilo maculatus oregonus.

7@HE towhee really has to scratch
for a living. Like the other
members of his family he is
L likely to be found on the edges
of clearings. underbrush and
thickets. He is shy, and on account
of this. appears to be less sociable
than his cousins. In fact, apparently
he prefer his -~n company and is
Evening star., 1934-06-06

Mr. Sims will answer all inquiries on
contract that are addressed to this news
paper with self-addresSed stamped en-
velope.
Evening star., 1934-06-06

Arrives Just in Time.
Some lessons are in sorrow learned.
And painfully ts knowledge earned.
Old Mother Nature.
Evening star., 1934-06-06

a
working The children
what hemthngs
things
they At only the dumpheap.
Evening star., 1934-06-06

w yOMEN in whom clothes con-
A sciousness is developed to
NV a high degree select their
sports clothes with more
Evening star., 1934-06-06

Do think of responsibility Does child
with imagination quickened
a toused little head?
10 do
great
poor
all and there hope for because will
occupation monotonous.
1874
Evening star., 1934-04-26
100000 is SOUGHT
IN DAMAGE ACTIONS
Maryland Man and Capital Won
an Sue Drivers as Mishaps'
Aftermath.

Two suits to recover total of $780,
900 damages for injuries received in
automobile accidents we're filed in Dis
trict Supreme Court yesterday. The
driver in one of the mishaps was
alleged to have run through a street
car safety zone while under the in
fiuence of liquor and then to have fed
from the scene without giving
assistance.
Edward D. Brady, 116 River road,
Bethesda, Md, told the court he was
struck November /, 1888, while stand
ing in a safety zone at Wisconsin
avenue and Fessenden street by an
automobile driven by Thomas Irving
Scanlon. 1927 E street southeast.
Charles E. Smith of West Clifton ter
race was named as joint defendant
with Scanlon. He was said to be the
owner Of the car and riding in 1t at
the time of the accident.
Brady, who contends that Scanlon
had been drinking and that his driv-
er's permit had expired, said the in
juries will result In the permanent
impairment Of the use Of his left leg.
In the other action. Laura E. Terry,
New Colonial Hotel, seeks to recover
$4,000 from Elizabeth M. Ferguson,
1916 Sixteenth street, in whose auto
mobile she was riding when 1t skidded
and struck culvert on the Baltimore
pike August IA, 1893.