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Evening star., 1936-02-15
FINAL ARTICLE ON HOME SAFETY CITES MAJ
Dorothy Dix Says
Fathers Are as Capable of Spelling
Their Children as Are the Fond
est of Mothers.
est of Mothers.

~ EAR MISS DIX: When chill
dren are spoiled the mother
is always blamed for it, but
- there are child-spoiling faith
ers just as well as mothers. We have
an only son. Knowing that the
foundation of character must be laid
in childhood, I tried to teach him
self-control, industry, thift, and so
forth.
gave him small tasks to do and
urged his father to let him help with
the work about the ranch and such
jobs as would suit his strength, but
my husband refused, saying that he
had to work too hard when a boy
and his son shouldn't have to labor.
I entreated him not to give the boy
SO much money to spend, but of no
avail. My husband kept his pockets
filled and INDUCED him In everything
he wanted.
The boy is now 20, lazy, irresponsi-
bic, selfish and a spendthrift. It
nearly breaks my heart, for he is
bright and intelligent and might have
made anything of his life that he
chose, except for his fathers spelling.
MRS. e. S. M.
Answer-It is true that the spoiled
boy Is generally blamed on his mother
because the mother is brought in
more intimate contact with the child
than Is the father. and usually has
more influence in forming his char
acter. But mothers are not always
responsible. There are doting fathers
as we'll as doting mothers, and when
father is so obsessed by paternal
complex that he exercises no control
over a child and indulges its every
whim, he can do a far more complete
job of wrecking the child's character
than any weak and silly mother can.
THE father only sees the child
few hours every day. He is not
with 1t all the time and so does not
see many of the faults that the mother
has forced upon her. Also, men do
not put the stress on matters of dress
and cleanliness and behavior that
women do. And finally, and most
potent of all, the father holds the
purse and can give the child more
money than the mother can.
So we have fathers who not only
refuse to do teamwork with their wives
and back them up in their efforts to
correct their children's faults, but we
have fathers who encourage them in
slovenlineSs and bad manners by ac-
cusing their mothers of nagging them
when they try to teach Johnny and
Susie to eat properly and to keep
themselves neat. And we have fathers
who deny themselves and their wives
of every comfort and luxury to give
their children the money that ruins
them.
There are Ylonfu nf hao rt hrolyey1
Evening star., 1936-02-15
BY LUCE EBERLY,

BY LUCIE EBERLY.
10 MANY of us have heard-or
even made the remark-"I
would so love to have piano,
- but I just haven't room!"
Time was when an organ or piano
was just as essential as any other
piece of furniture and. in fact, it
seemed that not to have one or the
other was almost tragedy. Limited
space and the radio have perhaps
been the chief reasons for the pianos
Punishment" from the average home
One and two room apartments can
hardly accommodate such a big item
and why have piano when one
can enjoy good music by simply turn
ing dial?
We argue, however, that the mu-
sically minded person always derives
more pleasure from the joy of making
his own music when he feels SO in
clined-and canned music" can never
quite fill this need. Then, too, there
is no other piece of furniture that
adds more TO the coziness Of room
or home.
IT is fortunate that piano manufac-
turers have not been discouraged
by the apparent Submergence of their
product-rather have they recognized
the opportunity to develop piano
that would fit into the modern scheme
of things. They have produced mod
els that will take very little space, and
one famous house, where the fourth
generation is carrying on the work
of the originators, building an inter-
nationally famous make, has just re-
Gently put on the market a small S.
foot grand which compares in tonal
quality to their most famous concert
models. 1t is beautiful, not only as an
instrument, but as a graceful, SYM
metrical piece of furniture. This par
ticular model, by the way, was de-
signed Is years ago, and has just been
presented to the market! The years,
from the time of its conception to the
present, have been spent in expert
mentation. Not only have the makers
succeeded in producing this little
jewel with the sparkling quality Of
their larger models, but they have
produced in the instrument the best
Improvement in piano history in 35
years-accelerated action! All mu-
sicians and students realize what this
means. 4 y y X
OTHER manufacturers have con-
centrated on upright models
Evening star., 1936-02-15

OF course, in the olden days girls
took what they could get in men and
engagement rings. but there wasn't
any more romance about them than
there is now. Every girl has only to
look through her engagement ring to
see heaven. DOROTHY DIX.
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There are plenty of heart-broken
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last few leaves.
Here's hoping for
another edition in
the near future
which will help us
on our way to the
promotion of gen.
eral safety and
the elimination of
all unnecessary
danger spots!
One whole page
toward the back
of the booklet is
devoted to the
troubles of "home
dry-cl Gaming"
eTh;e &c not,,rollxy
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Cooks Corner
BIZ MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE.

] BIZ MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE.
DINNER
Eggs SUiSs Buttered Spinach
Corn Bread Butter
Hot SlaU
Stewed PruneS, Chilled
Coffee
EGGS SWISS.
hard cooked Il teaspoon
eggs paprika
tablespoons 4 teaspoon celery
butter salt
3 tablespoons 4 teaspoon
flour chopped parsley
i Il cups milk 13 cup grated
4 teaspoon salt cheese
Melt butter and add flour. When
mixed, add milk Cook until creamy
sauce forms, stir constantly. Add sea-
sonings and eggs, sliced. Pour into
buttered baking dish (shallow one),
cover with cheese and bake 20 minutes
in moderate oven.
CORN BREAD.
20 cup cornmeal 2 tablespoons
! cup flour sugar
Sl2 teaspoons ] egg
baking pow cup milk
der 2 tablespoons
u teaspoon salt fat, melted
Mix ingredients and beat well. Pour
into creased shallow pan and bake 20
minutes in moderate oven.
HOT SLAW.
i egg or 2 yolks a teaspoon
tablespoons celery salt
sugar Il cup vinegar
i tablespoon flour y cup water
4 teaspoon l tablespoon
pepper butter
4 teaspoon dry 2 cups chopped
mustard cabbage
Beat egg and add dry ingredients,
add vinegar and water. Cook slowly
and stir constantly until mixture
thickens Add rest of ingredients and
serve warm.
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Brother doesn't whether with
chldrens again
little ckabd for the pretty pictures all Valentines received
brother and sister, The two youngsters dressed matching outfits Of
white
-Chidreni Clothes From Washington shop
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My Neighbor Says:

Plants in the garden are COW
cred during the Winter to protect
them from strong sun as well as
cold. Do not be in too much
hurry to uncover plants In the
Spring. Wait for the warmer
days.
Add q tablespoon of cream to
roast beef or lamb gravy. It
makes 1t q delicious brown.
Raisin sauce served on steamed
or baked cottage puddings makes
. good Winter dessert and one
advised for children.
tcopyrishtr1ss6)
Evening star., 1936-02-15
BY BETSY CASWELL.

TINE little blue pamphlet issued
by the National Safety Council
draws to close with furry
u of miscellaneous information
and suggestions on the subject of "haz-
ards in the home" So much solid
worth has been cleaned from its pages
that I, for one, am sorry to turn the
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DAILY JOB
The mystery is solved.

The mystery is solved.
Day in and day out since the
repairmen began working on the
Senate Office Building strange
sight has grd eted the eyes of those
who entered the building from the
Capitol via the subway.
Off to one side of the large cir
cular space at the end of the rail
way, a youth has been patiently
running a vacuum sweeper over
large pieces of cloth. He never
pauses more than a moment eX-
cept to lay out another piece Of
the cloth, which looks about IA or
Is feet square.
Around him are the sheet metal
workers cutting and soldering the
ducts for the air conditioning Sys-
tenn. Finally. curiosity overcame
a passerby and he asked the
sweeper what in heck he was do
ing that for.
The answer was that these were
the cloths used to cover the fur
niture in the office buildings
while the work was going on and
they got so dirty and so full OF
plaster and dust that a man is
kept busy all the time doing this
little houSewifely duty day in and
day out.
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ga-gd!
Tough rap-just sitting. Tough
est test a restless human can face.
Just staying still and waiting.
Sticking fast. when there's Moth
ing to hold YOU
Carrying on, when there's moth
ing to back you
Only the empty hours - only
your empty brain
Sitting tight, with just your
own grit to keep you nailed to
the spot!
Gosh. but it's hard.
Damn, how I hate it!
If 1 could get up and do some
thing-see somebody-go some
where. If there were a row, per-
haps-some real danger to be
faced. Or sudden assignment
some big story to tackle. Or
even bad news-something to be
endured.
EMPTINESS
Something you could De brave
about-or mad about-or glad
about-or sad about. Something!
Anything!
But this! This emptiness! This
nOthingneSS!
Seeing the hours ravel out
seeing your life peter out. with
nothing to show for it all
Oristhere-maybe-SOmething?
Is there something, after all,
to show for just this sitting?
Something the world can't see
Something you can't count
Something, perhaps, that only
God reckons, to show for your sit
ting tight. I wonder!
Another wasted day. Sitting
here in one spot, from 8 to 6, with
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Votes for the District
Of Columbia
(Courier-Journa1, Louisville, Ky.,
NoU. 20, 1856

(Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.,
Nov. 20, 1856
There was introduced in the
last session of Congress a reSolu-
ton for the submission of a con-
stitutional amendment giving the
citizens of the District of Column
bia the right to vote. 1t was not
acted on and will be introduced,
it is reported, in the Congress
which meets in January.
Residents of the District have
all the obligations of citizens, but
are denied the vote and repreSen-
tation in the Government. Ac-
cording to the 1880 census. the
District has a population exceed
ing that of eight States. The vot-
ing-age population is estimated
at 100000, exceeding the voting
age population of 10 States. Dur
ing the last fiscal year the Dis
trict of Columbia paid in national
taxes $17,322,929; more than the
national taxes of Is of the States
individually and more than the
taxes of nine of the States COM
bined. And yet in the levying
and expenditure of these taxes
the. Districts citizens have no
voice.
Surely there is much to be said
in favor of the removal of their
disability.
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ally denies, despite the popular be-
lief in some circles that his party
is dead or even on the verge.
Mr.. Smell, who seems to have
been melloWed by the defeat of his
party in the presidential race, at
least his smile to newspapermen is
more amiable, just won't hear of
the unanimous election of Demo
crat as Speaker.
Representative William B.
Bankhead CD, of Alabama, who
was rushed into the Speakers
post in the closing days of the
last session of Congress on wave
of popularity is going to win the
election January 5, but he's going
to have opposition just to show
that this country is not run on
a one-party system. Says Mr..
Smell:
I'm going to be a candidate,
but I don't expect to beat him.
There will be no abdicatiOn on
the part of the Republican
party. We will meet in confer
ence on January 4, and draw up
our slate. The suggestion that
it will be a unanimous election
is too ridiculous to discuss"
In backing up his assertion
that the Republican party is not
as bad off as some would have it,
Mr.. Smell issued a written state
ment in which he said:
I'm the elections the Republi-
can candidates for the House of
Representatives registered a
combined vote of nearly 10 mil
lion or around A per cent of
the total. While that vote is
not properly reflected in the
mum Der Of Representatives
elected to the House, neverthe-
less the responsibility of repre-
Senting and protecting that pro-
portion of the electorate de-
wolves upon u.s."
Even more to the point in his
battle-cry for the self-styled pint
size" majority, was Mr.. SHELLS
little story about the friend of his
who approached him on the Cap
itol Plaza after the Harding land
slide. Said the friend:
"It's just too bad about the
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Let the Nation Decide
(New Orleans States, NeD orleans,
La, MOI. %, 1886

(NeU orleans States, NetD orleans,
La, NoU. %, 1856
When the new Congress meets
in January, the amendment will
be introduced that, in the crush
of business last session, failed OF
consideration, investing citizens Of
the District of Columbia with the
right accessible to all other citi-
zens of the country-that of vot-
ing and representation in the
Government.
All the District asks is that the
decision be referred to the people
Of the 48 States. Nothing could
be fairer, nor does there appear
any doubt what the answer would
be, when the case is so one-Sided
from the standpoint of elemental
justice.
In the CONNECTION of the ConSti-
tuition, nothing said by it's fran.
erS could be construed to mean it
was their intention forever to
withhold from residents of the
Capital a right fundamentally
democratic; but they neglected,
perhaps Internationally, to au-
thorize Congress to provide a
method, similar to that given the
territories, under which the Dis
trict could apply and obtain state
hood. Hence, the need for an
amendment.
AS we have said, all the argu-
ment is in favor of submission of
the amendment and it's ratifica-
ton. The present officially esti-
mated population of Washington
is $4,000, the large majority ma
tive-born and loyal. It's popula-
ton under the 1880 census ex-
ceeds that of eight States. Its
voting-age population is greater
than of ten States.
In the last fiscal year it paid
in national taxes $780, 29-
more than paid in such taxes by
Is of the States individually, and
more than was paid by nine
States combined. In the levying
of these taxes and the spending
of the money, citizens of the Dis
trict had no voice. Surely that is
taxation without representation,
and undemocratic.
1t might be added that in the
World War the District sent more
men into service than any one Of
II States. Yet it didn't have a
voice in the Congress that de-
clared and prosecuted that war.
Washington is making strong
case for simple justice. We can
not see how Congress can refuse
it's request for submission of the
amendment.
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Democratic party. From now
on it will be all right to be a
Democrat locally but not ma
tiOnally."
And now, says Mr.. Smell, look
at the Democratic Party.
And to further probe into this
matter of abdication, American
style, there is the question of Mr..
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Washington, D. c.
(NorWalk Hour, NorUdlk, Conn.,,
NOU, 20, 1856

NOD. ~, 1851
A movement is under way by
Washington, D. c., citizen-resi-
dents to have passed by the Con-
greSs an amendment to the Fed
eral Constitution giving to all
those citizens the right to vote,
the right to be represented in
the Congress and the right to
have electoral votes. 1t is the
only spot from Canada to the
Gulf, from our borders on the
Atlantic to the Pacific-where
citizens cannot vote.
In Washington there are 1885,.
600 citizens of voting age. It's
voting-age population exceeds
that of 10 States. During the
last fiscal year the District Of
Columbia paid in national taxes
SIT 1922 29. This is more than
was paid in by Is of our States
individually and more than paid
in by nine States combined. The
citizens of the District of Co
lumbia, lacking representation in
the Congress, have no voice in
the levying of these taxes.
Seventeen States sent less men
into the World War than the
District.
This is a curious situation. In
all, Washington has a population
Of nearly 100000. largely native"
born Americans. Something
should be done so that these
residents have the right to vote.
They suffer indeed from taxa
ton without representation.
1t is because they are good
Americans that they want the
right to vote, are annoyed that
they are disfranchised. 1t may
be that the trainers of the Con-
stitution wanted to keep the Dis
trict free from politics and
therefore barred the selection OF
congreS onaI representatives.
Even if there be still some OBJ
lection to such representation on
that ground the qualified citizen
of the District should be given
the right to vote at least in
presidential elections.
The right to vote is dear to
the heart of every true Amer
lean. 1t is something in which
he glories, likes to boast about.
That very pride makes him a
good citizen, one on whom this
country can depend to fight for
the preservation of our demo
cratic institutions.
The District was created in
( 1890. 1t is 10 square miles and
was given to the United States
Government by the State OF
Maryland for the capital Of the
country.
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John Hamilton, chairman of the
Republican national committee.
Mr.. Smell. still smiling in his
friendly manner, declared flatly
that there wasn't any doubt at
all that Mr.. Hamilton would con-
tinue as chairman.
I'm for him." said the leader,
81 don't see any reason why he
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Votes for Washington

National representation IN Congress and the right to
voe for President be secured for Washington only
trogh the action of the people of the variouS States and
their congressional representatives FOLLOWING are fen
of the editorials printed By newspapers throughout the
contrv pedging support to the movement for adoption
of constitutional amendment granting the District Of
Columbia representation in Congress and IN the Electoral
College, They printed IN response to letter from
The Washnqton Times outlining the Districts voteeSs
status.
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Give Them a Vote
daily Globe, IronWood, Mich,
NOU. 20, 1856

(UGuy GLOOe, IfOnUOOd, Mlcn.,
NoU. 20, 1856
Congress will be reminded again
at it's next session that more than
100000 persons of voting age, all
residents of one comparatively
small section of the country, are
denied the right to vote to which
they are entitled. That section
happens to be the District of Col
umbia, which for reasons difficult
to explain has been thus isolated
all these years the United States
Government has existed.
There was apparently no intent
on the part of the trainers of gov
eminent to deny residents of the
District of Columbia the right of
self-government that has been
given to all States, eight of which
are less populous than the Dis
trict. Yet that condition has eX-
listed all these years. Residents Of
the District have no voice in
choosing the President of the
United States nor do they have
any voice in choosing UNited
States Senators and Representa-
tives. So far as the ballot is con-
cerned, they might as well be in
Australia or some other distant
dominion.
1t appears that only a Consti-
tutional amendment can give the
District the right of Selfgovern-
ment and Congress ought to give
impetus to the movement by APP
proving such an amendment. It
is hardly conceivable that the
several States would fail to ratify
it IN short order.
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PROUD OF 1T

The Roosevelt sense of humor
and the keen appreciation that
men in public life have for those
who don't follow the rutted path
of political silence is expressed in
the inscription of a picture now
hanging in the office of Senator
Carter Glass CD, of Virginia.
It is a new portrait of President
Roosevelt signed thuSly:
"TO Carter GIaSs-We're both
unrecOnStructed rebels and
proud of it. Franklin DelanO
Roosevelt"
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Prayers for Pope Plus

M ULTITUDES of persons in every land pray
IXl ing for the speedy recovery of Pope Plus XI.
Since the distressing news Of his illness made
public expressions of sorrow have from all faiths
In every Catholic church there is concern over the
Holy Father.
The universal anxiety typifes the deep feeling to-
ward this Vicar of Christ, whose 16year reign has
been so epochal amid troublesome times.
Pope Pius's determination to arise from his bed de-
spite the complication of his nfimties is gratifying
sign. For, despite his age-79 years, the Pontiff
fights off the weaknesses Of the body with the great
ness of his spirit
It is remarkable too, that in spite of his illness he
has been able to keep in touch with the multtudnous
affairs of the Vatican.
Such courage cannot but cheer the brooding thou
sands gathered in the Square of St. Peter and the mil
lions in the world beyond.
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others.
Those millions the world never
hears about. The forgotten
women and men who do the oack
stage chores. Who spend their
lives in just sticking tight, carry
ing on when there's nothing to
back them holding on, when
there's nothing to hold.
Watching the hours ravel out
-. seeing their lives peter out
with nothing to show for it all
But do they actually peter out?
Is there truly nothing to show
for it all?
REALLY BUILDING
Or are they really building, all
the time? Building something
strong and fine and lasting, deep
inside themselves. Are they really
doing the biggest job of all, those
forgotten ones those weary
walters who "just Sit?
Are they keeping our restless,
selfish, jungle nature on the civil
lied track, holding it steady
against the yen to quit, keeping it
put against "the call of the wild"
And when it's all over will, they
be able to say-"Maybe I didn't
make the front page, or leave any
classics that the world will re-
member. But, by just sitting, I
| have fought a good fight. I fin
ished my course. I have kept the
faith And that's something!"
This column 1UelComeS and re.
quests comments. Letters pre-
Senting personal problems may
also be sent. All letters will be
handled contidentiGlly and an
Swered promptly if stamped, Gd-
dressed envelopes are includedJ
Copyright, 1885, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.
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A n d t he y
think writings
e a S "! w is h
they'd try it!
Just try stick
ing on one spot,
h our at t e r
Putting paper
into the ma
chine, taking it
out
Clutching at
t h o u G h t S -
g r a b b i n g
at words see
ing EN- all go
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DISTINGUISHED
DAILY Messenger, st. Adams, VT.
NOU. Fl, 1886

The Washington Times is taking
up the case of the "disfranchised"
voters of the District of Columbia.
AS is generally known, or perhaps
not so generally, either, residents
of the District, which comprises
the Capital City of Washington,
have all the obligations of citizens
of the United States yet they are
denied an inherent right which
they hold most dear, and which
other citizens enjoy-the right to
vote.
In presenting its brief for the
$4,000 persons deprived of the
privileges of the franchise, The
Times cites these facts:
The Districts population Gig
ures of the 1880 census) exceeds
that of eight States, and the
voting-age population is estimated
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at 433 900, exceeding the voting.
age population of 10 States.
During the last fiscal year the
District of Columbia paid in ma.
tional taxes $17,322,929 more
than the sum paid in such taxes by
Is of the States individually; mora
than was paid in nine States com.
bined. In the levying of these
taxes, and in their expenditure,
our citizens had no voice.
During the World War the Dis.
trict sent more men to the colors
than any one of II States, al
though unrepresented in the body
which declared war, and prose
cuted it,"
The Times, voicing no doubt the
feelings of many loyal, literate
Americans in the nations capital,
seeks to remedy what it considers a
grossly unfair discrimination. And
so it would seem to be Logically
there can be no valid reason or
measure of equity in depriving a
substantial group of American citi-
zens of the cherished right to vote,
or the priceless privilege of a
voice in a democratic government,
merely because circumstances
make it necessary for them to live
in the District of Columbia.
We believe The Times is the
champion of just cause in It's
fight to bring the privilege and
right of voting to the American
citizens resident in washington.