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Evening star., 1936-11-25
DDCIDE what fur coat would look

DUCIDE what fur coat would look
best on you-you might make 1t
two Of them, just for good measure.
Plan on how you would reset your
jewels If you had the cash, and just
how long your string Of real pearls
should be to be most becoming to your
neck. Don't bother to think about
dresses-that isn't exciting enough to
keep you occupied unless 1t Is very
gorgeous type of evening gown, with
a silver fox cape to your heels.
If you feet hurt, don't think about
soothing lotions instead. And wiggle
your toes while you're doing it-that'll
really help. Don't look at your hands.
They'll remind you Of the dishes to
be washed tomorrow.
Plan that exercise routine you are
going to adopt just as soon as you
have time, and envision the glorious
figure you will have after doing 1t.
(You probably never will do the exer-
cises, because there never will be time,
but mentally you'll get lot of pleas.
ure out of thinking you will)
DECIDE that from now on you are
going to stop being useful
around the house, and become q
petted. protected clinging vine. That
every one is going to have to do for
you instead of your doing for them.
That you are going to have some one
fall in love with you because Of your
beauty, and you will nobly renounce
his affection because Of your husband
and children. That you will become
even more spirituelle and lovely due
to your suffering, and your family will
adore you. Finally, your health will
givs away. either from your broken
heart or because you have caught
pneumonia through giving your mink
coat to o poverty-stricken woman In
q snow storm-and the family will be
grouped in agonized despair about
your death bed. At this point you
can take your choice Of miraculously
recovering, or you can die very oeau-
tifully, with your secret locked in
yOuI 4lCo1b. LILO oOAb "a tAAAAS ~
really very helpful and uplifting. You
will 60 down to rejoin your family
looking pale and sad. with your chin
lifted to denote your noble spirit OF
remuneration. Don't worry II they
don't seem to realize what you have
been through. They thought you were
only putting your feet up)
After such a period Of relaxation
and imagination as have suggested,
I predict that you will feel able to
face the rigors Of the holiday festivi-
ties with less misery. A woman can
do Q lot for herself II she Is allowed
to get OF alone and think, occasion.
ally. The, reason most Of US wives
and mothers are slightly crazy Is be-
cause we never have any mental pri-
vacy. Even when We sleep We have
one ear cooked for . juvenile wall.
or q clicking door key, and our nose
pointed for smoke. A little time Tor
make believe and putting the feet
I'D would make new women OF usl
Evening star., 1936-11-25
Curtailing
The Family
Argument
Advise a BILE to Allot
Special Hour for
Discussion.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

FAMILY arguments are deVastat-
ing. They are accountable for
more frayed nervous systems than
one imagines. The slightest word is
enough to bring on whole eve
ning's loud debate, and it continues
until somebody rises and stamps OF
TO bed. What can one do about 1t?
Things have to be thrashed out, the
children have to have some way OF
arguing out their feelings and SORT
ing out their opinions. They cannot
do it in school, They get little
chance in the playground because OF
the united bedlam. Home seems the
only forum open to them. But how
their father and mother do suffer.
Some of the froth could be brushed
of If the question up for discussion
was thrashed out among the persons
concerned and not forced upon those
members Of the family who did not
want to listen.
good part Of the argument goes
toward clearing their minds OF the
ton layer of meaningless notions.
These are on top ready to flow over
their tongues at the first mention
and if they can be cleared away be-
fore the real question is uncovered.
much of the noise is used up. You
will notice that when the subject Is
barred to its essentials, its yes or no
stage, this or that, there Is less noise
ell round. Try to provide for this
elearing-up phase.
Keep the arguments for q special
hour or occasion. Bar them from the
table. No debatable questions ought
ever to come up at the family table
for they always mean family row.
Somehow the mixture Of dinner and
doubts produces an explosive state,
while an after dinner discussion Is
less likely to cause q blowout.
Hear one at time, if possible. Each
member Of the group should be heard.
| It Is always best for father or mother
to announce at the start what the
unbeatable points are. If there Is
to be no picnic there Is no sense in
talking about one; If father cannot 60
to the shore there is no sense in al
lowing brother to begin q loud noise
about his swimming; If there Is no
money for the new car, then the dis
cussion Is to be limited to what can
be done with the present one. By
limiting the question bit something
can be done to ease the pain Of listen
ing.
Personalities ought to be kept out
Of the discussion because they are
always the signal for hand-to-hand
fight. The point has to wait until
the personal battle has been fought
out and the genuineness of Patricia's
color. or Sans desire for trip to
Happy Valley has been settled be-
tween the two.
There Is no way known to suffering
parents whereby arguments can be
eliminated from family gathering.
The best one can do is to try to limit
the time and the place and the ques-
ton to such a degree as to make the
process tolerable. When all else fails
the old one of taking walk Is al
ways open.
Mr. Patri has prepared leaf1et in
titled, Trouble With Number Ia
bles," in which he explains an easy
way to help children improve in
arithmetic. Send for it, addressing
your request TO Mr.. Angelo Patri,
Child Psychology department of this
paper. Inclose a self addressed,
stamped (3-cenD envelope.
(Copyright, 1850
Evening star., 1936-11-25
Glove News.

Stitching. piping, braiding or . con-
trasting surface leather are trimming
mediums, which are indorsed in the
newest imported glove collection
Among those featured Is An extensive
and well-styled group Of eight-button
suedes, which show an interesting
use Of stitched trimming detail. The
stitching Is used in grouped geometric
patterns down the backs Of the gloves
in designs Of straight lines, half cir
cles, knots, etc.
Another effective semi tailored
slip-on, which has been developed in
q number Of variations, uses leather
braiding. glace on suede or the re-
verse. The narrow leather strips are
used in q continuous design extend
ing downward from the fingers. Still
another favored treatment Is piping
the inside seam Of the fourth finger
in q contrasting color leather and
carrying this piping down onto the
back Of the glove to bs incorporated
into q design.
Evening star., 1936-11-25

she wants to take nap, or snatch q
few minutes rest in bed, always says
I'm Just going to put my feet up"
Why she thinks she would be low
ering her standards Of efficiency by
admitting that she wanted to have
a half hours sleep, have never been
able to determine. Perhaps she even
kids herself bit in insisting that she
only relaxes to ease the pedal ex-
tremities. I don't know. In any
event, it has become q family ex-
preston around my household now, in
q slightly derisive vein; whenever
any one sneaks of early for a good
nights sleep, the rest OF the outfit
Is apt to demand, sweetly, Going to
put your feet up, suppose?"
IN SPITE Of this angle, I am bound
to admit that it is a pretty good ex-
preston at that, like the one about
taking your hair down" to denote
complete relaxation. So would sug-
gest that you 60 and put your feet
up and lot your hair down, both, and
start thinking about something def
nitely far removed from tomorrows
troubles.
A new hat. for instance. It doesn't
matter II you know that you can't
afford one-make believe anyway.
Picture yourself in the smsrtest,
snappiest model you have seen in the
fashion magazines or on the screen
lately. This may suggest to you that
the way you are doing your hair Is
not very exciting-you may even be
tempted to put your feet down, and
your hair up-in new way, at this
point. I don't advise this, however.
If you are tired, any actual expert
menting with the couture is apt to
become depressing.
You might give yourself a facial,
while you are lying down, as the
beauty experts suggest-but the tele-
phone is bound to ring while your
hands are all over cream, or the chill
dren are apt to come In and be fright
ened out of their wits by q clay mask
or something. Then you have to
spend o lot Of time calming them
down again. No, Just think about how
nice Q good facial would feel, and
picture how beautiful you would look
afterward. That will buck you up .
lot-especially II you don't look in the
mirror.
Evening star., 1936-11-25
Dorothy Dix Says
Parents Prepare Children From Birth to
Conduct Their Own Homes.

their children's homes they sin
through ignorance rather than with
malice aforethought.
Perhaps the one greatest thing that
any mother can do toward securing
her children's happiness when they
marry Il to refrain from going to live
with them. Any young couple who
go of by themselves when they marry
have . 100 per cent better chance
Of making q 60 Of their marriage than
they have II there Is . mother-in-law
In the house.
Any third party who is always under
foot separates . young husband and
wife and bars them from the conf
dences that they would have If there
was no one about. Many a quarrel
that brings about q permanent es-
arrangement would end in tears and
kisses and reconciliation If mother
wasn't around refereeing the light.
MOTHER makes or breaks mar
A riage, according to whether she
"sells" her children their mates, or
dissatisfies them with their bargains.
All Of US grow up with the idea that
has been inculcated in US since our
babyhood, that mother knows best,
and we never quite lose 1t. 30 II
mother Is always telling Susie how
lucky she Is to have q husband like
John, Susie thinks so, too. And If
she Is always praising Janey's house
keeping to Tom, Tom swells out his
chest and congratulates himself upon
knowing how to pick out q wife.
But II mother is always picking on
the husbands and wives Of her chill
dren and calling Susie's attention to
all Of Johns little peculiarities and
criticizing his manners, Susie gets
disillusioned and wonders what she
ever saw in him that made her want
to marry him. And II mother Is Al
ways calling TOMS attention to
Janey's new dresses and to how many
bridge clubs she belongs and how much
she entertains, Tom thinks he has
been stung and that he has nothing
but IN extravagant gadabout for o
wife. Half the men and women in
the world wouldn't know what poor
faulty creatures their wives and hus-
bands are II their mothers didn't tell
them about It.
And 1t Is mothers who are first aid
to divorce, nine times out Of ten. For
1t Is mother who can put out steady
ing hand when her children begin to
weaken under the strain and disap-
pointments Of marriages that have
not turned out all velvet.
It Is mother who can say: "Come
home, my poor, persecuted darling,
and let mother pet you" Or she can
say: 81 didn't bring you up to be
gutter. Stand up and take 1t on the
chin and make the best Of the bargain
you have made"
Most mothers think that when their
children marry their responsibility for
their happiness ends, but it doesn't
How the marriage turns out depends
just - much upon mother - u does
upon ths yoyne hTids and hgidsgsoom.
Evening star., 1936-11-25

the
left
together they enjoy working and pretty much
quickly realizing
lot Besides the motifs
hmes
a charming
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directions with diagrams aid also what crochet hooks what
Hal and
stamps
coin Address
The Evening
Evening star., 1936-11-25
T UNDOUBTEDLY there are cases IN
~ uhieh v,,akhsrs dAIiherafa1v aet

presentations on the art Of feminine
beauty and q series Of coinures, heads
sculptured in slistening paper-thin
metal which will be "recoiffed" per-
iodically after photo-cables sent from
Paris.
You will surely want to include this
In your next visit to New York, for It
viii be Of interest 70 every woman.
For information concerning items
mentioned In this column call Ma
tionAl 5000. Extsnsion 3o5. bstween
10 anA u ~.
Evening star., 1936-11-25

N intense interest 10 every
i ~ woman. If her throat is firm
and she is proud of it, she will want
to retain its loveliness as long as hui
manly possible, and If it already begins
to show signs of losing that freshness
with unwanted lines creeping in, and
general crepiness beginning to make
its appearance, she will certainly
hasten to take some corrective meas
ures at once.
For the throat does respond to
treatment and 1t is well worth a few
moments Of effort before going to
bed spent in nourishing this area of
skin and muscles, which through
lack of exercise is first to present
an unpleasant, withered appearance.
Research chemists working on q
formula that would solve this prob
lem have produced a combination Of
super-emolient properties with a spe-
cial stimulating ingredient that are
contained in cream which they rec
ommend particularly for dry skins
1t is a little heavier than the usual
cream, and by putting little on the
Evening star., 1936-11-25
1868

elusive fashions for little children and
the difficult junior age; slenderi1ng
well-cut patterns for the mature fig
ure, afternoon dresses for the most
particular young women and matrons
and other patterns for special occa-
sions are all to be found in the Barb
ara Bell pattern book.
(Copyright, 1850
Evening star., 1936-11-25

standpoint. Let's
refresh ourselves
with q blessed
moment in which
turkeys are for
gotten, and pies
do not exis t.
Don't let's think
a b out whether
there are enough
plates Of the best
C h ma to 60
around, or worry
about Aunt Min
nie's inability to
eat oysters.
I have q relative
Win whapevar
Evening star., 1936-11-25

L L realize, or perhaps intend.
OF course, primarily every mother set
ties the question Of how her children's
weddings are going to turn out while
they are still in the cradle. Before
ever Johnny and Susie can toddle or
talk she determines whether they will
be blessing or curse to those VINO
marry them, for every husband, every
wife, are Just exactly what their
mothers made them.
II Johnny's mother brought him up
to be a selfish, spoiled brat. who bit
and fought and scratched and "sassed'
her, he will inevitably make the sort
Of overbearing, tyrannical husband,
whose wife will spend . few years
wishing she had died on her wedding
day and then head out for Reno.
If mother brings up Susie to be
pampered darling, who never considers
anybody but herself and who sits
down and cries for thing until she
gets 1t, she will make the grasping,
greedy, gimme wife who will drive
any husband to drink. or death, or
some other woman.
And the opposite Of this Is equally
true. If from their babyhood Johnny
and Susie have been taught to control
their tempers, to respect the rights
Of others, to give and take and play
the game and to have q high sense
of duty and responsibility, they will
have that within them which will
enable them to make success Of mar
riage. Just as the Battle Of Waterloo
was won on the cricket fields Of Eton,
SO is . marriage won or lost In the
nursery.
T UNDOUBTEDLY there are cases IN
which mothers deliberately set
out to wreck their children's mar
riages. Sometimes possesstve mother
cannot endure TO be parted from .
son or daughter, and she schemes until
she alienates John from his wife or
Susie from her husband and gets them
divorced and back under her wing.
Sometimes . mother Is 70 filed with
insane Jealousy over her children low.
ing their husbands and wives better
than they do her that she wrecks
their homes out Of sheer revenge.
But such cases are rare. Most
mothers want their children to be
happy and their marriages to be sue
cessful, and if oftentimes they are
accessory to the crime OF wrecking
Evening star., 1936-11-25
Ebarking Flight Fancy Is Good Preoday Nerve
Putting the Feet Up"
Also Recommended for
Thanksgiving Jitters
Short Period of Mental Privacy in Which tt
Make-Believe Good for All
of Us.
BY BETSY CASWELL.

THIS point you are . fed up on the subject OF food and Thanks
giving won't want think about It, let alone
~ these still to come!
the actual badts all this preparedness
down! Like getting into clothes
while
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Evening star., 1936-11-25
BY MARGARET WARNER.

, EEPING q youthful looking
= throat and neck is a matter of
y intense interest to every
~ woman. If her throat is firm
Evening star., 1936-11-25

OTHERS make or mar their
children's marriages to . far
greater extent than they
realize, or perhaps intend.
Evening star., 1936-11-25

So let's pretend the season is any
thing but what it is. from . culinary
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-01-24

ously often prevents us from see
ing the essential worth of men in
our midst. A prophet is not accept
ed at home.
Jesus adduced two outstanding
examples Of the willingness of for
eigners to believe God.
a. Elijah was sent to a widow
at Serepta wv. %, 25). Many wild
ows of Israel were passed by, doubt
less because they would not have
received the prophet.
b. Naaman, the foreigner, Of the
many lepers, was the one cleansed
". 27).
4. Violent hatred wv. $500. This
comparison of the Jews with for
eigners so offended their pride that
they tried to kill him. He showed
them that just as Elijah had
brought blessing to one who lived
in Sidon, and Elisha to one in Syria,
while the people Of Israel went on
suffering, even so the Gentiles would
receive the blessing Of his saving
power, while they, the chosen ma
ton, would suffer in unbelief.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-01-24
Engineer" an Old Word

The term engineer" has been in
the English language since the
early Fourteenth century at least.
It meant at that time zone who de-
signs and constructs military works
for a type Of defense" A century
later the meaning was extended to
include lone who designs, con-
trives, or invents, as an author or
designer; also, a plotter, a layer
Of snares." The term is from the
late Latin ingeniatorem, from the
early Latin ingenium. Spelling and
pronunciation have varied from
the Fourteenth century engynor
through yngynore, ingenor, inginer,
engyner, ingener, engenier, to the
spelling engineer, in the Seven
teenth century, the form still pre-
vailing. Pronunciation prior to the
Eighteenth century can be assumed
only from the spelling. In 1890
John Walker indicated pronunct-
alton Identical with that in use to-
day, and this pronunciation is COM
mon now in England and America.
Literary Digest.
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Various Streets Recall
Romance in Old London

Romance is permanently en-
throned in many an unpretentious
London and suburban street, says
a writer in Tit-Bits Magazine.
Cade Road, Blackheath, marks the
spot where Jack Cade, the notori-
GUS Kentish rebel, camped for a
period with his ragamufin bat
talon, armed with scythes and
pitchforks. Nearby is Wat Tyler
road, preserving an equally tempes-
tuous memory Of the leader Of the
Peasants Revolt.
Racing mems memories will be
stimulated by Becher street, Not
ting Dale, which is named after
Captain Martin Becher, founder Of
the famous Grand National jump.
While cricketers exploring Ken
sington will feel a legitimate pride
on discovering buildings named
after such masters Of their craft
as Horribly, Key, Blythe, Kilner,
and Lord Alverstone.
CULVER Street, Rotherhithe, COM
memorates a hero Of fiction; two
great soldiers have their names
perpetuated by General Gordon
place, Woolwich, and General Wole
road, Blackheath; and the Harold
estate, Bermondsey, is derived from
a roval manor. held on this SDot
by King Harold before the Norman
Conquest. These examples Of street
romance are taken from an L. G. @.
publication.
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Church News
WAYMAN A. M. E.

Wayman A. M. E. Church, 537
James Avenue North, holds regular
services as follows: Sunday
School, $3.50 a. m. Junior Church,
1O:45 a. m. Preaching at II a. M,
and at s p. m. Prayer meeting and
Bible Study, Friday evening, 8 p. m.
Rev. Thomas B. Stovall, pastor,
Rev. H. Reddick, assistant.
Sunday morning, Jan. rs, the
Rev. Thomas B. Stovall will use as
his subject: methods of Growth in
the Christian Life" LIST Peter 1:9.
At the evening service he will speak
on "God Will Answer Our Prayers, "
John 14:13, IA. Special music both
services by Wayman's choir.
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By Helen M. Scott

Hello everybody:
Upon my recent visit to the
Phyllis Wheatley House, it became
ny good fortune to interview one
# the most charming young ladies
# our group, RACHEL JAMES.
Hiss James belongs, on her moth
RS side, to one of the oldest and
,est known families of our race,
he celebrated John F. Cook fam
y of Washington, D. G. Her ia
Their was an Episcopal clergyman
of note. She is a graduate of the
University of Minnesota, where she
attained very high standard Of
scholarship. From her answers
you can see that Miss James not
only can be serious, but can dis
play keen sense of humor.
1. Where did you go to college?
Ans. University of Minnesota.
2. What is the greatest colored
institution of higher learning in
the U. S.? Ans. They're all fine,
but I prefer Howard University.
8. What do you admire most in
man? Ans. He has to have a
little bit Of everything.
A. Do you believe in a career for
women after marriage? Ans. Yes,
I do.
5. If you were leaving Mime
apolis where would you like to go?
Ans. East. Either Washington,
D. c., or New York. New York,
preferably.
6. How long do you think a
couple stay in love after marriage?
Ans. About year. Sometimes not
even that.
Z. What's your favorite pas
time? Ans. Dancing.
8. What's your favorite radio
program? Ans. Theater of the
Air, and Major Bowes' Amateur
Hour. .....
9. Do you think We'll ever have a
Negro President of the U. S.?
Ans. Hardly.
10. What is your secret ambi-
ton? Ans. To study abroad.
II. Do you think a husband
should f1irt after marriage? Ans.
No, if he wants to stay married
long. :
IL. Do you close your eyes when
you kiss? Ans. I've never thought
about it. Next time I'll think
about it.
Is. Do you like fat man or
thin man? Ans. A thin man.
Don't you thing "Auntie Person
alities" has the loveliest eyes?
They remind one of deep pools of
mystery. Why does Johnny S.
get embarrassed and have those
peculiar heart attacks at such
funny times? (Can it be lovely
-. I unearthed an awful skeleton
from some young lady's closet the
other day. It wouldn't be nice to
tell. You'll all know before long
anyway. -. A swanky roadster
seems to be parked in front of
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ST. PETER A. M. E. CHURCH

Sunday morning services will be
special and a little different than
the usual service. Rev. Carlyle F.
Stewart will preach on "My
Church and L" There will be sew
eral numbers interviewer with the
singing of the Senior and Gospel
Choirs. The new officers will be
installed Of all auxiliaries after the
installation of Stewards and Trus-
tees. We hope for a wonderful
service. Rev. T. B. Stovan and
Rev. C. F. Stewart carried the
Sacramento Service to the shut-ins
on Tuesday, assisted by Steward
esses Gertrude Aubrey, Sally
Thomas and Lillian Parkinson.
After being shut in for three weeks
by sickness the Stewart family
look forward to the lifting of the
quarantine. Through error the
name of the Treasurer of the Fa-
Their and Son Club was omitted.
Jacob r. Collins. Wayman Home
Circle is preparing for their style
show, which is their sixth annual.
with DR.. M. W. Judy, president,
who promises the biggest and best
yet. Owing to some detail work
the Amateur Hour announcement
cannot be given until the next issue
Of the Spokesman. Watch for it!