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Evening star., 1936-05-01
Diet Order
Often Hard
To Follow
Where Children Are
Concerned-Best
Alternative.
BY ANGELO PATRI.
"XxIHY fight with him every day II
w he doesn't want it?"

""HY flght with MIN every uay IL
w he doesn't want it?"
s'The doctor said he ought to have
two tablespoonsful of green vegetables.
He's got to have them or he won't
gain"
Maybe he is right, but it does seem
to me that having fight every meal
time is not the way to help a child
gain weight. OF course, I'm only his
father, not the doctor, but that's my
idea"
What would you do? Just tell
me. What would you do with child
who refused to eat enough to keep
him alive?"
I'D take him to the hospital on
the double quick because I'd know he
was in a bad way. Halle doesn't
refuse to eat enough to keep him
alive. He eats plenty if he gets what
he likes. He fights spinach. Well,
don't give him any. Give him TO-
matoes. He likes them"
The doctor said green vegetables.
Halle doesn't like green. He likes
tomato red BY the way, so do l. l
wouldn't eat spinach unless 1t was
the last bite left on earth. Maybe
he feels the same way. shouldn't
wonder"
mo, You haven't made a secret
of it. I blame you for his disliking
1t so. If you would eat it maybe he
would, too"
Just give him tomatoes instead.
He'll live. He'll do far better II he
likes what he eats and doesn't have
to put up a fight every meal time.
The doctor is speaking in general.
He can't supply individual menus,
That's your job. Let's have more
liberal Interpretation of the COM
mandments."
It is hard for the mother who con-
scientiously follows the doctors orders
to find that the children will not
agree 1t might be well to study the
market in an effort to find some other
vegetables to serve in place OF the
discredited ones. Skip the spinach
for time or so and serve young cab
bage, steamed squash. fruit. Vary the
COlOT dIlO IIlc lldNOl VI tllC AASAAu oAAA
omit the article that means battle.
Give the doctors orders a more
liberal Interpretation. I believe that
@ child can grow to healthy maturity
without ever seeing a spinach leaf.
I know one that did, and I suspect
there are others. The doctor sets a
rigid feeding formula for the baby.
1t has to be followed meticulously.
The time comes when this formula
has to be modified to allow for the
mixed diet that is to serve through
the years. Here the doctor can only
indicate the general scope of the
diet-green vegetables fruit, little
rare beef. a scrap of chicken, the eye
OF a lamb chop. This means that
the whole vegetable kingdom is to
be, searched for food for the child,
that a little of the animal food is
added, that the dairy foods are to
be continued, while eggs are always
in order.
Out of the great storehouse it is
surely possible to feed child of any
age successfully. The doctors orders
are, really: Feed the child the food
his state of health and growth de-
mand." He offers some safe Sugges-
tions, but we must work out the de-
tails ourselves on the basis of first
hand acquaintance with the child
and our experience with him. The
doctor is not omnipotent and it is
scarcely fair to hold him in the light.
Evening star., 1936-05-01
Tips on the Food Market
BY LUCIE EBERLY.

they are always liked they will no doubt
so as the Sunday dinner piece de re-
sistence. Spring lamb and loin roast
pork, two Spring favorites in the meat
line, are moderately priced, being
slightly higher than last Spring, and
yet a little lower than during the
Winter. Veal, especially the outlets,
appears to be unusually good this
week end and some of the merchants
are featuring it at special prices. In
breakfast meats you will find lambs
kidney and liver pudding especially
nice. Bacon, and ham for baking,
appear to have dropped little in
price, too.
A T THE dairy stalls We found but
u ter rather unsteady, not being
able to make up its mind whether to
drop few cents or climb again.
Though it is being received in unus-
ually good shipments, it has been
rumored that a scarcity might be
impending. Tub butter, however, in
spite of rumors and uncertainty. has
dropped cent or so. Cottage cheese
is plentiful, as is the tasty, freshly
made cream cheese, which most of
the stalls feature this time of year.
New York sharp, domestic Swiss. i'm
ported Roquefort and all types of
process cheese are expected in large
shipments to meet the increasing pop
ular demand.
Evening star., 1936-05-01
BY MARGARET WARNER.

NJ AY day with its charming
M legends of children hanging
IV1 baskets of flowers on the
4 L neighbors' door knobs, dane
ing and twining garlands around the
May pole and making merry with
songs and games, seems to permeate
all the minor activities of the day
and We find our thoughts straying
from the fashions of the "grown-ups"
and focusing instead on what those
little dancing feet are wearing.
Children's shoes require that even
more thought and care be put into
the workmanship than shoes for the
adult. So much depends on retaining
the natural shape of the foot and at
the same time allowing for its sur
prisingly rapid growth. The best of
materials and the most expert work.
manship are not too good for the
child'S shoe.
We visited firm that has built up
reputation for excellent shoes
through 80 years of producing the
best in lasts and feathers and learned
that children's shoes have always
been staple with them, though only
recently added to their Washington
branch. Now both mother and
daughter may supply their shoe needs
in the same shop.
NATURALLY the childs needs are
limited to play shoes and dress
shoes. All those in-between conven-
tionalities are blissfully omitted here
The first adorable shoe to be pre-
sented for inspection was a wee white
moccasin in soft elkskin, ideal for
those uncertain first steps. Its soft,
Evening star., 1936-05-01
Stock the Linen Closet of the Small Apartment With Thoughtful
Keep to the Essentials;
AS a Rule Wedding Gifts
Will Supply the Luxuries
List of Necessities for Couple Living in
Two-Room Apartment With
Kitchenette Is Given.

expensive and may be made from the
same material as the curtains and
the bedspreads.
For this reason, too, did not in
clude bedspreads in the list. Now
adays SO many of the shops feature
sets of curtains, bedspreads and dress
ing table skirts in matching colors
and materials that the day of the
plain white spread in the brides hope
chest has faded almost out of exist
ence. For the Summery bed room,
organdie and dotted Swiss make
charming ensembles, in a variety OF
colors and at a most reasonable price.
Fancy guest towels also often ar
rive as gifts. If they don't and you
have purchased handsome linen face
towels, it doesn't matter whether you
have the fussy "flnger-tip" kind or
not. In some apartments, shower
curtains are furnished to the ten
ants; If not. pretty and efficient ones
may be found in the stores at a low
cost.
IN PURCHASING the tablecloth and
napkins, would recommend one
of the embroidered heavy linens, in a
size suitable for six at table, or a
white or pastel damask. This should
be kept for best" when you enter
tain formally. Sets Of mats, run
ners and napkins in coarse peasant
linens, gayly colorful, that will stand
hard wear are the best choice for
your everyday table. Be careful
about lace cloths Of the tea a-table va
riety unless you are prepared to laun-
der them yourself; they are very
fragile and require minutest care.
Doilies for finger bowls and for
cake plates are another gift item, and
therefore not included. If you should
not receive some, and find that they
are really necessary in your menage,
these may be purchased later on
often as wonderful bargains at linen
and lace sales. Tea napkins fall
within the same category.
Another inhabitant of your linen
closet shelves should be a silence
CLOTH" or mat, for your table, to be
used under the large cloth. People
have, of course, been known to use
a blanket. or several bath towels in a
pinch! But on the whole, the item
is not an expensive one, and if you
have it safely tucked away, when the
time of your first party rolls around
it will be all ready and waiting, giving
you no further thought in its direc-
ton.
Buy good blankets-thick, light and
woolly. They should be deeply bound
with heavy silk at top and bottom
edges. The comforters may be either
of lamb's-wool or down. as you pre-
fer-the shops have them in a lavish
variety of coverings, colors and quilt
ing patterns, to harmonic with the
color scheme of your room.
And to keep your linens always
sweet-smelling and fresh, try paint
ing the shelves of the closet with that
wonderful perfumed lacquer recently
put on the market by a New York
woman here. 1t dries quickly and
leaves the closet family and delici-
ously fragrant.
Evening star., 1936-05-01

A FEW store and some of the
larger stalls at the local markets
are expecting the first shipment Of
cantaloupeS from California for to-
morrow's selling. Since some people
prefer the Western-grown melons to
those from nearby fields, we know that
this is good news; therefore there will,
without doubt, be a clamor for them.
So, if you want to enjoy the first OF
the seasons crop, you will do well to
put your order in for one or two right
away. According to the merchant CIV
ing us this news tip they will be a
little lower in price this year than they
were last season when they first ap-
peared. Raspberries, also from Cali
fornia, are on the way, and II trans
port conditions are favorable Will no
doubt make their seasonal debut to-
morrow along with the cantaloupes.
They have been expected all week, but
were unfortunately delayed en- route.
They, too, are expected to be slightly
lower in price than last year.
R* n X
A SPARAGUS, from nearby, IS now
seen almost everywhere and Is
selling from 121a cents to so cents a
bunch. At one of the chain stores II
was selling at 10 cents a pound!
Spinach appears to be excellent this
week and is on the bargain list. Cali
fornia green peas and snap beans con-
tinue to improve and drop in price.
Corn, from Texas, is being received IN
very good shipments and is far better
than any received to date. Good to-
matoes are scarce. 1t Is the OF season,
the hothouse variety not f1ourishlng
at this time of year and the garden
grown ones not quite ready for mar
ket. Merchants are waiting anXlously
for the California crop to tide them
over until nearby vines yield their an
nual bounty of large. red-ripe. luscious
"love apples" Iceberg lettuce, too. Is
waning, and the thrifty housewife will
be wise in buying the tender Boston
variety.
THIN-SKIN grapefruit and Cali
fornia oranges continue to hold
their own. Both are unusually fine
for this time of year. Homegrown
rhubarb and bananas seem to be the
fruit specials this week and should
spur the home maker to treat the
family to that delectable "rhubarb
and banana" pie every one is raving
about Just now. Pineapple, ripe and
juicy, is plentiful, too, and should be
recognized as the perfect Spring tonic
fruit along with rhubarb. The COM
bination of these two with pie crust
is also delicious. D'anjou pears and
Delicious apples are specially priced
this week at some of the stores. Straw
berries are practically extinct-just
few boxes here and there to remind
us that they are doing their best to
live up to their "year around excel
lency" reputation. Honeydews are
getting better and better day by day"
and have dropped surprisingly in price,
thereby ceasing to be luxury"
Lemons, too, have dropped few more
cents.
4 y
CAPONS, Long Island duck and
~ fancy turkey are vying with SQUAD
hroilers and fryers. and since they
Evening star., 1936-05-01
Cooking Hint.

Pork should always be cooked we'll
done-never serve it rare or medium.
Recipe for meringue that never fails:
Beat 2 egg whites until they hold q
peak, then add Il cup sugar slowly
while beating constantly. Bake in q
slow oven 600 degrees F) for 16 min
uteS.
Evening star., 1936-05-01

and a definite list.
The best will
prove the least
expensive in the
long run, for only
good quality ma
terial will stand
the wear and tear
Of frequent laun-
dering and hard
usage. As In the
case Of the other
items, 1t should
be borne in mind
that many we'd
ding gifts may
take the form of
Evening star., 1936-05-01

A CCORDING to the newspaper
~ reports Hollywood is staging
~ return to femininity. The
4 n movie queens. we are told.
have discovered that the charm which
they threw away in favor of brit
tie sexless comaraderie" have proved
neither attractive nor deserving of re-
spect on the part of men.
Hence the shorts and the slacks
are to be discarded for petticoats.
There Is to be less smoking and drink
custom called morality is to be re-
yiYed. Girls are to be girls again in
Evening star., 1936-05-01
Cabbage Rose boutonniere.

PARIS C9.-A cabbage rose made
of dotted swiss muslin makes one of
the smartest new boutonnieres. The
muslin is white and the dots colored
to match the color of the frock. Three
daisies make another gadget for
lapel, their centers colored linen and
their petals painted pique.
Evening star., 1936-05-01
BY BETSY CASWELL.

~ NCE again the problem Of
I what linens will be required
to stock the linen closet of
the new little apartment
waiting for the June bride comes
upon US.
Like kitchen equipment and china,
linen should be purchased with care
Evening star., 1936-05-01
Cooks Corner
BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE.
MENU FOR FOUR OR FIVE.

MENU FOR FOUR OR FIVE.
Chilled Tomato Juice
Southern Fried Chicken
Buttered Rice
Mashed Turnips
Bread Currant Jam
Cheese Salad Ring
Diced Fruits
Coconut Cake.
Coffee
SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN.
3b-pound tablespoons
chicken TAT
"a cup -four
u teaspoon salt u cup boiling
"a teaspoon water
paprika
Y teaspoon 3 tablespoons
celery salt cream
Wash, clean and dismember chicken,
Chill until cooking time. Place
chicken with flour and seasonings in
paper sack, fasten top and shake to
-four chicken. Melt fat in frying pan,
add and quickly brown chicken. Cover
and cook Is minutes over moderate
fire. add one-half the water and cook
Is minutes, add remaining water and
cream. Simmer until chicken is very
tender when tested with fork. This
will require about 10 minutes more.
Remove chicken from frying pan
and add three tablespoons -four,
blended with three tablespoons cold
water, to the chicken drippings. Add
one cup milk and boil two minutes.
The giblets can be cooked with
chicken or separately, chopped and
added to gravy.
Evening star., 1936-05-01

a
necessity crochet luck
Here soft fatteng
cocheted
task that using fine cotton
illustrated
directions with diagrams
teial and ne to buy.
coin to service and
Of The Evening
Evening star., 1936-05-01

Pour pineapple juice over gelatin
and stir until dissolved. Add water
and salt. Chill until firm, then add
remaining ingredients. Pour into ring
or round mold rinsed out of cold water
and chill until firm. Unmold on bed
shredded lettuce and I'LL with diced
fruits. Top and surround with salad
dressing.
Evening star., 1936-05-01
BY BARBARA BELL.

7 TERE'S a smart little washable
- frock to add to the Summer
| joys of daughter or little
= Il sister. Simple in every detail
yet cunningly designed to fascinate
any mother.
The sleeves and yoke, trimmed with
a bridge edging. give cachet to this
fresh dimity print frock and they cut
in one, if you've noticed, which makes
for easy sewing. The skirt is beltleSs
with no pleats to keep in order after
Tubing. This cute dress is lovely in
any of the cottons, of the gingham
type, quaint and small calico prints,
challis prints. linens or in plain tub
silks for best"
Evening star., 1936-05-01

Upper: Little girls dress shoe in red or dark tan
kid. The Summer play sandal comes in choice of
colors. Loer: Infants moccasin of soft ,Chite elk
skin. ss..,.s :. uv,.,,.... s,..
Evening star., 1936-05-01

For information concerning items
mentioned In this column call Ma.
tional 5000, Extension 500, between 10
and Ii an
Evening star., 1936-05-01

NJ AY day with it's charming
M legends of children hanging
baskets of flowers on the
l. L neighbors' door knobs, dane
Evening star., 1936-05-01

Would you like to know how to give
yourself complete facial at home?
Send self-addressed, stamped (3-cent)
envelope for my facial resume, out
lining full folding and massage move
ment.
tCopyright, 1850
Evening star., 1936-02-09

Calhoun for deputy surveyor. On re-
ceiving the offer, Lincoln walked 20
miles to Springfield to make certain
that acceptance would not limit his
personal political opinions and express
sion. When assured that it would not,
he tramped back to New Salem and
in six weeks learned to survey. At the
end of this ruthless application he was
haggard as from long illness. He
borrowed money for a compass, but
for some time a wild grape vine was
his chain.
The young deputy had knack for
surveying and his work prospered. He
plotted the city of Petersburg and
surveyed many country roads which
are used to this day. During this time
Lincoln's tender romance with Ann
Rutledge added its beauty to his life.
A mn was small, had blue eyes, au-
= burn hair and q winsorne manner.
Her heritage Of refinement brought
out the finest qualities in the awkward
youth who loved her. She was as well
read and eager to learn as he. The
lovers planned that she should have a
year in jackson Academy. after which,
If he won the seat in the Legislature.
they would marry. In the meantime
they tramped the hills and woods or
read together before the tavern fire
and she sang his favorite hymns.
In the Sprif1r of 1898 Ann was
taken Ill. Again and again when Lin
coin finished his days work on some
distant surveying trip he rode hard
through the night to have few hours
by AIMS bedside, At first they were
cheerful, but hope waned. In August
q day came when Anne called so in
sistently for her ssver that her brother
Evening star., 1936-02-09
Cabin Village Rises Anew at New Salem,
ILL.,, Where Youth Was Spent and Tragic
Love for Ann Rutledge. Was Enacted.
Rebuilding Aided by c. c. c. Workers.

disbanded without seeing action. AL
though Lincoln re-enlisted twice as
private in other companies, late in
July he walked back into town. The
war was over and he was without d
job. Another venture had 'petered
out" he said.
A T THIS time Lincoln took lodg-
= ings at Rutledge Tavern. There
he talked with travellers from the out
side world. The mail carrier came
four times a week. The stage coach
between Beardstown and Springfield
passed the tavern door and all trav-
elers of this early road knew New
Salem. Among the itinerate ministers
who often stopped for the night was
the redoubtable Peter Cartwright, who
was Lincoln's political opponent. At
Fall elections he defeated young Abe
for the Legislature.
The young mans choice then lay
between odd jobs and partnership
with William Berry in another store.
Lincoln chose the store. Soon he
was appointed postmaster, job which
included the privilege of reading all
papers that came in the mail and an
obligation to distribute news to those
who did not receive papers. He ped
died mail, carrying letters in his hat.
and became well known and liked
throughout the county.
Incidents of this year have come
down as folk tales of Abraham Lin
coins honesty, but by the end Of the
year the stores business was slipping.
Berry drank too much. Lincoln read
and chatted too much. So they sold
out to the Trent brothers and once
more Lincoln wa. without B. job.
A friend recomrA ended him to John
Evening star., 1936-02-09

tanned the tavern crowd with yarns
of his adventures. He told of tending
ferry on the Ohio and compared
living conditions in three frontier
States-Kentucky. Indiana and Illi-
nois. He described seeing slaves sold
of the block in New Orleans. He
related his experiences while driving
oxen teams and told how he had built
houses, split rails and fenced 5000
acres. .-
DENTON OFFUT, ever the alert
business man, decided that night
to establish store in New Salem. In
August. Abraham Lincoln returned as
proprietor of the store and manager
of the grist mill newly leased from
jim Rutledge. Soon after the store
opened William Greene, a local boy,
was added to the staff because he
knew which Of the customers were
good" for their purchases.
When Abraham Lincoln reached
New Salem he had little formal edu-
cation. Mentor Graham, the New
England schoolmaster, was attracted
by the youths keen mind and helped
him study. Jim Rutledge's library Of
25 or 80 volumes was opened to him
and Abe soon earned the name of "a
good loafer" by his constant reading.
Law, history. Burns and Shakespeare
all were grist in his search for knowl-
edge. Stretched along the pine coun-
ter, his head upon bolt of dress
goods or fat under tree, his feet
propped against its trunk, he could be
seen almost any day book in hand.
He read lying on the ':hospitable
slope" Of cellar door and as he strode
along the road on errands. Some
times he climbed to the top o. wood.
Evening star., 1936-02-09

which bore evidence of his years
study in grammar. The last para
graph reads: Every man Is said to
have his peculiar ambition. Whether
it be true or not I can say for one
that I have no other so great as being
truly esteemed by my fellow men by
rendering myself worthy of their
esteem. My case is thrown exclusively
upon the independent voters of this
county and if elected they will have
conferred favor shall be unre-
mitting in my labors to compensate.
But If the good people in their wisdom
see fit to keep me in the background,
I have been too familiar with dis
appointments to- be very much
chagrined."
One month later, in the midst Of
the campaign, Gov. Reynolds called
for volunteers to the Black Hawk
War. Lincoln signed Immediately
and posted the paper at the store. In
six days company was organized.
They picked their captain by each
man standing behind the leader of
his choice. Abe Lincoln's line was
more than twice as long as his oppo-
nent'S.
Lincoln was grateful for this recog-
milton but later he humorously dis
paraged his service as captain. Hav-
ing neither military training nor ex-
perience, his directions were fire.
quently more practical than tradi-
tional. He told of the day when, not
knowing q military command which
would get his men through a gate
he had them fall out and walk
through. Then he called them back
into formation to continue their
march on the other side. He said
the only blood he saw spilled was
that Of mosquitoes and the enemy was
conspicuously absent. W
The New Saleu, roy,oY,jsnv rras xnny,
Evening star., 1936-02-09
Monument Among Most Unusual Erect
ed to Memory of Man Whose Birth Ami
versary Occurs Next Wednesday. Many
Legends of Career Abound in Section.

bearing on Lincoln's life in New Salem
was assembled. Bit by bit the six
years of his residence in the Illinois
frontier became living story.
Abraham Lincoln's first appearance
at New Salem was dramatic and un-
heralded. One fine Spring afternoon
in April, 1881, he piloted a fiat boat
around wooded bend of the Sagamon
River at the edge of the town. But he
miscalculated the flood which followed
the Winter of the big snow" and
encountered shallow water. The boat
stuck at midships and perched sus-
pended across the ribbed dam of Jim
Rutledge's mill.
There were three passengers aboard
-21-year-old Abraham Lincoln, build
er and pilot of the boat; Robert john
son, his half-brother, and Denton
Offut, who owned the boat and the
cargo of freight it was carrying to
New Orleans. Such visitors were not
an everyday occurrence in New
Salem.
The long-legged Lincoln rolled his
blue jeans about 5 feet up" jumped IN
the water and waded around shifting
the cargo, while the village population
gathered on the bank and volunteered
advice. The stranger entertained his
audience with comments ''as good as
they sent" and finally called for an
auger. Shouts of derision arose as
the gawky youth bored a hole in his
boat to release water from the floor
But the shouts turned to cheers when
the craft, thus made lighter, slipped
of the dam and the same gawky pilot
neatly replugged the hole before it
touched water.
The travellers spent the night In
New Salem and young Lincoln enter