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Evening star., 1936-05-29
-P0STMASTERS NAMED
Hv the Associated Press.

The nominations of three Maryland
postmasters were sent to the Senate
yesterday by President Roosevelt.
They are Isaac Henry Morris, at
fredericksburg; Ethel w. Gallagher, at
Preston, and Elizabeth e. Wood, at
Sandy Spring.
Evening star., 1936-05-29
BRITISH ADMIRAL DIES

Sir Cecil Thursby Commanded in
Eastern Mediterranean.
LONDON, May 30 fP).-Admiral Sir
Cecil Fiennes Thursby, rs, British
naval commander in the Eastern
Mediterranean in 1917, died yesterday
at his home, at Dorington, Shrop-
shire.
Admiral Thursby, who entered the
British Navy in 1874, had won many
awards for his work during the World
War. He retireoln 1890.
Evening star., 1936-05-29
Hindenburg in Rio.

RIO DE JANEIRO. May 20 Cp.-
The Zeppelin Hindenburg, completing
her South Atlantic crossing, arrived
here at 6:04 am. (4:04 am. Eastern
standard time) today and was placed
in her hangar.
Evening star., 1936-05-29
SPRING OUTING PLANS
LAID BY DISTRICT BAR
More Than 500 Members of Or
ganization Are Expected to Go
on Trip Down River.

Plans for the Spring outing and
dinner of the District Bar Association
June II, were announced today by
Edmund M. Toland, general chairman.
More than 500 members of the Or
ganization are expected to attend the
outing down the river on the S. 8.
Potomac.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
Dorothy Dix Says
Men Must Learn to Say mo" Gracefully
to a Proposal of Marriage.

pretends to be an amateur, while she
is really q skilled professional.
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OF course. it is not to be denied that
when woman makes up her mind
that she wants to marry a man and
sets out to get him, she is mighty per-
sistent and very likely to get him. Nor
is it to be denied that men are much
more easily flattered by being made
love to than women are. But, all the
same, any man with an inch Of back
bone should be able to protect his
bachelor freedom if he really wants
to do it. Anyway, the time has come
when women are tired of sitting on
the sidelines and sucking their thumbs
and waiting for the men they want
to happen to notice them. Also, they
are weary Of taking what they can get
instead Of getting what they want, and
from now on they are going to take
the initiative in courtship and pop
the question to the men they desire
for husbands.
So men had better begin learning
how to say mo" gracefully to the
maidens who ask for their hearts and
hands and learn how to soften the
blow by telling the disappointed flap
pers that they will be brothers to
them.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
Manners
of the
Moment

THE use Of toothpicks in certain
restaurants is probably something
that would still 60 on even If it were
prohibited by a constitutional amend
ment. So probably there is nothing
we can do about it. But we can try.
Now there is that trick some tooth.
pick addicts have of hiding their faces
behind their hands or their napkins
and trying to pretend that they aren't
using toothpicks. That's about as
silly trick as we know Of, and it
makes US nervous. It doesn't hide
anything. and we consider it down.
right dishonest. II you want to use
a toothpick that badly, all right. Come
out in the open with 1t, and well argue
it out with you. But this clandestine
stun is out.
As q matter Of fact, we're against
the toothpick altogether except for
spiking cherries. We think that II
you are one Of those people who can't
resist q glass Of toothpicks when you
pass it by at the cashiers counter, YOU
should develop the habit Of pocketing
9 couple. Then when you get home
to the privacy of your own little four
poster, you can use it to your hearts
content. But toothpicks, like scandal,
are best kept to oneself. JEAN.
tccpyrfght. 1e3oJ
Evening star., 1936-11-28
SHOPPING TOURS ARE NOT FOR CHILDREN
Answering
Variety of
Questions
Addressing Elders.
Wedding Party
Dinner.
BY EMILY POST.


DEAR MRS. POST: My son Is 1s
and as a young child We taught
him to address older men as sir. A
young uncle Of his insists that sir and
ma'am are used only by servants when
speaking to their employers If mod
ern training is gradually abolishing
every sign Of filial respect, what kind
of unframed animals will our young
soon be? I wish you'd explain the
present-day use Of sir and ma'am.
Answer-An properly brought up
boys answer sir when making a mon
osyllabic reply to gentleman, and
Mrs. Brown or Miss Brown when,
answering a lady. Girls say Mr.,
Brown as well as Mrs. or Miss Brown.
Properly. servants say sir and madam.
InEAR MRS. POST: Who is usually
- invited to the wedding rehearsal
dinner? am giving this dinner for
my niece and would like to know who
I am expected to include besides the
wedding attendants.
Answer-There is no rule about a
rehearsal dinner. In fact, compare
lively few are given at all. The we'd
ding party usually meet at the church
for the rehearsal and stay an indefi-
mite length of time. Afterwards, per-
haps they all go back to the house of
the bride, or another relative, and
have simple buffet supper. On the
other hand, they even more often dis
perse. Again sometimes they have a
dinner for the bridal party, after
which they go to the rehearsal. This
dinner perhaps includes none but
cludes other members of both their
families.
DEAR MRS. POST: have inher-
tied lovely old fine china soup
tureen and I really can not give it
shelf space unless I can use it some
times. Would it be practical for the
waitress to pass around a tureen of
scalding hot soup? Or are soup tur-
eens intended to be used only when
the family is large and the service
limited?
Answer-Soup tureens are only In
tended to be used on the table, and
when the soup is served by the host
ess. This, however, does not imply a
large family or limited service since
certain hostesses like to serve the
soup themselves exactly as certain
hosts like to carve.
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DEAR MRS. POST: How can sirup
or cream poured from a pitcher
be kept from losing the last drop over
the side, which not only looks un-
slightly, but often soils the tablecloth?
Answer If you stop short when
pouring, the last drop is not likely 10
run down the side of the pitcher.
But if it should spill over little. take
your clean spoon and hold it under
the lip to catch the drop. A pitcher.
by the way which is to be set upon
the table should have under it a
tray or a coaster or possibly a match
ing saucer.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
Vogue Changes.

The wise-crackins youngsters, who
put their mark on Christmas cards
for several years in the way Of part
witticisms, have definitely given way.
Cards with cynically humorous senti-
ment and design, noticeably in the
minority last year, this season are
practically non-existent, yielding place
to cards uniformly keyed to a note Of
frank friendliness and sincere COM
raderie, casual though it may be- A
girl in trim Winter sports outfit of
red and white cuts with her skates
a blue Merry Christmas" A youth
lined cleverly In white on red and
swankily correct In top hat, white
tie and tails" announces in Wode-
housian vein:
"What no! It's Christmas, don't you
know?
Time for q jolly ding!
So here's Heigh Ho and Cheerio
And all that sort Of thingl"
Evening star., 1936-11-28

system q mighty long time to recover
from the effects of the shock.
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OF COURSE, the mother wouldn't
" do this If she really stopped to
think what these shopping expedi-
tionS mean to the child. II she could
picture the situation from his view.
point she would never subject him
to such an ordeal again. But 1t Is
dificult for her to understand that to
him the milling crowds are made up
Of giants-so tall that the strain to
see their faces makes ones neck ache:
that in elevators and pressed against
crowded counters ones nose and
mouth are pushed into smothering
coats until one cannot breathe: that
half the time one cannot even see
where one is being dragged; that
grown-ups move too fast for tired
baby feet to follow; that little arms
are so short that reaching up to that
guiding hand nearly pulls them from
the socket; that counters are too high
for one to see what is on them; that
the roar of hundreds of voices falls
like thunder on baby ears; that re-
volving doors and elevators and esca-
lators all may become terrifying to
a tired brain; that little lungs accus-
toned to the fresh, out door air strain
to find oxygen in the miasma: that
one drips with perspiration under
buttoned-up heavy coat inside. and
shakes with clammy chiIls when the
cold air strikes one on the street; that
none of it is to be understood, and
that terror and fatigue are very closely
related.
No-if mother stopped to realize
all of these things she would never
torture her child again In this way.
She would take him, quietly. early in
the morning, to see the toy depart
ments in all their glory, and to shake
hands with Santa Claus. She would
not keep him there q moment after
he had looked his fill. She would take
him home to simple lunch and a
long afternoon nap. And he would
not 60 in a store again until after
Christmas.
A ND how would she get her Christ
= mas shopping done? Why, if
she had no one with whom to leave
her child for few hours each day,
she would band together with a
group of her friends in agreeing on a
mutual shopping routine. They would
pool their pennies and hire reliable
woman or girl to stay with all Of
their youngsters gathered together In
one home. for as many mornings as
they would find necessary to finish
their gift list!
And they would find that the little
extra Christmas expenditure" re-
turned dividends thousandfold; that
their children were healthy, happy
and calm; that their shopping was
accomplished in half the time, and
that their own nervous systems suf-
fered far less in the long run.
Try it Just once, won't you?
Evening star., 1936-11-28

wonder! we say, when We hear that
one wearer appeared with a star and
two enormous moons on her cheeks
and a coach and horses on her fore
head!
These were the glamorous days Of
the French Louis and the lovely ladies
who shared with them in the making
Of history. Snow-white wigs made
eyes blacker or bluer, as the case
might be, and cheeks had to be tinted
with an artists touch. Louis Kills
beautiful Queen Anne Of Austria, used
cosmetics literally and the practice
continued during the succeeding
reigns. Schooled in the theater, as
she was, British Charles beloved Nell
Gwynne must have been an adept at
touching up her ripe beauty OF stage
as well as on.
Evening star., 1936-11-28

the anguished animal before he left.
The puppy may have lost his way
while roaming. That's possible, but
unlikely. The dog was a mongrel.
He looked as though some one had
dropped him off, leaving him to shift
for himself. Maybe they thought
some one would pick him up, or some
farmer might take care of the situa-
ton. People do it every day. Whoever
the person was, they certainly had no
intention of causing any living crea-
ture such agony. Nevertheless, that's
what happened! The story is true.
Dropping of animals is absolutely
criminal It's shifting Of RESPONSE
bility to tickle chance. The same
gasoline and time could take them
to one Of the numerous organizations
whose business it is to care for un-
wanted animals. Community Chest
funds assist in this. The main bar.
rier in turning an animal over to a
shelter is the feeling that it will be
killed. People had rather drop it out
and let it shift for itself. How would
the same person like to be stripped
Of all equipment and be thrown out to
face giant man eating monster Of
the stone age? Without the strength
or experience of his ancestors he
wouldn't fare 50 well! That's Just
what happens to the animal. sheltered
and tanned by civilization, Is dumped
out in the country.
When an animal shelter finds It
best to put dog or cat ''to sleep" It
Is done so kindly and painlessly. But
often. more so than people realize.
this isn't necessary. Everything pos
sible is done to find them new homes
Many a cat dozes by a fireside of its
own through their efforts. Dog after
dog finds q new master and Q new
home through Washington's worthy
humane organizations.
Evening star., 1936-11-28

the Going Christmas Shopping With
Mother.
Year after year one sees a mother
who is normally kindness and consid-
Grafton itself in her treatment of her
youngsters, suddenly lose all sense Of
proportion and hygiene when the
bugle blows for the roundup on gifts.
Where usually she would no more
think of subjecting her child to ex-
tremes of temperature. bad air. noise.
lights. movement and mobs-she
blithely thrusts him into the very CEN
ter of activity and expects him to take
1t and like it.
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THIS doesn't work. The child can
neither take it nor like it. 1t up
sets his nervous system, which hurts
his digestion. He is too tired to eat
he is fed in a downtown restaurant
where more noise and hustle distract
him and make him more nervous than
ever He goes back to the store for
more hours of misery, and if his tum-
my rebels he is scolded in public and
dragged of in disgrace to be cleaned
up in the nearest wash room. where
there is still noise and people milling
about.
When he finally gets home he is
in state of collapse and is fretful.
fearful and utterly unable to pull
himself together. Mother is tired and
worn out herself: she snaps at him.
she snaps at father when he comes
in and father snaps back. She can't
do much about father, but if the
youngster gives vent to his irritation
by snapping-then he catches it for
both of them. Often he doesn't even
have to snap to catch tit just comes
anyhow.
Everybody is tired and tempers are
razor-edged. The child is put to bed
after a nerve-wracking and quarrel
some supper and exhaustedly falls OF
to sleep in tears. Next day the hor-
ror is repeated and so on until the
gift list Is all scratched of and mother
can become herself once more. In
the meantime, the child has gone
through nightmare that will take
his delicate, impressionable nervous
Evening star., 1936-11-28

| R1SP, cool air urged them to
journey forth for ride in the
Y country. Pups barked loudly.
If there was anything he liked
better than ride it was another ride.
Having settled the gas and oil situ-
alton, they started out on their little
trip. The road unfolded like the long
gray ribbon it is. The world was won-
derful. Suddenly they noticed funny
little creeping shape. They brought
the car to a stop, and jumped out.
The boy stared at what he saw and
swore. She Rugged her own pup
tightly and tried not to cry. The
thing they saw was a little dog. Its
eyes showed fright, yet In them there
was an appeal that overruled the
fear. The creatures head was large
and swollen. It's body had shrunken
and was in starved condition. Large
insects were in the process of eating
the little fellow alive. But the worst
part Of the whole situation was the
dogs neck! He was choking to death.
Some one, months back. had equipped
him with Q collar. Since then he
had grown out of the puppy stage.
His neck was held in by the tight
leather band. Slow torture in the
form Of strangulation was the result.
II he had been able to find food he
couldn't have eaten it. Weeks of
misery had driven him to the road
side to seek aid at the hands of human
species, one of which was responsible
for his condition.
The boy and girl knew there was
only one thing to do. Taking the jack
out Of the car, he led the suffering
dog deep into the woods. With one
blow the pitiful little pup was put out
Of its misery. The young man made
sure that death had given peace to
Evening star., 1936-11-28

7 LAD Elizabeth and Mary been
~ given II. O." tests their in
telligence would have been
found far beyond the average
in their day, yet they were still women
enough to pay attention to matters of
the toilette-the one furious because
she lacked her cousins loveliness, the
other carefully guarding the beauty
that was fated to be her undoing.
1t must be remembered always that
for long after the times of the Tudor
and Stuart monarchs-indeed, almost
till the dawn of the present century
cosmetics were made at home, from
ingredients that had been popular
with the ancients. Most ladies of
quality" says the authority c. j. S.
Thompson, kept their own books of
recipes for all kinds of domestic medi-
cines and perfumes which they pre-
pared in their still rooms When
ladies met" therefore, they exchanged
beauty recipes, and wrote them down,
giving due credit to Mistress This or
That in the record After printing
was introduced it was in the earliest
cookery books that cosmetic informa-
tion was included.
Tangible proof of this interesting
fact may be found in the Rare Book
Room of the Library of Congress. One
of its treasures is a fascinating vol
ume, written by Sir Hugh Plat, and
published in London In 1882. It is en-
titled Delights for Ladies, to Adorne
their Persons. Tables, Closets and Dis
tillatories. with Beauties. Banquets,
Perfumes and Waters" and an exam
ination of its curiously printed pages
Is literally an experience.
The first section is devoted to the
Art of Preserving, Conserving and
Candying, and the next to Cookery
and Huswifery. ITO Souse a Young
Pig" and ITO Boile Sparrows or
Larks." are samples Of the. intriguing
items described.
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THE part of the volume given over
to cosmetics is headed Sweet
Powders, Oyntments, Beauties, ETC."
and the recipes that follow are writ
Evening star., 1936-11-28
My Neighbor Says:

When watering potted plants
insert . small funnel into earth,
rill bowl Of funnel with water and
allow 1t to filter through earth
slowly. All water will be absorbed
by earth and none left to over
fiow.
Always make it . point to keep
your larder supplied with about
. dozen cans Of soups, meats and
fruits. When an unexpected guest
arrives for lunch you will then be
able to serve . good meal.
II ivory enamel is to be used
on furniture IN undercoat Of fsat
ivory paint should first be put on.
Imperfections in the application
Of enamel will show less II . nat
coat Is frst applied.
It Is much better to use two
spoons instead of . fork when
turning . roast beef. The fork
pierces skin and allows Juices to
escape.
GCopyrignt. 1850
Evening star., 1936-11-28

~ affair that solves the house
dress problem for many a
- = rushed wife and sister. Back
in one piece. front in two, and then
the short sleeves-it's ready to wear
before you know It! The contrasting
bias binding is an easy and practical,
as well as neat, way Of trimming.
Nothing to the laundering, of course,
since pleats, collar, ruf11es. and such
like, are blessedly absent.
Make 1t several times and 20
through the holiday season without
further worry. It's q sure way to
brighten your home and your temper.
The pattern Is q grand material saver
and q frock for size 80 can be had
out of 3% yards 35-inch fabric at a
very low cost in percale and, for q
little more in gingham, dimity or
seersucker.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1973-B is
available in sizes SO, SO, 40, AZ, A,
IS, 48, SO and 50. Five and one-half
yards Of 1h-inch bias binding re-
quired for finishing.
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide which
Is easy to understand.
Send Is cents for the Fall Barbara
Bell Pattern Book. Make yourself
Evening star., 1936-11-28
1853

attractive, practical and becoming
clothes, selecting designs from the
Barbara Bell well-planned. easy-to-
make patterns. Interesting and ex-
elusive fashions for little children and
the difficult junior age; slenderizing,
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
Barbara Bell Pattern Book.
Evening star., 1936-11-28

the W b ! ! 3 Oh
stepped. on a n d
smothered chill
dren will rise re-
proachfully above
the tumult and
the shouting.
And right here
Is where we stop
generalizing and
begin to sound Of
on q definite
point. For it Is
just too dreary to
contemplate tn e
return CT that an
nual orgy of ju-
Evening star., 1936-11-28
Roquefort Cheese Surprise.
Roquefort cheese.

<VOH0OxOKV O2ICOCC.
Canned crab apples.
Currant jelly.
Remove core and seeds from apple.
Pill cavity with creamed Roquefort
cheese and glaze with softened cur
rant jelly. Set in colored paper bon
bon cup and serve with steak, roast
Or fowl.
Evening star., 1936-11-28

Editors note: This is the fifth
In a series OF articles on the his
tory OF cosmetics appearing on this
page. The merit wtH tolloU witttn
q short tirte)
Evening star., 1936-11-28
EAR MISS DIX-I am a man
in my early thirties. About
a month ago met a girl who
insists llpon nv marrying her.

in my early thirties. About
a month ago / met girl who
- insists upon my marrying her.
I like her. but am not in love with her.
I have no reason at all to marry, as
have comfortable home, pleasant sur
roundings, a good job and feel would
not be happy married, as don't like
any strings tied to me. II am In one
woman's company very long get
bored. Do you think should marry
this girl? A. w.
Answer-Certainly not, if you don't
want to do so. 1t is her privilege to
ask you, but it is equally your privilege
to refuse. Women don't feel obligated
to marry every man who pops the ques-
ton to them, and no more should men
feel that they have to assume the board
bill and shopping ticket Of every won-
an who tries to wish herself on on
them.
Nothing is more inexplicable than
the attitude of men toward the wom-
an who does her courting openly, in
stead of stealthy. As long as woman
sticks to the feminine tradition OF pre-
tending that she is the pursued instead
of the pursuer. and of cajoling and
coaxing and sometimes actually shang-
haiing a man to the altar, he feels
safe and enjoys her wooing. Apparent
ly he never suspects her intentions.
and when finally she drags proposal
out of him and cries out: This is so
sudden! never dreamed you thought
that way about me" he believes her.
But let woman come out hat-footed
and frankly tell man that she loves
him and wants to marry him, and he
becomes paralyzed with terror. He
loses all of his sales resistance. He feels
that his doom is sealed and that moth
ing short of a miracle can save him
from having to marry her. Which,
of course, is all nonsense. The dan
gerous woman is not the one who lays
all her cards upon the table. The
one who Is to be feared Is she who
keeps few trumps up her sleeve and
Evening star., 1936-11-28
Noise and. Excitement
May Seriously Damage
Youngsters Nerves
Leaving the Babies at Home With a Com
munity Guardian Would Prove
Good Plan.
BY BETSY CASWELL.

VOW begins the Christmas shopping when and feet
window chewd pencil smudged gift
the plaintive
until shopping cenes bedam will rule
Evening star., 1936-11-28

grown phrase probably
soon way be any
this those dshfuly quick effective patterns
crochet hook in ito this pattern you'll have
q
by
inches
pattern
postage Address orders the Needlewok
Editor Evening Star.
Evening star., 1936-11-28

From now on until New Years, In
Those who sell and those who buy
will become devotees of the hot EPSON
salts footbath. lines Of weariness will
crease hitherto smooth foreheads and
Evening star., 1936-11-28

Cover of Sir Hugh Plaf's book, published in
London in 1852. ,chich ,cas among the first of its
kind to contain printed directions for making
beauty aids Courtesy Rare Book Room Library Of conss
Evening star., 1936-11-28

By BARBARA BELL.
7 ERE'S q "made-in-an-hour"
i affair that solves the house
dress problem for many a
= rushed wife and sister. Back
Evening star., 1936-11-28

Mr.. Patri will give personal atten-
ton to inquiries from parents and
school teachers on the care and de-
velopment Of children. Write him in
care Of this paper, enclosing a three
cent stamped. self-addressed envelope
for reply.
(Copyr1gnt. 1861
Evening star., 1936-11-28
BY MARY ALLEN HOOD.

RISP, cool air urged them to
1 journey forth for a ride in the
Y country. Pups barked loudly.
IF there uoS ryt tipo I,a libad
Evening star., 1936-11-28
BY GAEL RENFREW.

7 TAD Elizabeth and Mary been
. given Il. O." tests their in
telligence would have been
L u found for hovopd tho ouoro oe