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Evening star., 1937-09-04
Old Short
Cut Is Not
The Best
Use the New Method
and Let Child Think
for Himself.
BY ANGELO PATRI.
ONG ago. in the days of our great

ONG ago. in the days of our great
grandfathers, children were con-
sldered mindless. that is. they had
minds only when they surrendered
them to those placed in authority
over them. Mind them meant just
what was said: Give them your mind,
supply them with mind" Adults were
supposed to have a surplus of that
intangible quality known as intelH-
gence and it was to be used for the
charging of the "ocant place in the
child's being Therefore he was minded
and made to mind.
Presumably we know better than
that today. We believe that children
have minds of their own and that our
duty is to enrich their minds by offer
ing them worthwhile experiences. 1t
is slow and uncertain fashion of
growth. All real growth is slow, un-
certain, and not to be predicted. 1t is
unlikely to follow any plan however
clever it may be. In short. children
are very likely to do what We would
prefer they did not do. Usually our
preference is largely selfish. If they
do what they want to do they spoil
our plan, or they take our time or
they interrupt us. So we take the
old short cut, an easy matter because
it has been well beaten by the feet
Of our forebears, and make the chill
dren mind
am not talking now about helpless
infants who have to be directed by
mothers and nurses and teachers.
Infants have to be trained to obedi-
ence, usefulness, intelligent co-opera-
tion during their infancy or not at all.
am talking about those children who
have developed tastes and tendencies,
who presumably have been trained in
manners and morals and school sub
lects and have grown personalities,
ambitions, attitudes of their own, and
all under our guidance. Many people
still resent this stage of growth in
their children and call up the good
old-fashioned way Of making them
mind"
1t won't work. Our generation Of
children have been started differently
From the cradle on they have been
trained to think for themselves, plan
for themselves and do for themselves
II home was not inclined to that
scheme, school and schoolmates and
the neighbors were. The children
grow into adolescence with the idea
of personal responsibility largely to
the foreground of their thinking
Once they enter adolescence their at
titudes become more marked, they
experiment, they surprise their elders
by the daring Of their thinking and
behavior. In alarm the elders begin
trying to make them mind. It is too
late.
am not distressed about that We
have all the opportunity We need to
impress right standards upon the
minds of children during the first
10 or II years. II we have chosen
the right experiences for our emphasis
1t is scarcely possible for adolescent
children TO 80 far frem them.
Evening star., 1937-09-04

readerS-and anything but from those
of the dieting sex
DEAR MISS CASWELL
Judging from YOUR articles. I take
Il YOU were brought up on a Virginia
farm and understand farmers prob
lens. The Star has many farm read
ers, men like me who live in the midst
of all sorts of food and cannot get
what they want to eat. in fact, cannot
get what they need to eat.
Wont you write some articles
about food for real farm workers like
myself. please? We can't live on the
sort of stuff folks have at bridge sup
pers and pink teas.
I am not crank who is looking
for dishes like mother used 10 make.
But l am up against meals planned
by a college-tralnod Young woman
who feeds me as though l We're a
Hollywood star IN deadly fear of
weight
We have plenty Of chickens, eggs,
milk and all sorts of Vegetables and
fruit. There are hams and bacon in
abundance. Also salt fat.
Still I can't get any green beans
cooked with fat meat The lima
beans all come to the table dolled up
in cold vegetable SalaC. Wafer
melons and cantaloupes are served
IN little marbles all mixed together
In a messy way. There are never any
peach cobolers nor peach pie. When l
get Dutch cheese 1t is scrambled into
some sort of salad.
Evening star., 1937-09-04
Manners
of the
Moment

THERE are those With very good
manners al the table. who SUD
denly turn prehistoric when placed
IN front of an ice-bOX door. Their
eyes begin to pop. and they grab
handfuls Of cold macaroni and cold
veal and stuff them into mouths which
have suddenly turned cavernous
There's one in every home. You've
seen them.
And really its a shame. Ice-boy
nibbllng, after all. is one of the pleas
ATTEST forms of late evening enter
ta!nment. And its not fair that 1t
should be ruined by one guzzIer.
OF course. you might come right ont
with 1t and say. Please darling, don't
take such big bites. They make me-
feel badly But it's not always eaSy
to do that. Maybe the most tactfuI
thing to do is avoid all trips to the
kitchen with any one who is a guzzler.
Just tell her you aren't hungry. And
II you are, you'll have TO sneak back
to the ice box alone sometime alter
in the night. If its your spouse who
goes cave-Woman on you at the ice
box door. we're sorry. You should
have found out about that while you
were engaged
tCopyright. la31)
Evening star., 1937-09-04

1HATS funny! The Boss kicked
him out of the car. Gee. he
never did that before. Wonder
what's wrong? Sisters crying.
Sos Junior. Something's up! They've
been carrying things out to the car all
morning. Mistress won't even look his
way. Kitty just sits on the back steps
and eyes things. Wonder if she knows?
She says it has something to do with
this going to school" business. Guess
he'd better get another look at the
car. They must be going somewhere
for a long time. OF course, he and
kitty'l go, too. After all, they're his
folks. Master just didn't see him that
last time Guess he'll try again.
Hummmm- -m-m They've brought
the car around front. Seem to be look
ing around in an awful hurry. Wonder
what they're running from. Mistress
said something bout calling up a
humane organization Master said
they would If they had time. Guess
there's lot to be done when Winters
coming Hey! What did they put
that hat box there for? That's his
place. Guess they made mistake.
Goodness gracious, the cars starting!
He didn't see them get kitty. One
good Jump and he'll land on the hat
box!
Well. what do you know about that7
Evening star., 1937-09-04

him down. Animals do need food,
though. specially if they've a house to
take care of.
Getting cold Guess they'll be back
before long. Kitty doesn't talk any
more. Just looks. Seems to haunt the
back door. She used to ask to get in.
Guess her meow's too low to hear. He
doesn't feel 50 active himself. Looks
like snow.
Well, things are getting pretty lone
some. Kitty went to sleep by that
door. She hasn't walked up for two
days. Doesn't shiver or shake like
he's doing. Seemed sort of stiff when
he poked her with his nose. Guess
she's dreaming about the folks Any
way, she can't be as miserable as he
Can't stand up or keep awake any
longer. Seem to be going somewhere
far OF. Funny, everythings fading
away. Hope the folks won't be angry.
He's done the best he could, the best
ho-could.
Evening star., 1937-09-04
The Beauty
Problems S
OF a Child
S ira G hten TIL cir
Teeth as Soon as Den
tist Suggests It.
Poto nv p, G. wilkinson. Star STAFF.
BY ELSIE PIERCE.

WE HEAR so much about that
schoolgirl complexion, we know
so many young ones who are clean
and healthy and sparkling and shiny.
who smell like roses and boast natural
curls Surprisingly often in place, too
that We seldom think of the little one
as having any beauty problems.
But she has. There's the matter
Of straight teeth, straight shoulders.
straight hair very stubborn if it
doesn't curl up under mothers patient
coaxing).
Straight teeth are no minor little
beauty problem to little girls and
their mothers. The twice yearly visit
to the dentist will tell you in time
whether her first or second set threat
en- to grow out Of alignment Then
il the dentist advises a brace. follow
his instructions and spare her mental
anguish and physical agony later He
may suggest a rubber brace for her to
put in her mouth and bite hard and
tug ado that if he says so. With
the twice yearly visit to the dentist,
the twice or thrice daily brushing and
the gargling with a mouth wash ives,
at her age) oral hygiene is pretty well
cared for
Straight shoulders are not so hard.
Teach her the rules OF good posture.
Have her walk straight and tall;
head up. abdomen in. shoulders back
IN natural. not trained position.
Watch that back line, a straight line
from head to heel. Future generations
won't know the beauty destroying line
OF a hollow back and prominent
abdomen or derriere. The exaggerated
posture we were taught in school has
resulted in much talk behind our
backs. A straight back. then. When
she carries books or things children
love to carry brief cases with heavy
loadS) make sure that she shifts the
weight from arm to arm, frequently.
The ambidextrous child seldom has
one shoulder higher than the other.
Evening star., 1937-09-04

SO ne killed himself. What punish
ment could be great enough for such
a selfish and merciless son? J.H
AnsWer-None in this life. unless he
should have son who would rob hIm
OF his all and turn him out to starve
in his old age.
man cruel and callous enough n
despoil his old father of his lfe's
earnings is probably proof against
even the pangs Of conscience, but
you may be very sure that he vii.
have heavy score TO settle when he
comes before the great bar of Justice
for breaking the commandment tha
bids us honor our fathers and our
mothers.
But this tragic story Is another
warning against the folly Of men
and women turning over their property
to any one. even their nearest ano
dearest, while they are still alive
For those whom We trust often betray
US, and those whom We love often
use that very love to defraud US.
This may seem a hard and cynical
tnlng 10 say, but II is the bitter truth
All of us know husbands who have
got their wives TO turn over all of
their property 10 them and who have
spent money on phllanderlng with
other women. sometimes even in dl-
Vorclng their. wives and marrying
other women while their wives lived In
poverty. We have known wives who
refused to give back the property
their husbands put in their names
when it would have meant the saving
of their husbands business. And We
nave known case after case in which
children persuaded their parents 10
give them all they had, under promise
that they would cherish the old people
and support them As long as they lived
and who. once they had the money ir
their greedy hands, turned the ole
parents out of their own homes.
The one thing that seems certa!I
IN hard boiled world is that tins
TREND we can most depend upon is our
bank book, and that those who cannot
walt for us 10 die to get what ue
possess will not hesitate to rob us ii
the end
YEAR MISS DIX. What is tbs
meaning of the word hen
pecken?' l never heard the vorr
until l got married Now I hear II
frequently from my husband and the
boys here at the office. MARTA.
AnsWer-Henpecking means for a
woman to rule the roost. for the wife
TO boss the husband nag him into
doing what she wants him to do The
henpecked man is the one who lump,
when his wife speaks to him
DOROTHY DIX
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Evening star., 1937-09-04

oh! For, some good old-fashioned
substantial meals that stick to the
rlbs Perhaps If you write some plain
menus my provider will be moved to
lav aside frllls and get down to essen
tlalS. l am dead tired of whipped
cream smeared all over everything
l am sick of cornbread made out OF
White cornmeal which is bltterer than
gall. Nobody ought to use anything
but yellow cornmeal for bread 1t
is sWeeter and far more nourishing.
Yours truly,
"A HUNGRY FARMER"
x y !;
The saddest thing of all about this
is that it is. without doubt. true
IN far more cases than this one
Women. catering to men who do a
tremendous amount of manual labor
from dawn to sunset. should realize
that they cannot be fed the same as
the men who spend their days in an
office chair. BraUn and muscle re-
Qulre plenty of GOOD, substantial food,
and the terrific energy that is used
up daily must be replaced by energy
building materials. Bridge suppers
and pink teas certainly have no
place in such q household. when the
daily meals of the head man are TO
BE- considered.
OF course, expert dletlcians know
this and plan accordingly The food
requirements for men doing manual
labor, and those for men with seden-
tary occupations are fully outlined in
most Of the good text books ana
courses. The trouble lies in the same
CID fact, "a little knowledge is a
dangerous thing and the girl with
Smattering of hastily cleaned in
formation is apt to ignore the dictates
Of common sense. in favor of her
crumbs Of college education If she
wants to eat tea room food or try
to starve herself INTO a size l6-that
Is her business. but she has no right
to deny her husband the food that IS
essential to his health and efficiency
Well try to do better in this
column for the hungry farmer and
suggest some meals and dishes that
will stick to his ribs" properly We
feel a little bit red in the face. too.
Evening star., 1937-09-04

boy who re-
marked afte 7
{ o n S Il ming his
evening n e a l.
We'll. if that
was a light sup
per. foI' goodness
SO Ike, give me a
dark breakfast
loops, d O n t
shoot I'll come
quietly,)
anyway. here
Is the letter,
guaranteed, | am
afraid, To win
hearty applause
from masculine
Evening star., 1937-09-04

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each pattern.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1873 Is
designed for sizes "a, So, 80. 40, a, a,
46, 48 and So Size 80 requires 5A
yards of 39-inch or 3A yards Of 81
inch fabric.
(Copyright, 1879
Evening star., 1937-09-04
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Evening star., 1937-09-04
Finds bridge Supper"
And Pink Tea'' Foods
Inadequate for Needs
Too Much College Training Has Had Sad
Effect on His Providers Ideas of
Nourishment.
NOurlShment.
BY BETSY CASWELL.

ME question OF the day appears to bnot how
Gown on the farm rather how
the tarm received
long
sone OF the
individuals who the
Evening star., 1937-09-04

Good Taste.
Seasonable flowers are always In the
best Of taste
Evening star., 1937-09-04
Hungry Farmer Paints Sad Picture Plenty
Dorothy Dix Says
Self Centered Women Seldom Find Hap
piness in This World.

so he killed himself What punish
ment could be great enough for such
a selfish and merciless son? J.H.
Evening star., 1937-09-04

7I1009 N'II' TIIFII UIN5IIIIE WOUId
attain almost dangerous proportions!
All of this reminds me of the little
Evening star., 1937-09-04

AnsWer-None in this life. unless he
should have son who would rob him
OF his all and turn him out to starve
in his old age.
Evening star., 1937-09-04
BY MARY ALLEN HOOD.

THAT'S funny! The Boss kicked
him out Of the car. Gee, he
never did that before. Wonder
Evening star., 1937-09-04

~ EAR MISS DIX: We live with
my people as We had very lit
tie money when We married.
l am getting miserably dis
The daily independent., 1937-08-06
1000 Americans Ready
TO Fight For China

pearing man of 35, with brown
hair. steely blue-gray eyes and a
close clipped brown mustache. He
was born in Camden, N. j.
He was rejected for American
war service because o. defective
hearing. At Is he hopped a cattle
boat and enlisted in the ambul-
ance service in France. He report
edly served two years in the
French foreign legion before de-
serting. He saw action in Mexico
as a revolutionary under De La
Huerta and ESCObar, and in Mic
aragua under Sandino until ad-
vent of the U. S. marines. =
His service in China was as an
intelligence officer and command
er of a division Of irregulars on
the staff of Marshall Chang,
GcneraliSSimo of '.he North China
army. When Chang was assaS-
sinated. Hearn fled China. He has
not been back since.
The daily independent., 1937-08-06

Los Angeles. Aug. 5.-U,R)-
Seven thousand Americans, most
of them ex-service men, have VOL
unteered to enlist in a special in
ternational division 20 tight
against the japanese fCIceS in
China. it was disclosed tonight.
The United Press learned from
a source close to Lieut.-Genl. Rus
sell L. Hearn, soldier of fortune,
that flyers, infantrymen and ar
tillerymen have enlisted for ser
vice against the japanese in The
current campaign in North China.
Hearn. for five years a staff OF
ficer for the late Marshal Chang
Tso-Lin. dictator of Peking. who
made him a Lieutenant General
will lead the division
Local federal authorities were
interested in the recruiting BIZ
it could not be established whether
they have decided that it vioiateS
the American neutrality law.
which f0rbiG3 the recruiting OF
men or arms for use in foreign
milf,ary campaigns. The U. S.
District Attorneys office said it
had received no complaint.
Hearn refused to discuss the
matter but from a responsible
source it was learned that some
1000 applications have been re-
ceived from Americans.
The applications have come by
telegraph, letter and telephone
from all sections of the country.
The United Press informant
said most of the applicants are
ex-service men. Approximately
1000 are flyers. Some demand
salaries of $500 to $500 a month;
others were said TO have offered
their services free. or for what
ever they could ge,. No specific
pay is promised to avoid conflict
with the neutrality law which pro-
hibitS recruiting for hire
Hearn is a husky. athletic-ap-
The daily independent., 1937-08-06
Mrs. Florence Jones
Dies at Home In
South Mills

South Mills, Aug. G. Mrs
Florence Forbes Jones, aged 60,
widow of B. C. Jones and daugh-
ter Of the late Margaret and
James Forbes, died at $3.50 a. m,
at her home in South Mills.
She is survived by three daugh-
ters: May and Audrey Jones of
South Mills and Mrs. w. l.. Tyus
of Deep Creek, Va, one son,
James C. Jones of South Mills;
two grandchildren, little Delories
and jeanette Tyus of Deep
Creek, and two brothers, Bill and
Bailey Forbes.
The funeral will be held at the
residence Friday afternoon at
800 o'clock. Burial will be in the
South Mills Cemetery.
The daily independent., 1937-08-06
Dorthy Thompson Has No
Presidential Aspirations
Wife of Sinclair Lewis Says
That III Can't Hap
pen Here"

Bethel. VT. Aug. 5.-u'H-
coluusnist Doro ny Thompson
stole a title from her fiery novel
ist-husband. Sinclair Lewis, When
informed today she had been
mentioned by a London gossip
writer as the likely Repuollcan
nominee for president in 1910.
1T can't happen here, she
flatly told the United Press.
Laughing heartily. she denled
presiden. ial aspirations.
President Roosevelt once told
me that writing three columns a
week for the newspapers was a
harder Job than being president
and I'm not sure that he ISM
right" the famed feminist said.
But I'm qrT.e sure we are 60
inc to have no woman in the
White House-and least OF all
me That is the most ridiculous
thing 1 have ever heard in my
life"
When asked what her husband
would say to the suggestion that
she might become the first wo-
man presider.. she replied;
He'd laugh himself sick
Miss Thompson pointed out
that she never had been in partl-
san politics.
Il have always. all my life, vot-
ed as an Independent, guiding
myself by the candidates merits
and the issues involved. The idea
of me being the standard bearer
for the Republican party or any
other party is 100 silly for words.
"A long time ago I nominated
Bob HutchinS university OF
Chicago'S PRESIDENT for president
Of the United States-but that
doesn't mean that he'll ever be
eleC.ed.
I'm sure I don't know who the
Washington correspondent was
who. according TO the London
writer. suggested me for the hon
or. In fact, I'm not at all sure
any Washington correspondent
made such a suggestion
She conceded there had been
queens who had ruled success
fully. but though. the chances of
the United States ever having a
woman president were very slim"
In theory" she said. There
are women vino might be conSid-
cred capable of filling the office.
But any woman elected president
Of the United States would be
under a terrific handicap.
"Ar.er all. women have been
out in the world of affairs only a
comparatively short time. A wo-
man president would have to
overcome an enormous resistance.
She would be terribly on the
spot"
The daily independent., 1937-08-06
Litvinov May Be
Next Russian To
Fall In Disgrace
Commissar of Foreign AT.
fairs and Admiral
OrlOv Named

Paris. Aug. 5.-W.P)-The news
paper LIE Jour said today that
Maxim Litvinov, conmissar OF
foreign affairs, is to be one of
the next victims of the purge
in Soviet Russia.
His arrest, the paper said would
follow hat of Admiral Orlov,
commander Of the Soviet fleet,
who attended the recent corona
ton in London with Litvinov. An
other victim, according to LIE
Jour, will be Admiral Vichorov,
chief Of the Soviet fleet in the
Pacific, who was recently relieved
of his command and is 20 be exc
cuted.
Marshal Bluecher, who COM
manded the Russian forces in the
Far East but returned to Moscow
as a military judge, may have a
similar fate awaiting him, LIE
Jour's dispatch suggested. Biuech-
e. has disappeared, the newSp&p-
er said.
Reports from Riga in the Paris
Midi, however. said Bluecher had
been sent on a secret mission in
China, where he was organizing
anti-Japanese resi-, ,ance and was
seeking to conclude a commercial
and military treaty with General
issimo Chang Kai-SheX under
which the North China army
could obtain all tanks. planes,
artillery and munitions it requires
for the fight against Japan.
The daily independent., 1937-08-06
Workers Invite Workers

Colorado Springs, Colo, W.D)-
Colorado Springs Standard Work
erS have issued an invitation to
10000 Standard Oil company re-
presentativeS throughout the East
to spend their vacation in the
Pixies Peak region. Individual in
vitations were sent to the repre-
sentatives listing the advantages
of spending their vacation in this
region.
The daily independent., 1937-08-06
RECORDERS COURT

Malcolm A. Glass Of England
and Caleb Hickey" Gilden OF
Elizabeth City were held mutually
responsible for a collision between
a car driven by Glass. and a truck
bearing a number of WPA work
els. driven by Gilden. which oc-
CURED Wednesday evening on the
Sou.h Mills highway. Fines OF
S25 were imposed on each by AS
siStant Trial Justice Leo P. Louis
Leroy Whitehurst. Euclid ave-
nue. Negro was given a 30-day
sentence on a charge of assault
sentenced being suspended upon
payment of costs.
Willie Colston. Jr.. was assessed
with costs Cp drunkenness
charge.