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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-20

night, you can feed the brute, hand
him his pipe and slippers and make
off with the car keys. He, we are
quite sure, will be so delighted to
sit by the fireside in preference to
pushing through crowds, carrying
packages and ultimately paying the
bills that he won't object to being
left alone for an hour or two.
This business of taking children on
shopping trips is not. only eXhausting
for the tot, but it is not the best
health insurance. Children are sus-
ceptable to colds and other ailments,
and trudging through an overheated
store with wraps on, then emerging
into the cold air is not particularly
healthful. Then, too, crowds are not
the best company for baby, and
others coughs or sneezes are not to
be highly recommended for his COM
fort. In addition, he becomes irri-
table and tired, cries, doesn't want to
60 on and makes your shopping ex-
petition a nightmare. The best of
them will do it and it's really not
the fault of the poor child.
Trained Staff
Will Assist.
If, by any chance, 1t becomes i'm
possible to get downtown at all. take
advantage of the shopping service
offered by a number of the stores.
Many Of them have trained shoppers
who will find out what you want,
take the order over the telephone
and use very good judgment in Sc
lecting 1t for you. They're in the
store to personally take you in tow,
too, and this is good hint for the
masculine members of the family
who look like babes in the woods
when they start their Christmas
shopping. If you can't get down.
town, send one of the gentlemen in
the household, with explicit direc-
tons to ask the assistance of the
trained staff.
OF course, its unnecessary to say
that you know what you're going to
buy before you even approach a
display window. Your list is prop
erly made out, the price you want
to pay designated, and sizes, colors
and styles preferred by each person
are duly noted. And, please. take
those tiny packages along with you.
If you only knew how much time
and labor it saves the store!
We hope that all this chatter is
superhuous. trusting that you have
finished, wrapped and nearly for
gotten your gifts by this time. How
ever, in case you still have some
items to buy, do try to remember the
few things we've mentioned. Every
one concerned will be eternally
grateful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-20
Child's Skill
Should Be
Allotted
Wise to ENCOURAGE
His Interests in
Other Fields
By ANGELO PATRI.

You remember Christ's story about
the men who were each given his
allowance Of fortune. One took his
and used it over and over until it
increased itself many times. One
was so careful of his that he wrapped
it in napkin and buried it in the
earth. When he dug 1t up again
it was exactly what it had been in
the beginning, nothing added, no
Joyous growth, nothing done for any
body, including its owner.
We keep doing that over and over
where children are concerned. We
see that they have knack, a GER
tain feeling for something useful in
their days work or play, but we give
no heed to it. We let the gift lie
in its napkin until it is forgotten.
Sometimes the gift is powerful
enough to insist upon being recog-
nized and used. It makes person.
atty of its owner, a power of itself
and changes life for the better for
many people beside its owner. Every
body then is eager to claim respon-
sibility for the genius. Nobody can
be found to take blame for the fail.
ure of those others whose gifts,
being in embryo, can be silenced.
Strength comes of use. The gift
that is used grows and its owner
grows with it. Let the child who
can do little, do it. BY doing that
little he adds power to himself and
strength to his gift. 1t may happen
that a slight gift, we'll used, over
powers another's great gift slightly
used.
There is a phase of this idea
generally overlooked by parents and
teachers. It is a highly important
matter and one that everybody con-
cerned with or about children should
make careful and watchful use Of in
daily practice. A skill appears; the
child is delighted to practice It.
Then his interest fades and he takes
up another form of activity. That
is the time to be watchful. Encour-
age this new activity. Don't scold
because he was interested in that
other one yesterday, and now wants
to leave it. He probably has ex-
hausted that vein of power and Is
turning the power he gained from
exercising it toward this new phase
of growth.
No effort is lost. The power the
child gained through his experiences
with the first idea changes form and
adds power to the next stage of
work. One phase merges into the
next without loss provided that the
child keeps actively at work, con-
structive!y busy. Changing inter-
ests are normal in the healthy child.
It Is easy to tell the child who
is sincerely working from the one
who is busying himself without pur-
pose. Their attitudes make their
condition clear to the teachers and
parents. The purposeful child keeps
actively growing, his interests ad-
vancing, his skills increasing. The
other child accomplishes nothing,
has no purpose beyond activity, and
indicates a need for direction and
close supervision - educational and
medical.
Teach children to find work, to
work purposefully, and you will have
little to fear for them thereafter.
1t is not hard to cure your young
ster Of maddeninE little ways, II you
80 ut it right. Be guided by Angelo
Patri's booklet, Annoying Habits"
Send for 1t, inclosing 10 cents in coin.
Address Angelo Patrt care The Eve.
ming Star
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-20

Shopper
Us Wise
Better Attention
Given Girl Who
Looks Well
BY PATRICIA LINDSAY.

There is no denying the fact that
the woman who has an attractive
appearance receives quicker and
better attention from salespeople.
A hard nut to crack, but there 1t is
and this is especially so during the
Christmas rush. And do not write
an say, "'Tain't So" for I expert
mented!
Not pSacticing what I preach, I
hurried out the other day to get q
lot of shopping done. I took hardly
no time at all to put on my makeup
and select my accessories. The re-
suit? I had a dreadful day. I was
ignored at almost every counter
where there were other shoppers.
The tired salespeople just took a
look at me and thought, "That girl
isn't here to shop; she's just Willing
away her day!" For a very busy
person, 1t was annoying.
Next day started out differently.
I dressed carefully; wore my newest.
most becoming hat, pair of chic
walking shoes and spent at least IS
minutes making my face look like
well-informed beauty editors face
should look. Did I get attention?
Heavens, I thought was Mrs. Aston
before the day was over! The sales
people not only singled me out for
attention but they actually sug-
gested gifts for my shopping list.
Now if you want attention at any
time, be just as attractive as you
can be. Dress the part, look the
part, act the part! A winning man.
ner, a smile, alert eyes and apparent
good grooming will take you farther
in life than long list of impressive
ancestors! You see, impressions
matter great deal. You draw up
to a garage for gasoline. An indo-
lent, untidy person comes out to
give you gas as if he we're doing you
a big favor. Will you patronize his
station again? Not if you can help
it, for your impression of him was
anything but favorable. Now, he
may be deserving; he may have had
a lot of troubles; he might even be
i'll; but because you do not know
these things, and you do know his
attitude and appearance were not
favorable, you are just not going to
be bothered with him! That exam
pie may be carried into most stu
atoms in life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-20

stufiing are dried apricots, prunes,
raisins and tart apple cubes candied
with sugar.
Fill both the neck and body cavity
with stuffing, but do not pack. Then
draw the skin of the neck to the
back and fasten 1t neatly with string
or skewers. Sew up the opening
under the tail. Then the string can
be easily tipped out when the bird
Is taken from the oven. Tie the
legs close to the body and fasten
the wings with string that crosses
at the back where the marks will
not show.
Start roasting the bird with the
breast down on the rack of q shallow
pan. without water and without a
cover. Roast a S to 6 pound young
duck at $50 degrees F. for two to
two-andone-half hours, or until
the breast and thigh are tender
when pierced with a skewer; roast
a 10 to IL pound young goose at
325 degrees F. for three to four
hours, or until tender.
You will find that a duck or
goose Is so fat that 1t needs no
basting. but turn 1t every half hour
to get all parts cooked evenly. If
the bird is very fat, prick the skin
during the roasting to allow the fat
to drain out.
A simple trick in slicing the breast
makes it easy to carve either a duck
or goose successfully. First remove
the leg and wing on the side nearest
to you-just as from any other bird.
Then make deep cuts on the breast
(about inches apart through the
skin and flesh and down to the
bone. Start the cuts at the ridge in
the middle of the breast and 60
down the side at right angles to
the ridge. Each of the sections of
breast meat can then be lifted of
and will have layer of Drowned
skin and rich fat on top. Repeat
the carving process on the other
side of the bird.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-20
Dorothy Dix Says
Practice Treating Others as You
~ Would Yourself for Happiness

If you are in doubt as to what to
say or do In any circumstances. the
infallible rule is to try it out on
yourself and see how you react to It,.
If the result makes you boiling mad
it is a warning to change your tao
tics. But If, on the contrary, 1t
leaves you feeling like the cat that
swallowed the canary it is a signal
that it Is safe to use it on others.
This simple method Of dealing
with your fellow creatures would
enable husbands and wives to stay
married, children to be able to
endure their parents and friends to
remain on speaking terms, because
not many of us are Intentionally
cruel and unkind. We are just
dumb and possessed of the delusion
that other people don't feel about
things the way we do and are not
irritated by the things that rifle us.
If you had married girl who had
led you to believe that she consid-
cred you the ultimate in human
perfection, how would you like her
to turn into a little cricket on the
hearth as soon as you got her home
and begin chirping to you about all
your faults and imperfections? How
would you like her to criticize your
clothes and your table manners and
the way you sat down and rose up?
If you were a husband who worked
hard to keep your wife soft and
easy, how would you like it If she
took everything you did for her for
granted and never so much as said
thank you" for all the sacrifices
that you made for her? How would
you like it if she never gave any
sign of affection for you and if her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-20
BY BARBARA BELL.

Since the skirt is cut with box
pleats, this frock looks particularly
well in plaids or checks-but
goodness knows, it's pretty in any
thing, for that matter! So simple,
50 gay and lively-it's just the
type in which growing girls look
their best. Buttoned straight up to
the chin, the bodice has two pointed
pockets to match the pointed line
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kisses were as cold as icicles on your
cheek?
If you were wife, how would you
like to have a husband who never
spoke to you except to criticize you
and who never noticed what you
had on, or how you looked, or appre-
ciated how hard you worked to make
him comfortable? How would you
like to have husband who nagged
you about what you ate and what
you wore and where you went until
you had no liberty in life?
If you were a mother in-law, how
would you like to have a daughter
in-law who didn't even try to be
friends with you, who tried to sep
arate your son from you and who
thought she had right to run your
house and regulate your life?
And if you were a daughter in
law, how would you like to have a
mother-in-law who gave you the
cold shoulder and didn't attempt to
understand you or sympathize with
you or help you?
If only we treated others as we
would like to be treated ourselves,
what a lot of grief we could save!
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-20
Warmer.Upper

To warm up on a chilly day, drink
pineapple juice mixed with cider and
orange and lemon juices. Use equal
parts of pineapple and cider and
one-fourth as much of the orange
and lemon. Serve piping. AS a
first course for luncheon or supper,
serve in small glasses and hang an
orange wedge, lightly busted with
cinnamon, over each glass.
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pQ SC Sll 1llSo Ill SuCll d llldIllle1 lIldl
paying bills is just about as painless
as it could ever hope to be.
However, there are still a few flies
In the ointment which could easily
be removed. Take, as an example,
this business of dragging children
along on shopping tours!
OF course, we know all the reasons
given for this performance but still
are unconvinced as to their sound
ness. Personally. we don't think it S
necessary to take little Archibald
and Aggie every time you set out on
spending spree. It makes the
children cross and irritable, does
nothing constructive for your own
disposition and causes just that
much more confusion in the already
overcrowded stores.
We are perfectly in favor of one
trip downtown with the young.
However, it should be made early
In the morning, if possible. Arriv-
ing as the doors open, you can pilot
little Willie up to the toy depart
ment to meet Santa Claus. Let him
pour out his heart and then show
him the display of toys to be found.
And then, take him home.
Shop During the
School Hours.
Unless the children are very, very
young, they're shipped off to school
at in the morning. Give them
their lunches and let them stay
until time to come home in the aft
ernoon. This will give you at least
five full hours to accomplish your
shopping, from $50 until 3, and,
unburdened by clutching fingers and
embarrassed by more questions than
a quiz program could cope with, you
are free to quickly and efficiently
finish your shopping.
Of course, if there are very young
children at home, the story is diff
ferent one. Usually, however, If
you put your mind to it, there is a
very willing relative or friend who
would be glad to see that Junior
gets his bottle at the proper moment
and that he does not pull over a
bookcase or play tug-of-war with
kitty's tail Some of the young COL
lege girls home from school would
be more than delighted to pick up
some change by keeping an eye on
the baby for a few hours.
However, being very thorough and
arm about this matter, let's suppose
that you can't get any one to stay
with the pride and joy. 1t is for
your convenience that many of the
stores stay open until late in the
evening these weeks before Christ
mas-most of them until 9 o'clock.
So, when husband comes home at
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choice happens to be goose or duck,
the Federal Bureau of Home Eco
Monies has these helpful sugges-
lions for selecting and roasting.
Select bird that will do justice
to the distinguished role 1t is to
play on the dinner table. Make
certain it is plump and aristocratic-
looking with a good covering Of
fat. But avoid goose or duck that
is excessively fat, because much Of
its weight will be lost in the grease
that cooks out.
Only young birds are tender
enough for roasting, so try to get a
fowl that has seen only one summer.
You can tell the age of geese and
ducks by feeling the windpipe at
the front Of the neck. The wind
pipe on young birds is soft and
pliable; on old ones it is hard and
rigid. Old birds may also have a
coarser skin that is more yellow in
color and the breastbone will be
harder.
In buying the Bird. be sure to find
out the dressed weight. This weight
Is used in figuring the number Of
servings and in determining the
temperature Of the oven and the
length of time for roasting. The
dressed weight means the weight
of the bird when picked but not
drawn, and includes the head and
feet.
An old proverb says, 1.-THE goose
is silly bird, too much for one,
not enough for two" But geese on
the market today are usually big
enough to serve family and guests.
Figure about one and one-half
pounds dressed weight for each serv-
ing.
Duck for Small
Families.
For a small family, q duck may
be better choice. Most ducks come
to the market weighing from S to 6
pounds, dressed, and will serve three
or four people. Many of the young
birds on the market now are called
Long Island ducklings which identi-
f1es them as fast-grown ducks
that are ready for the table when
about II weeks old. The skin of the
Long Island duckling is always white
and the legs and beaks are yellow
almost orange.
II the duck or goose is to make a
good appearance at the table, 1t must
be carefully drawn and prepared for
the oven. Pull out the pin feathers
and down" and SINCE oil the hairs
quickly. Then cut of the head, feet,
and oil sac on top of the tail.
To give the neck a trim finish,
the bird should be carefully drawn.
First make cut in the skin at the
back OF the neck and carefully re-
move the crop. Then pull the skin
down and cut the neck OF short,
saving the neck for making stock
to be used in the giblet gravy. Fin
ish drawing the bird from a length
wise cut that is made under the tail.
Wash the bird thoroughly, both in
side and outside, with cold water
and dry carefully.
Make the stuffing for the goose
and duck with the three usual in
gradients. Use a starchy base, add
some fat for richness, and put in
vegetable and herb seasoning. Either
cultivated or wild rice is especially
popular for stuffing both of these
birds. or the crumbs from bread that
is two or three days old may be used
as the starchy base.
Little Fat in
Stuf1ng.
Since the duck and goose are very
fat, the wise cook will be cautious
IN adding much fat to the stufflng.
Celery, parsley and onion are used
as seasoning vegetables. Among the
herbs, savory, thyme, sweet mar
joram and sage are favorites. Other
good additions to the duck or goose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-20
For a Change

With your regular muffin recipe
as the starting point, you can vary
the result by adding half cup of
these: Nuts, dates, raisins, drained
pineapple, cranberries, coconut
cooked crumbled bacon or chopped
cooked ham. Fold in addition the
very last thing and bake as usual.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-20
My Neiqhbor Says:

1vies grow we'll in water in
the house. Keep in glass so
that light may reach the roots.
Keep a variety of sponges
Of all sizes on hand. You can
use them to wash furniture,
woodwork, floors. shelves and
porches. They are also handy
for cleaning and washing mir
rors, pictures, china and brio
a-brac. Be sure to wash them
out frequently in hot water and
soap suds and allow them to
dry In the open after use.
Then rub them together to
soften them for future use.
Chop a few olives and
sprinkle them over cream of
corn, oyster, tomato, celery or
asparagus soup. The added
flavor will delight your guests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-20
Leave Your Children Home When Do Your Sh0pp
Helpful Hints for Buying
Ducks or Geese Should
Interest Housewife
Bureau of Home Economics
Says Windpipe Tells Age;
Old Birds Skin Coarse

By Bureau OF Home Economics United States Department Agriculture
The holiday bird roasted to golden
as the windows and the hearth
It's happy custom to Merry Christmas" big
family dinner planned around
And according family
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Riddles Become Irritable
In the Yuletide Crowds;
One Trip Sufficient
Many Stores Remaining Open
In the Evening to Aid Your
Last.Minute Purchasing
Ry HELEN YOGT.

This shopping business grows hectic daily While for the
lions the heavy buying continue the Washington
have been blowing through crowds search Christmas
Everybody apparently selling
buying yuletide
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BY BARONESS PIANTONI.


decorations put
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-20

1t is not hard to cure your young
ster Of maddeninE little ways, II you
80 ut it right. Be guided by Angelo
Patri's booklet, Annoying Habits"
Send for 1t, inclosing 10 cents in coin.
Address Angelo Pstrt care The Eve.
nine Star
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-20

kisses we're as cold as icicles on YOU
cheek?
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(Continued.)

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-16
BOY SCOUT NEWS
TROOP NO So

Troop No. So Boy Scouts of
America, held its regular meet
ing last night in the new Scout
hall in the Naval Hospital
grounds. This was the first meet
ing since the boys returned from
camp and all were very en-
thusiastic over the summer en-
campment.
The meeting was opened with
the Lords prayer, flag salute,
scout oath, laws and motto. The
roll was called and the boys re-
cited their good turn for the
day.
Forest Arthur was appointed
mascot of the troop. Three boys,
Sidney Lowe, Henry Gomez and
Archer Potter, were voted into
the troop. Applications for mem
bership were received from Ray
Schoneck, Ward Herrick, Floyd
Russell and William Soldano.
Mr.. Taylor, troop committee
man, was welcome visitor at
the meeting and gave the boys a
very inspiring talk.
The Scouts were very happy to
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-16
TROJANS TO PLAY
TWICE TOMORROW
MEET BLUE SOX IN FIRST
i GAME. PIRATES IN
SECOND

Trojans will meet the Blue Sox
in the opening game of the Sun
day doubleheader at 1:30 p. m.
and will then tangle with the
Pirates in the nightcap.
Batteries for the first game
will be Dick Navarro and Joe
Navarro for the Trojans and Diaz
and Rodriguez for the Sox.
In the second game, Rubber
Wickers will take the Trojan
mound and Joe Navarro will
again catch. Specs Carbonell
will pitch for the Pirates and NJ
Acevedo will be behind the plate.
Official umpire of the Tampa
baseball league will be behind
the plate tomorrow. MIR. Velasco
will give the fans a chance to
form their own opinion about our
local jumps, whom the spectators
claim do not officiate correctly.
Three Of the Trojan ball play
ers may be in the Coast Guard in
the very near future and the ball
games to be played tomorrow at
Trilmbo Field may be their last.
Players, who have made appli-
cation, are Joe Navarro, catcher;
Rubber Wickers, pitcher. and
Anthony Kelly, infielder.
All have made application, but
players say that the boys have
not made up their minds definitely
to leave the Island City and it
may be that they will cancel
their applications. Meanwhile,
the games may be their last in
Key West.