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Evening star., 1941-01-06

and neglect and unfaithfulness Of
the rotter she had married, she
came crawling back to mother,
broken in health and in spirit, and
with three little children hanging
to her shabby skirts.
The mother had a small income,
scraped together for her old age
by years and years of self-denial
and pinching economies. 1t would
have supported her alone in modest
comfort.
But with three little children to
rear and educate, it meant that
poor old grandmother had to work
her stiff old fingers to the bone
cooking and washing and cleaning
for these youngsters whose sup
port her daughter had foisted on
her. She had TO do without all the
little comforts that soften the
rigors of age, because children have
so many necessities.
II only in reality the girls who,
in the haste of youth make such
ill-advised marriages, could bear
alone the results of their own
mistakes, they might have the
right they claim to disregard their
parents counsel in the matter and
marry whom they please.
But it is the parents who have
to suffer with them in their un-
happiness. 1t is to poor old father
and mother that they come home
with their children after the di-
vorce And it is father and mother
who, in their old age. have to start
rearing another family and spend
ing their pittance supporting poor
Mary's children
So the proud boast of youth that
it has the right to live its own life
falls through in the face of ex-
perience. The most that We can
hope to do is to live our lives so
that they will bring as much pleas
ure and as little pain to others as is
possible.
Evening star., 1941-01-06

is the quality which makes you liked
by women and loved by men.
Smoothness is good grooming,
clean, and simple and smelling sweet,
always. Girls who aren't very smart
and aren't very pretty can get any
thing they want by just being
smooth.
The first step is to give it a
thought. That is the last step, too.
The trick is not to think about it
in the middle. Good grooming is
something to be conscious of while
you are dressing, and after you are
dressed, as checkup; but between
the dressing and the undressing,
forget it. Once you are behind the
teacups, so to speak, quit thinking
about how you look, and let it be
noised about that you are Person.
ality, not Clothes Horse. All this
comes from giving a thought to
good grooming.
Before you improve yourself in
any direction, you must have in
mind a clear picture of what you
are now and what you want to be
Isn't it so? Even if you take up
figure skating, you must be honest
about what you have to start with
and at the same time you must
keep working toward that mental
picture of yourself as Susan of the
Silver Skates.
Tomorrow: TAKE A LOOK.
Evening star., 1941-01-06

10 get to the very tips, which are
always light and which, when
darkened, seem to add inches to
the length of your lashes. Darken-
ing lashes with a pencil for day
time is also q good idea 10 insure
naturalneSS, and discreet use
of any coloring is necessary at
all times. A faint dab of eyeshadow
In the center of the upper lid may be
smoothed successfully over the area
and often is best applied with a
tiny eye beauty brush instead Of
your finger.
Also helpful in emphasizing the
beauty of your lashes are the curriers'
which have been on the market for
several years. These, too, have Scis-
sor-ike handles and rubber edges
which open up and clamp down ten
derly on the lashes. The idea is
that the handles are squeezed to-
gether and held while you count to
about IS. Then the curler is re-
moved and you are delighted to find
SouA IOl dpN dlu AL
Wlde-eyed, devastating effect The
rubber edges prevent any harm or
breakage to the lashes and the whole
gadget Is very easy to use. If you
like, you may even rub eyelash
cream on the curler to give that
silky, smooth look at the same time
you are acquiring a set of richly
curling lashes. 'Tis even said that
curling your lasheS in this manner
is doubly helpful if you wear glasses;
avoids the irritation of straight
lashes striking against the lenses
OF course, don't forget to use your
favorite eyeWash with the same con-
scientiousneSs that you use your
toothpaste. Eyes must be cleansed
of dirt and CRIME to look their
clearest and most sparkling. For
those tired moments there are also
eyedrops which should encourage
such compliments as Your eyes are
like deep, limpid pools" What
more can you ask?
Evening star., 1941-01-06
.PunishmentIs
.NoCure for
Iempers
Tantrums Usually
Result of Strain,
So Find Cause
By ANGELO PATRI.

Sonny has violent temper. He
screams and kicks, throws himself
on the floor and threatens to do
himself harm if we don't allow him
to have his way. We can't always
give in to him, so what can We do?"
MARY Anne has mean temper.
When her sister would not lend her
the doll, she snatched it, threw IL
on the floor and stamped it to
shreds and then threw it out of the
window, This is what she does any
time things go wrong. She really
has no reason for it. She had her
own doll, for example, a better one
than her sister had. but that is what
she did. How can punish her?"
MY son, IT, has a violent temper.
The least disappointment, the slight
est inconvenience sends him into a
rage, and he yells, sWears, threat
ems and upsets the whole place so
that servants will not stay, and his
teachers refuse to have him in their
rooms. Just how are we to make
him behave? We've tried about
everything except locking him up.
How would you punish him?"
The first thing most parents and
teachers think about when a child
loses its temper and acts historically
is punishment. What to do to him
to make him suffer enough to wish
to avoid the punishment next time
and so hold his temper. That is the
way NOT to begin. Punishment is
not the answer here.
Bad temper is symptom Of trou-
BILE, not the real trouble. To cure
the temper one must find the reason
the temper rises Usually the cause
lies in some hidden direction toward
which nobody has so much as looked.
Bad vision is a cause of bad temper
because of the strain Of trying to see,
and failing, brings on unbearable
fatigue. Fatigue breaks down con-
troll and the temper is born. Poor
hearing, poor digestion, insufficient
elimination. any physical defect is
likely to bring on this unhappy re-
suit. The child who shutters is very
likely to lose his temper easily be-
cause of the strain he is under in
trying TO make himself understood
the same strain that the other phys
ical handicaps produce.
Pressure of the environment
brings on mental fatigue and in its
train, bad temper. If there is any
member of the family picking on the
child, or frightening him, his pres
sure can bring on this trouble. II
teacher is pressing hard on child
who is failing. or a classmate IS
bullying him, or if failure in any
field is facing a child, he is likely to
crack up and fall into a temper
tantrum.
Don't bother Furnishing child for
bad temper until you have examined
him and his environment to discover
the cause. Find it, remove it, and
there will be no bad temper. In
stead of scolding and Furnishing, re-
move the child to quiet room and
let quiet surround him-quiet Of
spirit, of atmosphere. Give him
warm bath, soothe him, put him to
bed to rest. Don't show impatience,
have no anger. treat him for what
ails im-fatigue-and search for
the cause.
Have the family physician go over
him, take a look at the family con-
ditions. and advise you. Punish
ment is not the answer. The right
treatment will do the work.
Unearthed in the Tibagi River In
Brazil, a diamond has been sold
by the prospector for $500.
Evening star., 1941-01-06
Try yMassage
To1 Improve
Correct Routine
Is Stimulating
And Relaxing
By PATRICIA LINDSAY,

This is the simple story of cor
rect body massage and the i'm
portant part it can play in the re-
moval of excess and unwanted fat.
Every woman knows that a GER
tain amount of fat is essential to
bodily health. 1t not only acts as a
protective packing material in Civ
ing the human frame its smooth
and rounded contours but is also
a nutritive reserve. When this nor
NAL supply of fat is increased
through lack of muscular exercise
or incorrect diet, or both, it be-
comes a detriment to good looks
and health. Every woman who dis
covers she is getting fat immedi-
ately wants to find way to slim.
She can, with comparatively little
effort and very great effect, slim
through expert massage. But she
should exercise between visits to a
salon.
A muscle is that part of the body
which may be called a structural
element or organ devoted to the
production of movement in the body.
In other words, every move we make
Is controlled by the muscles, and
physical limberness depends upon
their condition. Every muscle Is fed
by arteries that carry streams of
food and oxygen to them. The mus
cles in turn select their required
diet, and the veins carry away the
waste products.
When these muscles through lack
of proper exercise) cease to func-
ton as they should, disaster results
and fat accumulates.
AS one becomes older active ex-
ercise seems a physical strain, even
though it shouldn't be so. The an
Is a passive form of exercise that
massage offers. For massage places
no exertion on the heart or other
! organs and should thereby prove
the ideal method for reduction.
Massaging not only conditions the
muscular system and eliminates su-
perfuous fat but it greatly benefits
the nervous system through its
soothing treatment.
It Is the task of the masseuse
to seek the roots of fat disorder
and correct it if she can. The
correct routine OF massaging Is
both relaxing and stimulating. 1t
loosens the fat particles, breaking
them into units more easily dis
posed of, and then tightens the
muscles that have become fabby.
1t is vital for the masseuse to have
almost as thorough a knowledge of
the body as surgeon, so be certain
the woman you go to has been GER
titled. Many outstanding women at
work in this field have taken med
ical courses, and their trained, skill
full fingers, and pressure, do what
you hope they will do!
If exercise has not been forbid
den you could help the slimming
process along by exercising between
salon visits. And once you get q
pretty flgger" try to keep it 50!
Evening star., 1941-01-06
BY NELL GILES.

The only thing a girl can learn
from a bird is the art of pursuit
in reverse. Girl-birds look neat
and in this way attract their
men. Good grooming branches from
here and ends in long life of being
important to your friends and gaily,
poisonously attractive to your enc
mics.
You are Susan, of course We
wouldn't have any one else in the
leading part.
These articles will teach you your
lines, but you'll have to fill in from
here. There are definite rules for
good grooming, but you must apply
them with your own special style,
which sets you apart from all other
Susans.
Evening star., 1941-01-06

and do without the little things he
wants in order to pay doctors bills
and hospital bills and nurses bills
and sanitarium bills.
THE other children pay for it in
being denied some treat they might
have had If the money had not gone
for one of your spells And they
pay for it In the depressed atmos-
phere Of the home, for sickness is
not q cheerful thing to have in the
house.
Some day you will marry and
your husband will have to suffer for
getting a nervous, neurotic woman
for a wife instead Of a strong and
healthy one, and your children will
have to pay in their poor, sickly,
little bodies for being brought into
the world by q mother who had
abused her own body.
"Oh, no, my dear, you won't be
the one who will suffer most if
you don't take care of your health,
and you haven't any right in the
world to make yourself a semi
invalid if you can possibly avoid
doing So"
AS I listened to this mother I
thought of another mother 1 once
heard entreating her daughter not
to marry a man who was a dis
sipated ne'er-do-Well. Perhaps I
am throwing my life away, as you
say" the girl said, "but it is my
own life, my own happiness that
I am risking, and I have the right
to take the chance if 1 want to.
I'm the one who has to lie on the
bed I make"
And so she married her man,
and the mothers heart broke as
she saw her beautiful and gay
young daughter grow old and hag-
gard before her time, as she was
dragged down into the gutter by
her drunken husband.
And, at last, when the girl
could stand no longer the abuse
Evening star., 1941-01-06
No One Has Right Do He Peases Because All Lives nteroc
Defiant Boys and Girls
Impose Penalties on
Selves and Family
Necessary to Live in the Way
That Gives More Pleasure
And Less Pain to Others
By DOROTHY DIX.

nothing which
live their lives their control offer
Its life right
lives to himself alone lives all neok with
life
friends his nehbo society In general The other day heard mother
health "Oh for heavens let alone raby
You at dancing
death of all It's body and I've the right what please
endure the pain True replied the mother and suffered
might the
chose but the difficulty is that suffer alone involve
anguish
your pays by having
Evening star., 1941-01-06

urements 80, 30, "a, SO, SO and 40
Size IA 1922 monotone requires 5
yards of 39-inch material; IS yard
contrast.
Have you seen our new Spring
Fashion Book? Send IS cents for it
right this minute! You'll find more
than 100 new fashions in it, includ-
ing the smartest and best for all
sizes from to So. Sports clothes,
home clothes, afternoon and dress
up styles, all easy to make. Detailed
sew chart with each pattern.
Evening star., 1941-01-06
New Devices Designed
To Aid Housewives

Note to housewives: Patent papers
have been issued for a flour sitter
built right in the carton the grocery
man hands you. 1t doesn't even
require shaking. =. There is also a
dustpan which automatically pushes
the sweepings inside the scoop. a
"black-out" compact with a tiny
electric light, and-for shopping
pint-sized automobile operating
on a battery when out of gas and
foot pedals when out of electricity.
Evening star., 1941-01-06

At treacherots time like this, with
contagious colds all around you,
what you do today may save you
and your family a lot of sickness,
worry and trouble later.
Follow these simple rules Of health:
Live normally. Avoid excesses. Eat
simple food. drink plenty of water.
Keep elimination regular. Take some
exercise daily-preferably outdoors.
Get plenty Of rest and sleep.
Then use these two time-tested
treatments when needed.
Ar TINE FIRST sHIFFlE. sMEEzE on
Saen OF NASAL IRRITATION :. put a
few drops of Vicks Vd-tro-rlol up each
nostril right away. This helps to
prevent many colds from develop
ing, because Va-tro-nol Is expressly
designed to help Natures own
defenses against colds. If head
cold causes stuffiness, you'll find
that a few drops of Va-tro-nol helps
clear the clogging mucus and makes
breathing feer and easier.)
Evening star., 1941-01-06
Grated Chocolate

Grated sweet chocolate sprinkled
over a white-frosted cake gives 1t
a regal air. Crate the chocolate
directly on top the cake to prevent
waste. Chopped nuts give the same
effect to dark frosted cakes.
Evening star., 1941-01-06

BY BARONESS PIANTONI
won't swell with
handsomely feeling having
butterfly and flower designs shown
appropriate pillow slips worked in outline
and stitch The towels embroidered in medley OF
tell your visitors you have given them special attention
pattern transfer designs by IA inches
Stitches information
instructions
enclose cents Address orders the Needle
work Editor of The Evening Star
Evening star., 1941-01-06
First Course

Let a bowl of fruit do double
duty at your next luncheon party.
Fill a low dish with assorted fruits
and place it in the table center for
decoration, then pass 1t for the con-
cluding course.
Evening star., 1941-01-06
Susan Be Smooth!

SmoothneSs is the most desirable
trait you can have. 1t will get you
farther in less time and keep you
there longer. Don't forget it's
Woman's world, and smoothness
Evening star., 1941-01-06

Mrs. Post Is sorry she can no
longer answer personal letters.
She is glad, however, to have
many printed slips on a variety
of subjects to offer to her read
ers. Today's slip is Table Rules
of Importance" Be sure to send
a 3-cent stamped. self-addressed
envelope with your request to
Mrs. Post in care of this paper.
Evening star., 1941-01-06

Unearthed in the Tibagi River In
Brazil, a diamond has been sold
by the prospector for $500.
Evening star., 1941-01-06

people ask bluntly I am sure they
do it unthinkingly and with no
thought of prying into the bride and
bridegrooms private affairs. Some
times the bride and bridegroom don't
mind telling when they
are going on a very long trip. But
when they would rather not, it is
never rude to answer, Its secret"
Dear Mrs. Post: Is one supposed
to tip a riding instructor. or may
one even if it is not necessary?
Answer would say no-not
unless you know that this partic-
ular instructor is accepting tips from
other people.
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l,11lII OlJeT II lie 1. b
A'R:lsssall|gEl1|l!O55UlS

When rooms are to be painted,
coat windows with a cleaning pow
der. If paint splatters on the glass
it comes off easily when the pow
der is wiped away.
A teaspoonful Of vinegar added
to any boiled frosting before
spreading will keep it from be-
coming brittle or breaking when it
is cut.
To keep the inside Of a gas
range in good condition, remove
rust that may have accumulated
with coarse sandpaper, then rub
over entire surface with olive oil.
If kerosene is added to the wa
ter with which linoleurn is washed
it will loosen dirt and make wash
ing much easier.
Many kitchens have a bare, I'M
used wall space that could be
usefully and attractively trans
formed into recessed shelves.
If sugar is added to water when
making favored ice cubes, the
cubes will not freeze clear or sol
idly. ~ .ise
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09
A Quiz With Answers
Offering Information
on Various Subjects

played with one hand only, among
them being Zichy's ''Valse Adele"
and RaveTs Concerto for Left
Hand" Ravel wrote this work for
a friend who had lost his right
arm.
10. A typically English feature of
London's fire department is the
Y. M. c. AS mobile tea cars. Tea
cars are light trucks equipped
with stoves to boil water for tea,
cook eggs, sausages, etc. On ma
jor alarms they clatter through
the streets along with the fire en-
gines and often remain on 24-hour
duty to serve the weary fire
fighters. e3-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09

OF eggs, and wedge" OF cheese
are no longer a part of the regular
supplies on the shelf in the vegeta-
BILE cellar. Nor are recipes penciled
on the fy-leaf of the family ledger.
But the basic goodness is still the
same.
So, whether it be crusty brown
doughnuts, chicken pie and jelly
roll, huge, fluffy cakes, or rich
chocolate pie, let's take mother
back, down memory lane!
Lovely to look at and utterly de-
ightful to eat is the Sour Cream
DEVILS Food Cake, which I'm sure
was a favorite of grandmother's.
Sour Cream DEVILS Food Cake.
cups sifted cake -four
teaspoon soda
" teaspoon salt
" cup butter or other shortening
1A cups sugar
egg, unbeaten
8 squares unsweetened chocolate,
melted
teaspoon vanilla
W cup thick sour cream
"a cup sweet milk
Sift flour once, measure, add soda
and salt, and sift together three
times. Cream butter thoroughly,
add sugar gradually, and cream to-
gether well. Add egg and beat very
thoroughly; then chocolate and va
nilla, and blend. Add about one
fourth of the flour and beat well;
then add sour cream and beat thor
oughly. Add remaining flour, alter
nately with milk, small amount at
a time, beating after each addition
until smooth. Turn into two creased
9-inch layer pans and bake in a
moderate oven $3.50 degrees F.) 80
minutes, or. until done.
Spread Felicity Frosting on top
and sides Of cake. Top with glossy
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09
ASK NE
ANOTHER

1. What is a solecism?
2. Where is the measurement
parsec used?
8. What is the lee side of ship?
4. May one sound be produced
so as to neutralize another sound,
the result being silence?
5. Who was the Spanish con-
queror of Mexico?
6. In the famous poem, named
after the hero, what "boy stood on
the burning deck?
z. What country is noted for its
consanguineous marriages?
8. How fast do the stalks Of the
yucca flower grow?
8. Are any famous piano compo-
sitions written to be played with
one hand only?
10. What are the tea wagons of
the London fire department?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09
LYNN SAYS:

In an old book of household ad-
vice, written in 1879, are some
words of wisdom ito help home
makers" I'm passing them on to
you ''for what they're worth" in
the modern, up-to-date home.
"Use a clam shell to scrape
skillets or saucepans; to scour
your iron pots and griddles, use
wood ashes.
Sweeping q carpet with new
fallen snow viii make IL look
very bright and fresh. Also, 1t
is a good plan to save tea leaves,
and, with them not too moist,
sweep a dark carpet. This is
not advised for light colors.
Woodwork may be busted with
long-feathered wing, preferably
that Of a turkey.
'For washing fine clothes, use
pounder-not q large, old-fash-
Toned affair, but one about twice
as\large as a potato masher, and
pound your clothes as they soak
IN sal-soda water. The rubbing
on q board will then be very
easy. Use q clothes wringer II you
can possibly get one.
.'Never buy ground coffee.
Take whole berries and heat;
grind while hot.
"An housewives should be well
adversed in cookery, and should
know how to make good dishes,
such as Jenny Lind Cake 'Pars-
nip Pie,' Marrow Dumplings'
and FLANNEL Pancakes. "
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09
THIS WEEKS MENU
Menu For a Mother Daughter
Banquet
Cor n0t-t00-large a group
Strawberry and Pineapple Cup
Roast Chicken Giblet Gravy
Bread Filling Fresh Asparagus
Fruit Salad
Ice Cream Cookies
Coffee Milk
THIS WEEKS MENU

chocolate coating, made by COM
bining square unsweetened choco-
late, melted, Va cup sugar, and "a
cup water. Cook over low flame
until smooth and thick. Cool slight
ly. Double the recipe for three TO-
inch layers.
Felicity Frosting.
2 egg whites, unbeaten
2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
Dash of salt
z tablespoons water
Combine egg whites, sugar, salt
and water in top of double boiler,
beating with rotary egg beaten I'M
til thoroughly mixed. Place over
rapidly boiling water, beat constant
ly with rotary egg beaten, and cook
2 minutes, or until frosting will
stand in peaks. Remove from fire,
but allow to remain over hot wa
ter, and beat 2 minutes longer.
Place over cold water and continue
beating 8 minutes. Makes enough
frosting to cover top and sides Of
two 9-inch layers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09
Not So Dusty, but
oh, What an Excavation!

Willie was on the hunt for In
formation. He had been set to en-
terrain a portly visitor, who, hav-
ing no inquisitive children of his
own, had answered all his ques-
tons with unusual patience.
"And what" was Willie's 198th
question, "are houses made off"
Houses replied the stout
man, "are made Of bricks"
Sand what are engines made
off"
Engines are made of IRON"
''And what is bread made Oft"
"Flour."
After pause, Willie askeds
"Well, what are we made off"
"Dust and earth, my SON."
envy" said Willie, "they must
have made whacking big hole
when they took you out!"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09
The Answers

i l. A grammatical error.
2. In astronomy FUSED for meas
uring space between the stars).
/ 8. The side opposite to that from
which the wind is blowing.
4. Scientists say that two sounds
may be produced in such q man.
ner that they neutralize each 9TH
er and the result 10 silence.
5. Cortez. ISL
6. Casabianca.
z. Egypt. Consanguineous mar
riages are those between half
brothers and half-sisters. s'
8. Yucca flower stalks In Cali
fornia grow from to II inches in
"a hours.
9.There are more than go IA
nous piano compositions that are
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09

Shrinkage i'm woolens is usually
due to over-washing. In ordinary
circumstances, three minutes is
long enough for them.
To give shingles the appearance
Of being stained, use paint with
low gloss, or fiat paint.
Two tablespoons chile sauce or
catsup poured over top meat loaf
when half-baked gives a good fla
vor and rather crusty covering.