Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1927, Page 40

WOMA N°S PAGE, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. . TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1927. FEATURES. Being “Good Sport” at All Times BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER THE CHILD WHO GOES THINGS ARE NOT GOIN 1S NOT A GOOD SPORT. AWAY IN “I guess I'll have to go hofme now. I think my mama wants me.” Thi was the stock phrase George always J«used when as a boy he was beaten at marbles, or later on at croquet. Even when he grew to the tennis age he still always escaped whenever he found games were not going his way. Some duty called him. some one needed to see him, or he had an er- rand to do that would not wait. George's excuses always seemed so plausible that as a small chap he “got away with them.” When the group of children with whom he played grew somewhat older, they teased him. Tt angered them to have their play interrupted just as it reached its highest tension. Gradually they learned, however, that it was just as well to let him go, for if he remained he was sure to be grouchy. What fun is there in having a good time, or pretending to, when one of the com- pany is out of sorts? Poor Sports Get Left Out. Little by little George found him- self left out of the plans for sports, or games, whether they were his favorite tennis or auction bridge, at which he was a fine player; or quoits. or golf, over which he was enthus- fastic. Whatever it was, he was seldom asked to take a hand or make up a set. ‘The worst of it was that George de- PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM THE MIDST OF A GAME BECAUSE G HER WAY SHOWS EARLY THAT SHE lighted in games. He played well, naturally, since he enjoyed them. This from his point of view. “The worst of it is,” I heard one of the group say. “that George is really such an awfully nice fellow. He handsome and thoughtful, and we'd like him a lot, if only he would be a good sport.” That was the trouble. George wasn't a good sport. How do you suppose he will get along in life? For being a good sport somehow implies that you know how to take the buf- fets as well as the pleasures as they come along, and make the best of whatever happens. Learning to Be a Good Loser. “Your mother let you beat her that game,” one lad protested to another in my hearing recently. It was a game of dominoes that evoked the comment, the truth of which certainly could not be denied. But the next zame the mother won. Then it was that you realized why she had let her son succeed the time before. If he lost, he was sulky and peevish. However, the mother handled the small son well. If occasionally she did let him win easily, on the others she let him gain poise, something laid down in the rules of dominoes. Pa- tiently and tactfully she was teaching him to be a good sport. He was a dificult pupil. but she would make one o iim if any one could. BRADY, M. D. The Eating Muscle. Throughout the length of the ali- mentary canal the thickness of the canal wall consists mainly of in- voluntary muscle, one layer of the muscle fibers being circular or spiral, another layer being lengthwise in ar- rangement. All of this alimentary muscle is under the control of the autonomic or involuntary (“sympa- thetic") nervous mechanism right up to and including some of the muscles of swallowing, and hence not directly influenced by the will. From the great relative amount of | this muscle in the alimentary tube, | it is evident that movement of the | tube and manipulation of the contents must be an important part of the digestive process. And from the fact that the action of this vast digestive muscle equipment is entirely con- trolled by the unconscious portion of the nervous mechanism, it should be obvious that nature did not intend to Jeave any part of the digestive process to the control, “regulation” or inter- ference of the will. Even the masti- cation and insalivation of food in the mouth, though largely under con- scious control, is normally an auto- matic process, and probably it is wise in eating to keep one's mind on any other pleasant subject than chewing. Horace Fletcher's teachings were, unfortunately, not based on sound | physiology—Fletcher knew nothing of physiology—and such physical bene. fit Fletcher himse!f avowedly gained from practicing the peculiar tenets of his creed may be ascribed rather to temperance than to meas. ured mastication. The special function of the eating muscle Is peristalsis, a forbidding name, perhaps, but a jolly good thing for health. Once the swallowing im- 'OUR CHILDREN By Augelo Pt Love. When you tell people who have troublesome child and all healthy children are troublesome some time or other—that love is the only safe principle to train children upon, they either snort loudly or look at you pityingly. They think that Jlove means softness. Love means anything but softness when applied to the upbringing of children. When we love people we put all our wishes, all our feelings aside and do what we know to be best for the beloved one’s happiness. If you loved a child would you stand back and see him heading straight into danger without warning him? Would you stand still and wring your hands helplessly while he ran merrily on to ruin? Not unless vou were paralvzed hand and foot You'd stop him if you had to tie lim to you. But if a heedless something you know him what do you do? You Then he cries affectingly ean’'t stand it “Well, well. you ge this once. child asks for y nd again.” He won't ask again, because he will take for granted that he can do it “If it had been very In his deep mind he reasons: bad, if it had heen really dangerous, he would not it, no matter how much 1 cried.” xt time he does it without asking, and if he is ques tioned about it, says in pretended as have let me do tonishment, “Why, you let me.” It is very dificult to hold a child to his duty and see him weeping sbout it. Tt is so easy to step in and take the dutv—and the tears present and to come—upon your own is not zcod for you Tl let But don’t ask me pulse comes, and this impulse is nor- mally irresistible, all further manipu- lation of the food morsel is by peris- talsis, going down or coming up. The normal direction of the peristal- tic propulsive movement is downward, but often the mechanism of peristalis is reversed, and that's not so good. For instance, “heartburn” is com- monly due to the regurgitation of the normally acid chyme (food in process of digestion in the stomach) into the lower portion of the esophagus or gullet. Another common instance of | reversed peristalsis is a “dark brown taste” and a furred tongue on rising in the morning. Probably in the un- happy throes of mal de mer, known to the trade as seasickness, reversed peristalsis is a ruling factor and not just a spectacular feature. As already mentioned, peristalsis is controlled by the autonomic or un- consclous portion of the nervous sys- tem. This is not governed by the will or mind, but it is readily influ- enced by temperament, emotion and the subconscious impulses. Like all delicate, complicated ma- chinery, the eating muscle has not only starting but also inhibiting or braking equipment, all automatically controlled. One of the principal objections to the practice of resort- ing to cathartics or physics is that these unnatural influences tend to dis- arrange the delicate balance of action and inhibition, and thus produce a fault worse than the mere retarding of bowel movement in the first place. The layman indulging a craving for laxatives is like a mischievous child playing with the starting or braking mechanism of an automobile. The eating muscle rarely fails to ac- quit itself with satisfaction if not sub- jected to unwise interference. (Copyriht. 1927.) Will it go free? Don't you know that each heart must know its own | bitterness, create its own happiness? Don’'t you know that each time you allow a child to do what you know be ought not to do you have shoved him one step nearer failure, one step awny from success? Would love do that? “Love suffers long and Is kind.” Why fs it we forget the part about the suffering and remember only the kindness? It must be because we like to be kind. It makes us feel 50 warm and comfortable. How much right have we to the comfort that must in the end be pain and grief to a child? Measured by love, we have none at all. It we love a child the right way ce his interest first. We will ch him something today that must unlearn with he tomorrow. {indulge him today know must bring other occasion. We will not encour- age him in weakness when we know that it will betray him on a day when he most needs to be strong. If we truly love him we will think long and earnestly upon the course to take with this child, and then we will do what we ought to do for his good. We will suffer lov (Copyright 102 Salmon and Corn. Mix one can of salmon with one [ can of corn, two eggs and a season- ing of salt, pepper and paprika. Bake in a greased flat baking dish for about 20 minutes. Before taking out of the oven place strips of bacon on top and let fry until brown, spizit and allow his to go free. THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Wednesday, September 7. According to astrology, tomorrow should be a rarely ‘fortunate day, in which the stars stimulate the dwell- ers on the earth. It is a rule most auspicious for per- sons of high ambitions and should bring good luck to those who have already won succees, Politically, the men who hold office are supposed to be most lucky and able to continue the realization of * best laid plans. This is an auspicious sway for those who seek employment or advance- ment. There should be special good luck for all who belong to the profession of journalism, for they will find much demand for their services. Good returns are promised for those who advertise while this planetary government prevails. This is a lucky wedding day, mak- ing not only for continued happiness, but also for great prosperity and Drogress. Theaters and other places of amuse- ment should benefit under this direc- tion of the stars. The evening is read as unusually fortunate for any sort of entertain- ment. Women are peculiarly well directed at this time, when they are to receive much recognition for public service and particularly for important reform work. Treachery affecting the internation- al relations of foreign powers is fore- told and it will be most disturbing to Great Britain. New honcrs for American diplomats are indicated, and among them two will gain great fame, it is prophesied. Persons whose birth date it is have the augury of an eventful year in which marriage for the young Is prob- able. Children born on that day probably will be uniformly happy and success- ful all through life. They should be lucky in love, (Covyright, 1927.) NANCY PAGE Big Brothers and Little Sis- ters in Indoor Track Meet. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Peter's younger brother was on his way East to college. He stopped over with the Pages and Nancy straightway gave a college dinner. Each man be- came the “big brother” of his partner, who in turn was designated as his “little sister.” The dining room was set to imitate a college cafeteria. The dishes were ranged according to courses. The date pudding, for in- stance, belonged in the history depart- ment. The ple was in the higher mathematics. Sliced tongue stood un- der the sign designating the depart- ment of languages. Of course, the evening's fun included dancing, but there were other sports as well. They had an indoor track meet—that old favorite of Peter’s col- lege days. The first event was the standing broad grin. The width of each contes- tant’s smile was taken with a tape measure, The 20-foot dash had six entries. They hopped 20 feet across the floor, doing it on one foot and holding a filled glass af water in each hand. The pole vault was immensely pop- ular, since each contestant was pro- vided with a stick of pink and white striped candy. (Copyright, 1027.) Willie Willis *“I was showin’ Pug I could drive our car and I wouldn’t of hit the poreh but 1 was running over my biggest toad.” (Copyright, 1927. Savory Dish. Use the small end of a cured ham, or left-overs, boil until tender, then put through the meat chopper. To four cupfuls of meat use six cupfuls of mashed potatoes, two eggs well beaten and a small piece of grated onion if desired. Season with melted butter and pepper to taste. Brown in a moderately hot oven, If you wish 1o use this recipe for sand- wiches omit the potatoes. Candied Apricots. Wash some large dried apricots thoroughly, cover with water and soak over night. Then drain and carefully remove the skin from each apricot. 'Place on a rack to dry out. This may take several hours. Then dip each piece with a fork or pick in granulated sugar and place on a plate to dry out in a slow oven. A ball of fondant may be placed on top of the apricots if desired. Scalloped Brains. Parbofl calf’s brains and sweet- breads and throw them in cold water to blanch. Then remove the skin and membranes and chop them to- gether. Add nearly half a cupful of rich milk, three hard-boiled eggs, choped, salt and pepper to taste, and a tablespoontul of butter. Stir to- gether and put in ramekins, cover the top with cracker crumbs and grated cheese and bake in the oven until brown. Serve in the ramekins, DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX The 68-Year-Old Husband Who Proposes to Di- vorce Middle-Aged Wife and Marry Woman Half His Age—Anti-Marriage Mother. D AR MISS DIX: Do you think a man of 68 years is too old to marry a oung woman of 357 T am already married, but I am trying to get a divorce from my wife. We have been married 30 years and have grown And since there is no love or affection 18 to part. T am not as rich as people think, but am fairly well fixed. My wife won't give me up unless I make a sattle- ment on her, so I am asking your advice. A TIRED HUSBAND. Answer: T think if you marry a woman 33 years younger than yourself that you will get all of the variety and change in wives that you crave. And then some. There is no monotony in matrimony for the old husband of a young wife, because he has to be on the jump to keep up with her or else he is left solitary and alone at home, while she is off enjoying herself. And his thoughts keep him lively company as he speculates about who she is out joyriding with or jazzing around with. Perhaps the disparity of age doesn't seem so great when you are 68 and the woman is 35. but how about it when you are 78—an old man—and she is 45—still a young woman? Believe me, Mr. Man, that age is an unbridgable gulf between the old and the young, and it was never so hard to cross as it is n when every custom and fashion and point of view has changed so radically as it has in the last 10 years. Why, even parents and children can't get along together | now because they look at things from such different angles. How, then, can | you expect to find any congeniality in a wife who belongs to one generation | and you to another? Apparently you have no fault to find with your old wife except that you want a change. She has borne you children. She has worked and economized and helped you pile up your fortune. Yet you begrudge giving her any share of the money she has helped you make. You want to turn her out to starve as you would an old dray horse that had served its purpose. Doesn't it strike you that you are giving her a rotten deal and that you are proposing to do about as mean and little a thing as it is possible for a man to do. In many of our States there is a community of all the property that a couple accumul: That is only fair and just, for the woman who Is a good wife, who makes a man a good home and who rears up a fine family of children contributes just as much to the prosperity of the family as the husband does. She works more hours a day than he ever does. She squeezes every penny harder than he does, She has just as much moral right to share i ity as he has. w that gives the wife half I think if you forsake your old wife to marry this younger woman that you will get just about what you deserve and that there will be many a day when you realize that she cares nothing for you and that you bore her almost to tears, that you will wish you had back again your faithful old wife, who would be content to sit at home with you and to whom you could say: “Do you remember——?"" DOROTHY DIX. « s s e EAR MISS DIX: I married a man whose father died when he was a little boy, so that he had to assume the support of his mother and sister. He has slaved for them all of his life, as they have demanded every luxury possible, even when they knew he had to sacrifice necessities to get them. So great are their demands that we have never been able to save a cent toward the future, or even to have children, because we could not undertake another mouth to feed. Now the sister is 20 years old, a bright, intelligent, healthy girl, but she refuses to go to work, and her mother upholds her in her idleness. Don’t you think that we should be relieved of this burden? DISCOURAGED WIFE. Answer: T certainly do. Your husband should tell his mother that he will provide for her in the future, either in his own home or by giving her a definite allowance, as he can best arrange the matter, but that he will no longer support his sister, A girl of 20 is just as capable of supporting herself as any boy of that age, and it is no kindness to her to encourage her in continuing to be a para- site. On the contrary, it will bo the making of her to force her to stand on her own feet and become a self-respecting, independent woman. It is curious how mothers play favorites and are so often willing to sacri- fice one child to another. I know of many familics in which the daughters are compelled by their mother to support a worthless, lazy, loafing brother, and I know other families in which the mother ruthlessly takes all that one son earns to keep her other children in idleness and give them advantages that he never had. It's all very fine and romantic to talk about a son or daughter sacrificing themselves upon the family altar, but nowhere else in the world do we so much need to use a little common sense as we do in making these blood offer- ings. For nine times out of ten there was no real need of a victim and the sacrifice never should have beer called for. This is true even in the case of parents. Most of the dependent fathers and mothers should be ashamed of foisting themselves on their children to be supported. They h: given up work 10 or 15 or 20 years before they should have done so. It is Jaziness, not age that is the matter with them. It is easier to settle down on Jonn or -Mary than it was to earn their own bread | and butter, and so poor John and Mary are made the family goats| And it is a mistake all around, because not only John and Mary have | their young lives crushed out of them by having to bear the burden of their | parents’ support, but father and mother would be better off themselves and happler if they had maintained their own dignity and independence by sup- porting themselves. ‘When our relatives get too old and feeble to work it is, of course, our duty to support them, but it is sheer folly and weakness to support a husky young person. And it utterly demoralizes him or her. DOROTHY DIX. ¢ ol TEAR DOROTHY DIX—I've got the sweetest mother in the world, but she just has a fit when the subject of marriage comes up. Says she would rather see me dead ard in my coffin than in a wedding veil. Now I have found my man, who is everything I could look for in a husband, but my mother won't hear of my marrying him, or any other man. What shall T do? GIRLIE. Answer: If your mother's unreasonable prejudice is only against mar- riage itself, don’t pay any attention to it. Just step around the corner some day with your sweetheart and get married. And after a few tears it will be all right with your mother. She is just jealous and can’t bear the thought of sharing her children with any one else. But there is no reason for you to ruin your life by encouraging her in her folly. DOROTHY DIX. (Copvright, 1927.) Rich Raisin Bread. Adad three-fourths cupful of sugar, one-fourth cupful of shortening and two teaspoonfuls of salt to two cup- | fuls of scalded milk. When luke- Fruited Salad Dressing. Soften one-half a tablespoonful of gelatin in two tablespoonfuls of cold water and dissolve over hot water. Add to any mayonnaise which has SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. yer can't get up—yer too wif goldfishes. (Copyright. 192 Everyday Law Cases Is Receipt in Full Binding When When Only Part Payment Is Madz? BY THE COUNSELOR. Tom Hughes owed Sam Little a debt of $200, which the latter de- spaired of ever getting repaid. Meeting Little one day, Hughes of- fered to pay $50 in discharge of the | debt. Thinking that the rest was hopeless, Little consented. Before paying the amount, how- ever, Hughes declared that he wanted a receipt to show that the arrange- ment was final. Accordingly, the fol- | lowing paper was drawn up: “Received of Tom Hughes, $50, in full payment of debt of $200 due me. The consideration of the above $50 is that Tom Hughes is to be released en- tirely from the debt.” The paper having been signed by Little, Hughes paid over the amount agreed upon. B ater on, however, Little found that if he could get a_judgment against Hughes for the $150 balance he would be able to collect. There- on, he filed suit. UM Hughes' only defense was the re- ceipt Little had given him, which he presented in court. | P espite the receipt, a_judgment for rendered against the balance was Hughes, in conformity with the fol- towin “It is a famillar principle of law | that a payment of a part of a debt in discharge of the whole will not bar recovery of the balance unpaid. The rule is based upon the principle that there is no consideration for the prom- ise of discharge, the sum paid being in fact due from the payer on the debt.” & (Copyright. 1027.) DAILY DIET RECIPE Tomato and Pineapple. Tomato, slices, 16. Fresh pineapple wedges, 1 cup. French dressing, % cup. Lettuce leaves, 8. Serves Four Portions. Wash tomatoes and slice thin, but do not peel unless skins are discolor- ed. At time of serving arrange to- mato slices on crisp, tender lettuce on individual salad plates, mound fresh pineapple wedges on tomatoes, moisten with French dressing and serve cold. Diet Note. Recipe contains lime, iron and A, B and C vitamins. Good in bloodmaking diet, good in laxative diet, on account of fiber. Can be eaten by children over 8, by normal-weight adults, those wishing to gain weight. If a non- fattening mineral oil were used in the dressing, could be taken by one wish- ing to reduce. . Aluminum street cars, which are lighter and quieter than steel, are being tried out in several cities warm add one cake of compressed|poan gharpened up a bit with lemon yeast dissolved and three cupfuls of | jujce, When the dressing is becoming flour. Cover and let rise until light. | yifr, 'fold in one tablespoonful each of or for about one and one-half hours.| candied pineapple, cherries, and green Then add three cupfuls of flour ""d!;:m:es. or other candied fruit, or stb- knead. When the dough has l"“(‘"lsmule chopped blanched almonds for to double in size, or for about one|the fruit salad. 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