Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1928, Page 20

REAL GHOST OF THE ESTATE. THE EVENING D. C. SATURDAY, BLUE CHAMBER ROME K. JEROME. (Jereme Kiapka D ham o I don't want to make any of ¥ fows nervous, &nd if you would I did not mention it, T won't. But, B matter of fact. this very house, which we are now sitting, is haunted. you the house is haunted, and what I say. Regularly on Christ eve the Blue Chamber —so called beeause most of the toilet serv is blue—is haunted by the ghost of a man—a man who once killed a istmas watchman with a lamp of I do not know how he did it—he did the process. The wa 2 up A position Jyst sl e ana was singing a ba . when he on the lump o was t the sinful m of the windows, and that 1he poor watchman's throat in ed coal one went down nd choked B flat only crime. d a solo cornet < 3 vou fellows? Do vou doubt my word. vou fellow T toll you it 1s & fact. This sinful man 1 Ied A solo cornet plaver. At anv is as much a fact as anvt 1l ane tendix hey. i arrival o stayRil the ir arrivai— Pest 24 hours in bed. they left # broken and Avspepiic crew vho had attended opinion that it BEAUTY CHATS On Keeping Young. out the passibil- of b Ner outside . chiefly t} of these & gois work is almost im- possibie 2 If a woman Rousewife and has any of occupation she will have to be rong-minded to retire to her room 4n her own house and settle down to - No matter how many £he has. there are too many s for herseil or the ¢ she can do. énd sh #he’l] do these first before g down. ‘The resuit is she'll sp2nd her life doing onlv the odd johs And generally ©dd jobs can jus @one, or be done at other times during day. Suppose 2 woman shouldstart a little specialty. There are always emptly Tooms on the edge of the shopping districts which can be rented cheaply, | there are always interested friends 1o heip her make & start, there is alw Such a shep should he »::'fl.'ll should e in one it should ha not the ordin Pew women can re reedlework shop. bome decorating —needlevwork. thade painting. arts and crafts—have &n excellent chance of success. There is great need for & shop for chldren’s booiks only. als a shop for really or- sginal lampshades &nd lamps, also a $hop for unusus! bits of china and s, or 8 shop for original table deco- care d that 3 beside that clears your heal weight e BN & Thrift \ Money Savers . savers We these many Vifiers 61" Floor Varnish yor wn " * ita Rogers Brushing Lacquer Yor Vurniure “No Lustre” Wall Finish For Amerior Walls e and is But Interior Gloss Finnh For Bitchep snd Bathroom Walls ANUARY 16th to 23rd has ek’ tion — to bir! lin, 1if they would, any of them, be fit (o | play an air again. Unfortunately, I do not know the recipe for the concoction fed to this unfortunats band The knowledge would be priceless, 1 admit but the chie! ingredient seems to have been railway refreshment room pork pic. I forget the man's other crimes 1 nsed to know them all at one time, but my memory is not what it was. I do not, however, believe I am doing his memory an injustice in believing that was not entirely unconnected with the death, and subsequent burial of a wtleman who used to play the harp ith h toes. Neither was he alto- gother unresponsible for the lonely grave of an unknown stranger who had once visited the neighborhood —an Italian peasant lad, a performer upon the barrel organ. Well, to come tdown to the fact that | v house is haunted—which i what 1 started out to tell you -and I see that you are all reverently silent and ready for this revelation—every Christ- mas eve the Blue Chamber has a most peculiar visitation by a genuine ghost. Every Christmas eve, indeed, the ghost of this sinful man haunts the Blue Chamber. in this very house. There, from midnight until the crow of the cock, amid wild muffled shricks this v No COLFERS AROUND , DAN T g ration, Mear groans and mocking laughter and iv sound of horrid blows, this| does fierce phantom fight with 1 spirits of the solo cornet player and he murdered watchman, assisted at rvals by e shades of the German | Meanwhile, also, the ghost of the | rangled harpist— the one so adept with | lays mad ghostly melodies | toes on the ghost of a no need to eally uscless v Christmas the one in go into_the mor these atrocious murders. As for motives. I have heard Solo cornet plavers and stunt musicfans | x v not qualified to | render any adequate judzment. As I satd, 1 would give a lot to know the| reefpe for the concoction that made the | members of that German band unable to play a tune again—but I don’t wish myself at all by implying any use of it if I t unless some Ger- | man band announced that it would xr-l main in my vicinity to play all of one Summer! T see that some of vou fellows look a little skeptical. There is even a smile | on one or two pairs of lips. But I| ssure you that. though you may never | ave guessed it. such musicians do have <ouls that can become ghosts when they die. And I am as solemn as an owl what T say ahout the ghosts of the Blue | Chamber, in this very house. And this Ve nn noed to remind you, is SIMAS eve. 1 1 Listén! T co belisve they are at it now—in the Blue Chamber over our heads! Of course, BY EDNA KENT FORBES Lucy P. G—Sea salt may be pur- chassd at most drug stores in five- pound bags. and if you cannot get this rock salt is a fair substitute. Make the bath water very briny, and after testing 1t the first time, you will know what | amount of salt to use with the quantity | of water. Young Mother. e doctor about your little girl, as the | litting hairs and_scalp troubles are | a resuit of some physical disturbance. The child may only be anemic and need building up. but it is best to have | a doctor suggest the treatment. i Mrs. H. W.—Hangnails come from | dryness of the skin or bad manicuring Massage plenty of ofl or cream into | nails every night. or after you have had the hands immersed in water for a long time. Everyday Law Cases May Employer Recover Excess Advancements Over Earn- ings of Commission Employe? Frank Carson was engaged to sell | clothing on & commission basis, with n\} drawing account of $75 & week. It| as Mipulated, however. that all ad- | nees were 1o apply against his aetual | ended the em- | 0 more in advancements | 75 entitled him to. Car- son refused to reiurn the difference, declaring that his advancements were really paid to him as salary and were not 1o be repaid except out of his net earnings, In an effort to ecollect the overpay ments Carson’s employer entered suit against him The court, although allowing the em- ployer 1o recover, stated | “There i3 a conflict of decislons as | to whether an employer i5 entitied to | recover advancements paid over the | actual earnings in the absence of a | specific provision in the agreement. | Bome courts hoid that the advance- | ments are W he repaid only out of the earned commissions if no provision is made otherwi; Other courts hold & contrary view and require a return of any excess advancements.” It 1x advisable in contracts of em- ployment on a commission and drawir basis to provide definitely regarding such & contingen | Week! been designated as “Thrift throughout the na- commemorate the thday of Benjamin Frank- inventor, philosopher, tesman and apostle of wise nding. 4 Money spent for the heautification upkeep of yuur home certamly wine spending — eapecinily Jer Klynn products are i Rinew I8 Butler Flyon Froducts have slways made gond—because they have ulways looked gond, Plenty of Parking Space | effect is gamed | can be used. but dignity in color m | covered & ot of 1 DIPDN T SEE YOU =| WANT 0 SHOOT SOME GOLF 7 1 NEVER PLAYED THE GAME BUT T'LL TRY ANY THING ONCE JANUARY 21 KEEP Your EYE ON THE BALL ESTATE:® By HOWARD FREEMA 1VE GOT 10 GO~ IT'S MIONIGHT, MY WIFE WiLL. BE WORRIED DON'T GO, YOUR WIFE AIN' L PLAY You WORRYIN' @ I'L ANOTHER ROUND FOR A QUARTER A WOLE. d of Adding Cheer BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. There is nothing like gay decoration to dispel cloudy atmo in- doors that is sure to be in the out world during much of the Wint weather. T) duced in ma be colorful, p: can reflect as w teries of bigh ziaze ean give out glint of color. In the main rooms of a house it is chiefly in rich tones of textiles rnd in brasses and ceramics that the desired An occa ' the hore be kept or the rooms loze ‘their charac- ter of restrafnt in decoration in chambers and informal rooms the ways mentioned can unite, cach | & small measure, or any one of ti can be strersed, In the bedroom tured it is the gay chintz that con tributes cheer. In A bedroom a gay chintz lends it- self delightfully. It can be used #s a coverlet, two er more widths being sewed together, Be sure the design matches. 1 saw a lovely fine design made into a spread, but it was marred y the lengths being put together to suit the material rather than the ma- terial to suit the design pat eye immediately d which ever after stood out rather than the beauty of the deuign Another wav of trimming the bed is to have a valance of the chintz, using | a white coverlet, or one that matches a cutral background tone in the chinty. n either instance the hangings for the | windows can be of the chintz. If there | is plenty of rich yellow in the material, | it will give an effect of sunlight when the light comes through it. Shades of | rose also add cheer, while blue and gray are so cold that unless enlivened with | brilliant tones they lower the sunlight quality instead of helghtening it Chambers. like main rooms, can be armonious color if the deco- rator so chooses. If the room is on with a northern exposure s treatment 1s sometimes successf ways providing the colors blend pleas- ing furniture, when dark, can be glven a touch of brightness by the | “striping” about edges or the pleking | Everything wish for is homes in Marietta Park Adjoining Aew Fort Slocum MARIETTA PAR the pPropos houlevardeonnecting | Fort Stevens and Fort Slocum Parks, new ke 10 N var o bih wnd Keanedy, the bioeks Grorutn felinw o Langfellow, enst i hih and noiih te whone we for unte _You should consult| Tt is the gay. colorful chintz that contributes cheer to the bedroom pictured. of the Fur- out in color of certain pa wond where bevelling is given it niture painted white 15 no mor fashion, but tints are prefarred ften chosen. and when this 1s th: case §t 15 especially needtul 1o us 2 toxtiies. ete.. to relfeve the “lon gial- 1ty of the shade. If the tint is a v deep cream. almost a yellow, the tanes ir the textiles can be less pronouced, tor the vellow is in itself cheery, introduc- ing sunlight tints. A Stocking Box. A stocking box is a happy alternative for the heiter-skelter habit of keeping your hose in a drawer of lingerie, and it saves time and a disposition when it comes to looking for them They are decorative affairs ed with bright figured wall and lined with a harmonizing shade Inere are 11 compartments, enough for an ample supply of formal and in- formal hose (Copyrieht you can in these often baper 107K ) Va N horders cod O0-foot Lock Creelk, 119 122 421 Open 6 to 8 Rooms $9.750 $10,950 SUB ROSA BY MIML Home Life of Perfect Lady. Have you ever watched a well bred | | girl conducting herself with charm and | ease of manner at some imporiant | gathering where the older people were | critical? X | "Have you envicd her quiet poise? And | then has she suddenly fallen from her | | pedestal with a loud crash, by cammit- | ting some atrocious social blunder such | as the etiquette books are so fond of | depicting? I mean, has she don> sume- | thing really dreadful—such as remain- | | ng seated when an older woman came | | in, or helping herself to tea first, be- fore passing it on to somebody’s grand- | mother in the background. | Either of these little offenses is suf- | ficlent to put any girl in wrong. And you may have beon terribiy surprised to | sce. the perfect lady commit such & blunder. Maybe you wondered how on | | earth she came to make such a siip. ! Let me tell you why. The perfect lady you saw ~conducting herself so | baaytifully when you first arrived wasn't | | actfng simply and naturally at ail. She { was showing off | She was.displaying her knowledge | of what 15 called etiquette. Thai is, she | was going through a few little trieks of ! courtesy and deportment which any one can learn if he, she or it will go ' to the nearest library and take out an etiquette book. This business of being well behaved can be learned. Girls in the poorest circumstances with ittle education and 15 opportunities,shave married wealtiny {men and learned all the social graces in a short time That sort of thing is easy encugh If one studies the job and sticks 1o it. Good manners can be acquired rap- 1dly. but the art of being a perfect lndy | is another matter again. To study her at her best onc must visit hor home. You will find that even in the humblest home, the P. L. is func- tioning as usual. She doesn’t let moth- >r do all the haré work. She 1sn't nasty and irritable to the youngest brother She doesn't relax into easy slovenliness She isn't careless about table manners because none but the family is sround to_see ‘That's the secret of the thing, vou see. Most girls will behave like dear little angels when there are flocks of | critical onlookers And they wili go | home and order mother around as if she were a slave. they behave lixe young savages at the table, and they muke no | hones about courtesy with any mem- | bers of the family That's why they're apt to make slips Dig parties where thev'rs really anxious to, please. They're uol seeure. vou sae Not being used to perfrer ludy- 00d. they can't act the part to perfee- fon. Since they are only pley-acting. thev're bound to pull a fatal blunder and spotl the whole show. | You envy the charming. potwd voung thing who never blunders—who never | makes a false move, who can mlwnvs | be depended on to use tact, even in the worst situation? Well, she gets that | way by living the part instead ot act- ing 1t | | Being a lady for the afternoon is rot | part of her job. She doesn havs to | put on herseif the strain of pretending. | She can be herself, and that will do. | | Do you see the point? If you want to | { have perfect table manners wnea you're | dining off gold plate with the Verri- | richs,” you must stick o good table manners at home with the family off | serviceable 10-cent dishes. | 1f you want to be able to manage dif- | ficult’ people with ease and charm, you must conquer the impulse to be rude jand violent when baby brother gets on your nerves 1t you want to make a hit with older | people by virtue of your consideration | for them. vou must practice a little of | it on mother now and then Befote assuring yourself that you are {a perfect Iady in every sense of the | word tumn a searchlight on your home lite and make sure of where you stand. 1Copyright, 'Xrl‘:ll Ml i Baked Sausage Rolls. “l;zu:" nn-nmx;’nd of small smoked s 8, rush each sausage lightly with mustard. 8ift four cupfuls oll{lom! with one teaspoonful of sait and fve | teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Work In four level tablespoonfuls of lard and gently mix in two cupfuls of milk or enough to make a smooth dough. Roll out about ene-fourth inch thick Cut In small squares. Lay one smoked sausage fn each square. roll up and fasten securely by pinching the dough together. Place in & pan & short dis- tance apart and bake in a quick oven ! until brovn Featuring 6, 7 and 8 rooms, Open firepla Textone walls, Hardwood floors, Spacious porches. Tiled Bath with Built:in fixtures, One Built. Tuelosed sleeping porches, Pl plugs in every room, 9 hasement, Paved streets and alleys, I‘.'\h‘tvhnl Homes Madison St. N.W, Marietta Pl N.W Marietta Pl N.W, and Lighted Till 9 PM. Comp h 116 Eye Nt Matn M in Low Terms REYOND COMPARISON" Willie Willis BY KORERT Q1 i KEEPING MENTALLY FIT BY PROF. JOSEPH JASTROW. Mother and Teacher. Some readers approve and others question what I said on the “Why" and “How" of discipline. Everybody is in- terested in discipline, either as giving it or receiving it. and yet it isn't quite clear whether it is or is not more blessed to give than to receive. It s2ems to be an uncertain kind of bless- Here is an interesting “I was a school teacher, and I re- | signed when I married. In bringing up i “I guess T done wrong, but it's awful hard to remember it ain't good man- ners to kick a girl if she’s pullin’ your hair." (Copyrizht. 1078 ) Home in Good Taste BY SAKA HILAND. Did you ever hear of & room that dis- | appeared? Well, this is just the next| thing to it! The furniture as shown in the above sketch folds up, slides | into the cabinet, and when the doors | are closed there is not a trace of breakfast - room furniture. Aladdin could not have done much better with his wonderful lamp. By having such an arrangement in vour kitchen you may have a break- fast room at a moment's notice—table_. and benches large enough to seat four persons, and for Sunday evening lunch this can scarcely be improved upon. There is enough room in the cup- board over the table portion to accom- modate the glassware and china. and two drawers just below the cupboard hold the silver and linen. ‘The exterior of the cabinet should be painted to match the balance of the woodwork in the room. but if desired the furniture may be treated as & sep- arate unit to bring an interesting note of contrast into the grouping. Convrient. 192 Cranberry Pie. Chop very fine or put through a grinder one cupful of cranberrles. Put over this three-fourths cupful of sugar d let stand while the crust r the pie Then Reat into the eran- berries the yolks of iwo eggs. Put the mixture in A crust and bake as you would custard pie. When the filling is set cover with a meringue made of two egg whites, and delicately brown in the oven. Pry two pounds of tender veal. cut into thin bits and dredged with flour in enough hot lard to prevent sticking When nearly done, add one and one- half pints of oysters. Thicken with flour, season with salt and pepper and cook until dome. Serve hot in a cov- ered dish my little girl I didn't find my school gx- pericnce of much help. for I have never dealt with infants and small children. I used the usual methods. and as my little girl was rather troublesome and I am somewhat quick tempered, I spanked her earlv and often. I was never sure of the result. I couldn’t see that it did much harm. and I wasn't sure that, except for the mo- ment, it did any good. I was anxious to see what school would do for Mamie. So when she was 6 years old I went back to teaching and took Mamie with me. She is downsiairs in the first grade, and I am upstairs teaching the sixth. Going to school helped Mamie. She is less troublesome at home. She would do what the teacher wanted. be- cause she saw all the other children doing it. At home it was only I who wanted her to do it. So I began to think: ‘If I can teach without spank- ing. why can't I mother without spank- ing?" Of course. teaching and mother- ing are very different. Perhaps if more teachers were mothers. the very young children at school would be better understood. Was I wrong In spanking? I don’t know. M. T” To spank or not to spank: that is the question: and it isn't easy to give A “ves” or “no” answer. because there 18 no easy way to judge the effect. Lots of children who were brought up on , frequent spanking became well-behaved. desirable eitizens: and the unspanked do the same. It used to be a teacher's problem. In older days the rod or birch was rarely out of the teacher's hand. He or she ruled with a foot- rule. We still say: “Spare the rod and spoil the child.” but we don't alto- gether believe it. Many parents would be t if they found that their (even if they spanked me;n children | at home) were spanked at school. this quite consistent? Now, there is no question that there is altogether too much spanking going on: and most of it is done without rhyme or reason. It's wholly bad. Go to the park or the Zoo or wherever mothers and children come in large numbers. and vou'l hear a constant battery of slaps and squeals and harsh words and noisy quarreling that mal the animals seem bettsr behaved tha the human beings. It's done hastily and in bad temper. and. of course. isn't discipline at all. It's just an expression of annoyance and giving way to anger and seizing the easiest way to impose by pain and fear. If that's the kind of spanking you have in mind, the answer is emphatically “No.” Then there is the other kind. fust as bad: The licking that awaits the bad boy when he gets home and makes him afraid to go home. When you read \"l‘nm Sawyer” to young boys. they seem so much interested in the adven- ture of the story that they don't bother about all the lickings that Tom gets, hether they do or don't get any them- selves But Tom was hardened d didnt seem to mind it. He took it and went his own way. A licking was just | the price of going swimming or playing hookey. Since the temptation for parents to spank is strong, as it's so easy. and children are so annoying in interfering with the convenience of their elders all our efforts should g0 to reducing the occasions for a spanking and find- ing all the ways we can to substitute punishments that don't carry the threat of anger and fear and seem only the natural consequences of disod*dience and neglect. Spanking is an upsetting experience. as bad for the parent as for , the child. | again. It interferes with the right relation of parent and child! and that's who have thought much er” Perhaps it isnt 3 the spanking for un usually bad behavior. But if you spank on any and every occasion you lose that chance, and you are sure to set the child a bad example. Children are s given to anger outbreaks that any ex- ample of the same thing on the part of their elders is bad. If they are bullied, theyll be ready to bully other children when they get a chance. Th~ precious thing is the right relation o parent to child and child to parent. and that can't be built up on the spankinz basis. If not spanking. what? That's the question that comes up again, and Depriving a chiid of & tn or an expected favor is one way. Show- ing your displeasure and bringing child back to a favorable mood anc talking things over calmly with » promise of reform is another. It's al! trying and uncertain and siow, and re- quires great patience; but it's all part of the responsibility of being a parent. The question of a spanking parent is as much worth considering as that of a spanked child. What teachers can do, mothers can do, if they set out to do it. We've done away with the whipping post and the rod. Will the spank go next? (Coprrizht. 102 MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. True Stories. In choosing books for children who are just beginning to take an interest in stories 1 never pick those that tell of anything in the least impossible. Why tell a child a tale of animals talking® T is no more wonderful than the man on earth, and the pig who carries & and one-fourth pounds of in small pieces and brown in & pan. Add three pints of bt water and simmer the meat until sliced onion minutes. Mix siaw 8 thuckened. Ral! teaspoonfuls of salt. Sprinkle one tad) finely enopped parsley serve hot. 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