Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1928, Page 24

WOMA Handbag Should BY MARY Such a small detail as the top of the clasp on one’s handbag may be the sub- Jject for much consideration. It may cost more than one’s hat and frock put together—this foolish little clasp that is likely not to be noticed a: ay. I FLAT. ROUND PIGSKIN BAG WITH AMBER RING; PRINTED VELVET BAG WITH JEWELED CLASP; BAG OF YELLOW TULLE, SHAPED LIKE MUFF, WITH SQUARE TO- PAZ FOR CLASP; ENVELOPE PURSE OF BLACK BREITSCH- ‘WANTZ, EDGED WITH ANTELOPE; ENVELOPE OF BEIGE LEATHER AND CARACUL; AUTOMOBILE- SHAPED PURSE OF BROWN AND TAN LEATHER, WITH LEATHER WHEELS EDGED WITH GILT, AND BEXGPE SUEDE PURSE IN CHANEL SHAPE. have seen clasps of this sort made of a single large precious stone—an emerald or a sapphire set with diamonds. In spite of the taste for high-priced clasps, there is a definite feeling among well dressed women now that the hand- bag should be rather inconspicuous. Extremely large bags that had some vcgue a season or so ago are seldom N'S PAGE' Be Inconspicuous MARSHALL. ‘The color of the bag is usually subor- | dinated to that of the costume. With the black hat and black shoes a black bag always is in good taste. With brown suede shoes which have come | into prominence lately brown suede bags or bags of brown silk are well chosen. Usually it is only the young | girl who chooses one of the spectacular | sort of bags. The automobile-shaped bag shown 1n the sketch is one of these amusing bags that we may wisely choose as a Christmas present for the girl of 15 or 16. An interesting imported bag I saw | the other day, suitable for afternoon | weer, was made of colored woolen yarn | knitted in stocking stitch with applique woolen embroidery. MENU FOR A DAY. Bananas. Cornmeal Mush With Cream. Boiled Eggs. Potato Cakes. Corn Muffins, Coffee. LUNCHEON. Welsh Rarebit on Toast. Stuffed Celery. Orange and Date Salad. Peanut Cookies, Tea. DINNER. Cream of Potato Soup. Broiled Slice of Ham, Mustard Sauce. French Fried Potatoes. Escalloped Corn. Lettuce, Russian Dressing. Mock Cherry Ple. Coffee. POTATO CAKES. One quart potatoes, mashed and seasoned with salt, pepper and paprika, add one tablespoon- ful melted butter and mix light- ly. Take spoonful into floured hands and roll. Dip in egg beat- en with one tablespoonful cold milk, then in flour. Fry in deep hot fat, preferably bacon drip- pings or butter. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTbN. B0, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1928 ° THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Sunday, November 25. Kindly stars will rule tomorrow, ac- cording to astrology, which reads much of promise in the skies. The day is favorable to the churches, making for great interest and for plans to extend work. The clergy should benefit at this time, when there will be a general awakening to spiritual as well as intellectual as- pirations. Under this rule prejudices are likely to vanish and to leave the mind open to logic. Preachers are well directed. Increase in the number of theological students is to be marked, for the stars indicate that many young men will dedicate themselves to unselfish careers. While this configuration prevails the modern spirit should dominate, and whatever belongs to the past in static ideas will have little influence. Women are subject to a most for- turate governmefit of the stars, and under the planetary influences will probably radiate charm and kindliness. ‘The sway encourages lovers, and the evening is declared to be an auspicious time for suitors. It is lucky for en- gagenients to marry. They who plight troth may expect prosperity as well as happiness. and there is no divorce omen. The seers sorrowfully prophesy war influences, and counsel preparedness, although they forecast all difficulties for foreign countries. The United States Government is to meet many tests for wisdom and sta- bility, which it will pass successfully, astrologers declare. According to ancient lore, women will find it a lucky day for wearing new clothing which will be serviceable as well as becoming. Persons whose birth date it is prob- ably will have a remarkably fortunate year, for friends and sudden opportuni- ties should favor them. Children born on that day probably will have minds that casily grasp money problems and absorb economic knowl- edge. Many financiers and bankers are born under this sign. (Copyright, 1928.) NANCY PAGE ORANGE AND DATE SALAD. One pound dates and four large oranges. Separate dates, cover with boiling water, cook three minutes. Drain, and when dried in oven, cool. Stone and cut in halves lengthwise. Halve oranges and cut out sections of pulp. Ar- range crisp lettuce leaves on plat- ter, pile oranges in center and surround with dates. Serve with French dressing. MOCK CHERRY PIE. One cupful cranberries, one- half cupful raisins, one cupful sugar, one tablespoonful flour, one-eighth teaspoonful salt. Chop cranberries coarsely, add to them raisins, seeded, and cut in pieces. Add sugar, flour, salt and water. Line deep pie plate with pie paste, turn filling into this and add one- half teaspoonful vanilla or almond if liked. Cover with upper crust, press edges close together. Bake in moderate oven about one-half hour. seen. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. Gentleman Jim Began It. James J. Corbett, former champion heavyweight boxer, may not have been the very first exponent of the art to in- troduce science, several branches of it, into a sport that had been an unsavory mixture. Indeed, Corbett himself testi- fles to the scientific acumen of one or two of the men whom he defeated or who defeated him in the ring. But if the California wonder was not the pio- neer psychologist of the squared circle, he was certainly the first professional boxer who ever applied physiology to- ward the winning of a championship. Between the lines of “The Roar of the Crowd” one can readily understand why they called this surprising youngster “gentleman.” 1t was when he was training at As- ‘bury Park for the battle with the sup- dly invincible John L. Sullivan that meCorbev. began the practice of ap- plied physiology. At that time it was considered dangerous for a man to drink water when heated from exercise. “I noticed,” says Gentleman Jim,” that I did not enjoy, in fact, could hardly swallow my evening meal after a hard day’s training. I had no appetite, only a fierce, burning thirst, for the stiff exercise had made me feel feverish in- side. I figured this out and adopted a new course, much against the advice of my trainers.” “I figured this out.” The slim Jim had somehow learned to do his own John L.—as startled as Corbett’s man- ager was when Jim put on a regular suit of clothes to from his hotel to the arena for one big battle, instead of the sweater and other regalia of the prizefighter in the melodrama. Just what was th;l ;onc:galnn o: Cor- bett's “figuring”? y, the most sen- sible thing in the world. “When the day's work was over I would go to a spring, take a dipper of water, rinse my mouth out half a dozen times and gargle my throat. Then gradually I would let a little trickle down. When 1 felt cooler I would repeat the process. Thus it took about half an hour for me to empty that dipper, but I found that after that I did not lack for appe- tite and enjoyed my evening meal enormously. You see, I simply adopted the principle of treating my machinery as one does an gutomobile—you do not e, bu le > ‘The extreme caution about the cool- ing of the human engine was natural enough for a pioneer following a new and uncharted course. We know now, however, that there is no good reason why any athlete in training should not quench his thirst at any stage of a workout, with pleasantly cold, though not unnaturally cold water. Corbett's observation about the ap- petite is & physiological fact that the regular physiologist observed only 30 years afterward. A drink of cold water, thinking. What a shock must have given the old timers around him! They ‘were probably aghast at the crazy con- duct of the youth who was under con- tract to be murdered by the terrible esfichuy when one is at all thirsty, stimulates the flow of gastric juice, ap- petite juice, and therefore the custom or habit of taking & drink of water im- mediately before eating is a healthful one. OUR CHILDREN By Angelo Patri Restlessness. When a teacher finds that the whole class grows restless at a certain time each day, one or two causes may be in- vestigated. Have the children had suf- ficlent recess? Are the lessons what they ought to be as to content, method, order, interest? The recess varies with the age of the children. The classroom interests travel all the way through the high school and the college. When the professor finds his class walking out, he knows by that sign that his lecture failed— noi the class. This matter of leaving the room is very important. First thing the teach- er is to do is to realize that it is a matter apart from personal interest. It is a matter of routine, school interest. Personally it does not concern her and she is not to make a personal matter of it at all. ‘The halls, corridors and dressing rooms are to be policed most unobtru- sively, but policed nevertheless. All marks are to be erased the moment they are discovered. No public uitima- tum is to be delivered about the matter in any of its forms. Should boys and girls be found smok- ing, look well to the physical training department and make sure that these AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. he could | ought 0 show folks what a swell one b like" boys and girls are getting enough phys- ical work to keep them fit, enough team work to fill their lives with interests, sufficient social life, work and play and struggle to push the smoking idea off the horizon. From the baby class through high school, this matter needs our thoughtful attention. Mr. Patrl will give personal attention to inquiries from parents or school teachers on the care and development of children. Write him in care of this paper, inclosing self-addressed, stamped envelope for reply. Potatoes and Sausage. Fry some sausages with butter with & seasoning of chopped onion. Remove the sausages and make a gravy of water thickened with flouh in the frying pan. Cook some potatoes in their skins. Peel them and slice thin, mixing lightly with the sausage gravy or sauce. Into the bottom of a granite baking dish put a layer of the potatoes dusted with bread or cracker crumbs. Over this put a layer of sausages cut into small pieces. Cover with another layer of potatoes, crumbs, and bits of butter and bake for three-quarters of an hour. DAILY DIET RECEIPE HAMBURGER WITH OLIVE SOUCE. Hamburger, top chuck ground, one pound; rolled oats, one-half cup; olives, 24; minced onion, two teaspoonfuls; canned to- matoss, one cup; salt, one and one-haif tesspoonfuls; flour, one tablespoonful; melted butter, one tablespoonful; water or stock, one cup; Worcestershire sauce, one tablespocnful. SERVES 4 OR 5 PORTIONS. Combine hamburger, rolled oats, 12 chopped olives, onion, to- matoes and one teaspoonful salt. Bake this in a greased bread pan about an hour. Make a sauce by blending flour into melted but- ter, added water, or stock, or even canned tcmatoes if desired, the rest of the olives chopped, the half teaspoonful salt and Worces- tershire sauce and cooking until thick. Simmer 10 minutes and serve over the hamburger roast. DIET NOTE. { Reclpe furnishes protein. Some | | lime, fron and vitamins A, B and C present. Can be eaten by normal adults who are of aver- Age, over or under weight. Quille(i Sack and Cap, Made for Nancy's Son. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. In Peter Page Junior's grandmother’s opinion there never been a baby likke him. She spent much time in scouring the shovos for new ideas. When she saw a new pattern for a knitted sweater or a new fashioned bib she purchased the materials at once nnd( set to work to fashion another gift. For Christmas she was making a little sack and bonnet which was lined with the coftest of China silk. There was a lamb’s wool interlining. The top was of creamy white challis' of the finest weave. Instead of the conventional feather stitching she used the popular quilting. A simple quilted pattern was the only ornamentation on both bonnet and sack. The one she saw in the shop had been made by drawing through from the back between the two rows of quilting. She scarcelv consid- ered this suitable for a garment which had to be laundered frequently. She took one of his little hangers and made a cover for it. This was quilted also. She chose French flannel for the cover, since silk was so slippery. A bit ‘of sachet powder was slipped into two tiny bags which were suspended by baby ribbon. Wadding was slipped between two parts of the cover., The quilting was effective on either side. Nancy's mother made sets of these for her daughter’s clothes closet, too. For hers she chose silk, but she put a rubber- headed tack on top of the clothes hanger 1 inch from each end. This kept clothes from slipping off, (Copyright, 1928.) Bables need clothes to in_ el d for “Gobbler’s sneakin’ off to th’ woods for a ‘few days' rest’ as he calls it. ‘When a fella uses his head he ain’t so likely to lose it.” (Copyright, 1928.) Lima Beans, Tomatoes The use of dried lima beans makes this an economical dish, and one that has high food value. Soak two cups of dried lima beans over night in cold water to cover. In the morning drain, add fresh boiling water, one-fourth tea- spoon of baking soda and one small onjons, and boil slowly for one hour, or until the beans are tender. Drain, add two cups of canned tomatoes, one tablespoon chopped green peppers, one or more teaspoons of salt. Sprinkle one cup of soft bread erumbs over the top, and dot with two tablespoons of butter cut in small pleces. Bake 30 or 40 mirutes in a moderate oven. In- stead of the butter, thin strips of bacon may be spread over th> crumbs, If this is done, the bacon must be added cight :' 10 minutes before the beans are ne A THE WIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS Edith Carow Roosevelt, Who Believed That 'Women Should Break into Print Only When Married and Buried BY I P. GLASS. “BUT IT WAS AT HER FIRST PARTY THAT SHE MET THEODORE ROOSEVELT.” When Theodore Roosevelt, then a student at Harvard, won the heart of Alice Lee of Brookline and her prom- ise to be his wife, on2 of the first persons to whom he confided his happi- ness was Edith Kermit Carow, friend of his childhood, then living in London. ‘When Alice Lee Roosevelt died and her husband went West to readjust his existence, he carried a letter of sym- pathy from Edith Carow with him. Two years later, in 1886, Roosevelt crossed the ocean and in St. Gcorge's, Tanover Square, London, married her. | H She was the second American woman to marry a future President of the United States in London. The first had been Mrs. John Quincy Adams. Roosevelt had just been defeated as a candidate for mayor of New York. However, this was to be but a tempo- rary setback in his political advance- ment. Edith Kermit Carow was to share intimately in a dazzling progres- sion of events which must never have figured in her dreams. She was one of the most retiring of the Presidents’ wives. She was so by birth, training and_inclination. Theo- dore Rocsevelt's astounding successes must have delighted her. But they were not necessary to her happiness. “A woman’s name should appear in print but twice—when she is married and when she is buried.” This is a statement attributed to her. It indi- cates her viewpoint toward life. She was born August 6, 1861, at the Norwich (Conn.) home of her grand- father Tyler. Her father, Charles Carow, was a member of an old New York family. He had a handsome brownstone house in Union Square. His two daughters, Edith and Emily, were educated in an exclusive private school, which permitted, for entertainment, at- tendance at symphony concerts and Shakesperarean plays. Corinne and Anna Roosevelt attended the same school and were Edith Carow's best friends. She was a shy and retiring girl, who preferred a good book to a party. But it was a* her first party, when she was 9 years old, that she first met Theodore Roosevelt. He was a little boy in glasses, whose glistening, even teeth, re- vealed in a generous grin, were his greatest attraction. Before she and her sister were through with school Charles Carow met financial reverses and died. Mrs, Carow took her daughters to live with relatives in England. But Edith did_not lose sight of young Theodore Roosevelt. They were such good friends that they corresponded with considerable regu- larity. As a Harvard student he still was writing to her. She understood the things that interested him. She was serene, self-possessed, a calm and strong personality. It was natural that he should turn to her in the after- math of his domestic tragedy. But it was characteristic of her that throughout his tumultuous carcer she maintained her own identity. One of his first acts as President was to notify newspaper men that they were to make no mention of Mrs. Roosevelt or the details of their family life. The result was that she received less publicity than any other mistress of the White ouse. Almost her complete occupation was that of wife and mother. She was no n{fldern woman, nor was she fashion- able. Her five children and her step- daughter, Alice, interested her most. She reared them sensibly. When Ker- mit was down with the scarlet fever she sat seven nights by his bed without sleep. When diphtheria seized Archie at Groton School she hurried there and nursed him., As mistress of the White House she set up bars to the receptions which aroused considerable criticism in cer- tain sections of Capital society. She reduced the number of functions and made them more formal. It was her afm to protect the home life of her family. She was so successful in this purpose that Theadore Roosevelt wrote: “I have had the happiest home life of any man I have ever known.” She was a great lover of music, never missing an event of this kind in Wash- ington. Her afternoons were reserved for the President, for whom she played and read, and with whom she took long rides and walks. Because she or- dered her life carefully she was one of the few women who came out of the White House without having had any serious illness. Perhaps the greatest tax on her was the fact that she had an adventurous husband and adventurous sons. Even as she left the White House she was sad because they were all setting off for a year of hunting and exploration in Africa. The greatest scare of her life—the attempted assassination of the ex- President in Milwaukee in 1912—was still to come. The World War was to take the life of Quentin Roosevelt. Until the close of her Washington stay her days had been unusually free of SOTTOW. In her trials she showed the same surpassing power over herself that had distinguished her whole life. With the passing of her husvand in 1919 She withdrew more and more from public attention. Today, in her sixty-cighth year, she is in good health. (Copyright, 1928.) The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1928.) Across. 1. Class of trees. 6. Measure of area. 10. Metric unit, 11. Exist. 12. God of war, 13. Apartment. 15. Ammon, 16. Finish. 17. Pale. 19, Ostrich-like bird. 21. Acts of selling. 24, Golf club. 26. Kinds of plants. 27. Toward. 28. Cut, 30. Snakelike fish. 32. Patriotic organization (ab.). 33. Small dog. 36. Hindu ejaculation, 38. Leaf 39. Cut down. 41. Female sheep. 43, Comparative suffix. 44. A famous garden. 45. Bench., Down. 3. Crash. 4. Chaldean city. 5. Part of a flower. 6. Swiss river. 7. Pack full 8. Prefix, again. 9. Endeavors. 14. Hypothetical force. ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE 17. Faded. 18. Not at all. 20. Unit. 21, 22, 24, 25. 29. 31, 33. Russian plain, American poet. Weather indicators. Stored up knowledge, Father. 34. Curved molding. 35. Nothing but. 37. Human beings, 38. Fondle. 40. Printed notice. 42. Ourselves. Everyday Law Cases What Is the Requirement as to Residence in Order to Obtain a Divorce? BY THE COUNSELLOE. Mrs. Watkins wished to secure a di- vorce, but was informed by counsel that she had insufficient grounds. Upon in- quiry, Mrs. Watkins learned of a State in which she would have little difficulty in getting a divorce in a short time, and she removed within that jurisdiction. After living in her newly acquired habitation for the specified time re- quired by the statute, Mrs. Watkins filed her suit for divorce. Mr. Watkins, however, contested her suit, alleging that his wife had a residence in the State for the sole purpose of ob- taining a divorce and without any inten. tion of making the State a permanent residence after the divorce was ob- tained. Accordingly he asked that his wife's suit be dismissed. Upon proof of Watkins' contentions the sult of his wife was ordered dis- missed, the court stating the following generally observed rule: “In order to satisfy the reguirements of the statute as to residence to obtain a divorce there must be an intention of establishing a permanent domiclle in the State in which the divorce is sought Length of time alone is not sufficient to eg'nct a change (Em & former domi- Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. November 24, 1856.—There has been considerable complaint recently of the | way the gas lights have been managed on Pennsylvania avenue and on ncruln! other streets of Washinglon. Today an | officer of the Washington Gas Co., to whom complaint was made regarding the condition of the lights in front of the Post Office Department, at Eighth and E streets northwest, and on Penn- sylvania avenue, stated that the com- pany has nothing whatever to do with either lighting or keeping those par- ticular lamps in order, but they are un- der the charge of persons employed by the Government. Some citizens are charging that the size of the gas burners on Pennsyl- vania avenue has grown smaller of late, and that they scem to be smaller even than those on some of the narrower cross streets. “The stréet (Pennsylvania avenue) being much wider than the cross streets,” says The Evening Star today, “an _increase of the size of the burners | would be necessary to light it as well as the others are lighted. With a de- creased size, of course, we are to have, until that change shall have been remedied by the Government officer in charge, only light sufficient to render darkness visible, while elsewhere on the streets of Washington the gas light may well be all the public wish it to bo It was announced today that ar- rangements have been made for a big procession Thursday, November 27, of citizens of the District of Columbia in honor of the election of Buchanan as President of the United States and Breckenridge as Vice President in the national election earlier this month. All citizens friendly to the President- elect are invited to meet at 9 o'clock on the morning of November 27 in front of the City Hall, from which point the procession will start. Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. Something more for the closet! It seems as if every day there is another accessory which the “well dressed” closet cannot afford to be without. The closet of old boasted of nothing more than hooks and a few shelves; but now the little up-to-date room takes on an important air and becomes a very important part of the house. Many a closet door used to cover a somewhat untidy room, but the home- FEATURES. The Sidewalks of Washington BY THORNTON FISHER. Nothing !s more vexing to the local auto driver than to find a space at the curb a trifle too abbreviated to| allow his car to enter. The cars be- tween which he seeks to, park his own are foo close. cannot leave his own machine in a busy thor- oughfare to push them farther apart with the result that he must continue to drive until he finds a vacant space. The driver's ex- tremity has be- come the oppor- tunity for one who has become known as a professional parker. T his young chap oper- ates in the vicinity of Thirteenth and F streets. He wears no badge to indi- cate his business but he contrives to earn his money by aiding the motorist who would park in that district. For example, an autoist drives slowly along seeking an opening. Finding | none, he begins to ponder about where he will go in search of one. At this point the “professional parker” appears on the scene. He offers his services and putting his shoulder to the wheels of the parked cars, contrives to push them along so that the new arrival is enabled by squeezing a bit to draw up to the curb. Sometimes it Is necessary to push three or four cars ahead or back. Naturally the one who has received the service leaves a coin in the hand of the helpful young fellow. This should prove that there are op- portunities for every one in America. * K Kk K Not long ago we sat in the hotel room of a wealthy man sojourning in the city. “After 25 years of indefatig- able attention to my business I find my- self independent,” he said. “I do not have to depend upon anybody.” It was early in the morning and he turned to the phone and ordered bréak- fast. Next he called for the valet. The cigar counter was then called and our acquaintance requested the newspapers and several packages of cigarettes. An hour later he received a long-distance telephone message from his office. This was followed by the rcceipt-and dis- patch of a half dozen telegrams. At noon he directed his chauffeur to bring the car to the hotel. A dozen persons at least were engaged in serving the man in one way or another. Somehow we felt that he was more dependent than independent. * ok ok % Some day a Washington newspaper photographer will set down his expe- riences as a “shooter” of celebrities. Few men come closer to the great and near-great than those men of picture craft. Presidents, diplomats, visiting notables and hundreds of others are snapped for the reader who may or may not give a thought to the efforts of the camera men Some notables are easy THE PROFE SSIONAL PARKER " e, maker of today likes to have the oppor- portunity of showing hers, for she is proud of it, with its colorful walls and woodwork, coat hangers covered with velvet or silk, hatracks to match and shelf edgings which are an inspiration and maybe just a little bit of envy to the woman who has not taken her closet seriously heretofore. To keep shoes off the floor a box like the one shown in the illustration is now made and finished to match the wood- work of the closet. Besides room for six palrs of shoes, there are covered boxes on top which will hold all of one’s hosiery supply. Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. The “Shut-Ins.” ‘The “shut-in” personality is the most interesting of all the types. You find it showing itself in the cradle, in the school, in the asylum—in all the walks of life. In the cradle it takes on the form of fear of strangers; in the school it causes bashfulness; in the asylum it causes melancholia; on the platform it causes stage-fright. The “shut-ins” know what fear is, although they do not always fear aright. Physical appearance or build has nothing to do with it. The lean and the fat equally liable to become “shut-ins.” Nor do the laws of hered- ity appear to operate in the creation of this type of personality. Environmental influences are the important forces in the creation, maximibation and stabil- ization of the “shut-ins.” ‘The ical “shutsins” appear in the PROWLS. to “take,” others are difficult subjects. Usually the bigger the man, the more willing he is to aid the photographers, Over a year ago a famous American pinned a decoration on a popular hero, Time was at a premium and 22 “still” and moving picture camera men lined up in the space of 18 feet to snap the ceremony. Obviously not them would be t n a perfect picture. The famous personage who was to present the decoration realized the difficulty and strode over to the | camera men and said, “Now if you will all wait a few seconds I will see that every one of you gets a picture.” He kept his word and posed four times at | different angles with the young man on whom the medal was to be pinned, Needless to say the photographers pro- cured their snaps and every one was happy. Most criminals endeavor to shield their faces from the camera. This is not due so much to an attack of mod- esty as to their reluctance to have their faces recorded for future use by the police. The reader has doubtless seen pic- tures of such men, each holding a hat before his features. Time was when the sketch artist performed the func- tions of the pho- g ) THEY RESENT HAVING everything | THER ACTURES TAkEN from a train wreck to social functions. Where a photo- graph was unob- tainable he might visit the morgue and draw a corpse from “life.” It once fell to our lot to visit a Jail for the pur- pose of sketching two well known desperate crooks. They were hand- cuffed to each other and in turn handcuffed to two officers. They didn’t want their pictures drawn. In fact, they audibly resented the indignity. They would have liked nothing more at the time than to seize the one making thé pictures and choke him into oblivion. One of them was known to his fellows in the underworld as “Snake.” He looked it. Black, reptil- lian eyes gazed menacingly at the man who sought to put his repulsive coun- tenance on paper. Only the presence of two officers and the restraining cuffs compelled these two unworthies to yield to circumstances. EE He was driving down a congested thoroughfare when the car in front of him suddenly halted. He shoved his brake pedal to the floor but the car kept on moving and smashed the rear of the forward machine. Business of two drivers getting out and exchanging names and car numbers. Then a bill came for repairs. The very next day the same thing occurred and another bill was received by the man whose brakes failed him in a pinch. The total cost to him was $16 and he was fortu- nate to escape at that. The day fol- lowing he took the car to a garage and had new brake linings attached. This cost him $9. What price negligence. KEEPING MENTALLY FIT BY JOSEPH Stimulation. Men need stimulations; they would arift into laziness without them. They acknowledge it of animals and decide that fleas are good for a dog, thereby rhaps confusing stimulation with ir- }-’x‘mm‘: The part of stimulation in the mental life is a large one, yet not as fundamental as the power to respond to it, without which all the stimulation in the world would be useless. Stimu- lation is the condition favorable to bringing out the power to respond. en you jingle & rattle, or swing a bright ball before an_ infant’s eyes, or dangle it on your knees, or toss it up in your arms, or poke it in the ribs, you are stimulating it to re- sponse. Since the infant's nervous tem is sensitive and easily tired and main business of early infancy is to sleep and lf:x‘nu‘]‘:w e it is easy to overs an infant; -4 . Some be- seek and find its own stimulation, others that it is well to encourage and hasten the process. In early childhood you supply a good deal of stimulation in addition to what the child finds by ioinz after it. There are pictures to look at, blocks to play with, songs to listen to, people to play with, and, most of all, talk and smiles and in time real language, the richest supply of stimulation. All occupation stimulates. Going out, shifting from place to place, travel—all that is stimulation under which the mind develops. It's all food for the hungry mind. Also there's the double stimulation of doing, of playing and providing your own stimulation to ac- tion. A sandpile is a stimulation; a twenties and the fifties. Somehow or other, the second decade is a formative period of life, while the fifth is the stabilizing period. Being a “shut-in” is a ses matter in the younger years, more or less a virtue in later life. The young must find a whole- some place among their fellows. The older “shut-ins” need not experiment with soclal variation. On the whole, a “shut-in” is a pes- simist. At least, he tends to become one. This attitude makes for a feel- ing of futility, creates inferiority com- plexes, leads to unwarranted suspicions, ceanrages repressions, discourages am- n. ‘While it is impossible to know much about any personality on short notice, there are some fairly good ways of identifying the “‘shut-ins.” They are quiet, conservative, cau- tious. They usually walk slowly, with long strides. They ask for time to con- sider even trivial propositions. They take plenty of time in making pur- chases, invest in only the most reliable stocks, figure profits to the penny, are barnyard or a cat or a dog a ftre- mendous and ever-changing one. Much of all this is emotional and social stim- ulation. With this as the source and content and mechanism of stimulation, we turn to its larger, its social organization. Perhaps the.largest contrast is that of city and country. Village life and cos- mopolitan life are psychologically miles apart in stimulation. To the city mind the village street seems dull and vacant and sleepy—nothing going on. In all tests city children excel coun- try children, but also the children of the well-to-do, the better situated classes, excel in intelligence those of the poorer districts. This directs at- tention to the quality of the stimulation. All stimulation has by no means the ;:‘rf\e value; some is good and some is Favorable stimulation encourages de- velopment. Slum life certainly lgrovides stimulation enough, but not the kind favorable to mental fitness in old or young. If village life runs the danger of too little stimulation, city life runs notorious for their incredulity. They | carry their change in purses, keep diaries, preserve receipts, insist upon reliable indorsement of all negotiable papers. When the “shut-in" to extremes recluse. you have the miser mfie SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. ‘Tommy say when you ruh a cat up ‘stead ob down, he ought to spark, but ‘iss one don't. Daddy say maybe he 89t & loose connection, BEAUTY CHATS Blotches. Never let a bad mark on the skin get 50 far that it reaches the surface. The best time to examine yourself closely is early in the morning as soon as you are up, before a bath, or breakfast, or face powder, or even a splash of cold water, has had a chance to stimulate your skin. If you pass an examination in zu.v:\: a state, you are all right for the y. Most likely you won't, unless you are in superb health, with a quite magnifi- cent digestion. You'll look rather out of sorts if you are just the usual early morning sort of person, until a hot cup of coffee or a tubful of hot water and & little running around the house has stirred _your blood and cleared your skin. By that time face powder will cover up the faint traces of imperfec- tions, and bynnwdday you'll be feeling e. bles. Well, I think a glass of some sort of fizzy salts would be a good idea. for most likely those under-the-skin red marks are liver or something of the sort, and these salt crystals are not only stimulating to an overworked or a lazy liver, they are also laxative. And they make mouth and breath clear and clean Or else drink two glasses of hot water Arst thing. Breakfast should be made a light meal—an egg and toast, coffee or grapefruit, toast and coffee. More water half way through the morning. Lunch, salad and toas then | quil lieye that the infant when ready will tio JASTROW. the greater danger of too much. Stim- ulation must all be shaded and graded; it is the great educational art. When we compare bright with dull children, we may be in doubt whether owe their superiority to their heredity or the stimulation of their environment; it is so apt to be both. Bright parents are more apt to have bright children, and bright rents stimulate their children favorably. 1f the brighter and more enterprising members of the population leave the country for the cities because they find it dull, this selection may account for much of the difference. ‘The difference is marked not only in the mass and content, but in the tempo of the stimulation; the city sets a differ- ent to mental activity. Now, this cherished American quality of speed may be overdone and .overvalued. It's the hurry even more than the bustle of the city life ‘that makes it strenuous, ite too strenuous at times. A little of that social pressure is useful stimula- n. Citles and sections differ much in the speed of living, especially living men- tally. Even in so simple a matter as making change, the difference counts; the entire transaction takes on a differ- ent pace. It is the alertness of mind, of which quickness is but one aspect, that betokcns mental fitness, kept fit by_proper stimulation. In brief, we all live, have the same elementary needs, satisfy them in much the same fashion, but have very different standards of living; and alert- ness of mind goes far to determine that standard. It sets the pace of our mental life; it reveals the rate and quality of our stimulation. For this so- clal standard of our community, our class, is the large factor in setting the pace at which we live and move and have our being; we keep up with the crowd. Social stimulation tells; but so does personal stimulation. Of a dozen teach- ers, one alone may be stimulating, though the others may drill and inform. And the same is true of preachers or speakers and many another calling. It is here that the quality of stimulation counts. ‘The difference between the dull and conventional and the stimulating mind is elusive but real; you can’t easily put your finger on the difference, but it is there. The masses depend for their stimulation on the leaders; but lead-rs and followers alike absorb by con- tagion the mass spirit of the mental life that sets the standard to which they conform. The social standard lifts them up or lets them down. The chief point is this: That any let-up in . the level of stimulation quickly tells. We all tend to slump un- less we are held to the mark. Hence the great service of a stimulating environ- ment and contact with stimulating minds. It is essential to mental Atness, BY EDNA KENT FORBES tea. Or three or four vegetables, nice and hot, on & plate, and weak tea or coffee, or a ccfge substitute. Not too much strong coffee, or the liver will act oddly again. But a little won't hurt. And by afternoon your skin will look well again and look well next morning. D. L.—Many women keep their skins cleared of superfluous hair by using the tweezers for all the conspicuous hairs, and either bleach the finer ones or let them alone. There is no reason for being consclous of these light and fine hairs, as they are not noticed, and may e{;:n give the effect of softness to the skin. B. A. N.—Try massaging the portions of your legs where they are too stout. Hoping—Advice above to “D, L. is also for you. And stop using the cream that you feel encourages this growth. 1f you do not know of a cream that you can us: and care to make one, send to me for a formula, including a self-ad- dressed, stamped envelope for mailing. — Cheese Toast With Bacon. Pan broll half a pound of bacon until rdelltlll;! bm'r'wc 'l";ll l‘lluce of our tablespoonfuls of con drippings, four tablespoonfuls of flour and two cupfuls of milk. Season with half a teaspoonful each of salt. papriza, table sauce if desired, and stir in two-thirds cupful of grated cheese. Cook for about two minutes, or until the chrese melted. Pour this over six slices of toast and place two or three slices of and butter and bacon on each slice of toast,