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WOMAN'S PAGE.’ Christmas Gree tings to Readers BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. Merry Christmas. That is what T am Wwishing all the readers of this home department. It is the one place in the ‘whole paper where this greeting seems ‘ WHEN AN UNWISE PERSON DISIL- LUSIONS A CHILD ABOUT SANTA CLAUS, IT TAKES A MOTHER'S LOVING CARE TO BRING BACK AGAIN THE SMILES AND THE HAPPINESS TO THE WEE TOT. most appropriate, for Christmas is such a wonderful home day. Christmas Eve is more the time for outside festivities. ‘Then it is that houses are aglow with for the bustle of taking gifts about and welcoming the friends who bring them to one’s own home. That is a time for Christmas is more than this. It is 2 home celebration as well as a church festival, and the merriment that goes on within the household is the happiest of home occasions. The families where there are chil- one looked forward to from the time | they are big enough to listen to that classic: “"Twas the night before Christmas ‘When all through the house Not a creature was stirring, Not even a mouse, ete.” Every year the day grows more im- pressive, until that miserable one when the myth of Santa Claus is lost to them. Later on when the understanding of maturity comes, these same folk can again return to the belief in it, not as an actuality, but as a beautiful legend. 1t is the years between that are robbed of the beauty by disillusionment, Par- ents have only to look back on these years to appreciate the truth of this unhappy situation. So let the children have their won- derful ideas about Santa Claus. Soon enough will these become strangely in- termixed with the realization that | somehow or other Daddy and Mother |are in league with this merriest of all | merry personages. If only they can gradually drift from one thought to the other as the years go by and never have a sudden shock of disillusionment, Christmas will always be the merrier. In maturity there is to some persons a sort of resentment that they could not have been allowed to keep to their be- lief longer than they did. But whether there are children in the family or whether all are adults there is a glorious side to the day that can be enjoyed. Homes are made happier by its very coming. It blazes a trail and the light shines down through the com- ing months. Such a wonderful festival is indeed one to hail as Merry Christ- mas. (Copyright, 1928.) DAILY DIET RECIPE VEAL ROLL. Veal cutlet, one pound; boiled ham, two slices; minced onion, two teaspoons. SERVES FOUR PORTIONS. Have cutlet cut thin. Place lean boiled ham on this and cover with onion. Roll up and fasten with skewers or tie in shape. Place in baking pan and bake in moderate oven about 40 min- utes. o DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes protein and a |, little fat. Some small amount of lime and vitamins A and B pres- ent. Can be eaten by normal adults of average or under candlelighted windows, with brilliantly lighted trees for all to come and admire, The Daily 1 Attitude. 5 Unit of weight. 10 Consign. h. 16 Wrap in a shroud. 17 Equine. 18 More modern. 19 Persian poet. 20 Members of the lowest class at ‘West Point. 22 Naval. 24 Above. 26 Heap. 27 Roll of meat covered with pastry and fried. 30 Allure. 34 Poem. 35 Observe, 36 Combining form meaning new. 37 Pelt. 38. Peg. 39 Anger. 40 Space of time. 41 Record of ship's voyage. 44 Wonder. 47 Things, in law. 48 Endurance. 50 Dejection. 52 Eternally. gs. 61 Ore depsit. 62 Species of lyric poem. 66 Mountains in Russia. 67 Kind of molding. 68 Anon. 69 Care for. 70 Go by. 71 Large floating masses of loose ice. 72 Over again. Down. 1 Pageantry. 2 Elliptical. 3 Dry. 4 Gloomy place through which souls pass to Hades: Greek mythology. 5 Solace. 6 Metric measure of area. 7-New. 8 Corroded. 9 White ant. 10 One who keeps tally. 11 Prefix meaning half. 12 Persia 13 Father, in French. 21 An epic. 23 Low female voice. 25 Born, 26 Kitchen utensil. 27 Ties. ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZL ‘weight. Cross Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1928.) 41 Exit. 42 Indefinited article. 43 Fish. 44 Snake. 45 Those who bemoan. 46 Girl's name. 49 Fiays. 51 Cloudlike mass. 54 Mess. 55 Roman garment. 56 Date in Roman calendar. 58 Ireland. 59 A color. 60 Killed. 63 Chum. 64 Combining form, meaning ear. 65 River in Great Britain. Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. I Spirit of a Nation. | _‘The spirit of a nation is known by the mental attitudes of the majority of its subjects. Looking at this proposition along broad general lines, two kinds of atti- tudes tell the story: extravert attitudes and introvert attitudes. These and these alone account for that indefinite thing called the spirit of a nation. An extravert is, of course, one whose interests fluctuate around the things that can be seen. An introvert is one whose interests are centered upon the unseen. The extravert delights in exhi- bition, promotes practical achievements, The introvert keeps out of the lime- light, cares nothing for practical achievement. If now we proceed to determine what the spirit of America is, our problem will resolve itself into an_ analysis of the population along the Jine of atti- tudes. Which is the dominant attitude? Everything points to the extravert. America has been in the pioneering |game from the start. This called for self-assertion. The self-centered intro- verts broke down under the strain of going out to clear a forest or in plan- ning ways and means for getting the people to work together in the up- 1lding of an empire. America calls for the go-getter, rather than for the reamer. Everything is valued in terms fof practical achievement. ‘The celebration at Kitty Hawk, N. C., last week in honor of the Wright broth- ers occasioned the recalling of a bit of history that typifies the spirit of Amer- ica. On December 18, 1903, the Wrights made a successful flight. The reporter on the ground at that time had a hard time getting the newspapers to accept 'his story. “We don’t want any such jwild cock-and-bull stories,” was its re- ception by one editor. And so Reporter Moore modified his story :g read “it is e | | reported,” “it is stated, 3 ‘Why this skepticism? The idea of a heavier-than-air craft was too moment- ous to be accepted on the authority of a single newspaper reporter. Moreover, it flew in the face of the practicality f the American mind, excitement as well as good cheer, but | dren are indeed blessed. Today is the | {is well established between the formal THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., The STYLE POST is the marker on the road to being smart The Flare. The vogue of borrowing and lending and informal mode of the season. The informal sport dress borrows formaliz- ing details, and likewise the formal ma- terials take to themselves informal lines. Here is a distinctly dress coat, for ex- ample (from Paquin), which follows the sports mode in a_flare-from-the-shoul- der silhouette. The voluminous krim- mer collar may be worn in shawl effect or high around the neck. (Copyright, 1928.) NANCY PAGE The Zero Hour May Be a Pleasant Hour BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Christmas morning is always excit- ing. So is the dinner hour. But late | in the afternoon, before it is time for tea, is the zero hour. The children are tired from overexcitement. The grown- ups are feeling the strain of the past | few weeks. Few, indeed, are the homes which pass the hours from 4 to 6 with- out a few cross words being spoken. Aunt Nancy had a scheme which work- ed well. She found a large piece of canton flannel in white. Then she found scraps in blue, red, green and yellow. From these she cut crude out- lines of toys. On the large piece of flannel she drew an outline of a con- ventionalized Christmas tree. Then she mixed up all the little pieces and put them in a box. She asked Joan to hand them to her one at a tiv.c. She placed each one on the tree, using the flat of her hand. The nap of the goods held the piece in place and almost before she knew it she had a tree trimmed or hung with @ll sorts of canton flannel ornaments and toys. After the tree was trimmed once she took off the pieces and put | them on again in different order. This | kept Joan interested for a while. Tater | Uncle Peter gathered his adored niece in his arms and sat beside th: real Christmas tree while he read her a simple little Christmas tale. And be- fore they knew it, it was tea time and no one had been scolded and no cne had cried. Child care calls for eternal vigilance and the application of psychole Write to Nancy Page. care of this paper, inclosing & stamped, seif-addressed envelope, asking for her leafiet on “Child Care.” (Copyright, 1028.) Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. December 25, 1861.—Despite the dis- tracted condition of the Nation, due to the Civil War, this was the quietést and most orderly Christmas known in many years in the National Capital. Credit is due chiefly to the mounted guard, which was detailed for special service by the provost marshal, and to the Metropolitan Police Force. Both of these agencies exerted them- selves to the utmost to maintain order in a city that is overflowing with soldiers, mahy of whom are the rawest of raw recruits, and with strangers of every description, many of whom have records that would not stand a very close scrutiny, to put it mildly. These “hangers-on,” who seem always to be attracted by any large gathering for purposes of gain, have flocked to Washington since the war began in large numbers, and ‘have given the au- thorities no little worry and some actual trouble on occasion. -In addition to this class of men and women here these days it is a well known fact that the city is filled with persors who strongly sympathize with the Sowghern Con- federacy in this conflict, including some who are believed to be sending, or en- deavoring to send, information about military matters to the Richmond gov- | ernment—or, in plain words, acting as spies. pBecnuse of the state of the Nation this display of “open-house” hospitality is not as general this year as it has been on previous Christmas days in Washington. To this fact may be at- tributed in some measure, it is believed, the lesser number of accidents and ar- rests today than on most former Christ- mas days. At the various Army camps the day was appropriately observed in various ways. The soldiers from New England, where Christmas is not given so much prominence as a holiday as it is in the Middle States, were more quiet in their observance of the anniversary. There was much hilarity and “old-time Christ- mas spirit,” however, in the camps of soldiers from the Middle States, and especially among those of foreign birth —for Christmas is regarded as the greatest holiday of the whole year in most foreign nations. The two companies of the provost guard quartered on Massachusetts ave- nue between Sixth and Seventh streets northwest were treated to an excellent { our private matters together. DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX How to Deal With a Daughter-in-Law Who Wants to Monopolize Her Husband—Is Love Worth More Than Comfort? DEAR MISS DIX: My daughter-in-law seems to have the idea that when my son married her he ceased to belong to his own family, and especially that he should treat me as formally as if I were an utter stranger. He is not allowed to come in and hug mother’s neck and kiss her and scream out: “Gosh, mother, I got another raise today,” because his wife considers that his business affairs are none of mother's business. Nor must he ask me what I paid for a new car, or where I am going for the Summer, or any personal questions, because his wife considers that my affairs are none of his business. This is not only ridiculous, but irritating to_me, because while I do not live with my son or interfere in any way in his life, I don’t see why we can’t discuss Nobody wants to sit up and talk about the weather, or the political situation, or some such impersonal topic with her children. ) My sons-in-law do not feel this way about family conversations. No subjects are taboo with them. They tell me everything, and ask me everything, and I do not hesitate even to offer them advice. What shall I do about this daughter- in-law? Give up talking to my son, or go along and ignore her censorship? MOTHER-IN-LAW. Answer: Deal with a fool according to her folly. The more you give in to narrow, silly, prejudiced people, the more tyrannical they become. Doubtless your son is so henpecked by his silly wife that he dares not call his soul his own, and he is afraid to speak lest he should say something that will bring down a lecture upon him. You, however, are under no such inhibition, so go along and treat your boy as you have always treated him, and talk to him as freely as you have always talked to him. Heaven knows your son needs your sympathy, for there is nothing else in the world so pitiful as a man who is afraid of his wife, and who doesn't dare to show any affection for his mother, or even to talk to her naturally when his wife is in earshot. How any man with an inch of backbone or a drop of red blood in his veins can let himself be terrorized into a state of such craven submission that he denies the woman who bore him, and who has devoted her life to him and whom he secretly adores, is past comprehension. ‘We see many such poor creatures. I have known prosperous men whose wives did not permit them to help their poor old mothers. I have known wives who would not let their husbands visit their mothers, and I know plenty of wives who will no more let their husbands have a private word with their mothers than they would with a vamp. Of course, if your son had any spunk, when his wife told him that it wasn’t | any of your business what he did, or his business what you did, he would tell her that it wasn’t any of her business to edit the conversation between a mother and her son, but he will never have the nerve to do it, and you can't do it without making a bad matter worse. All that you can do is simply to ignore her restrictions and refuse to delete your communications with your son. Ask him all the questions you want to, and tell him all the little personal things about yourself, and in that way you will l;eefp broken down the wall of icy reserve that his wife is trying to build ween you. Of course, it is jealousy that is at the bottom of his wife’s attitude toward you. She is one of the possessive women who cannot endure the thought that her husband has any interest in any other human being but herself. She wants to monopolize his every thought, his every interest, his every confidence. She wants him to belong, body and soul, exclusively to her and, if she could, she would separate him entirely from his family and blot out every memory and association of his past life, and make it a blank up to the time he married her. Such a woman cannot endure the thought that a man loves his mother, and she is never big enough to understand that the affection a man gives his wife and that which he gives to his mother are two entirely different things that do not conflict with each other. She cannot bear to share him with his mother. She resents the affection that he has for his brothers and sisters and his old friends, and when they begin to reminisce about youthful joys and pranks, she begins to yawn, or else silences them with some caustic criticism. She is too selfish and narrow ever to understand that the man who has no appreciation of his mother’s selfless devotion to him, and who can be weaned away from his loyalty to her, has nothing fine or strong or steadfast in his nature that will hold him true to his wife, or that the man who is insensible to the tie of blood, and who feels no bond betweén him and the sisters and brothers with whom he has grown up, is one upon whom all family ties will set lightly. So the woman who tries to separate her husband from his family works her own undoing. She destroys his sense of loyalty, and she engendersyin him a smoldering resentment against her tyranny that kills his respect and love for her. DOROTHY DIX. DR DEAR DOROTHY DIX: Should a girl marry a man she loves even if he can- ot give her as good a home as she already has? DOUBTFUL DOTTY. Answer: Depends upon how much she loves t values sentiment above physical comfort. bt B e AL If a girl really loves a man, she is not so much concerned about of his purse as the state of his heart. She doesn’t ask how much mnne‘yh;:t:a: give her, but how much love. She would rather live on bread and cheese and kisses with him than to be fed on terrapin and champagne by another, and she ‘would forsake a palace to go and live in a hovel with him, Of course, a girl, no matter how much in love she is, shoul consider whether the man she is going to marry can make a decent 'illv;x?}px:f 5 family, but that is to preserve their love and secure their happiness, because love fiies out of the window if the bill collector is perpetually knocking on the door, and because there can be no peace and contentment in a home unless there is a fix;eeuzlh:h;l E;nsr}‘h adml roodt in the ::upbgar%. Also because & woman cannot long e does not respect, and she cannot re: X enough get-up-and-go about him to make a living. BT Beyond asking that the man furnish her with a modest should not consider money and what the man can give he‘l)'dln c:g:g:e:c;fi!;ls‘l;l Nor should she ask that her young husband support her in the style to which she has been accustomed. It has probably taken her father 30 years to make enough money to give his family a fine house and luxuries, and no boy just starting out in business has that earning capacity. So, if a girl loves & man as she should, she ought illing the bottom with him to work and save with him, &‘t‘i he;g lbl.jmwbulld hfi‘}:”t‘fln‘efi The sacrifices they make for each other will bind them together. i P DOROTHY DIX. D]:AR MISS DIX: The young man I am engaged to objects to my using paint and lipstick and says that he will not marry me as long as I use them. Would you advise me about this as you would your own child? T Y Answer: Well, if T had a daughter who was confronted wif infi:‘o%figse“;}:: :A;; “"g:ug;ger:lfl you don’t l&ve this you:h :et{ler“:‘}llrlnp r;;)tlleglo‘ 3 n't mean more to you thar better give him up, for, believe me, when you ae Teally i oy i yoos had that giving yo\nl “5‘ r‘:t.": up cosmetics is much of a sacrifice to lay at the feet of the man However, I should also say to her: “Daughter, straws show which way the wind blows. This thing of your boy friend's deman n}lke-up is a small matter in itself, but it lndlu';ndég:tt::tw,fi’lumh.u t%‘: {oh‘al; ; uy her or her, garbage can to see how thick she i“” the potatoes, mdh‘:hnmvgm.e%ph'; ;l:- reading for her. — ": So I would & long time before I gave up my lipstick who valued my kisses, no matter if th DOROTHY DIX. i “I would rather marry a man were flavored with grease paint.” (Copyright, 1928.) MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Coiffure for Slender Face. Dear Miss Leeds: (1) I am letting Christmas dinner this afternoon by their commanding officer. Gen. McClellan is rapidly recovering from his illness and it was authorita- tively stated today that he will soon be Back in the saddle, my hair grow and it is between my shoulders and jaws. rather wavy. My face is long and slender. How can I dress my hair? (2) I am 14 years old and weigh 103 pounds and am 5 feet 6 inches tall. How can I get more shape into my legs? How can I get more color in my cheeks? (3) How can I make my eye- lashes grow? L R. M. Answer—(1) Part your hair in the middle all the way back to the nape of your neck. Encourage the natural wave with water-waving combs; make the ends into little round curls. Comb the hair back and fasten it with two small barrettes at the back of the neck. Train the small strand of hair in front of each ear to curl on your cheek, but allow the lobes of your ears to show beneath your hair. If your forehead is high you may wear bangs. (2) You are very much too thin. You should weigh about 122 pounds for your age and height. No wonder your legs are shapeless. You must build up your weight nearer to normal and then your limbs will have graceful lines. The paleness of your cheeks is also due to excessive underweight. Drink a of milk each day in ition to nourishing meals. Sleep 10 hours each night. Be outdoors in the fresh air and sunshine about two hours a day at least. (3) Apply white vaseline to the lashes every night. LOIS LEEDS. ’ Flabby Calves. Dear ‘Miss Leeds: The calves of my legs are large and flabby, although I t is black and | o0 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1928 WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. S. Patent Office. When Jim Keenan knocked out Bill Nally for the District championship in a savage battle at old Odd Fellows’ Hall on Eighth street southeast? MOTHERS A Borrowed Errand Boy. One mother says: One day when my son whined and repeated numerous excuSes why he could not possibly do an errand for me, I calmly said: “Oh, very well,” and proceeded to find a neighbor lad who was free and glad to be of service. Of ! course, there was a bit or remembrance for the new errand boy, and my own son at his important game saw the pres- entation and heard the hearty way in which the other boy declared he was pleased to help me out. This lesson was far more beneficial than if I had forced the errand on my boy. Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “Pug says it ain’t right to say your prayers in bed, but it don’t do no good to pray if your teeth are rattlin’ so nobody can tell what you're sayin'.” (Copyright. 1928.) THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Wednesday, December 26. Good and evil aspects contend, ac- cording to astrology. The moon is in adverse aspect to Uranus and to the sun until noon. There may be a strong feeling that the morning after overbalances the Jjoys of holiday feasting, but this should not be harbored, for later benefic influ- ences gain power. Diplomacy and tact should be exer- cised while this configuration prevails and it is best not to pass judgment or express opinions. Although the planetary government is not favorable to constructive ideas or plans, there is fairly good promise for those who desire to push business matters. Merchants and manufacturers should take account of stock and make plans for the profitable year which is close high? I am|to them. How can I reduce RENGE, FLO Answer—TIt is not uncommon for thin girls to have large legs. If you develop the rest of your body your legs will not Seem too , however. If the calves are not more than 14 inches around I would not worry about them. To make the leg muscles firm and well knit, take a four or five mile hike every day. When_ hiking wear comfortable shoes with flat heels no higher than one and one-quarter inches. When you do not intend to do much walking or standing you may wear the higher heels, which are dressier. Vigorous kicking and knee-bending exerc are also good for the calf muscles. Do heel-raising exer- cises and skipping. LOIS LEEDS, Pains in the Legs. Dear Miss Leeds: I have been suf- fering with pains in my legs. They feel s though they have been badly bruised and are slightly swollen. What do you advise? SALLY P. Answer—You should see a doctor about these pains. They may be caused by a number of different conditions. You should have a thorough physical examination to ascertain the cause. cannot give advice on medical subjects, but urge you not to ne[l:g!tsh(s trouble. ‘Weight and Measurements. Dear Miss Leeds: Please tell me what are the correct weight and other meas- urements for a 16-year-old girl who is 5 feet 2 inches tall. A. B. Answer—The average weight for your age and height is 113 pounds. This does not mean that all girls of this age and height must weigh the same and measure the same in order to be nor- mal. If you happen to be more heavily built than the average, that is, if your bones and musicles are large, it is per- fectly natural for you to weigh more than 113 pounds. If you have an ex- ceptionally slight figure with small bones, your weight and measurements should be less than the average. Here good measurements for the average girl: Neck, 12%; bust and hl?l. 2; waist, 25; thigh, 19; calf, 13; ankle, 7%. LOIS LEEDS. (Copyright, 1928.) 1 3 There is a sign seeming to promise pleasure from social entertainments. Dinners, balls and receptions are under fortunate rule. The sway is not auspicious for sign- ing contracts or agreements of any sort. It is well not to be hasty in entering into any compact that is binding for the new year. Under this direction of the stars the seers warn that dealings with rela- tives may be especially regrettable. It is well not to discuss family matters. Even the Christmas spirit may not suf- fice for harmony. Girls may be restless, difficult to please and exacting while the planetary government continues. It is not a time when one can point out faults to one’s fiancee. A disposition to criticize friends and to assert unpopular views should be curbed, even though the stars encourage frank expression of opinion. In the coming year there will be un- usual interest in occult studies, it is prophesied, and astrology will enlist many converts. Again cults of many sorts will flourish, for in the turning away from material things humanity will seek whatever seems to reveal the spirit. Persons whose birth date it is may find in the new year that fate brings them marvelous experiences. Many will reach turning points in their lives. Children born on that day may have strange natures that puzzle parents. These subjects of Capricorn are capable of great extremes of action and may reach the highest or the lowest levels of experience. e Gopyrisht, 1028 - Veal and Oysters. Cut in dice enough cold cooked veal |to fill a pint measure, add a pint of solid oysters, and put both into a deep pan with a fourth of a cupful of but- . Cook until the veal is brown and the gills of the oysters are crinkle then season to taste with salt, paprika spoonfuls of flour, and when smooth and celery seed. Stir in two table- add a cupful of cream, four drops of tabasco sauce and two_tablespoonfuls of sherry flavoring. Cook until hot through, and serve on slices of toast, garnished with sliced hard-cooked eggs. FEATURES The Sidewalks of Washington BY THORNTON FISHER. Christmas day, 1928. By the time these lines reach the reader the won- der, mystery and expectations of Christ- mas will have reached their climax. Only a few hours ago significant looking packages were stowed away from prying eyes and itching digits and there was a universal air of suppressed excitement. But now the truth is known. For those to whom Christmas is the season for the “gimmies” there may be poignant disappointments. Father, whose taste in cravates runs to black and other subdued hues, is caressing & multi- colored creation of brillant beauty and elaborate de- sign. He is prob- ably wondering what to do with the other five pairs of slippers he re- ceived. Mother is undoubtedly pleas- ed with the new fur coat, for she had the wisdom to purchase her own present. What rel- atives and friends, with well meaning intentions, even though distorted judgment, gave her is something else again. So far as the kids are concerned they got pretty nearly everything they “sought, with divers and sundry additions. And the Christmas cards! Why is it we always receive from five to fifty more than we send? Folks we never dreamed would do it are inspired by something we wot not to send us greetings. Not that we fail to appreciate it, but if they had only let us know. Oh, well, we will send them New Year cards. Then there are the hand-drawn and personally designed greetings. The artist may have spent as much as a half hour on each individual missive of good wishes. How can we ever get even with him or her? Christmas is like that and we enjoy it not one whit less. FATHER (S CARESSING * ok k¥ The other night we heard two men tell of an accident they had seen. The first one sald: “Two cars smashed to- gether at Blank and Dash streets last night. One man was scratched up a bit and a fender bent.” The second described the same accident as fol- lows: “I was walking down Blank street and just as I got to Dash—or maybe it was Griff street—no, it was Blank strest—I remember because there is a fire alarm box at Dash street—well, anyway, I was on my way to a cigar store—no, I think it was the grocery store—anyway, I noticed a car speed- ing along. There is a stop signal at the corner —no, I may be wrong—1I don't think there is a stop sign there— well, anyway, just as the car gets to Dash street—one car was driving through Blank street—they both blow, at least one of them did, and then they smash up. The one going down Dash street was knocked against & lamp. no, it was a paper rack. whole right fender was torn off—par- don me, it was his left fender—I re- gneer:bcr because the license tag was nt. One of the drivers had his mose scratched—or maybe it was his cheek. I couldn’t tell very well because there was a car pulled up in front of me just as I was about to get closer. While 1 was standing there a woman came up and says, “What seems to be the mat- ter” I says, “Two cars seem to have hit each other.” She says, “Yes, it seems so.” I says, “It seems as if acci- dents will happen.” “Yes,” says she, “it certainly seems so.” She was a woman aboyt 40 years old. She may have been 50—you know how some people hold their age. Sometimes they stand hold- ing it too long. Well, anyway, I says to her, “The accident is no affair of mine, and she laughed. Just as I am about to leave the scene one of the drivers, &s nervous as a hound dog, says, “Did you witness the negligence of that other fellow.” I says, “I sure did. The way he smacked you and knocked you into the lamp-post or paper rack—or maybe it was the fireplug was a crime.” He says, “But that's not my car on the curb. I knocked him there. Would you mind giving me your card or name?” I told him I didn't have a card as I had given my last one away last Tuesday or Wednesday, but did he have a pencil T'd write it on the back of an envelope. Well, I didn't have an envelope, so 1 wrote it on a cigarette package. My hand was so cold I could hardly write He says, “Have a cigar?” But I says, “No, I was on my way to the cigar store and if it was all the same to him he could keep it.” | Then a cop came up from the third precinct or fourth precinct and he takes the names and numbers of the victims. He was a short, little d cop and officious— that is, he wanted to boss things. Well, anyways, the crowd breaks up: then a wrecking truck comes and tows away the car that was smashed against the fire hydrant.” We leave it to the reader which of the two narrators is the more popular with his friends. vy Six days in the week he drives a car for a socially prominent Washington family. He was explaining to the man- ager of a garage that he didn't work on Sundays. “That's my day of rest and I give it to the family,” said he. “Well, what do you do with yourself on Sunday?” inquired the genial garage man. “Oh, I take my family out driv- ing,” he replied. WE TOOK THE NAMES. KEEPING MENTALLY FIT BY JOSEPH JASTROW. A Soul in Conflict. T have deep faith that your explana- tion of my case will help to guide my mind. do I wish the death of the persons I mostly love? - Why the D ure in suffering? My reputation is of an extraordinary good-he s -hea. T is is untrue. P me, anc not these things is far more unpleasant 0 me than missing them myscll. My sensitiveness has no limit. I am ¢ scious of destroying all the time, fear while walking to kill . 1 ean orly have interest in the kind of food which has the less unpleasant associa- tion: there is even a consideration for . I have worked in many I nothing helds my interest. o, duty, but I am really absolutely in: tive I also feel always lost. I felt thus as a child, too, all the time. I wish to know myself ‘and not feel that I am constantly insincere. But how can I do it if, experiencing a sensation or holding an’ opinion, I simultaneously t_the c . $0_strong that ‘where 1 am? I more and more, I believe I ought I am 25 ines; my ¢ and_the thing to do is to commit suicide. years old, have no home. conventional morals. o is the reason of my condition. e, “Fleuss help me out of this chaos. me. Please help me out o XENIA F. Reply. If this letter had a full signature and address, I should have preferred to base my reply upon a fuller knowl- edge of the personality of the writer. All I can attempt is to indicate the setting for these conditicns, which are bafing and distressing. Freud holds that this state of mind is so common that it applies a little to all of us; that frequently what we consciously do and think is in flat contradiction to what we really feel. He holds that we are frequently moved both ways, and only when the con- flict _becomes acute are we aware of it. We suppress what we don’t want to believe and try to convince our- selves that it isn’t there. ‘This suppressed tendency comes out in a dream; for in our dreams we do not suppress. Hence his insistence upon having his patients telling their dreams, and his readiness to find in them just such tendencies to injure those dear to them which is the source of the conflict. He calls it ambival- ence”; by that he means that every tendency to love intensely carries with it a bit of tendency to hate and de- stroy. (Sadism and perversions may be thus explained.) It wouldn't be safe for any one to reveal all his or her thought; the record would be too terrible for the reputation of humanity. Freud finds the source of mental disturbance is unsolved conflict, possibly or probably in the field of sex. Other mind doctors place the main emphasis on the feeling of unreality, basing this in turn on a deep-seated emotional apathy or absence of real emotion. Again in Freudian vein, as what one professes is often precisely what one lacks (this is called a de- fense reaation), the statement that “my sensitiveness has no limits” be- trays the underlying fact that it is shallow. Wishing to care and with a strong drive to care, there is even a stronger resistance, or coldness. The My Neighbor Says: polish that has hardened may be softened with turpentine. ‘When white insects appear on the leaves of your house plants wash plans thoroughtly with water in which a plece of whale oil soap has been dissolved. Never serve creamed soups with o dinner if creamed vegetables or fish are to be served at the same meal. Steam left-over fruit cake and serve as a pudding, with hard sauce. To clean a spot on a satin gown cover the discolored part with French chalk and brush well with a stiff brush. ATWOOD GRAPEFRUIT TREE-RIPENED WHOLESOME DELICIOUS patient blows hot and cold at the same time. The latter is the more authentic, is the deeper emotion. All this may apply to this case, and it may not. The two views are not wholly in- compatible. There may be a real apathy and a Freudian element in its cxpression. The only advice one can give is to have the situation thorough- ly examined by one who is expert in just such cases. All this may sound pretty deep and involved to the many readers with perfectly normal minds and untroubled emotions, who have no such conflicts and can’t understand how anybody can be Sso “queer.” Fortunately, this is the normal lot, yel it will do no harm for all of us to know that there are such cases, and that they may exist among our friends and we know nothing of it all. It is just such cases as have given rise to the practice of psychoanalysis—a tech- nique to find out what at bottom you My of th live to X of these persons live 0ok back upon such a period (for it is a youthful malady) as a bad dream, from whioh they have awakened to a sense of reality and of freedom. They change their minds and remain very well satisfled with the change. (Coyright, 1928.) BRAIN TESTS Pair these letter groups according to the number of letters in each one. For example, if group B contains 23 let- ters, you will find another group that also contains 23 letters. Each group has its mate. Two minutes in the time limit. That is an important factor. It means that you will have to gauge the groups by comparison—not by actual count. Letter groups: A AA : AAAAA AAAAA BBB RS > BBBBB w L a w w» Qa w wW> » Qaq y wWrPp w Qaaq Qaaq -] o o o Q @ =T g Q8w Q L] QIQ gy 090 mum i Answers to t! 0SS OF SLEEP Baby Had Red Spots on Face. 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