Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1929, Page 37

WOMAN'’S PAGE. MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE By 'MOLLIE MERRICK. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., January 24.— Hollywood has gone to the dogs. Where yesterday our people went in for fancy automobiles, weird clothes and quaint soclal customs, today they have added multitudinous types and colors of pups to the lists. Stars come to luncheon dragging topaz-eyed Schnauzers in their wake. Sit down carclessly in a movie's dress ing room and you'll probably flatten out a $3,000 Pekingese. Everybody gave everybody else a dog or dogs for Christ- | mas, so the housing problem has be- | come seriously complicated. And the studios! When leading men | and temperamental leading ladies arrive at the studio gate with several bow- ‘Wows in their train there is bound to be trouble ahead. Try to tell the artists their pets have to be left home, imme- ditely they become indispensable. Hence the installation of numerous studio checking rooms for dogs. Billy Hailnes drags a toy bulldog about with him wherever he goes. Van Dyke's big Irish setter occupies a large part of the space in one studio check room. Jo- sephine Dunn just won't be separated from her Scotty terrier. George K. Arthur is another Scotty enthusiast who likes his pal close at hand. Lew Cody |looking enough to be an actor. lobby of a Holly boy from the big city come to write it does so with zest. For the present the village is just dog enthusiastic— and try to change it! Constance Talmadge is giving the vil- lage as much trouble in her affairs of the heart as the Prince of Wales gives the world at large. Ever since she and Alastair McIntosh were divorced the corner grocery gang have insisted that the blond Talmadge must immediately settle her affections on a successor. It looked as though she had—in Townsend Netcher. He is supposed to have built an elaborate beach house in honor of his bride-to-be. Family was said to smile on the-coming nuptials. Peg Talmadge then gives out a New York interview which briefly catalogues fiances in that group with small chil- dren—"better seen than heard,” or something of the sort. And Norma -Talmadge returns to the village, politely refusing to discuss her sister’s affairs of the heart for her. Which sets the cracker barrel clique completely on ed| vandering about the 0od hotel. Another Sidney Howard smart dialogue for movies. He is good- After travels about with an English bulldog | hjs first three months in Movieland at heel, and Karl Dane is shadowed by an enormous German police hound. Marion Davies, it seems, bought dogs and pups as freely as Christmas cards and passed them around among her friends. They were patrician doggies, for this lady does nothing in any but the grand manner. Rumor says sound stage enthusiasts have been dreadfully lacking in good sportsmanship about the new fad. Now and then the accumulated howls of will he still be able to say “They knew what they wanted”? And from Bud, who has been imbib- ing ether in a great big way in a village hospital, comes this one, which I pass on to you: “‘Without benefit of clergy.’ Is the current Hollywood caption, But when they go after Charlie They always seek a Chaplin.” That’s why romance is so dear to the check room inmates penetrate even the | famous comedian. felt-padded walls of the new buildings. | But when Hollywgod takes on a fad (Copyright, 1929. by the North American ) Newspaper Alliance. WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO BY MEHRAN K. THOMSON., ‘The most obvious reason why we don't make a will is that we have nothing to leave. ‘This is not strictly true, because every cne has something; some, of course, a lot more than others. A great many people nevertheless do not care to 80 to the bother of drawing up a will unless they have a considerable estate and definite ideas as to what should be done with it. Some people are superstitious about making wills. They think that they will die immediately after the will is drawn. Others fear foul play at the hands of those who are to benefit by their death. Some fail to make their wills because they are afraid that their directions will not be carried out. Others prefer to let the common law settle affairs; still others have an understanding with the rightful heirs. A will is rendered unnecessary when the property is divided beforehand, as is sometimes done to avoid an inherit- ance tax. Some avoid the issue because they imagine that making a will is a trou- blesome affair, involving the services of & lawyer, etc. has cost them so much effort to se- cure. Life insurance takes care of the aver- age -estate and amounts to a will be- cause the beneficiary is usually named in the policy. (Copyright, 1929.) Villie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. THE EVENING WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. S. Patent Office. ‘When straw-rides were popular with the young folk, and a trip in a farm wagon to a nearby Maryland or Virginia resort gave us a thrill we will never forget? Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE'W. SPROWLS, Would you change your personality in one or more respects? If so, how would you go about it? Furst get the fundamentals of per- sonality straight. Then perhaps you may make out of yourself approximately what you like, ‘The “headhunters” who go about the country telling people what they are in terms of measurements and bumps are all wrong. The same can be put down for the handwriting experts and the vocational testers, Also throw into the scrap heap the other psychological charlatans who talk about a mysterious force which any one may release if only he takes their lessons and reads their books. All these things are ab- soluiely groundless, false and of no avail, Your personality is a gradual accu- mulation of habits. You have been gathering them up ever since you began adjusting yourself to your surroundings. Little by Jittle you have selected out of the many possible ways of respond- ing to situations the ones that give the results most satisfying to you, As you go along you make minor changes, depending on the general demands of environment and the general influence of others whom you imitate. These habits are linked together, so that they might be regarded as character trends. Trace them back to their beginning and you will find that they started in early childhood. Perhaps you will find a slight change in the trend at 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30. After that these habit trends or pat terns harden into real personality traits. Now to change your personality, you must start as carly as possible to change the habit patterns that are becoming fixed. What you can do about it de- pends on when you start, what sort of habits you select and how persistently STAR, WASHINGTON, KEEPING MENTALLY FIT . D. C, THURSDAY, BY JOSEPH JASTROW. Adjustment Clinic. I.am a soung woman in the eatly thirties, practically alone in New York, and am sorely in need of some advice. I would like to consult a b: but I know most professional f are exorbitant. I know about the clin- ics. but my courage fails me when I approach these places. T have not been employed for a long time, and cannot_seem to find an open- ing anywhere. 1 am fairly well edu- cated, have traveled a great deal and have ‘s knowledze of several languages. My tastes are inclined toward the ar- tistic and literary flelds. 1 would ap- preciate infinitely if you could recom- mend some one to me. I am willing to Py something for each Visit, "ol T would like to know if there is a free hospital for the functionally nervous. or could you recommend a doctor from some clinic on nervous disorders? 1 am mentally ill, and have not worked for ve years. M. K. I have 20 letters asking the same question asked by these two. If you were neither sick nor well, but handi- capped by all sorts of feelings of fear and anxiety and fatigue and listless- ness, quite enough to unfit you for work and make your days miserable, where would you go for aid? You are not a hospital case; you can't afford the large fees of specialists and prob- ably don't need their services; you shy at a public clinic if you feel that you won’t get there the personal considera- tion you deserve. You may be wrong, but that's how you feel. Considering that in a city of a mil- lion there may be a thousand such cases, our lack of provision for them 1s surprising and deplorable. Too sick to work and no place to go! You stay at home and brood on your troubles and get worse as your funds get low. In part, you need to be cured, but still more you need to be readjusted. Per- haps you have had a shock, an illness, a grief, a disappointment that was more than your sensitive nervous sy tem could endure. You were not shell- shocked, but misery-shocked. Naturally you grasp at every straw. You read those alluring advertisements in the magazines promising health, suc- cess, new Jife. You know that most of them are frauds, but here is one that sounds promising and you take a chance, waste time and money and draw a blank. Your friends tell you to cheer up and forget it, and look on you as a bit of a pretender or a quitter. You tell them that they don't know what hell is until they have lived your life. It isn't all your fault, and it is idle to discuss how much of it is. You need help. You can be brought back to your normal or near normal condition. You are worth saving. You are floundering and in despair, and there are thousands like you. There's some comfort in that. You shouldn't have to go far to find an adjustment clinic where your case can be considered wisely and sympathet- ically, and you should be willing to pay for the service. If you broke your leg, you'd be taken care of; but it isn't so easy to mend broken lives. You are for the time a mental cripple; you need time and peace and attention to get back to standing on your own legs. I can’t an- swer these letters as they should be answered until there are such clinics available. (Copyright, 1929.) THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Friday, January 25. Good and bad planetary aspects con- tend today, according to astrology, which finds in the stars menacing signs. ‘The morning is auspicious for pro- fessors, scientists and lawyers, for the sway quickens all the mental processes, 1t is believed. Aviators will benefit while this con- figuration prevails, but they should be cautious in making flights under this planetary government. Under this rule of the stars educa- tors and philosophers may be inclined to criticise world conditions and to see the worst instead of the best. It is head as a most unlucky day to seck employment, and foolhardy indeed is the employe who asks for an increase in compensation while these aspects have power. Labor may express discontent and make insistent demands under the in- fluence of this government of the stars. ‘Womien may be inclined to indulge in temperament and to be rather exact- ing in the family circle. They should exercise self-control until there is a more favorable sway. Hasty words and quick retorts are frequent under this rule, and for this reason men and women should think twice before they speak today. In legislative halls the sinister power of malefic aspects may be apparent in heated debates and captious speeches, Officeholders are subject to severe judgment at this time, when individual problems cause the people to envy what is termed success. ‘Theaters and those who play in them may look for surprising conditions that appear unfortunate but herald a period of great drama, the seers prophesy. Severe weather in many party of the country will interfere with many lines of business, it is prognosticated, but ultimately losses will be more than compensated, astrologers forecast. Persons whose birth date it is have JANUARY 24, 1929.' SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. ‘The principal, Mrs. Moor, comed ter kindergarter 'iss mornin’. Her was berry colimentry ter me—her said, “No trouble gittin' "at child to 'spress his persirality!” (Copyright, 1929 P ' . Delicious Apple Dessert. Pare and slice eight tart apples very thin and place them in a greased shal- low pan, sprinkling half a teaspoonful of cinnamon and one-fourth teaspoon- ful of nutmeg over the top. Pour one cupful of water over this. Work one cupful of sugar with half a cupful of shortening, three-fourths cupful of flour and a pinch of salt to the consistency of crumbs and pour over the top. Bake in a moderate oven for half an_ hour. This may be served hot or cold. If hot, it is delicious served with a fairy sauce of butter and sugar beaten to a cream and flavored or whipped cream can be p?ured over it. It is also good served plain, —_— the augury of a year of unusual ex- periences. Hasty decisions and ill-con- sidered actions should be steadfastly avoided. Courtship may be most unlucky. Children born on this day may be impulsive and difficult to guide, but ex- ceedingly talented in many ways. These subjects of Aquarius may make fame on the stage. They gain most quickly in foreign lands. FEATURES.,’ BEAUTY CHATS Meatless Diet. If you are having attacks of pimples, or any of the other formg of auto- intoxication causing different disorders in the system, try a meatless diet for a week or more. You may even extend it for a much longer period when you see what an improvement you will make in your condition. If you are suffering from any kind of blood trou- le, you will find a meatless diet of great benefit. It is even possible to re- duce on it or gain in weight, dependent upon what foods you substitute for it. If you need to reduce, carry out a vegetable diet, but be sparing with the starchiest of these. Take milk, or have some of your vegetables prepared with creamed sauces. Fish can be substi- tuted for the meat, or oysters and clams, and after you begin to return to the usual diet, add chicken or other fowl that are not fattening. If you wish to gain weight and also benefit from the dieting, substitute nuts, cream, butter and cheese for the meat. There are many nourishing com- binations that will build up weight and less taxing than the usual meat diet. me of these are spaghetti made with cheese and milk, cheese omeclets and cheese souffles. Ricé croquettes, Ital- ian_gnocchi, and mushrooms prepared with rich sauces from cream and but- ter. One of the latter dishes is made from mushrooms and trouffles cut fine, cooked in butter, and served with a thickened sauce of cream and cgg. This is_highly nutritive and easily assimilat- ed. A combination like this would be a substitute for a meat and make the latter unnecessary even if there was no intention of dieting. The benefit from this change in diet will be enormous, although there is no reason for going on with it after the system is again in good working order. Mrs. C.—The roughened places over your shoulders will smooth off very so0n if you use a bathbrush every day when taking your bath. Miss M. P.—Cocoa butter comes in small cakes, sold in the drug stores. Warm the surface of the cake slightly and rub it over the palm of the hand you use for the massaging. There is no. skill needed for massaging the calves of the legs, just knead the mus- cles until you feel the blood circulat- ing thoroughly. A. V. Z—Everything in the cream formula is good for the skin, either for cleansing, nourishing or healing. The only thing in it that could cause any unpleasantness would be the bor- ax; but that will not do it unless you treble the amount called for in the formula. The amount given in the formula is so small that it has no effect whatever except to secure an emulsion in case the person who is making it is careless and does not follow directions BY EDNA KENT FORBES about assembling the oils and water, If directions are followed there will g: a perfect cream, even without the Tax. Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. January 24, 1865—The Board of Al dermen, 11 of whom were present at today’s meeting, considered and passed favorably upon several projects for the laying of water mains, drain pipes and other city improvements. The chair was occupied by Mr. Lloyd in the ab- sence of the president of the board. The chairman laid before the board a communication from the chief of corporation policies, transmitting a statement of fines and forfeitures, amounting in the aggregate to $27,242.53, for the year 1864. The amount due for the last six months is in the hands of the city officers for col- lection. Mr. Noyes, from the ‘committee on public schools, reported with approval a bill for the establishment of two new primary schools in the second school district. The measure was adopted. Various other measures were disposed of before the board adjourned. A Richmond newspaper, received in this city today, contains the remarkable threat that the Monroe Doctrine will be invoked if aid is given the United States by Mexico, and then proceeds to declare, while incidentally opposing the rule of the Austrian Emperor Maxi- milian, that when the present Civil ‘War is over both Northern and South- ern armies will invade that country to drive out the European invader. This, many persons think, will furnish the Mexicans and their foreign rulers with something interesting to think about. The latest news from the South is that the Confederates are preparing to abandon Wilmington, N. C, in a few days. This news comes by telegraph by way of Gen. Grant's headquarters at City Point, Va. It indicates that they have blown up Forts Gaswell and Campbell and the workmen are aban- doning Smith Island. Maj. Webb, formerly commander of Col. Baker's California brigade, has just been appointed chief of staff for Gepn. Meade, in command of the Army of the Potomac. Forrest appeared again tonight as “Matamore,” at Ford's Theater, on Tenth street. This tragedian, will spend one more week in Washington in dif- ferent roles. COSMOPOLITAN FOR FEBRUARY IS NOW ON THE NEWS-STANDS Cosmopolitan presents this dazzling group of brilliant stories by famous authors . .. you keep up the practice of your chosen traits. Yes, it can be done. 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Co., Iac. old Maxwell House in Nashville, where this coffee was first introduced, pronounced it the finest they had ever tasted. “Good to the last drop,” one of them called it, draining his cup with keen relish. They wanted it to serve in their own homes; they spread its fame abroad, until Maxwell House Coffee has become the best known and the most popular coffee in the whole United States. «The Old Colonel,” as he is known to his friends, has reason to be proud of the achievement of his youth. Today, from coast to coast, Maxwell House is the fine coffee preferred by America’s leading host- esses, served daily in millions of Amer- ica’s foremost homes. It is pleasing more critical coffee drinkers than any other coffee ever offered for sale. You will want your own family to enjoy every day this particularly richand mellow coffee. You will want it to serve to your guests. Your grocer has Maxwell House Coffee in the blue-wrapped tin sealed to preserve all its fine fragrance and flavor, absolutely Courtery of Horase Liverighs THEODORE DREISER 00€ At last, a man has told the #ruth about love. He has done it in a novel which is honest. Honest about what attracts man to woman,what goes on in the man’s mind while he loves, what when he is un- faithful to his love. Honest to an extent that no man ever before has been even in a talk with his closest friend. Only a man who had the rugged sort of courage that could survive the suppression of a novel like “Sister Carrie” and forge on undaunted to the fame that came with “An American Tragedy” could have done it. The novel is called «This Madness,” and in it Theodore Dreiser reveals the impulses and the results of love with a V. /& 0 combined with mopo A CLASS MAGAZINE WITH candor that will surprise you, may shock you, but will so impress you that you'll never forget it. “This Madness” begins (as a serial) in February ‘Cos- mopolitan which is now on sale. eavsts International Itan MORE THAN 1,600,000 CIRCULATIO lock Holmes, turns to science for one of the most thrilling stories you have ever read, 0.0. McINTYRE laments the passing of the strictly he-man barber shop. SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS’ charming char- acters, Ipsydoodle Smith and his protégée Connie, in “The Flagrant Years.” 'OWLAND proves that women have a sense of humor in her amusing article,“I Wish I Were a Man.” S. S. VAN DINE, who wrote “The Canary Murder Case,” etc., tells of a gruesome murder in Vienna. AMELIA EARBART answers the question “Is it safe for you to fly?” BLASCO IBANEZ wrote “Unknown Lands” just before he died. The fourth instalment of this novel of romance and swift passions appears this month. GLUYAS WILLIAMS will delight you with his cartoon of the line-up outside a public telephone booth. IRVINS. COBB, the American prince of story= tellers, has an exciting tale to tell of a west-~ ern bad man and a city yegg who rob a bank. They hate each other. One must die. Which does? SHIRLEY WARDE tells us about Joan and her best friend’s husband in “A Girl Who Played Fair.” y WILLIAM MacHARG, in “Why Smart Men Write Silly Letters,” reveals why men feel foolish when their love notes are read to twelve strangers. REX BEACH'S “Son of the Gods” is a fasci~ nating story of a gentleman who became a renegade. RUPERT HUGHES discloses what really goes on behind studio doors in “Naked Truth.” SIR PHILIP GIBBS’ “The Lover of Her Dreams,” a royal romance in the days of Queen Victoria. P.C. WREN, who wrote “Beau Geste” and “Beau Sabreur,” chooses a new theme for his story, “Geisha Girl”—a flower of Japan picked up from the mud. CAPTAIN JOHN W. THOMASON, Jr., knows all about marines. He tells the love story of one of them in “Greater Than Hate.” E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM will intrigue you with “The Master Cheat of Monte Carlo.” THE EARL OF BIRKENHEAD takes a start- ling, prophetic look into the future. “One Hundred Years from Now,” a forecast of the world of your children’s children. EDGAR LEE MASTERS, who wrote “Spoon River Anthology,” draws for us a vivid pen picture in his poem, “The Open Door.” EUGENE MANLOVE RHODES, one of the two living writers that knew the great South- west in the brave old days, has an interest- ing story to tell in “Trail’s End.” ROYAL BROWN delightfully narrates the story of a young man who worked for a week as a laborer in a tire factory and had almost decided to get a job as a bond sales- man . .. when Penelope interfered. FORREST WILSON relates the amusing ro= {r{vanse .?f a practical man- in “Widow’s eeds. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM, who spends half his life searching for the unusual, tells of a strange encounter with “A Derelict.” ROY DEVEREUX writes the story of a sur- geon who learns a woman’s secret. Later he recognizes his son’s fiancée as that same woman. How she meets the situation is interestingly told in “What Is White?”