Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1929, Page 21

WOMAN'S PAGE.' Waste Closet Space Made Useful BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. STEPS WITH ONE TREAD OR THREE MAKE THE TOPMOST SPACES IN A CLOSET The space at the top of a closet is Just as valuable as that lower down when it comes to a capacity for holding things. It is often left totally unused because it s so inaccessible. Since there are ways of making this space easily accessible, it is a great mistake to allow it to be empty; that is, unless the home maker has all the closet room she can use without it. Few have, how- ever. If the closet has shelves, they can be continued to the top of the closet, spacing them to suit the articles they are to hold. To make them within easy reach, steps will be needed. There are many kinds of steps that can be had for just such purposes. One style consists of a single tread with a raised bar to grab hold of when getting up or down. To further guard against one’s slipping when using the step the tread Villie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN, “Mrs. Brown was mad at us about her baby, but we had to black it up to use it in our show, an’ we didn't have nothin’ but stove polish.” (Copyright, 1929.) 1. Possessing acumen. 7. Above, 11. Man’s name, . City in Illinois. . Molten rock. . Head covering. A French acre. . Influence from past deeds. . Deer. . Take food. . A small bird. . With a cupola. . Beats. . Vapor. . Shady places. . Speak in public. . Mound of stones. . Stitch. . Discharge. . Your own. . Margin, . Weight, . Demon. . Began to disappear. . Scotch seaport. . Social celebrities. (o ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE | E The Daily Cross Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1929.) AS ACCESSIBLE AS THOSE LOWER DOWN. is covered with rubber. The raised bar also serves as a handle by which the simple contrivance can be carried about or lifted from one part of the closet to another. An empty soap box can be made into such a simple step with grab rail. If the ceiling is high, there are other styles of steps that have several treads like a stepladder. One of these shows two- steps beneath a third, all equally distant from one another. This con- trivance is as wide as the top step, no wider. Each step slides into place with a spring arrangement of heavy metal when the steps are closed. The steps drop cnto the floor absolutely firm and steady when opened. The tgpmost box on the topmost shelf of a figh closet can be reached by a person standing on such steps when opened. When closed the steps take very little room. It the room at the top of a closet is wanted for garment hangers, it is s simple matter to have a rod fixer with pulleys so that it can be raised and lowered without any effort except locsening a cord or gently pulling it. A clothes closet so fitted out with such a rod and extra hangers can be made to hold twice the number of garments possible otherwise. (Copyright, 1929.) My Neighbor Says: If lemons are put in the oven and heated a few minutes before they are squeezed, more juice will be obtained from them. Adhesive tape or a strip of cot- ton moistened with white of egg and placed over a crack in a win- dow will keep the glass in position until it can be repaired. Ravel an old silk stocking and use the silk to darn with. This can be done if when buying stock- ings you select two pairs of the same color. ‘To make meringue for pud- dings, drop prepared meringue from a tablespoon into a shallow ran of boiling water and brown it. When it is browned lift it with a perforated ladle and place on pudding. . Part of the verb to be. . Breathes, . Supple, . Grain. . Meat. - Line of mean barometric pressure. . Crooked. . Whirl. \ . Makes glad. Down, Box. Famous man, Lasso. Before. Fascinating. An admitted truth, High mountain, Edible root. Crushed. .{un of a horse’s leg. 0 one_side. . Norse legends. Sq be it. 9. Cast. . Informed against. . Fruit, Drawn off gradually. . Easy-going. . Musical selection, . Obtain by labor. . Place where books are made up. . Pit for fodder, 5. Paradise, . Unites. . Meddled. 39, Averred. . Stealthy. . To make smooth. . South African village. . Clip closely. . Pleasant to eat. . Pertaining to the winds. . To rejoice; coll. . Without life. . Ecclesiastical title, . To spring up, . Mistakes, Cunning. THE EVEN Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. The Old Man. Experimental psychology is demolish- ing one foolish notion after another, es- pecially pet notions about the mental nature of human beings, both men and women. Tp take an example. Since the late Worid War there has been a lot of talk about the “young man's age.” Since “the boys” fought in Flanders and else- where, making “the world safe for democracy,” there has been a tendency to give them the keys to everything, to endow them with powers they could not and do not possess. ‘The glories of war tend to exalt the inglories of peace. Judgment about the judgmental ~abilities of young men, their capacity to learn, their leadership, etc, underwent during the last decade a general confusion with ability to with- stand physical hardship, Psychologically speaking, there never has been a young man’s age, nor is there likely to be. Every age has been an “old man's age” and every age to come will be the same. It stands to veason that nothing save experience, and that extending over a relatively long period of time, can really equip a man’s mind for the business of making the better adjustments to life—i. e., in the long run. No man is at his best in the 30s, al- though there are a lot of good and wise men of that age. You will find more and better men, so far as mental abili- tles go, somewhere in the 60s, and even later. All this despite the ravages of general physical incapacities and of death. Experimental psychology has proven beyond all doubt that the average man at 45 is just as plastic mentally as his son of 15. They learn the languages just as readily, and if anything, a little better. Such psychological facts mean something; the mind does not harden with the arteries; nor does it get twist- ed merely because its possessor develops curvature of the spine. The older man needs a little defense these days. A few years hence he will need none. Incidentally, if you want to ruin a good business turn it over to the half-baked boy who has just graduated from some university. Radical notions, unwarranted expectations and vaulting ambition can never take the place of sober philosophy and conservative esti- mates of how the old world is likely to wag. Gray hairs, or perhaps none at all, should be respected. (Copyrizht, 1929.) Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. Here is a little household “pup” that has the very best disposition in the world. He will stand for almost any- thing in the way of hard use, and just keep right on smiling in that serenc | manner. For, you see, he is only made of wood. If the little tot, who glories in dirty litite hands and has as an alibi the | ———— ) height of the wash bowl and not being allowed to stand on mother's chairs, could have this, he or she would be Ppy. This little pup will stand perfectly still in front of the wash bowl and allow any little boy or girl to stand on his back as long as desired, so that little hands, faces and teeth may be cleaned. He has an oilcloth skin and his face, feet and tail are painted. And he likes to be carried by his tail, for it is just the shape to grasp easily and lift him by. The wood may be painted pink, blue, ivory or any desired color, and with S0 many attractive oilcloths on the market today it would not be difficuit to find something very appropriate in the way of patterns for any child. (Copyright, 1929.) THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Sunday, January 27. Benefic aspects will rule tomorrow, according to astrology, which proclaims as active the most harmonious and stimulating planetary influences. They who stay close at home, jour- neying only to churches or to the homes of friends, should benefit from this direction of the stars. The rule favors the clergy and all intellectual leaders, who should find the public responsive to appeals to the higher aspiration. Churches should benefit financially tomorrow, when there is forecast for the public the sort of sympathy with good living that inspires gendrous gifts for charity or philanthropies. There is much promise for writers, and letters should be peculiarly effec- tive in bringing together the thoughts of friends. Lovers who desire speedy marriage are believed to be well directed under this government of the stars, which seems to promise increased incomes and improved conditions for men who assume domestic responsibilities. Women may incline toward coquetry and even deceit, but they will make little impression except through sin- cerity and truthfulness, the secrs warn, There is a sign read as auspicious for evening gatherings, especially where relatives or old friends assemble. Warning is given by astrologers that the Winter will bring for persons in moderate circumstances many tempta- tions to live beyond their incomes. Speculation by men and women who should never risk money will prove disastrous in many cases, it is foretold, In the stars are read indications that gambling as well as speculation will en-~ gage many persons who sacrifice their substance to the god of chance. Persons whose birth date it is have the augury of much gain through se- cret and unexpected channels. Favors will be bestowed on many whose bene- factors will remain unknown, the seers prophesy. Unusual interest in spiritual and even occult subjects is indicated. Children born on that day probably will hold exalted ideals of life, and will enjoy successful careers. These sub- jects of Aquarius are usually placid in nature and interested in intellectual or spiritual things. Authors are born un- der this sign of Aquarius, (Copyright, 1929.) Pork Chops in Casserole. For this you will need four pork chops, four medium-sized potatoes, one tablespoonful of flour, one and cne- half cupfuls of milk, one teablespoonful of butter, and salt and pepper. Place a layer of the potatoes, sliced, in a buttered casserole and season. Dredge lightly with flour and dot with bits of butter. Repeat. Bring the milk to the scalding point and pour over the potatoes. Place the chops on top and season. Place in a rathor hot oven and bake until the potatoes are tender and the chops are well cooked and broway G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 96, 1929, DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX How to Break Off Undesirable Match—I1elping Girl to Find Happiness—Conflict Between Duty and Desire. DEAR MISS DIX: You say in a recent artigle that the way to brc';xk n:( an 'S is by the use of diplomacy. Will you explain how? undesirable match is by the ip] AN Ao Answer: On the theory that an ounce of experience is worth a ton of theory, I will cite some cases that I have known in which parents have prevented their children from making matches that they knew would inevitably end in misery and divorce. Furthermore, they alienated their youngsters from the objects of their temporary infatuation so deftly and painlessly that they never knew that mother and father had a hand in it and attributed their escape to their own good sense and judgment. As exhibit A I present for your consideration the case of Mrs, B. Mrs. B.'s daughter was madly in love with a fascinating youth addicted to drink, and the foolish girl felt that it would be romantic and wonderful to reform him by marrying him. Mrs. B. pointed out in vain to her daughter the dangers and difficulties of a woman trying to make a Keely cure of herself. Also that the prescription seldom worked. And when this failed she sent her daughter to visit in a home in which the husband came home soused about five nights a week. ‘What argument had failed to accomplish, the object lesson did. Seen at close range, the role of the drunkard's wife was not appealing, and it didn't take the girl long to decide that she wouldn't care to sit up night after night waiting for the drag of a stumbling footstep and that there was nothing romantic about helping a maudlin, intoxicated man who was bleary-eyed, and dirty, and repulsive to get to bed, where he could sleep off his stupor. The next exhibit is Mrs. C., who tried pretty much the same tactics upon her daughter, who was enamored of one of these temperamental geniuses who spend their time trying to find themselves, instead of hunting a job, and | who cannot bring themselves to do any such sordid thing as real work. So Mrs. C. sent her daughter to visit in a home where the wife took in boarders to support an able-bodied husband who loafed and invited his soul. Sally C., not being an utter fool even if she was in love, was warned in time to save herself from becoming a meal ticket to a male parasite, The next exhibit is Mrs. D., whose daughter Maud was stumbling into a love affair with a chap who was all right morally, but who had a hateful, cantankerous disposition, and who was a good deal of a tightwad. One of tha steadics, you know, who never spend a nickel on a girl if they can help it; who spend their evenings camped on a girl's chairs listening in on the radio; who think it so much nicer to eat her mother’s good dinners than take her out to a restaurant, and who make the kind of husbands who snoop in the ice box, and ask their wives what they did with the quarter they gave them week before last. * .So Mrs. D. got busy, and every time she sat down for a little chat with the youlh with a Yale lock on his pocketbook she would casually and artlessly mention something about how much money it took to support a girl in these days, and how fond Maud was of fine clothes, and how many dresses and hats she had, and how much silk stockings and crepe de chine lingerie cost. The effect was magical. The close-fisted one had no idea of letting himself in for an extravagant wife. He simply faded out of the picture, and Maud doesn’t know to this day why he so suddenly cooled off. Then there was Mrs. E., whose son fell in love with a pretty little Dumb Dora who rolled her eyes at him and asked him fool questions, and who didn’t have two ideas in her head to rub together. The boy was clever, highly educated, fond of reading, and the mother knew that they would be utterly uncongenial, and have nothing in common. She didn't waste any time and effort trying to explain this to her son, however. Instead, she invited the girl to spend a month with them at their Summer place, and she left her son to entertain her. She gave the boy undiluted doses of the girl's society, and in a week he was so bored that he cut short his vacation and fled from her as he would from a pest. And s0 on, and so on, in endless variation, Oh, there are lots of ways of killing a cat, except by choking it on butter, x° D DOROTHY DIX. DEAR DOROTHY DIX: What, oh, what, is wrong with me? life in a happy way. And why? have nothing to be miserable about. worth while, 1 I can't take I am only 15, but I 'am miserable, yet I Nothing interests me. Nothing seems Can you suggest any remedy for my trouble? TIRED OF LIFE. Answer: Sure. Nothing easier. All that ails you is just being 15, and all that you need to do is just to let nature take its course, and in a year or two you will outgrow the morbidness that is nearly always a feature of adolescence. . Besides, 15 is about the most uncomfortable age there is for a girl. Itisa time of life when she doesn't fit in anywhere, when she is neither child nor woman, but an antagonistic blend of the two that keeps her own soul in a state of turmoil and confusion, and that makes her a terror to her family, It is a time when it is hard for her to amuse herself because she is too old to play dolls and not old enough to have dates, and when neither the children nor the grown-ups want her as a companion. So, unless her family is able and | wise enough to send her off to school among other 15-year-olders, she is apt to be lonesome and bored, as you are. Yet the way to happiness and to make life worth while when you are 15, or 55, or any other age is the same. In consists in thinking as little about yourself as possible and as much about other people as you can. You can always find misery if you hunt for it. trouble if you ask for it. There is No man or woman so fortunately situated that he or she can’t make himself or herself utterly wretched by dwelling on the distllusions and disappointments of life, and on the contrary there are none of us who cannot find something to make whoopee about if we would only count our blessings. You can always borrow The real secret of happiness is to be found in unselfishness, If you will get busy trying to be a litile ray of sunshine in your home and doing things lor your mother and father and sisters and brothers, you will find a meaning to life, and no longer be miserlble.' DOROTHY DIX. . EAR MISS DIX: I am a college graduate and am earning a good salary. I had to borrow the money to pay for my education and it will take me about three years to %ny it back. Now, I am in love with a very dear girl and would like to marry her, but refrain from asking her on account of the debt. What shall I do? CHARLES. Answer: Tell the girl that you love her, but that you cannot marry her until this debt is paid. If she loves you she.will not mind waiting three years. I strongly object to long engagements that have to drag on interminably, but it is a different matter when there is a definite time limit, as in your case, that you can probably reduce by putting in extra effort. Don't marry, however, until you have paid back the money that was advanced to you on no other guarantee than some one’s faith in your integrity and manhood. If there is any debt of honor on earth, it is that, and if you DOROTHY DIX. default on it you are the most contemptible of welchers, (Copyright, 1929.) MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Coiffure for Small Face. Pimples and Boils. Dear Miss Leeds: (1) I have a small, round, fat face, a medium-sized nose and a rather large mouth. I have de- cided to let my hair grow, as short hair would make my face look larger. At present I wear most of my hair pushed behind my ears and the rest of it curled around my face. Can you suggest a more becoming colffure for me? (2) T tried a new kind of soap re- cently, and when I looked at myself an hour after using it my skin was chap- ped. Was this due to the soap? -« (3) Iam taking treatments for tuber- culosis. my halr is getting gray. "I pull out the gray hairs, but more seem to come. My hair has been growing for eight months. Do you think it would help it to bob it I am only 19 years old, but again? MRS. G. Answer—(1) Your problem is to make your head look longer. To do so yon must keep your hair off your forehead and have it waved on top, so that it will stand away from the crown instead of lying flat against it. Divide your front hair into a large central section and two side pieces of equal size. Give the cen- ter piece a good brushing back and front, put in a few deep waves and mat the undersurface a little. Draw this middle section of hair diagonally back to the left, keeping it off the forehead except for a little dip or wave at the left corner of the fore- head. Wave the side sections of hair and bring them forward on the cheeks to give a more slender effect. Arrange the back in a French twist. (2) The soap may have been too strong for your skin or you may have failed to rinse it off well or dry it thor- oughly. (3) The premature graying seems to be due to your health. " As that im- roves you may. hope to have better hair. Massage your scalp every day. Give it a warm-oil treatment once a week. Be very careful to use only pure Castile soap for your shampoo. Do not pull out the hairs if there are many, 1 do not think that bobbing will check the graymg. g!. )l:;wev:‘:b youl;‘hl::; has many split ends, have them c 5 . LOISLE!LDB. Dear Miss Leeds: What is the general cause of pimples and small boils? I am 17 years old, 5 feet 3 inches tall and weigh 112 pounds. I was not troubled with these blemishes until last Sum- mer. MARY LOU. Answer—You are six pounds below the average weight for your age and height. This underweight may indicate a poor physical condition which is the underlying cause of the blemishes. Your diet is probably at fault. Lemonade is a good thing to take if there is a tendency toward bolls; drink a glassful the first thing in the morning. During the day drink six ghassfuls of water between meals. Eat raw salads twice a day. Eat plenty of spinach and other succulent vegetables and fruits, Avoid candy, rich pastries, téa and cof- fee. Be very careful to avoid constipa- tion. Exercise outdoors every day for an hour or two at least. If the condition does not respond to these treatments, see a doctor. Of course, you must have a well balanced diet, including bread, milk, protein foods and starches, as well as the other items I have mentioned. LOIS LEEDS. Underweight. Dear Miss Leeds: I am 27 years old, 5 feet 5 inches tall and weigh 110 pounds. I am flat-chested. What should T weigh? RICHMOND. Answer—The average weight for your age and height is 131 pounds. You should have a doctor's advice, as it is Emb&bly some form of ill health that is eeping you thin. Do deep-breathing and arm-flinging exercises to_develop your chest. LOIS LEEDS, JABBY “I haven't got any college degrees, but at least I can tell a mechanical rabbit from a live one.” NANCY PAGE Joan Can Curtsy and Greet a Guest Easily BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Aunt Nancy always felt that she was fortunate in having so tractable a niece as little Joan. Guests com- mented on her nice little manners and asked Nancy how she ever had trained Joan. And Aunt Nancy had to admit that Joan was just naturally a man- nerly child. “Of course, she has been ‘exposed’ to good manners ever since she was born,” all the grown-ups would say. And there was much truth in that. Please, thank you, were spoken as a matter of course in the Page household. Voices were kept low. No one ever screamed at the child and told her to mind, and consequently Joan did not scream back. Nancy had learned that a child is a wonderful mirror of a grown-up. One day she was tired and spoke sharply to Joan when the child did not respond at her first call. Joan's face had just as many frowns as her aunt’s; her voice was just as sharp when she said, “I'm coming, can't you wait a minute?” From that time on her aunt tried to speak as she would be spoken to. She set an example to Joan in other ways. When company came Joan was taught to greet them with a quiet “Good afternon, Mrs. Smith.” She did not hang unto her aunt’s skirts and shyly peep around while the company coazed her to show herself. Aunt Nancy had taught her to curtsy. After greeting the guest and staying for a few moments she was ready to go and play. To curtsy she stood with both feet on the floor, moved the right di- rectly back of left so that right toe touched left heel. Then she bent both knees slightly, keeping them together as she bent them. It was a gracious little act easily learned and practiced. Nancy knows other things about chil- dren. “Writs to her, care of this paper, in- closing a_stamped, 'self-addressed enveiope, asking for her leaflet on Child Care. " MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Young Exchvators. One mother says: My boys spent hours, day after day, digging deep holes and hiding bits of crockery, broken dolls, and bottles with scribbled inscriptions in_them, to be dug up next Summer. Finally it oc- curred to me what a splendid “ground- work” this might be for a real study of archeology. So I procured the sim- plest books possible on the subject, filled with pictures, and during an early eve- ning heur we have readings aloud about this most fascinating occupation. Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. January 26, 1856.—There was much interest and a very large audience, composed mostly of women, tonight to hear Dr. Sayer lecture on the “absurdi- ties” of modern women's fashions. The affair took place in Temperance Hall, where it seems to have become a cus- tom that all performances shall begin either with a total disappearance of the gaslight or continue with such a feeble, flickering glare as scarcely to make “darkness visible.” ‘Two tallow candles—40 to the pound —were substituted and by these the doctor endeavored to read her lecture. She took it all very coolly, however, go- ing on a while with her lecture and then stopping to snuff a candle. But by the time one was attended to the snuff cn_the other had grown an inch and a half, so there was plenty for her to do besides lecture. She remarked that if her lecture was better than the gas the audience would be much edified. There was great curiosity to see the doctor. She is a fine “gontlemanly” looking person and there was a gen- eral murmur of admiration when she made her first appearance. She pro- ceeded to deliver her lecture in a clear, strong voice, and the way she lashed the “follies of fashion and showed up the absurdities of long, dabbling skirts, whalebone hoops™ and similar articles of that class “was a caution to the modern mantua makers,” as one of her hearers expressed it. She showed no mercy to those mem- bers of her own sex who “nourished their sickly sensibilities upon idleness, charcoal and chalk,” and she spoke in anything but a respectful manner of such things as cosmetics and rouge. She referred to the women of Greece as “strong-minded women” of the sort who had temples and monuments raised to them. She insisted that the women of today are so “shackled by fashion that they scarcely dare call their souls their own, less it should become un- fashionable to have souls.” ‘The lecture was received with con- tinuous and hearty applause, but it was surmised from remarks made by some of her hearers afterward that very few of them would profit by it. In 1086, William ordered a survey and valuation of the whole kingdom outside of London. The people calied the com- pilation the Domesday Book, or Dooms= day Book, for, like the day of doom, it left out no one, “not a rcod of land, a peasant’s hut: not an ox, cow, pig, or even a hive of bees escaped.” The book still exists, < FEATURES.” Brimmed hats are timidly making their appearance in shop windows. Fairly wide brims have been predicted for Spring and Summer and many women welcome the prediction with open arms, being convinced that the very closely fashioned brimless hat is | decidedly trying. But so long as weather requires or permits the fur- collared coat, so long as women wear fur collars with street frocks or suits, the closely-fitting hat, brimless in effect if not in fact, will remain with us. The brimless, close-fitting hat was really a necessity with fur collars when women dropped the graceless fashion of wearing hats perched on top of a padded pompadour. The hat held itself aloof in those days and was high above the highest collar. ‘The crowns of all hats still keep the sculptured line, whether they come down over the brows or not. Reboux has launched a number of intriguing hats or caps that rise upward at the back to reveal curls of half-grown hair, kb;ut dcven these are closely fitted to the ead. There really is no excuse for wearing an unbecoming hat this season, nor will there be in the season to come, There is an_endless variety of ways in which the small draped hat may be molded to the head and just as wide variety in the way the close-fitting skullcap may be cut across brows and ears. Even with the rather severe brimmed felt sports hat the narrow brim is seldom regular. It is wider in one place than another or may be cut entirely away in certain places. And all these variations in | the procedure of the really expert milli- ner are made to suit the demands of face and feature of the women for whom they are intended. ‘The hat shown in the sketch is curved roundly down over the forehead in a Wide Brims Predicted for Spring BY MARY MARSHALL. 21 A NEW BLACK FELT HAT CUT WITH A POINT OVER THE FORE- HEAD AND A FEATHER ORNAMENT AT THE LEFT SIDE. It is with a thrill of pleasure, I con- fess, that I offer this week's home dress- making help, because I feel sure that you will find it helpful. It shows how to make one of the smart new evening wraps, made entirely from a square of material, without a slash or a cut in the entire material—just a few pairs of snappers and a tie string here and there to give it shape and security. If you do not need a new evening wrap, then I suggest that you use the diagram for a new lounging robe or a beach wrap. It is such a tricky sort of pattern that I am sure you won't want to pass it up. So send me that stamped, self- way that is admirable for the girl who finds the bare forehead effect too trying. The Sidewalks Two of the country’s best known radio performers, who recently passed through the city, told the writer that during the four years they have been appearing before the microphone they have sung 2,000 different songs and pulled 4,000 gags. They have also as a team made something like 500 me- chanical records. * kK ok ‘The tendency today of professional people is to segregate themselves in buildings devoted to the exclusive use of their particular professions. There is one office building used by theatrical and musical folks in which a sign is conspicuously posted. It reads, “Brass i band rehearsals strictly prohibited.” * oK ok x A hotel employe says that a guest, evidently from the country, engaged a room in his hotel and brought with him an alarm clock, which he placed on a table by the bed. He didn't know that the telephone operator, upon re- quest, would awaken him at a given | hour. * koK ok According to reliable information, one of the most popular “air announcers” receives an annual income of $50,000 for personal appearances alone. His literary output is also a source of profit. His engagements are booked months ahead. * Kk K % It is refreshing to find young fellows today who have the foresight and de- termination to gaze into the future and the vigor to pursue their ambitions. One of them, a young lawyer, is per- fecting plans to run for Congress. He is ,card indexing the people of his dis- trict and will soon have the history of every voter and potential voter for im- mediate reference. Even Tony, the bootblack, and Tony's family are filed away, It may be four or six years be- fore the young chap tosses his chapeau into the ring and when he does it will land with a clatter. foE ot The announcement has just been made that the voice of the late Dr. Steinmetz, _electrical wizard, will be heard in the “talkies.” Dr. Steinmetz died several years ago. ! “We are just beginning to realize, uine and permanent value the sound HOLLYWOOD, Calif,, January 26.— The unexpected has happened so often in Movieland of late that only the con- ventional thing is surprising. Conrad Veidt, three months ago the prize of the studios, is out on his par- ticular lot with a perfectly good blank contract in his hand, and every one in the business that once was pantomime is looking right over his head listening for a voice. No better actor ever came out of Europe than Veidt. The roles he has enacted here have made cinema his- tory. He bought a lovely home, had a beach and palm trees installed at his swimming pool, and even in Hollywood, where they are accustomed to live up to the last nickel of their credit, that is a gorgeous extravagance. Lars Hansen simply returned to his native land and to the traditions and standards of its stage when Hollywood tried to rubber-stamp him in its genial way. }};ln.sen wanted to act, not collect a of 103 degrees. When he decided that he went back there, and is making version of “The Strange Interlude” his own language. Hansen is one of the handsomest men who ever came to this country to act in the cinemas, but he thought little of himself and much of his calling and turned his shoulder on movies before they turned on him. s Dialogue has been abandoned in the Vilma Banky picture. It “is not con- sidered practical for the star,” and if that explanation isn't on a par with “just because” or any feminine excuse you can think of at the moment, I don’t know what it is. The story was that of a Hungarian girl who comes to America and is a waitress in a New York quick-lunch Jjoint. The exigencies of the role ar- ranged for Vilma's Hungarian accent. a in said a Washington scientist, “what gen- | is MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE BY MOLLIE MERRICK. {salary and drive about town in a motor | that looked as if it had a temperature | all the acting was being done in Europe | addressed envelope of yours and I will send it to you pronto! of Washington BY THORNTON FISHER. picture has. Not long ago millions of Americans not only saw but listened to King Alfonso of Spain. Generations to come will be permitted to hear the voices of the world's greatest men of our day. The preserving for posterity of the personalities of history makers will turn centuries into minutes. “What a thrill it would be if we could hear and sce Patrick Henry make his immortal address ‘in person.’ The syn- chronization of gesture and voice of those long since passed away will prove an inestimable inspiration to those for- tunate enough to hear them. Imagine the school children of 2029 listening to and seeing President Coolidge. And yet we are only tugging at the fringe of possibilities. The day is hastening when America may sit at its fireside and hear and see the premier of England and other European statesmen. The thought is tremendous.” * K ok % A young woman who has been starring in a theatrical production is a local girl. We mean she actually is. It used to be the custom of some actors to proclaim s to t@eir audiences that they were local boys or girls. If, for example, they were playing Chi- cago, they would announce that they had been reared on the North Side. If they were working in Pittsburgh, of course they were from East Liberty or Knoxville. The customers soon be= came “wise” to these sympathy seekers who sought to evoke applause for the “home talent.” Meritorious performances do not require such meth- ods to obtain an ovation. * ok %k Even some cities have publicity men, In fact, it is an unenterprising munici= pality that does not employ one these days. An “advance agent” for a large Southern city is in town, doing his stuff. He is a skilled ballyhooer. His stock in trade is climate, waterways, railroads, social advantages and factory sites. He on his way East to tell the world about his town. FOLKS, IM A night Laura Hope Crews, with her arm about Norma Talmadge, whom she is grooming to face the microphones. A little later Conrad Nagel, very pink and round, registering good fellowship over a sandwich and a cup of coffee. Mr. Nagel's hair may be receding, but his popularity goes on apace. He is one of the head-of-the-class boys who roll their eyes and speak their lines with equal ease. Producers cry for him. His moustaches were waxed daintily and he wore a tiny white feather—a I:\;ee little mite of a thing—in his hat- nd. “Isn’t that house adorable!” he piped in a well bred tenor. “Just as cute as a hairpin!™ (Copyright. 1929. by the North American Newspaper Alliance.) — — Flaky Pastry. Add a pinch of sugar and a pinch of salt to half a pound of flour. Mix the white of an egg with a little lemon Juice and a little cold water and add enough gradually to the flour mixture to make a stiff dough. Roll the dough out and cover with small pieces of butter. Fold up and roll out several times until half a pound of butter is used. Set aside to cool. Roll out for the last time and cut into rounds, fill with the mixture, and cover with pastry. Brush over with beaten egg and a sprinkling of sugar, and bake in a quick- oven. WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD, Registered U. S. Patent Office. But producers didn’t stop to think that in surrounding her with a cast of peo- ple trained to talk they threw her voice into the discard. She sounded inef- fectual and stilted. So another of the good old silent variety will be given the public. Fatty Arbuckle, strolling through the lobby of a local hotel, is no longer either very fat or very funny. He looks like a middle-aged proprietor of a delicatessen store who has pulled off his linen apron and cap, thrust them out of sight be- hind the counter, slicked his hair down with cold water, and hurried out to meet the big drummer from the city. Sophie Tucker in the elevator with a nice, comfy pair of felt slippers and a plaid steamer coat thrust about her choulders, her broad, genial face show- ing no signs of scars from the recent beautifying operation which made her eligible for talkies. ‘This girl, with Al Jolson, mml, will break the records on tal ple- tures. Hers is as vivid a personality as his. Fannie Brice, priceless on the stage, gets over in her talkie pictures in izolated spots only. And in the same hotel on the same S When the grocer stuck a potato on the spout of the oil can and nearly everybody traded “by the book"?