Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1929, Page 60

WOMAN'’S PAGE.’ DIET AND HEALT BY LULU HUNT PETERS, M. D. Physical Examinations, “1. What effect does ground flax- seed have when a teaspoonful of it . is taken each night before retiring—is there any danger of its becoming habit forming? 2. What effect does it have on an acid stomach? 3. What amount of calories and what vitamins are there in it? MRS. 8." 1. Flaxseed in water gives up a muci- + laginous substance and it furnishes bulk, 80 is good for constipation. No, , it is not habit forming. 2. It would depend upon the cause of your acid stomach. You must have a physical examination and find out the cause of that. 3. The calories and vitamins are prob- ably the same as in most wholesome cereals. (I don't find it listed in any of my textbooks.) So the calories would be 1 small cup to the 100 C; the vitamin content would be the same as other whole grains— some vitamin A, the growth vitamin, and some vitamin B, the anti-neuritic vitamin. “There ars creams on the market that claim they will reduce fat in spots. Is there any truth in this? What are thyroids? Are they dangerous? “GIRL OF FOURTEEN." There is no cream that is reducing except to the pocketbook, dear Girl of Fourteen. If you are overweight, you can cut down on your breads, sweets and oily foods and reduce a little. Don't cut down on your growth foods—your milk, vegetables and fruits—and have a lit- The thyrold is the gland in the front of the neck and you notice it only when it is enlarged, and then it |is known as a goiter. 1t is one of the |internal secretory or ductless glands, and a very important one, for it has |a good deal to do with regulating | growth and proper functioning. You probably meant thyrold medication when you asked if thyroids are danger- ous? ~ Yes, thyroid medicines, unless there is an undersecretion of the thy- roid, and even then, are dangerous un- less supervised by a competent physi- clan. Thyroid is frequently an ingre- dient of patent reducing medicines, and they may cause a great deal of harm. S.—After a heart has been damaged by infections and poisoning such as from nicotine, it may take some time before it is restored to normal. You should not be discouraged, S. Naturally, you should be under the supervision of a physician, who will direct your medi- | cation and your exercises. if you have | reached the stags where you can take | them, | Mrs. H—The trouble with your gall bladder, which you say the X-ray dis- closes, may be the cause of your hives, for hives may be caused by any dis- turbance along the intestinal tract, as well as by sensitization to certain foods. | Students Steal Fire Truck. One day Great Bend, Pa., missed its fire truck. It was found that three stu- dents from Susquehanna had taken it tle meat, fish or eggs or cheese, daily. The Daily Cross Word Puzzle (Coprright, 1. Small vials. 7. Evil spirit. 12, Formed like a spear. 14. Word of honor. 15. Humiliated. 16. Proxies. 17. Beseech. 18. A fine plaster. 20. Without tare or tret. 21. Mistakes. 23. Cradle. 24. Merchandise. 25, Kind of grass used for paper. 31. Implied. 13. College society; col. 34, Masculine name. 35. Adage. 38. Yokel; eol. 39. Hawailan foodstuff. 40 Duets. 42. Wrath. 43. Title of respect. 46. Seed. 47, Reflect. 49. Nautical fete, 51. Rank. to their town as a prank. Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. February 28, 1865.—The ‘“magic wheel” by which many citizens are made into soldiers or required to fu:- nish substitutes was in operation in the District of Columbla again today at *he office of the Board of Enroliment at the corner of Eighteenth and I streets. The drawing today was for the second, third and fourth subdistricts, or city wards. It was not generally known that the drawing was to take place and few persons were present. The drawing began with the second ward, where the total enrollment is 2,052. The cards containing the names of these men were placed in the wheel, which was frequently turned by John A. McIntyre. ‘The cards wers drawn by Pvt. E. Adams of the Tth Veterans' Re- serve Corps, who handed them to Com- missioner Jones. The announcements !were made by the comissioner. Maj. O'Beirne, the provost marshal, and Dr. W. O. Baldwin were present. As the names were drawn the clerks of the office were kept busy record- ing them, filling in notices and direct- irg those thus chosen to report on the 6th and 7th of March. the second ward is 246. The first “lucky one” to be drawn today was Mansell B. Fields, 350 H street. The sdeficiency in the third ward is 113 and the total enrollment there is 622. The number required from the fourth ward is 365 from an enrolment of 2,731. In each case double the num- ber of men needed was drawn, as re- quired by law. The mail boat Daniel Webster, from City Point, Va., arrived here at 8 o'clock this merning with mail and passengers. Those cn board brought further reports of 2n early evacuation of Petersburg by the Confederate forces. These reports all seem to be predicated upon the opin- ion of military authorities that Gen. Lee must perforce evacuate Peters- burg, and, in turn, Richmond, now that the Federal Army has gained control of the railway line at Wilmington, N. C., | | | 2. Eradication. 3. Attendants. 4. Greek letter. 5. Kings of caps. 6. Let it stand. 7. A granulated food starch. 8. Exist. 9. Weight of a ship's cargo. 10. Changed. 11. Western homesteader. 13. Substances extracted by chemical means. 14. Agreement. 19. A bird’s call. . Steep. . Native of Eastern Europe. 0. In favor of. . Traveler. . Canadian province. . Monks. . Felonies. . Case. . A low rattling sound. . Baby’s shoe. . Peel. . Large number. . Iota. . Measure out. Shield. . Tatter. 3 4. Advertisement, YOUR APRON 1S THE WHITEST WHITE I'VE EVER SEEN /MR SCHMIDT.AWHAT'S THE SECRET ? ONE WEEK LATER . High, in music. Advertisement. MY WIFE USES A 'WONDERFUL NEW’ SOAP, RINSO. ASK HER ABOUTIT YES, MRS. SCHMIDT, | TOOK YOUR ADVICE AND TRIED RINSO. SEE WHAT A NICE WHITE WASH | HAVE. WHITEST RINSO MAKES DISH=~ WASI 1 US HING EASIER, TOO. E IT FOR ALL CLEANING....IT's SO ECONOMICAL in tub THE CRANULATED SOAP or washer and Gen. Sherman is advancing from the South via Charlotte, N. C., after his_victorious march through Georgia and the fall of Atlanta and Savannah. The gunboats stationed at Smiths Point near the mouth of the Potomac River were engaged for several hours laot night in shelling the Virginia shore vigorously. The reason for this activity was not divulged by the authoritics. Statuary Is Removed. The five-ton grifins that watched over the old Chicago Board of Trade have 1dst their jobs. There is no place | for grifins at the new building. DAILY DIET RECIPE FRIED APPLES. ‘Tart apples, four. Salt, one-fourth teaspoon. Butter, two tablespoons. Sugar, one tablespoon. Powdered ginger, one-half table- spoon., SERVES FOUR PEOPLE. Wash and peel firm apples of medium size. Slice in one-fourth- inch slices lengthwise, removing the core. Melt butter, or vege- table fat in frying pan. Add salt. ‘When hot, dash in apples and cover quickly. Cook briskly about five minutes until brown. Then carefully turn and brown other side. When all are tender and slightly golden brown sprinkle with ginger and sugar mixed to- gether, Serve hot with pork sausages, pork chops, bacon or ham and eggs. DIET NOTE. Recipe contains some fat, sugar, fiber, lime, iron and vitamins A and B. Can be eaten by adult of normal digestion who is of aver- age or under weight. ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S PUZZLE. 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Saw a pretty one at Elspeth Champcommunals with matching military Underneath is a three-tone knitted jumpcl'{x%(Alhlck A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT ONE of the striking things about this Capital City is the frequency with which one encounters people tucked away in some obsecure corner of a Government build- ing constantly working at peculiar tasks. They are scat- tered everywhere. /. In the Department | ‘8 of Agriculture there is a.man who does nothing but con- duct experiments | designed to give better putting greens to golfers. In the Library of Congress a noted anthropologist is measuring the heads of members of Congress, hop- ing he can arrive at the legislative ability Legislature scientifically. In a one-man office at the Public Health Service is a doctor who has de- Joted his life to chasing typhoid germs, and so successful has he been that his colleagues refer to him as one of the greatest detectives in the world. of the National TLewis Radcliffe, deputy commissioner of the Bureau of -Fisheries, has in his department a long list of men en- gaged in tasks that sound absurd to the layman, but upon examination prove to be of the utmost value. There is, for example, a chap con- nected with the bureau who attempts to forecast the season’s catch of fish in much the same way that an agricul- tural statistician predicts the cotton crop. His forecasts have been remark- ably accurate and of untold value to the industry. There are those who are making a study of the seaweed. Experiments with agar, a type of seaweed found on the West coast, have proven that this plant can be made of great value to the woman who desires to reduce and much of it is being used for that pur- pose. While we were talking to the deputy commissioner there was occasion to re- fer to a request on file at the Depart- ment of Commerce for a tariff on gold- fish. Was there any real reason for such a thing? He was of the opinion that such a tariff would not be a bad idea, and that Advertisement, YES! THE SUDS ARE SO THICK THE DIRT FLOATS OFF BY ITSELF and w.J. hes hbor told me d scrubbing. &, old-fashione! al—the clothes ! So easy ds, too! 1 wington, D- € use it for h longer nOW he. dirt, clothes don't ding washers recol gnd for safety. anulated—on! rk, than two cup- ed-up S03ps- Two sizes— ge, Mass. Whiter clothes...eas/ier C. PLUMMER. such a move should be considered more than a joke. ‘The goldfish industry is rapidly near- ing the million dollar class in this coun- try. Such fish are classed as a luxury and, therefore, a fit subject for tariff. A duty on imports would also serve to protect the industry in this country from disease that may be brought in with the foreign fish. “Speaking of gold fish,” he said, “per- haps you will be interested in this story. A man and his wife moved to an apart- ment in the city where all pets were barred. A prize bulldog had to be dis- posed of. The couple, being fond of pets, decided to substitute goldfish for the dog. They went to an aquarium and were delighted to find that they could find fish that sported faces closely resembling the dog they had to give up.” Southern California is to have seven new Presbyterian churches. Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Inferiority. It is one thing to be inferior, to know it and to accept it. It's another thing to be inferior, to know it and to refuse | to accept it. Those of the second class are vastly more numerous in the general popula- tion than we ordinarily suppose. They constitute a class of persons whose suf- tering seems to increase with the years. It was this very observation that led the famous Dr. Adler of Vienna to draw & somewhat exaggerated conclusion ‘o the effect that inferiority and com- | pensation for it constituted the one and only important formula for understand- | ing human traits. He assumes that every one suffers to a greater or less ex- | tent from some feeling of inferiority. While we are inclined to deny Adler | the fullness he ascribes to his formula, | it is not too much to say that it has very significant place in the under- standing of perhaps half the general | population. | There can be no doubt that a certain | amount of this feeling of inferiority is | wholesome. A person with a physical incapacity is usually careful to con- serve the powers associated therewith. Ofttimes the compensation takes the form of increased efficiency in another capacity or power. Many a physically defective person becomes a tremendous- 2; V;Iol‘th-whfle person in affairs of every sort. So frequently @oes this occur that one is almost prepared to deny in toto the old dictum about a sound mind in a sound body. The world would be vast- |1y poorer without its blind Milton, its | dyspeptic Carlyle, its neuresthenic Mrs. | Browning its insantiy haunted Neitzche, Lamb and Poe. Look over the biographies of the truly great and you will find that the vast majority of them suffered, often silently and uncomplainingly, from some physi- cal or even mental shortcoming which would discourage the majority of the so-called physically sound and sane. The cases cited are only a few. Are they exceptions? Or do they substan- tiate Adler's theory? I am inclined to agree with Adler. And yet there are many who, introverted in the phi- losophy of life, take consolement in their own self-pity and confidently ex- pect the world to provide for them. But are these any more numerous than the physically sound who also believe that this should be a world of leisure? (Copyright, 1929.) Divinity Cake. | one and one-half cupfuls of gr: ted | sugar gradually, and beat well er. Mix and sift together three cupfuls of sifted flour, three teaspoonfuls of bnkln, powder and one-fourth tea- spoonful of salt. Add alternately with one cupful of cold water. Add one tea- spoonful of lemon extract, one-fourth cupful each of candied cherries and candied pineapple, then fold in three egg whites beaten stiff. Bake in two layers in a moderate oven. Put togeth- er with boiled frosting flavored with almond, and spread melted unsweetened chocolate over the top. Bear Is Shifty-Eyed. ‘The bear is a shifty-eyed creature and will not look straight at a man, Cream half a cupful of butter, udd‘ | love FEATURES." BY MEHRAN “Why does your mind make up imag- | inary people until you really feel that | they are real and you know them?" was asked by a reader of the column. ‘There are several reasons why we create imaginary people. We are en- dowed with imagination. This faculty or trait must feed upon something. The fact that it s common for children to have imaginary playmates shows that this is nature’s method of exercising the imagination _ftself. young of all animals play at those games which will develop their native resources. This is also why children fairy tales. imaginative appeals to children. It ap- peals to most adults also. fi We are all hero worshipers. The imagination creates heroes out of | ordinary traits by adding ideal traits. People who are most detached from life and its stern realities are most likely to daydream and to cultivate the friendship of imaginary people. The | says Harold Tupper, a hunter of Hick- ley, Me. HEA Py in th In a hurry to get there~ full speed, maybe 50 miles an hour What would happen if one of your doubtful tires gave w‘ay. A tire failure may cause loss of life.* . Tire guarantees won’t help matters then. _ Avoid the risk. Use these high quality tires, they cost only slightly more. Let us give an estimate for new tire equipment. Children and the Anything highly | real world does not offer all the good ' WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO K. THOMSON. | things we want, we make up for it by imagining the rest—that part of the picture that is left out by the cold facts of reality. Some people are so poorly | circumstanced that they have very little besides the friends and achievements | created by their imagination “You really feel that they are real and you know them" because of the na- ture of consciousness. How do we know anything? We experience things with the eyes or ears or tongue or touch or smell or whatever other sense we have. A sensory experience is real because the actual object causing the reaction is present and the stimulus is continuous. Put an imaginary person will often seem as real as a live person for the same reason that our dreams seem real enough at the time. In delirium tremens the patient suffers the tortures of the damned because he cannot distinguish the snakes and devils and other horrible things he sees in imagination from reality. To him they look real enough | —more real than actual objects. (Copyright. 1920.) This salt flows freely in any weather, any time,J DAMP days, dry days—winter Wednesdays, summer Saturdays—International Salt is a/ways on the job. It mever takes a holiday. In your kitchen, on your table, it stays as fine and smooth as when you first poured it out of the package. It just won't get hard. We guarantee it. And we know that it is the cleanest, purest, most savory salt that can be made. Your grocer has it. 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