Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1929, Page 33

THE ‘EVENING STAR,” WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY. MAY 8 1929. FEATURES.™ MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Birthmarks. Practically every one has somewhere on face or body one or more birth- marks which may be tiny or quite ex- tensive. The big, reddish or purplish ones, called strawberry or port wine marks, are made up of a large number of blood vessels, The moles have a distinctive type of cell structure, and also contain an adcumulation of pig- ment. The reader of this column is perhaps more interested in how to get rid of birthmarks than in their cause. A skin specialist can remove them in most cases. Operators in electrolysis also treat these blemishes, but one should seek a doctor's advice before going to a non-medical operator for such work. ‘The mole is the commonest form of birthmark. When a woman has her moles removed it is usually for cosmetic reasons, but there is a more serious side of the problem. We have all heard of cancers developing from moles, espe- cially from very dark ones. When these | blemishes are so situated that they are subjected to constant {rritation from the rubbing of clothing or adjacent i skin surfaces they should be removed. They should never be treated with acids nor given a series of treatments, since |to do so causes more irritation. When | there is danger or suspicion of cancer | the moles should be removed without | delay. There is not much danger of cancer developing from the non-pigmented types of birthmark, but if they are sub- |ject to any sort of irritation medical | advice should be sought. It is unwise (and unnecessary to take any chances when dealing with such abnormalities. (Copyright, 1929.) KEEPING MENTALLY FIT BY JOSEPH JASTROW. Traveling and Wandering. Why does anybody leave home? What 1s this call of the distant and the foreign | and the novel? It's the quest for new experience, quite the same thing that starts the infant on its voyage of ©x- ploration as soon as it can toddle or even creep. A new environment is a new achievement. Alexander _sighing for new worlds to conquer and the mod- ern globe-trotter are psychological brothers. The familiar grows stale, a change will do us good. ~ If the urge is strong enough we travel —but we return. We have a home to come back to, a local habitation and a name on a doorplate. If we don't, then ‘Wwe are on the way to being wanderers, homeless, exiles; or, lacking a homing sense, and, completely at the mercy of the wandering urge, we may sooner or later join the army of tramps and gypsies of high or low degree, even down 1o the condition of hoboes and vagrants. ‘The difference between a traveler and & wanderer, though on the surface a social one, with the traveler paying his ‘way from ample purse and the tramp stealing & ride or finding a bed where he can, is at bottom. a psychological one. A traveler travels with a purpcse —it may be a special or a general aim. He is bent on enlarging his experience; it may be as a student of art, com- merce, political relations or just an interested observer of new peoples and their ways of life. The tramp wanders more or less aimlessly. Yet the two motives overlap. The ad- venturer of old was a little of both; so were the followers of the Wanderjahre, the youthful years when the zest for new “experience runs high. Doubtless today there are many who in motive are tramps, gratifying that desire in hotels for first-class travelers and some who take to the road unattached do so in the spirit of travel. Common to the two is an underlying Testlessness which in turn may take on a more definite motive, making the Jjourneying a flight, an escape. You may be away; there is not only the outhful impulsive running away from ome, but in other situations an escape from responsibilities, even a running away from yourself. In such a case there may be an ap- Pmacbm lo“the :::‘ormtl. ere is & type of vagrant who is. in fact, mfia vhlc:t‘m of a obsession; & wander complex. He wanits o be on the go, to get the sense of his bearings; he be- comes restless when in harbor. Some mof seem to have a mild variety of the same complex. __There is still another, quite different, abnormal expression, the issue of a con- How You Can Tell flict that ends in a split in the person- ality. The victim may be found weeks or months later far away from home, suddenly waking up confused as to who he is and how he came there. He has been living a split-off, detached life; it | may be under a different name, with the memories of the old life broken, and |in that stdte pursuing new activities. Such an episode the French call a | fugue. Suddenly the old self revives, or it may be the daze lifts gradually. There is even a case in which a victim of a fugue looked himself up in “Who's ‘Whe” to find out who he was. To such strange issues may this conflict of urgés—of the homing instinct and the wandering instinct—lead in the neu- rotic cases. For the urge to home is equally strong. One of its familiar results is homesickness, or nostalgia—becoming sick “for” home instead of “of” home. For most of us the urge to home 1s stronger than the urge to roam. We are home bodies, attached to the fa- miliar, even settling into a rut, more bent on making than on breaking home ties. As children we seek the safety of the familiar and are frightened by the strange. To be lost is a terrible experi- ence. The nomadic ,pericd is an old one in the story of man, which without the element of venture and colonizing, and exploring and pioneering, would émfl(e the story of human habitation uil. The romantic urge is akin to the urge to travel and to wander. Yet that same story is more largely one of"settlement and the urge to establish and make a home. It is the life of Jacob rather than that of Esau. Prop- erty is a great support of the homing instinct; family still more so. Thus from a small scale to a large one is the story of man one of the double satis- faction of the urge to settle amid the familiar and to travel and wander far afield. Both are anchored deep in the psychology of human nature. Sweet Pickled Carrots. ‘Wash and scrape six or eight me- dium sized carrots, Boil in . slightly salted water until they can be pierced with a fork, then drain and dash cold water over them. Put one pint of cider vinegar in a saucepan’ and add three cupfuls of sugar (one cupful of brown sugar ‘and two cupfuls of white sugar) and one teaspoonful each of ‘eloves, cinnamon and cassia buds. Let the sirup boil, then slice in as many car- rots as the sirup will take, - Cover and cook slowly for half an hour, then seal in jars as you would pickled peaches or crab apples. the A Sermon for Today BY REV. JOHN R. GUNN. Encouraging Our Leaders. | Text—“Joshua the son of Nun, which stndeth before thee, he shall go in thither; encourage him.’—Deut., 138. Jothua was shortly to succeed Moses as the leader of Israel. It would fall to his lot to lead the people into the prom- ised land and in the conquest thereof. It was a heavy responsibility he was | about to assume. And Moses, delivering his farewell address to the people, is here urging them to stand by their new leader, to give him their loyal support and encourage him. This is a word much needed by many in our day. There is too much of a disposition today to find fault with and criticize our leaders, whether they be | in the church. These leaders may often deserve criticism, and ‘there may be times when it is necessary to criticize them. But in the majority of instances, a word of encouragement would do more good and serve a better purpose. Many of our leaders and public serv- ants carry heavy loads. The sense of responsibility weighs upon them more heavily than many of us imagine. Often they labor under difficulties, limitations and restrictions of which we are not aware. Consider what it must mean to one placed in such a position to have the people around him forever knocking and berating him. “Encourage him.” The mayor of your city. The governor of your State. Your representative in the National Congress. The pastor of your church. Any leader with whom you have any connection, and whom you would be disposed to criticize for any shortcom- ings. Try encouraging him instead of criticizing him. Be sure he needs, and will appreciate, your encouragement. Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. ‘There is nothing which can cause much more temporary furore in an otherwise peaceable family than the se- lection of hangings or accessories for the boy's room. It is easy enough to select something which will just exactly suit sister, for one can’t go Very wrong in selecting something dainty and flow- ery. But to introduce this into a boy's 1 EE[ room would only mean ‘a disturbing time for the whole family. For what boy wants flowers in his draperies or on his lamp shade? However, there isn't a boy living who could possibly object to chintz with a map design like that shown in the ac- companying {llustration. The back- ground is old yellow, such as you would expect to find on & map which had been Jaid away for years, and the design is in green, black and br‘::::.be ‘Hangings..of, $his g::mmd mi -ppmprhqufimn'c & pole made in imitation of a heavy rope an caught back with small anchors. Aside from draperies, this chintz could be used for the.covering of screens, waste baskets or lmp shades. (Copyright, 1928.) ’ {4 o The best tea is équally good hot ‘or cold. That’s a test you can apply with confidence to Wilkins Orange Pekoe. ‘No matter how leaders in business, in state affairs or| The leader in the plant where you work. |, d |a great hand to write. She's sending PARIS.—People back from Biarritz report_straight-line belted coats are worn by some of the smartest women, something like Maggy Rouff’s green model There is no doubt but that the full-skirted coat has insurmountable difficulties for some of us. RITA. WORLD FAMOUS STORIES AT THE STAMP WINDOW. ANONYMOUS, with two-color belt. (Now and then we run across in fiction something that touches our own experience of life, lighting it up, perhaps. with revela- tion of pathos or humor. This is such an incident. No doubt you have read it before: no doubt, also, you will be glad to read it again.) Just before 12 o'clock yesterday fore- noon there were 13 men and 1 woman at the stamp window of the post office. Most of the men had letters to post for the outgoing trains. ‘The woman had something tied up in a blue matchbox. She got there first, and she held her position with her head in the window and both elbows on the shelf. “Is there such a place in this coun- try as Cleveland?” she began. “Oh, yes,” she was answered promptly. “Do you send mail there?” ‘'Yes; we do,” was the answer. ‘Well, a woman living next door asked me to mail this box for her. I guess it's directed right. She sald it ought to go for a cent.” “Takes 2 cents,” said the elerk, after weighing it. “If there is writing inside, it will be 12 cents.” “Mercy on me, charge!” Here the 13 men began to push up and hustle around and talk about one old matchbox delaying two dozen busi- | ness letters, but the woman had lots| of time. “Then it will be 2 cents, eh?” she ed. “If there is no writing inside,” the clerk repeated. “Well, there may be. I know she is but how you do some flower seeds to her sister, and I presume she has told her how to plant 'm.” “Two threes!” called out one of the crowd, as he tried to get to the window. you like your tea—hot on cool spring evenings—or iced for meals at hot mid-day—you’ll al- ways find that Wilkins Tea offers the most in flavor. High in the mountains of India and on Ceylon plan- tations the best and rarest teas are grown. From the pick of the crop a special leaf is selected for Wilkins —tender and highly flavored. The brew you will find to be delicate, like the breath of romance! “Hurry up!” cried another. “There ought to be a separate window here for women,” growled a third. “Then it wiil take 12 cents?” she calmly queried, as she fumbled around | for her purse. Yes “Well, I'd better pay it, I guess.” From one pocket she took 2 coppers. From her reticule she took a 3-cent piece. From her purse she fished out a nickel; and it was only after a hunt of 80 seconds that she got the 12 cents | together. Having received her stamps in ex- change for her money, she then con- sumed four minutes in licking them on the package, asking where to post the box and wondering if there really was any writing inside—but woman proposes and man disposes. Twenty thousand dollars’ worth of business was being detained by a 12- cent woman, and a tidal wave suddenly took her away from the window. In 60 seconds the 13 men had been waited on and gone their ways, and the woman returned to the window, handed in the box and said: “Them stamps are licked on kind o’ crooked, but it won't make any differ- ence, will t?” The clerk’s reply is not a record. ‘There is no telling what he may have! liked to say, but it is reasonably cer- tain that he simply replied: | “No; it will not make any difference.” Sir James Barrie has presented to the | Newspaper Press Fund of England the manuscript of his play, “The Twelve Pound Look,” which will be auctioned off for the benefit of the fund. LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Sherlock, being our new parrit, has stopped tawking agen, making ma sad on account of Mrs. Hewses parrit tawk- ing so much, and last nite the bell rang and it was Mr. and Mrs. Hews, Mrs. Hews saying, We just stopped in a minnit to see your parrit, we ony have & minnit, reely. And they all went up in the living room and I sat outside on the 3 little steps in the hall, lissening, Mrs. Hews saying, Well, he's not such a bad look- ing berd, camparatively, although of corse I must say he duzzent seem as frendly as our Napoleon, I meen wen anybody drops in to see Napoleon like this he invariably greets them with a cheerful Hello, or at least a plezzant squawk or 2, duzzent he, Yewstace? Yes he does, Napoleon 1s reely a clever parrit, Mr. Hews sed, and ma sed, But so is Sherlock, in fact he frightened away a bergler the ferst nite we got him, did I tell you that? Yes, you told me 2 or 3 times, Mrs. Hews sed, and ma sed, When he axually does tawk he reely has quite a good voice, hasent he, Willyum? and pop sed, Yes he has, Id say it was midway be- tween a deep bass and a high soprano. And they tawked some more and Mr. and Mrs. Hews started to go and I had a ideer and I quick snuk down the back stairs and pop and ina went down to the door with Mr. and Mrs. Hews and I snuck back in the living room and started to imitate the parrit, yelling, Polly wunt a cracker, polly wunt a crack, ha ha ha, good morning, good arc;rnoon. good evening, polly polly polly. Being a pritty good sort of a imita- tion, and I herd ma downstairs saying, There, did you hear that, now did you hear that? and Mrs. Hews sed, Its voice is quite human, I must admit that. And the frunt door closed and I quick got in the living room closit just in time, and pop and ma came in agen, ma say- ing, Now wasent that fortunate? and pop saying, Yes, that was one on the Hewses, all rite. . Wich just then about 3 things fell over in the closit on account of me leen- ing in the wrong direction, and pop opened the closit door and saw who was in there, saying, So youre the party of the 2nd part, are you? Well, thats another one on the Hewses, he sed. Ma not being mad either. BRAIN TESTS This is a set of ambiguities’ Each sentence given below has more than one possible meaning. Try to give all the meanings—no matter how absurd some of them may be—within threc minutes. (1) A man left the door of his house in his automobile. . (2) The two men made their horses jump over the steeplechase, and al- though the horses collided, neither one was injured. (3) I saw lots of wood over by th- factory, but I do not know to whom it belongs. (4) Don't throw that tin can in the waste basket, because I want to usc it for another purpose. (5) How much is twenty? (6) There was little tobacco in the can from which he filled his pipe, so he threw it out the window. It is not necessary to give the de- talls of the ambiguities; merely ac- | knowledge their presence; or if you | choose to write them, allow time for | the extra process. | Answers. (1) Did he leave in the car, or did | he leave the house door in the car? | (2) Which were not injured—men ov | ‘horses? (3) Did I saw wood, or did ' I see it? “I do not know to whom it | belongs” may refer either to the fac- | tory or the wood, (4) Which is to be used, the tin can or the waste basket? (5) Twice four and twenty may be eight plus twenty; or twice twenty- four. . (6) Which went out the win- dow—pipe, tobacco or tobaces can? twice four and Again for DIET AND HEALTH BY LULU HUNT PETERS, M. D. Active Tuberculosis. “In the first stages of tuberculosis, where there is a temperature but the sputum is negative, is it necessary to scald the patient’s dishes? And what about the bed clothing and personal laundry? I want to know about this so as to safeguard the health of the rest of the family. A" Yes, all precautions should be taken against infecting the rest of the family, where there is active tuberculosis, A. While one examination of the sputum might not disclose tuberculosis bacilli, the next specimen might have it. All the patient’s clothing, including the béd clothes, should be boiled or steamed, separate from the rest of the family’s laundry, and handled as little ment and ask for instructions for home care. For several reasons, it is better for the patient to be in a sanitarium, for there he is given an intelligent knowl- edge of the disease, learns what he can expect to happen, so he won't be panic stricken when he may be worse on cer- tain days, etc.; he is where others have similar interests and is not tempted t» overdo himself; he is not allowed any visitors for any length of time to excits | er_worry him. Tuberculosis is a curable disease, but to be cured, the doctor must have full | co-operation from the patient and als? from his relatives and friends. Hairdressing by the Year. as_possible when dry. 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