Evening Star Newspaper, May 27, 1929, Page 35

WOMAN’S PAGE. Unusual Parents of Celebrated Men “Mad Jack” Byron and Catherine Gordon, Whom He Coldly Ma rried for Her Mone BY J. P. Tord Byron once told the Marquis of | Sligo that it was not possible for him to feel toward his mother 2s a son ought. The reason was plain—they had | nothing in common. Daughter of & Scotch laird, although she had the blood of the kings of Scotland in her veins, she was a plump, waddling woman of utterly commonplace mind.; In temper she was vehement and un- disciplined, while her child was sensi- | tive, poetic, passionate. She lavished beatings as well as kisses upon him, and he could not for- get the beatings. But, worst of all, in her tempers she mocked the crippled | feet that made him different from other | children. Once, after an avalanche of epithets and curses, she called him “a lame | brat” A wicked light shone in his| . but he turned coldly calm. | I was born so. mother,” he said slowly. He hated her thereafter. Prom her viewpoint he had too much in him of “Mad Jack” Byron, his| father. “Mad Jack,” selfish and un-| scrupulous, had brought romance into | her life, but he also had wrecked her happiness. She had been Catherine Gordon, heiress to something like $110,000 after the suicide of her father, an Aberdeen- shire laird. Meeting Byron at the fa- mous resort, Bath, she was an easy victim to his manly charms and aris- tocratic graces. She must have known that he only sought her monéy, but she hid the truth from herself. “Mad Jack's” story was well known. He was not in the direct line of suc- SUB ROSA BY MIMIL Oh, Say Can You See? ‘There is no doubt about your having eyes which project your television out into the world, but have you another pair of orbs which can give you a close- up on yourself? You are well acquainted with everybody else in the neighbor- hood; why not make the acquaintance of the self. A college professor once sat on an old-style omnibus and saw what he thought was another passenger. “Some broken-down teacher,” said he. Lo and behold! He was looking into a mirror. But he got a good view of himself just the same. Another man was tickled pink at what he took to be the reflection of himself in a mirror when he was looking through a window at what was really a handsome man. That's one, that's two, on the men! Now, when we talk about a person’s being “self conscious,” we ought to understand that it's quite the other way. The “self conscious” person is really conscious of about everything but self, and that's what makes one 50 fidgety, so inclined to blush, if it's a girl. To cure this supposed self-con- sciousness, one should become distinctly aware of one's presence, one's person- ality, one’s ability. A 'girl can size herself up mentally, Just as she does physically. She can Tefiect her mind in the image of her thought and see what she looks like on the inside. This may be a matter of temperament. Some are choleric or ine, others are phlegmatic or mel- ancholy, as the old doctrine of tempera- ment runs. This is, first, 2 matter of speed. The choleric and sanguine are fast, quick to quarrel or pass judgment. The phlegmatic and melancholy are slow, not so ready to move either body or mind. Look at your speedometer! How'’s your speed? If you are exceed- ing your speed limits, slow down to normalcy. If you are behind the gang, step on the mental gas and cut out melancholy and dumbness. Perhaps you find certain kinks in your mental outfit. If so, try to get rid of them. If that seems impossible, Just make ailowance for yourself as you do for others and determine that you won't be influenced by prejudice. The old feeling will remain, but you can ig- nore it just as the motorist keeps off the old turn in what was the road be- fore the highway was cut through, and goes merrily on. You and I may have lots of these old roads on our maps, but we need not follow them now that we have broader and straighter highways. We don't need to talk the way we used to do, be- fore we learned how to improve our speech, or shrink in the old-fashioned way we did before we decided to be somebody. We are beginning to see ourselves both as others see us and as we see our- selves, and that is going to make us self- conscious in the true sense of the word. (Copyright, 1929.) Macaroni With Mushrooms. Cover the bottom of a baking dish with about a tablespoonful of melted butter, then cover with a layer of boiled macaroni, then with a thick layer of | washed fresh mushrooms peeled and cut into slices, then another layer of macaroni and mushrooms, continue un- til the dish is full, having the last layer of macaroni. Pour over one pint of cream. Cover and bake in a moderate oven for half an hour, then remove the cover and brown quickly. Or, in place of the cream use half a tablespoonful of butter, one small onion and a clove of garlic chopped fine. Fry until all is brown, then add three tablespoonfuls of strong beef soup stock and four dried mushrooms which have been soaked. Simmer all the ingredients for five min- utes before pouring the sauce over the cooked macaroni. Abe Martin Says: GLASS. cession of the Lords Byron, and so had become an officer in his majesty's guards. He served in America. Re- turning to England, dissolute and hard- ened, although he was still a mere stripling, he won the love of the beau- tiful 23-year-old wife of the heir to the dukedom of Leeds. He was only 22 when she separated from her husband and three children and married him. She brought him not only youth and beauty but an income of $20,000 a year. But her income died with her in 1784, and so penniless Jack, searching for an heiress, came back to England and met Miss Gordon. He carried her to France and speedily spent the bulk of her estate, which was not as large as he thought. In less than two years they were back in Eng- land with ‘only $750 a year left to them. ‘They had scarcely landed in Dover when & child was born. It was to be- come the sixth Lord Byron, one of the world's great poets. His wife's tiny income and her home in Aberdeen offered no lure to “Mad Jack” Byron. As soon as possible he returned to France. He died in his thirty-sixth year, a victim, it is said, of his own hand. Somehow Catherine Gordon, for she preferred her name to that which mar- riage brought her, struggled along. But her hardships were to end. In 1798 the fifth Lord Byron died. His son and his grandson being already deceased, the title and estate went to his grand- nephew, the crippled son of “Mad Jack” Byron. (Copyright, LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. 1929.) Me and ma was downtown today and there was a sound like music. Being what it was, and I quick sed, G, ma, it must be the circus perrade, I can tell by the sound of it and todays the day, hurry up ma, we'll be too late, whats you wawkin so slow for, ma? Now I cant stop for anything like a circus perrade today, I have too many things to do, ma sed, and I sed, Well aw G, ma, gosh, whats any more im- portant that that, G wizzickers holey smokes G roozelem, ma, you wouldent keep rite on going when a circus per- rade was going to go pass, would you, ma? All rite, all rite, dont have public hystericks, ma sed. And when we got to the next corner the perrade was just starting to go pass, being a pritty good of a circus perrade but not the best one I ever saw by a long shot, and ma sed, O my, look at the bewtiful horses, look at the red and gold waggons, this certainly takes me back to my girlhood days, I havent seen a circus perrade since I dont know when, well 1 declare, clowns, and here comes some elfants alive and in the flesh, well I havent had such a thrill for years. Well why dont you axually take me to the circus, ma, and youll have a even bigger of a one, I sed, and she Well to tell the truth Im strongly tempted. Sounding like the start of news, and the last end of the per- rade went pass and me and ma kepp on going, me saying, Well when are you going to take me, ma, what day? My goodness I didnt say any day, I dident say I would go at all, I dident say anything, ma sed. My goodness my circus days are over, perhaps your father may take you but I wouldent know how to behave in a circus, Id act llk;r -1:1‘““ r, she ?ed. e oving when peeple grow up can have lots of Kfn ony they dont. ? o — 5 L The Simple Lite | < A young and most distinguished sing- er is pining for the rustic life; she fain would ply & broom and wringer and be some stalwart farmer's wife. She plans to dump her well earned laurels, to put down sauerkraut in a keg, and drive a team of sway-backed sorrels’ to town to sell five dozen eggs. U] the stage she's had her flutter, and she is weary of her fame; she longs to peddle rolls of butter, and labor at a quilting frame. I sympathize with one who's weary of wild applause, that thunders on, who finds the trail of glory dreary when once the novelty is gone. It seems to me I understand her, and how she'd find a quiet farm, where she might herd the goose and gander, do churning with her strong right arm. It is a sane and proper longing in one who's weary of the gaff, grown tired of people always thronging to ask her for her autograph. Grown tired of people taking pictures from every post that they can climb, who do not heed rebukes and strictures, but keep on snapping all the time. Grown tired of all the glare and glitter which once for her possessed a charm—it is not strange that such 'a daughter would now infest a quiet farm. But who'll believe she really means it? Would any girl aban- don fame, desert the stage where now she queens it, to play the granger's humble game? “It's some new form of advertising,” observe the skeptic and the bore: “its rather outre and surprising —we doubt if it'’s been worked before. ‘When we behold a living woman who'll quit the stage to shovel hay, we will admit she’s more than h whichever you may sa; that’s h CRISP So crisp that every delicious bubble pops and crackles when milk or cream poured on it! 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Reason 1 is right ( Reason 2 is right ( Reason 3 is right ( ) or wrong ( Reason 4 is right ( ) or wrong ( Answers. ‘The following reasons are right: ) or wrong ( ) or wrong ( and 4. The following Teasons are wrong: and 2 performances! * Fingers « Music in | J— Fioretta - Follow Thru. Daddy « Hold Everything + Lady Every Great Movie Studio STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. ¢ T in this water in a crystal bowl. When the flowers are arranged in a crystal holder in this dish the effect is indeed pretty and a delight to the children. (Copyright, 1929.) To Broil a Steak. ‘To broil a steak in a perfect way, se- {lect either a porterhouse or a sirloin | about an inch thick. If you have a coal stove, see that the coals are bright | and red. 'Put the steak in a wire broil- er, hold it as near as possible to the coals, sear it quickly on one side, then | turn and sear it on the other side. Two minutes on each side is sufficient for this. Now lift the steak about six inches from the coals, cook it for 5 minutes one one side, then turn and cook it for | 5 minutes on the other side. If a rare | steak is desired, it is now done, for | there will be a crisp crust on the out- | side and the inside will be red and | juicy. If the steak that is cooked by | this process is to be medium weil cooked, 12 minutes will be required for one that is quite thick, over an inch. Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. The Centerpiece. One mother says: When I am going to have a party for the children or for some reason or other want the centerplece of the table to be particularly lovely I dissolve a few ted cinnamon candies in the water to be used on the flowers and put them “This was my night to go to the movies if Pug hadn't told me you couldn’'t bust a window with a tomato.” (Copyright. Evexy Musical SI‘IOW in New York - finds by actual experience 1929.) MONDAY, MAY 27, 1929, FEATURES. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Straight Talks to Women About Money 7 BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN. be ‘wrong’ than break up my home over a few dollars that would mean nothing if I had them.” Tt is interesting to note that she didn’t lose the dollars, either, because her husband, like most | men would, felt conscience-striken over his hollow victory and made reparation. Where real love exists between man prevail on either side. It is no easy |and wife T e eealoat o . s | sequence who holds the purse strings. task for an outsider to attempt con- | Neither would leave the other unpr';- ciliation, and even when one party is | vided for. reasonable the other may take this| It would work out to ";; e fon | 2dvantage of couples if instead of try- reasonableness to mean an admission | o RIARe of COUPIES T tastead of try- of error. other they would consult some other Well, what is to be done? Go to i wh: ?fim their respect. In argu- court? Court should be the last resort, | eN'S and disputes we are too prone 1t would be fine i couples with money | 9 s¢¢ oIy our side. Like any one else, affairs of mutual concern would decide | % May be in error. ~Often the “third beforehand on an arbitrator, or arbi- | can put things in their proper trators, in the event of any disagree- | Qt l;flst' the third person or ment, ' Arbitration costs little or noth- | PerSons is worth a chance. It is & ing, it 15 quick. and it is fair to all. | means of avoiding a long and bitter Litigation consumes time and money, | UarTel at home, with possibly dire con- and it may be so prolonged that at its | SCGuences. One experienced wife once conclusion neither has gained anything |told us money disputes in the home and both have lost much. Often quar- | would be eliminated if we'd adopt this rels are over trifling amounts, and “‘the | maxim: “Money is to be shared, not principle of the thing” is actually | fought over. empty satisfaction. 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