Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1929, Page 40

WOMAN’S PAGE. HOW CHILDREN BY LYDIA LE B. DEVELOP BEST ARON WALKER. To be financially able to do every- thing possible for the ohildren of the household is the deep desire of many arents who have not the means. eavy expenses and limited income are not conducive to the raising of a fam- has too opulent & childhood ever amounts to anything.” Although this | 1s an extreme statement, a great deal of truth underlies it. There is a chal- !lenge in lack which no amount of lux- | ury can supply. | men often begin with early years spent | in the most difficult surroundings. A | famous British novelist and playwright had not even enough to eat as & child. l"' learned how to cope with circum- stances, howcver. | “Parents who give their children the | most are not those whose bank accounts are the largest, but those who cir- cumstances offer enough joy and hard- ships, and whose hearts give enough love and sympathy to establish true values. private school which can be afforded only for one, is the companionship of a brother or sister whose entrance upon the scene would be regarded by some parents as a hinderance to the continuance of certain ‘“advantages.” While it is hard to_deny anything to children whom we love, it is well to | remember that many persons who have | developed the best in later life have | actually benefitted rather than suffered through lack of indulgences during childhood To watch poor children invent games and improvise tges is to realize that a creative spirit is at work which | might find no outlet if everything for | amusement were at hand, ready-made. The wisdom of the ages would be re- quired to say just how much hardship should be the portion of every child for his or her best development, especially .since there is so vast a dif- ference in children and their indi- vidual needs. Probably fate has taken a hand in it in every household where there are children of limited means. Character, | ingenuity 'and ability, early developed, | the financial lack. PLAYING GROWN-UP IS ONE OF| THE GAMES THE CHILDREN OF RICH AND POOR BOTH DE- LIGHT IN. fly when one wants “to do everything” for the child. This, which passes for generosity, sometimes turns out to be more of & luxury to the parents than to the child, as children who have everything done for them are seldom either the happlest or the most bril- liant. The best preparation for life is not & luxurious childhood. So far is it from being that, that some one has sald rather sweepingly, “no one who DAILY DIET RECIPE FRENCH ONION SOUP. Butter, 2 tablespoons. Finely’sliced onions, 2 cups. Water, 2 cups. Salt, i, teaspoon. Pepper, % teaspoon. Orange juice, 2 tabliespoons. Toast squares, 2. American cheese, 2 slices. SERVES TWO PORTIONS. Put butter in a saucepan. When melted add onions and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes until onions are just a delicate brown. Then pour in water and simmer about 15 minutes. Season with salt, pepper and, if liked, the orange juice. Just before serving lay toast squares, with a slice of cheese to fit each, on top of the soup and brown and melt cheese under a broiler flame. Good for lunch. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes some fiber, protein, as well as lime, iron, vitamins A and B. Can be eaten by normal adults of average, over or under weight. may be the factors compensating for Parents who think they are doing the least for their chil- dren may in reality be doing the most. (Copyright, 1929.) LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. After supplr ma was looking at the funny page with a serious expression, saying to pop, If theres one woman I cant stand the site of, its that dubble face Clawdeen Tipper. Is her picture in the paper? pop sed, and ma sed. No, certeny not, the ony way she would ever get her picture in the paper would be if one of her sense- less remarks ever took the ferst prize for stupidity. It was just my bad luck to run into her downtown today. thats what made me think of her, she sed. Why, you use to be gerlhood frends together ‘at skool, dident you? pop sed, and ma sed, Yes, that is not axualy frends, ony so called frends, because she was always & back biting meowing snake in the grass and as far as I can make out the ony way she was changed is for the werse. Why, what did she do? pop sed, and ma sed, She duzzent haff to do any- thing, its what she is, the inquizitive prying nose poker. Her ony redeem- ing feeture is that she looks like just what she is. so nobody is deceeved by her dubble face appearants, she sed. Well well, she must be a regular Dr. Jenkel and Mrs. Hide, pop sed, and ma sed, She's werse than that, she's a mountain of deceet covering a mole- hill of ignorants, I never liked her and you couldent get me to change my mind with wild horses cheered on by all the kings of men, and if the real truth ever leeked out you'd find she has even less regard for me than I have for her. Well, it must have been worth going miles to see when you 2 gerls bumped into each other today, pop sed. and I sed, I was there, pop, I saw them Ah. an eye witness, pop sed. Just briefly discribe in your own words ex- ackly what happened, he sed. They kissed each other, I sed. Yee , help ald sucker, pop sed. And got behind the sporting page and stayed there. . Radio telephone calls across the At- SR NS SRR N lantic last year totaled 9,825. Biographies of great| More important than the best | THE EVENING JABBY “That fella who said that no two people think allke must never have had any birthday presents.” (Copyright, 1920.) SUB ROSA BY MIML First Person Singular. The other evening I had a little discussion with a man who complained that women always looked at questions from a_ personal point of view. Of course, I came right back at him and sald that man's viewpoint was that of the first person singular. A man “I's” everything. We women do run in the personal equrtion, as they call it in astronomy, but we make for this, I hope, by add- ing a personal touch to life. But we aren’t half as bad as our mothers were when they got tangled up in their skirts and twisted the ideas in their heads the way they used to twist their hair. We've bobbed a lot of their notions, too many perhaps. But in defense of the personal view- point, we can say that, if it were not for this, the old world would be a drabber, drearier place than it is now. For when worfen enter the scene, they do a little interior deco- rating, so what matters it if a certain amount of this puts the personal touch to_their ideas? Men run the world, or they want to, the way they run machines. They have put robots in place of polite clerks and are trying to get rid of every- thing that suggests personality. That's why the whimsicalities and tempera- mental touches of womankind must be maintained to keep the world safe from masculinity. The male ideal is that of brass tacks. Women prefer finery cr brass tacks with decorations on them. Men like to call a spade a spade, but there isn't much romance in that. Why not think up a lot of synonyms so that the old spade won't know itself when its name is called? The personal point of view was forced upon women by the men them- selves. I've no doubt that the Cave Woman was just as practical as her mate in the apartment, but as ctviliza- tion developed the sexes separated and women weer made to feel that they were different. At the present time, although we are not really returning to barbarism, the sexes are coming together ain, so that the personal standpoint which has been so cteristic of women should be kept up. We dress and speak and act pretty much like men and often have men's Jjobs so that there should be no com- plaint about our overdoing the per- sonal, feminine stuff, A 1 can be womanly without be- ing womanish, fine without being fussy, and quiet without being a Dumb Dora. But how about that first person singular? Haven't we shown the men that they should cut out the “I” business and learn to use s “We” which will mean woman and man? (Copyright, 1929.) The finer quality of “Canada Dry” is the difference between mountains and plains STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1929. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. To one like myself who doesn't be- lieve in any more wet washing than is| absolutely necessary, it is a favorite subject of speculation whether —‘tis worse to itch to bathe or to bathe to| itch. I have always been willing to try | anything once, provided it did not seem dangerous. 1 have had wool itch, cater- pillar itch, scables, orthoform derma- titls and vy poisoning, in that order, from first to last and from best to worst, and more than once in my life have I been virtually submerged in a bath, and I am still undecided as be- tween itching and bathing or bathing and itching. “For more than ten years.” writes a gentleman, “I have been affiicted with | an itching sensation after bathing that is gradually growing worse. Soap seems to aggravate this condition, although | even when I use no soap the sensation | is most disagreeable. It occurs only on those surfaces of skin that are not | usually exposed to the air. Every phy- sician I have consulted. . . . " Then another reader adds his de- scription: “I have been annoyed recently with an itching which to me is very pe- culiar. It occurs only after water has touched parts of my body, and con- tinues for half an hour. ... " Bath pruritus (pruritus, by the way, means just itching without apparer.t skin rash or other evident cause) is itching or burning of the skin after a bath. It seems to annoy chiefly per- sons who have dry skin. The tempera- ture of the water, or the soap used | seem to have little to do with it; it is water itch mainly. It follows the bath. and iasts from a few minutes to an hour or more. T shall never suffer from | bath pruritis, I can tell you. But then, I'm liberal that way. There is, to my mind, a healthful hint in what the Louisville correspond- ent says. The trouble affects only skin that is not exposed to the air and sun. | Well, ladies and gentlemen who bathe to itch, why not try a few air baths and even a few sun baths, all by yourself in the lamplight? I believe regular air baths are as sanitary as any wet wash one can have. By air bath I mean simply exposure of the skin to the air. A sun bath, with proper pre- caution against sunburn, is even more healthful for the skin and the body, . But one can take an air bath any | time. A cold air bath is ordinarily | preferable. Ben Franklin used to take one for an hour or so every mor.ing in his room. Anyhow, victims of bath pruritus | should make the soak very brief, use | some bran in the bath, dry by patting, | not_rubbing, and anoint the skin im- | mediately with a bland ofl or with Bulkley's crea Lanolin. ... Boroglycerid Cold cream (made with white petrolatum) .. Questions and Answers. Horseback Riding. Please tell me whether riding twice a week for an hour or two tends to make one bowlegged —MISS B. R. Answer—No. It has no effect at all. | Riding a bicycle, pushmobile or tricycle tends to make bowlegs straighten out. Worms and the Pup. Is there any danger of infection with | worms from & puppy? My puppy had hook worms and sometimes when I had him in my arms he would lick me in the mouth before I knew what he was doing—S. B. E. | Answer.—I do not know about hook- worms. But dogs and cats commonly harbor round worms, and the eggs may be transferred in the animal's saliva to the hands or the mouth of a person, especially a child, whom the animal licks, and in this way the person may | be infested with worms. I did not know that dogs were susceptible to hookworms. Bring on the Gas. Kindly tell me which you consider better for & nervous person to take when having teeth extracted—gas or 2 drams .1 dram 6 drams MIRELLE Deodorant, antiseptic, highly absorbent! Mirelle is a NEW Kleinert’s Dress Shield which not only protects your clothes but pro- tects you from any possibility of offending with perspiration odor! . .. Wash Mirelle like any | instruments.—B. W. novocaine? One dentist says novocaine is better, as gas makes one weak; an- other dentist says gas Is better, as you don't see the dentist at work with his Answer.—If I were the patient and my dentist gave me my choice, I'd take gas—nitrous oxid and oxygen. Birthmark. My girl, aged 12, Has a birthmark on hei face, which shows up plainly, and I am wondering if anything could be done about it.—Mrs. L. L. Answer.—Probably it can be removed or obliterated with vast improvement in the girl's appearance. Depends on the type of mark, electrolysis, radium, car- bon dioxid, diathermy or X-ray being used in such cases. Your physician will send you to a reliable skin special- ist, or I will recommend one if you will mention the city you prefer to visit for treatment. Inclose a stamped enve- | lope bearing your address, with the re- quest for a good skin specialist. Syphilis From Kiss. Some time ago you stated that syphilis might be contracted by kissing if the disease was in the communicable stage. What is the communicable stage?—C. R. Answer.—When the disease is so con- tracted the primary sore (chancer) de- velopes on the lip perhaps five or six weeks after inoculation and resembles | an obstinate “cold sore.” Such cases constitute less than 1 per cent of syphilitic infections. | (Copyright, 1929.) The bob white is now being bred successfully at a number of experiment stations, notably at the State game farm in Virginta. The quail eggs are set under bantam hens, which take good care of the little wild birds when hatched For Salads POMPEIAN RE VIRGIN IMPORTED OLIVE OIL ——At All Good Stores. SHIELDS Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “It wasn't my fault about the church window. I didn't know how far you could knock a golf ball.” (Copyright, 1929.) —e. Town Sliding Into Sea. ‘The erosion of the English shore along the North Sea is a serious condi- tion which now threatens the entire town of Pakefield. A considerable part of the old town site is now under water and at rather frequent intervals a cot- tage or two is abandoned by the occu- pants and it soon falls into the sea. The church, a thirteenth century struc- ture, was within the memory of those now living half a mile from the shore, but now it is less than 100 feet and is threatened by the approaching water. FEATURES. | Pine Suumer days with endless pos-) Jsibilities for enjoyment of nature's | splendors may remind us that we are | too dependent on money for recreation and pleasure. No generations have had quite as much money as we, and the result has been that we are not always able to do without its help. Not more than & decade ago & walk o7 “hike” was a perfectly feasible idea d a practicable one. Nowadays we | | (Svn cars, one out of every four to five | | of us at least, and we depend on them | to “show us the world.” We seem to have forgotten the economical pleasure of walking, not to mention its benefits to_us physically. In former times there may have been more space in the cities than there is today, but that is no excuse for those who do not live in dersely populated sections of the city, or who have ample park and playground facilitie Nor should one omit training the children in_this respect. Prosperity need not make us luxuri- ous. Dependence on money inevitably leads to unhappiness. The father who buys a ball and a bat and takes his children out to play is doing more for them and himself in every way than if he “treated” them | to seats at a ball park. Sport is only worthwhile to us if we participate. The spectator exercises nothing but heri nerves. Instead of watching horse races, it is cheaper to go riding. The same ap- plies to all sports at which we may be found in attendance but rarely at play. | Sports are not all. The family which | can provide its own musical entertatn- | ment will enjoy music more thoroughly | The playing of music answe-s a crav | ing all of us have for creative effort. Straight Talks to Women About Money | :l BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN. | The facilities offered by nature, by our own talents, and by the city in the form of public amusements, make de- pendence on money for recreation anc entertainment unjustified. If som families will look closely they will dis- cover that their financial straits ar due to overdependence on money this way. Be so situated that you could lose every dollar you possess fomorrov and still' be able to enjoy life and be happ: Beauty That Attracts —so enchanting and allur- ing it commands the admir- ation of all. 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