Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1929, Page 46

WOMAN'S PAGE. B right Colors for Rainy Days- BY MARY “Rain, rain go away, come again an- other day,” was once as often said be- cause little Bobby’s mother wanted him tu go out in attractive clothes as be- ‘cause little Bobby wanted to go out to play. The boy or girl brought up under the guidance of modern. cl speclalists s out rain or shine—adequately pro- ted, .of course—and. Bobby's mother SMART ENSI LE FOR RAINY ACHIEVED BY EMB] DAYS MAY BE 'S OF THIS BEIGE, BROWN AND TAN PLAID RAIN LINED WITH AND FINISHED WITH COLLAR AND BELT OF TAN GABERDINE. HAT OF BROWN FELT AND BROWN SILK PLAID P. and big sister wear their rainy-day clothes with as much assurance of their smart appearance as they do their clothes d for fair weather. Bright colors have come to be re- garded as distinctly appropriate for rainy days—and there are combinations of bright -colors some women might itate to wear when skies are gray. You may wear coat, hat and.other accessories that are frankly designed JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in English. BY JOSEPH J. FRISCH. IN AN ADDRESS ON EVOLUTION, PROFESSOR PLOTZ DIGRESSED LONG £NOUGH TO REMARK THAT SOME PEOPLE MIND EVERVBODY'S ELSE AFFAIRS, BUTA , BARBER MINDS HIS BUSINES: ED.C.MAYS, TRENTON, SUGGESTEO THr Authorities differ on everybody else's and everybody's else, but preference given to everybody else’s, anybody else's, nobody else’s, etc. We say, however, whose else, not who else’s. is | bellion, you MARSHALL. for rainy weather, the sort of thing you gladly wear when there is no doubt of the dreary aspect of the skies. You may choose one of the new raincoats in gay color or combination of colors, with an umbrella that carries out the cclor scheme. Rubber shoes that extend well over the ankles, washable gloves and a small hat of the simplest sort should complete the outfit. There are days when you are not quite sure of the weather—when if you have a very cam- plete wardrobe you will choose to wear your unsettled weather ensemble, a coat or sult made of waterproofed material that does not reveal its rainy-day char- acter, a small umbrella or possibly an attractive handbag that hides a very small umbrella and a pair of light rub- bchr tips to slip on over the front of the shoes. . This week’s circular gives diagram showing how to make over last season’s felt hat to conform to the new mode. If you would like a copy, please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Mary Marshall, care of this paper, and it will be forwarded to you. (Copyright, 1929.) Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Often mispronounced — Dirigible. Pronounce dir-i-ji-bl, all i's as in “it” and accent first syllable, not dir-ij-i- ble, with accent on second syllable. Often misspelled—Gangrene; ene, | not green. Synonyms—Neglect (verb), disregard, | stight, ignore, overlook. Word study—"Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Demeanor; be- havior; deportment. “I admire her re- fined demeanor.” Captain of My Nerves. I have been reading your articles daily for about a year, and I feel that you can help me more than any one I know. About two years ago I suffered from what the doctors called a “breakdown due to exhaustion.” I had been working very hard for a year at an office position which I endured rather than enjoyed. I am 23 years old. The breakdown toot this form: One day I became very weak and faint without really sinking into unconsciousness. The doctor prescribed a rest in the country. He stressed the fact that I was not sick, anly tired and run down. I went away for siz weeks, and then went back to work, convinced that it was only my physical health that had suffered. I was one of those foolish people who scoff at “nerves.” After I returned to work my real troubles be- gan. I became depressed, afraid of in- sanity and heart trouble and the victim of many other terrors which I have since learned are symptoms of meu- rasthenia. One of the most pronounced was a very unnatural hunger. This is usually accompanied by the fear that 1 will faint unless I get some jood at once, I went to a doctor, a man who is very capabdle and eflicient and understanding. He told me that I was physically sound but that I suflered from fear. This knowledge has helped me some- what in the t months. My attitude toward my iliness has changed, but no amount of reasoning and determination to disregard symptoms has succeeded tn curing this neurasthenia. Will it finally 90 or has it become part of my person- ality and part of my physical make-up? If I could look forward to a time when I shall have outgrown these feelings completely I feel certain I could face life more courageously. Will you please reply to me through your column? 1 thank you sincerely for all the help you have ertended me ‘indirectly by your fine understanding and sympathy for your other correspondents. G. E. G. - Reply. This is an understanding letter and that strong desire to resume and “ come an independent person” will con- quer in the end. It's hard for a neu- rasthenic to read those noble lines “I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul” with any convic- tion; for, when your soul is a bundle of nerves, making your fate a chronic re- eel that the battles lost those won. The hardest thing in the world is to keep up a los- ing fight. It may be helpful to consider neurasthenics who have won. 3 have said a hundred times that what we fight is symptoms; what, we suffer from is the condition that cre: the outnumber ‘| Eiated with each cell Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Mental contents seem to be some- thing with which to conjure. Even the most learned of psychologists seem to know little about this subject. So whatever we say here must be taken with a grain of salt. ‘We may go at the question this way: Suppose your mental contents are the sum total of your ideas. Ideas, of course, are not in themselves material things. They are merely your ex- periences stored up in the nature of memories. But one can easily suppose that these ideas have some connection with material things. Otherwise, the mind and body would have to be con- sidered as two entirely separate things. So the question turns upon the known facts about these materials. The brain proper is composed of a great number of tiny cells, known as brain cells. That much is known for certain. As to the exact number of them we have only the conservative estimates of brain specialists to go by. Not s0 many years ago it was estimated that there were something like 600,000, 000 of them. A few years later a cer- tain German savant, more liberal with figures, doubled that estimate and made it 1,200,000,000. Then only a couple of years ago an Englishman came along and raised the estimate to the almost unthinkable number of 9,000,000,000. ‘Whatever the number is, let us sup- e that one idea may become asso- That will give you fairly sizable mental contents, even if you accept the smallest estimate of the number of cells. But these brain specialists have some- thing more to say. They tell us that each cell is potentially associated with every other cell, and that one cell may carry a potentiality for perhaps 50 dif- ferent ideas. One of these ideas may at any moment be aroused without dis- turbing the slumbers of the others. Reasoning from this point of view, there is no limit to the number of dif- ferent ideas you may have in your mental contents. KEEPING MENTALLY FIT BY JOSEPH JASTROW. symptoms and makes them seem so formidable. It is a consolation to know that the symptoms run true to type. No mat- ter which you have, you are convinced that that is the worst. That nervous hunger is typical, and the feeling of faintness; I have known a dozen cases, and one whose European trip was spoiled because of the irregular hours of eating while traveling. But the worst case was that of a man of high attain- ments who gave up his job and devoted his life to his health, ‘This man found that quickly swallow- ing a raw egg relieved that feeling. He had a box made to carry the egg, and never went out without it. He couldn't walk far, and rested most of the day. After being taken in hand by a wise physician that man climbed one of the high ks of our Eastern mountains, and-did it on occasional sandwiches carried in his pack. But he was carried along gradually by a devoted wife and an understanding physician, philosopher and friend. He was financially inde- pendent. He had a fortunate combina- tion to see him through; but it was a fight for years, none the less. Neurasthenics break down under emo- tional stress, under physical stress (op- erations) and under mental stress. They work too hard—that is, too hard for them—and, ii they lack the emo- tional stimulus (a job “endured rather than enjoyed”), the stress is so much the greater. There are all sorts of combinations; no two cases are alike. But the common cause is a fatigued nerve cell; and the common aggravation is getting back to work and keeping at it before recovery e complete. fatigued nerve cell just finds the weakest spot in your armament and wrecks it. Here it happens to be the sensation of hunger and faintness; and fears have so many relations—all poor relations—that, when one is in trouble, it summons all the rest. They all ber long to the family of misery. They can't all be scared away by the light of day or reasoning, like the ghosts that vanish at the cock’s crow. But they will trouble less and less as the periods of daylight get longer and the dark clouds lift. How to shorten the process of recov- | h ery is a fine technique; and that’s the reason why any detailed advice must be a matter of circumstances and person- ality. What G. E. G. and all the army of the hlndlc‘l‘rped need is a guide, hilosopher and friend—some one to lean on, some one to see them through. But they need wise rest and wise work as well as wise counsel. Playing the game with loaded dice isn’t easy, but it can be done. (Copyright, 1929 Get Acquainted with The Autocrat of the Pantry —and you'll like it better than any flour you have ever used Baking results' are uniform—because Wash- ington Flour doesn’t vary in character. strictly a kitchen Flour—adapted to kitchen facil- ities—and GUARANTEED. For sal sizes from 2-1b. sacks up. You can economically buy the 12-1b. and 24-lb. sizes—for ALL WASH- INGTON FLOUR IS GOOD UNTIL USED. Wilkins-Rogers Milling Co. ‘Washington, DC. pAl P AR i T - PARIS.—In front this coat looks exactly like a broadcloth suit trimmed with shaved lamb. In back the long coat lines reveal themselves, is from Lucien Lelong’s collection. The model RITA. LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. We was eating suppir, being stew chickin and mash potatoes, mash po- tatoes with stew chickin gravey being one of my favorite things, and I was reaching my plate for my 3rd helping and ma sed, Reely Benny, I think youve had quite enough mash potatoes now. Well, why, ma, gosh, they aint ord- nerry mash potatoes, their mash pota- toes with stew chickin gravey on them, T sed. Thats all the more reason why youve had enough, ma sed, and pop sed, Give him all he wants, you cant hert a boy with mash potatoes. Perhaps not just with unrepeated mash potatoes, but mash potatoes added | to mash potatoes the way this has been ing on, thats another horse of a dif-| }l"’!nt color, ma sed. O well, if youll | agree to except the full responsibility, | Il let him keep on, she sald. I except the full responsibility, let the mash_potatoes be unconfined, pop | sed, and I sed, And the stew chickin | gravey, too, O boy. Here it is. your father excepts the responsibility, ma sed. And she gave me another big help and I ate it and pa my plate for more agen, ma saying, All rite, your father is respon- Well just a moment, maybe he duz- zent realize what he's doing, maybe he's eating in a sort of a daze, pop sed, and I sed, I am not, G wizz, no sir, you sed youd be responsible, pop. | All rite, unoad it, pop sed. Meening for ma to give me the spoonful she was holding. Wich she did, and I ate it and reeched my plate agen, ma say- | ing, Certeny, your father is taking all the responsibility. . Hold everything & moment, pop sed. After all, the nicest thing to do with | responsibility is to share it. Sippose | you take the responsibility for this par- ticular helping youre giving him and | it taking the respon- | he lives, | e sed. | O no, & bargain is a bargain, hee hee. | here you are, Benny, ma sed, and pop | sed, Halt, ceese firing, I retreat, I sur-| render. Meening I couldent have any more. Me having had pritty near almost ‘enough anyways. then Tl see aboul sibility for the next load if Lemon Custard Pie. Mix the yolks of three eggs with two cupfuls of sugar, butter the size of an egg, the juice and grated rind of one lemon, two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch and two pints of boiling water. Place on the fire to boil until thick, stirrin constantly, then pour into a bake crust. This is enough for two pies. 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If we’ve notalready had the privilege of sending you samples in response to ad- vertising in The Journal of the American Medical 4" Association, phone today gton Representative Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. November 7, 1864.—For over a week all trains leaving Washington for the North have been taking away large numbers of soldiers and others on the way §o their homes to vote in the presi- dential election tomorrow. Up to last night it was estimated that 35,000 per- sons had left the city during the last seven days. It is calculated that 5,000 are leaving today. So gre: the rush away that at times the railroad depot has been crowded for hours before the departure of trains with persons anxious to get even standing room in the cars or on the platforms. Some disorder has occurred, but on éach occasion it has been promptly suppressed. The crowding at the railroad gate has been so tremendous that the guard there has had to be strengthened. On one or two occasions, soldiers, in their eagerness to get out of the city and not liking the measures taken by the rail- road company to prevent the cars from being crowded by friends of passengers eager to spend the last minute with them, have threatened to tear down the railing. Some, after getting through the gate, have shown no respect for the car reserved for ladies and have tried to climb in through the windows. The rallroad company has done its best to provide for the public. en it has been impossible for all persons in the depot to get aboard the regular train, extra trains have been sent out. Thus far not a sin- gle passenger has been left to spend the night in the depot. Among the officers of the railroad company who have been untiring in their efforts to accommodate the public during this rush, which has been un- precedented in railroad history, are’ W P. Smith, master of transportation; Mr. Koontz, general agent here; Mr. Walker passenger agent, and the various_ ticket agents. The conductors on the Wash- ington Branch Railroad—Capt. Duke- hart, Snyder, Phelps,- Taylor and others had an extremely hard time Gen. Augur has returned from Rector- town, Va., where he has been busy free- ing the Manassas p Railr from the Confederates, who have been inter- fering with the running of trains. He | reports that the task has been success- fully performed, and that the railroad is now in excellent running order. FEATURES. Straight Talks to Women About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN. Unburdening Your Soul. A fretting young matron pleaded vith us for some means of alleviating her lot. She owed quite a few bills, and she was being dunned, and she was so upset, and—so_ many other things. She could and would pay in time, out what immediate relief could she get from all this worry and strain? ‘We collected the bills she had grasped tightly in her nervous fingers, and care- fully laid them out. “No you have to do a bit of visit- ing,” we said, as we sorted out the bills. “First of all you'll have to see your milliner and explain to her that she’ll receive part payment at the first of the month, and that her nill will be pail in full by the end of next month. If she insists on full vayment and refuses any part, there will nothing left for her but to wait. “Now there’s your store. Pay a visit to the credit manager, explain your situation and your intentions, and I am sure you will find him both sympa- thetic and understanding. Convinced that you are both willing and able to pay, he will co-operate with you to the fullest extent. AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. ‘wants of the|* reckon Bill's satisfied. 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