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WOMA N’S PAGE MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Acquiring Poise. Have you ever noticed the strained, anxious “faces of business men and women, as they hurry and rush away from office or shop every evening? The Tush hour, it is called. Is it necessary to rush so much? In large towns especially we get 5o accus- tomed to the perpetual rush and hurry that we forget that most of it is un- necessary. It is only when we have been away, perhaps in the country, that we tan Jook back upon our daily found with new eyes and discover that so much hurry and rush does harm to our health. It i easy to acquire the hurry and rush habit so strongly that one cannot take things quietly even when there is plenty of time. It is very hard to learn o be poised and to master the art of relaxation amid the bustle of the pres- ent-day life, but it is infinitely well worth while I wonder how many active business women are losing their youth and gain- ing wrinkles by this nervous haste and tension. And what harmful effects fol- eXERCIAE © low the rush and hurry habit! First of all, it is extremely likely to result in in- | digestion and dyspepsia. The person who is always on the run rarely gives the digestive organs time to perform their functions. Constipation follows. ‘The nerves of the whole body are af- | fected. The mood of being all “keyed up” with nerves and muscles tense and rigid is like an enemy within the walls— the most dangerous kind of enemy to health and beauty. Even during the so- called leisure hours the muscles and nerves are in a state of tension. This means that thev never get any rest dur- ing the day, nor, very often, during the night. ‘There are a great many business people who have the painful experience of feeling exhausted at night, yet too tired to sleep, and the muscles and nerves will not relax after a day of hurrying and rushing, or after a special strain or excitement. Each of us has only a certain amount of nervous energy. This being so, it seems a pity not to save some reserve energy for emergencies, instead of wasting it and frittering it away. b to acquire the poised attitude of mind. It may be difficult at first, but the feel- ing of repose and calm, both physical and mental, which follows, makes the effort well worth while. We must mas- ter the art of relaxation by practice un- 1 til the tense nerves have been taught to Out-of -Doors, The following exercises seem almost too simple, vet if they are practiced | regularly, a world of benefit may be de- rived through them: Exercise 1. Try this method of breath- ing as you walk at an even pace. Begin by filling the lungs by sniffing up the air in three deep inhalations, then ex- pelling it in two forceful puffs through the nose; keep the mouth closed, hold the breath for two counts, breathe in exhale in two counts, and not too quick or Indoors. | Exercise 2. Stand erect with arms at the sides and take a few deep, even breaths. Raise both arms slowly above the head, inhaling as you do so: let the hands hang limply above your head and shake them loosely but y, as though You were trying to Hold the muscles of the hands and arms relaxed. Bring the arms down with the same relaxed, fluttering mo- tion of the hands, wrists relaxed also, exhaling as they gradually descend to your sides. Repeat 10 times. Exercise 3. Now stand on the left | foot and extend the right leg in front. Holding the muscles relaxed, shake the right foot limply as you did your | hands. Repeat the shaking as you hold the leg out to the side and be- hind. Repeat alternately with each | foot 10 times. This exercise will give | you & delightful feeling of relaxation; be very careful not to allow any nervous tension to creep in, however. Exercise 4. Sit down on the floor and stretch your right leg out to the | right. Have the other knee bent so that the left foot touches the right knee. Rest your left hand on the floor | and lean upon it. Place your right hand beside the left one, head droop- | ing. trunk turned to left. Ralse your right arm slowly in a wide circle upward, lifting and turning head and trunk to the right. Inhale deeply and ‘evenly on this upward movement. Bring the right arm down gradually and gently in a wide circle to the | right and down in front of the right |leg to the starting position. Exhale slowly on the downward movement, letting the body droop and relax untii the head rests limply on the floor. Repeat with opposite arm, resting on the right hand while the left arm circles upward and down again. Exercise 5. Lie flat on your bed, with arms at the sides, and relax | every muscle throughout the whole body. Breathe quietly and deeply. | Lift both arms and then let them fall | limply. Repeat several times until you have the feeling of complete relaxa- tion in them. Raise and drop the legs in the same manner. These sim ple exercises will help you to get con- trol of those destructive nervous tensions and help you to relax through- out the whole body and enjoy a peaceful, refreshing sleep. They may be taken during the day, also, when the feeling of nervous tension is felt, and they will help you to grow in | poise and serenity if you put your mind into them. (Copyright, 1830.) OUR CHILDRE BY ANGELO PATRI Little Boys Have Big Ideas. Mrs. Polly-lived a few doors away on the shady street on which the Herrons lived. The two families had been friends for many years. Their children had been born about the same time, attend- | ed the same schools and grew up to- gether. One home was as familiar to them as. the other. But both mothers noticed the same thing. The children were likely to be more confidential with the neighbor mother than with their own. “All we can do is to listen and if they tell any- thing that is very important pass it along to each other,” they agreed. One afternoon Mrs. Polly called earlier than usual. She seemed excited and distressed. After she had fidgeted about for a while Mrs. Herron said, “What's the trouble? Better tell it an get it over. with? Better tell me, Mary.” “I just hate to tell you, Kate, but we | ;emued to tell each other anything rtant’ that we learned from the | «l ren. Last night when your Jack was visiting with me he told me the most awful story. I'm afraid to even think about it, but it’s my duty to tell you. Oh dear! Oh dear! “Well, he said that he went out every night with his gang and they played they were robbers. They entered stores and took whatever they wanted. They have a den on the railroad embankment down in the hollow and they hide what- ever they steal down there, “When I asked him how it was that he was out at night that way when you saw him safely in bed every night, he said that he made a figure to look like him out of the pillows and tucked the clothes in close about it. Then when you looked in to see if he was all right BEAUTY CHATS Fingernail Bleaches. Fingers that show stains, nails with black marks under them, dark shadows sround the nails—these things do not make pretty hands. No one, in thes days of quick and easy manicure meth- ods, should ever go out with hands that are much short of perfection. And stained fingernails are almost unpar- donable. Sometimes nothing is needed beyond scrubbing the hands and the nails with warm water, soap and a hand scrubbing brush. But girls who work in offices, and women who do their own house- work, know that this isn't always effec- tive.| Therefore, keep in the bathroom (or fn your desk, if you are an office ‘worker) a small bottle of lemon juice, MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDRI ¥ One mother says— My baby boy likes to color the pic- tures that come in the magazines but ‘wants me to be there to tell him what color to put on each object. As he could only remember one thing at a time, this kept me hopping back and forth at a great rate so that I could not get my work done. Pinally I hit upon the plan of marking each object with the color that I thought would Jook well on that particular object and now he can color for an hour or more ‘witheut disturbing me. 1 Is 1t anything I can help | you thought he was there, but he had climbed out of the window down the wistaria vine to meet the rest of the gang. Kate, you have no idea how I hate to tell you this.” Poor Mrs. Herron's face was as white as her handkerchief. For a moment her breath seemed to stop. Then she gath- ered herself together. rticular night he “Did he say any had done this, Mary?' “He sald he had been out the night before until after 2 o'clock in the morn- ing and that they had robbed Seeton's Garage.” “That was Tuesday night. I know positively that he -was not out of his bed from the time I tucked the blankets about him until I hauled him out barely in time for school next morning. I went to bed at 10 and I opened his windows a-bit wider and put an extra cover on him, About midnight Harry egan crying with earache and I was with him until he fell asleep about 2:30. I closed Jack’s windows while I was helping Harry. When I went to bed I "rned them as before and replaced the blanket and a sounder sleeping child Did you hea thing about ou hear ny y anything any shops bel ? | “Not a word. Kate, you think he | was_stringing me?” “I'll make it my business to find out, | but I rather think he was doing some is his wish that is talking. to be a-dashing hero. I'll study him & bit and see. But you can be certain he has not been out a single night nor has he robbed any store.” Mother was quite right. Adolescents sometimes indulge in tall talk as a gesture of the power they covet. (Copyright, 1930.) He'd love BY EDNA KENT FORBES just the juice of & lemon strained and kept for convenience in any small bot- tle. Wrap a bit of cotton around an orange wood stick, dip in this, and rub | | the juice around the edges of the nails | nd under them. Then wash off with soap and warm water. Or you can get the regular nail bleaches, which are stronger. You must | not leave these on; use them to hleach | stains, then wash off at once. They are, | and must be, very drying to the cuiticle, Even lemon julce is, but not so much so. With these other nail bleaches it is best to use a cold cream, and when you get into that you get into a lot of trouble. You need time—what the busy office girl or housekeeper lacks. So, for temporary | freshening up of the nafls, stick to| | lemon juice. Ammonia is a good bleach, too, espe- clally for under the nails. And for| | some stains nothing beats tomato juice— fresh, or out of a can. I think, too, that it's a good idea to keep a small | tube of that sticky white stuff sold | bleach to run under the nails. It makes them too white, but it bleaches nicely, and can be scrubbed out, or cleaned out | with a flat-blade file. Keep a manicure | box handy with these things in it. | A K—T shall be glad to send you| complete directions for using henna to | color your gray hair, if you forward a | self-addressed, stamped envelope for the | mailing. There are different methods | of handling the work, dependent upon Just what effect you wish, and the in- | formation could not be covered in such | limited space as the column is allowed. | Miss M. W.—A blonde with ashen | | shade of hair will need to strengthen ' | her natural coloring. Even a henna! shampoo would help very much, as that would give much more character to the | color of the hair, in addition to the be- | coming glints that would appear. Bright colors will be needed, and blues darker than the eyes; also browns that run to golden and to the red shades will en- | rich the color effect. | Yorkshire Pudding. ‘Mix one-fourth teaspoonful of salt with one cupful of flour, add one cupful of milk gradually to form a smooth | paste, then add two eggs beaten very | light.” Cover the bottom of a hot pan | with some beef fat that has been fried out from a roast. Pour the mixture in the pan half an inch deep. Bake for 20 minutes in a hot oven, basting after well risen with some of the fat from | crepe self-trimmed, the pan in which the meat is ronsting. |Cut in squares for serving. Bake, it | prefeired, in greased, hissing-hot iron | gem pens. “This is excellent with roast ¢ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. February 24, 1861.—Mr. Lincoln, after arriving in this city at an unexpectedly early hour yesterday morning, disap- pointing many persons who had intend- ed to meet him at the railroad depot in the afternoon, spent today (Sunday) very quietly. A This morning, shortly before 11 o'clock, Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward emerged unobtrusively from the Four- teenth street entrance to Willard's Ho- tel and walked together to St. John's Episcopal Church, where Mr. Seward is an attendant. They entered the church 50 unobtrusively that, even though Mr. Seward's pew (No. 1, near the altar) is & conspicuous one, not a dozen persons in the church were aware of the pres- ence of the President-elect during the service. The rector, Dr. Pyne, was quite | unconscious of the fact, and, of course, his selections for the service had no ref- erence to it. But to some few persons, who were are of Mr. Lincoln's presence, there seemed to be considerable appropriate- ness in the Psalm chosen, two lines of which were: “In all thy ways trust thou the Lord, And He will nesdful help afford.” Mr. Lincoln was dressed in plain black clothes, with his black whiskers and hair trimmed. He was pronounced by such persons as recognized him as an entirely different man from the hard-looking pictorial representations of him that have been seen here. After the morning service Mr. Lin- coln spent some hours at the residence of Mr. Seward. He returned to Wil- lard’s Hotel between 4 and 5 o'clock this afternoon. Tonight he received Senators Sumner, Wilson and Hale Mr. Lineoln arrived in the city about daylight yesterday and was driven at once to Willard's, where Mr. Seward was awaiting him. The tall figure of “Uncle Abe” was very conspicuous among the other train passengers as they entered the lobby of the hotel. He was accompanied only by two friends, Mr., E. J. Allen of New York and Mr. Lammon. The President-elect had kept his in- tention of arriving here ahead of sched- ule entirely secret except from the secret serivce men who are guarding him. This course was adopted because of the threats that are alleged to have been made to assassinate Mr. Lincoln or prevent him from reaching Washington. THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE. Smart women favor this type for semi-sports in featherweight woolen in novel pattern. It's designed along very with unusualness denoted waistline that starts at either side of efllkr-luh;:\t of pointéd outline of cir- E simple lines, in belted r 5 ‘The back is straight and slender, ‘The plaited jabot frills of bodice give chic feminine touch and contrasts smartly with simple collarless Vionnet neckline. Edge of sleeves have narrow corresponding plaited frills. Style No. 158 comes in sizes 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. 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RICE KRISPIES D. .C, A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER, BIG and genial Jim Wick, who has| been reporting debates in the United States Senate for something like 10 years, answered two questions re- cently that I have long wanted to ask him ‘The first: “What do you fellows do when four or five Senators get to talking at once?” Jim looked me a minute and then replied solemnly: “We write fast- er.” The second: “What do you do when Senators talk faster than you can write?” He thought for & moment, then scratched his head in puszled fashiol “I don’t know what I would do in case like that.” And so it goes, These reporters who | may be observed every minute the | Senate is in session, darting here and there over the chamber to catch the words of Senators for the Congressional Record, never once think of falling down on the job. All are veterans. There is Theodore P. Shuey, dean of all reporters on the hill, who has been at it for 61 years, el B. Lloyd has a record of 53 ears of service. James W. Murphy been reporting debates for 33 years, Percy E. Budlong about 17 years, John Rhodes and Wick for more than 10 years. ¢ Fallure to get every word is an un- heard-of thing. T make doubly sure of this, the veteran Shuey keeps check notes on every newcomer to the corps | of reporters for three years before he turns him loose .on his own. ‘The motto of the corps is “Never take anything for. granted.” Wick still re- members how this motto was im- DAILY DIET RECIPE GINGER ALE VEGETABLE SALAD, Lemon gelatine, 1 package; bolling water, }; cupful; ginger ale, 1% cupfuls; chopped rad- ishes, 34 ‘cupful; minced green pepper, 4 cupful; salt, 15 tea- spoonful; lettuce leaves, 8. SERVES 8 PORTIONS. Dissolve gelatine in bolling wa- ter. Cool and add ginger ale, Then add the radishes which have been washed but not peeled and then chopped fine. Add een pepper and salt. Pour into individual wet molds and chill until set. Unmold on lettuce or other salad green. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes some protein, fiber, lime, iron and vitamins B and C present. Can be eaten by normal adults of average or un- der weight and by those wishing to reduce if non-fattening dress- ing were used. pressed on him shortly after he started reporting Senate debates. Former Senator J. Hamilton Lewis of Illinoils was making a speech. The Senator appeared to be reading it. In his hand he held 10 or 15 sheets of paper which he followed closely, Wick, thinking he could get the speech from Lewis later, put down his pen. After the Senator had concluded, ‘Wick went to his desk for the manu- script. He paled when he found that only four or five words were on each sheet, that Lewis had been speaking extemporaneously, using these few words only to refresh his memory. But the veteran Shuey had saved the day. Unknown to Wick he had been taking down Lewis’' every word. And as Shuey handed him the speech, he reminded Wick: “Never take anything for granted.” ‘Wick says Hiram Johnson of Cali- fornia, Joe Robinson of Arkansas, Tom Heflin of Alabama and King of Utah have the best voices in the Senate. Of these he picks out Hiram John- son as his favorite. It is only neces- sary for Johnson to say “Mr. president” for him to get a thrill, says Wick. 34 Savory Veal Steak. Have two pounds of veal steak cut one inch thick, then cut into pieces about two inches square. Wrap one slice of bacon around each serving and fasten with a toothpick. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, dip in beaten egg, then roll and pat in cracker crumbs. Have a large, heavy skillet ready in which you have heated one-fourth cup- ful of butter and one-fourth cupful of bacon drippings. In this brown both sides of the steak. Add half a cupful of milk, cover with a tight cover and cook in a slow oven for one and one- half hours. Hector never used to be much of a gambler, but I notice he's taken to eat- ing hash lately. | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1930, LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Ma took me and my cuzzin Artie to see my sister Gladd'ses baby today, be- ing almost a week old alreddy and ma | t‘r’:{nkln( it was time I saw it on account | of me being its unkle, and on the way | there I s=d to Artie, I bet you wish you | was its unkle, dont you? ‘ O I dont know, Artie sed, and I sed, Sure you do, but 'your ony its 2nd cuz- | 2zn by marridge, thats all you are. | Thats nuthing like being a unkle, I sed. And we got there and Gladdis was sitting up in bed looking just a_same, nd T looked all around saying, I dont see it. I dont quite allow him to play on the floor yet, the nerse will be bringing him in pritty soon, Gladdis sed, Wich ‘she did, handing him to Glad- | dis, and ma sed, Now boys, take a good look if you wunt to see something mar- | velliss for ony 6 days old. | Wich we went and did, not knowing | exackly what we expected to see, but | knowing it wasent anything like that, and we kepp on looking without saying anything, Gladdis saying, Well, this out- berst of enthusiasm overwelms me. | Their just overcome with emotion, | thats whats a matter, ma sed. What do | you think of your neffew, Benny? she | sed. | He's all rite, T sed, and Artle sed, | Sure, he's all rite. | have no ideer how tremendously | Im releeved, Gladdis sed. | And pritty soon we went, and as soon we got outside Artie sed, Well thats a good one on you all rite. Go on your jelliss, I sed, and he sed, O is that so, well Im darn glad Im only its 2nd cuzzen by marridge insted of its unkle like you, and I bet you wish you could swap me. O, you just wait a few years I sed, and Artie sed, A few years nuthing, it will take more than a few years. And we kepp on going home, me feel- ing worse insted of better. Fashions of Today BY MARIE SHALMAR. Slips Easily Made. The slip that serves as petticoat and camisole is a boon to the woman who must make her own underthings. Be- cause there is scarcely any more work on such a garment than on a petticoat. Some of these slips are made from two lengths of material made perfectly straight, but this is not a good arrange- ment for the woman of many pounds. There is a slip made from two lengths of the matefial, with the slash and gather over each hip, that is better for | the larger woman. ‘Then there is a slip made from two straight lengths of material, with an inverted box plait at the back, extend. ing from hem to waist, with a seam from waist to top taking care of the extra fullness. For the slip, select a material that | will be suitable both for the petticat part and the camisole part. Some of the good quality fine satines are excel- lent, either in dark or light colors. An excellent idea is a slip of cotton satine with a deep plaited ruffie of some sort of silk. Washable satin is an execel- lent selection and a good way to finish off a slip of this material is to have it hemstitched in scallops at the professional hemstitcher's and then to work a crochetted edging around the scallops. AUNT HET BY ROBERT QU “Pa always seemed a kind o' hero to me, even in his sock feet, until the first time I seen him scratchin’ his inst the doorcasing.” cause two#to-one FEATURE -2 Psychic Adventures of Noted Men and Women Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Dead Man's Hands. BY J. P. GLASS. ONCE MORE THE HAND STROKED HER FACE. CRIED, “OH, MOTHER! It was at a dinner in London that Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch told the story of the strange psychic experi- ence of her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the celebrated leader in the woman's suffrage movement and the movement for the reform of laws re- lating to women. Mrs. Stanton was herself present. There were other distinguished guests, including Sir Henry Lucy, the famous “Toby, M. P.” of Punch. Lucy was Interested in supernormal phenomena, and during the dinner related several instances. It was this that inspired Mrs. Blatch to tell of her mother's ex- | perience. Mrs. Stanton was not a skeptic in psychic matters, as the following eniry in her diary indicates: “Adelaide Johnson has just dined with us and told of a haunted house in which she lives, staying bravely alone there at night, seeing visions and hear- ing strange sounds. . . . I do not ridicule these stories, for in my own life I have Had several marvelous experiences. . . But I attribute all these strange phe- nomena to some natural laws which we do not understand, and may never un- derstand.” However, she was not accustomed to telling of her experiences. On the pres- ent odcasion she was considerably em- barrassed by Mrs. Blatch's narration. Afterward she spoke to her about it, explaining that there were “sufficlent isms attached to her name without adding spiritism or the like.” Mrs. Blatch's story, which undoubted- ly was one of the most startling of the evening, ran something like this: Mrs. Stanton had arrived in Spring- feld, Ill., where the session. On going to a had stopped on previous visits, she was told the house was full. “But, if you can wait half an hour,” sald the clerk, observing the distress ii: her face, “we can get a room ready for you. It isn't a good room, but under present conditions it is the best I can give you." Weary from a train ride, Mrs. Stan- ton assented. After a wait she was taken to a small, plainly furnished room on the sixth floor. She went to bed early and fell sound- ly eslecp. But suddenly she was awak- ened. ‘She had had the sensation of a hand softly touching her face, and in her ears was the sound of a voice cry- ing heart-rendingly, “Oh, Mother! Mother!"” lature was in tel where she ‘Though greatly startled, she felt that | she had been dreaming. She composed herself and fell asleep again. Once more the hand stroked her facc. Once more the voice cried, “Oh, Mother! Mother!"” She awakened, too startled to attempt more slumber, Aris- ing, she put on some -clothing, lit a candle, got out a book and sat down tc read until morning came. Nothing more happened. As soon as she heard the servants astir, she rang the bell. A chamber- maid quickly responded. Mrs. Stanton related her experiences to the girl. “Yes, ma'am,” sald she, “I told ‘em they oughtn’t to put you in this room. He was only carried out an hour before you came.” “Who was carried out?” asked Mrs. Stanton, “The young man who just died,” re- plied the maid. “He’s been lying here for two weeks. He—-" sh leavening is just the right leavenirig at just the right time. Actual experience in baking, as well as scientific laboratory tests, shows that best results in baking are obtained when two-thirds of the leavening action takes place in the mixing and one-third takes place in the oven. 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