Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1930, Page 47

WOMAN’S PAGE. Relation of Relaxation to Work BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. . Relaxation and work are sometimes iconsidered the enemies which they are mot. To nervously constituetd persons some ly physical or craftsmanlike work is often prescribed by physicians THE WORK OF DUSTING IS OFTEN LESS TAXING TO THE PHYSIQUE THAN THE MENTAL DISTURB- ANCE OF BSEEING DUST ON ‘THINGS. to relax certain faculties which are too active. Various kinds of occupational therapies are cultivated at institutions for patients of nervous disorders. But there is no worry, no anxiety attached to its accomplishment. It is not less well done on this account; perhaps it LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Me and %upm w;a a w}:\fl( l.ng Pop_stoppe runt of & shert anc er store and started to look at the neckties in the window, wich he gen- relly does, saying, Some of those ties are pritty bad, this must be a new kind of & store that keeps its best stuff hid- den under the counters, Im going in and see. And we went in, pop saying to the man, Would you mind showing me some ties that are not in the window? Certeny sir, the man sed. Meening he wouldent. And he took out 3 draws full of folded up ties from underneeth the counter, pop winking to me to prove he was rite, and he started to pick up some and look at them, and the man started to pick up other ones and tie them on his fingers to show how they would look on some- eltses neck. Being a long thin man with a short thin mustash, saying, Now heres a classy necktie, these little red dots are all the rage. No case of meezles is complete with- out them, pop sed. I prefer to make my own _selections, sed. And he kepp on looking and the man tied an- other one on fingers, saying, Heres & nobby number, its {n grate demand. Not with me, pop sed. And he kepp on looking for himself, and the man sed, Now this black and white one, I can recommend this frankly, we've sold & lot of these. ‘Then lets give some other kind a chance, pop sed. And he picked up & partly green one and looked at it with one eye shut, the man saying, That one you have there in your hand is a real bewty, its got class, that one has. I was just getting to be fond of this one, but are you sure you like it? pop sed, and the man sed, Yes indeed, in- deed I do, and pop sed, Then why dont wou buy it yourself? And he quick wawked out of the store with me following him, and I looked back to see what the man was doing, and he was just opening his mouth without any werds coming out gt it. Iinstead of wallpaper- WATER PAINT Sold by All Good Paint ond Herdware Stores. is better done. The im t factor, viewed from the lung‘l;!l:I of the housewife who is on the point of & nervous breakdown is that the work itself is not what is wearing her out any more than the anxiety she feels toward its accomplishment. Practically any task about the house, taken by itself without the knme that another task is to follow - ately, and done without the feeling of pressure, would not be a burden. In- deed, it would be harder for & nervous woman to sit still and do nothing than to take up a dust cloth and make use of it. Many women would spare themselves {llness and a doctor’s bill by cultivating relaxation in work. Nearly every one has had the experience of sa: to herself that she is going to take a day off and not “do a ‘stroke of work.” Some little piece of work comes to mind and because she does not have to do it the doing of it appears as a pleasure. This leads to another task, undertaken in the same spirit, and that in turn to another. ‘To her complete surprise, she finds at the end of the day that she has put in a more efficient day’s work than on many another occasion when she had gone deliberately about it and felt twice as fatigued at the end of the 24 hours. If the housewife, awaking in the morning with the dread feeling that a terrible day lies ahead, could separate herself from the idea that all the work had to be done “right away” and with that coveted feeling of relaxation go calmly from one understanding to an- other, her health would show improve- ment and the work would not suffer. Today in ‘Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. May 2, 1861.—Examination of the recorxx of the city tax sales shows that, in the excitement of the times, with civil war breaking out and the general difficulty in obtaining money, hundreds of citizens of Washington whose real estate has been sold for the taxes of 1858 have failed to redeem it. The city authorities today called attention to the fact that unless it is redeemed today or tomorrow it will be irrevocably lost to the delinquent taxpayers. ‘The law declares imperatively that it must be redeemed within two years from the date of the sale, which was on May 3, 1859. The two years expire to- morrow. There is no power lodged any- where to extend this time limit, John Conner, the Government mes- senger who recently was accused of tampering with confidential official dis- atches intrusted to him for conveyance Eetween ‘Washington and Philadelphia, is now in the custody of Col. Butler at Annapolis. It was stated in military qu-.;‘teu today that he would probaly be hanged. Conner is a Baltimorean and here- tofore is sald to have borne an excel- lent character. On the delivery of his dispatches in Philadelphia, Capt. San- ders discovered that all had been opened, and doubtless read, somewhere on the road between Washington and that city. A crisis is believed to be approach- ing in the military situation in this vicinity. Union troops are being con- centrated in area in large num- bers. ‘Baltimore is almost completely filled with Union troops and there are large forces cf Union Volunteers in Southern Pennsylvania and Western Maryland and in the nearby rmnm of both Virginia and Marylan Fear of the Federal Government that Southern sympathizers in Maryland may endeavor to take that State out of :‘he Union is b&lleved t&h;b: t.h:. zfl% s many troops statione around Baltimore, which is almost com- pletely surrcunded by Union soldiers. There is also a large Union force at and near Annapolis. Federal authorities here thifk the prompt action that has been taken will prevent Maryland from leaving the Union, The western part of the State is declared to be strongly pro-Union in sentiment. r Women .li.ke these tell why slo-baked bread SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. LITTLE SISTER BY RUBY HOLLAND. “I dess my Drandma won't det the pillow muvver 'broidered for her muv- ver's day present, it looks so bery nice on our davenport. It's good to read the book reviews; they soothe and comfort and amuse. ‘They tell of books we ought to buy, though cost of living's pretty high, and give us_hints, in playful tone, of books we well may let alone. I ramble through the book reviews and get a smattering of news concerning books Just placed on sale, for which I have not blown my kale. And when the neighbors come along to gossip some, at evensong, I talk of new books, one by one, as though I'd read them by the ton; I seem quite learned and up to date as I thus rear up and orate, and people doubtless wonder how I find the time to pad my brow with so much knowl- edge touching tomes which haven't reached their barren homes. A man who reads the book reviews can'tread the village avenues and talk so wisely and so long that folks will think he's going strong, and they will ask his sage advice when they are fixed to blow the rice of some new book that’s made a de—'hlch makes him feel that he is It. . It fills one's breast with honest pride to feel men think he is supplied with wondrous knowledge touching books—it is a high renown, gadzooks! No man can read the countless tomes, biographies and tales and pomes which come ‘in bundles from the press, no man can read to such excess. A small proportion he may choose—but he can read the hook reviews, and if their drift is understood, and if his memory is good, he is equipped to go around and all our modern lore expound. Of course, some sharps will see his game, and think his nerve is beastly shame,’ they'll know his folks would think it queer if he should read one book a year. But with the world he makes a hit; his knowl- edge they will all admit. ‘WALT MASON. I!OUSEWIVF.S OVER the entire na- tion, like this one above, testify to Wonder Bread’s uniform goodness . . v What Will Result From New _Styles For Women to be true, but the dictators of fmmmm::mm“ ity and maturity for women have come in with long t s mfl.?ae for women not only to look their age but be it. Likewise, they promulgate the glad tidings that the homely women is having her vogue and that it is better to have an “interesting” face than a pretty one. If such be the case, then there should be mass-meetings of sll women over 30 to smite upon the cymbals and sing hallelujah choruses and unite in a grand thanksgiving service, the like of which has never been seen upon this earth before, because it i8 an emancipation proclamation that sets millions of poor slaves free. It is an edict that ends suffering of those who had not even hoped for another minute of peace and calm and rest and a surcease from the agonized seeking after perpetual youth and pulchritude. For the woman's burden has always been the obligation to be beautiful fihoug’:‘ufl& No matter what her virtues, no matter what her_achievements, she always had to be a good-looker, or else all the balance was dust and ashes. She couldn’t offer as an alibl that, after all, it wasn't her fault, and that peaches-and-cream complexions and lissom flgures and hair with & naturally curly wave to it were gifts of the gods and that she wasn't to be blamed if she was passed over when the prize packages were handed out. Nor could she claim that if she was short on looks she was long on per- firnu.ncu; that if her outside adornment was scanty she offset it by her iward attractions and that she had a brilliant mind, a beautiful heart and a lovely soul. These were esteemed as highly desirable possessions, but we have felt these were not enough. She should throw in beanty, too. And that has required a bit of doing, as the English say, for most of us. ITlo\mdlwolW‘ d! There is no other one thing for which women have envied men so much as the privilege they have had of being as homely as they were made and not having to spend their lives camoufiaging their personal appearance and vainly trying to be living pictures when Nature turned them out chromos. What this has cost women money, in time, in suffering, in self-sacrifice, no tongue can tell, but every plain-faced sister of us could add a chapter of personal confessions to the Book of Martyrs that would wring tears from a stone. Why, the main reason the women have not accomplished more in business and the g:ofessions is because by the time they got through counting their calories and ving a permanent put in their hair and putting on their complexions and being sure their clothes were the latest style, they were so exhausted and worn out that they had no energy to give their jobs. Of course, if & man is handsome, that is his luck, and so much to the l".\;lt hunlg:ka cut no figure in his success in life. They are relatively of When a man foec to hire a private secretary, all he is interested in is the lad's ability to spell, his ability to take dictation and his general e:‘c’iency and reliability. The employer doesn't even notice whether he has red hair and freckles, or looks like a sheik in the movies, but suppose some stringy old maid, with a saleratus-biscuit complexion and a wisp of gray hair should apply for & job as stenographer along with a starry-eyed little 18-year-old humdinger of a girl, which would get the position? Yes, you guessed right the very first time, ‘This having to create an illusion of beauty where none exis been enough, but a worse misfortune still has befallen women in !l':dlll::.{ew y!:: and that is having the curse of perpetual youth laid upon them. No woman has dared to grow old, or to act old. To have a birthday was worse than a scandal. Age actually became a cause of divorce, and on every side we have seen men not only forsaking their wi actual being justified in it by publfe uplnlon.m RwI ey WOV R b o Look how women have had to dress! Ninety and nineteen bought at the same specialty shop. Grandmoth: Chiffon that ldn't Gover thelr (g DO ey TS LR WRos e Worst of all, women not only having to dress youn; youn, Every woman under the horrible nyeculny‘ot & be'éu‘z’:tortr;:flng g vivacious and kittenish, of having to jump around like a monkey on & stick r;m;:umme. what boredom has been committeed upon the elderly in the name Now we are told that this passing madness of fashis ‘wom: may quit being flappers. and be sensiple once mors. They can lens Borg daughter her clothes and put on their own, and hide their knobby knees and thick ankles under skirts, and, best of all, they don't have to try to act like sill; debutantes any more, but can rest their weary bones and be dignified and 1mel¥ ligent and interesting and entertaining. For the mature woman, when she is herself, has a charm that is far superior to & young girl's, DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright. 1930.) as if for foes. They are so light and their feet so well adapted to surface water life that they actually run and walk upon the surface as if it were glass, or, more exactly, they skate as if it were ice. That mysterious thing called surface tension holds them up. At its surface water is actually a little tough. If the water striders are ugly insects, their movements are l’rlcefuflnfl their shadows on the bottom of the pool:are more than beautiful; they have the en- chantment of music. The shadow-insect appears to be shod with round shoes of dancing light. Nothing on earth or in water is as shadow of some living thing in water. Yet I am wrong, for there is some- thing else as beautiful, and that is when a dytiscus beetle drops through the sur- face tension film and darts like a black SPRINGTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. I would rather have a brook than s river. If I ever buy & country tract, it is going to have a brook on it. I saw one the other day that I wanted. Ques- tion for lawyers—Can you buy a thou- smg feet of brook without buying the land? It is in Spring that the inhabitants of a brook come forth. I'm sure I don't | know where they burrow from the bit- | ter cold in Winter, nor why they are so hard to find in Summer. But of a sunny morning the nature lover finds a h:nlolk alive wi:lh “Viljin‘ c\::tlltm;i”. Es- pecially where there a e dam or a tiny natural pond the brook folk re e bl il cluster. ' No pool in Spring but has its water- - striders. They remind me of a squadron | Prisoners in a jail at Manchester have of battleships; they are fierce and |advised the home secretary for England swift, and they all face the same w. t have only “rather old-fash- in a little flotilla, and keep continually light for their rendlnf and combing the of their tiny they desire electricity. . beautiful as a subaqueous | P ‘When Fred Rollison was considered the peer of Washington's trick riders in the days of Higham and Prince. MODEST “THAT'S HIGHWAY ROBBERY! Ham With Potatoes. ‘Take & slice of ham two inches thick and rub it with a little dry mustard and brown sugar. Place in a rossting pan and over the ham slice as many raw potatoes as you wish. On top of the potatoes place a layer of onions sliced very thin. Over all pour a pint of milk and bake in the oven slowly for an hour or an hour and a half. ‘Sl:r've with mashed turnips and cole White or whole-wheat, @s you prefer is now served on their tables every day— Housewives all over the country attest to superiority of Wonder Bread . . . give very definite reasons for their choice . . . me hereafter . yourself—and wiches were ideal. Wonder Bread for Do as these women did. Prove to one way is by means of the toast test—that slo-baked Wonder Bread will meet your every bread need: OMEN like these you see pic- Just ke & tured here. . . and hundreds of thousands more like them : : . have decided to use Wonder Bread. Why is this so? Why has this slo- baked bread become such a tremendous favorite with American women? We quote below, a few of their com- ments that reveal the reasons for this toaster. slice of Wonder Bread and a slice of any other bread you have been using. Place both in your See which slice is toasted first. Which is an even, golden brown from edge to edge? Which is crisper, with a new delicate toast flavor? And which slice is unevenly browned and burned . : : FEATURES.: BEDTIME STORIES Danny Is Out of Sorts. ~—Danny ‘lllflo' Mouse. Peter Rabbit was hopping along, lipperty-lipperty-§p, over near the Long Lane that leads from Farmer Brown's barnyard down to the cornfield on the Green Meadows. It was early in the morning and he was on his way home to the dear Old Bfllr~n:fil. o “I'm a little late,” ught A “Yes, sir, I'm a little late. ghou:ht to have started for home sooner. 1 hope that Reddy Fox and Mrs. Reddy and 0ld Man Coyote are nowhere around. I don't believe they are. And I hope Redtail the Hawk isn't hunting over this way. Oh dear, I do belleve there is old Whitetail the Marsh Hawk now. Well, I'll have to stay hidden over here in the bushes beside the Long Lane for a while. If Bowser the Hound and FIj the Terrier stay at home, I'l be all right.” So Peter turned into the bushes along the Long Lane and prepared to make himself comfortable. Peter had been sitting there balf ing for some time when a faint rustle of dry leaves caused him to open his eyes in a hurry. The rustle of dry leaves, especially when none of the Merry Little Breezes happens to be about, 1s always a matter of suspicion. Peter knew by the sound that small feet were rustling those leaves. Shadow the Weasel has small feet, for he is a MAIDENS THEY HAVE THE SAME THING ACROSS THE STREET FOR $4.9 U. S. Government Inspection Number BY THORNTON W. BURGESS small person. being anxious. . In & moment, however, his anxiety was relieved. He saw & chunky m;:yn- coated small person with a short L It was Danny Meadow Mouse. There was nothing to fear from Danny. Peter and Danny had been friends ever since Peter could remember. . “Hello, Danny Meadow Mouse,” erled eter. Danny jumped, for he hadn't seen “HELLO, DANNY MEADOW MOUSEI" CRIED PETER. Peter. “Hello, yourself,” he replied in his squaky little voice. It was & cross voice. It was very plain that Danny felt out of sorts. “What are you doing over here?” de- manded Peter. “That isn't the question st all” re- torted Danny. "Inu A :hac are you do- ing over here? ve here.” gewr opened his eyes very wide. “The last I knew, you were living out on the Green Meadows,” said Peter. “T don’t have to tell you every time I move, do I?"” retored Danny crullmi. “T've been living over here all ‘Winter.” “Is Nanny Meadow Mouse with you?” asked Peter. “Of course she is” replied Danny. “You don't for s minute suppose I would be living over here all alone, do fou?” 1 ‘Where is Nanny?” asked Peter. ‘She isn't far away,” replied Danny. “She’s taking care of the children and to make up her mind where we'll move to.” “Move!” exclaimed Peter. “Why do you want to move?” h of the neighbors,” re- plied Danny. “We've some new neighbors and now we've got to move.” Peter lookéd all around, as if he ex- pected to see those new neighbors. “What's the matter with those mlfi; bors?” he demanded. “Don’t you them? Or is it that they don't like you? “T don't like them and they do Hke another. ere place to live, plenty ‘without much work to get it, n_these new As the result of the s s el O, e from South American ports shall be jected to the same quarantine measure normally in force for the control of cholera and plague. 336 Don’t Merely Ask for ¥ “Sausage’’—Specify Auth’s Delicious Frankfurter Sausage HURRYING #0 business in the morning, this bachelor girl found Wonder Bread toast quicker to make and better to eat. . . ‘THIS YOUNG BRIDE tells us she, too, like ber mother, uses Wonder Bread for every bousehold use . . « A GRANDMOTHER said she wished she could have bought Wonder Bread when she was a girl . . s v . v Yo Ho! Yo Ho! Yo Ho! for the hap- py Wonder Bakers every Tuesday eve- ning at 8:30 in their entertaining Won- der Bread Period over WRC and associ- ated N. B. C. stations. ‘Tune in and hear the famous Happy Wonder Bakers and their orchestra conducted by Frank Black. choice: g “I made the test-by-toasting. It surely convinced me that Wonder Bread is a perfect bread, for I got golden, evenly browned toast every time.” “It stays fresh longer, and quickly and has a nice flavor my family likes.” “I gave a tea party and wanted my sandwiches to be particularly nice. My grocer said Wonder Bread. The sand- with just the ordinary disappointing toast taste? Wonder Bread is better, owing to super-quality ingredients and exclusive slo-baking process, which eliminates excess moisture and gives bread of fine, delicate texture. slices easily We have won ten million women to this bread. Once you try it, yox will want Wonder Bread. Your grocer has it. Try it today! Corby Bakery Continental Baking Company WONDER BREAD 'BAKERS ALSO OF ITS SLO-BAKED = T, and Insist on For Your Protection E ach Delicious Frankfurter Stamped With % Name Be Sure to Look for It. Not the Cheapest But the Best Cooked ready for eat- ing. Drop in kettle of boiling water—Heat 3 minutes—Serve N.AUTH PROVISION €° WASHINGTON DC.