Evening Star Newspaper, June 17, 1930, Page 28

woM BEDTIME STORIES Peter Wastes Sympathy. ive mot of sympathy in haste, r often It will go fo waste. —Old Mother Nature, Peter Rabbit was sorry for Jerry| Muskrat. Grandfater Prog had just in- formed Peter that Jerry's house in the Smiling Pool had been washed away in the Spring flood. Peter had always ad- mired that house. He had_considered it a very fine house. He had always wondered that any one could build such | | | “WHERE 1S IT?" DEMANDED | PETER. “IS IT UP THE LAUGH- | ING BROOK." | & good house. Now, to find that that house was gone was something of a shock to Peter. Peter had said that it | was too bad that Jerry Muskrat hadn't any home and Grandfather Frog had demanded to know who sald that Jerry had no home. ; “Didn’t you just tell me that Jerry's house was washed away?” Peter asked. | “Chug-a-rum! Of course I did!" re- | plied Grandfather Frog. | “Well, isn't that just the same as | telling me that Jerry hasn't any home?” | demanded Peter. | “It isn't the same thing at all. Chug- | a-rum! It fsn't-the seme thing at all.” retorted Grandfather Frog. “I have | AN'S PAGE. THE STAR. WANaw ON, By Thornton W. Burgess. never asked him, but I know well enough that Jerry Muskrat has another =y “‘Where?” demanded Peter. Didn't I just tell you that I have never asked him?” said Grandfather Frog crossly. “It is no business of mine where Jerry Muskrat's home is. I don’t know where it is and I don't want to know where it is. But I do know that he has one.” Just then Jerry Muskrat himself ap- peared in that abrupt way of his. He wasn't_there and then he was {here, right below where Peter was sitting. You see, he had come there under water and Peter hadn't seen him until suddenly he poked his head out of ater. “Hello, Peter!” said Jerry. “Hello, your own self!” replied Peter. “Oh, Jerry, I'm so sorry Jerry blinked, as if he didn't under- ‘What are you sorry for?” he ‘m sorry for you. replied Peter. 'm ever so sorry for you."” Jerry Muskrat blinked more than ever. “That's nice of you, Peter,” said he, “but I'm not sorry for myself, so I don't quite see why you are sorry for m 'm sorry that you haven't any home.” said Peter. “Oh1” exclaimed Jerry. “What makes you think I haven't any home?" “It was swept away in the Spring flood, wasn't it?” inquired Peter in his turn. replied Jerry, and his eyes twinkled. Peter's eyes flew open very wide. | “Grandfather Frog says it was, and it isn't here any more,” said he. “Oh!” sald Jerry, pretending that he was just beginning to understand. “You must mean my old house. That was swept away in the Spring flood. But a house isn't necessarlly a home. T've still got & home and a very good one, 30 you don't need to be sorry for me.” “Where is it>” demanded Peter. it up the Laughing Brook?" That's telling,” replied Jerry. think you're fooling me,” replied Peter somewhat crossly. “I've been all along the Laughing Brook and I haven't seen a sign of a house of yours, How can you have a house and not have it seen? Why, that old house of yours here in the Smiling Pool stood out just like the Big Rock.” (Copyright, 1930.) “Is PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. Vitamins and Stomach Ulcer. | In the United States and Canada | the consumption of devitaminized food | has ronsungly increased in the past few decades, and with this growing fond- | ness for manufactured, artificial. refined or sophisticated food we have observed an apparently increasing prevalance of stomach ule I say the increasing prevalance of ulcer in the stomach, or duodenum. is apparent; possibly it is in | fact mainly a matter of more accurate diagnosis, for with better education a rising scale of intelligence more suf- | ferers from “stomach trouble” or “poor | digestion” seek medical care. | By devitaminized foods we mean re- | fined sugars, sirups, starches, cer products such as “breakfast foods, candy, pastries, cakes, sweets, desserts in general, chemically treated fats and oils, butter substitutes, manufactured substitute for fresh milk, cured meats, drug store lunches and tabloid or con- centrated nutritives, canned, smoked, dried or salted fish or meat, shelf { groceries. polished rice, white flour and | refined corn meal. The original sources | or natura! states of the foods from which all these staples are derived are | as a rule fairly right in vitamins which | are removed or destroyed in the course of manipulation or preparation of the food for the consumer. Here again I would eall attention to | the great need for human material for experimental use. Nearly all of our | present knowledge of the vitamins rests upon snimal experimentation, and we | apply such knowledge in human | nutrition, without long years of ob-| servation and experience. - Experience | is & slow and difficult kind of experi- mentation. Turn over to science State’s | prisoners for these vitally essenti Dhutrition experiments. Such & refe SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. il Muvver say Drandma Truman lost ber mem-ry. Her was sittin’ wight he: but I €on’t; see Jt. MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Bran with Cream. Stewed Prunes. Corned Beef Hash Cakes. ‘Wholewheat Muffins. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Presh Strawberries. Asparagus on Toast. Baked Rice Custard, Macaroons. Tea. ‘Tomato Soup. Breaded Pork Chops. Mashed Potatoes Cabbage Salad. Rhubarb Pie. Coftee. WHOLE WHEAT MUFFINS. Sift together one cup entire whezt flour, one cup white flour, one-half teaspoon salt, four tea- spoons baking powder, two table- spoons sugar. Beat one egg, melt one and one-half tablespoons but- ter and add one and one-quar- ter cups milk. Beat all into dry ingredients and bake about 25 minutes in hot oven. BAKED RICE CUSTARD. Pick over and wash one ecup rice. Add seven cups cold water and bake until rice is soft and has absorbed all the water. Mix two eggs with one cup sugar, one teaspoon salt, nutmeg and three cups milk. Mix into rice and bake until custard is set, about one- half hour. RHUBARB PIE. ‘Three pounds rhubarb, peeled and washed, two small cups sugar mixed with two heaping table- ns flour. This amount of rhubarb and sugar will make two large or three small ples. Dot with bits of butter and sprinkle with hutmeg. Beat up one egg | may Quids prevail. would not only remove some of the | stigma of imprisonment from society but it would be of great benefit to society, and morally, if not physically, to_the convict as well. Because of this inapplicability of nutrition knowledge to the test of human experience, it is very difficult to use the newer knowledge of nutri- tion in practice. On the other hand, it would be wrong to teach that every infant must have cod liver oil daily if the additional expense is not abso- lutely necessary for the normal health and growth of the child. On the other hand, it would be unfair and unjust to discourage the use of taples of long proved economy, or to urge the more liberal use of foods not so cheap unless we are quite’certain that these recom- mendations are the best solution of the problem. ‘Then there is another difficulty in the use of this newer knowledge. For instance, there is good evidence that a diet deficient in yitamins predisposes to the development of gastric or duodenal ulcer. On the other hand, some of the best sources of such vita- mins are, according to our older views, objectionable items in the diet of one who already has gastric or duodenal ulcer. This clash of older and newer ideas will require long, long years of observation and experience to settle it. Give us all the prisoners of the State, and we can settle the question in a year by means of simple experiments with the diet of those who happen to have gastric or duodenal ulcer. I appeal to every reader to help this humanitarian reform by giving moral support to the scientific use of the State's prisoners. PRIVATE JUSTIC Some years ago & Mr. Quids lived calmly with his wife and kids; some nieces also lent their charm to his sub- urban, moral farm. He was a kind and friendly man, a credit to his tribe and clan; when any parties passed the hat they found with with a wallet fat, and he disgorged and wished the men good luck and bade them call again. One night some beastly burglars came, and played their rude, uncultured game. ‘They stole whatever they could find, | to every decent impulse blind, and they were brutal to the kids, insulting, 100, to Mrs. Quids. When morning came the father cried, “The courts will pun- ishment provide, for those who robbed us left and right, and made a ruin of the night. We have good cops and they will trail the scurvy villians to the jail.” But days went by and weeks, as well, and none found lodgings in a cell; the cops were baffied and the case was carried to the old junk place. Then Mr. Quids arose and sald, “The feet of jus- tice are of lead; she has a thousand things to do, a thousand villans to pur- sue, and s0 the robbers get away, and live to rob some other day. I feel 'tis mine to place the skids 'neath men who bullied Mrs. Quids; they must be punished one and all, or I'll be feeling amall; s0 I shall camp upon their trail, and see these varlets all in jail; it may take months, it may take years, but I have neither doubts nor fears; I have the price, I have the time, I can afford to punish crime.” And so far nine long years he's trailed his victims and 13 were jalled; but one remains who has not felt the prod of justice in’ his pelt: and Quids remarks, “I cannot rest until he is some jaller's guest.” And this is not & fairly tale; it's true, and long WALT MASON. Dethol Kills Flies Quickly—Surely You need no longer put up with flies, Dethel kills them by the rpomnful. No swatting. No chasing. No fuss or bother. A few quick shots from the | improved Sprayer and the air is misty with a clean, refreshing odor. No escape for .the pests. They must breathe it—then die, every Jast one of them. Ask for Dethel by name. Be 1007, satisfied with the way it works or get your money back, every last cent of it. Sold everywhere. Dethol Mfg. Co., Inc., Baltimore, MA. and put over filling before put- ting on top erust. Dethol Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Prodigies. Now and then some one discovers a prodigy—a superior child. The case is written up; school teachers make a survey of teaching methods; parents begin to wonder how prodigies come to be and even suspect they have one in their own home. The eugenists begin to talk eugenics. As a result, the prod- 18y gets 50 much attention that he or she runs the risk of being spoiled. From the psychological point of view the prodigy is just as much a question mark as is the idiot. No one can ex- plain the whys of nature when her creations vary considerably from the average up or down, or, more properly speaking, one way or the other. We have our attention so much centered on the normal or average individual that we don’t notice extreme variations, un- less some advertisement is given the case. There must be prodigies in the warld who have not been “discovered.” simply because no one has been out looking for them. I have said that the prodigy runs the risk “of being spoiled. Everywhere he goes some one is expecteq him to do something unusual. The strain must be considerable. History seems to show that prodigies are pretty likely to turn out to be prodigals. Being regarded as individuals so many degrees removed from the ordinary run of social beings, these prodigals find it easy to lose con- tact with society. Sooner or later they must come back, must hitch up with the social order. Their attempts to do 50 are not very successful, as & rule, Go into any school, and you will find that the pedagogical mistakes are ust ally made in the case of the bright pu- pils. At any rate, they are the ones to demonstate = first their inability to flourish under modern methods, which mean mass education, ordinary achieve- ment, mediocrity. (Copyright, 1930.) THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE. Slenderizing Lines. Enhance your charm by wearing frocks of. slenderizing lines, if you are inclined to be overweight. This one is picturesque in printed tub silk. The French V of the bodice is de- cidedly slimming. The scalloped shawl collar provides dainty contrast in two tones of plain crepe silk. The waistline bow and belt prefer the lighter tone crepe. A deep shaped hip yoke molds the figure, The attached skirt concentrates its fullnes at center-front and center- back in soft gathered treatment. Style No. 655 may be had in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48 inches bust. It lends itself admirably to the sheer cotton fabrics as printed dimity, printed handkerchief lawn, printed batiste and printed voile. Crepe silk in pastel shades, shantung and chiffon also appropriate. For a pattern of this style send 15 cents in stamps or coin directly to The ‘Washington Star's New York Fashion Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street, New York. We suggest that when you send for this pattern you inclose 10 cents addi- tional for a copy of our new Spring Fashion Magazine. the best granulated sugar you can buy “Sweeten it with Domino” Granulated, Tablet, Superfine, Confectioners. Dainty Lumps Powdered, Old Fashioned Brown, Yellow: Domino Syrup Always full weight American Sugar Refining Company _ ? (e, i1 haa faee epaufetics and q,k M’LMZ“C&: K, NedEs. .Jje j:}é Llack, Aatin, and eriap {ine Hack Lace, @{ Shene, Hana.. A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. 'HERE'S & spot in the Senate Office Bullding which is proving a verita- ble oasis to the writer of this column during these lazy days in the Capital. It is on the first floor, far down the corridor. A small, rectangular plece of ‘metal on the door § bears the simple inscription: “Senator Hawes.” Inside, on & green’ plush earpet and at mediately think of Missouri and mules. He discusses fish- ing in such & man- ner that you can almobt feel & nib- Harry Hawes is not only an ardent and expert fisherman. In the realm of anglers is regarded as a theorist, as & pragmatist and as an_empiric. Or, more simply stated, Harry Hawes knows fishing in all its phases—from catching to cooking. Manufactirers have named rods for him. He is in & class with those vet- erans to whom it gives serious offense to call a rod a “pole.” “Might as well call my favorite rifle & blunderbuss,” he says. But with of his expertness, the Senator will discuss fishing as eagerly with a novice as with a veteran. Especially is this true when conver- sation swings to what he describes as “some of the pleasant things"—cook- ing and eating. Even here the Senator has very definite ideas of what should not be done. Here'’s his idea of what a noonday camp meal should be: Fish, coffee, French toast or flapjacks, boiled or fried, and canned tomatoes. His senatorial palate runs to flapjacks, and he will go into minute detall as to the way he prepares them. Once he sald to me: “I have often wondered whether the appellation ‘flap- " applied to the modern girl with bobbed hair and short skirt, from the ‘big outdoors’ and had any connection with the art of somersault- ing a half-baked cake in a frying pan!” To this menu, 1f it is in season, the Senator advises ‘‘roasting ears” of corn. For, he says, “If fate—and fish—lead your party past a cornfield, there doubt- | Jess will be one member who cannot re- sist the temptation to appropriate a dozen ears or so. “‘Obviously this is all wrong, but if the malefactor nevertheleas persists, you should know what to do with them came | since it would be wanton waste to throw them away. “I not only cannot palliate, but must reprehend any and every form of lar- ceny. However, I know a good recipe for cooking roasting ears. ““Those who do not like my formula, I advise to consult Mr, Oscar's Waldorf- Astoria recipe book. Then add baked beans. “There is no reason why you should not pay for the corn you take from the farmer’s acres.” My Neighbor Says: It is & mistaken idea that cu- cumbers must be soaked in cold water or salted water for some time before serving to remove the poison in them. They are not poisonous. Slice them and cover with ice until ready to serve, then remove the ice. After frosting cakes, dip a knife in hot water and amooth over the frosting. This will give a glassy effect. A worn whiskbroom, trimmed down to its stiffest part, makes a anrz good scrubbing brush for the sink. Lemon sirup is made by adding two-thirds cupful of lemon juice to one cupful of sugar sirup. Strain this into a bottle and keep it in the refrigerator. One part of this sirup added to six parts :f1 lfie water makes a deliclous rink. I knew about buffalo nickels, but Stubby had to show me the #00 before I'd admit there was buffalo quarters. testimonial Of all the countries of the world, Amer- ica is judged to serve the finest coffee— and when you taste Maxwell House, America’s favorite blend, you will agree that this reputation is well deserved. Each flavor-rich cupful reminds you that no other coffee is gifted with the same full-bodied smoothness, tempts you with the same rare fragrance, or rewards you with the same wonder- fully mellow flavor: Money back if you are not fully satisfied. GOOD ¢#o the LAST DROP A PRODUCT OF GENERAL FOODS CORPORATION Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED, Preparing vegetables of which the small child takes only a few spoonfuls is always regarded as a nuisance. Per- haps some of this annoyance is the direct result of the daily feeding of carrots and spinach, which the mother feels are the only safe vegetables for baby, and which the rest of the family can’t be wheedled into eating more than once weekly. There are so many vegetahles that baby can enjoy, and it is so generally 'taken for granted that the family will have one or two fresh or canned vegetables dally ,that these vegetable {e;:)rnll need not be so much extra abor. Small portions of the vegetables cooked for the family can be t Een out and run through a sieve and seasoned for baby. Sieved vegetables and vege- table soups just for bables are now sold by leading dealers everywhere. They are carefully grtpl\rrd and unseasoned, S0 that one has only to open a tiny glass jar or can. Even these may be too much for one feeding, so they should be divided into equal parts, the remainder kept in the glass jar on ice and brought to a boil the next day before serving. In a very cold ice box the vegetables or soup could last for three days. Be sure your ice box is very cold. Some of them are Just cool. Mrs. R. E. Q. suggests a way in which she has managed this vegetable feeding. “In order to have daily vegetable feed- ings for the baby,” she says, “I steril- ized two small glass jars. I cook two vegetables daily and put them in the sterilized jars. These I keep on ice and when needed I put the vegetables in a ramekin and heat them in the oven. Thus baby can have the same vege- tables on Monday and Wednesday with no extra trouble.” Carrots and spinach are excellent vegetables, but even baby gets tired of them and there is no reason why he shouldn't enjoy many others. Peas, green string beans, squash, beets, as- paragus, caulifiower and tomatoes are all stimulating to baby's taste and will be eaten with relish. The way in which vegetables are cooked makes them palatable or taste- less. To cook vegetables in seas of wa- ter and then drain the water into the sink is to leave a tasteless, soggy, color- less mass of cellulose behind with all the valuable mineral salts nourishing the drain and not the baby. Steaming vegetables is the best possible method, and next best is to cook them over a low fire with the tiniest bit of water in a tightly covered vessel. Then the juices can be incorporated into the sauce and served over them. If large chunks of vegetables are seen in baby’s stool, they need more thor- ough cooking. To find small traces in the stool is natural. This indigestible is the “bulk” for which vege- tables are in part valuable. Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. There is something very attractive and practical about modernistic fur- niture, especially for a_man’s room. In the sketch is shown a bed which would appeal to one preferring the “taflored” type of furniture. (Another person who would appreciate this is the one who around in and be bothered with!) ‘This bed is of walnut and is so con- structed that there is a double shelf the head. The lower one might h: a hinged cover, so that it could be used to store linens, and the upper shelf is Just the right height for a lamp for night reading purposes. The treatment of the wall at the side of the bed, with the hanging book- shelves, is about the best which could have been chosen. Not only is the case handy, but the lines of the shelves are in keeping with the severity of those of the bed. Mother. .. 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Answer—To _correct excessively oily skin it is often necessary to changé one's diet and stimulate the whole syse tem by taking cool baths in the morne ing and warm, cleansing baths in the evening. Omit greasy and rich f | from your diet and include more ra fruits and green vegetables. Drink seve | eral glasses of water between mealsy Eat more succulent vegetables, such af cabbage, spinach, tomatoes, carrof string beans, lettuce, cucumbers VAN Soak nai in dlive oil Brittle Fingernails. Dear Miss Leeds—My .nails don't seem to grow very long, and when I do get them to a presentable length they almost always break off. Can this condition be remedied? (2) I work in an office and my hands are always moist and seem to perspire excessively, especially when I am taking dictation Can you tell me how to overcome this tendency? JUST A WORKING GIRL. Answer—The condition you describe is often due to some form of ill health or & diet that is not properly balanced Very often nervous individuals are bothered with perspiring palms, and a diet lacking in lime and other minerals will cause brittle finger nails. Ask your physic about it. He will probably | tell you to eat more milk, vegetables and fresh fruits, For local treatment soak the nails in warm olive oil for 10 minutes every day for a week to toughen and lubricate them. Have an ofl mani- cure twice a month. Wear your nails rather short until you get them in a better condition. (2) After washing the hands sponge them with the fol- lowing lotion and allow it to dry on the skin: Four drams eau-de-cologne, two drams tannic acld, one ounce glycerin one ounce alcohol (massage or rubbing alcohol), eight ounces witch hazel. Mix well. This lotion may be applied t. the palms and between the fingers be- | fore one goes out in the morning, and again at noontime after washing the hands and drying carefully. Watch for my article on “Brittle Fingernails,” and in the meantime write for my leaflet on care of the hands and nails. The dally care, together with soothing lotions and & splendid skin food, is given in detail. Inclose s self-addressed, stamped en- velope and name the leaflet when you write, 80 that it may reach you safely. ‘Wash your face with warm water and mild soap after removing the surfa dust and make-up with cleansing rmha water cress, as well as all fresh 1m13 Rinse in cooler water and finally wit cold water. Before applying you foundation cream pat on a little of the following lotion and allow it to dry om the skin: One dram boric acid. sis ounces rosewater, ten drops simple tines ture of benzoin, twenty grains powdered sino oxide.. Shake well. Apply.with § clean piece of absorbent cotton. Thid LOIS LEEDS. | jotion may be used during the @ay has Shiny Nose. fore fresh face powder is applied to th¢ Dear Miss Leeds—Please tell me what | skin, LOIS LEEDS to do for an olly skin. My nose is al-| (Copyright, 1930). Straight Talks to Women About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN, where you try to-obtain business employment. - You cannot sell minl coats in the slums, nor can you Ways to Earn Money. ‘We once had a book on ways to earn money, and we used to turn to it when ends didn't appear to be converging. Every woman looks for a way to sup- plement her income at some time or other. Of course, there are actually more than a mere 100 ways to earn money. ‘They are not difficult, either. Our trouble in falling to find a particular way is that we lack the time, facilities or inclination. PFrequently, though, we only think we lack one or all of these. Most of us have some time, some talent, and some facilities, how- ever meager or limited. In order to get the best results de- cide first which skill or knack you to the greatest extent. Select a trade, business, or vocation that will exploit that skill or knack. Then determine the most likely market for your product or services, and ‘“work” that market to depletion. For example, if it is & product of your handiwerk, advertise it in any way possible, try to get display space, send out samples to interested persons and establishments, and use all of your personal acquaintanceships to advant- a pots and ' pans in the exclusi residential sectiong. AUNT HET BY RORPRT QUILLEN, ge. ‘There is & market somewhere for any- thing worthwhile. Exercise your in- genuity in finding ways to get your product or talent before folks likely to be interested in it. and by that we mean, prospective purchasers. 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