Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1931, Page 36

There is nothing rore mentally sta~ xthmzm{neu. GETTING TO WORK OFTEN SEEMS HAR-% BUT THE REACTIONS ARE in periods of bereavements, the routine glflwork brings the mind into equili- um. Often it seems almost impossible to get work when there is bewilderment and the thoughts are flurried. The de- WOMAN'’S PAGE. Wgorlj; as Stabilizing Power BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. unwise, for, utterly lost red person into clear path- ways of thought. Since this is a proven fact, it will be seen that work results not only in ac- complishment of mundane tasks, and stupendous scientific discoveries, inven- tions, etc., but it reacts to the benefit of the mind and spirits of the worker. The important and significance of work cannot be overestimated. It is an in- tegral part of healthy existence. Work and overwork are two widely different matters. The one is & whole- some privilege, something no normal person can exist without and not de- teriorate both physically and mentally. The second is a strain that the system |cannot stand constantly without a breakdown. Th: physique has the elasticity of a rubber band. It can be put under much physical and mental strain in times of necessity, and it will give without in- jurious resistance up to its limit of ca- pacity. If before the limit is reached, the person will relax, she will “snap back” to normal conditions without ap- preciable harm. It is when the person disregards the dictates of the physique and goes beyond its endurance that overwork becomes a danger. It is not work that is disastrous to a person. Work is healthy, stimulating and normal. It is stabilizing. No one should try to escap~ it. Danger lurks in neglect of this essential of whole- | some existenc" (Copyright. 1931.) My Neighbor Says: Seraps of cream cheese may be made useful by mixing them with butter and milk or a little cream. This can be spread on thin, wafer-like crackers made into sandwiches and served with salad. A few drops of oil of lavender scattered through a bookcase will save books from mold in damp weather. To clean a white raincoat cut up two ounces of good yellow soap and boil it in a little water until dissolved, then let it cool a little and ::.llr in hn."‘ an %‘l‘m of powdered magnesia. the raincoat with this, using a nail brush for the solled parts; rinse off the dirty soap and dry soak- fruits overnight. Use scissors to trim off the pie crust after it has been fitted into thg ple pan. sire is to stop working and let the heart ‘wander through the maze. But this is TWINTY-THRIE years ago a lad of 13 entered for the first time that stately, semi-circular room at the Cap- ftol where the Supreme Court of the United States holds its sessions. He was reporting for duty as a page. Almost every day since then he been there or in the clerk’s cham- bers across the hall. day of John Mar- shall. There have been 63 Associate Jus- tices of the court, serve ville W. Fuller, Edward Douglass White, ‘William Howard: Taft and Charles Evans Hug! d has known 23 of the Associate Ji . He became clerk in 1927. Several yul: prior to that he served as deputy ers before the Court Knuu and as old as the selves. “Whiskers and heavy ld watch | chains hadn’t gone out of fashion, and somehow they seemed to go well with | flowing tail coats. Those attorneys | were as sure of their law as the men | on the bench and they stood their | ground when the questions began to | come. “I don’t mean to imply that the at- | torneys who appear nowadays aren’t as | capable, but they are younger as a rule. | A lawyer who handles the case in the lower courts generally comes here to | argue it, and some of them are only & few years out of college. “Those were the days when techni- calities were flourishing thickest in the | forest of law. They may be now, but it seems quite clear there has been a good deal of pruning and that the legal trees can be seen much more clearly. A good thing, I suppose—" And the youthful Cropley ran his hand over an unlined face— “But we old-timers are sentimental, you know, and have a prejudice for the ‘good old days.’” was when a Supreme Court clerk’s head was as gray or as bald as MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. ‘When Assigning Tasks. Before sending my little fellow out to shovel the snow, sweep the drive- way, and so on, I give him a written or- printed list of the things I want done. I also give him a pencil, prefer- A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. | Can peop! but there are a great many girls learn this (Copyright, 1931.) 8 justice’s. lived long as a rule (there have been only 10 clerks since the court began), | Cropley's predecessors have and his office is lined with their pic- tures, most of them venerable gray beards. He has a good chance to set a service record before he is through. Cropley draws a modest salary. In other days the clerk, through a fee mm, made more money annually the President. The story is told back in the 80's a justice contemplated resigning from the bench clerk. But those days have gone. BY LOIS to become:u “In traveling half around the globe I didn't tire a bit—— T've always taken care,” says Puff, “to keep my body fit. Perhaps I'm getting old, or else I lack time fire; my old-time fire; For after 18 holes of golf I'm ready to retire.” Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Fears. What are individuals afraid of? Well, that depends on the individual. But here is a list of the important things: 1. Some are afraid to think, because they fear they might think wrong. 2. Some are afraid of animals, 3. Some are afraid of burglars. 4. Some are afraid of thunder. 5. Some are %fraid of lightning. 6. Some are afraid of humiliation. Some are afraid of books. Some are afraid of strangers. 11. Some are afraid of snakes. 12. Some are afraid of darkness.’ 13 Some are afraid of high places. 14. Some are afraid of closed places. 15. Some are afraid of open places. 16. Some are afraid to go to sleep. 17. Some are afraid of crowds. 18. Some are afraid to make decisions. 19. Some are afraid the world will come to an end. 20. Every one is afraid of death. One deduction is that the fear of death is the parent of all fears. An- other theory is that the fear of losing self-esteem is the parent of all fears. But on the question of fears one theory is about as good as another. (Copyright, 1931.) ABE MARTIN SAYS Tell Binkley has traded his sister farm fer a'new torpedo shaped racin’ car. There’ hain't nothin’ as demoralizin’ as a holiday. “I hain't afraid o’ account o’ machinery, fer ber got excited thinkin’ how we “all prohibition would throw 's thousan' Teformers out of employment,” said Art Lark today. I like about Chicago my job on kin remem- The thing gangsters is they don't bother with technicalities, ask fer continuances, call in alienists or fiddle with criminal in- nt. Lafe Bud is invited to a little party tonight, but he hates to ruin his tux. (Copyright, 1931.) MILADY BEAUTIFUL LEEDS. Learn to Relax. you relax? Some le eu:d an women who need to art more than the latest fad. In our present-day civilization relaxation is almost a lost art, and many are the cases of nervous prostration (among both men and women) that might have been avoided if the ability or in- clination to relax properly and com- pletely had been practiced. If you learn how to relax and know the benefits derived from this art and thus conserve valuable energy you have | the advantage over the average person | who uses up twice as much and even | three times the energy needed to do a | particular plece of work, whether that work be physical or mental. All this surplus energy is expended on needless and exaggerated movements and un- necessary g: 5 can no great power of | quick and effective action unless the ability to relax is also there. Those people who worry, fret, fume or fidget are not the people who do the best work. They wear themselves out be- fore the hour for real action arrives. The man or woman who may be depended upon in an emergency, or at any time, is the one who possesses and the ability to relax at will. Relaxation is largely a matter of habit and training, and the first step is to cultivate a mental attitude of calmness and repose even in the { face of adversities, sickness or business worries—a difficult procedure to a great many, but it is quite within the pow- | | Vitamines Straight from Nature! Authorities agree that among the foods that are richest in vitamines are the fruits of the citrus family. Among the richest of these in vitamine ele- ments (owing largely to its abundant juice) is ably a large one, such as him cross off the list each use, and let ATWOOD GRAPEFRUIT Added to this is an exqui- site flavor that makes it an ideal table luxury. LOOK FOR THE NAME |a few deep breaths, I ers of the average man or woman, no matter what the trying situation may be. Simply resolve to remain M.I:, ool and collected and unflurried under all circumstances, and to put away all destructive and disturi hts, remembering that these and emotions can do no good and are a foolish waste of energy. Next take yourself in hand with re- gard to the many unnecessary move- ments which you probably make during the course of the day, such as tapping the foozmtl;mu l.g:‘m nails or Llém,m’l - with your on the table. It will not be easy at first, but as soon Bs the new habit is formed it will be as natural for you to be eco- nomical in the expendidure of physical as before it was pect. Try to get in tune with the calm soul of Nature. Even in a city one need not lose touch with ‘her, and the open country is not far away. Finally, try to get five minutes’ com- plete relaxation two or three times a day. Lie down, if you can, and relax as thoroughly as you are able. Take , lying quietly and fully relaxed until five minutes are up. You will find that you can resume yout work with a renewed strength and an alertness that will last Nervous, tense types of men and women should seek recreation otit of doors instead of indoors at card parties or movies. Physicians and psychol- ogists often point out that our modern pace of living is too fast and too stimulating, which accounts for the prevalence of nervous disorders rang- all the way from firritability to e. | throughout the day. . 8o large was the crowd that attended the funeral at Washington Church, near Redding, England, of Sir Willlam Mount, who died in the hunting fleld, that an overflow service was held in an adjoining garage. Nty o D W W 5 D — = 2 | el THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, | well-being depends more upon his marrying than a woman’s does. | this was not always the case. | struggle for and plan for. THE “BEAUTY” THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN! NorHING is sadder than a girl ‘who just misses Its inal ALL-BRAN. In the - and. ~ Kellogg in ALL-BRAN W:mmumzleumzmammumm,mmz mate. Nevertheless we look upon the old bachelor with awe ation and envy, as a wise bird who has somehow had the cunning nets of the fowler in which the balance the and restrictions of domesticity. c adure pageing. 15 “pend b, money or endure g. He can . m on pleasures instead of on millinery bills and grocery bills. Far otherwise do we look upon the spinster. We do not envy her, we pity and poor-Miss-Mary her. We do not regard a woman's having kept out of matrimony as a proof of her cleverness. We look upon it as an indication of her failure. We don't see anything for :er wdre)oloe about in not havin usband, 3 her not having to go shabby in order that her children may have finery. We don’t say how fortunate she is to have her xeuonnl liberty and her own latch ;eybe“:ld her own pocketbook. We sigh and say how it is for a woman one. But apparently we look at this subject from the wrong angle. In London they have been having a Bachelor Girls’ Exposition to show the progress that women have made in recent years. Lady Astor made the address, and, in stressing the fact that the modern woman can go it on her own, she asserted that women can even do without marriage beiter than men, and that the old maid is happier and better off than the old bachelor. I think this is true, and that as between the two a man's happiness and course, In other days a woman’s meal ticket, her social position and her interest in life depended upon her getting a husband, and if she failed she was doomed to poverty, or dependence and a drab and empty existence. Now all of this is changed. There are no more doors over which taboo is inscribed for women. Their achievements are measured by their abilities just as men's are. They can do anything, go anywheré. The average woman can support herself just as well as the average husband can provide for her, and at far more congenial and less fatiguing labor than cooking or baby-tending. So we may put away the tear jug as far as the bachelor girl is concerned. We have ‘no call to weep over her. She stands on a par with men when she is young, and all young people, male and female alike, can take marriage or leave it, as they please. A mate and a home are not necessary to their happiness because they have so many interests and are so occupied with the business of getting on in the world. It is when one begins to get old and tired and rheumatic; when one has either succeeded or failed in one’s ambition; when one wants to sit snug and warm by the fireside instead of chasing out after amusement, that one misses most & home and a_companion. It is in this strait that women have the advantage over men, because women fit better into other people’s homes than men do. Women keep social contacts more alive than men, and women have a greater xfimua for friendship than men have. And women have little occupations to in their time that men have never learned. Women keep up family traditions and have a vicarious interest in other people’s children, so there is always a warm welcome for Aunt Sally or Miss Sue wherever she goes. When they are sick there is always some friend to sit by do anything else their beds and hold their hands, and when they are too old to they can always patch quilts and knit baby socks. But the poor old bachelor is stranded. He is crotchety and selfish and full of “ways” and nobody wants to bother with him. He looks around him and sees that the men who are alive and alert and still on their tiptoes are those who have wives and children to work for and Then it is that he realizes that a man renews his youth in his children and lives his life over again in them. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1931.) FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1931. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. My baby sister has took a notion her wants to play wif stars—Daddy say “aren’t 'at dest like a woman? Nothin’ do her fer playthings but a few con- sternations.” " (Coyright, 1931) NANCY PAGE Children Would Be Helpful and Self-Reliant. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Joan was such a self-reliant young- her Aunt Nancy. Had she been more bother it is quite possible that Aunt Nancy would have taught her own son Peter to do things for himself at an earlier age. Or had there been a little have had to learn to fend for himself much earlier. her young son and not fetting him de- velop his own powers. Just so soon as she saw that, she made up her mind that he should be taught to dress him- self. A child of two and a half can man- age most of his clothes, put on his shoes, even lace them. In fact, un- lacing shoes is such fun that putting them on and taking them off can be made a real game. It was, fortunately, in the spirit of fun that Nancy. started her young hopeful on the road to self-reliance. MODES OF THE MOMENT Quick Sponge Cake. Beat three eggs until light, add one cl . When the T T S cupful of sugar gradually, beating in ld a few nuts and a bit of She had Joan help him on and off with miitens. Wisely, she did not choose the gloves with all their little hiding places for fingers and thumbs. Children are impatient at restraint and delay and it is cruel to inflict tightly i gloves upon their little pudgy with their fingers which have never yet learned to co- ordinate themselves. Every time Peter held down the sleeve of his sweater when he was slip- ping his arm into the coat he played 2 game of “Good-by, hand and sleeve— hello, hand and sleeve.” And every- time he held the sleeve successfully he was praised. Nancy was lavish in her praise. .Peter soon did other helpful little acts. Nancy let him carry plates to the table, she showed him where to place the spoons. And putt napkins at each place was his special joy. And always he was pi for being help- ful. He lapped up the praise and hunted for more things to dg (Copyright, 1931.) LITTLE BENNY Me and Shorty Judge started to have a fite today, each other diffrent , and I sed, Aw, you think your guy, dont you? I dont ony think so, I know so, sed. If T just look mad at a guy he gets the chills and fevers, he sed. O is that so, well all I haff to do is Jjust think about a guy and he has to be took to the hospittie to have stitches put, in him. I sed. And whats more lite matches by just breef on them, I sed. . I dont need matches, I strike sparks with my teeth, Shorty sed. ‘What of it, Im so tuff I was vacci- nated 5 times and it never took once, I sed, and he sed, Well I was ony - cinated once and 1 gave the doctor ty- Md!emmdmfllmv_n. its nuthing, when I ea botle'fldont even bother the shell off, thats how tuff I ts the way I eat coconuts, O yes, youre about as hard as a lump of fresh putty, I sed and he sed, youre t as hard as a with the skin off. And a fite just sa so, he sed. It wouldent be a fite, it would be & tion and you'd be the had to carry away, I sed. | the best yet, thoroughly. Add ‘one-fourth cupful of | Ppess o0 Pn€apple to the cream if cold water and one ul of va- nilla. Add one cupful of flour, one tea-~ spoonful of baking powder and one- fourth teaspoonful of salt, and give the batter a hard, final beating. Pour into individual greased shell Bake in a utes. When cold fill the well in the cakes with cherry Bavarian cream, made as follows: Soak two teaspoonfuls of gelatin in two tablespoonfuls of cold water for five minutes, then dissolve in half a cupful of scalded milk, then add one- third cupful of sugar. Place the bowl containing the mixture in a pan cold water and stir until the mixture begins to thicken. Add one cupful of of heavy cream which has been Whipped and half a teaspoonful of vanilla, Beat until hly blended, then fold in half a cupful of maraschino cherries, being beautiful. Often the reason is simple—im~ * proper elimination. The poisons from constipation often cause pimples, sallow skin, dull ml—m’l‘l and even Free Book! serious disease. Of Southern Re- But 1 banish the i i ovls o consipation R ipation by eating ALL- 3 ossa the tomien sy Ask for Kellogg’s—the 3 %l'fll Cr&‘!‘:d. » Hullo9s® You can tell real Crown by the name crown on the package. 8old by all Good Grocers . The Great Golden Crown Syrup is the great health food that has at the same time a most tempting deliciousness of flavor, that brings double ig! tich source of nourishment. Golden and then t in & game of cops and robbers, Shorty came to my for supper. Health Food d, ht to the kiddies, and a th The True Southern Flavor | ster that she was almost no trouble to * FEATURES, blind-stitched bias or straight fold—neatly and on it a quarter inch apart. Then we your fagoting stitches. Then pull out again to the right, passing the reedle under the stitch just made. You can understand just how to do this by look- ing at the diagram, which shows the thread much enlarged. For a more elaborate stitch, the thread is carried from right to left and then buttonholed back. You can make the v:mnng}% mr':uhfi.t l:ll.ou together or far a) - e a tty sort of laddering. i For another sort of fagof right. Then pass the needle and thread in the fold of the cloth forming the hem edge for a quarter of an inch. Bring it out, catch it in the center of the completed ladder, take a stitch in the left margin and buttonhole back again. For a simpler effect, take a stitch frdm left to right and start back again, making two buttonhole stitches, rather loose, a third of the way over and two more another third of the way. Then catch your stitch on the left-hand mar- gin, run your thread along under the baby sister for Peter Page, jr., he might | fold & quarter of an inch, more or less, and start again. For still another stitch, bring the It came to Nancy with a shock that |thread up at the left margin, make a she was doing almost everything for |loose loop across to the ht run the needle through the fold tor That Rules for Simple Fagoting BY MARY MARSHALL. FAMOUS PERSONAL DIGS Lady Blessington Gave Prince Louis Napoleon a Thrust BY J. P. GLASS. Told. “DOES YOUR LADYSHIP INTEND TO REMAIN LON@ IN ‘PARIS?* ‘While Prince Louis Napoleon was still only pretend:r to the imperial throne of France he spent an extended period in England, where he fell into that|was brilliant group of literary men and wits that surrounded Lady Blessington, one of the most noted women of the day, whose, drawing room rivaled that of the great Lady Holland, notwithstanding her past was supposed to have been checkered and her character none o0 Prince-President would be eager to re- pay them the hospitality he had so often experienced at their hands. However, thorn that rankled n deeply in the lady's not L a few m".h‘% -nc‘:’cml (Copyright, 19313