Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1931, Page 41

OMAN’S PAGE BEDTIME STORIES Flip Sees Longfoot. t is wl is, and naught can change TR T PR Several times when out with his master Flip the Terrier had discovered queer mounds of sand which had aroused his curiosity because they had | entrances opening level with the ground, and when he sniffed at those entrances he smelled Rat. If it wasn't Rat smell it was something very like it. It wasn't just the scent that Robber the Rat used to leave around Farmer Brown's barn, but it was enough like it to get Flip much excited, for he dearly loves to hunt Rats. He would bark and dig furiously, but his master never would wait for him, and so he would have to give up and hurry on “Sometime I will come back all by myself,” he would say. “Yes, sir. that is what I will do. Then if thers are any Rats in one of these mounds they | better look out.” So it happened that just at dusk one evening Flip remembered those mounds and decided that as the nearest one ‘was not far away this would be a good time to pay a visit there. Farmer Brown's Boy was off somewhere and Flip had nothing in particular to do. He had slept through the heat of the day and was beginning to long for ex- citement. So when no one at the ranch was looking he slipped away and trotted straight over to the nearest mound. “I'll approach quietly,” thought Flip. “Perhaps I may surprise one of those Rats outside. what happened to him. No, sir, he never will. T'll catch bim and shake him to death before he can so much as_squeak.” So Flip approached the big mound very slowly and carefully. As he drew near he thought he saw two or three forms moving about outside that mound. He quivered all over with ex- citement. He crept up back of the mound so that it would be between those moving forms and himself. Then he prepared to make a rush around it and grab the nearest Rat. Just then out of a hole more than two feet from ‘was poked a head. It looked like the head of a Rat, yet it .didn’t. It was longer than the head of any Rat Flip ever had seen, and never had he seen a member of Robber's family with such long whiskers or such big eyes that seemed to be popping right out. Then, too, the color of that head wasn't right. It was rather yel- lowish, white around the nose and on | the throat and whitish around the eyes and ears. All this Flip saw without really thinking anything about it. However, he kept still, hoping that this Rat would come wholly out. For a moment or two the Rat sat in YOUR BABY AND MINE BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. ‘The problems which confront a pro- &cflu mother actually terrify her. ‘wonders how she can possibly learn the things will need to know. she has to do is to look around her. hosts of successful of no super- uman intelligence. If she reads and fills her mind with general knowledge baby care, some of the specific problems solve themselves. Some of them the baby solves for her, for we cannot always decide beforehand ex- how a problem is to be handled; much depends upon the baby. “I have enjoyed your column for ,” discloses Mrs. 8. O., “and would appreciate it if you would answer these questions for me: “1. How soon should s new baby have a sunbath? “2. How soon should I stop the 2 pm. . Should baby's eyes and mouth be washed with boric acid water? How do Jou l:u‘ke it? R “S., it good Tub a with olive oil daily? i “6. ,mw soon can the baby sleep out- “1. Does baby have to cry a certain wfl! each day? How soon should a nursing baby, | in gaining well, be given solid food, such as vegetables and cereals? “9. Does & breast-fed baby ever need cod liver oil?” 1. At six weeks in Summer. Our leaf- let on “Sun-Bathing” describes the ceremony in detail. 2. DUsually baby will decide this Nursemaid Neglect BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON. l‘cANT the baby wear her pink bon- net, Mrs. Brown?” "“Why, yes, Tessle, I guess she can. It's such a nice day. I am glad that you take such an interest in having her look pretty. Come here, Bobby, and let me straighten your tie. My goodness, if Tessie keeps putting on one of your best suits every time you go out, you won't have one left for Sunday.” ‘Tessle got the buggy with its precious burden safely down the steps, and small Bobby scrambled down beside her. The trk;hwm off for the regular afternoon wal Mrs. Brown looked after them proudly. Scarcely more proud of the lovely chil- dren than she was at her prowess in her “find.” Tessie was certainly a prize nursemaid, and had already demon- strated her anxiety to see that the little folk got a long and extended airing every afternoon. Mrs. Brown went back to the button- holes she was working in & new suit for her small son. There! She'd for- gotten to give Bobby some bread for the swans. Well, when she finished her work later she would go over to the lake herself. In the meantime Tessie went toward the park, escorted her small charges around the lake, urged Bobby to walk faster when he loitered near the water, and finally struck off along a narrow m! led over the bridge toward avenue. Standard avenue was made up mostly ©f mansions whose closely veiled win- dows gave the impression of enormous indifference to the outside world. But deep in their recesses life was still fimg on. And the pulse of the Stod- rd place, known as Greystone, could be distinctly heard from the concrete | walk that led from the tradesmen’s drive to the laundry. The washing machine was pumping cheerfully. That meant that Rosie, '!‘esskie'l sister, was at home and at worl Tessie tapped on a window, and Rosie, looking through the steam of some sheets ghe was lifting out of the boiler, broke into a hospitable grin. “Come on in!” she shouted above the Ppolse. “Got the kids?" nodded. She wheeled the cart Around to the basement door cnd into $he laundry. Bobby trotted along, too. ‘They stayed an hour. The cook came own and admired the new pink bonnet. A chambermaid came down with some eurtains. She picked up the baby and fussed over her hoarsely for 10 min- utes. Then she said she'd better be getting upstairs, as her throat was sore :".mh without breathing in all that m. ‘The butler came down, snd, seeing Bobby, took him up to the kitchen and gave him a plece of chocolate cake. Be- on terms with Rosie, he car- ried'down two cups of tea and some little cakes for the laundry party. At 4 o'clock Mrs. Brown, with a little paper of crusts, walked briskly to the lake in search of her family. mln; them coming from the direc- of town. Bobby's short If I do he'll never know | By Thornton W. Burgess. his doorway looking out as if a bit suspicious, Then he came wholly out and Flip prepared for a rush. Bug in- stead of rushing Flip just stood still right where he was and stared. This was the strangest Rat ever he had seen. To begin with, the color was all wrong. It was buft or vellowlsh, with a white lne across the hips gs and feet were white, white. The white band across the hip on each side | FOR A MOMENT OR TWO THE RAT SAT IN HIS DOORWAY, LOOKING OUT AS IF A BIT SUSPICIOUS, | was continued down each of a long tail for some distance, and this tail, in- | stead of being almost bare like the tail | of Robber the Rat, was covered with | bair. It was black on the upper and | lower sides and ended in a tuft of | pure white. Instead of a rough coarse coat such as Robber wears and takes no care of, the stranger wore a fine silky coat. In each cheek opening from | the outside was a pocket lined with fur. Thuis, however, Flip didn't see. All this was surprising enough, but almost at once Flip received another and greater surprise. ‘The stranger started off and instead of running as | Robber would have done he moved In a series of jumps, and Flip discovered that his front legs were very short, while his hind legs and feet were very long, and when he jumped tbat long tufted tail helped him to keep his bal- ance. 'Flip was too astonished to move. Yes, sir, he was too astonished to move. He just stood there staring. Could it be that he saw what he scemed to sec? He blinked and looked again. Yes, it must be that he saw what he thought he saw. He did. He was looking at Longfoot, the Kangaroo Rat, (Copyright, 1931.) question for you. The well fed baby simply stops waking for the 2 pm. | feeding at about four months and from six months until one year for the 10 p.m. feeding. It depends on baby's gain in weight, general good health and con- tentment, 3. Babies may not have to cry, but most of them do. This is their “light” exercise, for it expands the lungs and | stirs up the circulation. To work the ‘lrbg: tbukd u]nd b{:n.h, mfive the -nnsl about and let by push against the hand and shove himself about the bed are perfectly harmless exercises, in which the mother can participate, 4. Wash the eyes with boric acid or salt water, using fresh cotton for each eye. The mouth is not touched. Dis- solve one teaspoonful of boric acid crystals in one-half pint of boiling wa- ter. Keep in covered glass bottle or jar. 5. Olive oil rubs are good, but not essential to baby’s development. 6. At six weeks in warm weather— that is, beginning in April usually. 7. Answered in 3. 8. Cereal is offered at five months, vegetables at six or seven months, some- times earlier. Orange juice is given at two months. Our early feeding leaflet covers this month by month. 9. Breast-fed babies always need cod liver oil ning the second mont! Winter. As bables get their sunshine directly in the Summer, cod liver oil is not necessary for either breast or bottle baby in that season. ‘The leaflets on early feeding and sun- | bathing may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope with | your request to the “Your Baby and Mine” department of this newspaper. him home, Mrs. Brown, if you could wheel the Lol “I guess you'd better,” said her mis- tress. “My,” she thought, “what a| )l:lnd girl she is! I hope I can keep| 7 Tessle herself felt that she had done a legitimate act. She honestly thought that all Mrs, Brown wanted was to get rid of the children for awhile, and, | after all, she was entertaining them as well as herself. It might be a good idea for mothers mog:\e specific directions for the after- n airings of their little children. S0 many mothers haven't the least idea where the children go on these outings, and even kindly intentions on the part of their caretakers won't make up for mistakes. Pickled Beets. Bolil six medium-sized beets until ten- der. Quarter them and place in a jar. | Mix one cupful of vinegar, diluted with | water if very strong, with one heaping | tablespoonful of sugar, one teaspoonful of salt and a dash of cayenne pepper and black pepper. Boil until the sugar is melted, then pour over the beets while hot. Let stand before using. ‘These will keep for some time. Hard- boiled eggs may be dropped in as the sugar is poured on. When serving, slice the eggs the long way. They also will keep in the liquid for S in the spot, rub in and brush off! Blots out all food and beverage spots ... all fruit stains ,.. grease and even perspiration. Removes soll from all fabrics . , . furs and feits. GUARANTE] BY GOOD HOUSEKEEPING Imparts no odor and—cannot leave a ring! . At Dept_and Drug_stores. Large Bhaker Box. 50c. Vanity Shak . 38¢. Ask al counter for Clean- Guide _with “new " method both DARK and LIGHT materials. SEND 10c Por generous trial box and Guide, G T s THE EVENING STAR, WASHI A Sermon for Today BY REV. JOHN R. GUNN. Good Conscience. “Holding . . . & good conscience"- Timothy 1.19. The man who holds a good conscience holds & priceless possession. There is no greater curse than a bad conscience; but a good conscience is one of life's greatest blessings. A guilty conscience makes a man a craven coward. “O coward_conscience, how thou dost afflict me! Of the man with a guilty conscience the Bible says: “Fear shall terrify him on every side and shall entangle his feet.” Who can describe the miseries of such a _man? A good conscience reverses this: It dis- pels fear ahd frees one's feet from all entanglements. One never knows the joy and satis- faction of living until he knows what it is to have a conscience void of of- fense. You may suffer misfortune, but if you have a consciousness of a pure heart and a blameless life, you are, after all, the most fortunate of men. It is not in always gaining our ends that we find peace and happiness, but rather from the sense that we have done our best and kept our honor. A still and quiet conscience brings a peace above all earthly dignities, and a sweet con- tent such’ as no success or wealth can purchase. Something else. No matter what happens to one, if he has & clear con- he can always face the world ralght eye and a brave heart The poet exp s in the lines “His strength strength of ten ause his heart was so pure. vil con. and y. keep your heart pure and you need never be afraid of nything or anybody Bad men are weak men. As long as things go well . they may boast of their strength and success, but let some calamity befall them and see how they will be humbled and what cowards they will show themselves to be. The good man may fail, but he will have nothing of which to be ashamed or afraid; hav- ing a conscience unscarred, he can still go out to meet the world with the sense of integrity and dignity; and that sense will lend courage to his heart and strength to his arm, as he goes about to fight his way back to victory and renewed success. What a pity s0 many of us fail to see that evil offers no gain that can compen- sate one for the loss of the blessing of a good cnoscience. JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in English, BY JOSEPH J. FRISCH. *1 SUPPOSE I'LL HAVE TO FACE THE MUSIC, AS USUAL SAID MAESTRO PIACI, THE ORCHESTRA LEADER, AFTER MAKING WIS WIFE P. 8. B—"His wife waited an hour for him” is the required form. We wait on a person when we perform duties of personal service. We wait for a person when we stand in readiness to meet him. Maestro is pronounced mah-ES-tro, not May-stro. It means a master in any art, especially in music, FOOD PROBLEMS BY SALLIE MONROE. Egg and Potato Salad. This is & very well known salad, but eapable of several variations. For warm Summer days, it is a good plan to make potato salad with a cooked cream dress- ing. This is less rich than the ordinary dressing. Let the eggs be hard boiled and remove the yolks, mashing them and mixing with some of the dressing. Have ready a bed of lettuce leaves on a serving platter. On this bed arrange little mounds of the mashed and season- =d egg yolks. Slice the egg in thin slices and arrange theese attractively in va- rious designs around the little balls com- | posed of the yolks. There is opportunity for considerable ingenuity in arranging this salad. The potato salad may be heaped in a mound in the center and the egg balls and slices distributed as & border. Another way is to prepare small mounds of potato salad with a border of t)r_‘w yolks and whites around each of these, - . - Meat With Pastry. Mince the remains of any cold meat, game or poultry, seasoning with herbs and adding a little lemon juice. Have ready some little rounds of short-crust pastry, mark them out with the top of A tumbler and they will be the correct size, place a spoonful of the mixture in the center of each one and fold over into crescent shape. Pinch up the edges and fry in boiling fat until hot throughout, . Sweet Potato Boulettes. Boil and skin six medium-sized sweet potatoes. Peel them and, while hot, put them through a potato ricer. Season with salt and pepper and three table- spoonfuls of butter, When cool enough to handle, mold into round balls two inches in ciameter. Sprinkle well with chopped bacon and brown in a quick oven. Pile onto & plate and garnish with parsley. Dethol Destroys Moths Without Staining Fabrics _Now science has develo liquid that immediately destroys and their worms without 9 your finest garment, e your clothes hanging ali t spray Dethol once Detholize draperies, up- ry and rugs and make them o unconditionally guaranteed o stain and to give thorough s ction. At all deal- ers. Dethol Mfg. Co., Inc., Balti- more, Md. Spray Dethol Dethol, which | l MODE TON, D. C, THURSDAY < OF THE MOMENT PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM Ambulant Pneumothorax. A comparative study of 47 patients who were not required to stay in hos- pitals and 124 hospital patients receiv- ing the pneumothorax treatment for tuberculosis, by Drs, Poix and Bosnieres of Paris, convinced the doctors that there is no superiority in the results obtained by hospitalization. They em- phasize, however, the great importance of giving the patient proper rest and proper diet at home as he would receive if he were in the tuberculosis hospital, especially during the first six months of the treatment. ‘This pneumothorax (air in chest cav- ity) treatment is much used everywhere nowadays, and particularly for cases where the disease is limited or definitely established in one lung. The treatment consists in regular injections of air, or of oxygen with air, for the purpose of collapsing the diseased lung more or less, or perhaps it would be more ac- curate to say, restricting its movements, thus giving the sick lung rest. This greatly aids the natural healing process. In the ambulant treatment the pa- tient reports to the doctor’s office for the air injections at intervals of a week for several months. Usually half a pint, more or less, of air or air and oxygen is injected at each sitting. After sev- eral months the air is given only once in two weeks. Between treatments the patient re- mains in bed at home, and follows the Survival of FTER candlelight! That's s pic- turesque phrase that we use in these days of electricity to indicate evening. It isn't just a phrase, either. For candles, in spite of their inefficiency, still flicker bravely on many dinner tables, while the electric bulbs above them remain dark. We like candlelight. It is soft and flattering. It makes us look our love- liest. And perhaps in its very flicker there is a suggestion of romance, of mystery, of a departed past that casts a fascination over our very exciting and satisfying present. At all events, we turn back the good part of a century when we choose candles to light our rooms. Whale-oil lamps, kerosene lamps, illuminating gas with all its improvements—we discard them all and go back to the light that ll!hud our ancestors through hundreds of years and volumes of history. expenses with Shredded Wheat” “I've found one way of get- ting better breakfasts for less money. I serve Shredded Wheat. I don’t know any- thing else that gives so much nourishment and costs so little. It's so easy to digest that every one likes it, too— especially when I cover it with fresh fruit. Shredded ‘Wheat is whole wheat, and with milk it contains every food element we need for growth and good health.” NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY “Uneede Bakers™ BRADY, M. D. doctor’s instructions just as_earefully as an intelligent patient would in any case where there is a real determina- tion to recover, Here, then, is still another modern improvement which enables better treatment to be given to more people. First we hailed the modern method of treating varicose veins by chemical obliteration; this has given great relief 1o many thousands of sufferers who never would or could have entered a hospital and undergone the old and | formidable surgical treatment. Next came the diathermy extirpation of ton- sils, and of that we need say nothing | more. Quite recently came the ambu- |lant treatment of hernia (rupture, breach), which I do not hesitate to say will soon be the method of choice among intelligent people. And now we learn of this successful application of the pneumothorax treatment to patients who are taking the cure at home. These are great steps forward, We should be proud of such progress. Per- sonally, these new developments in therapeutics make me feel very envious of the young doctor who is just enter- ing upon practice. He has some mean and trying vexations to cope with, in the shape of impositions and indigni- | ties heaped upon the profession by a | grateful public, but he will find a lot of consolation and inspiration in the power to cure which these grest mod- | ern developments place in his hands. | (Copyright, 1931.) Candlelight It's a pretty light. Timt's its secret. A pleasing light. Like some lovely woman who, without dash or snap, holds her own because she is so lovely, and because she brings out the best in others and herself. The most effective candle is usually the plainest. Long, hand-dipped tapers continue to hold their own for the dinner table. Their slender simplicity is more pleasing than the most elabo- | rate fluting of the more pretentious candles. |~ “They come in all colors, all shades. | For the dinner table white, pale yel- |low, pale pink, are perhaps the colors | most usually chosen. But if colored | flowers are used and the candles can be found in matching shade, they are often chosen. It is not only on the dinner table that candles are used. They are placed |in sconces on the wall. They deck mantelpleces. They are used in pairs on bureaus and dressing tables. ‘WITH ALL THE BRAN OF THE WHOLE WHEAT MAY 1931. A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. 14, F the Hon. Patrick Hurley, President Hoover’s youthful and debonair Sec- retary of War, has ever felt baffled when confronted with a situation, he has certainly kept the fact concealed. The “Hurley way” of acquitting one's self is well known to all those with whom the comes into contact. An attempt at & de- scription of the “Hurley way” s well nigh impos- sible. One must be initiated to appre- ciate. ‘Take, for ex=- ample, these in- spection trips he makes from time to time for the ‘War Department. At most of the places he stops he is met by committees of all kinds. For the most part they are composed of groups interested in some Jocal project that must have Federal aid if it is to be realized. ‘The Secretary of War must always be on_guard against committing his self. Yet it is highly important that as little 111 will as possible be left behind. Hurley's adroitness in escaping what might possibly be an embarrassing sit- uation has won for him no small repu- tation among Washington observers. Perhaps it is his enthusiasm and the atmosphere of good fellowship he creates in such instances that explains it. Kraft-Phenix R FEATURES., i I ver's official | ertainly,” sald "&m * Pat, and as likely as not to prop his feet upon |Ppicked up a paddie. his desk while discussing a question | There was a mad rush among the with you. He is never at a loss for an | freshmen for the honor of being paddied interesting yarn to illustrate a point. | by the Secretary of War. He even likes to tel} stories on himself, | He smote one or two of them with and enjoys them hugely. And before glee. Then he called for the you realize it, he has won his listeners Of the boys he spanked and auto- over. They leave him, umnlmou.ily;xrnnhed them. 5 - o voting him a good fellow, forgetting | It would take “big money” to buy that he has made them no definite , those paddles. promises. Not so long ago Hurley went out to Cabbage Salad. his home State of Oklahoma for a visit. | Shred enough cabbage to make one While there he visited the local chap- | cupful, celery enough to make half & ter house of his college fraternity. | cupful and enough sliced green The freshmen about to be inducted | pers to fill a tablespoon. Mix at into the fraternity were introduced to | the table with French dressing. him one by one. It was on the eve of | dressing made at home or bought dress- an initiation and one of the members | ing may be used for a’change. 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