Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1931, Page 30

WOMAN'’S PAGE. What Mother Warmth Means BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. The expression “Mother Warmth” takes on a scientific apect in the new study f mother and child relations. It no longer signifies merely the com- fortable tamperature of the body that the child feels when it is cuddled by the motker, It means far more. The brood- ing, sensitive, affection that mother- THE CHILD RESPONDS TO “"MOTHER WARMTH.” Iove, in its fullest sense encompasses, is held within the term. It is too elusive to set forth in either the written or spoken word. It is & psychological element that develops with the child. So important a factor is it in the life of a littlc one. that physicians fee! that orphans should not be deprived of it or the best sub- stitute that can be had. Children in institutions, who come under the supervision of several per- BEDTIME STORIE Flip Breaks a Record. There's nothing aquite like desperate need To bring out unsuspected speed. ~Old Mother Nature. Few people know or even suspect what they can do until a time comes when there is' sudden and great need and no time to think about it. Flip the Terrier is a lively little fellow and always had been proud of the way he could run. He used to boast how fast he was, and poke fun at Bowser the Hound because the latter was so slow. Bowser, being good-natured, didn't mind in the least and didn't even remind Flip that he who can win a short race seldom fin- | TALONS THE EAGLE HAD SHOT | DOWN FROM BACK OF HIM TO | SEIZE TWITCHTAIL. | ishes a long one, where endurance, and | not speed, count most. So, Bowser can | follow Reddy Fox for hours, whereas Flip would have to give up in a very short time. | But even Flip didn't know how fast he could run until he met up with Talons the Golden Eagle. That meeting was quite unintentional on Flip's part. He didn't even know that there such a person as Talons the Golden Eagle. He wasn't interested in any feathered folk unless they happened to be on the ground, and he never had seen Talons on the ground. He might have seen him flying high overhead, but if he did he wasn't interested enough to even wonder who it might be. On this particular morning he had eyes and thought for just one person, and that'one was Twitchtail the Squir- rel, for Flip had nrmli,' made up his mind that sooner or later he would catch that impudent fellow who so de- lighted to tease him. He had been quick to see that Twitchtail was farther than | usual from the safety of his home. “T'll catch him this time or my name isn't Flip.” thought he. “I'll show that | fellow what real running is. This is the | first_time I have had a real chance to catch_him, and if he gets away from me this time I'll never chase him agai So, Flip's white legs fairly flew over the ground. He saw nothing but the Sig bushy tail just ahead of him. He looked neither to the right nor the left, nor above. The big rock under which Twitchtafl had his home was just ahead. Flip put on a wee bit more speed and then, just as he thought he had Twitch- tail, something happened that he didn't understand at all. There was hi hissing sound and he ran smack in a mass of feathers and great pounding wings that sent him sprawling on his back and rolling cver and over. What had happehed was this: Talons | the Eagle had shot down from back of | him to seize Twitchtail just as the latter was about to dive into his hce under the big reck and Flip had run right into Talons. It was a lucky thing for Twitch- tail, but unlucky for Talons and for Flip. You see, it came just in time to cause Talons to miss his aim, so that instead of fastening his great claws in Twitchtail he merely hit the latter & glancing blow that sent him sprawling | without hurting him seriously, and | while Talons and Flip were in the mummmix-up he was able to crawl ato highnole to safety. | get the stained part of the rug cleaner | sons, interested, wise and fond of chil- dren as they may be, lack the beneficent “mother warmth.” The confiding atti- tude of & child toward its mother has little opportunity to be brought out, for it has more than one caretaker. Toward some one of them the child may be so drawn that this person is let more |into the child's thoughts than any one of the cthers on the stafl. This is | 8s much as can be expected. The child | knows_children in a well supervised | way. It has little comprehension of | either mother-love or “Mother Warmth.” | To mothers alone is given this precious | gift of the radiation of this wonderful |and blessed “warmth.” | Hew, then, can an orphan come under its sweet spell? There are two solutions. | The first is to let the child get its | share of come other mother’s care than s own. There are families sometimes | where the loss of one child makes the rarents feel the gap 5o sorely that they assume the care of another little one as their very own. It may or may not | b> legally adopted, but it shares with | the other children its measure of | “mothér warmth.” This is especially | true when a boy in a family of girls | dtes, and a male child enters the fam- |ily, or where a girl dies and a baby girl comes into a family where there ere boys only. | A second solution is where parents | who love and desire children, never !have any of their own, end adopt one cr more. There is a wealth of pent-up | “mother warmth” to be lavished in | such cases. | Many who have studied deeply the | rearing of the orphans, advice putting |a child or two to board where they | | will come under the wise care of some | | one capable woman whose fondness for | | children cre:tes in her, whether she is ! |a spinster or married, a certain degrec | | of “mother warmth.” The constant care | and contact with the children helps de- | velop this marvelous trait. “Mother Warmth” is a gift to mothers. It should be prized, for far from making the woman prey to the whims of a child so that it is over- indulged, it clears her vision and helps her to see what 1s best for the little one | held so dear in her heart. | (Copyright, 1931) | Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. What Others Think. ‘The best way to find out what other ple think of you, is to ask yourself I0W you came to arrive at the opinions | you hold about others. It'sa ten-to-ons | Buess that other people get their esti- mates of you in the same way you | get your estimates of them. This must ! necessarily be the case, for human na- !ture is about the same the world over, and human judgments aoout the ordi- | nary things of lifs are formed in much | the same way. Human judgments seem | to have a fairly constant market value. | Your neighbors think of you in terms of your behavior in regard to ihe com- mon social conventions. You may make yourself conspicuous by behaving |in a way contrary to conventions, and | may therefore think yourself more in- telligent than the average person, but that is no guarantee that you will be thought better of by your neighbors for | having done the unusual. | The whole queston turns on this: In | all your social contacts do you do the things that are expccted of a person in your social community? They are the very standards you use in judging | others. ~ You s#re always studying the | other fellow in terms of the obvious, |in terms of the way he thould behave under the conditions at hand. So you may expect others to judgs you in the same way. (Copyright, 1931.) By Thornton W. Burgess. As for Talons and Flip, each lost his temper. Flip scrambled to his feet and made a rush at the great, awkward- looking bird, for an Eagle on the ground always is awkward. But all Flip could do was to get a mouthful of stiff wing feathers, to which he hung on in true | Terrier fashion. With a scream of rage | Talons struck him with his great hooked | bill, and it was Flip's good fortune that | it was only a glancing blow. It tore | his coat, and it hurt so that he was | forced to let go. Then for the first time | he really saw Talons. He saw the fierce, | blazing eyes, the great hooked bill, and stout, long curved claws and the big, strong wings that could hit a tre- mendous blow. Suddenly he felt very small and rather helpless. ‘Talons screamed with rage and hopped awkwardly toward him. Right then and there Flip knew just what he wanted. He wanted to be somewhere else. He wanted to be anywhere but where he He didn’t wait. He started for the ranch house, and he broke all records for speed in getting there. Over his shoulder he saw Talons flap heavily into the air and start after him. distant house. all his life. Panting and shaking with fright, he darted through the open door of a shed and crept into the darkest corner. (Copyright, 1031.) Household Methods BY BLTSY CALLISTER. Milk Spots. A reader wants help in removing a milk spot from a rug. | Milk is easy enough to remove when | it is fresh, if the rug will stand soap and water. For If it is just washed out with a cloth loosely wrung out of | soapy water, and then washed over | again with clear water, it usually leaves no_stain. If it dries in, however, the task is more didicult. For one thing, old stains are always harder to get out than new ones. For another, dust has probably collected in the stain, held by the greasy quality of the 1 ilk. Still it may be possible to get it out by using lukewarm, soapy water quite liberally. One difficulty is that you may than the rest of it, by this method, which will show up rather badly if the rug is plain. If it is figured, it won't show so much. If you can't do anything else, you can send the rug to the cleaner. Pro- fessional cleaners have a magic way of removing such spois from rugs. F. M. K. wants to know how to cook cabbage to make it most easily digested. | Cabbage should be cooked covered with boiling water, in an wuncovered pan. If it is covered, certain changes take place in it which make it less easily digested to most persons. It does not need long cooking—is, in fact, bet- ter with short cooking. It is then easier | to digest than raw cabl , for some | of the fibers are broken , and so ! make les work for the digestive juices. There is a FRANKLIN Cane Sugar for every use jthe stick insect of the marsh. After i He ran as he never had run before Snl THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. (. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. Ilustrations by Mary Foley. C. MARSH TREADERS Limnobatidae Family N the mud bottom of a stream, hidden by the tall growth of plants which cling to the edges, the Mttle marsh treader loves to dwell. He shuns se- clety, although he seems to thrive when placed in an aguarium. Among the lily-pads he roams for food. The tiny insects which seek shelter there are sporty fishing for him. There are many insects and vegetable life on the bed of the pond, just for the catching. They are very long creatures for their size, which is slightly over a half- inch. The head is long and narrow, the antenna is elbowed. Six long legs that seem to measure off their stride as they creep over the mud bottom give them also the name of water measurer. In the Winter they dig into the mud and sleep. When the insect life in the pond is astir these little creatures may be seen crawling up the stems of the nearby cattails which border their marsh. ‘The mother seeks the stems near the edge of the water. There she places, singly, tiny little spindle-shaped eggs, brown in color and beautifully sculp- tured. Later the tiny treaders hatch and drop into the water. The little nymphs scurry about over the bottom of the marsh, picking up the bits that come to them. Late in the Summer they climb to the stem of the plant and shed their skins. These slender insects are known as The boat shaped body, the slender legs and long antennae are most helpful in getting quickly about. NANCY PAGE Slip-Over Kimono Is Very Practical. 1631 BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Nancy noticed that her caller had a small parcel with her, but it never dawned on her that the parcel was for herself. After the pleasantries had been | exchanged, and the weather and the state of Nancy's health had been dis- cussed, the caller handed over the small tissue parcel. “Here is something I thought you might Nancy.” As Nancy undid the package she saw a white challis kimono of tiny | proportions. It was beautifully bound with washable ribbon in yellow. The | ribbon was not stitched by machine but held in place with fine feather stitch- ing cone with white embroidery silk. The bottom of the kimono was scal- loped and bound with the ribbon. The sleeves and neck had the ribbon bind- ing and the feather stitch finishing. It was as dainty a little kimoro as Nancy had ever seen. And it had some be able to use this Winter. unusual touches, too. The caller ex- plained them. “You see, I thought this would be fine for cold Winter mornings when vou might want to slip & warm covering over the nightgown. I know we always | used to use sacques, but you remember how hard it was to get baby Peter's arms into the sleeves. Those little arms waved around as aimlessly as leaves blowing in & wind. “I have made the neck of this kimono | quite low as you can see. I have not ! opened the kimono all the way down the front. This keeps tiny legs warm, since coverings can’'t be kicked off. But by extending the opening along the shoulders and factening with lnl?.l you have plenty of head room to slip the kimono over the baby's head. And this pattern does away with those ribbon ties which are so hard to iron, and so ifficult to keep looking fresh.” Scalloped Potatoes. Grease a baking dish and place in it a layer of pecl white potatoes cut into slices. Add a few slices cf onion, Sprinkle with salt, pepper and a small amount of flour. Dot with butter. Re- peat until the dish is full. Add milk until it may be seen around the edge of the dish. Bake in a moderate oven until the potatoes are tender. Serve in the dish in which they are cooked. s — I The ancient Romans valued the dia- mond entirely on acccunt of its supposed MODES OF THE MOMENT Raris Red s the talked of color ,/ar /._[Z_ .‘@rué/éz shows a vermillion red crepella dress and /fuyu bimmed WAL :Zésfenu.é lines of Finds Adolescent Girls in Love With Love Tragedy of Too-Early Marriage DorothyDix| THERE isn't a mail that doesn't bring me two or three heartbroken letters from women whose lives were wrecked because they had no one to advise them when they were 17. “I thought I was in love with the man I married when I was 17" one woman will write. “Now I am 24 and there isn't a thing he does that doesn’t get upon my nerves.” “I married when T was 17 a man for whom I thought I had the grand passion,” writes another. “I know now that it was a child's passing fancy.” "{ married when I was 17" writes still another. “Now I have four bables, and I am worn and broken in health and my time. I have never had any of the pleasures of girlhood tired of my husband, tired of my fretting children, tired of tired of marriage.” am 23. I old before and I am my home, O THESE letters run, each one stressing some pitiful phase of the O too-early marriage Oftener than not the man in the case is not to blame. He took no advantage of the girl's inexperience to lure her into marriage. She was just as anxious to marry him as he was to marry her. He has not changed and turned from a Fairy Prince into a brute. He 15 just the same ordinary chap he always was. It is only her taste in men that has altered. Nor has he failed in his duty to her as a hus- band. It is only that marriage Is a life work and not a jazz party and she wasn't ready to settle down to the business of wifehood and mother- h INEVERTHELESS, there is the tragedy of a wrecked life as bleak and piteous as can be made of broken hopes and blasted illusious and weariness and hopelessness and despair It doesn’t matter who the man is or what qualities he possesses. He may be the incarnation of every charm and virtue and the girl may be crazy about him at the time, but that is no guarantee that when she grows up she will still bs ravished by that particular line. For it is the girl herself who is in a transition stage, whose needs are changing every day, whose tastes are altering every hour, whose ideals differ from minute to minute. Furthermore, there is this added danger: That the disgruntled and unhappy wife almost invariably finds some man with whom she does fall in love, and then, unless she is a woman of high moral principle and great strength ol character, there is another unsavory scandal and a wrecked home and orphaned little children. IT IS the women who marry too young who are the pleasure-mad, frivolous, silly, middle-aged and elderly women, who make a laughing stock of themselves by wearing flapper clothes and who get into scrapes out of which their husbands bave to pay them with tea hounds and professional entertainers at jazz places, and who earry on flirtations with boys young enough to be their grandsons. Above all, 17 is the dangerous age for a girl, because then she is in love with love. She is like a child with a dollar in its hand that it is burning to spend and she is ready to lavish the whole treasure of her heart on the first passerby without even looking to see whether he is worthy or not. In her heart she is singing as did the old Florodora sextet, “I must love somebody and it might as well be you.” IT 1S because a girl at 17 knows nothing of the world, nothing of life, nothing of men, because she has not even a yardstick with which to measure her own affections, that her first love affair is so dangerous to her. Once get her past that and she is reasonably safe because she has learned not to take her emotions too seriously or to think that every sporadic heart, affection is fatal. THIS is why it is so necessary to protect the young girl against herself. But to do it requires the genteleness of the dove, the wisdom of the serpent, and the tact of a diplomat and the patience of Job. (Copyright, 1931.) EOHO TR DR Straight Talks to Women About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN, supernatural virtues. !on‘{ w rus| absorbs_ bevers ol ion. S ™ Tmpart: pdor, cannot leave in and syaran y ousekeeping. 50c at . and_Drug Stores. E Yrite"for ‘tree Cleaning uide. Or send 10c for 4 pt. 33, , Boston. Te S5 S fi PERFECT CLEANSFR | . IT'S & POWOER I L be thrilled with tt's magic ler! Just sprinkle Rub_in. . “I Wish I Were a Man.” “I wish I were a man,” says & woman wistfully, and by that she means she wishes she nad a man’s independence. Yet it does not often occur to the woman who voices that sentiment that men are no longer more independent than women in one sense—economic. The woman who earns her living—or | is able to—enjoys practically the same independence as a man. Sufficiently trained and equipped to earn a living, & woman nowadays is as independent as any man. Of course, women must mind the “p's” and “q’ of propriety, but they are repaid for their care by the respect and courtesies accorded them. It was not long ago that we were ad- mitting. reh 0 sl place was “in the home.” Today we are at a loss to define woman's place | at all. It may be in_the store, office, studio, or wherenot. There are as many | occupations open to women as there are to men. | Disgruntled, discontented and dis- | couraged women sometimes plead that they are victims of discrimination. As a matter of fact. there is a growing list | of vocations in which women are pre- | ferred to men. The score is about even, and further demonstrations of feminine ability will eventually even it. | Though women clamor for equal rights with men, it is true that in some matters they are favored. The husband, | for example, is legally responsible for | the support 'of his wife and family. If | rights were equal, the wife would be! equally liable for the support of her Lusband. : Here’s n ews of BETTER BUTTER CHESTNUT FARMS DAIRY brings you a rich, golden butter—fresh and sweet as green pastures. It satisfies the same high standards as the milk from Chestnut Farms. Buy Cheétnut Farms your table every day. brand better butter for LisTEN To the National Dairy Radio Program every Tuesday night from 7.30 to 8.00 (E. S. T.) over wrc and associated N. B. C. stations. Chestnut Farms Dairy A PIVISION OF N ATIONAL DAIRY 9 ) 1931. FEATURES. Handwriting What It May Reveal. BY MILDRED MOCKABEE. AT e S\ B g B um%;\‘ RITING of this nature would lead us to think of a person with a good, keen mind, but a tendency to overrate herself. She prob- ably is not consclous of this tralt, but should try to overcome it. This writing tends to make us be- lieve she is a thrifty person, who is careful in her business dealings. If the | words were closer together we might fear stinginess. The broken or separated words fre- quently indicate lack of de] ndability, | but not in her case, as the pcli‘!lvvu manner in which she crosses her “t's” | shows purpose and determination. | Broad down strokes such as she uses | are usually a sign of great power. This | power, however, is not necessarily con- | stant, but when aroused is of immense value to her. She probably has a great deal of sentimentality in her makeup, as in- dicated by the large upper loops. This is favorable jn that it softens her na- ture which might otherwise become overcritical. She is confident of herself and can persuade others to her beliefs. She would be a great asset in the business world and should help to make her a leader. It may be difficult, however, to take orders from a person “higher up." 8he should learn to recognize authority. She will probably succeed in life and may help to carry others along with her. Note—Analysis of handwriting is not an ezact sclence. ‘aceording to world in- vestigators, but all_aoree it i3 interesting and lofs of fun. The Star presents the above feature in that spirit. hate your writing ocka- @ nandwriting analysis chart which you will find an interesting study. My Neighbor Says:, Salt moistened with vinegar will remove burnt marks from enam- eled saucepans and dishes, but they should be soaked in' cold soda water for a few hours first lq, loosen the burnt particles. n making gelatin desserts a eup of fruit juice instead of water may used, then flavor the sauce to contrast with or inten- sify it. To Winter geraniums, remove plants from soil, shake free from all loam, tie in a bunch and hang up in a dry cellar or closet. They will be ready for Spring planting. Anise and caraway seeds are an addition to plain sugar cookies, vanilla or lemon flavored. (Copyrikht, 1931.) SONNYSAYINGS 1 berry near got into a terrible fight | today at school—if I had. no tellin' WHAT might hab happened— Well, anyhow, I guess he knows ONE fing—I'se a BERRY GOOD 'ITTLE RUNNER! (Copyright, 1431.) | right. The Woman Who Makes Good BY HELEN WOODWARD. Who started her career as a frightened typist and who became one of the highest paid business women in America. Thinks He Can't Act. Did you get out of bed this morning and think to yourself: “It's a shame I have to be a stenographer. I'd have made a fine teacher and I'm not much | of a secretary.” | Probably in the next house a girl | dabbed a spot of powder on her nose and said to hersel “I wish I didn’t | have to be a teach- er. I am no good at it. I'd have made a swell ste- ncgrapher.” And 50 on down the street. Some of tham, course, were But to most of them I'd tell i this story about . { Will Rogers. A girl & . on the lot where Will Rogers makes his pictures said to me the other day: “You know, {t's funny about him, he thinks he is no good as an actor. | He thinks he'd make a great dialogue | writer! You know what a grand actor he is. It isn't only the public that likes his acting. All of us on the lot just like to see him do his stuff. But nothing can make him believe it. Isn't that queer?” “Even so, why doesn't he write dia- logue?” I asked. “Because nobody else thinks he can.” she said. “He insists that he is a dialogue writer. And take it from me, he can't do that for nuts.” “Maybe if some pretty girl on the lot would tell him that he is a great actor, he might believe it,” I suggested idiotically. “Ha, ha!"” she answered. “Don't Vo\i know he is scared to death of every girl on the place? He never says a word to a single girl. between the ages of 10 and 60, unless he has to as a part of the job."” “That’s queer. asked “Well,” she said, “I can't bring you an affidavit, 1 can't prove it in court | or anything like that. But when he has to say something to one of the girls, he geis it over as quickly as possigle. And he never speaks to any of us'on the lot unless he has to.” That's interesting enough to shy, timid people. But even more interest- | of | Helen Woodward. Are you sure?” I | wrong hole. | the | mighty ing is the fact that Will Rogers, wha. { has done so well as an actor, still in.. sists that he can’t act. We're all of us making that kind of mistake about what we can do and what we can't do. I always used to think that I was wasting my time because I wasn't teacher. I've come to the conclusi that I would have been such a one that I'd have been a nuisance myself and evereybody else. B To be sure, a lot of us are in ti We've taken the first J at hand and never had a chance find out what we could do best in world. Before you make up your mind tl ycu're a failure because you're doin| wrong work, look 'at yourself closely and remember Will Rogers. He thinks maybe he'd be a real success if he could only write dialogue. (Copyright, 1931.) JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in Etiquette. BY JOSEPH J. 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