Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1921, Page 25

Peter Stands By. } BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. A friend stands by through thick and thin, And holds desertion as & sin. —Peter Rabbit. The Black Shadows were fast creep- ing through the swamp where the young Heron was held fast in a cruel steel trap. Mrs. Longlegs, the mother of the young Heron, returned With a frog for him and then settled her- self for the night close by. There was nothinig more that she could do. At her approach Peter Rabbit had| slipped back out of sight among the “THERE CAN'T ANYTHING HAPPEN ‘TO THAT YOUNG HERON IN THE HT,” PETER SAID TO HIM- big ferns and from his hiding place watched until it was so dark that he | D could no longer see the poor young Heron and his mother. He knew that there was nothing he could do, still he couldn't bear to leave them there alone. “There can’t anything happen- to that young Heron in the night,” Peter said to himself. And then he thought of Billy Mink. Supposing Billy should happen along that way. Peter knew that Billy would like nothing better than a meal of young Heron. “Mrs. Longlegs will be more than a match for Billy Mink,” thought Peter, and felt better. n he thought of Reddy Fox. | patch, Supposing Reddy should come prowl- ing ng there in the night, or supposing Old Man Coyote should happen that way. Peter shivered at the thought. Mrs. Longlegs might be very brave, but elther of those hunt- ers was 80 big and so crafty that as likely not Mrs. Longlegs herself would be killed. Peter was worried. - THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1921.° What Every Husband Knows. OH,S5AM, THE SMITH'S HAVE BOGWT AN AUToMoBRE. YF WE HAU A CAR I'PD —By Herbert Johnson. QIICK, SAM! THERE GO “THE CURRIE'S! THEY'VE BouGHT A PERFECTLY GORGEOUS BE PERFECTLY HAPPY — TWouLpN'T | COUNTRY HOME! ¥ WE HAD —| SULCH APLACE 1p BE - WANT ANOTHER THING' “Well, if they come there is noth¢ |’ ing I can do,” he muttered. ‘“T'm sorry fer that young Heron. I wish I could do something for him. But I can’t. I'm just wasting time hang- ing around here. It won't do any- body any good for me to stay. I think I'll go back to the dear Old Briar- Then I'll run over here tomor- row and see what has happened.” So Peter started to go back along the Laughirg Brook to ‘the Smiling Pool, intending to scamper across from there to the dear Old Briarpatch. When he came out of the swamp he looked up. The kindly rs were twinkling down at him. -They would keep watch all the long night. Peter started off, l(vertl-llpartr-llp. But he had gone only & short way when he stopped. He sat up and stared back at the swamp where the young Heron was in such dreadful trouble. It was simply a great black mass in the starlight. Peter started on again, stopped, started once more, ana once more stopped. Then what do you think he did? He turned about and once more started, only this time he was headed straight back to that swamp. “It ig silly of me. It is very silly of me,” said he over and over to him- seif. “I can't help any. No use of my going back there. I can’t fight. Most likely I'll just get into troubl myself. Better mind my own busines: and leave that of others alone. No- body will thank me. Don’t know what I'm going back for. It's just because T'm a silly Rabbit, I guess.” And all the time Peter kept right on back toward the swamp and the lace where the young Heron was held in the cruel steel trdp. Down in his heart he did know what he was going back for. He was going back because he couldn’t bear to think of leaving another in such dreadful trouble. He might not be able to do any thing to help, but he could at least keep watch just as the kindly stars were keeping watch. And 80 Poter crept back to his hiding-place among the ferns and hoped and hoped and hoped that there might be some- tbing he could do. And as matters turned out it is well that Peter stood by. WHAT CAUSES STYLE CHANGES? BY ANNE RITTENHOUSE. It is the fashion of serious-minded people to take the changes of fashion lightly. They regard them as mere caprices. Fain would they admit that they were as surely reflexes of manners and morals and social psychology as taste in literature or painting. There is nothing accidental in nature, nor is there in women's clothes. We may not know the motive or reason for these changes that we call fashion, but if we had the wisdom of Solomon we might find in it a mirror of events and taste. 5 In a crumbling old calfskin volume written a hundred and fifty years ago by some moralist whose name is now forgotten you might read the state- ment that fashion is “ome of those excrescences of life resembling the mistletoe on the oak and the moss of fruit trees.”” Aren’t there a lot of Deople who look upon fashion in much the same way today? It is a simple way to dismiss it But you can’t do it if you keep your your eyes wide open. The fashion of a woman's clothes is like a_sensitive plate on which are recorded a thousand details of history. Just take motor cars—they have had an enormous deal to do with the development of styles within the past two decades. They were responsible for an entire revolution in millinery. They made inevitable a hasty quietus of hats that sat high upon the hair, depend- ing on hat pins to keep them in place. The mushroom hat was at first merely a motorist's convenience. We were conscious If we wore that shaped hat outside the touring car. Then as mo- tors_became usual and motoring an incident of every day the hat that would actually stay on the head was a fashion necessity. . This had also an enormous influence on modes in headdress. Now something has happened in the dvelopment of motor .cars that has already had a considerable effect on women's clothes. The closed car is no longer the luxury of a very few. There are hundreds of cars of th tyDe to the ome or two of a few yea ago, Amd the one or two who used closed cars only for town or winter now use them for country touring. This _is’ directly respensible for the fact that women no longer wrap themselves in dust-shedding, all-en~ veloping wraps and windproof hats when they go_out for the motor party. At count: houses resort | hotels you' longer spot the supper | guests who come in motor cars by their peculiar clothes. They wear chiffon and organdie and georgette in spite of dampness and mist. Their hats are ostrich trimmed or wreathed with flowers. ‘This effect of the closed motor car has been noticeable both in France and this country—more strikingly in France, perhaps. because it came after the war period when motor cars of any sort were dispensed with save Correcting Badly Shaped Eyebrows Thick eyebrows are a sign of & strong character, but badly shaped eyebrows are not 2 sign of anything but a certain carelessness of personal appearance. You should keep your , eyebrows well shaped. ‘But do not take my advice toe seriously and have gour eyebrows clipped or profession- ally shaped. It you must -have your eyebrows haped” you can learn to do it at home and save- that money, but I think you- would be very foolish to experiment with it at all. It is much easier to pull out-all the unwanted hairs with a pair of tweesers, gnd then to touch the places with peroxide for several days or several weeks, and when they do return they will be light and invisible if you have faithfully used the peroxide. ‘When they grow long enough to show you can pull them out again. 1 do_not think it has been proved, but it has been stated on rather good au- thority, that if you persistently pull these hairs they will disappear. The reason they come back usually is that a new hair is forming fn the follicle from which the oM one was pulled. Another way to train the eyebrows is to rub them at night with muci- lage, shaping as the mucilage dries. R. W.—Bay rum is mildly astringent and is also cleaning to the skin. Helena.—The prepmrations you men- tion are proprietary articles and I do THE ALL-WHITE FROCK, WHICH HAS ENJOYED UNPRECEDENTED FAVOR AMONG WE! D ‘WOMEN THIS SUMMER, 1S HERE SHOWN IN EMBROIDERED MUS- LIN TRIMMED WITH LACE AND WO'FN WITH A LARGE PURPLE in the serious business of winning the war. In the sketch is a frock of white embroidered muslin - trimmed with lace—a frock such as any well- dressed woman might wear nowadays in a closed motor car for & summer afternoon drive. B not know what they contain. Barbara S.—You are an Irish type. Mary T.—Send a stamped addressed envelope for the hair tomic formula, ‘Whiteheads can be treated with per- oxide of hydrogen and each, hea should be picked with a steriliz needle, after which apply the per- oxide again. ‘Waiting.—You can remove 'the paper from the table by rubbing the top with a mixture of powdered pu- mice and ofl. This will remove all stains and at the same time give & satiny finish the furniture. ¢ Contie—Massage your neck and arms_each night, using cocoa butter, :nd keep %n ::th ht]he exercises. To eep your hands ‘white, use a mixture daily, which is made gom ual’ of glycerin and rosewater. = IIIY‘J The 0ld Gardener Says: Very early beets may still be sown, also kohirabli, “radishes, lettuce and turnips, all of which make rapid growth. It is advis- =ble to give these late crops wn. usually good cultivation, and to | supply water if possible: when the -u:on is dry. I‘l“u beets may not grow very lar but they will be — enough . for canning before cold weather comes on, and the kohlfabi is {| 2l the better for being- eaten' when small. It is bo-:& start the lettuce in a- shelt seed bed. and then set the started plants in rows where they are to mature. H QF COURSE,SAM;TUESE SVLp GOLPEN HARPS ARE ALL RIGHT, BuT -THE DE SWELLS JusT PASSED WITH THE LOVLIEST PLATINUM ONES! \F ‘fou ONLY AD A LITTLE MORE PUSH WE MIGHT — ETc-gTe-) Personal Health Service N -— treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady it Letters should be brief and written in ink.” Owing to the iarge No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. a few can be answered here. By WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. Noted Physician and Asuthor (8igned letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to dii ase dlagnosis or lope s inclosed. ddressed en: ber of letters received, only tamped, seif- Address Dr. Willlam Brady, in care of The Star.) Skin Lotions. Skin rash, inflammation or ulcer- ation upon the hands and forearms of printers handling black and colored inks is of frequent occurrence. Print- ers commonly soak or rub the hands and forearms with mineral oil to re- move part of this ink, then scfub with various harsh detergents or soaps and hot water, and generally fail to ap- ply a protective emoliment to the skin after this severe cleansing. It is no- ticeable that in most instances of printers’ ink poisoning the skin of the sufferer is abnormally dry—lacks nat ural sskin oil. Such persons particu larly need a good hand lotion to ap: ply after washing, in order to pre- vent the irritation, chapping or roughness of the skin that occurs when the skin oil (sebum) is scanty. An excellent application to relieve or prevent this abnormal dryness of the skin consists of a few drops of the fcllowing applied after washing and drying the hands: Sesame oil (also called teel oil and benne oil), two ounces; powdered ben- zoin, ten grains; absolute alcohol, ten drops. All to be digested for three hours over a water bath, filtered and labeled “skin oil." - Women find this same formula ex- cellent for the complexion when the skin is dry and sallow, and it has given much satisfaction in dryness of the scalp and hair, a few drops being rubbed into the scalp on the finger tips, where the hair parts, once a day. Another lotion which keeps the skin in a soft, smooth and white condi- tion, if applied two or three times daily after washing and before the kin {s quite dry, is made with traga- cant! - Boric acid, one-half ounce; giycerin, one-half ounce; tragacanth in shav- ings, sixty grains; rain or distilled water, twelve ounces. To be boiled and constantly stirred until the tragacanth is entirtly dis. solved. Add water occasionally to keep up to twelve ounces. This lotion is grateful for redness and chapping of the skin, and is often used by men after shaving. It may be scen with a_few drops of any desired perfume. I commend both or either of these formulas to printers and their helpers for the care of their hands. Bacteriological tests of the mineral ofl used for cleaning ink from Some @ood Tomato Dishes. The good housekeeper likes to take advantage of the garden's offerings as the season comes around, and give her family an abundance of the fresh fruits and vegetables while they last. Tomatoes are & popular vegetable, and the following recipes for serving them may be a help to my readers: Broiled Tomatoes on Toast—Re- move skins from ripe tomatoes by dipping them into boiling water for almost two minutes by means of a cheesecloth bag, tI plunging them into cold water for a second! the loosened skins may then be rubbed off with the fingers. Cut each tomato in half and dip the halves into melted butter, then into finely crushed and seasoned cracker crumbs. Now broil them on & cookie sheet or any other pan that is flat and rimless and from which they may be slipped onto toast, when dome, without having to be lifted (which tends to break them). ‘When the the crumbs are brown they are done. Slide them gently onto pieces of toast which have been dipped into the fol- lowing sauce: ‘White Onion Sauce.—Rub to a ymooth paste four teaspoons of flour nd one-half cup of butter, then add it to one and onme-half cups of cold mll& which is in a small saucepan, and heat, stirring constantly. When to the consistency.of thick cream, add one large onion, which has been put .| through a food chopper, and salt ahd pepper to suit individual taste. This amount of sauce will moisten six slices of toast. Baked Chived Tomatoes with Cream Sauce—Wipe six large ripe tomatoes and prick each one several times with a fork. Place them in an agate- ‘ware pan with a very little hot water and a small lump of butter and bake ‘|in a moderate oven until soft. Then very carefully remove skins and ar- range them on a serving dish; pour over them a hot white sauce made exactly like the white onion sauce the hands, conducted by the United States public health service officers, indicate that this ofl should not be used in common, for it may convey skin infection from one person to the other. The same investigators found that a mixture of sawdust and liquid green soap was more effective and less irritating than sand, pumice soap and hand brushes in removing the ink. They also found that if printers would apply some lanolin (wool fat) to the hands and forearms before beginning work, this served as a protective and made the removal of ink stains after finishing_work much easler. In the treatment of tht skin rash or inflam- mation tke public health service surgeons used this compound in block form: Zinc ore (calamine and a silicate of zinc) pplverized and passed through a 100-mesh sieve, three perts; gelatin, four parts; giycerin, five parts; water, six and one-half parts. This is melted by heating in a double saucepan with water in the outer pan. It is too stiff when melted, add a little hot water. When of the consistency of paint, apply with a stiff-bristled paint brush a thin coat, and before it is quite dry pat lightly all over with absorbent cotton to form a feltwork with the paint. Allow to set completely before putting on clothing. Leave it until it begins to peel off, then remove and apply & fresh coat. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Ivy Polsoni The formula you sent me last year |, for ivy poisoning surely saved my husband from a miserable experience on his vacation. We are about to leave on vacation again, but have misplaced the formula, and both of us would like to use it again to pre- vent ivy poisoning. (E. M. P.) Answer—Let the druggist prepari Tincture (10 per cent) of rhus tox codendron (poison ivy), fifteen drop! glycerin, two di ; sirup of orang enough to make three ounces. For immunization against ivy poi- soning, take Internally one drop of this mixture in half a glassful of water after each meal, increasing by a drop each successive dose until twenty-one drops after each meal about the seventh day, then take a tea- spoonful once & day, after eating, for week o ten days. After that a tea. spoontul once or twice a week through- out the season. given above, only with the chopped onion left out. Sprinkle the tomatoes thickly with finely chopped chives and serve at once. Stuffed Baked Tomatoes.—Cut slices from the top of large ripe tomatoes, take out most of the interior part, chopping it finely. To one-half of this chopped pulp add left-overs from boiled mackerel or any other cooked fish, and also cracker crumbs to suit individual taste, salt, pepper and, if liked, with chopped green pepper: Fill the hollowed-out tomato cups with this mixture, sprinkle the tops with buttered bread crumbs, and bake for fitteen minutes in a hot oven. HOME ECONOMICS. BY MRS. ELIZABETH KENT. Sliding 15 a universal interest of children. Wherever a child can slide, he does, down banistess, cellar doors and snowy hillsides. Parents are like- 1y to think that siides are qanserous and very hard on clothes, but play- ground ‘teachers maintain’ that well- made slides are neither. One teacher declares that in an experience of Seventeen years he has mot had one serlous accident except from slivers, where the slide was made of pine Railings at the top of the slide pre- Jent the children from falling thers ey s o i ey sit down they' cannot e important thin, about are that it should have & smooth. not too steep incline, that its materiai be not too hard, not too cold, not too hot, ‘not likely’ to rust or splinter. Steel slides are expensive and .are hard and either hot or cold. Ma, seems to make the best. slide. A twelve-foot maple slide could be had in 1916 for $16; a fifteen-foot one for $30. Anybody who has watched the intent, serious joy of a string of chil. dren sliding over and over and over again does mot need to be told that 2 chance to siide, summer and wintor cnder e con 0] " Ender safe conditions, should be given tion. Make Stout bloomers f children and let them slide. Ao;l:‘:l: or two is much better for them than the lack of a normal pleasure like sliding. (Copyright, 1921.) LISTEN, WORL/ BY ELSIE ROBINSON. ‘Why should a wife tell her husband everything she does? Why should a husband tell his wife everything he does? No, I'm not advocating deceit, nor unfaithfulness, nor any other Tomato Souffle.—Melt three table-| spoons of butter in a saucepan and stir into it one and one-fourth tea- spoons of salt and pepper to taste, then add five tablespoons of flour, mix to a smooth paste, and one and ones half cups of stewed tomatoes; let boll up once or twice rapidly, and stir into the mixture the yolks of four eggs, then remove from fire and fold in gently the stiffty beaten whites of four eggs. Turn into a buttered bak- ing dish large enough so that it will not, be more than one-half full, and bake until puffy and firm in a mod- erate oven. . Tomato Ramekins.—This is a good ‘way of using up left-over bits of to- mato—either uncooked or stewed. Mix the tomato with an equal amount of seasoned br: crumbs and fill small individual baking dishes with this mixture. Cover the tops with finely chopped or grated cheese and bake tiil hot through, and the cheese melted, in & moderate oven. (Never have’a quick oven for baking any cheese dish, as intense heat makes cheese leathery.) _ Prices realised on Swift of carcam Dot Warningren or meck codlag Saturday, July 30, 1921, on shipments sold ou! ranged fiom 10 cents to 17 cents per tisement. el cd heinous menace to the domestic wel- fare. I'm just advocating common Weire h bef arri ‘e’re humans before we're married folks. Every human being should ob- serve decent reserves about himself 2nd the other chap or he won't stay healthy minded. No other person, no matter how loving, can -possibly ug- derstand all the things you -do. You can’t understand them yourself. Then why complicate matters by demand- ing or giving superfluous confidences? There should be a space within your spirit, like a walled-in garden, where you may walk in_quietness, alone, and be renewed. If you are denjed that place, if you throw your spirit open to public pasturage, you become as stale gs trampled grass and people value you accordingly. Don’t try to explain everything to your wife or husband. Don’t try to explain everything to yourself. Just 8o off and be still once in a while, and give yourselfl a rest. e WOMAN'’S HOW MANY CARDS? By ISABEL OSTRANDER A uthor of “The Island of Intrigue,” “Suspence,” “Ashes to Ashes,” etc. Copyright, 1921, by Robert M. McBride & Co. i (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) “All by yourself, Mr. Waverly? You were alone from the time you left your house?”’ “Quite alone. I took a taxi direct- ly from the theater up to Venner's apartment on Riverside Drive.” ho else was in the party there?” Again Waverly hesitated. He had been speaking more and more slowly, as though choosing his words with care, and now he raised his eyes half defiantly to those of McCarty. “Isn't it emough for you if Venner corroborates my statement? There were other people present who would find themselves in just as awkward a position as I should be if the thing came out.” “The ladies or the gentlemen?” Mc- Carty asked. . “ ‘Ladie: ‘Waverly leergd. “They were showgirls from the' ‘Bye-bye Baby' company. 1 imagife they wouldn't object to a little free press- agent stuff, though Venner— He caught himself up sharply as though regretting the admission, and roi 've nothing more to tell you. You can find out from Venner himself whether or not I was in his rooms from a little before midnight until an hour ago, and as for that little row with Creveling—Lord! We've been having ‘em for the last fifteen years or more over one thing or an- other. "If he's been done in as you say, I'm inexpressibly shocked and grieved to hear it, as the rest of our crowd will be, for he was the best of good fellows, even if he did get out of bounds occasionally, but I know no more about his death tha you do; not half as much, I fancy.” ‘Just what do you mean by ‘out of bounds’ Mr. Waverly?” McCarty ignored the hint to go, and stood his ground firmly. “If your informant gave you the glst of our conversation on the night of the supposed quarrel you ought to be able ~to flgure that out for yourself.” The thick lips parted in an unpleasant smile. “You can’t ex- pect a leopard to change his spots altogether, you know. ~Not that ‘Gene wasn't genuinely fond of his wife, but he always had an eve for a pretty-woman. I'd heard that he was going it a bit strong over a new case, and for Mrs. Creveling's sake I thought I'd try to pull himt up before it came to her ears. That's how her name was dragged into the discus- nd the lady in the case?” “I can’t tell you her name because I don't know it, but I wouldn't if I ‘Waverly snapped. “You fel- lows go too far! I'm willing to meet you half way, and I'm anxious to do all in my power, of course, to help you find out who shot Creveling, but I'm damned if I would drag in the name of any woman, especially in ll‘;? case of a mere indiscretion like this.” ow do you know it was a mere indiscretion?” McCarty demanded quickly. . “I knew Creveling.” The reply was terse. “He'd have every art dealer and collector of antiques searching for months for a certain Ming vase or anclent prayer rug, and when he secured it he scarcely gave it a sec- ond glance. It was the same with beautiful women; he'd sit at their feet as long as they were indifferent, but if they gave the first sign of awakened interest—good nigh You are sure, then, that this af- fair hasn’t reached the ears of his wife?” “Of course it hasn’ ‘Waverly ex- claimed hurriedly. “She has always believed In him implicity; that’s why I wanted him to call a halt ncw.” ‘Well, Mr. Waverly, I won't trou- ble you any further if you've no ob- jections to my calling up Mr. Venner just as a matter of form and verify- ing your statement.” McCarty moved tentatively toward the telephone set in_the wall. Waverly smiled again and waved toward the instrument. “Go as far ag you like,” he invited magnanimously. “*Venner's number is Hudson 4052 MecCarty repeated it into the phone, and after a brief interval a deep voice growled at him over the wire: “Hello! What is it?” 1 want to speak to Mr. Venner. “You're talking to him now. Who are you?” “Mr. Douglas Waverly told me that I could reach him at your rooms, McCarty sald cautiously. “Well, you can't,” the voice re- sponded. “He’s gone; left about an hour ago. 5 “He was at that little party of yours last night?” “Yes. Who the devil are you?" McCarty hung up the receiver and turned to find Waverly still smiling derisively at him as he drew a cig- arette from a diamond-incrusted case and then proffered it v “Smoke’ he suggested. “I hope vou're satisfied now, my man. Of course. I don’'t want to be hauled into the limelight of a murder case, but for Creveling’s sake I'd be glad to_help you if I could. McCarty shook his head at the offer of the cigarette. An air of preoccu- pation Seemed suddenly to have settled upon him, and he replied ab- I'm satiefled. Sorry to have troubled you, but in a case like this we've got to look into every stray bit of information that comes our way. Good morning, si Once outside the door he made his way toward the elevator with a dazed sense of unreality. Could he have seen aright, and, -if so, was there any speclal significance in what he had beheld? There had been nine jewels in that flat oblong of gold, four down each side and one in the middle, eacg set in sharply defined diamond-shaped indentations, so that the cigarette case itself bore a startling resem- blance to the nine of diamonds; start- ling to McCarty’s mind at least be- cause of that other nine of diamonds, torn and blood-stained, which he had found in the room where Eugene Creveling came to his death. CHAPTER VIL The Shadow on the Stairs. Dennis Riordan, dragging in chair after him, emerged from the engine house of company 023 aend settled himself in the mild, balmy sunshine. Down the vista of the street, lined by tall flats, the trees of the park, their tops just burgeoning into feath- ery green, formed a delicate touch of color in the monotonous,” faded brick and storfe and the fireman's gray eyes rested upon, 'them ruminatively as he reached for his pipe. Then his gaze shifted with lively: expectancy and the hand groping for his pocket paused midway, for & liar figure turned the corner and strode toward him. "Whn\ up, Mu:!"*e sked when the figute hind appfoached within hearing distance. “I thought you were going down to Homevale tpday to evict that tenant of yours that's dri you'd been making & nig] “I have.” With the privilege of a constant visitor McCarty reached a long arm across the threshold, and, procuring another chair, placed it with its back tilted inst the wall beside his friend. “When are you off duty the day? “Not six.” Dennis eyed the other with anxious solicitude. “How much did_you lose?’ g “Didn’t I give up card playjng for Lent?” McCarty demanded, reproach- ly. < “You did; but well I know what that means as long as you can find a quiet little crap game to horn in on, or any olte to flip coins/with you. . Droperty or no, have nothing to do.but gallivant around town Jooking for trouble, and many's _the time I've cursed your uncle, God rest his soul, for leaving you the money that made you resign from the force!"- His maner was almost ‘maternal, and McCarty chuckled dryly. ‘Tis not always I have to B{ look- ing for trouble, Denny; sometimes it falls on-me, like that girl from the window of the Glamorgan e couple of years ago.’ There was that in his tone which made Dennis’ chair come down on all :::l’;( legs with a clatter on the side- o What!” he exclaimed with avidity. Is there something big on down at headquarters that the inspector has been after asking you to lend a hand on? There's beén nothing in the ;papers barring hold-ups that would make Dick Turpin blush like an ama- It there was you'd never know it; after you've satisfied yourself that the { championship is still safe for democ- { racy and the Giants aren’t developing sleeping sickness, the news of the day is finished for you.” McCarty ob- served with fine scorn. “As for my resignation from the force, I'll have you know that it's been temporarily handed back to me and that fellow out at Homevale can toot away till he’s black in the face, for all I care. T'm back on the job again ‘What is it, Mac?’ Dennis'tone was sepulchral from suppressed excite- ment. “Why didn't you let me know? I was off last night- I didn’t know it myself till T nab- bed a young second-story worker coming out of the window of one of those grand homes across the park quicker than ever he went in_and {learned what he'd found there. "Twas i the body of the owner, him they used {to call “Million-a-month’ Creveling jalong Broadway, with a bullet in his eart and a .44 beside him.” 1 McCarty detailed his nocturnal ex- |perience and Dennis listencd with bat- ed breath to the point where, while the search of the upper rooms by his crony and Inspector Druet was pro- gressing, the shadow had appeared behind them on the staircase. Then he could contain himself no longe: “Holy mother!” he ejaculated. “Was it a ghost or the murderer himself, do you think, Mac?" “Whoever it was, 'twas no ghost, Denny, as you'll sce later,” McCarty ‘The drawers of the desk in the housekeeper's room were locked, and when I lifted the end and shook it 1 could hear something heavs books, sliding around in too, that the locks themselv rusty. Mind that. There were no keys in the room, though we looked everywhere, 8o the inspector and I beat it down to the study once more, where Clancy was waiting with the dicks from borough headquarters. They all said they hadn't been back upstairs again and the inspector kid- ded me about hearing things, but I couldn’t get the thought of that shad- ow out of my mind, and as soon as I could I slipped away and up to Creveling’s room once more; the sound that I thought I'd heard when we were on the upper floor seemed to | come from there. { “Everything looked just the same | as when we had left it, but when 1| went over to have a second look ut! the little drawer with the spring lock | in the desk there were new marks on it overlaying those our fingers had made; whoever had followed us wore | gloves, as you could see plain from | the oil the desk had been rubbed up with. Ghosts don't wear gloves, Den- “Then who- (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.) . | ! Things You'll Like to 1 A dainty flower luncheon set will add to the enjoyment of any luncheon. You can have a large lunch cloth, or a small centerpiece with matching doilies and napkins. For the corner decorations cut the basket part of colored lines and applique it to the square of linen; it has been hem- stitched, preferably by hand. Em- broider the flowers in colored em- broidery silks; also the handle and the lines on the basket. It is well to use the dominating color of the decorations of your dining room for the color of the basket of this dainty flower luncheon set. 'LO! (Copyright, 1921.) Shoes That Are Different. A few women who like to dress i3 a ‘spectacular fashion may be inter- ested in copying the fashion of a few French women who have taken up the fad of wearing an anklet be- neath very thin stockings, depending on the thinness of the stockings and the brilliance of the stones or glitter of the gold to make it not difficult to behold. Another rather striking fashion that we have taken from France is to wear leather straps above the ankle in connection with strapped slippers./ These straps are placed about where the top. of a high shoe would come. They are made in soft leather of satin to match the shoe, both shoe and strap usually being stitched in color—red or green or blue. The straps on the shoes buckle on the ankle and the matching straps buckle just abo The sandal type of shoe is still in favor in France, and the effect is emphasized by siashes and perfora- tions over the toe. Often the slipper shows almost no support just above the arch of the foot. Quite new are some sandal shoes that show very low heels. The low heels and rounded toes of these shoes maké it possible to wear them in short lengths that would otherwise be impossible. So instead of making the feet look larger as the.woman who clings to high heels and pointed toes insists, they make them really look very much smaller. Added to that they are very comfortable, which has recommended them as dancing slippers to dancing enthusiasts. White shoes and white and black shoes have proved immensely popu- lar this season at the resorts, and with them white stockings are al- most always worn. Silk is the usual selection, but Some women prefer fine lisle. For sport wear thin wool stock- ings have been worn all summer. WILKINS PERFECT BLEND PAGE. Broiled Cod Steaks. Have the steaks rather thick and trim and flatten them well. Rub them with sale on both sides and put in a cool place for two or three hours. When ready to covk coat them with oil, sprinkle with white pepper and broil over a clear fire. Make a sauce of ome-half cup of butter, melted; the juice of half a lemon, some chopped carmmed red peppers, chobped parsley and capers, all in suftable quantities. Have the sauce very hot and pour it over the fish just before sending to the table. is Washington Product Chace Phone Franklin 335 to Chevy Chase Food Products Company If your grocer is not supplied. 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