Evening Star Newspaper, March 4, 1926, Page 41

WOMA FLAGSTAFFS OF WASHINGTON BY JENNY GIRTON WALKER. N’S PAGE The white-red over blue-white of the Republic of Panama is another Febru- for on February 15, 1904, the | | ary flag constitution of tha republic went into | effect and this day has heen made one | of the civie holidays of the nation Article 5 of the law adopted in June, 1904, states: “Until the National Ax- sembly shall decide definitely what is 10 be the coat-of-arms and flag of the republic the coat-of-arms described in this law sna ntinue to he used for all official purposes, as wall as the lag which. since the 3d of November, 1903, has been raised on the public build- ings of the nation A Jater law provided for A contest | hyv artists of hoth native and foreign | birth in designing a permanent flag | and coat-of-arms. This contest re- mained open for nearly 20 vears, but within the past few years a law has | heen passed making the pusfisional | flag and coatof-arms offigfl for the Panama government. The hlue of the flag was the color of | the Conservatives during the days| preceding the withdrawal of Panama from Colombia, in 1903, and red was the color of the Liberals. When the two parties joined in order to estab | lish the republic their flag had the colors of hoth and the white which indicated their peaceful union. In one white quarter was placed a blue DAUGHTERS By HAZEL Martha Dennison, at 5. faces the fact that her hushand and children have drifted away from her. She meets Perry Macdonald and they be- come friends. But Martha. carried avay by love of admiration, does nnt realize the danger in such an ottachment. Natalie Intrudes. Tt was all just a she had imagined it would be. Perry rising from his | chair to greet her, that little flicker of admiration dancing in his eyes, the softly lighted living room an appropri ate setting, and she herself myster fously beautiful in sea green chiffon, | her russet hair bound close to her head, her eyes inscrutable behind their thick fringe of Iashes. To Martha it was like a acene from | a romantic play. Everything was quite perfect. To Perry it was a pleas. antly stimulating meeting with a pretty woman, a woman who obvious- 1v liked him more than a little. And then, almost before Perry had | released her hand. there came a light voice from the door “I'm off. mother. | American DEY0 BATCHELOR THE FLAG OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA, This flag ic a_quadrilateral divided into four quarters. The conventional lines show tRAL the upper quarter nearest the fingstafl 16 in white. With a five-pointed atar in hiue at the center: the mext upper diviaion i in red: the Iowe: quarter nearest the staff is in Piis ‘And “the fourth auarter i in white. | with a five-pointed star in red at the center. star for the Conservatives and in the other a red star for the Liberals. In the coat-of-arms we find many symbols, including the sword and the spade, the horn of plenty and the winged wheel of progress. and a pic- ture of the isthmus with its two seas ishing how day Tthe to g0 contriblitions 4 diary THE EVENING STAR, - WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY, MARCH- 4, 1926 Our Children— By Angelo Patri WINTER BY D. C. PEATTIE. Flower and Bird Diaries. - people who are not profes- scientists think that there is Most sional | nothing they could add to the stock of nature observation. Nothing s further from the truth. It is aston- animals. The dates of the first ar- rivals of birds, of their maximum mi- gration times, of their feeding habits and mating ficially dates of flowers and what influences cause some plants than others, of super- The ‘blooming habits are only understood. to flower earlier the way in which seeds plants are distributed, are only “ketchily worked out, even in this and age. Any one, even a person living in who will take the trouble the nearest park can make to science by keeping and making very hrief notes on some of the unsettied questions mentioned ahave. - Gilbert White, a retired clergyman |in an obscure part of Engiand, kept “uch a dfary 130 years ago, and it I8 now famous as “The Naturalist's Culendar.” part of his “Natural His- tory of Selhourne.” a classic of Eng- iish literature as well as of scientific notation. But_White did not ssttle the question, His. observations cover only a little corner of Engiand. we would like to have in is a chain of obgervers all What America and setting sun over the country, like the correspond- ‘Like all_South American countries. Panama displays its Aag on October | 12, Columbus day. ‘The isthmus has a special interest in the discoverer, be. cause he not only vislied its shores, but discovered and named Veragua e of its provinces, This is the prov- ‘e which gave the title of Duke of ua to the representatives of his | family. The great legal holiday, however, | is November 3, for on that day, 1903, ama withdrew from her union | |ents of a newspaper association, who, without neceasarily staying awake all nizlit or roaming around outdoors 0 till find time to make the casual observations that would en- ble ns to piot t eping of Spring up the land as accurately as the prog- vess of a storm is plotted on a weather D No person and no place is too un important to contribute to this fund formation. Without taking much time from my routine work 1 beégan with Colombia and hecame an inde-|<uch a diary last yvear, and this year pendent nation. Phe flag of Panama is also displaved in honor of France on Bastille day and of the United States on July 4. of the maples, still far a Canal Zone has a distinctive flag with | or search the weather records and see if The United States governor of the a dark blue fleld centered by an en- larged copy of the seal of the zone with its motto, ““The land divided, the world united.” The motto of Panama coat-of-arms is similar and indicates why Panama was willing to have her land divided—"Pro mundi beneficio,” “for the henefit of the 3 he flag of T Panama is displayed officially at the legation, 1535 New Hampshire avenue, and at the Pan Union. The coat-of-arms. carved in stone, is soon to he placed | over one of the doorways of the lega- tion. OF TODAY | upon Natalie from a superior height, | discussing her impersonally withaut taking her charm into aceount. She might have known that he | would look upon Natalie as a child. | that in spite of her heauty she would fail to stic him. “I don’t wonder that she makes you feel voung and helpless.”” Perry was saying. lightly. “The voung girls of today xeem centurles old: they're all 100 sophisticated, too world weary. 1| think A man likes a woman to appeal | to the chivalrous in him. I think we resent the modern woman because | we're still old-fashioned. Your daugh. | ter is charming, but she hasn't half the appeal that you have, and that's | the truth.” His volce was warm. and Martha drank in his words thirstily, She wanted him to like her and he did. They were going to be friends. (Cosright. 1926.) (Continued in tomorrow’'s Star.) | Egg-Pimento Sandwich. | Chop some hard-boiled eggs, add /| =alt, pepper, and one-third as much |1 am continuing it. tcold days: close now. The comparison is fascinating. On February 10 fast vear Spring began with the blooming This yvear Spring is ay. When the diary is 9 10 years old, 1 shall go hack and I can explain the migrations of birds he [or the blooming of flowera on the basta the | of Fven that point isn't a Many flowers bloom on many birds come back in the midst of & snowstorm. In the meantime I am keeping my weather, settled one. eyves open and forming and refecting theories which are too callow to dis. Why not join in the work, men, women, and children? Various nature magazines, State and Federal agricultural or biological departments, and local flower and bird clubs will be glad of your observations and may find space to publish them if they are at all thorough and accurate, riday afternoon is the only time when & Moroccan wife is permitted 1o leave her home unattended. Then she may only visit the cemetery, from which men are excluded for that after “DIAMOND DYES” COLOR THINGS NEW Just Dip to Tint or Boil Each 15-cent 3 age contains direc- tions so simple any woman ean tint soft. delicate shades or dye rich, permanent colors in lingerie, silks, ribbons, skirts, waists, dresses, coats, stockings, sweaters, draperies, coverings, hangings —everything! little is definitely known | ahout even very common plants and itween an adolescent and trouble. The Lazy Adolesoent. The lazy adolescent boy and girl Are always with us. They are a pain to thelr teachers and burden to their parents. Also they are a heavi- ness to theémselves. In dealing with the delinquéncies of children we must remember always that if the children could do, they would do. It is not willful waywardness that bothers them and us. They are caught in the tide of adolescence and life has them at its mercy. Only the adults stand be- tween them and troubie. It 18 no light matter to stand I};’e e goes out to look for it It gathers on him like dew on the ice-water jug. He asks for it and when he gets it puts on such an aggrieved and downtrodden air that one has to count 10 and 10 again hefore one dares speak a frac- tion of what surges in one’s mind. MODE MINIATURES The commodious galoshfi the trim- mer zipper boot, hoth testify to the fact that women's clothes have be. come more sensible—comfort allying itself with smartness in behalf of mli- lady's_fashionability. ~And now the new Wellington hoot from London adds to her choice as to senaible storm shoes. They are skillfully made in a manner which gives the effect of a custom-made hoot of kid—then topped with black or brown fur. You just slip them on like a riding boot, for all fastenings have been eliminated. MARGETTE. “You knew that you were not to go to anybody's house after school time. You were to come straight home. 1If vou had obeyed, this would not have happened.” “How did 1 know? He asked me to go home with him and I said I would stop at his gate and wait and his mother called me in and when I was walting for him to change his clothes the dog came in and I just played with him and he jumped at me and I slip- ped and the thing fell down. Could I help breaking it?" ‘““Are your lessons done for tomor- row?" “No. 1 haven't had time. 1 had to— “Never mind. Get them done.” At the end of two hours and a half ha has A third of a shest of paper covered with figures, a list of words In a note hook, and {8 busy looking at the funny sheet in yesterda “Your lessons are not done. fail again tomorrow.” s “Well, they give us too much to do. I'll pass all right. 1 only need three and a half points and I can get them. Easy.' The réport comeés home and he has failed in two subjects and two others have warning red rings about them. He is late for school, although he had oceans of time. He s late coming home. He forgets the book he needs for the hook report due the next day. It takes him an hour and a half to get it. Bedtime comes and he is drift- ing about, groaning, grumbling, sing- ing, loafing, according to his mood. It is hard to be patient. Make out a schedule of work and play. Plan ahead with his teacher and do your best to hound him into keeping in touch with his class, He must have the habit of work and sense the standard even though he low it. Say as little as p him about dis failings. T when you can. Take him to a good child specialist if you have to travel half a day to reach him. Have his glands examined. They are often out of balance in the adolescent hoy and many timesthe girl. Make sure all that you ean do for his physical health is well done and pray for grace to live through this trying time wtih him. He is suf- fering too. Given falr care he will come through. He will make a pass- ing grade and graduate from high school and soon after that show signs of maturing intelligence. The adolescent needs mercy, Justice. You'll not FEATURES. Y hen SheCYinters AR in (2 Buy Diamond Dyes—no other kind— and tell your druggist whether the mate. rial you wish to color is wool or silk, or whether it is linen, cotton or mixed | chopped pimento. Mix well with may onnaise and spread on slices of hut tered hread. Remove the crust and cut down through the center. Gar- Martha whirled about. Natalie stood framed in w She wore a flame.colored dress the door The ingredienis are selected and ’ that hung stra‘zht from her shonlders Its passionate warmth seemed to make Martha's graen draperies pale to in significance. and again that little stab of jealousy plerced her heart. But almost immediataly Martha was herself again. She was forcing a tol erant little smile to her lips she was crosing the room to Natalie and with | an Arm across the girl's shoulders was drawing her hack toward Perry. “This i& my daughter,” she sald Nghtly. “Natalie, this is Mr. Mac donald.” Natalie crinned at charming impertinence. There was nothing subtle about Natalle. Her gray eves were wide and frank and ingenuous her smile ac open as a boy's. To her, men were made to be used: she accepted favors from them a8 her due The smile that Perry gave to Na alla was tolerant. It made her feel young. which was. of course, unfor givable. With a flippant shrug of her shoulders she turned away from him. Martha could not help smiling. Inwardly Natalie was raging. She had planned to sweep into the living room like A voung meteor and 1o leave as triumphantly. Instead she had heen relegated tn the kindegarten | class—-this friend of her mother's had treated her like a child. She didn't | know whn he was and didn't care. hut ghe hated him hecause he had hurt her pride. Outwardly self-possessed Perry with a | however, she was quite She said good-hye flip pantly and walked eut of the room with her head held high. With | Natalie gone. Martha's self-confidence | returnea to her. 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