Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1926, Page 50

WOMAN'S PAGE, Advantages in R BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. When s:ationery suits your chirog: raphy and the finish of the paper your pen to glide over it, taking down “SELF AT HOM LETTER PAPE ¥our thoughts as quickly e them expression. you will he st to find letter writing is robbed of much of its difficulties. friends should he enjoyable, and we can, and should, do our best to make | them so. An easily written letter i generally more enjoyable to read than one written under difficulties, so let us Acquire some of the things that are essential to give us “the pen of a ready writer” and that are apart from fashion in letter paper, which will be considered later on The size of letter paper should, in a measure, conform to the style of your penmanship. For instance, if yvou wi large and sprawling hand, you yequire zood-sized sheets of paper. On the other hand. if you write a small la sheets” are not adapted hand, 1o it. Size of Stationery. Tn fact, it is discouraging to start a letter on a huge sheet of paper if your bhandwriting small. Immediately You are depressed with the thought of all you will have to write to cover a single page. let alone a full sheet Just the reverse is true if vou write a larze hand. To such a persen a emall sheet is cramping. Even the thoughts seem to he dificult to man age when they have to be set down in 100 small a space. So you will readily BEDTIME STORIE Voice in the Water. | Ny to rejoice | Mother West Wind uth Wind had been for some time. There was no Jonger ice in the Smiling Pool. The | W looked cold, but the ijce was | ne. It was gone in the Laughing rook. Tt was me from the pond of “addy the Reaver. It was gone in the Big River. k Frost still came occa- | &ionally & hut he was no longer strong enouzh pinch hard or to| make ice istress Spring was knew it. | rybody \3&\1 “HELLO, OLD LONGLEGS,” CLATMED JERRY. Eyervbody went around listening. Had you asked any of them what they were listening for they couldn’t have told you. They would have said that they were not listening for anything in particular. they didn't know it. Peter Rabbit was doinz a lot of lis- tening with the rest. He would hop along, lUpperty.lipperty-lip. then stop. sit up and listen. He would have told you that he was merely making sure is the sort that helps, instead of hinders, | as vou can | =gy Pen talks to vour | | Winter. | way But they were, although | Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. ight Letter Paper. | understand that the size of stationery is not one to be set aside as of little importance. Notes Correapondence cards solve the prob- lem of short note stationery for some women, while others never include them in their desk fittings. The stiff- neas of the cards suits one woman and not another. There cards are de- sirable for small and medium-sized handwriting, but are not so good for large penmanship. ‘Texture of Paper. The texture and surface finish of stationery is another matter of impor- tance. Avoid rough paper if it hinders the easy flowing of your pen. Avoid a glossy finish if it takes the ink too treely for your writing. A fine pen manship is best suited to a glazed paper. A heavy penmanship is well suited to a comparatively rough finish Sore persons will have nothing but a bond paper, others a linen fabric finish, others want a glove or kid finish’ and still others prefer laid paper, etc. Neglecting to get the finish or surface of the paper to suit vour penmanship will react on your correspondence. It is pleasing or ir- ritating to write letters according to whether your pen runs easily or badly over the paper. “Mamma wasn't here to ask, an’ 1 practiced usin' my own judgment an’ cut the cake for Skinny an' Pug an’ me.” (Copyright, 1926.) LITTLE BENNY RY LEE PAPE. MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Sliced Canned Pineap;le Bran Mush Top Milk Omelet Hashed Browned Potatoes Rice Gems Coffes LUNCHEON. Creamed Codfish Toast Blanemange With Strawberry Preserve Cake DINNER. Cream of Spinach Soup Baked Shad with Fried Roe French Fried Potatoes, Caulifiower au Gratin Tomato Salad Russian Dressing Banana Custard Coffee Sattiday afternoon it looked so mutch like rain it was starting to come down a little, and 1 sed to ma, Hay ma, I think 11l go out a wile. Its not the ferst time you thawt rong, ma sed. Meening 1 couldent go, and I Aw G, ma, gosh, wy not, G wizz, ma, holey smokes, wy cant 17 Tt vou'd take a look at the weather you wouldent haff to ask sutch silly questions, mad sed Well wats silly about that weather. 1 meen that question, ma? I sed For goodniss gracious land don't you see its raining? That aint rain, ma, I sed, and she sed, Wat is it, dew? and I sed, No mam, its jest a little leeking moisture. And envways, ma, a little water is good for me, sippose they took the flowers in every time it rained? I sed Sippose they left a bag of flour out in the rain. that would sound more like an ixample, ma sed, and I sed, Well G winnickers, ma, wat did the peeple do back in anty-historical times hefore they had eny houses, jimminy crickets ma, they was the biggest strongest hairlest peeple we ever had. Wy cant [ go out, ma? If I start to feel its getting bad for me Nl come rite in, thats fair enough, aint it, ma? I sed g Its very generous of you Im sure, its more than generous, its noble, but the subject is closed and thats the end of it, ma_sed . Well G winnickers,” ma, gosh, wy cant 1 go out? 1 sed. I bet you cant give me 3 good reasons, I sed. 1 can give vou 3 good slaps, and I will too, if you ask me one more time WY you cant go out, ma sed Wich I dident. sakes Fruit Tea RICE GEMS. One cupful cold boiled one egg, one cupful milk, one cupful flour and pinch salt. Bake in hot iron gem pans that have heen well buttered rice, BLANCMAN Cover one-half box zelatin with one-half eupful milk, let stand until soft, add three and a half cupfuls hot milk and two-thirds cupful sugar and stir over boiling water until dis- solved. Flaver with twn tea. | | spoonfuls vanilla. strain into | | small moids and serve cold with | | strawberry preserve. | | | CAULIFLOWER AU GRATIN. WhatTomorrowMeans to You | Soak two small caulifiowers one hour in salt and water: drain well and cut off stems quite close; put them head downward into pan boiling water, add one teaspoonful sait and one-half teaspoonful sugar to each quart water. Boil until tender. drain and place in bak ing dish, the flower uppermost | | Place one heaping tablespoontul | | butter in saucepan and hlend | | with it one heaping tablespoon ful flour and ene-half cupful water, ona-half eupful milk season with salt, pepper and red pepper and few drops lemon | | iuice, boil 3 minutes, add nne. half tablespoonful grated cheese: pour this over cauli flower and sprinkle over top one and a half_tablespoonfuls grated cheese. Put in hot oven and brown slightly. BY MARY BLAKE. Aries. Tomorrow’'s planetary aspects are quite favorable and although there are one or two brief spells of gloom- iness, they are not of sufficlent dura- tion to affect In any way the results that can he achieved under the aus. picious influences that prevail. The signs denote that all work In con- nection with agriculture or land will be particularly successful, although every line of honest endeaver will benefit. It is also a geod opportunity tor travel, especially by sea. The aspects indicate that all marriages celebrated tomorrow bear promise of beneficent and enduring results. A boy bhorn tomorrow will he pecullarly liable to the ailments of infancy, whereas a girl, according to the escape them. The will quickly grow out of his weaknesses and develop into normal vouth and manhood. The girl, after passing through® infancy with flving colors, will experfence an unsatisfac v physical condition in her “teen and only great care will enable her to achieve that degree of exuberant health for which she is ultimately destined. In character, Dy DY irl wi b o in the hope that he would see ?.fi;‘&k«'?\'..,ni'll‘xi . 'Lnd'“ h:ne)»'r&l‘:m”‘ Jerry. He wasn't disappointed. He ! They will he fairly studious, with- saw a silvery line moving out from | oyt aequiring any exceptional de- the farther shore and presently Jerry | giaa ‘of intellectuality Muskrat himself eame climbing up the | *'7¢ (o0 SN SCEGEENN L bank near where Peter was sitting. I are very resourceful and can always He had made that silvery line by B il oot b iy think of some way out of any and e yeiy Vedeiea Pl wpy, | A difculties. ~ You possess rare : 0 p - | self-control and never allow your- i Flad Lo see You swimming aboul | seif to hecome exclted. nor do vou eriy 3 P P M- | worry. You are a quick thinker and ? A an active worker—just as careful o G L L asg e /2imed | amall details as of the “hig thing: ant Winter, Al wm"_""_ l P:""‘ You ara to a certaln extent reserved ot pleasant | ang fairlv helieve in the old saying “Were there any bad storms during | hat “What others don't knew won't the Winter?” h"{n:h“‘b Ise: t Ly our Impulses are not very gerer- What & E Seation cinimed, Peter. | oun and vour emotions are not either othing sily ahout foC retored | QUICKIY or often stirred. Your friends, Jerry Muskrat. “Nothing silly about | Ajthough theyv consider you worthy it How shouid T know donn unaet|of all confidence. Jook upon you as the ica what Kind of weather we wos | €0!d. unsympathetic and caleulating. You are not capable of a great baving. - It s wll ‘the same linder |y, q hut will be satisfied with, an 4 g enduring affection which, although it s e P Peler lacking In the joys and tribulations i o g that a great passion may engender, T RN il be productive of serene and calm the e v N appiness. -2 the Winter i tn" becanre e i | | Well knawn persane horn on that worked and worked hard for it. Yes, |date are: Edward A.Sethern, (“Lord sir.” ' | Dundre: H’ fli\i“f‘l:}lfil‘fi"l'le Ha'r’rln. e saad i i educator; Hamilton Hamilton. artiat: ears pointing sinbeny With his long | Bawin A. Abbey, artist: William W Tiataning to Jeres. and ver he seemey | Rockhill.” Orientaltst and diplomat; o be listening for something else, | ABNES Repplier author. Jerry himself sat up and appeared to i { be listening. For some time they sat | there gossiping. Every now and then | they would stop for no reason at all and listen ' As Peter was In’the middle of a ory of one of his adventures during the Winter, and just as he reached the most exciting peint. there came a faint sound from the Smiling Pool, Peter stopped right in the middle of a word. He leaned forward and lis. | tened eagerly Jerry Muskrat dld the BY THORNTON W. BURGESS seen Jerry since the ice had covered the Smiling Peol at the beginning of Now as he sat on the bank, he looked eagerly this way and that “p Jerry “If Paddy | Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Often mispronounced — Diphtheria. Pronounce it “dif-the-ria.” Note the dif.” Often misspelled—Precocious. Synonyms — Cost, price, value, | st that there was no danger. But he was doing more than that, for each time he always went on again with just a little feeling of disappointment. S0 it happened that just after Rlack Shadows had crept ac Green Meadows and made ¥ water of the Smiling Pool, Peter Rab bit arrived on the bank of the Smiling Pool. He wondered if he would find Jerry Muskrat there, But fird it harder to F‘crg'we The Friends whe hurt my vanity. Rcws Fe had hardly | very same taning. For a couple -of i minutes there was no sound. Then they heard it again—that voice from | the water. It was a little louder than ! hefore. It was a clear pIping peep. i “Peeper the Hyla!" cried Peter and !Jerry together, “Hurrah! Mistress | $pring is almost here! (Conyright. 1926.) “Pugzhcks” PuzsleLimericks worth, charge, expense, expenditure. Word study—"'Use & word thres times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word, “lucldity”; the state of being clear or readily un: derstond. “The strongest appeal of his lecture was its lucidity.” TYREE'S A youngz fellow out of the —1— Once dreamed he was being —2—; But when he woke —3— Discovered a ——4— Had fallen asleep on his —5—. 1. Where men are men. Forcibly quieted. 3. Toward a higher place; mascu- line pronoun (two words). 4. Diminutive canine. 5. Upper part of the torse. (Note. — That _the young man's dream had no Freudian significance | will ba clear when the limerick has ‘been completed by placing the right words, indicated by the numbers, in the corresponding spaces. The an- | Ewer and another “Puzslick” will ap- pear tomorrow.) Yesterday's “Puzzlic] A stupid young man of Cornell Was simply unable to spell But who could object As it did not affect His leading the varsity (Copyright, 10 JMOZOT O=-~{UMUN=-2> Non Dorsonous J.S. TYREE WAS-NBTONM D C vell? | small clean bag Advises Parent to Leave Newly-| weds Alone Until Adjusted| That Dangerous First Year DorothyDixn First Ycar of Marriage Is Time of Peril, and Only Way Parents and Friends Can Help Bride and Groom Is to Keep Hands Off. CCORDING to the newspaper dispatches, an organization, sponsored by prominent educators and religious leaders, has been formed for the pur- pose tf promoting domestic harmony hetween newlyweds. It is called the “First Year Club,” and is to aevote itself especially to pouring oil upon the troubled waters of the first lap of the matrimonial voyage. No one will deny that the first vear of married life is a time of great danger for every young couple. No two persons of different sex, of different blood, brought up in different environments, with different tastes and habits and points of view, can possibly adjust themselves to each other without endless rasping of nerves and temper, endless disillusions and regrets. Doubtless it is a season when they need help, when they need advice and directicn, but the trouble is that nobody ean give it, and any rescue party that attempis to succor them is.iikely to do more harm than .good and recipitate the very fatality it sought to avoid. % }«“i‘»‘eu‘nmle (ruafl that P\r-r_\l. husband and wife must fight out their battles alone. They must make their own compromises and settle their own peace terms, and any outsider who tries to arbitrate for them or interfere between them s mighty apt to make frésh trouble, instead of signing them up in a peace pact. Indeed, the only way that any one can help a bride and groom through the perilous first vear is by standing aside and keeping hands off, and letting them work out th wn salvation, alone and unaided by advice and sug- gestions from meddling e, ives and friends. ‘ f This s why it is so vitahy important for evéry bride and bridegroom to set up their own household as soon as they are married and to go by them selves, with no third party to interfere between them. That is why the presence of a mother-in-law in the home of the honey-mooners is as hazardous 10 have as a ton of dynamite planted under the hearthstone. an the young benedicis @re sure to have a tho trifies. Left alone, with no one to see or hear the things they did and said in their anger, Mamie would dissolve in tears and admit that she was silly and wrong and sob it out on John's breast, and John would call himself a brute, and they would kiss and make up and all would he forgiven and forgotten, But with mother on the scene, continually calling Mamie John's faults and fmplanting suspicions in her mind and urging her up for her rights, or with John's mother continually poisoning John's mind against Mamie by acid criticisms of Mamie's extravagance and gadding and warning him not to be henpecked, but to be the master of his own house, it is a different story, and one that may have a tragic ending. Jusand seraps over a thousand attention to Mamie's and John's pride will not let them admit their faults before an outsider. They wouldn't mind eating humble pie if they were alone, but they can’t bring themselves to do it hefore an audience. So neither one will give in to the other, and they begin the petty quarrel that by and by kills love and slays their happiness. This is no mere theory The judges who preside over the Domestic Relations Court are unanimous in saying that when a young couple starts lite together alone they mearly always manage to compromise their differences and make a o of matrimony. but that the presence of any third party in the house is almost invariably the forerunner of trouble. Pater on, after the hushand and wife have adjusted themselves to each other, there iz far less danger in the presence of an outsider in the family circle, hut in the first vear of marriage it is a perfl that enly the foolhardy should dare, So it seems to me that the work of the * rst Year (lub” should bhe devoted largely to propaganda. It will do great missionary work if it can induce parents to give their chiliren a fair start and when they marry mak them et up nests of their own, instead of inviting them to come and live in the home nest or thrusting themselves in the new nests the youngsters are trying to build IT will alto perform a great service iIf it can impress on the minds of parents the fact that, when their children are grown and married and have set up homes of their own, they have a right to run them in their own way without advice or suggestions from their fathers and mothers Of course, parents are so in the habit of thinking of their children as just being parts of themselves that it is hard for them to realize that the sons and daughters have a distinct entity of their own and a right to their own ways of doing things: still more, that their sons-in-law should not be bound by their preferences perfect right to tell her daughterinlaw what color she should have her drawing room curtains, or getting after her ahout using her best china every day. or raising a ruction about her son-in-aw smoking in his own house or playing go'f on Sunday So if the out of her children’s pies it will have done a machine. And another valuable piece of propaganda the disseminate is the wisdom of trying to make one's matrimonial hargain they have made, instead of calling their attention to the way they have been gold-bricked st Year Club" can Nine times out of ten it is mother who first calls Mamie's attention to John's little faults and weaknesses, and puts John wise to Mamie's short comings. t inlaws, but it works out in making Mamie and John critical and dissatisfied. But here’s wishing the “First Year Club" great success. For the fir vear of marriaze is a time of peril. and if a voung couple gzet through that safely their chances of escaping the divorce mill are gzood. DOROTHY DIX. 2 (Coprright. 1926.) BEAUTY CHATS those for kneading bread. Do this Lot e daily and long enough t6 make an im- There are several simple formulas | pression upon the muscles so that the which will bleach the skin and which sues will be absorbed will cure or prevent the lighter forms . VI wonlt, advise & phys of sunburn or freckles. One of them | X ion for the little girl and is made as follows: Lemon or citric |get at the cause for these spots com acid, 3 drams; horax, 2 drams; 10 |ing out on her skin. Even though she ounces of clear water. Heat the wa-|appears to he in good health, these ter until quite hot, dissolve the acid | spots amount to stains and take a and borax in it and add one ounce of [long time to bleach off. I should think red rose petals. Pour this through a |they were liver spots, and if so, it is like a jelly bag, and | just a matter of improving some slug- let it drip for 24 hours. Take the | gish functioning of the organs of clear part that has dripped off and |elimination. add 2 ounces of glycerin, the best qual- | ity vou can get. ceerin plays a large part In skin bleaches. An excellent lotion and one very easy to make is equal parts of glycerin, witch hazel and fresh per- xide of hydrogen. This should he kept in a brown or blue bottle. since light spolls peroxide, and should also be kept tightly corked, as air has the same effect. This can be rubbed into the skin at nighttime and allowed to stay on till morning. Another simple lotion for the light sunburn and freckles that come early in the Summer is made by dissolving one dram of white sugar in 2 ounces | of clear lemon Juice and adding a haif dram of powdered horax. The longer this stands, up to a week, the better it will be when von are ready to use it. Most skin asfringents are bleach- ing, since most of them contain ben zoin, glycerin, vinegar, white of egg, zine and such things in their various combinations, but it is little use try- ing any of these on a skin that is sal low or discolored from internal condi- tions. A good skin goes with a body that is healthy inside. Mrs. C. A. B.—T do not think you will have any tendency fo superfluous hair as a result of using cream from milk as a massage. Stout Ankles.—Massage the fleshy parts of your ankles and use very deep movements much the same as IT has the largest tea sale in the world—because it is the finest produced. BY EDNA KENT FORBES. Chicken Salad. Marinate equal parts of diced celery and chicken meat, or chicken and veal mixXed. by mixing with sufficient French dressing to moisten, and allow- ing to stand ahout 2 hours in the re- frigeratgr. When ready to serve, half a cupftil of mayonnaise should be mixed in, the whole arranged on a with mayonnaise, chopped olives, fine- ly chopped whites of eggs, half yolks, and celery tops. Bnnnn;iclke Filling. Cook together one cupful of sifted | peeled bananas passed through a sieve, |the juice of one-half a lemon or an orange, one-half a cupful of sugar, and one tablespoonful of butter. When thick and cold spread hetween a cake, or heat the ingredients in a double bofler and then stir in an egg beaten with a tablespoonful of sugar. Conk and stir until thickened, then coo!. An Englishwoman has once more gained a distinction hitherto held only by men. Miss Gladys Dodsworth of York has carried off the first prize and the first certificate in the final exam- Ination for incorperated accountants, beating no fewer than 228 men and 4 other women. to stand | and daughters-in-law | Half of the family quarrels are based on mother feeling that she has a| First Year Club” can induce mother-in-law to keep her fingers | of sabotage to the divorce | hildren satisfied with the | Mother doesn’t intend this when she is always picking on her | bed of lettuce leaves and decorated | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1926. " SUB ROSA BY MIMI The Same Dre: Connie’s great rule in the matter of clothes was that she musn't wear the same dress too often—there must be a new creation whenever Harold took her out. He hadn't been going with her very long, and she was very anxious to ;mld his interest—she liked him aw- ully. As she didn't have an enormous clothes allowance, and as her ward robe wasn't any too overstocked, she had hard work to avoid wearing the same gown more than twice. They were going out to the opening of a new: roof garden—and she did so want to have a new dress to meet the oecasion. But new clothes were financially im- possible, =0 she reluctantly dragged out her dull green dinner dress, and stond pouting over it. Suddenly the thought flashed into her mind: " “What about that pale blue thing I wore last year? That used to be pretty. And with the inspiration came the resolution to wear the pale hlue—it wasn't half as smart as the dull green, but it could be fixed up to‘look nice, and it would he a surprise to Harold— he'd never seen it. Two hours later she sallied forth with her Romeo. She was not com- fortable. The blue dress had been rather old fashioned, and she'd had to pin it and tuck it to make it look anything right However, it was presentable, and she knew the color was hecoming to her. On the gayly lit roof she spled sev- eral of her friends. With a shock she realized that they all looked a hun- dred per cent smarter than she did And ve gods' Anita. her dearest the exact style of her own dull green, Anita looked stunning. Never mind, she comforted herself Harold knew she had just as pretty dresses as any of those present—but that she didn't have to wear the same old thing every night until a grew tired of it. Then. Gwen came in—draped in black, as usual. “Jove! she is stun ning.” commented Harold as Gwen sauntered across the floor. “Yes” agreed Connie, without en thusiasm, “hut she always wears that same black d ery one Is sick to death of it.” “Oh, that doesn't know." Harold truthfully. T t matter. Iy ever You but =0 perfect costume and stick to that than to wear a Iot of things that don't look good at all." Wow! That was a knockout hlow for our Connie. And it taught her a lesson. From then on she stuck to the clothes she knew were smart, wore them over and over again. confident that they would he appreciated. as long as they were fashionable. So many of vou drag out some old rag which hasn't a vestize of style and exclaim: ““Oh, well. I'll wear that tonight. anyway. It will be a change.’ Just remember that's bad policy. A change for the worse is worse than no change at all. Don't sacrifice style for variety. i (Copyright. 1928.) Mimi will be glad to answer any ingu directed o this ‘aner. Drovided 5 stmped addressed. envelope is inclosed i What Do You Know About It? Daily Seience Six. 1. What State has the rainfall? 2. What rafnfall? 3. How can you keep a steam- heated room moist enough for health and comfort? 4. What are the doldrums? 5. Which is more arid, Egypt or Arizona? 6. Have California and Colo- rado any deserts? (Answers to thes in tomorrow's Star.) least State has the most questions Desert Flowers. There are few large areas | world where no flowers ever grow ex | cept those always covered by ice. We |ordinarily think of the desert as devoid of vegetation, but only in some parts of the Sahara and the Gobi and |a few other deserts s this literally jtrue. Of course, one may live in parts of Arizona or New Mexico for, vears and see few or no flowers. However, no part of our country is absolutely rainless, and when a good shower does come the desert is swiftly cov- ered with a legion of splendid flowers, This means that the roots or seeds of the flowers have lain dormant for months, sometimes even 10 or 12 years, subjected to ahsolute dryness and_terrific heat and cold (for the deserts are often bitterly cold). Yet all that time they have heen altve, jelosely simulating death, but stili alive. At the touch of a shower they spring into flower, not to hinom again, perhaps. for vears. Now what do you know ahout that? Answers to Yesterday's Questions. 1. There are seven oceans. 2. The Pacific is the deepest ocean, the greatest depth occurring near our Island of Guam. 3. The Pacific is the largest ocean 4. Salt water freezes at a lower | temperature than fresh water. 5. Ocean waves are rarely {than 60 feet from trough though people often exaggerate height when they guess at it. 6. The Gulf ream softens the climate of the Gulf States, but not the other States . (Covsright. 1926 to crest the friend, was wearing a beige frock of | man | | much better for a girl to have just one | | in the | more | | patio. 1t gives the family FEATURES. Making the Most of Your Looks BY DOROTHY STOTE. Dear Ann: The new ballroom sleeves that seem to be arriving with Spring are, like all of fashion's whime, destined to be accepted by some types and rejected by others. The short, fat arm will naturally fall into the second classifi- cation, for this sleeve will only em- phasize both characteristics. That arm must be content with a simpler, less fulsome model Yours for classifving one’s cham acteristics. LETITIA. (Copzrieht. 1926.) DAUGHTERS OF TODAY BY HAZEL DEY0O BATCHELOR Martha Dennison at il faces the fact that her hushand has drifted away from her, as well as her two children, Arthur and Natalie. She meets an attractive hachelor, Perry Macdonald, and accepts his attentions | without realizing the danger in such an attachment. Arthur is infatuated with Mimi, a dancer, and Natalie half in love with Lucien Rartlett, a mar- ried man. Perry becomes interested in Natalie through a desire to protect | something about the eagerness of her manner that made him uncomfort | able. She seemed so willing to be nice to him and he didn't deserve it | “Den’t bother about it, mother,” he said, laying hi shoul | der ‘as he pas: “Well, I'm off”" he went on somewhat awk wardly. and would have left the reom it Martha had not stopped him “Arthur, vou're not in any trouble, lare her and ends by falling in love with | her, which makes his friendship with Martha embarrassing. Arthur in the meantime is under the suspicion that Mimi is deceiving him and is cager to propitiate her by a gift. He decides to his. mother to lend him some money. CHAPTER XXXI1I1 The Plot Thickens. Arthur at last turned to Martha and spoke. “T suppose you couldn't let me ha a little money \ quizzical lips. “Money, Arthur? How much do you need?” “A couple of hundred would help a lot.” Martha gasped “But that's impossible. dear. never have that much money.’ Arthur flushed embarrassedly. “Well, I thought I'd ask. Don't bother about it, it isn't impertant “I know. but I'd like to help. You see, you father has never approved of an allowance, so that I really have no settled sum to depend en. Of course, I have accounts at the shaps, but very little ready cash. Would § help? Arthur shook his head. He was vaguely ashamed of himself for hav ing asked his mother for money, and as eager to get away. There was HOME NOTES smile lifted Martha's 1 The present interest in Spanish architecture has produced at least one gratifying result. It has turned our thoughts to the possibilities of the patio—that inner, unroofed court which 1s a part home. Usually fountain in i, plants and shr pots and tubs This tiny court between zarage walls at the back of a city house is one American adaptation of the pafio idea. 1t is =0 very narrow and so much in shadow that seme of the flowers had to he hung near the top of the walls. Nevertheless +it ac- complishes the same purpose as the a pleasant place to be out-of-doors under the sky, shut away from the neise and dust of the street. (Cooyright. 192 of every Spanish there is a splashy and alwavs many bs growing in flower | “Of course not." ““Because if yvou were your father for money I wouldn't have you de that. manaze, and don’'t worry ahout will you?" He left the apartment remembering the sweet eagerness on his mother's face. and still feeling sorry for her That feeling. however. was almost | immediately ewallowed up by a re turn of nie depression where Mimi | was concerned. and his worry over the knowledge that he had no money to buy her a gift. He decided not to %0 to the theater. It might be a good | thing to stay away from i for a couple of days. Then when he did return she would be glad to see him. In the meantime he would bor row some money from one of the fellows and buy Mimi some jeweled slipper buckles. He had seen a pair behind the plate-glass of Doran's 5th avenue window. Mimi would love | them. | To return to Natalic: On the aftr- noon she had met Perry Macdonald at | the tea, she had been going to meet Lucien for dinner. For that reason left rather early. and as she emerged from the apartment she en countered Perry at the elevator. An unreasoning resentment toward him in her. Why was she always meeting this man, and why did he look her in such a domineering way, just as though she were a child? | It ‘was infuriating. She was seized with a desire to_flaunt Luefen in | Perry’s face. Let him run to Martha with'it if he wished; it wouldn't make any difference. “Mother had better be careful” thought Natalie, who by now had worked herself up into an inflammable mood. “If she isn't 1 may do some- thing rash just out of spite. At any rate, Lucien thinks I'm perfect, he never nags. I hate interference. I | simply won't stand for it: that's ail.” Perry and Natalie emerged from the elevator, and Natalie was forced to | walk beside him to the street. Then | she turned toward him and with a smile curving her lips said mockingly “It's been so nice to run into yeu like this. Good-bve “Perhaps you'll I could ask rn it let me take you home?" Perry was heginning, when Natalie interrupted quickly “Thank you so much, but I'm not | Roing home. 1'm meeting Mr. Bartlett | downtown at 5:30." ‘ With a little nod. she walked toward a taxi that was standing by the curh, and Perry was forced to stand there and let her drive away (Copyright. 1926.1 (Continued in tomorrow’s Star.) Tomato-Tuna Salad. Salt one pint of canned and boil for 10 minutes. Add one envelope of gelatin soaked in one. half a cupful of cold water and two tablespoonfuls of vinegar. When dis solved strain. When chilled enough o that it begins to set add a small can of tuna fish flaked. Mix thor- oughly and pour into a mold dipped in cold water. Serve on lettuce with salad dressing. tomatoas Braised Meat. Sprinkle a piece of meat with pepper and salt. Dredge with flour. 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