Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1926, Page 29

WOMAN’S PAGE Pinking as an Effective Feature BY MARY MARSHALL. Pinking Is one of the oldest and simplest of decorations. Its antiquity must be almost as great as that of fringe. When you come to think of 3 ALON! OF THIS FROCK OF men and women could have worn 1s soon as they wore woven f any sort, because the first fringe merely consists of the d-out edge of some garment or But pinking required some sort rp tool that could convey some lesign or other to the material or woven fabric—upon which other. of st old lists of clothes—two or more hundred years come upon this old word “pinked. Apparently it was a favorite device for producing in- expensive and effective trimming. Twenty or thirty years ago the pinking iron was still_in requisition. Women still wore taffeta silk petti coats and there was, if you remember e little dust ruffle on the inside and three, ago- COLLAR AND THE KIRT potatoes are hot. takine IS THIZ ONLY ORNA.| | thirds potatoes and one-third fish. Use plenty butter. Muke a sort of ruching on the outside ruffle which was usually pinked. Most households possessed a pinking iron or two with which to do this work at home. The pinking fron was held over the material and as the hammer hit the iron on the head the design ‘was cut into the goods. It was Cheruit of Paris who revived pinking this Spring. It really was an obvious sort of thing—for taffeta silk has been revived and taffeta lends itself especially well to pinking Neither crepe de chine nor any one of the soft silks would yield to effec tive pinking. Several frocks from Cheruit show. ing revived pinking have caused con- siderable comment in this country One black taffeta afternoon frock showed a straight-line, scant, short foundation of the silk with three ruf- fles of the taffeta pinked at the edges applied around the skirt. One at the hem, line one at the hips and one mid- way between. A ruffle of the pinked taffeta forms a jabot-like trimming to the V-neck line. MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST Grapefruit Oatmeal with Cream Baked Beans Pepper Relish Fish Cakes Brown Bread Coftee DIN 5 Cream of Spinach Soup Roast Lamb, Mint Jelly Delmonico Potatoes Asparagus on Toast Tomato Salad, French Dressing Suet_Pudding Coffee SUPPER. Creamed Lobster in Rice Rings French Rolls Creole Cake Tea FISH CAKES. Place half cup fish in_cold water on back of stove. When water is hot, pour if off, add more cold water until fish is fresh enough. Then pick it up. Boil and mash few potatoes. Mix fish and potatoes together into balls and fry in plenty hot lard. SUET PUDDING. One cup suet, chopped fine, one cup molasses, 1 cup milk, one cup chopped raisins, three and a half cups flour, one teas- poon salaratus, -half teaspoon 1lt, one teaspoon cinnamon, f teaspoon cloves. Steam three hours. a LOBSTER IN RICE RINGS. Cut two pounds lobster into cubes, season with salt, pepper and lemon juice and moisten with one and a hdlf cups white sauce to which scant teaspoon curry powder has been added. Serve in ring of hot boild rice and garnish with parsley. THE EVENING STAR, WA,SHINGTON D. C, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1926. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY “I put 'e ol 'tat in 'e obin, but her yowled and daddy let her out. Now I'm hotter'n her was.” (Copyright, 1926.) LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Pop was smoking to himself and ma was sitting there thinking, saying Willyum, Ive thawt of a new name for the baby. Its not Sam, is it? pop sed. Being his favorite name, and ma sed, Cer- teny not, dont be redickuliss, wat do vyou think of Custer for a name? Awful, pop sed, and ma sed, Wy s it, give me a reason. Thats easy, the boys will call him Custart, and Custard Ple, and then Ple Face and Pie Eye and Pineapple you wouldent wish enything like that on a child I hope, pop sed. Sutch a crazy ideer, ma sed. Well then how about Yewstace as a boys name? she sed. Terrible, pop sed. Shall T glve you a reason? he sed, and ma sed, You cant, and pop sed, Certeny I can, the ferst thing you know everybody would be calling him Useliss, do you want a son with the nickname of Useliss? Wy should they call him enything of the kind unless he reely was use liss? ma sed, and pop sed, A name like Yewstace is enuff to make him useliss. 0, sutch logic, well then Harley, wat about Harley? ma sed. Friteful, pop sed. Do you wunt me to give you a reason? he sed. No I do not, ma sed, and pop sed, All rite, I will, do you like the thawt of having your son called Harley Able” Now Willyum thats too mutch, ma sed. Il say it is, now Sam is wat you mite call a perfeck short name for a short baby, pop sed. It is nuthing of the kind, ma sed and pop sed, Give me a reason. 1 will nuthing of the sort, ma.sed. Wich she dident. MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. 150 YEARS AGO TODAY Story of the U. S. A. BY JONATHAN Canada Situation Grave. MONTREAL, Canada, May 1, 1776. —The commissioners who arrived here from the Continental Congress on Monday have sent forward to that body today a report which frankly plctures the difficulties now confront- ing the American expeditionary forc The report is doubtless written by Dr. Benjamin Franklin. “It is im- possible,” says the report, “to give vou a just idea of the lowness of the Continental credit here, from want of hard money, and the preju- dice it is to our affairs. Not the most trifling service can be procured with- cut an assurance of instant pay in silver or gol The express rider whom the com- missioners sent ahead from St. Johns to inform General Benedict Ar- nold of their coming was held up at the ferry until a friend happened to appear on the scene and changed a Continental doilar bill for him into silver. The Canadians have no doubt the Americans will he driven out of their province as soon as the King's troops can arrive from England, which may be as soon as the St. Lawrence River is free of ice. This conviction and the lack of confidence in the money make the situation all A. RAWSON, JR. but hopeless. ‘“Therefore the utmost dispatch should be used in forward- ing a large sum hither,” say the commissioners to Congress, ‘‘other- wise it will be impossible to continue the war in this country, or expect the continuance of our interest with the people here, who begin to con- sider the Congress as bankrupt and their cause as desperate. “Therefore, till the arrival of money, it seems improper to propose the Federal union of this province with the others, as the few friends we have here will scarce venture to exert themselves in promoting it till they see our credit recovered and a sufficient army arrived to secure the possession of the countrv.” Thomas Reaches Quebec. QUEBEC, Canada, May 1, 1776.— Gen. John Thomas arrived today to take command of the American Army. He finds 900 of the 1,900 men here ill with smallpox, which disease he is subject to, since he has never it. The garrison has not more than six days’ provisions and 150 pounds of powder, and it is doubtful if 300 able-bodied men could be quickly ral- lied at any one point. Counted among the 1,900 men are 300 whose enlist- ments have already expired. (Copyright. 1926.) Our Children— By Angelo Patri The Family. “Isabel, that is no way for a young lady to sit. Take your own chair and turn it so the light falls on your back and not on your face, and remember your feet helong on the floor.” Aunt Abida enunciated this reproof with severe nicety 1 waited to see that it took effect before returning to leave the room. As she disappeared through the doorway Isabel stuck her tongue out in true juvenile fashion and snuggled into her chair to con- tinue the interesting story she was reading. But peace was not to be here just then. Uncle Alexander had seen the pink sword thrust and its snappy sheathing, and came forward. “I hope vou will excuse my inter- your reading, Isabel,” he be- th formal and Kindly polite- hut I have a few words to say This is as good a time as any.” He drew up a chair and Isabel laid aside her book. This was all very extraordinary, but she liked the courteous, gentle old uncle and even a good story could wait on him. “I was sorry to see you forget what was due yourself and your family a few moments ago. The ladies of our family cannot be ill-bred. They can- not be ill-bred. The family obligation, the family tradition will not permit it. No, you are young, of course, but you can understand a family obliga- ness, t0 vou. A job too small would bore me — But surely somewhe in the world My job is waiting for me. tion, T am sure, else you could not bear the name you do. “You are named after your great- grandmother, and she was the oldest daughter of a fine family that dates back to the time of King James. Both sides of your family have served their king and country and their God with distinction and honor. In the New world they have still a proud record. Your uncles and aunts and your near relatives have upheld the fine tradi- tions of the family. They have been soldiers and sailors and engineers and teachers and always ladies and gentle- men. They remembered their family and did it honor from generation to generation. They were never rich, which is the more to their credit. And they could not be ill-bred. “Now, if you will come upstairs with me I will show you the pictures of your grandfathers and grand- mothers and the rest of the clan and tell you more about them, so you will know to whom you belong and make no more mistakes about your position. A lady in your family cannot be rude. Simply cannot.” Snobbish? Not at all. It will do a child a great deal of good to have a fine tradition behind him. It will give him a motive for struggling to do his best. Grandfather's sword and grand- mother’s brooch, Uncle Peter's uni- form and Aunt Ellen's desk form links with the best of the past, and the richer a child’s inheritance of ac- complishment and character the bet- ter for him. The more conscious of his duty to live to a standard the bet- ter. A family need not go back to the day of William the Conqueror to have a proud record. America has fine families going no further back than the last generation. Build on them. Keep the family together. A family tie is a power for good if you know how to use it. Mr. Patrl will be glad to answer any in- iries _from teach the care and him in care of this paper. inclosiny addressed envelope for Teply. (Copyright, 1026.) Strawberry Bavarian Cream. Mix one pint of crushed strawber- ries with one-half a cupful of pow- dered sugar. Cover one-half a box of gelatin with one-fourth cupful of cold water to soak until soft. Add one- fourth cupful of hot water, dissolve and'strain. Stir into the fruit mixture and let stand until it thickens, then beat in one-half a pint of whipped cream., Children’s Allowances. One mother says: It is understood that the children may spend their allowances as they like. If I attempted to control the expenditure it would do away with their sense of freedom, and also put a stop to their development of judg- ment in spending. However, I some- times advise, often suggesting that money be saved by buying some largh and desired article. When I 'hear the children regretting that they have spent their money carelessly for sweets, o, on the other hand, acclaim- ing positively that the treat was well worth the money, I feel sure that they are really learning the value and use of money. (Copyright. 1026.) WhatTomorrowMeans toYou BY MARY BLAKE. Tomorrow's planetary aspects re- veal an atmosphere eminently suit- able for the observances or recrea- tions of a Sunday. They are benign, without being actively favorable, and while they denote a spirit of peace and contentment, they will not incite to enthusifasm or engender much vigor. Off and on during the day there will be sensed a desire to speak or act on impulse, and it will be necessary to guard against a sur- render to these transitory emotional tendencies. These threatening pe- riods are only of short duration and, with the exercise of a little self- control, need not interfere with the even tenor of your way. Children born tomorrow will, dur- ing infancy, not display those signs of good health and vigor which all people love to associate in their minds with early years. Much of their future physical condition will depend on the care with which they are nur- tured as babies. In temperament they will be lackadaisical and indif- ferent allke to success or failure. They will lack ambition and need prodding all the time to do that which they have to do. It must, however, be said in their favor that they will not be quarrelsome and they will be very easy to get along with, as the path of least resistance always will be their choice. It tomorrow is your birthday, you possess an artistic, rather than a practical, temperament. You, loving beautiful things and esteeming cul- ture above all hings, are often the despair of those of your friends whose interests ayre more material. If you are engaged in any occupa- tion where vour innate characteris- tics are wasted, you are unhappy and, even at some personal sacrifice, should seek some other fleld of en- deavor in justice to yourself. You are, of course, emotional, and never hesitate to demonstrate your likes and dislikes. You possess strong prejudices and are much in- fluenced by externals. You can never appreciate the beauty of a diamond in the rough. You, of course, are irregular in your habits and untidy in your cus- toms. Those, however, who are dear to you, soon learn to make allow- ances for your faults and value you for thermany kindly traits you pos- sess, L 7L A e i A bt DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX How to Treat Women in Business and Three Pointers Toward Success—Advice to the Parents of an 18-Year-Old Daughter. EAR MISS DIX: How should an employer treat his stenographer and female employes? What suggestions would you make to a young mi who s just going into the business world? J. s, = Answer: Every employer should treat the girls who work for him as he would wish some other man to treat his daughters it they were thrown out into the world to earn their own bread and butter. And to the everlasting honor of American business men, they usually do ebserve this golden rule. In the great majority of business houses a girl is just as safe as she is in her own home, and her employer’s relationship with her is just as impersonal as it 1s with any male employe. When a girl goes into business she should leave sex behind her. She is deliberately coming in competition with men, and she has no right to ask for any favors because she Is a woman, or expect to be treated differently from the way a man is treated. 3 hould treat her fairly, and give her fair pay for good He should treat her with courtesy and consideration. But a business office is not a drawing room, and she has no right to object to his smoking or expect him to sharpen her pencils or pick up her notebooks, and she is an idiot If she bursts into tears every time a hard-boiled, nerv cked, worried man is irritable or finds fault with her work. But it Is no part of a stenographer’s duty to listen to her employer's domestic troubles, or to sympathize with him because his wife doesn’t really understand him. Neither is it proper for him to take her out to dinners and the theater and joy-riding. To the boy who {s just starting to work, I would make three suggestions: The first is to try to find out what he wants to do in the world. To study himself, and decide what it is he likes best to do—the thing for which he has an aptitude, the thing that he enjoys doing. For it is only in doing the work that we enjoy doing for its own sake that we ever make any real success. Then, having decided upon what he wants to do, to learn how to do it well; go to some school where he can be taught to do his work sclentifically. ¢ of experts. There is no place in it for bunglers. It doesn’t make a particle of difference what line of work a boy takes up. He will be successful in it if he does superlatively good work, and be a failure if he does poor work. My final suggestion is not to be afraid of doing more work than he is paid for. It is the little extra work, the hour or two overtime; the finishing up of a job before you quit, that i3 the margin between success and failure. The man who gives it arrives at the top of the ladder. The man who throws down his tools on the strike of the clock stays put at the bottom. Work. Good work. Hard work. Intelligent work. Working with some definite goal in view. Giving to an employer the kind of work that you would like some one to give you. In that is all the law’ and the prophets about how to succeed. e e JDEAR MISS DIX: My husband and 1 are terribly worrled about our 18-vear-old daughter. Until about six months ago she was all sweetness and appreciation, but now she is cross and irritable and disrespectful to us. I have been tempted more than once to give her a good old-fashioned spanking, but have never done so. What would you advise? AN ANXIOUS MOTHER. Answer: You can’t spank a girl of 18, no matter how much she needs it. If you tried it, the probable result would be to make her run off and marry some good-for-nothing boy. So you will have to find other means of dealing with her, and the first thing I would suggest is to take her to a good doctor, and have a thorough physical examination made. If a girl who has a naturally sweet and amiable disposition suddenly gets cross and irritable, the chance e that it is the result of some nervous disorder, and the sooner you find out what the trouble 18 the better it will be. ‘Then, if vou can possibly afford it, send her away to a girls’ camp this Summer. The outdoor air, the exercise, the order and routine, and, above all, the camp spirit work wonders in girls, and I regard girl camps as among the most valuable regenerative agencies, bodily and spiritually, in the world. When a girl gets discontented and.peevish at home, she needs a change. She needs to get away from home and from her family, and to have to shift for herself. Among strangers she will have to control herself. She will have to give as well as take. She will have to be polite and courteous, and she will find out that nobody will put up with her ways, or overlook her lapses in good manners. It will do her a world of good, and she will come home appreciating home comforts and mother love as she never did before. ‘Without doubt, the adolescent girl is hard to deal with. transition state between womanhood and faults of both and the virtues of neither. ! She is in a childhood, when she has all the She is upset in mind and body, and it takes the patience of Job and the wisdom of Solomon to deal with her. Just try to realize that 18 isn't to be taken too seriou over your daughter’s little faults. Don’t worry Be as blind as you can, and in a littl while she will outgrow her disagreeable traits. n We have all been through the time when we knew more than our parents and resented their every word of advice. EAR DOROTHY DIX: I am a young man 1n love with a young girl. DOROTHY DIX. .. We are both American born, but our parents are natives of Europe, my family coming from Italy, hers from Germany. girl to marry me, because, being reared by parents of we are accustomed to different thing: I have not yet asked this different nationalities, especially in matters concerning eats. V. A L. Do you think if we marry we would be happy? Answer: If, as is claimed, America is the melting pot of different I should think that the descendants of a German and an Ttattan miche vleod harmoniously, and be able to adapt themselves to each other. Of course, congeniality is the great thing in marriage, and, without doubt, a man and woman who are reared in the same environment and who are used to the same way of doing things have a better chance of happiness than those who are brought up with leveler, and if you and the girl care enough for each other difffferent ideas. But love is a great ou might com- promise on your national differences and with your national dishes. And if you can't blend sauerkraut and spaghetti, or garlic and caraway seeds, why not, since you are Americans, adopt the American cuisine? Baked beans and codfish and apple ple are not without merit. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1920.) EAT AND BE HEALTHY Dinah Day’s Daily Talks on Diet The Right Food Is the Best Medicine ‘We all know what happens to our iron garden rakes if left lying exposed to the air—they rust. This isn’'t such good treatment for the rake but it Roes to prove that iron attracts oxy- gen. The oxygen of the air acts on the iron rake and rusts it. But the oxygen of the air acts on the iron in our blood and gives us pep. The iron in our blood is just as attractive to the oxygen (good air) as the iron in the rake. We want pep. It's up to us to supply fresh air for our lungs and fron in our blood. They'll get to- gether and work like a chamber of commerce putting a town on the map. Iron in the blood helps to put fron men in the pocketbook. To bring about this much-desired condition isn’t hard. A little exercise, fresh air and pleasant food. Nature has been So generous in storing iron that out of the long list of eatables containing it we are all sure to find some that ‘we love. The greater the number and variety of iron-containing foods we eat the easier our way to health. First—are the green vegetables, spinach, lettuce, string beans, ete. Second—other vegetables and also fruits, cabbage, celery, carrots, to- matoes, raisins, prunes, strawberries, bananas, oranges, et ‘Third—eggs and meats. Fourth—potatoes baked or boiledl in their skins and then peeled. Fifth—whole-wheat bread and other breads and cereals made The White Metal Bogy. From a quiet part ‘of the country lately has come a lot of noise ‘warning the world that aluminum cooking and Kkitchen ware is poisonous or injuri- ous to those who use it. Traced to its source, the noise scems to emanate from the office of » dentist. The misaluminist'c dentist avers he is not just giving ylay to a lively imagination. No, indeed, he has scads of sclentific authorities who are only waiting until they can screw up cour- age to speak openly about the deadly effect of the white metal kettles and pans. But when pressed to cite any medical, hyglenic or chemical authori- ty who harbors such a’ horible sus- picion, the mutable dentist delivers about 0 words of impassioned ar- gument (which might look very good in a patent medicine booklet) and finally names a chemist of standing, but fails to specify where or when the lone chemist has recorded his opinion or_suspicion about aluminumware. I have not the slightest contempt for the good old tinware, iron kettles or enameled pans or earthen vessels I was brought up on. No doubt some tin is dissolved out by nearly every kind of fruit or vegetable which is heated or cooked in such a container, and probably such tin in our feod does PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. from whole grains. Sixth—milk. Be- cause, though milk has only a small amount of iron itself, it increases the value of the iron-containing foods. Better get your iron from palatable food than from a bitter tasting tonic out of a bottle. Eat freely of the above list containing iron and nature will do the assimilating. A bulletin from the New York State College of Agriculture, Cornell Uni- versity, reads: “Iron is important for growth and keeping blood in good condition. Expectant mothers, chil- dren, young girls and women need a diet rich in iron.” Direct sunshine and fresh air also play an important part in both making and keeping the bones and blood_healthy. Rouge on the cheeks brightens up the eyes—that's expensive and trou- blesome. You look full of vitality when you're dolled up, but like a death’s head in the morning. Get your share of iron and your blood will do its part in taking care of your complexion. Many people who need this invigor- ating iron and who begin on the proper diet are very much surprised that they are not picking up their heels with a new charge of pep the second day. But it cannot be done so quickly. It takes time. But the right food will generally do the trick. Readers desiring personal answers to their questions should send _self-addressed and stamped envelope to Dinah Day, care of The tar. us no particular good. Unquestionably some aluminum is likewise dissolved in the acid fruits or vegetables cooked in aluminum dishes or kept for some hours in aluminum vessels. But, with- al, as long as the food tastes right we should worry. We've got more or less tin, aluminum, iron, zinc and cop- per in us anyway, not to mention cheaper metals. Since this dentist launched his rather imposing—imposing is the word—propaganda against the use of aluminum war, I have had numerous long-winded communications from earnest but misguided folk who sud- denly discover that the doctors, chem- igts, physiologists and nutrition au- thorities are all wrong about it, and aluminum 1s a terrible plague on the country. I can tell 'em this: Let any- body offer me a big hunk of lemon pie baked in and served in an aluminum ple plate—just let 'em offer me one! (Copyright. 1926.) Send your subscriptions to the Dis- trict of Columbia World War Memorial to John Poole, treasurer of the fund, at Federal-American National Bank, to your own bank, or to Frank B. Noyes, chairman_of the col , Evening Star, SUB ROSA BY MIMI Wedding Bell Winnie. Winnfe had reached an age where there was no more fooling. She ought to have been married some time ago to be really in the fashion, and now if she didn't do something quick she'd find herself on the shelf. Winnfe reflected bitterly that she'd had the worst luck in the world, and that all her silly gad about friends didn't deserve the good husbands they'd drawn. She had always been pretty, well- dressed and a good sport. She'd had plenty of men, too, at one time, and some of them had been the | sort ‘she wanted to marry. i But, somehow, just when her heart became firmly attached to some youth he eased off. She never knew quite how it hap- pened or exactly what did happen, but the first thing she heard of was his engagement to some one else. There was never a quarrel, never any bitter words were spoken—just a quiet exit on the part of the boy friend. Perhaps even the unfaithful Romeos couldn’t have told her just the reason for their departure, but certainly an innocent bystander could have put her wise. Just five years ago she was in love with Ralph, and he was giving her the rush of her life. One evening he told her laughingly that she'd better learn to cook, or she’d never make a good wife. “Who knows?" he added, “you and I might step off some day, and I don’t want to tarve.” This sort of remark is usually greet- ed with jeers by the modern girl Winnie, however, grew silent over “I'll try to learn,” she told him seri- ou and he looked at her somewhat startled, From then on she threw out little hints every so often, calculated to show him that she'd taken his remark to heart, and was preparing to be a good wife, With the result that Ralph, a boy of 23, with not the vaguest in- tention of marrying anybody for years vet, took himself off in a hurry And when Kenneth took his place a few months later, Winnie scared the life out of the newcomer by telling him that she was growing tired of chasing around and just wanted some- body speclal to stick to. Kenneth might eventually have married her, for he was greatly at tracted, but her honest declaration came too soon. He wasn't in the matrimonial mood when she spoke, and so he edged away uneasily when he saw that she “Puzzlicks” Puzsle-Limericks A young man of imposing —1— Took a bath every day in & —2—, *Till one day it ran —3 Then he sald with a —4—: “Why the thing must have sprung a bad —5—!" Physical structure. Small stream. Devoid of moisture. Indication of regret. Hole through which liquid es- % 4. cape: (Note—When you have finished the last line of this limerick it will be ap- parent that, while the young man in question may have been fair to look upon, he was also something of a moron. The answer and another “Puz- zlick” will be here on Monday.) Yesterday's Puzalick.” A music lady from Georgia Once sang in “Lucretia Borgia.” Said a friend the next day. “I am sorry to say That high note in C major floored you.” " (Copyright, 1926.) Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Words often misused—"Falseness" and “falsity.”” Use “falseness” when referring to people, “falsity” when re- ferring to things. Often mispronounced — Preferable. Accent the f, not the r. Often misspelled-—Minnesota. Synonyms—Abolish, annul, abro- gate, cancel, erase, efface, nullify, obliterate, revoke, rescind, repeal. Word study—"Use a word three times and it is vours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word, controvert—to endeavor to disprove, to contend against. ‘“‘These contro- verted questions must be submitted to a higher court.” What Do You Know About It? Daily Science Six. 1. What bird lays it eggs in other birds’ nests? fl 2. What birds live on dead sh?, 3. What birds dive for fresh- ‘water fish? 4. Where is the passenger pigeon now found? 5. What birds are trained by men to hunt other birds? 6. Where are black swans found? Answers to these questions in Monday's Star. Trials of an Ornithologist. The early American ornithologist, Alexander Wilson, while hunting near Wilmington, N. C., discovered an ivory-billed woodpecker, one of the largegt of all woodpeckers and one which is now extinct in that State and exceedingly rare anywhere out- side the tropics. He captured it and kept it under a blanket. It emitted terrified shrieks, precisely like the screams of a child being hurt, so that every one stared at him, and the landlord of the hotel doubted whether to admit him. Wilson put the bird up in the room and was gone an hour. ‘When he came back the woodpecker had knocked away the plaster and lath from the wall in a hole as big as a man’'s fist and had all but pecked his way to freedom. Wilson then tied him to a mahogany table and went out. When he ceme back the woodpecker had dug up the polished surface of the table as far about him as he could reach. In three days the bird died of selt-tmposed starvation, and Wilson had to pay the hotel for the damage done. Now what do you know about that? Answers to Yesterday's Questions. 1. No ocean ever freezes over ex- cept the Arctic Ocean and parts of the Antarctic. 2. The Great Lakes never freeze over, but the ice on the shores closes their ports from December to April. 3. Icebergs sometimes drift almost to the tropics. 4. Icebergs are formed on pieces of glaciers which break off and are forced into the sea. 5. The Antarctic continent and the island continent of Greenland, are largely covered by glaciers. 6. The Titanic was sunk by an ice- berg. (Copyright, 1920.) o O Magistrate Jean Norris of New York's Traffic Court, just back from making a survey of traffic conditions in Europe, claims that this country is than Europe. 100 per cent better FEATURES. 29 Making the Most of Your Looks BY DOROTHY STOTE. QW 5 2 Dear Ann, Isn't this right frock a charming style for the tall, thin women? There is that frontline and the pockets to break up her height, and the dainty frilled cuff whose depth is so flattering to the long thin arm. Thus clad, she is 8o much smarter than if she wore the same dress minus the trimmings. Yours for trim trimmings. LETITIA (Copyright. 1926.) BY THORNTON W. BURGESS BEDTIME STORIE Great Relief. | A mother worries night and da Talil her children g0 aay. one of their enemies v them, and then ther vay to escape. She ¢ ticularly ¢ they could fly,” she would “My goodness, what a 1ke off my mind if they if they should be sur- prised by Reddy Fox or Old Man Co. vote or Shadow the Wease could fly up in a tree and be So the days passed and the young- sters grew heir little wings feath- ered out and g r und bigger: and they exercised them as they ran uld discover uld be no eaded Reddy &. Grouse. Mothers are much alike, whether hu.| man mothers, bird mothers or animal | mothers. While their babies are little | they think of little else. Almost every waking minute they have their babi on their minds. There is a saying tha worry kills, but if worry did kill, I am sure there would be no mothers left | in the great world. | Mrs. Grouse had 10 worries, as vou could fly! T bi; know. That is, she had 10 children |, B Withuoe reaify Svia Thim | Mr: Grouse he saw Reddy | forth with his he and the chilren had been ri bout feed- ing. Atonce Mrs. Grouse gave the 10 children the | to hide. She her- self didn't de. began to flop about on the ground for all the world as if one of her wings Instead she suddenly she flopped, scat- ntly helpless. Then Reddy were broken. Ther tering leaves and : Reddy Fox loked grinned. Reddy knew all about that | trick. He wasn't fooled for one little wee second. He grinned and went right on searching with his nose for those hidden children. He knew they were somewhere near. Mrs. Grouse flopped aimost under his nose, but | Reddy knew that. quick as he is, he | wouldn’'t be quick enough to catch | her before she flopped out of reach, |50 he didn't try. Poor Grouse! She was quite frantic, for ¢ that Reddy had found the t yne of those bables and his nose probably would take him | straight to where that youngster was | hiding. She did everything she could | to distract Reddy tention, but it | was quite use denly bring his | quick jump, an | pened.” There | wings and up THEY HAD LEARNED TO USE THEIR WINGS. to watch out for, to feed and to teach. Every day she used to look them over to see how their wings were getting along. Now, feathered folk who nest in trees have their greatest worries at the time when their children are just learning to use their wings. That is the time that those mothers dread. Until they know that their bables are i quite safe in the nest. But with those feathered folk who build their homes on the ground it is just the other way about. They look forward most anxiously to the time She saw Reddy sud- fect together for a 1 then something hap- < a whir of little into a_hemlock tres flew that little Grouse that Reddy was just about to spring on. At the sound | of that whirr of little wings there was | another whirr, and then another and T bl e R D e b on the ground than there are in trees. | ;" m‘eé‘u sigh of thankfulness Mrs. So these mothers are always anxious | Grouse flew up with them. Then she for their babies to get big enough to | jooked down at Reddy, and in her at least fly up in a bush or in a tree. |y grinned—or, at least, she chuck- It was just so with Mrs. Grouse. Her |joq. bables were most lively. They were all the time running this way and that way and the other way, and trying to keep track of 10 of them drove little Mrs. Grouse almost crazy at times. ‘What she all the time feared was that The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1926.) Fossil of the earliest boned animal, 50,000,000 ve: old, has been found tn Vermont. . Bitter. . Precious stone. . Heart. . Mass of floating ice. 24. Canadian province (abbr.). . Father. . Brood of birds. . Small pieces of rock. 1. Printer’s measure. Those who maintain doctrines. Eleven hundred (Roman). . One who takes another’s place. Down. . Reflecting instruments. . French unit of square measure. . Spigot. . By word of mouth. ‘Withered. . Animal. . Ttalian river. . Splendor. . Gushes forth. . Certain trees. . Heavenly body. . Oarlike. . Island opposite La Rochelle. . Siberfan river. . Pillar. Across. 1. A panoramic camera. . Comparative suffix. 10. Amount of surface. 11. Belonging to. 12. Grecian city. 14. Lesser demon. 16. French definite article. 17. Cent. Answer to Yesterdny"- Puzzle. DEnd o8 HoeolEET R T EJL[AIN] | 35 Superlati W (N YIE[SBRRIOILIE] |32 Grock totter, 34. Mountain (abbed