Evening Star Newspaper, May 22, 1926, Page 13

WOMA N’S PAGE. Evening Dress for Summer Season BY MARY MARSHALL. Evening dress is such an easy mat- ter for women in warm weather — but such a distressing task for the wWen. The fact is that just as wear- AN, AN W R R W RN, G FROCK FOR IT IS MADE TUILE OVER PLEAT- OF APPLE GREE; THERE IS A GREE o} AND A WID BLACK TULLE. ing conventional evening frocks he- comes fairly safe for women, the men of the family are content to have their own evening things hung away in the cedar closet or packed off in camphor. Of course, there are con- ventional men who submit to the dis. comforts of dressing for dinner even in Midsummer. but they are much more usual in England than in America So what very often this—the women dress i their most charming evening frocks and the men show their respect for the oc casion by wearing wha: they please. And really there Is ro sensible rea son why this should not be xo. INFORMAL WARM W OF BLAC ED AP CHIFFON VELVE! BRAC B! LET O happens s Really it is rather foolish to be BEDTIME STORIE The Tale of a Tail. It always pavs (o be polite To some one whom you cannot fight. —Reddy Fox There are all sorts of tails in the Green Forest - some handsome ones, some homely ones and some hardly worth calling tails at all, as, for in- stance, Peter Rabbit's, which looks for all the world like mother's powder puff. But there is no tail which re- ceives more respectful attention than the big plumy tail of Jimmy Skunk. The tail of Reddy Fox is_his foot warmer. The tail of Unc’ Billy Pos- sum is a sort of third hand. for with it he clings to branches. The tail of D = > i ' Haos NO." EXCLAIMED REDDY. I WOULDN'T HURT JOHNNY CHUCK FOR THE WORLD! “OH Peter Rabbit is a signal. But the tail of Jimmy Skunk is a warning. If you keep your eves on Jimmy's big tail vou usually can tell just how near to irouble you are. It was that tail that had taken all the brag out of Johnny Chuck. He no longer felt like boasting. His one de- slre was to be polite to Jimmy Skunk and then get away. So he told Jimmy that he hx . decided not to go any far. ther in that direction. Turning about, he started up the little path. When he looked back over his shoulder he saw that Jimmy Skunk was coming along. 100. You know what Johnny Chuck wanted to do” FHe wanted to ron. Yes, sir. he did so. But his pride wouldn't let him run. So he did his best to walk fast. But. being short- legged and heavy, he uldn’t walk fast, and Jimmy Skunk, who never Jikes to hurry, kept along just a foot or two behind him without any trou ble. So it was that Reddy Fox, hurry- ing down that same fittle path, almost ran intw Johnny Chuck before he saw him. They met on a turn in the path. Jimmy Skunk was out of sight, al though he was right close hehind Johnny. Jimmy heard Reddy Fox ex- claim and he heard Johnny Chuck smarl. So Jimmy just stepped into the bushes out of sig.t Once more Johnny Chuck was all swelled up, with every hair standing »n end. Once more he was ready to I must be more efficient In the life that I've designed — Im 2 careless imitation Of the self consistent in.this matter, and to re- fuse to wear evening frocks in warm weather just because the men do not dress is absurd. georgette and chiffon seem to be the most favored of materials for Summer evening frocks. Those of taffeta are usually more elaborate, for this is the chosen fabric for the lovely period costumes .that are shown again this season. The ail- tulle frocks are charming and very cool. In these there ars lovely color combinaticns — soft blues over rose color, yellows and greens. Lace, o0, plays an important part in the mak- ing of the Summer evening gowns— sometimes used with:, ‘ohiffon and sometimes to make the entire frock. (Copyright. 1926.) MENU FOR A DAY: BREAKFAST Rhubarb Sauce Dry Cereal with Cream Shirred Eggs with Cheese Toast Marmalade Coffee LUNCHEON Tomatoes Stuffed with Corn Toasted English Muffins Sliced Bananas with Cream Fruit Cake Tea DINNER Cream of Mushroom Soup Meat Loaf Bolled Sweet Potatoes Escalloped Onions Endive Salad Cheese Balls Strawberry Shortcake Coffee EGGS WITH CHE Brush glass or earthen shirr- ing dish with butter; carefully break eggs, so that yolk does not break: sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste: add one tablespoon grated cheese to each egg. Place in hot oven until egg is as firm as desired and cheese melted. TOMATOES WITH CORN. Peel smooth, round tomatoes, cut slice from stem end of each and remove portion of pulp. Season one and one-half cups stewed corn with one tablespoon butter, melted. two tablespoons grated cheese and pepper and salt to taste. Nearly fill tomato shells with mixture, cover with buttered crumbs, place * in greased baking pan and bake until tender, but not broken. STRAWBERRY SHORTCAK Sift together one pint flour, one teaspoon salt, four tea- spoons baking powder (level), chop in two tablespoons butter. Wet with milk for soft dough (@bout one-half cup usually). Bake 12 minutes. Split and butter and put following be- tween and on top: One cup crushed strawberries, one cup sugar, one beaten egg white. Beat all together until firm. Trim top of cake with whole berries or some cut in halve: BY THORNTON W. BURGESS fight. But this time he had no big rock at his back, and he knew it. He knew that Reddy would do his best to jump on him from behind. He feit sure that Reddy wouldn't stand up to him and fight him face to face. but he suspected that Reddy would try to get at h behind. Just the same, right there and Reddy Fox began to jump about, making little rushes at Johnny Chuck and then jumping to one side. He was qomng his best to get Johnny off guard. Johnny had forgotten all about fimmy Skunk, and Reddy didn't know Jimmy was any- where about. Suddeniy Jimmy step- ped out beside Johnny Chuck. You should have seen the face of Reddy Fox. This was more than he had bar- gained for. He sat down and grinned. He tried to make it a pleasant grin, “Hello, Jimmy Skunk." said he. “T was just having a little fun with Johnny Chuck. We were just fooling, weren't we, Johnny?" Johnny merely growled. " “It’s a nice day, Reddy,” sald Jim- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Willie Willis “T could of licked Fred by usin’ & rock, but he's Mary's brother an' I was scared she wouldn't like it.” SPRINGTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. Linnaeus. Tn the full tide of Spring, on this day, was born a man whose birthday will certainly never be the occasion for any holidays, but one who ought always to be remembered by all flower lovers—Karl von Linne, the great botanist. whom we know better under his scholarly name, Carolus Linnaeus. In 1707, in a country town in Sweden. Linnaeus first saw light, and when but a child of 10 he had such a passion for flowers that he was known as “the little botanist’'—Linnaeus, who was to grow into the big botanist. the great botanist, the greatest, in some ways, that ever lived. In his days the science of botany was in the hands of pedantic old men, who wrote dull and superstitious treatises on - plants and generally made the science so obscure that no- body cared to study it. Into this un enlightened world the sunny mind of Linnaeus came like a beam of light, simplifying, clarifving. Where other men had studied plants only in dark, musty studies, Linnaeus went to the woods and flelds and gardens. His famous trip through Lapland was in a way the first modern scientific ex ploration journey. Instead of reading what Aristotle had said about plants 2,000 vears before. Linnaeus went to see for himself. His knowledge of dead languages was indifferent; his knowl edge of lving, breathing plants was matchless. “‘He is ruining botan: said one of the old pedants. but it was Linnaeus who first put life into that delightful science. We are apt to resent the fact that he gave plants Latin names, but we ought to be thankful that he gave them only two names apiece. Prede- cessors had given each one a string of 20 or 30. Nor was Linnaeus’ work bounded by the limits of his native land. He never traveled widely, but he raised up around him a host of enthusiastic students and admirers in other lands. He was in constant correspondence with many Americans, and these friends sent him plants, so that the flowers of the original 13 colonies were fairly well known to him when he set himself down to the task of naming and describing all the species of plants then known in the world. Of course, he came nowhere near finish- ing the task, but he had freed botany from the fetters of scholasticism, and from that day it became possible for amateurs as well as professionals to study plants. We see him in his old age, an apple- cheeked old man, young enough to still, old enough to enjoy his huge old pipe and the wisdom and mellowness of his years. All honor, then. on this day to Linnaeus, who was, if not the greatest of all botanists, at least the first of the moderns, a true scientist and a true lover of nature. What TomorrowMeans to You BY MARY BLAKE. Gemini. Tomorrow's planetary aspects are favorable until noon, They then be- come adverse and remain 8o for the balance of the day. In the morning the signs denote success for all ob- servances and regular customs of a Sunday. TLater on they indicate a critical attitude, combined with a my Skunk, strolling forward and lift- ing his tail ever so little. Reddy kept his eves on that tail. “Yes,” said he, “it's a very nice day,” and backed up a little. *'T thought of coming to call on you and paying my respects,” said Jimmy Skunk, still moving, forward and lift- ing his tail a little higher. “T am sure 1 should be delighted to have you.” said Reddy, backing up a little more and watching that tail of Jimmy's rise ever so little. “I'm glad.” sald Jimmy Skunk. “that vou didn’t mean any harm to Johnny Chuck. T was a little afraid you did when I first saw vou.” And Jimmy's tail went a little higher. ““Oh. no!” exclaimed Reddy. T wouldn’t hurt Johnny Chuck for the world. Aren't you carrying vour tall rather high, Jimmy Skunk?' “‘Not in the presence of one who has such a_handsome tail of his own,” re- plied Jimmy, politely, and lifted his tail a little higher. (Copsright. 1926.) LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Ma was Imbroidering imbroidery and I was setting on the floor thinking, and 1 sed, Hay ma? Now dont star: that ma sed. Meening not to call her Hay ma, and T sed, Wel! wat T wunted to ask you was. does 2 and 2 allwaya make ‘erteny, naturally, of corse, ma sed. Thats the ferst fundamental founda- tion of arifmetic and you awt to know it without asking, she sed. Well G wizz, ma, how can that be wen 2 baskits of apples plus 2 baskits of apples certeny makes more than 4 apples unless there awful teeny bask- its, dont they, ma? I sed. Well for mersey sakes whose tavk- ing about baskits of apples or baskits of enything?.ma sed. You can change envthing by dragging in a lot of out- side apples, 2 and 2 make 4, thats the long and the short of it, jest 2 and 2, she sed. 2 and 2 wat? I sed. No wat about it, 2 and 2 nuthings, ma sed. Well G winnickers, ma,. 2 and 2 nuthings dont make 4, vou can add a million skillion nuthings all tegether and all they make is nuthing, 1 sed. Dident you know that, ma? I sed. Certeny I knew that, 1 hope so, good lands- Im fairly dizzy with you, ma_ sed. Well then how do you mean 2 nuth- ings and 2 nuthings make 47 1 sed. Now look heer, I was imbroidering in peece and quiet a few minnits ago and now I declare I bleeve Im getting & hed ake, if you ask me one more sentsless question IIl give you a good crack. she sed. Well sippose it aint a sentsless one? I sed, and she sed, 11l give you a good crack enyway. Being why I dident ask her eny more of either kind. large measure of doubt and misgiv- ing. This conditlon can be counter- acted by will power and participa- tion in family or soclal amenities. Children born tomorrow are des- tined to suffer, more or less continu- ously, from illness ‘during infancy. Well regulated nutrition and healthy environment will do much toward overcoming these disabilities. These children promise to attain, long be- fore maturity, physical normaley. In character they will not, in early vouth, display any signs of charm or attractiveness. ' They will be in- ‘dlf(el'!nl to affection, and discipline will not to any great extent amelio- rate conditions. As they grow up, however, they will outgrow this ju- venile waywardness and will develop into normal, upstanding citizens. If tomorrow is vour birthday, vou are ‘a very convincing talker, and, realizing your advantages in this re- spect, are disposed to rely more upon words than actions. You have the affection of many friends, but few of them respect you and without re- spect there cannot be _confidence. Your ability i3 unquestiohed. Your resourcefulness is aver in evidence. You, however, justify everything you do by the assurance that the end Jjustifies the means, This' may be convincing to you, hut it does not carry ‘conviction to others. In your heart affairs you are fickle, without meaning to be so. You are a vietim of many infatuations, each one of which looms up before you asg the real thing, but of all of which after a time vou tire and grow weary. This, of course, does not spell happi- ness in home life, the only safe basis for which is mutual faith and con- stancy. Over and above this, you have a very critical disposition and are always apt to criticize and be- little the efforts. no matter how well intentioned they may be, of others. This often leads to trouble and in- vites disparaging comments. Well known persons born on that date are: Ambrose E. Burnside, gen- eral in the Civil War; Henry M. Teller, lawyer and Senator; William T. Lusk, physician and educato: George W. Marston, musician; John F. Appleby, -inventor, and Douglas Fairbanks actor. 3 Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Words often misused: Dont say “he is apt. to be here soon.” Say “likely to be,” Often. mjspronounced: Entree, Pro- nounce an-tra. the first a as in “‘arm,” L-lm a as In “'tray,” accent last sylla- e. Often misspelled: Assent (agree to). Synonyms: Command, instruction, order, direction, mandate. Word study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each da Today’s word: Pseudonym, a fictitious name. “His stories were published under the pssudonym of ‘Raymond’.” * SATURDAY, | : DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Why This Mother Should Not Live With Her Only dance a polka with the country lassies | Son—How to Be a Doctor’s Wife. D marriage several vears ago. world, and I cannot bear the thought of his leaying me. EAR MISS DIX: ‘My son and his wife have lived with me ever since their He is my only child, all 1 have in th He always comes to me with his difficuities in business matters and tells me I come first in his Iite. the best of humor, Now don’t you think I am ‘doing long as I can? * His wife is not.as appreciative as she might be, and is mot always in my son with me as t keepin, e ‘yo-uma MARY. Answer: No, T think that you are doing a very great wrong, nof only to your son’s wife, but to your #on himseif. You are ruining his life, because you are wrecking his marriage. You are sdparating him from his wife, because you are coming between them. And even it the tarriage doesn't end in divorce—as it probably will—you will have made it one of those accursed husks of marriage that are nothing but just an endurance: test. Every marriage Is a failure in which the wife does not come first with the husband. Tt he does not love her better than anybody else in the world, better even than his mother; if he does not go to her for sympathy, for alvice, for understanding, it simply means that he is not getting the companionship out of marriage that he hoped for. And if the husband turns to his mother, instead of to his wife: if he eats out her very soul. So, Mother Mary. if you have for a chance to grow together. hopes, instead of coming to you? P DFEAR Miss DIX Answer These. and companionable whining or boasting home. In addition to these. the chief extingulsher on her jealousy. Primarily. the same to A great many doctors’ wives are tongue between her teeth making friends for him. not badgering him necessarily leave her much alone BY JONATHAN Cedars Lost to British. MONTREAL, May ok has reached Continentdl Army head quarters here of the surrender of an American force at the Cedars under circumstances which, if they have been correctly reported. seem to call for a thorough military investigation. Later information may give the affair a better aspect. but in any case there has been another disaster in the fll- fated campaign for the annexation of Canada to the 13 colonfes. The Cedars, a military post 43 miles up the St. Lawrence from Montreal. was recently fortified by the Army of the United Colonies for defense against a combined British and Indian advance from enemy . stations scat. tered along the shores of lLake Erie. 1t was held by Col. Bedel and 390 Con tinental troops. On the ibth Col Bedel heard that 500 Indians. 100 Canadians and 40 British regulars were advancing against him. He at once set out for Montreal for rein forcements. leaving Maj. Butterfield in command On the 17th the enemy, under Capt Forster, arrived at the breastworks at the Cedars and demanded the sur render of the garrison. Maj. Butter- field at once planned to surrender, but his officers and men pleaded against jt, since large bodies of reinforc Jean Ainsley and Conrad Morgan élope. They are so deeply in love that they do ot stop.to consider the consequences, and it isn’t until after- ward that Jean discovers her mother- in-law must live with them. Mrs. Morgan has taken q dislike to Jean, 1which makes it very difiicult. Conrad has a sister. Florence. who is bored with her husband and flirts with other men. SKhe is particularly interested in Merton Thorne. a college senior whom Jean had known before her marriage. Jean comes upon Florence and Merton in each other’s arms, and the next day Merton takes her driving and attempts to ezplain. On the way home they meet Mrs. Morgan, who is instantly suspicious of Jeaw. In every way possible she tries to make trou- ble between Jean and Con, until finally one night she bursts into tears and Con asks Jean to apologize for some- thing she hasn't done. The Triumphant Mother-in:Law. * CHAPTER XXIV. At Mrs, Morgan's wild outburst Jean stared from Con. to his mother for a long moment and then without a word. turned and left the room. She was white hot with rage. That Con should ask her to make an apology for some fancied grievance on Mrs. Morgan's part was too much. She couldn't be generous to that extent. It wasn't fair to ask it of her. In her own room she flung herself on the bed and burst into tears, but even as she sobbed she kept listening for Con's footsteps on the stairs. She wantéd him to come and comfort her. She needed him. Surely he would real. ize how unfair he had been and would come and tell her so. But he didn't come, and downstairs she could hear footsteps moving about in the kitchen. Was Con helping his mother with the dishes? Was that what was keeping him away from her? Her sobs ceased and she lay there lpoking up into the darkness. It seem- ed as though she had never been.so unhappy. Tt was hard enough to make the hest of things without her friends and away from the people who loved her. But to have Con side with his mother against here was too aw- ful to contemplate. The ‘thought of being estranged from his was more than she could bear. After what seemed an interminable time some one started up the stairs. She listened, breathlessly, but the footsteps were not Con’s. They were Mrs. Morgan's on her way to her room. Jean heard her open the door and move around for a moment or two and ‘then she came out and went downstairs again. ‘Thé next sound that came to her was the opening and shutting of the front door. ¥ Her heart in her throat she rushed to the window. Con and his mother were walking down the path that led up to the house. He had her by the arm and was bending his head a little as though listening to what she was saying. They . were .going to the movies without her. They had not even given her a chance to refuse to go: they had simply gone off and left her! Jean had & mad impulse to fiing open the window and shout after keep him with her, or let you have a home of your own? What are the duties of a doctor's wife? as the duties of any T conceive, are for her to be amiable and cheerful and good-natured to be a good sport, and take whatever comes without be a good housekeeper duty (Copyright. 150 YEARS AGO TODAY Story of the U. S. A. depends upon his mother instead of upon his wife; if mother comes first, then marriage s an utter failure to the wife, and she is filled with a jealousy that vour son that love that makes you put his happiness above your own, you will not want to be first with him. You will abdicate the throne in favor of his wife, and you will send them off to live by themselves so that they will have to depend on each other and have Of course, this requires a tremendous sacrifice of you, but if veu love your son one-tenth as much as you think you do, you will not balk at it You will put his good above your own. ‘Think back to the days when you were a bride. Would,you have lked it if your husband had loved his mother better than, not have resented it if he went to his mother to' talk over his plans and And would you have wanted his mother to he did you? Would yvou DOROTHY DIX. . . MRE. L. A other man's wife. and make a comfortable of a doctor's wife is to put an <o green-eyed that they imagine every woman who consults the husband is in love with him, and that _every time the husband counts a woman’s pulse he is squeezing her hand. These wives torture themseives, and ruin their husbands professionally, because women are always afraid to call in a doctor whose wife is given to suspicions. also the duty of a doctor's wife to suppress her curiosity and to keep her 1t is Without doubt, a doctor's wife can do much to enhance his fortunes by But perhaps she can do most of all by not expecting from him all of the attentions that a business man can give his wife, and by because he cannot around to parties. and must DOROTHY DIX 1926, A. RAWSON, Jr. ments were understood to be on their way from Montreal under Gen. Bene. diet Arnold and Maj. Sherburne. Maj. Butterfield surrendered, how- ever, on the 19th, on the condition that his men should not be put in the hands of the savages, or their bag- e plundered. The surrender was made before any injuries had been done to the garrison, and despite the facts that the enemy had no cannon that the garrison was amply provided with provisions and ammunition and that reinforcements were near at hand. Immediately after the surrender the Americans, contrary to agreement, were intrusted to the custody of the savages. who plundered their baggage and stripped them of their clothing. On the 20th Maj. Sherburne, when 4 miles from the Cedars with a rescue party of 100, encountered 500 of the enemy. and was forced to surrender after a fight lasting one hour. His party was also put under the custody of the Indians, then led to join Mai. Butterfield's force and stripped of baggage and apparei It is rumored that another feature the surrender was that an ex change of prisoners was to be made, | but with the condition that the ex: | changed Americans should agree never |again to hear arms against the British, of THE MARRIAGE MEDDLER BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR them. She clinched her hands until the nails bit into the palme, and then suddenly terrified at the intensity of her feelings she tried desperately to be calm. Never before had she known herself to fly into such a passion. It wasn't llke her. Was it because she had lived so long in an atmosphere that was alien to her? She had tried so hard to make Mrs. Morgan like her for Con's sake, even though she had known from the beginning how hope less it was. But she had never dreamed that things would come to this pass between Con and herself. She couldn’t even believe it now! After her storm of tears her heart felt suddenly hard and cold within her breast. She was so longer shaking with emotion; it was as if for the time being the capacity to feel was dead in her. But her brain was working clearly and she was trying to decide what to do. On-impulse she determined not to be at home when they returned. She would go somewhere and stay a$ late as she chose. It would be fun to go to the Granges’. There was always something exciting going on there. A lot of the college boys were always hanging around and later some one would .bring her home. She snapped on the lights in ber room and, going over to her dressing table, powdered her nose. Then she pulied on a little black hat, rummaged to be sure her key was in her pocket- book, and,. deliberately leaving the light burning, she went downstairs and out into the cold night. She would go to the Granges' and have a good time, as good a time as she could ever have without Con. Darling Con! She loved him: she loved him too much- ever to be unfair to him. If only he would come to her later and tell her he was sorry! But she must try not to think about it for the pres- ent. In a moment she would be cry- ing, and she mustn't arrive at the Granges' in tears. (Continued in Mond There was an old. fellow named Who grew so abnormally —2— And flat and —3— That his back touched his —4. And sideways he couldn't be —5 1. Proper name, one of the primary colors. 2. Thin. 3. Flattened. 4. Part of the body containing the lungs. - 5. Observed. (Note—The old tellow in question would have formed an excellent con- trast to the young lady who was tol1 she “would be broke if she traveled by freight.” Complete the limerick and you'll see why.: Another ‘Puzzlick’ and the answer to this one will appear on Monday.) o Yesterday's “Puzzlick.” For your car or your wife the amounts You pay outdo give you a jounce; The initial expense & Is not s0 lmu:erue, " . ut, vou see, it's the upkeep that counts, v MAY 22, 1926. SUB ROSA BY MIMI In Middle of Night. The worst time in the world to start thinking about anything is in the middle of the night. But judg- ing from the letters meceived every day, half the Nation’s young girlhood | lies awake till 1 and 2 a.m., worrying and brooding and having a grand old time weeping. They admit that in the bright morn- ing lght many of their fegrs seem groundless, but still they can't forget the brilliant ideas which came to them at 12 the night before. It was at just ten minutes past 12 the other night tbat Anne sud- denly gave a start, shook herself and thought, “Now, Andy acted mighty funny when he met that Johns girl. Sounded to me as though he'd known her a long time. Wonder where——" And then she had her second brain- wave, “Andy is always hinting at how unfaithful he might be. if only he didn’'t care for me. I've always thought he was just kidding, but what about the three evenings a week 1 never see him? What does he do then. T wonder? If he'd never met Florence Johns before, he certainly acted awfully chummy for-a first meeting. Andy's never taken me into his confidence enough. If he really cared, he'd want to tell me every- thing. Here T am waiting for him | and being just as true as possible, | while he runs around on the sly, meet- | Ing girls like Florence Johns and for- | getting all about me."” { Anne went on like this for two hours, at the end of which time she had a crying fit and drifted off to troubled dreams. Next morninz she was inclined to laugh at her fears of the previous night. But that little suspicion, that fear formed in the midnight hour, re mainea fixed in her mind. And. of course, looking for trouble she found plenty. Found lots of evidence that pointed to Andy's unfaithfulness. It all came out in the quarrel that finaliv took place. Ritterness and sorrow and jealousy resulted from the tiny thought that kept Anne awake one night. You girls haven't any fdea how much vour night-brooding affects your lves. Many a giri goes to bed in the hap- plest frame of mind, and just as she's drifting off to sleep, suddenly inquires. “Now what did he mean when he said that today?" And there in the dark jt seems to her that he meant something sinister, threatening, sarcastic, nasty and in sulting—she puts the worse possible interpretation on whatever she re- members. It is a wise plan to push thoughts out of vour mind when they come clamoring to keep you from sleep. No matter how peacefully you may start thinking over certain incidents, the midnight hour will turn your thoughts somber, will darken your mind, and hatch horried doubts and | fears. Werry in the davtime if you must v. then at least you'll have a idea of what vou're worrying (Coprright. ashion Fints. Please in- . stamped envelope. 19261 Send for Mimi close self-addr What Do You Know About It? Daily Science Six. 1. Are there any helpful bac. teria that dwell {n man’s bodv? 2. Are there any bacterial diseases of plants? 3. Are there any helpful bac- teria living in the soil? 4. Are bacteria animals? 5. What Is meant by an non filterable virus? 6. Why is sunshine healthy? Answers to these questions in Monday's Star. Marvelous Germs. Bacteria are generally thought of with a shudder because they cause human disease and death. This is true only of a few bacteria, however. and life on this earth could not go on without bacteria, as they keep the fertility of the sofl up and ald us humans in digestion. 1In fact, it has been thought that bacteria, minute as they are, might have been the orig- inal life forms and even have drifted about from star to star, bringing life, for they can grow without sunlight, can endure intense heat and intense cold, both of which they might en- counter in stellar space. and can in some casex feed or subsist on raw chemical elements (which no other Hving thing can). such a8 iron, sulphur nitrogen: some can also live without alr, and we know there is no air between the stars. Now, what do you know about that? Answers to Yesterday's Questions. 1. Oxygen. due to its great weight, is found chiefly near the earth: hence at great altitudes it is hard to breathe for lack of oxygen. and a sensation of stifiing is produced in heart and lungs. 2. The earth’s atmosphere is too | rarefied at 10 miles to support human life long; at 50 miles it is practically non-existent, but probably faint traces of air might be found at 100 miles. 3. Gravity is most active on the sur- face of the earth, less so at high alti- tudes. : 4. Einstein believes that gravity as a mnotion of “pull” toward the earth | is relative to the speed of our rota- tion: if the world spun round 50 times as fast everything would gravitate away from the earth: in other words, we would fall up, not down. 5. No gravity would be felt by a body in the wider spaces between the stars. 6. The gravitational pull of the sun is great enough to keep the earth ro- tating around it, but the speed of‘our rotation is centrifugal from the sun. which keeps us from falling into the (Copyright, 1926.) SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY sun. ) from me, does you, smarty? I'll show it you is or ain you 3 Princess- Illeana, daughter of. Queen Marie of Rumania, is being educated in the simple and prectical ways of an American girl So you thinks you is gettin® uny' FEATURES. Making the Most of Your Looks g BY DOROTHY STOTE. Dear Ann: I want to show you a collar of ex cellent shape for the womgn with the. | large bust. Its breadth and straight ness take away quite a bit of bulk— an advantage that a narrower collar could never have. Yours for restraining breadth. LETITIA (Copyright. 1926,y EAT AND BE HEALTHY Dinah Day’s Daily Talks on Diet The Right Food Is The Course Dinner. ‘ A course dinner does not only serve | the purpose of formality—it than likely provides a halanced ration. | There is the appetizer—generally | oyaters, shrimp. clams, caviar or a | fruft cocktail. Then the meat course, with one starchy vegetable and twn green ones; then the xalad, bread and hutter, then the dessert. If this is of | gresh ‘or_cooked frult, so much the | better. The variety served has prob | ably taken care of the kinds of food | needed. | That is, the proteins have furnished by the fish and meat, carbohydrates by the starchy more | been | the | vege- | | table and the bread, and fat in the o0il in the salad dressing and the but ter; the mineral saits and vitamins in the succulent vegetables and the salad; and again these were furnished in _the dessert, if it were fruit. Tt i= not necessary for health to | {have all these kinds of food in one! meal. but it is necessary that there should be some of each kind or group (proteins, carbohydrates, fats, min- eral salts) for every single person every day. A person can live with-| out a balanced diet, but life does not | mean health by a long shot. As a general thing, a balanced food | supply on the pantry shelf insures a balanced diet for the whole family. | A “mixture” of the groups of food | wil! supply the different elements | necessar: Please do not misunder stand me—1 do not mean that the| housekeeper can carelessly jumbie the various kinds of food fogether and| =it back in triumphant satisfaction, thinking she has served a balanced meal. People can foods. Alas! wondering what live without Many do drag along, ails them. Often they are starving for some iron, or | | nish balanced | tione " ehould.. sand" sl the Best Medicine It might be body's requ 1) Meat, these fur ing (2) Cereals (wheat. rice, corn, rye barley and oats, and foods made from these grains: flour. meal, bread, rolls, crackers, breakfast foods—these fur starch (carhohydrates or fuel foods. 1o keep the body going). But they also furnish protein, and if the whale grain cereals are used they also supply mineral ances and vita mins @ casier to divide the rements into 5 groups milk, eggs, cheese, fish sh protein for body bulld sugar foods (alsa sugar, granu lated, pulverized, lump, brown. mo lasses, homey, siru candy, sweet chacolate, preserves, jams, jellies and marmalades. These contain no pro tein. vitamins or mineral substances and therefore are not so essential as Sugars and carhohydates)—cane | other groups (4) Fats and fat foods—butter, ofl, lard. suet, table and cooking fats cream, bacon, salt pork, pork sau sages, chocolate and rice or ofly nute (5) Vegetables and fruits—give flavor. bulk, mineral salts, particu larly fron, and the vitamins, "hlr.,h are now known to be absolutely nece’s | sary to health Supply the hody with what it needs by eating some food from every group. The sugars are not as meces sary as the others. If you are stout don't take them at all. Answers to Questions. Al. T.—1 suffer with too much acid of stomach. Is rare roast beef bad for me? Answer—No. Readers desiring persor Answers to ques addressed, stampe] care of The Star envelope to Dinah The twenty-first verse of the se: some calcium, or phosphorus, which|enth chapter of Ezra contains all the nature has appetizingly stored in de- | letters of the alphabet except the le licious food. The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright. 1926.) Ardor. Be in possession of. Small group. Preposition. African antelope. To catch sight of. .+ Like. - . Engineering degree. Three-toed sloth. Prefix meaning out of. Active agency Fiber of aloe. Metric unit of area. Personal prenoun. Song. River in Russian Turkestan. Member of the family Constellation. Patriotic organization (abbr.). Preposition. Village in upper Egypt. Obtains. Means of transportation (abbr.). “onjunction. That is (abbr.). Europium (abbr.). Above. Hewing implements. A parent. Medieval trading vessel. Hurry. Female sheep. Malt lquor. A grampus. Negative. Chinese prefecture. Answer to Yesterday’s Puzzle. [E[T]A] 66. “The male of the red deer. 9. Negative. Contradiction. Six. Observe. Shut an eye. » Mother of Castor and Pollux. Possessive pronoun: Islands west of West Guinea." Commotion. E Christmas. Down. Region. Prefix meaning in. 3. Preposition. Beast -of burden. Point of the compass. Preposition. Southern State (abbr.). River in Belgium. Brazilian coin. Japanese money unit. Capuchin monkey. Helz in the ground. Covered portico, sand heap. A balsam. erf. Assists. Melodies. Hawailan bird. Prefix meaning down. Note of the scale. Part of to be. Small mark. From. French town. Tnsect. Ocean. Two-toed slotk The southwest wind. Swift Malaysian vessel. The crux ansata. Dispatched. A famous Quaker. . Spanish definite artiele. City of the Chaldees. Great misfortune. A refrain in old son; Species of cuckoo. Against. Hail. Freed from. Hypothetical force. Conjunction. oo River in China. Fgvptian genius of the Behold. G Indefinite article. Personal pronoun. 3