Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1926, Page 13

Making the Apparent Size-of Rooms BY LYDIA LE B. A SCREEN BEHIND A DAVENPORT NOT ONLY PROTECT® FROM | PRAUVGHTSR, RUT 1T THE FURNITURE AND A DECORA' i Thara in skill in arranging furnity a0 that it accents coziness, so th whathar von have much or little fur niture, nd the reoms * large amall, they saem to he well furnished. | A rnam that Inoks crowded has an un. aaey feeling. We keep looking ahout 10 ase what can hest he eliminated. A | raom that is meagerly furnished is not Any more satisfactory, hecause we kepp wondering just what would he Tha hest thing to supply to make it seem right. here rnoms are large and furni- in aparse. it should not hy hack against the walls. Corne should not he made to appear To prevant this one corner may 2 piace of furnitnre such as a plano | or a davenpo acroma it. Or a tahle may bhe placed | hetare fi. rather than in It. Do not | cut off all corners. hut one or two of them may be. with good effect. By Arawing the furniture a litle way from the wallt ot teo much. though) the attention is centered and not dis. | sipated. A screen hehind a davenport Arawn out from a wall is exaellent. The height of the screen takes care of the wall apace while the screen gives a plsasing background for the furmi. tire! Quelling Furniture, If & room i small. quell the furni- | ture by shoving it hack closs to the | wall and make the anglex of the walls | appear an deep as possible. A hook- case corner is good for thia. The | canes sre mot actually wide, and so BEDTIME STORIES Decides to Go Home. “Tis well it somatimes wa Arrange Apiniona of oir awn to chan Old Mother ! nre. Any one who absolutely refuses 1o/ change an opinfon when proven in the wrong I8 just plain obatinate. More of dignity is lost in clinging to a wrong opinion than ever i lost in changing | an opinion | Jdohnny nek, who, you know, had | heen irapped in a bhox trapinthe Old | Orchard and turned loose in the Old Pasture by Farmer Brown's Boy, had almost mada up his mind that he would spend the Summer in the Old Pasture. In fact, ha had begun to| share the opinion of Old .Jed Thump- | wasn't | | P ml“R!l“.‘ THE FIRST THING | HE DID WAS TO POKE HIS | NOSE IN AT THE OPEN DOOR- | WAY AND SNIFF. “ er, the gray old rabbit who lived there, that it was ane of .the ‘finest| places in all the Great World. And} then Buster Bear had come shuffilng along down the cowpath -close 10 Johnnk Chick's new home. :‘lnd Johnny had aguesled and turned a back somersault into his house. No it Johnny hudn't ‘squealed perhaps | this story never would have been! written. But he did squeal. and Buster Rear heard that squéal. Ruster turned his head and looked | over the bushes just in time to see the twinkling little lLiack heels of Johnny Chuck disappear, inside his | house. “Woof: Woof"™ =aid Buster in his deepest “Woof! Woof! . Now, Then he tmrned and hrok the bushes and shuffed | straight over to have & fook at Johnny | Chuck’s house. Of ‘course, the first | thing he did was to poke his nose in at that open dvorway and sniff. It was 2 long sniff, and It made 4 great noise down inside. ‘It sent the-colde: kind of little shivers running =1l over Johnny Chuck, despite his aarm coat ! through Things will smp when stretched too tight, e why be nervous and intense ? | England the word is aplied to pods| | turni Placed at an AnKle | homemakers have had hedateads and {of color* in furniture, | w | have the Old Pastu | Tt in no place for me. | i= a derogato ARON WALKER. FORMS A PLE RACKGROUND FOR N FOR A WALL SPACE. do not take up much of the valu- ahlp space, hut they define the angie In‘an artistic manner and suggest osiness. A low occasional table. an easy chalr and ‘a lamp make such & corner a defight. Color In Furniture. Color plays its part in apparently increasing or Aiminishing the size and amount of furniture in & room. LIght furnituve seems larger than dark. This is a very excellent son why the largest articles of furni- ture usually are made in dark wood. A chamber furnished in white will ap. pear more crowded than if the piece were dark. Where rooms are small. therefore, White, cream or light wood e should he avoided. Some bureaus painted black fust for the almple reason of seeming tq diminish the =ize when the furnfture was moved into a smaller room. Handsome Furniture, In speaking of color in this wa 4t i= not to he assumed that light furniture should he selected for large | rooms, and dark for small. in any arbitrary way. It is merely to r mind home decqrators of the infiuence It remains, true that the handsomest English furniture, and American also, Ix brought out in mahogany and simi. lar deep-toned woods. If you have such pleces, he glad. and make any adjustments. that may he nacessary to suit sizes of rooms hy means of ace ries, draperies, etc. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS ““There’s some one at home.” maid Bustcr Rear 1o himaelf. in hix 1 umbly- grumbly voice.” “There's som> one wt home, and I have an ldea the; would he good eating. I wonder if | can dlg this thing ope Buster Bear the edge of a, big stone, beneath which Johnny had dug the entrance tog his house. Then Buster Rear pdlied. He pulled and he pulied and he pulled, and suddenly that stone gave way and- Ruster went over flat on his back. It was funny to aee, Yes, sir, it was funny to see. Kut Johnny had seen it he wouldn't have aeen any fun in it. But. what couldn’t see he could hear. He heard that hig stone give way. Down his long hall rattled a lot of pebbles and sand. It was hard tp helieve, hut Johnny kn hat It was a fact that Buster Bear had done what no one el could have done—and he, Johnny, as safe in there as he had thought he was. Johuny didn't wait anoiher second. He hegan to dig. He dug just as fast as he could make his feet go. He dug to two hig rocks way down under: ground, with just room enough he. tween thent for him to. squesze through after he. had dug out earth between, “There:" panted Johnny. fellow dige down aa far as this he certainly can't move these. great vocks. 1 guess I'm safe now.” But his heart was still thumping as if it e trying to pound its way right *“If that { out. But Ruster Bear didn't dig as far as that. Buster ix one of those who doesn’t stick at anything very long. He dug a little while and then de. cided that there was too much work, that there were too many stones and he would ruin his claws, wasn't_particnlarly hungry, anyway. 80 he:%00n gave up and went shuffling off. Rut it was a _long time after \that before Johnny Chuck dared to so uch as poke his head outside, Jed Thumper. the gray old Rahbit, came along just then. His eyes opened very wide as he saw the hig hole Buster Hear had dug. “My gra. clous. what's heen going on here>” he exclaimed. Johnny Chuck folfl him, “And T tell you what it is." con- cluded Johnny. “I'm going to start for the Green Meadows this very. T am. You can if you like it. ol 1Copyright, 1926.) HOW IT STARTED BY JEAN NEWTON, “Oh, Shucks!" “Oh, shucks!” or simply “Shucks!™ ¢ expression used with regard to something to which - one wishes to show indifference. or eon. tempt. It is an Americanism—slang, to ha sure—but not without a good language foundation! N Shucks are the outer husk or shell uts like the wainut and-the ches ut or the husk of Indian vorn. In {an well a8 to husks, as pea-shucks. | that we have the phrase “Not worth' ! shneks,” meaning_ good ‘for nothing. I'll ‘meet events. L5 / A to the shells of It is from this 1t oysters and clams, is “applied also In the entertaining pages of the old “Major Jones" Courtsbip’ we find the word used in this way: = had three or' foiir hounds and one great big vellow cow whot wasn't worth shucks to trail.” it was ‘easily comprehensible, then, how the word should have come into nse ar an expletive as it is found in Fommon spesch -today. Cvprright, 1936 - ooked his claws under | huck didn’t ses it. and if he ! Johnny | ntil he came | the | | Besider. he | * | herself sutch sx Rockwell, Riddenham, 'SUB ROSA BY MIMI. Santa Claus te Otherst Gall's man i so generous he sim- ply overwhelma her with gifts of every kind, She's never known any one so ute terly unseifish and thoughtful. Never goes hy that he doesn't do something marvellous for her.. “He'r & perfect Santa Claus to me,” she _tella hey frienda proudly. “And they all ‘sigh enviously waqndering why a half-timer like Gail should hiye bed oft such a generaus provider. rted Ben, the hero of happens to be in love with little. Gall, | And .being in love, he's showing off for all he's worth. He's striving | 1o impreas her in every way he can { However, hef cides to take him for hetter or worse, she might well make a few quiet in- vestigations. : ¥ v The world is full.of men who are t Santa Clauses to the gir)y s In love with. * How few. husbands pan be found who overburden their wives with gifis and flowers and, cand: - If Gall wanis to make sure that she's got herself .a. permanent Santa €laus <he’'d petter look around a bit. How i» he treating his family? Do ar-ana dad and little sister all come in for handsome remembrances every %o often? 1= e just as thoughtful and kind about sparing them any trouble? Does he think of them first-and him- nell afterward? - Or does he just take them for gvanted, and rather ignore their claima to his time and thought? In he considerate of old friends-- does he show just ar much courtesy and generosity as he does n cqueintances What diffarence doas that make’ Gall might ask. ‘“The man's in love with me. Of conrse. he's nicer to me than to anybody else. Fven if he his tamily a0 mueh time. to0 he the sume 10 me alws. Always more generous to their sweethearts than to their tamllien.” Yen, -that'n. fust are more generous _hearts than they are later familien. You see Gail in going his tamily. seme d; golnk to the just as much s part of his every- day life as are his mother and father right now. And if_he's pot particulariy gener- ous to the old folks at home.-she ean't expect that he's going to con. tinue the Santa (Jaus aci. once the glamor. and romance have hegnn to die, Not. that 1 discourage Gail's marry ing Men at sll. Only I warn her not to hase teo much confidence on bis ever-increasing generosity till she finds out hos much he carries out the | role of aasy-giver in his evervday life While 5. man ix madly in love with you. vou can't-.judge his character from his: actions. toward $9u. You've got to watch.a ‘bit. and see {-how he's treating .others hefore you can wnderstand him perfectly, Willie Willis the trouble. men to thelr gweet to their to be part of he’ [ l “Ever' ane of the poor hoya mamma saya | ought to feel soriy for gets m‘ ! g0 hagefonted hefore 1 do. | LITTLE BENNY | H BY LER PAPR ! Pop wus reeding :the aporting DAge and ma rame In the room earrying i the teletone book. eaving, Willyum, { therea’no queation about it. - : {1 dideint ask eny, pop sed, and ma sed, {1 meen ahout that baby, ita reely dis-'| { kraceful to 16t him go 8o long with- out a name: § Sippose we jest call him Namelesa, | pop sed. and“ma sed. Now Willyum {this I8 sérious and Ive thawt of a | good plan, Til open the telefone-| hook diffrent places’ at random and we certeny awt 'nml;;‘m 5 . name fhat we can agree on, & Ana she lopked in the telefonie book about the middle, saying Heer we are rite away. R Lets heer the werst, pop sed. i ', “Linton, now thats an unusual name, ma sed. Of corae this mans | happina_to be Smuckens. Iinton D. Smuckeng, but ‘thata nene of dur duz. niss..and it jest goes to prove the old -aving that vou find the roses amung . Wat_abont Bdnton, Will- zot an ideer, TIl Jjest let my s casually on this sporting page. Heer it is in the boxing notes, Spike. Spike ! Siattery, of corse. as von say, we nt haff to take the Slattery part, he sed. 5 s ! j 1 wont even lissen to you. ma sed. | And.she looked in another part of the | teletone hook saving. Ruckingham. | now that izzent half had. 1 Puggy, thata a_diatincktive name, pop sed looking in the paper agen. {and ma ‘sed, Wat do you Fhesshoro? . . Wat 4o you think &f Hambone? Hambone Jonson I & boxer, but of corne we wont hAff to tell evervhody that. pop red. ' Now thata:the last final straw, ma sed. And she took the telefone book in her own room and sed names to | 1 Arlington Glldersleeve. “Puzzlicks” Puzzle-Limericks | A fellow sojoirning-in —1-- Got hix bill frem the clerk in the ‘The more itéms he -3 The moye things he —-4- ., And: the weather grew torrid and i. One of the Southern Unitéd States. 2. Hallway. 3. Interpreted from writing. 4. Siated, 5. Hotter. (Note—" ‘Puzalick’ is | trom @ clerk in the - —1—," staten. G, V forwarded this limerick, hy <end one of your favorites in for the other “Puzzlick” f2ns?. The answer to thix one and another “Puzzlick’ will appear on Monday.) Yesterdax's “Puashick.” ho wan dgeply in debt, r Whatever I get, you: don't betieve this e, you necer got a bill 2— of. | { i | A man + Sald, My o A sha Which 1 discouraged, you, with his unusually splendid qualities. | holda oenportunities for them now, that ahe_actually de-|mothera’ d # “{alwaya bam a gali think of \ | “Answer to, Yesterdsy's Puzzle. -|. ‘hotel in |- mot | : DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX ‘\’Vhy It Is a Good Thing for Boys ~Home for a Time—How a Tongue Tied Youth Can Mkae Himself Interesting to Girls.. and GirlstoLeave| ! KAR DOROTHY DIX: do boym and girls, hlessed with kind parents who provide well for thi save home? . T know & girl whose fathes and mother lavished every. luxury upan her, but who left them heartbroken to go out into the world, where she met with fr‘non- disappointments, hut was ‘finally prevalled upon to return home. 8 thin sorry state of affairs_cauded. hy our carefree, jazz-mad, medern age?: i (i oo SOPRY. e o R B B Answer: Boys and girla leave home for the same reason that young birds leave the nest. They have an instinctive desire to try their wings. Probably no more bava leave home now than have always left. . Boys Rhave.always. left home to seek thelr fortines or in pursuit of adventure, and it more girla leave home than. used to, it is me: because the outside world It 414 not have in their grand- In olden times #_gir} had to-atay at home hecause there wan nowhere elee for her to go. Home mav have been as dull as ditch water. In it she ms What You Know bout It? Dally Sclence Nix. 1. What common chemical of the medicine chest gives a test for starch? 2. How may ‘the presence of lime be tested? 3. Why does silver tarnish when expomed to the air? ' 4. What fs present in the soil that gives the celor to the red clays? 7 5. How: may the mains of hxfl.u he’ removed from a fab- rie? 6. How the presence of carbon, mox‘l'ac In a ‘weil or cave reveaied? . ' Answers to these questions in Monday's Star.: ... | Camary Bird Many and marvelous:sre the tests by which a chemist analyzes an .um- known ‘@abmtance. Fvery chemical] have been- doomed to a iife of domestic slavery, without sven a chance of transferring her ssrdom from her parents to her hushand. .But she had te Atay put, for the very good reason that she would starve if she got away from the paternal table. = . Bul/new, when & girs with.a good trade ean sake her Nving enywhers in the world, fortune beckons and adventure lures the girl away from heme, Just it @oes the boy. And so Peggy grabs her suit case, jams on her aports hat, cuts mothet’s apron string, hangs the door behind her and is off on her own, & ¥ OF course. these young birds who hop o blithely ‘out of the home nest and_who are so confident of their ahility to fly find that they doA't know se much about aeronautics as they thought they aid, and that it 1sn't as sasy as they expecied it 1o be 10 loap the loops. They Al get some falle, A few hreak their necks and many of them smash their wings and come limping hack home aadder and wiber hirds, Rt they had to try aut thélr own wings. 1t was a cosmic urge that they could not restar, % And, generally speaking, it In a gpod thing for them. If they succeed and develop the atrength to atand qn thelr own feet. well and good.. They ke better men.and women for it. 1f they fail, they have at least had a lusble experience. which has taught them much and that makes them appréciate home more. There is no other cure so sMcacious f bova and girla who think they are heave movie atars as letting them go and try it ouf. 10 havé a return ticket back home sent them steady’ Job And three sguare meals a day. he.tamperamental. discontented ained writers and actors and Most of them are glad ensugh and to connect again with a Another reason hova and gir)s Jeave home, is that s many parenta never realize that their childrah grow up and never aceord them any liherty. Father And mother think that_ Mamle Af 19 should go to had at the same hour she did wherd she was 9. "And if John works for fat ather feels that he =hould not expact the wnshu he would pay another young chap, hut that he #hould hé rontent with & dallar or twe of spending money. b And 1o save her life, mother cannot k putting an their rubbers Questionnaire ahout e eep from nagging her children about nd wrapping up warm, and putting them through a very aingle bleased thing.they do and think, until she drives them away from home in order to get a little freedom. On the whole. thix going away from home i a good thing. for there s no l‘r:nur Saying than the old proverh “‘Home-keeping vouths have aver homely wit" There ia no edueation #qual to travel and seeing the world at fr hand, POROTHY DIX. DR D Ail MISR DIX: 1 am a boy and have come to the age when I want tn take girls out. as all bova do. 1 20 to dances and stag them i hecause T don't know what to say. and that js Dmhqu’aalinl.'.[’lu.o alg‘v‘:h’ me how to talk 16 girls in a sensihle manner, " TOM.N. Answer: A very long time ago. Tom. a w a.full man.”” I don't think, that anybody ca scquire a xood line than that. 1 And it difeult -to 1alk to girle in that vour mind i ey I::..wll_lh m; #inea and the daily papers. and DpI¥ ta draw upon, You will have 1 to talk about.'hecavse your memory will just he running over with vrm:‘l.l:'l.l:' stories, with amusing anecdotes, with zood jokes, with all the wonderful thinga that are hapffening every day. C ise man sald, “Reading maki n.give you a hetter tip on how to You won't he tonguetied in any company If you are up on politica and know what stocks are doing and can discuse Furopean affairs and the last acandal and the latest murder, And if & girl is such & dumb.Dora that she isn't interested in any of e things vou will find that vou have unconsciously acquired. while learning other things. a lot of wmall talk on which you can feed human!' canary hirds, Not long ago a middle-aged woman. who is w0 faseinating that she following her wherever she goes. told me that when n=n s & young girl she was not pretty, and thersfors she determined to make raelf s0 interesting that nohody would notice her lonks. S0 she made it & practice ‘to read fonr hou ¥ dAY. picking out as widely Aiversified subjects an 3he nould. s (hat, no matter whom she was thrown with. ahe | | could talk entertainingly on his own particular interest or topie. | 1 racommend that plan to vou. Tom. If yvou will put in four heurs » ds on reading for sven a single. yaar yon won't have tn stag it. Vou will have zirls running after vou hecause yoir-are so Interenting. Try ft.- ® T s POROTHY DIX. FCoprright, 19740 The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright. 1926.) across &'l - 5 Across, . Confusion ‘and disorder, . Eternity. 10, Rested. . Mother. . Land sucronnded hy . Per cent.(abbr.). 7. Note of the scale. . Entrance. . Daughter of the river god. | Object of rworship. , 23. Negative. . Chingse menetary unit. .. Vigor. 28. Human beings. re. , . Small winged creatures, . Goddess of earth. . Proceed. ’ . Wife of Geraint. 5. One who employs. . Southern State (ahbr.). . Great (abbr). - Mnov. . Help, Mdle. Child. Card game. . A _pastry.” - /. . Above, Ttalian coins. Set up.: 5 Againat, . Myself. . Form of address; . Collection of facts. . Salt. . Watering - place in . Sarrowful, . Thin strip of wond, . Wild hog. . Chinese' prefecture. . Pronoun. w ‘England State (abbr.). ven hnudred (Roman). water. . Uncovered. ; . Point of the compass. .. 5. Flat metal circle, . Within, . Young sheep, . Preposition. . Sun god. 2. Too. . Prefix: two. 44 Suitable. | 46. A Umh.. 2 48, Native of pact of the British Em- i Prussia, AR O R CFIERAS] - S— "Lesso [ED[L]AIM] %Em . BY W. L. GORDON. Words often misu; have got to go.", Of Often. misprononnced:. Premature, Pronounce the firsf e as in “‘me’ ,Often’ mispelled: Belief: i L 3 Skiliful, adrojt, -clever, |dexteraus, expert, apt, able, tajented, | ingenious, gifted, bright. Word' study: - “Use & word three times and' It in yours Let.us in- ferease our. vocabulary by mastering one word edch da Today'a word:| -| Retrospect (noun); a view of thing past. . “‘'He turned his pen.to s {retrospect-of the Civil. War” . sed: Don't say it “got.” >z /3] ©/sel>] [<im|<x[v] KIQE}EIDEZ o] | 1 element may he teated for ip. some way, and some tests are easy, while others are’ lang snd econiplex. The strangest fest' of all is that of the eanary bird. which is often used in mines, where carbon diexide.' carhon monoxide, fire damp and many other’ asphyxiating or explosive /gases are 10 be feared. "At the least trace of one of these d 3 an amount so small that & not notice it—the birds keel aver und fie. thus warnfngsthe miners of dan- er. ® Now. what @0 you know ahout that? Anawers 1o Vesterday's Questions. 1. Rea level ia con ofMcially 1o he the average lavel of the high e, A harometer measures the pres- sure of the atmesphere. . An {sobar is an imaginary line along which all peints ars of the smme atmospherie pressure. 4. Strong winds follow a fall in the harometer. and often rain r gnow, or At least mugsy, oppressive weather. b 4 high barometer = generally brings clesr skies and tisuslly a ces- sation of wind: In Summer in ou fatitudes it means hot. dry waather; in Wintér. cleay. cold weather. When & heromster is taken from A level to & point helow sea level, other things heing equal, it' reginters increased pressure. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY l “Handkyshifs is handy fings.” (Ar- row peinis to remains of handker: chief). (Capyright. 1928.) WhwtTomorrowMeans toYou | AY MARY BLAKK. ! Gemini. Tomorrow's planetary aspects are very favorable and. from a material noint of viaw. it ix possibly unfortu- nate that these conditiana shoidd. oc- cur on & Sunday. when the opportun- i1ty for accomplishment is Ny | The¥ denate an atrong sense of courage. a | clear vision. and a degres of self-as- surance that would conquer all dim. enlti in and the existence of in a manner favorabla to the observances And customary pursuvita of the dav, ‘The home circle must be cheered hy | the atmosphers. and the ahsence of { A1l Hl-feeling. combined with the pr ! ence of optimism and ferebesrance ! i\niust prafuce that which makes for a ! happy dav. Childten born temorrow “will enjo. xceptionsily goed -heaith during in fancy. They do, however. atand ex- Pposed 1o one or more serious flinesses in their ‘teens. which 'will demand unremitting care and conatant attesm- tion. The extent of ‘their Tecovery will depend very much on whether they have been properly nurtured in be strong, without being disagreeabre. Their dispositions " will be" kind and Affectionate. - without™ being effusive. Their naturen will be generous and frank, without being gullible: Tn their studies, thev will display terest. They are bound - outdoor sports, dn ment will - only minds and eripp It tomorrow 4 too much confine- . e nu:: energies. “vour hirt| characteristics are mmly?%l ot Aassurance. “great -forhearance, auffering patience and am tnahil think il of any one. : You are ioved by vour friends, but an ordinary on- Inoker amilea at the way “thingd are pnt over” on you, thinking. although- ertoneously. that vou are bitnd ‘to what {8 going on around vou. " A na- ture such as yours radiates happi. ness and peace, and though its ma. terial rewards may- be few, vou a ‘ways have the satisfaction of heing frée from worry. and- of ‘having the Jong- Ity to | Approbation of your bwn ‘conscience You are. of course. pajnataking in Auties that fall to your lot. :’nn :’rl'o not destined to Becoms prominent or famous. You. how % Aill & apace in the world “to the vantage of an those with whom vou eome in con- fact. and vour ‘“makemnp” is of greater value than riches. - Well known persons dorn en that Adate are: a l'lbllg man and eduveator: Willlam 'Springer, statesmen and furist: 4. ward L. Mark, soclogist: Fdward 1., journalist: Gustav H. M 1 hant: rs. ~ Spencer ‘Katrina Trakk.” author. Copyrighi. 19726.1 Reat up two egss. add ane-third of a_cupful of sygar. one tablespsonful of . two tablespoonfuls of melt- od hutter. half s teaspoonful of bak- ing soda, half & teaspoontul of eream f tartar, a quarter teaspoenfu) each’ of salt and powdered mace and flour ‘enough to make a stiff dowgh. Relt | out and 8ividé into pleces the shape of & pencil<tie in bowknets, n plenty of smoking hot fat, and-dwst with powdered sugar. e Beked Herrings, This i4 & very cemvenient didh to have ly.. a8 when ‘haked \the- her- [ ring eaten cold; W and cledn thoroughly any number: of hey.| rings that may hé desired. and -spriv- kie both sides with pepper and - sak. Arrange in 4 buttered pudding diek. either colled up or straighi o tablespoonful of vinegar and gie a2 piece of buttered paper over the' dish. ‘Then bake siowly in the even h‘vnv théir babvhood. Their charactérs wil' hormal in- to excel in! tend to warp their | aelf. © FEATURES : Making' the Most of Your Looks }, BY DOROTHY- STOTE. Dear Ann: Really, all ona has to.de is to keep . one's eves npen, 10 learn how tn make the most of one's 160ks. - There was the woman I saw tofay with a con- spicuously large bust, and my dear. the trimming on the frent of her dress (see illustration) simply peinted tn that hust, Tike an arrew. A nice flaring jahnt would have minimized that breadth. .Oh, dear! Yours for making less of defects. LETTTTA. (Coprright. 1926.) @ ‘a 150 YEARS AGO TODAY Story of the U. S. A. "~ 7 RY JONATHAN A. RAWSON, JR. Cedars Affair a‘Puzsle MONTRFAL, May 29, 1776.—Lat- o8t advicea received from the Cedars. 48 miles above hare on the Rt. Taw- | rence, confirm the firat reports which | t6ld af the surrender of the American | garrison to the British and Indians | | o0 the 13th. followed an the-20th by | the surrender of a réscue party of Americans indef Maj. Rherhnrne. The ndifions of sthe rrender, ai ried " at _Army headaquarters here. ars mduet” extraordinary. In the first ce. ‘it 18 not vet clear why Col. ittérfie}d had 10 surrender hia gar- ‘tison ‘at all. since he sesma to have Been in‘nn great danger of being overcome hefore the arrivél of re- forcements which wera near 8t 4. Then again, the terma_ of the mir- render prave to have been practically. without precedent. and avidence is ‘pllling up thst Capt* Forster, the British officer ‘who named thé terms of surrender. has grossly viclated his own agreement. He had promised the Americans that they would not he put in the custody of his Indian allfes. Rut .-hardly' had-the garrison ‘edars capitulated and Maj. Sheburne’s relief party heen over- when the American prisoners turned over 10 the savages. News has now reached hera through Wnofficial_sourcea that, airice the sur- render, ‘seven Ameriean prisoners pave Bean put to death on various BY WILLIAM Is Handedness Hereditary? Probably the mogt plausible explan- ation for the right-handedness of the .majority of people (96 per cent of the population) it habit and parental train- ing and example. But that theory faila to aceount for the 4 per cent of untaught left-hand- edness. 80 we. had hetter lonk over some other theories. | Foven If “left-handednes: tary—which is a ! that fact would throw little light on the canse or origin of it. It is fatuous in any case to say: “Oh. T inherited hardened arteries from grandfather.” for even if all of ane’s immediate an cestors abused their artertes and pald for the damage promptly, every man starta this life with a normal ‘set of arteries and it = up to him to take i care of 'em or abuse them. and after i all, that fs what determines the eon- {dition of- arteries in the fullness of years. B 1t is always possible to find inter- esting_or striling examples of left handednees-in.several generations of n: just. bacause such things are %6 Avmmon -that they are homnd te happan more ar less in every famlily. ManyAscientific investigators heljeve, howevr. that-handednesa is a ques. tion_of\heredity. For instance, Dr. H. F. JoNdan of the University of Vi ginta. comyluded from a study of hand. 000 individuals. represent- zen. that left-handedness and follows very. closel & inberfanc, “This conclugion was supported by a study of_leftr\handedness-in 305 fam- ilies by Prof. rancis Ramaley of the University ofy Colorado, 1.740. Jeft i a Lommon Foot\ Trotibles. 1t you have any sord of trouble with your feet you shonld g\ fo a chirope- Adiat regularly just as yAu wquld go_to: ‘a dentist if you have teekh trouble. It i & good plan fo go hefand any ‘actuml gain_starts, for a corn qr callous 18 much_more easily cured {X the traat- ment ix_bégun early. “And be sure your chiropodist is good, Ror & ‘pdor one {s worde than no use. s ' 1t you would rather da it\yourself and save the expense purcha; clipper which i= so shaped tha the naile off evenly, and “w about the only way of cutting toe nail to the proper shape in fng V, which avolds ingrawin ynails. Vou shonld sisé have 4 pair Joosened hits of skin from the hot! "of the callousds, and eithér' & safe\y r blade or a proper corn knife qut be sure you have a steady ha fn\f satout nall seissors to cut prextexts. while many ‘others have been stripped of their clothes and left te their fate on a small island. Capt. Forster, upon hearing on the 26th that Gen. Renadict Arnold wax approaching and preparing to attack. called Maj. Sherburne bhefore him and compelled Sharburng to send werd tn Arnnld that. uniess Arnald waonld agree to the terms of surrender and shandon his proposed attack hn Fors ter's men. Forster would order that: aJl the 378 American prisonsrs should he put (n death. Arnold,’ altheugh extremely ‘adverss tn any such hu mifating agreement. Anallv assented to it in arder te sava the lives of the Americans. . Arnold was. howaver, able te se cura from Forster & cancellation of the agreement that the Ameriean prisoners should ‘never in bear Arme against the British. Amer! cans had been compylied to give over four of their men as pledges that thix promise wonld ha' kept. Although this feature of :the terms #f surrend or was withdrawn ax a result of Arnold's ability’ as a negotiator. the four men @@ were given as hostages ware plunderad and stripped. Capt. Forster's course throughont the affair has been most remarkable, and not at all in accordance with the usual. poliey of his superior oficer. 8ir Guy Carleton. whn has slwave treated American -prisoners with much ennsideration. (Coprright. 1926.) ' 'PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BRADY, M. handed individuale suggeating to this fn thing more than chance, Other scien- tific fnvestigators are of the opinfon that these instances of left handed- ness In more than'the usual number of individuals in certain families do not warrant- anv sich conslusions, and they point ‘out that instances af prolonged hereditary descent of lefi- handedness are extremely rare, where- . I.f-h' ey ought to he f3 a 2 airke. frequent ndedneas is, inharited. .. . .. Prof. J. M, Baldwin showed = fine |example for ‘other parents. He car: [ried-out a_stude of his ewn child | from the fitth month to -the ninth month of her: life—vpi sea the pro- * fessor endeavored t® he brave and carry on although the child was net |2 bov—and he took rare to prevent, |as for as possible. anv snggestion from the child's parenta” or others, |in ordér to =ee whether handedness. {wonld develop spontaneously. He | noticed aigne of right-handednese in |the sixth and seventh months, and |= distinct preference for use of the right hand in the eighth-menth. One of the unconscious .suggestions the infant receives is given by the position in which the infant is held for nureing—this position-tends to re. #train one of the infant'’s hands and give the other considerable freedom for exercige. Some_students of hand- #dness aZcrihe {0 this factor a deter- mining influence. . Generally the child’s left arm is restrained while nursing from the right breast. and vice v This seems a far.fetched theory 1o me. It searcely Acoounts, for all the left-handed voung ‘nnmwho never have-pursed at the breast. Mre. Helen T. Waolley made a study +of an infant much like the study of Prof. Baldwin's. ‘She concluded that right-handedness is a normal physie- logical developmant, not dependent on in 305 famities tigator some.- training. and that you know what vou're doing hefore you hegin shaving down a corn of a call e To ‘give any detailed corn treat- menta would take too.long teday. We must have several chate on.the suh- Ject. Remember that you begin avery treatment by soaking the fest in hot water to which a little horax has heen added. Then the feet should he dried and as much loose skim rubbed off with the towel as possibl cottonwool soaked in the water should be kept over the: éorns so an to keep ar| {em 0ft While the rest of. the foet ix : being treated. . Each corn should he carefully shaved ‘down little-hy Httle - 80 as not to touch the live skin. And then the xpot—the rongh sdges of the #kin heing removed with the nail scis. sora—should he rubhed with a Hetl ol or cold cream.. Or, if the-corn han been sore, it should he painted with a little collodion. Tired, sore or aching feet are the cause of many unsuspected and ap- parenly unrelated ills. * M. B. L.—Short hair requires fre, aent washing since it getx ofly muyoh soaner than dong hair. Rub it with soft towels to remove some of the oll at {ymes and it wHI not he tnelined to packyas you say yours does.. The fre- '~ querm\ combings ‘do not have ‘anything to dogwith the sily condition. = Try\an egg shampoo for removing the dxndruff. and massage the scalp @very dAv to improve ita cireulstion: if_you P> this a healthier ' condition will resq\f> Be sure, vour harber sanitary \precautionst snd - that his * combs aréjalways sterilized. iy Thomias \C.—Kerosene is so_stimu- Tating to tH\s :scalp that;it will’ same- taes veit the halr from fall out. Kerose\1¢ has pretty muoh-the ' same effect mx alcohd!” has; but with either, only uye when ""’"'fi'-:‘.: three tretmanite with a day. each one. Asghe troubls is with th scalp. apply (WA remedy to the scalp #nd not to the BAIr. - = mm article ' refer to in whish e hair was to soaked with kero- sene was lmfirfl‘hfl on destreying vermin. \:* b i l.‘ Heaven fs net gyen’ o, Dut by ki by a -':h