Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1926, Page 27

WOMA N’S PAGE. Frocks for the Little Girls BY MARY MARSHALL. Many American mothers who go to Paris bent, among other things, on buying clothes for their little girls come away a'most empty handed in MADE OF FIG WITH BANDS OF PLAIN COLOR. THAT MAKE ITS WEARER LOOK LIKE A BIG NCH OF FLOWERS DIPPING INTO THE OCEAN. that respect. If they were going to live in France they might sagely enough let their little girls wear the tiny French frocks. but if they are not, then they are wiser to spend their endless francs in other ways. How ever closely American women may follow the mode of France, American children do not, and to the child used 10 American clothes there is some- thing rather absurd and monkeyish about these little frocks that end nearer the hips than the knees. Even well dressed little children here wear closely fitting knitted wool suits that leave almost the entire leg bare and swaddle the body closely. Even on damp, cool days these chil- dren play about in these little mon- key suits—ot white or bright, light green preferably. Such costumes would he 100 warm tor us in Summer, and few American mothers would feel content to leave little legs so very BEDTIME STORIES Muskrat Play Days. Playing in_the Smiling Pool Little muskrats £0 to school —Jerry Muskrat Those little Muskrats didn't know ‘that they were going to school any more than Peter Rabbit's children in the Old-Briar-patch knew that they were going to school. or than Unc’ RBilly Possum’s children Iy the Green Forest knew that they were going to school. But they were. All of them were going to s ool when they thought that all they were doing was playing. That is the very best kind of a school. To think yvou are playing, NIGHT THAT PETER RABBIT SAW THEM. yet all the time really be going to zchool, is the best way of learning that T know of. Those seven little Muskrats, Jerry Muskrat’s children, were as lively a lot of little folk as you will often see. That evening when Peter Rabbit saw .them all together with their mother was the first night that they had ali been out for a look at the Great World. Now, to them, the Smiling Pool seemed 2 very great and wonderful place. It veally was the Great World to them.. They. had been born in a snug nest in bare in cool weather. Perhaps this is only a prejudice. To the American taste, usually, white washable frocks or frocks of light shades are most appropriate for littlegirls—but no shades seem too bright or materlals too elaborate for little frocks here. Tiny little sleeve- less frocks of the brightest piaids and checks tempt the French mother from the shop windows, and one of the leading childaren’s dressmakers here is v making little sleeveless frocks of colored crepe georgette. The tiny is covered over with shirrings of ribbon ranged in horseshoe effect and there 1 a flower on the shoulder made of ostrich. There are. of course, many smart French motners who follow the Eng- lish or American plan in choosing washable simple froeks for their chil dren, and there are exquisite hand- embroidered and drawn-worked frocks for them. But even there the Amer- |ican mother does not find just what she wants, for so many of these elabo- rately worked frocks seem too dainty and exquisite for the every-day hearty American child. (Copyright. 1926. MENU FOR A DAY. Oatmeal with Cream Fried Eggs with Bacon Hashed Brown Potatoes Popovers Coffee 1 ER Cream of Mushroom Soup Roast Lamb French Fried Potatoes Cucumbers and Lettuce Salad Vanilla Tce Cream, Caramel Sauce SUPPER Five Fruits Salad Fudge Cake Tea POPOVERS. Sift one-quarter teaspoon salt in one cup flour, pour in seven- cighths cup milk gradually, in order to obtain smooth batter, add two eggs beaten until light and one-half teaspoon melted butter; beat two minutes, using egg beater: turn into hissing hot buttered gem pans and bake 30 to 35 minutes in hot oven. FRENCH FRIED POTATOES. Wash and pare potatoes and cut into eighths lengthwise. ,Let soak in cold water one hour. Drain and dry between towels. in deep fat untll an even brown. Drain on plain paper and sprinkle with salt. If fat is too hot potatoes will brown be. fore they are thoroughly cooked. . FUDGE CAKE. One egg. one cup sugar, two tablespoons cocoa, one-quarter cup melted butter, one-haif tea- spoon #alt. one teaspoon soda in one-half cup sour milk, one- quarter cup boiling water. one and one-half cups flour, one tea- spoon vanilla. Bake in two pans and use following for fill- ing: Three-quarter cup sugar, one and one-half tablespoons cornstarch, one tablespoon co- coa. one cup boiling water, one tablespoon butter, one teaspoon vanilla and cook till thick. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS | first she let one or two out. These were the strongest and smartest. Then one evening she took them all out. That was the night that Peter Rabbit saw them. She had charged them that they must stay together, and that un- der no circumstances must they fall to obey her. “When you hear a slap on the water like this,” sald Mother Muskrat, bringing her tail cown sharply on the surface of the water, “you must at once dive and swim to a hiding place. That is a danger signal. You will never hear it unless there really is danger. So don’t forget.” All the little Muskrats promised her they wouldn't forget. So then Mother Muskrat began to play with them. What she really was doing was begin- ning to teach them. but they didn't know it. They thought it was all pla She would dive and swim under water, Then the seven little Muskrats would dive and swim under water after her; but they never could swim asfar as she did.” At first they could swim only a very short distance before having to come’to the surface for air. But as they did it more and more in the splendid game which they played to- gether, they swam farther and farther before having to come up, until at last they could swim almost as far as Mother Muskrat. When they thought they were simply playing a game of ;iag” they really were learning how o swim and how to stay v for a long time. A Another game they liked very was “hide and seel It wan’loTu"%ri'! fun. to hide among the rushes with nothing buf a little nose above the surface. It took bright eyes to find one then. So they played “hide and T;:k,a and here again they were learn. lesson, alt] y idn’s ing a1 hough “they didn’t LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. a house in the bank, with an entrance under water. When they were born they were quite as helpless as any lit- tle babies could be. Their eves were shut and they didn’t have any little fur coats. But they had a mother who knew how to take care of them, and is was surprising to see how rapidly they grew. Their eyes opened and they got little fur coats. But these little fur coats were not brown like the coats of Jerry and Mrs. Jerry; they were a sort of grayish color. Not until they were about a third as big as thelr parents did Mother Muskrat aliow them out of their house. By that time they pretty well filled it, and they were getting impatient. At 1 dont knew any agony| That ever seems as great to me s hewring poets whom I now vp and read their poetry. Nobody knows jest wat elecktricity is ixactly, but on the other hand no- body even use to know there even was eny sutch of a thing, and we ' tl looked up and saw lightning they ?:a‘: thawt it was part of the thunder. Elecktriclty is like standing in a draft, on account of being easier to feel than wat it is to see. No matter how [‘uff Yyou are you cant take a hold of a live wire without getting a shock |50 no matter how silly you gre you dont take a hold of it ye h',’r“ v one if you can he ferst man to_discoves city was Benjamin F mkunrbe;!.:'-f:;: out in the rain and flying a kite, be. ing a good thing he wasent muteh your;ger‘or(e]ll? h}l‘s mother proberly wouldent of left him tr; ven if he had the ideer. T AEn it Wen people push the but doorbell they never stop to t):l‘:kezr;n: nuthing would happin if it wasent for elecktricity, but the ferst peeple that had a elecktric doorbell in their house proberly felt grate every time they herd it ring. Proving its too bad we | haff to get use to things. One of the greatest blessings s the elecktric lite on account of all the gas and matches it saves. Wen yvou go into a dark room all you haff to do is push a little buttin and it stops being a dark room, unless you never bin in SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY Eben if you is company they’s two things I won't do fer ya—I won't kiss them putty faced kids of ourn ‘‘nighty nighty” an’ I won't eat no more ob yer mud ples. (Copyright. 1926.) Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. Our List of Leaflets. 1 hope our readers will take ad- vantage of the lenflets offered in this department. T.eaflets service is much speedies, naturally, .than personal answers, and most ordinary questions and answers have been anticipated. Here is the Iist a choice of which may be had for just a selt-addressed and stamped envelope and a request for them. Remember, it is easier for you to address and stamp your own en- velope than it is for this busy editor to do it for you. Put on both city and state: this is absolutely essential or you may not get your leaflet. 1, “Prenatal Care and Diet for Nursing Mothers'; 2, “Constipation™; 3, “Feeding and Weaning," covering periods from 7 months to 3 years: 4, “Eczema™: 5, “Layets”: 6, ‘Forcible Feeding,” infants and older children: 8, “Generally Useful”; 9, “Various Questions,” which include teething, sleeping, thumb-sucking, sitting and walking, training in cleanly habits, periods of nursing, etc. Summer Diet for the Baby. The fear of the second Summer is so implanted in mothers that it is hard to eradicate. There is more fear fn the Summer time from natural causes than in the Winter, that is true, chief of which is the danger from old or dirty milk which has been allowed to get warm; and from the danger of over.ripe or under-ripe fruits and of some vegetables. One can overcome the danger of the milk by boiling ail milk used for bables during the hot Summer months, regardiess of where it comes from. The milk may be bolled for 3 minutes and then rapidly cooled and kept cold on ice until used. This kills harmful bacteria, and if the milk is as fresh as one has a right to expect it to ‘be there should be no danger from that source. Another danger may arise from the use of milk bottles which have not been properly cleansed and sterilized before putting the baby’s | milk in them. Ail nursing bottles should be rinsed in cold water, after use, and washed in hot seap suds and bofled in clean water daily. Milk should be cold when put in them and kept cold until ready to use. Nipples should be reversible, washed and kept in boric acid water or soda water and boiled once weekly. Fruits if over-ripe or under-ripe may cause diarrhea. anges of milk or drinking water may cause it. Too many vegetables may cause undue ac- tivity of the bowels. In keeping the baby will during the Summer months one must remember to be careful of all these natural agencies which during cool weather may not be harmful, but when com- plicated by extreme heat may result in illness. Keep the baby cool. Watch his milk and water supply, boiling both milk and water for greater safety. Don't overfeed and don't try out strange and unusual foods for the baby during the hot months. Feed him the usual things and during the hottest days it is wise to cut the amount of food given him, just as one would tend to cut one’s own diet during days of extreme temperature. Mrs. W. T.—The ahove answers vour query. T shall be delighted to send you the feeding leaflet if you will send the required stamped, self- addressed envelope. What Do You Know About It? Daily Science Six. 1. Does water contract or ex- pand when the temperature is lowered? 2. What is liquid air? 3. What Is absolute zero? 4. Why does it take longer to boil an egg on a mountain top? 5. Can water get colder than the freezing point, 32 degrees F., and yet not turn to ice? . Why does the ocean not freeze over in Winter? Answers to these questions in Monday's Star. Water Spouts. The most dreadful looking phe- nomenon at sea is the water spout, which consists in a slender spiral reaching from a low cloud to the surface of the sea, which whirls rapid- ly and at the same time moves for- ward in a generally erratic course. The surface of the sea beneath the spout boils violently, and it is pop- ularly supposed that the cloud is suck- ing the sea water up, but the water in the spout consists only of a spray of the waves, and when a water spout passes over a ship a terrific wetting is all the .damage that ‘it actually suffers from water, though the wind may do great damag There are no real whirlpools accom- panying a water spout. In the days When vessels salled more slowly and might not escape a water spout easily it was customary to fire a cannon shot into the water spout in the hope of breaking it. By the force of the ex- plosion the air currents of the water spouts were indeéd sometimes so in- terrupted as temporarily to break the spout in this way. Now what do you know about that? Answers to yesterday's questions: 1. A drumlin is & large lens-shaped glacial hill of unstratified glacial drift and boulder clay. 2. A cirque is a small lake left in a depression formed by a glacier, gen. erally a mountain glacier, 3. An esker i8 a serpentine rldge running across hills and valleys, of it before and then you are libel to haff to feel erround on the walls -and nock your shins agenst strange ferni. ture, and if enybody eits was there and started to tell you elecktricity was a blessing you would insult them to their face if you could see it. S g “Many a man does not become a prominent citizen until he the Pleasant Hill Times, it's too late.” glacial formation, but the °°mnlete| explanation of its strange form is un. known. 4. An estuary is a broad mouth of a river without deposits of earth from the stream, at least not above water, 5. A delta is a triangular deposit of earth where a river enters the sea or a lake, and is generally crossed by Jnumerous mouths of the river. "8. A morain is a deposit of rosk and earth left by & melting glacier. DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX The Spoiled Child of a Wealthy Family Who Ran Heme When Marriage Ceased to Be a Romance—Six Questions About Boys Answered for High School Girls—How a Girl Should Deal With Mashers. EAR MISS DIX: Iam from a wealthy family and am the baby. Am 20 years old, college educated and have been greatly indulged. Several months ago T married a man of wonderful character. He was very good to me, but he lacked many qualities'I longed for, and somehow someéthing wi lacking in our married life. He could not give me what 1 was used to home, but he did all in his power to make me happy. However, 1 left him and am getting a divorce from him, but he begs me to come back to him. withdraw the divorce and start over again. I seem to love him, although I am greatly afrald it is more sympathy than love. My people would be disappointed and disgusted if I went back to him. Do you think we are intended for each other? WORRIED. Answer: Possibly there are some marriages made in heaven between men and women who are predestined mates and intended for each other, but most of us make our own matches, and a poor, bungling job we turn out in the great majority of cases. Evidently your marriage was one of these home- brewed ones and it has gone flat on you, and whether you can make it over with any better results another time no one can tell. You see, the trouble with you is that you are a poor, weak, spoiled child and you hadn't the grit to stand the gaff when you found out that matrimony wasn't all roses and s, and that husbands were just ordinary human beings instead of sighing poets and lovers. So when you came up inst marriage as a fact instead of as a romance you didn't even try to ke a go of it. You just threw up your hands and quit cold. You didn't even attempt to adapt yourself to your new life or to fulfill any of the dutles of a wife. You did the cry-baby act and ran back home to mother. Pretty cowardly of you, wasn't it? k\ou say that your husband is a good man and that he did all he could to make you happy, but that he lacks many of the qualities you long for. So ;,vout::n.n.v other man in the world, because every girl dreams of an impossible ishe d who is compounded of all the virtues and charms and fascinations of all the heroes of all the novels she has ever read and of all the sheiks she has ever seen on the stage or in the movies. A composite portrait of the average girl's ideal of a husband would be a blending of Valentino, Ots Skinner, John D. Rocketeller and Job—a man who . {,'.‘,'1"5,”15.‘,“'5",1‘ romantic lover, a wizard at money-making and who all of her vagaries without N to say, no such creature ever ]l::d. T R You also say that there was somehow something la y cking In your married life. That also s inevitable. It always happens. "Fhere ia no marriage that I8 not full of disillusion. disappointments, of trials and tribulations. It {s only n fairy storles that they are married and live happily ever afterward. But right-thinking men and women put their dreams beh o ind them, up their courage to the sticking point and make the best of the bargain they have made. e entered into. They are too just to expect the 1 hey mpossible from the men and women they have married, and so with philosophy and humor they carry on nd bulld up the homes that are the bulwarks of the nation. I think the real reason that you left thin y your husband was bec: t P sof Ving are more necessary to yo man’s love I think, for his sake, you had better go on with “yéfit"a.‘v::’é’i‘. Evidently you hav wife for a poor man. DEAR MISS DIX: Will you answer the: S se six questi : First. Can a person really love more un.nqonce;ms e Second. Is a homely gl goes with girls of bad rg’pg{;ld:fifled in golng with and writing to a boy who Third. Can a person love whomsoever she wishes? Fourth. If a boy asks a gii not convenient for him-to corae to ses pers 0 "™ SHow'd she do it it it ts Fifth. Does a bo an allaround spert? > 24Mire & refined, home-loving girl more than he does Sixth. If a boy say: v kiss him, what should u;: 'd};.‘:'t b wllhol 'G‘flS“S-!}'}::XdOOR.S e ‘en’t the stuff in you that would make you a desirable DOROTHY DIX. s e Answer: First. There are hearts that are capable of onl 3 these are rare. Most of our hearts are built on the skyscrapper nover i and can house a constant procession of guests. We cannot only love man times, but we can love individuals who are entirely different, . Second. There is no more reason wh: y & nice, homely an undesirable boy than there is why a pretty girl 'h:::ld)‘ ‘g!ea:::l:nfigv:‘g the company we k witd Wore!.cnl.l we keep, and no girl should associate with a boy who runs with Third. No. We cannot make ourselves love to order. coerce our affections. Our heart is a law unto itself. we love nor why we cease to love. 1 We cannot We do not know why This would be a happier world if we could make ourselves fall mad love with the nice. practical, ssnsible. suitable man or woman e Abouie B nstead of having our arrant fancies wander off aft ¢ r instead of havin off after those whom it is our 1t is the height of impropriety for a boy to ask a girl to come If he wants to see her, he will find some way Fourth. to see him or for her to go. to do so. 5 Fifth. There is no standardized type of girl that boys admire. Some prefer the home-loving wife, others the sport. It is entirely a matter of taste. Sixth. If a boy tells a girl that the price of his attentions must be paid in kisses, it shows that he is a cad, and she should tell him that she doesn't buy her dates that way. They come too high. DOROTHY DIX. “ e s DEAR DOROTHY DIX: My sister and I are continually annoyed by men who try to force their attentions on us in picture shows and by following us on the street. What shall we do? A GIRL OF SIXTEEN. Call the police on the street and usher in the theater. They Answer: DOROTHY DIX. will deal with these mashers as they deserve. (Copyright, 1026.) . Supplied with food. Offer. Soak in. . Printer's measure. . Ruler. Act. Reflected sound. Advertisement. . Monkeys. . Conjunction. River in Italy. . Portion. 1. Cushions. 5. Note of the scale. 7. 11. Prefix; again. Inhabitant of an island in the Mediterranean. Indefinite article. Man’s name. Rashful. 22. Man who marries two women. 28. South American city. 26. Eternity. 28. Mountain in Crete. 29, Notable period. 1 16, 18. 19. 21 Down. . Center of the rubber industry. . God of war. . Prefix; two. Inembranous pouch. . Enemy. . Insect. . Wickedness. . Company (abbr.). . Western State. . A great number. Enrollment. . Disturbances. . On board. , Horses. New England State (abbr.). Unit of germplasm. 6. Conjunction. A continent (abbr.). Garden plant. Unit of length. 34, German river, Station. Put on. Short slee, 9. Hubbub. Spigo. 43. Exclamation. " (Conrriaht. 1028.) Answer to Yesterday's Puzale. [RTA[MIM]A[R] E[!IIEEIE They are too honorable to default on the contract they have| SUB ROSA BY MIMI The Folly of Trying to Be Wild. No, this isn't one of the customary dissertations on the wild modern girl and the bad end she's coming to! The folly of being wild is well known to every reader of the newspapers and megazines today. That problem had beet be left to the moralists. B the folly of trying to be wild been dealt with in this column v Now there are-—no getting from it—lots of really wild girls large today. The woods are full of deluded young things, who drink and swear and pet as easily and naturally as thoy breathe. The:' seem to have the temperament for being careless and lax in their morals. Something in their hom= environment, or per- haps just in their own consciousness, has made them absolutely unmoral, without & vestige of responsibility or | common sense. On the other hand, the majority of young girls—no matter how grave- ly the older generation may shake its head—are fundamentaliy, deep down, moral. And it's these damsels who fail most dismally when they try to be wild. Take Mae Richardson. Mae went to high school, had some boy friends there, went to business when she left school and had a pretty good time with the one or two men she knew. She was just an average attructive, nice kid. ~Men liked her fairlv well, but they didn't rave. ‘When Mae met Lucille she consid- ered herself fortunate with a nice home, good mother and one or two good times a week. But Lucille gave her something to think about. Lucille was out every night of her life—she rode around in stunning cars— she saw the best shows in town—she made Mae's good times sound like church socfals. Mae watched Lucille in ac- tion—heard her swear, saw her drink heavily, watched her pet with a new | boy every evening. Lucille, you see. was one of those people to whom it was no effort at all to act in the most unrestrained | fashion. But little Mae was of a dif- ferent caliber. And when she started in a pathetic sort of way to imitate | her new friend she was grotesque. She secretly hated drinking—still she tried to drink. She loathed petting, | but she deliberately strove to make a { hit by this method. However, she dldn't deceive any one. Even the boys who went out with her and Lucille saw through her decep- tlon. “That Richardson kid is trying they told one another de- risively. ‘Sh about as wild a marshmallow frappe.” Mae went on until Lucille dropped her. Then she drew a long breath of relfef and admitted to herself sheep- ishly that she'd never had such a mis- erable time in her life. You see, if you're fundamentally decent and sound, the business of being wild won't bring you any joy. You'll be miserable in your attempt, and what's more you'll look ridiculous to those very people whom you're trying to impres: The minute you start pretending to be something you're really not—you're letting vourself in for a good laugh n't ay at for yourself. (Copyright. 1926.) HOME NOTES BY JENNY WREN. Here is a simple bookcase which any boy who is handy with his tools can build for his own room. It is s P [o_clomay made of plain pine boards, 1l-inch in thickness, and 8 inches wide. This one is painted white to accord with the woodwork so it is quite inconspic- uous. This particular set of shelves has a very special advantage in the drawers which are built into the lower section. These drawers make splendid storage space for mitts, base balls, tennis balls, fishing tackle, swimming suits and other athletic accessories which boys are prone to accumulate. The Bar Harbor willow chair shown before these shelves is an excellent choice for a boy's room, as it is good looking and comfortable and will stand any amount of hard usage. FEATURES. Women Who Have Interesting Tasks in Government Service BY ALICE ROGERS HAGER Mrs. Agnes Chase. The grasses more nearly possess the earth than any other family of plants. They occur under more dif- ferent conditions than any other; and MRS. AGNES CHASE. the study of thelr structure and their habits is the most interesting work in the world!" Such enthusiasm is contagious, and it has been the foundation of one of the most successful scientific caree that has come to a woman in the United States. Tucked away in an ob- cure corner of the Smithsonian here in Washington, with rows of huge filing cases forming the approach, are the modest offices in which Mrs. Ag- nes Chase spends her working hours with her collections. She is associate agrostologist of the Smithsonian, “a specialist in grasses.” The word specialist may mean many things here in the Capital, sometimes much and sometimes little. With Mrs. sifying, searching up and down the lengths of not only our country, but of many of those abroad, for one thing, in all its complexities Born in Troquois County, Iil., edu cated in the Chicago schools, taking “drawing” At the Lewis Institute there, and certain elective eourses at the University of Chicago, she arrived at her first real job, as assistant bot tanist in the Field Museum of Natural History in 1901. She stayed until 903 and in that two-year period ¢ n of Yucatan” and Yunflower Family of Yucatan.” Before this, she had made trips at her own expense through the dune regions of Indiana and the northern to middle areas of Illinois, as always, to study grass, In 1903 she was appointed agrostolo gical artist to the United States De partment of Agriculture, and here she was one of the first women to be sent out on a field study by the de partment, going into North Carolina In 1907 Mrs. Chase was made as- sistant systematic agrostologist, and the promotion to her present place, as the associate of Dr. A. §. Hitch cock, came in Her trips have said, over near- tates. Abroad, she Sonora, Mexico: to Porto A Surope, where she spent much time in Viern. with a collection of nnusual imporence and size. She also journeved Geneva Berlin, Munich, Brussers, Paris and London, making photographs in each place of their specimens Last year Mrs. Chase went into the eastern highlands of Brazil, bringing back a remarkable new collection for the Smithsonian, with some new spe | cles and others little known. Dupli cate gets of these have been sent to the herbariz of the Field Museum in Chicago,_the Mi Botanical Gar. den in St. Louis; the New York Bo tanical Garden and the Gray vard. Mrs. Chase and Dr. Hitchcock have worked out together the most elabo rate cross index system of grasses in the world, covering the Smith sontan exhibit. They have also col laborated on two large reports, and Mrs. Chase has to her individual cred it numerous published papers, as well as a text book used by range Chase, it means that since about 1900, she has been studying, picturing, clas- students in the forest service, “The First Book of Grasses.” THE MARRIAGE MEDDLER BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR slove. Jean Ainsley and Conrad Morsan elove. it 1 Tney are 80 much fn love that they do stop to consider the consequences. and {m?% until Jater that Jean discovers mother-in-law _must_live with them. Mrs. Morgan has taken & dislike to Jean and is constantly extolliny ence. 'S Bas no fdea tnat Figrence is bored with her husband and fanciés berself with Merton Thorne a college senior Nas known Merton before her marriage. and Morean sycceeds, n’ Con her from others, and a lot of unhappiness %dnd Boston not _at home. adhouse and the bo; but ! iis Richard. lenies Baving telephone ‘and. e his own jealolsy, deceived him._The next morninj wrns from Boston he accuses ving her & chance o explain. She es th Wwithout vindicating berself and by chanee happens on her own father and mother. who bave plaaned a surbrise visit. CHAPTER XLVIIL Confession. To return to Florence, she had not slept all night. The enormity of the thing she had done to Jean made her fairly burn with shame. There were moments when she felt that she must get up and go to Richard. It would be a relief to tell him the truth and have this terrible weight off her con- sclence, and still she did not go. At 7:30 she dragged herself out of bed and went to Kitty's room. She could hear the girl moving about in- side and she knocked gently on the door. Kitty flung the door wide. She was fully dressed and had ed her deflant manner. As Florence tendered her her wages the girl's mouth curved into a sneer, but she said nothing, merely accepting the money in silence. As Florence was dressing, she heard Kitty go downstairs and a mo- ment later the door slammed behind her. Well, she had gone, and even though it meant the drudgery of housework until she could get another maid, Florence breathed a sigh of re- lief. She knew that even now Kitty did not believe her: she knew she had lled. There nad been something in the expression of the girl's eves as they had looked into hers that was very like scorn, and before that look Florence’s glance had dropped. Mrs. Morgan was right about one thing—Florence was a good house. keeper,and when a few minutes later she descended to the kitchen, she began preparations for breakfast in a way that could not have been im- proved upon by Kitty. What TomorrowMeans toYou BY MARY BLAKE. Gemini. The planetary aspects are negative, although toward the latter part of the evening they display a marked tendency toward morbidity and petu- lancy. The usual observances and recreations of a Sunday can be safely indulged in, but it is not an auspicious occasion for travel. In the evening efforts should be made to relax, and poise must be established. Otherwise, regrets will later on arise for things done or said impulsively. Children born temorrow are des- tined to enjoy exuberant health, not only during infancy, but all the way to adulthood, and, on physical grounds they will not cause any worry or anx- jety. Not as much, however, can be said for them 6n temperamental | grounds. They will not possess a very proper appreciation of justice and will be rather disposed to think that “might makes right.” Even in their earliest vears they will show an un- controllable desire to have their own way in everything and they will be prepared to g0 to any lengths to get it. Discipline will, of course, have some effect in curbing this defect, but nothing will effectually or effectively eradicate this trait. They will be fear. less, both physically and morally, and as they grow older and more inde- pendent they will not hesitate to des- regard conventionalism, if conven- tionalities should stand in the way of their desires. If tomorrow is vour birthday, vou possess a marked degree of executive ability, originality and mechanical skill. You are very careful and painstaking over detalls, your mind is well ordered and your knowledge is methodically ‘“‘card indexed.” You think deeply, are secretive about your her ‘own_daughter. Flor: | Richard startled her by appearing suddenly in the kitchen door and speaking her name. She jumped and the hot color flooded her cheeks. Kitty has gone?” he asked. Yes, just a little while ago.” He crossed the kitchen and stood looking down at her for @ few min- utes. In his expression was a mixture of commisseration and tenderness that went to Florence’s heart and a sob welled up in her throat. “You look tired, dear,” he said very softly. “I am tired,” she returned, her breath catching. “Very tired.” Usually she repulsed any advances that he made toward her and he had grown chary of offering her caresses, but this morning she seemed more ap- proachable. There was something softened about her; it was almost as if she wanted him to caress her. Gently he reached for her and gathered her up into his arms, and as he did so all the agony of soul that she had endured during the last few hours reached a climax, and she burst into racking sobs. He soothed her with tender words, but_she only shook her head wildly “You don’t know, or you wouldn't have anything to do with me, you wouldn’t want to touch me, I tell ou.”* “I'd want to hold you in my arms no matter what you had done,” he re- assured her, “Surely you know that, Florence.” “Even if I told you that I lied to you last night?"” she burst out wildly. “would you still love me if I told A4 ¥o ? His kindly face grew grave and into his eyes thers crept an expression of n. “Don’t look at me Ilike that,” wailed Florence. “I know I deserve your scorn, but T can't bear to hurt you. Oh, Richard, I've been a terrible fool, but I never did anything really wrong until last night when I let you suspect Jean. I don't ask you to forgive me: I just want You to_be tolerant with me, if you can. You see I never dreamed yvou would tell Conrad until you had taken up the receiver. T thought it would be just between us.” She clung to him. sobbing wildly until she was exhausted, and he con tinued to hold her. In spite of the shame and bitter humiliation of her confession they were nearer together than they had been in years, probably because for the first time in her life Florence was humble. (Covyright. 1976.) (To be continued in Monday's Star.) 150 YEARS AGO TODAY Story of the U. S. A. BY JONATHAN A. RAWSON, JR. Kirkland Escapes Jail. PHILADELPHIA, June 19 1776.— The inhabitants of the colonies are requested by the Continental Congress and the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety to watch out for a stout, corpulet man between 50 and 60 years of age, about 5 feet 10 inches high, of a swarthy complexion, fresh colored, wearing his own gray hair tied behind. At last reports he had on a green coat faced with blue velvet, a blue velvet waist coat and brown velvet breeches. This man is Moses Kirkland, the notorious Tory who has escaped from the Philadelphia jail, where he had been a held prisioner of the Continent since his capture early last winter by Continental naval officers off the New England coast. His mischievous career in ouuosition to the liberties W PR Puzzlicks ——Pusale Limericks——— Two dance hall musicians in —1— ‘Were paid to play cornet and —2—; But they drank —3-—, And much whisky, which —4— These two tooters too tight to —5—. 1. City of Montana. 2. Tubular wind instrument with holes along the sides. 9 3. Beverage made from citrus fruit. 4, Produced. 5. Make a noise by blowing. Note—One thing s certain and that is that if you had had as much —3— and whisky as these dance hall mu- siclans had you wouldn't be able to rvecite the last line of this limerick, own affairs and rarely seek counsel or advice from others, although you are always willing to_extend a helping hand to others. Your Interests are not confined to the task at hand, but you participate in many fields of en. deavor outside of your own dutles and ytour assistance b"mh co-operation is often requested by those who appre- clate your clear vision, keenness of lnulhc‘ and quick grasp of problems. for it's a real tonguetwister. The answer and another “Puzzlick” will r on Monday. Yesterday's “Puzalick.” There once was a fellow. named James Who was adept at all sorts of games; He remarked: 1 can The races all day; 1 can_play, too, the hose om some flames. of America marks him out as an enemy whom any friend of this country should delight to apprehend and deliver over to the authorities. Early in the present unhapny quarrel with the British ministry. Kirkland professed to be a stout Whig. He i{s still stout, but_no longer a Whig. When the Pre vincial Congress of South Carolina overlooked him in making its military appointments Kirkland took this as an excuse for changing sides, and he not only went over to the enemy himself, but he took along with him a troop of rangers which he com manded, although he had just been appointed to an important patriot committee. His treachery was first discovered when it was found that he was con spiring with enemy agents in the Southern Colonies to stir up the savages in those parts and muster them into the service of the King. In this project he worked with Stewart, the Indian agent of the British authorities with the Chero- kees and Creeks. ? In furtherance of this conspiracy he took ship for Boston to set before the enemy commanders there a plan for a united attack upon the Caro linas, Virginia and Georgia by the British army, the Tories and the Tn dians. Lord Dunmore, former gover- nor of Virginia, was one of the authors of the scheme. But happily for the oppressed people of this country, the vessel In which he took passage was captured when approaching Boston. As important as the taking of the man himself was the seizure of all the papers which outlined the whole wicked plot. Kirkland was first turned over to Gen. Washington, who in turn sent him under heavy guard for the thoughtful attention of Congress. (Copyright. 1026.) —_— The manufacture of gas is increas- ing in spite of the fact that as a means of lghting has largely given way to’electricity. s