Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1926, Page 50

is a decided difference be- ng thrifty and belng penuri- though each- ‘suggests * stri To ‘be thrifty tmplies offi- for: she put needlework on them stead of lace and embroidery. ‘The hems of’thawp.u-.:uul~ had the most if bought. It was not spare herself, She" was It is-a satisfaction to know that in after years she had plenty of money ‘|and could have whatever she liked. But she still was the same thrifty per- son, saving on herself at times that. she might give more to others than she would have deemed wise without the sacrifice.. This is the soul and es, sence of thriftincss. Wife’s Privilege. Saving to prevent a husband from worrying about his abllity to meet the costs of living. i‘; a fine thing for a wife. to do, and {fortunately it is one of the things that many a wife does. She may not carry it to the extreme mentioned in the above case. It is not always necessary, either. Thrifti- ness that means determination to live within a specified income determined by a definite salary is also laudable, || but it is more in the order of necessity FEATHER STITCHIN( I OF PURCHASED . TRIMMING, WAS PUT ON HER CHILD! N'S CLOTHING BY ONE THRIFTY MOTHER. < & clency, while to be péniirious {mplies | stinginess. When We come fo this distinction the differénce is striking. Yet the thrifty person-has alway: be on ber guard lest some shadow of serimpiness is cast by her saving. The penurious person fears nothing exocept that she might become gener- BEDTIME STORIE Danny Goes Visiting. than a privilege. : Important Distinetion. Unless a housewife guards against it, there creeps into her economies tendency to prepare a trifie tog lHtti fgod, to plan so closely that servings must be small, even though she may vealize that the dishes are. favorites. Just as soon as this tendency becomes pronounced there is a fleck of penuri- ousness in her sa . Then saving becomes an onrc not a means to an end. It reflects in personality and she becomes a bit less attractive. The housewife who is thrifty to help her husband, to make ends meet, to aside something for a rainy day or for ;| a definite and excellent purpose, is ab- sorbed . in “accomplishment. She is working ‘eonstructively. Constructive working and . thinking, is developing and so she improves, It is well to pon- 0 | der on'the :difference between these two things, thrift and penuriousness, for their resctions on individuals are as masked as is the difference in the terms themselves.; . BY THORNTON W. BURGESS What Danny means by’ that saying |8 f# that when one is a.guest’ Jsin the position of receiving fayors and, therefore, should be polite and consid- @rate.of the feelings of othérs. 'This, . is very truel but I’ ways-easy. There is syeh ! _being-s willing guest, ari; i such a thing as being an URWiling But in either case it;ts wise appear at one's best. £ Jimmy Skunk had asked Dagny why . hadn’t been over to visit under| this 1 4 Jithmy Squiik came over to it. “Oh, that?? said he. - “Oh, that's a dead Starfigh; Tl show you some live ones fish!”" exclaimed . “What are you trying to tell me? Do you think I'm so innocent that I do 1 fish! Jimmy. Skunk: trying to have fun with me. “NotHing of the Kkind,” 13immy. JHALL BE LOOKING FOR YOU,” SAID JIMMY. hhouse over near ithe’ beach. had politely explained that he n so very busy and thére had been so much to see that he had kept tting that visit off. “Pooh!” exclaimed Jimmy Skunk, u don't mean to say theré is much to be meen over here on this marsh, do you? If you want to see things, come over to the beach. Come over where the tide washes up things every day. That is the place to see things. T tell you what, come over to Visit me tonight. It is going to be & moon- light night and we'll take & ‘walk down: | the beach. As long as you are with " me there'll be nothing for-you to be of Danny woul have liked to refuse the'nvitation, but he didn't see “how he could. So at last he agreed to.go to visit Jimmy Skunk. & “J ‘shall be looking for you,” said Jimmy, and ambled away in the di- rection of the bathhouse under which he made his home. After Ji immy had departed wished that he hadn’t given his word that he would go over there that night. Then he remembered What Jiromy had said about seeing things meant what I said. it really is a fish water when it is the starfish. So there Danny looked. Skunk.. “I sup) must be: so,” polite. *But Danny. He did his best to be_ polite, :’hu:t he just didn’t believe a word of ¥ (Copyright, 1036.) e ok, o encmvensli Ancient legend has it that the mag- ple still lies under Nosh's curse, be- cause, when all other birds came into the. ark of their own accord, the magple alone gave trouble, ‘and had to be caughi Danny | on the beach, and finally he actually | - got impatient for the coming of the black .shadows, that might safely start for Jimmy Skunk’s home. wg:n Danny finally ireached the tathhouse he was tired. He tried to be polite, but- he couldn’t. help show- ‘ ing that he was tired. Jimmy Skunk saw this. “You'd better rest a while," he. “The moon doesn’t rise unmu.l ~and keep the appearance ' FOUth with you iwaye ther. - How Wife Can Keep Step With Up-and-Coming| Husband—Shall She Marry Tightwad - Fiance? — Adyice to Flappers. . that ited to meet| ‘will hold him iih ® H HY i -y it 1 igfes §§ i ot ELH . ! .3 sewing. k Instantly ‘the girl he: pramrm G sy ek eyes g "L'yllh you to leave this room at ance. i i i i 1 ;Efig 3 i 588 ] that husband will be ashamed of you if ,you.d;r‘c r\:lll ‘n.ndg'n‘:n.nt and if y:: @o not know o n grit and courage to overcome your handicaps. S £ Jare the hll‘-.hut mountain in the wold? 1t you'do not know how to dreas don’t try to pick i i clofnag.| | wtoem s e e the w on' out r Put yourself. momma-ot;mqr-":'mk-r, n,Z:"%.. n:l social| | earth? needs the money to pelfoont 1 3. What is the height of the moment ‘would have he stairs if some one it_her from' behind. (Continued in tomorrow’s Star.) Broiled Iamb Chops. ' Remove the pink skin and fluous fat' from some lamb - 5. How high do_the highest of all cloudd extend? 6. How high does the earth’s atmosphere extend? to thepe questions in-tomorrow's Star. and );::Ir e»‘r:nlnmmhn nng dlnetuynur ltllfillll : . make yourse A madt courage and determination. Do Wik e ‘DOBO"‘!"H“Y‘ DIX. * . PRE { ])maums DIX: .1 am engaged to be married to & young man who m & good salary, but he always comes to see me empty-handed. Never s} box of candy or flowers, a gift or any other little things that, women love: Occasionally he takes me to the movies or treats me to ice cream once in a great while. I don't think he is really stingy. I believe he just doesn’t think to do the nice things. Would you advise me to marry him? =PAULINE. Answer: 1 certainly would not, Paulifie. It t| ! twad he certainly- has got all of the aunnrk:.‘nt u-l:“u'a. ; ':'fi'h'.-:"«'i'x. chlm!ob:n“ u.lfix t:\lnn.ksn lr:ltha family resemblance. 2 s e aggravating, hard-to-endure husbands ‘world, none hnuyluonnwflv'-qmumdtmperlmnono-ol(’fie?l:&lll‘v’;m turning _often. Spread lightly with creamed butter ‘and sprinkle with salt. fi. #¥ of fippancy and “recklessness. Persons who talk with great rapidity generally have su- rficial “minds and most of their mmnot s op the surface, for they It is an old that Mstill wa- tér runs deep’ that it's & wise man who hold: his tongue. generally Smart m talkative. A noisy machine rarely is eficient likewise a chafterbox. Too much talk indicates little concentrative power. A fluent but shallow persom talks and “writes frivolously. It re. energy in conversa because they chops. | do net tax; their hr"npl:‘- in thinking. Men of reason are not noted as fluent talkers, because they use up their energy in thinking. Great talkers think aloud, and they compel those with whom they come in -contact _te listen to their chatter. Most of those who are cleyer writers rarely are talke must need to be prodigal thinkers. , for they |he is lay | a8 a stingy one. a ‘miserly min he will begrudge you the very mever give you a decent dress or take you\? ‘lln‘y aphn n’toz.r’n::lm:‘i end he will make the first of the month, when the bills come in, a day of wrath for you that will make you wish you had never been born. be no pleasure or joy in life for you—mothing but mny-v?neh z There will and nickel- no matter how thin you pare the potatoes friend husband will ‘wasteful. nursing. always be shopping in the garbage can and Don't marry a man with a Yale fock on his beforeband, . And 't del yourself into th ¥ “don’ who mx takes his sweethea: makes & presént is sim) careful o * % s accuse you of being. if you know it mm young man ywhere when he is courting her ‘careless” and doesn’t think. It is just that ‘more of his monéy than he 's’ pleasure thinking about saving his cash instead of m“t;{int::. ‘g:'w:r-oc in ‘time. s v DORY % or never and is OTHY DIX. JDEAR MIsS DIX: Can a fellow be sincers when he asks has just met for: the first time to nMywn::-? ‘m > Clflll.nly.xfiw r:n‘u gy be sincere, since it costs him nothing to be “:u:rr: ‘steady” o merely means that he hm you lose your charm for hhn.’l?hlu to do man is sincere or not, you will be a ‘who may or may not. to let any| ® have serious lnuam‘ pany’’ system is a grand for and the girls are very much lacking in d, horse sense not to break it up.. wound and ap- remedies plied to it n.n’a"vulnm ‘Words often misused: Don't say *1 begun reading the book last night.” Say “began.” | Often misspelled: Fortieth; no u in not get much colder no matter how high - the baloon - ascends, and they have ascended many miles. The to. be about | Leila stratosphere appears seven miles above the earth in Am- erica, five miles over the Poles, and 10 miles over the Equator. Thus it ‘happens that notwithstanding the freat heat of the equatorial atmos phere at the surface of the earth, the temperature of the stratosphere above the BEquator is 110 degrees below zero Fabrenbeit, while above the Poles it is only about ¢ balow. Now what do you kmow about | that? Answers to Yesterday’s Questions. 1. Lisards are reptiles. 3. The common lisards of the east- ‘ern United States are not poisonous, but the gila monsters of the South- invitations to places of amusement. It| west and if, on further acqualntance, s ust ade away, ; ooded. lizards, though went on, her voice trembling a little. “You must realize that if Mrs. Kingsley happened to come in, she might misunderstand your being here. I've tried to make it clear to you that I don’t wish to talk to you. Can't you outwardly resembiling them; they are related to | | amphiblans, more nearly frogs. (Conyright. 1926.) : ety e Mount Etna, the famous veolcano, is densely populated, each of itg 800 square miles of inhabitable slope con- taining 800 permons. 'ED DETHOL, with its new secret formula . ==destroys romhes. Kills them roaches. Anothet spray or two.. Sweep themuy Nomuss. No bother. No'more > IMPROVED DETHOL is cer- tain death to ur home of all pests e goimph. Safe. Sure. G\urlm i B A 1 pint can Cs., Tnel, lt'tlmd wwaitwlthdefldouk&muhineSodaCnckm In fact even grown-ups forget themselves [4