Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1926, Page 26

WOMAN'S PAGE. Practice in Art of Conversation BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. Some one made the remark to me the other day to the effect that “‘peo- ple never talked any more."” This, of course, was not meant in the literal ‘WHILE ONE SHOULD NOT IN- TERRUPT A RACONTEUR, THE EXPRESSION OF THE LISTENER MAY SHOW THAT A READY REPLY WILL FOLIOW HIS STORY. sense, but merely to indicate that mod- ern entertalning these days seemed to leave very little opportunity for the conversationalist. If the occasion is a dinner party to precede a dance, it would seem that in the interval bstween the two there might be opportunity for conversation. ‘This is seldom true, however, for in &0 many cases the adjourning from the dinner table is but the signal for the assembling at the bridge teble, where talking is banned. It depends upon the group of per- sons whether this is a fortunate occur- rence or not. If there in the com- pany a ‘“‘conversationalist bore” then it is a matter for rejoicing that he or she is silenced. If there is present some one of unusual wit, then it is indeed a pity to put the seal of silence upon him and to miss the mirthful repartee he might provoke by stim- ulating others to conversation. Conversational Bores. There is, 'of course, the possibility that the best stories of the best con- versationalist in the world can be com- pletely spoiled by the conversational bore. No matter how otherwise charming in a social way a person, young or old, may be, the charm is not sufficfent to make for popularity if coupled with the habit of breaking | course, 1t {8 very bad form to break | ger and better” one before the point has been reached. The interruption ugually starts like this: “Oh, I know some one like that He . . .” and w though interesting at another and place, is only a bore to listen to then, when it involves the interrup- tion of some one else’s narrative. Of | in upon another's tale like that.| ... It fs a mild sort of Insuit, to the raconteur, one which he will, of ! course, bear in silence, being a well- ! mannered person, but at which he| will take offense none the less, as aiso | will the host or hostess of the occa- sion. Good Opportunity. If the story has point after the teller of the first yarn has finished, well and good. Let other people have & chance to laugh again, or weep, or frown, as the case may be, although the tellers of pitiful stories, or ones which in volve a recital of unfortunate circum- stances, are not apt to escape the title of ‘“‘conversational bores” unless they intersperse their remarks with some thing of an enlivening nature. A Famous Talker. ‘The art of conversation is one as worthy of praise and practice today as ever it was, although no one is apt to study it as did a famous conver-| sationalist of the last century, who, it is sald, planned his conversations before he went to a function, and did not leave the house for his destina- tion until he was word perfect.” MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Melons. Oatmeal with Cream. Omelet. Bacon Curls. Toasted Corn Bread. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Potatg Egg and Tomato Salad. Crisp Rolls. Prune Charlotte Russe. Iced Tea. DINNER. ‘Tomato Boutllon. Lamb Chops. Honeyed Sweet Potatoes. Carrots and Peas. Lettuce and Tomato Salad. Rice Pudding with Raisins, Coffee. OMELET. Three eggs, three rounded ta- blespoonfuls flour, one-half tea- spoonful salt, dash pepper, one cup milk. Mix flour with little milk, then add yolks and when thorough mixed stir in rest of milk and stiffly beaten whites. Put on_ hot buttered spider, cover; when risen and set, turn one half over other. PRUNE CHARLOTTE RUSSE. Cover 20 large prunes with cold water and let stand overnight, then cook slowly un- til perfectly tender. When cold. remove stones and chop fruit finely Whip one pint cream until stiff, sweeten it with three tablespoonfuls sugar, fold in chopped prunes and flavor with few drops vanilla. Line glass dish with thin slices sponge or delicate cake, fill center with the cream and chill on ice serving. HONEYED SWEET POTATOES. Boll six medium-sized sweet potatoes until tender, peel and cut them into thick slices and arrange on buttered shallow baking dish. Pour in one-half cupful hot strained honey, sprinkle with salt, cinnamon and nutmeg and bake about one-third of an hour. in upon another’s stories “with a big- BEDTIME STORIE Jimmy's Toe Pinched. Guard your step and mind your toes: The wise keeps watch of where he goes. —Jimmy Skunk. Jimmy Skunk ought to know. Jimmy hes had a whole lot of expe- rience. His very independence often makes him careless. He seemps to think that because every one is afrald of him he can go where he pleases, when he pleases, how he pelases. No one can do this. Even the most in- dependent. will get into trouble sooner or later if they'do not watch thelr steps. You will remember that Danny Meadow Mouse had learned something IT™s CLAM *WHY, NOTHING BUT SAID HE. about clams. Now, Jimmy Skunk" knew all about the clams that Danny had learned about and I suspect that if you could have asked him what he knew about clams he would have told you that he knew all about clams. But it Is doubtful if any one knows all about anything. Jimmy. found that he didn't know all about clams. He was poking around in the sea- weed and l6oking for anything which appeared good to eat, when he found what he knew right away was a clam. It was different from the clams he was used to. but there could be no doubt that it was a clam. It was Iving in some seaweed in a little pool of water. It wasn't long like the clams that Jimmy was acquainted with. He noticed this right away BY THORNTON W. BURGESS and was interested. The shell was partly open, but Jimmy didn’t notice this. He wanted to look that clam’ over close, too. So he reached out a paw to pull the clam toward him up on the sand. ‘What happened then happened so suddenly that for a minute or two Jimmy himseif didn’t know what had happened. You see, one toe slipped in the opening of the shell and the clam promptly closed the two halves of the shell together. My goodness, how it did pinch that toe of Jimmy Skunk’s! If you could have seen him or heard him, you certainly would have thought that he was having a fit, or else had gone quite crazy. That Is what Mr. Fox thought. He was own cousin to Reddy Fox and he looked just like Reddy Fox. He had once lived up on the highland, but bhe had discovered that it was an easler matter to pick up a good lv- ing along the beach. So he had moved over colse to the beach and every night he went hunting along the edge of the marshes. He happened along just as Jimmy Skunk met with his accident. It was moonlight and he could see clearly. Jimmy Skunk was snarling and growling and jumping up and rolling over and acting as if he had quite lost his head, which indeed he had. That is to say, he didn't know what he was doing. You see, he was as much frightened as he was hurt, for at first he didn't realize just what had happened. He thought he had been caught in one of these dreadful steel traps, which bring so much suf- fering to the little people who wear fur. Mr. Fox hurried over to see what it was all about. “Why, it's thing but a clam!” sald he. B At that Jimmy Skunk stopped dancing about. He stared at that clam. It was more round than long. Jimmy tried his teeth on it. . That shell was so hard that Jimmy was afraid he would break his teeth if he bit any harder. “I—I didn't know what I'd caught,” he sald lamely. Mr. Fox began to laugh. “You didn’t catch anything,” sald he. “It ‘caught you so far as I can see.” Then Mr. Fox, still chuckling, went off about his own business. Jimmy stopped dancing about and began to think. He must get rid of that clam somehow. The guestion was how could he do 'it? ‘}'Xll toe hurt, and besides he couldn't walk around dragging that clam with him. . (Copyrizht. 1926.) Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. ‘Words often misused—Use *got” in preference to “gotten.” Some authori. ties pronounce “gotten” as obsolete. mispronounced-—Connoisseur. Pronounce kon--sur, “o’ as in “odd,” “1” a8 in “it,” “u” as in “burn,” ac. cent last syllable. Often misspelled—Auld lang syne. Synonyms—Poverty, destitution, pri- , want, neel, pauperism, beg- Word study—"Use a word three Let us in- Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “I wish papa would play gblf again an’ ses them nicks on his club I made knockin’ & tin can an' git It over with,” (Copyright, 1926.) What Tomorrow Means to You BY MARY BLAKE. Tomorrow's planetary aspects are adverse until noon. Thereafter they improve, and toward the latter part of the afternoon, become decidedly favorable, remaining so for the day. Active endeavor, except that entalled by routine duties, is not recommended during the morning and constructive effort and the work that it may en- tail should not be launched until rather late in the afternoon, when energy, courage and enthulasm will be sensed. These emotions, combined with intelligent thought, are bound to attain success. The evening hours will be found very propitious for so- clal or family gatherings and there will be an entire absence of all senti- ments of irritation or petulancy. Children born tomorrow will, dur- ing infancy, be healthy and strong, and the few minor aflments from which they will suffer at this time need cause no worry ff careful at- tention be paid to proper nutrition. The signs indicate that, before at- taining adulthood, these children will experience one serious illness, and this will demand skilled treatment and much patience. They, in char- acter, will be very enthusiastic over new ideas, and always willing .to abandon the old and reach out for the unknown and unexplored. They will be adventurous, and anxious at all times to rush in where angels fear to tread. The greatest need 'with them is, at a very early age, to ac- quire some sense of proportion and to learn the ways of discretion. If tomorrow is your birthday, you are not a very practical person, and your actions are more the result of heart influence than of head control. You are idealistic and imaginative and very often your utopian visions of what ought to be react in a man- ner unfavorable to the material ad- vantages of your life. You are full of nervous energy, and this carries you from one fleld of endeavor to another, without a degree of accom- plishment in any one field and, conse- quently, many good opportunities are lost by you. Your disposition is ami- able and magnanimous, and you ex- perience a thrill of satisfaction jsac- rificing yourself and your interests for those who are dear to you. Ex- citement and change always appeal to you. You are never quiet long enough to appreciate peace and tran- quillity. Your sense of humor is very keen and, of course, your friends— and you have a legion of them—are loyal and sincere, as you never refuse them a service and will always go out of your way to help them. ‘Well known persons born on that date are: Hiram Powers, sculptor; Clement L. Vallandigham, statesman; Eastman Johnson, artist, John S. Pillsbury. Governor of Minnesota; (Edward) Percy Moran, artist; Booth Tarking- ton, author. (Copyright. 1026.) HOME NOTES BY JENNY WREN. ‘With quaint and characterful early Awmerican furniture a sofa of the over- stuffed type is entirely out of place. Present-day manufacturers are com- ing more and more to realize this and to appreciate the sound beauty of the old designs. the work of the old master builders of furniture is being copied in ever- increasing quantities. 5 One of the newest reproductions is shown here—a graceful and elegant sofa of Duncan Phyfe design. The outward:spread legs and the long, rolling line of the seat and arms are Phyfe characteristics. This sofa is upholstered in old blue velvet, making a rich color harmony with the wine red of the mahogany frame. The little bookshelf hanging above the sofa is a smart, modern ncte In keeping with old furniture es. It is lacquered a stunning jade green. Banana Tulip, Rub the pulp of four bananas through a seive. Add one and one- half tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, a cupful of sugar, and by degrees a quart of cream. Freeze with the usual ice cream mixture, three parts ice and one part salt. Cut some bananas In slices pointed at one end and stand close together around the Inside of a frappe glass to simulate tulip petals. This must be done just before serving to prevent discolora- tion. Fill the center with the banana cream and garnish with a candled cherry. Ec:b;rry Jam. Put the berrfes in a poreclain ket- tle, adding a littls water to prevent sticking. Stir and stew for 20 min- utes. Press through a sleve or-not, as desired. Measure, and to each pint allow one-half a pound of sugar. Boil for 20 minutes and put away in tumblers. . Supper Dish. Bolled ham minced fine and heated in a frying pan with butter or drip- pings, a spoonful of flour stirred smooth in fat, and a pint of milk added, and the whole boiled two minutes, makes a quick and d us supper A - The result is that| |\DorothyDix Maps Roocky Ooast of Matrimony The Danger Period Is After the Stanch Old Ship Has Weathered the Storms and Is on the -Serene Sea of Prosperity. MAN asks: danger perfod in marriage, and 1 shou the domestic journey lies between th It is then that most husbands and wiv chains to keep frem skidding. “Is there a danger period in matrimony? most likeiy to be reached, and how can it be aveided?” If so, when is it Yes, there is a 1d say that the most perilous part ef e fifteenth and twentieth mileposts. es need to slow down and put on the Of course, when mere boys and girls get married, the danger comes earlier. As soon the’ novelty of K] house and having a baby is over witi mands made upon them by marriage. and fight, and take their doll rags and aying at being married and keeping they rebel at the restrictions and de- They blame each other, and quarrel go home, as children will. A terribly large percentage of those who are married in their teens are divorced in their twenties. For maturer people, those who walt until they have reached man's and woman's estate before they adventure on matri- mony, the danger period comes later on. Their firat years of married life are one thing, they are apt to have made generally happy enough, because, for a wiser choice of thelr mates and to have picked out their husbands and wives because they possessed the sterling qualities they admired, instead of beca use they were mean dancera and had & peaches-and-cream complexion or varnished hair. Also, life has disciplined these older folk. It has taught them not to ex- pect the impossible of another human being who is faulty, even as they are, and to control their own tempers and tongues. The first 10 or 15 years of the average marriage are apt to be happy because both the husband and wife are too busy and too much interested in what they are doing to have time for introspection or side-stepping. takes lejsure in which to cultivate misery and get into mischief. It Likewlse, it takes money. None of which the average young married couple has. o e e 0w ENERALLY the babies begin to come, and the woman's thoughts are centered on modified milk, not on She is reading about the care of infa the state of her husband's affections. nts Instead of erotic romances. She is not lying awake at night wondering if the man she married is her real soul mate. The thing that breaks her rest 18 walking the baby with the eolic. Many a woman looks back upon ti when she was poor and hard-driven an hese years of her young motherhood, d overworked, when she had to count her pennies and cook and sew and patch and scrub for her family, as the happlest time of her lite. And the man is generally happy and contented, too, because he also is too busy to be anything else. He is just struggling to get his start in the world, and every thought is centered establishing. His days are filled wit on that and on the little home he is h work and planning, and he asks nothing better than to go home of an evening to his wife and the kids. He 1sn't watching for every flaw in ly with every baby doll he meets. He doesn't see that her looks have gone oft and that she is getting a trifle sto every flapper. thing that makes his heart palpitate is Comes then the time, as the movies say, when the hard, full, busy days His attention s focused on the grocery trade, his wife and contrasting her insidious- ut, nor {8 he casting a roving eye at and the a 2-point rise in Steel Common. are over and both the children and the business have passed through the mumps and the measles and the chicken-pox and need no longer to be whtched every minute of the time. The boys and girls are grown up and the business is prosperous. Then is the ti should erect red lights of warning, for C I me when some benign domestic fairy the hour of danger has arrived. o T IS then that married people have leisure to look into their own souls and see what manner of men and women they have become. they have time.to apply the microscope to each other and see every fault and folble exaggerated. ‘Worse than all, it is the time when there is a recrudescence of romance. Suddenly every man and woman grow: s heart-hungry, and each is obsessed ‘with the desire to rouse admiration and passion in the opposite sex. ‘They feel that they are getting old and they must have one more fling. It is nature's last call for the sentime women do foolish things. ntal banquet, and it makes men and ‘Women fancy themselves in love with jellybeans and give up good husbands and lavish providers to marry boys young enough to be their sons. Men forsake faithfu miserable ever after. 1 old wives for silly flappers and are ‘Hundreds of thousands of stanch old ships are wrecked each vear on this rock of the dangerous period of matrimony, and the only way these accidents can be prevented is to steer around it. + Those who keep their boat always affection pass by it safely. Those wh in the gulf stream of warm love and o find themselves in danger do well to turn back and make for the safe harbor of home and old duties and old affections. Otherwise, they go to certal in shipwreck. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright. 1926.) « EAT AND BE HEALTHY Dinah Day’s Daily Talks on Diet The Right Food Is Indigestion. “I don't feel so good toda: Slight attack of indigestion, I guess.” This is the plaint of most of humanity. Indigestion covers a multitude of dietetic sins. Sometimes we knowingly eat some- thing that is bound to cause a diges- tive disturbance. But the taste is so pleasant that at the moment the satis- faction of the palate is the dominant consideration. And sometimes ‘“the eye is bigger than the stomach.” So much food is eaten that the stomach is everburdened. ‘Young people are apt to sin by over- eating. There should be no between- meal nibbling. Plenty of wholesome, nourishing “eats” at regular meal hours and no lollypops and ice cream sodas in between. Early good habits will prevent many a fellow from be- coming a chronic dyspeptic. Young- sters’ growing bodies demand a lot of food. A 14-year-old boy really needs more nourishment than a bookkeeper of 45. But l4-year-old Jimmy thinks he could take care of a whole water- melon or a gallon of ice cream all by himself. Just as appetizing food makes Jimmy think he could eat piles and piles, so badly cooked food can kill his appetite and what is worse give him indiges- tion. Lack of a balanced diet can bring on indigestion. Too much starchy food is likely to cause gas on the stomach. The fresh fruits and vege- tables, the whole-grain cereals are necessary, not only for their mineral salts and vitamins, which the body absolutely needs, but because also they balance the proteins and the carbohydrates found in sugar and starch foods. Unripened fruit can bring on dlar- rhea and we call that indigestion. “A little peach in the orchard grew, kissed by the sun and wet by the dew, it grew and grew.” But Johnny Jones and his sister Sue plucked it before the sun had given it enough kisses, and that was the end of Johnny Jones and his sister Sue. “For goodness sake, everything Is blamed on the teeth these days,” says old man Meyers. But poor teeth can really cause indigestion. Food mnot properly chewed will cause trouble. ‘When the molars are missing, so they don’t hit on all cylinders, or when there’s a sensitive nerve waiting to spring out with a thumping pain, the food is likely to be gulped. It's the starchy foods, bread, potatoes, etc., that need chewing. Meat is digested by the gastric juice of the stomach, so reasonably sized pleces will take care of themselves. The softness of bread and potatoes tempts one to swallow them without chewing enough to bring out the saliva. With- out this saliva to act on the starch, digestive disturbance follows. the Best Medicine In cases of serious digestive upset a doctor should be called at once. Some “heart attacks” are really cases of indigestion. So much gas forms in the stomach that the pressure af- fects the heart action. Even after a slight digestive upset the stomach should be rested by fasting for 24 hours. A cup of hot water can be taken every hour of the ,day during the 24-hour fast from food. Great care must be taken In slowly returning to normal diet. W. E. B—Is it really harmful to eat cherries shortly before or just after drinking milk or eating ice cream? Does the combination form an active polson or just an indigest- ible compound? Answer—A person of normal health can eat cherrles and drink milk at the same meal, or eat cherry ice cream or mousse. If di- gestive trouble occurs, it is because individual digestive functioning is at fault. Milk and acid fruit are an allowable food combination. H.—Thank you for your kind letter. I hope you will continue to find my articles helptul. Mrs. E. E. L—You are following the right policy in supplying your table with whole wheat. Thank you for your commendatory letter. Readers desiring personal answers 1o their questions should send self-addressed gtamped ‘envelope to Dinah Day. care of o Star, Neapolitan Salad. Pick apart one pineapple, saving all the juice. Cut a quarter of a pound of candied cherries into quarters. You may also add, if you like, a few can- died apricots, green gages and a little angelica. Cover this and stand aside overnight. The next morning soak two tablespoonfuls of gelatin in a quarter of a cupful of cold water for half an hour. Then add the juice of three oranges and the pineapple juice. Stand the whole over hot water until the gelatin is dissolved. Sprinkle over the frult a cupful of sugar. Then turn over the gelatin mixture. Stir and serve in a glass dish, or it may be served on a bed of rice, in which case it should be called a Neapolitan com- pote. Apple Rounds. This is a sweet entree that is dell- cious. Cut some thick slices of bread into rounds with a round cutter, but. ter and place in a shallow tin baking sheet. Pare and core some perfect apples of uniform size and cut in halves. Lay half an apple on each round of bread, place a large, plump raisin In the core cavity of each and sprinkle with sugar, and nutmeg if liked. Bake until the edges of the bread are slightly browned and the apple is tender. Then serve at once. Deliciously invigorating LEY 'TEA. iced with lemon or orange It is then that | What Do You Know About It? Dally Sclence Six. 1. What was the source ef the chestnut blight? 2. Where did it get its start in_America? 8. What was the seurce ef the Hesslan fly? 4. Where is the bell weevil's source? 5. Where did the white pine blister rust originate? 6. Do wild piants ever have diseases as cultivated ones do? Answers to these questions in tomerrow’s Rtar. Bpores. Spores are among the most marvel- ous living things. They are the tiny, often microscopic, dust-like or pollen- like particles by which all plants not bearing flowers reproduce. Ferns, mosses, seaweeds, fungl, and bacteria all have spores. They are so light that they can drift hundreds of miles on the'wind, and In the case of disease spores, epldemics are sometimes car- ried forward in great jumps. During a great plague of fungus disease of rice in the Philippines, a glass plate covered with a gummy substance was exposed overnight to the wind in & region 80 miles from the nearest scene of the plague. In the morning hundreds of the disease spores were found on the plate. Spores are often so tough that only four or five boilings will kill them. Some can live. through weeks of sojourn fin liquid air, one of the coldest known substances. It has been suggested that they might easily float about in outer space, spreading life from world to world. Now what do you know about that? | Answers to Yesterday's Questions. 1. A few minute plants, like flagel- lates, swim about in water like animals. 2. Many animals, like corals, remain | torever motlonless in colonies anchored to a rock. 3. Corals are branched like plants in many cases, 4. Plants breathe off both carbon dioxide and oxygen. 5. Animals breathe off only carbon dloxide. 6. The air in a crowded room be- comes ‘“stuffy” because it gets hot and mofst from being breathed into and {s motionless; carbon dioxide is breathed off by the occupants and is pofsonous, but hours of occupahcy would not make any important dif ference in its healthfulness; if the same air were cooled, dried, and stirred, it would feel nice and fresh. Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. Some Unlisted Foods. Mrs. R. R. writes: At what age may a child have berries, cher- ries, grapes, bananas, raisins and dates? Should they be cooked? Why are they not on the regular feeding list? How long do all his foods have to be put through a sieve? Would you advise continuing the cod liver oil through the Summer? My baby is normal and healthy, and l: outdoors all day. He is 18 months old. How old should a baby be before he is given candy? ‘When can they have shellfish and fish? Answer — This is a regular catechism. For general directions, I should say that a child may have cherries, grapes, raisins and dates after he is two and one-half years old. The fruit should be ripe (not overly ripe, though), thoroughly washed, and skins and seeds removed. Bananas can be given after the first vear. They should be ripe, but not “mushy,” and they are best mashed. If not eaten too hastily or in too large quantities, they should cause no trouble. When baked they are easy to digest and delicious. A whole banana for a baby of 1 year would be too much. Use discretion. Raisins and dates are good foods. They should be well chewed. The trouble with all such foods is that voung children swallow them in chunks. They are not on regular feeding lists because the child can get all the fruit juices he needs if he eats scraped apple and orange juice, and there is not the danger that might result from eating cherries and grapes. Remember the stomach aches of yesteryear, and avoid such suf- fering for your child. A baby of 18 months can safely eat unsieved vegetables and cereals, providing he has a normal digestion. In your case there seems no neces- sity for continuing the cod liver oil through the Summer. Why not wait some time before beginning candy. The baby doesn't need it, and the simpler vou keep his diet the more he will enjoy just plain foods. Fish, if carefully freed from all bones, can be given when the child is old enough to have meat, which is during the second year. Shellfish is another thing. Most shellfish is hard to digest, and had best be kept from the child's dlet list for some years. HOW IT STARTED BY JEAN NEWTON. “A Feather in Your Cap.” In a British museum there is an old manuscript in which, in the course of & description of Hungary in the year 1599, is found the following paragraph: “It hath been an anclent custom among them that none should wear a feather but he who had killed a Turk.” And this was not an idea original with sixteenth century Hungarians, but an adoption, so to speak, of the ancient and almost universal custom among savage tribes of adding a new feather to the headdress for every en- emy sent to the happy hunting grounds. - In Scotland it is still the custom at shooting parties for the one who kills the first woodcock to pluck a feather from the bird and fasten it to his hat. Hence our modern habit of speaking of any accomplishment or victory as feather in my hat thepq;,n,'cewnl Ready to serve. De- licious flavor. Cone thful. FEATURES. Making the Most of Your Looks BY DOROTHY STOTE. Dear Ann: On the other hand, that same slipper with its aividing, contrasting colored band can be worn on the other foot, if you follow me, because it breaks up a too long one. It Is therefore a better selection than the plain shoe. Yours for selective choices. LETITIA. (Copyright. 1026.) PALE HANDS BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR. Leila Marsh. who has alweys bdeen accustomed to idleness, is left without money. She finds her rich friends are of the fair-weather variety ond because she has never been taught to do anything {s forced to take a position as lady’s maid with Mona gsley. a very rich woman. In the y are Richard, Mona’s husband, and Barry, the son. Barry perse- cutes Leile because of her beauty, and when Richard discovers this he warns his son. Later he discovers that Leila is trying to fit herself for a better position and offers to help her, but he learna that his feeling for her is mot platonic. In the mean- time Mona is amusing herself with a young bachelor, Ronald Cameron. Leila overhears a_conversation be- tween them in which Ronald begs Mona to go away with him. Later that night Barry seeks Leila out and tries to present her with a handsome gift. Bhe tells him he is repulsive to her and threatens to tell his father if he does not stop annoying her. CHAPTER XXVIL A Blow to Mona. During the first few days after Leila had scornfully refused to accept his gift Barry plunged into dissipa- tion. He drank more than he ever had before. He and another man took some girls from the Frivolities chorus out to supper after the theater and Barry presented his partner with the diamond pendant he had bought for Leila. She squealed with delight when he clasped it about her throat and would have thrown her arms around his neck if he hadn’t laugh- ingly drawn back. For some reason he didn't want that kind of thing. And in spite of the alcohol ihat he had taken and the fact that his head was spinning, he kept thinking of Leila’s scornful words and her manner of refusing his gift. For all his dissipation, he could not seem to get her out of his thoughts. He couldnt remember feeling this way about any other girl that he had met. Perhaps it was because they were all so ready and willing to accept his at- tentions, but at any rate one morning he woke up somewhere around noon with a disgust for himself that he had never before experienced. He took a cold shower and had breakfast, and then, because he felt wretched and had nothing in particu- lar to do, he went to his mothers’ sit- ting room and knocked at the door. Mona was still in bed and called to him from the other room. She looked up with a smile as he strolled in and sat down beside her. Barry was, as usual, perfectly groomed, but in the clear morning light his skin looked sallow and his’eyes heavy. His mother exclaimed when she saw him: O e AP “Confessions may be good for tha' soul, but not the kind Janice reads.” A White Skin - Basy—Seps S, 1\ By Claire Windsog Today it is remarkably easy to ac- quire a clear, white skin, free from all biemishes, blackheads A wonderful new s covery removes these bl amazing quiokness. Tonight smooth, cool, fragrant Golden Peacock Bleach Creme on your skin. Tomorrow ‘yuu will be astonished at the milky whiteness. Get r olden P cock ch Creme now—today. Un- Im it clears and whlm- your skin inded. “Barry, you've been dissipating too much. You look frightfully.” “I don't look any worse than fee! “You'd better get out of town for time and pull yourself together. Pe haps you ought to see a doctor.” Barry shrugged impatiently. “I don’t need a doctor. I need some thing to keep me from being bore. I'm tired of doing nothing. What would you say if I went to work?" Lefla had come into the room with Mona’s = breakfast tray, and was arranging it on the small adjustable table. Until her appearance Barry had had no intention of expressing a desire to go to work, but it occurred to him that he might impress her if he showed some ambitlon, and he had spoken on impulse. “I think it would be a very good thing for you,” observed Mona. “I told your father that some day you'd get tired of doing nothing.” “I_suppose vou never get tired of it,” Barry said after a moment. “Don't vou ever get bored?" Mona arched her eyebrows daintily and turned wide blue eyes upon her son. “What's got into you this mornins ? You don't usually talk lke this. Of course, I don't get tired of it. But, then, I'm a woman, which makes it very different. Men are never satisfled for long without work of some kind."” Barry's eves were following Lells ¢ as she moved about the room, &nd Mona's lids narrowed at the corners. For the first time a feeling of alarm leaped up in her. TUntil now she hadn’t thought serfously about Barry's infatuation for Lefla. She was only a servant, and although she was a re markably pretty one, Barry wasn likely to make a fool of himself over her. But this morning he seemed so 4if ferent, so uniike himself. Was it pos sible that he had any serious feeling for this girl? And Leila, the sly little minx! Wouldn't it be just like her to repuise Barry if he tried to flirt with her In the hope that she might ulti- mately lure him into a proposal of marriage? Mona put down her cup and saucer suddenly. Her voice when she spoke was sharp: “Will you leave the room for a while, Leila? I want to speak to my son alone.” (Copyright, 1926.) (Continued in tomorrow's Star.) "Puzz’fcks" uzzle-Limericks A youth once imbibed some —1— Which soon found its way to his And he murmured, “Oh, —3— Everything goes —4— I'll never drink liquor —5—! 1. Type of sparkling wine. 2. Seat of the mental facultles. 3. Exclamation of disgust. 4 5. Up and down. 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