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WOMAN’S PAGE. Enormous Bows for Women’s Ties BY MARY MARSHALL. PARIS. Some women never seem to be able to treat a necktie in a conservative, conventional manner. Women tle [ WE TIE OUR TIE IN MANY WAYS TO GAIN SMART EFFECTS. their neckties a dozen different ways in a single season, yet men go on tie- ing a four-in-hand or a bow tie in pri cisely the same way from one genera- tion to another. The four-in-hand tie, conforming more or less to masculine require- ments, never seems to go entirely out of fashion with women. There are worn. During the recent and late lamented vogue for mannish clothes the four-in-hand tle was affected by lots of women as a supplement to the mannish tweed suit and straightline top coat. The shirt blouse with which it was worn had sometimes a high soft collar of the sort that men wear. But only a few women find such col- Jars comfortable, They have been spoiled by the years of low-necked or collarless daytime frocks. The horse accustomed from colthood to the check rein finally gets used to it, but the horse who had never known such a contrivance would doubtless rear and kick If introduced to it in later life. So do women. find the close-fitting shirt collar more annoying than do men who have become accustomed to it from youth. A four-in-hand tie may be arranged on a coliar that is comfortably low at the front. But somebody in Paris started the trick of wearing an enor- mous bow at the front of the comfort- able turnover collar—a very exag- gerated edition of the tie still affected by a few habitues of the Latin Quarter. ‘Twenty years or more ago girls wore these enormous neck bows. There were Buster Brown collars, not un- like those shown on one or two of the new frocks. And then there was an enormous bow large enough to hide almost the entire blouse. The more daring you were in matters of dress the larger your bow. The girl with a very small bow was usually regarded as a prude and a poor sport. Sometimes these ties are in dark navy blue or black, and sometimes in Scotch plaid. A charming little French ensemble has a short, finely pleated skirt in navy blue, with a short, straight jacket in beige and an enor- mous bow of Scotch plaid silk at the front, the ends extending almost to always occasions when it may be the edge of the jacket. 150 YEARS AGO TODAY Story of the U. S. A. BY JONATHAN A. RAWSON, JR. Hancock Gets North’s Soup. PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Atgust 7 1776.—The privateer Hancock arrived here today, bringing in as a captive a large three-decked British ship named the Reward, of between 500 and 600 tons burden. The Reward had been & twenty-gun warship, and when taken she was on a voyage from Tortola to London. Her cargo consisted of 1,100 hogsheads of sugar, 86 hogsheads of Tum, 12 bales of cotton, and nine can- non, some of them brass. 2 She also had on board a number of turtles, dirtected to Lord .North, with his name cut in the shell. The best of these Captain Wingate News man, master of the Hancock, will send with his compliments to the Honor- able John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress, with the hepe that President Hancock may dine with pleasure upon real turtle soup at the expense of Lord North. President Hancock will remember Lord North as one of the authors of the many mis- eries which drove these colonies to free themselves from all political con- nections with the British crown. Naval Progress Reported. PHILADELPHIA, August 7, 1776.— Reports received by the Marine Com- mittee from the shipyards along the BEAUTY CHATS An Eyelash Tonic. The other day I said any woman could have perfect teeth, hair and complexion—oh, -and fingernails too, an important detail—and that, hav- ing so much, she was well on the way to being thought beautiful. I should have added one more thing—she can have beautiful eyelashes. If they are short and scanty now, clip them, consoling yourself with the thought that. they are short anyway, and that this will make them longer. Keep them clipped for three months— that is, keep clipping off the very ends of the lashes. You won't be so disfigured as you think; for one thing the very ends of the eyelashes are| almost coloriess, and have no value in setting off the eyes. Use curved blade manicuring scissors, and keep the points of the blades away from the face a: ou cut. Rub every day or twice a day with castor oil, which nourishes the hairs and darkens them. Or make an eye lash tonic by melting a quarter ounce of lanoline into an ounce of olive ofl. Or use a lanoline cream, which can | pe bought in tubes at drug stores. It! BEDTIME STORIE Reddy Becomes Personal. The one too personal, u'll find, 1s wire to cause Aisirses of mind. Z.0ld Mother Nature. It is considered most impollte to be imquisitive about another’s personal affairs. Most people think that their personal affairs are not the business of anybody else, and in this they aré right. Still, as Reddy Fox says, “How are you going to find out about folks if you don't ask about them?” Now, he didn't feel really acquainted with Barker the Seal and that was because he knew almost nothing about Barker. He knew of no one he could ask in regard to Barker, and so he became ersonal. He tried to be polite about it. “I should like to have you come “WHERE DO YOU LIVE?" INQUIRED. @shore and visit me, Mr. Seal,” said he in his most polite manner, and that is a very polite manner. Barker looked at him a little suspi- clously. ‘Where do you live?” he in. quired. “Oh, not véry far,” replied Reddy. “Just over those sand dunes and back on the shore a little way."” “Thank you, Mr. Fox,’ renlicd Barik- er. ‘Thank you for your invitation. I find, however, that I must refuse. It I could swim there, I would accept in a minute. Instead, suppose you come and visit me.” Reddy grinned. “Thank you. Mr. Beal,” said he, “if I could swim I would.” Barker pretended to be very much HE surprised. “Do you mean to tell me,” said he, “that such a smart fellow “Oh, T can ,.wun' ,” replied Reddy. “I can swim bi coast contain the cheering news that most of the armed frigates ordered by Congress in December have been launched and are now being fitted with all possible haste. They are fine ships and will be capable of good service, even though they will be no match in fighting power for the numerous and powerful war fleet which the enemy is now collecting in New York. ‘They will be effective companions and helpers of the many small priva- teers and armed vessels sent out by the Continent and the various states. The latter craft have already had, great success in distressing the enemy, picking off many prizes, including mer- chantmen, army transports and supply ships, thus tending to make the King's men-of-war weary of their unprofitable and hopeless crulses, and the British merchants sick of a contest in which , they risk so much and gain so little. The forming of a navy is a favorite project of Congress and its Marine Committee and Secret Committee, hut the obstacles in the way of putting an effective war fleet on the water are enormous. The great difficulty at the moment is a lack of skilled carpen- rs. Many carpenters who had been gned to duty in the shipyards have been sent to Lake Champlain for emergency work on General Benedict Arnold’s fleet. BY EDNA KENT FORBES. may be too thick for Summer use, that is, the heaviness of the lanoline may irritate and redden the skin. Castor oil won't do this. A harmless cosmetic to darken the lashes, which can be used as often as vou like—only I'd; never advise any- thing of the sort for daytime—is made by collecting a teaspoonful of soot and adding it to an equal amount of oil of petroleum to make a thick. black paste. Make the soot by hold- Ing a candle under a glass until you've collected enough. You may have to use less or even more petroleum oil to make a really thick paste, it de- pends on its thickness. Rub this on with your fingertips. Belle K.—If U massage a few droy of olive oil into vour scalp oc- sionally vour hair will lose its harsh- ness. A’ hot oil massage a few hours before you shampoo will also help such a condition as yours. Hair that is stiff and wiry will improve with thorough daily brushings. M. M. M.—You will not be over- developed after you have completed your growth. Your trouble now fs| only due to the fact that you have not yet attained your préportions. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS Jjust about as well as you can travel on land.” It was Barker’s turn to grin. “Then you wouldn't be very comfortable in the water.” It was a_shrewd guess on Reddy's art that Barker wasn't at home on the land. You see, he had watched Barker for some time and never had seen him come ashore. So he had guessed that Barker couldn't travel SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY Yea, T was right—it's sunburn! " What Do You Know About It? Daily ' Science Six: 1. What is schist? 2. What is mica? 3. What is isinglass? 4. What is the chief useful characteristic; of lithographic stone? 5. What Is asbestos? 6. What are aeolian deposits? Answers to these questions in Monday's Star. Down in the Dumps. ‘We ordinarily think of the bottom of the ocean as clean and sandy and waving with seaweed, like the bottom of an aquarfum. This is actually the conditlon of certain parts of the sea near the shore, where it is not two dark for plants to live and where a strong current flows over a sandy bot- tom. The real depths of midocean, however, are in the darkness of abso- lute night, and as for the bottom, it is lifeless. In fact, it consists of the bodles of billions of dead plants and animals. This vast graveyard, thou- sands of square miles in extent, hun- dreds of feet deep, has been built up by millions of years of decay of the minute organisms floating in mid- ocean. This soft, muddy deposit is known as ooze, or more intimately by snch strange names, as diatom o0oze (green plants) and radiolarian ooze (small animals). Answers to Yesterday's Questions. 1. Sturgeons are found in the Great Lakes and the Mississippl River sys- tem. 2. Rainbow trout are found in brooks of the Southern Appalachians. 3. A barracuda is a fish of tropical American waters, dangerous to hu- mans. 4. Fishes have blood. 5. Flying fish do not have wings. They “fly” by means of strong leaps. Perhaps their fins act a little as glid- ing organs. 6. Manatees, though living in the ocean, are not fishes, but mammals. What Tomorrow Means to You BY MARY BLAKE. Tomorrow's planetary aspects are colorless. They denote nothing espe- cially favorable, or, on the other hand, adverse.. In view of the day belng Sunday, such a condition is of little or no importance, as the conditions, such as they are, do not indicate anything detrimental to the customary observ- ances or recreation of the Sabbath day. There wilt be very little influ- ence exerted on the emotions, and™al- though a general feeling of lassitude ‘may be_sensed, there will be no occa- sion for being on your guard against inharmonious spirits. Children born tomorrow will give ample evidence of both strength and pulchritude. This does not mean, how- ever, that care need not be exercised in their alimentation and watchfulness in their environment. A serious ill- ness in their ’teens will not prevent them achieving physical normalcy at maturity. In disposition they will be self-willed and obstinate, quick to an- ger and slow to repent. They will be rebellious and difficuilt to manage, more especially as strictness and force will only accentuate the difficuities that it is desired to better. They will, however, be very affectionate, and only through thelr affections will it be possible to reach them. If tomorrow is your birthday anni- versary, you possess very remarkable vision, and your friends look upon you as something of an oracle. You are always able to tell others what to do, but rarely seem to know what to do for your own individual betterment. If in charge of other’s affairs, these are always in apple ple order, although your own are in a chaotic condition. You have great executive ability, so far as extraneous affairs are con- cerned, but reveal none all when handling your own interest. You possess the gift of handling people, and all those who are brought under your influence show a spirit of co-operation and harmony. In the family circle your wishes pre- dominate and your home life is happy and harmonious. much on land. “What T should like to know,” said Reddy, ‘i how yon breathe under water, I've watched you dive and not come up for a long time. Do you breathe through your skin like Grandfather Frog?"” “I don’t know anything about Grandfather * Frog,” replied Barker, “but T can tell you I don't breathe through my skin. I have a perfectly good pair of lungs and I breathe just as you do. When I dive i hold my breath until I come up agaw." “T don’t see how you do it,” sighed Reddy. “I wish I could hold my breath that way. You said something about eating fish. How do you catch them?"" Barker looked at Reddy as if he thought that a silly question, as indeed he did. “The same way vou gat vour food, sald he. “I surprise or run mine down in the water just as you sur- prise or run yours down on land.” “Where is your home?” inquired Reddy. “Wherever I happen to be,” replied Barker. “Just now, it is right here cn this rock.” “And 1s it true that you are not part fish?"" mentioned Reddy “Fish! Fish"" snorted Barker. “Who says I am part fish? Just because I am at home in the water and eat, sleep, play and work in the watér is no reason for thinking me. a fish. I'm just as much animal as you are, and I, wouldn't trade places with you for anything in the Great World. Give me the water every time. Watch me dive through that wave that iy com-|y ing in.” Barker slid from the rock just as a wave was going to break over him, and Reddy saw no more of him that night. % (Copyright. 1926.) — Smothered Caulifiower. Cook & fine head of caulifiower until tender. Salt and place in a deep but- tered baking dish. Pour around and over this a pint or more of thick,] highly seasoned stewed tomatoes which have been seasoned with one or two tablespoonfuls of‘butter and a little grated onion. Cover with fine bread orumbs and nd a <of grated cheese and set In a oven until whed. ‘Well known persons born on that date are Benjamin Stillman, scientist; Charles A. Dana, journalist; Nelson A. Miles, lieutenant general; Henry F. Osborn, zoologist, and Florence A. Morriam, author. LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. My -cuzzin Artie was around at my house today, staying so late he stayed for dinner, being frickasee chickin and mash potatoes and chocklit cake for dizzert, being some of my favorite things, and I was eating and feeling glad of it, and ma sed, Benny, your getting intirely too big to rub your bred around in your gravey like that, you dont see your cuzzin Artie doing t I have saw him do it, I sed. Your crazy, Artie sed. If Im crazy your bughouse, I sed. Being’a good anser, and pop sed, Bo; boys, why dont you respect each others little intimate secrets? And we kepp on eating, espeshill me, and my sister Gl-dfill sed, M§ stars, Benny, your not going to catch a train, look at your plate, it looks lke a deserted village and Artie still has half his dinnir left. Im a slow eater, I am, Artie sed. ;:: you think your grate, dont you? Well who are you? Artie sed. Being a bum anser, and after a wile me and Artie was the ony 2 left at the table on account of each starting our 2nd slice of cake after everybody elts was finished, 1e uylfi, G wizz, who invented eating cake with a fork? And he picked his slice up with his whole hand, being a heck of a thi: to do with something all covered wi loose chocklit icing, me saying, Hay, G winnickers, I gess you think that polite too, dont you, you big show off? ‘Who asked you? Artie sed. Making me so mad I picked up my peéce the same way jest for spite, and we had a race eating them without caring how mutch chocklit we got on our face, Proving you cant tell mutch about reel nature o the'ls D! flap, What THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO D. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1926. DOROTHY PAX’S LETTER BOX Why Do Men Expect the Girls They Marry to Become Totally Different After the Cere- mony ?—Fiance Not Tall Enough. SUB ROSA BY ML Public Affection. “Nothing,” said the middle-aged sentimentalist, “is more charming than the sight of two young people thoroughly in love with each other EAR MISS DIX: Before my marriage my husband was so kind and con- |and not ashamed to let the world see siderate of me and never criticized my little faults. You see, I am a real [y per. But now when I act kittenish and flapperish it makes him furious. shall I do? me? Answer—My dear child, why men pick out a Must I make myself over? Why does he want to change « A FLAPPER WIFE., wife for one thing and after they are married want her to be the opposite thing is one of the mysteries of the masculine psychology that nobody can solve. wanted It just is, that's all. You would think that an ordinarlly sane man, with the common, or garden varfety, of intellect, would select a woman to marry who had the qualities that he most desired in a wife. You would think that a maa who domestic wife would look about him until he found a girl who was a blue-ribhon cook, that he would pop the question to her and that they would live happlly ever after, surrounded by the savory odors from things roasting and stewing. But he does no such thing. He marries a girl who hasn't even a speaking acquaintance with the kitchen range and then he knocks her because the bread s heavy and the meat is burned. view of life and whose tastes were domestic. flapper such as you are, who likes to jazz and run around to cabarets, who You would think that a cultivated man, with literary tastes, would pick out a college graduate for a wife, and that they would have a grand time discussing high-brow stuff together of an evening. On the contrary, he mar- ries one of the beautiful but dumb, and to his amazement he is bored to tears. Yould would think that the man who wants a qulet, dignified wife, who will be a fireside companion to him, would select a girl who took a serious Instead, he falls for a gay little paints her face and rolls her stockings, and then he expects her at once to settle down into being the sort ‘of a woman his mother was. Funny, isn’t it For not one of these men would buy a gas range and expect to find it converted into a radio when they got it home. Nor would they select a jitney and depend upon. its being changed into a limousine as soon as they got it installed in their own ggrage. Yet they seem to think that there is some magic in the marriage ceremony that changes a woman from the kind of a creature she was before marriage into something dia- metrically different as soon as she is married. That I8 why so rthany men are disappointed in their wives, for the poor creatures go on being after their marriage just what they were before, and, to thelr surprise, they find that their line of charms no longer lures. after marriage. ‘The man who thought it so cute for his wife to ask him silly questions before marriage tells her not to be a fool when she asks these same questions ‘The man who raved over a girl's pretty clothes before mar- riage berates her for her extravagance after marriage. The man who bought drinks and smokes for a flapper and took her on wild parties wants her to be dignified and discreet when she is his wife. And 8o it goes. ing of so many marital bonds. D were les very seldom margy? Every man wants Yo cut his wife over according to -his | rest of the world. little pattern, but mighty few ever succeed in the attempt Hence the rend- DOROTHY DIX. JEAR MISS DIX: Why is it that young men living with widowed mothers Is it because they feel the sense of duty toward a parent more strongly than the average young person; is it because the devoted mother mollycoddles them until they become too babyish to resume the responsibilities of a home and family; is it because the good Lord, feeling that a mother should have some one to care for hef, makes the young man, contrary to all nature, per- fectly satisfied to live his life alone; is it because the mother, for selfish rea- lcnlud. ;l»ukel married life an ogre, much to be feared and certainly to be avolded? 3 A SYMPATHETIC BROTH Answer—I had not observed that young men living with widowed mothers three reasons. First, lack of money. apt to marry than other men. If it is true, it may be for one of In thesé days of the high cost of living very few young men can afford to support more than one woman, and in the case |other, where the mother is dependent on the son it is very easy to see why he should feel ‘that he cannot take upon himself the burden of a family. Second, there {8 the mother-in-law bugaboo. enough of life to know that it is a hazardous experiment to put any women living under the same roof. Most young men have seen two They have seen their friends torn to pieces in the fight of their wives and mothers over them, and they are too prudent to risk such an unpleasant fate for themselves. Moreover, many young women flatly refuse to live with a mother-in-law. Often it is a case of deciding between taking a wife or taking care of their mother, and from a sense of duty they steer clear of matrimony. Thirdly, most mothers spoil their sons and surround them with so much physical comfort that the man who lives with his mother does not feel the ,l:eed of a wife as does the man who is batting around hotels and boarding ouses. Probably the great majority of men marry for a home. They want some- body who will cook them the things they like, who will darn their socks and sew on their buttons and make a place for them in which they can take their ease. And when mother does this and supplies this need they are more apt to [ minds the first time spoken to, who drift into bachelorhood than the man who has no woman to coddle him. To these reasons one may add the fact that the average widow who lives with her son does try to quarantine him against matrimony and keep him for herself. She fends away all girls as well as she can. Sometimes a mother makes her bachelor son too selfish to marry, and | half-witted child. “And nothing,” adds the modern boy or girl, “is more sickening than the spectacle of two more saps so gone on each other that they em- barrass everybody else with their ac- tions. Which do you care to please? If you want to be popular with your own crowd and find yourself and the boy friend included in all the best partics, better hearken to the second para- @raph rather than the first. Of course, there's nothing shameful about being in love. It's the sort of thing you can let the world know, but it Isn’t necessary to let them know too often or with too many {llustra- tions. You may say, “Why shouldn't 1 show that I'm in love with Tom if it makes him happy? It doesn’'t embar- rass him in public, and that's all that matters.” But that isn't the only important thing to be considered. You've got to show some consideration for the feel- ings of others. Strangers are usually annoyed by the display of emotion with which they have little sympathy. They- instinctively shrink from the couple who insist on talking baby-talk to each other, embracing each other at intervals of five minutes and gen-, erally behaving like a pair of enam- ored doves. Intelligent people don’t usually act that way. They may be desperately in love, but they show this feeling only to each other, quietly, with a kind of dignity that the more public affection lacks. If you're so wrapped up in the most wonderful man in the world that you can’t take your eyes off him, why not stay home and enjoy his society alone? Don't force your love affair on the Don’t make con- versation impossible while you two gaze into each other's eyes and coo. Yowll both get such dreadful reputa- tions after a while that people will laugh at you, make uncomplimentary remarks about vou. They may sym- pathize with the very real emotion that lies behind your words and ac- tions, but they can’t sympathize with the lack of restraint and delicacy which makes you display that emo- tion to any one who wants to look. There are two young people of our crowd right now who are making trouble for themselves with every one simply because they aren't bothering to consider any one but themselves. In the middle of a general conversa- tion they will suddenly gaze at each laugh silently, exchange a few whispers and embrace. That sort of scene is earning them much unpieas- ant notoriety. If they keep on with their turtle-dove methods, until they're over the newly-wed stage, they'll have scared away most of their old friends. Be as sentimental as you like in private, but soft pedal the affection in public. . Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. Obedience. Absolute obedience and a child who never differs with his parents and never has an opinfon or a plan which they can't wreck with impunity, —would be the state of Elysia (ac- cording to parents)—and surely a And yet it is sometimes he does not marry because he sacrifices his life to his mother's | this state which all parents groan to selfishpgss.® ' D DOROTHY DIX. EAR MISS DIX: Do you think it would be a mistake for a girl to marry a man who, unless she wears the flattest of heels, is an inch shorter than she i8? Do you think it makes them look ridiculous and that strangers { mind—and who has wishes of such would comment on it? Do you think it puts a man in a humiliating position? T(h{‘. 'gl;l and the man are perfectly suited to each other, except in the matter | them out, is surely a stronger per- of height. Answer—This {s silly question No. 999, foolish as a girl seriously considering giving up the man she loves because he | That should be self-evident. QWERTY. I never heard of anything so isn’t quite as tall as she would like him to be. If he was short on brains or morals or manners, that would be another thing, but to be short physically is about the least disability he could possibly have. Some of the littlest men in the world have been the biggest men, Qwerty. So if your sweetheart is all right in every other way, take him and be happy, and pray God to give you a little more common sense. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1026.) The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle * (Copyright. 1926.) p 3 8. 8. An incrustation over a sore. 12 13. 14. 16. 16. 17. 18. Bottle plug. Man'’s name. End of a prayer. Vapor. Possess, Part of a fork. Specles of deer. Latin writer. European ermine. 20. Scat 21. 24. 27. 28, 31. 32. 33. Eve 34 - 37 tters. One who imbibes. Help. ‘Concerning. 8. Large snake. Decisive moment. Be present. en. A drink. In the space that separate: Common laborer, A strong alkall. 7. Inquire. 8. One who shoes horses. . Den. Greedy. Sleeping places. Followed. Sofas. Insertion. . Girl's,name. L Intellect. Saltpeter. € To crack suddenly. Fruit juice. ¥ Man's name. 43. Part of a churchy . Grating. Wiggly fishes. 47. Lubricant. ‘ 48. Small heap of earth. Peppers With Corn. Fry three tablespoonfuls of minced sweet green peppers in two table- gpoonfuls of butter. When brown, 2dd two tablespoonfuls of -flour and rub smooth. To this add one pint of tender sweet corn freshly cut from the cob and half a pint of cream. Stmmer slowly until the corn is done, “"adding salt and pepper to taste, achieve—and a child whom they look upon as perfection. Heaven forbid that they should get their wisheés. A child who is of a determined strength that he will suffer to carry sonality than a child who meekly glves in to every suggestion made to him by a parent and follows it. Natu- fally one cannot allow a child to always follow the dictates of his mind, because it upsets the house- hold in a selfish way, or it is dan- geérous to the child. Children can- not be allowed to break furniture, walk on the street alone at a ten- der age, eat forbidden articles of food and any number of things with which all mothers have to contend. They ceuld and should be allowed to do for more than the average child is allowed to do. Most of the nagging and scolding which falls to the lot of the child is useless because the mother won't take time to think about the child's request, or being in a hurry and nervous, says no for no reason at all. Admit it, mothers. When you are in good humor and rested the children always seem good. When you are tired and nervous they are little demonss Why? Because, in the first place, nothing they ask to do seems impossible and so the day sails on with no rough fwaves and breakers—but when you want things to run smoothly, you refuse every request, every plea to do this or thal nd the children, af- fected by your mood and their im- prisonment, get into every sort of mischief. The small baby beginning to crawl can be kept out of mischief and danger in a play pen, which can be as ornate as one pleases. I have seen them screened in like tiny houses —or they can be four boards, planed smooth so as not to offer splinters ‘for tiny hands, and_competently bolt- ed at the corners. They can be made to.fold so that they can be carried from room to‘room and out of doors. Why scold and slap and spank when so simple an expedient removes almost every cause for irritation when the child is too young to be reasoned with. Later the child can be made to understand that none of us can do everything we wish. Soclety being what it i8, we must learn to be un- selfish. with our playthings, so that we may in turn enjoy the unselfishness of others. We will have to be tied to a tree unless we‘can be trusted not to go on dangerous streets. For our own good we must eat the right foods so that we may enjoy health and all its benefits instead of being {ll and miserable. Most of the things which children want to do are not selves, they are merely annoying to their parents. Overlooking 80 many of these things would eliminate most of the causes for naughtiness. Just to be allowed to do what they want to do, even if it seems silly and useless to the parent, makes for a contented and satisfled chil Having one's wishes and {ideas continually thwarted is bound to make children sullen, lack- 'y:" in inventiveness and inevitably ui ) Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle. harmful to them- FEATURES. Making the Most of Your Looks BY DOROTHY STOTE. Dear Ann: This smart new way of wearing & soft sflk scarf tied in a bov on one shoulder s an inspiration for the girl whose shoulders are too broad. Like an artificlal flower, it lessens the shoulder breadth. Yours for becoming styles, LETITIA. (Copyright. 1926.) * PALE HANDS BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR. Leila Marsh. who has ahcays been ac- customed o idleness, isx left wrinout money.. Becuse she is inexperiented. she i forced ‘1o take a position as 'ady's maid with Mona Kingsley. @ very rich woman. " In the family are ' Richard Mon's husbasd. and Harry. the son Barry” persecutes Leila with i atien tions. and Mona amuses herself by hu miliating the girls Fiehard. who. long ago has learned that Mona does not love him. begins by pilving Leila and then discovers that he cares for her . In the meantime. Mona is amusing herseif with Ronald Cameron.'a voung hachelor. scho ix in love with her Barry peraisis in his persecution of Lei'a until he realizes that he can get nowhere with her. Ry this time he i in love rwith her and de cides 1o marry her. To his amagement, Teila retuses him scorntuily. ‘and. jearn ing ‘of ‘her son's infatuation Mona dis- chargex the giri . Afrerward ihere it a acene beticeen Richard. Barry and Mona Guring wchich Mona accuses Richard o having an wndue interest in /e he does mot admit it to herself. actually Jeaious of Leias wouih Suddenly afrid of losing Aer ovn. She accepts an invitation to a house poriy on Lomg Island. knowing that Ronald is 10 be there. CHAPTER ¥XXVI Fritzie Lang. Mona* paused in the curve of the long staircase. She had removed her hat and coat and was wearing a dress of vi Chinese blue, embroidered in colo It enhanced the pink and white per- fection of her fairness; it turned| her golden hair to an ashy shade | that was almost silver. She looked very beautdful. Below her stretched the large en- trance hall where people were laugh- ing and talking. She had stopped | on the staircase to look them over and see if there were any she knew. A tinkling laugh drew her atten- tion to a small group standing just beneath her. In the center of the group was a tall, dark girl. She| wore a sport dress of yellow flannel| and a jumper of bright red. Her fnky hair was cut straight across her forehead in a thick bang and | swung in half-moons on each side of her facr She was what Mona thought of contemptuously as a typical flapper “3 She swung around the curve of the balustrade and went down two steps. Usually when she made an the tall dark girl in yellow seemed to have monopolized them all. ! Again that tinkling laugh rang out, a laugh like the chiming of silver bells, and was followed by rumble of bass laughter. Mona leaned forward and at the same moment spied Ronny. He was in the group that almost surrounded the girl and was laughing EVERYDAY Answered by DR. S. readers are answered daily ‘So.“'l’fmm president of the Questi PRabrit Sconmets of "Chirehes of Christ in A o apsoar i be. epresentative ‘of B rend "ot thought in the many letters Which he receives. New York City. Is it contrary to Protestant doctrine and practice for members of the Protestant churches to pray for their Joved ones who have gone on before that they may be blessed? ‘Answer—Prayers for the dead are not permissible from the viewpoint of original Protestantism. But there is a wide diversity of theory and practice upon this matter in modern Protes- tantism. In many of its circles the pendulum swings today toward that fellow$hip with Christ and with departed loved ones of which prayer is the essential element. The more humane conceptions of the future life which now prevail have also fostered the habit of praying for those whose interests are precious to ws, either in this world or the next. I beileve it to be a commendable devo- tion. Staten Island, N, Y. What is there in the scientific realm more real than the moral law? And what can science do for us in the higher realms of imagination? Answer—There is nothing more cer- tain in human experience tban the existence of the moral law, and every tribe and nation testifies to its sway. Men have different ideas about it and occupy relative positions toward its highest demands, but all are on some rung of the ethical ladder. Professors of every creed, theological or anti- theological, agree as to the general substance of this law and the reverent obedience which it imposes upon the race. Science Is supreme in the realms of imagination so long as she sticks to her own business. Outside it she is impotent. She cannot pass beyond the phenomena she varifies to the su- preme wisdom and power which cre- ated them. Nor has science, strictly | Ronny. entrance the eyes of every man in | ¥ the room went toward her, but today | 18 with the rest. He seemed unusually interested. more so than Mona had ever seen him, save when he was with her. Ronny as interested as that in some one e Tt was, to say the least, disconcerting. As she came on down the stairs she was conscious of the fact that her confidence had been shaken for the second time in the space of half an hour. She was not so sure of herself as she would have liked. It was this assurance that compelled people to look at her. She wore it like a chal- lenge. She reached the foot of the stalrcase and hesitated for a moment. Surel Ronny would see her and come to her But he evidently did not see her, and at the same time, Edith hailed her from across the "room. As Mona joined the group around the tea table Edith was chatting vivaciously in her bright, false way. She had the insin- cere manner that so many of the women in their set possessed. but it was more obvious in her than in some of the others. ve just been tal my young niece, turning to Mona. “She's the most fas- cinating child. All the men in the place have fallen for her, both young . and old. We're going to have to fight for any attention during this week end, I can see that." At that moment Ronny came across the room to Mona and she turned to greet him. As her blue eyes sought his face a little feeling of relief swept over her, He seemed just the same. “Mona,” he said, almost under his breath, “vou darling" She threw him a look from under her long lashes. “Who is this fascinating Fritzie? She seems to have all the men en- thralled. You didn't even see me éome down stairs.” Ronny half turned so that he could see the girl. A group of men still surrounded her, and they all seemed to be hanging on her words. “Friezie Lang. Edith’s niece,” said “She’'s a peach. You'll like 17" thought Mona vi- “We'll see about that.” Aloud weetly: “Just a flapper, 1 admit she’s un- ally pretty. “She’'s not only pretty,” Ronny re- turned with more eagerness than he realized, “‘but she has a darned good head on her shoulders. She's the uickest thing in repartee I've ever et. Just wait till you hear her line. I'll bring her over and introduce you." (Covsright. 1926.) (Continued in Monday's Star.) QUESTIONS PARKES CADMAN to final vetory. So why not marry the power of knowledge to the power of faith? They run well in h@rness. Chicago, 111 Isn't it true that the smaller! the country the more successful a demo. cratic form of government will be, and vice versa? Answer—Pure democracy is an ideal which has never yet been reduced to practice. Representative democracy, whether in large or small countries, depends upon its moral quality for its efficiency and stability. Some states, like ancient Rome, were both saved and doomed by their hugé expansions in territory and in- crease of population. The state named gradually passed from a nominal de- mocracy into an actual, imperial tyr- anny. On the other hand, Great Britain has developed from a near absolute mon- archy into a world-wide but democra- tized empire. The boldness of the American con- stitutional experiment was heightened by its application to a continental area. Modern democracies, such as once existed to a given extent in the free cities of Europe, and which still exist in the Swiss confederacy, oper- ated within very circumscribed limits. Yet they were and are no more free or more efficient than Great Britain and our own republic. Our doctrine of popular sovereignty is now accepted and practiced by 48 federalized commonwealths, some of which are themselves nations in point of size and population. The term democracy is used in this question in a loose way. Yet what- ever may be the implications, democ- racy always requires a strong, vigor- ous national heart to pump good blood to the confines of so large a political frame as the United States of America. The permissible conclusion would seem to be that the probity, freedom and power of the central government, rather than the size of the country, are the decisiva factors in the success of a flexible and representative de- defined, any test to apply which dis- tinguishes between the merits of a Beethoven symphony and those of a music-hall ditty. That the difference is infinite we know, but we do not de- rive that knowledge from science. In so far as life’s spiritualities are con- cerned, the scientific imagination must yield precedence to the religious im- r.llnl.flom Boston, Mass. Instead of affrming that “knowledge 1s power,” would it not be better for a Christian to afirm that “faith is power? Answer—Are you not trying to make two truths quarrel when they should be good friends? Obviously, knowledge is power. Who can deny it? I was once in a home where the lights went out and the father did not know how to put in a new fuse. But his 14-year-old son did. And on came the lights.* ‘The tractor driver who had to get an engineer to start it was taught a simi- lar lesson in a more impressive way. The engineer tapped the tractor with his hammer and the wheels moved im- mediately. His bill read: “For starting the tractor, 26 cents; for knowling how to do it, §25.” ‘The power of faith, however, is morally greater than the power of knowledge. The triumphs of faith strew the pages of history. This re- ublic was one of those triumphs. R¥ashington's . faith = brought igh disappointment and deception There was a young lady of —1— ‘Whose pa made a fortune in —2—j He bought for his —3— ° A tutor who —4— To balance green peas on her —8-—, 1. City in Ireland. 2. Flesh of hogs. . Feminine child. P ; feminine pronoun; objective (two words). . Table implement. . NOTE—Complete this limerick by placing the right words, indicated by the numbers, in the corresponding spaces and you'll see what the young lady learned. The answer and anoth- er “Puzlick” will appear here on Monday. Yesterday's “Puzzlick.” Two men on a big sofa lolled At a club where there’s wit manifold;, Said one: “Let me think—"" T’other cried: “Better drink, To try novelties now you're too old!" (Cgoyright. 1926.) ———— During the past year more than $2,- 00,000,000 was spent in this coun amusements, whi ich the Gov- ernment collected ,000,000