Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1926, Page 24

/ 'REAL ESTATE, Vogue for Wrought Iron Growing BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. WROUGHT IRON IS IN HIGH FAVOR, BOTH IN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR DECORATION. . Tt is a great joy to those who are lovers of fine wrought metal work to notice the vogue it is now enjoying. Wrought iron is in high favor, both inside and outside of a house, Great gates of marvelous intricacies, garden seats that will withstand the ravages of time and weather for ages, tables that are stanch and stable as well as of rare workmanship are among the costly things for out-of-door appoint- ments. Those for indoors are less expensive, of course, when size is taken into account, but size is not everything. Exquisite, traceries of bent work, grace of line and form, delicacy of articles that is nothing short of marvelous in the wrought metal comprise some of the charms of this present vogue. Already we are famillar with the wrought-iron lamps which have be- come o immensely popular within the past two or three years. These were the forerunners of the fashion which next showed itself in stands for large crystal bowls filled with water in which fish disported themselves. To this particular wrought-iron idea is now added the home aquarium with shapely base and open-topped, square or rectangular glass container or tank. In such an aquarium sea plants and quaint Japanese bridges form pic- turesque elements. In line with the lamp and the aquarium style of wrought-iron work come the tall bases which support copper, brass or pot- tery bowls for plants or cut flowers. They are so ornamental in themselves that when empty they yet are satis- factory Novelty in Curtain Rods. The most striking noveltles in wrought-iron household furnishings see them them for windows or portieres, hang- ings as they are now more fashion- ably termed. The supports are deco- rative elements in themselves, and the tips of the rods seem actually to be blossoming out in graceful flowers and leaves. The floral idea is carried out in innumerable odd and artistic harmonies in andirons. In these things and in the majority of others the metal toning and coloring deserve special mention. Gold, silver, rust and gay tones are blended in esthetic harmonies. Wrought-Iron Furniture. In actual household furniture wrought iron is decidedly in evidence, It chimes in with old Italian furniture to perfection. There are tables with dark marble tops, benches with tops of such colors as the Italians delight in and which add so much beauty to their homes. There are Roman chairs in Savanarola style. And there are scores of hanging wall shelves, some for books, some for ornaments, some for both, but all of them wall decora- tions in themselves. 0ld Pieces Renewed. And now, having given a glimpse of some of the choice yet not neces- sarily expensive wrought-iron furnish- ings and accessories, let me remind all home-makers who have any wrought-iron articles that now is the time to give them their proper place in rooms and in gardens. Many houses have such things tucked away in store closets. Even fragments of the iron- work can be used to advantage. A round or square piece can be turned into a fireplace trivet by having legs added of iron. A blacksmith could do this. Sconces can be made of such pleces also, or bookends can be fash- ioned from them. Whatever you have, be sure to use it now in some way or another. EVERYDAY QUESTIONS Answered by DR. S. Questions from readers are answered daily by Dr_ S Parkes Cadman. presi of the Federal Council of Churches in Amenica. Dr. Cadman secks r inquirics that appear to be Fepresentative of the trends of thought in the many letters which he receives. Roanoke, Va. I am called a neurotic by the high- brows and a crank by the low brows because 1 crave sympathy intensely and am very sensitive to the neglect of othe My health and happines situation” at home and also are at stake. Pleas me how I can overcome these traits. Answer—From the entire content of your despondent letter, T judge that your obsession is yourself. control you demand far more from life than life has to give. Reverse vour mental gearings. Bestow pathy Instead of eraving it. Study the feelings and desires of others rather than your own. Modify the subtle egoism which is your handicap in the hard competition imposed upon all alike. Heed the practical hints of candid friends, not of sloppy senti- mentalists. Perhaps you have heard of your kindred spirit who entered a restau- | rant for breakf: and ordered a ta turn waiter to bring him coffee, fruit, hot rolls, two medium-boiled eggs and a few kind words Without repl: produced the food. “You have not completed my order.” said the customer. ‘“‘Where are few kind words”" “Don't eat them egg: replied the walter as he disappeared. I advise you to cultivate his salu- tary kind and be e of gushers. he waiter promptly Onset, Mass. Of course, the question of belief in a Divine Spirit is a matter of faith, and cannot be proved by a compass | or measuring rule, but the question I want to ask_is thi Is not the question of divinity proved (as well as it can be proved to finite minds) by the Jaw of compensa- tion? In other words, dves not the case of Helen Keller prove the existence of & Divine Spirit? Answer—Helen Keller's phenomenal case certainly shows that severe limi- tations react in a concentration of mind and will which overcomes them. This proces: ture, who, prudent and persis the utmost, no sooner is hindered in one quarter than she doubles her energies in anothe! .To the religious intelligence these experiences suggest the control of the Supreme and Benevolent Mind which often readjusts human life and com- flicted people them ctor in the game. children and blind_adults frequently manifest amazing cheerfulness. Crip- ples of various ages display inventive faculties for getting about. One can call these traits the outcroppings of dtvinity if he chooses. I have often observed them in my pastoral career, and few contacts have more pro- foundly moved me. But the word “proof” is too rigid to apply accu- rately to such indications of a higher divinity. * They are acts of trust in God and in one's self; of the faith which laughs at impossibilities and says, “It shall be done.” The faith described by the letter to the Hebrews as “the assurance of things hoped for"—a conviction of things not seen. The philosophy behind Helen Keller's case and others equally impressive, Under its | ym- | the | promptly | PARKES CADMAN though not so familiar, is vital rather than logical; scriptural rather than sclentific, The attitude she commends is not one demanding formal *proof” so much as conviction and confidence. Some theology of today has abandoned the scholastic search for an Aristote- lian mold of syllogisms in which to cast all its doctrines. It proceeds on the principle that the universe puts a premium on the believer who is will- ing to take a chance first and receive his confirmations later. Advance proofs are not guaranteed, but faith, in the scientist as well as the theolog- la:} or the invalid, still removes moun- tains. | Detroit, Mich. T have often wondered why Jesus | chose St. Peter as the chief of the apostles instead of St. John, the dis- ciple whom He loved, to whom He commended His mother from the cross. Can you cast any light on this matter? Answer—I hesitate to interpret the motives of the Master in this matter. Yet may not Peter ha been chosen because his Lord saw in him the impulsivene v, repentance, generosity and capacity for sacrifice which erring mortals welcome in their fellow men and women { Perhaps I can illustrate it by the feelings one has two great poets. However much one reverences { Milton. one can hardly he love him. But there are few who, know Burns, do not love him, despite | failures. Nor should it be for- gotten that Christ’s incarnation per- fectly ed the humanness which onse to His Gospel. | that the Apostle of t k should lead the infant | Church in a rude and boisterous age. | For this purpose He seems to have been better fitted than the sublime mystic, St. John, who was built for | retirement and meditation. HOW IT STARTED | | | {chocolate mixture DESPAIR BY FLORENCE DAVIES. A brilliant English writer, Percy Ainsworth, has said: “Of all the luxuries of life, perhaps the most unwarrantable and’in the end the most wasteful and costly is the luxury of despair. And how many there are who indulge in it! “A man may have to walk in a deep shadow, but he has no right to sit in it. Much less has he the right to assume that shadow loosens for him the bonds of duty or absolves him from the claims of the world’s work.” Many people fail to see that despair is a luxury. They cannot understand that it is often a sort of self-indulg- ence. Most of us think of luxuries as be- ing of a purely physical nature— breakfast in bed, limousines, squab for breakfast, ropes of pearls. But the really wasteful luxuries are those of the mind. One of the biggest of these is the luxury of leaning back on the soft cushion of self-pity, or of sitting in the shadow of despair. ‘The shadow itself, with its attend- ing depression, may be something which cannot be helped. ;The thing that can be helped is to give up under it, to “sit down” in the “shadow in- stead of to keep moving and to keep fighting toward the sunshine. Then, too, there is the luxury of belleving that trouble excuses one from all the usual duties and obligations. “That woman ought not to be blamed for being cross and irritable and hard to live with,” some one says, “because she is half sick all the time.” To a certain extent that is true. But isn't it a kind of mental luxury to make capital of our ills? That old joke about “‘enjoying poor health” is often literally true. We bear our in- dispositions with a secret satisfaction, because they excuse us from meeting life fairly and squarely. The shadows, as Percy Ainsworth says, can't be helped. We, all of us, have to walk in them sometimes. But at least we can keep moving. We don’t have to sit in them. “Up and fi;\" seems to be the ultimate rule of e. MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. For the Sick Child. One Mother Says: The child that is sick or has a nat- urally delicate appetite must have his food prepared for him in an attractive manner. One thing that I have found to be pleasing is toast, well browned and cut into fancy shapes with a cookie cutter. This can be served with a glass of orange julce and will seldom fail to tempt the most delicate. * ok k ok Is your child’s diet a problem to you? Then you will welcome the booklet, “100 Ideas for Mothers,’} con- talning many suggestions like the above on preparing - wholesome food attractively. This booklet may be se- cured for 12 cents in stamps from the Mothers’ Bureau, Room 930, 440 South Dearborn street, Chicago, Il (Covyrixht. 1926.) el Raisin Cream Cake. Cream one-half a cupful of butter and one cupful of sugar thoroughly, add one teaspoonful of vanilla and the beaten yolks of three eggs. Sift two cupfuls of flour with two level teaspoonfuls of baking powder and add alternately with one-half a cup- ful of milk. Add the stifly beaten whites last. Bake in two layers. ‘When cold, spread thickly with raisins which have been put through a food chopper, then with a thick layer of whipped cream. Put on the last layer and spread as before with raisins and whipped cream. Meat in Peppers. Sweet green peppers make one of the nicest receptacles for the use of cold meats, such as beef, mutton or chicken. Chop the m ne and mix it with an equal quantity of cold rice or bread crumbs. Add a few tomatoes with seeds removed and chopped fine, some chopped onion and a little salt. | Remove the tops and seeds from the peppers, scald and wash them, fill with the meat mixture and stand in a baking dish. Add one-half a cupful of stock or water and a little butter and bake in a slow oven for 1 hour, Ice-Box Pudding. Make this the day before and let it nd in the ice box all night and serve it as cold a gether one-fourth cupfu one-fourth cupful of s ne-half bars of cho stantly until it i4 smooth and Add five well beaten egg volk and cook for a few seconds. Remove from the fire and fold in the stiffly beaten whites of five eggs. Line a bowl with lady fingers or thin nar- ces of sponge cake, and fill the with alternate layers of the and lady fingers Serve with whipped cream. bhowl EAT AND BE HEALTHY Dinah Day’s Daily Talks on Diet The Right Food Is the Best Medicine Not Necessarily Expensive. So much money goes for food. The meals are prepared and eaten. The’ housewife has a continual successioh of breakfasts, lunche$, dinners. Some- times it seems very humdrum. But when you realize that food means good or bad health for the family an important interest enters the market- ing job. Is your money buying health? It is always well to remember that good food is cheaper than medicine. ‘The body needs protein for tissue building; fuel for carbohyvdrate (starch and sugar); foods for energy; fat foods for energy also; and protective foods for mineral salts and vitamins. Now, in the protein foods we can list milk first. Besides protein, milk is laden with calcium and vitamins A and B. Vitamen C, which is also present in raw milk, is destroyed in heating, and is therefore not present in pasteurized or boiled milk. But the lime salts are always present in milk. It is a valuable food, and for children an absolute necessity. No matter what the cost, it is a cheap food,. con- sidering what it furnishes the body. Then in protein foods we also have meats, eggs, fish, cheese, beans. Whole-grain cereals are also filled with protein, mineral salts and vitamins. A pound of top chuck ground into hamburger provides as much taste and nourishment as a pound of round steak ground. A pound of top chuck cooked slowly in beef stew or en cas- serole yields as much protein and far more taste than a pound of round steak so cooked, and the cost is less. Lamb’s liver is delicately flavored, tender, and has vitamins as well as Right for Writing. It isn't necessary to be a judge of writing paper to be able to seleet the proper one for your needs—that is, you needn’t tire yourself with tech- nical points. Buying good writing paper is an easy matter for the ama- teur if she knows how. - Don't select a size of paper which may be in fashion or the size your most admired friend uses. The size of the paper should depend upon the style of your penmanship. If you write a large, sprawling hand, you will naturally require a good sized sheet of paper. On the other hand, a small hand looks lost and obscure on a large sheet. For practical reasons, size should be considered first. A person with a large hand finds a small sheet cramping, and the reverse is true. Correspondence cards should form part of your stationery supply. They solve the problem of writing short notes. They save you time: which might be spent trying to fill space, and they save paper. Again, the size of the card should depend on your handwriting. Stiff cards are prefer- able, because they may be used for formal invitations and replies. You may not care what produces the texture and surface of paper, but you are interested in both of them. Try your pen on a sample before you order or purchase paper. Avoid rough paper if it hinders the easy flowing Our Children Justice. Helen and Robert are twins. That is, they were born on the same day— but if they share anything .else, either looks or temperament, nobody has discovered it. They glory in be- ing as different as possible and tell- ing the world about it out loud. They can be heard long before they are seen, and Helen is usually crying as she protests volubly against Robert's injustice. A robin built her nest low down in the crotch of a_ yellow birch . tree. Helen claimed all the birds in the garden, and Robert grudgingly gave way to her. But that did not pre- vent the clash of interests and conse- quent battle of tongues. The robin went placidly about her business and soon there were four eggs in the nest, and Helen was counting the days until the family would arrive. Then it happened. There were red squirrels and chip- munks about, of course. Helen hated them - because they disturbed the birds, but Robert loved them because they were so bright and quick and could climb trees with such grace and agllity. They could do what longed to do and could not. They did the tree climbing he could not do, so they became that part of him that longed to scamper to the topmost twig of a tree and balance there deflantly. r “Your old squirrels did it,” sobbed Helen angrily. “I know they did.” “They did not. How do you know | they d@id? How do you know it?" “1 saw him. I did. I saw him wiping his whiskers.” many salable new houses 15tk | “All's Well That Ends Well.” This is one of the most popular sayings in common speech. No mat- ter what trouble one may have gone through, what travaille been ex perienced, if everything comes out| all right the suffering can be for- gotten. There is no more consoling reflec- | tion in such a case than “All's well | H that ends well.” 1 This is a very old proverb having | its origin in a work published in | 3 called the “Gesta Romanorum,” | th® first English version of which appeared in 1824. In the original 1473 edition we find: *Si finis bonus | | est, totum bonum erit (if the end be well, all will be weil.” | The *“Gesta Romanorum” is one of | the most popular collections of anec- dotes of the later Middle Ages. It consists of 181 stories, originally written in Latin and supposedlyi i based on episodes in Roman history. The stories were very short and sim- ple, pointing a moral on the order of modern juvenile literature. They were widely read and have been translated into many languages. —_— Jumping costs of living in France are expected to be followed by further gemands for wage increases. 3714 Reno Road CHEVY CHASE Just Completed ¥ English Type Brick i Eight large rooms, sive of finished a fl (one shower), ely 'Z an exclusive community. ' Price Right Terms Reasonable Open §unday 1:30 to 7 P.M. Thomas J. Fisher & Co., Inc. 738 15th Street N.W.* t |3 i ! WHEN WE GO SHOPPING BY MRS. HARLAND H. ALLE! he’| T Attention, Real Estate Salesmen = We Need Two Additional New House Salesmen Experience preferred—not necessary. calf's liver. But the calf's liver costs | three times as much. i Many think a nourishing meal must | have meat. But fish, eggs, cheese or | beans can furnish the protein for a | Po- | macaroni supply | starchy food. Ouly one at a time should appear in a meal. And the | protective mineral element can be represented by the lowly carrot, tur- nip, onion, beet and cabbage, instead of by artichokes, asparagus or green peas. Tomatoes are valuable food, | containing mineral salts and the vita- mins A, B and C. But when only hot- | house tomatoes are to be had, cabbage | can appear in the menu and supply | mineral salts and vitamins A, B| and C. | No food completely replaces an-| other. So a variety of foods s more | likely to furnish health. As the sea- sons change different foods appear in the markets. Nature seems to coax+ her children to partake of her bounty. | Fruits are a necessary part of the daily diet. When strawberries are out of season, one can eat apples. When berries are gone, one can eat prunes. Food economy does not mean en- tirely doing without necessary foods. It means skillful use of the season- able foods. It means buying the cheaper of the source of protein or carbohydrate or mineral group of foods. The skill of the cook and the amount of time she can spend turn- ing the cheaper staple foods into at- tractive and palatable dishes play an important part in food costs. meal and no meat at all appear. tatoes, rice and Readers desiring personal answers to their questions should sengl self-addressed. stamped envelope to Dinah Day, care of The Star. of your pen. The other extreme is just as bad—that is, a glossy finish may take ink too freely for your writing. Of course, your own penmanship has much to do with the results you will obtain on the different kinds of paper. A fine penmanship is best suited to a glazed paper and a heavy penmanship is best suited to a rela- tively rough finish. Other things be- ing suitable, whether you will have a bond paper, linen finish or glove or kid finish, is a matter of personal choice. Don't forget that if you over- look getting the finish or surface suited to your penmanship it will re- act on your correspondence. White continues to be the most fashionable color for social stationery. Delicate shades other than pink and baby blue are often used by young girls. Many women have their white paper bordered by a colored band or two. Dark shades of paper should be avoided because of the fllegibility of the writing ink on dark backgrounds. Some women use white ink, but the combination is often displeasing to the eye and taste. If you have a seal ring, you may use that monogram engraved in that on your paper. Some women prefer a single letter for the family’s surname, because then the whole family can use the paper and share the cost. It is customary to have the monogram or initial in the upper left-hand cor- ner, so that the right-hand corner may be used for the date and address. By Angelo Patri “Did you see him eating them?” “If I'd seen him eating them I'd a killed him with a rock. I know he did it. What else was he wiping his whiskers for?” “You make me sick. A red squirrel hasn’t any whiskers. He only- “He won't have any whiskers when I get through with him. I'm going to get dad’s twenty-two and shoot him.” “You're not.” “I . “Ma-mah.” “Ma-mah.” “What in the world is the trouble | out there? Can't you two agree for | more than flve minutes? What's the matter?” is old squirrel ate up my robin's eggs and— “He did not. She didn’t see him.” “And I'm going to shoot him with | dad’s twenty-two. ' I'm going to haye Justice.” “Justice? What do you know about justice, Helen? If you mean ven- geance, that's stupid, and if you mean justice you're silly. You never had Justice dealt out to you in your life. I don’t like the idea of a life for a life. Robert, you keep still. Those | squirrels are a pest. You know very well Helen couldn’t shoot anything; couldn’t if she tried, and she wouldn't try. “Helen, stop crying. That robin will build another nest higher up and where squirrels can’t reach it. Rob- ert, you'll have to do something about those squirrels.” But what? (Covright. 1926.) (Mr. Patri will give personal attention to inquires from parents and school teachers on care and development of children. ~Write him. care of this paver. inclosing self-ad- dressed. stamped envelope.) We have able 10 houses sold since August This is an opportunity for young men of selling Come in and talk it over See William Todd Shapiro-Katz Realty Co. Realtors-Builders 1416 K St. N.W. S | BARARAAAAAAAARARAARANARARAAAARAAS, New Detached Colonial Homes ILarge lots, six rooms and bath, large attic, built-in plumbing fixtures, porches. inclosed Best of construction. sleeping and breakfast The Best Buy in the City of Washington Sample House 2621 17th St. N.E. Drive out Rhode Island Ave. to 16th PL N.E. (17th St. under construction.) OPEN-DAILY 1 to 8 P.M. Phone Us and We Will Drive You Out JOS. A. HERBERT & SONS 1013 15th St. N.W. Main 4590 | that it is impossible to achieve an ef- | fect. |an HOME NOTES BY JENNY WREN. | The small house is most decidedly | having its day, for servants are few and the lady of the house is usually its caretaker also. For this reason, if not for the sake of bullding costs, the small house deserves serlous con- sideration from the home builder. Many people still mistakenly believe fect of distinction in small-house de- sign. Clever architects are disproving this belief every day with new and delightful designs for small houses that satisfy every artistic sense as well as being paragons of convenience and comfort. The charming little house shown here has been carefully designed with an eye to dignity and picturesque ef- Its double-story porch creates illusion of spaciousness and fits Palladian window gives distinction. (Copyright. 1926.) Clues to Character BY J. 0. ABERNETHY. The Suave, Diplomatic Type. There are men who seck occupa- tions where they may attain their ends by persuasion rather than by fighting. They are the narrow heads, and you seldom find them in executive positions where aggressiveness is necessary for success. Doubtless you know the type of man who always tries to be agreeable, even under the most trying circum- stances, and who dreads to say no— the chap who nevér seems to quite make up his mind. He is the suave, diplomatic, oily individual whom you | encounter in business and social life. It is not difficult to visualize this type, for we meet him every day. Do you know why he endeavors to avold unpleasant moments and_why he would rather give in than to fight? It is because he has a narrow head. There are certain faculties of the DT (bt make n man aggressive, and in this man they are not well developed. “"Narrow heads make good book- keepers, secretaries and clerks, but seldom succeed as salesmen, as they are not aggressive enough. They are men of indecision. They are passive and hesitate to take a stand for or against you. They will seek advice of friends and will be guided by their judgment and opinfons. Even though they dislike your proposition, they seldom will tell you so frankly, but will strive to put you oft by pleading time to “think it over.” (Copyright, 1926.) e Coffee Souffle. Mix one and one-half cupfuls of coffee, one tablespoonful of gelatin, one-third cupfuls of granulated su- gar, and one-half a cupful of milk. Heat in a double boiler. Add the volks of three eggs beaten slightly and mixed with one-third cupful of graulated sugar and one-third tea- | spoonful of salt. Cook until it thickens. Add the whites of the eggs beaten stiff and one-half a tea- spoonful of vanilla. Mold, chill, and serve with whipped cream. Spiced Bread Pudding. JPour three cupfuls of scalded milk over one-half a cupful of fine stale bread crumbs. Let soak about 10 minutes to soften, then add one cup- ful of molasses, two well beaten eggs, one teaspoonful each of cinnamon and salt, one-half a teaspoonful of all- spice, one-fourth teaspoonful of ground cloves, two teaspoonfuls of ginger and one-third cupful of melted butter or margarine. Stir until well mixed, pour into a greased baking dish, and bake in a moderate oven for 1 hour. This pudding is equally delicious when served warm or cold. mmeee Contesting for the right of way at strect intersections is a main cause of automobile accidents, say: REAL ESTATE. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. strong for the dry-cleaning method and I don't ke wet water on my skin. If the Court Pleases. An attorney submits the appeal of tional Safety Counci a fireman’s widow for death benefit from the pension fund, and asks me to air my opinfon of the merits of the case. The woman maintains that her hus- band contracted his last illness while on duty fighting a fire. She asserts that the hose burst and he caught his death of cold by getting dripping wet and continuing on duty in his wet clothing the rest of the nfght. From this severe cold, she maintains, the flu_developed. The authorities administering the pension fund hold that there is noth- ing in the records to show that the fireman died from any other than nat- ural causes, and the law governing the pension fund provides pensions only for widows of men killed or men who have died from injuries received in the performance of duty. On the question of whether a wet- ting from a burst hose constitutes an injury, I am not qualified to testify. But I am qualified to testify that no such wetting could kill a fireman or even make him sick. No such wetting could make even me sick—and I am not at all accus- tomed to getting my body wet. I am My Neighbor Says: When beating eggs take care that your beater is clean, for any grease on it will preyent the eggs from frothing. When ironing have some kitchen salt on & board close at hand. It is most useful for smoothing the irons. To remove the smell of cook- ing pour into a basin of boiling water about five drops of ol of lavender. In a few minutes all smell of cooking will have dis- appeared. Turn your window boxes once a week. It is a mistake to allow plants to grow always in one direction. When preparing mustard, in- stead of using water, mix with a little milk and a pinch of salt. It keeps the mustard soft and makes it go farther. Bamboo furniture needs slight- ly different treatment from the ordinary hardwood articles, the fiber requiring “feeding” from time to time in order to prevent it cracking from excessive dry- ness. It should be rubbed reg- ularly with a mixture of linseed oil and turpentine, applied with a flannel, followed by a brisk polish with soft rags. Bamboo furniture should also be exposed as much as possible to the air and kept as far away from the fire as convenient. I can further testify that lots of folks ‘who wallow and soak and almost mac. erate in vast tubs of water every day or even twice in the same day, are Just as strong as I am in every way The fireman apparently contracted influenza or pneumonia and suc cumbed. Well, that probably was no fault of his; somebody handed it to him, perhaps while he was on duty, and he just went home and died, even as you or I. It seems pretty mean and small and unreasonable and un fair for the authorities to quibble about handing the fireman's widow her poor pittance, anyhow. If the {liness was no fault of the man's, why rob his widow of the pension to which she is entitled? If the fireman met his death through some negligence or misconduct or fault of his own, it ‘would be fair enough to deny the pen- sion. These pension funds and sick insurance outfits and lodge death ben- efits are so full of tricky little dodge holes that the persons responsible for them ought to be ashamed to ac- knowledge their official responsibility They must be a lot of darn mean men, no matter who provides the funds. A man who consents to serve in any official or administrative capac- ity like that deserves the stigma of R. W. O—Robber of Widows amd Orphans. He serves for the petty 1y he gets out of it, not for honor, for there is no honor among the R. W. 0. Many cases occur in the Scourts, where similar claims are set up—- pneumonia or some other serious or fatal {llness from exposure to cold or we Of course, there is no scientific evidence to support such a fancy But, as a rule, the court feels compe tent to decide the trifling question without much consideration for medi- cal evidence. Indeed, so far as I know, the question of whether ex- posure to cold or wet can really cause any disease has never been definitely raised in court. The courts ordinarily assume that ‘rifi'ng matter {s a set- tled fact, and the fact, for the pur- poses of the court, seems to be what- ever notion pleases the court. Attorneys are not very alert when this question arises (Copyright. 1926.) Wheat Griddle Cakes. Sift together a pint and a half of flour, a teaspoonful of salt and three rounded teaspoonfuls of baking pow der. Beat together three eggs and a pint and a half of milk, or half milk and half lukewarm water, and add a tablespoonful of melted lard or but ter. Mix the dry ingredients with the liquid ones, beating to perfect smooth- ness. If the batter seems too thick after frying a_small cake, add more milk. This will serve four people. Mr. House Owner!! 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