Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1927, Page 23

WOMA N’S PAGE. BY MARY MARSHALL. The only reason why polka dots ever go out of siyle is that when they are in style they become so very popular that the es when we see them so of sometimes in such unattractive that we' just grow weary of them. Then the only thing to do is to put the fashion on the shelf and fc t about it about what the big They know that after "ana suise =y POLKA-DOTTED AND WHITE IS > BINED WITH PLA BROWN IN THIS FROCK DESIGNED BY WORTH OF PARIS. AN INTER- NG DETAIL Is WHITE UNDERSLE BROWN LY COM- SVES. a few se for polka dots again. There is something about the polka dot most obvious of figures. The making of polka-dotted fabrics does not leave very much to the fabric designer. As a matter of fact the effect of the dotted material depends very much on the size of the dots—and their size compared with the spaces between. There really is no end to the riety very attractive BEDTIME STORIE Peter in a Bad Fix. The one who never admits defeat You may not hope to_ever beat —O0ld Mother Nature. That kind cannot be beaten. It may look as if they were beaten, but if they won't admit it, you'll find in the end that they haven't been beaten after all. Peter Rabbit wasn't worrying. In fact, he was rather enjoying the situ- ation. It rather tickled him to know how close he was to Reddy Fox, yet how safe. Ypu know, Peter was in the middle df;the idhg, hollow log _which was open at both ends. Reddy was outside. The hollow was big enough for Peter, but not big enough for Reddy Fox. Reddy would go to one end and sniff. Then he would £0 to the other end and sniff. Inside Peter simply chuckled. “He says he's going to stay here until T have to come out,” said Peter to himself. “But if 1 know anything sbout it, his stomach will make him move along bhefore mine makes me iy, EIGHBOR AID HE, “THAT HUNGRY AS L.’ *I TAKE WEASEL YOU ARE His probably has for some time, while 1 dinner just before 1 c: 1 guess I can stay Reddy can, and perfectly safe here Reddy talking to” Peter pricked up his long ears, Out side Reddy Fox was talking to son one. Who could it 1 If it were Mrs. Reddy. or Old Granny Fox, why things might be serious. One could keep watch while the other hunted They could take turr < would be a bad fix indeed Peter stole a little nearcr to one end of the old log in order to hear better Almost at once Peter’s heart ne turned with Reddy Fox wis 45 Shadow Kie Weasel . was talking to Shadow S5ic small that o anywhere that Peter can ny places that Peter cannot dow should take it into his hend inside that hol low log 11 nothing for Petér to de the other end as fast as his lezs could ¢ him. AS een empty got a d ame in here. So just as long as longer. I am Hello! Who is move. < talking Yes, sir, Rede the Weasel, '8 he can nd 1 ald leave by Things 2re better than they seem So the cheerful writers say — Oftentimes french pastry though Strikas me ‘just fl;n. other way. HE LITTLE | ms women will be ready | It is one of the | 'y | to Baltimore or F hang ance that can be gained simply by ing the size of the dots and dis | of ‘one dot from the ne | Then, of course, there are differen torts of dots. Ring dots are usually well liked. And there are designs showing dots of graded sizes, but these are not, strictly speaking, polka dots. It is the old-fashioned solid uniform dot that is in favor at present, and these dots are usually fairly close to White dots on a navy blue have a crisp, fresh ap that usually makes them | better liked in Spring than Autumn | White dotted brown material is not €0 usual, but Worth of Paris has shown recently a frock made of white dotted brown crepe de chine that has been much admired. It is, as polka dotted frocks should always be, severcly simple. (Convright, 1 MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. rapefruit Oatmeal with Cream Baked Omelet Bacon Curls Hot Corn Cake Doughnut Coffee Fruit Chicken Fricassee hed Potatoes Creamed Cauliflower alad Chease Balls Pudding Coffee SUPPER Lobster a la Newbur; Parker House Rolls Preserved Peaches Lemon Tarts Tea BAKED OMELL One tablespoonful melted lard four ezgs, cight tablespoonfuls milk, one-half teaspoonful corn starch, two tablespoonfuls wa- ter, salt and pepper to taste. Beat eggs well, add milk and beat again. Add lard, season ing and cornstarch, mixed with water. ‘Turn into greased fire- proof dish and bake in mod- erate oven 15 minutes. Serve hot. CHICKEN FRICASSEE. Let chicken boil in salted wuter until it comes to pleces. Into broth (there should be alout one and one-half quarts) put one and onehalf pints milk and let come to boil. Mix out three-fourths cup flour with cold water (be sure there are no lumps), and add to broth. Stir well, add salt and pepper to taste. This is for a four or five pound chicken, LEMO ARTS. To pulp and grated rind one large lemon add one cup sugar two tablespoonfuls melted but- ter and three ezgs beaten sep- arately. Line gem pans ‘with rich paste, fill with mixture and bake in moderately hot oven, BY THORNTON W. BURGESS Reddy was speaking in his pleasantest way. “I take it, Neighbor Weasel,” said he, “that you are as hungry as I. Now, I know how we can have a fine meal. Yes, sir, I do so.” “How?” ‘inquired Shadow: and by the sound of his voice it was plain that he was suspicious. “It's this way,” replied Reddy,‘still speaking pleasantly. “With your help I can catch Peter Rabbit.” “What good will that do me?” snapped Shadow the Weasel. “Well make a bargain,” replied Reddy. “You help me, and when I have caught him, we'll divide him.” Peter shivered when he heard that. “How do you want me to help?” inquired Shadow. “Well.” replied Reddy. “Peter is in that hollow log over there. If you will go in at one end and drive him out at the other end I will ca! him as he comes out. There isn't a chance in the world that he can get away. All that is necessary is for you to g0 in at one end while I wait at the other.” Perhaps you can guess how Peter was feeling by this time. He was in a dreadful fi If Shadow should come into that hollow log he would have to get out. If he didn't, Shadow would kill him there. If he went out, Reddy Fox would kill him outside. “I wish I were back in the dear Old Briar Patch,” sobbed Peter under his breath. Then he listened once more. | (Copyright. 1927.) WINTER BY D. C. PEATTI Tramping. The mild, russet Winter that we know, when many days have skies | gently blue and weather as open and | soft as March, is the time in all the | vear when it is best to tramp. No heat, no dust, no mosquitoes or chig- gers, and mot an enemy but cold, if, | indeed, that is not really the tramper’s friend. Put on your thick shoes, wear | a sweater, not an overcoat, and an old hat, take your stick and your | pipe and vour oldest gloves, and vou | have the tramper’s full equipment. | But 1 am forgetting—there is one other thing indispensable. That is a light and foolish heart One cannot vead Shelley with delight while try- | ing at the same time to figure out | | one's income tax. And the tramper | should likewise divest himself of all purpose. It is a great error | to tramp for the sake of getting some- | where. 1t you are in a hurry to get alls Church or Har by all means take the it of the tramper is not | pers Ferry. tain. The sp in vou Tramping ers, or ment; it h ment. On is like riding going up in the Mo no purpose but enjoy. needs time to look around, to listen to every crow pow-wow in ! the pine grovi to hear the lisping of the ey creeks among the alder roots. The art of getting nowhere in | particular is the master test of the {true tramper. It is an art which | must be born in one's nature. Sometimes 1 xee the soul of | tramper even in a motorist, when | behold one driving a_car slowly along country nes, stopping *sometimes to | fill his eyes with the view from the | top of a hill. But mostly the cars { whirl by on the main highroads, rais. ing a racket that drowns the call of | the cardinal bird from the hrambles, | hurrying the rider past immemorial | swells in the hills, over bryoks that l)l ve secret to tell, but ere never on roller is 2 i -enery must havs hsen beau- | tifu wrote friend of mine who | was taken on a transcont’nental trip | by some enthusiastic mile-swallowers. !And that is why the tramper should | avoid main pikes, where the cars bark lat his heels, and motorists, who find |it an exertion to walk from'the house | to the garage, turn around and stare lat the hiker as though he were crazy. Automobiles fill the quiet mental at- | mosphere of the tramper with jan- ]unm: static, and messages from wood and fields cannot reach him. THE EVENING THE DIARY OF A NEW FATHER 1 BY ROBERT E. DICKSO! | Friday Night. didn't go out to give {Joan a driving lesso. 1 asked her if she wanted to, but she was still mad from last night and wouldn't go. She said, “You needn’t bother.” 1 { have a man coming out from the auto- Tonight we mobile company next week to teach me,” and I said, “Here T am going to 't in next week making a little money earning commissions as salesman_and right away you to o spend it,” and Joan said. “Well, vou could save money by teaching me how to drive yourself if it weren't for your temper,” and I said, “How can I teach you anything when you won't admit T know any thing?” and Joan said, “Nobody in his right mind would admit it." “I said, "My first week as a city salesman 1 will spend worrying about you being out with a strange man in my own car, learning how to drive, and from all I hear these darn driv ing masters are a bad lot,” and Hilda butted in and said, “You ought to be glad you have a wife pretty enough for you to worry. about,” and Joan giggied, and you can't argue Wwith a woman when she is giggling. Joan said, “Well, precious, T will give you one more chance. You can teach me how to drive if vou will promise not to lose your temper so often,” and I had a good mind to say. ‘How about vou keeping your tem- per?” but I didn't say it, because I had a hunch it would not help me any, and 1 think ! was right. mor a city want Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEY The moment a parent speaks his opinion frank! hout making chil- dren mind one accused of being cruel and heartless. If one says that children should have a certain amourit of freedom and not be nag ged constantly by faultfinding ents one is accused of being lax and easy-going. Truly the way of the parent with children is a difficult road to follow and satisty oneself; help the child, and keep all friends, neighbors and relatives pacified. In order to do one's best by the child one should keep not one’s own comfort in mind, nor should one con- sider what some one else is going to think or say; the only consideration is the good of the child himself. The principles he must be taught at home so that when he goes to school he will not be compelled to unlearn a lot of lessons which were anti-social or a lot of habits which are antag- onistic to good citizenship. The first lessons in discipline are, of course, training in good habits, eating and sleeping. Regularity in these things removes the chief causes of friction between parent and child and as the baby grows into a child it is much easier to add other good habits to_his list. Playing with other children, the child must learn that if he expects to find pleasure in the companionship of others he must be willing to share his toys with them. This comes hard to the only ild, who has had every- thing his own for a long time, and it is a policy which is brought home to him by seeing that his mother and father are willing to share many of their own belongings, booke, records, patterns, delicacies from their table, all the innumerable things which can be pointed out to the child, as freely lent for the pleasure of others. The smaller child of a househgid of many will learn this lesson easily it the older children freely share their toys with her or him. One can teach the joys of property rights by giving each child something that belongs to him alone. He may lend this and share its joys but it should come back to him as.its owner and caretaker. No one should be denied this privi- lege, as it enhances his appreciation of the joys of ownership, a strong link in future good citizenship. So many of the things which chil- dren do and which seem bad to the parent are done out of abounding vitality; out of curiosity, or thought- fulness. Much should be overlooked. A parent who is graciously blind in one eye will find that when some real fault demands attention the child will know that what he has done is not to be repeated. Talking, scolding and nagging allday long about this and that and the other thing so weak- en the mother’s power for discipline that when something really serious comes In sight she has no weapons for it. She has exhausted her am- munition on small game. Worrfed mother: There is nothing wrong with your 10-month-old wake. ful baby except that he needs to be weaned. Please write for the wean. ing and feeding leaflet and get your Laby on a diet that satisfies him now. Of course he should not sleep with MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN Quick Aid. One mother gay: In the lowest shelf of my cabinet 1 have several large labels, each bearing the word which tells what they are used for. One has the words “Stings"—"Cuts,” another “Burns,” and others bear words telling at a glance just what one needs to know in a hurry. The children can find quick relief in this way from insect bites or stings and other injuries. \ (Covyright. medicine 1927.) South Manchuria’s medical uni- versity has started improvements and enlargements that will require three years to complete, bottles with | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1927. Widower With a Houseful of Children on Choosing Their Stepmother—Does a Man Who Won't Work for a Woman Love Her? 1 am a middle-aged widower, with more than a baker's vour views as to the advisbility of ive of the children are boys, and the D SAR MISS DIX: half-dozen of children, and T wish marrying a widow of my own age. I glrls are young. The woman has never heen associated much with children I earn a fair salary. Would it be wise to wait until the children are scattered and then get married, or take the stepmother in now with the hope that she will get along nicely with the children? Would you adv.se putting the children in good homes with friends? LONELY WIDOWER. Answer: Any woman who is willing to marry a man with a houseful of children fs either all heart, or else she has no heart at all. She is either woman in whom the maternal sprit is so developed that she is willing to make a martyr of herself, mothering motherless little ereatures and making them a home in which they can grow up properly and have the right sort of training and the right influences about them, or else she is a cold, hard selfish woman ho marr.es for a meal ticket, and trusts to her ability as & second wife to pull the wool over her husband » that he will not see how she treats his children. There are plenty of women of both Lonely Widower. There are stepmothers who take another woman's children into their hearts, and whe are as tender and loving and understanding to them as their own mothers could have been. And there are other women who are flendishly cruel o stepchildren, who make their homes places of torment for them and crush all the sweetness out of their young live: It should not be difficult for any man of ordinary shrewdness to make a mighty good guess at what sort of stepmother a woman would make, Obsérve her conduct toward the childven about her. If she loves children, if she is sympathetic with them, if she can enter into the enjoyment of young people, if she is jolly and good-natured, and plans what your own children_should do, the chances are that she would be a good stepmother But if she is nervous and acid in disposition, if she thinks that the present generation ie headed straight for perdition, if she is a strict discipli you may be moraily sure that she will be a mean stepmother and that betweer her and your children your life will be made torment to you Lonely Wutower, but a A young man may please himself about marrying, them before he does man who has a houseful of children is bound to consider himeelf in taking a wife Your happiness matters very little beside their right to put over them a woman who will treat develop all that ts worst in their characters and driv So choose very carefully your children’s stepmother welfz nd you have nc them unkindiy, who wil them away frora home. to your friends as if they were Have you no affection for them? You speak of giving your children away a litter of pups that you wish to get rid of. No sense of responsibility toward them? If you feel that way about them, by all means get good, kindly people to adopt them. They will be better off than with you. Then marr: widow. 5 DOROTHY DIX. JAR MISS DIX: T have been goi £ with a young man for a year. He is not the sheik type in looks or icns, but is a big, fine-looking man, jolly and good-mannered and affectionate. In fact, he has every quality that a girl likes, except that h lazy. Never works unless he has to. He wants to marry me. T love him, but I hesitate to marry a man without energy. What shl I do? CONSTANT READER. with work, and will talk ahout an have, not vices a man Answer: Tell him that if he loves you that if he will get a ggod job and keep it wedding bells. Not otherwise. Of all the f. one is more disastrous to his family can have, none is so incurable as la: he must say it for a vear you ults that o man Of all the The man who is born tired stays tived to the end of the chapter. T have seen sinners become saints, but I have never yet seen a lazy man become a hustler. And of all the weaknesses that a man can have, none is so contemptible as laziness. The very thought of a strong, able-bodied man sitting down and | letting somebody else feed and clothe him fills us with a disgust that nothing else does. The man who ‘won't work before marriage is even more languid and e to effort after marriage. Write that down in vour little book, and spend a day going around among the mothers who keep boarding houses pport sons who can never find a_job to their liking, and the women who take in washing to support husbands who spend their days at poolrooms. Then you will know what to say to your lazy sweetheart. The man who doesn’t prove his love for a woman by working for her doesn't love her much DOROTHY DIX, 19: s-Word Puzzle 1097 (Copyright The Daily Cros (Cony . Juice of a plant Before. Style. . Royal child Kind of meat. . South Afrocan . Chinese dos. . Native metal. . Decay. Strange. Commander. Twelfths of a shilling. Regard. . Torn plece. . Japanese monetary unit. Puglic official. Exists. Large amount. Large lake. Ram down. Cereal grass. Addition to g letter (abbr.) Thinly diffused. Forefront. Small speck. Eastern temple. Female goat. ‘Worshiped. Masculine nickname. . Kind of pastry. Downcast. . Cut off the skin . Conjunction. Abstract conception of being. Dow antelope. " Inclosure for pigs . Past. . Scandinavian. Suffering. Senlor in service. Combines. Doze. Winglike part. Father. THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Sunday, January 9. Again good and evil planeta fluences conflict, according to astrol- ogy. Tomorrow morning is subject to the better direction of the stars. There is a favorable sign for the clergy and much work for the church in the new year, it is foretold. Women are to concentrate on re- ligion, as in the past, it is forecast, { and there to be a revival of old- ashioned service. v Temples to Hindu and other faiths will be reared in more than one city, astrologers forecast. The strengthening of separate re- liglous movements is of happy augury, it is explained, since they will eventually unite to combat vice ind crime in the United States. Gossip is supposed to be stimulated under this aspect, which inclines men and women to think the worst of one anothe Thrift should be cultivated, if the ' = | stars are to be trusted, for extrava- l.'lf'nc(' hl‘ln be ovenhmoro np];l\r{flnt in t e g ar tha Vi re. (STRIARIPISIB1]7 "Asain fashions are o show elabora- tion, a reflection of the spirit which e (M1 ]a[r] [D]H[E[A[T] would spend money lavishly for adorn- men or amusement. [a[BloleRI IT[ETVIMIRIAl ™Fions whose birth date it is may [RE(DIS[ [N[E[ALL] [R] | have much to do with land and prop- [e[n[o] 1 Infafolv[ple s [T BEENEREEEEE [A]r[e]m1 [RTEJA]T]RIE] AlRIA[RTA[TIEINTIER] erty in the coming year, which should B be very prosperous. Children born on that day may be [PlA] LTl exceedingly talented and aware of NE] | . Cavity. . Greek god of Viands. Boiled leaves and stems Model. First note of the scale . Make. | . Airplane shed. Grampus. Tiny. _ English river. In favor of. Negative vote. Tear. Affirmative. Neuter possessive. war, superiority. They should be trained to humility, for they may incline toward egotism. (Copyright. 1927.) Honduras has granted to a firm the right to develop 5,000 acres of govern- ment land on which will be planted mulberry trees to provide food for silk worms, LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Pop was smoking and thinking after suppir and ma sed, Willyum, as long as you smoke so man s why cant you smoke some that you get exter kewpons with, you know Im saving up kewpons to get a set of blue willow dishes, so as long as you feel you must sit there and smoke why cant you be smoking and helping me at the same time insted of jest meerly blowing out a lot of idle smoke? You dont get exter kewpons with Queen Billie cigars, pop sed Well then smoke some other kind, my goodniss wats in a name? ma Sed. Yee gods, pop sed, and ma sed, T saw some clgars avvertized ony this morning, the name of them was Flora de Bonbon and vou get 40 xter kewpons with each box of i for a limited time ony, imagine that, Willyum, 40 exter kewpor lamagine those cigars, Flora de Bonbon, yee god: one wiff of that name Is enuff for me, pop sed, and ma sed, Now Willyum dont be narro minded, it would be reel economy to huy a hox and get all those exter kewpons. Flora de Bonbon, hody, pop sed, and ma sed, How can you he so prejudiced about a name, sippose that was your own name, would that make vou eny different, ind enyway I mite as well tell you ferst as well as last, I bawt you box wile I was downtown this after noon. Yee gods. 50 Flora de Bonbons, I wouldn't stick a thing with a name ike that in my face if I was starving on a desert island, pop sed. Yee zods, economy, ware does the econ- omy come In if T wont even smoke the darn things? he sed, and ma sed, The economy was all on my side for buying them, and if your not golng to smoke them jest to please your sents of names thats not my fault, is it How much did you pay for them? pop sed. Never mind, youll never know from me, ma sed. Yee gods, pop sed and he got be- hind the sporting page and stayed there. over rhy ded a Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “My new hat is too big because I tried it on just after Skinny showel me how good he could throw a rock an’ 1 didn't dodge quick enough (Copyright. 1927.) SUB ROSA BY MIML The Male Climber. We are constantly meeting girls, who, desiring to get in with our crowd and know our friends, make a point of being nice to us. It is no uncommon experience to find one’s self rushed for a few weeks by an apparent friend—to introduce the new acquaintance to all of one's intimate circle, and to find one's self suddenly dropped overboard by the erstwhile chum. So we've come to suspect the female climber—to recognize her by her ways and methods—but there are few of us canny enough to scent out the male climber. We are still apt to fall for the wiles of the attractive boy, who pretends to be crazy about us, simply in order that he may get into a crowd which attracts him. For instance, Gene osse came to town and made an it dent on girlish hearts with his striking type of looks—his insolent calm, his charm ing_ wit. Mary Blake was one of the woman who fell most heavily for him—and Mary, being the center of her little social world, was not surprised to find him at her feet in a few weeks. Her father was wealthy, she had a nice car, she knew all the best families, and her house was crowded with representatives of all the smart est_people in town Gene became devoted. a week he came to see his lady love. He sent flowers, wrote heautiful let ters, made discreet but charming lo Mary was in a seventh heaven— was not stunning, and the excitement of cornering the best-'ooking man in sight went to her head. She boasted far and attractive man's devotion. girls hated her for it. And when Gene suddenly decided that he'd used Mary long enough to know the péople he wanted. Mary's crowd of catty friends was wild with joy. Mary, poor child, had made such a piteous spectacle of herself that her humiliation was well nigh unbearable. Gene calmly stepped into the little world of which Mary had been the center, firted with other girls, ap propriated many of his former sweet heart's friends, and altogether made himself a member of society. Mary, of course, was in no way to blame for Gene's treachery, for his cold-blooded calculating There are male climbers world, and they're a deadly The most we can do is to lovk out for them. But Mary could have avoided half the shame which came her way. if she'd refrained from crowing so loud- Iy over her conquest. There is no need to be suspicious of every new man who comes romping into your life, asserting that he loves you. : But if you're not over-attractive— it the boys have not usually made much fuss over you—and if a stranger, good-looking and irresistible, breezes into your life with the assurance that he prefers you to any of your more beautiful friends, it might be well to stop and ask yourself whether there's any possibility that a male climber is trying to step into society through ou. Y Only by keeping our eyes wide open can we save ourselves humiliation and pain with these bold, bad, decelving, selfish lads who use us as a stepping stone to better things. Mim{ will be glad to answer any inquiries directed to_ this ‘paper, provided @ stamped, addressed envelope 1s inclosed. (Copyright, 1027.) o o Cooked Salad Dressing. Mix four tablespoonfuls of sugar with one teaspoonful of mustard, one teaspoonful of cornstarch, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt, and a little pepper and two egg yolks. Add one cupful of mild vinegae and cook until thick, stirring comktantly. Beat the two egg whites and fold into the mixture, Cook for two minlites over & low flame, stir- ring all th§ time. Three times wide of the The other in the species, FEATURES. LIFTED MA BY HAZEL DEYO BATCH AND MARK Mark beea was Inclined to ray young set sign of dis Burton returns from abroad | of a letter received from Maudc Maynard, the aunt of his ward, Jessica Bartlett. Jessica is | about to inherit the principal of her father's estate, and Mawde is afraid | a fortune-hunter by the' name of Ray mond Townley is preying on her af- | fections. She asks Mark’s help in | the matter. Jessica is having a| masquerade party and Mark is taken down to meet her. CHAPTER VI. Poor Aunt Maude. Mark go into the other good-1 he tolerant He He of this into the by living room, Raymond Town ed her as she on his shoulder sinst his. He whis he murmure: Her lids wer parted anything up to them and whley's desecration to have together—like that! here v Mark Burton Imost the same way with v eirl. She wished now hadn't asked him to come to If he abetted Jessica it would do more harm than good. Peggy was a perfeet Mark was ¢ hir of the corner eye Jessica mond. ude had man, and v tive dislike with F snap ju 1eeompanied Maude danced smooth cheel pered to he something | drooped, her ude the right t drag Jessica « arms. It was them dance And yet dancing in a | that H | that she | her aid Jessica saw room with Pe with a sense of re lief. He t be human if he had | fallen for Peggy's line. Perhaps her »f him had been unfounded had told her the truth when he had said that he wanted to | sce her again after so many, years And she really did like his lool Maude Maynard, however, was furi ous. Mark had left her side with a mur mured apology and she had after him incredulously. She felt that it was a condonement of the doing of this wild crowd to have him dance | with one of them That Hartley girl, too! never liked her. Well, there was no point in her re- maining here in the dining room. She would follow Mark and watch him ca vort about the floor. Ridiculous, at his age, to be dancing with a flapper. No one noticed her departure. No ring t dance she questioned him one liked her. She was too prim, too | eagerly his travels and he an- intolerant. They all knew how she | swered to the his ability. He felt about them, but they also knew | was flattered 1use when other that Bunny paid no attention to any- | men tried to she refused to thing she said. Otherwise they | leave him wouldn't have enjoyed coming here. | Maude The various couples drifted into the | spite of her downcast eves, did, too. living room and began to wheel about | Maude drew down her lips. Her the floor. Maude stood in the door- | face wore u shocked expression. | mu suspicior Perhaps he dancer and if. But out he was obsery- Perhaps wgainst the n an instine sre he had talkes wouldn't make a 1d see emain a few then, if . would t to do n meantime, he was enjoying Hartley. Under her surface manner, which he had discovered was zely pose, she was fresh and naive. Maude had able the about best of too. b cut in noticed this, and Jessica, in way watching Mark as he danced with | Jessica was filled with mirth. Peggy Hartley. She hadn't expected Peggy must have falien for him,” him to do so well. But he actually [ran her thoughts. “I wonder what looked better on the floor than some of | he's like to talk He certainly the younger men. But what troubled | dances well enough.Not so many new her was that she was afrald she was | Steps. but he has dance rhythm: he's not going to receive the moral support | Mot jerky. Fancy having him turn up from him that she had expected. after all these years! e had thought of him as being | And then, with a gurgle of laughter, her own generation. She had |she whispered to Raymond Townley. expected him to be as shocked as she | “Look at Aunt Maude's She's was at the doings of the younger | because my wr is a hu- generation. Instead, he was not old at ng. Isn’t that a scream?” all, and as Maude looked at him dance, (Covyright. 1 she realized that he was really fright- | inued in Monday's Star.) THE HOW—THE WHEN—THE WHY BY face ANNE ARDE) ay to be right as to be | fickle, and i | should not be | usage | Manners | however | maintair in dress to the *f ‘tis as e wrong-—and to one's glory ! A very le n its power of governing ved to dictate such should clamor in vain. govern our houses, they may be exacting as style ire or are not up And after all, when it is as well to do as should Mrs. Jones ind behold sauces s or beans, she \mong men, raising And spread the innocent bystander a ¢ ago asked me a most question, little dreaming th before many eyes, the questi in so short a time be answered The question was half soliloquy a wonderment about bottles and jars in which things come—and their pres ence at one's table. Whether | they are permissible, since they were the path of least resistance, and when if they are permissible, they may be used, and how—and why! Rut they may not be used! If our table is to be correctly arranged, it must be quite free of bottles, jars, toothpick holders and cracker howls. Likewise must it be free of boats for spoons, rings for napkins—and the kin of these objects mt S0 a innoc here Ay We wshion would we the Romar come to ou peas « or not go abroad - not we have a maid, it tter to have a dainty | well appointed table at which to serve our family its daily food. In the eve- ning there may be candles, and light- ed ones. for no greater cost than the usual electri There may be thin glasses than thic ones, and few d table—the serv If condiments are to be served, they | INE dishes being placed on a tea table must be removed from the container in | OF tea wagon at the hostess' left side, which they come and put into little [from which things may served glass dishes purchased for the pur.|Without the necessity rising pose. Crackers should be served on | from the tab the saucer of the bouillon cup—or on | There arc the service plate or bread and butter | Where no plate, and then only two in number, | dinner. S other things than crackers are |day to clean to be served at the meal, and crackers | Certain hours ir act merely as an accompaniment for jhive been there at all, and the lady the first course, ndt as the substance | Of the he may be its sole care- of the meal. Pickles, sauces for fi taker. Nevertheless, the dinner can Jams and Yellies are always to be re. | Pe eintr. well served, well appointed moved from their bottle or jar. One |The table can be spotless in its stm thing alone, and that only when the | Plicity. One should never be too tired dinner not a formal one, may be|to take the catsup from its bottle, ar served from its package, and that ie | the jelly from its far. And if one cheese—certain kinds of cheese, 1 |actually weary after the formalily should say, such as are known of the meal, the labor of the dishes either liked or disliked) by (it is done) may be set aside for the e new day to come Nor tables. light ther her home maid is may without number present to serve wve come in the house, or to spend ng. She mav not and their vege om is Address all Evening star, » sauces longer used fc We may say that cus “Puzzlicks” Puzzle-Limericks jucstions to Miss Arden. The Washinston, A certain young lady of —1 Tried to steal out of church e during But the squeak of her So enlivened the —4— That she sat down again in —5 1. City in Scotland. 2. What one goes to church for. 3. Most people wear two. 4. They're found in most churches. 5. Utter hopelessness. | (Note—Lots of us have had the same experience. What experience? Complete the limerick by placing the right words In the corresponding spaces and you'll see. Or, if you can’t complete it, look for the answer and another “Puzzlick” here on Monday.) Yesterday's “Puzzlick.” Mary Jane goes to bed at eleven Committing her welfare to Heaven; Her face is-so pure, hat the wild crab-apple tree of the old world is the parent of most of the 1500 or more varieties of a now cultivated. They were popular among the Romans, about 22 different species being known at that time. She's so good and demure— But then, she is 'most forty-seven. (Copyright. 1027.)