Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1927, Page 22

OMAN'S PAGE ] e Color in Rugs for Summer Porch BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER T R NVANGE e 7N 1BARY Summer porch floors are made rugs for out-of-door u The new porch rugs are a delight They trim the plazzas with a glow like | the scintillati “mille fleur cord with the gay porch furnitur the brilliant porch accessorie as smart patchwork cushions, 1 painted tea wagons and gorgeous wall pock All combine to make these porches vie in color with the erimson ramblers that climb over the trellises or the flower beds that skirt the edge of the house like an enamel setting for beautiful gem. And since the porches are out-of-doors rooms, with no more substantial walls than sheer netting and grilled rails to separate them from the fields and flowers, there is a fascinating charm about having them take on one of the characteristics of these same things, namely, color. lorful in ac and such carpet Weaves and Dyes. It is this element of color that is dominant the w and straws of many interwoven throughout the floor coverir centers may be medallions or motif: in color against a background of neutral hue, the tones being cau up again in the wide border of rug. Or again solid natural shade of grass, straw or jute may have a simple band of bril- liant color around the edze. the rugs have such open : tween motifs t the deco e fea- ture of the rug stressed almost a much as a protective covering for the floor. The idea of keeping the floor subdued in tone is quelled by the color 80 pleasingly introduced that it seems & most natural matter to have it gay. eht the Moisture Proof. One great advantage in these rugs is that moisture does not harm their foundation mediums, whether these are fiber, grass, straw, etc, Exposure will in time subdue color and give tily | It may be brought out in | , or the | the entire rug of a | la in their appearance with the colorful |them a toofaded appearance, but dampness is not ruinous. A certain |amount of moisture keeps the rugs in {good condition. Should they get ac- tually wet they must be dried as quicl |1y as wind or hot sunshine will do it. Renewing Tones. Since color is a large part of the | charm of these porch rugs in all of | their various kinds, the time comes | when the tones may need strengthen- ing and perhaps the edges may need strengthening also. It is then that the homemaker can bring her skill to the rescue and with a touch of stain here and there and a new strip of bor- dering, perhaps give the rug a new lease of life. When the Summer wanes some attentions of this sort may be in |order, so let us see what is the best thing to do to restors a worn rug. How to Do It. | There are r kinds of stains that come under different names according | to their different makes, and these can {be mixed and applied to match colors |that were the original ones in the rug. | It will not be necessary to retouch all | the shades probably. Some may have | gained_in artistry by their mellowed | hues. Recolor just enough to revive | the new look in the rug. Or the tones may be changed by stains or paint un- til the rug seems not like the old one restored, but an entirely new rug. This means more work, but if the rug has motifs only that are in color the work should not be arduous. Refinish Edges. To refinish edges of rugs, a good and simple way is to braid several strands of colored jute yarn and sew the braid firmly over the worn edge, using large stitches and coarse thread. A still bet- ter way is to cut off the worn rows of the rug and sew the braid to the firm edge that remains. In making the braid, use about three strands of the jute yarn to each strand for braiding. SOUND AUCTION BRIDGE BY WILBUR C. WHITEHEAD The World’s Greatest Authority HAND NO. 119 A96 Va2 O AJ983 ' »863 aJs2 QA6 OK4 ©Q1076 2KQ1072 *J94 aAQT3 VKQ1073 052 &A5 AK1084 V85 South is the dealer. What is the | proper bidding and play? In the next issue Mr. Whitehead will explain the salient points in the bidding and play of the above hand. THE PLAY H S T HERRRRRNANAY 1] I Sloloe|~fon vl afos| 0] ml Tricks 1] L | (Bracket the card led to each trick) Fill out your own chart and compare | it with his method. These hands must mnot be bid ori “Double played Dumm Note—In re the play, use Hearts, “D", for Diamonds and for Clubs. Use *N. T.” for No Trump, “DBL” for double, “REDBL” for re- double. ding the auctio for Spades Yesterday's Ha Whitehead. HAND NO. 118 S—AAKQI0 VK 1076 010876 &4, W—A7VAJ520Q2HKQI832 N—4J983 U3 GAK543 A65 E—#6542 Q984 0J9 &1097 The Correct Bidding and Play THE PLAY (Bracketed card siows lead to each trick) |Won by| East | A 22|24 .z?» Tis 2 | 2kl s/ Sz (sI)s2!l] M ST S5y West i North | as Played by Mr. as | though all four hands were exposed. | or for | ! not be established and used, since it be impossible to exhaust the ad- It appears best to play for the Diamond suit, with a stam in view if the adverse Diamond are even- split. This involves the ruffing of | two Clubs by South and also the un- | blocking Ly South of the Diamond suit. The unblocking can be effect- |ed by discards on Dummy’s trumps. | Unless the adverse trumps one hand, a remote contin | success of the plan seems c | Even if the second round of Diamonds is trumped, game cannot be endan. Lered. Accordingly, at trick 2, Dum- my Iéads the 6§ of Clubs for the first Club ruff. Trick 6. ¥ split | rricks 8 and 9. Diamonds, enabling ining tricks. in As the Diamonds were 1 small slam is assured. Declarer unblocks Dummy to take r questions con- ilems. Write to him t nclosing self-addressed stamped e [ (Covyright, nvelope. 1927.) | 4.2 65 9). 5511 PFAXY KAVIN CT(DNNH I L] L2 LT (2S)HE L LW\ CRDIHT L Villie Willis BY ROBERT QUILL Declarer Point Score.....+5. Z.. Honer Score . /4/C. THE BIDDING | “We had to change our diamond on \ccount of that cranky Old Man Je about fouls is some oy » of play. | gettin’ % The hand could be crossruffed, but' cindoy then Dummy’s long Diuwmonds could - ; sore (Copyright. 1937.) bustin’ his THE EVENING STAR; WASHINGTON; D: O. THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Sunday, July 31. Tomorrow is an uncertain but in- consequential day in planetary direc- tion, according to astrologers. It is a time fairly fortunate for soclal companionships and neighborly visits Churches may be not well patronized since sloth and laziness are supposed to be encouraged by this position of the stars, Familles should be careful not to enter into discussions that have pos bilities of dissension, for there may be much_irritability under this swi Again both the Army and Navy wili be much discussed. Criticism and dis: agreements are indicated for news paper and other comments on Govern ment polici There is a trend in the planetary in- fluences that is likely to add to the honors of those holding high places, while the less fortunate of the world suffer losses. London the Prince of W »ride and they forr in_his status. Early Autumn is to be a_time when Neptune and Saturn affect Washing- ton, D. C., unfavorably, bringing dan ger of serious trouble. Mexico may become involved in a new international incident that will disturb the United States. Diplomacy is to be of prime interest in the Autumn, when American Am bassadors will be put to the test in Europe, The conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus this month in the martial sign of Aries is read as affecting the des- tiny of nation: Military die a must ¢ e a sudden ¢ ators are to arise and is to threaten the Whole ccording to astrologers. Persons whose birth date it is prob- ably will have much change and activ- ity in the coming year. Children born on that day probably will be lucky all through their live They are likely to be great travelers. (Copyright. 7.) NANCY PAGE Lemon Ice Should Be Sweet, But Not Too Sweet. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. “What's the matter with this lemon fce, Nancy? It doesn't taste like your: “Well, it isn't sweet enough. It is frozen too hard and it lacks ‘body,’ if you know what I mean. ‘Well, but,” Peter persisted, “why don’t you tell them how to make it? They ought to know if they hope to hold their patronage at this teashop this Summer.” Nancy knew the woman in charge of The Jade, the town's smartest tea shop. She took Peter's advice and gave this rule to the manager: Boil four cups water and two cups sugar for 10 minutes. Add shaved rind of one lemon and one teaspoon gelatin softened in cold water. When cool, add three-fourths cup strained lemon juice. Freeze to mushy stage. The ‘gelatin makes the ice whiter and gives body to it. The sirup makes it taste smoother and richer. It is made extra sweet, because frozen desserts taste less sweet when eaten than they actually are. This ice has enough tang and sweetness to taste deliclous even when frozen. HOME NOTES BY JENNY WREN. The woven wood fence is compara- tively new in this country, and offers many delightful possibilities. * It is made in France and shipped to this country in sections. The uprights are strong young chestnut saplings, and they are firmly woven together with wires. Naturally, this fence does not re- quire painting, and so its maintenance cost is nil. It offers as perfect protec- I | IL\ I bl tion’as a stone wall, and vet fits into the rural lan se with softer effect. It also insures perfect privaey and adds much to the picturesque’ cffect of the property it protects. In this day of ruthle picknickers the count borders a _highw: some special wood fence presents at least onc way to solve the difficulty with artistic or v estate whic sure to need A Jerseyite whose veracity is ques- tioned declares that it blew so hard in his section the other night it straight- ened out a bend in the road. Solutions of Today’s Word Golf Problems FLY FEY FEE SEE SEA —four steps. CARDS PORES POK five steps. HIGH HISH TIST HOST maybe HISH was @ maker for some of SATURDAY; WORD GOLF—Everybody’s Playing It BY JOHN KNOX. The object of the game is to change one word to another &ord by a serles of “steps.” in each of which you may change only one letter. Each “step” must result in a new word of good dictionary standing, or in the present tense or plural of such word. THREE MORE BLIND BOGIES. FLY over the SEA in less than—oh, make it in as few steps as you can. Lindy did it in one. 7 from CARDS to POKER just as quickly as you can make it. Don’t ¢ to show five aces. Go from HIGH to COST. These two words just naturally belong together. One, little word will do wonders for You in cutting down the jumps in this one. Print your “steps” here on this page In today’s Star. 10° Correct solutions (Copyright, DGROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Can a Girl Who Comes From a Family Noted for Its Beautiful But Faithl the Family Jinx? s Women Escape I I am engaged to a man who loves me very much and whom T love. He is a splendid man—everything that any girl could desire in a husband. But my trouble is this: My family is noted for its heautiful and faithless women. They seem incapable of being true to the men they marry. They love passionately for a while, then without a reason their filckle fancies change and they tire of the men to whom they have been devoted. My flance knows the history of my family, and sometimes when he looks at me T can see doubt in his eyes and he wonders If I will be true to him. I believe that my love will never change, but 1 would rather die than bring sorrow on this good man. What must T do? WANDA. Answer: Oh, piffie! Forget your family history. on earth that is overworked it is heredity. Every weakling who wants an alibi for his or her shortcomings lays it on heredity. The drunkard goes out and gets tanked up because his great- grandfather was a souse. The philanderer chases petticoats because his Uncle Ned had an eye for a pretty woman. The lazy, shiftless woman doesn’t sweep under the bed because her grandmother was a poor housekeeper. The virago goes into tantrums because temper runs in her family. EAR DOROTHY DIX If there is any excuse It makes any sensible person tired to lsten to these poor jellyfish laying all their sins at other people’s doors and explaining that the reason that they do what they should not do or leave undone the things that they should do is because somebody else did it or didn’t do it generations before they were born. If you will notice you will observe that the people who talk most about heredity are those who wish to justify themselves in self-indulgence. You don’t hear the men and women who are upright and sober and industrious boasting about having inherited those qualities. It's the drunkards and the weaklings who put the loud pedal on inheritance, and it makes you wonder vhy, if they believe in it so thoroughly, they didn’'t let their faith in it be a warning to them. Why docsn't the man who believes that he was born with a thirst for liquor avoid touching a drop? Why doesn’t the man who thinks that there is a lack of ginger in his blood force himself to form habits of industry? Why doesn't the woman who knows that she has a naturally high temper make an extra_effort to control it? The answer is easy. It's pleasanter to lay it all on poor old grandma and grandpa. As for your theory about the women in your family being predestined to faithlessness on account of their heredity, that's utter nonsense. The only way it could do harm would be for you to let your mind dwell upon it so much that you would watch your every symptom and put undue stress upon it, and so fancy that you had ceased to care for your husband and that the family curse was upon you. In reality there is no more danger of your getting tired of your husband than there is of any other woman getting tired of hers. Every wife does at times and has seasons of thinking that she married the wrong man and that she doesn't care for the one she has. But if she has any sense she recognizes this as a passing mood and keeps silent about it and no harm is done. But don't marry a man and keep him always suspicious of you. You will wreck both of your lives if you do. ith isn't a matter of heredity. It's a matter of principle. B DOROTHY DIX. DEAR MISS DIX: I have observed that almost all the flappers and very young girls are married, whereas many intelligent and dignified women are left unwed. Is this because Providence has special care for fools, while the wise are left to care for themselves? Which type of woman do you think is best—the one who falls in and out of love easily or the woman who loves but once? A READER. Answer: It is one of the inscrutable mysteries of life why so many women who are apparently designed to be ideal wives and mothers never have a chance to fulfill the purpose for which they seem to be created. Every community has its scores of old maids who have every quality that would fit them for being perfect helpmates to any man, but men have passed them over for inferior women. I know plenty of girls who are pretty and bright and attractive, who are interesting to talk to and good to dance with, who are thrifty and industrious and domestic and who would make wonderful wives, yet they never have a date. Men pass right by their doors to see girls who are less good-looking and who are silly and selfish and extravagant and who will be a curse to the men they marry. ‘Why men do this nobody knows. Perhaps your explanation that there is a special Providence that looks after the fool flappers is as good a one as any. I have always attributed it to the lack of intelligence and taste in men. But when all is said, it is a strange and incomprehensible thing that men who are intelligent enough in other matters should be such poor judges of women. Undoubtedly the highest type of woman is the one who gives her whole heart in one love; but this is not the happiest type of woman, because it the one she loves fails her she is forever bankrupt in affection. DOROTHY DIX. PR D AR' DOROTHY DIX: T am going to be married and I cannot cook. Don’t you think my husband-to-be is taking a great chance? BLONDIE. Answer: On dyspepsia, yes. On happiness, no, unless you are the type of woman who does not mean to make a home for her husband. It is a pity for a girl to get married without knowing how to cook, because about the third mean meal brings the honeymoon to an end with an abruptness that ]‘3“ most of the romance out of both the bride and the bridegroom. ‘Whereas if the wife who knows how to cook and the housekeeping runs along on greased wheels the sentiment: ituatic indefinitely. ental situation can be prolonged almost You see, love has to be nourished, especially a man's love. observe, even before marriage, 3¢ you will vou will note that your sweetheart is ne affectionate and never %o prone to compliments and sweet talk as atter he as just had a good meal. Then everything looks rosy and yor girl in this best of ail possible good worlds. PRy After you are married much of your husband’s attitu. e going to depend on how he is fed. Let him come home to :eg(f:(;vgfgn:l?‘:\ni:; a smiling little wife in a pink bungalow apron and he feels that his dream of domestic felicity is being realized. But let him come home tired and hungry to a wife who is dissolved in tears because she has made a pie that she could sell for concrete, and let him sit vn t Ve Pl L L «down to a meal that would kill an Many a man gets his first clear-eyed vision of his wife Many st ¢l 3 as an incom; s homely little slattern when he sees her across a dirty tablecloth. . My o man’s first criticism is coupled with his remarks on his wife's cooking. And o Lvere a gltl I woulin't take that chance of disillusioning my husband out myself. I'd learn how to cook before I got married, vi means of preserving my husband's love. g e L But it you really want to learn how to cook you can do it who can read can make herself a first-class cook in three month s wise she will put off the wedding until she learns how 1o aje "0 If She . DOROTHY DIX. —_— e MILADY BEAUTIFUL Any woman BY LOIS LEEDS. Correcting Very Oily Hair. Dear Miss Leeds—I read somewhere that one may improve the looks of very oily hair by dividing it into strands and wiping each %trand with alcohol. 1Is this safe, and what sort of alcoho! should be used? I would appreciate having any suggestion for 140 pounds. I am an attractive girl, but very self-conscious at times. Do you think this can be overcome? I try reading good books and thinking of things other than myself, but it Just seems impossible for me to forget myself. Are there other places be- sides the Y. W. C. A. where one may have swimming lessons? M. J. E. Answer.—You are about 10 pounds the treatment of hopelessly oily blond hair. M. L L. Answer.—The aleohol is used after the dry shampoo. ve oilines often means that one’s health is below Build up your general health e your hair the following local : (1) Shampoo it every a mixture of two ounces n of green soap, two ounces tollet aleohol and one-half ounce tine- ture of rosemary. Lather and rinse carefully. As a final rinse use two | quarts of water the juice of one lemon. If your hair becomes oily be- tween washings: you may use a éry shampoo mad= of equal parts of corn | meal and powdered orris root and fol- | low it by the alcohol rub, using the | toilet alcohol one buys at a drug store. | Apply the following hair tonic to our sealp twice a week: One-fourth | unee tincturm of « one-fourth oun tincture of r¢ v ounce tineture of jaboran: { of bay rum and two cunc | water. LO The Seil-consclous @irl. Dear Miss Leeds: I am 25 years old, b feet 4% inches tall and I weigh tinetur over the average weight for girls of your age and height. I advise you to reduce by moderate dieting and exer- cise, so that you will not develop into a stout woman. One way to overcome self-consciousness is to keep busy at things you like to do and mingle with others as much as you can. If you have a talent for music develop it and join a music club. If you like chil- dren take an active part in Sunday school work or girls' clubs. Reading is helpful, but self-expression in action is better for overcoming self-conscious- ness. Swimming and outdoor sports’ re excellent aids in developing poise, and see your friends often and invite them to your home. In most large cities swimming is taught at municipal and private swimming pools. You may find their addresses in the telephone directory. LOIS LEEDS. (Copyright. 1927.) A democratle manner is that easy ance with which a 50-trunk personage shakes the hand of the 1-trunk citizen. TR JULYC 30; 1927 DIARY OF A NEW FATHER BY BOB DICKSON. Friday Night. Last night was the night of the | poker party, and tonight I fell like | committing suicide. It was in honor of Joan's brother Bill. only that guy has not got any honor. I do not suspect him of being on account of he is not brainy enough, and @nyw card crooks are always gentlemen, but there is something to poker besides technique, and that is luck, and when the angels were handing out luck I guess Bill got in line seven times. The evening started off pleasant enough, with three of the boys be- sides myself laying for Bill, on ac- count of I had told them what a tightwad he is, and pretty soon Bill said, “Well, I've got to buy another stack of chips. And let’s lift the limit, just to keep the amateurs out.” So we raised the limit by not hav- ing any limit, and the three boys and myself winked at each other and we thought, fine; Bill's in a losing streak and now we will clean him, and so we settled down for a nice, rough murder. After a while Bill said, “Give me another stack,” and one of the boys sald, “What's happened to all your money? You've been winning as many pots as any two of the rest of us together,” and Bill said, “Oh, I guess I'm raking in the small ones and losing the big ones, that's all.” Finally one of the boys said, “Jeru- salem! Two o'clock. I'll get murdered at home,” and that was the end of the party. The banker said, “All right. Let's settle. . . . Say, what's happened to all the chips?’ Well, everybody looked around and there were hardly any chips on the table, and we all said, “That’s funny,” and just sat and looked, and Bill said, Ha, ha, ha.” 1 said, “What's the dirty laugh for?” and Bill said, “Here's a few chips,” and he had been sneaking them into his pockets all evening as fast as he Wwon them and buying new stacks to fool us, and give him a chance to use that low “Ha, ha, ha' of his,"and it cost me $17 to sit in that game, and although at any other time it would have been worth it to see the looks on th other boys' faces, last night 1 was not feeling like laughing, and now when I think of how that guy took $74 from my friends and me, I feel even less so. MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN, crooked, Reading the Clock. One mother says: “Little Tommy was slow about learning to tell the time, so that his older brother and sister devised an unusual plan to help ‘him. Brother Ralph cut a square of cardboard and drew a circle in the middle. Sue painted clock numbers inside the cir- cle, Cardboard hands were then fastened by clips to the center. When this was hung on the wall the children would turn the hands and ask Tommy the time. In this way he soon learned to read the clock eorrectly.” (Copyright. 1927.) DAILY DIET RECIPE Almond Apples. Small tart apples, 6. Blanched almonds, 60. French dressing, 1 cup. Horseradish dressing, 1 cup. Lettuce leaves, 6. SERVES SIX PORTIONS. Peel and coro apples. Cover with French dressing and let stand two nours. Drain. Blanch almonds by dipping them into boiling water about three minutes. Drain and slip off brown_skins. Stick 10 almonds into the sides of each apple. Fill centers with horseradish dressing and serve on lettuce, DIET NOTE. Recipe contains lime, iron and vita- .nins A, B and C. Can be eaten by normal-weight adult or one wishing to maintain weight. Could be included in laxative diet. Peach Shortcake. Sift four level teaspoonfuls of bak- ing powder with two cupfuls of flour and half a teaspoonful of sait. Mix in a fourth of a cupful of butter and a tablespoonful of sugar. Add milk sufficient to make a biscuit dough, roll out in two layers and bake in one pan with flecks of butter between. When done, remove and butter the under crust well. Spread with peaches that have been pared and cut in sec- tions. Sprinkle with sugar and place on the upper crust. Butter this and cover with peaches. Arrange halved peaches around the edge of the short- cake and fill in each little hollow with a pyramid of whipped cream sweet- ened and flavored with a little almond extract. Cover the top with the cream also. e e Salad Suggestions. Marinate slices of pineapple in French dressing, drain, then arrange on small serving plates with a border of crisp, nicely washed cress. Deco- rate with spoonfuls of whipped cream mayonnalse, topping each with a slice of stuffed olive. Fill the center of a dish with cream cheese that has been passed through a ricer. Peel and core some pears and fill the centers with chopped nuts and celery. Serve with mayonnaise. Cut in cubes two cupfuls of boiled sweet potatoes and cut in small pieces PLEATUREST WEDLOCKED Nan Horley, an artist's model. chooses | beirceen ywealth’ and semipoverty. She refuses Marfin Lee. @ very wealthy man Atter the wedding she goes on posing in e i’ trail, however, and during the Kot days of July her sirength gives way y Helen Shieridan. s an Martin Lee again 2y v She meets CHAPTER XVIIL The Next Day. ind Nan was an indifferent Why did people play v? 1t would he rather didn’t lose their sense of humor, but they always did And’ the post-mortems! “If you had played that "—so silly! zhed openly at Martin Rridge. fun if they nine on “If you only knew how funny you looked! 1 swear I ce at aver intelligence, but I look like that over a game of cards.” “I don’t know what it is,” he ad- mitted, with a laugh. “If you're bridge addict you get so that you hang bi on a game and lose your se humor _entirely. “So I noticed,” Nan returned but she smiled at him to take the edge off the words. The next day was n sun radiant, the sea ver MARTIN HE W A M HE W/ TO HA NAN . . , AND WHEN WANTS A WOMAN AS NTED HER, HE OUGHT £ HER. ) H slim gray jersey suit Nan went into the ocean. Wonderful, to dive underneath the | waves so that their strength did not take her off her feet! And the sting of salt water on her flesh—like a tonic. Afferward they sat on the sand. Martin Lee could not help noticing her slim hody. How frail she was and how unable to meet life as it was today. As she sat on the hot sands beside him he looked at her slim bare le the small feet in blue rubber shoes She had a hat to match, with a fool- ish-looking white flower on the Nan deemed it foolish-looking—Mar- tin_didn't. Martin lay straight on his back on the sand, his eyes closed. Nan t up straight and looked out to s There was a ship out there on the horizon. What would it be like actually to take a_trip on one? She and Tom in a darling stateroom with little berths. But, of course, artists never made enough money to take trips. Martin unclosed one eye to look at her. least | coutan't | af BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR. How heautiful she was! She had taken off her cap and her hair was a little wet. It curled dis- tingly. Even here in the hot of noon his thoughts were say- “Darling, darling— he held her head raised a little ne of her nose against the t sky was patrician. He had never beautiful girl in his life, sn't that. He had seen nearly as beautiful, bhut with her spirit. A thinking i went on benind that miracle of flesh, and he had wanted her—so much! Why couldn’t he have had her? Hele and t it girls s volce sang out, “Almost 1 e for lunch. Ts every one Come on, children.” Marsh and Jack Stillman, her guests of the Sheridan usehold, got to their feet promptly, Compared with Betty, who was a normal, husky girl, bronzed with sun |ana water, Nan looked like a little sirl. As she trudged ahead the sand he thought she vere tired. But afterward, when dressed, and had powered nd touched it with on lipstick, he de- that he had been and put [ manlike, mistaken. They were all laughing and talk- when they reached the house, and 1 hegan to feel better. When luncheon was announced she was ravenous. How wonderful o eat a meal one didn’t have to cook! Was she made for a Ritzy life, after 1?7 She was sure that she could cook lima beans just as well as they ad been cooked today, if not better, ind_yet she had had two helpings: At home, after she had stood over the gas Stove for an hour or more cooking dinner for Tom, her appe- tite had been gone. > was very quiet at lunch, con- ng. She must buck up and of rest out of this vaca- Think of poor Tom in the city, centrating on his work. Heat— d_it, and, more than se, how she hated it in N here everything was so :sh, even the air was a challenge. he looked up from her tomato to meet Martin Lee's eyes. The sion in them was strange; she wondered why_she couldn’t have a Life certainly was it strange that Tom had interrupted just at the crucial mo- ent that night? Of course, she had already told Martin Lee that she | dian’t " love him, but still it was st ge that Tom had arrived just then. He had never come to see her before. Over her salad she thought of Tom. His dear funny head, his gray eyes smiling into hers, passionately, ten- deris: She could see him now at the easel, | Her perfect | thoughtful, pensive. knew that she was thinking of her husband. It made him furious, and yet what reaon had he to be furious? Betty Marsh and Jack Stillman were carrying on a typical conversa- tion. Younger set stuff! Why on earth had Helen invited these per- fectly normal youngsters to visit her at a_time when this girl was to be here? He couldn’t help thinking that Helen was usually so certain of what she w doing. These kids were | all right, of course, but so typical of the younger generation. And then he happened to think that Betty rsh was rich and so was Jack tillman. Nan w Jjust a poor little model. Helen was a nice person, but she had no judgment. Perhaps, though, he w misjudging her. She might have asked Nan at the last moment, which was, after all, the truth. Martin watched Nan eat. She pecked at her food. In her own estimation she was geat- ing very good luncheon, but she never finished a course. She had taken two_helpings of lima beans, but she had hardly touched her cutlet. He wanted her. But she dldn't want him. When she thought of love she thought of that boy hus- band of hers. (Copyright. 1927.) (Continued in Monday’s Star.) little face was Martin Lee The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1927.) Across. 1. Working theo: 9. Electrical engineer. 10. Highway. 11. State (abbr.). Feminine suffix. . Necessitate. | Headcovering. Engaged in. . Masculine nickname, Halogen element. orm. tate (abbr.). . Person ffering from a kind of insanity. one cupful of celery. Mix with one- half a_cupful of mayonnaise dress- lgflu‘gg loaves, 1. Unbelief. 2. Affirmative vote. Conjunction. . Toward. . Ejaculation. Masculine nickname. . Those in power. . Well arranged, . Sell direct. . Uplifted. . Tailless amphibian. . One opposed. . Metr unit of area. . Proposed language. . Constellation. . Openings. . Begone. Morning ‘(abbr.). ote of the scale. it of type measure, Do the humble task each day, Heed your l\'nghest doty's call —