Evening Star Newspaper, August 25, 1928, Page 22

STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1928. THE EVENING FEATURES." T N T e o e e Again the Question of Skirt Linings BY MARY MARSHALL, A B i S N S e N DI {)lined or rather dee fon to matel sometimes in light metallic cloth that gives a sflver lining to skirt and times to sleeves and bertha The sketch shows hertha and he scalloped cdge a fact vou | perhaps noted tha cubistic age ! lop has been e new frocks and Now that both side: many of the new even tinctly, there v faced with of st think about new evening d Winter without ibilities of tulle, been used some extent r and has been used gener- ously in the most recent collections. It sed gathered and pu for the t types and folds straighter brown DAILY DIET RECIPE Boiled Onions in the AND CORN COLOR SH b75% FOR PICTURESQU L1ID COLORED E LINING gh the wrc for five or six i hiked up mn the fr Sor KEEPING MENTALLY FIT BY JOSEPH JASTROW. Children's Habits. If the doesn't ex of play and t { the cour | Soon these welcome familiari novel, s and | ration- and the sh: engine isn't ac- Yet the oatmeal isn't aren't right, and rigie., because it d customed and acc in the tired. They they have and want a new.on ing out as ve venture * safel ers, th is in the is there a comes tame The child’s conserv limited experience, curity, and as such is be right the toy eparts epted possibilities | are reach- the child and of the + wish tc aged have a are conservative because adjustments are easily disturbed want to feel s2cure. 1f you have < bad catmeal, you kriow it is safe: kmow what fo expect beforc yo And if it's slightly different d it bcomes a stranger jorted. Weaning is a diffieult in ncy because this is physiological Food habits offer chilézen’s cons= ¢ them eat readily o at ize. Appetite is uncertain and hims are common. But the same ds mo0d of dress. Clothes and shoes be just 0, or they won't do and variety. ‘There’ must get stage i conservatism the first (absence of restraint) thé richest field because s ctions venture--th of the novel—asserts itself, for that is vouth's offset to set habit, and lacks. The conservatism of age is in t & reasoned policy, in larger mea ire a waning zest for the novel, a rut- like settling down to 2 narrow range of behavior and the comforts home. The child's conse n results from a limi| cction ag mat chem All like what we are used to no piace like heme, by from it for a cl these responses. these are mors delicately powsed in ve child. because the child's ional equilibrium isn't doesn’t take much to set it Of all the upsetting emotions fear and the most com- s the strange is taken up b 5 10 ery arms " don't more than pse mother too fr likes and of 3 differe o understand | wh count or ren’s con- servatism to form th irable habi that make them fit into other people You can't them right | he first time. and th 1l go right | ever afier. Their hehavior directed by strong impul and £S5 importa you can later used h a cloth Mother of the als lack of of unde 1M1 tand \wearing power ¢ Etrong ) with the sugge ‘careful 2bout s UMMERTIME BY D € PEATISN Lramp er old Earti the B 1 th f | e ; ! s Queer at st erfect it Wi 1 got hes the 1 | [ \nd firepis | kingdom As ! WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFI tered U Pat | A MAreDy ! ‘JUMPlFTr‘flRT"l i GRTE [FID4 ¢ NANCY PAGE Pewter Makes Home Laok Well Bred BY FLORENCE LA GANKF Lee, mother, d 'beautifully 1 the Wint, lived in a appointed town n the Summer h time In her in_Connceticut the family for zing had been s of the rooms n kept and beau- home been Some mode but the original aces had b n one room was a small brick fire- ace with her unt This was ; seemed quite in eping with the quaint furnishings in room. The small mantsl. which was nothing but some of the pewt collected In her dining room pieces. Sometimes she he had other ‘The porringer: and butter plaf and glass. ked Mrs. ming had he m, sh it with mild white soan and hot water. When it needed clean- ing she used silver, never metal, Occasionally she would acquire some old keepsake which was badly in need of cleaning For this she used fine sifted wood ashes mixed with julce of a lemon to make a paste. This was rubbed on d off with a soft cloth, later the r ar hot water, A Sermon for Today BY REV. JOHN R. GUNN, Eighth Beatitude. Blessed are they which ted for righteousne: sake is the kingdom of heaven.'- Matt.,, v.10 ul wrote to Timothy, “All ve godly shall suffer persecution.” hases of the persecutiop to which s godly are subjected vary according to circumstances, but the antagonism they provoke remains at bottom always ¢ same are been n special epochs of men went to the of their religlon and The days of such perse- ve passed are sull s rsecution that o The v neiples and practice ke for the hteousness m biected require they live s, are [ no forms less their for | i that But the godly and | n applied shelf, held | which Mrs. Lee had | ¢ Lee how she | polish, | | i so differ- | from the habits and practices of the | religious o provok, manifest neers world that they are bound dislike—a dislike that will elf in various ways—scorn- abusive epithets, poisonous Braving such rancor re- as much herolsm as per ble: heaven who T cuted for righteous- Theirs 15 our beatitude er the cause ¢ kingdom of hen already, but their po made more vivid and joyous he development of their char- er and the brightening of their hope which persecution brings about Some one has swid, “There persecution where religlon Hppers 1y Lipy king of in righteonss thelr it il be goes 1n of the d kind of religion Of course, such religlon provokes no hostility But neither does 1t lend to a deep and conscious pos om of the of heaven. The kingdom of heaven becomes a conselous pos lon 1 reality only 1o those whose religion cnough o differentiate them ungodly and irreliglous N that Is bound 1o creg 1 of antipathy Copyriunt. 1918 ) Lessons in English BY W 1. GORDON aften no one else Do Mary misused but not say Omit Englund g, not Pro- as e Often mispronounced the e ay i mei Gften misspelled Syuonymy o, whin Waord study nd it 15 your swabulary b garlic: no k centrie, preculing slewl, ervatic Use w word three time Lel s increase o mastering one word ench day. Today's werd: endowment; natuy Al capacity falent: gift “He was alded by liong mental enuowmenis - irregu braving a | the | We have all too much | DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Advice to the Lonely Girl Who Dreads the Years \head of He Frequent —lixample of Results of Divorce. l EAR DOROTHY DIX: T am a girl of 21 and I seem to be a little tired of everything. Every day s about the same as the ones that have gone before. 1 have & fine position and I like to work, but T wish there were something T could put my labor into which would mean more to me than my job doe: | My family are all dead. I have never had a love affair and the girls who wer my close chums at school are either engaged or married, so I am lonely. If 1 let myself live just in the present, evervthing seems fine, but when I think of the years to come that may be empty, I become very despondent and feel that they will be more than I can bear, NAN. | | Answer: Tt is fear of the future that makes cowards of us all the dread of some unknown monster that is waiting for us somewhere down the road of the years that turns our blood to water and makes our hearts faint | within us and robs us of our courage. Nan. It is The sortows of today we can bear with fortitude. We have the strength to fight the battle we are waging. 1t fs the misfortune of tomorrow, the fight that lies ahead of us that our imagination conjures up as something blacker, more appailing. more deadly than anything we have known, before which we quail and which sometimes makes us tirn quitters at the moment that makes the suicide take his life. He Kills himself rather than face the terrors of tomorrow. We make of the future a bugeboo with which to frighten ourselves, and like the terrors of the bugeboo. it vanishes into thin air when we approach i or when the future that we dread so much comes. it is no longer the future but the present, and we find that it is not as bad as we thought. Borrowing t so often i that neve will be mbrel rouble is a mist wkrupt {n happiness happen shoul e common to women and it i k why they are They are loaded down with worr °s over things happen o rain tomorrow and they should be out without an one of these trouble borrowers, d lonely oved life? Imingly agair You seem to be e a forl > chance 8 next two or thi years some nice youn with you and you will get married and hav will wonder how you ever could have been picturing yourself as a lonely old maid. for why, at 21 Possibly that may be your fate In ail probability within ti p will come along and fall in love @ home and children, and then you o foolish as to lie awake at night should you So if you are happy and contented most of it. " Enjoy every hour of it and believe that you will always be just as happy as you are now. Put aside all forebodings for the future and remember that 1o a large extent we make our own happiness or misery. now in your present life, make the You can get an added joy in just letting yourself go and reveling in a thing or you can take all the kick out of @ thing by indulging in dismal apprehensions You can spail the finest meal by wondering if the soup wasn't too rich and if the ef wasn't ‘bad for your kidneys and if the pie wouldn't give you dyspepsia. As for your finding that one day another, that is life. You can't escape that. " We all go through the same motions every day of our lives and the only way to get pep out of things is to put pep into them. So if you want a rea; ng, thrilling, exciting job, get busy on | whatever work vou a i i try to become an expert in it. Study new { ways of doing whatever you doing. better ways. more efficient ways. Find out all about your job. Acquire craftsmanship. Experts never complain that thelr work is dull or their jobs monotonous DOROTHY DIX. ] EAR DOROTHY DIX: I am 24 years old is my husband's third marrfage children, two his second wi of 12. Both of the former is dead and now I have been married twice. This He has eight children, six his first wife's s children wives are married, but the first wife's last husband she expects my husband to help support her 1 have a son who spends the Winter with us and the Summer with his father, but my husband says that if he lets him stay with us I must let his daughter. who is a young with us also, as her stepfather is not willing to have her. Also, one of his sons is coming to spend the Summer with us, but | I don't feel that it is right for me to have to keep them when I am sending my ! boy away for the Summer. Do you think if my husband really loved me he would want me to keep his children and would he give money | former wives? A WORRIED WIFE. Answer: Solomon himself was only called n to divide one baby between two mothers, each of whom claimed him. It would take a second Solomon, and then some, to divide one man and his income and his duty between three wives | nd nine children and tell just what was coming to the present wife and the wives and the real children and the stepchild. H Could any commentary on divorce be more scathing than the cross-word added (o her | puzzle presented by your husband, with his three wives and his children. and collection with work of modern artists. | ¥ou with your child and your two husbands? v have captured the feeling of the | Of this swapping of partners? What happiness have you got out What good has it brought you? Can you think of anything mor anything that would have a mo nything more calculated to m pitiful than that? Can you think of e disastrous effect on a child’s character or ke a child cold and cynical and hard-botled? Can you imagine a child's having any affection for either parents when ft is shuffied from mother to father on a time schedule and knows that each one is glad to pass the buck to the other? Strictly speakiog, T supose that in all justice your hus right to expect you to endure his children than you have to e care of yours. and as he will only have demand that you keep his child for an eqi and has no more pect him to take ual length of time. But you are a.woman and should have a mother’s heart in your breast, so can you not find it in you to be sorry for this stepson and stepdaughter whose mother’s second husband will have none of them and make a home for them? | Can you not show them some of the love and tendernes | own motherdoesn't give them and make them wel | lcome and feel that they have found a home at last? And if you do and are sweet id dear to these poor, forlorn children of his. perhaps in gratitude your husband will be good to your child and let you keep him #ith you DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1928 lTlm Daily Cross Word Puzzle (Copyright. 1928 Across. A letter of the alph Allowance for depre Limb. Notable period River in Italy Chalice City in Oklahoms Printed notice Journey Fighting men Like God of Babylor New England Form of addre Hufflee Leave Strained Prononn A bone Prefix: out of Dishelicver Water bird Conjunction one person Snak; fish Hold in check Paddle. IXist nakes Brood of birds Down. Body of water Sea eagle Ralsed platform River i Livonta Cla: Country In Asta Hawalian bird Part of Stam Ostrieh-tike bird wd of fish, Gl Those who fourney Island i Southeast China Tdentical Ga up The holm-oak Prefiv: two Manuseript Engoaged 1n Indefinite articlr Vind instrument Narrow portion Horrow Prosently Meadow. (ah) wedish coln Amion Novi Seotia (ab) City 700 Years Old | The small City of Wels enbery f¥ | |many. recently celebrated its 700th an ) | niversary. ‘They spoil the sunshine of today by thinking how wet they | They are all grown except one boy | to his | And what about | fluted | the poor children, whom nobody wants, who are bandied about from parent to | s are ex- | parent, from home to home, unwelcome everywhere? cas and fit in with most mod- | and affection that their | | to | for a few hour: | be without | had served a useful purpose | ment | have | sible | which has by | Ma) | treat on Washington before a Confed | erate SONNYSAYING | BY FANNY Y. CORY. | | | | It 1= not what he is suffering | | Baby berry her habin | her own way (Copyrizht. lovin' when bout everfing. 1928 ) THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Sunday, August 26. | Benefic aspects will rule tomorrow | according to astrology, which finds the | configuration promising for many ac- | ! The morning should be most aus- picious for the clergy. Appeals | philanthropic objects should be most ilm'(lllmu‘ under this sway Under this dircction of the stars heads of churches may have an unusual number of ¢ responsibilities not ! usually carried. | A distinct turning of attention to. | ward religious interests is presaged by | the stars, which seem to indicate a re- newed interest in the spiritual side of lite. While this rule continues, there may be many wrong opinions regarding life | The inclination may be to find_fault | with one’s neighbors, especially if they seek any sort of distinction. It i well to hold the mirrer up to one’s self. This should be an auspicious time to plan original and distinetive work of any sort. The stars favor individuality The evening is read as favorable to writing of any sort. It may be a lucky time for writing checks for Mon- day’s bills. Heavy storms are forecast for the ly Autumn and they may prove ex- ceedingly destructive. Persons whose birth date it is have | the augury of a prosperous year that will bring unexpected profits. These people who are influenced by the Leo- Virgo cusp often have spectacular ca- reers Children born on that day probably will gain success through high finance or in one of the learned professions Many bankers are born under this sign. which is supposed to impart poise and | Intelligence, tact and wisdom. The ancients gave these cusp children lib- to choose their own colors and | their careers. (Copyrigh MOTHER AND THEIR CHILDREN. 1928) “Make Me Be a Snowman.” your son six months he should only One mother says his Is a popular cry at bathtime | now since I in desperation, | the idea of looking like a snowman My children ratsed such terrible howls when they had soap put on their faces | and particularly when I tried to wash | their hair, that I almost felt like letting | them go ‘dirty. But one day I was | struck with the idea of how much they resembled snowmen when their heads were covered with good lather and now they vie with each other in seeing who ’ can be the best snowman | 1928) (Copyrizht, Today in shington History BY DONALD A, CRAIG. August 25, 1 of the Union Army side of the Potomac River near Wash- ington were turned out this morning and got all ready to meet the advance of a supposed hostile army, as the re- sult of a report brought in by a coun- tryman who lives in Virginia, alleging that Gen. Beauregard's Confederate army was approaching in considerable foree. ‘This “information” was promptly sent Army headquarters in and, it being Sunday. instantly summoned wherever they | tme, and ords mands. Ther Ofticers on and men all officers were from church or ppened to be at the 1 to join their com- was great excitement throughout the city the report was' proved to any foundation, War De- ofticials said tonight that it It dem- onstrated. they said. the great improv in the condition of the Army since the defeat at Bull Run last month 1t was pointed out that a month ago four times the number of officers, in proportion to the force here, would been found absent from their posts and it would have been impos- to discover wh they were speedily. — Now, however, no officer leaves his posi except with written leave” and after faking due care to leave directions where he 15 to found instantly, if required The city is constantly full of warlike rumors, most of which are baseless Such is the ¢ with regard to a story given wide cirenlation hours, namely, that army s i full res Although partment last Bai within t Gen force that proaching the city before the Virginia in his report this leved to have be of secessionlsts s alleged to be ap. This rumor started untryman brought morning, and is be n the deliberate work within the eity, who | took advantage of the fact that a large train of jonded Army wagons, number- ing between 100 and 200, from Gen Banks' army passed along Pennsylvania avenue yesterday. Those persons who saw the wagons and who believed this story somehow fatled 10 notlce that the wagons were loaded with tents which were new. and that not only did they show no sigis of use, but they were ot even unbaled Today 1t was learned that the War Department had sent (o Cen Banks A large number of surplus tents and that he was sending them back. for | { jewels from the two signs that affect | invented -apy the - Virginta | Washington | | MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. i Apply witch-hazel compresses to the o fi:dllc:ng‘theIAn‘l:):s; | eves and lie down and relax 20 minies ear Miss Leeds: (1) What move- | gr half an hour during the daytime. | ments of the foot should T do to make | Your eyes will look brighter as vour my ankle slender? (2) What mov neral health is fmproved by sufficient ments are used in massaging the neck? | sleep, wise diet, fresh air and sunshine MAYRA. | and active outdoor exercise some part (1) Rotation of the foot at|of the d the ankle s a good exercise for your | K purpose. Also bend the toe up toward | dently been too your shin and then point it down, | alternately. Do these movements until | slightly fatigued. Walking Is also fine | excreise for making well shaped ankles | High heels tend to thicken the anl 50 wear low ones Massage from | | the center of the throat up to the ear. | ‘Then go over the neck with a brisk | light slapping movement. Give it a deep kneading massage also, starting at the center of the throat and working | back to the nape of the neck | 1OIS LEEDS. | Wrinkled Lips. ! r Miss Leeds: (1) Lately my lips become very wrinkled. When I} put rouge on them it sticks in_the lines. I bite my lips. How can I get | them smooth again? (2) My eyebrows | used to be quite dark., but now they | are becoming lighter and are beginning | to lose their natural arch, although I brush them back in place each time I | wash my face RUTH H. Answer—1) The lip-biting is largely responsible for the rough lips. You | must break this bad habit. Every night massage _your 1lips gently with cold | cream.” Before applying lipstick put on | a thin film of the cream. Blend the | color with your finger instead of rub- | bing the stick directly on your lip Wrinkled 1ips often denote poor general health. Be e that you are not un- derweight. (2) Perhaps you have not been brushing the eyebrows correctly. After you have washed your face at night dip a small eyebrow brush in olive ol and brush up the hair from | the lower edge. Now brush the upper line of hairs downward. so that they meet the lower hairs in a neat line | through the center of vour eyebrows Repeat the operation in the morning fter you have applied your make-up. LOIS LEEDS. Miss Maud—You must not expect to look fresh and blooming in the morn- ing if you keep such late hor The late hours soon tell the story in the |to inclcse sclf-addressed stamped e eves—dark circles under the eyes, lids | velopes with their requests for beauty | slightly drooping. eyes dull and lifeless. | Ieaflets: Mrs. Anna C.. Mrs. Fred G., xamine your face in the mirror and | Mary v Andrews, Anne Davis and | then resolve %o dance less and sleep | Madge Hendrick. I shall be pleased more. Use a week solutfon of boric|to mail you the material you desire acid to bathe the eyes in the morning. ! if you will write me again. inclosing To make the lotion dissolve one-quarter | a seif-addressed, stamped envelope and | teaspoonful of boric acid in one glasse | naming the leaflets you want. I cannot ful of boiling water. Allow it to cool. mail beauty leaflets othe WORLD FAMOUS STORIES Descending a Waterfall. BY HERMAN MELVILLE. Answer- L 3 our tennis workout has evi- enuous, Any muscle RE THE ANKLE De ha: Rest the affected parts a day or two. You have probably strained the tandons, In which case will take them longer to heal than over- strained muscles. Take a hot bath just before retiring, and have some one massage your sore arm and shoulder You may rubbing alcohol for this purpose. Worried—Apply warm olive ofl fr lon the scalp and let it soak in f several hours or overnight. Shampoo in the morning. using a good tar s poo. Rinse in several waters warm towels or outdoors id fresh air. Use the folk other night fo Tincture of cantharides, one d cologne water, two ounces | alconol, one ounce: quinine bisulphate, [r»nf'-h If dram: bay ounees, Shampoo the hair X Apply spirits amphor to the fever blister and it w & careful of your diet. Eat of fruit Note to Readers. The following readers have forgotten ing that way. of > se. Melvilie. 1819-91 His most fa | doubtediy “'Moby Dick. rrymore under the’ titie of “Th | Beast ™ 'The present episode is taken from | Typee." a novel of life on & tropical | tsland ) and as for retreating all Gobted hts of that had been long aban- After I had signified my assent, Toby, without uttering a single word, crawled along the dripping ledge until he gained a point from which he could | Just reach one of the largest of the nging roots. He shook it. It quive ered in his grasp. and when he let it g0 it twanged in the air like a strong wire sharply struck. Satisfied by his scruilny. my light-limbed companion swung himsel! nimbly upon it, and, twisting his legs around it in sailor fashicn, slipped down 8 or 10 feet, where his weight gave it a motion not unlike that of a pendulum. He could not venture ta descend any farther. So, holding on with one hand, he with the other shook one by one all the slender roots around him, and at last, finding cne which he thought trustworthy, shifted himself to it and continued his ! In our escape from the ship and | flight into the island wilderness, where | we hoped to live on wild fruits until {our ship departed without us, we had | to make our way along a steep water- | { course. Progress was so stew that by | | noon we had not advanced more manj |a mile. It was somewhat near this part | {of the day that the noise of falling | waters. which we had faintly caught | |in the early morning. became more dis- | tinct. It was not long before we were | topped by a rocky precipice of nearly | | a hundred feet in depth, that extended | | all across the channcl and over which | the wild stream poured in an unbroken | ; E )| downward progress On either hand the walls of the rd prog: i | ravine presented their overhanging | MSJ ;3{.5" :‘Ff‘v ?"} ‘_{ croulg_ar;-:; n‘;:g sides. both above and below the fall, | (OWPATIRE J; g b flording no means whatever of avoid- | Wtakenied condition from a snake bite ol O e g & ereuft | With his light figure and . remarkable e | activity, Bt there was no help for it e 4 o . Toby?" | and in less than a minute's time I was T e s e sad| Gwinging directly over his head. As Rl AL Lia b o 2 soon as his upturned eyes caught a e e it Keep hove | €limpse of me he exclaimed in his usual e = s | dry tone. for the danger did not seem “Very true, my dear Toby, but how do | (0, 43unt him in the least: =~ you propose to accomplish that d“""rul‘\f:wi 1 »"“bm . ‘_(l’n -“&‘ s 8 | then swinging himself more “By Jumping from the top of the fall, | hen, swinging himself more it there be 1o other way.” unhesitat- | Si® he continued his descent. =~ ingly replied my companion. ‘It will| In the mesntime I cautiously trans- be much the quickest way of descent.| . T 'd‘la'-‘ oo 8 - e Il: but as you are not quite as active as 1| WCH 1 had been slipping fo & couple g, Ao oo, | two strings to my bow better than one And so saying, he crept cautiously | {0 SITIgs to my bow better than one lalong and peered over in the ab; .,;“q ng care to test their streng while I remained wondering by what (Me PR | possible means we couid overcome this| On Arriving toward w arently insuperable obstruction. As| Salled the seco ge 0 companion had completed | JRReY. and e s survey I eagerly inquired the result. | Nhieh Wwere around me. | | ““The result of my observations you | Idtion they snapped off or wish to know, do you?" began T other 3»‘\.:‘nmn"l"ll" stems -‘"'_ deliberately, with one of his odd look: ‘3‘];11\(”!“ g.\ ngd),'\n’ (.]{» 'm\‘ of . | “Well, my lad. the result of my """f}:-’uéai;,’l"S ing at last into the waters servations is very quickly imparted. It th. fiota s at present uncertain which of our| AS one after another the treacherous wo necks will have the honor to be | 00ts vielded to my grasp and fell into [broken first, but mbout & hundred to ety Hesty S Y | one in favor of the | The on whi o e et b over the yawning chasm swung to fro in air, and I expected them every moment to snap in twain. Appalled at | “Then it'is an impossible thing, isn't trary. it | the dreadful fate t menaced me, 1 I inquited gloomi A BT L “The | clutched at the only large root wh emained 1 me. but in va |is the easiest thing in I | only awkward point is the sort of usage | M€ e : v recelve | could not h it. though my which our unhappy limbs may receive | (OUId Mot veach it thou again I tried to re: | leap! 0t to And on one toward what may be this vertical long Toots to my conster- bne after a soon as my | when we arrive at the bottom and what {sort of traveling trim we shall be in afterward. But follow me now. and 1 will show you the only chance we have " With this he conducted me to the | il I verge of the eataract and pointed along | PHatCied U ! the side of the ravine to a number of | fieW¥ 4l 1, curlous looking roots, some three or | & HOrAtHC ) four inches in thickness and several e | feet long. which, after twisting among | “ | the fissues of rock. shot_perpen- | | dicularly from it and ran tapering to a point in the air, hanging over the | sides like so many dark icicles. They ! covered nearly the entire surface of the side of the gorge, the lowest of them reaching even to the water. Many were | | moss-grown and decayed. with their | ends snapped short off, and those near- est the fall were slippery with moisture ! Toby's scheme—and it was a desper- | ate one—was to intrust ourselves to these treacherous-looking roots, and by | | slipping down from one to another to gain the bottom of the falls “Are you ready to venture {t*" asked Toby, looking at me earnestly. but without saying & word as to the prac- ticability of the plan \ I am” was my reply, for I saw it was our only resource if we wished to JABBY h, maddene: sity by striki he rock. leng e view of the depth bene or the instant I was safe, and I u [ tered a devout ejaculation of thank: giving for Pretty weil shouted Toby be- neath me. “You are nimbler than I 1 thought you to be, hopping about up there from root to root like any. young s 1. As soon as you have diverted { sufliciently I wouid ae to p Aye, ave, Toby. all in good time. Two or three more such famous roots as this, and I shall be with you.” ‘The remainder of my downward prog- ress was comparatively easy. The roots were in ater abundance, and in one or two places jutting-out points of rocks assisted me greatly. In a few jmoments I was standing by the side of pid companion As an observatfon test read over the tows of numbers given below and draw a cirele around every combination of | three successive numbers adding to f- teen o example 94 7613 (3 Allow yourself three member that same weur I two combinations of Afteen 165338351979 V45386740 TR3853524 615348617 3246783 24 9 B1/ inutes and re number may . i34 ) = 25~ qule Answers, 3T Fosed (T been vea Al 04} (402 G (168) (825 mo-beel companies aie carvin' on o |0 (B34 (078) (353) H. (249) (863 twar, an' 1 guess (his must be one of the [ D. (364) (348) 1 (818 (835, battles.” 1K, (436) (850 3. 1483 (e I've