Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1928, Page 38

i E 38 WOMAN'S PAGCH THE EVENING Wrapping for Christmas Gifts BY LYDIA LE Wrapping Christmas gifts is no Jonger the simple matter that it was years ago. Then the chief point was to conceal the articles by the wrappings 80 that, when undone, thq element of surprise was not lacking. Red striug and fresh white paper were quite suf- ficent. A little later red or other col- ored narrow ribbon was substituted for the more commercial-looking string. MO TWO GIFTS NEED BE WRAPPED ALIKE. Prom that day to this there has been a gradual increase in the ornamental features, until now the wrapings vie with the presents in point of beauty. This season fancy wrapping papers are especially featured Never before has there been the variety in both im- | as large as §he paper permits and be BARON WALKER. may be definite, as in many Italian papers, in which classic figures dis- port themselves. Or patterns may be illusive and depend upon the color har- monies for their beauty. Some of these are bizarre and modernistic, pro- nouneed rather than vague. Ribbons may be of silk or paper, the latter being on the order of printed ribbons. These are most effective when plain gay paper is used, and the ribbon of whatever type lends pleasing con- trast. If used with fancy paper, plain- colored ribbons are more desirable, as confusion of pattern is bewildering to the eye and not satisfying. Some persons rely upon Christmas seals to secure their package wrappings, while others use them to cover corners where the tying medium crosses at one spot or more. The addition of some sprig of natural or artificial Christmas green provides a smart touch. A single spray of holly, pine or any evergreen will be sufficient for a dozen or more parcels, if the sprigs are carefully separated. When gifts are wrapped early these can be tucked in at the last minute under ribbons or tied on separately, if seals are used. In this way the Christmas greens are at their best when the gifts are presented. The woman who must economize on wrappings if she would put into her gifts all the money she has at her command, often finds fancy wrappings the proverbial “last straw” for her funds. Let me suggest “ways and means.” Use what was once called had cheap. It should be very dark or a sienna brown and unglazed. With it use seals and paper ribbon with Christmas greens. Fancy envelope lin- ings can be cut into six-pointed stars pasted to the top of the package and in the center of the top, add- ing brilliance. The plain wrapping paper will frame the fancy. Various arrangements of lining or fancy paper can be used, thus or in other arrange- ments reducing the amount of the more expensive paper to be bought. A single roll of wall paper of a good grade that will not tear easily can do duty instead of wrapping paper, and if 'a Japanese pictorial pattern is chosen or something of this sort, the results will be excellent, at small cost. (Copyright, 1828.) DAILY DIET RECIPE LITTLE SWISS. Cream cheese, three ounces. Powdered sugar, ofie teaspoon. Cream, one teaspoon. SERVES 3 OR 4 PORTIONS. Mash cheese with a fork, grad- ually working in the powdeged sugar and cream. The mixture should be light and fluffy. Good to serve with bar le duc or other jelly and a small sweet wafer at dessert, course. DIET NOTE, Recipe furnishes some fat, a little sugar, some protein. Lim and vitamins A and B present. Can be eaten by normal adults of average or under weight. Could be given to children over 8 years of age if used in moderation. ported and domestic papers. Designs WORLD FAMOUS STORIES THE RISING WATERS BY JOHN GALT. ), English (John Calt. 1710:1839, was an English e r_of O S R A —_— About daybreak it began to rain, and continued to pour with increasing wiolen: morning; no one thought within shelter. My boys and I had for task only to keep the fire at the door of the shanty brisk and blazing, and to notice that the pools which began to form around us did not become too Iarge; for sometimes, besides the ac- cumulation of the rain, little streams would suddenly break out, and, rush- ing toward us, would have extinguished our fire. had we not been vigilant. ‘The site I had chosen for the shanty was near a little brook, on the top of the main river’s bank. The rain con- tinued to fall incessantly—it was hoped that about noon the rain would slacken, but in this we were disappointed. It continued to increase, and the ground | Pass began to be s6 flooded, while the brook swelled to a river, that we thought it might become necessary to shift our tent to a higher part of the bank. - To do this we were, however, re- luctant, for it was impossible to en- counter the deluge without being al- most instantly soaked to the skin; and we had put the shanty up with more care and pains than usual, intending 4 should serve us for a home until our was. comfortably furnished. About 3 o'clock the skies were dread- fully darkened and overcast. I had never seen such darkness while the sun was above the horizon, and still the rain continued to descend in cataracts, but at fits and intervals. No man who had not seen the like would believe it. Suddenly a sharp flash of lightning, followed by an instantaneous thunder- peal lightened up all the forest; and @aimost at the same moment the rain came lavishing along as if the windows of heaven were opened; anon another flash, and a louder peal burst upon us, as if the whole forest were rending over and around us. I drew my helpless and r trem- bling little boys under the skirts of my greatcoat. mented by the riven trees that fell, cloven on all sides in a whirlwind of splinters. But though the lightning was more terrible than scimitars, and the thunder roared as if the vaults of heaven were shaken to pieces and tumbling in, the irresistible rain was still more appalling than either. I have sald it was as if the windows of heaven - ‘were opened. About sunset, the ground floods were as if the fountains of the great deep were breaking up. I pressed my shivering children to my bosom, but I could not speak. At the common shanty, where there had been for some time an affectation of mirth and ribaldry, there wes now silence; at last, as if with one accord, all the inhabitants rushed from below their miserable shed, tore it into pieces, and ran with the fragments to a higher ground, crying wildly: “The river 15 rising!” I had seen it swelling for some time, but our shanty stood so far above the stream that I had no fear it would reach us. Scarcely, however, had the axmen escaped from theirs, and planted themselves on the crown of rising ground nearer to us, where they were hastily constructing another shed, when ;e tr:metndaua !él;:lh and roar were ard at some distance im the woods, higher up the stream. It was so awful, I had almost said 8o omnipotent, in the sound, that I started on my feet, and shook my treasures from me. For a'moment the Niagara of the river seemed almost to R;xse—it was but for a moment—for, tantly arer the noise of the rending of weighty trees, the crashing and the tearing of the rooted forest, rose sround.. The waters of the river, troubled and raging, came hurling with the wreck of the woods, sweeping with ‘Then there was another frantic fllsh,?out oon) MEbe W o Sle and the roar of the thunder was aug- ! and comforted my terrified boys. The rain also began to abate. Instead of those dreaded sheets of waves which fell upon us as if some vast ocean be- hind the forest were heaving over its brown wrapping paper, if that can be! “Looks like the coal pile’s having a race with the weather to see which one’ll get to zero first.” (Copyright, 1928.) 1 Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. December 19, 1859.—A lively public controversy has developed over the best location for the new equestrian statue of George Washington. A writer today in The Evening Star, who signs merely “Citizen” to his communication, says: “The difficulty in selecting a suit- able location for the equestrian statue of the Father of His Country appears to me to be in the fact that the mani- festly most proper position has been as- signed to the statue of the son, and, rather than suggest a removal, none other than appareniy suburban loca- fons are mooted for the father. “Why continue the blunder? Is it a sacrilege to say that the statue of Washington would appear best in the center of Lafayette Squarey surrounded by statues of Jackson, S®:tt, Taylor, Greene and other worthies to whom the republic owes so much? “History and posterity put men in the right places, it matters not where their statues stand, and when did our Nation more need his even marble presence in their very midst than now? Would 1t not plead for that union and brotherly love that made us, as a Na- tion, all we are- or can hope to be?” ‘The Washington police today are look- ing for a thief or thieves who entered the Southern Methodist Church, on Eighth street, Saturday night and stole two altar chairs. It appears that they also made an attempt to carry off other furniture from the church, but that it was too heavy for them, and it was found in a disarranged condition. The police thus far have no clue as to who perpetrated the robbery. The chairs cost about $36. the Smithsonian Institution .the fifth of his series of lectures on agricultural chemistry. His subject was, “The Con- Prof. Johnson tonight delivered at| The Sidewalks The old house in Virginia is a ram- bling structure, erected more than 60 years ago. The spacious rooms within | are much too large for the purposes of the present occupants, who have lived there for 45 years. There are only two of them, an elderly man and his wife. They might easily have disposed of the place and taken an apartment in the city. On Winter nights the wind howls and seeks apertures through which to enter—but there are no apertures. A modern furnace generates comfortable warmth and electricity illumines the place. Right now there is considerable ac- tivity in the old house. The children and grandchildren” will soon return home. The elderly owner and his wife move from room to room like a couple of youngsters, preparing for next Sat- urday, when the halls will ring with the shouts of grandchildren. Next Mon- day night Santa Claus will have to go but a few rods from the house where he will swing a sturdy ax against the trunk of the greenest Christmas tree. That tree has been marked for a fall for many years. This is the year. Today two arro- gant turkeys strut about the barn- yard. Next week they will adorn the long, ancient table in the dining room. ‘The fireplace in the main living room is not an ar- chitectural decora- tion. Huge Yule logs will crackle and blaze on its ample hearth. The hired man is busy bringing holly to the house. He crawled to the roof the other day to remove a screen from the chimney top, so that Santa might slip through the opening. All the chil- dren and grandchildren are urban dwellers. The only chimneys with which they are familiar are smokestacks, and who ever heard -of St. Nick dropping through & smokestack? If snow is on the ground next Tues- day, the kids can go sledding on the hill that slopes away from the house, and no cars or_automobiles will menace their safety. Grandfather even has an old two-hoss shay swung from the barn rafters. It is still capable of performing service as it did when he first drove his young bride in it. This will be the old couple’s forty- sixth Christmas in the house. They may have many more, or it may be their last. Just now they are as ex- cited as the kids. Their faces are as fresh as the garlands that will adorn the halls and rooms. Fortunate the children who can return to such a place as this. THE OLD SHAY- * ¥k % Next Monday night the President and First Lady will listen to the carol singers on the lawn of the White House. It is one of the most impressive tradi- tional features of —wmrmem Washington life. Gop BLESS || Those who have You, MeRRY ff-spent Christmas in 777 version of Vegetable and. Animal Prod- uce.” The lecture was well attended, and those who heard Prof. Johnson say it was one of the most interesting of the series. My Neighbor Says: ‘To remove fat from hot soup, pour the soup through a piece of white cheesecloth which has been wet in cold water. Fumed oak may be cleaned suc- cessfully if washed with hot water in which a little borax is dissolved. Dry well and rub with a cloth moistened with linseed oil. A poached egg will cook much better if a few drops of vinegar spray, a thick continued small rain came on; and about an hour after sun- set, streaks and breaks in the clouds gave some token that the worst was over—it was not, however, so, for about the same time a stream appeared in the hollow between the rising ground to which the axmen had retired, and the little knoll on which out shanty stood; at the same time the waters in the river Be gan to swell again. There was on this ‘occasion no abrupt and bursting noise; but the night was fast closing upon us, and a hoarse muttering and angry sound of many waters grew loud- er and louder on all sides. ‘The darkness and increasing rage of the river, which there was just twilight enough to show was rising above the brim of the bank, smote me with inex- pressible horror. I snatched my chil- dren by the hand, and rushed for- ward to join the axmen; but the torrent between us rolled so violently that to and, when they heard my te cries, they came out of the At last, one man, a fearless bacl man, happened to observe, by light, a tree on the bank of the torrent, which it in some degree overhung, and he called for others to join him in making a bridge. In the course of a few minutes the tree was laid across the stream, and we scrambled over, just as the river extinguished our fire and swept our shanty away. ‘This rescue was in itself so wonder- ful, and the scene had been so terrible. that it was some time after we were safe before I could cause myself to be- lieve I was not in the fangs of the nightmare. My poor boys clung to me as if still not assured of their security, and I wept upon their necks in the ecstasy of an unspeakable passion of anguish and joy. * About this time the rain began to fall softer; the dawn of morn appeared through the upper branches of the for- est, and here =nd there the stars looked ‘The storm was gone, and the deluge assuaged; the floods around us gradu- ally ebbed away, and the insolent and unknown waters which had so swelled the river shrunk within their banks, and long before the morning had re- tired from the scene. Need I say that anthems of deliver- ance were heard in our camp that night? Oh, surely no! The woods an- swered to our psalms, and waved their mighty arms; the green leaves clapped their hands; and the blessed moon, lift- ing the veil from her forehead, and looking down upon us through the boughs, gladdened our solemn rejoicing. Hawaiian Carrots. Parboil one quart of diced carrots and then cook them in cooking oil in a frying pan until brown. Remove the { carrots and add cne tablespoonful of flour to the oil that is left. There should be about a tablespoonful. Add one cupful of water gradually and bring to the boiling point, stirring constantly. Add half a teaspoonful of salt. Strain over the carrots and cook in an un- covered pan until the liquid is almost all evaporated and the carrots are ten- der. Add four tablespoonfuls of sugar and four tablespoonfuls of vinegar and cook until slightly reduced. Serve hot. PO Lima Beans With Beef. Soak two cupfuls of lima beans over night, then bofl until soft in salted water and drain. Cut one pound of chuck beef into small pieces and put in a frying pan with two tablespoonfuls of drippings and three sliced onions. Stir in two tablespoonfuls of flour, one and one-half teaspoonfuls of salt, a dash of mace and a little’ pepper. Place alternately in layers with the beans in a baking dish or casserole, spreading inconceivable fury everything that stood within its scope—a lake had burst its banks. ‘The sudden rise of the waters soon, Boweyer, i I saw it ebl las 5 npsided, H’ b two cupfuls of stewed tomatoes betwecn are added to the water in which 1t is cooked. If small paper plates are placed in the bottom of waste-baskets it will be much easier to keep the baskets clean. Plates may be re- moved and put back when the baskets are emptied. AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN, “That nerve specialist I went to is just like any ordinary doctor except he acts like he was goin’ to cry over you” Apple Relish. Cook four quarts of tart apples that have been peeled and cored, with two quarts of cider vinegar and one quart of brown sugar until quite smooth. While cooling, add two pounds of chopped raisins, one ounce of mustard seed, three red peppers, one mild onion, two ounces of ground ginger and one tablespoonful of salt. Heat again, mix- ing the ingredients thoroughly.” Set aside to cool. Seal in glass jars. This may be used as a catsup. Bananas With Cranberries. Wash one pint of cranberries and cover them with one cupful of cold water. Cook until the berries are soft and press through a sieve. Halve six large bananas lengthwise and squeeze the juice of half a lemon over them. Add ‘one and one-half cupfuls of sugar to the hot cranberry juice, stir well, and pour over the bananas. Place in a hot oven and bake until the bananas are tender. Remove to a serving dish and cool. Usually the juice will be- come a rich jelly as it cools. DELVERED OVEN-ERESH Tivi . DALY TOYOUR w;?‘“' the layers. Barely cover with boiling water and cook for three hours in a moderate oven. Replenish the water when necessary to keep the food moist, lAm GENNEMANY England will never &+ ) forget this age-old ~| custom. From - door to 77 | door the singers move and tarry H and sing such old favorites. as “God Bless You, Merry Gentlemen, May Nothing You Dis- may.” Inside, where candles burn, the folks has- ten to the windows and listen as the voices recede down the narrow street. Luckily, in these enlightened days, there are few old “Scrooges” about. ‘We mentioned Scrooge to a high school boy the other day. He said, “What's his last name and what team did he play on last season?” He had never read “A Christmas Carol.” Who among older people will ever forget the following lines: ‘A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you,’ crled a cheerful voice. It was the voice of Scrooge’s nephew, who came upon him so quickly that this Foot ball players do not always know when they receive their numerous bruises. They do not feel the hurt at the time because of the intense excite- ment of the game and because their minds are wholly preoccupied with other things. Sometimes even a very serious injury may be received in this way. Players are known to have finished the game without knowing they had sustained broken bones. Similarly, soldiers are wounded in battle and keep on fight- ing, if at all physically able to do so, without knowing that they are wounded. The whole attention is concentrated on the one project at hand. There is, therefore, no room in the conscious- ness for other things.-The whole sup- ply of energy is being used in playing the game or in fighting the battle. A man may be so intent on saving his life from a burning building or from a sinking ship that he does not realize that he is trampling upon women and children. The reason is simple enough when you stop to analyze it. Any sensory ex- perience must capture the focus of con- sciousness in order to get itself felt and realized. But when the focus of con- sciousness is already very much preoc- cupled with a supreme task, such as making a touchdown or saving one’s life, AT R ACNE TREATMENT —a remedial agent for pimples, eruptions, eczema, or any blems ish of the skin. Majorie Rambeau methods assure a clear, lovely skin. And for every skin, MeRe Basic Treatment. Booklet free. Marjorie Rambeau Products | Parie. NEW YORI 8089 Fifth Ave. Ty OBTAINABLE AT Peaples Drug Stdres, Inc.; Palais Royal, S. Kann So) an other " caref selected drug and department stores. of Washington BY THORNTON FISHER. was the first intimation he had of his approach. “‘Bah!" sald Scrooge. ‘Humbug.’ “He had so heated himself with rapid walking in the fog and frost, this nephew of Scrooge’s, that he was all in a glow; his face was ruddy and handsome; his eyes sparkled, and his breath smoked again. “‘Christmas a humbug, uncle,’ saic Scrooge’s nephew. ‘You don’t mean that, I am sure.’ “‘I do,’ said Scrooge. ‘Merry Christ- mas! What right have you to be merry? You're poor enough.' “‘Come, then,’ returncd the nephew ‘What right have you to be dis- |mal? What reason have you to be morose? You're rich enough.’ Scrooge, having no better answer ready on the spur of the moment, said, ‘Bah’ again, and followed it up with ‘Humbug.’ “‘Don’t be cross, uncle,’ said the nephew. “‘What else can I be,’ returned’ the uncle, ‘when I live in such a world of fools as this? Merry Christmas! Out upon Merry Christmas! What's Christ- mas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer; a time for balancing your books and having every item in 'em through & round dozen of months presented dead against you? If I could work my wil,’ sald Scrooge indignantly. ‘every idiot who goes about with “merry Christmas on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding and buried with a stake oI"holly through his heart. He should!’ ‘Mu‘cl!‘:et m; nloneh zhen,' sald Scrooge. good ma; o you! it has ever doney you!” B R “ *There are many things fre I might have den\}/’ed gogcd, ?)‘? :g{gg I have not profited, I dare say,’ re- turned the nephew. ‘Christmas among the rest. But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come around, apart from the ven- eration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to* think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. And thetrefore. unclel. thfl;xgh it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in m: pocket, Idbv:ill’levéeo that it has done mz good, an me good; an H God bless it!'” " s 1 T Fowlis's Banie - — ' We delve the soil, we hew and toil, with ardor unremitting, and forward gaze to happy days when 'twill be time for quitting. “Some day our pile,” we say, and smile, “will measure six by twenty; then work will cease, and we in peace shall live, and eke in plenty. Some day we'll have the sort of salve that makes old age a blessing; we'll sit in state before the grate, our gilt- edged bonds caressing.” “While thus we strain in grief and pain, in weariness and lather, we are content to save a cent, another dime to gather. We do not wish to fondly fish in pools of spec- ulation; the gamblers’ games, the fakers’ aims, don’t get our admiration. Old plans endure and slow but sure we save the groats and shillings; no get-rich schemes infest our dreams, we crave no market killings. The day arrives when, with our wives, we find we're independ- ent; we settle down in some: chaste wwn, in comfort quite resplendent. ‘We've cut our ice, we have the price, we're fortunate wayfarers; we saved the dimes in bygone times, and old age has no terrors. But idle days impart now we dream and plan and scheme on how to bite the biter. Why be con- tent with five per cent when we are always reading of voters brisk who take a risk and are to wealth proceeding? The fakers walt beside the gate, the fakers and the schemers, they set their snares, their gins in pairs, for just such idle dreamers. And every day some poor old jay gives up his life-long sav- ings, he rants and rears, we see his tears, and hear his futile ravings. WALT MASON. (Copyright, 1928.) WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO BY MEHRAN K. THOMSON. there is no chance for the ordinary stimulus reaching the focus. And fail- ing in that, it does not register in consciousness, and the man cannot therefore be aware of what has hap- pened to him. To prove this theory try the simple experiment of extracting a hair from the head of your friend at the exact moment that you strike him a rather hard blow on the arm. He will not feel the hair pulling, and if he does not see you do it he could never be the wiser unless he has so few hairs that it does nof take diviie omnipo- tence to count them: Our grandfathers used to cure stomach ache by ap- plying a hot poker. It cured the stom- ach. ache, all right, but the remedy proved to be worse than the disease. The main point is that the mind can be completely absorbed only in one thing at any given time. And if it is so preoccupied, it can't take notice of the usual sensory experiences and will not be conscious of a hurt received. (Copyright, 1928.) MooN Not a ginger ale a haze to faculties once brighter, and r WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. S, Patent Office. When “scorching” down Capitol Hill was considered a dangerous practice, somewhat akin to the reckless automo- bile driving of today? THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Thursday, December 20. Astrologers read in tomorrow’s horo- scope certain adverse signs that cause them to counsel caution. Mercury’s opposition to Mars is cause for avoiding important decisions or undertakings that have in them any strong element of risk. Changes under this direction of the stars may_be attended by unusual hazards. It is well to delay rather than to take any serious chances. ‘There is a fairly good aspect for routine matters, especially those con- nected with the retail trade, which should be extraordinarily good. ‘The seers point out that extremes of prosperity and lack of it will be in- creasingly evident in the new year when many economic questions are to come into public discussion. ‘Women are warned that while this configuration prevails men may appear much more chivalrous and charming than they really are. It is not an auspicious rule under which to make ne_:{h acquaintances. e e young are supposed espe- cially. fortunate while this co tr:n prevails. They should be deferential to older persons who will be especially appreciative of attention. Gossip may be prevalent tomorrow, when an aspect supposed to incline to_unkindliness of judgment is strong. In the new year the general reac- tionary spirit will cause ‘scandal to be more perilous to social standing than it has leen in recent years. » ‘The charm that is believed to belong to gay divorcees is to vanish, the seers forecast, and again the modest, digni- fled type of girl will flourish. Again unusual storms are indicated and earthquakes may be e: in places where they are seldom ex- perienced. Persons whose birth date it is may expect a year of changes. Some sort of fraud in which they may be easily victimized is indicated. Children born on'that day are likely to be endowed with great energy. Bof boys and girls may be exceedingly rogressive and even radical in their deas. They will ,en}%e excitement Embwbl! for they are on the cusp which rings them Capricorn influences. (Copyright, 1928.) Willie Willis ‘BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “This was my day to go to the movies if that new boy hadn't wanted me to prove I could back the car out.” R Vegetable Seallop. ‘Peel four medium-sized potatoes, one large turnip and one medium-sized onion. and slice them thin into a greased baking dish, making alternate layers of potato and turnip, with an occasional slice of onion. Add salt and pfsnper to each layer. Fill the baking dish with milk until the vegetables are nearly covered. Place a - good-size lump of butter on top and bake in' a moderate oven. The new-fime drink SPARKLING DELICIOUS DIFFERENT Popular! Thirsty America, tired of the old familiarbeverages, is flocking to this new drink., Pale Moon is not only delicious, but is quite unlike anything you’ve ever tasted. Pale Moon Company of America, Inc., 824 So. 2nd St., Philadelphia, Pa. SERVE ICED! th | psychology in the proposal, but, like J. E. DYER & CO,, 3330 M St, N.W,, Washington, D.C. Wholesale Distributors. Telephone No. Wnfi 268, The Step That Wasn't Taken. Habit is & master who Has a hand in all we do. —Old Mother Nature. Buster Bear knew that he ought to keep away from that little houselike trap which had been set for him. He didn't know that it had been set for him, but he suspected that it might have been. So the wise thing to do was to keep away from there altogether. And this Buster would have done but for his curiosity. He had to go back there and find out whether that door that he had sprung had been opened again. “I won't go real near it,” said Bus- ter. “It can’t hurt me if I don't go into it. It certainly can't hurt me if I stay a distance from it. But I do want to know if that door has been opened again.” So Buster finally gave way to curlostiy and shuffied along through the woods until e was over near the queer little house, which really was a trap. He ap- proached it from the rear, so of course he couldn’t tell if the door was open. That meant that he had to circle around and this he started to do. Now, bears.are just like us, in that they are more or less creatures of habit. They are very likely to walk in the same path in places they visit fre- quently, That is what the trapper had counted on in Buster's case. It looked as if the trapper was right. Buster cir- cled wide and so swung around to come in front of the log trap. He had been there many times before and so without thinking anything about it he followed his old tracks. Now you will remember that the trap- per has buried a great steel trap—a wicked steel trap—right in Buster's trail. He had set it with the greatest care and very carefully ¢overed it with leaves and dust. To look at the ground where that was hidden, you never would have suspected that there was a trap there. No sir, you never would have suspected it. Buster didn't suspect it. In the first place, he wasn't looking for it. He had never had any experi- ence with traps set for him. The wonder was that he hadn't.been caught in that log trap, or “pen trap,” as the trapper called it. He probably would have been had'not a Bobcat gotten into it first. That had been enough to make Buster suspicious. Then when the trap had been reset, he had climbed up on the room and had sprung the door so that it had dropped, giving him a great scare. All this was enough to make Bus- STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, TO28% ‘TERTURESY BEDTIME STORIE BY THORNTON W. BURGESS ter very cautious now and very suspie cious of that log trap, but there was nothing to suggest a steel trap with its great wicked jaws. So Buster paid little attention to anything except the little log house. As soon as he was far enough around he saw at once that the door was open. He stopped and stood up to study it. He sniffed and he thought he caught the odor of meat. He sniffed again and this time he knew he did. “It is a trap,” said Buster to him- self. That door was shut and now it is Jpen. It is a good place to stay away from. LITTLE LOG HOUSE. But I do wish I could get that meat without going in there. I'll go along & little farther. So Buster dropped down to all fours and started to shuffle along over his old trail fo his favorite spot directly in front of the log trap. As he moved along, Buster kept his eyes fixed on the open doorway. He didn't look to see where he was going and he didn't use that nose of his as he should. have used it. The trouble was, he was using it to smell that meat over in the log trap. So it was that presently Buster was where one more step would spring that hidden steel trap. Buster’s foot was in the air to take that step. If he should put that foot down it would rest squarely on the pan of the trap and spring. it. But Buster didn't put that foot down just then. It was a step that wasn't taken. And a good thing it was for Buster that it wasn't taken. (Copyright, 1928.) KEEPING MENTALLY FIT BY JOSEPH Radical Measures. A Prench observer well acquainted with American ways proposes two sim- ple reforms—the first to make walking safe for pedestrians by taking away the motorist’s horn. Deprived of that for- midable bugle, he would have to* slow down. The second is ‘to do away with the bombastic megaphone eloguence of Congress and Parliament and all such assemblies by the equally simple meas- ure of making everybody speak sitting down. Less noise and greater comfort and safety in both cases. No politician or advocate can get up an artificial oratorical temperature while seated in a chair. The “chair” is generally calmer than the speaker, because he remains seated. The ora- tor’s voice carries but alarms, like the autoist’s horn. It’s the same psycho- logical solution for both evils. There’s more than one pilece of keen- many proposals that would solve prob- lems, it's too simple to be adopted. That's what makes it radical—it goes to the root of things. At bottom, we don’t want to stop speeding or clap- trap; we just want to reduce them to safe and sane proportions without dis- turbing the usual tenor of our ways. ‘The next bit of psychology is this: The same device that serves a useful purpose and makes for safety carries with it the possibility of becoming a nuisance and a menace. The motorist must have his horn to warn you of danger; but, having it, he goes at the limit of speed and doesn’t give you time to get out of his way. The orator must have the freedom of his voice and emphasis to put over his message, but, having it, he makes a noise like an important message when he hasn't much to say. Both abuse their privi- lege, and that temptation reveals a deep streak in human nature—some- thing like wanting to eat your cake and have it, too. That's also why you hesitate to give a small boy a sharp knife; what cuts wood will also cut fingers. When you go on stage deeper you reach the principle that a good thing is a mean between extremes. An auto without & horn, or at night without a light, would be a danger all around. You couldn’t tell when the juggernaut is upon you. However, the price we m for the speed of traffic is its bed- and the glare that lets the auto- ist see the road blinds your eyes. § It is more than the golden mean of temperance in all things. which is as sound advice for mental fitness and moral safety as it was when stated in| [ Love JASTROW. the days of the Greek philosophers; it is a special case of the general 4 ciple that responsibility or authority or privilege is such because with the pow- er it confers goes the possibility of its abuse. That's precisely what respon- sibility means; and a sense of respon- sibility is the very core of mental and moral fitness. Year by 16 years old to drive an auto, not be- cause a younger person cannot manage the machine, but because of the re- sponsibilities of the road. To learn to use and not abuse is a wise guiding motto for a deal else, from runnnig a car to taking share in running a nation. If people generally were up to this ideal, wouldn't be necessary to consider rad- ical measures, even such as we cannot adopt. - Radicals arise and propose upset the whole social order be: from the toot of the auteist’s horn as soon as he recovers from the shock of his escape. If the tone of it could be modified from a . note of threat to L friendly warning it would help mat- TS, (Copyrisht, 1928.) 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