Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1929, Page 19

WOMA N’'S-PAGE. i s ' . THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. ‘.- C. SATURDAY. JANUARY 5 19’ New Hat Type and Longer Hair BY MARY M. ‘Three cheers for ‘Reboux and Re- boux’s daring new hat that is short endugh,in the back and over the ears to show a soft arrangement of curls. This is the first real breaking away {rom the rule of the hat shaped to fit BACK OF EAR AND BROUGHT | FORWARD IN CURL. REBOUX'S NEW HAT OF FUR AND VELVET. HAT OF FABRIC FUR CUT IN A POINT IN FRONT. closely down over the back of the head | to the nape of the neck. It is, in fact, the first definite recognition on the part of the milliners of the fact that all women are not still closely | shingled. To be sure. hats were made to make allowances for longer hair. But smart BEAUTY CHATS Making Up Formulas. A new reader of mine wrote me the other day and said that she had made up my cold cream formula, but that it burned her skin, and what was the trouble? I wish she had sent me some of the cream, for it was hard to answer her letter. But I looked up the chart, found that the formula had been print- ed correctly, so there was no typograph- ical error, and I know that the formula is all right, for I have made it up for myself for years and use nothing clse, ‘The trouble sometimes js that the formula is turned over to some other person. I alwavs want my readers to buy the materials and make the cream themselves. Hundreds of them do. A lot of them tell me they buy fancy glass jars, make the cream and pu$ it in and give the jars away as Christmas | or birthday presents. It's-rather nice to be given a jar of cream of a quality that you would have to pay $5 for, at that!" For if the formula is followed carefully, the creamr cannot be wrong. The Daily Cros (Copyrizht. 1929.) Dig. . Part of locomotive. 9. Points of crescent moon. Extraction. Mimicry. Devoured, . Revoker. Multiple of five. . River in Southern China. Ore deposit. . Insect. Extremely, . Shapes. 28. Wrote {llegibly. Fish. . Spring. Legal claim, . Drone. Call back. . Portal. . The same. . Perch-like fishes. . Shoot out. Defend 7. Government grant. Potash. . Prejudice, Write Regret. Moved with light, quick steps. ARSHALL. hats, as we have known them for some time, have been essentially skull- caps, and the woman who has chosen to wear her hair in curls at the ack has either had to let them straggle down her neck ‘or has had to crush them under the confines of a hat that took no notice of them. And the woman who has chosen to wear her longer hair in a bun or coil has had | to content herself with a bulge in the back of her hat that looked like a de- formity. Perhaps nothing will' come of this new hat from Reboux. Perhaps it is| one of the many eccentricities of fash- ion that will amuse us for a few weeks wnd then pass, leaving apparently no! trace on the chart of fashion. But it {may be one way out of the dilemma | for the woman who has definitely given up the shingled coiffure. This week’s help for the home dress- | makers consists of diagram pattern for makin? a new collar with ends that may b> added to any blouse wiih a V | openiag. It may be made of ribbon or silk and gives a new touch to.a frock of which you have become a trifie tired. | S0 please send me a stamped, self- addressed envelope and I will gladly send it to you at once. (Copyright, 1920 Light Potato Dish. Pare as many potatoes of uniform size as there will be people to be served, al- lowing two or three extra. Cook until soft, but not crumbling, in slightly salt- ed water. When done, drain and put in a colander for a few minutes with a towel over them to absorb the moisture. Set them in a baking dish from which they may be served, and turn in cream or thin white sauce to fill the dish one- third full. Put a bit of butter on top of cach potato, sprinkle lightly with salt and white pepper, and bake until the potatoes have absorbed the cream and are lightly browned. English Pork Pie. Pork should be fine grained and firm to the touch. The lean meat or mus- | cle of pork when from a young animal is nearly white and that from an older animal is rose color. The fat should be well distributed through the lean. Cook two pounds of fresh lean pork for half an hour in enough water to | cover. Let cool in_the liquid, take out | and cut into dice. Butter a deep baking dizh and put in the meat. Cover with a layer of hard-cooked eggs sliced, and season with minced onion, salt and pep- | per. Dot with butter and dredge with flour. Thicken the liquid in which the meat was cooked and season with Wor- cestershire sauce. Pour into the pie, cover with good pastry and bake for 45 minutes. Brush with white of egg and brows BY EDNA KENT FORBES This is true of the hair tonic, also, another pet formula of mine. And of | the various astringent and skin soften- ing lotions I print from time to time. I keep the formulas simple deliberately. for often women guess at the amount of the ingredients, and often they think they remember the amounts and make a mistake. And I have few formulas for simplicity's sake. H. K—After you have tried good | tonics and other methods for improv- | ing vour scalp troubles and still have, had no success, you should consult a | scalp specialist. There are scalp con- ditions that need special diagnosis, and such cases usually yield quickly under the directions of a person who has made scalp troubles a specialty. I am not referring to the general treat- ments you can get in the barber shops or in 2 beauty parlor, for it should be some one who can examine your scalp and prescrib> for it specially. Mrs. O. W.—I am sorry, but I do not hava a book titied as you mention. s Word Puzzle . By. . Chopping tool. . Decline gradually. . Denial. . Making neat. . Trap. . One from the Atlantic Coast. . Heron. . Piece.out. . Invades suddenly. Down. . Sudden convulsive action. . Open court of a Spanish dwelling. . Land measure, . Prefix; down. . Registered. | Walking stick. . Period of life. . Beseech. . Of the flesh. . Very high. Fix. 2. After a time. . Ecclesiastical council. . Spreads. . Spiks of grain. . Sheltered spot. . Small branch. . Misconduct Dizeolored in places. Tip to one side. . Tract. . Scratch. In what way. Not moderating. . Snooze. . Eagle. . Watch closely. . Aliens. Fact . ts. . Six-part composition. . Employ. . Analyze a sentence, .. Portuguese coin. . Labored breath. . Finished. . Openings. . Sage.. . Impair. Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Keeping Appointments. The most aggravating people in the world are those who habitually show up late for their appointments. There are a few of these in the world, perhaps 5 per cent of the general population. These few constitute two unique psycho- logical types, for which some explana- tion might not be out of place. According to that. versatile psycholo- gist, Dr. Sigmund Freud, those who keep their appointments on the dot are nervous. A strange sort of anxiety grips them the moment an appointment is made and does not release its hold until the meeting is over. So they are cager to get the business, whatever it is, off their min The Freudian theory assumes indirectly the prompt are nervous th not prompt are not nervous. Freud's explanation does not seem to stack up with the facts. You can set your clock by the coming and going of the levcl-headed, prosperous business and professional men in your com- munity. Day after day they pass a given point at the same time. At least a goodly number of those who are habitually late at appointments represent the very opposite of the Freudian theory. Those who are mnot prompt are the nervous critters. You see this nervousness creeping out after they get down to the business at hand. “Ifs” and “ands” come thick and fast. They do everything to postpone deci- sions. They feel exactly as you do when you have an engagement with your dentist, knowing that he has decided to use the forceps. A contemplated trip to the corner grocery store seems to assume an importance big enough to prompt you to call up the dentist to seck a postponement of your en- gagement. There is, however, another reason why some people are habitually late at their appointments. There is a class of self-appraised near-great, who feel that they must impress their self-sup- posed importance upon other people. The longer they can keep you waiting the more kick they get out of it. While there appears to have been little study of this class (usually politicians just elected to office), the modern psycholo- gist is tempted to say that these late- comers are suffering from a feeling of inferiority and that they compensate for that feeling by putting the other fellow, perhaps a whole audience, in an inferior situation. (Copyright, MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. . therefore, that since who are 1929.) Individual Waste Basket. One mother says: I provided my little son with a bright- colored waste basket with some pretty designs on it. He now keeps his play corner much neater than when he had to get my wastebasket from the kitchen and clean up. A wastebasket as a part of his own equipment for “living” in- spired pride in individual neatness. (Copyright, 1929.) A Sermon for Today BY REV. JOHN R. GUNN, One Who Never Forgets. Text hou shalt not be forgotten m Isa., xliv.21. “My familiar friends have forgotten me,” cried Job in the midst of his dis- tress. Many of us know what it is to feel that we have been forgotien by familiar friends. We know what it is to have friends fail us in the hour of need. Even the best often prove to be less able or less willing than we thought. ‘What a satisfaction and comfort it is to twn from the failure and for- getfulness of man to the constancy and faithfulness of God. “He abideth faithful,” He says Himsell “Thou shalt not be forgotten of me,” Friend may forget friend, a mother may for- get her sucking child, “yet I will not forget thee.” He may sometimes seem to forget. He may leave you for a while without succor. He may allow you to toil against a tempestuous sea until the fourth watch of the night. But presently, above the roar of the tempest and storm, you will hear his voice, saying: “Be not afrald; it is I.” It is good to know that there is One who never forgets. Though sometimes He may seem to be afar off, He is ever near. “I will not forsake thee, mnor leave thee,” is His promise to every one that trusteth in Him. He can- not promise and fail to perform. Let the constancy and faithfulness of God be our assursace and confi- dence as we turn to face the unknown of another year. No matter who may fall us or what may fail us, “He faileth not,” Only let us “wait-on the Lord and keep his way,” and we may be sure of his faithful and continuing watchfulness over us. of “Is_anything funnier than a fresh egg trying to act hard-bofled?” (Copyrizht, 1928.) Molded Potatoes. These can be prepared on Saturday and browned on Sunday. Make a thick white sauce with three tablespoonfuls of flour, three tablespoonfuls of butter or substitute, and two cupfuls of rich milk, and season with pepper and salt. Slice into this sauce four medium-sized cold boiled potatoes and add a table- spoonful of chopped parsley. Cook for five minutes. Butter an oval china mold or bowl and turn the prepared potato into 1t, pressing it down firmly, and sit away for over night, or for several . Scottish river. . Kind of ox . Species of the cuckoo. An action in law, o hours. Half an hour before dinner time turn the potatoes out inte a fireproof Fashionable Folk by cJulia Boyd « McNaught Syndicats, Inc., N. Y. DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Why the Sensible American Husband Is to Blame| 1f He Has a Silly Wife—Must a Wife Stay at Home With the Baby Every Day? EAR MISS DIX: In my family there are four middle-aged, whining, peevish, discontented, neurotic women who make their husbands’ ‘lives a burden to them. These husbands are all typical American husbands, who have given their wives everything they could desire and relieved them of all responsibility. ‘These women have never had to work, and apparently it has never occurred to them that they might improve their minds. All they do is run around to clubs and go to foolish little parties with women just like themselves. They make no effort to be companions to their husbands or even to be good housekeepers, | and yet they complain about being neglected because their husbands give them a liberal allowance and then don't bother with them any more. Each one of these men is terribly disappointed, yet for the sake of their children they endure their marriages, They deserve smart, intelligent wives. Maybe some day they will find them. A DISGUSTED RELATIVE. Answer: I certainly do agree with you that a clever, intelligent man deserves a clever, intelligent wife, but how come he hasn’t one? Don't forget that men do the picking, and so long as they pass up a smart, well-educated, broad-minded girl for a silly little flapper just because one girl has a saleratus- biscuit. complexion and the other has the sort of skin you love to touch, why, your sympathy for the men who are united to fools instead of sensible women is bound to be a little diluted with the thought that it serves them right. If the time ever comes when men select their wives by the inside furnishing of their heads instead of the outside ornaments, marriage will be a real companionship instead of an endurance test. Without doubt the American husband is the best, the kindest, the most generous and the most unselfish husband in the world. He is the shining example that the women of every other country hold up to their husbands, but the trouble is he is too good for his own good and his wife's good, and out of his very effort to be kind to his wife he unintentionally works a great and terrible unkindness upon her. His goodness becomes a boomerang that flies back end annihilates the home, because in babying his wife he literally makes a baby of her. He keeps her in a state of perpetual childhood. He makes a moron of her and prevents her from growing up into the full stature of a real wife. ‘The American man thinks he is being an ideal husband when he provides his wife with so many servants that she never has any work to do. He even relieves her of the care of her own children when possible. He thinks he is being good to her when he gives her all the money she can spend and when he takes away from her all responsibility, and he pats himself on the back and feels that he should be awarded a gold medal as a model husband when he exacts nothing whatever from her—not even to keep a clean house or to sew on his buttons. There are plenty of men who think that they are saving their wives when they never tell them of any of their business troubles or any of their worries and when they make all of the sacrifices when the money doesn't go around and somebody has to do without things. g Then these same husbands feel ill-used later on because their wives have not kept step with them, but have stayed silly, vapid baby dolls that they get tired of playing with when they have outgrown their boyish toys, and at middle age want wives who are their mental and spiritual equals. Of course, there are some women who are female Peter Pans who will never grow up, because they are merely high-grade imbeciles who are incapable of ever learning anything: but the great majority of brides could be developed into real women if their husbands would take the trouble to do it. They would study and read if their husbands demanded it of them. They would keep up with their husbands if their husbands kept hurrying them up. I knew of a case of this sort in which a brilliant young lawyer' observed that his wife was giving symptoms of slumping after the first baby. He said to her: “I am warning you. I am going on. I'm climbing, and if you don't climb with me you are going to be left behind, and you need not expect me to be faithful to a wife who has been too lazy and shiftless to try to keep up with me.” It is the duty of every husband to try to develop his wife and to see that she has plenty of work to do, because that keeps her out of mischief, It prevents her from getting morbid and it gives her self-respect. ‘We are always talking ‘about the influence of a wife over a husband, but, believe me, the influence of a husband over a wife is a thousandfold greater than hers over him, and he is largely responsible for what she is at middle age. e DOROTHY DIX. DEAR MISS DIX: Do you think I am a neglectful, heartless woman, not descrving the name of mother, because I feel that I am entitled to go to a movie once a week and leave my baby in competent hands? My husband says I can't go without taking the child, who is only 5 months old, and that spoils it for me and is bad for the child. This is the only recreation I have or want, and I feel I am entitled to it. MRS. A, Answer: You certainly are, and your husband is foolish as well as unjust in opposing your having such a simple pleasure. _If he were wiser he would urge you to go to the movies or to call on a neighbor at least twice a week, because that would make you so much pleasanter and easier to live with and so much more interesting as a companion, because it would break the strain on your nerves and let them relax and give you something new and fresh to talk about. The reason that most peevish women are peevish is because they are worn out with the monotony of their daily lives. They go round and round in a treadmill, with nothing to break it. They have no new, fresh interests, and so they become morbid. They get to harping on the same string. They lose their sense of proportion and trifies loom as bhig as mountains to them. All this is changed if a little variety and amusement are introduced into their lives. A woman sings at her work instead of grouching over it if she is thinking about some thrilling and romantic picture she saw last night and is seeing herself as the beautiful heroine dressed in sables instead of the bungalow apron she is wearing. I regard movies as a godsend to the domestic woman, They have saved many a one from the insane nsylun: or. the dlvnrce court. DOROTHY DIX. EAR DOROTHY DIX: T am married to a dear woman whom I love very much and who is good, kind and considerate to me, but my mother hates my wife because she did not want me to marry. She wanted me to stay with her. She has tried to make me leave my wife and says that if I will come to her she will take care of my baby and that I can live with ner and have all my money to spg;d onul;nysell.“ Shbeiuin ly mother writes letters to my employers injuring my wife" i she is working, too. My mother is well off, but sl'leJ Keesg m};)edu:n!d ‘;lo:;tl:ns'pefi of sickness when she is crossed. What shall I do? Stick to my wife or go to my mother? MINOR. : Answer: If you have any manhood in you, stick to your wife, Your mother is a wicked woman to try fo break up your home and separate you from a good THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Sunday, January 6. Malefic aspects appear to be strong in tomorrow'’s horoscope, according to astrology, which finds in the stars cer- tain menacing influences. In the morning good luck should attend letter writing, even though re- quests for money are interpolated into friendly missives. College students should benefit under this planetary government. It is“a fairly fortunate day for facing one’s financial status and for balancing one’s accounts. Deficits are supposed to seem less depressing than usual while this configuration prevails. The clergy may find congregations inattentive or even critical under this sway of the stars, Women may be less responsive to religious admonition than they were before the new year began. Peace moves will be numerous, it is forecast, and Great Britain will be espe- cially intent upon co-operation with the United States. This is not a propitious time for courtship, and it is well for the Sunday caller to discuss the Winter weather this evening, thus avoiding personalities. It is not a favorable rule under which to visit persons whose good graces are desired. The direction of the stars is likely to bring out the worst instead of the best traits. Deceit and even falsehood are sup- posed to be encouraged by this planetary government, which is most threatening in diplomatic affairs. Since Mars and Saturn rule during the Winter soistice, greed for wealth will continue to be strong, and there will be much corruption, the seers prophesy. It is Saturn's power that is supposed to threaten central Europe, where Mars seems to presage war. Russia as well as Germany and France are subject to sinister planetary influ- ences that may be exceedingly serious, astrologers announce. Persons whose birth date it is have the augury of good luck through elders, and there may be grief as well as joy in this connection. Children born on that day probably will be high-strung. sensitive and ex- tremely modest. These subjects of Capricorn are likely to be endowed with fine artistic talents, but they need some one to exploit their genius. (Copyright, 1929.) NANCY PAGE Cereal, Soup, Fruit Juices Are in Diet of Re-peter BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Peter Page, jr, was six months old to the day, and mighty proud of it ap- parently. He took so much interest in his food that Nancy swore he took after his father. Peter replied by saying that any man who had. married a woman who cooked as well as Nancy would be foolish not to be interested in food and then, of course, Nancy had nothing to co but make a deep bow. Joan was as interested in the foods that her cousin Peter ate as he was him- self. She held his bottle while his mother finished feeding him the prune juice. To make this she washed prunes well, soaked them overnight and then cooked them down in the liquid until it was practically all absorbed. She put the prunes and liquid through a fine sieve and gave Peter four teaspoons of the juice each day. He received a vegetable puree made by cooking spinach or carrots in small amount of water. When the vegetable was tender she put it through a fine sieve and to one tablespoon of vegetable puree she added one-half cup of Jiquid in which the vegetable had cooked. ‘Then she stirred up anywhere from one- half teaspoon to one teaspoon of flour in one-half cup milk, added this and cooked for five minutes. He received eight ounces of this each day. In making the meat soup she brought home one-half pound round steak, cut off all fat, cut meat into small pieces and put over it two quarts water, This was simmered down to one quart. Then she added two tablespoons granulated wheat cereal and cooked down to one pint. Each day Peter had one-half pint or eight ounces of this soup. New babies need lavettes. Write to Nancy Page, care of this paper. inclosing a stamp- ed. self-addressed envelope, asking for her Layette leaflet (Copyright, 1928.) SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. I tries not to laugh at Baby when her ‘tencs to read the papers—but her berry ig'rant, her don't eben -know ‘nough to turn to the funny page. (Copyright, 1929.) pindh s Peach Custard Pie. Make a rich biscuit dough of two cup- fuls of sifted flour, two heaping tea- spoonfuls of baking powder and two heaping teaspoonfuls of lard, or use half cream and half milk to moisten and no lard. Roll to fit a square pan, prick, and cover with halves of canned peaches. Pour over this mixture four cupfuls of milk, two eggs, three-fourths wife who is doing her duty. platter, brush with melted butter, sprin- kle with grated cheese and set in a hot ougp - ugtll - -adl-oyer, - Don’t bother abont your mother's illness. Lots of women throw a fit t their own way, but their spells are never fatal. r:z'fl"x' i} 25 eh e (Gopsrighty. > v MRV i s cupful of sugar, and nutmeg or vanilla to flavor. Beat thoroughly before turn- ing it over the peaches. Bake for 20 I yene | Why, l . FEATURES." Impressionistic Window: Boxes BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. THE IMPRESSIONISTIC BOXES SUPPLY AS DECORATIVE EFFECTS IN WINDOWS AS IF THE FLOWERS WERE GENUINE. A clever interior decorator had among his clientele in a large city many who lived in blocks of houses where the sun did not shine in the front windows. He conceived of a novel idea that robbed the windows of their drab appearance and gave them that element of smart- ness that the French call chic. Passers by were cheered by the gay colors glimpsed, and friends commented on the attractiveness. As it is an idea that can be carried out by home decorators, I am passing it along to you. The sketch gives an excellent idea of the scheme. As you see, it presents an | impressionistic window box abloom with gay posies. There is a distinctly mod- ernistic note in the decoration. Instead of real flowers and foliage, imitation board and colorful paint are substituted. ‘The “box” is placed inside of the win- dow. As the artificial wood does not have to be thick, the “box” can fit into any window without infringing percep- tibly on the sill, however narrow. The arrangement of flowers is such that the height comes at either end of the box, and hence at the sides of the window, leaving the glass unobstructed for looking through. Also the light is not excluded. Another excellent idea in this decorative scheme is that when the window is raised no blast of cold air will freeze the simulated plants or nip the buds. ‘To make a window decoration of this sc.t, extra heavy cardboard can be used, or a light weioht artificial wood made of paper or compressed pulp. On this tiae design is drawn, following the plan The Sidewalks illustrated or carrying out any other that the home decorator chooses. The upper and side outlines ate then cut away deftly with a very sharp pointed kmfe or with a jigsaw. The bottom of the box must be perfectly straight and the sides also and conform to the meas- irer ents of the window in which the box is to fit. Oil paints, water colors and poster paints are mediums, any one of which may be used that suits the worker best. if either of the la:. two agents are 'mnloved, thev chould .. treated with a coat of clear varnish to make them du- rable. It is not a bad idea to varnish even the oils. Each side of the decoration should be peinted so that whether seen from out- sice or inside the house it is ornamental. The two sides do not necessarily have to e aiike in tones. The side coming next, the glass may be much gayer than that inside, which should be painted to har- monize with the colors used in the in- terior. This does not mean that they~ should be identical, but that they should accord well. ‘These unique window boxes may be secured to the window casement with glue or with thumb tacks. There will be sufficient space between them and . ie wir.dow sashes for the window to be raised and lowered easily. It may be mentioned that these boxes act like draught screens. When windows are. raised slightly the air striking them is diverted upward. The attractive boxes do a‘douhle service of screen and ornas menf (Copyright, 1929.) of Washington BY THORNTON FISHER. Since the dawn of creation ingenious man has hewed and carved and painted effigies. The results of his increased knowledge and skill greet one where- ever he may go. Our own Statuary Hall abounds in ef- flifl:s of America's notable public men. Our parks and pub- lic squares are adorned with hero- ic figures of soldiers and sailormen. The designers and chiselers of these statues were and are masters of a distinguished art. Under the marble canopy of the Lin- coln Memorial sits the eloguent like- ness of the martyr President. Poster- ity will inherit invaluable art contribu- tions depicting the era in which we live and those who donate to its weal. Stores and shops long ago recognized the value of lifelike wax models for the display of attire. Many years ago an institution was established in London in which were exhibited hundreds of wax effigies of the famous and infamous folks of the day. Dickens mentions Mrs. Jarley’s waxwork show in “The Old Curiosity Shop.” The Eden Musee was for years a well known institution in this country, and its “chamber of norrors” contained horrifying spectacles. Itinerant exhibitors of waxworks con- tinue to exploit their effigies. For two bits one may gaze upon ef- figies of dead men, among whom are former bandits and two-gun toters. Mystery broods in such places. * K Kk K The other night a group was startled at the sound of what seemed like a re- volver shot followed by an unearthly scream. Upon investigation it proved to be the backfire of an automobile. The scream was emitted by a lady in an adjoining house who apparently had been frightened by a mouse. Neverthe- less the men of the group began an investigation. Mystery has intrigued the world's greatest men. The late President Wil- son was fond of detective stories, if we are to believe those who should know. One night we were walking through a narrow stepped street in Algiers. Small, barred windows through which strange brown faces gazed flanked the dark thoroughfare. Unintelligible murmurs sounded from behind tightly closed doors. An occasional soft-slippered Arab sauntered by. The blue-green shadows would have inspired a Belasco. Suddenly we heard shouts from within one of the native houses. Stopping in our tracks, we were horrified at the sight of a diminutive monkey lying on its back on a doorstep, bleeding. Through a window in the door a native woman shouted at us and gestured to us to move on. Her invitation was unnec- essary. We are still trying'to solve the mystery of the dead monkey. * Kk ok ok Every town large enough and pros- perous enough to support a paid fire department has an official greeter or hand-shaker. -He may be the town banker or an ordinary citizen who wears his clothes well. It is his func- tion to receive the notables who visit his municipality and head the line of march to the city hall or whatever the destination may be. His sole com- pensation is the knowledge that he is regarded as a distinguished citizen. One of these town greeters is in Washing- ton. Many of those whom he has welcomed to his own city are return- ing the amenities. Of course, he is not being paraded down the Avenue. Only visiling heroes receive that honor. “The President is the official greet- er here,” he ventured. “It is surpris- ing ‘that the busiest and most respon- sible man in the Nation should be deputized to perform such service. even in our small place the mayor seldom devotes any time to welcoming the ‘big boys.’ “I'll' never forget an occasion that nearly caused me to resign my job as hand-shaker. A well known states- man was to visit our town. We were duly informeg that he would arrive on the 10 am. train. I gathered the committee together and with our of- ficial ribbons pinned to the lapels of our coats we met at the station. When the train stopped we rushed to a group of distinguished-looking men and singled out the statesman. He wes- evidently. swnsised: at- We-recep- THE DESIGNERS ARE MASTERS— tion and protested that he didn't car§’ to drive in state up the main street.® We seized him, however, and literally" " carried him to the automobile which was waiting. 5 “His struggles were of no avail and we pushed him into the machine and started off. The natives lined up on_ the curb and waved to us as we dashed’ by. Reaching the, city hall we found a crowd of e and the police were compelled to cut a passage for us. Just as we were about to present. the man to the mayor the stranger contrived to explain that he was a hardware salesman whose object in visiting us was to call on the trade. ‘The papers grabbed the stary and the sales- man made capital of it. The pub- licity his arrival evoked was worth money to him. I might add that an error had been made as to the time of the arrival of the statesman's train, which was 1 o'clock instead of 10. Some one had | inadvertantly added a cipher.” Everyday Law Cases Is A Promissory Note Negotiable 1f Its Amount is Not Certain? BY THE COUNSELLOR. Philadelphia, Nov. 9, 1924. $700.00. For value received, I promise to pay to Jacob Lockwood or order the sum of $700, in three years from this date, with interest to be paid semi-annually. with the privilege of anticipating payment. upon said sum in whole or in part at any time. DUDLEY TILDEN. After receiving this promissory notey Jacob Lockwood requested Alfred Rane dall to discount it for him. Alfred Randall did so and thereafter Tilden made him a number of payments re ducing the amount to $500. When this balance was reached, however, Tilden | refused to continue paying, asserting that Lockwood had failed to fulfill the terms of a contract that had been the occasion for his making the note. Ran- dall reminded him that, as the note had been properly negotiated to him for value before maturity he was not interested in any disputes between the original parties regardless of the justi= flability of any claims. Randall had properly cited the law, but it was found not applicable to his note, as he learned later when the court rendered the following decision : “In order that a promissory note may be negotiable one of the requisites is that both time and amount must be definite and certain. This note is’ certain on neither point because of the: privilege granted therein of anticipating: payment. . Accordingly, the holder off 1 the note takes it subject to the claims: between the original parties.” Villie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN, S é “I didn’t do nothin' bad. T just tol Mrs. Brown I was giad the ‘car ru over one of our hens because Ma: didn't mean to have company. for- . A3 N