Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1929, Page 34

WOMAN’S PAGE Overcasting and Top Seaming BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. Overcasting s one of the simplest of the regulation. plain. sewing stitches.” It is famillar to every one who sews. ‘This, in {tself, is proof that it is an important, if a usual, stitch. It is FANCY CUFFS ARE OVERSEAMED TO WRISTS OF KID GLOVES. known by several different names, ac- cording to its fineness and the purposes to which it is put. Overcasting may be used to hold two selvedges of material together in a seam that it is scarcely perceptible. It .7- pears to be more of an unevenness in NOT PASSED BY CENSOR BY DEWITT MACKENZIE. The Zero Hour. L TBE first gray streaks which heralded a sunless dawn were just beginning to rear themselves mushroomlike into the sky from the far-off edge of the stinking sea of mud called Flanders. Down to the south of the Ypres galient, in this cockpit of Europe, the British front-line trenches over & stretch of perhaps five miles were man- ned with n\m‘-llp;:ehd. ag;x:tl s'tgdm fl:: were waiting for the si g0 OV the top.” The zero hdur was Almost the ere. There was scarcely a sound within the trench itself. Occasionally a Ger- man shell found the British, front line— a moment of living hell, thoans, and then silence. Within the trench was silence, but out in front, and just in back, was & ceaseless crash of splintering steel. For hours the British gunners had been bombarding the énemy in prepara- tion for the infantry attack. A bit more light was all they needed. Then would come the British barrage, behind which Tommy Atkins would make his way blindly out across no man’s land to do or die. No man spoke. No man looked at his comrade. No man Had slept for 24 hourt—a day and a night in thé crater of a seething volcano. They were shell shocked and exhausted, and only raw nerve kept their tired bodies erect at the parapet. Many could have scream- ed with the anguish of it, but the horrid nightmare held their throats in an un- relenting grip. The broad shoulders of Capt. Bob hunched against the trench among his lade. His eyes were on the illuminated dial of his wrist watch, counting off the seconds and minutes. His men saw the big_fellow !hndln, there as they had seen him_ scores o and steady. It gave a fellow courage Just to look at Capt. Bob. But Capt. Bob was far from being as calm as he appeared. He was wag- ing & mighty battle with himself as he stood there counting, counting—God, how long would it be before the hands of his watch touched the zero hour? Something queer had come over Capt. Bob, something he had never experi- enced before. His nerves were playing havoc with him. He was filled with terror—stark horror of that coming rush out ggross no man's land. He, the hero of hundxe%flx ts, was afraid. He tried to crush the feeling, but it would not down. And not only was he afraid, but he was suffering that greater torture—fear of being afraid. ‘Two minutes more and he would be giving the signal, would have to lead his men into action. Could he make it? He tried to pull himself together. Came the great moment. Capt. Bob raised his hand. With a cry his men swarmed over the top of the parapet. Out there ahead the welcome British barrage grasned down and ' began its steam-roller progress. But Capt. Bob didn't move. He slumped weakly up against the wall of the trench. Tommy, standing next his captain, hesitated in surprise, and terror seized him, too. The sergeant major's quick eye caught the situation. “Over the top, you bloody—" he snarled at Tommy. “Or Il shoot you through the guts.” The sergeant leaned over his captain. “What's the matter, sir?” he asked. “Get hit?” Capt. Bob shook his head. “I—I just can't make it, sergeant major,” he spered. “I'm done. My nerve is gon The sergeant bared his teeth. He didn't like the captain, anyway. “For tuppence I'd shoo yellow swine,” he grated. “But I'll leave you for the firing squad, you—" 1L The assistant provost marshal of Cas- sel tucked the order into his tunic pocket and sighed. Another trip to the front line to arrest a man for cowardice, another court-martial, another firing squad. The A. P. M. didn't like his job. It was a captain fellow this time, too, a Capt. Bob. What a pity! The A. P. M. wondered who Capt. Bob might be, and sighed again as he started on his un- welcome journey. The sergeant major guided the A. P. M. along the trench and finally pointed out a broad back down the line. “There’s your man, sir,” said the scrgeant, and he licked his lips. The A. P. M. walked up and tapped the captain on the shoulder ahd an- nounced: “I've come for you."” The big chn,l; turned and faced the A. P. M. The latter's eyes encountéred first the captain’s chest, and there they rested in amazement, for strung across the stained tunic was a row of ribbons, won for valor in battle. There were medals from the British, medals from the French, medals from the Belgians— . each a tribute to great hr;vgrv," - ou, too, you | weave than stitchery. The work is then called topseaming or overseaming. This is its correct and technical name, although such stitchery is as often called overcasting in America as it is overseaming, and the word topseaming is seldom heard. In England the distinctions are more precisely drawn. This same term, over- seaming, is used when folds of goods are so stitched together, or one selvedge and one fold, the latter made necessary by the edge being raw, or cut edge. Technically, overcasting is a loose stitchery, employed to prevent raw edges from roveling out. It is the stichery used on edges of seams and on edges of material liable to fray, even though the textile is not made up. Unless some textiles are thus overcast, they may ravel so that one or more inches of the goods is lost. Overseaming of selvedges is done as follows: Hold the two edges together evenly, insert the needle under the top thread in the weave of each edge and draw the thread through. The needle and thread should be fine to accord with the weave. The thread should match the textile. The needle is in- serted through the edge of the textile farthest from the worker and the top- stitch should be straight. Only a very few threads o weave should separate stitches, which should be very close together. When a seam is finished the goods should be opened flat. The portions that have been inside now come uppermost. With the thumb nail press the seam open. The two portions should lie edge to edge, fitting very close, but not over- lapping. Such stitchery is expert. It necessitates holding the edges perfectly even, without either edge being fuller than the other. To avoid such a mistake the textiles should be basted together near the edges or pinned carefully. (Copyright, 1929.) ] My Neighbor Says: Do not throw away the outside leaves of caulifiower, Cut them in inch pieces, boil until tender and serve with a white sauce. A raw potato put in soup that has too much salt in it and boiled for 10 minutes will remove the salty taste. Good croquettes are insured by making them long enough ahead for them to set before being fried. Make them early in_the morning it wanted for the évening meal or the afternoon before if you want them for luncheon. Vinegar used in place of water when mixing plaster of parls will times before, calm | and see me. keep the plaster softer for a longer time than water. “I beg your pardon,” said the A. P. M., “but I've made a mistake.” “Oh, no, you haven't,” replied Capt. Bob quietly. “I'm your man. You want me for cowardice. I'll come along, if you are ready.” III. Capt. Bob faced his superior of with a crash of heels and then attention, eyes straight front. gr! g- haired colonel tugged at his stubby mustache and glowered just as he had done a thousand times before, at this 18d whom he long had known and loved. - all, man, don’t stand there tian mummy,” growled the ‘Sit down and try to look in- telligent. What's all this anyway? What's it all about? They tell me you're afraid of Germans. That so, what?” “I—that is—yes, sir,” replied the ‘u&mppg_ captath, “I refused to go over th“mlon d‘h %h e isn't mug 3 By« , there isn’t any sucl vm-f in flw {fi& English, you young blighter. You're a ldier, not a blithering lexicographer feller.” Capt. Bob opened his mouth to speak. “Shut up, sir,” snapped the colonel. “I'm talking. What really was the mat- ter, anyway? You've been over 'the top a hundred times. Oid tummy give out oh ? Nerves just sort of snap? That’s it. Had it myself plenty of times. Funny what a stomach will do to a feller, what? Leaves him without warning sometimes. And dammit, a man can't fight without a stomach. It isn't done, what?” ‘The colonel glowered over his nose glasses and added a word: “That’s all. You may go. They need you back in the trenches. Better stop at 1a Belle Bauvage for 24 hours, though, and get rested up. Get some food. Get some good wine. Laugh. d next time you'ré in leave drop in cer at like an old chap. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Souk! Souk! Nuffin® but souk! | Drandpa say “if T want to_bs President | T must cat lots of it,” but I don't know, | does I. (Copyright, 1929.) BRAIN TESTS I Classify the following groups of words. The proper classification appears after each one. Mark it. For example: Harrisburg, Newark, Albany Trenton, Denver, Boston are cities, State capi- tals, rivers, counties, places. The best answer is “State capitals.” Allow two minutes for these that follow: (1) Wellington, Marlborough, Corn- wallis, Cromwell, Monk were soldiers, statesmen, British generals, famous men, authors. (2) Washington, Lincoln, Grant, Cleveland, Roosevelt were generals, Presidents, Democrats, Senators, (3) Dumas, Lafayette, Hugo, Dau- det, Danton were Frenchmen, soldiers, authors, revolutionists, (4) Ireland, Cuba, Iceland, Sieily Madagascar are republics, colonies, is- lands, provinces, cities. (5) Shakespeare, Byron, Hugo, Long- fellow, Dante were poets, Englishmen, Americans, authors, contemporaries. (6) Canton, Hongkong, Saigon, Peking, Bangkok are in China, Japan, India, Asia, Australasia. Answers to the above tests: (1) British generals; (2) presidents; (3) Frenchmen ; (4) islands; (5) authors; (6) Asia Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND, ‘This may not look very much like an article of interior decoration, but it is a very important item in the furnishing of a home, for without it many of the essentials, as well as those details which are depended upon to give the “last word” to the whole room, would be forgotten, It is a memorandum pad so con- structed as to hold the pencil. And o2 P what a joy that would be! Many times you think of something to jot down, and not being able to find a pencil handy the item is forgotten until such a time as its absence is even more trou- blesome. The roll of paper is large enough to last approximately a year with ordinary u->° and, being narrow and running through a cutter at the bottom, it may be torn off in just the right shape to slip in one's handbag, all ready for the shopping tour. It may be enameled to match the woodwork in the kitchen or in a shade which will contrast pleasingly. On a door or window casing it would be ever ready for the jotting down of the very (Copytight, 1920, by Aasociated Press.) important articles. (Copyright, 1029 MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE BY MOLLIE HOLLYWOOD, Calif,, March 27.—Of cotirse, Hollywood would supply the world with the synthetic leg. Nelther cork, aluminum nor wood—a flesh-and-blood leg, but one whose beauty is artificially provided by a masseuse. Two of the colony’s stars cenfess they owe their famous curving limbs to the energetic and sclentific manipula~ tion of an expert masseuse. 1t all came out when Mae Murrnfi went to court over a $750 bill whicl her masseuse said was owed by the blond star. Mae's contentioh was that the legs which were the resultant of the manip- ulation did not warrant the price. In other words, the calf-to-ankle curve was not al it should be. Mae didn’t take into consideration that she is a few years older than Alice ‘White, who profited greatly through the attention of a masseuse. Neither did she take into consideration the fact that while a courtroom may be amused by the idea of an artificially produced nether-limb beauty, the claimant who expends her uitality to produce this Rodinesque culmination so devoutly to be wished in Hollywood comes in for the sympathy of the jury. The mas- seuse won out. And the legs are hold- ing their own probably until a new beautifier can be found. Alice White, possessor of officially perfect synthetic limbs, was arrested while speeding to court in Miss Mur- ray’s behalf to exhibit to judge and jury the result of perfect massage, lvvmch Mae Murray says she did not have. on her car, and some old meanie with a star discovered it. But how can a lady who must have her legs curved for an hour each day, stand eight hours before the cameras, another two hours at the beauticlan's attending to Iace and head, and the rest of her waking hours in the hands of a gymnasium directer be expected to remember such irrevelant things as license plates? ‘The word “plate” has only one horror to a star. It stands for that awful day when an upper and lower set means the turning down of the bright lights and the wheeling away of the camera that it may be trained on some bright Alice had a last year's license plate MERRICK. Must Criticism Be Unpleasant? 1 do this. ‘He has plenty of faults. him to death? bleeding wounds of vaniiy. our virtues. | THEY go even farther. .. from them. If you are a young | and a bathing beauty figure. | nousehold chores. worship you. out vacations yourself so that they sport cars. know they admired you. you in every possible way. and always telling die than hear. .. and happiness to a fellow stab him like a knife? friends while they are living and not us and expected only the best of us. If it be hypoerisy to give pral be hypocrites. Gems in the Air. A growing and ugly factor in mod- ern commerce is what is known as “health appeal.” For example, you should wear our inimitable style of ga- loshes, not to keep your shoes dry, but because you may get rheumatiz or something if you don't. This “health appeal” is generally, though not always, a reflection on the health intelligence of the public. As appeal it fails utterly if one has mod- erate knowledge of hygiene, physiology, sanitation and the llke. But that's just why “health appeal” moves the goods, because the general public is so inno- cent of such knowledge, It isn't taught in our common schools. ‘The other day I listened to a puta- tive expert. lecturing about the “germ- laden air” and urging upon his audi- ence the regular use of certain mer- future, as set forth by Millard Webb, director: llalenuzy and features which screen ‘wel Perfect figure. Ability to wear clothes well, Faculty of mimicry. Stage and screen experience. Personality and charm and much £ Good singing volce. Knowledge of professional daneing. Voice which records well in talking Ims. I might add that any other little parlor tricks will count in your favor. After all, they demand very little of a leading lady in Movielafid. (Copyright, 1929, by North American News- paper Alliance.) fil oty Pineapple Layer Cake. Cream one-third cupful of butter, add two-thirds cupful of sugar and cream again, then the yolks of two eggs slightly beaten. Sift together three times two cupfuls of flour with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and half a teaspoonful of salt. Add the flour mixture to the sugar end egg, alternat- ing with half a cupful of pineapple juice from canned fruit. Beat thor- oughly, then fold in the stiffly beaten whites of the two eggs and bake in two layers. Light the oven after putting jthe pans in, and when the cake has risen to the tops reduce the heat to finish baking. Filling—Mix together well three tablespoonfuls of sugar, two tablespocn- | fuls of cornstarch and one-fourth tea- | spoonful of salt. To the yolk of one |cgg slowly add two-thirds of a cupful of pineapple juice and the same amount iof hot water., Slowly pour the liquid into the dry mixture, stirring all the time, until a smooth paste results. Add the rest of the liquid and cook over boiling water until the filling is thick. Add one tablespoonful of lemon juice and cool. Icing—Stir into one cupful of sifted | powdered sugar, two tablespoonfuls of canned pineapple juice and one tea- spoonful of lemon juice. 1 THE WONDER ROUGE OF THE DAY s4s Joung thing with the legs God gave her and the best type of stralght-elght | And now, ladies and gentlemen, here is the official list of Hollywood’s re- quirements for the leading Iady of the “NOT until I tried it myself, would I believe a rouge could { It blends easily to an 1 hii X Ie natural_looking in da s it from da o danla red: Itls od night. It is Zanzibar.” chandise that purports to tect cus- tomers somehow against the microbes that fly or float about in the air seek- ianhom they may devour. Of course, this is absurd to the mind of any one with an elementary knowledge of hy- glene, but probably it moves the or the commercial firm that sponsors it would not do so. In the modern opérating room and in the sick room we assume, and ex- perience proves the correctness of the assumption, that the air is practically germ-free. We know that the air never carries disease. We know that even the breath of a patient ill of a cormmuni- cable disease, such as diphtheria or tuberculosis or pneumonia or scarlet fever, does not contain the germ or virus of the disease and cannot cause the disease in another person who in- hales it. There is just one mode of infection or spread of disease that we do recog- nize in connection with the air, and that is mouth-spray infection. It is for this reason that every person in the operating room, except perhaps the patifint, is required to wear a suitable mask, ‘Today nobody who is competent to have an opinion- fears the. spread of disease or the infection of the opera- tion wound by the agency of dust. Al- though operating rooms are usually built and maintained with a view to avolding dust, that is no longer a fea- ture of any particular importance. The most perfect aseptic technic is in no way impaired or mmarred by dust—weé just let the dust lie undisturbed, or if it must be disturbed then wipz it up A banquet DorothyDix Person Who Boasts of Being Plain-Spoken Usually Tramples Roughshod Over Everybody’s wound, to show admiration and appreciation where it (Copyright, 1929.) PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. judged both by nutrition and taste — Wheatswort CRAC Graham Style Whole Wheat Questions Dexlmlbfluy 0) Home Truth Feelings—Pleasant Truths. | WOMAN writes: “I am always telling my husband how good-looking and clever I think he is, and that he is about the best husband that Lady Luck eyer bestowed upon a woman, and when my friends have pretty new frocks I compliment them upon their good taste. My sister calls me a hypocrite because “‘You know you don’t think your husband is such a world-beater,’ she says. Why don't you tell him about them instead of flatterin, i And if Mrs. Jones has good taste in dress, she has a wretches figure. You had better tell her she is get{ing too fat and should begin counting her calories, instead of making her think she is a second Jenny.' “Now, my husband adores me and eats out of my hand, and I am popular in soclety, but I don't want to buy people’s liking by being double-faced. Of course, I don't think my husband is absolute perfection, and I see things to criticize in my friends, but am I hypocritical when I praise them for their good points and keep silent about their bad ones?” No, you are not a hypoerite. You are Mrs. Solomon, and a peacemaker, and a joy-spreader, and a jar of healing ointment, to boot. arise and bless your name, for you go through the world saying the little word of appreciation for which so many hunger and thirst in vain, and salving the All who knot you must For critics are many, but admirers are few and far between. Our family and friends are always ready to knock, but they sit on their hands when we might reasonably look for a round of applause. They are voluble when it comes to discoursing on our fauits, but mum as clams when it comes to mentioning They count it unto themselves for righteousness when they hurt and humiliate us by turning the spotlight upon our defects and make us feel that they see nothing good in us. or grace or redeeming characteristic, wild horses couldn’'t drag the admission If they ever discover one charm irl and have carroty shair and a saleratus-biscuit complexion, they harp on that and never notice that you have a Greek profile 1f you are & boy and make bad grades in school, they broadcast that to the world, and never call attention to the fact that you are a wizard with tools and honest and reliable and help mother with the If you are a wife, they tell about what a poor housekeeper you are, and how everything is at sixes and sevens, and meals are never on time, and the work is done helter-skelter, but they don’t say & thing about your being so pleasant and good-natured and interesting that your husband and children If you are a husband, they berate you for being cross and grumpy and never having anything to say at home, but they never praise you for working your fingers to the bone to give your wife and children luxuries, and going with- can go to Summer resorts and have Oh, dear me, no. They would consider it hypocrisy and deceit to let you They feel that honesty compels them to disparage 1 often wonder who originated the theory that only disagreeable things are true and that only disagreeable people are sincere, and I wonder still more that so many people should subscribe to this false doctrine. But they do. When you meet any one who boasts of being plain-spoken people the truth about themselves, you know that he or she is one of the individuals who trample roughshod over everybody's feelings and who go about saying things to every one they meet that they would rather WHY anybody ever originated the idea that the truth necessarily had to be unpleasant I don’t know. Nobody knows. just as many pealsant truths as there are disagreeable ones. It is just as true that there is sunshine as it is that there is rain. are roses and lilies as that there are poisonous weeds. girl may be intelligent as it is that she is homely. It is just as true that a woman may be a marvelous cook as it is that she may not be a highbrow. So why is there any hypocrisy in speaking the truth that will bring pleasure creature and keeping silent about the truth that would And why is there any virtue in reversing the process and putting the loud pedal upon people’s faults and soft-pedaling their virtues? Why shouldn't husbands and wives praise each other for their instead of eternally criticizing each other’s bad ones? oceasionally pay their children a compliment, instead of eternally nagging them about their shotrcomings? Why shouldn’t we bestow & few bouquets on our As a matter of fact, there are It is_just as true that there It is just as true that a qualities ‘Why shouldn’t parents wait to lay them on their coffins? Believe me, we would get better results it we did, for we have a natural inclination to live up to our reputations and be what people think we are, and we would be better wives and better husbands and more ambitious children and finer men and women generally if We kriew that those about us admired ise instead of blame, to soothe instead of is_due, then let us all DOl Y DIX. with a damp mop. Formerly it was thought that dust particles might carry disease germs, but now we know that any harmful germs that might be pres- ent on dust particles are rendered harmless by exposure to drying and daylight by the time they are dry enough to float about in or on or as dust. That is why the well trained surgeon, physician or sanitarian never worries about dust. All “health appeal” hokum aside, no one should ever worry about the germs in the air, or about the possibility of the amir carrying any disease, for the simple reason that thetre sre no germs in the air that are capabble of harming ln{body. said the breath of a patient ill of & communicable respiratory disease con- tains no germs and cAn carry no dis- ease, THat applies to the quiet breath- ing, ordinary breathing. Of course, the breath may contain droplets of spray if the patient is talking, coughing, sneez- ing or laughing, and the spray drop- lets may contain the germs or virus of the disease, in a virulent condition. Except conversational spray, which has a range of not more than five feet, or sneeze of cough spray, which has range of 10 to 12 feet, oné may safely assume there are no harmful germs in the air. (Copyright, 1929.) Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “That boy won't fight fair. Me an' Pug en’ Skinny an’ Blotter-foot was goin’ to fight him an’ he picked up a WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. 8. Patent Office. When the main line of the Penn- sylvania Raflroad was via Virginia ave- nue southwest, and the first station out of the Sixth street depot was at Sixth and K streets southeast. GARDENS IN ROMANCE| BY MARY POTTER DAVIS. In Mrs. Francis Hodgson Burnett's story, “The Secret Garden,” one can picture the magical effect of the garden in bringing health and strength to the frail son of the wealthy squire whose life has been so embittered by the death of his Wou? wife, when the boy was born, that he dislikes to see his son. One follows the little niece of the of her parents, as she explores the >state and discovers the garden the young wife had loved, which had been locked, deserted and forgotten since her death. It is interesting to watch the experi- ment, as the little girl, with the help of a lad on the estate, induces her boy cousin to come to the secret garden, and one rejoices to find him becoming a young “Rajah” in the pride of his new- found strength, as day after day he enjoys its health-giving air. ‘The reader of the amusing mystel story, “The Agony Column,” is as muci sprprised as the American who tells the story is supposed to be, when he dis- covers a lovely garden hidden in the heart of busy London. “Through the open window I saw for the first time that courtyard which is my great joy in London—the old ivy-covered walls of brick; the neat paths between the blooming beds; the magic gate. Here was a garden for Jane Austen to people with fine ladies and courtly gentlemen— a garden to dream in, to adore and to cherish.” A beautiful Southern garden in our own country is the scene of the love- making in Mary Johnston's Aurdey. “Dim, fragrant, walled in, here sunshiny spaces, there cool shadows of fruit trees; broken by circles and squares of box; green with its grass and leaves; red and purple and gold and white with the flowers; with birds singing, with the great silver river murmuring by with- out the wall at the foot of the terrace.” Booth Tarkington has “The Man from Indiana” meet his sweetheart for the first time in the garden of the house where she is visiting, and the garden also witnesses the culmination of the ro- mance, 5 Readers of “S8o Big” gained, in a very interesting manner, an idea of the gar- dens that supply the tables of Chicago with vegetables, and caught the charm of their color and arrangement through the eyes of Selina Peake. “Mile after mile of cabbage flelds, jade-green ngdllns; bt.};e eanlh.h Mile after mile of red cal e, & rich, plummy Burgund: veined with blnck.p Betv{een %‘l:esey heaps of corn were piled up sunshine.” Ramona grew to young womanhood in a garden spot. “Between the veranda and the river meadows out on which it looked, all was garden, orange grove and almond orchard; the orange grove always green, never without snowy bloom or golden fruit; the garden never without flowers, Summer or Winter.” It was on the veranda, as Ramona and her Indian lover tended the convalescent Fe- lipe, that love grew in her heart like the beautiful blossoms all around them. A Sermon for Today BY REV. JONN R. GUNN, Character and Immortality. Text—"Whosoever liveth and bellev- eg.h on Me shall never die."—John .26, “He that bellevth on Me.” To be- lieve on Him is to desire, above all things else, to be like Him. And the re- sult of believing on Him is to become more and more llke Him. It is thus that Godlike character is formed. Can a Godlike character die? Can such character perish? It is unthinkable, There is something in human char- acter which evinces its immortality. As another has said, “There is that qual- ity in high and beautiful natures that carries with it the evidence of its own continuance.” Even the unbelieving Hume saw this and felt it. It was this that made him declare that whenever he thought of his mother he believed in immortality. We all have the same feeling when we think of our mothers. We have the same feeling when we think of any pure and noble soul. In all great characters we see qualities, powers, motives and ideals which we cantiot conceive of as ever ceasing to be. ‘Who can conceive of the apostle Paul as dead, that great mind and passion- ate soul? Who can think of Lincoln as being no more, that great heart in which were combined the tenderest compassion and a mighty strength? Their mortal tongues have been stilled, but we canont feel that such great characters aré dead and voiceless. They must still exist, and must still be ex- ssing, somewhere and somehow, their igh qualities, high purposes and high spiritual ideals. ‘When we go to the graveside and see put away beneath the sod one in whom we have recognized the virtues of true character, the very thought of him makes us feel the sense of immortality. stick (Copyrirht, 1929.) in a box— KERS DELVERED OVEN-FiiEsn Twic : %MI.Y wvwmg.nn squire, brought from India at the death | FEATURES. BY HERBERT ON the second floor of the building in Washington sits & man upon whose shoulders rests the burden of routine business affairs of the United States Government, He bears the title of chief co-ordl« nator of Federal agencies and it is up to him to see that the money ap- propriated by Con- gress is expended in the most effi- cient way. His task is one of the biggest in existence. As de- scribed by one person, the chief co-ordinator of the United States second only to the ruler of the uni- verse, Simply stated, it is up to the chief co-ordinator to see that the great number of Federal agencles function with the efficiency of a private business in so far as is possible. For example, the Government buys a ot of lubricating oil. Formerly each department bought its own. Now the Navy, the largest consumer of ofl, pur- chases under Navy specifications for it- self and all of the larger Government departments. Similarly, gasoline is bought on War Department contracts for all of the de- partments in Washington and the Fed- eral activities in several other States. The chief co-ordinator also has kept his eye on conservation of manpower. One man or & group of men now do the work that formerly required a much | greater number, _Inspectors of the Bu- reau of Animai Industry, for instanoe, inspect provisions and meats for Gov- ernment hospitals in Boston, for the Shipping Board in New York and for the Army and Navy in many places. Ten years ago these things were un- heard of. An example of how far this idea of | co-ordination has been worked out was { afforded not so long ago. The Bureau of Fisherles found its appropriations insufficient to ide | clothing for the natives of the llof Islands, who are wards of the Govern- | ment in a remote part of Alaska now devoted to sealing and foxing opera- tions. ‘Wheh this fact was communicated to the chief co-ordinator a representative of the Bureau of Fisheries was placed !in touch with the records of surplus property. He was enabled fto obtain shoes from the Army, JVinter trousers raincoats, blankets, comforts and nurses’ dresses from the Veterans’ Bureau; sails, oflskins, mosquito bars and soap from the Shipping Board and medical supplies from the Public Health Service, All these materials were transferred without funds in time to be made part of the annual shipment of supplies on a uhtlp furnished by the Navy Depart ment, 3 This transaction, while relativély small economically, Is significant in the changes it indicates. 1t shows' that departmental laws have given way and that bureaucratic prerogatives have been unwilling aban- doned where the best interests of the Government were involved. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen is of the fact that she is tm’mh of the Jate William Jennings , bt frank- ly admits that she Wi ever- n‘x:tngly wouldn't be remin her ot it. 3 The new Representative from Florida, who is referred to in the National Cap- ital ‘as “the first lady of the South,” wants to be strictly on her own now that she occuples a place in the po- litical world. The phrase “Bryan’ daughter,” seen so often in the news- Bpen, finds no favor in her eyes. She that it will be forgotten, and quickly. Such an attitude is chatactetistic of gress in & rict of & 3 - clined to ratify the suffrige mpfi- ment to the Constitution of 1 ungau States. She is the mother of chil- dren and is distinctly & feminine . A lecturer of note, at one ti L] member of the “flmim & Florida uni- versity, Mrs. Owen had interna- tional experience involving both men and women. This home-loving Woman has said that she believes it the duty of every woman to be interested in politics; that activity in politics widens the walls WOmAN's own Politics to is a sort of “national house- keeping” Her feeling toward her Government 18 one of Mitlmh ter- e of naturall; nal_interest e affairs. To an influence upon every woman's life d it affects her . governing as an impersonal, aloof machine that one studies about, but never really encoun- ters, is utterly incomprehensible.” She says that she has always wanted to be a member of Congress. just a little girl, her father often took er with him to Congress when he was & member from Nebraska. And al- though at that time a Cor womén was not even to be 1 led, she | wished she could grow up to-be one. | Her mother studied law and worked beside Williathi Jennings Bryan in the days when women rarely strayed from their allotted places—the home. Na- tional questions were discussed freely in the Bryan family, and the daughter was kept close to the atmosphere of the which houses the Veterans’ Bureau | gl from the Marine Corps, coats, overcoats, |- thg | uote her: O Governiént 1 | When | cA1A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK C. PLUMMER. Capitol during childhood and early irihood. ‘There is a story told of Mrs. Owen that aptly illustrates her charm and freedom of manner. She was coming out of her home in ‘Washington one day and saw that the street car she wanted to ride was about to pull away. To wait for another would make her late for an engsgement, so she broke into a run. Thé car moved off and she increased her speed. It was quite & chase, but she won out. She swung aboard and took & seat by an ac- quaintance, panting for breath. “Well,” she said to her friend, “I seem to be thé only member of the family that can run for some- g and make it.” LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. After suppir I started to reed Paul Peppy Amung the Arabs and pop and ma started to go out to the movies, ma saying, Now remember, Benny, 9 o'clock sharp. Meening the time I had to go to bed at, and 1 sed, Yes mam, and ma sed, And no beeting amung the bushes, either, 9 o clock meens 9 o clock, 80 1 wunt you to go to bed when its 9 o clock by this very clock and at no other time, do you understand? Yes mam, I sed. And I kepp on reeding Paul Peppy Amung the Arabs, being exter exciting and almost as good as Paul Peppy Amung the Cannibals, and after a while I look at the clock and here it was 20 minnits to 9 alreddy, me thinking, Heck, darn it. And I quick hurry up tried to finish the chapter, being the chapter where Paul Peppy excapes and the Arabs cap- sure him agen and he excapes agen, s0 I could find out what happened in the next chapter, and I dident look at the clock for quite a while on account of being afraid of bad news, and finely I thawt, Well I gess I better look. Wich I did, and here it was only 10 minnits to 9 on account of the clock having stopped, being one of the great- est_sites I ever saw, and I kepp on teedinig and the next thing I knew ma was waking me up, proving I had been "’"E’ m# saying, Now izzent this a fine kettle of is this going to bed at 9 o clock by any meens? and me saying, Well, G wizz, ma, gosh, you wouldent wunt me to disobey you, would you, the clock stopped all by it- self and you sald not to go to bed any other time unless that clock said 9 © clock, &nd you wouldent wunt me to disobey you, would you, ma? I wunt to give you a good Slap, thats what I wunt, the ideer 20 minnits after eleven, ma sed, and pop sed, Now mother, the boy at least has logic on his side, wich is more than some of out gredtest men ever had, let him go to bed before it gets still later. ‘Wich I did. Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Words often misused: Do not say, “There 18 no use in him doing the wiex » “in his.” Often mispronounced: Philan ic; pronounce fil-an-throp-ik, both as in “it,” a as in “an,” o as in “of, accent syllaple. Often misspel Chestnut; two t's, Synonyms; Bauble, trinket, trump- fl-llil'!- gewgaw, gimerack, gaud, “Use a word three 1 yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Turmoll; worrying, confusion or disturbance, turbulence. “After night day comes, 'nldd.m turmoil peace.”—Edwin Ar- no PUTIEEE. To café for the increasing radio traf- fic the government of the Netherlands as constructed & large recelving sta- tion_to feplace_that at Meyendel. - Sucha DiFrERENCE KELLOGG’S Pep Bran red.and.green package. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek. PEP FLaAkss BETTER BRAN FLAKES DOCtOl‘S Warn against undereating Too little fat in the body makes us a prey to disease EMINENT medical authorities are amazed and alarmed that so many girls and adults of both sexes are dieting themselves to a dangerous loss of weight. A famous doctor #t8 of the body are s Yoo marer per - petulant, inreasonable, hard to g irst. : “The miiost delicate ways the ofies to suffer is naturally sweet-tem- competent becomes with, al A mah who is thus starving hlmeltol':‘:eomu irritable and inefficient in the office and grouchy at He begins to fall off in judgment and mutmblli,t;" goes on to show that nature stores up fat in the body as a and that it is dangerous to deflroyut‘;nh reserve by i-eun;“s'ic'fl an individual, he says, “becomes an eas; and liver fil‘l’lt:fl:.’:: chronia ailments—kidney the brain, spinal cord ARd nerves . iffluenza and colds.” éw much A than elinii sweetened with ds and enrel!: 'i‘hopoi'ut":.‘oh Institute, S altlll it l'l [ f one vo! it to all othet fobds. Sweetness i the i o t is 86 tasteful and re 1§ as a salad of fresh lrtn'ple#;i':-r- llg:—lbd lettuce? Eat enough fruits generous with sugar, The Sugar t dll manner of degeneration of typl ever, pnéumotia, sy