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FEATURES.” LY-TOX THE SCIENTIFIC INSECTICIDE DEVELOPED AT MELLON INSTITUTE Simple, While Wotian's 1s Most OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH BY:REX-RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP Complicated. ! ; ; i e i 'HE complaint of every disgruntled husband is that his wife doesn’t understand him. The wail of every unhappy wife is that her husband doesn't under- stand her. ¢ Of course, men and women don't understand each other. understood each other. They never will. 1t is an utter im . can't understand each other because God made them different and gave them different points of view. Because their training and: de t has heen along different lines, and it is the fact that each sex is a riddle that keeps the mgzr sex guessing, so that men and women are perpetually interesting to each other. The thing that intrifues & man about & woman is the uncertainty as to which way the cat is going to jump, and he marries her o find out. The thing that makes a man fascinating to' a woman is his being a cross-word pussle that she can spend her life in working out if she marries him, with no assurance of ever getting the right answer. — ALY-TOX hes o The fundamental reason that no woman can ever understand a man fs ,:mitying, perfume. that a man's nature is simple. while & woman's i* the most complicated thing | agrance. on earth. A man does the thing he wants to do just because he wants to do if. and without any other reason whatsoever for doing it and that is a baffiing mystery that no woman ean comprehend, because when she does & thing there | are a million secret reasons for hertlt*fln;l. Finds Men and Women Are “Men Diperent” WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD, Registered U, 8. Patent Offics, Fashionable Hair Treaiment RY MARY MARSHALL, i | DorothyDix ir be the rul 1 e men in 3630 LAY Fundamental Reason Ts That Man’s Nature Is/ women in 19397 Is the tendency toward long hair stronger now or weaker than it was 12 | ‘months ago? | s short bair for women, as we have | uestions, and I for one would feel less ,g'eemwveneunnm‘ed of any sort than I would have felt two or three years ago. It should be remembered that, for ages the men in Northern Eu-; rope—our own ancestors, no doubt— wore thelr hair long, and long hair continued in favor in Europe for men of the upper classes until within the past 150 years.-Now no one even thinks | of a possible revival of long hair for men. | “"One of the smartest hairdressers in | this country, whose shears have trim- med the locks of dozens of important | women of fashion whose names you | would know, is specializing at the pres- ent time in & clever swirl coiffure. The | hair is cut considerably longer at one | side than the other, and is brushed | smoothly across the back of the head to hide the gut ends of the hair. This gives possibly a more feminine aspect to the hair, but it cannot be considered | | 8= & step toward longer hair, On request of a number of readers. we. hlv;l urwnra,d .;m :;‘t c!a‘nl:u -‘:d accessories needed by the girl going SIMULATED IN THE NEW SWIRL . away to school or college, with prices BOB. THE HAIR, WHICH IS CUT | indicated so that the money set aside LONGER ON THE RIGHT SIDE | for this purpose may be spent to best THAN THE LEFT, 1S BRUSHED | gdvantage. There is also an illustrated AROUND CLOSE TO THE HEAD. | circular giving diagram patterg and di- rections for making one of tHe smart now known it for the past 10 vears and | new velvet, or cloth berets which will more, merely a passing wave in fashion | he so smart for sports and informal —like the fashion for short hair that | street wear this Autumn. If you would came in France with the revolution— | Jjke ejther or both of these circulars, - }‘:‘g lf‘:sktlcn"r‘x‘:"‘ change in the current Dlnsle .sm‘d your sbfimm‘?.fielblfldr’m‘sfig 52 nvelope to Mary Marshall, care of No one can do anything more than | 5 w i offer confectures in answer fo these D 0o never have MOSQUITOES . . FLIES . ., MOTHS ROACHES . . BED BUGS;. . ETC. Themakersof FLY-TOXiraise avastarmy of insects to the highest point of vigor, and then place them in the FLY.TOX “Chamber of Desth’’ to prove |with sbsolute certainty they killing qualities’ of FLY-TOX before fit is sold to you. THE EFFECT OF LONG HAIR 18 e g = Less éf-n“ a tecsotr»‘ul F:J § > te cture s [4 MAN eate because he i hungry and he chooses the kind of food he relishes. l:;t' atest. Within'5 minupes hondreds b He 1l;nys a n'ew mn:hhecknlusdo !}e r]lecdshlt flimud” l:dl:lg to n;lk:ueel: inside will be dud.% Y.TOX is sure ancy. e 8 to see e kind o lays he es and re e books he and %o far a8 possible he does the things that he enjoys doing. But when & Copyright 199 by The Rex Cay sndibermiess toipeople; | woman eats she is considering the cost of the dish and counting her calories | and wondering if she hadn't better spend the monev on = chiffon handkerchief THERE IS ONLY ONE FLY-TOX . . REFUSE TO ACCEPT SUBSTITUTES YTOX is veed In o OX - ‘When John Howard Payne, composer | of “Home, Sweet, Home,” lived on the | bank of the Anacostia River, opposite the Navy Yard? (Copvright, 1929.) | instead of on lobster mayonnaise and trying to estimate how fattening it is. . . | ‘When she buys a new dress she doesn't go into & shop and take the first > \% ‘Washington History | | ing that is offered her because it suits her and s what sne needs and is the (A"(‘bl‘ ated Men hO Preferred | rlxh% price. She looks at the frocks in half a dozen other stores and decides on | the one she buys at last because she thinks it will put out the eye of her rival or Brunettes |ghe buys somehing she docsn't Want because it 1a been marked down from e ol e o i oat ik s ica s 8 el et s et b Tieadaifo i t e reads books she loathes ang e ee) » n miaming the Fme;“ Gu‘;nm; "u”.;.“f‘ ‘m-r mind run through the Jaundry after she has finished them because the | under command of Acting Master Tole, | yomen in her set are reading them. She goes 1o plays that hore her to tears hrought news nf a skirmish on the Rap- | hecause she wants 1o be thought highbrow. She wears shoes that forture her clothes that make her risk death from exposure because they are the atyle er be in her cofin then be ~ut of fashion. = | = 2 dose enpthing ‘nst puvely and slhurly hecause she wante 40 do that pacticular thing, “She ¢rss thlugs ap refrains Irom daing them, Bocause of what neople will 527 becsuse sne wan's to be smart, becauss she wants to be ssen in the right nlaces and walk nnder the right, awnings, begause > is 2 socisl el er end wente o hané wp from seme woman shova her, 1 it Ant tmn Confes :8 she wants tn be slertad Geand Tady Patrigrch nf her lodge, or presi. vessels whickh were teporied 1o dent of the Biowaing Clup. there. He found & schooner and & - sloop and started to tow the sloop down | Tt is because a woman has so many reasons for doing the things she does the m‘;h On the way the sloop Tan | that she can never understand ':m = man acts mainly on .hl:rpu!u tlo aground. " N Vhien the Rosolute's tien' wess trying probing and probing into his hidden motive and when doesn't find 10 get the cap veasel t concludes that he is deep and inscrul ey table the old story of the diplomat with whose subtlety they were fired upon by a 'y of Con- oot Mg guerflhpso gm part; on | Secret was Z-t he was always perfectly truthful and frank. The thing that men never can un am| shore. The fire was immediately re- derstand about women 1s why they put | such stress upon little things and particularly turned by the Union sailors and was Why thatr sas depends | the small amenities in domestic life. They can’t understand why a wife m kept up for some time. As thde ;::l;y es :vha: e}&:icl? %x bfi?,‘“%,,.',,’;"m‘ nmu‘d not | to be constantly assured that her husband still loves her when every day of his be_seen. | life he is proving his devotion to her by acts that speak louder th Finding 1t impossible to get the sloop | off, the party returned to the Resolute. The following men in the boat were wounded: Peter Nelson, in the han R. Kane, in the side. thigh and ar John McDonald, in the left hand and BY DONALD A. CRAIG. Less Coal Shipped to Canada. l ‘The shipments of coal to Canada has | recently declined by about 25 per cent | and the reason is that the Canadian | conl fields are heing developed to supply | the demagds of the rountry. ! Flizabeth Barrett’s Dark Beauty Captivated Browning Althongh She Was an Invalid. @he Foening Htar i HIVERSENENS il B il RECEIVED HE.R‘E‘ 'Donnell’s Drug Stare, 3rd & Pa. Ave. SE, Is a Star{Branch Office ] There’s no other way b ~ which you can reach :0 many people 30 easily as through a « Classified Advertisement in The Star. . State what you want clearly and insert it under the proper classification and youw'll have no difficulty in supplying it. Copy for The Star Classified Section will be received at any Star Branch Office and promptly forwarded to'the Main Office. There are no fees in connection with this service; only regular rates are charged. The Star printe such an over- whelmingly greater volume of Classified ~ Advertising every dav than any other Washing- ton paper that there can be no question ac to which will giva vou the best resuits, RV ¥ P. GLASS. pzhennock River with Confederate | and : | les, The gunbost alse hrought the | an ! Michae! Ryan, wh nti, KELLOGG’S Pep Bran Flakes ere just what you've beea looking for. So much better. So crisp! flavor of PEP. Also mineral 4 salts and vitamins. Just enough bran to be mildly faxative. Try them. In the red.and.green package. Made by Kellogg in Bartle Creek. K BUT WHEN THEY LOOKED INTO EACH OTHER'S EYES THEY FORGOT THE PHYSICAL GULF BETWEEN THEM. To refer to Flizabeth Barrett Brown- inlald instead.” Her father, Pdward Ing 55 a brunette, preferred by Robert) Moulton Barrett, in his passionste - Browning, seems almost like a profana- | cnine “hroke her health with the exact- | tion when the beauty in which theh“m' studles and discipline which he love affair was cloaked and the special | g 00q upoh her. But she survived to characteristics of the Iady are consid- | yin feme and sdmiration as & poet. ered. ‘What are these thi worth, after A o s b e o tove Kiiae: | the Brownings has long been one of thq befh reached 37 without knowing love. idvls of history. Still, there are evi-|pon Tt b Ly wall PR TG, gences that not even they could keep | “‘Jonn Kenyon, old friend of the fam- their romance on a high. poetic plane | ;1 %00 GHe"0f the few allowed to visit L SO I IS | her. One day he asked her if she had “‘Dearest, dearestes the | author of “Aurors, Lelgh” to her mag- |[cid any of the poems of Robert netic lover, and the manner is quite e ¢ e replied; “evervthing | “PFine “T had lunch | that, of a feather-brained miss. | o sheb all’(ns he;m! "Bn';; a contraction lor “baby.” a designation any country | chib Bapper ‘o &E;;w.% e wil | ith bim only an bour ago, He wishes recognize without culty. But Miss g 5 | Barrett did rare things sometimes With | ponmy RooeTt BIOWRINE Was no namby her nickname—things the “bables” of ; One muat admit | They can't understand why the woman whose husband has just given her | a thousand-dollar coat and a diamong ring considers herself neglected and 1ll- used if he forgets to bring her a 50-cent bunch of flowers on her birthday or the | anniversary of their marriage, nor can they comprehend why an otherwise sane | woman wants her husband to lie to her and tell her that she is more beautiful arm, and —-— Jackson, & citizen of | at 50 than she was at 20, Virginia, who was acting as pilot, in the | % x ¥ . { forehead. | No man worrles about the state of his wife’s affection for him as long as she Later another expedition was formed | LN s giving a good performance of wife and mother, because it doesn’t occur 1o and Master Joclyn of the Reliance, | yim that she is going to change and prefer some litile cake-eater to him. Nor, | e e |an long as he is nailed fo his own fireside. does he see any reason why he should wton, rom the | e Reliance and the Resolute, went up al Pl ing that he loves his wife any more than he should con: the creek again. The men set fire to the schooner and finding the sloop | still aground fired her also. | federates aga! rom am| 5 d The men in fhe boat, replied with rifies 'Irsting for the angels and then swung their boat around and And He was husky, muscular.| brought a howitzer into action with | " 1 He was a few years younger. too, than | grape and rifle shot. The firing on the today would mot try. One must admit|Miss Barrett. 'But when they iooked | shore soon ceased. ' B erens rote It Dlayfully I (oreek |into each other's eves they both forgot| It was during this firing that Michael i R L | the physical gulf between them. They Ryan was killed. The wounded were o ioing, e itk i oL YOS 5 2o w1 on. | Master's Mate Newton. in_the foof 1" ’l"“‘, fl gV E; e :l" When they finally married it was in | Andrew Specinger of the Reliance in | pelf alone. 100, e was not to admire | secret, so that she might not have o/ the thigh, and Frank Miller of the Re- | vy e pECnius mOT 1o, AYmpathize | pear the pain of a scens with her des- | liance, in the right arm. i e A W;oén;"" d that | potic father. They stole away to Italy.| The boaf, as it returned down the | "o oved the. Eiizabeth Barrett de-| S2Y Nere io have 15 years of happl. | creek, fred Inte, cury susplcious look- | seribed by her "”fi‘;flg".’,",,“‘.'j"' 4, the | jom &s nearly ideal a2 can come m1 g locality on | futhor—Yof a slight, delicate figure.| ~And they were human. Once Brown- with » shower of dark curls falling o | ing grew frritated with his luxuriant Scalloped Salmon. . er : edn & most expressive face; | peard and shaved it off. Elizabeth was| Put one pint of milk on the stove in | | large. jtender oves. fichly fringed Dby | horror-struck. She cried! And he had | a double boiler, keeping out half 4| | dark lashes: a smile like a sunbéam.” |to promise at once o let it grow again. | cupful. Mix oné heaping tablespoontul Barrett Browning t of Elizabeth| ~yie lived 28 years after she passed on, | of butter with two rounding tablespoon- h_l'nn Wl hat she never had & | but no one ever took her plsce. A son |fuls of flour to a smooth paste, then childhood. ‘was dropped out of her | gurvived her. add one egg well beaten, then half a life in some way and a Greek grammar (Copyright, 1929.) cuptul of cold milke “Mix well and then stir into the milk, w] ou] 1di Stir untii smooth and thick | ¢ircle, and her role is a passive one. sy MILADY BEAUTIFUL - e eraty. 5 The other side was not dealt with i like gravy. Season with salt and pep- Moy 5] T Snd set aside to cool. Butter s| (remember the limilations of aspace). THE ABOVE 8IGN s DISPLAYED BY AUTHORIZED STAR BRANCH go tinually announce that he is an honest man. use women can't understand why their husbands won't feed them ‘why women crave for that particular form of }no. innumerable women go through life hungering and 'ood they never get. | | 7y udy Yet beca on the soft talk they crave and men can't understand k. ik no more can men understand why women cry why they pinch nickels and throw away dollars: why and will beard a lion in his den: why they oV Dect & dumb husband and will belleve anything & g talker te)ls. them. OFFICES | “Around the Corner” is No. men and women will never understand each other, but they will keep ® Star Rranch Office on trying to solve the mystery l.-’]n'nl'l:. fl‘mnp. lasts, DOROTHY DIX. (Coovright, 19297 Your Baby and Mine ) BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. . 8. R. D.—I was interested in your comment on the article with the unconscious cruelty dren toward newcomers in hood. - point of ‘The ‘the mother whose child found it difficult to find his way into the new D ior and AL it wiih alternate | Obviously, “we all teach our children to Jayers of fiaked salmon and the cream be kind. ' We urge them to welcome the dressing. The top layer should be of | Strange child in the neighborhood, but the dressing. Sprinkle with cracker|do adulls live up to these principles crumbs and bake for half an hour in a | themselves? However, much we may BY LOIS LEEDS. Making Finger Wave: and must be kept in firm contact with g g S the scalp while the hair is being drawn | The vogue for permanent waves has | forward or 'k to form the ridges. finger waving much iuto de- | “waye the other side. Adjust hair mand. Naturally curly hair may also net and pinch eachywave to make it | be trained into pretty waves by this { metod. While 1t is hardly possible to| eIy L L eoand | give one’s self & good finger wave all (Copyright, 1920.) around the head, the front and side | hair may be self-waved with patience and practice. ‘The hair must be very wet; the stiffer and coarser the hair the wetter it | €hould be. Use water first and then a | eurling fluld. Put the part in where | you want it, then comb the hair very, | very smooth all around. Let us % | | waving the right side. Comb the hair obliquely on the forehead. Place the | index finger of your left hand about sn inch to the right of the part so that it Ppresses tightly against the first strand of hair. Insert the comb in the hair right below the index finger, press it in to the scalp and draw it forward and | up against the side of the finger, mak- BRAIN TESTS Visualimtion tests are frequently used in mental examinations. This one re- quires the formation of mental images or pictures in order to give the correct answers. Time limit, four minutes. (1) How many sides has a cube? (2) If three cubes were stacked in 2 pile and set upon a table, how many sides of cubes could be seen by walking around the table? (3) If a 5-cent piece is laid on a half dollar; a quarter dollar on the 5-cent plece: a dime on the quarter and 1 cent on the dime, what coins can be seen looking directly from above? (4) An equilateral triangle has sides the same length as the side of a square. ‘The two figures are joined by placing ‘| the side of one exactly against a side of the other. How many sides will the resulting figure have? | _(5) A pyramid has a base which is equal to any side of a certain cube. The | cube is set on the table and the pyra- mid is placed upon it. Walking around Eme _:.nblz, how many surfaces can be | seen? | (8) Two circles of 1 size sre | placed 80 thet the eircum: ice of one ing 2 ridge in the hatr. Pinch this rie i throt tween the index and second fingers. first ridge in the hair (1) 8ix. (2) Thirteen, . 1 cents, dollar, quarter, [ r{v‘g *) the crown: Now you havs | Eight. (6) Stx. R ridge in your hair from the | fluid. Shift your index finger about an inch below its last position and mak- below. Begin wour Mext wave J heger the it w §§§ i moderate oven. SONNYSAYINGS | | ‘Whoo-hoo! come standin’ on his hind Jegs. deplore t they rem: | but nelit BY FANNY Y. CORY. way as | being “tal ‘dence lea sider. ence of natural? ‘who 1s st Mrs, and yet a-runnin’! 3 n, v bef Tommy's baby 18 imita (Con, 19990 States noted for the which residents refuse to admit new- comers from other cities and States to their inner circles, and years of resi- he actions of human beings, ain fairly constant. Children and adults’ react toward in exactly the same way. The adult masks her indifference by sweet | smiles and fulsome words of welcome, actions are as cruel in their hose of the child, who makes | no pretense of wanting to know the | strange child. | stranger in & city and bes bad te wait for months, sometimes .years. ‘befare ‘Who has not been a ken in"? There are cities and tenacity with ve the newcomer still’an out- How can we deny 'the & condition so universal and Just being nice to a person range cannot make up for the comradeship which he lost when he moved away from his own friends and associates. every stranger into your own circle of friends and immediately made him wel- come? Of course, e e stranger simply been cognizant o all stranger: picion until worth and likableness. ‘The children ignore s strange ehild in a new neighborhood social graces do not as yet cover their real feelings. they show it. Have you always drawn u haven't. In your called it cruelty ht)—you have the fact that are looked upon with sus- they have proven their because their ‘They Adults feel this cruelty ir sweet smiles and soft ‘words are only masks for the same at- titude. Communities | Life is like that. And are like that. children, being are no differes what malt he recom- mends. If it's Puritan you're dealing with a fair-priced, high- quality store. " If booze ever comes bac Y | b Cs Uhnited Skados I ain b with manufacturing’ He says a lot more, too, in 'LET PROHIBITION BEGIN AT HOME -~ in the September “The Secret of 37 Hardy Street” Plot-—ail bt nnsolvable. mystery and detective fans. Caut in on it story in the September issuel