Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1929, Page 20

WOMA N’S PAGE. Newest Ideas in Hat Colorings BY MARY 1t is always a safe rule to follow to ‘choose a hat to match the suit or coat #with which ‘it is to be worn, and to & great extent well dressed women now +lollow ' this rule. . We do not w colors together +fashion that we used to do—selecting HAT MADE OF BRIGHT COLORED VELVET RIBBON TO WEAR WITH BLACK DRESS. hats without regard to the color scheme they will produce when worn. There is just at present, however, a tendency to break away from this rule, but always with certain reservations. For instance, if you wear a coat or suit .0f & mixed sort—as gray tweed flecked BEAUTY CHATS Your Head in Back. Lots of women who are letting their | hair grow, do so only lcng enough to | _2ee what it feels lik.e and then, with & | -thankful sigh, go back to the hair *dresser and have it chopped off again to ‘a comfortable shortness. And of thesc, _most are so young they've alway§ worn | short hair and want to see what the | in novelty of long hair is like. Even then, the hair is never allowed to get very long. You can't wear a really nice looking hat, nor have it fit you with any sort of smart line, if you've s bump of hair to get in the way. When the hair is long, it barely comes to the shoulders, it is made into a fiat little twist at the back of the neck. And if you have a tendency toward wispy bits | of hair that escape halrpins and hang down the back, you simply chop these off, too, and keep them cut to the skin. ‘The hair ends in a smooth flat coil (fre- quently not the wearer's, I may add, ex- cept. by right of purchase) so that hats it over it, so the curving line at the back of the head is seen, too. In fact, the hair is just long enough to be caught up this way with pins or a comb, and the outline is almost that of a bob. ‘The bob, as a fashion, has not gone out. Many people say it never will. just as they say skirts will never really be JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in English. BY JOS. J. FRISCH. A BROKER BY THE NAME OF ¢ BE THANKFUL THAT HE WAS NOT CAUGHT IN THE RECENT WALL, (. STREET DEBACLE, A\ “A broker named Smith” is the cor- rect form, not “a broker by the name of Smith.” We say, however, “Was his name Jones? I knew him by the name of Smith.” Debacle (de-BAK-1) means a violent flood, carrying debris; a stam- pede. rout, downfall, a breaking or bursting forth, as, he was carried away by the debacle which followed: he was ;:'mltem to stand aside in the nightly de- cle. Meat Rolls. Make a biscuit dough as follows: Sift two cupfuls of flour with three teaspoon- | fuls of baking powder and three-fourths | teaspoonful of salt. Mix in four table- spconfuls of shortening and add three- fourths cupful of mitk or half milk and half water to make & soft dough. Roil | out very thin on a floured board and spread with chopped, well-seasoned left- over lamb, veal, chicken or ham or fish which has been mixed with gravy or sauce. Beginning toward you, roll up just as you would for jelly roil. Bake in & hot oven for about 20 minutes and ferve immediately with gravy or sauce. | Date Sticks. ‘Beat the whites and yolks of two eggs separately. then beat together. Add one cupful of powdered sugar, two-thirds cupful of flour, two teaspoonfuls of bak- ing powder, one teaspoonful of vanilla, a little salt and one cupful of broken walnut meats. _Spread quite thin in a greased pan, 7-inch by l4-inch, and bake for about 25 minutes in a slow oven. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and cut into strips. DAILY DIET RECIPE SWISS PUDDING. Raisins, one-half cup. Flour, seven-eighths cup. Shortening, one-half cup, Milk, two cups.* Grated rind of one lemon. Eggs, five. Powdered sugar; one-third cup. SERVES EIGHT PORTIONS. Rub raisins into flour and put them through food ehopper. Work shortening _until creamy, add flour and raisins and mix well. Scald milk with lemon rind, add slowly to first mixture. Put all in double boiler and stir and cook four minutes. Beat egg yolks un- til lemon colored add powdered sugar to them, then add this to cooked mixture. Cool and fold in egg whites beaten stiff. Turn into greased mold, cover and steam 1!, hours. Or pudding can be baked in a very slow oven. Pud- ding may remain in steamer long- er than time indicated if fire is kept going, but if it is removed before it is to be served and al- Jowed to stand it will surely fall. Recipe must be quickly served as soon as it is taken from the steamer. Serve with cream or a grenadine or other sauce. ‘DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes starch, pro- tein, some fat and sugar, Lime and iron present, as well as vita- mins A and B, Can be eaten oc- casionally by normal adults of average or under weight. in the hit-or-miss |. MARSHALL. with red or beige flecked with green— then your hat may be red or green. | That is better than wearing a red hat with an all-gray sult or & green hat with beige suit. 4 Black hats are never actually in bad taste and usually they are smart. There is no color with which they nay not | be worn. Howeyer, if you wear & black |hat with a brown suit or coat you should e out the black note in some other detail—shoes, handbag or the fur trimming of the coat. Quite the newest idea in hat color- ings is to wear a black dress with a vel- vet hat of bright green. The costume should then be all black, with black shoes and gun metal stockin sibly the green note repeated in the | jewelry. ‘ This week's illustrated circular tells | how to make some attractive new cos- | tume handkerchiefs, which you will find | helpful_in planning your Christmas | gifts. If you would like a copy of this circular, please send a stamped, self-ad- dressed envelope to Mary Marshall, care of The Evening Star, and it wil be for- warded to you. right, 1920.) Oysters on Crackers. the liquid in a saucepan. Skim and sea- son with one-fourth teaspoonful cf salt, | a pinch of pepper and two teaspoonfuls | of butter. Toast eight square soda crackers and place them upon ' an | enameled baking dish, moistening them with the hot oyster juice. Place three oysters upon each cracker. Dot with bits of butter and sprinkle with a Yery little pepper and three or four drops of lemon juice on each oyster.: Leave'in a | hot oven for 12 minutes. ‘Slip out onto a hot platter and serve at once. BY EDNA KENT FORBES long, even though day skirts have come just below the knee. Really long hair may come back, but if it does, not-for a long time.. Meanwhile, keep your bob, or your short-long hair, neat.in the k. There's no excuse for an untidy back-of-the-head, if the hair is shingled. Any half way hair dresser can make the back view attractive. And hairpins and judieious use of clippers or scissors -will keep the flat coil of hair back neat. ‘Turn your hand glass s0 you can see the back of your head when you dress. Z. B.: When you use henna just to tint stray gray hairs it is done in the following manner: Mix one ounce of powdered henna (Egyptian henna i best) with three ounces of powdered castile soap, which will make enough for several shampocs. Take a heaping tablespoonful of this mixture and add it to & pint of hot water, and rub it over the head, working it up into a heavy lather with the fingers. Let it stay on the hair for 15 or 30 minutes and pro- ceen then as with any other method of ahnmf)cou‘m‘ If the hair is very coarse it will require the full 30 minutes to tint it, and finer hair will not need to mucn time. This will not change the natural shade of the hair and it just tints the gray hairs a trifle so they are not so conspicuous when combed into the rest. LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Pop was looking in his inside coat pockit to see what all the things was in there, and he pulled out a exter little black note book besides the red one that he always has in there, me saying, G. pop; is that empty, can I have that pop? To answer your questions in reguler| order, its empty, but I rather doubt that you can have it because I think Im go- ing to use it myself, pop sed. ‘Well G, pop, gosh, thats just what 1 need for something to write down In every time I get some money so Ill know exackly just exackly what Ive got and what I havent, I sed. G wizzickers, pop. for all I know I may lose a lot of money and never know it, I sed. ‘Well, if its & questicn of economy and thrift and frugality and all that sort of thing, thats & different story, pop sed. 1 cant discourage your.ferst faint strivings to save money insted of letting it slip through your fingers like a drunken sailer with no hands. Sippose I induced you to keep up your old wasteful habits oy refusing to give you this note book, what then? Then you'd grow up poor insted of rich and-you wouldent be able to sipport me in my old age, and it would serve me rite, he sed. I reely need thllel‘little book, but I make the sacrifice, he sed. And he handed it to me, saying, Re- member, when you make your ferst mil- lion, who gave you this little note book. and bear the same thing in mind at every succeeding million. Thanks, pop, G, but gosh, T havent got anything to begin with, 0 how am 1 going to start writing in it? I sed, and he sed, A very good point, all the rich men had to begin with something. John D. Rockefeller began with a dime and now look at him, he’s got & butler and an exter maid to help wash the dishes whenever there's company. Here's your dime, he sed. And he gave it fo. me and I sed, Im £oIng to write it rite down. Wich I did, pop saying, You seem to be making a lot of marks for one dime, lets have a look. And he looked and saw what I wrote, being, Tuesday, one dime for the movies. Yee gods, give me back that note book, pop sed. did, being much better than Wich T having to give back the dime. Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. ‘Words often misused: . “Every person has certain”distin traits.” ~ Say, “Has certain distinctive traits.” Often mispronounced: Egg. Pro- nounce the e as in “beg,” not as a in Do not say, hed with pos- | Drain one pint of oysters and heat | great deal to do with the “whats” of a Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. “If Memory Serves Me.” 1 have often wondered why some people are. very cautious. about the verity of; their 'recellections. They fortify themselves against possible error by adding: “If' my memory serves me,” “If 1 recall correctly,” “If T am mnot mistaken,” or some similar expression. I: notice, too, that these are as & rule the most truthful of persons. As often as not they are the very ones who use their memories most, and who for that reason might be supposed to possess a memory that they could rely iupon. It would ngmr that those who make the most frequent use of their powers of recollection have from time to time discovered just how unreliable an average recollection is. There is & reason for the added pre- cautions that truthful people take in relating what they suppose is the truth: Any one's memory is the most un- reliable of all his mental powers. Naturally so, for any recollection is & composite of many mental processes. I belleve it is no exaggeration to say that our powers to recall are actually treacherous. Especially is this so for recollections of ~times, places, faces, names. There can be no doubt that one's emotional or feeling life has a recollection, and relative promi- nence of these “whats” among all the facts that might have been recalled. ‘The most faulty recollections are those that are made after some exciting event. Parties to an automobile accis dent will, in the short space of 10 minutes thereafter, be apt to say almost anything, and say it sincerely. They actually believe that they-are telling the truth. ~ Their recollections of what actually happened are, of course, fragments, certain fairly faithful obser- vations among & number of unfaithful observations. When the individual begins to put these together in the form of s whole recollection, his feelings about the whole situation enter into the story. He has filled out the gaps in his actual observations by emotional “ought to have beens.” e filling-in brings the non-essen- tials into melnem. ‘The old grads, for example, wili go back to college after an absence of 25 years, and there spend a whole week end recalling foolish things, most of which never happened. In the end they all go home feeling better, simply because they have been on an emotional spree. (Copyright, 1930.) "NANCY PAGE Furniture That Ts Different Aids Christmas List. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. On Nancy's Ohristmas list were a number of pieces of furniture. She wanted to find some good looking table which could be used for & telephone stand as well. She found a copy of & French provincial table which suited her exactly. The table had a small drawer for the address book, pencil and p‘:‘he tambour front alid back, sp- g:lnl.ly on itself and opened the cup- rd arrangement in which was kept the talephone directory and the new m‘?him of the French or cradle type. ith everything shut up and out al, the. way ‘the table masqueraded as a plece of ornamental furniture, an oc- | casional table, so-called. Nancy won- dered whether her aunt, to whom she | was giving. the table, would not put it beside her bed. During the Winter time the family almost, lived in front of the large open fireplace. Joan used to lie on her stom- ach before the fire and kick her small feet. rhythmically as she pored over her pleture books. This kicking was rather hard on shoes. Nancy found a low fireside stool which served a muititude of pu . Joan sat on it, so did grown-u when they were popping corn. When not in use in front of the | fireplace it was utilized as a footstool before the davenport. The stool was only 9 inches high, and 10 inches wide. Its length was remarkable, 48 inches. This allowed it to extend practically the entire len, of fireplace or davenport. The one t Nancy found was made of maple, fin- ished in soft brown. Would vyou like to serve grink bafore ths open An ge. care of this ‘papar. stamped_self-addressed envelope, her leaflet on beverages ymething to ite to Nancy inclosing . asking for D. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 192 FEATURES 51 i = PARIS.—One-piece wool' jersey dresses made from two-tone fancy weaves, preferably in cross stripe, are standardized good style. Sketched is Lelong's blue and brown model. Straight Talks to Women About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN. If You Bought Stocks Too High. Tt you bought stocks at too high a price and the recent bear ralds reduted the market or u&f price of your stocks, what may you do? You may sell out and take your loss or you may sit tight Ilml ‘wait until your stock appreciates n_price. ‘e oannot recommend either pro- cedure unequivocally for the reason that. some women hold investment stocks of real worth and others hold speculative or undesirable stocks of which they might dispose at once. An oft-quoted axiom is to the effect that the first loss is the easiest. It applies in the stock market par- ticularly when a falling market is-in progress. That does not mean that we would recommend that any woman seil out substantial investment holdings. If she has no need for her money she may wait patiently, meanwhile taking her regular income from her investments. Perhaps & few women still have mar- gin accounts that have withstood the selling wave. We would advise them to lighten their accounts as much as possible. Their waits may be long, and meanwhile they pay heavy carrying charges. It is possible that the latter will K‘dlld. profits even should the long ons .. occasionally asked by women whether a particular atock will rise or fall or whether stocks in general had better be . Every woman with stocks should ignore market action if she can, and decide for herself, with the aid of others if necessary, whether the stocks she holds esent good values at thetn' purchase ‘That is the real tesf A bad break or a series of them should not frighten women with stocks owned outright to take needless losses. Even if one did pay a bit too much for a stock, it may pay her to hold it. There is no actual remember, until one sells. Income remains the same in a majerity of instances. A glance at the quotation page will give eloquent evidence that many stocks urchased early this year or in the past lew years are held at prices ex: ling their present market value. In other words, & host of women are in the dilemma we describe. Now is the time for patience and fortitude, always mind- ful that these virtues wasted it one's stock s not of investment caliber. “Over the Counter” By turning to the financial page you will find a list of uniisted stocks or securities and you may find these under the classification of over-the-counter transactions. ‘What is of more direct interest is the fact that your investments will be dealt in over the counter if they are unlisted or if they have not been admitted to by any recognized exchange. Now, literally speaking, there is no such thing as counter. It is merely a term to express the fact that securities dealt in in that fashion are not traded in any formal manner or in any recog- niged trading place. Many women investors regard over- the-counter transactions as mysterious doings. As & matter of fact, such transactions are engaged in by stock and security dealers, who trade somewhat after the fashion of the old Curb Exchan New York City, which flourished for many years in the street before it sought the shelter of a regular exchange bullding, The aunhuonl which you read are gathered from brokers who deal in over-the-counter stocks. The quota- tions may be gathered directly from these sources, or your financial (Copyri “vague.” Often misspelled: Melancholy. Note the h, also the single 1 before the y. Synonyms: Passive, impassive, stoi- cal, apathetic, stolid. N ‘Word study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. ‘Today's word: Immutability; BY ROBERT QU “There never was anything remark- able' in none o' my folks, except Cousin Elbert had a 4-foot tapeworm once.” An Ailing‘ God's laws.” AUNT HET 1 i l l;D Are you prepared to render first aid and quick comfort the moment your youngster has an upset of any sort? Could you do the right “thing—immediately— though the emergency came with- out warning—perhaps tonight? Castoria is a mother’s standby at such times. There is nothing like it in emergencies, and nothing better for everyday use. For a sudden attack of celic, or the gentle relief of constipation; to allay a feverish condition, or to soothe a fretful baby that can't sleep. This pure vegetable prepa- ration is always ready to ease an ailing youngster. It is just as L] MAY use harmless as the recipe on the ‘wrapper reads. If you see Chas. H. Fletcher's signature, it is genuine Castoria. It is harmless to the smallest infant; doctors wiil tell you so. You can tell from the recipe on the wrapper how mild it is, and how goocr for little systems. But continue with Castoria until a child is grown, ascertains the trading of the day in a most exhaustive manner. One woman wished to know what an “‘easier” market means in over-the- counter dealing. It usually means an absence of any urgent demand for stock generally or particularly. In some cities the over-the-counter dealers have organized and agreed on certain practices. Members of such or- ganizations or associations are usually | reputable and in good standing. ere over-the-counter dealing is or- ganized to any etxent women investors | are assured that their holdings dealt | in. that manner have a wider market | and may be sold more advantageously. A fact. some women do not know is that they may obtain their own over- the-counter quotations from brokers en- gaged in over-the-counter dealings, and these quotations may be used to check up on one’s own broker or to verify newspaper quotations. There are many substantial {issue dealt in over the counter, btu wome; are advised strongly to avold investing in any stocks or securities of a specu- | lative nature which are traded in that 11 lon. Heads Neither Cool Nor Wise. We were in the midst of the feverish | times on Wall street, and we are proud to tell our sex that they behaved far | better than the stronger sex. Some | women were badly frightened and a few } hysterical, but they took their losses with far greater grace, poise and even humor than most of the men. ‘There are lessons to be learned from every error, and of all the lessons learned in the recent market break one stands out above all the rest. If your own head is not cool, or if your wisdom is not as complete as it/ might be, do not take precipitate action. Consult with one whose head is cool and who is experienced and well in- formed. Hundreds of women threw their stocks into the melee that was a market and suffered needless losses. It was an ex- ample of mob psychology at its worst. ‘e advised dozens of women who| were holding sound investment stocks to ignore daily quotations. We coun- seled many of them to overlook the financial pages entirely. Their stocks were investments, and even a severe market fluctuation should not disturb the bona fide investor. It is our glad duty to report that a majority of the women we advised held on, and, of course, their losses for the | most part are memories. They were | only “on paper” in any instance, and | today they do not exist even there. | A few women were holding specula- | tive stocks, and in some cases we ad- vised them that switches to seasoned investment stocks were desirable. At all times an effort was made to calm | fears, assist souls tortured with worry to Tegain composure, and generally to| check unfortunate impulses. ‘The woman today who bought stocks without knowing what they were, the woman who bou:m and sold according | to quotations and without regard for in- vestment measures of values and the woman who thought stocks would al- ways rise, knows now that trading or speculating is a dangerous avocation. | She knows the need of cool-headed, ex- | pert advice, and she is wise if she in- vests in the future on the basis of such advice. In times of crises, keep cool, and take counsel with persons qualified to advise | and guide you safely out of the storm. | We are grateful tlat we were in a posi- tion to assist many woman investors and be the means of conserving their funds and minimizing their losses. Washipgton History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. November 27, 1864.—There being rea- son to fear that the persons who ate tempted to burn New York City recent- Iy might try the same thing in Wash- ington, the Government. authorities have taken precautionary measures. The military organizations of the vari- ous departments have been called out and placed on patrol duty. The guards at the different Government warehouses and shops have been increased, and every possible care is being taken to baffle any attempt at incendiarism. Guards and patrols are on duty today at all the public buildings and work- shops in the city, and every suspicious person found lurking around will be taken into custory. A detail of military officers has been made for the purpose of inspecting the guards dally and re- porting to the commanding officer of the military department of the District of Columbia upon their efficiency and viligance. ‘The guards about the Government departments were placed on duty first last night. Just before the beginning of last night's formance at Ford's Theater H. B. Phillips appeared before | the curtain and said he was requested to state that if there were any War De- partment clerks in the audience, they should repcrt to headquarters without delay. A number of the War Depart- ment Rifles immediately left the thea- f;r( and soon afterward were on patrol uty. Precautionary measures of a similar character have been taken at Baltimore and Alexandria to protect Government property. Lieut. George A. Clark, of the 4th Virginia Cavairy, and William C. Court- ney, of the 11th Virginia Infantry, who came within fhe Union lines with six refugees from Lynchburg. Va., have been brought to Washington and were committed today to the Old Capitol prison on suspicion of being Confed- erate spies, i ‘The new Metropolitan passenger rail- road company, of which 8. P. Brown is resident, is actively at work laying rack. Already the track extends along D street from the depot, in front of the City Hall and up PFifth street to F street, thence to Fourteenth street, o H street, to Seventeenth strset, and to the War and Navy Departments.: Home in ‘Good Tast SIMEEN If you are interested in sewing tables (and what truly earnest homemaker is not!) you will find that there-are a good many styles from which to choose. At first, before you have wandered through the stores, you may think it is A very simple matter to put your hand right on the one you want without hav- ing to spend much time or thought in se A BY SARA HILAND, lection. . But you will change your mind when you find that there are as many kinds of sewing tables (apparently =1 1 y KT are chairs or any other common plece of turpiture. . . You may feel sure that it will not be necessary to look any further than Martha Washington type, but after ooking at this you decide that you have seen it so much that you would like to have something more unique, That is all a matter of personal choice. The Martha Washington sewing table is in just as good taste today as it was when first designed. In the {llustration is shown & repro- duction of a table made in the time of Thomas Jefferson. Of red of brown mahogany, it has all the charm re- quired to combine it with the conservas tive “&eqes of an eighteenth-century English _room. % f “Bozo ain't exactly slow in everything. There ain’t no one any quicker when it | comes to gettin’ tired.” The Sidewalks What makes famous people laugh? The great men of every age have chuckled over their favorite jokes. The late President Wilson enjoyed a vaude- ville performance. Its nonsense af- forded him a res- dens of high office. ‘The most dour of citizens wiil laugh if something hap- pens to strike his funnybone. ‘The late Oscar Hammerstein paid men and women to make others laugh, while he himself was seldom Able even to smile at the foolishness of the peopls on his pay roll. It is ’ said that a come- dian applied to Hammerstein for a job. | “What is your specialty?” inquired | the impresario. “I'm & comedian,” was the response. Hammerstein studied the man for a moment and then sald, laconically: “Vell, make me laugh.” Several years ago a Briton, steeped in the traditions of England, wrote a de- lightful play called “Abraham Lincoln.” ‘Though not precisely historieally cor- rect, the play portrayed the great War President. as most. of us have visioned the Emancipator. | surrounded by his cabinet ruring the stirring davs. To the amazement of his advisers, Lincoln asks John Hay to bring & volume of Artemus Ward which he proceeds to read from to the bored Secretaries. 4 It was incomprehensible that a Pre: ident could indulge in such balderdash. Unmindful of their contemptuous giances, the President chuckles as he reads passages from the book. ‘What amused Mr. Lincoln? Perhaps this was one of the stories that made it possible for the President to “see it through” and carry on: great war meetin’, when my daughter entered with a young man who. was evidently from the city .and who wore long hair, and had a wild expression into his eyes. In one hand he carried a portfolio, and his other paw claspt a bunch of small brushes, My daughter introduced him as Mr. Sweiber, the dis- tinguished landscape painter from Phil- adelphy. ‘He is artist, papa. Here is one of his masterpléces—a young motaer gazin' admirin’ly upon her first- born’ and my daughter showed me a really pretty picter, done in fle. ‘Is it not bsautiful, papa? much soul into his work." “‘Does he? Does he?' said 1. ‘Well I reckon I'd beter hire him to whitewash our fence. It needs it. What will you charge, sir,’ I continued. ‘to throw some soul into my fence?’ My dsughtsr went out of the room in very short meeter. takin' the artist with her, and from the emphatical manner in which the door slam'd, I' concluded she was summat disgusted at my remarks * ¢ °* ¢ | The Scale of Humanity. A great city - presents the widest {contrasts in the. human scale. ‘The | the most glaring. 1In-two minutes from center of luxurious living and lock upon men and women perfectly groomed | emerging from quarters richly appoint- | ed. Two minutes in the opposite direc- ‘| tion takes me to struggling poverty, o Bcnnh and scenes dreary and sloveniy. Jut it is the psychological seale of hu< manity that interests me, related though it may be to standards -of living. ‘There is the scale of intelligence, the faces brightly alert and eagerly respon- sive, and those of dull incomprehension, ‘with many grades between—so many of them nat stupid, but blank. Still more intimate is the emotional scale, not so easily appearing to the be - misled by a Becoming gown or a pretty face because he happens to b a psychologist. But beneath the expre: sion comes an impression of capacity for joy or sorrow for sympathy or re- sentment, for a rich or poor share in the emotional life. My impressions may oe all wrong, but the contrasts are there, and the scale of humanity measured from the inside s even wider ex- tremes than show at the sufface. For the scale of humanity is even more extensive than appears on the city streets; fcr these people, from slums to palaces, Trom dull {o bright, are yet able to ¢ on and hold their own. They are still normal: though tomorrow and the next day, or the next week or month or year some now on the ragged edge will have fallen out. Even the untrained eye recognizes the! a few should be elsewhere. Oppositc me in the bus is a woman wiia unkempt hair, frowsily clad in cast-off garments, with a wild look in her eyes, and as the traffic is halted she shouts to the taxicab alongside us: “Why are you following me?” She be- longs to the lower scale of humanity that fortunately those who laugh or pity do_not know. You must go across the East River— trulg a modern Styx, for it separates the ng from the dead—to the island of the outcasts to realize the lower end of the seale of humanity, the sheiter of ! BY THORNTON FISHER. pite from his bur- | ‘Mr. Drinkwater showed Mr. Lincoin | “I was fixin’ myself up to attend the | He throws so | | contrast in living and appearance is my door ‘in one direction I reéach the | casual dbserver,’ who is on'less likely to | of Washington - | But to return to the war meetin’, Tt | was largely attended. The editor of the Bugle arose and got up and said the fact could no longer be disguised that we were involved in a war. ‘Human gore’ said he, ‘is flowin'.. All able- bodied men should seize a musket and march to the tenied field. I repeat if. sir, the tented field." ; “A voice, ‘Why don't you go your- self, you old blowhard?" “'I' am identified, young man. with burn brow with hiv left coat-tall; ‘T | allude, young man, to i.. press. Terms, ar, Invariably in ad ance. Job executed with neatness and And with this brilliant bust | of elegance the editor introduced Mr. | J. Brutus Hinkins, who is sufferin’ | from an attack of college in a naberin’ | place. Mr. Hinkins said Washington was not safe. Who can save our Na- tional Capeetle? ‘Dan Setchell,’ I said. ‘He can do it aftsrnoons. Let him plant his light and airy form onto the g nrld%e. make faces at the hirelin’ | foe, and they'll skedaddle. Old Setch |can do it." “‘I call the Napoleon of showmen,’ said the editor of the Bugle, ‘I eall that Napoleonic man, whose life is adorned | with so many virtues, and whose giant mind lights up this warlike scene—I call him to order’ I will remark, in this connection, that the editor of the Bugle does my job printing. ‘You,<' said Mr. Hinkins, ‘who live away from | the busy haunts of men do not com- prehend the magnitood of the crisis | The busy haunts of men is where peo- | ple comprehend this crisis. We whn | live in the busy haunts of men—that | 1s to say, we dwell, as it were, in thg | busy. nts of men.’ “‘I really trust that the gentl'man | will not fail to say suthin’ about the busy haunts of inen before. he sits MY Saim th right_to “ ‘T claim the express my sentiments here,’ said Mr. Hinkins, in a slightly indignant tone, ‘and I shall brook no interruption, if T am a soft- more.! “‘You couldn't be more soft, my young friend’ I observed, whereupon | there was cries of ‘Order! order! | %I regret I can't mingle in this strife personally,’ sald the young man. “‘You mlfhl in- list as a liberty- pole’ said I in a silvery whisper. ‘But,’ he added, ‘T have a voice, and that voice is for war.’ “The young )’? n lhenh closed is speeci ‘with | 12525 i some striking and original remarks in relation to the 3 T -8 pangled Banner.'" ‘The above, young readers,brought laughter to of th who guided the Nation through- its | darkest hours. E KEEPING MENTALLY FIT BY' JOSEPH JASTROW. the mentally unfit. And there the scale, though it represents so largely the sub- | normal end, shows marked gradations still. Those just over the borderland | seem not 8o different from those across the ferry, yet not until the doctor cer- - tifies to their fitness may they return. Many make the journey to and fro re- peatedly. A few months ago the neighborh tailor took my directions for repairing - my clothes as completely and as cour~ teously as ofie could wish. Today he is back on the island. sullen, depressed. his clothes denying his profession. Still, he eafs at a table with ease and refine- ment and behaves in most respects like’ a normal human. Here he'is grade A and enjoys considerablé freedom along with his companions in the same part | of the srale of humanity. | Step into the work rooms and see } what minds and hands in this condi- tion can produce. “The best of it com- | pares well with the handicraft of the art department of the schools for the mentally fit and fittest. You talk to them and they follow you and you them; they reciprocate your interes(. They are your fellow passengers of a lower grade. In the next room, assem- bled at small tables at their evenin, meal. is a company of men whose ex- pressions are of a mind vacant, distorted yet with touches .of under- standing and response. All has de- scended in the scale—appearance, pos- ture, manners, expression. interest. ‘Their handwork is cruder, their power of learning less. They belong to a | lower grade in the waning scale, as the | mind fails. Y . {, In the third room you must not en- ter, for if unused to the lowest scale of humanity, the sight would depress unduly. Yet as we reflect to wi lories of high and noble and refined iving the human kind favorably en- dowed and circumstanced may ascend, it is well to consider the depth to which humanity may fall when the mental supply weakens. The scale of human- ity is vast: the human privilege to rise | in 1t should be cherished. | (Coprright. 1920.) | New Zealand now has nearly 80,000 | radio receiving sets, .