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WOMA .| Psychic Adventures of Noted Men and Women Bispham’s Strange Turn to Opera. BY J. P. GLASS. “Radbeck, who was supposed to have some psychic powers, operated the planchette. It is not necessary to believe in Planchette to regard as remarkable the experiences that so effectually guided David S. Bispham at the start of his career as a singer. Bispham employed a planchette quite €asually. Whether by accident or| through psychic communication, he re- ceived advice which he followed—not so much from reason as from the direction of an inner voice. This course brought him tzecomfnggndu t.hxe greatest operatic | baritone o ay. It was a at dis- tinction for an American. i Bispham was in London when he had Bis unusual experience. He was en- gaged in concert singing after a six- months run in the part of the Duc de| Longueville in Messager's opera comique “The Basoche.” He was in his thirty-fifth year. Ex- eept for this engagement he was known | only as a church and opera singer. | Theater managers now wanted him to| enter light opera, but he could find no rfl. that suited him. He had thaulht’ little of grand opera, but he did not know a single operatic part. Certainly he had not the slightest idea of the fu- ture about to open up for him. It was at this time that two friends, Baron Waleen and Baron Rudbeck, both of them interested in psychic matters, dined at his house. Baron Waleen brought with him a planchette, the | small board fitted with a pencil and two | castors, which moves easily over a piece | of paper when hands are placed on it, | ostensibly with the pencil writing inde- | Pendently of the person manipulating it. Rudbeck, who was supposed to have some psychic powers, operated the planchette, which began to move before any one had asked a question. It wrote, “Opera, by all means.” “What does it mean?” asked Waleen. Bispham replied: “Apparently it is an | answer to a question which had formed | in my mind, but which I had not yet| had time to ask, ‘Shall I continue in | concert or make a further endeavor to- ward opera?’ " All three were excited by this experi- ence. Bispham at once began to ask more questions. The planchette made quick replies. Rudbeck’s right hand rested upon it, his left covering his eyes, which he opened only when the instrument stopped. The following dia- logue ensued: Bispham—What operas shall T study? Planchette—The operas of Verdi and | Wagner. Bispham—Which of these operas| shall I study? Planchette — “Aida,” “Tannhauser,” tan and Isolde” and ‘‘Meister- singer.” Bispham—What parts shall I study? Planchette—Amonasro, Wolfram, Kur- ‘wenal and Beckmesser. Bispham—When shall T be engaged? Planchette—In a couple of months Yyou will know. This was the end of the experiment. ‘Thereafter the instrument refused to move. However, Bispham already was | sufficiently amazed. The truth was that no better bari- tone parts existed than those in the ©Operas named by the planchette. But THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE Accents Princess Lines. s & new version that adapts itself :um\zlly to printed crepe silk for the ay frock. 's sleekly flattering with the bow- Wled neckline and shirred bodice. eldedly graceful and slim . It's utterly exclusive, depending en- tirely upon its lines for smartness. low-flared skirt fullness is de-| '3 It| already a thing of the past for this |y s N’S PAGE Bispham had not thought seriously of attempting them, particularly the part of Beckmesser, which he considered “too high, too unvocal and too difficult” for him to try. Some impulse which he could not re- sist moved him to act at once on the suggestions he had just received. The very next day he obtained an accompa- nist and started to study Beckmesser. It was the longest of the roles and he was almost daunted by it. Nevertheless, he persisted, varying his labors by learning the much easier parts of Amo- nasro, Wolfram and Kurwenal. For two months he worked like a slave. During this period he also acquired the part of Alberich in the first scene of “The Rheingold” and of Wotan in the first scene of “The Valkyrie,” in or- der that he might flll a concert en- gagement. It chanced that Sir Augus- tus Harris, impresario of Covent Gar- den opera, was present at this concert. The next morning Sir Augustus sent & message to him through his manager. In effect it said: “Do you know the plrtl of Beckmesser? If so, come at once to formance with Jean de Reszke, Mme. Albani and Jean Lassalle.” Bispham almost fainted with excite- ment. “In_a couple of months you will know,” the planchette had said. It was now just two months since this prom- ise had been written. He rehearsed Beckmesser, but an {ll- ness of De Reszke caused a postpone- men. However, the delay was only tem- porary. In the meantime he was called upon unexpectedly to sing the roles of Kurwenal and Amonasro as a result of the unexpected illness of the regular sing . He was not long in adding Wolfram.© Thus the prophecy of the planchette was completely fulfilled. Covent Garden to rehearse for a per- | i, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Rattle-Brain. Tt seems that some people are so constructed that they can't entertain more than one idea at a time. These are the so-called rattle-brained peo- ple. If by chance two or more ideas are generated, or are presented, or ap- pear, or whatever it is that happens to bring them into existence, the rattle- brain seems unable to put them in order, or to weigh their merits, He has difficulty in connecting one idea with another. 8o he becomes confused or_“rattled.” Ideas, of course, are reall; but pictures of things as they were, are or ought to be. Ideas, as such, are not things, but symbols in the abstract. They have no natural ex- istence. In fact, they never reappear in exactly the same dress a second time. Now, while the brain itself is a reality, made up of a few million cells, the ideas which are supposed to be generated by these cells are merely the feeling their possessors have when the cells begin to wriggle or move about in their attempt to lay out & plan of action. When the cells have finally settled down to business we have our aforesaid picture or symbol of what was, is or ought to be. Rattle-brained people deserve more sympathy than they usually get. It sometimes happens that they are the people who make great discoveries, be- cause of their tendency to consider only one thing at a time. It's a thing now and then to get your individual pictures of reality before they are blended with other pie- tures. You need to get your ideas isolated before you make a combina- tion. You can alwaps get some help on the combining end of the process, but the isolating is a personal matter. ‘To_the extent that this isolating leads to later useful combinations, the rattle- brain has an advantage over his critics. (Copyright, 1830.) NANCY PAGE Boxes May Be Dressed Up for Porches. nothing BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Lois and Roger were spending many days on their porch. Lois knew that she and her husband would have to be at home a great many evenings, what th & new baby in ‘the house. Ac- cordingly she hunted for little things ‘which would help to make the porch a comfortable place to be. One of her ideas met with enthusi- For & number of years he had no rivals in the great parts of Beckmesser and Kurwenal. (Copyright, 1930.) Household Methods BY BETSY CALLISTER. Roses and Daisies. The trick of making interesting bou- quets of flowers both from the garden and the flelds lles in unusual combi- nations. Last Summer at & smart luncheon the table decorations consisted of & large central bowl of Queen Anne's lace and pink roses. At each place there was a small vase containing one rose and a couple of shorter-stemmed pleces oxdt.m fleld flower. * The effect was de- cidedly pleasing. ‘Within a few years a cultivated Queen Anne's lace has been introduced to gardeners. It is a soft shade of blue, but it is really Queen Anne's lace. But that is neither here nor there. The point is that this lovely flower, which can be had in abundance in any sunny roadside field, is truly interesting when combined with the most sophisticated of our garden flowers. At a recent luncheon the brides- maids carried garden roses and fleld daisies, and the bouquets were most effective. There are a good many other fleld flowers that combine well with their garden cousins. Cultivated asters and wild golden rod are interesting to- gether. And very often it is possible to find wild golden rod when it is not possible to find the wild aster, with which it may be so strikingly bunched. Another combination of wild flowers and garden flowers that is good is culti- vated lilies of the valley and wild vio- . But then there are many spring- time combinations of this sort that ars ear. o Corn With Bacon. Mix half a cupful of white sauce with one chopped green pepper, two cupfuls of canned or fresh corn and one tea- spoonful of salt, and place in a baking dish. Cover the surface with strips of gu:on. Cook in a hot oven for hl?!’ln our. TIRELESS TALKER I'm very fond of talking, I have the f’" of tongues, and ever, as I'm walk- ing, I exercise my lungs. My voice is loud and brassy, my throat is seldom sore, and I am pert and sassy, and al- ways keep the floor. I talk about the weather, I talk about the crops, discuss the boom in leather, the price of lolli- pops. I outline proper rations for peo- ple who are sick, and at the League of Nations I throw a verbal brick. I argue prohibition until the cows come home, and, still in good condition, refer to ‘Teapot Dome. There is no theme or topic from marbles down to chalr no controversy yawpic on which I will not At home my conversation moves every one to tears; my aunts, in con- sternation, stuff cotton in their ears. I always am uprearing to make a few re- marks, and there is little cheering, but fierce and spiteful barks. The air around me thickens, as soon as I begin, with bricks and cast-off chickens, and cats too dead to skin. And there are boc: and screeches, such noise as never was, when I begin the speeches that ought to gain applause. And there are eggs decaying, and cabbageheads and such, to show that what I'm saying is getting me in dutch. I know that peo- astic response from Roger. “I saw & hanging shelf in a picture of an at- tractive piazza, I wondered why we could not get & wooden box from the grocery store. We could cut it into halves diagonally. One of the diagonal bottom pileces could be nailed in the other di nal box to make a shelf. The whole thing could be enameled o¥ lacquered. A rope or chain could be used to suspend it from the corner. And there we are with a small corner cup- board or hanging shelf! “On the shelves we can put some lvy, the ash trays, matches and cigarettes or any other oddments we want to place ere. “We could set it on the floor in a corner if that seemed to work out bet- ter. If we hang it we could paint the rope the same contrasting color as used on the box. “Then I have another idea for & small footstool. We can take another box and eut off part of it, using some of the dis- carded part for & shelf. This little stool may be used as a footstool and a maga- zine or two may be tucked on the shelf. I can pad the top and cover it with oil cloth or some washable material or Think how easy it will be to hold baby Ann in my lap when I can rest my feet on this little stool.” Are you interested in lavettes? Write to Nancy Page, care of this paper, inclosing a stamped, seif-addressed envelope, asking for her leaflet on Iayett Cheese Gelatin Salad. One package lemon flavored gelatin mixture, one and two-third cupfuls boil- ing water, one cupful white cream cheese, one-quarter teaspoonful salt, one-quarter teaspoonful paprika, three tablespoonfuls chili sauce and one ta- blespoonful catsup. Pour water over gelatin mixture and stir until dissolved. Cool and allow to thicken a little. Beat cream with fork and add with other in- gredients to gelatin mixture. Pour into loaf mold, rinsed out of cold water. Set in cold place to stiffen. Unmold, cut in slices and serve topped with mayon- naise on crisp lettuce. BRAN FLAKES ple shun me for talking all the time, and if they could they'd run me to some far distant clime. With bricks around me humming I take my daily atroll, and when men see me coming they crawl into a hole. Some topics I'd be broaching that are intriguing me, but when I am approaching men climb the nearest tree. They hide behind the hedges, beneath the crates and tubs, they arm themselves with sledges and doesn’t require any further trimmin Tt expresses good taste for street, ernoons or spectator sports, Style No. 631 may be obtained in sizes 16, 18, 20 years; 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. The medium size takes but 3% yards of 39-inch material. Flowered chiffon, printed 8. aft- are smart fabrics for its development. For a pattern of this style send 15 cents in stamps or coin directly to The Washington Star's New York Fashioi u, Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth reet, New York. We suggest that when you send for this rlturn you inclose 10 cents addi- L for & copy of our new Spring Magazine. chmcnl volle, flat silk crepe and canton crepe scythes and wet elm clubs. For I'm that | bore supernal, of dark and bleak re- nown, whose language is eternal, whose tongue will not run down. ‘WALT MASON. | (Copyright, 1930, RAY-HAIR adds years to your age. Can be tinted any color quickly and easily with popular ROWNATONE GUARANTEED HARMLE! e L ) Cheering for breakfast. A treat for lunch. Kellogg’s Pep Bran Flakes have the famous flavor of PEP. The match- less goodness of erunchy whole wheat. And bran! ‘There’s just enough added to be mildly laxative. Just one taste and you'll agree that Kellogg’s Pep Bran. Flakes are better bran flakes. In the red-and-green pack- age. Madeby Kelloggin Battle Creek. 9 lley BRAN FLAKES e |DorothyDizx| They Throw Out the Back Door the Pennies That Would Buy Them Diamonds Twenty Years Later. GET hundreds of despairing, nay desperate, letters from men asking how they can curb their wives' extravagance and make them see that unless they save and ‘e tart in life while they are young they are doomed to a poverty- stricken old age. ‘These men are not stingy. They are generous and anxious to give their families every luxur{y and comfort, but they are ambitious. They want to suc- ceed and make a place for themselves in the world. At middle age they want to be sitting pretty on the sunny side of Easy street instead of skulking along in the shade of Poverty Flat, and they know that in order to do this they must live within their incomes and save up some money. Strive as they may, they cannot do this because their wives spend faster than they can make. No matter what speed they put on, they are never a lap ahead of the bill collector. And nothing they can say to their wives registers. All of their remonstrances, their prayers, their entreaties fall on deaf ears. Of course, wife agrees theoretically that they should economize. Some time, but not now. Of course, she agrees that they should lay up something for a rainy day, but why start now when the car is shabby and lgo has seen & new one that has a thousand new gadgets, or when they just must move into mofe expensive apartment, or when she positively must have & lot of new dresses, or go to Europe? Now any woman is a mighty poor sport and a mighty poor wife who isn't willing to economize and cut her budget to the bone to help an energetic and ambitiosus young husband to get a start in the world. Also, she is & very stupld woman and a very short-sighted one, because every dollar that- she saves and puts into his business will come back to her multiplied & hundred or a thousand fold in the future. This has been proved over and over again. Ninety-nine per cent of the women in this land of ours who are now riding around in limousines and wear- ing Paris confections and ropes of pearls scrimped on cotton frocks that they made themselves and darned their stockings and walked 20 blocks to cut-rate butcher shops to get cheap meat when they were young married ‘women, in order that the money they saved by their scrimping might go to pay off the note in the bank or hire a new clerk in the store or expand the business. The prosperity of many and many a millionaire concern has been built on the dimes that a thrifty wife pinched, and I have heard many a rich man say in speaking of His days of struggle that he owed his success to his wife just as much as to his own efforts, and that without her thrift and economy he must have failed. For no poor young married man can succeed unless he has the co-operation of his wife. She can always waste more than he can earn, for it is literally true, as the homely proverb says, that a woman can throw more out of the back door with a teaspoon than a man can put in at the front door with a shovel. Sometimes husbands are responsible for their wives' extravagance. Some- times a man lets his bride start off on the wrong foot by permitting her to rent a more expensive apartment than they can afford and buy more elaborate furniture than he can pay for, because he 15 too much in love with her to refuse her anything or because his vanity makes him want to pose before her as a go-getter. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1930.) day with quite a long roqm to memorize lng I thought he should have some help with it, as it seemed quite a hard lesson for an 8-year-old child. So I memorized the poem, then I said one line and he sald the next and then we exchanged lines. In this way he soon had it memo- rized and we have adopted this way of doing for all his memory work. (Copyright, 1930.) oy — Visthe time to stock up that , camp or cottage > with good eats- PRUDENCE READY TO BROWN Corned Beef Hash is your biggest bargain in wholesome, appetizing food! So delicious in flavor « « « 80 hunger-satisfying to all . . . so quick and easy to prepare! MOTHERS AND THETR CNILDREN, Memorizing Poetry. One mother says: My little third-grader came home one Be sure to pack along a dozen tins of PRUDENCE start for camp May 30th. lack the supply of Prudence in the larde D. C, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1930, Today in Washington History 3 idge, Secretary of War, for “high treason.” It is considered doubtful by many rsons here that they will ever be ught to trial on the indictments. ‘The overt act upon which the grand Jury based its action was the raid of the Confederate Army under Gen. Early last July within the District of Colum- bia and the jurisdiction of the District court. In the fighting on that occasion, some citizen solders were killed and considerable property was destroyed. President Davis and Secretary of War Breckinridge were regarded as having been ‘‘constructively” present on that occasion and responsible for the rald. District Attorney Carrington announc- ed the indictments in the court today. He asked for a bench warrant for Mr. Br , who is not in the custody of the Union forces. Mr. Davis is being held a prisoner at Fortress Monroe, Va. District Attor- ney Carrington asked that steps be taken to bring Mr. Davis before the District court for trial. ‘There was no excitement i the oourt room when the indictments were announced. They had been expected for several days, and by many persons they are regarded as mere matters of form, although, of course, some radical Republicans in Congress would like to see Mr. Davis tried and punished for “treason”. Union refugees who have returned to Loudoun and Fairfax Counties, Va., have recently sent word here that hostile Canfederate freelance solders have abandoned that section and that the inhabitants are resuming their business unmolested. The farmers are putting in crops and some Northern men are reported to have invested in land there which they are expected to_occupy immediately. ‘The Union Light Guard, under the command of Lieut. Jamieson, which performed the duties of bodyguard for the late President Lincoln, will retained, it is understood, in the same capacity for President Johnson. Com- pany K, 150th Pennsylvania Valunteers, which has been doing guard duty at the White House for a long time, is expected soon to be mustered out of the service “in consideration of the faithful performance of its duties.” Cheese Rings. Mix together half a pound of butter, two cupfuls of flour, one teaspoontul of salt and a little cayenne pepper. Add half & pound of cheese, grated. Handle as little as possible, using a pancacke turner to pick up the rings after they have been cut with a cutter one-third inch in thickness. Bake in a moderate oven. SONNYSAYINGS BY PANNY Y. CORY. Muvver, don't you fink I is big 'nough | to squeeze the clothes? (Copyright. 1930.) CHANGE DRAB DARK COLORS TO SMART LIGHT SHADES withTintex ColorRemover* Tintex Color Remover will whisk away even the arkest color and leave the mate- rial its natural color, just as it was before it was dyed. Then with Tintex you can quickly give the colorless garment a fash- onably new lighter shade. | Select from the list below the Tintex products to accom- plnt these amazing transforma- tions. You'll be astonished how easy it is and how perfect in results! o—THE TINTEX GROUP—, FEATURES, BEDTIME STORIE Nanny's Quick Wit. A Fase A wandering Merry Little Breeze had done Nanny and Danny Meadow Mouse & good turn. It had brought them the scent of Reddy Fox and it had done this just in time. So strong was that scent that Danny and Nanny knew that Reddy was very near. They would have to hide, and hide quickly. Danny was in despair. This was a strange place to him and he didn’t know a single hid- ing place close at hand. Perhaps Nanny read this in his face. Anyway, she took to her heels and ran past Danny. “Follow me!” she squeaked. Because he didn't know what else to do, Danny did follow her. He raced right along at her heels, wondering all the time where she was going. Straight to the foot of a certain tree she raced, RCan~ “HE'S LOOKING UP HERE WITH ggs‘}:lUNGR!EST LOOK IN HIS Danny at her heels. This tree didn’t grow quite straight out of the ground. be | For a little way it slanted somewhat. | Up the trunk of this tree Nanny led the way. “Where are you going?” Danny. Nanny didn’t stop to Was & grapevine twined in this tree. Up this vine Nanny climbed and Danny panted below was to be gobbled up by Reddy 1Fox. Up they went and presently they came to a queer thing up !.hel" in that tree. At least Danny thought it was queer. Tt was a tin oil ean—a gallon can with a round opening in one end. A little branch passed this opening, Nanny climbed up on this branch and popped into that opening. Danny fol- lowed. It was dark inside, but right "ley Danny discovered that there was & comfortable bed of dry grass there. “W-what place is this?” panted Danny. “A safe place,” squeaked Nanny. “It's our new home. This is where we are going to live Y Tinsex Color Remover—Removes old | color from any material so it can be dyed a new color. materials. e i Tintex Blue Box — For lace - trimmed for white. ol el g it M ial PARK'& TILFORD, ESTABLISHED 1840, GUARANTEES. TINTEX s et oy TINTS AND DYES NEW! TINTEX DRY CLEANER For Dry Cleaning at Home oo A o o= R On Sale Wherever Tintex is Sold | until T BY THORNTON W. BURGESS “T thought you didn't have a home,” sald Danny. “You sald you were try- ing to decide whether to live in the bushes or out on the Green Meadows.” “80 I was, Danny; so I was,” replied Nanny. “You see, I hadn't thought of this place as a home. No, sir, I hadn't thought of it as a home. This old can was over on the Green Meadows when I first found it and I thought then it would make a wonderful home, i only you were with me. Now I think just the same thing. You are with me and it would make a wonderful home. Just peep outside and look down.” Danny did as he was told. He poked his head out of the round opening and looked down. Then he drew back hur- rk’%o ;let": :h:}'.e“; whispered Danny. tending not to Enow, . | ARAY. DES- “Reddy Fox,” replied Danny. “He's the hungriest look looking up here wi in his eyes.” Nanny chuckled. “We've got the finest home we've ever , Danny Meadow Mouse,” said she. “If this was on the ground we should be quite safe inside it, for Reddy Fox tried to get me in it when i; was on the ground. He couldn't. But he might have caught me by laying in wait_ outside had to come out. Up here we are quite safe, because always before we go down on the ground we can look all around. Nobody can get us up hers. It's the safest place in all the Great World for us. We'll bring up a lot of grass and make the finest kind of & bed'. ©Oh, Danny, I'm s glad you found mel” “So am I” replled Danny in that squeaky little voice of his. (Copyright. 1930.) r:g}y. ‘There | kept on because he knew he could go | where Nanny could go, and to remain | It looks to me c.rs can §f these anything on t| cept a fillin, tion.

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