Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1931, Page 15

WOMAN’S PAGE. Evolution in Holiday Ohservance BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. Caleulating the day in 1776 as the one when the United States of America was born into independence, this is the 15th anniversary. In the age of na- tions this is extreme youth. In the | | | parent immaturity, has arrived at suf- ficient years of discretion to discoun- tenance the dangerous form of its earlier birthday celebrations, when fire- crackers and fireworks were in the hands of youngsters. Accidents natural- 1y occurred, and these were preventable. So’with the clamor of ccncerted voices of familles, the cities and then the States to act in quelling the opportuani for danger. Even before this there were enact- ments in sporadic instances that made it a punishable offense to disturb the peace of communities with the ear- splitting sounds of canncn crackers. Then the matter was carried further and all noise of fireworks within city limits, or definite, restricted areas, was forbidden. The {ll, the mnervous and i convalescents raised a little paean of | thanks that comfort was taken into consideration by the Government. Par- cnts rejoiced that their children were prevented from danger of accident, without feeling that father or mother was responsible for curtalling pleas- ures, however risky they were pro- nounced. From these minor and restricted | prohibitions there has sprung up & ' Nation-wide effort to make this glorious anniversary of our Nation's hirthday & gay and glamorous one without its being dimmed with saddencd homes. | The slogan “A Safe and Sane Fourth” TODAY GAMES TAKE THE PLACE OF DANGEROUS TOYING WITH | FIRECRACKERS. | ancestry of families this is no less| young, although in the span of a man’s | Ilife it is old beyond the remembrance of any one living today. ‘The Nation, nctwithstanding its ap- has spread over the country, carrying with it respect and a desire cn the part of adults to see that the idea is carried out. Today the youngsters -vho celebrate this 15th enniversary of the Nation cannot realize the hazards they are spared nor feel any deprivaticn in_thc form of festivity. At first the bovs craved noisy risks with the youthful assurance of their ability to cope with dangers. The States’ voice of wisdom, however, has strengthened that of par- ents, and the combined efforts to keep up the jollity of the occasicn when robb=d of the risks are transforming the celebration into a safe one, enjoyacle to the end and in afterthought. (Copyright, 1931.) DAILY DIET RECIPE OLIVE-CHEESE SALAD. Cream cheese, one-fourth pound. Chopped glives, 4 tablespoons. Lettuce lehves, 12. French dressing, one-half cup. SERVES FOUR PORTIONS, Finely chop green, ripe or stuffed olives and mix well with tha cream cheese. Shape in a roll. Chill. Then slice and serve on lettuce leaves and dr:ss with French dressing. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes protein, fat, much lime, jron, vitamins A, B and C. If cottage checse were substituted for crcam cheese and a non-fattening dressing were used, recipe could be eaten by those wishing to reduce. As giv- en, recipe can b eaten by normal adults of average or under weight and by children 10 years and over MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS Safe Reduction. Dear Miss Leeds: I hope you can help me. I am 30 years old and weigh 170 pounds, which is 45 pounds over- weight as I am only 5 feet 3!z inches tall. (1) I must reduce, as I look like an old woman. How can I prevent getting wrinkles while I am reducing? (2) What colors can I wear to best advantage? I have b'ack hair and very dark blue eyes and a fair cogplexion. I am too fat for light colors, but in a short time I hope to weigh 135 pounds. THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE Carry this model out in yellow and white printed flat washable crepe silk, LEEDS. @) is long enough should I wear it? and full. (4) I like to use cold cream instead of soap and water. Will this grow hair on my face? I have a soft fluff on my face near my ears. “IRISH.” Answer—You are really 40 pounds overweight, instead of 45, and I hope that knowiedge will be cheering. You are quite right in wanting to reduce, and my one warning to you is—please dof’t try to lose too quickly. If you reduce gradually but surely your skin will not become wrinkled. It should take you about six months to get down to normal weight. Eat three meals a day even though they must be light. Three typical daily menus would be as follows: s Breakfast—One glassful, orange juice, one slice of toast with poached egg. Cup of coffee with milk but no sugar, if desired. Luncheon—Cup of clear sour, I am letting my hair grow. Tt to_pin back. How May face is large two as its inspirator’ was carried out—with plain yellow fagoting a dainty smarte trim for the scalloped edges—and you'll love it. There are hosts of other equally charming ideas for its development. For | instance, cottons are very fashionable, | and £o cool and lovely. Picture it in | pale aqua-blue eyelet batiste, red and | white printed batiste or white cotton | mesh. Then again a chiffon print would | be so fascinating for street, for town or for less formal afternoons for resort. Style No. 3185 is designed for sizes | 16, 18 years, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. Size 36 requires 3!; yards 35- inch. The pointed hip seaming narrows the breadth through the hipline, and gives an exceedingly smart appearance. The hem of the circular skirt y be made plain, as in miniature view, if desired. It's very simple to fashion. For a pattern of this style, send 15 cents in stamps or coin directly to the Washington Star's New York Fashion N Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty- ninth street, New York. Our large Summer fashion book of- fers a wide choice for your Summer wardrobs in darling styles .for the children as well as the adults. Price & ook 10 cents. = graham crackers, salad with a light French dressing, raw fruit for dessert. Dinner—Small serving of lean meat, string beans (a generous serving with- out butter), a small baked potato (if desired), combination vegetable salad. Fresh fruit for dessert. The only articles of food you must give up entirely are rich desserts such as ice cream, cakes and ples. Use fresh fruits almost entirely for dessert and remember that simple raw vege- ftable salads with a light French dress- ing may be eaten in rather generous quantities and they are wholesome as well as effective in a weight reduction program. At dinner you may have a full portion of watery vegetables such as spinach, cabbage, carrots, etc., but take only a very small portion of starchy vegetables such as potatoes or rice. Drink plenty of*water between meals— a glass of water often takes away that hungry feeling. Also use generous amounts of juicy fruit such as oranges, apples and grapefruit. As our space here is limited, perhaps you would like a copy of my-leaflet on how to lose weight. It will be mailed at once on recaipt of request accom- panied by stamped, seif-addressed en- velope for mailing, (2) Blue in all shades and greenish blues would b> especially good for you. Black is excellent. (3) Part it on the side and arrange it in rather wide waves drawn close to the bead and fastened in a bun or turned under at the back. (4) It will not grow hair. That fluff at sides of face is natural for every one. However, you should wash with soap and water after the cream cleansing; rinse in cold water. LOIS LEEDS. (Copyright, 1831). el s i, Apple Relish. Chop one head:of cabbage, twelve tart apples, six large ripe tomatoes and six onions. Add three pints of sugar, one pound of chopped sceded raisins, cone tablespoonful of salt, four teaspoon- fuls of white mustard sced, one tea- spoonful each of cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg and one quart of vinegar. Boil for 10 minutes, pour int seal tightly. = S S Stuffed Tomatoes. Peel some medium-sized tomatoes. Remove a thin slice from thé top of each and take out the seeds and some pulp. Sprinkle the inside with salt, invert and let stand for half an jhour. Fill with fresh diced pineapple and nut meats, us two-thirds - apple and ml:‘e‘-thlra nuh.?‘mxp‘:&h marAnmeiea lettuce and tomato | LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. The Weakley News. ‘Weather: Genrel. ' SISSIETY PAGE Mr. Benny Pol der and Mr. Pu they couldent be in it they wouldent buy tickits for it, so the ideer was poned. Rcmuerryn granfather cele- Mr. brated his 97th berthday last Wensda; by going out in the rain without hl{ rubbers in spite of the rest of the fam- ly all calling to him to come back. POME BY SKINNY MARTIN T Ate About Half T got a bag-of peenuts at the circus, To offer to the elefants one by one, But they happened to be unusually good peenuts, Alas for the elefants fun. SPORTING PAGE Sattiday morning Mr. Shorty Judge spent about a hour tying himself up in a clothes line to see if hescould get loose again without untying the knotts, which he couldent. EXTER! Storm Does Dammage! Among the dammage did by the big storm last Thersday was blowing down the baker store sine, upsetting the rub- ber plant on Glasses Magee's portch, !and terning Shorty Judges green and wite cap into a all green cap by ra'n- ing on it so hard out in the back yard where Shorty had forgot it. NANCY PAGE Fizzy Drinks for Days Like Fourth of July. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. ‘The evening of the Fourth was beastly hot. There did not seem to be a breath of air stirring. The Pages sat on their porch and hoped that some callers would drop in to help pass the hours until late night brought cooling breezes. And sure enough callers did come. “They talked about vacation trips, travel, business, children, bridge and all the other subjects that are of common interest. But before long the | conversation turned to cooling things | to eat and drink. Almost before she knew it Nancy weather menus. “We like a fizzy drink like root beer or ginger ale combined with cream. Some people use ice cream, but we are quite apt o get a bottle of table cream from the refrigerator, pour glasses one- third full and then.add chilled ginger ale or root beer. With those we like ginger cookies best. When we have a bottle of rich creamy milk I like to fill footed tum- blers with that and pass rich sugar cookies, chocolate brownies or choco-| late wafers. Iced chocolate is rich, but it some- times takes the place of a lunch when I have plenty of macaroons with it. Iced coffee made by pouring the hot coffee over the big cubes of ice in the tall glasses is a favorite with rolled cress or tomato sandwich rounds. Anda ! combination of lemon ice, orange juice and ginger ale is a gorgeous combina- | tion for a hot Summer afternoon.” Use the juice of six oranges with four bot- | tles ginger ale and two quarts lemon ice. Because Fourth of July is a fizzy day the beverage was fizzy ginger ale and cream. Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Cure Thyself? Macbeth—Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased? Doctor—Therein the patient must minister to himself. Macbeth—Throw physic to the dogs. Tl none of it. : Every human being at some time or other, in some way or other, has or will put Macbeth’s question to himself. For every human being has his men- tal conflicts, and his misgivings about the significance of these conflicts. Many Iimagine there is something wrong with their minds. Of course, nine times out of ten the conflict is| a matter of pure imagination and the question’ dies an automatic death. At: least, it should. Th- philosophy of the so-called “new psychology,” now rapidly assuming the role of mental hygiene, holds that one may cure one’s self; a mind may find itself. ‘There is some question as to the soundness of that philosophy. There are cases on record, and notable ones, too, in which the patient has appar- ently successfully ministered to him- self. But who can say but that Dame Nature herself was the curative agent. Nature always seeks, although she does not even usually attain, correction or perfection. On the other hand, thinking about curing one’s self implics thinking about one’s conflicts, deficits, etc. And think- ing about such things is aiways a pain- ful experience, sometimes hazardous. In fact, many people create their trou- bles by reflecting about them. Can one cure one's self? It's an open question. 1 declare my independence, And my right to disappear. Let. their .old firecrackers— them T B peamiatin leent e THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, MODE D. C, SATURDAY, : OF THE: MOMENT Has the Daughter Who ~ Her M DEAR MISS DIX: for her, but a year ago she got and she hardly ever writes to me. Doesn’t Write Forgotten other? I have only one child and I denied myself everything married and moved to a distant city It has becn four months now since I heard from her, yet when she was engaged to the man she married she used to write to him every day. Do ceased to love me? Answer: you think she has forgotten me and HEART-BROKEN. No, no. She has not forgotten you. It is only because she is young and selfish and intent on her own pleasure and absorbed in her new life. She is not even intentionally cruel to you. She just doesn’t 1ealize how anxious you are to hear from hey or what her letters mean to you. PERHAPS the greatest of all the sins of omission that we commit is when we fail to_write the letters that we ought to write. The letters back home. fortunes. The letters of condolence to friends who have met with mis- ‘The letters of congratulation and good wishes that would add still another thrill to the happiness of those who are rejoicing over some bit of good luck. The letters to old schoolmates, to old neighbors that would keep alive a beautiful and comforting friendship. The letters to sick people who are shut in and have few interests in life. The letters to lonely people whosa hearts would be warmed by the knowledge that we still thought of them. What comfort, what cheer, what happiness such letters would bring, and we all mean to write them, but it is an effort to get together pen and ink and paper, and the hour and the mood do not coincide, and we keep putting it off and putting it off, and in the end we never write at all. I mother after she leaves home. ing mother about everything she is T is not very often that a daughter fails to write back home to her Generally she keeps the mails hot tell- doing, and her new surroundings and her new clothes and her new house and what a perfectly wonderful job or what a marvelous husband she has. write letters and they also like an Because, as a rule, women like to audience of whose intcrest they are sure, and likewise they have a keener understanding of how eager the who is left behind is for news of the wanderer. 1t is & very common thing for men to neglect writing to their mothers. They are busy. They are absorbed in their careers and their pleasures and they forget how the mother's heart yearns after tidings of them and that to hear the smallest thing connected with them is of more importance than anything else on earth. IF the grown-up sons' and daughters out in the world could vision mother’s wistful face at th> door watching for the postman and her triumph of passes by, there would not be letter that never comes. }"oy when he stops and the sick despair that fills her when he 50 many mothers looking in vain for' the DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright. 1931.) PERSONAL HEALTH BY WILLIAM Real Specialists. From the letters I infer that I have no use for specialists. That is not so. The trouble is that you and I have different _conceptions of the meaning of specialism. I have little or no use for your kind of specialist. But let's | not get to calling each other unpleas- ant names over this. Let's see if we can't reach an understanding. I find that a layman, though often quite ob- stinate in his notions about matters of health, physiology, hygiene and medi- cine, row and then can see reason if somebody will only take the trouble to explain things to hjm. I know I myself haven't enough patience with the layman who comes with that air of knowing so much about these things. My impulse is always to utter some remark and let it go at that. But after all, sarcasm is wasted on the person. He just gets hurt or in- dignant, where a more intelligent vic- tim would wince, perhaps, but then he'd think it over and pretty soon he'd come back with a grin—something like the stage Englishman seeing the point of the alleged joke. A real specialist is a physician who has put in several years at general practice, as a family practitioner, and finding himself especially interested and perhaps particularly successful in some special fleld, he manages to take, say, six months or a year off and re- turns to school for postgraduate in- struction in that cial field, then goes back, but- not back to the mines. He goes back home and sends his cards to all his medical colleagues—but never to the public—announcing that he is limiting l":‘! lpl’&ctlte to whatever specialty he elects. DEA real specialist does not treat what- ever happens along. He treats only such cases as are properly within his limited province. He depends, not on the direct patronage of the public, but upon the dence his medical - col- leagues have in his special ability— they refer their patients to him for his special examination or treatment or ul)gllon or -?uvll{ii 29 rass s 5— starve if ?}e:cq had to wait for phy- siclans to refer cases to them, for their own colleagues know too well how in- competent and _untrustworthy _these short-cut “specialists” are. Brass n}:— clalists - shrewdly appeal to Wnumr credullc‘}‘ nna“m “::oc‘:é’:‘gfil w]l:o l; agine that 8 lglpeclnlm. he must be better L:ha*: ordinary doctors. Brass specialls o short, are the shame of modern me i cine. Most of them are born special- iste—that is they burst upon the world fresh from medical school, with no ex- perience at all in private general prac- tice. does not pass the o Bt st He makes 0 4 nation, and if f“"‘-h'{md":: he asks the family doctor for = formation. ~ This may not be so im. pressive to the wiseacre Wz’n v it s more economical and more b’;’* tive, in’ getting at the patient’s trouble. Specialist for Liver. Every little while T striks a hatd snag in the mall, With most queries th are really requesis for medical service— long: or T hawe nn tromhia, Thev gn inty the kind—would | bt SERVICE BRADY, M. D. chucker after a meager scanning. But other ‘questions are not so easily dis- posed of. If I do chuck ’em in the regular way nevertheless the question sticks in my mind and I find I can’t get my attention back on the mail un- til I stop a moment and try to fit an an- swer to the one that has stuck in my mind. Here is one that held up work here for a while today: What kind of spe- cialist would you advise me to see for liver complaint which I have had for several years? There are no liver specialists, so that's out. Hers and there one might find a stomach specialist or a heart specialist or a lung specialist, but what would he know about liver trouble? Pancreas specialists and spleen spe- cialists have not yet got organized to do_business. But no fooling, suppose I myself had liver complaint, just what kind of spe- rcialist would I consult? That helps considerably. Now I be- gin to see-where the catch is. Liver complaint? What do you mean liver trouble?” Something the matter inside? Ah, that suggests the answer. You should consult an internist. An internist is just a gcneral prac- titioner, a family physician without any families to care for, an ambitious, self- respecting, determined doctor who can and does persuade clients to undergo whatever clinical or- laboratory or spe- cial examinations or tests he may deem helpful in arriving at a diagnosis. Of course, these special tests all run into money, and if the internist is unable to persuade the patient to spend the :roney, he is just a plain general prac- titioner. If he has the knack of mak- ing ‘people loosen up to find out what really ails ’em, he is an internist or, as they called him in old times, a con- sultant—meaning he came in when things got very bad and patted the at- tending physician on the back and as-' sured - the family everything was all right. Heaven knows what ails the chap who professes to have liver trouble or a tor- pgl:l\":(r.hzlll it hle. ‘l.:nga:e to get at the compl right shop for | him is the lay-out of an m‘tgmm. Usually internists are completely sur- rounded by office nurses or secretary- nurses, young medical pi res and ear- nest young specialists in divers other fields. They run the customer through the works and pool their reports, and the big chief finally takes about 100 berries from the patient and tells him R e me of fon I don't want to say anything to hurt 3 but I ask the liver-complaint man if he huke?ver tried taking a walk around the parl Special Sandwiches. Cut five slices of bread one-fourth Brend throe s nn.ogfl Witn bt ummmd sides ln?:'o on one side. chop some green and pim:nfzc and moisten Loy onnaise this between the bmm stsro"ls‘nn of green BEvER e sllces togsinee nd solh ta llll'mfl:bth. Press under a weight for hour or so. Cut down in '.hhf"lh- -and arrange on & plate an with a dofly. JULY NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. Tiustrations by Mary Foley. porc . will not know how much destruction they have done until you investigate their hiding place, then you will have to work hard and insist upon the fact that you are the sole owner of the ground and 8. In the smnuou will' notice many fragile mr:g ects pouring from a spot near ground where the wood- work touches the soil. These are the mwnmm-uxm.:nwnmsmln air. This is not the nuptial flight, as it is with the ants and bees. After a short time the termites de- gcend to their starting point unless the wind has blown them too far for them to find their way back. Then they are lost if no wood is handy. : Couples may be seen. When you see them stroll off you know they en- gaged and the lady has already started site hunting for a home. After 10 days of being engaged and digging a one- room dwelling the pair marries. ‘This is not a companionate affair. Termites live together for 25 years, barring ac- cidents, ill health and spray guns. Six weeks after the mating the mother lays 8 or 10 eggs on the living room floor. In 10 days these hatch and the father and mother must feed and care for them. They eat the walls of the living room and feed the pre- digested wood pulp to their offspring. This has great advantages. The hous- ing cordition would become acute if the one room were not'enlarged. At the end of six months the room has greatly expanded and the parents have discovered their children are workers and soldiers. From now on they let the children wait on them. ‘The workers are grayish white, with soft bodies and wingless.” They are blind, but have no trouble in finding their way about. Great tunnels, gal- leries and rooms are chewed through wood or any material having cellulose. This is their only food. The soldiers have strong, biting jaws. They guard the entrance to their home. Even though they, too, are sightless, they are aware at once f an enemy ap- proaches. £ ‘The mother lays more eggs each year and reaches a time when she can’ lay over 1,000 a-day. The father stays at home and is always to be found by his wife’s side. and will even hide behind her if danger threatens. The king and queen are the only members of the heusehold who can see. Should anything happen to the queen, the king, who has been a most faithful husband, will go to the short- winged colony of termites and establich a harem. Should the king be killed or dle while the queen is yet young, she will marry cither another long-winged king, who has been reared for just such an emergency, or she will marry a short-winged king. ‘The oldest colonv in the world is the termite builders in Afiica. (Copyright, 1931). SUMMERTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. Lizards as Benefactors. Summertime is reptile time, and, though this will not come as blessed news to many, nobody who professes to be a nature-lover will blanch, like a Colonial dame, because a lizard scur- ries on the wall or underneath the porch. more delighted to meet than the small saurians that bask in the sun, their little hearts drumming under their thin | green vests, their bright eyes keeping a | sharp watch of me, their small croco- dilian mouths bent up at the corners in a cheerful grin. Lizards eat flies and cockroaches and other objectionably tame inscct neigh- bors: they were never known to do anything but run from humans; they wouldn't bite if not touched and prob- ably couldn't hurt much if they did bite—and yet most women, and even most men, abhor Bill the Lizaxd, giving vent to cries of disgust on his appear- (‘c‘r.wl:fll.nd even t> the human instinct We ought to be glad that lizards are reduced to their modern dimensions. Carnivorous dinosaurs of the Coal Age were lizards. So, too, was the fierce pterodactyl, with the wings of a condor and the habits, presumably, of a harpie. Another innocuous reptile class in- cludes the turtles of the sea and the tortoises of the land (which all land- lubbers call turtles). Call them what you like, there is nothing jollier than a little tortoise crawling around your fish pond or your garden. To see one pretend to sleep and then catch flies with a tongue quickey than thought will raise your respect for the reptilian class that made your tortoise-shell dresser set for you or your cigarette holder. ‘Whence arose the idea that the last and’ least lovely group of reptiles, the snakes, is sagacious? A stupider crea- ture than a snake doesn't exist in the vertebrate subkingdom. There is less room in a snake’s skull for brains than in the head of a hummingbird. And if ants don’t have more intelligence than useful to them, and that is a lively set of instincts. Snakes have nothing bet- ter than speediness to commend them in the struggle for existence, and they are only quick at their defense when the weather is hot and they are hungry. Having defamed the ophidians, I will have to admit that, poisonous species apart, snakes are not bad neighbors. I prefer them to a plague of bullfrogs, which we should soon have, if the vital statistics in District snakes showed a falling off in the egg rate. What is a meadow without a pretty little green grass snake speeding through it? Or a sunny outcrop of gneiss rock in the Blue Ridge without a well dressed little garter snake fleeing across it for the shelter of blueberry thickets? Fear of snakes is merely babyish ignorance. None of our common snakes are poisonous except the rattler, the copperhead and the water moccasin. Hot Potato Salad. Wash six medium-sized potatoes and cook them in boiling sal R SRS Stuffcd Squash. Cut a Summer squash in_halves crosswise and remove the . Cook in boiling water until tender, then drain. Stuft with gocd bread stuffing, wh'{t:”?t some 2T OF 3 By Chopped fam 15 Bake in & maderata coon until done. | There is no four-footed fellow I am | FEATURES, re- | color costume. an example of patriotism for half the world besides, For the red, white’and blue of the Prench flag are used as well in the flags of the United States, Great Hritain, Holland and Norway. If you want to be thoroughly up-to- BEDTIME STORIES Digger the Badger at Work. No matter what the joi may be Expertly done 'tis good to see. —Old Mother West Wind. It was several days before Digg-r the Badger was seen again. Then one morning just as the two young Prairie- dogs were getting ready to go out for breakfast Popup caught sight of a sil- ver-gray coat some distance away. “There is Digger the Badger, thas fellow I saw the other day,” whispered Popup to Peekaboo. Peekaboo shivered a bit, for they had heard dreadful stories of the doings of Digger, but she tried to sit a little straighter that she might see better, for she was full of curiosity. By this time Digger had been seen by others, and the alarm given. There was excited barking and whistling on all sides. Digger paid no attention to the ex- citem°nt his appearance had caused. He trotted along intent on his own busi- ness, and it was soon plain to see that he would pass very near the house of Popup and Peekaboo. They were fright- ened and thcy were curious. It was a question which was the greater, fear or curiosity. Peekaboo went into the house, but almost at once poked her head out again. When he was right opposite their house Digger turned and looked up at them, and there was something about that sharp black-and-white face that caused Peekaboo to drop out of sight and Popup to hastily dive into the house, Digger grinned. “Two mnic> young Prairie-dogs,” he muttered. “That house has been de- serted, so they must have moved in recently. Probably they have just started out for themselves in the Great World. I have an idea that house goes down very deep, and to dig them out would mean a lot of work not worth while for only two. If it were a new house just started, I might b> tempted to dig them out. As it is, I think I’ look for some Squirrels or Gophers.” So Digger kept on past the house and then turned away from the town.. By this time curiosity was too much for Popup, and true to his name he had popped his head out of his doorway, again to watch Digger. Seeing that the latter was pay- ing no attention to him, Popup came out and sat up. Not far away was a fresh low mound of earth. It was the work of a Pocket Gopher. All about in the grass were similar little mounds, for Pocket Gophers are busy folk, and, like Miner the Mole, work under ground just a little way below the surface. Every now and then they raake an opening to the surface and out of this push the ! date you should have at least one flag Your street costume of navy blue with a touch of white may be worn with a navy blue hat while red may be a red striped scarf, dress may be worn with belt, or you may intro- duce the red and blue by way of brace- lets or other jewelry. The sketch today shows a scarf that you can easily make to carry out the flag fashion with a white or navy blue costume. The scarf itself consists of a strip of crepe silk 6 inches wide and about a yard long, with points at either end. It is made double so that you will need a piece of silk 12 inches wide. The strips of red and blue are made from bias folds of silk an inch wide which should be applied to the outside plece of the scarf before it is sewed up. Strawberry Preserves. Strawbesry preserves may be made according to the general rule for making preserves. If a sirup is made, it is bet- ter to use some juice from crushed strawberries rather than just water for the liquid. As strawberries are so juicy, the following method may be used to make good preserves: Select ripe but firm berries of uniform size. Wash and remove the hulls. If the berries are quite sour, an equal weight of sugar may be used, but usually three-fourths as much sugar is enough. Weigh out two pounds of berries and one and one- half pounds of sugar. Put alternate layers of berries and sugar in a preserv- ing kettle and heat very gently with very little stirring and very careful stirring until the sugar is dissolved. ‘Then boil rapidly for about fifteen min- utes. The berries may then be plum packed, processed and sealed. By Thornton W. Burgess. €arth from their tunnel, closing the opening when the earth is out. Beside this mound Digger paused. He seemed to be undecided whether or not to dig this open. Th'n, just a little way off he say black earth being pushed out from beneath. He knew a Gopher was at work there clearing his tunnel. Softly Digger crept over to this, and then sudd-nly he began to dig. Popup | had thought he himself was a good dig- | ger, but as he watched he decided that | he didn't know much about digging. | Here was an expert digger at work. The \earth fl:w into the air at such a rate | that Popup couldn’t even see Digger. In | what seemed like no time at all he had disappeared. Two or three minutes | 1ater he reappeared, and in his mouta | was a limp form. It was the Gopher. While Popup still watched, Digges 7 SOFTLY DIGGER CREPT OVER TO ‘THIS, AND THEN SUDDENLY HE BEGAN TO DIG. 11| suddenly dropped the Gopher and be- gan to dig again. Once more the earth flew, and when Digger r:appeared he hlg :h(}mu_ng Eqmr.—eli1 ‘This he ate, and en picked up the Gopher and started for home. wonder they call that fellow Dig= ger,” said Popup to Peckaboo, who had | joined him. “I think I would rather | trust to my legs than to a hole in the ground if he was after me. I didn't £uppose that any one in all the Great World could dig like that. I certainly am glad that this house of ours goes way down deep. My, my, my, such dig- ging! I wouldn't have believed it pos- glhle‘ had I not seen it with my own yes.” The Woman Who Makes Good BY HELEN WOODWARD, Who started her carcer as a fright, the highest paid busing Hollywood Keeps .Thin. It's harder for a motion picture actress to keep thin than for other women. They have to have ways of their own and at least one of these has gone back to one of the less pleasant habiis of ancient Rome. In Hollywood I saw a healthy look- ing young girl sit through a good dinner without cat- ing a bit of food of any kind. “This reducing, she explained, “I Helen Woodward. gol?;:l dare evenlp:: ttl2 on my pla {:rup;‘a‘ollhneu, for fear Il gobble “But you're not overweight. You're slim enough for anybody.” “For anybody,” she shrugged. “But not for my director. There's a big dif- ference between being thin and photo- graphing thin. You know most women photograph stouter than they are. To get that lissome look on the films we've got to be positively skinny. When our snakes, then they have somethig more | bones stand out, then we're just right. Don’t ycu think I'll look nice when I'm good and bony.” She is not exaggerating as much as you might think. Nearly every actress you meet in Hollywood is reducing.. All kinds of fantastic diets pass around in Hollywood. sort of weight-reducing machine, mas- sage and bath. You try to melt away a pound or two playing tennis or riding a horse, the SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. It's the mecca for every | ened typist and who became one of ess women in America. | bawny pastimes of Southern Calif But these are hunger-making exem You dare not go for & swim in the teme pestuous waters of the Pacific, because think of the appetite that will give you! So, what do the poor girls do? Some get fat and thus pass forever from the screen. I know of one of those wistful wraiths of another day who spends her whole time now eating and cooking. There are, of course, those who “never gain an ounce”—creatures just naturale ly gifted by nature. (Copyrisht, 1931 FOOD PROBLEMS | BY SALLY MONROE. Stuffed Cucumbers. Three cucumbers, one-quarter pound American cheese, one-half cup bread crumbs, six teaspoons butter, salt and pepper to taste. 2 Peel the cucumbers and cut them in halves. Remove the pulp so0 as to leave a cavity in the middle. Have ready the bread crumbs which have been mixed with the butter, cheese and sea~ soning. Fill each cavity with the mixe ture, having a little of the cheese sprinkled on the top. Bake the cu=- cumber shells in a moderate oven for about one-half hour. Tliey should .be light brown. 2 5 REIRSHE Creamed Mushrooms. Prepare cne pound of mushrooms and cut the larger caps and stems'in pieces, leaving the smaller mushrooms | whole, Boil in salted water for about 20 minutes, then drain. Make a cream sauce by melting one tablespoonful of butter in a double boiler or saucepan. Stir in one tablespoonful of flour, and salt and pepper to taste, nn'%un.lly. making a smooth paste. Add this one cupful of cream or milk and stir }méfl .;rel}ooth. A s hlmlénhmm l:g jut fore _servi lend " thoroug] with the mixture the beaten yolk of one egg. Serve in warmed patty shells and garnish with paprika. My Neighbor Says:' Leftover fish or fowl can be combined with mashed potatoes and shaped into cakes and after they are dusted, followed by a brisk rubbing with a chamois skin, will bring out O unes, to-be. properly cooked; should be stewed very, very slow- ly for at least two successive days. The prunes will come out® whole, soft and tender, and’ with the richest, most delicious juice. Place a little hot water in the cake tin immediately the cake is removed. This will make it much easier to clean,