Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1931, Page 12

WOMAN’S PAGE. Sweaters Increasingly Popular BY MARY MARSHALL. ‘There is a revived interest in sweates and there is every indication that sweat- ers are to be increasingly popular. Hand-knitted sweaters, too, have been brought back into favor and even the machine-knitted sort boast of a hand- knit look. Some of the new sweaters reflect the | fashion for wider sleeves, showing slight fullness from the elbows to the wrists. and some with a puff between shoulders | and elbows with deep cuff from clbows to wrists. Even the straight-sleevel sweaters are made with a little more fullness over the arms than the sweaters that were sold a year or two ago. And now to cap the climax there are sweaters with tasseled fringe around the lower edge. If you are planning to knit a sweater for yourself you might try this new trimming device which is very up-to-date. You will need 20 tassels more or less and each tassel is about two inches long. The simplest way to make them is to cut a card about two inches wide. Wind the wool over the card to make & tassel of desired thick- ness. Draw a strand of wool through the loops of wool at the top and tie | securely: Then take another strand of wool and wind around the tassel two or three times about a third of an inch from the top and then cut the ends of the yarn to form the ends of the tassels. If you have made your sweater in more than one tone or color you should use both tones or colors in the tassels. This is best done by winding the two tones together in a ball to start with and then winding the two tones together over the card. As a finish for the neckline of your new sweater you may carry out the idea shown in the sketch. asure the neck- line and then make a skein of wool two or three inches longer than this meas- urement. Place it around the neckline, | tying it down at intervals with strands of wool, and then cut the ends to form a small tassel at the front. Everyday Psychology »r bR, Jesse w. srRowLs. Tendencies. 1f it were possible to strip the daily conduct of the average human being of the products of civilization, what would we find? A set of what may be called dominant tendencies. Some Would call these dominant tendenciés instincts: others would call them urges, drives, refiexes, impulses, or perhaps behavior patterns. The first and most important of these dominant tendencies has rightly been called the “will to live” or “self-preser- \ation.” All the other dominant tend- | encies” are merely parts of it. We rarely see it in_the rough—ie. in its natural forms. It must have taken ibe race a few million vears at least to tone this tendency down sc that cvery- bedy might have a reasonable chance {o survive: Life is now a co-operative enterprise. It used to be a selfish oc- cupation. Civilization is democracy written in large letters. In order to understand everyday life, a person needs to keep his observation focused on the “will to live.” Tt will not do to think much about its sordid aspects, such as egotism, greed, and chicanery. In the end most of them are really virtues because they follow nature’s laws. : The “will to live,” regardless of its prodacts, 1s a sign of life. The value of that life 1s & relative matter, de- pending on the level upon which the cnergies of the will to live are con- centrated. (Copyright, 1931.) OUR CHILDRE BY New Shoes. Soon the children will be starting to school. For many this will be the be- ginning of a new life, an entrance into a new world where magic and beauty end miracles are to be found by eager searchers. Of course there must be a new suit, a new dress. It is fitting that on such an occasion one's aress b2 somewhat ceremonious. " ¢ A child takes the greatest joy in new suit for school. This is a Sep- tember joy. Somehow the opening of the Spring term does not have the same thrill. It follows too closely upon the other term. September is opening daj Galaday. The new clothes are essential. The joy begins with the buying. T think it only right and fair that the child who is to wear the clothes have something to say about the kind they | are fairly are to be. Most children You may conservative in the matter have to urge the colorful tie with the | blue suit. You scldom have to direcc attention away from the Indian suit and headdress. Let the child have a voice in the selection. Let him buy is own hat. Hats are a matter of deep personal interest to the children. I don't know why it is, but a hat is a peculiarly precious pos- session. One must first make certain of the safety of his hat before school can go on. Many a rapid drill has been marred, as to order and regularity by a small child who missed his be- loved hat and insisted upon returning to the supposedly burning building 10 rescue it. Hats are a sort of symbol of their owners. So be wise and do not insist upon anything that offends the personal taste of the owner. Shoes must first be easy. and then ‘handsome If you will look after the | ANGELO PATRIL fit the hat to his head. It js wite to break in the new suit before venturing out to school in it. New shoes are hard on little feet. School is all new. There s nothing casy and familiar about it. Each new face, every sound, every happening, is a strain on the child who experiences it for the first time. 1If his shoes pinch, if they burn, if they are foo heavy. if they do not fit snugly as part of his foot, they make him restless and uneasy and add to his troubles. The new shoes, the new clothes ought to support the child in his ordeal of the first days at school. To this end, let him help select them. Let him wear them enough to make them fit to his bodv. Let him set them to his needs 50 the feel of them is comforting. He needs the support of his clothes, and his shoes, especially his shoes 1f you think this is not highly im- portant I must tell you that your ex- been dimmed by time. Let them bo renewed now, in making th> childs first days happy because comfortable. (Copyright, 1931.) A Sermon for Today BY REV. JOHN R. GUNN. Remembrance of the Righteous. “The righteous shall be in everlasting periences with first days at school bave | - THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1931. NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. Illustrations by Mary Foley. CIX. o HICKORY HORN DEVIL (Citheronia Regalis.) "\ OMING face to face with the hickory horn devil is a very dis- turbing experience, indeed. The great fellow will stand up his full length, steadied by his tail clasper. The fierce looking blue-black horns will be formidably raised. Not knowing just what he will do, you back away from him and watch from a safe distance. As far as he is concerned he is capable of holding this position for some time. Finally, convinced that you I have retired and mean no_trouble for him, he lowers himself to the twig and | goes on eating the leaf close by. These great creatures are to be found on walnut, ash and persimmon | trees. They are the largest caterpillars we have, and are absolutely harmless. When grown they are 5'; inches long and broad in proportion, They are & yellowish brown or green. They have a group of blue-black horns on their head and smaller ones on their body. Along the fat sides will be found his breathing tubes. Eight clinging legs hold him to the stem where he hangs downward. The true legs, of which there are six, are short and near the head. These pull him about on the tree. His clasper at the tip of the body is mighty handy, it [steadies him while he swings his great body about. His mouth is the chewing type, and he makes short work of leaves | on his favorite tree. z His parents are a regal pair, indeed. They are our largest moths. ' Dressed exclusively in the deep rich browns and soft yellows, with fine soft hair covering | the body, they are most striking. Light purple and rose are used to set off the { brown and yellow. The fore wings are a slaty-gray with great splashes of yel- low. The wing veins are outlined in | red-rown. The antennae of the father | arg#short and feathery, the mother’s der and longer. They measure | ndarly six inches across the wing-tips. This moth is not often seen as they do not seem to be a family that raises ! a very large number of children. Al- though most collectors have one or | more of these moths in their collection, you do not see many of the children on one tree. After the caterpillar has eaten his fill_and reached his full growth, he ambles down the trunk of the tree and | goes into the carth. There he makes }a room and weaves himself an unat- | tractive looking wrapper. In this he rests all winter. In the Spring he will {appear as a beautiful moth. | "So far these caterpillars have not { become an economic problem and their history has been rather neglected. They have no weapons of defense whateves and seem to depend entirely upon their | size and fierce looks to heep their friends and foes at bay. DAILY DIET RECIPE PINEAPPLE EGG NOG. BEVERAGES. ¢ egg, 1 Milk. 2, cup. Pineappl> juice, 14 cup Sale, 1 24 teaspoon (speck). || Nutmeg, dash. SERVES ONE PORTION. Mix egg. milk, pineapple juice (it can be bought canned unsweect- ened if desired cr the drained juice can be us:d from sweet- encd canned pineapple) and salf. Beat or shake well until light with a little ice in it so it will be chilled when finished. Sprinkle nutmeg over top of glass just be- for= serving. | | R [ | | | THE STAR’S remembrance.”—Ps., czii.6 What of the unrighteous? name of the wicked shall rot.” “The way of the ungodly shall perish The good shall be held in grateful and lov- ing remembrance forever. But the un- goaly shall be cut off from the land of the living, and their memory shall “The ease, the new pupil will look after the | meit away. beauty. leather and laces. ‘way. and hers. When the ceremonial dress is ready, have a dress rchearsal. Put on the whole outfit from inside out, from hat to shoes, and take a walk. This is necessary The new clothes must be fitted to the body. They must be set to the movements of the child. He must have his fill of looking at the new heels of his shiny shoes. He must MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Melons Cornmeal Mush with Cream Bacon and Eggs Spider Corn Cakes Coffee DINNER. Fruit Cup Stuffed_Celery, Olives Roast Loin of Pork, Brown Gravy Potato Croquettes Baked Squash, Hearts of Lettuce French Dressing Bavarian Cream Coffee SUPPER ‘Welsh Rabbit Sliced Tomatoes, Clover Rolls Cream, Chocolate Sauce Tea SPIDER CORN CAKE. One and two-thirds cups granu- lated cornmeal, one-half cup flour, one cup sour milk, one cup sweet milk, two eggs, onc tea- spoonful soda, one teaspoonful salt, three tablespoonfuls sugar. Beat the cggs, add the sweet and sour milk, sugar. meal, flour and sale. Dissolve the soda in a teaspoonful hot water and add to mixture. Stir well. Heat the spider hot, put in two tablespoon- fuls butter, which will grease it well. Pour in the batter and on top pour one cup sweet milk, but do not stir. Bake in hot oven 30 minutes. Cover if getting too brown. When done there will be a streak of custard through it. POTATO CROQUETTES. Mix three cups sifted bread crumbs, one-fourth cup grated cheese, & few sprigs of parsley cut fine (not too small), one tea- spoonful salt and one-half tea- spoonful pepper. Into these put six large sized mashed potatoes and three eggs. Mi- all together and when all is mixed well form into flat oblongs about two inches long (not too fat) and fry until brown. These can be fried in butter, lard or olive oil. This recipe usually makes 30 or more. ‘WELSH RABBIT. Cut one-half pound cheese into pleces and melt with a piece of butter the size of a walnut. Add one teaspoonful salt and a pinch of mustard. Whip one egg with one-half pint of cream and add 10 other ingredients. Serve at once on toasted crackers. He knows what lcoks well on | his foot. He can picture himself march- | prothers, Can and Abel. ing down the walk toward the DIg|yicked antediluvian world's ideal. stone building with just the right spring | nis day fond mothers named their chil- | in his foot. just the right sheen on|'gren after Let him have his| Cain, | Take the case of the world's first twe Cain was the In him, Cainan and Tubal But no mother today would | think of naming her child after this blocd-hanced fratricide. On the other hand, you can find many & child today who bears the name of Abel. ‘“‘Abel, being dead, yet speaketh”—or keeps on | speaking. Cain also keeps on speaking, but’ even bad men know what he says is bad. Neither his name, nor what he says, is respected. But the name of Abe] is reverenced everywhere, and his spirit_of devotion and " self-sacrifice is cherished as one of the world’s noblest heritages. Take the case of two other brothers far down in eur own age. Who does not know of the gentle George Herbert. How modestly he lived! He cared not for riches, luxuries and worldly honors. He sought not for place and pomp. He was not the man to make a noisy demonstration “He did not cry, nor litt up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.” And yet today his songs are held in solution in the moral and spiritual life of the world! The mem- ory of his beautiful life is an abiding benediction. His noble utterances per- petuate his name and fame. ' But who knows anything of his infidel brother? George was a humble minister in a country parish, and his brother was Lord Herbert! “The things which are seen are tem- poral, but the things which are not seen are eterral.”” Faith and love, the character they build, the conceptions !and ideals they foster, the good works and the kindly deeds they inspirp— ‘lhese are the perishable things; they will remain when all else is vanished | and forgotten. There is only one thing |that makes life worthy and worth while' |and that is to live for God and righte- | ousness. The memory of the godly and | righteous will abide when all such | things &s worldly wealth, pomp and | power have tumbled into chaos and | final oblivion. Leave God and goodness out of our lives, and all is but a van- ishing vanity. g Of the 159.829 babies born in Eng- land and Wales in the first three ! months of this year, 81,881 were boys. Alec the Great Lo It's great to have a buddy | You think is simply swell— | While you are sure that he likes you Every bit as well. | | | | - i DAILY PATTERN | SERVICE | ! Wouldn't you if you were a girl of 8, | 110, 12 and 14 years lke to have this | smart tallored dress for Fall school : wear? It has that charming something— | implicity—that marks the clothes of well dressed girls for class room. It's delightful in yAnkee blue woolen. ‘The patent leather belt is matching blue shade. The white pique collar and cuffs may be made detachable by sewing a bias band along the inner edge, so they can be readily vemoved for laundering. Style No. 3255 also makes up lovely in linen, plaited ginghams, jersey, cotton :hantung prints and cotton tweed mix- ures. The 8-year size requires 17; yards of 39-inch material with }> yard of 35- inch contrasting and Y yard of 27-inch material for tie. For a pattern of this style send 15 cents in stamps or coin directly to The ‘Washington Star's New York Fashion Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street, New York. Our large Summer Fashion Book of- fers a wide choice for your Summar wardrobe in darling styles for the chile dren as well as the adults. Be sure to fill in the size of the pat- tern. Send stamps or coin (coin pre- ferred). Price of book, 10 cents. i American apparatus is favored i Italy's present saslio craze. MODES OF THE MOMENT ke Sheilisn \TRENSiLL,. Westin ‘c’r .z, /{AA‘ a cow WL two Ruge'dalsies on the shoulder. o tonels of £ effect DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX EAR MISS DIX.—I am very much D in love with a man who tells me that he loves me, but as a boy he had an unhappy home life and has grown up with a real fear of marriage that he cannot overcome. This dread of what marriage can do to one has been intensified by the many cases of matrimonial infelicity he has seen in his profession, for he is a lawyer. ‘When he found he loved me, he ran away to Italy trying to forget me, but cannot. Can you help us? HENRIETTA. Answer.—The only way to overcome a fear is to face it, and mar- riage is the remedy indicaied for your brace up and have the courage to get sweetheart's phobia. If he will only mafried, he will doubtless find that the goblins his imagination conjured up didn’t get him and that they have vanished into thin air like the phantoms that terrorize us in childhood. 1t is easy to understand why a man whose earliest recollections are of quarreling parents, and who has been brought up in a home of strife, would have a horror of marriage and piness by taking a wife. But because that another one will be and there is be afraid to risk his peace and hap- one marriage is miserable is no sign no more reason for a man to refuse to marry because his mother and father's marriage was a failure than there is for him not to be a lawyer or a doctor or a grocer because his father failed in one of those occupations, Indeed, sometimes just because our parents have failed makes for our success, because we can see the mistakes they have made and avoid them. Notice how often the sons of shiftless, getters who make fortunes and attain to high places in the sun. ne‘er-do-well fathers become go- Observe how many women who are thrifty and energetic managers are the daugh- ters of mothers who were wasters and spenders and slovenly housekeepers. I know men who are overly generous to their wives because their fathers were stingy to their mothers. I know men who are tender and aflectionate to their wives 'because they realize how their own mothers were always starved for affection. And I know women who have it in mind always not to nag their husbands nor tyrannize over them as their mothers did their husbands. Not long ago I heard a woman say: “I was brought up in a home where there was perpetual quarreling and in which you couldn’t say it was a pleasant day without starting something. So I determined there should be peace in mine and I never permit an argument on any subject. body can say what they please and it goes unchallenged. Every- If you said the moon was made of green cheese, nobody would contradict you, and so have never had a spat since we were Our parents are just as often married and all is amity and quie awful warnings to us as they are examples, and so just because one's father and mother fought like cat and dog is no indication that their children will end up in the divorce courts if they marry. On the contrary, they are rather more inclined to make a go of marriage because of the danger signals their parents have erected along the hairpin turns of the matrimonial road. But undoubtedly the quarreling husbands and wives that we know are enough to frighten all but the most intrepid and foolhardy away from the altar. Disgruntled husbands grumbling over bills; faithless husbands chasing after flappers; surly husbands bewailing the lost freedom of bach- elorhood: peevish wives whining because they have to stay at home and take care of their children: tyrannical wives making their husbands punch the home timeclock: extravagant wives running up big bills that keep their husbands' noses to the grindstone—these are surely no come-ons for the holy estate. No wonder so many men and women get cold feet when they think about matrimony and sidestep it, but happily hope springs eternal in the human breast and, no matter how many failures there are, every youth and maiden feel that their marriage is going to be a success, so the wedding bells still ring on. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1931) The Woman Who Makes Good BY HELEN WOODWARD. Who started her career as a frightened typist and who became one of the highest paid business women in American. She is now married to one of America’s famous authors, To Dance—to Act. Hope wants to know if there are dramatic schdols in New York City for a girl who has no money. And in the same mail I get a letter from another girl who wants to know where in New | York she can learn dancing. She says | she has talent but no money to pay for lessons. The answer to both girls is the Neighborhood _Playhouse on Grand street. The Neighborhood Playhouse | conducts a superb school where danc- ing and acting are taught. Only young people who show promise are taken. The school is endowed by the Misses | Lewisohn for girls of definite talent who have not much money. Such ap- plicants are taught without charge. | This is one of the finest sciaools for dancing and drama, ia New York. Its attitude is both idealistic and prac- tical. Girls trained there can get jobs afterward, and good ones. They will be realig accomplished daneers and fine actresses. But they must be prepared | to work hard while they are learning. | The course is difficult; the one for dancers, particularly, would discourage | all Il:lut the most determined and gifted ‘r pupil. There are of course plenty of ex- pensive private schools of the drama in New York. Some of our best actors and actresses were duated at them. Many did not go to any school but got their training either on the commercial stage or in amateur companies scat- tered in large cities throughouf the country. If you live away from New York and cannot get there, your best method is to try to get into one of these amateur companies, known usually as Little | Theaters. They produce many fine | plays and serve to train actors and | actresses. | | | ‘The main trouble with the Little | Theaters is that they are in the hands | | My Neighbor Says: 1 Add a well beaten Gt to ceoked | | hash and it will be a little thicker than usual. ‘When washing valuable china or cut glass, it is a good plan to place a heavy Turkish towel at the bottom of the basin. This eliminates all danger of china or glass getting chipped. ‘The blade of a rusty knife may be cleaned by running it through an onion and allowing it to re- E}:i?‘-fin several hours. Then pol- Sausages will not crack open when frying if they are first rolled in flour. (Copsright, 1931y — of well-to-do people. They must be in order to get the money they need, as they seldom maeke any money from their playg. But it is a pity that they make no ‘efforts to attract the talent of girls who work. If you have that talent and will go to them, they may give you a chance to use it in some way. They won't seek you out, but you can find them. For dancing there are also many ori- vate schools in New York City. Some of these will takz a poor girl without immediate payment, but in such cases they usually insist on a contract by which the girl will pay back to them a big part of her earnings for five years. ‘This is not a good arrangement for you to make. If you have real talent the Neighborhood Playhouse will take you, with no tags on your future. Creamed Beets. Wash and boil some beets until tender. Peel and cut them into small cubes. Put into a pan and add one ta- blespoonful of butter, salt and pepper and one cupful of milk in which one teaspoonful of flour has been smoothed. Let come to the boiling point, add one teaspoonful of sugar and serve hot. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. I'se takin’ a good,laugh before I sits down to dinner, 'cause Drandpa ’sists on my leavin' the table if I laughs too much there. (Copyright. .1031.) Handwriting What It May Reveal. BY MILDRED MOCKABEE. ada aterals, A HIS vigorous script combines a swinging rhythmewith a forceful stabbing accent in forming the “t's.” We shall probably find the writer a person of clear brain who knows what he is doing and why. Seemingly he is open to new ideas, but must be convinced of their worth before accepting them. It would appear from the manner in which the “0” is linked to the “f” that he is of that small group of people who are always in a cheerful mood. Such individuals strive to create a happy at- mosphere _about them. They seek to find the brighter side of life. ‘This seeming ability to approach a task in the spirit of play as though it were a game is a priceless one. The writer appears to be fitted to assume a leader's position. Under some one else he is probably incapable of doing his best. We shall possibly find him heading & business or society group. Apparently at times his inability to take orders may perhaps work against him. People who go about with gloomy faces will probably feel he is trying to| act superior toward them. For that | reason his closest friends are of his own | optimistic type. Books and travel appeal to him strongly. He probably enjoys adapting | himself to new situations and locations, making himself at home wherever he finds himself. His form of “r's” indicates a tendency | to hasty action. Measured alone we might think they denoted a careless, undependable individual. Here, how- ever, they emphacize a speedy, clear thinking brain working faster than| the hand. Note— 4nalysis of handuriting is mot an ezact science. ‘according to world in- Testigators, but all noree it is interesting and lots of fun. The Star presents the above feature in that spirit writing Dreted in"this colimn' or o, will recerre o manduriting analysis chart which you will find an’ interesting study. NANCY PAGE Even Country People * City Chicken. evening that our hostess called ‘city chicken’ What "do you suppose it really was, Naney?" “I'm not sure, Lois, because there are | | 2 number of variations of this recipe. | But basically it is a_white meat such as veal or Canadian bacon or pork cut into small pieces, impaled on skewers, | browned and then cooked slowly in a casserole until the meat is tender. “The white meat with its rich gravy | has something the flavor and appear- | ance of chicken. Since city folks are not supposed to be able to get chicken | 2s easily as country people the dish | has_been named city chicken. | “I'd sk the butcher to cut small squares about two inches each way and ! | about one-half inch thick of veal and | | of pork. Unsmoked Canadian bacon does very well for the pork. “Impale about six of these on a skewer, alternating the pork and veal. | Dust with flour, sprinkle with salt and {brown in a frying pan in a small amount of hot fat. “Then out in the casserole. Add | | cream, some hot water, a fittle diced | | green pepper and onion if desired. Mushroom§ are good, too. Salt and pep- per well. Bake slowly far about two hours, basting frequently. Add more cream as the mixture gets dry. Thicken left-over liquid and serve a& gravy with | the drumsticks of the city chicken.| Spiced cantaloupes or watermelon Iis good with this dish. Braised celery and mashed potatoes make two good vege- | tables. Serve a tomato and green grape | | salad and apple pie, fresh and hot and pleasantly tart.” LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Pops vacation is nearly over, and after | supper he was looking at the avvertize- ments in the paper about the diffrent hotels in the country and diffrent places, saying, By gollies when I look at these | |ads it makes me realize how much | money Ive saved by staying home this | vacation. For 10 dollers a day I could | have passed the golden hours eating in- digestible left over food in a mermet- ically sealed dining room and dodging mosquitoes and smearing awful stufl out of a tube on my red hot sunbern, in stead of idly loafing in my own cool home amid the never failing breezes of my own electric fan, Ha ha thats a good one on the hotel ndanagers, he sald. I think thats wonderful, how much do you think youve saved altogether, in all? ma said. Well, when my 2 weeks are up. the news that Id saved al least & hundred and 50 dollers would be serprising enough to nock me over with a feather, pop said, and ma said, Why Willyum thats marvelous, I cant imagine any better news, it just solves my whole problem. How come, whats all this, brake it gently, pop said, and ma said, Well ‘Willyum, if you wunt to hear the truth! boiled down to a nutshell, your so called vacation at home has reduced me to the dimensions of a nerviss reck, and by the time its intirely over Im sure Iil be compleetly under. Everywhere Ive turned for the pass 2 weeks youve been under my feet and the strane has been too much for me. One more week of it and Id be screaming in a private ward, and even as it is I simply must have a real vacation myself if I hope to survive with a remnant of health. I thawt if I could ony go and stay with my sister Fanny for a while the change would just set me on my feet. But of course the trainfare and the new clothes would come to more than a hundred i'dollers, so Ive been hesitating, but your | statement, about saving a hundred and fifty dollers has cleered away all my doubts like mists before the sun, and Im not going to hesitate another moment. I think Il start erly next week, she sald. Its a womans werld, Im going around to_the bowling alley, pop said. ‘Wich he did. T Asparagus Crisps. Season one can of asparagus tips with flour, dip in egg, roll in bread crumbs and fry in butter or oil. Make a pint of rich cream sauce, add one cupful of grated American cheese and a few drops of lemon juice. Serve the asparagus on toast covered with cheese sauce and garnished with crisp bacon. o Wandsworth, with 353,100 inhabit- ants, is London's largest borough. “We had a dish at a dinner the other | FEATURES. BEDTIME STORIES The Journey’s End. Haply at the journey’s end Troubles cease and joys attend. Oid Mother Nature, Anyway this is often the case, and it is good that it is so. The Twitch- tails felt that they had had troubles enough to last them for the remainder of their lives. Ever since the long jour- ney in search of a new home, under- taken because they felt their old home was no longer safe, they had run from one danger into another, and they had | begun to think that there was nothing | but trouble in this Great World. After they had swum across a stream to escape Old Man Coyote they first took a sun bath to get their coats thor- oughly drv and at the same time to|s rest, for they were very tired. It was “WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DO YOU WANT HERE?" HE DE- MANDED. Mrs. Twitchtail who at Jast suggested moving on. “I have a’fecling.” said she, “that we are very soon going to find the place we are looking for. “I hope so. 1 certainly hope so.” re- plied Twitchtail without enthusiasm. “I'm tired of traveling. I'm tired of sleeping in strange places and never knowing what dangers may be around us. We can't reach that place too soon 1o suit me.” As usual Mrs. Twitchtail took the lead. Presently they came to & rocky hillside with plenty of trees and bushes growing among the rocks. Almost at once Mrs, Twitchtail became much excited. “Now what is the matter with you?" grumbled Twitchtail, for he was tired and_cross. “There are other Squirrels living around here or my name isn't M Twitchtail,” was the prompt and happy do Twitchyail “If vou yourself vou Tetorted Mrs you use your for?” Twitchtail looked about rather aim- lessly. Then his eves brightened. Just to one side was a pile of husks that uirrel could have left. More- had been left there that very day. Before he could think of anything to sav there was a challenge voice. and sitting on a big v discovered a gray old Squir- rel of their own kind “Who are you and what do vou want here?” he demanded in anything but a pleasant tone. “Travelers looking for a new home and very tired,” replied Mrs. Twitchtai meek’. “What did vou leave your old home for, and why did vou come here?" de. manded the old gray Squirrel, still his gruff manner. “We left our you know?” demanded we not so busy pitying ildn't _have to ask.” Twitchtail. “Why don't cyes? What are they n home because those By Thornton W. Burgess. two-legged creatures called men had | made it unsafe and we came here by accident.” replied Mrs. Twitchtail. Then she told him the whole story, and | eaded by asking if there were many | other Squirrels living thereabouts and if she and Twitchtail might not find & home there. ‘The old Squirrel listened attentively. Then he turned and jumped down | from the big rock where he had been keeping watch. “Follow me,” sald he | briefly. Of course, the Twitchtails followed. In a few minutes they were aware of many bright eyes peeping at them from behind rocks and logs and trees. The old Squirrel speedily passed the word around that here were two strangers seeking to join the colony and at the ame time he told something of their tory. So presently one or two of the bolder ones came out to give the Twitchtails greeting, and presently | more joined them. Of course, they had to tell their story over again. | "When they had finished a _sleek young Squirrel stepped and greeted them. It was one of ticir own chil- |dren who had disappeared two years before and gone adventuring. After | this there was no more suspicion and they were invited to join the colony. “Do those two-legged creatures called men ever bother you?” asked Mrs. Twitchtail anxiously. “Never,” was the prompt response, and it was explained that none lived -anywhere near. Then began a hunt for a house, with plenty of willing helpers to show them about. That night they curled up to sleep in a new home and all their troubles were for- gotten. They had a good house, good neighbors and had been assured that there was plenty of food to be obs tained right close by. What more could they ask? “BONERS” Humorons Tid-Bits School Papers. From HERRINGS GO ABOUT THE SEA TN SHAWLS. Darwin made the theory of evolution and went through all the stages to prove it. sometimes called holy, is name for marriage. Transparent means something you can see through, for instance a keyhole. Charon w over the sticks. The climate of Bombay is such that its inhabitants have to live elsewhere. e man who fried soles ‘When yvou breathe you co not breathe ou inspire. When expire. The feminine of bachelor is lady in waiting. (Cops t, 19310 A DRESSING TABLE IS AN ESgENT! O 1930a. AL FITTING IN A MODERN POWDER M. The continental idea of having a dressing room on the first floor, a room that opens off the front hall. has gained popularity in America. Such a room in old England generally opened off the drawing or reception room and was called the powder room. In France this room was an essential, and its po- sition similar, which is true in other countries where men's wigs were pow- dered, as well as women's hair. Be- cause the powder was so lavishly flour- ished about, a special room in which to powder and repowder the hair was | necessary, or all the rooms would be sifted over with the white dust. Today one could sometimes wish such rooms were supplied when large parties are given in homes, for in the boudoirs powder is flirted about copiously when put, not on the hair, but on faces, necks and arms. There is a suggestion of need for this same purpose—the appli- cation of powder—in modern rooms such as have been described, and the name does not belie it. Today, as of yore, the rooms are called the powder Tooms, How Equipped. ‘The modern powder room is equipped for modern requirements, despite its quaint old-time name. Opening from it are toilet and lavatory, while the room itself is a formal dressing room, rather cold in its formality, without this interfering with attractive decoration. ‘What style this decoration is given de- pends upon the type of the house and its other furnishings. Today these are not strictly period, but refleet tenden- cies rather than copy accurately the rooms of periods such as Jacobean, Georgian, Logs XIV, etc., or of peoples 1such as English, Prench, Italian, Span- ish, etc. Neutral Color Schemes. ‘While modern powder rooms are de- lightfully adequate in their equipment | and furnishings, they are sparingly fit- ted out. A neutral color scheme is ad- visable so that color will not clash with any of tte modern gay costumes worn | by guests who use the room. Avoid & | drab effect, however. If the scheme has this tendency, tune it up with occa- | sional notes of color. These can be in the toilet boxes and fittings on the dressing table or in some wall hangirg or colored print. Sizes Vagy! The size of the room determines in great measure what the furnishings should be. There, of course, must be the dressing table with mirror, a chair | or bench before it, and one other chair, | Tf space permits, still another chair caz | be included, and even a chaise longue or, if this is overpowering, a small sofa | can be substituted. The use of the Toom is so temporary and its purpose | 50 definite it stould not be either over- furnished or over-decorated. Restraint should be everywhere in evidence, | Made From a Closet. ‘There is many a house bullt when | these powder rooms were not the vogue |that has a large hall closet with a window, or in which a window can be put. Such a spacious closet can be transformed into a wee powder room. Or there are hquses in which some small room can be transformed into a powder room. So adaptable is the American vogue for this room that it | is sometimes upstairs rather than down.