Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1931, Page 36

NHE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1931. BEDTIME STORIES Runty Possum. If just by size you always judge. T atant %o ay but just - O, fudgel” ~Mother West Wind. a big family of children no two are ever just alike. No, sir, they never are. looks, in character and in disposi- tion. It was just so in Unc' Billy Possum’s big family. You know, there ‘were 12 little Possums, all the same age. Some were bigger than others. Some | grew faster, e were bold and some | were timid. Some were naturally obedi- | gnt and some were inclined to be dis- | about_everything they saw, Runty al- | | managed to be somewhere near him By Thornton W. Burgess. But_it wasn't a great while before | Unc' Billy changed his mind. Runt)" was smart. There was no doubt about it. And being as quick as he was smart, | there wasn't much that he missed. If | his mother or Unc’ Billy found some- | thing especially good to eat, Runty was They vary in size in| 1000 "0n "hand to get his share. He | got there first. “Ah don’'t know how he does it,” sal Unc' Billy to Ol Mrs. Possum. “No, suh, ah don't know how he does it. He always seems to be at the right place at | the right time. Ah 1ind something an’ ! look around fo’ the chillun an’ that 1i'le | pinch o nothin’ isn't anywhere in| sight, but befo' any of the gthers can | get there up he pops. That H'le rascal | seems to know ah donme found some- thing almost befo' ah know it mah | own sel Runty could have told him how it happened, but never did. While his brothers and sisters were running th that way so full of curiosi! ways kept an eye on Unc' Billy and He had early discovered that Unc’ Billy didn't have the real care of that big family and so had more time to hunt for food. Runty just took edvantage of this, and while he was just as curious as his brothers and sisters, he did his own hunting sbout, near enough_to Unc' Billy to keep one ey on him. You see, he was smart. | EPEn Fuh /A ikl 7 s i SWHEN UNC' BILLY SAW HIM FOR | THE FIRST TIME HE WAS IN-| CLINED TO BE SORRY FOR RUNTY. ibedient. Some were cautious and some were heedless and careless. The smallest of them Runty because he was so small. He was small to begin with, and somehow he dldn't grow as fast as his brothers | end sisters. It t because he didn’t | get his share of food, for he did. Some | of the others thought he got more than his share, for they thought Mother *Possum favored him because he was so | ®mall. She didn’t. It was simply be- | cause he was q and smart that he got his full share and sometimes & little | more. | When Unc' Billy saw him for the < Mrst“time he w clined to be sorry | . “Ah reckon ah will have to | low an’ see | his brothers | and sisters” thought Unc' Billy. “Ah ireckon he won't have much chance | wwith all those bigger brothers and sis- | “ters. Po’ 1l Possum! Ah'm afraid he | von't have much chance in the Great “World.” L was called MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS Shall Alice Reduce? Dear Miss Leeds: (1) T am a college fgir], 19 years old, 5 feet 7l5 inches tall, and weigh 142 pounds. My hips are slim, but my shoulders are very broad. My face is rather full, and this, of gourse, makes me appear stouter than ‘I really am. I myself would like to | Flose about eight pounds, but my mother ¢ says that I am just right. What would you say? Is there any exercise that will reduce broad shoulders? (2) My hair and eyes are cark brown, while my skin is rather swarthy. What col- I’ ors are most becoming to my type? I Y have been wearing a lot of black only “to make me look slender. ALICE. Answer.—You are a tall girl and the 4. Mdeal weight for a girl of your age is “between 133 and 143 pounds. You are #iot overweight, my dear, so do_not try to reduce. Mother is right. I would suggest, however, that you take active exercise every day to keep you in good health and to keep yvour figure trim ,end your muscles supple. Play tennis, % swim, ride or take a brisk walk each fday. In the morning plan to take from 515 to 20 minutes for setting-up exer- Peises in your own room, followed by & ¥ tepid or cold shower and a brisk rub- {down, The plump face is an asset, as it 1s & sign of youth, so do not WOrry fabout it. Arrange your hair becom- Jingly in large, deep waves at the sides, {a few flat curls on the forehead and a ¢ coll, knot or twist at the nape of -shaped necklines Bolero effects and There is th of the shoulders, ay select the right cut and | ign in clothes. (2) You will find avy blue serviceable and smart. Black is good If relieved with cream or a touch of bright color, while mahogany and brown, ecru, brilliant yellow, rust, brick, beige, cherry red, eggplant, terra MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Baked Speghett! with Cheess Pinwheel Biscuits Sliced Bananas Orange Drop Oakes DINNER. Tomato Soup Baked Stuffed Haddock, Egg Sauce French Fried Potatoes Steamed Chocolate Pudding Cotfee GRAHAM GEMS. 8ift 1 cup graham flour, 1 cup bread fl teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoon: r, 2 teaspoons baking powder; add 1 ege. 114 cups milk and_ 1 tablespoon melted butter. Bake about 20 minutes in moderate oven. PINWHEEL BISCUITS. Bift 1 quart flour with a tea- spoon salt, 3 teaspoons baking powder and 1 tablespoon sugar; Tub in 2 tablespoons butter, then stir in sufficiant milk mixed with 1 beaten egg to make a soft dough. Place on a floured board, roll out 3¢ inch thick, spread with softened butter, sprinkle with granulated sugar, cover with chopped citron, raisins and currants, roll as tightly as pos- sible, cut in slices, place in a greased and floured pan and bake in a hot oven. PUDDING. Cream together 1, cup sugar, butter the size of & walnut, add 1 well beaten egg, }> cup milk and 1 cup flour, into Which have been sifted 1% teaspoons baking powder and 3 tablespoons cocoa o 3 squares of melted chocolate, vanilla to taste. “Ah reckon,” said Runty to himself “that the way to learn is to watch those who know. It is all right to find out things fo' mah own self, but it is quicker and safer to learn from others what they-all have already found out. We-uns have a lot to learn befo’ we- uns go out in the Great World, and fhe best way is to learn it from tisse Who already know it.” Now, this was real wisdom ofi the part of that little Possum as you must admit. He watched his mother and he watched Unc’ Billy and he sy did without knowing just certain things. That kn come later, as he was to by imitating them he deal without really was learning things it was tant for young Possums 0 g they would grow up. Wheh One df | them stopped to listen be always stopped to listen. When ome of hem poked & sharp nose under an did Jog he did the same thing, and thus learned that sometimes fat beetles or grubs were to be found in such placss. Many other things he learned in the same way, and what he learned he didn't for- et.” So while Runty was the smallest e was also the smartest of all those little Possums. (Copyright, 1931.) LEEDS. cotta, apricot, warm gray and dark silent tones in green are other becom- ing colors for your type. LOIS LEEDS. Dear Miss Leeds? (1) Is three times a day too often to wash my face with soap and water? It is very oily and always looks dirty mherwue.A \MELIA. Answer.—Three times a day is not | too often to wash your face with soap and water if you perspire freely and your skin is oily. Add a pinch of pow- | dered borax to the water, and be sure | to rinse your face thoroughly with coid | water. Dry and pat cn a mild astrin- | gent, such as witch-hazel. 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