Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1932, Page 11

MAGAZINE PAGE." THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, Trays as Decorative Backgrounds BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. M (T | NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. POND SNAILS Planorbis. OING is slow when you have only one fcot and this is all the pond snail has been given. Creeping up the stem of a water plant, the slow traveler partakes of animal and vegetable mat- ter that comes within his reach. The broad, flat foot is known as a pasteropod and means “beNy-footed.” ~They are provided with a distinct head, furnished with a mouth, tongue and teeth. Ten- tacles supply the crgans of touch, smell and sight. And besides they have kid- neys, liver, heart and lungs. The shells which protect them are composed of limey matter and are single. Sometimes these snails grow to be very large. The beauty of the shells, the coloring and size will be appreciated after a visit to a museum. The trumpet or orb snails are flat- spiral in form, with dark fleshy parts. They are red-blooded, but this fact is not noticeable in the very dark cnes unless they are wounded. There are al- CANDLESTICKS AND TRAY TO MATCH FORM A THREE-PIECE SET IN WHICH THE TRAY 1S USED AS RAYS can act as decorative back- grounds as well as articles of service in a dining room. The trays can be exquisite silver salvers, great brass or painted afternoon tea trays or little individual service trays and each function as a background. The vogue of sideboards with backs #0 low that they have no ornamental | value has fostered the use of tr in lieu of the one-time overelaborate side- board tops. Since this style of simpler buffet has prevailed, a like simplicity has come about in the arrangement of articies on the sideboard. To display silver extensively in the dining room except when in actual use in the serv- ing of a meal is not now considered in good taste It is_interesting to note that with this decline in display of silverware trays have become much more in evidence as part of the decoration of a sideboard. ©ne cannot quarrel with a style which has brought to the forefront some of the exquisite and stately trays which lend their grace to so many side- boards, and_which set off to_excellent advantage the few articles silhouetted against them. Repo form glass three-piece b s correspond to perfection with sandlesticks holding gay-colored candles. The brilliance and vellow tone of the polished metal gives a welcome sugges- GOOD TASTE TODAY BY EMILY POST. Famous Authority on Etiquette. Coffee Pouring. Y DEAR MRS. POST—I am a frequent dinner guest at the home of my fiance, whose _ mother recently died. I have been asked, since her death, to sit at the end of the table, opposite his father, and pour the coffee, which is a family ceremony. | A silver tray and a service are always used. Should I leave the’cup and saucer on the tray while pouring or hold them in my Jeft hand? I shall appreciate any gestions you think of to give me in the ‘art and grace of pouring’ because my fiance is extremely crit- ical, and I cannot bear to fall short of the standard which his mother placed before him —the standard of a woman born and reared to sit on a socfal throne, and who knew unques- tionably the ‘right’ and ‘wrong' of everything.” Answer—Pouring coffee by a hostess is not a formal way of serving, ther fore the ceremony you speak of w personal one established by your fianc muother. I mean it might be the most charming service in the world—just as the salad dressing made by an old friend of mine, a well kno itherncr of another day, was a ritual peculiarly her own—but both her salad mixi and coffee pouring, by a lady of the house, are not to be found in the maxims of etiquette. It is always best “art” as well as “grace” to do that Emily Post. MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Melons Molded Wheat Cereal with Cream Ham Souflle brass | A BACKGROUND DECORATION. ,tion of sunshine in a north dining | room, and light up what would other- wise be a rather dark wall space. | “Lacquer trays are dignified back- |grounds. The magnificent gold and black lacquer Chinese trays are prized |as_backgrounds. The pictorial deco- | rations certainly are intriguing whether one is sufficiently well versed in Chi- nese lore to understand the significance or not. In these trayp there may be the contrast of somber cclor and golden brilliance, or the mellow gayety of Chi- nese red may act as a foil for the gold decorations. But_whichever color is used one can rely upon such lacquer trays to prove grounds de luxe. inted trays, antique and modern, have such wide variety in colors, sizes, | elaborateness or simplicity—and price— that it is small wonder they are among the chief types of background trays to- day. The home decorator who us:s painted trays should be mindful of col- or schemes in those she selects for her dining r Antique painted trays and replicas of them have tones mel]o»\’edI by time or treated to simulate age. These trays can be used with safety | with most color schemes of dining rooms. It is the modern painted tra with its strong and often garish colo: which can make bright and cheerf: backgrounds for certain scmber dining rooms, or they may be difficult to fit into the scheme of the room which is conservative in style I (Copyright, 1932.) most perfectly serves the pur- pose of ease. One would lift a cup without its saucer to hold it under an urn with a short spigot, or on its saucer under a kettle that tilts (or the | spout of a tall coffee pot filled very | ful). If practical, one would pour | from an average tea (or coffee) pot into |a cup on its saucer put down on the tray ditectly in front of one. But if vou would like to pour coffee just as she did. why not tell your fiance that you would, not because of a ‘“right” way, but becaus2 you would like to do it her way. Surely you could not please | him more, especially since you want to {do what she did, because you know he | thought it the beautiful way. (Copyright, 1932.) It you would like a leaflet on the Great American Rudeness and the Little American Ruderess, send_a stamped, self-addressed envelope ‘with your request to Mrs. Post. care of this paper. Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROW!S. Parental Attitudes. | Parents usually find fewer faults with the conduct of their own children than they do with the conduct of the chil- dren next door. If you haven't noticed this attitude, ask the school teacher. She will tell you the facts. although she may not tell you why. The “whys” of these indulgent parental attitudes are very natural. The explanation isn't far to seek Parents regard their children as miniatures cf themselves. You might as well ask them to find fault with themselves as with their children. That's something you can hardly ex- |pect of any one. All of which means | that parental attitudes are subjective. The attitudes which non-parents (the neighbors, teachers, etc.) have toward children are of a very different charac- ter. They are objective. Conseguently | non-parents submit very cifferent ap- aisals of conduct or achizvement. lacid, if a colle pr: | " Parental attitudes, it has oeen found, |are cometimes detrimental to children. Overindulgence has ruined many a per- | sonality. Some parents at least would be helping their children by trying now | !and then to take an objective attitude. ! (Copyright. 1032.) i Endive Salad. ‘ Cut some endive in halves length- | wise or separate the leaves. Wash, chill, and serve with French dressing to which chopped parsley or chervil is added. Garnish if desired with cooked | beets cut in rings or fancy shapes. Blueberry Muffins Coffee DINNER. Fruit Cocktail Roast Duck. Brown Gravy Currant Jelly Mashed Potatoes Green Peas Tomato and Jelly Salad Orange Sherbet Coffee SUPPER. Cheese Club Sandwiches ‘ Pincapple Gelatin | Whipped Cream Ice-Box Cookies Tea HAM SOUFFLE. One tablespoonful melted but- ter, add one level teblespoonful flour, cregm together and add two cupfuls scalded milk. a little at a time eason Wwith salt and pepper. Remove from fire and stir in two cupfuls chopped ham, yolks two eggs well beaten, then fold in whites two eggs beaten stiff. Turn_into buttered dish and bake 3 minutes in slow oven. JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in Etiquette. BY JBST ;—rRlSC!A | i JUNIOR. SAID THAT AN ADULT 1S A PERSON WHO HAS STOPPED ORANGE SHERBET. Whites of two eggs beaten and one pint of sugar. Add to this one-half pint of cream, also one and one-half quarts of milk, juice of one lemon and three oranges the last thing before freezing. CLUB SANDWICHES. Two_slices toasted bread, let- tuce, sliced tomato, grated cheese, mayonnaise dressing, crisp bacon. Butter one slice of the toast, place a lettuce leaf on this and then a slice of tomato. Sprinkle the tomato generously with grat- ed cheese and cover it with | | mayonnaise dressing, then the crisp bacon. Cover with second slice of toast | 5. W.V.—When a child is very small he is supplied with a siiver “pusher” | | to help him in placing food on his fork. Later he is taught to substitute a bit of bread for the pusher until he is able, like his elders, to manage food on his fork without the ald of any kind of pusher, (Copyright, 1932 binos in this family, and so the red blood shows throush the body tissue and transparent shell When these snails are in aquariums and the food is dropped on the surface of the water, they float upside down and greedily consume their meal. They are especially fond of powered liven, heart and hamburger. When they have to forage for themselves in the ponds, they wait for the food to drift toward them. In stagnant and slow-running water, they may be found from the size of a pin’ head to 11> inches. The largest known American species is called the planorbis magnificus, found at Cape Fear River, near Wilmington, N. C. Being without gills and breathing by means of lungs, they must of necessity come to the surface for air. At this time birds are eagerly searching for them. In the water they must be ever on the alert to creep into their shell house, where the fish and frogs cannot enter. The shells of dead snails may be cleaned with a weak solution of oxalic ion of shells is being made. These snails may be kept in an aquarium, provi encugh lime is sup- plied for shell building and to be sure that there are not acids formed by de- caying animal end vegetable matter When white spots appear on the shell of a snail, it is the sign of shell erosion. and as soon as the shell is penetrated the snail dies Do nct feed too freely, and they will keep your aquarium water plants free frem ~ algae, which sometimes cover them. They live a long life, but have difficulty in keeping their tentacles, which are very long and tender. Gup- pies and other fishes in the water about them are forever taking a nip, and pret- ty soon your snails nave a lop-sided appearance. (Copyright. 1932.) Star Patterns Puff Sleeve Print. Puffed sleeves and print are synonv- mous with Summer. and just about the smartest fashion alliance the season | will sponsor. The puffs of this enchanting model 4 are accented with contrast that aiso | appears as a flattering frame for the face. The soft. wide sash is a new note and the low flare always gives the silhouette a very feminine, gracious line. Note how the neckline detail ends in a pert bow in the back. | This model would be delightful in | either sheer or crepe printed silk, or fine voile. It is No. 781. | Sizes 14, 15, 36, 38, 40. 42. Size 36| requires 3% of 36-inch fabric, 3!y yards of 39-inch fabric. Seven-, eighths yard for contrast. Simplified illustrated instructions for cutting and sewing are included with | each pattern. y give complete di- rections for making these dresscs, To obtain a pattern of this attractive model send 15 cents in coins. Write very plainly on each pattern ordered | your name and address and size, and | mail to The Ev Star Pattern De- partment, V ton, D. C. Several days are required to fill orders and pat- terns will be mailed as quickly as pos- sible. Fashion Magazine, filled with the lat- est Paris style news, together with color supplement, can now be had at 10 cents when ordered with a pattern and 15 cents when ordered separately. ‘The Evening Star Pattern Department. Inclosed is 15 cents for Pattern No. 781. Size. Name (Please Print) Street and Numbs; City and State. Peach Pie. Line deep pie plate with nice crust, peel and cut peaches in halves, Temov- ing stones. Fil plate entirely full, sprinkle over two tablespoonfuls flour, one cup sugar or sufficient to suit taste. d Send s return envelope for the leaf- FPill up with thick, sweet cream an & bake until done. 3 let, “Manners-at Table.” | nerve canals were not filled DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Dm MISS DIX—Have husbands and wives the right to open and Tead each other's letters? 1 would never dream of opening my husband’s letters because I would regard that as an unwarrantable invasion of his privacy, but when I get a letter he opens and reads it before he hands it to me. I have no secrets that I wish to hide, but somehow it takes all the thrill out of getting a letter for somebody else to have seen it first. Everything falls flat and I haven't enough in- terest left in it even to care to read it. What about it? WIFE. Answer—I think that for any one to open another person’s letter is « an unforgivable outrage against individual privacy. It is the gratification of a vulgar curiosity for which there is no excuse. Moreover, a higher authority than I has settled this question for good and all, for the law makes tampering with another person’s mail a punishable crime, JPROBABLY there is no other one thing thgt provokes so many family fights as does this letter-opening insult. ®A torn and rifled envelope is almost invariably a signal for a battle royal in every household. Never- theless, there are many people who are willing to go through acrimonious wrangles and wound the sensibilities of their nearest and dearest in order to gratify their desire to know what is in another person's letters. A su;l:d envelope is a challenge to their prying instincts that they cannot Tesist. Of course, husbands and wives justify themselves in opening each other’s letters by saying that they are one and should have no secrets from each other. This is mere subterfuge, for in a case of perfect unity they could certainly wait a few minutes to know the contents of a letter until it was voluntarily shown them. In reality it is only jealousy and suspicion that makes husbands and wives open each other’s letters. And this is true even of family letters. THE wife opens her husband's letters because she wants to know if h mother or sisters are secretly criticizing her to him. The husband opens his wife's letters because he is trying to find out if her mother is putting her up to anything or if she has been sending money to her good-for-nothing brother. Both feel, somehow, that they can get a line on what the other is doing and they take this sneaky way of doing it. No husband and wife who really and truly trust each other have such an inordinate desire to read each other’s letters that they are driven to opening them the moment they arrive, for. as a matter of fact, nothing else is more boring and tedious than other people’s family letters DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright. 1932 MODES OF THE MOMENT @lmtxl, s!{i%m w oo AF\:@J&? Hlower rh,&&.‘?m «ga.t’zino the U W . I [ 7 Ce{[(t d ,uaz.-m{u fahrfuqr& < :I\L é«ufut’ W {Z\f:[ and. had cape =1 dhe Aandall (3 an /bC.Y.I ed . }1((,{(“1’, ,;7/:‘1 «Lr wian H,’t’f‘\’, THAT BODY OF YOURS BY JAMES W. BARTON, M. D. | Price, America’s outstanding dentist, and Dr. Charles Mayo, America’s out- standing surgeon, both of whom advised the removal of dead teeth after the age of 40. This man was past 50. However, he might use the remedy, 25 it would help clear out the poisons from the system in a shorter time than if nothing were used: the acute attack was likely nearing an end. anyway. and he would likely get relief from his pain and might be free of it for some months. He pointed out to him. however, that when | sources in the body where they were causing neuritis, Retaining Dead Teeth. PATIENT suffering from neu- ritis was advised by his physi- cian to have two molar teeth removed. They were both dead teeth (nerve removed the ht at the bottom and one root showed slight changes. As the teeth looked good, de- spite the X-ray findings, the dentist advised that teeth be not removed. The patient re- | turned to his phy- sician in great dis- tress, utterly unde- cided what to do. His neuritis was still severe, but he was trying to carry on with his work. In the meantime he had learned of a wonderful remedy containing sweet spirits _of niter, epsom salts: the juice of lemons and water, and he asked the physician about leaving the teeth in and trying out the medicine. Instead of being annoyed the physi- cian advised him that his dentist was using his best knowledge, but it con- flicted with the advice of Dr. Westcn | A got to the point the a long time. Infection at first causes laziness, tiredness, breathlessness on ! slight exertion, but later on begins to affect the joints and muscles and often the heart. _Now, this patient and others with similar conditions may tide cver one or more attacks of neuritis, or arthritis, by using large and regular doses of ep- som salts, but each attacK is bound to leave its effect upon the joint, to say nothing of the effect upon the heart. Fortunately, dentists and doctors work together in trying to remove in- fection from -the ! medicine and dentistry one looks for the commonest causes first. The com- monest causes of neuritis are infections of teeth and tonsils. (Copyri UNCLE RAY’S CORNER A Little Saturday Talk. HEN we are in the midst of a continued story, I am Dr. Barton 1632)) hould practice ideal love and “Dear Uncle Ray: I am laughing lup my sleeve at addressing you as infections from teeth or other | infection had likely been in the system | system, because in| 1’ tempted to skip the Saturday Talk, but on Saturday I like to be free to talk with you just as though we were together in a room. For those who have been following “Adventures of the Sea,” I may say that the two sailors who have come to see Capt. Thompson simply want to offer their help. In the Monday installment, the question will come up as to whether Allen and Roberta can go on the voyage to the strange island. If you have not yet started the story, perhaps you will commence on Monday. Here are new letters on my desk. The first one I open is from Beatrice Leonard. She does not tell me how old she is, but I should guess 12 or 13. Am I right, Beatrice? To her letter she adds this postscript: “I have a big book for our ‘Uncle Ray's Corner” I have it all shel- lacked and covered with those pretty papers which are inside envelopes.” I like to hear of readers decorating their scrapbooks. You know the old saying, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” Next come two long typewritten Jetters from older folks. One is from Otto Hirth, who tells me that he was born in Switzerland. He has not at- tended school over here, but he has learned to express himself in English. “Not only children, but all grown-ups,” UNCLE RAY, Care of The Evening Star, Washington, D. C. 1 wish to join the Uncle Ray Scrapbook Club. |“Uncle; for I am enjoying the honor of being in my eighty-first year, and I judge I am old enough to be your mother, possibly your grandmother in- stead of your niece! But in one of vour corner talks, I noticed a letter |to you from Mrs. Williams, concerning some robins and it set me thinkigg of | a bird experience I had when I was a child. “One Sunday morning, I thought I heard a whippoorwill outside the | cabin we were living in during the | Summer. I crept softly around the cabin to see the bird. What was my astonishment when I saw a robin red- | breast sitting on a stump singing | ‘whip-peor-will' with all his might. I slipped into the cabin and begged | my father to come to see it, but he | chided me for telling such a yarn | about a robin. « “The next Sunday, the Hastings Banner contained an article by the | editor stating that he had sedh a |robin which sang ‘whip-poor-will." ‘When my father read this, he turned to me and said, ‘There, Flora, your yarn | was the truth, all right” I tell you, | T walked on air about that time. Later on, my mother told the editor about my experience. Yours truly, ‘That robin, it would seem, was trying to rival the mockingbird. UNCLE RAY. > rend me the printed directions for making a scrapbook, design for scrapbook cover, rules of the club and the 1932 mexbership certificate. self-addressed, stamped envelope. I am inclosing a INBIE (eouveeesnnssonsnstsssnssssssnsesessssessnstosnntoisrssssssneiens Age. Street or R. F. D.... Grade......cceierniencancnnnns City and BIate.....ciberanssenssnsenissnninninsinsinnennsinisin (Copyright, 1932.) JULY 23, 1932. SONNYSAYING! BY FANNY Y. CORY. “In the good old Summer time, in the good old Summer time—" (Copyright, 1932.) SUMMERTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. ‘Water Birds. HE average amateur nature lover knows all the common suburban and orchard and meadow birds, especially the sorts that will will come near the house for feeding. He is fairly good on the forest birds, though a bit wobbly on the warblers, and sparing on the sparrows. But the water birds are, most of them, outside his ken. I generally find that huntsmen, especially the duck shooters (with _whose activities I'm_personally out of sympathy, though I'm no re- former), are better ornithologists than I when it comes to the aquatic species. I would never have seen a grebe on one of the big lakes of Northern In- diana if a duck it out to me. Th shore birds, too, very well, even those that are inedible, for whether they will 1t or not, they become naturalists after a fashion. Speaking of fashions. the fashionable place just now for the ornithologists who e¢ our Summer water birds, ccme to breed. is on or ander Island. Of late years all the District bird lovers make Sum- mer trips there. Contrary to what one might expect of a spot that has be- come famous for its rails, its Florida gallinules and its bitterns, Alexander Island is not distant. In fact, thou- sands of folk who live in Virginia and work in Washington cross it twice a day. It is that gravelly flat at the! Virginia end of the Highway Bridg over which one goes flying cither bus or. in the old days, by electric | line. Indeed, it is not an island, or. if it ever was, it has ceased to be one, | { the Potomac having abandoncd one of | {its channels and left Alexander (and | | who was he, by the way. that he left | his name on s much hereabout?) join- cd to the Arlington district of Virginia. | The iower end of Alexander Island | | terminates in Gravelly Point, the upn?ri | in Columbia “Island.” and at the lat- | ter was found a bird new to the fauna | of the District—and it is becoming very | difficult to add a new species to the | list_of 200. ! Thke xnot, when d | the list up to 301 knot sounds | from his name like a fictitious bird, but { he is better known under the name of | | red-breasted snipe. This big bird, large | species, at any rate, is not beau- | but he is certainly rare he His usuzl fiight is up the i antic Coast to New England, or up the | Mississippi to the country of the North- First seen from May 26 to June | 3 in 1926 by Edmund Platt and W. H. | Ball, it has been glimpsed often since | in Spring and Fall. A flock of 15 was | sighted off Hains Point; one actually | flew over East Potomac Park on the re- | jturn trip of this species. in August, | | and, if vou please, in September, 1928, | { ceveral were seen standing in water of {an excavation for a building at Four- | | teenth and B streets! | Alexander Island is also an extreme outlying station for that beautiful plant | | of the uplands, in bloom now. but be- ! | coming rare, the snowy campion, which has almost the charm of some Alpine flower, with its snow-white, | and delicately crowned petals. LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. overed, brought | he notched | Me and Sid Hunt started to take a | wawk and Sid's little brother Bert | started to come with us against our | will, like he genrelly does, and I wink- ed at Sid, wispering, Let's pertend we dont even know he's with us, that awt to discourage him. And I said out loud, G. Sid, I'm glad that darn kid brother of yours dident come aleng, and Sid said, Sure, I should i say so, that darn kid's a nuisants. | Hay, what's a matter with you, I'm here, Bert said. Me and Sid leaving on we dident hear him, me saying. Yes, it's certeny a relief to be wawking by ourselfs for a change, aint it, Sid? and Sid saying, I'll say it is, it's one of the biggest re- liefs I've had this week. I gess Bert's back there now wondering where we went to, he said. Like fun I am, I'm rite here, Bert said, and I said, It's certeny a grate feeling not to hear his voice butting in all the time, and Sid said, Just youg voice and my voice, that's all the voices can be heard around here, I'm glad to say. Aw, you guys know I'm here all rite, who you think youre kidding? Bert said, and I said, If Bert was here he'd just be spoiling our whole wawk, and Sid said, Yes, the darn kid, but he’s nowheres around, lucky for us, And we stopped and started to look in a candy store window, wishing we had some money to go inside with, Sid saying, If Bert was here all this candy would make him homesick and he wouldent be able to stand the site :—nhouz crying, but as it is he's not ere. Yes I am too, and what's more I could go rite in this store now and get whatever I felt like, because look at this dime I got from Ant Izzabel, Bert said. And he took it out of his pants | pockit and sNowed us, me saying, G, hello Bert, are you here? and Sid say- ing Hello Bert, how long you been here? I havent been here, because I'm not with you and I never was and neither was this dime, so good by, smarty, Bert said, and he started to wawk away, terning around and making faces, and Sid said, O well, it's werth a dime to get rid of him. ‘Wich it was, especially his own dime. My Neighbor Says: If a can of paint is placed up- side down for several hours be- fore opening it will not be neces- sary to mix it before 3 Strong household ammonia will remove medicine stains on linen. Canned fruits are often im- proved in flavor if turned into a kettle and boiled for a few minutes. To keep down the gas bill always see that the bottoms of kettles and saucepans are clean; less gas is then required to heat contents. K"Yn gas burners clean, too, by using a stiff, clean brush on them once & week, (Qepyright, 1932.) {both the manne: WOMEN’S FE ATURES. If Inclined to Hyperacidity BY EDITH M. BARBER, ©O you know of any men or women who carry their supply of bicarbonate of soda with them as ref ly as they carry their pocketbooks? They resort to it between meals to get rid of that burning sensation which an accumulation of the hydrochloride acid in the stomach causes. Hydrchleric acid is a natural and valuable component of the gastric juice, Its place is to neutralize the alkaline saliva which has been mixed with the food which is in the mouth and which starts the digestion of starch there and con- tinues its action in the food the upper part of the stomach. Into the lower part of the stomach flows the gastric juice and after it is thoroughly mixed by the churning action of con- stantly moving the preparation of the protein food for absorption is begun by _the action of the gastric fluids. When we are in good health the gastric juice is dormant between meals, but as soon as we begin to eat it begins to flow to be ready to digest the food when it reaches the lower part of the stomach. Sometimes the natural action of the gastric juice is disturbed and we find that acid is either flowing in too large or in too small quantities. The first condition is the most common and it is known as hyperacidity. Th pesit> condition of too little ac known as hypoacidity. The causes of these conditions are not always certain, Irregular and un- wise eating is often a contributing cause to hyperacidity. Some physi- cians believe that a_condition of con- stipation, which produces toxins in the intestinal tract, which in their turn cause the alkaline digestive juices of the intestines to regurgitate into the stomach, is a contributing cause. In the first place, they slow up digestion in the stomach, and more acid is developed than is needed for the Edith M. Barber. BEDTIME STORIE A Question Settled. Who for defense is risntly armed, You'll find is very seldom harmed. Old Mother Nature. FTEN in the Green Forest and in the Old Pasture there has been much argument as to who of all the people of the Green Forest, the Old Pasture and the Green Meadows is the better ermed. Some have great teeth and cla Some have great claws and ! d bills. Some have neither, yet go 2nd ccme as they please and are unafraid of even those many times e Hiaovw 38 FARMER BROWN'S BOY HAD COME ALONG AND SAT DOWN THERE TO REST. In the end it always gets down to a differe 1 cpinion as to which are the better cimed. Jimmy Skunk and the membeors of his family or Prickly Porky the Porcupine and the members of his family. That was the question that was both- one of Uncle Billy Pos- their size. . He quaintance of Inky, lack Jimmy Skunk, and Quilly, fretful son of Prickly Porl and he had envied in which they were armed. Which ore he envied most he had found it hard work to decide. Sometimes it was one and sometimes the other. You see, he could not make up his mind as to which was armed the best. It wasn't until Farmer Brown's Boy happened to visit that part of the Green Forest that the question was settled. At least it was settled for Grunty. It was one zfternoon. Farmer Brown's Boy had come over to see what was new around the pond of Paddy the Beaver, and quite by chance he sat down under the very tree in which Grunty happened to be. He had been hunting_about on the ground when Reddy Fox came along and Grunty, seeing him in time, had climbed that tree. There he had remained and digestion of a meal. Unless the food flows out of the stomach extra acid remains. After a time we find food flowing too quickly through the stomach and acid always in excess. For this reason the person with an excess of acid should &t often. When it is not possible to take food, soda is & stop gap. Another ald is olive oil. ' Any other bland fat would do as well, but it is possible to have a little bottle of oil in the office or even in the pocket to take when that burning sensation shows that the acid needs satisfying. Soda and acid work in different ways, but both of them are remedies. The first neutralizes the the acid, the second retards its flow. For this reason olive oil or cream is & good thing to take before going to bed. Because the acid often frritates the lining of the stomach, foods which are high in flavors and rough in tex- ture are to avoided. No strong sea- sonings, no coarse foods, such as whole grains and berries with seeds, should be taken. For serious conditions, even the fiber of raw and cooked vegetables is irritating and straining is necessary Acids, such as vinegir and lemon juice, are, of course, irritating and must be avoided. Orange juice, thougly does not seem to have ill ‘effects in all con- ditions. Some doctors advise its trial. Sweet fruits, such as prunes, grapes, plums, sweet apples, sweet cherries and bananas, are the fruits |always allowed. Bland foods, such as eggs, fine cereals, custards, cream and cottage cheese, with soup and ice cream, are always acceptable. Vegetables made into timbales or souffles are well taken. Fish is usually digested well. Meat in some cases can be taken well in small quantities. There are individual dif- ferences in this respect. Milk in some forms is the standby in the diet. Whole milk, buttermilk and acidophilus milk can be chosen. The last mentioned has the great ad- vantage of getting rid of the toxins in the intestines, and for that reason has double value. It may be mixed with a chocolate syrup or a cocoa beverage if you don't like it in its original form. Very sweet foods are to be avoided, as they are irritating. Candy and pastries are off the list permanently. Care must be taken to get plenty of food and of a varlety which will supply all the necessary food values. (Copyright, 1932) By Thorrton W. Burgess. | Farmer Brown's Boy had come along and sat down there to rest. and be- cause he had long before found out that he who sits still often sees more of the little Forest and Meadow people than ke who goes looking for them. He hadn't been sitting there very long when who chould appear but y's two friends, Inky the young and Quilly the young Porcu- pine The latter was fretting as usual. He waddled along to the edge of the ater and began to drag out certain Mater plants, which he ate with evident enjoyment, although he kept up a fret- ful talk to himself even then. Inky came wandering 2long. stop- | ping_every now and then to look for | fat “beetles, until at last he came to Farmer Brown's Boy under the tree | He came right up to him and sniffed | at one foot. That foot was moved a little and nstantly y began to | stamp and his tail went up as a warn- ing. = Farmer Brown's Boy laughed aloud “You little black imp!" are your father's own sun. cn't bluff me. No, sir, bluff me. Your father, J and 1 have been ds too long for me to bz bluffed by you. You are such | 8 handsome little rascal that I have a | notion to take you home with me. You | don’t belcng way over here in the Green You must have wane I saw your mother and t of the family the other eve- 2 and all the ycungsters were about your size.” Ho spoke in a low, gentle tone and all the time Le was very slowly reach- g out witk p B aid he. “You But vou you can't nmy Skunk, In & moment o cn Inky's big t ue scent gun of his? c_cnce off his feet he couldn't ell. That was the reason. The part was that Inky didn't seem to mind being picked up that way. Farmer Brown's Boy talked to him all e time and presently had him in his arms and was stroking him. Then Farmer Brown's Boy got up and walked toward Quilly. As usual Quilly ran to an old log near at hand and got his head under. Then, with all hiz_little spears, which ere called quills, standing on guard, and with his tail lashing from side to side, he bade defiance to Farmer Brown's Boy. The lat'er would have liked to catch him and taken him home. but he couldn't do it. No, sir. he couldn't touch Quilly. He could poke him with a stick but that was all. He finally had to go and leave him where he was, but he took Inky with him. All this Grunty saw and it settled s question in his mind. “Quilly is the better armed for defense.” he decided. Not even one of those 0-legged creatures dares touch him.” | (Copyright, 1932.) SCREEN ODDITIES BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAWCETT. {/ i IRBANKS, ). WROTE THE LYRICS FOR SOME OF THE SONGS SUNG BY LAWRENCE TIBBETT IN "THE SOUTHERNER’. HELEN BARCLAY, NOW IN PICTURES, 1S THE WIFE AND MODEL OF McCLELLAND BARCLAY, CELEBRATED MAGAZINE COVER ARTIST. At one time the Post Office Department was forced to adopt methods of handling Clara Bow’s mail similar to those used for any city. More than 35,000 fan letters were received each month by the star when she was at the peak of her career. Mail trains carried pouches bearing her name, clerks were provided with her name on rubber stamps and trucks were assigned to deliver her mail. This record amount of fan mail never has been surpassed by any other star. The resemblance of George Arliss’ valet, Jenners, to President Hoover is so marked that it was planned to use him in one of his master’s films in the role of the Chief Executive. The make-up and characterization were correct, but Senners' English_accent registered so conspicuously that he could not be used. An overhead reilway, more than two and onc-half miles long and connect- ing 13 buildings, is used at Paramount studios for the transportation of scenery and settings. Charlie Chaplin spends vising music on & violin. much of his time between scenes on the oot impro= R