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MAGAZINE PAGE. Oven Heating for Left-Overs BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. reheating food on top of a range. The heat in the oven is more even than over a flame which comes directly on the bottom of the pan and has, after that, to be distributed. In an oven, the heat radi- ates to surround the sides and top as well as the hottom of the inclosure. VEN warming of left-overs is O apt to be more successful than PUT THE STEAK BETWEEN TWO PANS. This makes the top of the container get as much, or nearly as much, heat pressure as the bottom. When the edible to be reheated is liquid, such as soups and sauces, they should be heated on top of the range, as the under heat is taken up immedi- ately into th: quid and distributed through it fai quickly. There is no advantage in hav- ing heat on all sides, and there is a distinct disadvantage in handling pans of liquid when putting them in and out of the oven. Containers with handles should be used for the reheating of liquids, and not oven pans, which are generally minus handles. Many foods when properly reheated in the oven are scarcely distinguishable from freshly cooked edibles. The con- tainer should be tightly covered to per- mit no escape of steam. as it is the steam which permeates the food, keep- ing it soft as it heats. Beefsteak left-over is delicious if put in a tightly covered container with a very, very little water in the bottom of the pan. just enough to germinate steam, with the temperature kept me- dium or lower. Never try to reheat food in a hot oven, for the outside of the food will be hot when the inside is almost cold. I have reheated steak thus and found it practically as good as when first broiled. It should be dotted with little bits of butter, and salt and pepper should be lightly sprinkled on it also. Remove the lid of the container for two or three minutes, not more, before serv- My Neighbor Says: Delicious tarts can be made by pouring caramel filling into baked tarts and topping with whipped cream, sprinkled with nuts. If you will roll nut meats in flour before adding to the cake mixture, nuts will not fall to bot- tom of cake. This should also be done when raisins are used in_cakes. To improve the appearance of a black iron sink that has be- come rusted, wash with kerosene once or twice, then wash off with soapsuds. Always put cane into water and soak a while before using to cane a chair. Use while wet. When done and dried it will be firm. (Copyright, 1933.) evenly and very ing the beafsteak on & hot platter. Garnish with parsley. String beans are as good when re- heated in the oven as when freshly boiled. Pour a little of the water in | which the beans were boiled over the beans in the oven pan. with salt and pepper and dot well with butter. Keep well covered all the time. Mashed potato is delicious when re- extra milk over the top, which should be even, so that all of the potato is about the same depth. Grate a little cheese over the potato. Cover well. When heated through, remove cover, ut the pan under the flame and lightly grown the cheese. Biscuits can be heated in the oven successfully to make them just like fresh-baked. There are two methods. One is to brush the tops with water, cover the pan tight and have a moder- ate heat. The other way is to put the biscuits In a paper bag and hold the tightly closed bag under the cold water spigot until the paper is thoroughly dampened, but not wet through any- where. Put this bag in the oven, and when the papel 1s dry the biscuits will Season well | heated in the oven. Pour just a little | .Y THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1933. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. I kin smell dcughnuts! An’ me in | be ready to serve. The former way is lbet!er. but each is excellent, HAT is a staple food? The definition given by the dic- tionary is “unmanufactured or raw material.” In & more general sense the term cov- ers food which is or should be kept on hand to usel as &, foundation for our daily meal plan. Styaples in this sense must have the property of keeping well, so that we need take no par- ticular precaution | about them. We also must. have on hand, in smaller quantities. other foods which may need more or less attention. In the small apartments in which many of us dwell there may be the latest method | of refrigeration, | but it s likely to | be in a small unit | which forbids our buying _perishable food in 1oTge QUAN- gdith M. Barber. | tity, which could | be kept sometime with the aid of the consistently low temperature that it is | possible to maintain with automatic | control. There is also little storage | space attached to the average modern | kitchen and it is not possible for us to buy our potatoes, apples or onions, for instance, by the basket, and certainly | not by the barrel, as was the custom in my childhood in a small town. Today many of our perishable foofs are put up in baskets or crates instead Uncommon Sense Dependent Brains BY JOHN BLAKE. T once worked on a small newspaper whose editor was often congratulated on the timeliness and intelligence of his editorials. I noticed that he wrote mostly about happenings in Washington and New York and for a long time I wondered why. T0 seemed to me that & newspaper published in a Western community ought to devote most of its space to the community and to the region in general. But, because the leading articles were always informative, I decided that my employer must know what he was about and must have made a deep study of the country in general. Then one day there was a terrific snowstorm in the Middle West. which tied up all the railroad trains for almost a week. The mail did not come through, of course, and my boss, having no far- away editors to depend on for his in- telligence, had to write his pieces out of his own head. * Kk K % For two or three days he would come in and sit down at his desk, scratch his head vainly for ideas and then walk ?‘ver to an encyclopedia on a shelf near im. After poring over this volume for a time he would take up his pen and write & couple of columns. They contained authentic informa- tion, but it was pretty stale informa- | tion and at the end of the week the Care of Perishable Staples BY EDITH M. BARBER. trainin’! i (Copyright, 1933.) of barrels for shipment. Even when you have room for storage, you may find that in your well heated apartment foods do no} keep long encugh to pay for buying them in large quantities. Homes are now being built with cold closets to take cn{]e cl.( iuttl;‘ food, but apartments generally lack them. pllt is a wise idea to check, each time you do your marketing, your supplies of perishable staples as well as the oth- ers. ‘Those which certainly belong in the perishable list are butter, eggs, po- tatoes (both white and sweet at this time of year), lemons, oranges, apples, dried fruits, onions, cabbage and let- tuce. Others which may deserve men- tion here are grapefruit, grapes, pars- ley, celery, green peppers and garlic. Don’t hold up your hands in horror at the idea of keeping garlic in the home. There is practically no odor from garlic unless the skin on one of the little “cloves” which make up the whole is broken. I always keep garlic in a paper bag and twist the end of it. The best way to keep lettuce, celery or green peppers is in an enameled dish or glass in the refrigerator. Such dishes have covers which do not fit tight. Special refrigerator dishes come in all sizes, especially for this purpose. Tomatoes and any other vegetables which have been washed may be kept in the same compartment. Another dish of this sort may be used for oranges and lemons, which dry out eventually, but seldom are they kept long enough to have a need to store them. Oranges have been selling recently at some stores at bargain prices, and it may pay you to invest in several dozen at a time if you have facilities for keeping them cb6ol. Bananas must, of course, not be put into the refriger- ator except for chilling after they have reached their proper eating stage, when the skins are flecked with brown. delightfully if the pantry is kept well stocked. Housekeeping is no worry but rather a pleasure, if there is that com- fortable feeling that there are mate- rials on hand to meet daily need and arise. The housekeeper carefully, but not too carefully. buys JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in Etiquette. BY JOS. J. FRISCH. IVA SKROOLOOS THINKS THAT THE DUNCAN SISTERS WERE THE ORIGINAL CDUNKERS? . KL% 0 E. R. T—Correct manners depend for their authority almost entirely on the fact that they are the kind of man- ners employed by persons of refine- ment. “Dunking,” therefore, has not the sanction of authority. Of course, if one enjoys this aquatic sport, one subscribers began to complain. The trouble with this boss of mine | was that he was a mental dependent. | Without the help of other editors, he |could find nothing about which to | write. | | But, give him a sheaf of newspapers, | | which’ did contain ably written articles, | |and he did extremely well, even suc- ceeding in concealing very artfully the | sources of his information. If, after looking yourself over, you discover you are becoming a mental dependent—which means that you must for you—it will be worth your while to “snap out of it.” Your mind will not grow without exercise any more than will your muscles. Better be what heaven has made you than try to be an imitation | ! of another man. MODES OF THE MOMENT io the get some one else to do your thinking | f may “dunk” in private, but not in the presence of others. It just simply isn't a pleasing sight to fellow diners. Coeur de la Creme. Butter tin molds or line wicker baskets of heart shapes with wax paper. Mix cream cheese with very small amount of cream, beat well and press into mold. Set in the refrigerator at least one hour. Turn out on platter and surround with fresh or preserved ruit. MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Grapefruit Oatmeal with Cream Bacon and Eggs Date Muffins Coffee DINNER. ‘Tomato Juice Cocktail Pried Apple Rings Glazed Sweet Potatoes Creamed Cauliflower Romaine French Dressing Lemon Meringue Pie Coffee SUPPER. Oyster Souffle Parker House Rolls Raspberry Shortcake Tea DATE MUFFINS. Two cups flour, 3 teaspcons baking powder, 1 tablespoon sugar, . teaspoon salt, 1 egg, e eslor eon- tract uaed in thisebmittid sperts anamble. He acarf ropeats the ectors. scant cup milk, 4 tablespoons melted butter. Sift flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, add beaten egg, milk and melted butter. Sift flour, baking powder, batter. Mix all together well. Flour 25 cup chopped and pitted dates and add to batter. Half fill greased m tins and bake in_moder- ate oven (400 degrees Fahren- heit) 18 to 20 minutes. Makes 14 muffins. CREAMED CAULIFLOWER. Remove the leaves, cut off stock and soak half an hour, head down, in cold, salted water. Cook head up an hour or_more in boiling, salted water. Drain, separate the flowerets and add a cream sauce. OYSTER SOUFFLE. Cut in small pieces a pint of oysters from which the hard muscles have been removed. Add 1 cup white sauce, 1 teaspoon table sauce, a dash of cayenne hot oven. (Copyright. 1033.) DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Man’s Nature Prevents Dealing Intelligently With Woman—Child Wife Must Make Best of Responsibilities. their brains when dealing with women.” I agree with you, but you did not give any remedy. how should women be treated by men? BLANK. EAR MISS DIX—Recently you said in an article that “men park Anywa] Answer: There isn't any remedy for men being befooled by women because God made them that way. Easy. So that Mary could lead her little lamb everywhere she went and make him jump through the hoop and roll over and play dead and do any other tricks she wanted him to do. And that was the Creator's consolation gift to women. IT HAS always been that way from the very beginning. Men have worn blinders instead of using spyglasses when it came to looking into the real gurpom of women and trying to find out what they were up to. Look ow easily the first woman put it over the first man. Adam had been warned not to eat that apple and told that if he did it was going to dis- agree with him mighty badly. He knew he was risking his good home and a swell job, but Eve rolled her eyes at him and looked wistful and hurt because he wouldn't do & little thing to please her like taking a little teeny bite, or maybe she looked scornful and taunted him with being a fraidcat. Anyway, you may be sure that ghe knew just the way to work him, just as wives have the combination to their husbands today and know whether it is best to cry ‘\”;1 :A:gmor throv: wlAAdt Mr.r !131 fmveftht‘;e wife in their teeth in order to get ] ey want. am fell for same as you ther fall for the arts and wiles of the women you love. e i TKLB is th: funny part of it: That a man can see through every other woman but his own. When little Flossy Flapper, zing lori) ur into fat old Moneybag's eyes, tells him how sheml);vmnmm ‘;c:dmmun‘ll}l' alone, you marvel that a man who has been shrewd enough to outsmart his rivals in business ecan’t see that she is nothing but a little grafter who is going to wheedle him out of a lot of money and jewelry. And you are amazed when some cold-blooded murderess is acquitted by a jury :hlbt- bl: convinced, in spite of the evidence, that she is as innocent as You can't see why some eligible widower doesn't perce; interest that a number of women suddenly develop 1':’: hi.:vep:"gmnll:a: motherless bererxed children is in Papa, and not the manifestation of an overwhelming mhaternal longing, or why the preacher doesn't get wise to the fact that the unmarried ladies of his flock are not troubled about their souls, but about getting a husband, when they come to sce him, or that & good-looking doctor doesn’t suspect that the heart trouble about which 50 many of his female patients consult him is the type that is only cured with a wedding ring. F COURSE, when it is the man himself it is different. Eve: 3 man O convinced that no woman could fool him. He would see thugh h: motives as if they were a pane of glass. He would know when she wept for grief and when she wept to get a new hat. He would know she meant it ;‘lhen she told him how wonderful he was and how big and strong and r&«:b:. He would know that it was just by chance that she happened coming by his office door as he was starting home, and that it was pure accident when she stumbled and fell into his arms.’ ‘That is the reason women smile secretly to themselves while the; cultivate a baby stare or imitate the clinging vine or weep or pout as Lhi occasion may demand. And that's why wives always have a particularly good dinner of the things that hubby likes best to eat before presenting the bill for the new frock or imparting the glad tidings that Aunt Suzanne is coming for a nice long visit. DOROTHY DIX. 3 3 Meals are more likely to be varied | any emergency which may suddenly | a baby. The trouble is I am a ried about it. I have never had much fun and m; 8ood time. Please tell me what to 14 get married. There should be too soon.. | MORE TRUTH BY JAMES J. The Kid. His aunts and uncles think that he Is destined to be great— A general, or, it may be, A power in the State; A wonder on the Senate floor, A man of leadership. But to the folks who live next door He's just “That little rip.” His dad is sure that he'll succeed In anything he tries, And love and gratitude will read In everybodyv's eyes. Perhaps the boy will grace the seat Of some great diplomat, But to the folks across the street He's just the neighbor's brat. His mother’s certain that his name, Before he's very old, ‘Will shine upon the roll of fame In letters writ in gold, And grateful multitudes will flock His tdlents to employ, Mr. Sims is universally acclaimed the greatest living contract and auction player, He was captain of the renowned “Four Horsemen” team and has won 24 mnational championships since 1924. Procedure of Opening Bidder After a Jump-Raise. T is extremely important that the opener’s response to this force should not mislead his partner. If you have bid one spade and your partner replies with three spades, any response by you other than a ‘min- imum response” will be encouraging a slam try, a heavy responsibility which you must not assume lightly. Two Minimum Responses. ‘There are two forms of minimum response open to you: 1. By bidding four spades, you are virtually con- firming your open- ing bid—that is all. This tells your partner that you have no slam ex- pectations and’ that four spades appears to you to be the sole safe destiny of the hand. P 2. By bidding three no-trumps, you tell your partner that your high cards are distributed, not concentrated iIn two or three suits—and that you think the hand will play at least as well in no trumps as . This expectation is generally predicated on tenaces which will probably be led up to on the first trick. Sometimes it is easler to make three no-trumps than four spades, especially when the open: er’s distribution is not distinctly uneven. In tournament play, many hands bid in this manner give a better chance in no- trumps because if you can make four 0dd in eitherdeclaration the extra trick value is decisive. In rubber play, safety and easy play for the game contract, | are the only objects to censider. % Hal Sims. | suit for your opening bid, this in itself should not influence you in bidding three no-trumps rather than four spades. You know your partner has four supporting trumps, so make your choice between these two minimum re- slon or lack of tenaces if =~ trump length. t‘}u tmmhl\;-l: . If your o(nllxorwonura.“fih.ehdu \ DEAR MISS DIX—I am 16 and have been married two years and have my husband has nagged the life out of me ever since we havi - Otherwise he is wonderful il d% heart and soul are starved for a Answer: We needn't put on any self-righteous airs abor marriage in India when we permit it in our own country and let & é’?}' g} ! a law to prevent such a crime and pro- tect a girl against her own folly and from wrecking her lif A is fairly begun. For the trouble with you, my child, Es o ion (Copyright, 1933.) Cone_]uering Contract BY P. HAL SIMS | dry piece of lettuce. Close the When you have only a four-card] complete faflure as a housewife and and I adore him and my baby. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY. that you married DOROTHY DIX. THAN POETRY MONTAGUE. But to the people down the block He's just “That horrid boy.” Mearwhile, he calmly goes his wa; With neither aim nor plan, | And out of every passing day Gets all the fun he can. He gratifies each happy whim— An'x:iop. sled, or kite, or ball— what the world may think of | Disturbs him not at a!l). B Let's Keep On the Ground. If we continue to go up in the air the way were doing, M. Piccard will | soon have nothing on us. Fifty-Fifty. The boys in the rough-weather country are philosophical. As well have & cyclone take your home as a sheriff. Such Ignorance. A mountain out in Colorado has been moving. The poor thing doesn't seem to know that Mahomet is dead. (Copyright. 1933.) should generally be for the suit and not no-trumps. This, however, is because this length usually involves uneven dis- tribution elsewhere, making the suit play much safer and easier. Neverthe- less, if I held S—AK**** H—KJ* and my partner bid three spades over my one spade, I would bid three no- trumps. I anticipate a fine play on the hand, with the lead coming up to a king, the assurance of at least one and one-half primary tricks in dummy and a six-card suit to squeeze with. “If my partner has two aces and about one- half trick besides, even if only in sec- ondary form, he can show it by bid- ding four no-trumps, and I will imme- diately bid six, as the stage is perfectly set for a no-trump slam. Discarding on my six spades will wreck the defense, if they could ever hope to make more than an ace against the hand. Usually, however, when your trump suit is of six cards and you have no slam aspirations at the moment of your first response to & jump raise, you will find it safe to rebid the suit. With a five-card suit, the choice is often close— and still more often with a four-carder —but if you remember to seek safety in rubber play and higher trick value in match point play (when the decision is not fairly obvious one way or the other) you will almost always bid your games in the best declaration. (Copyright. 1933.) | his knowledge of old-world diplomacy | dustry. The wood is riddled by the Mr. Sims will answer all inquiries on con tract that are addressed to this newspapel with self-addressed, stamped envelope. Chicken Salad Sandwich. Chop one cupful of cold chicken. Strip the threads from half a cupful of celery and chop fine. Chop one hard-cooked egg and add a few drops of onion juice if liked. To get this grate an onion with a: rotary move- ment. Add enough mayonnaise to bind and moisten. Spread on matched but- tered slices of bread. Add a ;::gg, wich and trim as desired. — Pincapple Sauce. Drain the juice from one No. 2 can of crushed pineapple, or about two cupfuls. Mix one tablespoonful of cornstarch with one-fourth cupful of white sugar, add to the juice, cook over direct heat until the sauce thickens, and stir constantly. Add the drained pineapple, one tabi of butter, and one-fourth cook for s few minutes longer. of salt, and Serve hot or cold over cottage pudding or dry piain cake, WHO REMEMBERS? ‘When the- famous Walk-Away Ath- letic Club, Sixth and I streets north- west, had one of the fastest base ball teams in the District? WOMEN’S FE ATURES. Thornton BEDTIME STORIES % 5o Reddy Feels Rather Foolish. Fhe bossttul tongue s at to slip: owner n s sure to trip. —Old Mother Nature. EDDY FOX was feeling decidedly cut of sorts. It had been bad enough to come back to his old home in the Old Pasture and find that during the absence of himself and Mrs. Reddy a tenant had moved in and had possession, and that that tenant was none other than Jimmy Skunk. Yes, sir, that was bad enough, bur worse was to follow. Not only was Jimmy there, but Mrs. Jimmy was there and also three of their grown children. “We may just as well give up all thoughts of getting our house back at present,” declarrd Mrs. Reddy. “I do hope that Jimmy and Mrs. Jimmy will not take it into their heads to live here permanently. Those three children will be wandering off any time now. They will be _;_v&nun;m w] start hom}e‘s of their p y ply spent the Winter with their father l?x’de mother. T've noticed before that Jimmy and Mrs. Jimmy often keep their children, or some of them anyway, tainly ought to keep warm sieeping wm.m_‘g‘mt ‘way. Where are you going, “I am going to catch up with Jimmy Skunk and find out s few things,” snapped Reddy over his shoulder. “Be careful what you do and say,” | warned Mrs. Reddy. Reddy made no reply, but hurried on A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. "THE man hailed by his associates as “Anferica’s best diplomat” in what appears, diplomatically speaking, as one of the world's “toughest spots” at the present time may not lose his Job when the Gov- ernment changes hands March 4. | Joseph Clark Grew—"Joe” Grew | to all who know him — Ambassador to Tokic, in the opinion of many observers ~ will be| cwm.lnuedJ at l;is post in Japan by Roosevelt. The rea- son? FPriends say | —.no one better| ~ qualified can be/ found to replace | == him. = Diplomecy has| been Grew's lifetime profession. Since | his early 20s he has been at it| and has the distinction of being the only man in the American foreign | service to_come up from the ranks of | the consular civil service to an am- bassadorship. And now with the at-| tention of the whole world directed to the Far East, his task is one of the most delicate a diplomat ever faced. It is for the second time that the tall scholarly Joe Grew finds himself | in such a position. The first was while | he served as secretary of the American | embassy in Berlin during the difficult | days at the start of the World War. Then he was the American embassy’s “inside man.” It was Grew who pre- pared most of the papers, collected evi- dence, and negotiated with the imperial chancellery on points at issue between Germany and e United States. ‘When the r was over, his fa-| miliarity with the details as well as /| brought him the appointment as secre- | NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. YELLOW LOCUST, Robinia Pseudacacia. HE locust goes to sleep at night and on rainy days. She be-| longs to the sensitive plant family and they have this trait. This little habit was first noticed in 1640 by Parkinson, who wrote “each leaf foulding itself double | every evening upon Sunne etting, and opening again upon rising.” Vespasian Robin, for whom the genus iy named, introduced the culti- vation of locusts in Europe. About a century ago, 8 plan was formed to grow locust trees and sumy England with the timbers for shipbuilding pur- poses. This venture was not success- ful. There are today more locust trees in Europe than in America, and the leaves are used as forage for cattle. The locust borer, a determined little pest, has been responsible for the loss | of millions of dollars to the lumber in- borers, and only the trees growing on the mountainous parts of their natural range are free from them. In Europe the trees are almost borer free. The wood of the locust tree is very strong, because crystals, known as rhap- hides, form in the wood cells. These hard mineral deposits are ruinous to saws and knives. Locust lumber is in great gemd !orh ’i‘f‘"‘k mlndc&p. posts, ties, wagon hubs, spoke and tree nails. ‘The bark is said to have valu- able tonic properties. In its youth, the tree is a charming little shrub and even when it is grown, is shapely. I¢ is in old ago that the tree is so forlorn looking and in Winter ‘when the long brown pods rattle in the wind like so many bones. On a dark night, this tree is mumbling and groan- ing as the wind breaks its brittle branches, and shakes the loose seeds in their leathery jackets. ~Until late Spring the old trees and the young ones, too, seem to have decided not to wake up. Over night the trees will be covered with silvery green leaves. ‘The ugliness is forgotten as the bare black limbs are clothed with gay little dancing leaves. Then appears a cloud of soft pinkish and white blossoms. The tree is a bower of dainty flowers and tary-general of the American commis- | sion to negotiate peace. From there began Grew's steady march up the diplomatic ranks that landed him last year at Tokio as Am- bassador at one of the most crucial periods in the history of the Far East. First, President Wilson in 1920 sent | him to Denmark as Minister. The next year President Harding wanted a trusted observer at Gene: and so named him Minister to Switzerland. He negotiated a post-war treaty of amity and commerce with Turkey while at Geneva with such skill that President Coolidge elevated” him to the rank of Ambassador and shifted him to_ Constantinople, Between assignments at Geneva and | Constantinoule he came back to Wash ington to serve a period as Under- secretary of State. Personally popular and courageous | (he once jumped into the Bospho: while Ambassador to Turkey to save a woman from drowning), Grew'’s reputa- tion as a smoother of “troubled waters"” in the past makes him especially valu- able for the present in Tokio. e Louisiana Casserole. One (4-pound) chicken, salt, pepper, | paprika, one onion, one pound smail sausages, one pound mushrooms, six cups chicken stock, one cup cream, one pound wild rice. Prepare, season well and roast chicken, covering with water (six to seven cups), and adding one sliced onion. When tender, remove from oven, drain, remove skin and cut meat in pieces. In the meantime, cook sliced mushrooms with the butter in a double boiler until tender. Broil or parboil the sausage. Strain stock and stir into this the flour stirred to a paste in a little water. Combine chicken, mushrooms and sauce, add cream. Put in casserole and bake in a moderate oven, 375 degrees Fahrenheit, until bubbling. Have ready rice which has been boiled in salted water. with them | through the cold weather. They cer- | cow path that Jimmy Skunk had started down a short time before. He found where Mrs. Jimmy had branched off and where the younger Skunks had each gone his or her separate way. He followed none of them. It was Jimmy Skunk he wanted to see and meant to see. And presently he did see him. He was ambling along in that slow, independent manner of his as if he cared for nothing and ncbody. Reddy hurried to catch up, or rather to get within easy talking distance. “Wait & minute, Jimmy Skunk!” barked Reddy. Jimmy turned his head and looked back. “Why should I wait?” he asked in a querulous voice. “Because if you don’t I'll make you,” retorted Reddy angrily. “Oh!” said Jimmy. “So you'll make me. How interesting. It is a long time since any one but Mrs. Jimmy | “WAIT A MINUTE, JIMMY SKUNK!" | BARKED REDDY. | has made me do anything T don't want to do. So youwll make me stop! Well, come on and do it. You sce, I don't feel like stopping just this minute. | Come on and make me.” | Jimmy ambled on without so much | as ancther look at Reddy. As for the latter, he was fairly boiling with anger. | At the same time he was beginning to feel rather foolish. The wor:t of it | was he was likely to feel more foolish | before he was through, and he knew it. | He had made a sad mistake when he | had said that he would make Jimmy | Skunk stop. That was an unfortunate slip of the tongue. There was no doubt about that. “I can kill you if I want to,” growled Reddy. “But you don’t want to.” -retorted Jimmy. " “That is. you would like to have me killed. but y-u don't want to | kill me yourself.” | “Who says I don't?” snarled Reddy, growing more angry every minute. | “I do,” replied Jimmy Skunk. “You | know it would be so unpleasant after- ward.” Reddy did know. He had no desire | to have Jimmy use that little :cen | gun of his on him. It was true that | he was bigger and stronger than Jimmy and in a fight with teeth and claws only could kill Jimmy. Also it was true that he didn’} dare face that scent gun of Jimmy’'s, and he knew that Jimmy | knew it So his boasting had been idle boasting and he was feeling more foolish with every passing minute Suddenly, with no warning at all, Jimmy Skunk turned to face Reddy |and his broad tail was raised high | in his danger signal. Reddy almost fell over backward in his haste to put a greater distance between them. Jimmy | grinned, 1-wered his tail and went on about his business. Reddy didn't grin, If there was a joke, he couldn't see it. i (Copyright. 1 UNCLE RAY’S CORNER A Little Saturday Talk. OW I am “back home” after the | journey which I mentioned in the Satprday talk last week. I had an interesting trip, and I have brought back with me happy memories of the schools I visited. In both schools I spoke to pupils gathered in auditoriums. In one &ch‘:)ol my subject was “Wonders of the Sky,” and the other “My Travels in Eu- rope.” When I talked about the stars and planets I used a portable black- board (a handy thing for a school to have) to draw diagrams. I am not much of an artist, but I can draw a circle which is not very lop- sided. On the blackboard I drew a large circle, about three feet in dfameter, and said, “Let this circle stand for the sun.” ‘Then I drew a tiny circle, hardly one- third of an inch in diameter, and said, “This circle will stand for the size of the earth compared with the sun.” You should have heard the murmurs of those boys and girls when the ever- so-important fact about the great size of the sun wes brought to them in the form of diagrams. After my talk I let the pupils ask questions. There must have been a dozen queries about the moon. the sun, the planets and the distant stars. As the pupils filed back to their class rooms several of them paused to ask me spe- cial questions. In the same school I gave a talk to the “Young Writers’ Club,” composed of about 35 pupils, aged from 12 to 14. X was happy to see boys and girls in & club which has the object of helping them in the art of writing—not “hand- writing.” but placing thoughts on paper. Writing is cne of the most important things in the world. What we read to- day will do much to make us what we shall be in later life. That is why we should try to read worthwhile things; and that is why writers should aim to write what will help those who read. The members of the Young Writers" Club wrote letters to me following my talk; and they are some of the best let- ters I have ever received. I have them with me now in my office, and some of them I have read two or three times. Would you like to join our 1933 Scrapbook Club? It is not too late, and we shall welcome you as a member. Tnclose a stamped roturn envelope, and ack for a leaflet t2ilng | Corner scrapbook. Use This Coupen to Join Our New 1933 Scrapbcok Club! To Uncle Ray, Care of The Evening Star, ‘Washington, D. C. Dear Uncle Ray: I want to join the new 1933 Uncle Ray Scrapbook Club, and I inclose a stamped envelope carefully addressed to myself. Please send me a membership certificate, a leaflet telling how to make a Corner scrapbook of my own and a of my scrapbook. Name Street or R. F. D. City........ ceeesiescseasa.. State printed design to paste on the cover or Province........ eescerecscnes (Copyright, 1933.) SCREEN ODDITIES BY CAPT. ROS the air is heavy with their perfume. Few trees in the world are so lovely at this time or so fragrant. The air is filled with joyous nectar seekers. The buzz above the trees is like the distant boom of the breakers. ness only prevents the eager collect the much-sought nectar and hnneg, or locust heney is especially sweet, After the bee’s visit, the flower gets busy ""hd'"l“p lhzr u:‘;i ;l:umm Among the green leaves the are unnoticed In early Fall the leaves prickles which climb all along the | branches. These sharp pins are not thorns; they are like the prickles on | the gooseberry and raspberry bushes. | As the tree grows older, the pins are | sharper and prevent any close contact | with the twigs or branches. 18 not suitable for & lawn, )COE FAWCETT.