Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1933, Page 38

MAGAZINE PAGE. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 13, . 1933. t Producing a Legible Signature BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. Uncle Ray’s Corner Thornton BEDTIME STORIES 7 775 College Humor WOMEN'’S FEATURES. outcast. Ill-concealed sneers and curses were flung at me, I was avoided on the | streets, people would cross the street to avold meeting me, crowds broke up at my approach and at social functions I was a wall flower of the finest species. But all of this has changed now. It is entirely different. I am a welcome addition to any assemblage, peoyle cross the street to be able to walk at my side, {troupl gather around me at social func- ons. Yes, sir, things have certainly changed | since I started to buy my own cigarettes. —Carnegie Puppet. Johnny Is Laughed At. |that vou wanted to kick up your heels HERE is one thing which every rson who can read and write, should learn to do well, and that “fs to write his or her signature clearly and at vely. It is worthwhile to experiment in writing the name until it can be done in the best possible way. -Then, when once you are satisfied you have found the right WIK‘ keep practicing it until it becomes a habit to write this particular form. It becomes your signature. It repre- sents your personality when signed to to have all letters slant in a| parallel way, whether back-hand, for- ward or upright. See that they are | firmly set, not uncertainly. The stroke may be broad, as is usual with a | stub pen, or delicate, as is equally usual with a fine pen. But it is not a matter | of size of stroke, but of ty | precision. A wavering handwriting in- | dicates fear, weakness or frailty. A | or aged person whose strength is sm | can not avoid uncertainty of line. The | well and strong should not show signs | of weakness in signatures and most assuredly one does not wish to betray | weakness of character in his very hand- | writing. Try to make an attractive signature the letters and words compri ur name. It no longer as in_old-time by of names. F hes are Legibility. ords, and good sp terions of fine signatures. Childr learn to write, but it is adults who pe fect their own signatures. Banks and | otber firms with which you do constant business get to know the signatures of their depositors and clients. It is a | protection to have a representative sig- nature. The better it is in appearance, | Try of ing of word: Wonders of the Heavens. The Big Dipper. F you should go to Argentina to spend a vacation, I feel sure that you would ¢ changss in the star-filled sky. Many star groups which' you are in the custom see- ing at night cannot be seen in Ar- gentina, South Africa or Australia. Perhaps most of all, you would miss the Big Dipper. This famous star group is a common sight in our part of the world, but it is not seen by peo- ple living in the places I have named. Look at the Big Dipper, and think | of some of the things which it means. It was scen by people in ancient 1d a fancy about it appears in | eek story. the Big Dipper are part | > Greeks said made Bear. andle of the | was supposed to be the tail of | r name given to the | Dipper is the Plow, If planets go around stars in the Big| Dipper, and if people live on those| planets, we may be certain that they do not think of that star group as form- ing the picture of a dipper or a plow. We see such figures because of the an- When people laugh at you, laugh, too; It is the wisest thing to do. a home There was no telling where you might meet on the Green Meadows. the Old Pasture. | the Green Forest, today you were him_tomorrow. “Gracious, how thin you are!” ex- claimed Peter Rabbit. two sizes too big for you. Johnny grinned. “I feel about as thin as you said he. ok. Peter." What have “No,” Old Mother Nature. lover, was a wanderer. |do silly things.” Like him. It might be s It might be in It might even be in ‘Where you met him not at all likely to meet are both s singing,” 1d want to kick up my heels and long legs as you | just to show how good you felt?” replied Johnny. not long enough for that. S I had such foolish OHNNY CHUCK was a wanderer. | have I would feel that way. Yes, sir, he who is usually such|I w “My legs are Perhaps if | Perhaps For Thrifty Friday Shoppers interrupted Peter That's it!"” cried Johnny. I want to sing and you want to ur heels and dance and we | lly and for the same reason.” “Which is?” asked Peter. “To let others to try to sing. “It feels that way.” began to chuckle. Church _even you done with all that | tickled Peter. same thing. whistle. raw spinach. “Your coat looks | feel,” replied Johnny. off by a sharp whistle. | had taken to his heels. That was Johnny's alarm In the distance Peter caught | know Peter took it that he was doing. The idea of Johnny thinking His chuckle was broken Johnny Peter did the he | a glimpse of something red. it was the coat of Reddy Fox. (Copyright. 1933.) Cream of Spinach Soup. Grind or finely chop one cupful of If ground, place a bowl how good we He sat up as if At least that is what “That's COATS AT LOWERED PRICES 4-88 508 el Here's value for misses and women Interested n #n Faster coat. Navy, grey, tan, blue, black dress and sports types, many reduced from much higher prices, | “You needn't wait up, young man; we'll be in rather late.” —Biack & Blue Jay. | Peter | “How can I keep my toes from going to sleep?” “Don’t let them turn in.” could sing Chuck It was in Yellowstone National Park. A Chinaman was trudging along in the snow. Turning around, he discovered | that a bear was sniffing along in his, tracks. “You likee tracks?” he asked. “Aw light, me makee some more.‘—mnck! He guessed SIGMUNDS "a&E= the more pleasing a personality it be- and Blue Jay. tokens, | gle from which we look at them. When you view a star through a tele- scope, you find that its shape is round. | That is true of planets as well. Stars |in a flag may have five points, but not the stars in the sky. True stars give | their own light, and flames rise from | their surface. but to make any star five pointed is a work of fancy. to catch the liquid which runs from the grinder and add to the spinach. Heat one quart of milk in a_double boiler and add to it two tablespoonfuls of flour and two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, which have been well blended, and the ground spinach and one tea- | spoonful of salt. Stir until thickened, | and cook for about 10 mil 3 (Copyright, LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. 1933 There’s the girl who sat through an hour lecture in chemistry and then asked the professor if it was the class in political economy. STILL WASHING DISHES AT THIS > NO WONDER [T TAKES YOU SO LONG —THOSE SUDS ARE LIFELESS! TRY peek | Three weeks ago I was a veritable RINSO— IT SAVES SO MUCH YOUR SIGNATURE SHOULD BE A KEY TO YOUR PERSONALITY. letter, deed, etc. It does not vary in form, although ink and pen may be different. Of course, every one writes best with the accustomed style of pen, but the form of the signature remains the same, whatever the pen or what- ever the ink or pencil. ‘The first thing to strive for is legibi ity. Be assured that whoever sees your signature knows immediately what it | spells. Let it stand distinctly for you, | and it acquires an element of individ- uality. being distinct. It represents personality. After legibility is assured, grace in letter formation is a desirable addition. It has distinction as well as| ooking on gs and be- Ma was wawking around top of things and under t ween things, savin all there is to it, my L gone and I'm left with ony or slipper, is_there anything more | than one bedroom slipper | Well, G, ma, you can still hop, cant | you? T said, and ma said, It's been | missing for 3 days now so I know it's | really lost, it must of got thrown out. | O deer, I've had those bedroom slippers ever since I cant remember when, they seemed like a real part of me, I'll never | get used to being without them, O deer, | what shall I do with one bedroom slip- per? she said. You can keep changing it from one foot to the other before you put the | other foot down, I said. It may take| longer but it'l get you' places, I said, and ma said, It was their sentimental | | value that I prized, rather than their | | intrinsick merit, O deer your father | gave me those bedroom slippers on our | 5th wedding anniversity. i O well, ma, dont worry, I know where it is, the dog carried it up to my room and hid it under my bed the other day | and I forgot to bring it down, I said, and ma said, Well of all things, why didn’t you speak up like an intelligent human bean instead of acting like a | crazy clam for the last 10. minnits? I thawt it would be more of a ser- prise, I said, and ma said, O deer just when I was all reconciled to buying myself a new pair of bedroom slippers, | something I've needed for vears, in fact I had the very pair picked out, they were a little expensive but of course that wouldn’t of mattered as long as I really needed them, but now I wouldn’t think of such a' thing in these terrible times, O deer. Well then G, ma, aint you glad you found your slipper after all? I said, and ma said, Of course, I'm glad, you silly thing, naturelly. Proving it's hard to tell what a lady | thinks. | Corn Pone. M Beat together to a cream 14 a cup- ful of butter and 2 a cupful of sugar. Add the yolks of 2 eggs, 1 cupful of milk, two cupfuls of flour, 1 cupful of cornmesl, 3 teaspoonfuls of baking pow- der and lastly ‘the whites of 2 eggs, beaten stiff. Bake for 45 minutes in 2 moderate oven.. As we gaze at the Big Dipper, we ob- serve seven stars, but if we use an opera | or telescope an_see that one ble.”” Two stars, ar to our eyes as a stars in the Big Dipper are mov- ing, but they are so many trillions of miles away from us that we notice no change in the course of a year. Scien- tists declare that the double star and four others are moving in one direction, while the star at the end of the handle and one other (the upper “pointer star”) are moving in the opposite direc~ tion. People who live on earth 50,000 vears from now will see a different shape in this star group. For “Science” section of your scrap- Five Magic Tricks are included in|" the Surprise Leaflet offered without charge to readers who will write Uncle Ray and ask for it. Be sure to inclose a stamped return envelope. UNCLE RAY. “Copyright. 1933.) How It Started BY JEAN NEWTON. Calling It a “Spencer.” We have an inquiry for “the origin or whatever you can tell me of the be- ginnings of the coat called the “Spen- cer.” Ah, the “Spencer” is not the “fly by night” fashion of a day decreed and abolished overnight by Parisian fash- ion dictators. No. He who wears a “Spencer” can claim a time honored fashion. For this short jacket, which | is worn by men and women, takes its | origin and its name from the third Earl Spencer who first wore it, or under whose auspices it became the fashion. (Copyright, 19 Tapioca Cream Pudding. 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Yes, sir, green stuff—grass and clover and other tender plants. Until I can get them I can't get up much of an appe- tite. So that fat I put on last Fall has come in handy. It has supplied my body with what it needed just as food would have done had I had it.” If you say that is the way of it I suppose it is, but all I can say is that I don't understand it at all,” replied Peter. “It seems to me you are doing a lot of running about these days. Aren't you ever going back home “I don’t know,” replied Johnny. “Not right away, anyhow. It all depends on Polly Chuck. She has the old home | now and doesn't want me around at present. Later she'll probably get over it. I think I'll dig a new home when I get to really wanting one. Did you ever wish you could sing?” “Did I ever what?” cried Peter. “Wish you could sing,” replied Johnny | Chuck. Then without waiting for a reply, he continued, “I do. Somehow ' at this time of year I feel just like sing- | ing. I envy those who can sing. 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