Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1935, Page 25

WOMEN'’S FEATURES. Bedtime Mrs. Possum BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. When tempted. even thoush you dare. Remember - those_for whom you care. | LD MRS. POSSUM, carrying | her big family, some of them on her back and some of them in her pocket, shumed! along through the Green Forest. She | had just left Unc’ Billy Possum, who had warned her to kcep away from Farmer Brown'’s cornfield. Now, until | Une’ Billy spoke of that cornfield Mrs.‘ Possum hadn't thought of it. It was | the last place in the world she would have considered going to had not Unc’ | Billy mentioned it. Now as she thought about that sweet milky corn | it seemed to her that that was the | one thing she had been wanting, but didn’t know it. The more she thought of it the more it seemed to her that she just must have it. All she could think about was that corn. It was a whole year since she had had a taste | of any. She stopped to listen to Bowser the Hound barking at Bobby Coon up in a tree some distance away in | the Green Forest. She knew that| Bowser would stay there for some time. That would mean that theve | would be no danger from him over | in that corn. She stopped to con- | sider what Unc’ Billy had said about there being amother Dog over there. | Bhe wasn't afraid of Farmer Brown or Farmer Brown's Boy; it would be easy enough to get away from them if they should happen to be there. A Dog would be another matter alto- gether. She stopped to listen for sounds from that cornficld. She heurd aone. “Ah reckon it would be safe enough to go over thar now,” thought she. “Anyway, if Ah wait awhile it will be safe enough. Ah sho’ly want some | of that con. Later it will be too hard to be good. If it wasn't fo’ the chil'n Ah wouldn't hesitate a minute. No, suh, Ah wouldn't. Ah would go straight over to that co'nfield as fast as my legs could take me.” Gradually, without really being aware of the fact. Mrs. Possum moved toward the edge of the Green Forest nearest the cornfield. At last she was where she could look cut across the Green Meadows toward the cornfitld. Gentle Mistress Moon was shining her brighest. It was almost as bright gs day. Mrs. Possum sat there just looking for a long time. She saw nothing and she heard nothing to sug- gest anything wrong to hint at any danger. You see, by that time Farmer Brown and Farmer Brown's Boy had left the cornfield, taking Flip the Nature’s Stories Is Tempted. Terrier with them. There wasn't any danger over there then. Mrs. Possum sighed. The tempta- tion was very, very great. Had she been alone she would have gone straight over tbere. She would have taken & chance. But she wasn't alone. If she went she would have 22 | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1935. Contract BY P. HAL SIMS. Trick Grows Where None Grew Before. ‘This is South’s prize hand: 4J-7-6 SA-K-J MK-7-6-5 vQ-9-8 410-4-2 *10-9-2 N W+E E) #10-8-4 ¥10-5-2 4A-Q-3 #8-7-6-5 South admits that there was a mite of overbidding: South cannot decide whether his partner’s two no trump or his three | no trump bid was the worse. But what enthralls South is the fact that he made three no trumps. The hand is not a perfect example | of declarer play. The opponents had to err badly to give South his con- “AH RECKON IT WOULD BE| SAFE ENOUGH TO GO OVER THAR NOW,” THOUGHT SHE. | to take the children with her. They were not yet big enough to be left alone. If anything happened to her | it would happen to them also. So Mrs. Possum sighed. “Ah reckon it’s no use” said she. “Ah reckon I'll have to do without that co'n. Ah wish that no account Unc’ Billy had kept his tongue still. If he hadn’t mentioned co'n Ah wouldn't have thought of co'n. If Ah hadn’t thought of co'n Ah wouldn't want co'n. It's all Unc’ Billy’s fault.” | Then very determinedly she walked straight back into the Green Forest. She even hurried, as if she were try- ing to run away from temptation. Perhaps she was. Some of the littie Possums in her pocket came out,and hung on her back. Had you met her vou would hardly have known who or what it was you were meeting. She| headed for the Laughing Brook. Per- haps there she could find a fish left on the bank by Billy Mink, or could scoop out a minnow or two. She was trying to get away from even the thought of that sweet milky corn, and it was all on account of the chil- dren. You see, Mrs. Possum really is an excellent mother. I know of no other mother who will tote her chil- dren around as will Mrs. Possum. So for their sakes she had overcome temptation. (Copyright. 1935.) Children Ibex (Capri Ibex). BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. EW wild goats are as handsome as the ibex, who loves the lofty mountains of the Himalayas or the Alpine snows. The male 4s an upstanding fellow, some 40 inches high at the shoulders. His chief charm is his handsome pair of horns, with their characteristic scimi- tar sweep, deep corrugated ridges in front, and sharp keel behind. Some prize horns have been known to reach @ length of 60 inches. The horns on Who Are You? The Romance of Your Name. | BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS. | i . [ *THIS surpame is one of local origin | from the town St. Ives, in the| County of Huntingdon, England. Ive or Ives in the Gaelic country signified & leader or chieftain. This coat of arms was borne to America by William Ives, who sailed from London on the ship Truelove Beptember 19, 1635. He was enrolled as a freeman and one of the leading proprietors in the New Haven Colony in 1639. He signed the “civil com- pact” and became known as Capt. William. He was ninth in descent from Maj. Simon Willard, who came to America in 163¢ and was one of | the founders of Concord, Mass.; also | ninth in descent from John Whitney, ‘who came over in 1635, a grandson of Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney-on- the-Wye, who lived in the sixteenth century. These armorial bearings are blaz- oned: “Argent, a chevron between thres Moors’ heads couped sable. Crest, & Blackamoor's head.” The Moors’ | heads indicate participation in the wars with the Mohammedan tribes of North Africa. (Copyright. 1935.) —_— Sonnysayings the females are small, round or oval, and finely wrinkled. In the Summer, the ibex's coat is a soft, lovely gray, and very light weight. In the Winter, he wears a light brown coat, which has a warm wool lining next to the skin. Close observation of his picture or himself in person at some zoological garden will impress you at once with his fitness for mountain climbing. He is shod with camel-like hoofs—rough- ened underneath, deeply divided. so they spread easily and obtain a firm hold on the slippery places. No need to say he'is strong, supple and muscu- lar. Every line of his body proclaims it. His beautifully carried head shows poise and confidence. Have you noticed the unusual fea- | ture about him; the shortness of his forelegs as compared with the hind ones? If you ever have the thrill- ing experience of climbing his own be- loved mountains, you will see how careful he has to be coming down the steep slopes. Going up is compara- tively easy. He also has a scanty goatee. Many wild goats are wrongly called ibex. There are several distinct spe- | cies recognized by naturalists, among them the Alpine, Arabian, Abyssinian and Himalayan as the best known. The Alpine ibex is the typical form, but unfortunately sportsmen have al- most wiped them out. Tbexes are gregarious and like to herd together, 15 to 20 of them in one herd. The old bucks, as,is usual with other species, withdraw some- what from the family circle, preferring to pass their later years in solitude at the most difficult elevations. When angry, the ibexes show their 170 feelings by a loud snort or even a whistling cry, very much like the dis- tress note of some sheep or chamois. ‘They do not object, either in the wild or tame stage, to taking for a con- sort a domestic goat. So you will see half-bred races in various parts | headed by the eight-spot. | winner) from the board. { Wich we all ran to do yelling But, as South said, East was up to guess, and he guessed wrong. West was a fourth-from-your- longest-and-strongest-suit opener. Since his longest and strongest suit had been bid by North, West opened | the ten of clubs—reluctantly. West | was going to shift as soon as he dis- covered that North's spades were East tried to signal—bless his heart! | He put on the four-spot. South, win- | ning with the king, falre-carded with | the seven from his own hand. A | diamond was played back and the | queen finessed. South could see as| well as you or I that the combined hands counted up to a mere eight | tricks, provided the spade finesse was on, but he was in there, plugging. The | ten of spades was played through, | and when it held the trick, South took another finesse of the jack. East,| who was not a false-carder (one must know one's opponents for such hands | as _these), dropped the nine-spot. | South boldly piayed the jack of | hearts from the North hand. East went up with the king and West de- lightedly dropped the nine-spot. East | played the three obediently, and West, | still chuckling over the fact that he | had caught South leading a suit in | which he held only three cards, re- | turned his third heart. After the | smoke had cleared away it devnloped“ that East had cashed the fourth | heart, and that South had discarded | the seven of spades from his own hand and the queen (a potential 1f South held four diamonds, a club | was East’s correct return. If South | held four clubs, a diamond was the play back. But it was palpably evi- | dent that South could not hold four clubs. Had not West led the suit, | even though he had put his partner in the middle by failing to return it? | Fast played back a club. The jack | and ace were cashed, setting up South's eight-spot, and the losing diamond | was discarded on the ace of spades. | South gave up one trick and got two | back. | East and West, dear old Tories, let South make six hearts on the next hand. | (Copyright. 1035.) ’ s will answer all inauiries on con- | are addressed to this newspaper addressed. three-cent stamped | | | | i | | | BY LEE PAPE. E and Puds Simkins and Sid Hunt and Shorty Judge was sitting on my front step tawking and argewing, and we started to tawk about where we would go and what we would do for vacation if we could pick out whatever | vacation we wanted instead of having | to stay home to celebrate the depres- | sion, and I said, I know what I'd do | all rite, I'd go around the werld in a | little homemade sailboat, and it would | almost be swallowed up by the giant waves, but I'd have a reguler experi- | enced sailer with me and I'd trust to | his judgement but he'd have to cail | me captain because I'd still be the | boss, and if any big ocean liners| signalled to me and asked if I wanted | to be picked up, I'd signal back to| them and tell them to tend to their own troubles, I said. I know what I'd do, Sid Hunt said. I'd climb the highest peek of the high- est mountain and I'd be the ferst| living man to get up there alive, and | I'd take snapshots of the werld. How | about you, Puds? he said. | I know what I'd do, Puds said. I'd | go to India and shoot tigers from the | top of a elefant. I'd be too tender harted to shoot deers or berds, but| thing of what a tiger would do to me | if he cawl me off of a elefant, so why should I be so darn considerate? he | said. I'd go fishing for whales in a aireo- | plane, Shorty Judge said. I'd harpoon | them rite out of the air. O boy they'd | be sorry they ever came up to spout, | he said. Wich just then Glasses Magee came up, saying, What's you think, fellows, ! I'm aloud to squert the hose in my back yard, and any fellow what wants to put on part of a bathing suit is aloud to come in and get squerted on, | he said. e | as if | | nothing couldn't possibly of sounded better. Wich neither it couldn’t. Ty, the Bath! of Europe. ‘There was a time when you could see this handsome fellow in the moun- | tains of Central Europe, in Tyrol and ' in Savoy, and in the Swiss and Italian Alps. Today, when he has become so rare, he has legal protec- tion in the Swiss valleys and in Pied- | mont. Though a great lover of the heights, & shake of Uncle Ray’s Corner Old London. is an old, old church in London, and its official name is the “Collegiate Abbey of St. Peter.” That is the official name, but the world in general knows it as “West- minster Abbey.” It is in Westminster, one of the many cities which form Greater London. ‘Westminster Abbey is the most noted church in Great Britain, and ranks in world fame with Notre Dame of Paris and St. Peter’s of Rome. There is a legend that St. Peter himself dedicated Westminster Abbey; but even though the church is very ancient, it does not date back so far as the lifetime of St. Peter. ‘The first church cn the spot appears to have been built more than 1,300 years ago, during the reign of Egbert, & Saxon King. A later King, Edward the Confessor, ordered the building of a new church, and this one was used for the crown- ing of Willlam the Conqueror. All the English Kings since that time, except one, have been crowned in Westminster Abbey. During a period of hundreds of years, much work was done in adding to the size of Westminster Abbey, and in rebuilding parts which needed re- pair. It was not “finished” until the year 1740. ‘The poet Chaucer, who lived close to the abbey end was employed as “clerk of the works,” was given the honor of being buried inside the church. That event took place more than five centuries ago. Other famous poets have been buried there in later times, among them Spencer, Tennyson and Browning. They lie in a section kaown as “the Poets’ Corner.” Ia the same section is & statue of the head and shoulders of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, noted American poet. He was not buried there, but his bust was placed in the Poets’ Corner along with images of a few British writers. It is pleasing to note that Charles Dickens, an author whose heart was kind, is among the others buried in WOMEN’S FEATURES, Westminster Abbey. Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin are two scientists who received the same honor. Many Kings and Queens of England are entombed in the abbey. Among the Queens is Elizabeth, and not far distant from her are the remains of Mary of Scotland, the warrant was signed by Elizabeth. (For travel section of your scrap book.) Seven Wonders of the World! Do you know what they are? Would you like to know more aboui them? If| s0, write to Uncle Ray to ask for his “Seven Wonders” leaflet, and inclose a 3-cent stamped envelope adrdressed to yourself. UNCLE RAY. (Copyright. 1935.) Prosperity Is Returning. Prosperity is returning to the fishing industry of Northern Ireland. My Neighbor Says: Instead of 'ightly sprinkling the garden with water each day, give the ground a thorough soak- ing one day and cultivate earth frequently. Light watering causes roots of plants to come to surface for water, exposing them to the heat and dryness, which is not helpful. Cukes and ples will not burr. while baking if & sheet of as- bestos is cut and ltted into gas stove oven, If skins peeled from apples when making pies are boiled un- til soft, then strained into pie shell before putting in apples, the flavor of ple is improved. (Copyright, 1935.) WooDWARD & LoOTHROP lO'"'f II™F AnD G STREETS N Oy L T Y, FOQOCENS » o T, . Cotton Frocks score high on four counts —coolness, $]95. $9.95 ~ color, chic, economy _At $1.95—a group of thrifty fashions ‘that include the sprightly, dotted Swiss plaid at right above (with fetching bow and pleated pockets). white Krinkle-sheers, colorful seer- suckers and engaging flower printed cottons. _ At $2.95—the group includes the trig, little eyelet batiste sketched left (a shirtwaist style in delectable. colors, “with saucer buttons and a good hem), white seersuckers and sheer cottons in enlivening floral and conventional prints. Mfissa’ and Women’s Sizes . in both groups Puaone District 5300 Hot and Tired— Yearning for Coolness— A refreshing drink in the cool, air-conditioned Fountain Room is the perfect answer. Try it and enjoy the way it banishes weariness. FounTAIN RoOM, ApJOINING DOwWN STARs STORE. Perfect Eyesight for Summer Activities With the Summer urge to get out into the open you are probably taking more automo- bile trips and rides into the country. Driving demands perfect vision and freedom from eyestrain. It will be wise to have your eye- sight checked for visual accuity. . .your eyes may be slightly below normal, and the re- sultant strain may lead to serious conse- quences. Consult your oculist, or have our optom- etrists make their standard examination. Only a nominal charge for this service. OrricaL SkcTioN, First FLOOR. ) Frances Denney' s New Lipstick —bands its top with “jewels,” to make one of the most sophisticated accessories ever put into an evening bag. With imitation “em- eralds,” “rubies,” “diamonds” or “sapphires” to contrast with its ivory-colored case. And the smooth lip pomade, this scin- tillant case contains, stays on SI°50 beautifully. Six smart shades. ... TOILETRIES, A1sLE 16, PIRsT FLOOR. Midsummer Sewing demands Sharp Scissors And here are sharp scissors and shears, too —the shears are 6, 7 and 8 inches long; the scissors in pocket, cuticle and “ladies,” 31% to 5% inch versions. Speciall . g 55C pair 2 Pairs, $1 Priced Norions, Amsie 21, Fmst Frook. WHITE ... WASHABLE . .. AND PURE-DYE—these are the | he always comes down at nightfall. | | His fearless eyes convey to you his | | courage and sincerity, his only foes | being men and dogs. These he will | fight when cornered, and his beauti- | | ful horns are deadly weapons. | The kids are born in the Summer, and remain with their mothers in the | low country. They do not meet their fathers until they learn to climb moun- | wips. SI"(S That Make Chic Midsummer Frocks Varied as the midsummer scene—in types for every sunlight and starlight activity—white silk holds the forefront of fashion’s stage—and, by way of practical virtues, adds tubbability and the longer wear of pure-dye fabrics. Flat Crepes . . . . $110$1.95 yard . $1.35 yard Fuji Pongee . . . . . . 85cyard Satins $1.65 and $1.95 yard Snxs, Seconp FLOOR. icate, individual and dis- 7 tinctive fra ce, giving x tlleukinncle;‘:nvholaomc Linen-weave Sik . . Silk Damask, domestic and imporfed: 0. . . . . $195yerd Pussy Willow Taffeta . . . $1.95 yard : throughout the day. Trul; . beneficial to tlney ~md v Price 25¢. " (Copyrisht. 1035 I | | | Hugh Gibson Heads Committee. | | BUENOS AIRES, July 23 (A.— Hugh Gibson, United States delegate | |to the Chaco Peacg Conference, yes- _terday was appointed chairman of | committee to study juridical aspects | You ain’t by no means through your of the proposed exchange and repatri- Aprayers yet—y'ain't prayed fer the ation of Bolivian and Paraguayan President an’ his caberett. *| prisoners of war.