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Evening star., 1922-09-04
The Wife Who Wouldn't
Settle Down!
Sequel to ''Brides Will Be Brides
By Lucille Tar, Slyke.
% ssBrides Will Be Brides"

She sniffed-cigar smoke. And he
John didn't smoke cigars.
who's there" she asked sharply.
Il am said a'horribly embarrasse'
voice.
Merriam tucked her bare feet un
"I-er-forgot something" thu
voice continued
81 know you did. Donald Ferry
she answered him boldly. You keel
forgetting to ask Rose to MARI,
YOU" and then, startled by he.
own temerity, she put her hand Owe
He came out of the shadows. ane
without apology settled himself or
the back steps.
I've been walking about for hour,
since l left here" he confided. mis-.
erably. I'D made up my mind &c
ask her tonight. and then-when she
ful-why. I knew II wasn't fair tc
ask a girl like that to marry
crotchety dub like me. I must bore
her sick. She hardly speaks to ms
any more at ALL
Quite unmindful of the bare feet
Merriam leaped up to put a restrain
ing hand on his shoulder.
You stay right where you are" she
hissed and fed indoors. without pre-
liminary, she raced to Roses bed and
dragged that startled young woman
out of it.
Dress quick" she commanded.
Don Ferry wants-to-to talk with
you
In a tumultuous rush she catapulted
herself into Johns room. rousing him
from his good sleep to babbie rather
idiotically: Hes proposed at last
NO. he hasn't" John sat up blink
ing. isis was crying her eyes out
a hn 1aI n
i had to talk straight out from the
shoulder with her. ! told her the
chap wasn't worth crying over and
she's promised not to see him any
more. You and your. matchmaking"
he shifted scornfully." DO, do cut it
OUT.
She r rched herself on the bed imp
ishly.
But he has proposed, To me! Not
three minutes ago"
Reused at last, John eyed her bare
feet sternly.
Merriam" he protested were you
out talking to Ferry in that costume.
She nodded.
But he only saw the coat HID
my feet in the wheelbarrow-and
anyhow, he was sd agitated he didn't
know l. was barefoot, and I've told
Rose to get dressed and go down
and do her own accepting. Oh.
JOhHsy Sne confessed, -tnat was a
narrow squeak, You're entirely right.
I'm no match-make ] almost over
did it. I made her look so lovely that
he was scared of her, But aren't you
glad that everything has turned out
all right? Aren't you?'
He picked her up and gave her an
laffectionate shake.
You f1ighty. tightly little thing, he
growled tenderly. Everything is all
right but my sleep! Personally. I
like to do my own proposing and my
own sleeping. i don't like such things
proxy"
Copyright, 1ooH)
Evening star., 1922-09-04
Superfuous Hair.

The best advice for the average
her skin is that she leave them alone.
A woman's skin is covered everywhere
with fine hairs. except only the palms
and soles. and 1t is unwise to attempt
to remove these practically unnotice-
able hairs. which are discovered only
J by the closest inspection. 1t is true
that the temporary removal of hairs
by any of the various depilatory rem
edies-all of which are. of course, but
Temporary solvents. and none of which
will permanently destroy hair-or by
the razor, which is as efficient and
rather less irritating than chemical
ldepilatories, tends to make the hairs
heavier and more noticeable when
they grow out again.
A common error Is the belief that
the use of this or that, cosmetic or
cold cream causes hair to grow on
the skin. Nothing except the depila-
| tories will do that.
For the removal of hair from the
armpits a small safety razor is pref
cradle to any other means. although 1t
hair growing in the armpits. 1t
serves a useful purpose there in car
rying the perspiration and aiding In
its natural evaporation.
Electrolysis Is the only method
which permanently destroys hairs on
otherwise may be permanently des-
| troyed by X-ray treatment, but the
risk of a burn is such that competent
operators seldom If ever use x-ray
treatment for this purpose about the
face, except perhaps to. epillate a
such as a mole or a patch of ring
worm.
Forty to fifty coarse hairs may he
| removed at each sitting; from one
| half to one tenth of these wVll grow
again. not having been destroyed by
needle can be safely used-that Is, with
any degree of efficiency and without
causing any scar formation. The use
| of the electric needle for destroying
hairs does not stimulate the growth
of the finer or invisible hair of the
region treated. Sittings should be
about a week apart where a con-
siderable growth is to be destroyed,
such as a beard on a woman's face.
Hairs here and there should be select
ed for removal. and not a bunch in
one spot. More or less irritation and
sometimes swelling follows the treat
ment and lasts for several hours. but
this subsidies by next day, provided
| The operation has been conduct
ed in the same aseptic manner
as competent surgeon employs
| in all operations. Attempts at such
! treatment by unqualified persons
sometimes bring disaster, Women
| seeking such treatment should bear
| in mind that even digging for dead
l hairs, by the barber is a frequent
| cause Of septic infection and grave
| consequences for the man so reckless
as to submit to that kind Of barber
| surgery
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
| Weak An1kIes.
| turn over on my ankles very often,
1 sometimes with much pain. Is 1t
! likely to cause permanent injury?
never wear high heels and I prefer
low shoes or slippers.-Mary o.
Answer. Probably you need gen.
Evening star., 1922-09-04
TAKES UP NEW DUTIES.
Mrs. Bacon in Junior Work at
Labor DEPARTMENT.

Mrs. Bacon in Junior Work at
Labor Department.
MRS. VIRGINIA C. BACON. who has
INl recently returned to Washington
to take up her new duties as
assistant director of the Junior division
of the Labor Department. has been
heartily welcomed by the staff of the
employment service with which she
worked until last fall when she left
the department to reorganize a library
at Park College, Mo. She established
classes in library training there also.
Mrs. Bacon is an unusually talented
woman. She received her A. Il. degree
at the University of Oregon and later
took special training in library and re-
search work at the Riverside School of
Library Service. She has also studied
special courses on education at the
University of Chicago and the Oregon
Agricultural College.
Mrs. Bacon has had wide experience
In practical teaching and in library
work in normal schools. colleges and
universities. She therefore brings an
excellent working knowledge. both
practical and academic to her new po-
sition. She has done considera BILE re-
search work in surveying and supervis-
ing rural school work and in the various
vocations Of the business world. In
connection with this work Mrs. Bacon
has written quite bit along both edi-
torial and journalistic lines.
Evening star., 1922-09-04
y ONA Gale, the American auth
4 eress who has probably done

~ ONA Gale, the American auth
eress who has probably done
\ more to interest the general
public in the life of the
,small-town woman than any other
writer of the present day, has recent
ly interested herself in the results OF
the Wisconsin bill passed last year.
which granted equal suffrage to the
women of that state. Miss Gale has
compiled little booklet entitled
what Women Won in Winsonsin."
where this new state law has been
Of decided help to the women who
needed such legislation. Two inter-
esting cases which Miss Gale has
cited in her pamphlet, issued to all
members Of the Woman's National
Party. are as follows:
Miss Irma Hochstein of the Wis
consin legislative reference library
who. with Mrs. Putnam and Mrs. Jen-
ME Turner. probably knows more
about the law than anybody in Wis
consin. cites the case of Wisconsin
woman who moved with her husband
to Montana, where he was engaged
In mining business. When their son
was of college age. this woman re-
turned to Wisconsin to live, so that
he could enter the state university.
The husband remained in Montana
with his business. The university
ruled that since the husbands home
was in Montana, the wife also lived
In Montana; that the boy was there
for nonresident and must pay tut
tion. 1t was not until after our
Wisconsin equal rights law was
brought forward that the university
ruled that the wife lived where she
lived"
There was a Richland Center wom-
an who had been deprived of her
vote because, although she and her
husband live in town with their chill
dren, the husband keeps his voting
residence in the country district
where their farm lies. She could not
leave her young children to go to the
country to vote and had not voted
since the passage of the national
Evening star., 1922-09-04
LISTEN, wORLD!
BY ELSIE ROBINSON.

Yesterday they found his body
where he had left it. Beside it Law
note. THE world may call me a
coward. but l am not" it said. Life
is only biological performance,
clumsily managed. 1 have ceased to
enjoy or profit from it's vicissitudes.
My life is my own to terminate as l
choose, and this is my answer. Good
bye"
That was his answer. But what is
yours, world? Try an experiment.
Set the thought of eternity, of God.
or religion, aside. Look at life
merely from it's provable points Con-
slider merely your own human ex-
perience. Is life worth while? Have
you the right to take your own?
What is your conviction? Here is
mine:
do not believe that life is a bio
logical performance which may be
sidestepped at will by the means of
suicide. Biology is a great and
marvellous science, but there are
things in the human soul too vast for
its encompassing. Biology can't ex-
plain to me the loyalty of a friend
the patience and heroism of a moth
er-the sacrifices of a father. Biol
r,
sympathy, or those far calls that
sometimes echo through the little
rooms of our spirit and leave us
homesick for a freer, more glorious
house of life.
You may frown or sneer and tell
me that all these impulses and mo;
tives are but part of the biological
plan by which we grow. Even if
that were so, plan which holds such
beauty and dignity is surely too
SreaS for me to cast off with a snap
of my fingers. But 1 do not believe
it is so. 1 think that biology is only
one Of the means to the end. 1 be-
1ieve that life is stupendous pro-
gram which aims at something in
finitely greater than the evolution
of the human body or human mind.
! believe that it is a program which
man body and mind after they are
evolved 1 think that every individ-
ual act of beauty or bravery is a
step toward the fulfillment of that
program of life. And so, though /
live for such little space and suffer
1 am honor bound" to do what !
can to. make good, and that every
thing l do has tremendous impor-
tance because of it's relationship to
the universal good.
That's why l do not believe in sui
way may not be coward. Often,
indeed, he Is a brave and knightly
soul. / would not, by any word, CEN
sure him. But from my own living
viewpoint, taking all possible pain
into the reckoning, he chose the
lesser adventure.
1 feel, too, that if we once come
to see life in this larger way, the
very greatness of the vision will give
us power to carry onto face and
do things we did not dream we
could attempt. The vastness of the
horizon will dwarf our pinpricks.
AS for me, am going on! / am
going On because it seems ito me a
much greater adventure than goine
OUT. I am going to believe in the
orth-whileness of life, even II
cannot always believe in the worth
whileness of others or myself. I am
going to try to keep up the hearts
of others and help them see this
vision, too. And if afterward
shall find out that I really wasn't
needed as much as I thought was
I shall at least have had the salts
faction of treating myself rbyally for
little while.
That's my answer to suicide. It's
an unworthy evasion. I'll see the
game through, whatever the cost.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1922-09-04
Proposal by Proxy.

Merriam Lindsay sat up in her bed
and listened drowsily. 1t was 2
o'clock in the morning. with the
moonlight streaming through the
nursery windows. She glanced first
at Dickey's bed His mop of curls
showed darkIy against his pillows.
He was breathing quietly. On her
pillowless bed, Ricky, who scorned
all soft things. lay fat as a paper dolly.
with her bobbed straight hair sill
houetted against the sheet. Both
sleeping peacefully. Merriam sighed
happily, yawned and listened to
Ragsy, the Cairn terrier, who was
snoring blissfully just outside the
nursery door.
But the little. bronzed- haired lady
of the house did not. curl back into
her own pillow. She tilted her lovely
head and listened some more. A sort
of maternal clairvoyance warned her
that all was not well in the household.
She let one white foot slip to the
floor tentatively. its mate followed.
her head inside Johns door.
Moonlight was streaming through
his windows, too. He was sleeping
like schoolboy. his splendid head
on his arm. She bent over him
anxiously. Why did sleep make him
seem so hideously far away from her?
She sat on the edge of his bed. brood
ing over him. Poor John, He didn't
seem very happy these days! She put
her hand out to touch him and drew
it back. fearful lest she should wake
him. She felt very little and help
less and significant-"humm
birdish" she found herself thinking
dolefully.
A muffied sound from the next room
reused her revery. The sound came
from her own room that she had
given to Johns sister Rose for the
summer. 1t was a sobbing sound
oh! Oh" Merriam's little fists
doubled angrily. That dolt didn't
even propose when ] made her just
irresistible." She moved compassion
ately toward the door. but paused
with her hand on the knob. 1t would
be too unkind to let Rose know that
she knew how she was grieving. She
grew literally hot with anger at the
dense Mr.. Ferry. She found herself
racing down the stairway. she caught
up motor coat as she lodged
through the hall and into the cool
sweetness of her wee garden.
The touch of the dew-wet grass on
her bare feet brought her to her
senses. She was in the back yard
now and she sat down most unroman-
tically, on an overturned wheelbar-
row. and laughed softly at her absurd
flare OF temper
Lilies. ghostly and sweet in the
moonlight, delighted her. She
stretched out her hands toward them
and sighed with relief. Somewhere
a sleepy bird twittered. She found
herself looking UP at the shadowy
bulk of the Pumkin Shell and she
shook her fist at il.
"Oh, little house" she said aloud
but very softly" | love you and every
body in you, but sometimes you do
sort of-choke-and smother me-"
Then, every sense alert. she became
aware that somebody was listening.
Evening star., 1922-09-04
Onion Skin Admirable in Lace
BY ANNE RITTENHOUsE.

est weave of it takes the place once
held by satin for evening gowns.
There is a crepe satin that re-
mains in the front ranks, and 1t Is
especially noticeable in the long.
loose coats that. are substituted for
capes. These are black, trimmed
with black monkey fur.
The amateur may think this last
statement superfuous. but not so.
All colors contribute to the appear
ance of monkey fur. Any one of
our most foolish Darwinian ances-
tors would run to the ttopmost branch
and gibber with fright to see the
thing that is often called monkey.
copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1922-09-04

gpARIS.-Several things are of prime
Importance this season, and one OF
these is the launching of brown lace
for evening. and another is the place
taken by crepe thatswas once held
by satin.
Jean Patou is dominating young
designer who shows his most sue
cessful evening frocks in curious
shade of brown lace. 1t is the tone
known as onion skin over here. and
il is well named. He drops the lace
over copper cloth. one of the metallic
weaves that have replaced the shin
lag cloth Of gold and silver. A bit
OF Indian red in the form of jump
ing rope, as the women call il, gives
Evening star., 1922-09-04
Chocolate Cream Shake.

Melt two squares of good chocolate
in four tablespoonfuls of hot coffee.
add one and one-half cups of sugar
and three cups of hot water. boil
until clear. then strain. This should
make one quart of sirup. When cold,
add one teaspoonful of vanilla and
two quarts of rich cream. Place on
ice to get thoroughly chilled. Just
before serving. shake well and pour
in glasses over Clipped ice. This is
a delightfully."- refreshing drink.
Evening star., 1922-09-04
peyiled Cheese Rolled in Nuts.

Take one cake of Neufchatel cheese,
a piece of butter equal to one-half
the size of the cheese cake, five drops
of tabasco sauce. one tablespoonful
of cream and one-fourth teaspoonful
of salt. Mix together. form in a large
fiat cake and roll in finely chopped
pecan nuts before serving.
Evening star., 1922-09-04
FEED THE BRUTE
Favorite Recipes by Famous
Men.
BY LIVINGSTON FARRAND.
president Of Cornell Universlty.)
Sausage and Griddie Cakes.

l think L would
say that my favo-
rite dish is sausage
and griddle cakes
for breakfast on a
cold winter MORN
ing. l would call
attention to the
f act that the
sausage should be
in cake form and
not in skins, and
that the griddle
cakes should be of
wheat -four. !
am sure tn ere are
millions of Amer
leans who agree
Evening star., 1922-09-04
lITILES1oRIEs lI
-IrbEDTIME
One Little Fox Uses His Wits
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

BIZ THOHNTON w. bUhuLSS.
The Fox who safe and sound would keep
Will neer be caught with wits asleep
Mrs. Red6y.
The four children of Reddy Fox
had hunted up the Laughing Brook
and down the Laghing Brook, along
one bank, without finding a single
trace Of thefr. father. You know. they
had followed him over to the Laugh
ing Brook, and there. on the very
edge of it, the scent he had left in
his footsteps had ended. They knew
that he had walked into the water
and that was the reason his trail
ended where it did. So then they had
hunted for the place where he had
come out of the water.
BY and by they all returned to the
place where Reddy had entered the
Laughing Brook. They found their
mother sitting there. "Well. children"
said she. have you found your
sather?"
The four little Foxes shook their
funny little heads. NO" said one. Il
Evening star., 1922-09-04

color to the whole One can use
flowers al the hip. if one continues
to like flowers. but the newer idea
is to mingle curious beaded leaves or
cushions as a piece of decoration for
the one hip. to which all drapery
tends.
Yteb shows another kind of frock
in onion skin brown, which is
sketched here. The crepe skirt is
just the sort fashion woman is
asked to wear: its drapery swirlS up
ward to one hip where it ends in
a careless and staggering bow. The
bodice, not so long wasted as for
you see, is merely a piece of
lace dyed to match the crepe. un
lined. except for the girdle bodice
that runs beneath it.
The death of satin was quite sud
den. The dressmakers who still
handle il in desirable shades turn
the wrong side out when building
Nock. Crepe in its many manifes-
tations is not dad and the smooth
Evening star., 1922-09-04
THE NEW LENGTH.

THE NEW LENGTH.
Two gay, young happers switched their way
With fringed and b0bbing skirts
Along street the '0t er day
Most people called them nirts-
And said. Just watch those nappers squirm
When longer skirts are worn next term"
But each young napper merely laughed
And shook her dangling earrings:
':It isn't who mind one e-half
- As much as do those old things
Who camouf1age their ages by
Wearing their skirts So very hiSh.'
Evening star., 1922-09-04

Prices realised ON Swift a Company
sales Of carcass beef in washington. D. O., for
week ending Saturday September 2. on ship
ments sold out. ranged from $50 cents to 14.60
cents per pound and averaged 1881 cents per
pound.
Evening star., 1922-09-04
Meringue Cream Pie.

Make smooth paste with one
whole egg and the yolks of two. and
two tabIespoonfuls of cornstarch
Heat one pint of milk. add one table
spoonful of sugar, and cook until the
mixture thickens. Remove from the
fire, cook slightly. then add one-half
teaspoonful of camilla extract. Pour
into a baked pastry shell. Make a
meringue from two egg whites beaten
to a dry froth with little sugar and
one-haIf a teaspoonful Of pineapple
extract. Spread over the top of the
pie and brown delicately in the oven.
Evening star., 1922-09-04
Girls and Their Interests
CONDUCTED BY HELEN n. FErrER.

, suffrage amendment. Under the
| equal rights law, she can now vote in
| the town where she lives"
Evening star., 1922-09-04

The statue of Jose Marti. Cuba's
great patriot. stands in the Parque
Central in Havana.
Evening star., 1922-09-04
To Improve a Worn Rug.

A worn rug or carpet can be greatly
improved if you darn the torn parts
with rug wool. Match the colors
carefully. and the darned places will
hardly show.
THE HOUSEWIFE
Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1922-09-04

Continued in tomorrow's STAR
Evening star., 1922-09-04
Weak AnkIes,

turn over on my ankles very often.
sometimes with much pain. Is 1t
likely to cause permanent injury?
never wear high heels and I prefer
low shoes or slippers.-Mary o.
Answer. Probably you need gen
Evening star., 1922-09-04

The Fox who safe and sound would keep
Will ne'er be caught with wits asleep.
Rpd6y
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-06
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Home Relief Committee Urges
Cooperation Of All
In lts Work.

Special Correspondence Every Evening.
New Castle. March 6.-The Homo
Relief Committee, On order to reach
each worthy case within the city,
requests TINT those who arc In need
OF help whose pride places them above
asking for charity communicate with
tho COMMITTEES mcrnbers I'M writing,
giving period OF unemployment, All
communications will be held strictly
confidential and just consideration
will be given In all cnses. Communi-
cations should DO Addressed to j. O.
Box 81, this city. Tho request for
shoes during the past week has cx-
ceeded all previous weeks and the re-
lief committee requests anyone having
second hand shoes. wearnble. TO please
send them TO the chairman OF the
clothing committee, Mrs. Edward II
Naylor. 527 Delaware street. Request
for all sizes IL made. Those outside
OF the city may send by parcel post
Sending pair OF shoes may eave
some helpless unemployed person OF
child from a spell OF sickness.
Tho funeral OF Zachariah Gemmill
who died on last Wednesday. took
place on Saturday afternoon from his
late home, IS East Third street. with
services In Emmanuel Church, ir
charge OF Rev. Joseph II. carp. tht
rector. The services. despite tho In.
element weather. were largely attend
ed. The firing squad, comprised mem.
bers OF the Appomatox Camp. No. 2
| Sons of Veterans. in command o.
| Frank J.. Gentieu. past division com
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-06
NEWS or A DAY
FROM THE STATE
Death Came Suddenly to Del
mar Man, After a Day Spent
at His Business.
SAILED THE SEA FOR YEARS

From Every Evenings CORRESPONDENTS.
laurel. March Outward Frank
Rcll. aged 20 years. n retired sea cay
tain and merchant. died at hts home
here. saturday. morning. after n brief
ilno~s OF Rrighte disease. Mr.. Pelrs
ancestors came hero from the West
Indies, and settled on that branch of
the Nantcoke river known as Broad
creek. and built up small village
which WA and Is still known az BELLS
rlehing Ground. and while the real
settlers have moved TO the four cor
ncrs OF tho globe. II was one OF Mr.
Bells habits 10 return TO the scene
az his boyhood home at least once a
year for a brief visit.
Mr.. Bell started 10 sea as a cabin
boy and rapidly worked himself &c
captain. which poeition he held for
forty years, during which time he
commanded some OF the largest vessels
and had many thrilling and narrow
escapes from n watcry grave.
Finally firing of the sea he engaged
in the mercantile business in Philadel-
yhia. aftcrward moving TO Washing
ton, where ne remained until two years
ago when he retired and moved here
While never aspiring TO public office
ne was a staunch Democrat. and q
loyal supporter of every good move
ment. lie Is survived by the widow and
two sons. Miles OF Washington, ID. G.
and II. l.. Bell Of Tulsa, Oklahoma
f'uneral services will be held AT his
late home tomorrow; interment Fl
Odd Fellows cemetery.