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Evening star., 1923-05-16

Pop was reeding the spoa-t.ng
page and ma was reeding the re-. of
the paper. and she SEQ Wii,yum,
I'm reeding the most intristipg ar
ticle.
So am l. pop sed.
1t will be very intristin. o you.
too. ma sed. Its about a series Of
tests they made In the Army to prove
II smoking Is harmful or not, and
they proved that 1t Is. she sed.
We'll. ferst they made a test in
men smoke four ciRarets each and
then they went &c the shooting gal
lery, or the ra-.oe. or watever they
couldenthhafdly hit thing. vile the
ones *sis dident smoke fired bewti-
NH '!THhhasidduzass sd meen enythins to me-.
I never couTf hit the side Of barn
with gun enyway, SO no amount Of
smoking could make my marksman-
ship verse, pop Sed.
But that's not all. they made a
wawking test too, ma sed. They
took the men out on a hike and they
let some Of them smoke VILE they
wawked. and the ones that smoked
were the very ferst ones to get tired.
she said.
That duzzent effect me either. pop
SSu 1ucEeS Hdlc dS iuuCh
as long wawk, unless it's long run.
and II enybody mentions hike to me
always consider 1t an insult so as
far as that's concerned, bring on the
smokes. he sed.
Well, there was one part of it that
effects you, enyway, ma sed. They
made a billiard test too, it says they
made men play Billiards and one
smoaked cigar after cigar and he
lost the game because he could hard
ly throw a ball strate.
Throw wat? Let me see that, pop
sed, and ma sed, Never mind. And
she quick termed the page over. and
pop sed. Haw haw haw, l called your
bluff. throw a ball in billiards, haw
haw haw.
All rite, 1aff and show your ignor-
ants ma sed.
WITCH he did.
Evening star., 1923-05-16
The Guide Post
By Henry van Dyke
Small Desires and No Fears. .

/ shall not want.-Ps 23:1.
1t was a shepherd boy who wrote
this song about the Lord, his Shep-
herd.
David had very little of what we
should call luxury, or abundance, or
even comfort. in his early life.
Plain fare. a lowly couch. the sim
plest pleasures; but he was salts
fed.
He felt his soul restored and en-
riched by the green pastures and the
still waters.
He knew that God would never fail
to provide him with such things as
he really needed.
1t would be we'll for us. amid the
complexity and anxiety of our mod
ern life, II we could catch something
Of his spirit.
For the most part. our distress, our
poverty. our carking care come, not
from the smallness of our provisions.
but from the largeness of our pam
We are afraid that We shall not al
ways have cake, and so we forget
that God has promised that his chill
dren shall not lack bread.
We begin to put our foolish trust In
gold. in clever enterprises, in wise in
vestments, in daring speculations. be-
cause the things that we want are so
numerous and SO costly.
A little plain living would lead to
higher thinking.
1t would do us good, it would do our
children good. If we should learn
Joys Of human life are very simple,
and for these we have a right to trust
God, If we do our duty.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-05-16

not only the beds of which we have
dreamed, but those in which we may
dream contentedly. How different
they are from the hard boiled, cold,
terpane, headed by two big square
pillows unused hopelessly after the
first nights use), which all of US
used to use not SO many years ago.
Even the stiff plain "shams." which
used to be suspended over the pillows.
thing but severe and uninviting.
The other day I was shown a bed
room which was heavenly blur of
soft French blue and pale violet. The
with puffed and pinked covers of
French blue silk with silver
changeable sheen in it. The puffings.
which ran around the outside edge of
the bed were of pale violet or lilac
silk. and similar puffings ran in soft
valance, below which was a scalloped
ruffie of the blue silk finished with a
pinking iron. The blue silk roll case
for the pillows had fulled ends of
center. where a blue silk button was
attached with a deep spider-web
stitch.
ment windows hung side draperies of
the blue silk, with a putting of the
Violet dCTOSS luC tOps duu NIOlct Ut
CANDY of the sheerest quality was
hung over the sash itself On the
floor lay a braided rug with French
blue center and bands of violet
around the oval edges.
But it was the beds themselves to
which the delighted eye returned
They looked so impractical and fairy
tale-like, as II one would be spirited
away to enchanted regions the mo-
ment one dropped into them. Yet be-
hA ak
tical, cool, white sheets and pillows
of a yielding plumpness. for we are
learning that beauty is mot incom-
patible with comfort.
Evening star., 1923-05-16
Base Ball.

Junior simply has to stop playing
ball." announced his mother, with
sharp incisiveness. holding up be-
grimed and tattered knickers. "This
is the third pair this week. His
shoes are gone. Scrubbed to fraz-
zle. He is on his last pair. That's
bad enough. But-have you seen him
this EVENING""
dered where he was. Thought he
hadn't come in from the game yet"
He's in! I've been washing and
mending and bandaging him for the
last hour. Jun-yur-r-r! Come down
here and let your father see you"
Junior came, stiffly. There was a
waddy bandage about his left knee,
and he favored the right heel slight
ly. The right sleeve of his blouse
was rolled high, and for a consider
able distance above and below the
elbow his arm was. neatly swathed in
white.
His face was rather one-sded, and
bulgy at that. There was puff
above one eye. and the cheek below
1t was deep red and limiting of blacker
shades to come. Long crimson
scratches ran from chin to brow, and
the whole shone under a coat OF cold
cream.
He smelled like a cross between a
drug store and a beauty parlor.
Now, isn't that a picture? Wonder
he wasn't killed. I tell you, this
Evening star., 1923-05-16
The Diary of Professional Movie Fan
BY GLADYS HALL.

For instance, Eugene O'Brien once
said to me, II like the girl who wears
woolen socks and knickers and bob
bed hair. The girl who takes cross
country hikes and is a regular fell
low: Nambypambyism never makes
a hit with me-
Il like a girl, I want to marry a
girl who is in my game" Harold
Lloyd once told me; "a girl who un-
derstands what 1 am doing, even If
she doesn't actually do it with me-
lr romance combines understanding
have: 1 think, the perfect combina-
tion.' And obviously. in marrying
Mildred Davis, Harold has done what
he wished to do.
Monte Blue told me. Il like the girl
with pep and spirit; the girl who
don't even think girl is beautiful
unless she has dash and CO."
Il like the girl who knows a lot"
Tony Moreno said: the high-brow
girl who will read to me and talk
to me. Mental romance" He's proved
too, for If Mrs. Moreno isn't, strictly
speaking. "highbrow," she is thor
oughly capable of the mental ro-
nance"
Earle Williams Informed me that
he likes the girl who is "a homebody.
IoAhCSeAS dHu ucSlTdDlc, the tWln Oe-
lights"
Wyndham Standing said. "I like the
girl who has sincerity-sincerity Of
purpose and idealism; sincerity in
the smaller externals of voice and
action, too"
Il like the girl who is different"
George Walsh said. The girls of to-
day are too much alike. They dress
alike. act alike. even think alike.
like different Sort
Il like the girl who is a clingihg
vine with a BRAIN" said George La
Guere. Rather a large order from
George
IT like the girl who is feminine"
Glenn Hunter said. who has spirit
uality to inform her beauty like a
light"
And so. you see, they go. Not one
of them spoke for mere prettiness, or
for jazZy clothes. or for special ac-
complishments. but all of them, in
some way. spoke for the profounder
virtues, the more lasting graces.
(All rights reserved.)
(Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-05-16
DED lME OlOlllEAC ". Burgess.

niain to be seen that Prickly Porky
had no intention of getting out OF
that path. If those two Bears "antea
have to go around him. At least, that
is what his attitude seemed to say.
Woof Woof stepped out from be-
hind Boxer and did walk around
Prickly Porky into the path again.
Then she turned to see what Boxer
would do, and in her small eyes tnere
was a twinkle.
Boxer took a few steps forward.
Get out of that path" he snarled.
If you don't. you will be sorry
III you are wise you will 60 around
him." said Woof Woof mildly. You
remember Mother Bear taught us
never to NEEDLE with Prickly Porky:"
HUH" growled Boxer. mo little
fellow like this is going to make me
go around him. He Is going to get
I'm not afraid of him. If he isn't
afraid of me, he Will be the next tlme
he sees me-"
Now Boxer had been told all about
Prickly Porky and warned that he
should never be meddled with. But
spears Of Prickly Porky. When he
had been small he had been more
ready to believe. because then Prtckly
Porky was quite as big as himself.
But now that ne was so DIE, 6o6er
was inclined to laugh at all the
things he had been told about Prickly
Porky. 1t simply couldn't be that
any one SO much smaller was to be
treated with respect.
Prickly Porky didn't move. Boxer
looked at the thousand little spears
standing out all over Prickly Porky.
An idea came to Boxer. He would
slip his paw under Prickly Porky and
throw him right over on his back.
Boxer reached out a paw. Some
thing happened. 1t happened SO sud
denly that Boxer didn't know just
what did happen. But he knew that
he was hurt. Oh. yes, he knew that
How he did squall! He jumped back
so suddenly that he tripped over his
own feet and fell sprawling on his
back. In that paw with which he
had reached out half a dozen of
Prickly Porky's little spears were
sticking.
Evening star., 1923-05-16
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thing has to STOP" and mothers voice
trembled with anxiety and indigna-
tion. That's not play. It's wild bat
tie and butcheryi"
Jaw, nom, what's the matter with
you? I'm not hurt! Just a few
scratches. ~Twon't show in the
morning. The other fellows are all
scratched up. too. and they aren't
saying anything"
How Gomez" said father, cooking
q mild eyebrow.
championship game! The field
was kind Of sandy and we had a hot
game. The Orioles had Red Flanni-
gan pitching for them. The big skins!
He's in high school already! But we
licked them. just the same"
"Did you?" said father. "And with
Red in the box?"
Yep. They had three men on bases
and me pitching. Not a man got in.
Some scrap"
What was the scorer
"Thirty-two to twenty-nine.
"Hooray." whooped father. III
have to buy the team new ball"
Make 1t Lacquer will you, pop?
We banged the old one to pot"
Boys have to whang out the extra
vitality they are generating in the
days of their youth. that it may be
set free without damage.
They must play. hard; play ball,
swim walk, run. Jump. chop. climb.
and go, go, go, SO that they may re
turn to their resting bed. weary and
content and undiscovered" :
Copyright. 1923. by the Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
Evening star., 1923-05-16

Mrs. Margaret Sartori. woman re-
gent of university, in recent talk
TO the woman students of that insti-
tuition, made a remark concerning
which there will be large. diversity
of opinion. She said:
"Woman's greatest career is moth
erhood; the greatest service woman
can render to mankind and the state
is to make and maintain a happy
home. I ardently believe that women
should have equal opportunity with
men but maintain that the sexes
never will be truly equal. Girls of
Today do not have as easy a time as
the girls Of my day; they are sur
rounded with many temptations which
young women of former days were
not called upon to face"
With all due respect for Mrs. Sar-
tori's undoubted sincerity, that seems
strange statement. THE sexes
Evening star., 1923-05-16
LiStS?:W Is s! ): =! s;':!:!i
rpa1@ 81 e1o sy cIsAe Robv,5o7

ness, stupidity, lack of poise and con-
troll in mind and body. Such marks
cannot be thrown off within the life
time of one generation. or several
generations. But under the new
regime of freedom and equal rights
they will slowly disappear.
Motherhood will always remain
woman's greatest opportunity. but
she will at last wax great in that op-
portunity. There is no more reason
why a mother should not have a full.
rich personal life than why a father
hood will always imply certain re-
sponsibilities and sacrifices, but the
day has passed when woman's only
place in the world affairs is that of
the humble server in the shadows.
Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1923-05-16

this Boxer grew more and more con-
ceited. Every day he grew more
boastful.
Then one day. as Boxer and Woof
woof were shuffiing along, they met
Prickly Porky. Prickly Porky was
stunning along, too. Prickly Porky
paid no attention to Boxer and Woof
woof. Boxer, who was in the lead,
stopped and growled his very deep
est, most grumbly, rumbly growl. He
expected to see Prickly Porky hurry
to give up the path to them. Prickly
Porky didn't. He did stop, but he
didn't step out of that path.
Boxer became very angry. His
small eyes grew red with rage. step
out of our way" he growled.
Prickly Porky said nothing. In
stead, he poked his head under an
old log which lay close beside the
path, raised the thousand little spears
that had been hidden in his coat ant
Evening star., 1923-05-16
By Lucy Warner Maynard

Length, 3ia inches.
Upper parts shining green: throat
metallic ruby-red.
Female. without red throat.
Resident (common) from April 25
to September; winters from southern
Florida to Central America.
Was II gem half bird?
Or was 1t a bird half gem?
The poets questions seem to sug-
gest this exquisite little lecreature bet
ter than prosy facts as to color and
size: and indeed, if we see it only
when it comes flashing about our
honeysuckle and weigelia bushes
poising an instant on unseen wings
before each dainty blossom-we can
scarcely believe that it has the same
matter-of-fact existence as other
birds. But that tiny body holds as
many joys. hopes and fears as its
Evening star., 1923-05-16
Boxer Loses Some Conceit.
Who seorns advice. but goes his way.
Will lose his self-esteem some day.
-Mofher Bear

Boxer and woof Woof were not
yet fully grown, but they were big
for their age. and it was quite nat
ural that most of their neighbors in
the Green Forest should keep out of
their way. Boxer felt that he was
grown up. That is because he was
so conceited. He liked to stand up
by a tree, reach up as far as he
could and dig his claws into the
bark to show how big he was. 1t
tickled him to see how his neigh
bors always hurried to get out of his
way. Every time one of them did
Evening star., 1923-05-16
Your Home and
You
The Bed o. Dreams.
BY HELEN KENDALL.

Aren't they doing the loveliest
things to beds nowadays?-dressin
them up in flounces and frills and
draping them in soft silks and dotted
swiss-over-color, with putty rolls or
embroidered strips to conceal the
prosaic white pillows. and adorning
them with French knots. appliqued
baskets Of posies, monograms, and
dear knows what not.
They suggest pleasant dreams. in
deed-these gracious modern beds
Evening star., 1923-05-16
II Like the Girl Who"

One hears so much talk about men
rreferring the silly, merely pretty
type of woman to her more sensible
and thoughtful sister. One hears
1t said that if one would catch a
man one must display ones ankles
and conceal ones brains. Men
Evening star., 1923-05-16
Fried Peppers With Steak.

Cut open the peppers lengthwise
and remove all seeds and white
fbrous portions. Cut in slices
crosswise Of the peppers. Cover with
cold water, adding a little salt. Let
stand for ten minutes Wipe the
slices and let cook in two or more
tablespoonfuls of butter melted in q
frying pan. When softened and
slightly Drowned, spread over or
around broiled steak or dish of
Evening star., 1923-05-16

DON'T like women who know too
they" say-the mythical.
mystical, elusive they" about whom
we all stand in such traditional fear.
Well, in looking over the past
leaves of my diary the other night 1
was impressed by the opinions on
women some of my movie man
friends have variously expressed to
me. AS a symposium they are all. 1
should say, definitely opposed to the
mouthings of the pessismistic they"
Evening star., 1923-05-16

larger brothers. and it holds also an
intense devotion to the loveliest and
smallest nest in birdland.
1t is often the birds anxiety about
her nest that enables you to find IT..
Walking through the woods you will
perhaps be startled by loud hum
ming noise circling your head, and
then you may see a hummingbird
nght. uttering a sharp little chip.
which is her only speech. By this
you will know that the nest is near.
and you need only look over the
rather high. slender branches in the
vicinity to discover il. 1t is possibly
an inch and a half in diameter and
saddled to a limb about the same
thickness. 1t is composed, of plant
down. most skillfully felted together.
and the outside is SO beautifully stuc-
coed with lichens that il looks ex-
actly like knot on the limb; inside
it is scarcely larger than a thimble,
and contains two pearly eggs un-
marred by spot or line
Copyright, L. W. Maynard.)
Evening star., 1923-05-16

never will be truly equal" 1t stands
to reason that the sexes never will
be alike; that their aims and func-
tions will always differ. But that I'M
,plies no inequality. 1t simply means
that they serve along different lines.
But their service is equally essential.
Air and water differ, but they are
equally necessary to human life. Men
and women differ, but they are equal
ly necessary to human society. To
say that women are not the equal of
men, Is to say that motherhood is less
honorable than the pursuits of men.
and mothers inferior sociologically
and biologically. Who would be rash
enough to carry her statement to that
logical conclusion?
Women are emerging from an un-
Rtural and unhealthful social pro-
gram and they carry with them the
marks of their ancient bondage. They
were swaddled in mind, swaddled in
body That swaddling made for weak
Evening star., 1923-05-16
Billy Goes Travelling.

Put on your best suit today, Billy"
morning.
why. where are We going?" Billy
opened his eyes widely, and sat up In
bed.
"Unc1e Ned is waiting out in front
with his automobile He's going to
take you out to Great-Uncle Fosters
farm for q visit. That's because he
thinks you're such a fine boy for
working in the garden all day yes
Billy whistled. aGee." he cried.
this is a million times better than
going fishing"
Sure enough, Uncle Ned was wait
ing, And there was Bouncer in the
back seat. The little dog was wag-
gfng his tail excitedly as Off they
started. For miles and miles they
rolled over beautiful country roads.
mo wonder he's: called Bouncer,"
laughed Billy, turning to look at the
dog in the back seat. He certainly
bounces all right. He's bouncing all
over the car"
And then they reached the farm,
Get out your yellow crayOn, your
light green crayOH and your brown
crayon. With the green one yOu will
color Billy's trousers and the little
jacket. With the yellow one you will
color his blouce, collar and socks.
With the brown. put a bit of color
over Bouncer's right eye. Now cut
Billy's suit out and put 1T on him.
Evening star., 1923-05-16

They are on the way
almost here: Aspara>
gus, peas and beans.
Drop a generous piece
Of NucOd on them
while they're piping
hot and let it melt i'm
and in and in. :.
The flavor of fNucoa.ed
vegetables has never
been equalled.
Evening star., 1923-05-16
For Baby's Crib.

I ran a taut string with knots in
it across my baby's crib, stringing it
straight across so that he could
reach up and play with it. also
put his rattle on this string, placed
so it will not strain his eyes to look
at it, and when he wakes up he has
something to amuse himself with.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-05-16

Gen. Pedro Mel Ospina. the presi-
dent of Colombia, was once q stu
dent In the engineering school Of the
University of California,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-18
LIGHT HOGS DROP
70 TO 50 CENTS
Heavies, However, Lose No
More Than 5 to 10 Cents,


With the exception Of the heavy
prices for hogs dropped 20 to 30 cents
in trading at the local livestock mar
l1et today 1t was generally accepted
at the yards that the decline averaged
& quarter on all grades except the
prime heavies. An over-supply Of
1880 or more hogs, inclusive Of
3,343 followers, was offered for sale
and bids from the opening were fully
25 to 80 cents lower. The loss was
sustained on the light end, light and
light mixed hogs selling generally at
$3.50, as compared with S7.40 and
$3.50 on Wednesday, while only the
best heavy mixed hogs could command
as much as s7.65. A few heavies
brought q top Of So, or a nickel less
than on Wednesday. The bulk Of
business was done in narrow range.
from 1920 to $40. Pigs and light
lights. however, were fully steady
with Wednesdays market despite the
decline in the general market. one
large buyer having had difficulty in
filing his orders at steady prices Of
1878 and 81. Sows. nevertheless,
lost full quarter at 1926 down.
The cattle market was generally
described by traders as blue" which
in the lingo OF these veterans is
taken to mean that the market was
not encouraging to the sellers. About
IL 900 head were offered for sale.
buyers were slow inentering the mar
ket and placed their bids at generally
lower levels.
The calf market displayed steadi-
ness on light receipts OF 400, choice
veals bringing $3.50 and the, bulk
$11,50 to $12.
The sheep and lamb market was
retarded as steady though s11.50 was
the top price paid for lambs, due to
deductions of so cents for water in
the wool. Sheep were steady at So
down. Receipts $50.